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

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Red Red is an important little man with the Hoosier sun freckled generously over him and an untamed burst of red hair which still causes mothers and daughters to describe him as cute- his pet peeve. Little Red's goodness cannot be measured in proportion to his size. His good nature is the despair of hecklers, yet his frank retaliations are more than often the last words in an argument. Red will make a successful lawyer. RALPH C. CLAUS Rogers City, Mich. Mich. Luth. Seminary ...... 'Bi-',-Q Vice Prcsidcnt. Forum ...,....,.., '40 lvlission Society ...........,.. WU -ll Teaching Stall' .......,,,..,, '-lla!-ll bergeant, Co. C ,,.............. '-10 -ll Art In avoirdupois, Aff is but a minim, in per- sonality, a giant. His charming smile is perhaps the most contagious of any at Concordia and more eloquent than a hundred words when it ap- peals to the Concordia cheering-section, Come on gang! The eagerness of those four hundred rooters is the eagerness of Art Dey. If his smile projected thought as eloquently as it does spirit, he need never speak a word in his sermons. ERWIN A. GERKEN Marysville, O. Maroon K XVhitc ,...... ...'5i-'SU Varsity .......Y,......... ..,. ' 39-'40 Academy ...,...,......,........... '36-'30 Varsity Baseball ,...,.. ....... ' 39 -HJ Mission Scciety ........,...., '39-'-ll Athletics, Publicity Mgr. '-10 -11 Class Coach Medal ..,....... '-HJ?-ll Corporal ....,.................,... 'RR-'30 Sergeant ........,........ . ..,.,.,, 'SDF-10 Second Licut.. Co. C ........ 'ilO -ll LE ROY F. BUUCK Fort Wayne, Ind. Vice President, Sock S: Buskin ..............----..-----A '39 '40 Executive Committee ...... '39- 41 Maroon K White .........v.... '36 '41 Assistant Business Mgr ..... '40 Corporal ....... ...--. ..---.---- ' 3 3 39 Sergeant .......................... '39 Second Lieut., Co. D ...... '40- Santa Santa could age many years, increase his waist- line by a foot, wear pinchers at the end of his nose, and be called uncle , and still he would not be greatly different from Ralph Claus 1941. He is the personihcation of Gemuetlicbkeit as he waddles along in his house-slippers, wearing gold- rimmed glasses, a friendly pipe, and a fatherly smile. His speech is easy, slightly brogued. Dili- gent, kindly, and philosophical, Ralph is a lov- able old boy. , ARTHUR DEY Cleveland, O. Maroon S: lVhite ........ ...'38 40 Cheer Leader ........ ...... ' 37 4l Chorus ............... ...'39-' Forum .................... ...... ' 39 35 ' 41 40 Gymnastic Team ............ ' f 39 Corporal ................ ...... ' 35337 Sergeant .......................... '37f'38 First Sergeant .............,.... '38-'39 40 First Lieut. Bn. Adj ....... '39- First Lieut. Co. D ..........,. '-10- 41 Gerk Gerft is the second-last in a long line of Gerkens at Concordia. Lackadaisical, he has no intention of impairing his health by over-work and by unnecessary-or necessary-haste. To call him unemotional were to forget his giddy ecstacies or his scarlet tantrums so easily pro- voked. Gerk's talent for sports-journalism develops from his adulation for sports heroes and from his own experience as athlete and coach. Whence also the good sport he is.

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The Senator -just where Harryls label, The Senator, began is unknown. Perhaps it was provoked by his pro- fessional-looking hat and briefcase, perhaps by those long, black cigars, or, most likely. by his politician-air--that apple-polishing, quasi- serious interest he shows for everyone he meets. A mischievous grin usually betrays this mock- seriousness, yet his speech is unaffected eloquence. Bow-ties, gaudy suspenders, Lift' magazines and classroom pranks flavor Harry's appetite for things collegiate , CARL WILLARD BARINGER Defiance, O. Gymnastic Team . ,,..:35-:JR Academy Manager .......... 381 39 Varsity Manager .... '39f'4l Forum ................... ........ i 332 40 Sock K Buskin ....... . ....... '39-'41 Class Treasurer .. .,.,..,,.... 'KT' ' Corporal .......................... WS- , Sergeant ..,,...... . ................. 'SW'-HI 411 'Ru Second Lieutenant QM..'-405-ll Bob Tall, dark, and handsome-thatis Bob Ber- tram, the number one reason why mothers send their daughters to Concordia. Bobo is an actor par v.t't'f'Ilt'l7!'f' and a disorganizer and leader but never one to boast, though he has plenty to boast about. Bob is known for his classroom pranks. With his wonderful personality and talents Bobbie should some day make a great nov- elist. We'll all be proud to say, I knew him when- -by Rivbzzrfl M. Karl. HENRY BLANKE Chicago, Ill. Circulation Manager, CONCORDIAN Leavenworth Sr. High .... '35-'37 President. Student Body '40-'41 President. Executive ' 40-' Committee ....., ....... ..... -ll Invest. Committee .,........ '39-'41 Chorus .............................. '38-'41 President ...................... I-40-:H Class President ................ 39- -SU Secretaryffreasurer Prima' Seeunda ...........,............ 39 .40 Intra-Mural Manager ...... :39-Q 40 Vice President, Forum .... 'ififvill Rifle Team .........,.,............ 59-,141 Mgr., Gymnastic Team 238- 39 Maroon X Wlhite .............. IJB- 41 Corporal .......................... 33-'39 First Sergeant ....... ..... ' 39-'40 Captain, Co. D .........,.,.... '409-ll Best Ret. Medal ...,... ........... ' 38 Best Corp. Medal.. ..... ........ ' 39 HAROLD C. BANDT Fort Wayfne, Ind. fiurpi-r. .... ................., .... Y i' Sergeant ........,........... ...,, H -fl---Ill Captain of Band. ....... ..... 4 U- -ll Buck Bzlvkft personality is guarded behind the locked doors of too few words. Always the taci- turn, he is very familiar with only two or three cronies at Concordia, and the most of us are robbed of the privilege of knowing Buck better. However, beneath Baringerls reticence bubble intellectual ambitions. He delights in silently ob- serving his fellows from a psychological view- point. From these observations he has concluded definite views, which he would like to practice some day in the ministry. ROBERT BERTRAM Fort XVayne, Ind. lvlarnnn X XYhltc ..,.i......... 'Wf'-ll Feature Editor . ........ '-ll!-'41 Academy ...,........ .... ' i7-'IR Forum ................ .... ' 38-'39 Chorus ................... .... ' 37-i-ll Seek K BLlSlCll'! ........ .... ' 37 4l President ...................,.. '-Hr-Q-ll One Mad Nightu ............ -FH Christmas Carolu .,.....-.. 33 XK'uther1ng Heights' ...... 'MI Smilm' Throughu ..-...---. 34 Rubin Hundu ...,...........,.. 441 Corporal ...................,...... 'RS-'FV Second Lieutenant ,......... :?'1'j44l Captain, Cu. C ...... ,......... 4 r 'll Hank Hank is a man of solid parts. who goes about his business efficiently and quietly, and this quiet efficiency has earned for him some of the most responsible student oflices at the school. Quiet is Hank, but not speechless. No situation is critical enough to set his passion ahead of his reason, and he is ever ready, with stoic demeanor and unaltered poise, to deliver his homespun common sense.

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Q WALTER C. GROTRIAN Fort Wayne, Ind. Chorus ........... ........,.....,..., ' 38341 -ll Sock 8: Buslun ......,.....,...,. 'NI' 'Smilin' Through , Producer ........................ '40 Best Ret. Medal ...................... an Rifle Team ........,..,.......... 'SKA'-Ml Asst. Broadcast Engr ,...... ...... ' -IU Forum ...,...,..,.,..,.,............ '38-'40 Maroon K YVhl!e .................... l-ll! Corporal ..........,... ..... ' 38-'39 Sergeant ..,.. ,....... ..... ' 3 9-'40 First Sergeant ...... .,... ' -Mn-'-ll Growcy Vic, phlegmatic, Stepin-Fetchit-like, does not choose to run-walking is fast enough--and he will probably walk from birth to death without ever biting his nails, without even, perhaps, ever taking a nerve sedative. Vic is diligent by spurts. His speech is a lazy drawl, but his laugh is hearty and gratifying. His ambitions have ranged from journalism to the Navy: he will probably be a professor, but-what's the hurry? CLIFFORD ,IAEBKER Fort Wayne, Ind. Chorus ...........,...,....,......... '38-'41 Maroon dk NVhite .......,.... '35-'39 Adv. Mgr. ...,,..... . ..., '37-'39 i -'39 Varsity ............................ '39 -HJ H. S. Tennis Team .......... '37-S39 Academy .............,,... ..... 3 7 Cull. Tennis Team ..............,... -ll Cor oral .................,......., '33-'39 Stall, Sergeant ..............,... '39f:-H1 First Lieutenant, Co. B .... '-OU' -ll Tribune Medal .. .,..........,....,.. '-HI Chief Broadcast Engr ..... 'SR-'41 .Iurky Though, now in his tenth year at Concordia, Iurky has watched classes pass on, he has always been able to adjust himself to each new group. This is indeed an accomplishment at a school where every class is an exclusive clique. The Jurkovic-Siebold combination has long been an old romance, a live example of Steve's perse- verance and ambition, and this untiring stick-to- it-iveness will see its Coronation when Jurky enters the ministry. I-rLs, -n , n. r r .m-v-.uv-Q-. .. ....,..,-H.-- Wally Little man, great guy, important yet modest, prim as a daisy but as manly as a hero-Wfally. Constant satellite and patron sponsor of Dick Katt, for whom Wally sacrifices time and goods Qincluding cigarettes and carj, this minimized gentleman-Primaner is all spit-and-polish, keeps his wits scimitar-sharp. In his general talent for the artistic-music, portraiture, acting-is his particular talent to portray melancholy situa- tions-attributive to some disappointment in his own life fperhapsj. VICTOR BRUER GROVVCOCK Fort XVayne, Ind. lvlaroiln N XVhitu ...,........ '3if'4l Bus Mgr. .......,..........., lim:-lil Rifle Tram ...,..,.........,....... 36' 41 Kiwanis Club Mcdzil ......,. A ...... V4 Missrnin Society ........,..... .NI -HV Sock N Huskin .................. 'WW'-UI Prod, Stall i'Wutht-rimg Hvrghtsi' ....,................... 'Ml fforporal .........................r 'EN-'Rv S1'r1.1c.lnt ........,................... '39-'-Nl Lnwlt-'n.int, ffm If ............ '4'lf'4l Cliff Dashing cadet, diligent student, a good mixer is Cliff. Above all, he is exact, for, to him, a task is not begun until it is finished, a story told is untold if it omits the slightest detail, and class- work is incomplete unless it is recorded to the last comma on spotless paper, folded not more than once, and carefully filed away. A little jerky but punctual: this nicety in him augurs of success. STEPHEN B. JURKOVIC Cambridge, O. BasebirllTean1 .. .,..,..,..,. ....'3S1'44l Captain .......,.,.,,..,....,.. .WR-iiv Mgr., Bowling Allt-vs ...... W7- -HI Captain of Class Bowling 16 Team .,....,.,..,.,,.....,,,,,,, 1'-UI Singles Bowling Champ.,'36f'-O0 Corporal .......... , ,....... ....... ' 35' Bn Sergeant ,,.,.....,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 'Vt-'17 Second Lieutenant .... i37 5R First Lieut, Hn, Adr.., .... 'YRFW