Carthage College - Driftwood / Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Kenosha, WI)

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THE COLLEGIAN and who can readily stray into paths of immorality if he has been ac- customed to live amidst such thoughts and feelings? When our hearts and minds have been cleansed and prepared by such silent communions with the Ultimate it will be easier for Christ to enter in. Then too, we embody a religious truth in our co-operation and brotherhood, one with another. through study. work. sports. and all the other activities which comprise Our college existence. Brotherhood is a. fact of life here at Carthage. A helping hand outstretched to lift up a fellow student fallen by the way: an encouraging word to a classmate weary of striving; a hand-clasp, or a smile. or even a hearty slap on a slumped shoulder, that will cause one' head to be lifted to the stars again: these are the workings of brotherhood and the Golden Rule which we hava. though perhaps unconsciously. committed to life. We, as the new generation. still believe in one God, the creator of the universe. and that He governs it we have no doubt. But we are in- clined to think that He is not so much concerned with the occasional hi- larious riotings of students. the smoking and drinking experimentally in- dulged in, or even the somewhat promiscuous lovevmaking ta natural by- product of co-educationl. as much as He is concerned with the disease and war and want. the prostitution and hypocrisy of the older generation. We realize that to stay among the ruins of yesterday will bring no ad- vancement or progression to either the individual or the race. Therefore. all our noblest thoughts. acts and aspirations resolve themselves into these words, Up and onward for everrnore. W K PI PHI Nu Page 24

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H THE COLLEGIAN gs De ense necessattl . . . By ALVIN KDENIG 53E have heard the criticism of educators and clergyman in regard to the religious indifference and moral Iaxness of college under graduates. We have heard too. the voices of condemnation ringing brazenly to high heaven concerning the downright irreligious and immoral conduct of campus co-eds. And yet by what right and by what authority do any of these judge our Iives-usurely they have no Divine authority. If any indictment is to be passed should not we, the students. have some word to say in our defenseeif defense is necessary? Religion as a basic element of education has been given much con- sideration by our faculty 50 that we have every opportunity of seeking out the spiritual things of life. Some of us however. do not avail ourselves of these Opportunities offered by Bible courses. chapel, or by any one of the six churches in Carthage and therefore merit some reproach. but to consider this negligence as immoral or irreligious would be too flagrant an exaggeration. Is it not conceivable that religion may be morally useful without being intellectually sustainable? God made religion. and man made theology. Christ gave us a system of morals. and His religion is the best the world has ever known. but man has introduced many corrupting changes. Souls groping in darkness can- not be made to see the light by any means of maucllin sentimentality or dogmatic creed. 50 it is with us. We have nature to teach us lessons 05 good and proper living as well as the sublime truths of the Universe. In the stillness of the night we may stand on Evergreen walk, looking up into an unclouded sky and watch the stars coming forth in sublimity. pomp, and majesty. Yes. the stars exercisa a moral influence over us. CHI DELTA KAPPA Page 23

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ll THE COLLEGIAN Qteaf ametican Dance . . . as sarr'rized by a freshman ing. My guess is that you've already heard of the Great American Bandwagon and perhaps the Great American Hamburgerl'. This. fellow students, is to be a brazen denunciation of the almighty Great American Dance - -or hop, leap, jump. shuffle. or whatvhave-you. Realiz- ing that such a treatise as this is in direct opposition to the forces of tradi- tion and custom, I'm hereby assuming all responsibility and taking the chance Of being annihilated as an extremist. gl-IERE is one American institution above all others that needs satiriz- t j Milton certainly started something in l;L'Allegrol, when he wrote, Come and trip it as you go. on the light fantastic toe . Today this might be interpreted to mean. Come and swing it as you go . Just what one is supposed to swing is a mystery which we. who are so miserably un- informed. have not been able to determine as yet. However, Milton con- tinues by saying. And in thy right hand lead with thee the mountain nymph, sweet liberty . which in the modem idiom means. And in thy two arms icheek to cheekl lead with thee thy sweet petite . Oh, Mil- ton, if only thou eouldst see us now! Here is a familiar announcement: Stag 50c. drag 30c . This inv variably provokes a laugh. which I find expedient to stifle, lest I be the recipient of diverse scornful glances. I take this to mean that the drag is worth about minus twenty cents. This indeed is deplorable. Somev thing should be done about it. Someone should exert a more active in- fluence in behalf of the poor femme, who if not protected against a perr feetly atrophying evening at home by a twenty'eent bribe. would be left out in the cold againeor still . The Great American Danceh today seems best lubricated by the utterances of muffled trumpets, stuttering saxaphones. and the like-called ilswing music. Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. after hearing it for the first time, exclaimed that he had never heard anything like it before. Poor man. it'll be hard on him these next few years. This noble temple of the dance is a thing that must not vanish from the map of North America. We must foster and protect it as representa- tive of American sanity. eIOSEPHINE LARSON. Page 25