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

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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.

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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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FRED HAMANN Pekin, Ill. Staff tLit. EdJ, Class Secy., Sanhedtin, Movie Operator, Chief Librarian, Dir. Library Extension. Behold our distinguished and gifted literary editor. Does he really possess sueh outstanding talents in this art? Why, to be sure ! For at times he bursts forth in such volcanic eruptions of polysyllabic words that he can blow anyone off his pedestals. In addition, his style is a regular mine of striking expressions and as refreshing as soda- pop, so we donlt mind it much. But, oh!-When he lets himself loose in an oration, then beware ye Ciceros, and Websters. How the walls of our dear Concordia writhe and bulge when Haman's vocal organs become un- controllable! Now, that isnlt all. He is a philosopher as well as a critic. As he sits entrenched behind his library, you would think he was storing up enough dynamic knowledge to blow up the rest of the world. His reward shall be brickbats and boquets. HENRY IMELMANN Melrose Park, Ill. Staff tTreasJ, Class Treas., Prima Club Treas., Basketball Bus. Mgr., Athletic Board, Glee Club. This noble and elongated specimen was donated to our class by the sub- urb of Melrose Park. And what a don- ation! His cleverness is surprising, his mischievousness alarming, his laz- iness astounding. Stand in front of HHanklsH bedroom a few minutes be- fore breakfast. At exactly 6:28, two minutes before the dining-hall doors are closed, out jumps Ash with a towel around his head and a bar of soap in his hand, looking for all the world like a Turk. He leaps to the washroom with lightning rapidity and then makes a final kangaroo hop for the eats. Whenever he, the general tax-collector, enters a room, every in- mate makes a sudden grab for his purse and hangs on for dear life. He dearly loves to remind one of the dues that are forthcoming, licking his chops in covetous anticipation of gobbling down a pocketfull of our precious Shekels.