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

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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

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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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RICHARD M. KATT Fort Wayne, Ind. Sock X Busltin ------------------ '36':'il President .......... --.----------- 3 9 l33 4l Student Council ........ A. ..-. '39':4l Maroon K Vkfhite ...,.......,.. 'Ji' 39 '35939 Chorus .....A.,................--.. .- Academy .................,.-,----, Hon. Captain ................---- '39 Varsity ..................,......... '39'l'il H. S. Tennis Team ,........, 'H-if'-9 Hon. Captain ............A. '33' 39 Rifle Team .............,.............. '35 Class President .............. '35737 Corporal ............... .....,.. ' 38739 First Sergeant ....... ....... ' 39740 Bn, Major ...,,..,................ '-lil -il i'Rob1n Hoodl' ...................... '4l Smilin' Through .............. '40 Wuthering Heights ........,. '40 My Motherfin'Law ,....... '39 One Mad Nightl' ....,..,........ '39 Hoosier Schoolmaslerl' .,.... '38 Klum Klanfx supercilious brow and independent swagger only appear as such, are not ego or high disdain, but merely a habit or a tic, at worst. He is too often misunderstood by his close disso- ciates. His mind is alert and inquisitive, his memory as impressable as concrete, with an un- usual capacity to recall slightest details. If out- spoken pedantry is his peccadillo, the fact that his every utterance is authoritative, his promises reliable, is a laurel-observe this year-book. ERNEST B. KOENKER Woodville, O. XVuoClville High .............. '34-'38 lvlaroon X NVhite ....,.,....... '39 -H1 Mission Society .,..... '-80 -il Stamp Dir. .................. '-H'lf'4l Corporal, Co. A ..... . ....... .'-QU-'41 Slim Though a rather chubby Cherub with a very distinct hangover whenever he sits down on a chair, Slim can out-maneuver anybody when the race is on for the last pork chop on the plate. Formerly as cynical as Voltaire, Slim is getting away from his sneering disbelief in the sincerity and rectitude of his classmates in their dealings with him. Slim may face any conflict with bold arrogance, for the weight of the argument will always be on his side. -by P11111 W. Sfanleo Dick Brains and pages are not enough to fathom and describe this complex character. He is a Heaven of talent, a rare Midas whose every attempt is a success, and yet if he applied his gifts as they deserve, he would be a genius. Versatile is his name. Everything he does is well-nigh perfect. He could turn professional athlete or actor, could lose his nose and still be a glamour boy, could murder a brother and still be loved. WERNER C. KLAMMER Frankenmuth, Mich. Editorfinfchief CONCORDIAN Mich. Luth. Seminary .... '35f'39 Maroon K White .............. '39f 40 Chorus .,....,....,....,....,...... '399-H Forum ............,................. '39-'41 Program Committee .... '40-'41 Mission Society ................ '40f'4l Paper Convener .... ........., ' 40 President, Die Schachspielern ............ ' -'41 40 Sergeant Cu. B ................ '-H3341 Prima Foreign Rel. Comm. Pope Ernie Ernest-and his name describes him-is as intellectual as Rhodes. He is cultivated and pol- ished, says, Yes, never Yeah, has exhausted to the last period the lifewritings of Thomas Mann. Livingvunto himself, he is a cryptic store of knowledge and well-coined common-sense, too seldom expended. With a conservative 'eye to himself and a 'liberal one to his fellows, he is wise enough to av.oid mischief, witty enough to enjoy it. EDMUND W. LICHTSINN Indianapolis, Ind. V Corporal ..........,,.,,,,,,,,,,, ,,'18-'39 Sergeant .... ,,.,...,.,,,.,,,,,,,,, ' 39-'40 Second Lieut. Staff .......... '40-'41 , Maroon 8 White ............ '3'if'41 News Editor, ...,,,,,,,,,,,,, 310941 Asst. Baseball Manager .... ...... ' 40 ASSI. Organist ...,..,,,,.,,,,, '39-'41