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History of the Class of 1928 In the fall of the year l9ZZ the largest number of new students in the history of our college came to Concordia obviously for the purpose of studying. The lowest class in the academy department numbered exactly one hundred and six students at the beginning of the school year-a record for Concordia. What a melting-pot this class was destined to bef Boys from a fourth of all the states in the Union and one even from across the water of the Pacific! After due initiation into all the phases of activity at Concordia we settled down into the routine of bunk life, but can we ever forget those first months of home- sickness. of making life-long friendships, and of becoming familiar with our responsibilities which seemed at that time very significant. Thus we passed our first year of life at Concordia in a creditable fashion. Then with what surprise and emotions of gladness we greeted our fellow classmates upon our return to school after an invigorating vacationl Vxfe were no longer shy and timid Sextaners . who had seemed to stand in mortal awe of everyone else, but we had now reached a position from which we might view life with an affected air of self-complacency. To us, primarily, had fallen the lot of introducing the new students to college life with all due rights and cere- monies, and what joy we experienced in sending our less experienced friends for the proverbial 'fsky-hook and campus-key l In this manner our second year of Juxtie life came to an end. The following years, Quarta and Tertia, were eventful in our lives. In Quarta our athletes began to exhibit signs of their prowess in their bid for fame. On the basketball floor our team showed rare ability in vanquishing the team of that year's Tertia and also those of the lower classes: but on field day our athletes showed their true mettle in taking second place in the meet against superior odds. The following year our class again demonstrated its athletic abilities, and also many ambitious young men displayed chevrons on their military uniforms as a mark of distinction in that field. These men were awak- ening to the growing importance of their duties and realized that it would soon be their duty to- fill the positions being vacated by their predecessors. We now came to the two most enjoyable and profitable years of our brief stay at Concordia. Since our class was of the opinion that a college paper would greatly help to improve and cement relations among the members of the student body. it was decided in Secunda to issue a bi-weekly publication, to be known as the Maroon and VJhite. The value of this action has been and is constantly being vindicated here at school and also in the sphere of our outside influence. It was also felt by the class that the publication of this paper would greatly aid those upon whom the editing of the year book was to devo-lve. Our last year has been the happiest and yet the saddest of our whole exist- ence. Many and numerous have been our opportunities for expansion in the various fields of activity-student management, military supervision, and pub- lishing of the class book. We have tried to utilize all these advantages with a view only toward the welfare of our college. but we realize to err is human and we, too, belong to the genus homo. We sincerely hope that those with whom we have been associated will charitably consider the frailties of our natures and remember us in the light of our past accomplishments. CLASS OFFICERS A. HENSICK. President N. SCHUMM. Vice-President H. LINDEMANN, Secretary-Treasurer CLASS COLORS Burnt Orange and Purple l24l