Concordia College - Spire / Concordian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 152 of the 1918 volume:

3 1833 02523 4383 Gc 977.202 F77conc 191) Concordia College (Fort Wayne , I nd . ) The Concordian HP Open and Read C nc txndn C ncdrcficl Colkge, 78 6116 5 mUUUUUUOOUUOUUUOUUOOUOOUOOUUBUOUlJUBUBOU ' JUUIJUUUaBBUUOBUUUUUUUUl] library Street ■ 2 J m 46801- 70 Fort Y ne, IN ° 900 Webster T J 2 7t Dedication: To Captain George L. Byroade The Class of 1918 Respectfully Dedicates This Book TKv ZlWVCDKMAN ' lfl. r CUUUUOU0UUU0OUO00UO0U000UOUUUUUU0U P gO uuuuuuuauuuu 0BUUUU ' - ' UUUIJ 7900 f ' yfim j -- Z Hk I ¥- «5| ™ J. 1 J jy ■ ' « a . xZ p L-. Tkv £5Z VC[HKMAN ' ia. I DU ituuuoonuuuui ioouc cuujuoi Dedicatory ' HE value of a man ' s life is gauged by the influence for good that he exerts upon those with whom he comes into contact. The only monument that is worth having is that which one creates for himself in the hearts of his fellow men. This is true of every leader of men. It is especially true of a teacher ' s life. His work is usually judged by the salary attached to the position he has been able to capture; by the fame of the insti- tution with which he is associated; by the lustre, real or spurious, that he has en- hanced the fame of the school withal. But the real touchstone is the influence for good he has exerted upon his pupils. Like most of the deep and great and true things of life, the measure of a teacher ' s success in a school like ours is therefore not known either to himself or to his colleagues in the faculty, and — least of all — to his pupils and their parents. It is past finding out by any one that looketh only on the outside, and is seen only by the eye of our Great Taskmaster , who looketh on the heart and readeth the hearts of all men as an open book. TKv ZLWVCDKMAN ' IS. moooouuuBuoaoug i HJflUBUUOBUUUOUUUI In dedicating this book to Captain George L. Byroade, we, the class of 1918. therefore do not presume to think that we can honor him to the full measure of the real, ultimate value of his work among us, but are merely giving expression to a lively sense of gratitude for his unselfish endeavor in our behalf; for the effective- ness of the management of the military department; for the kindly interest he took in our athletics; for the generous bestowal of his time upon everything that might tend to advance Concordia College in any way; for the life of true manliness that he lived among us, an example that we all might follow. And now since he in obedience to our country ' s call has left us to re-enter the active military service, we wish him God speed, ' ' rapid advancement, fame and honor, and a safe homecoming when the din of war shall be over. TKt £S7A DKklAN ' 16. •p uuuuuuuouuuuuuouuuoaooooouuguo o ou B UBuuuuuuJuua o ouuaBuuuuuui ' umj Prologue £7 HALL we say the same old things li j again, make the same apologies, ' express the same desires? What difference would it make to anyone, and what would be the good? We have made a book, and here it is. We can not truthfully say that we regret the task. Experience is a stern and unrelenting teacher, but her worth is above rubies. And some day, perhaps, when years have gone their way, this book will be turned up from a dust-stained heap some- where, and someone ' s eyes will brighten, while the mind follows the memory back the long, long road to Concordia and to our present day. TKv £57A DKbLAN ' IB. iUUUUU Uouuuoouuoouuuooouoouuauouuu B UBUuuuouuuuauauuoouuuuuuuut TKv £S7A DKkLAN ' 16. PO UUUOOOOUUOOOOOUUUOOOOOOOUUBUO O OUgUPUUUUUU ' JUUJBBUUOOUUUUUUUUt The Staft PAUL BOESTER Editor-in-Chief GEORGE MAASSEL Associate Editor THEOPHIL WEINHOLD Business Manager ERNEST JOOST Asst. Business Manager ALBERT POLSTER Organizations OTTO SCHURDEL ARTHUR KASISCHKE Biographer and Humorous Editor TKv £S7A DKMAN 1B. i (JU uuuuiioovuuouiiuouuiiuoouo oouaoooouBugouuumjuuuaumjuoouuuuuouuoc ' N myv ' k TKv ZLWVC DKblAN ' IB. TKv ££Z VC DKkLAN ' IB. I UUUUUUUOUUUOUUUOUUU 000000 UUgUOUUUBUaUUUJUUJvJS g OUlOBUOJowUUUU Faculty AUGUST CRULL. Prof. em. In his shepherd ' s calling he was prompt and Watchfu more than ordinary men. JOSEPH SCHMIDT. Prof. He wo, faithful in all things TKv £X7 XZ DRkLAN ' IS. ; UUUUU000e UUUOOOUUUUOOOOUUOUUauuuuU B UUUUUUUUUUUg u UUU Ul u U uu ' - '  v ' J DIR. M. LUECKE, Pres. Religion and New Testament Greek PROF. F. ZUCKER Gr eek. Language and Literatur PROF. L. DORN German and Histoiy TKv £S7A QKMAN ia. VWUUV UOUUUUOOOOOUUOOOOOOUUUUUUUOUBUOUUUUOUUUUaBOIJUOBUUtlUUUUtU PROF. W. KRUSE. Latin Language and Literatu FROF. W. MOLL. Latin and Greek PROF. G. SCHICK, Ph. D. Hebrew. German. English. French. Natural Sci, TKv £X7 VZ DKkLAN ' IB. gUUUUUOooouoopuoauuuoagouoouuauouuuBuouuuuouuuuauoouoBuuuo ou ' Jui PROF. W. BURHOP. iglish Language and Literature, and History PROF. E. SCHNEDLER Mathematics. Natural Sciences PROF. W. DORN TKv ZL A DKbLAN ' ia. IUUUUUUUoouuouuuouuoouooooouu b uohuuo i IUOOUUUUUUUUC PROF. E. UMBACH Instructor in English Department REV. G. DOEGE German and History MOTTO: Christo et Stud TKv ZLWVC DKblAN ' IS. l UUUOWUOUUUOOUttOOUUOOPOUOOUUOUOUJUPUOUUUUOUUUUgBBUUOHUUUUUUUUl Prima Of Days Gone By OUR life at Concordia began in September, 1912. On those sunny days of early autumn ninety-four hopeful lads, for the first time, crossed the campus with heavy laden suit-cases. On the faces of some of us was pictured the grim determination to be men, and to make the best of the sit- uations that might arise ; others were pale and resigned, thinking of mother at home, their future appearing homeless and hope- less. Within a few weeks, however, even the latter had adapted themselves to the new mode of living, though prac- tically all looked expectantly to the day when they would see mother again. After weeks of hard work came the days when the sun rises cheerless over hills of gray, and, darkly circled, gives at noon a sadder light than waning moon. Christmas vacation was at hand. Nearly all of us went home. After two weeks we returned encouraged to stick to it. We all went to work again, and soon we were at the end of the first term. When we returned for the next school-year our number was considerably reduced, and though a few new-comers cast their lot with ours, we were but sixty-five. Nearly all of us con- tinued in the pace that we had set ourselves during the first year. But again at the end of the term many thought, like in the foregoing year, that they had not chosen the right calling, and these therefore left us to seek their opportunities and successes in other directions. They doffed with ease their scholar ' s gown to peddle wares from town to town. In the third year, Quarta, we appeared with strong and seemingly invincible forces, to conquer Greek, and to make our presence felt at Concordia. Nearly all mischief committed during that term was accredited to the class ' 18. Shortly before the ever returning Christmas vacation, every Quartaner was in possession of a loud purple and orange jersey, and our first appearance in these at a basket-ball game, was claimed by the wearers to have been the greatest event of the season. An attempt was also made at a class literary society and upon it the sages of the class looked with pride and en- thusiasm. Some careless boys that year we seemed; but in our club we had the look and air of those who wisely schemed, and hostage from the future took in training thought and lore of book. The whole class had a common interest, and each individual member was supported by the remaining ninety- TKv £XZ VC DKMAN ' 18, TKv ZLVA C DKklAN ' IB. lUUUUUUOuuuuuuuuoouuooooooouu B oobouguauuuuuuuuua s ouuoouuuououun With a more serious view of life we began our work in the fourth year. Some were soon parading about with chevrons on their sleeve in testimony of the fact that they had become well acquainted with Uncle Sam ' s firearms. After a few weeks of lessons the whole class gathered in the club-room for the election of the editorial staff of this annual. In the course of the year also our coat lapels were decorated with the class insignia. We became more reserved from day to day, pre- paratory to our becoming members of the ruling body of Con- cordia, and soon also came the time when most of us glided happily over to the unexplored land, Secunda. And when the following school-year shone, we looked upon a world unknown, on nothing we could call our own. We were to battle with Hebrew. Once more many discovered at the thought of it that their life work lay in another field. Con- sequently our number was again reduced. Those that had returned labored zealously with Livius and Virgil, Homer and Xenephon. We worked, we perspired, we endured agony. But we also enjoyed our Smokers ' , our social gatherings. We were active for our Alma Mater. Hand in hand with the class ' 17 we made many good improvements. The dormitory underwent a thorough renovation, due to the endeavor of members of our class. Much of the general interest of the Quarta year, however, had passed into oblivion, and in its stead sprang up small groups of true and devoted friends. No more beyond the circle of our hearth a welcome sound of toil or mirth unbound the spell, and testified of human life and thought outside. Also Mars received his first toll from our midst when two class-mates volunteered for the First Officers ' Training Camp. Now we have almost completed our sixth and last year at our Alma Mater. We number but twenty-four. Hebrew, Greek, Latin and the World ' s War took comrades from us for the last time, during the first part of this term. Those of us that remain may often be found meditating over the past. Often also the conversation drifts to the days gone by. But youth is not the season of dreams of the past, and we are soon awakened from our thoughts by our daily duties. We have not yet reached the goal, we are still striving onward. Our fondest hope is that all those, who at one time were numbered with us, may have enjoyed as happy a life as we did during our six years ' stay at Concordia. Class Colors: Purple and Burnt Orange Class Motto: Ever Upward, Ever Onward TKv £X7 S: DKklAN ' IB. uuuuuuuuuuuuouuom muuoouuuuuuuu c WALTER J. BOEHNE Inglefield, Ind. Sergeant Chief Musician II Lieut. Batt MISCELLANEOUS Orchestra and Band; Apollo Glee Club; Supervisor of Gym; C. C. Bowl- ing Ass ' n; Board ' of Sanitation. ' Upon the hour when I was born Cod said another man shall be. The Senator from Evansville is the distinguished personage heading our class-roll. Give Mr. Boehne a French Briar Pipe, a can of Prince Albert Tobacco, and a Hebrew Grammar Then place him in some quiet corner in a Morris Easy Chair, and let him enjoy himself to his heart ' s content. So far, so good. You see in that case he is very harmless, but as soon as you let him have his own way about his freedom, then it s all off, and his presence becomes dangerous within a radiusof some twenty-five yards of three feet each Th Senator was started off on mensa . that fame js b- f of boredom of the Latin Grammar, and he proceeded far as Cicero vs. Cateline in four rounds Mj .. rest of his days see sunshine the like of which no Persian darts nor javelins shall be able to darken. Why? Well, simply because he showed such a noble spirit of patriot- ism last winter as to go out into our back-yard orchard to hew wood, because of a lack of coal here. Dixi .  TKv ZLS7A DKkLAN ' lfl. roouuuuouuuuijui JJoOOOOCOO JO -iTi U S JU-iUv PAUL F. BOESTER Chicago. 111. MILITARY Corporal Qtm. Sergeant I Sergeant MISCELLANEOUS Orchestra; Apollo Glee Club. Direct- or; Concordian ' 18 Staff; P. D. Club. Vice-President; Directorium; President. Prima and Secunda; President, Coetus; President, Class ' 18; Supervisor of Natatorium; Entertainment Club. His music wa pleasant and i like the memory oj joys that . ournjulto the soul. ' ' We should hesitate to suggest because he has not enough of tha hat Mr. Boester go into the p ' ano-business, simply gesticulating talent, very om.rionly found among such gentlemen. We would rather suggest that he become a music teacher; for Paul it is that has been soothing our high strung nerves all these past six years of our college-life. He it is that put the Muse in music, and whenever you hear soft music floating in the air about Concordia ' s piano rooms, you can rest assured that it is Paul ' s fault. But Paul is also talented along iher lines. He has. for example, acquitted himself My as the president of our class, and as Editor-in- ■v-,nief of this annual. During the past year he also organized a Glee Club of the members of the Senior and Junior classes, which flourished under his able direction beyond the most modest expectations. May his future be crowned with much success. nm TKv ££7A DKMAN ' IB. iO UUOUOUumjuoo i ■loouoo uuuuuauauuuuuBujjuuujuuauuuaoouuuuuuuuc MARTIN F. HEINE New Haven, Ind. MILITARY Corporal Sergeant I Sergeant II Lieutenant ATHLETICS Varsity Baseball. Captain; Varsity Basketball. Captain; Rambler Basket- ball. MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club: P. D. Club ; ' A faint blush citing through the light of thy transparent cheek, like rose-leaf bathed in dew. id he sho Our big boy Heine is quite an athle forming on the basketball floor. Heine, the captain of base-baller . will surely be missed by next year ' s team. Mart is quite a blusher, too. and whenever anything as serious as Demosthenes ' Orations presents itself, he blushes to his ears. He is. nevertheless, quite a con- genial fellow, always looking for a good time. We should almost be led to believe that he got Horatio Alger ' s Sink or Swim down by heart, since it seems to be his motto. He always manages to keep on the surface and it happens only occasionally that he gets hands in the mud at the bottom. Mart is a persistent worker and always reaches his goal. One thing, however, that he did not have quite as much success at, was at gestur- ing for declamations. There always seemed to be some awkwardness about him in that line, and we hope he overcomes it some day. ed us some rar sity ft ft ; Vof i TKv £X7f ; DKkLAN ' lfl. UUUUUOOOPUUOOOOOUUOOUOOUOOUUBUOggU B UBUUUUOUUUUaaBUU OBUUUUUUUUl ERNEST H. JOOST Mark Center. Ohio Corporal I Lieutenant MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; Concordian ' I t Staff; P. D. Club; Class Treasurer Vice-President. Pr.ma and Secunda Directorium; Investigating Committee Board of Sanitation; Supervisor o Cym. A man without money is lif c a bird without If he soars, he falls to the ground and dies. A good Pater or father is our dear pal and classmate. Mr. Joost. Just like our daddies at home. Pater took good care of our money here. You see. he it was that had charge of our class-funds duiing our sojourn here on the way to Mecca. Many a time we stood between two fires, but always Pater got our cash before we could spend it. Nevertheless he was a good class- treasurer and he managed our shekels as well as daddy at home could have done. The only really embarrassing thing about Mr. Joost is the fact that he. at times, is only too obliging for anything. He would rather die than be found offending anyone; oh. dear, yes! Where were you last night. ' Pater ' ? Oh. just out fora walk. With whom? Ask me no questions and I ' ll tell you no lies. There has been some questioning going on as to the career Mr. Joost is planning as his future life ' s work. He has never told us, but. if we were given to betting, we would bet five dollars to a doughnut that it will be the running of a ten-cent store somewhere out west, selling bandanna handkerchiefs. mitt TKv Z1WVC DKkLAN ' lfl. i P UUUUOUOOUUOuuuouuuoooououuuuuouuupuouuuuuuuuuagouuoauuououuut ARTHUR R. KASISCHKE St. Joseph. Mich. MILITARY Corporal Sergeant I Sergeant II Lieutenant MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club: Concordian ' !( Staff; P. D. Club. Recorder; Enter tainment Club; Supervisor of Gym Supervisor of Natatorium. ' How happy is he born and taught That scrveth not another ' s will. Here he is. The man who is responsible for the humorous section of the Concordian ' 18. Kash is always full of fun and sees the bright side of everything. He is Uncle Sam ' s official War Saving Stamp representativ our institution, he coaxes our quarters out of our pock- ets. He also works in the interest of the U. S. Boys ' Working Reserve. Arthur is one of our most enthusia tic physical culturists; he possesses a marked ability i swinging Indian clubs and taking walks. Lest we forget, Kash has also gained quite a reputation as an orator and speaker. His first attempt was at the occasion of the official ushering in of the Thrift Stamp and the War Saving Stamp. At this occasion he delivered a masterly address in behalf of the cause, that would keep our coffers filled. He played a promi- nent part in bunk-life as manager of the Lost and Found Bureau. May his riches accumulate as the stray articles in his place of business. TKv ZL A DKMAN ' ia. tUUUUUOUOUUuoouoouuooaqoooouuBuouuuBuouuuuuuuuuBuauuoBuuuuuuuin ADOLPH H. KEB South Bend. Ind. MILITARY Corporal Sergeant Chief Trumpeter ATHLETICS II Concordian Basketball; Varsity Basketball; Varsity Baseball; Track Team. Mgr. MISCELLANEOUS Orchestra and Band; Kimik Trio; T. I. C. Club; R. S. T Club; C. C. Bowling Ass ' n; Supervisor of Gym; Supervisor of Natatorium. ily of human life is like a rii and yet constantly constantly passing away. Although Mr. Keb did not get to see that long sought for day. when he was to be graduated from his Alma Mater, he. nevertheless, spent over five long years here with us. At the beginning of this school-term, when every- thing was in smooth running order. Mr. Keb was forced, on account of illness, to discontinue his studies. During the time that he was with the class of ' 18. he also showed ' that stick-together spirit, so characteristic of this class. Whenever a good time was being had, Slivers was sure to be there firing the rest with enthusiasm. He was a star in athletics, both baseball and basket ball, and usually managed to cop a few points for his class on field-day. In lessons. Mr. Keb also sailed out alive after such terrible ordeals as are known by the name of exams. The class regretted very much to lose him as a member, but since he has gone, we wish him all good luck for the future. TKv £X7AV DKkLAN ' IB. ip UUUUUUOuuuuautiouuoouoooOPUuououooguoouu uuuuuu a u ouu a buuuuuou m RUDOLF A. KOESSEL Lansing, Mich. MILITARY Sergeant I Sergeant MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club: Directorium; C. ' Six years have slipped lih c hour-glass sand. From life ' s fast emptying globe away. lmost killing silenc the Could you imagine an overwhelm you simply could not get a clear idea just as t .Tis said by some, that silence is golden, and tha who are silent do a whole lot of thinking. Ho true or untrue this may be, we are nevertheless positive that Rudie spends many a precious moment of his time in other spheres. Very often has it happened that Mr. Koessel was offered two bits for his thoughts, but he wouldn ' t let us get even a smell as to his golden meditations. But, give him an edition of some famous author, e. g. Darwin ' s Evolution of Insects, and then place him in a shady nook, and he wouldn ' t be inter- fered with for the world. He likes mathematics too. Strange as it might seem, he came quite near to becom- ing popular the other year, when the baseball manager had him signed up to umpire a game of the national pastime. The House of David colony is shy an umpire. Rudie. Well, if TKv IWVCDKMAN ' ia. OUUUUUOOOOUUOOUOOUUOOOPOOOOOUOUOUUUOUBUUUUOUUUUaUOU UOBUUUUUUllUWJ KARL O. KUMMER Detroit, Mich. MILITARY Corporal Principal Musician Chief Trumpeter MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club. Vice-Pres.; Kimik Trio; Orchestra and Band: Entertain- ment Club; Supervisor of Gym; Super- visor of Natatorium. Mr halls o ■ ' Flitling here and ihere. like sunshine in the uneasy ocean-waves. rimer has gained the enviable reputation of not having seen Concordia ' s Saturday or Sunday evening before midnight or one a. m. and well worth his while it was to get his mind off his studies, and be roaming about in the land of dreams on Sunday even- ings. You know it is on such warm evenings of Spring, that one very easily forgets all earthly troubles, and begins to roam among the stars and moon. A young man ' s fancy lightly turns to other things besides studying, and that especially in Spring, and that is how it happens that we did not very often see Mr. Kummer killing himself at trying to get over the spring-fever. It was also Kugs that brought the art of letter-writing to its present universal use and practice. We ' ve been wondering whether Mr. Ford of his home town had inspired him to become the all-around man that he is; for he can do everything from chanting a rag to tooting on his trombone. He loves the Hebrew language, lives with the Greek poets, and just revels in Latin. Nevertheless, he too thinks that better days are coming after the war. So long, Letty. TKv LV VZ DKkLAN ' lfl. Hjuunuuuouuuouuuouuooaoooocuuouoi HJuUUvuvJUaOUJOU JvwOUtl! GEORGE J. MAASSEL Hamler. Ohio Sergeant Chief Musician MISCELLANEOUS Orchestra and Band; Concordian ' 18 Staff: R. S. T. Club; Entertainment Club; Representative Committee; Di- rectorium; Board of Sanitation, Presi- dent: Vice-Pres. Class Literary Society. Thou didst not seek, the sage ' s wreath. But too soon didst win it. We have at times been sorely tempted to associate the name of our distinguished class-mate, Mr. Maassel, with that of the wise Philosopher Seneca of Rome. However, near to, or far from the actual truth we may have come, we are. nevertheless, positive that it was Georgie and not Mr. Webster that coined that word diligence. For Georgie surely proved himself a stick-to in whatever he undertook to do. especially as far as the studying of the Classics is concerned. No doubt it ' s all in his pipe and tobacco, those necessary evils of great men. A whole lot of the success of the present Annual must be attributed to Georgie ' s noble efforts, and we shall ever feel grateful towards him on that account. There is a rumor hereabouts that he had also written some poems of elegant style in a foreign tongue, and we are anxiously waiting for his Buckeye edition of the same. If. however, he insists upon reading them to us. we should suggest that he be clothed suit of , TKv £X7 : DKbLAN ' IB. iUUUUUOUOocjuooooouufmiooooBuu g ugauu B uouu KARL R. MATTHIES Gary, lnd MILITARY Sergeant I Sergeant Captain Major ATHLETICS Varsity Basketball; Rambler Basket- ball. MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; Class Quartet Rambler Club. Sec ' y; Directorium C. C. Bowling Ass ' n; Tennis Club Supervisor of Gym ; Supervisor of Nata •MATTS ' Fair as a star. uhen only Is shining in the sky- Who is Mr. Matthies? A kindly nature who hails from Gary. Ind. Matts came re to Fort Wayne with the rest of us about half a dozen years ago. and ever since that time he has been hoping same as the rest of us. that he could remain here forever. But alas! how fast have not the one thousand six hundred and eighty days sped by! Yes. Matts , here we are again all together to take up a new calling. Surely Mr. Matthies did not dream six years ago that he would some day be a member of our Varsity basketball squad. This and many other things were in store for him which he knew not of. So. for example, he was voted into the responsible position of Major of the Cadet Corps. In this position Matts showed us what kind of stuff ambition should be made of. His ever radiant smile and fair complexion have won for him a warm spot in the hearts of all of the student-body. ' Tis rumored that he is quite a favorite among the fair sex. Of course, we don ' t know. M M TKv LV VZ DKkLAN ' IS, rU OUOUUUOUUUOOUoouuuooootiouu ' JauouuuBuouuuuiJuuuL i auouu ELLIS H. MOEHRING Snohomish. Wash. Corpora l Color Sergeant Sergeant Major ATHLETICS Track Team. MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; Kimik Trio; En- tertainment Club; Tennis Club, Pres. ; T. I. C. Club; R. S. T. Club; Athletic Board. Vice-President; C. C. Bowling Assn. ••ALICE He was wonderfully made. ' from the unpronounceable city in Howdc We have here th, you say that you liked his nickname? So do all town of his? You got me. it sounds Yiddish, doesn ' t it? But all jokes aside, our friend Ellis showed us some rare Western stunts, since he came here two years ago to buck the rulings of Fate with us. So. for example, he jumped nine feet six ' ' here once upon a time. Yes he did,— at pole vaulting. He also edited that famous volume entitled: How to study Hebrew Professor- less. We have often wondered whether it is not those Sunday evenings over at Lizzie ' s that give him all that overflowing imagination, for he surely has it. Also his famous story about the blonde kitten that he used to tell regularly at our annual class banquets. Ask him to tell it to you. it ' s a good one. We are told that during his holidays Ellis writes campaign speeches for reckless politicians. We did. however, never believe such rumors to be true. Washingtc Did I h e that ho TKv ££7A E)KkLAN ' lfl. OUUUUUOUOPUuoou ouuuoaoooPoquouo auBuauuuuuuuuuauuuuouu CONRAD S. MOLL Ft. Wayne. Ind. Corporal Sergeant Color Sergeant MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; Tennis Club. 007900 COONY the Liberty on a golden ten-dolla Moll is the only Ft. Wayne man ix years ago, we had about half of lass, and we are justly proud of him. ss composed of Ft. Wayne boys, but Coony is the only one that remained true to the purple and burnt-orange. What Coony likes most, is to kick a football about the building, or if it be in- doors, to be telling us secrets about Ft. Wayne politics. Coony also likes to laugh, and during the Hebrew periods especially. It is then that he fairly splits his sides at the irony of history, in that we poor mortals should have been destined to fuse life into the dead bones of antiquity. But in order to place it all into a nutshell, we might state: He stud.ed hard, he raised a little Cain, he toed the mark. Well done, my boy. here ' s your diploma. As a patriot. Mr. Moll is still looking for his equal. Why. he showed such a rare brand of it here during the last school-year as to force the colonel to stare with eyes wide open and finally to make him color sergeant. Salve. Kuh-nay. TKy £X7AS: DKklAN ' 16. muuuuuuuuuuoo u uu u uoa 0 u BUUUUUBauBuauuuuuuu uuauuuuaouuuut EDWIN A. MOSSNER Gera. Mich. Qtm. Sergeant MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; Dir Supervisor of Gym. Like a lull ' d babe he slept, and knew no fe sleeping, like the darkness at noontide. The only picture that will be remaining in our minds of M from now when we pick up the Concordian ' 18, will be. M morning. Yes, he likes to sleep, and whenever he gets to bed, he stays there for a week or two — it all depends upon the weather outside. He finds out the temperature by poking one of his feet out of his bed, and then he acts accordingly — either gets up, or pulls back his foot as fast as if an adder had stung him. The only time he is really wide awake is when he gets a fat check from home, or on Sunday evenings. Never- theless, Mose studied hard while he was here, and we bet he ' s glad it ' s all over. Kugs . lets take a walk up the Highway, what do you say? When Mr. Mossner was in the lower classes he thought there was no place like Ft. Wayne, but you can realize the cir- cumstances as they are now when there ' s metal more attractive at home. As soon as Mose becomes of age he intends to run a soft drink stand over in the old country. about twenty years in bed at ten in the M ft TKv ££7A DKMAN ia.- I UUUUU0UDUUU0OO0OOUU oooooo ouu g uououauouuuoouuuuaaouuoBuuuuu uuuL ALBERT T. POLSTER Evanston. Ind. Corporal Batt. Qtm. Sergeant Capta.n ATHLETICS II Concordian Basketball; Varsity Basketball; Rambler Basketball; Track Team. MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; Concordian ' 18 Staff; Sec. Prima and Secunda: Secre- tary. Coetus; Secretary, Class ' 18; P. D. Club; Rambler Club; Repre- sentative Committee; Investigation Committee; Board of Sanitation; C. C. Bowling Assn. ' Love is a fire thai bu PHILIPP 2nd sparkles in mi Not much can be him well enough. A ld of Mr. Polster ' s earlier days, simply because we didn ' t know he grew older, however, and received the nickname Phihpp we saw that he was quite a chap at that, who was always ready to enjoy a good time with the rest of us. He was a man that ranked with the best in his studies, and one that proved himself a tower of strength for our Varsity basketball team. In the military depart- ment he ca ptured a captain ' s berth, and he proved himself an able leader. He also did very valuable work for his class as a member of the Concordian ' 18 Staff. We have no idea just as to what Mr. Polster intends to make his life ' s work but we have it at second- hand that he is working on an experiment that should make him famous May the scheme be crowned with much success. To quote Mark Twain. Take him for all in all. he was a thoroughbred. TKv ££7A DKbiAN ' IB. fP UUUUU uouuuouuoouuuoaooupuouauouuupuguuuuiiui.)i)uaauuuoouuuuuuutn MANFRED E. REINKE Chicago. 111. Sergeant II Lieutenant ATHLETICS II Concordians. Captain; Varsity Basketball; Rambler Basketball. MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; P. D. Club; Ram- bler Club; Stationery; Executive Com- mittee: Supervisor of Natatorium. STUD IE ' Tat c him for all in all. he was a man. ' Studie is the poet of our class. The only difference be of other poets is that he writes poetry that is actually true tc other poets — well, you know what ' s wrong with them. But composing poetry isn ' t the only thing that Studie does here, he plays an occasional game of basketball, too O. it just makes one ' s heart leap to see Studie dance from one end of the gym-floor, downing every opponent. At such times he ' s a regular Apollo in disgust. His hobby, however, is to be telling us of his exciting experiences during the holidays, especially at Xmas time. He seems always to have had some nar- row escape or other from kidnappers, which would lead us to believe that we ' re not the only ones that are stuck on Studie ' s looks. In the lower classes the study of Zoology seemed to appeal to him; as he grew older, however, he loved studies more becoming to a man. such as Mr. Woidke ' s discourse on affection. His days are numbered. his poetry and that hile the subjects of m M TKt ZX7A T DKkLAN IB. C UUOUUOoouuuP°ooouuooooopeouauoi GEORGE C. SCHROEDER New Haven, Ind. Corporal Sergeant II Lieutenant MISCELLANEOUS T. I. C. Club. President; B Sanitation: C. C. Bowling Supervisor of Gym. RUPS Hi ' s laff is like a singin ' brook thai bubbles as it passes. Mr. Schroeder has sistible. It reminds 01 uaint. mellow, rich voice, and his laugh is simply irre- rippling and the tinkling of a fountain splashing in a large courtyard. It surely is beautiful, and what ' s more, only he can do it. Rups is quite a wall-sealer, too. and he showed us some real class in that line the other year at the military tournament when, in the presence of a Colonel, and a few other notable colleagues of his. he scaled a ten foot wall in less than no time. Come on fellows, let ' sstart something — and before we got started. Rups began to laugh like Robin Good- fellow — a long. loud, hearty horse laugh, better than the screech of a rusty hinge, laughed like a happy foun- tain in a cave brightening the gloomy rocks. But what should we have done here without such a happy creature as Rups? Surely life would not have been worth living. Yes. he. too. got a diploma and it cost m m TKv £W VDRMAN ' 1B. lUUOUUUUOflUuuouaouuuoooooooouguououguBuuuouuouuauauu BBUuouuuuc OTTO E. SCHURDEL Cleveland, Ohio Sergeant Captain MISCELLANEOUS Orchestra; Class Quartet; Apollo Glee Club; Concordian 18 Staff; R. S. T. Club; T. I. C. Club; Entertainment Club; Directorium; Mimeographer; Athletic Board; Business Manager. sketball; IK.il 1 Auditing Committee; Board of S ' Precious, as are the concealed i Locked in another ' s love. iforts of a Mr. Schurdel surely must have experienced some exciting high-school career before he came here to share his plum pie with us. for he ' s still telling us about it. He ' s quite a hand at mimeographing, too. and he can play a ukelele. Wouldn ' t he make a much-to-be-coveted asset for the parlor of a vain maiden? We won ' t, however, guarantee that his musical recitals would prove a rare treat to you. Still he always manages to draw quite a number of English sparrows to his window sill, and they screech with all their might until Abie decides to quit serenading. From his fertile brain many new ideas for the annual were conjured up. As a Frenchman Abie is still looking for his like about the old bunk. Just like Diogenes of old. the cynic that used to parade about in the daytime with a lantern looking for a real man. only Abie parades at night, and hasn ' t found his equal yet. Greater men may have lived, but Abie doubts it. Dixi-Finis. H M r p cji TKv ZLW TDKklAN ' ia. lUUimUCUOOULjouoouu oooooocaJJUi TTtrs-cTy! VICTOR W. SMITH Milwaukee. Wis. MILITARY Corporal Sergeant I Sergeant MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; Electrician; E Sanitation. ' Positive as a Scotchman, Positive as the earth is fir Mr. Smith had the pleasur time of only two years. Yet w ■ of being with the class of ' 18 for the comparatively short thin this short time, he has managed to gain a reputation that should do him for years to come. In case Mr. Smith was ever asked to do anyone a favor, he fairly stumbled all over himself at trying to grant it. Also when it came to shedding some light on an impractical subject or other, Vic was right there, since he was our electrician. It surely was disgusting to have Vic turn out the lights on us when we were reaching the climax of some intensely exciting volume of fiction. Study? Well I should say he did. and we ' ve often wondered as to where he got all that stick-to-it-iveness from. His melodious voice also won for him the posi- tion of first sergeant in the company of A . To hear him yell A ' company fall in ! was simply irre- sistible. May he reach his ambition, i. e. a commission ie TKv £S7A DKMAN ' ia. lUUUUUUUOOUUOOUOOOUUOaOOOOUUUBUOUUUOUBUlUUUUUUUanOUUOOUUUUUUUUl CARL F. STRODEL Huntington, Ind. Qtm. Sergeant I Sergeant Batt. Major MISCELLANEOUS Orchestra; Concordian ' 18 Staff; P. D. Club; J. P. Club; Athletic Board; Directorium: Executive Committee; Supervisor of Gym; Board of Sanita- Delusions, life dreams, are dispelled by our awakening to the stern realities of life. Mr. Strodel, a man of rare abilit; singer with a baritone voice. Mr. St was an all around musician. He a of the more important committees, to fight for Uncle Sam. he had to q , cut quite a figure hei }del was unequalled h so served on most ind. when he left it a life that had in our Bunk-life . As a s about Concordia; for he grown dear to him through sheer devotion to duty. He was as efficient as a bear-trap, and whatever he took upon himself, never lacked tact. We are only too sorry that he could not be with us until graduation, he. who worked for his Alma Mater with heart and soul, wherever he had the chance. Then. too. as Major of the Cadet Corps, he brought the military department to a standing which it had never before reached. The military department seemed to be his special hobby. and his greatest delight was to be drilling, or to be teaching a recruit Uncle Sam ' s way of keeping in step. Si «s TKv ZLWVC DKkLAN ' 16. ;oaoooooouououuuquo o uuuuuouuam)uuoouuuuuuuu - utj ROBERT G. TRAUTMANN Columbus. Ind. MILITARY Corporal Sergeant I Lieutenant Captain ATHLETICS Varsity Basketball; Rambler Basket- ball; Manager of Baseball. MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; Class Quartet; P. D. Club; Rambler Club; Auditing Committee; Supervisor of Gym; Board of Sanitation. The noise was in the fish ' s belly. Like unto the questing of thirty couple ho A perfect gentleman? manhood, and as excellenl Yes. we have in Fish Trautmann a perfect specimen of a supervisor of the Gym as we have had for years. He ' s a basket tosser too, and surely makes the spectator ' s hair stand on end whenever he decides to play most excellently for his Alma Mater. Always fishing for trouble, and always crowding others as tight as sardines, makes Fish quite the fisherman that he is. There are so many really great men about here, that Mr. Traut- mann has long since given up the plan of becoming the Dean of the faculty. But to try to crowd those ambi- tions of his into the little space allotted us. would be the height of folly. Let it suffice to state: He has practica lly the same goal that the average man strives to reach, and that is. to get married and then to die. To die. to sleep, perchance to dream — Ah! that would no doubt be Fish ' s rub too. Since a friend in need is said to be one indeed, may he be crowned with Bs Si TKv £X7A DRMAN ' ia. f CUUOUOOOOUUOOOPOOUOOOCOOOOUUaUOUUUPUOUUUUUUUUUagBlJUOBUUUUUUUUU LOUIS A. TRINKLEIN Tuscola. Mich. MILITARY Corporal I Lieutenant ATHLETICS Varsity Basketball; Track Team. MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club: T. I. C. Club; Directorium: Vice-President, Class of 18; Supervisor of Gym; Board of Dark as the shroudings of a bi As if the atmosphere was din We tried more than once to get an interview with M; failed dismally. The sanctity surrounding Ossie is si that to try to overcome it without a saber, would be the height of folly. The only time you can get a look at him, is when he performs on the basketball floor. Whatever Ossie does, however, is bound to be done well, whether it be studying Hebrew syntax or playing basketball. He holds the record of never having been ill during the six years of his Bunk-life. He never saw the inside of the hospital here, and never had a chat with as human a person as is our Nursie . In a way. he ' s to be pitied. Mr. Trinklein also distinguished himself as being the only member of the Varsity Cross Country Team, in which position he ran twelve-hun- dred sixty-seven meters without stopping long enough to get a refreshing drink of ale. He simply is the only one of his kind. failed, and ably thick, TKv ZL A DKJMAN ' IB. ;p OUOUUUUUUUOBuuouuuoaaoooaouBuaoo u B uoouuuuuuuuauuuuoBuuuuu uuuutJ EDMUND W. WEBER Bedford. Ohio MILITARY Corporal Qtm. Sergeant I Lieutenant ATHLETICS II Concordians, Captain: Varsity aseball; G. B. C. Basketball. Coach. MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; Orchestra; Enter- tainment Club; T. I. C. Club; R. S. T. Club; Supervisor of Gym; C. C. Bowl- ing Assn. During all the six y ithletics. and finally he - His heart is like the fair sea shell. re at Concordia. Mr. Weber played a prominent part in :ted captain of our 1 1 Concordian basketball team, which copped the Junior Championship of Ft. Wayne. On our annual Field-day Eddie usually succeeded in gaining a number of points for the purple and burnt-orange. Furthermore we would venture to state that with Eddie as accompanist for the selec- tions rendered by the Apollo Glee Club, he surely lives up to the toast above. He is a most congenial fellow, and has the reputation of having been the Deck of a room which really did things. It has been rumored about here that Mr. Weber would take up teaching of the ancient languages as soon as he has his diploma tucked away in his suit-case. We do not know whether this is true or not. May he fall heir to a ranch out West some day with ten cats prowling around on the back fence when he wishes to sleep. m m TKv LV VZ DKkLAN ' 16. :O UUUUUUOUUUoouuouuooopoooouugoououBUBuuuuuuuuuauciui aouuuuuuuuc THEOPHIL A. WEINHOLD Frohna, Mo. Corporal Qtm. Sergeant II Lieutenant Adjutant ATHLETICS Varsity Baseball. MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; Class Quarte P. D Club, President; Concordian Staff; J. P. Club; Athletic Boan Supervisor of Gym; Board of Sanit KIT i fortress that parleys is half taken The business manager of the Concordian 18 is the most congenial and warm-hearted man to be met in six states. He joined our forces about five years ago. and all the while that he has spent here, he has been frightfully busy. Besides getting his regular lessons, Kit played baseball in season, and actually formulated new rules for the anti-appendicitis game of bowling. As a member of various committees, such as the Board of Athletics, he showed shrewd judgment and sane reason- ing to be a part of his mental make-up. Kit is a sporty man. and to know him. is to know a companion and friend. Kit will no doubt some day prove a rival of Ty Cobb and Hans Wagner. Kit is quite a hand at short story writing too. and he practises when- ever he ' s in the act of writing an epistle to St. Louis. He was also a member of the Knights of the Green Carpet, who used to congregate down at the banks of yon famous Maumee River to ochs Latin. r m TKv £X7 VZ DRJMAN ' 16. r puuouuuoouuoouoouuuooocoottuuououuuouoouuuuuijuuanouuoauuuuuuuui ELMER H. WILMS Euclid. Ohio MILITARY Corporal Qtm. Sergeant I Sergeant Apollo Board o Assn. MISCELLANEOUS Glee Club; Dir Sanitation: C. C. ELMIE Ideas are life beards; men do not haoe them until they grow up. ' ially q ays ha et fellow, that is. a little bit too reticent to be a member of the last word in each and every argument. He made the few words that he said, count, and seemed to live a life of perfect peace and happiness. And if one is at peace with the world and one ' s conscience, surely one cannot be expected to be a still better boy. He, too, by the way, plays rook and is quite a shark at it. No. he didn ' t write Over the Top, ' ' but he got there any- way, and over too. Tis told us that Elmie has some goldenrod in an album of his which he got from the Holy Land. How he might have got to Palestine, we are at a loss to comprehend, but one outstanding fact that seems to prove it beyond a doubt, and that is the rating he got in Hebrew. Once Mr. Wilms was taken on a vacation to visit the House of David colony. He never recovered. TKv £ rVZ DKkLAN ' lfl. puuuuooootiuuuouuiiuuuoaoooottoumjououat HENRY W. WOIDKE Cleveland, Ohio Corporal Sergeant II Lieutenant MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; J. P. Club; Presi- dent. Class Literary Society; P. D. Club; Directorium; Supervisor of Nata- torium; Board of Sanitation; C. C. Bowling Assn. A true friend is like sound health: the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. P-H-I-L-O-S-O-P-H-Y. A word of ten letters. U found out by asking a man called Mr. Henry Woidke. career here at Concordia. Hank has been delving into philosophy and been formulating treatises, writing commentaries and critical sketches, of the great men that were the Glory of Greece and the Grandeur of Rome. A vivid picture of him in our minds, is that of a recluse, poring over pigskin volumes on evolution and kindred subjects. By the by. he reads Marie Corelli. too. But the greatest thing that can be said of Hank is that he was a true friend, and grappled to his soul with hoops of steel the friend whose adoption he had tried. Whenever Mr. Woidke said that he wanted one as a true friend, there was a chance to cultivate that friendship which is so extremely rare in our day. Take another look at the toast we gave him. it comprises can best be ing the greater part of his S PS TKv LV VZ DKkLAN ' IB. mUUUUUOUUiiuouuuoouuoaooooouuBuguuuauouuuuuiK muamiuut CARL M. ZORN South Euclid. Ohio MILITARY Sergeant I Sergeant MISCELLANEOUS Apollo Glee Club; R. S. T. Club; Tennis Club; Directorium; Board of Sanitation; C. C. Bowling Ass ' n; En- tertainment Club. ' Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads Let love through good deeds show. Mr. Zorn has not been with the present class ' 18 so bloomin ' long; yet he is generally known as a kind-hearted, loving soul. He brightens the atmosphere whereve r he appears, and surely we wouldn ' t know how to get along without a glad heart like Herzie brightening and cheering one up. as do the sunbeams the earth in Spring. He toiled and worried like the rest of us poor mortals, and it is likely that he too is glad to have finished his sojourn here. Herzie may be the last one on the class-roll, but he is by no means the least, although he is a trifle smaller than Jess Willard for example. Herzie is a chap whose friendship cannot be over- estimated. He is a friend in need, indeed, and all the time. May he meet with a great deal of success in his future calling as a dispenser of patent medicines! Such is our heartfelt wish. SI TKv £S7A DKMAN ' ia. TKv £XZ YCDKMAN ' ia. iCUUUUCJUociuuuoooouuuoaoouoouuououuuoi Secunda CLASS ROLL BEZOLD. E. BUSZIN, W. CLAUS. E. CLAUSEN, W. DIETZ. E. DUECKER, H. FEHLAU, E. HEIDEMANN, HUEBNER, M. KEINATH. L. KNORR, E. KOHN. L. KRUSE. WALTER KRUSE, WILFRED LIST, O. LOESSEL, E. MARSCHKE. O. OETTING, W. OTTE. G. PLACKEMEYER. I- POLLEX, A. RITTAMEL, A. RUFF. A. SCHMIDT, O. SCHREINER, W. SCHROEDER. P. SKOV. V. SMUKAL. A. STOSKOPF, A. STUECKLER, P. TRARBACH, A. VOLZ, O. WALTZ, L. TKv £S7A DKMAN 1B. TKv Zl VCDKMAN ' IB. HJUUUUUUOPUooomJouuuoaoonoPouuuauuuaue Tertia CLASS ROLL BEHRENS, E. BEYER, E. BLEEKE, H. BUSCH, V. DOEGE. A. DORRE, E. DORN, O. FERBER. A. GOEHRING, W. GOING. A. HAHN, R. HELMKE, O. KLAUSING, J. KLAPPROTH, A. KRUSCHKE. V. LABRENZ. E. LIST. E. LUECKE. W. MARTEN, H. MLOTKOWSKI. P. NEES. M. NEUCHTERLEIN. A. PETERSEN. G. POHL. W. ROEDER. P. SCHOEDEL. W. SCHROER. W. SCHUESSLER. 1 WEBER. W. WIESE. D. WOLDT. E. ZABEL. W. ZIEGLER. K. TKv ZLWVCDKMAN ' lfl. TKv £S7A T DRklAN ' IB. [ UUUUUUOOPUuuouoouuooaoooooououooouBuoguuuuuijuuauuuu oBuuuuuuJui Quarta CLASS ROLL ADAM, C. AHLBRAND. K. BEYER. A. BOECLER. P. BOESTER. A. BROERMANN. R. BUCHHEIMER, E. DOEDERLEIN. R. GASELL. G. GOTSCH. J. GREINKE. L. GUSTKE. W. HARRIS, J. HASSOLD, M. HEIDBRINK. F HENKEL. A. JORGELEIT, E. KOEHLER. L. KURMANN. B. LANDENBERGER. R. LOTHMANN. V. LUDWIG. D. LUEHR. E. MOELLERING. E. MUELLER. W. PIKE, C. ROESLER. O. ROSE, H. ROSENTHAL, J. RUSKOFSKI, E. SCHAEFER, W. SCHOLZ. W. SCHROEDER. W. SCHULTZ, E. SCHUMACHER, L. SCHUMM. A. SUCCOP. T. VON TOERNE. S. TROEGER. R. WENTZLAFF. W. WOLF. N. WULF. A. ZEHNDER. C. ZINK. A. TKv Zl A DKLMANlfl. TKv ££7A DKlMAN ' ia. r UUUUUCUCPDUJOlUOOI-i ,OOOB - ys r-z-cs-c.-— si Quinta CLASS ROLL ABENDROTH, H. BAKKE. N. BEILFUSS, F. BENNHOF, E. EICKSTAEDT. L. EIFRIG, W. FERBER, H. HOEFERKAMP, E. KILLINGER, C. KLAUSING, G. v K.LEPPS. A. KOEHLER. A. KOSLOWSKY. A. KRITSCH. N. KUTSCHINSKI LANGE. A. LANGE. E. LEVER. C. LUDWIG, G. MAASS. J. MANNS, E. MESSERSCHMIDT. MIDDENDORF, H. POCH, M. REBBER. E. REINKE. M ROTH. W. SALESKA. E. SCHAKOWSKY. B SCHMID. K. SCHMID. W. SCHMIDT. M SCHROEDER. C. STEINWEDEL, C. THIELKER, W. TRINKLEIN. A. WILKE, C. TKt £X7f : DF lANia. TKv £S7A T DKklAN ' 16. i O UUUUUUOOUuouuooui. ' uooooooouuououuu B uauuuuuuL Sexta CLASS ROLL M. ABENDROTH, E. ACKER. J. BARTEL. E. BLENDOW. W. BLOCH. E. BLUM. R. BONNET. P. BORSCHELT. O. BRINKMANN. W. BRUEGGEMANN. W. CHASSWOOD. E. DIEHM. F. DONNER. R. DONSELMANN. M. DREWS. F. EVERS. W. FREDERKING. GOING. L. HEIDTMANN. HENKEL, E. JAEBKER. A. JONES, L. JAHN. A. KERN. F. KLEVER. C. KLE1NHANS. E. KOHLENBERG. E. KUMMER. C. LICHTSINN. H. MEYER, H. MOELLERING. W. MOGGE, H. NEEB. V. NEES. W. OETT1NG. C. PREUSS. A. RADTKE. W. RAU. O. REINKE. E. ROESENER. W. ROOS, G. SCHACK. E. SCHAUS. A. SCHMIDT. K. SCHMIDT. N. SCHNEDLER, W. SCHNEIDER. T. SCHOENHERR. E. SCHOAF. R. SCHUESSLER. E. SCHURY. E. SCHWARTZKOPF. W. SIESS. C. SUNDERMANN. G. THODE, E. TRARBACH. E. WEST, R. ZIEGELE. C. ZIEWITZ. J. TKv £WVCDKMAN ' ia. i UUUUUiiOOUUuoeuoouuoooooooouuououuoBUBoouuououuauouuoouuuuuuuiu TKv Zl VC DRbLAN ' 18. UUUOOUUUOUUO OUOOUUtJOOaOUOUUUOUOUUUBOBOUUUOUUlJUBU O UUOBUUUUUHUH B TKv £X7 VZ GKkLAN ' lfl. f UUOUUUOCJUUUOOOOUlUJOOOOOOBUUBUOUUUOUBl The Military Department ' HE years 1917 and 1918 will go down in the history of Concordia ' s ilitary department as perhaps the most eventful and most success- ful years ever experienced. In the spring of 1917, in response to Uncle Sam ' s call for the First Officers ' Training Camp, all eligible Concor- dians left for Ft. Benjamin Harrison and replaced their blue uniform by the khaki. Our 100 ' , were the following: Major Levihn, Captain Grunau, Captain Schilf, Captain Gremel, I. Sergeant Sagehorn, Sergeant Wacker, and Private Krause. the last two members of class 18. On our return to the institution in the fall of 1917, we found that our commandant. Captain George L. Byroade, had been called by the govern- ment to serve in a different field, namely, at Norwich University at North- field, in the state of Vermont. The man who had brought the battalion to so high a standard was no longer here to continue his excellent work. And, since no commandant had been assigned us, we were thrown upon our own resources. With a determined spirit everybody went to work, and the battalion was organized with the help of the plans and orders of Captain Byroade, who had not forgotten to leave with instructions for the future. The task of bringing the battalion up to the standard that had been maintained by the commandants that Uncle Sam had sent us, was the work of Major Carl Strodel. Thanks to his characteristic efficiency as well as the able assistance of the staff of commissioned officers, the bat- talion was in excellent condition in a short time. The recruits entered the companies two weeks earlier than in any of the previous years, and by Continued On Page 65 Tiw ziwvccDKiMArsna. HJUUUUUUOoumJomaoui ' UOoooooauusuoujuooE £$£ 9™ = ' foff I TKv ZLS7A DKklAN ' 18. IUUUUU000UUOOO 00 OUUU 000000 BUUBUO OO UBUBUUUUOUUUUa O OUliaSUUUUUUUUU (Co ued From Page 63) October 20, the battalion was drilled thoroughly, and ready to take its place at the head of a gigantic Liberty Loan parade. When the Third Officers ' Training Camp opened, Concordia answered again; this time Major Strodel and Adjutant Zierott, both members of class ' 18, represented the Alma Mater. Their excellent work was con- tinued by Major Matthies, who succeeded Major Strodel as commanding officer of the battalion. The annual Military Tournament was given on February 22 and 23, both nights before large crowds. The escort of colors, battalion review, company drills, wall scaling, and other competitive events were performed in an admirable manner. Military men from various parts of the state expressed the warmest praise for the work of the battalion. On April 4, the government inspector made his annual visit. Despite the absence of a commandant, he found perfect order and harmony in every branch of the department. The impression he received he expressed when he left: You have done a great work here . There are four drill periods each week, in which the cadets are taught company and battalion close order drills, extended order, attack and defense work, guard duty, and the manual of arms. During the summer months, long hikes are taken into the country and advance guard and similar movements are practiced. Several field problems are also intro- duced every spring, one detachment taking the defensive, the other the offensive side. These maneuvers prove highly interesting and instruc- tive, as they show the practical side of military life. In addition to the four drill periods each week, several new features were added this year. Every morning before mess, the battalion is put through a series of callisthenics and setting-up exercises. This lasts for ten minutes. There is no signal corps, as in former years; instead, how- ever, every cadet must now learn wig-wagging. Many of the boys have become expert in this. The value of military training is apparent. It teaches manliness discipline, and order; the general health of the students is promoted by the outdoor exercises; self-government can be taught in the companies to a great extent. For these reasons, military training was introduced at Concordia, and it has proved itself indispensable. mm TKv ZLWVCDKklAN ' ia. muuuuuuouuuooooouuuouoouooo ' JBuonouBuouuououuuuauouuosuuuuu uuomj mtmi . i EFf Dress (Wf t£Sf jNSF£Cr i 0K pftRBP TKv ZLWVC DKMAN ' IB. l UUtHJUmjoouuoooooouuooooooPOu o ugoouBuuuuuuuuuuuautiuoouuuuuuut The Staff and Commissioned Offic The Band Another important factor of the military department is the military band. It must take part in all ceremonies and battalion parades. Under the able leadership of Mr. John L. Verweire, it has established for itself quite a reputation in Ft. Wayne and vicinity. The band of this year sur- passes those of all previous years. The members also have rifle drill. Tkv £S7A E)KMAN ' 1B. UUUUUOOOPUOoouuouuuooooooauuBuoauuou BuuuuouuuuauuuuoBouuuuuuut TKv Z1WVC DKkLAN ' IB. rp uuuuuuoouuooc auouauououuuuouuuuaoBuuuuuui. D coRftfioK D«V ? H£ Gators Tkv ZLWVCDRMAN ' IB. P UUOOOOUuuuuuuaoOuoouoooouuuououuuguouuuuouiJuuauouuaouuuuuuuui Tfw Z1 7AVDK£IAN ' ia. mUUUU OUoou uu u aaouooooouoouuguobooaoaou ' Juou;jDuagouuoauuuuuuuuc o fTT7 ATHLETICS TKv £S7A QKkLAN ' 16. g UUUUUOOOouuoo ouuuouoooooouguouuuBuouuuuouduuauuuuaBuuiiu uuuuc The Athletic Committee The Wearers of C IN BASE BALL HEINE BAKKE KEB KOHN FOELBER WEINHOLD GOEHRING SCHUESSLER WALTZ DORN IN BASKET BALL HEINE POLSTER SCHUESSLER REINKE TRINKLEIN MATTHIES DORN TRAUTMANN WALTZ TKv £V VZ DKkLAN ' IB. lUUUUimuococjmJUDDujOoOouui- ' ov! j o -px-smth IJUUUUJU. Athletics in General ild be dead. This sta e, would be going too fa: t Concordia. often voiced a These words, however Without athletics this place Concordia. To say that this is all evince the interest shown in athletic This interest, if there be no natural inclination towards athletics, is partly awakened by the environments. These are the large campus with its baseball diamonds, the cinder track, the tennis courts, and the roomy gymnasium with the two basket-ball courts. The greater enthusiasm is stimulated by an arrangement, which has existed for quite a number of years. This arrangement gives everybody an opportunity to participate in sports. Besides the varsity teams in baseball and basket-ball, three leagues in baseball and the same number of clubs in basketball exist. These are classed according to ability and knowledge of the game. For instance, a youngster desiring to play baseball, a game in which he has little or no experience, joins the Juniors , which consists of such members, as are of about the same ability. With a little work he becomes more proficient and is taken into the Brotherhood , which is composed of players of medium ability. His next step would be to try out for the varsity. If he does not make the team he auto- matically becomes a member of the League , which is made up of men, who did not succeed in landing a berth on the varsity team. Basket-ball is arranged in a similar manner, there being three clubs, the N. B. C. the G. B. C. and the A. B. C, which form stepping stones to the varsity. In tennis only one club exists, of which anyone so desiring can become a member. Since the completion of the cinder track, enthusiasm for track sport has also been aroused. Everybody anxiously awaits the annual Field- day. on which the separate classes compete for honors in track affairs. All interest in sports is by no means confined to these various clubs, but extends to the different classes and even to the different rooms. The classes organize teams in the several sports and challenge one another. This provides amusement at the times, when no varsity games have been scheduled. In former years the varsity teams were fortunate enough to have our commandant. George L. Byroade. as our coach. As he was called into active service by our government, the teams this year had to coach themselves. This did not kill the interest, but tended to enliven it. The successful work rendered by both varsities vouches for this interest. All branches of athletics are under the supervision of the Athletic Committee, which has seven members. This committee, elected by Prima and Secunda, elects the business manager and his assistant, a captain pro tern, for the varsity tryouts. appoints coaches for the various clubs and leagues, in short, takes care of all athletic affairs, both the playing and the business end. TKv LV VZ DKkLAN ' 18. TKv £ 7A EIKMAN ' 1B. CUUUOUUUcmi tJ oo°°om j i | ouoocJ O BOuouout)U B t ) oi)gnoi)ugouuuuuuinn Baseball SPRING SEASON 1917. April found the devotees of the national game hard at work. Captain Henrichs enter- tained the hope to play the first game on the 28th of that month. He was. however, doomed to failure. The torn-up condition of the campus was the stumbling block. The 5th of May then seemed to be the date for the opening game, but steady rain for about two weeks caused these plans to miscarry again. One piece of ill-luck followed the other. Captain Henrichs gave us a shock, when he resigned as leader of the baseball squad. His work in connection with the Annual and various other duties were a plea that could not be refused. Gremel. that wonderful all around athlete, replaced him. The spirit was aroused again when Elsie took the reins. Then, while everybody was hopeful, the enlistment of Gremel and Wacker. two star players, struck our team like a bolt out of a clear sky. Two veterans at one blow made the fellows feel blue. Henrichs again cap- tained the team, and he held this position with credit, during the crippled season. Finally we had the following team in the field for the season: Henrichs. first base; Weinhold. second; Metzdorf. catcher; Heine, centerfield; Keb, third: E. Dorn. right; Klapproth. left; Kohn. short stop; Lankenau, pitcher; Loessel and Foelber. utility men. Enthusiasm was keyed to a high pitch, when the long delayed opening game was played on May 19th. An aggregation from town, calling themselves the Broadway Germans, attempted to take the opener away from us. Our new men, however, were right at home on the diamond. Very early in the game the captain could give the utility men an opportunity to show their skill also. Loessel replaced Dorn in right field and Foelber, Kohn at shot stop. Our pitcher. Lankenau, held the opponents at four hits, while our hits numbered nine. To make a long story short, our fielding and speed at running bases surpassed theirs so that the final count stood 10-1. For the following Saturday the manager had scheduled a game with the Culver Military Academy to be played at Culver. This arrangement had to be canceled since we took part in a patriotic parade on that day. On Decoration Day we crossed bats with the Lincoln Lifes at League Park. The student body escorted the team to the park in battalion formation, accompanied by martial music. Although this game ended in defeat for us, it was a thriller from beginning to end. Metzdorf was out of the game on account of illness. Weinhold took his place behind the bat and the whole line-up was switched around. An interesting feature of the game was a double-play by Henrichs and Dorn. Heine made two pretty catches near the outfield fence. We tallied no runs, while the Lincoln Lifes. in spite of our stiff fight, tallied four. This was our last game in the spring season, the summer vacation cutting it short. THE RECORD Concordia. JO Concordia.. ... Concordia 10 Broadway Germa Lincoln Lifes Opponents TKv £WVC DKMAN ' IB. TKv ££7A QKMAN 1B. rP UUUUOOOPUUuoooouuuoiaoououuauuuuuguuouuuuuuuuaJOUu oBuuiJUU ' JiH Baseball FALL SEASON 1917. About one week after the opening of school in the fall the interest was again centered in baseball. Graduation had taken away a goodly lot of veterans, and it was up to us to break in a new team. Captain Heine had all the tryouts in hand, and was also chosen leader for the season by the team. Out of the large number of candidates he resolved to try the following team on the diamond: Foelber, third base; Waltz, center field; Wein- hold. second; Goehring, right; Keb. first; Heine, pitcher; Dorn, left; Kohn, short stop; Bakke. catcher; Weber and Huebner. utility men. Waltz, a new man. showed up great at the bat, and Bakke, also a recruit, was a find for the catcher ' s position. After several weeks of stiff practice we scheduled our first game with the speedy Turner aggregation. The mettle of the new team was to be soarly tested. This bunch of baseballers started after us with a jump and cornered all of their runs before the fifth inning. After that Concordia held them scoreless, but managed to land only two runs themselves. Lefty Grimes of the opposing nine was in the pitcher ' s box and held our sluggers to two markers. Bakke. the new Concordia catcher, made a favorable impression on the fans, and promises to develop into a star. Waltz showed his ability by lining one out for three bases. Score: Concordia, 2; Turners, 5. Even though we dropped the first game of the season to the Turners, we were not discouraged, for the team did exceptionally well against that bunch of old timers. Sep- tember 29th rolled around and we were again ready to play, this time to win. It was a cloudy and chilly afternoon, but the rain did not begin to fall till the sixth inning. The game had to be given up, with sorrow depicted on every face. We were on the short end of the score by two runs, just when we were coming strong. No doubt the opponents would have been defeated, had the game lasted nine innings. Keb was high man in hits for the varsity. The infield made some brilliant stops, which gave the umpire occasion to yell, Out! Our hopes were shattered by the tally. 5 to 3. The last game of the season our luck changed. October 6th was the date to break our losing streak. The Ft. Wayne Grays appeared with the determination to continue our ill-luck. They were doomed to disappointment. Every member of our team played his game. Big Boy Heine pitched a great game, allowing only three hits, and striking out twelve men. Weinhold deserved praise for his steady and consistent playing at first. Waltz starred at bat, scoring three bingles out of four times up. Huebner and Weber played their first game with the varsity and showed up nicely, the former getting a double the first time up. The game spelled defeat to the Grays. Concordia. 4; Grays, 2. Concordia- Concordia- Concordia. THE RECORD . 2 Turners .5 . 3 All Stars . 5 - 4 Grays 2 . 9 Opponents 12 TKv £S7A QKMAN ' ia. lUUUUUUOOPUUoouuouuuooooooouuououuoo ' jauuuoououuagcouaouuuuuuoui ' ■ ay I I § «L mfrv ' « ijr ' ♦  jfc « ki I H w SB TKv Z1WVC DKJ IAN ' IB. l UUUUUUOOouuoouoouuuooooopouuououuuauguuuuuuuuuaPouuoauuuuuuuin Basket-ball 1917-1918. After the tryouts, which had lasted for about a month, a meeting of the student body was called and Captain Heine announced that the following would represent Concordia on the basket-ball floor this season: Dorn and Trinklein, forwards; Schuessler, center; Heine and Polster, guards; Matthies and Trautmann, subs. This announcement was greeted with a cheer. Everybody expressed the belief that this team would be one of the strongest ever put out at Concordia. Ossie Trinklein, the dark horse of the season, developed into one of the speediest players ever seen at Concordia. His lightning passes were nothing short of marvelous. His left-handed shots underneath the basket never failed to win applause from the spectators, and proved a valuable asset to the team. Atch Dorn is the third of his family to hold down a berth on the team. His brothers were classed with the best players in town at their time, but Atch excelled both of them in his work on the floor. Manager Schuessler, the big raw-boned center, was the best shot on last season ' s second team. He showed that he could manage the opposing centers. Big Boy Heine was on last season ' s varsity, and captained the team this year. Under his able leadership and star playing at guard he led the team to victory in six out of seven games. Pelops Polster also, playing guard, stopped every forward that played opposite him. Despite his heavy build he was one of the fastest players on the team. Matthies and Trautmann proved to be valuable utility men. and deserve credit for their excellent playing. The reason that there were only seven games played was due to obstacles, which could not be overcome, coal shortage being one of the main ones. The business management changed hands three times this season. First the business end was in the hands of Strodel, who joined the colors; then Friedrich. who discontinued his studies here and entered a university, and finally Schurdel, who held this position until the end of the season. On December 7th, 1917, the varsity game was scheduled with the fast Bluffton Meno- nite College, which is an old opponent, and always gave Concordia a hard tussle for victory. This initial game was a success. Every man stood the test and showed the sterling quality, which lies in the word team work . Pelops had the honor of getting the first basket of the season. Schuessler was high man with four goals to his credit. Our basketeers gained the lead in the beginning, which the Menonites could not over- come. The final count was 24- 1 8. After the holidays, on the ' 1th of January, 191 8, every man expected to pull the same stunt with the Bluffton Maroons, who were captained by the famous baseball player, Everett Scott. But we were doomed to disappointment, for this game proved a defeat, the only defeat that we suffered. The absence of Big Boy Heine was felt, who was forced out of the game on account of an injury. Nevertheless, the action of the team with Matthies and Trautmann, the subs, was commendable. The score was 34-23. A period of two weeks elapsed, which gave Heine a chance for recovery, when on January 25th the team again met the Bluffton Maroons. We had suffered a heavy loss, when Dorn left the institution. Studee Reinke. captain of the second team, was chosen as the new member of the team. Schuessler filled the vacancy, created by Dorn, Heine going to center, Reinke filling Heine ' s place at guard. This combination proved invincible. At the end of the first half of this game it looked as though Scott ' s men were going to repeat their former victory. They were leading by four points. Schuessler started the rally by sinking two pairs of field goals. From this time on first Concordia then Bluffton was in the lead, until six minutes before the final whistle. Six minutes to go and the score tied at the 22 mark. Our team played their best and from this time on everything was Concordia ' s. The exciting game ended with 40 points to the credit of Concordia, and 25 to Bluffton. Revenge is sweet! (Continued On Page 81) TKv £Z7f : DKklAN ' lfl. i C UUOUOOOuuuoouumjuo oooooo i mmuauuiumonuu j u juiiujj , u Jvvjuin ' Arc flsrf. ' TKv £S7A DKkLAN ' lfl. rp uucjuuuocjuuouuumjm. luaaguusimiuuuu ' JU c .OOOOUUBOOUUUBUOUUUUI ( ' o ed Fr, Page 79) The next team, which suffered defeat at our hands, was Defiance, whom we played on February 1st. Defiance was the a ggregation, which usually wrested victory from us by several points. Our strong five did not find any difficulty in romping away with the ■- ' • game this season. Schuessler started the walkaway, immediately after the tap-off. Only once did Defiance show signs of evening up the count. The close guarding of Reinke and Heine soon put a stop to the spurt of the opponents. Schuessler was again high man, tallying ten field-goals, with Trinklein following with eight. Defiance was trimmed to the tune of 53-1 7. Following a period of four weeks, during which basket-ball activities were suspended on account of coal shortage and the military tournament, the management succeeded in scheduling a game with the Van Wert Y. M. C. A. quintei. This team had gained a reputation by winning games from several strong teams. Both teams were to be con- gratulated for their team-work. The game was nipp and tuck from beginning to end. The score was tied no less than four time. The excellent guarding of Heine and Polster featured this game. The fast foot-work of the forwards had the Van Wert men guessing- At the finish of the game the scoreboard read: Concordia. 36; Visitors, 23. At this time Concordia wished to enter the city championship race, but since we could not agree with the rest of the teams on certain points, we decided to play a cham- pionship series with the T. O. P. ' s, another team left out of the race. This pitted the two st rongest teams of Fort Wayne against each other. These games proved to be the drawing card of the season. Fans, who expected great things, were not disappointed. On a windy Saturday night. March 9th. fans could be seen making their way towards the college gym. Everybody was quiet as the referee made the announcement of the goals. The whistle blew. Simultaneously the crowd rose to its feet and created a din that was deafening. The crowd was kept on its feet during the entire game. After the game had been in progress for a time. Waltz, who showed up brilliantly on the seconds, was given a chance to show what was in him, when he replaced Schuessler. Team-work here proved its worth against such men as Walters and Keplinger, former stars on the old Zanesville team, which held the Northern Indiana championship last season. The game was thrills from beginning to end. Thus Concordia won the first battle in the title series by a score of 40-35. Some Battle! The T. O. P. basketeers were out to gain revenge on the next Saturday, March 16th. An unusually large crowd was present. The T. O. P. ' s started the game at a lively gait. and took the lead for a while. The all around stellar playing of our team, however, proved too much for the opponents. They seemed to have difficulty in finding the basket, and the loss of their captain settled the hash for them. Schuessler had a big night by registering 14 baskets. Concordia brought its season to a fitting close by taking the second and last game of the title series with the overwhelming score of 41-24. Some Team! Concordia Concordia Concordia Concordia_._.. Concordia. . THER 24 23 40 53 ....36 40 41 ....257 ECORD Bluffton Mennonites _. Bluff ton Maroons.. Bluffton Maroons Defiance College VanWertY.M.C.A.... T.O.P.Club Concordia Concordia.. T.O.P.Club Opponents. .1 TKv £S7A DKMAN ' 1B. TKv ZL A DKMAN ' lfl. ; puuouu opouuuouoouuooooooooouououuo b uouuui. i uu aBauuawi Track With the beginning of spring baseball the cinder track is brought into its own. Nat- urally this sport does not hold as many followers as the national game. 1 1. however, has ' ts devotees, who never tire of training for Field-day. which usually falls on June 1st, and last year proved no exception to the rule. On this day there is an inter-class meet. To make the contest more even, the lower classes, Sexta and Quinta. have a separate meet. They may. however, participate in the big events and every year finds one or two of the lower classes, who get a point in the big meet. It is needless to say that the rivalry is keen. All look anxiously forward to this day. Weeks beforehand the odor of witch-hazel pervades the dormitory. All kinks must be rubbed out. for stiff joints do not help towards victory. Last spring, the evening before the eventful day. everybody consulted the weather report and scrutinized the sky for signs of rain. In former years this meet was held at Centlivre Park which has a track, but this time we were to have it on our own new cinder track. Although this was a free day and we were permitted to sleep until seven o clock, instead of rising at six, many were awake and moving about at five. Those, who were up at that time, woke many others to tell them that it was raining. Still there was hope that the sky would clear up by eight o ' clock. Eight o ' clock arrived and the sun was still obstinately hiding behind the clouds. Depression seized the fellows. But imagine the joy pictured on the through the clouds. Now the athleti track paraphernalia was brought out « by. The participants of the meet cas sale. They dare not partake of these the morning about half of the events noon. From the start it was evident that the meet would go either to Secunda or Tertia. Prima was hopelessly out of it on account of enlistments. Their best track men had all answered the call to arms. They had to content themselves with one point at the end of the meet. The victory did not belong to either of the classes in the race until the final event, the relay, which went to Tertia and with it the honors of the meet. Owing to the inclement weather conditions and the newness of the track, the marks made were not up to the Concordia standard. Keb of Secunda and Klapproth of Tertia were tie for high individual honors with twenty-six points to their credit. The results of the contest were as follows: Half Mile — 2 minutes, 23 seconds; Kruse, Pohl, Dietz. Shotput— 38 feet, 8J2 inches; Zierott, Heine, Klapproth. Hurdles— 1 7 seconds; Keb, Trinklein. Bauer. 660 Yard Run — (S Q) I minute. 52 2-5 seconds; Doederlein, Schury. Buchheimer. Running Broad Jump— 19 feet. 9 inches: Klapproth. Keb. Bauer. Pole Vault-8 feet. 2 inches; Keb. Moehring. Waltz. Hop. Skip, Jump— 4] feet, 9 inches; Klapproth, Keb, Dorre. 100 Yard Dash (S Q)— 12? ■, seconds; Buchheimer. Doederlein, Toerne. 100 Yard Dash 10 2-5 seconds; Klapproth, Keb, Bauer. High Jump— 5 feet. 2 L inches; Klapproth. Heine. Lankenau. 220 Yard Dash— 27 4-5 seconds; Klapproth. Keb, Huebner. 440 Yard Relay (S Q)27 2-5 seconds; Schury. Doederlein. Buccheimer. Toerne. Mile Run- 5 minutes. 28 3-5 seconds; Kruse, Pohl. Schuessler. Discus Hurl— 91 feet, 8 inches; Polster, Wolf. Moehring. 440 Yard Dash— 1 minute. 2 seconds; Dietz. Keb, Huebner. One Mile Relay— (Tertia) Kruse. Klapproth, Schreiner. Dietz. Class Points— Prima. I ; Secunda. 53; Tertia. 58: Quarta, 8. e expectant faces, when at nine the sun peeked committee and stationery forct got busy. The nd set up. A refreshment stand was erected close wistful glances at all the dainti es spread out for for the track manager will be 1 their neck. In vere run off. the other half follov Ang in the after- TKv £S7A DKMAN ' 1B. TKt ZIWVCDKMAN ' IS. The Second Concordians We can justly be proud of this combination of speedy and snappy players, who com- pose our second team. They were first under the leadership of Reinke, who after two games was put on the varsity. The remainder of the season they were very ably captained by Weber. The following held berths on the Seconds this season: Plackemeier and Claus, guards: Reinke. center: Clausen and Weber, forwards; Wulf and LaBrenz. utility men. Later in the season also Waltz, who had played on the Seconds the foregoing year, showed his ability in the game, in fact so well that he finished the season on the varsity. One game with the Wayne A. C. ' s deserves special mention. The Wayne aggregation had loaded their team with some of the Zanesville stars, and were determined to win since they had lost one game with our bunch. Even with the loaded team they were not able to take victory from us. Team work and superior playing completely outclassed them. Had the Seconds been in the Junior championship race, they would have run off with the cup. Never lose a game is their motto and they lived up to it. Their games where preliminary to our big events. Following is their enviable record: Seconds 49 Tecumseh 13 Seconds. .... 42 Wayne A. C. 28 Seconds 24 Iroquois 16 Seconds .18 Wayne A. C 15 Seconds. 11 Celts .11 Seconds... 41 Herald .21 Seconds.. 26 Burlington Specials 19 Seconds ...222 Opponents.. 123 TKv ZLWVCDKIMAN ' IB. tre uougocDUuuooooouuoaoooosuuauoaauBuouuuuuuuuua g guuoBuuuuuuuuwj T ennis A set of tennis after a day ' s labor in the class-room never fails to refresh. Ask anyone whose likeness appears in the picture above. This game is gaining in popularity every year. Matches are staged quite frequently. Practise makes perfect. This is the axiom employed by our best net performer. Kruse. whose skill is not to be questioned. Hereto- fore, games were played only among the students. This season, however, the club is organizing a team, which will represent Concordia on the clay court. They have received a challenge from Capital University, with whom the first contest may be staged. The rising popularity of this sport is partly due to the new courts, which are now in process of construction. This will bring the number of courts up to six. Next season by this time we hope to show you an enviable record in tennis as well as in baseball and basket-ball. TKv £XZ VC DK IAN ' IB. TKv £5Z VC QKklAN ' lfl. The P. D. Club During the course of the previous school-year, a group of energetic young men of the classes of Prima and Secunda organized a club, the object of which is the fostering of English Literature. The newly organized Literary Society had had but a few meetings, when even its fondest hopes had been realized. From the very first day of its organization, it has flourished beyond all expectations. This group of whole-hearted Concordians showed what real spirit and concerted action can accomplish. Every member took a vital interest in this society with a firm conviction, that it offered an opportunity to supplement profitably their class-room work and that it was a beneficial source for the acquirement of an education; as its purpose is to promote the education of its members and also to promote good fellow-ship. In this it has been most successful. Each and every member made it a point to be prepared, whenever he was called upon to deliver an address or to participate in a debate. The club was also occasionally favored with an address by va riou s faculty members — occasions which proved very interesting as well as instructive. The flower of the society is the red rose, a symbol of the loyalty of the society to Concordia. Its colors are steel gray and white; steel gray for the strength of the ties of friendship that bind its members together, and white for the purity of its purpose. TKv £X7A C DK1MAN ' IB. The R. S. T. The Recomforting. Sociable. Truthful Club was organized during the term 1916 1917. Its object is fully expressed in its name. In general it wishes to promote the interest of our school, to further every plan for the betterment of life at our Alma Mater, above all. to foster a spirit of friendship, especially among the members. The meetings are devoted to forgetting the dark sides of life at Concordia, and so to getting a brighter look at things, so that the members may be more successful in the performance of their daily duties. The members are all pledged to truthfulness and fair play. Any viola- tion of this pledge results in expulsion from the club. GEO. MAASSEL, Pres. OTTO SCHURDEL. Vice-Pres. WILFRED KRUSE. Sec. ELLIS MOEHRING EDMUND WEBER CARL ZORN ALBERT POLLEX MARTIN HUEBNER PAUL STUECKLER ARTHUR KLAPPROTH LOUIS BUCHHEIMER (Honorary Member) TKv £V VZ DRMAN ' IB, Tfw ZLWVC DKkLAN ' lfl. The Ramblers The Ramblers are celebrating the third year of their existence and have attained a high rank in athletics. Strictly speaking, they are an athletic organization, specializing in basket-ball. In tracing their history, we find that they were formerly flying the colors of s second-class team. Being thus closely connected, they were inspired to form an organization now known as the Ramblers. The first year did not see them very active, but merely planning how they could arrange matters most profitable for themselves- During the second year regular meetings were conducted, which though they were more or less of a business nature, were also occasionally spiced with a debate. Thus the Ramblers rambled on till they reached their present standard. Their efficiency in basket-ball is readily proved by the fact, that five members held berths on the varsity team, and attributed much to the success of our last season. It is their wish that an opportunity might present itself, when they might show their mental achieve- The present A. POLSTER. Pres. R. TRAUTMANN. M. HEINE K. MATTHIES. Sec. Tr M. REINKE E. BEZOLD TKv £XZ VC DK IAN ' 16. tPUUOO UOouuoouuuuouooaoououuuauouuu o uouuuuouuiiijguouutjBuuuuuouut The J. P. Club Life at the Bunk with all its worry and work, its sorrows and disappointments, its joys and triumphs, its pleasures and glories, can, in regard to the former, be alleviated; in regard to the latter, be intensified, when lived in such close and intimate friendship as did this four-leaved clover. For five long years, the J. P. fellows have been to each other friend and brother, and have met and overcome many reverses and vicissitudes. The members form a circle of bosom friends, who know each other ' s virtues and faults and have perfect confidence in each other. However, they have not only cherished an intimate friendship, but have also fostered the fine and useful arts. The J. P. has for several years held the reputation of being one of Concordia ' s most exclusive literary societies. Interesting and instructive programs were rendered, which consisted in delivering short talks on educational topics and in debating. The purpose and principle of the society can be summed up in the words of Burns: It ' ! guide I guide i be merry and wise, be honest and true. ' For the members believe in being merry among themselves; w selves to their duties; honest towards themselves and their fellov ideals and traditions of Concordia. applying them- jnd true to the TKv £X7 VZ DKMAN ' IB. HJUimuuooouuoouooouuoooaooauuBuouuuBuaouuuuuuuua B BUuaouuuuuoum - AVAIf A ■JS Pi TKv ZL A DKkLAN ' lQ. lUUUUUUUOUUOOOUUOOUOOUOOOOBUUOUOaOUBUOUUUUUUUUUaaUUUOOUUUUUUUOl PROF. J. VERWEIRE Director of the Band PROE G. BAILHE Director of the Orchestr PROF. H. FEIERTAG Chorus Director v TKv ZLWVC DKklAN ' lfl. p uouuooccuopouoout ' UOMOOooBUUBuouuuBUBuuuuuuouua o ouuoauuuuu uuuot] Music The man that hath no music in his soul. Nor is not moved by concord of sweet sounds. Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. The movements of his spirit are as dull as night. As the following pages will show. Concordia does not suffer from a lack of musicians; some one tells us, that it is just the opposite that we must put up with. Nevertheless, the organizations, that represent our institution in the field of music, must receive special mention. In spite of the fact that the different band, the orchestra, and the choruses must be reorganized every year, a high standard of work has been maintained. The several concerts given throughout the year show that we compare favorably with any similar organizations in the city, and Concordia ' s friends are always assured of hearing good music. Many of the students avail themselves of their spare time to study instrumental and vocal music, and quite a few have been very successful in their efforts, and appear fre- quently at concerts and recitals of the city ' s leading schools of music. Quartets and glee clubs are also in evidence, and furnish us with frequent impromptu concerts. THE BAND. The band, our leading musical organization, does not take part in military ceremonies only, it also appears at concerts and at all basket-ball games and athletic events. Due to the untiring efforts of its leader. Prof. J. Verweire. it now ranks as perhaps the best band Concordia ever had. As a military band it puts snap into the marches as only a military band can. It has a large repertoire, ranging from popular music to difficult concert selections. The reputation, which it has established for itself, is a wide one. TKv £V VZ DKklAN ' IB. TKv £S7A DR IAN 1B. THE ORCHESTRA hie took charge of the orchest Since Prof. Gaston ll. Prof. Baihle. director of the Paris School caching untrained players the art of ensemble pi the signal for vigorous applause. The music i progress has been wonder- Violin, possesses the rare ability of ng. The appearance of the orchestra idered at concerts includes selections from Thannhaueser, The Huguenots . Martha. and othe first appearance was at reputation by the rendi time it has appeared in APOLLO GLEE CLUB. ion. consisting of members of the three upper classes. Its concert in February, when it established for itself a lasting of the Gloria from Mozart ' s Twelfth Mass. Since that eral of the local churches with much success. Its numbers include di rector; c and popular s Edmund Weber ilections. Mr accompanist. T. Weinhold is preside Boester. THE MIXED CHORUS. The mixed chorus, composed of members of the four lower classes, until recently under the leadership of Prof. H. Feiertag. also deserves credit for its work. It scored its first hit at the Quadricentennial Reformation celebration, and later, in February, it rendered Mackensen ' s forty-sixth psalm in a pleasing manner. It rehearses once each week. PRIMA QUARTET. This quartet was recently organized and has had no chance as yet to show its abilities. It is at present preparing for our May concert, when it will appear alone, and also in ith the Apollo glee club. It promises to be a success. TKv £X7 VZ LDKkLAN ' IB. TKv ZLWVCDKblAN ' ia. TKv LV VZ □KJ LAN 18. P UUUUUOOOUOOOUOOUUOOUgOUOUUUOUOUOUBUBUOUUOUtJU ' jaBUUUOOUUUUUUUUl ft LIAR Afif£K IjY VE 3 Tl PlTl OK QpM H I TT£ E ■mniiin— ?£ £ S£MfH Ti VE S j uDirirfq- Com M rr££ TKt £52 VC DKbLAN ' IB. lUUUUUUUUUuuoouuouuuooooooouugoouuuauouuuucjuuuuaBoijuoBuuuuuuiiui Miscellaneous In touching upon this caption, we wish to give and occupations of the students. It is, undoubted is a boarding school, and that the students practii the form of government is far different from what is jr readers a deeper insight in the life Y, a known fact that our institution illy form a self-governing body; but a often assumed. Cleanliness is to a great extent superintended and maintained by the students them- selves. Certain Committees are appointed from members of Prima and Secunda, which either supervise the work, or in some cases play the part of an employee themselves. Our life, however, is not mere drudgery and therefore cleanliness must not only be pro- vided for, but also places and opportunities for recreation and for intellectual enjoy- ment. One of these places is i basket-ball courts, that are athletics. To keep these cc that they are kept in such r Gymnasium, which has ample room for two full-sized cupied during the recreation periods by those indulging in ts in good condition naturally requires a lot of work; and ndition. is proved by the fact that most contests for city and state titles are staged here. Besides, a pair of good bowling alleys are maintained with considerably few expenditures, as this task as well as that of maintaining the Gymnasium falls to the lot of some committee. Such students on the other hand, as are of a more studious disposition, may be seen roaming about in the library, where they will find literature of all sort provided for them by the members of the Directorium. In short, our life resembles family life very much. The Director and faculty are at the head. All the minor duties, such as preserving cleanliness, and the like are left wholly to the students, who work hand in hand with the Director, and thereby relieve him of some of his manifold duties. It is under such conditions, that a self-government can exist, with a perfect understanding and an intimate relationship between the faculty and the students. PRIMA AND SECUNDA is one of the most efficient organizations at our institution. Bi-weekly meetings are held, which are conducted according to certain rules and an adopted constitution. As stated before, the students practically form a self-governing body, and we might consider Prima and Secunda as the executive or governing body. In one of the first meetings of every year an executive committee is elected by ballot, consisting of two Primaners and one Secundaner. This committee appoints certain sub-committees to which various duties are assigned. All the appointments of the Executive Committee are subject to ratification by Prima and Secunda and the Director. Altho Primaners and Secundaners are excused from minor duties, and enjoy a few privileges, yet they are by no means to be envied. They are responsible for the conduct of the lower classes. Therefore the position that Prima and Secunda occupies in respect to government and superiority is often termed the right hand of the Director. This is indeed a fitting expression; for they do not exercise tyranny, but co-operation. This arrangement has existed for years and has proved itself to be excellent. COETUS is merely a term used for student-body. Everybody enrolled at our institu- tion is a member of this organization — organization, in as much as they have occasional meetings and discuss matters of interest to all the students. In former years it was cus- tomary that all committees were elected by Coetus. However, usus is no longer king. and since all members serving on these committees are from the two uppers classes, they are now elected by Prima and Secunda. The main duty, and at the same time the pride of Coetus is the support of the varsity teams. This they have always done financially as well as with their enthusiasm and pep at the various games. TKv £5U Z DRklAN ' lfl. UUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOUUOOOOOOOOUUBUOUUUBUBUUUUOUUUUaUUUUUBUUUUU UUUUlJ Bohhv o? SftfllTftT ' OJf m TKv Zl A DKJMAN ' lfl. P UUUUU00UUUUOUOOUUU0OO0UgOUU0UU 0Ug uauuuuouuuuauuuU8BUUJUUUUU1, THE ROOTERS CLUB is very closely connected with Coetus. Coetus practically forms the Rooters Club, in as much as all the members of the former are members of this club as long as they pay their dues, which consist of a good voice and a lot of rooting. Their part is evident at the various games, and it has been said that at times their hearty cheering has contributed as much to the victory for the Concordians as the playing itself. The spirit and pep of these loyal supporters has even stirred major league players to such an extent that one commented, that he never found such a spirit as dis- played at Concordia. THE BOARD OF SANITATION is in existence for a year now and has worked wonders. It was organized by the upper classes, who thought this to be the best means to preserve cleanliness and order. The whole premises were divided into sections, and assigned to individual members of the Board. Thus the tremendous task of keeping order everywhere on the premises has become comparatively simple; as every member finds it easy to preserve cleanliness on his territory. It has been the pride of every ' Concordian to see his institution in the first rank as far as appearance and cleanliness are concerned. To keep and promote this reputation, various schemes have been devised; but among all this organization is considered the most efficient. THE DIRECTORIUM consists of twelve librarians and their officers. Any member of the three upper classes is eligible for a place on the Directorium. These members are elected by coetus at the beginning of each term. Their duties are various. They have complete charge of the library. The different members act as librarians for a week- and during this time are held responsible for the appearance in the library. The most important duty, however, is to select new books, newspapers, and similar articles. In this it is assisted by the faculty, and through their combined efforts our library is modernly equipped. THE STATIONERY is a place which a number of our readers imagine they know quite well. At the mere hearing of it. they picture to themselves very vividly a little 8x12 room, occupied by one or two Primaners; and a little show-case in the center of the room, displaying nothing but the things absolutely necessary in the line of school supplies. Such imagination, however, is quite deceiving. Our stationery has made such wonderful progress, that we almost do injustice to it by still calling it stationery. Perhaps more appropriate is the name bargain counter. All a person needs to equip oneself with the necessaries for existence at Concordia is money, the rest may be had in the stationery. In the line of jewelry, our Jews will sell anything from a book-mark to a lavalliere. Still it will strike the visitor most as a restaurant. This extensive business has made it necessary to change quarters. The place of business is now occupying two large rooms in the old building. THE GYMNASIUM SUPERVISORS have complete charge of the Gymnasium. What that implies can only be known to persons who have attended our college. The Gym serves various purposes. Two basket-ball courts are laid out in it. and whenever the weather does not permit drilling outside, it is usually occupied by a few companies- It is a place where Concordia has attained its basket-ball fame, and it is famous not only within our own circle, but also among other athletic clubs of note. The committee in charge of ' the Auto Show has found this the only place available for their purpose. It has been the scene of many a championship tilt and many an athletic carnival. For such occasions, as many as sixteen hundred seats have been placed. This tremendous task- for an example, was done solely by the gymnasium supervisors. BOWLING is a sport which has become very popular at Concordia, and will perhaps rank with baseball and basket-ball in the near future. The students can boast of a pair of good alleys, and since they are well aware of this, a committee of seven- teen members was elected to keep the alleys in condition, and also to instruct some of the smaller students in this universal sport. The committee endeavors to create interest by staging contests and offering prizes. The vast participation has enabled the committee TKt £S7A □ Kb LAN ' IB. UUUUUUuauuuoouoouuuoooooouuuououuuBuaouuoouuuuauuuuoBuuoououu t TKv Zl A DKIMAN ' ia. uuuuuuuuuuuuouuouvuouootj m louuuuuuujaugijuopmjinjuuumi to set the price as low as six games for a quarter. Some real class has already been shown in this line of sport, and we feel that we will soon be able to boast of a Concordia Bowling Team. THE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE is in many respects not as lucky as other boards and committees; for where others play the part of supervisors, this committee must stoop to the duty of a servant. We might also class them as proprietors of a junk- shop; for whatever is found in the line of caps, coats, etc., which Johnny has not learned to take care of as yet, is turned in to this shop; not to be sold, but only to be given back to its owner. This, however, is only part of their duty, the real work consists in finding what others did not find. We do not know whether this has been possible in all cases, but they certainly have been successful in many. THE REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE has a duty similar to an arrangement, known at most institutions as the students ' council. As stated before, the students and faculty cherish a close understanding between themsevles, and therefore the students do not hesitate to approach the faculty when they have a secret wish of any kind. In such cases the representative committee brings the students cause before the faculty- Many favors have thus been obtained, as it is the policy of the faculty to respond where possible. THE AUDITING COMMITTEE has by no means an easy job. Although their work does not consist in manual labor, they are at times very busy. Formerly a committee was elected whenever needed, and after it had fulfilled its mission, it was automatically dissolved. It now is a standing committee, composed or two Primaners and one Secund- aner. Their duty is to audit all books and accounts connected with coetus money. They must also, after every concert and celebration of that sort, give an itemized statement of all the expenses as well as of the profits. This has proved itself to be a very excellent arrangement. THE NATATOR IUM SUPERVISORS have a similar duty to that of the Board of Sanitation, with the exception that their territory is limited to one building, namely, the Natatorium. A special committee was elected for this, as special care is exercised in preserving order and cleanliness in this place for cleaning. The natatorium is a five room building, equipped with all the modern conveniences, such as showers, pool, steam heat, etc. The supervisors have chosen the after-mess hour, during which daily to sweep and scrub the entire place. TKv Zl A DKklAN ' lB. TKv £S7AKTDKMAN 1B. O OUOUOOoou uo ° oouuoauooopoououoaau8UBuuuuuuiji i jaooi)uoauuuuuuuui TKv £S7A C QKklAN ' IB TKv £WVC DKkLAN ' 16 OUUUOUUOOPUUOOOOOOUOOOOOOOUUUauOUUUguaouuUUUUUiJaaolJUOBUUUOUUUUWJ TKv £X7 VZ DKJ LAN ' 18. Reinke: Say, fellows, what do you think of my new suit? Weinhold: I think it ' s a marvel of ugliness. Mr. Smith: (teaching a recruit the step) Take a 30-inch step at a cadence of about 120 steps gaits. = Kit Weinhold: (Down-town at midnight) How a habit grows on one! The Director ' s not at home, but still I hate to go home. Georgie Maassel: (Soliloquy) The main difference between George Washington and myself is. that Washington couldn ' t tell a lie. while I can but won ' t. 1 Kash to Hank : What! you here again in my room? You must have it bad. H 11° I s s Weber: Who said the pen was mightier than the sword? Strode!: You see it ' s this way: the sword cuts no such figure as you can write on a check with a pen. 1 Abie Schurdel: I made acquaintances on my vacation that I would not have made otherwise. Pater Joost: The dickens! l Stranger to Bunk-kid : Could you perhaps give me a few details of your college life? Herzie Zorn: Why. yes! for an instance getting up at six o ' clock every morning; studying French so as to be able to speak it: and then myself for example. w Rudie Koessel: How did you like the new Professor? Boester: What I admire about him is that he boils within rather than boils over. Moll: Say something dirty. Abie. Abie : Pittsburgh! Wilms: Hank, why do you waste so much time at reading such junk? Woidke: Junk? Why. man alive, books are the experienced advisers of the heart. Moehring to Zorn: All this time you have been ignorant of my existence? Ye gods! where have you been, child? Topic: Resolved that the American fleet of air dirigibles is more efficient than any other. Prof: Does anyone wish to put another question? Moll: Would you mind leaving the classroom. Professor? Prof: Mr. Trautman. I am constrained to ask you to leave the class-room. M Fish : What for? | Prof: O. for instance. TKv ZLWVCDKJMAN ' 16. TKv £57f ; DKJMAN ' 16. iUUUUUUUOOUUuoooouuoouoouoouuguouuuBUB i auuuuuuuuauuuuaouoJUuuui Keb: I ' ve yawned only Schroeder: Who will win the war? Polster: The side that will not g ive in and won ' t g ive out. Prof: Where is Minor Asia? Koessel: In Ceylon. Stroedel: Kit. why is a masher like a Weinhold: Because he usually turns I Natural History in Prin Prof: When does a night Stroedel: When he has be Prof: What is the good of Maassel: (quite weary) Will I ever reach my life ' s Mossner to Kumraer: Say. Kugs. when did you come in last night Kummer: Somewhere in the neighborhood of this a. m. Kummer: Yes. but he didn ' t know how much. Abie, do you think Hank could ever be a gr. Kash: Say. Kugs. where did you go to last night when you I Kugs: Helen winked and I followed. Questions We Can ' t Answer. What ' s the use of a baby? Why is a fish? Maassel: Say. Hank, what do you drink to get so chubby? Woidke: Butter-milk and ginger-ale Joost: Mose. I think you ' re a good little boy. Smith: (bawling out an innocent freshman) What did you mean by : of making a ridiculous spectacle of yourself through the principal streets of the Freshie: (Dumbfounded) I didn ' t see him. TKv ££7A E3KMAN ' 1B. - O UUOUUOOPUoo oouuuoooouuouuouuuuuB ' J uuuuuuuaauuuJ ' ' UUUUL ' uuul Trinklein: Well. Hank, haven ' t you made up your mind yet to go along to town with me? Woidke: Well, since I have a very large quantity of mind it takes about a week or two to make Nemo: Who were the Izonso India Domi: An extinct tribe that never Prof: How far did we get yesterday? Ignoramus: To the eleventeenth page. ' Maassel. didn ' t you see the joke teacher cracked? Georgie: No. I ' m farsighted. Where do all good Concordians go when they die? If they ' ve been real good they go to St. Joseph. Wilms: Is life worth living? Boehne: I should say that all depended on the !h Trautman: If he lived only for himself he ought t. Weinhold: He is a self-made man? Then why does I nage to his Creator. Mr. Woidke ' s soliloquy: My latest book? It is The Woman. ' No married man should be without a copy. Hank: Say. Maggie, have you anything that would make me slende Manfred: ' No! hope to goodness your shadow never grows less. ■ to son on his birthday: What is your greatest desire, darling? ' That Charlie Chaplin doesn ' t get drafted. ' Kit : What would I do if I had a million dollars? absolutely nothing. ' I best keep Ruth ' s love? ' Maggie : Say. Ha Hank : Don ' t ret. Foreigner: Yes. you Americans have a President, but wouldn ' t you like to be inspired by the presence American: No. give me an ace. TKv ZlW VDRIMAN ' lfl. }UUUUUUUOuuooooooouooooouoouupuoa«oPUPuu uouuuua '  uuuopuuuuuu | - ui Class Prophecy the land of dreams, of , Lived the poe of old. and saw the boys of class Eighteen Seize their fat and whirl off. to be scattered like dust and the de w-drops Spreads afar and unfenced o ' er the plain, lies a ranch with its buildings Towering tow. rds the sky. and showing the wealth of its owner. Here, in the m idst of his friends, lives WALTER BOEHNE. the farmer. Heartv and hail is he. and well aware of his fortune: Stalworth and stately in form, in every way a true farmer. West from here, in the mountains, dwells HENRY WOIDKE. a hermit. Hailing their s ow approach with words of affectionate welcome. Hank with xtended hands receives the visiting class-mates. Down in the v alley there lies a small, but beautiful village. Where some m ore of our friends may be found pursuing their cal ng. Sturdy down t he street walks ROBERT TRAUTMANN. the me rchant. Firmly built o rafters of maple, the store of ' ■Fish ' ' Trautmann Stands on the side of a hill, and here the citizens gather. When, in the ranquil evenings, darkness envelopes the village. Here often M atts. KARL MATTHIES. relates his former adv ntures. When after ho urs of work, he has closed his prospering smithy. Most are hono rable people, led by the village ' s pastor. VICTOR SMITH, a man of a daring courageous spirit. With the more desperate people deals ALBERT POLSTER. the heriff. He keeps law nd order, establishes courts and tribunals. Wanders GEORGE MAASSEL to seek peace, rest and healthfu Fortunate has be been in acquiring money and riches. Much as he traveled, has seen the world ' s magnificent scenries. Of the days of yore, when all at Concordia studied. Hearty their welcome is. as the friends greet their old time comj Much they wish to hear his tales of countries and climates. And of villages, where he has met all the class-mates. Then there ' s a feast at the home of the village ' s blacksmith. After the meal they beg him to tell of the old time companions. Lighting his pipe, that is filled with sweet Prince Albert tobacco TKv £WVC DKbLAN ' IB. P UUOUOOOOUOOOOOOOUUOOBOOOPUVJOUOUUU B UBaUUUUUUUUa B OUUOBUUUUUin Years have past, since ! first started off on my venturesome Washington, city of cities, my goal and first destination. Ever shall remain in my mem ' ry; for here I met STRODEL. Chief of the army ' s staff, and the world ' s most excellent leader. ERNEST JOOST. who formerly managed the class ' s finances. Here I found in the vaults of Uncle Sam ' s dollars and eagles. Handling money , you know, has always been Pater ' s great hobby. During my sojourn there. I also met ARTHUR KASISCHKE. Newly elected he was to the upper house of our Congress: Heard him deliver a speech, attacking the program of taxes. Im h lui ' l Urn iliawn up to meet 1 hr hiyh los[ of living. ext I wended n ly way to the argest town of our co untry. Here a New York 1 w as to board a ship for the old world In the midst of the str feand tumul of New York City. In that clamorous thrc ng 1 met our riend ELLIS MOEHRING Deep w ere the tunes a id solemn, proceeding from the sma 1 orgai Which he held on his I nee; but happ y was he with his fort une. Whispe ring into my ea r. he told of h s overflown coffers. Money enough he had but still he s aid in the business; For the people were w mt to hear the strains of his music. Freely the money was dropped in th ■ tin cup before the sir .ill .,i London, antique and yet modern, was next my trip ' s destination. After a beautiful voyage, again I set foot on the dry land. Wandering here and there, and seeking a place for a lodging, ELMER WILM ' s name I spied on a well lit up window. Here also I did lodge, while I sojourned in old Great Britain. At the Oxford U. I found our friend. GEORGE C. SCHROEDER. Teaching the youths the art of manipulating the numbers. Also during my stay there. 1 saw the fistical battle. Which gave MANFRED REINKE the championship o ' er the Heavies Pleasant were the days that I spent in old London. England. Orators, famous and great, now include our dear class-mate KONRAD MOLL Who always showed traits of becoming a world renowned speake Having packed my gri[ in London. England, forever. lext turned my steps towards Paris. After arriving there. I made for the home of PAUL BOESTER. But I could not feel at home, though an old time companion; For parts of instruments and music were strewn o ' er his homestead. Leipzig, a city of learning, was my next destination. Friends again I sought, and this time it was LOUIS TR1NKLF.IN. Who is teacher of Latin at Germany ' s school of high learning. Ossie then urged me to visit his comrade and friend EDWIN MOSSNER. Owner of a brewery, famed for its well tasting liquor. On to Vienna I journeyed to visit my friend OTTO SCHURDEL. Minist In tha :by nage friendly Tkv ZLWVCDRJMAN ' IQ. TKt ££7 YC DKMAN ' lfl mUUUUUOUUUUOUUUUUUUOOOOOOOUU O UOUUUaUOUUUUUUUUUB O OUUPBUUUUUUUUl miles I now traveled, befo  and through silvery mists tidings of tl„ Ml. .In Here CARL ZORN I found, bringin Many a glad good-morrow and words of great consolation Make the bright air brighter for many of India ' s people. Here also RUDOLPH KOESSEL I found at gathering insects. Under the open sky. in India ' s beautiful nature. But the days passed by, and again I set out on my journey. Back to America, land of my youth, my home and my country. Then at San Francisco I landed and staid for a few days. Here in the west of our country I met our worthiest athletes. Found here EDMUND WEBER, who after a fierce and long battle Then I saw THEOPHILUS WEINHOLD. astronomer famous. Chic igo. t San Francisco beh.nd me n my thoughts and my mr There I again found my neighbor Much could 1 tell you of their acl Here 1 heard KARL KUMMER. Here also MARTIN HEINE rule o ' er the city ' s famed White the strange and incredible s rest for the morrow ' s hard 1 Still in the land ( TKv £S7A DKkLAN ' IB. ARISTOCRATS While you are breeding and raising chickens, why not breed, feed and raise the best? Why not? It costs no more to feed and raise the very richest Anstrocrat Barred Plymouth Rocks than to raise scrubs. Think! Aristocrats are the greatest Money -Makers, of all chickens. Send for Your Free Copy of Big, Beautiful Catalogue. W. 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Leininger Denti st Hours: 9:00 to I I :00 A. M . I :00 to 5:00 P. M. Evenings. Tuesday and Saturday 7:00 to 8:30 P. M. Office Telephone 3 1 04 Lyric Bldg Louis Linker Barber 1216 Mau Tiee Avenue Our Motto: Good W D. G. Mertz Den ist Room 208 Central Bldg. 201 W. Wayne Street Telepho e 909 Fort Wayne , Indiana z immermann Pharmacy 1201 Lafayette St . Cor. Lewis Phone 47 Fort Wayn e. Ind. Metropolitan Bowling Alley Ten Pins, Five Back Duck Pins Open All the Year Around Wm. Pape Sons Dealers in Wall P aper and Paints 227 E. Wayne Stree . Phone 455 For t Wayne. Indiana Jahn Meyer Plumbing and Heating Contractors 425 E. Lewis Street Fort Wayne, Indiana THE FUNERAL CHAPEL Outfits and Service the Best Charges No Higher KLAEHN MELCHING UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS 221 and 223 Washington Boulevard. East Phone 228 The Paul E. 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Fort Wayne, Indiana oonora The Sonora Phonograph was awarded the highest score for tone quality at the Pan- ama Exposition. Hear it at the F. C. Spiegel Piano Co. 825 Calhoun Street Jewel Combination Coal and Gas Ranges H. W. Schmidt Hardware and Paints 1118 Maumee Avenue Fort Wayne, Indiana General Line of Reach Sporting Goods COMPLIMENTS OF PERFECTION BISCUIT COMPANY FORT WAYNE, INDIANA I Can Always Get What I Want in Hardware at C. C. Schlatter Co. Corner Columbia and Clinton Streets Fort Wayne, Indiana Compliments of Adlers ' Dairy Co. Pasteurized Milk, Cream and Buttermilk 1336 Grant Avenue. Telephone 2731 Fort Wayne. Indiana Lincoln Highway Cigars 5 c from Coast to Coast Wayne Tobacco Company Fort Wayne, Indiana Baade Book and Office Supply Co. Carry a Complete Line of Waterman ' s Fountain Pens 926 Calhoun Street Fort Wayne Summit City Restaurant The Place to Eat Only Fort Wayne Restaurant Ever Given 100 Per Cent. Sanitary Rating East Wayne Street Fort Wayne, Indiana Compliments of Fisher Bros. Paper Co. 118-20-22 W.Columbia Street G. J. Tires and Tubes 1 F 17 1 YOUNGANDOLD IVlCilM MAKING MONEY selling COMFORT IRONS $2.50— $5.00 even as high as $10.00 a day is being made now by men and women— Easily THE COMFORT IS THE HOUSEKEEPER ' S IDEAL IRON. j— Makes its own gas — two pointed — self-heating, self- DO The Comfort is advertised — known — merit has 1 been proven. Women easily persuaded it is the iron 1 they need. The Comfort looks good — makes good — guaran- teed. Sells fast. Agents wanted for all or spare time. f - Mir 1 tVr f THERE IS MONEY IN IT K 1 • . • M j H ™ Send now for liberal agency proposition — Write to- f B day Dcpt. NATIONAL STAMPING ELECTRIC WORKS 410-424 SOUTH CLINTON STREET CHICAGO. ILLINOIS Save $4 to $1 1 Trade Up-Stairs Hoosier House Paint 100% Pure Will Give You Better Cut Costly Ground Floor Results Rent and Expenses out of Your Clothes: Made in Fort Wayne. Indiana Guaranteed $18 to $30 Suits and Overcoats — $14 to $19. by The Hoosier Paint Works Makers of Quality Products Sold by Wayne Clothes Shop 714 Calhoun Street Upstairs The Fort Wayne Drug Company Your Store Since 1 860 Fort Wayne ' s favorite store As the city has grown and prospered so have we prospered. We are keeping right up to date in merchandising. You will find us better able to serve you now than ever before with goods of quality at right prices. The Rurode Dry Goods Company If its GlaSS See us F. H. Breimeyer Plate Glass. Mirrors and Wind Shields Ornamental and Memorial Windows 1016 Broadway Telephone 3435 Fort Wayne, Indiana Union Stamp Shoes F. W. Toenges Shoe Store Fancy and Staple Shoes Repairing Neatly Done 1127 Maumec Ave. Charles J. Kramer Dentist 1129 Maumee Avenue Over Meinzen ' s Drug Store Phone 4086 The Miller Candy Co. Candies of Merit Phone 650 The Schiefer Shoe Store 108 E. Columbia Ease for your feet, comfort for your nerves and economy for your pocketbook— our fjotwear Compliments of Fred Eckart Packing Company All Concjrdians are acquainted with the high ideals of Concordia College and the extreme care and thorough- ness of the faculties in upholding the standards founded long ago and uplifting of them whenever possible. The Music Departments of Concordia Colleges in Indiana, Missouri. Illinois. Kansas, Nebraska and Oregon are using the Packard Piano exclusively and many of the professors and instructors have the Packard in their homes. No better choice could be made to yield the desired satisfaction; no finer selection could be asked, for no finer piano exists. And all Concordians and those who know what Concordia stands for will accept the fact that The Packard. as the Official Piano of good old Concordia, is sufficient proof and reliable recommendation that they need look no further, when buying an artistic and first class piano — Grand. 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