Concordia College - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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SCHOOL CLUBS With one notable exception school clubs this year ran much the same course they did in former years. There were nine of them — six college, three high school. They covered the fields of music, religion, language, cur- rent events, and science. As usual they interested only a minority of the student body. The one notable exception was the College Religion Club. For the first time in many years religion received an enthusiastic response from the stu- dent body. As many as sixty Concordians turned out on Wednesday evenings to discuss, under Professor Crunau ' s direction, student reports on phases of Christianity most important to twentieth-century Christians. The College Listener ' s did something more than listen. With what money there was in the club treasury they purchased Schumann ' s Piano Quintet, Mozart ' s Symphony No. 35, Bartok ' s Piano Concerto No. 3, and Brahms ' Symphony No. 3. In the high school Mr. Arkin plotted a musical course that was comprehensive by virtue of extremity only. Quite literally the club covered everything from Bach to Boogie. Students who attend a language club do so with the intention of gain- ing a better understanding of that language. Stilted as that statement may seem, it is nevertheless true. But you ' d never guess it if you attended a club meeting, for there is something about these informal gatherings that always leaves room for fun — be it a joke told in German, or the technicality of a misplaced iota subscript. That is how Professor Proehl and the college min- isterials found it as they translated the Epistle to the Calatians. For the same reason a group of students took time out each week to visit Professor Hein- richsmeyer ' s home in the interests of the German langauge. The Spanish and French clubs met regularly with Miss Dozer. They did not confine their interests to the campus but attended French movies, and at this writing, are thinking of producing a one-act play — in French, of course. Maybe that was one reason for those lively meal-time discussions members called, la table francaise. Two high school clubs took part in fields untouched by college clubs: current events and mathematics. Professor Wilbur Luecke led an interested group of boys in discussions on topics of national and international signifi- cance. A dozen math students, not satisfied with the problems that con- front them in the classroom, went out of their way to try, among other things, to solve the unsolvable. Not much progress has been made in that direction, but it is said that the boys, under Mr. Dobberstein, are learning a lot of math. 58