Concordia College - White and Blue Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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-(-11! . A M V (Hl r (ElaBfi of ' ZB OFFICERS T. Brust President E. Pflug J ice-President C. Schuknecht Treasurer A. Allmann W. Bachert H. Behrens E. Beversdorf N. Borchardt A. Born A. Bubeck T. Erck E. Freiburger G. Gehrs CLASS ROLL A. Gesswein B. Hahn W. Hilleman F. Hischke T. Kunz J. Kuriiif R. Langbecker A. Liefer C. Mennicke M. Nickel M. Peters C. Pickelmann H. Rosenberg l. Steege W. Teyler C. Thalacker W. Thayer A. Wagner J. Wendland G. Windisch E. Zapf [45]

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®1| (ElaHB nf 2B The history of Secunda! that is what the author of these hues should write. Coiisiiteration, however, constrains him to chanije the suhject slijjhtly, consideration, in the first place, for the reader, lest he burden him with facts which would not interest him anyway, and consideration, in the second place, for himself, lest his name be re- vealed and he incur the ill wishes of the public. If the reader will t;Iance at the accompanying picture, he will behold the group of young men known, or unknown? as Secunda. From their pleasant countenances one could not guess that this is their fifth year at Concordia, and that they have been in- troduced to the terror of all the students — Hebrew. Indeed, they have suffered an introduction to that worthy gentleman, but the two do not seem to be very congenial to each other, and no intimate acquaintanceship has as yet been effected. It is hoped that the desired relationship will soon be realized. Of the class ' s past little is known. No one recorded the events as they occurred, and thus it happens that we have only our memory to consult, which is very unre- liable, since for five years it has been influenced by intensive studying. Only one thing is certain : we came here, and some of us are still here. Oh yes, one thing was almost forgotten, something of vital importance. Several vacations have, of course, been witnessed and the joy with which they were always greeted will never be forgotten. Of all achievements, the ludicrous and sublime, there remains but a vague recollection. Therefore we shall not attempt to relate them, lest we claim the glory of another, and suffer the reproaches of critics, whose reliability in this case nobody would question. In studying the records of the President, however, one thing may be ascertained — that is the present number of members of the class — thirty four. That was not the original number, for in the course of the past four years, several have changed their goal and have left the ranks of the class of ' 2b. But those who remain are determined to stay and to run the race to the finish. [441

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■ AM V ■;B...t.ue;: • (Hhp (Elasa of ' 27 To the dear casual reader, who favors us with a sincere inquir - as to the trials and traits of a Senior in the High School division of our Milwaukee Concordia, we gladlv offer the following — all we know about these quaint people, called ourselves. To dazzle by keen flashes of wit, to stun by potent strokes of oratory or to captivate the minds of men by intellectual grandeur, this ability we disclaim. We wish only to render our best services to the world as plain men, and we believe that such plain endeavors will be more useful than the sickly sentiments of misanthropic genuis or the unread masterpieces of too lofty minds. As plain but congenial students then we are glad to be known, and as such we act. At this stage of our college course we feel that this, our Senior year of the High School division is a very important period in the life of a student. From a posi- tion of obedience he changes to one commanding authority. Almost always this change affects in him a deeper sense of responsibility, a warmer sympathy with hi } fellow students. It is refreshing to see what close friendships he forms with the freshies and how affectionately he plays with them — and the freshies don ' t mind it at all ! Thus, you see, we are in the words of Macaulay ordinarily MEN — we thought we heard some one laugh there — in our ordinary business — even though we would shed no tears perhaps, at the burial of the dead language — and in our ordinary pleasures. But since sometimes even ordinary people like to boast, and we just denied being better than such, we shall have to support our claim to plainness by boasting with a few striking features of ourselves: Many members of our class had the fortune to organize and conduct a literary society of remarkable merit and aspirations. Further- more, if we show no brilliancy in language-study, we have nevertheless, obtained a good working knowledge of science. et our most interesting trait of character is, that we are too modest to discuss it, and our true greatness lies in the fact, that we are not mentioning it. Of course, the indulgent reader will understand that by this we are only trying to prove our likeness to a plain person — even in boasting. But since we promised above not to mention our true greatness, we shall, to justify this remark, now have to relapse into a dignified silence. |46|