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

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EDMUND FRESE Readlyn, Iowa. Brook Farm. Whentyou happen to be strolling peacefully along the main floor of the Wunder dormitory, you may of a sud- den be tackled from the rear and sent sprawling all the way to Borneo. In the midst of the cyclonic catastrophe you hear a soft chuckle and an easy drawl: HWhy dont you see where you are looking ! Of course, you are mad enough to punch his nose, but, any- way, you dont feel like doing it, be- cause when you look around, after you have once assembled yourself and arisen from the floor, and you see HFratzH standing there with his hands in his hip-pockets and with a sympa- thetic smile on his face, you just can't hurt the poor boy. Then he approaches the victim with a teasing grin and pleads: Aw! come on now, donlt get sore about a little thing like that? Well, such heart-melting words as those would make anybody want to squeeze him. BUT, now don't get the impression that he is the class teddy- bear. I341 THEODORE FRUEN DT Chicagol Ill. Treas. of Student Body, Pres. of Athletic Board, Staff tAsst. EdJ, Courier Ed. Staff. Octette, Invitation Committee. HAye, every inch a gentleman, is the unanimous verdict of our class as far as Dinty is concerned. Though his calm disposition and quiet nature ordinarily refuse to be ruffled, he has a tiny ticklish spot which is rather hard to find. Just mention real casually that you dont think there is a. single nice girl in the whole city. Ah! Watch the fire gleam in his eye, and the fur- rows form on his otherwise smooth brow. Most probably you will not hear a single word, but very likely your hat will be thrown out right after you. When you watch HTed perform on the ice-pond, you gradually realize, as you see him gracefully glide about on his elongated pedal extermities, that skat- ing at least is one great art of which the Greeks knew nothing. There are dreary days on which he brings out his comet and proceeds to drown out all the war whoops with which he is grccted.

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WILLERT BEER Des Plaines, Ill. Braves. This is our big, beloved Beer. He is a wild and woolly playmate, but we wouldn't part with him for anything. He will sponge out copper coins and coflin nails until it hurts. Let us tell you how he developed his mad, dust- raising speed, although he ordinarily just shuiiles along. Peep into his bed- room before 6:30 in the morning. You would think by the thoughtful arrange- ment of things that he was prepared for a fire or a rebellion. His trousers are hanging so that one jump will land him right into them. His shoes are placed within; easy: reach. His coat, shirt, collar, and tie are in advantag- eous and premeditatedly selected posi- tions. Everything seems to be waiting for one royal rush. A bell rings. Gang- way! A hop, skip, and jump, and our friend Beer is dressed within the snap of a finger. Within thirty seconds iiUrsus'Lrushes through the corridors, down three flights of stairs and arrives in the idining-hall just on time for breakfast. MARTIN DREWS Milwaukee, Wis. Swift Trio, Glee Club. The class has been in session.br more than an hour when suddenly in pops our poky swift. 5tDrews ' is as slow as he is sure. His excuse for be- ing late so often is generally that the streetcar had a flat rim or a puncture, etc.I etc. Now and then he- gives a. new one, which shows he still possesses some daring flashes of originality. While he is handing out a healthy har- angue to his classmates, they usually keep at a distance for he invariably uses them as leaning-posts. He is al- ways thinking and talking about his lessons. If it isnlt that, it is about good things to eat, for his mouth is continually watering. We know he doesn't chew tobacco, but one- rarely sees him without a bar of candy which he crunches pitilessly between his massive jaws. If you wish to know where he sits in class just go to the seat that is buried beneath a stack of books.

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RONALD GOETSCH Merrill, Wis. Staff tArt Eda, Germania, Mailman. Frecklesi' is a dyed-in-the-wool Plattdeutscher, coming from a barbar- ian country Where grizzly bears and big lions and other fuzzy things have taught him to be incessantly on his guard. And yet, in reading German literature one day, he failed for a mo- ment to keep a sharp lookout, for in- stead of 1'Hans Sachs war der frucht- barstel Dichter, he read Hans Sachs war der furchtbarste Dichter. . But it is unfair to hint at ignorance when speaking of a Concordian who has re- ceived such excellent grades as has 'tFreckles.H Besides, he knows more than anyone else at college in one re- spect: in delivering the daily mail he finds out how often certain parties get strangely colored envelopes from other certain parties. Since HFrecklesh also possesses ability to draw, he wasethe obvious candidate for the Art Editor- ship on the Staff. Perhaps the reason he can accomplish so much is that his Hroll-your-own cigarettes and corn- cob pipe serve to keep him at cucum- ber coolness. HAROLD GRUHN Milwaukeet Wis. Swift Trio. ,Therejs a bashful guys in .our -class who has an invisible infiuence over the class which it can't shake off. .It is impossible to describe it,' yet it is even. in the atmosphere when he is. around. No, it isn't Limburger cheese. Ah! Now we have it. Sniff. Sniff. GrnhnL why all the perfume? Association of thought leads us to believe he is a Prince Charming to . . . . ?? He is gw- ful shy about it, and, of course, he won't give us an explanation outside of the one that he has the habit so infused in his charafitere that it wonit wash out. He aIWays has his hands in his pockets, and grins at any inquis- itive person. But, say, when it comes to ambition-why, one day when it was forty below he walked all the way to the college just to see his breath blow out clouds of steam. He claims that he has lived in a climate so cold that every time he milked a cow he got ice . cream.