Concordia University - Portland Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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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.