Concordia University - Portland Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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DONALD BRANDT As Don came home from town for the first time about eighteen years ago, ho opened his eyes as he was passing the College in his mother’s arms, pointed at it and said Da 1 That was interpreted by his parents to moan that he wanted to study for the ministry, and so it became unanimous. While it was difficult for him to understand why ho had to study from 6:45 to 9:00 whon he was not quartered in the building, those seem to have been the hours. Hobbies: Airplanes, stamps and stamps. He loves to poster his father with a question as to the whereabouts of some undiscovered island in tho Pacific the imprint of which he deciphered on some newly acquired stamp. It is rumored that his father (in sheer reprisal) asks him about some equally undiscovered forms in Creek. ' Taint fair l Activities: Baseball, basketball, staff of WHERE ROLLS THE OREGON . Don plans to enter Ft. Wayne this fall. PAUL FRANK Paul is another lad who is not present in the College when the boll rings for study periods, and it has oven been rumored that he was not at home when he was called by telephone between 6:45 and 9 00 As this rumor has not been substantiated, it ought not to bo repeated During his Freshman year, Paul was struck by an auto- mobile while delivering the JOURNAL (Paul says that tho OREGONIAN should be suppressed), and was hospitalized for a long time He still insists that his fractured leg hurt less than the assignments which some profess- ors managed to smuggle into the hospital As he has no witnesses for this charge, he ought to drop it Paul has tried out more different seats during his stay at Concordia than any other member of his class, and the unsatisfactory part of the matter is that his views do not agree with those of his teachers on this subject, and that he usually lands in the very last seat he would have chosen activities : Baseball, basketball, staff of WHERE ROLLS THE OREGON . Beginning with this fall, his address will be Ft Wayne.

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ROBERT KRAFT When Robert 1 s parents moved from Corvallis, Oregon to Renton, Washington some time ago, he faced one of, the, major problems in the life of a patriotic student. To a student, his home state tops the list, and some other states, particularly the surrounding dries J ought to be annexed by Ethiopia or some othet barbarous common- wealth So it happens that some crow has to be eaten if there is an enforced shift of allegiance But whether his parents move to Washington or to some other stated Oregon State still retains his loyalty; after all Oregon Stated Beavers beat Duke, so what? And when it comes to arguing, the subject of this sketch is a four letter mani and what f s more, when he argues, the major premise and the minor premise and the conclusion arc willing to stand up to be measured Four years ago, his vital statistics, in part, reads Height, 5 ft 2 in; weight, 108 lbs Now it is 6- ft 1 in. and 175 lbs Any comment that he is asked to make about any personal responsibility for the raise of the board he brushes aside with the explanation that it is due to his Swiss ancestry and hard work How he does love football. When he tears down tho field with the football under his arm, his trail is marked by Collier, Messerli, and other 100 lb stalwarts littering the campus. He is planning to enter the ministry Activities i Basketball, football, student body president. OMAR SOMMER Hero is a lad who could join Beckmann in telling of Nebraska s beautiful scenery if there were such a thing Omar was born near Seward, and the atmosphere of our synodical institutions got into his nostrils at an early date, v hen the lure of the west gripped the members of the Sommer family, they by -pass e d Nebraska and came directly to Washington At present, Winlock is the met- ropolis that gets free advertizing. Omar joined the graduating class in his Sophomore year after he had finished one year of high school at his home. He is preparing for the ministry Activities: Basketball (captain), baseball.