| Summary: | Page 2 CONCORDIAN * Friday, April 7, 1933 Published bt-wwkly by the •tud«nU of Concordl* Colics*, Moorhtfcd, Minnesota. BntftTftd u M«on4 olaia matUr at tha postefCtoe, MoorhMd, MinnMOta SUBSCRIPTION PRICE)—$1.00 PER ANNUM AU-Amerioan Honor Rating In National BoboUa-tlo PrtiB Association 1929-10, 1980-81, 1IS1-I2 CARL W. TILLER, Editor-in-Chief MARGARET NORDLIE, Managing Editor OLGA NILSRN, Associate Editor GRACE BLOMQUIST. Associate Editor CAMILLA ANDVIK. NOWB Editor HANNA JEVNE, News Editor WERNER BRAND, Sports Editor COPY READERS: Ruth Haugseth, Selma HUBC-by, Slgrid .Tovne. Olivia Torvlk, EvanffcHno Qunifi. REPORTERS. Harold OlBon, Irene Aflkegaard. Louise Bundc, Cornelia Reltan. Lucille Amdubl, Martha Jordnhl, Alvhild Berg, Karl Andcrl, Leatha Ridanour. SPECIAL WRITERS: Oliver Johnson, ArUl Molldrem, Campbell Orbtck, Guy Laraon, Gabriel Hauje, Lloyd Mostrom. MILLARD MAGELSSRN, Business Manager STANLEY OSTROM, Advertising Manager EVAN SILNESS, Circulation Manager ADVERTISING ASSISTANTS: Everett Gilbert-son. Merrill Poterson. CIRCULATION ASSISTANT: Sterling Rygg. C. B. BALE, Faculty Advisor P. A. RA9MUSSEN, Business Advisor For the third time this school year the Angel of Death has come very close Into our midst—this time to claim one of Concordia's most loyal and steadfast friends, M. C. Strand. A familiar campus ilgure*, he was, loved and respected, an intimate part of each day's nctivity at Concordla. Kindnesses done for students in his unassuming, quiet manner cannot be repaid, but they will never be forgotten by Cobbers who loved and knew him. May his living memory be cherished among us as guided by God's wisdom he goes forth into the great beyond. April 1, 1933 - AprU 1, 1934 THIS ISSUE OF the Concordian marks tho beginning of another term of service for the editor and staff. A new set of elective officers take their positions with this issue. To them we bid welcome. Seniors who have been on the staff are retiring this spring. Most of them will continue to work right up until graduation. To them we owe a great debt of gratitude for faithful and loyal service over a long period of time. A score of students who have not been on the staff before are trying out for the Concordian this week. Most of them will soon become regular con-tributors, with terms of service on the college news-paper awaiting them. To them, too, we bid wel-come. Every underclassman on the editorial stuff will continue in newspaper positions next year. These students form the backbone of the 1933-1934 workers. To their untiring work in the past we owe thanks. With their continued devotion to their tasks in the future, wo shall strive toward a better Concordian and an ever greater Concordla. True religion Is not In serrlces so much as In service. On Chapel Exercises ROWS OF EMPTY seats that stare up at the chapel speaker are not very inviting, empty seats in the freshman, sophomore, junior, senior,—yes, even In the faculty section. Inspira-tional, devotional meetings of twenty minutes each should prove a real help to every Cobber. - But much worse than those who do not go to chapel are the students who go to chapel, sit near the back, and spend their time in carrying on con-versations with their neighbors and in studying with a great deal of whispering. He who does not at-tend chapel exercises Is the only one to suffer; he who goes to chapel and does not spend his time there in a quiet reception of the address makes both himself and his neighbor suffer. Strangers who attend chapel and those who at any time attend functions in the college auditorium must look with wonder at the chapel clock, always pointing to 10:37. A stopped chapel clock gives an impression that laziness exists throughout the Insti-tution. That such Is not the case should be demon-strated by action In keeping the clock going. And if the timepiece can not be fixed, at least it would give a better Impression if it -were not there at all. . An aero of performance is worth a whole kingdom of promises. - Does Spring Fever Hit You? Spring fever Is searching up and down for vic-tims. (Has It come to Concordla? I think we all agree that It has. It's been trying to make books difficult to open; it's been spreading seeds of neg-lect. Something In Us allurement has suggested, "I don't care." Does It have victims at our college? Duty Is hard at war against the fever. Lessons are -waiting to be accomplished lust as they were before. There are not only as many tasks as there were, but as many to be done well. We can't afford to do any-thing unless we are doing our best. Everywhere, Duty with Its ten thousand eyes stares at us. In all the world there Is not a pigeon hole or crevice made for us to creep away from duty. No victims ^l f <L here! Let's give spring fever a surprise of Its life ^;^yj. by mustering up all the reserves of Conoordia's spirit and ambition! Happiness consists In giving oneself com-in useful, creatire effort. Coworkers MISSION CRUSADERS Education in Alaska was the topic dis-cussed by Elinor Hukee and Ariel Molldrem at the meeting of the Mission Crusaders on March 26. Sterling Rygg led In scripture reading and prayer. "Customs, locations and beliefs of the Eskimos" were discussed at the meeting of the Mission Crusaders on April 2 by Ruth •Haugaoth and Marcus Nichols. Esther Braaten led In scripture reading and prayer. • . * * L, I). R. Francella Iverson spoke on "Thank Offer- Ings" on March 29. Helen Herman and Helen Liudseth sang a vocal duet and Emelyn Anders played a piano BOIO. Scripture reading and prayer was conducted by Stgne Beatul. At the U D. R. meeting on March 22, scrip-ture reading and prayer was conducted by Ardls Anderson. A discussion of the favorite hymns "A Mighty Portress", "Beautiful Sav-iour", and "Rock of Ages", was given by Esther Rugland. • * * LLTHEE LEAGUE The sixth commandment was the topic of discussion at Luther League on April 2. It waB presented by Willis Thompson, Campbell Orbeck, Evaline Thompson, and Grace Blom-quist. Arthur Myrom led In scripture reading and prayer. Merlin Rostad played a piano solo and Ethel Roose sang a solo. The fifth commandment, "Thou shalt not kill", was the topic for discussion at Luther League on March 26. • • * MEN'S DORMITORY DEVOTIONS The Rev. C. B. Ylvlsaker was guest speak-er at Men's Devotions Thursday veening. Sel-mer Knutson led In scripture reading and prayer. Gordon Gilbertson played a violin solo. HOOKS AND EYES "See the Placement Bureau immediately" is a notice that brings record time reaction. Suppose we follow Us dictates and thereby make ourselves acquainted with the Concordla jobbing center. First of all we meet the Bureau dynamo, the brisk, efficient vacancy-filler, Prof. Peter Anderson, director of the Placement Bureau. It Is his acquaintanceship with people, places, and positions that is largely responsible for the very satisfactory percentage of graduates placed In the teaching profession. The office atmosphere is static with type-writer ejaculations, conferences, Interviews, reports and Inquiries. References pour in con-cerning the pros and cons of senior job-hunt-ers, and are subsequently filed with such other Items as height, weight, station, teaching pro-gram, extra-class activities, and other such tabulations for each candidate from A through Z. Such information is multiplied through the courtesy of Carbon Paper, Inserted, and spread abroad to procure the consideration of employ-ing officers from HlckvUIo to Metropolis. Worry and relief play partnership In the Placement Bureau traffic. The Job sheet Is con-tinually doing its business when it isn't prac-tising its disappearing stunt which occurs in the main annually. It has always been discov-ered In some nook or cranny and been on desk shortly. Although seniors of the class of '33 do not anticipate top-score jobs in every case, they yet have a definite assurance that despite the period, their sentence will be the best available when Prof. Anderson directs the placement. THE AMERICAN POET Oliver E. Johnson, senior, who writes "Splashes of Ink" for the Concordian, Is writing a series of articles entitled "The American Poet," discussing each of var-ious outstanding poets Jn American liter-ature, WALT WHITMAN There is something about the poems of Whitman suggestive of grandeur. Perhaps they might be compared to unpolished diamonds; they are true jewels but they have not received the polishing that perhaps would have placed them as the greatest to be written in the English language. The character of the poet closely resembles that of his verse; he too was an unpolished jewel in many ways. To me he suggests a huge granite boulder towering majestically over the surrounding rocks and boulders. Whitman had the courage to be different. He was not to be hampered by conventions of literature. He wrote as he lived—ruggedly and Independently. He believed that America should develop Its own type of literature free from European Imitations. Eternity he saw In the lives of men and women. Nature too shows man that death really does not exist; what is known as death Is only the passing from this world into eter-nity. . • Faith, he recognizes is a, preserving quality In the structure of a nation. "Faith," he wrote, "Is the antiseptic of the soul—it pervades the common people and preserves them." Tho common people are the founda-tion on which a nation must build. Reason does not always convince man of the Maker; more, often it is a certain feeling or conscious-ness that makes His presence felt. His most beloved poem Is that In memory of Abraham Lincoln, "O Captain, My Captain," which Immortalizes the fate or him who In the hour or triumph "was stricken from the living. It resounds the anguish of a nation that has lost Its beloved pilot, the pilot who gave his life that the sJolp might come through the storm Intact Alumni and Faculty News Clifford Halmrast. '32, who was a member of the Straus Clothier bas-ketball team of Valley City, N. D. was chosen captain and guard of the all-state team. The Straus Clothier team won tho state Independent title for 1933. • • • Eugono Halaas, '19, has secured his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago. Mr. Halaas Is an instructor at Drnke University, DcsMolnes, Iowa. THROUGH THE MONOCLE By—George! Announcement: the Concordian staff has resumed activity in Its re-newed quarters. • • • We can easily see that the weather is a woman because she is so change-able. Prom summer to winter to win-ter to summer! • • « George was so unfortunate as to see his first robin April 1, and nobody would believe It. • • * Judging by the choir write-ups, the basses are no longer base. • • * And now it's a question: is it more fun to have the choir here, or to get letters from them? • • * Are trains still trains if they fall through? Perhaps some "dordallan" philosophy should be applied to this problem. • * • WP surely enjoy those choir remin-iscences, even though we usually don't get tho point. • * • Upsetting beds at Ladies' Hall has its value; it necessitates a houseclenn- Ing afterward. • * * One reason for the slump in outside reading .now is the thickly-covered bulletin board. • * * And so quiet reigns in the Concord-ian room—and that's a joke—by George. Splashes of Ink . . . . by Oliver E. Johnson When the night has covered me .And the stars are shining. When the Milky Way I see Though my heart is pining. In my breast an anthem springs, New but filled with meaning, And the happiness it brings Tells me I am leaning On the strength of One who died, One my sins have crucified. When the dew is on the rose Early In the morning, When I rise from soft repose Hearing robins calling, In my soul new joy awakes, Praise and glad thanksgiving; All my inner being quakes With tho Joy of living. Life Is good It we but see Glimpses of Eternity! UNDER THE STABS Under the stars I walked tonight, Under the silent stars, Under tho stars that were so bright, Under the stars of red and white, Under the stars that shed their light Beyond these mortal bars. Under the stars I found my God, Under the soothing stars. Under the stars this earthly clod Turned to the path the Savior trod, Knowing that It led homo to God, On through the praying stars. A. H. Ijivik, '17, who Is director of physical education and athletics at Arizona state teachers college, Flag- i staff, has the most distant competitor in athletics 700 miles away and the nearest 230 miles away. • * * Visitors on tho campus during tho weekend were Grace Bratleo, '30, Goodridge; Pearl Askegaard, '30, Comstock, and Chester Holje, '31, of Strandqulst. « * • The Rev. C. B. YlviBaker made a trip to Granite Falls recently where he visited Kenneth Jorstad, '30, who Is a patient at the sanatorium there. • * • Basil Shlpp, '32, high school coach at Sheldon, N. D., entertained his basket-ball squad at a dinner at the home of his parents In Moor head March 24. • * * Mrs. Alice Olson, clothing instructor In the Concordla college home eco-nomics department, acted as one. of the judges in the piece quilt contest held at Herb at department -store in Fargo last week. From The Office. One of tho greatest encouragements that has been offered the college for a long time has come to us from the officers of the Women's Missionary Federation of the North Dakota and northern Minnesota districts. They have recently decided to give a $75 scholarship to a worthy student in each of the circuits attending Con-cordla. We would express our sincere ap-preciation to these organizations for the encouragement which they have given the college at this time. It was juBt the kind of assistance we needed so sorely and will be of the greatest assistance in maintaining our attendance at Us present level. A friend in need Is a friend indeed, ani Concordla's friends from far and near will rejoice in the splendid support pledged the college by the Women's Missionary Federation of our two districts. —J. N. Brown COBBER ETIQUETTE ON THE STREET CAR If a street car throws a gentle-man into a lady's lap, he Is no longer an American but a Lap-lander and should use the po-liteness of Nordic tribes and say, "I beg your parden," or "Ex-cuse me." IN CHAPEL The beautiful strains of the organ at the opening of the chapel period loses half of its beauty because of the hustle and bustle of the students entering the room. IN LIBRARY Some people build a fortress of books about them as if they were expecting an attack and then we wonder where the refer-ence and reserve books are which are at that time in great demand. DINING HALL Good manners in clubs are the same as good manners elsewhere —only a little more so. A club (the C. C. dining club included) Is for the pleasure and conven-ience of many; It is never in-tended as a stage-setting for a clown or monologist. ON THE CAMPUS Don't yell to some one on the other end of the campus. Don't make yourself conspicu-ous by promenading all day as though In a dress parade. Don't scatter paper and other waste over the campus, or cut up the lawn. Don't do-all you can to. help form paths across the campus. Meditation BY ARIEL MOLLDREM ROMANS 1:16 For I am not ashamed o"f the gospel of Christ; for It is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that belleveth. No one likes to have the finger of scorn or of ridicule pointed at him. Neither does anyone like to be the subject of shame. In the world of today there are many who are ashamed to confess themselves disciples of Christ and like Nicodemus, attempt to hide their beliefs under a cloak of Indifference. Although Concordla Is reputed to be a school of Christian youth, there are many who have taken no open stand for Christ as their Saviour but who appear to be "ashamed of the gospel of Christ." As a result, although they themselves lead exemplary lives they are not instrumental in bringing the truths of Christ to others through their contacts. Perhaps the greatest reason why they fear to acknowledge Christ is the fear of ridicule and scorn to which they will be subjected by their unbelieving and worldly friends. The question arises: Is the scorn and ridicule to which we will be subjected greater than the joy "and peace which will swell up without our soul upon the confession of Jesus as our personal Savior? The answer Is found In Paul, who bore the shame of the stripes and of prison, who faced the ridicule of the mob and Intense hatred and persecution of Jewish loaders, but who was "not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for It Is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that belleveth." • He had experienced that "power of God unto salvation." It had changed his life completely. Realizing the glories of that power, he wished to lose no opportunities of communing the gospel, with all Its claims and privileges, to the acceptance of men, regardless of race, class, or belief. -We too, like Paul, should make It our purpose to confess Christ, without shame or apology, to all, that others might experience that "power of God unto salvation to everyone that be- 4. * From the Rostrum "Seeking to excuse our sin by tranaferlng guilt to other people or charging It up to un-usual circumstances, only adds to' our guilt and weakens our ability to resist tho power of temptation." ' J. N. Brown. "We reveal our!true nature In unguarded moments." J. N. Brown "The essence or principle of saving faith Is that we take God at His word." C. B. Ylvlsaker. "We should dream the dreams of heaven, think the thoughts of Jesus, and work the work of our eternal Father." J. W\ Johnshoy. Y OGG Honeath the crown and robe that marked her Queen of Concordia, Eunice Lunde oxperi-enced tho most exciting day of hor college courBe at the Homecoming festivities of this year. The royal sceptre hold sway but for the day. Her every day influence extends to such prosaic things as dorm regulations, and proc-tor lists as speciiied under the duties of House Prexy. Eunice has long cherished a story-book conception of dorm life that has happily been realized In Ladies' Hall. Dorm life is to her one of the vital forces In true college experience. Eunice Lunde emerged Julie Cavendish in the presentation of the all-college play "The Royal Family" last spring. Dramatics has been one of her major college Interests, with this role playing the lead. In addition she has gone out for argument, and through debate has cultivated a taste for politics and current affairs. As a choir member of four years bussing, she has come to value the spirit that makes the choir gang the clORely knit unit it Is, and views with reluctance the prospect of removing the familiar vestment for the last time. With a B. A. and an English-history major minor combination, Eunice will step out from Concordia into the teaching profession. Social service In some form has long been her ulti-mate profession gonl. There are kinds and kinds of social service, but we truBt that what she chooses will be o. k. Good luck, Eunice! Long live the king! When football men evince an interest in furniture it generally Indicates the near prox-imity of a license of one kind or another. There is license for Figle's furniture interest, however, because it has been his strong craft hobby ever since his high school manual train-ing at East Grand Forks. The name Paul FigenBhaw usually stands out In caps in gridiron fame. Both in high school and college FIgie has climaxed his foot-ball career with the captaincy during his senior year. This year he was also awarded the honor athlete distinction for his contribution to Cobber athletics. The big moment in his sport reminiscences Is that of the fluke play in the St. Thomas game of last year, that gave Concordia the state championship of '32. Figie has also done his lines behind the footlights leading to Alpha Psi Omega mem-bership. The Grandpop role In "The Royal Family" was the part after his own heart. Salesmanship has enlarged his lcadeshtp qual-ities— which brings to mind his class presi-dency of the present senior class then in the sophomore stage of development. Economics and English constitute Ffgle's teaching lineup, with coaching as the big ex-tra- class post. Eventually he hopes to narrow down his lineup to this one field alone. May the best team win, and may that team be youra, Coach Flgle! EDUCATION By Hans Nelson THE SUMMER TERM was brought to an abrupt end when the owner of tho shack school-house came home ill. His remaining days were few and after the funeral school failed to reopen. As September drew near the building was reconditioned In preparation for the opening of the fall term. Considerable equipment was added although no paper or pencils were furnished. "When school opened In October, a new teacher greeted the children. She came from a state just east of the Father of Waters and proved to be very capable. Despite the many and varied obstacles that she had to face In a new country, she faithfully completed two seyen-month terms at this school. She -walked the mile and a half to school In the severest weather and only occasionally was she for-tunate enough to ride. Not even the low salary affected her loyalty to the school. My oldest brother and I wore the only. ones in the upper grades'and it was for us that the teacher Insisted on keeping the school from closing during the bitter winter months. We had two miles and a half to walk in fair weather although the severe weather often forced us to seek the winding trails along tho creeks. During the shortest winter days wo would begin our tramp through the snow be-fore sunrise and return In the evening dusk. Many things of Interest took place during ' these two years but space does not permit me to mention them here. However, I wish to say that, at the close of the second year the teacher gave "each pupil a worthwhile gift. I still have tho book, "Work and Win" -vhlch I re-ceived for perfect attendance.
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