The Lone Star Lutheran (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 23, 1941 Page: 2 of 4
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THE LONE STAR LUTHERAN
The Lone Star Lutheran
Published on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month of the
school year by the Student Body of the Lutheran College.
“Entered as second-class matter October 28, 1929, at the post-
office at Seguin, Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1879.”
Address all communications to “The Lone Star Lutheran,
Lutheran College, Seguin, Texas.
Subscription Price: One Dollar per Year
1940 Member 1941
FAssocided GolIe6*de Press
Editor-In-Chief----
Ex-Student Editor.
Business Manager.
Typists____________
THE STAFF
__________________Philip Wahlberg
____________________Garfield Kiel
____________________Robert Dibrell
Luther Laubach, Marvin Freytag
As yet, the various editors and managers have not been appointed,
therefore it was impossible to list them in this issue.
REPORTERS
Irene Strarup, Gertrude Otto, Melton Bulgerin, Mildred Vogelpohl,
Dorothy Krueger, Ross Wallace, Bobby Stulting. Margarete Schutte,
Amy Melton, Eddy Lindig, Allene Dittfurth, Eddie Egert, Carolyn
Pfluger, Edna Walker, Ernita Bartels.
FACULTY SPONSORS
Prof. Walter Christiansen Prof. Katherine Diehl
WELCOME
Texas Lutheran College welcomes the ,ye£ir 1941-42
which has recently been ushered in. Apart from the Chautauqua
week and Church Workers’ Institute, the campus presented a
rather deserted appearance during the summer months. It is
always refreshing at the beginning of each year to see the new
life and the renewed activities of an eager student body. The
faculty welcomes the new year because of the opportunities
to render service to the student, both in directing their work
and guiding them in their development. The members of the
faculty are engaged to render this service to the students and
sincerely hope that this service will be well received and will-
ingly accepted.
Texas Lutheran College welcomes the sophomores, who
are returning for their second year at 1. L. C. After becoming
acquainted with the aims and objectives of this Christian junior
college they have returned, we trust, because they are convinced
that a truly Christian school of higher learning offers the best
opportunities for an all-sided development of personality. We
hope and trust the sophomores will be good examples to the
freshmen both in conduct as well as in their 'application to work.
Texas Lutheran College welcomes the freshmen, most of
whom have left home for the first time and will undoubted!}'
pass through a difficult period of adaptation to new surround-
ings and a new type of work. We assure them that our welcome
is sincere. We shall do everything in our power to assist them
especially during the first difficult months. Texas Lutheran
College is a friendly school. Students and faculty members
together represent one large family. We shall be glad to have
the freshmen appeal to any member of the staff for any assis-
tance at any time. We want them to make the fullest use of
all opportunities offered.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of
Texas Lutheran College. We are eager to make it the most
successful of all the years. This can be done only if we work
together harmoniously and faithfully; if we will bear each
others burdens and share each others joys; if we will grow
in the art of self-control and learn to overcome self; if we
will walk in the footsteps of our Savior and Master.
May the Lord’s blessing rest upon our entire college family
during this semi-centennial year, 1941-42.
WM. F. KRAUSHAAR.
We have become more conscious than ever before that
the care of our democracy is that concept of freedom which
emphasizes obligation and resp'onsibilty as well as privilege.
We know that on this concept depends all that is best in our
national life. To maintain it in strength and vigor, on this
campus and through the nation, is surely worth the most en-
lightened and the most strenuous effort each of us is capable
of putting forth. — (ACP).
Tuesday, September 23, 1941
CAMPUS CAMERA
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BROTHER-PRESIDENTS
DR.. GEORGE M. SMITH IS PREXY
AT SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
WHILE HIS BROTHER,CHARLES 4.
SMITH IS PRESIDENT OF
ROANOKE COLLEGE/
Girls Gambit
September 16 and 17 were color-
ful days on the local campus, for
that is when the girls’ initiation
took place.
From some mysterious source,
word had been received that a
certain Madame Razippie had just
returned from Paris with all the
latest college fads and fashions.
On Tuesday, the -‘average fresh-
man girl” wore her hair in five
strands with clothes pins at the
end of each strand (for your in-
formation, girls, that was a new
air conditioning style). Then for
that “must have” pompadour, a
gayly colored balloon was tied
to the top of her head. Since this
is a year to save, her dress was
wrong side out and backwards;
and to give that necessary flare,
her slip showed approximately
two inches. For walking to and
1 from classes our campus co-ed
wore a high-heeled shoe and ank-
let on one foot, and a low-heeled
shoe and a long cotton stocking
on the other. Due to the present
emergency, she just had enough
makeup for one side of her face
and for that “extra touch.” she
wrote PUP in lipstick across her
orehead. Then for accessories,
our freshman representative ear-
ned moth balls and a package
rf gum (the latter for the sopho-
more girls). Further instructions
read that any fish was expected
Lo clean an upper classman’s room
with a toothbrush or sing the
school song on demand.
For Wednesday, Madame Razip-
pie suggested that the girls wear
an “inside-out dress” over their
slacks, and around the neck wear
the latest in choker costume jewel-
ry — one medium-sized onion
strung on a store string. Also, be-
cause of the present national
emergency, no makeup or nail
polish was advised (or else!). Since
the fashion experts couldn’t de-
cide if coiffures should be up or
down this season, the freshmen
wore their hair parted in the mid-
dle — the left side was put up as
high as possible in tight curls,
while the right side hung per-
fectly straight.
You will undoubtedly under-
stand why the freshmen girls were
the center of attraction Wednes-
day afternoon when they paraded
up town and played leap frog by
the fountain.
Wednesday night was the cli-
BOYS LIKE SCHOOL
12 MONTHS A YEAR
Upon learning that four boys
of TLC went to school twelve
months a year, this correspon-
dent was amazed. Nine months
jf school is hard enough, but
twelve! That’s too much.
Finding the four boys to inter-
view them was difficult, but I
found them. They are Nelson
Webernick, Philip Lorfing, Mar-
vin G'ohlke, and Arnold Windeck-
er. All four are sophomores.
From them I derived the follow-
.ng information:
They did all kinds of work while
on the campus all summer, in-
cluding painting, sweeping, car-
penter work, and cooking. Lorfing
did the cooking, with pork and
beans the main dish. Once a week
they had steak and iced tea. They
also had sardines, but not often.
•‘They stink too bad,” Gohlke
put in as the reason for the scar-
city of sardines on the menu.
Every now and then they went to
town to eat, but not often.
Their nights were usually spent
in the dorm loafing, but now and
then some Seguin girls (I wondei
who) would come and get them
or the evening. But a working
■nan has to sleep, so the boys
idn’t stay out very late, not
often.
Lorfing had divulged the abov.
nformation to your interviewer
.vho upon hearing it he decided
his was where he had come in!
So to bed he went, thinking of how
nuch he would like to go to
school twelve months a year, not
often.
max of the initiation ceremonies
when all town girls joined the
dorm girls for a pajama party
Refreshments were served, and
then the girls were politely asked
to retire to their rooms. The lights
went out, and the doors were lock-
ed — the freshmen one by one
went to sleep. About three a. ra-
the sophomore girls rushed them
out of their beds, blindfolded them,
and led them over the dorm. Half
asleep and half dazed, the fresh-
men stumbled along behind their
upper-classmen. When they re-
turned to their rooms, their mat-
tresses had mysteriously disap-
peared, so bedsprings were used
instead for a part of the night.
Not a Gteattisie
\WgA. StiwUtUf
Both boys’ dormitories were
quiet. No sound could be heard.
But the slamming of doors and
muffled whispers broke this still-
ness. Thereafter there was no
silence. Not with the sophomores
on the loose!
Quietly they climbed the stairs
of the West wing to the third
floor. Upon arriving they went
into every room, seeking fresh,
young, prey. The prey was
freshmen.
The “typical” freshman woke
up startled. His startledness turn-
ed to fear when he saw the me-
nacing paddles which each soph-
omore had. When told to, he got
up and went down to the boys’
lounge.
There he sat, trying to figure
out his destiny. Suddenly he notic-
ed his shaking knees, but yet it
was not cold. But his knees still
ehook. Then he tried to- laugh
everything off, but he couldn’t
even laugh. He said to himself,
“I have a sore throat, or maybe
a cold.” Finally he gave up, frank-
ly concluding that he was scared!
His thoughts were interrupted
by the entry of the scared and
frightened East side freshmen.
They, too, sat down and stared
into space.
And all of a sudden a familiar
voice rose out of the multitude
of sophomores present. The voice
of “Mighty” Duderstadt was
booming. He told of what was
happening. In conclusion he said
that what was going to take place
was obvious, very obvious. At
this, all the freshmen shivered.
Presently, Richard Allen, stu-
dent president, stepped out. He
told of the hardships suffered in
past initiations besides emphasiz-
ing the big part sportsmanship
played in college life. Then he
asked all freshmen who were
ready for initiation to step for-
ward. Waving his paddle in an-
ticipation, he waited. His wait
was short. En masse the fresh-
men stepped out. But then a
door opened and in walked “POP”
ANDER.
Pandemonium broke loose!
Sophs were everywhere, yet no-
where. Duderstadt was under a
table; Wahlberg, behind a door;
and gosh knows where the rest
were. Ann Sheriden couldn’t have
looked better than “Pop” did
then!
There “Pop” stood, as welcome
to the freshmen as a B-19 bomber
or a battleship to the British.
Good ole “Pop!”
When the bedlam subsided,
“Pop” announced, “Boys it’s all a
frame-up. I knew all about it.
Now the only initiation the sophs
are asking is that you, the fish,
get a military haircut before
Thursday. If you don’t get one,
they’ll cut your hair for you. Nowr,
I want to know if any of you are
hungry?”
The awed silence was broken by
loud cheers and whistles as “Pop”
directed the stampede to the din-
ing room where he watched the
boys shovel down ham and ba-
lcney sandwiches, along with
: calding hot coffee.
By then everyone was wide
r wake and ready for anything.
Ho to the girls dormitory they
went!
A glass of water was the best
ssponse that the girls gave to
renditions of HOLD THAT
TIGER, HELLO, GOOD NIGHT
LADIES and TLC fight song.
Then, sweet repose!
What a night! What an initi-
ation !
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Prof. Gibson states that anyone
interested in trying out for the
choir should see him as soon as
possible.
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The Lone Star Lutheran (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 23, 1941, newspaper, September 23, 1941; Seguin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth850483/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Lutheran University.