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Volume 37
SEGUIN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 2 9, 19 5 6
Number 10
Directors For
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Max Sherman Elected
President of TISA
By One-Vote Margin
SENIORS MAY APPLY
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THIRTEEN-DAY CHOIR
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KOERTGE ELECTED PRESIDENT
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Traveling along a coastal route,
they will arrive in New Orleans
for a specially planned weekend
which will include a dinner in one
of the old city’s better restaurants
and a short excursion on the Mis-
sissippi River. Then the choir will
return by an inland route.
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The tour includes twenty-four
performances in churches, high
schools, and one old folks home.
The choir is due to arrive back
in Seguin at twelve midnight on
Sunday, April fifteenth.
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Representing Texas Lutheran
College as a voting delegate was
Gene Moore; press delegate Mar-
lene Kriewald; and Shirley Ches-
sher and Arlyn Hausmann were
alternates.
Max Sherman of Baylor Univer-
sity was elected president of the
Texas Intercollegiate Students As-
sociation for 1956-57 by a one-vote
margin, at the close of the eighth
TISA convention at Abilene Chris-
tian College Saturday, March 3.
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The Lone Star Lutheran
Student Publication of Texas Lutheran College
Development To
Visit Campus
The Texas Lutheran College De-
velopment Directors, who have
been appointed in A.L.C. congre-
gations of the Texas District, and
their pastors have been invited to
be guests on the TLC campus on
Monday, April 2.
The duties of these directors
will be to give information about
TLC activities to their congrega-
tions, to select the names of pos-
sible future donors, and to assist
TLC public relations men in meet-
ing these potential donors.
The activities of the day will
include meetings in the chapel and
a tour of the campus.
Pre-Theos Hear
President Sagebiel
President Edward Sagebiel was
the featured speaker at the March
meeting of the campus Pre-Theo-
logical Society.
In his talk, President Sagebiel
presented a number of qualities
which pastors of his acquaintance
thought important for the future
minister to develop while in col-
lege. He placed special emphasis
upon developing one’s own per-
sonal stewardship plan immediate-
ly. President Sagebiel also empha-
sized leadership development so
that the pastor in the parish will
be able to enlist the help of lay-
men in the congregation, and that
the beginning congregation, even
though it is debt-ridden, should
also develop a stewardship plan
providing for benevolence gifts as
well as local offerings.
Willie Rotter opened the meet-
ing with a short devotional, and
after the speaker had completed
his talk, Edmund Steinbring, vice-
president of the organization, con-
ducted the meeting due to the
inability of the president, Loren
Bliese, to attend.
Following the election of officers
on Saturday, Stan Glass, presi-
dent of the National Students As-
sociation, spoke that evening at
the banquet closing the conven-
tion.
Anthology Committee Organizes to
Assemble Student Literary Works
Other officers for the coming
year are Howard Norton, Abilene
Christian College, vice-president;
Sharlene Williamson, Texas Tech,
secretary; Orland Gilbert, McMur-
ray College, treasurer; and Fred
Long, Southwest Texas State, par-
liamentarian.
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LeSTOURGEN TALLIES 462 POINTS
TO TOP TLC SCORING RECORDS
Shane LeStourgeon tallied 462
points for a 17.8 per game aver-
age, and Billy Graeber meshed
387 markers for a 14.8 per game
average during the recently ended
cage season to top all individual
scoring records at TLC.
LeStourgeon hit 123 field goals
and put in an amazing 216 free
throws for his record breaking
462 tallies. Graeber had 159 field
goal and 69 free throws for 387
points, which also broke the old
Bulldog scoring record of 3 5 9
points set by John Ohlenbusch in
1955.
LeStourgeon sank 216 gratis
tosses out of 276 attempts for a
81.2 free throw percentage. Pete
Correa meshed 28 of 37 free
throws for a second ranking 75.8
from the TLC band and the San
Antonio Symphony, along with
Miss Anita Windecker, pianist, and
Miss Joyce Chamberlain, organist.
The 175 voice chorus was the
combined efforts of the TLC a
cappella choir, interested students,
and singers from Guadalupe, Bex-
ar, Comal, Hays, and Caldwell
counties. This group sang thirteen
choruses.
Director of the production was
Professor Rolf Espeseth, music de-
partment head at TLC. He has
previously directed oratorios and
cantatas, the most noted of which
is Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion.
Several years ago, the Bethany
College production of The Mes-
siah, which Mr. Espeseth directed,
received mention in The Reader’s
Digest.
Mr.
the TLC Music Department,
, assistant conductor.
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Dr. A. G. Wiederaenders and
Dean A. C. Streng attended the
Eleventh National Conference of
the Association of Higher Educa-
tion in Chicago on March 5-7.
The program of the convention,
at which one thousand of the na-
tion’s leading college educators
and administrators (representing
every state in the union) were
present, placed emphasis on the
student, the faculty, the college
facilities, and the community
through two general topics en-
“The Outlook of Higher
Education in America” and “Main-
taining and Improving the Quality
of Instruction in the Light of
Rapidly Increasing Enrollments.”
According to Dr. Wiederaen-
ders, the highlight of the conven-
tion came at a banquet when Wil- tage,
liam Benton, publisher of the En-
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Dr. Wiederaenders, in summing
up his impressions of the confer-
ence, stated: “The presentations
and discussions at this conference
were challenging and informative.
We received a fresh insight into
the purposes and values of educa-
tion in a Christian democracy. Wil-
liam Benton’s presentation was
particularly arresting. I left the
conference more challenged than
ever with the responsibility o f
guiding and inspiring leaders of
tomorrow toward full self-realiza-
tion over and against their heri-
in their present life, and
for a truly constructive future.”
Moore & Koertge, Mr. & Miss FTA of
TLC, Attend State FTA Convention
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Gene Moore and Kay Koertge, at-
tended the state FTA convention
in Amarillo, March 22-24. The
theme of the convention was
“Proudly We Prepare to Teach.”
Kay and Gene won the local Mr.
and Miss FTA contest at TLC on
February 13 with their speeches of
the same title as the convention
theme.
Gene was one of six finalists in
the state contest, which consisted
of three parts. First they sent in
biographical sketches, which were
considered by a board of judges.
Upon arrival, they were interview-
ed personally. The six boys and
the six girls with the highest rat-
ings by these judges presented
their speeches and were judged
Attending the convention were
350 FTA’ers from all part of Tex-
as. Speakers were Mrs. Elsie Par-
nell, President of the Texas State
Teachers Association; Dr. Arvin
Donner, Dean of the Graduate
School of the University of Hous-
ton; Dr. A. M. Meyer, President
of Amarillo College; and Mrs.
Wilda Freeburn Faust, National
Secretary of FTA. Highlights were
a tour of Palo Duro Canyon, a
barbecue at a near-by ranch, and
a semi-formal banquet Saturday
Wiederaenders, Streng Attend Higher
Education Conference in Chicago
cyclopedia Britannica, related his
recent observations in Russia un-
der the theme, “Soviet Education:
More Dangerous than the Hydro-
gen Bomb?”
Oratorio Society’s Presentation of
“The Messiah” Led By Four Soloists
Four soloists — Barbara Steven-
son, soprano; Pat Melton, con-
tralto; Walter Carringer, tenor;
and George Gibson, bass, perform-
ed in the Texas Oratorio Society’s
presentation of G. F. Handel’s The
Messiah in Memorial Gym on
Palm Sunday, March 25.
Miss Stevenson is a leading so-
prano with the Philadelphia Opera
Company, and has previously sung
in The Messiah. She sang two
recitatives and four airs.
Miss Melton is a graduate of
the University of Miami. She has
appeared with the Miami Opera
Guild in three of its productions.
In The Messiah, she performed
two recitatives and four airs.
A former tenor soloist with the
Robert Shaw Corale, Mr. Car-
ringer performed three recitatives
and three airs. He has formerly
been in two productions of The
Messiah.
Seguin’s George Gibson, son of
Professor and Mrs. H. E. Gibson
of Texas Lutheran College, sang
the bass solos—two recitatives and
three airs. George has auditioned
for Rudolph Bing of the Metro-
politan Opera House in New York.
After his June graduation from
the University of Miami, he plans
to study in Munich, Germany, un-
der the Hans Hotter, basso.
Accompanying the soloists was
an orchestra made up of musicians
Robert Weidner, also of
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night.
TLC is on a committee with
Texas University, chairman, North
Texas, and Del Mar to plan next
year’s convention at Texas Uni-
versity, which will mark the 10th
anniversary of the Texas FTA.
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percentage.
Howard Herzer tallied 258
points, Billy Petmecky 161, Fred
Wendlandt 108, and Pete Correa
102 to round out Bulldog scorers
who scored over the century mark.
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LeStourgeon ...... 123 216
Graeber .............. 159
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Leaving on April third after
lunch, the Texas Lutheran College
a cappella choir will begin a thir-
teen day tour of East Texas and
Louisiana.
Easter Play “The
Valiant,” Staged
By TLC Players
“The Valiant,” this year’s annual
Easter Play, was presented twice
last night, March 28, by the TLC
Players in Convo Hall.
The play, which was directed
by Mr. Gene Reynolds, featured
Eddie Moss, David Jorgenson,
Betty Jo Miles, Nelson Klar,
and Augie Wenzel as members of
the cast.
The plot of the play revolved
around Dyke, a condemned killer
who was about to be put to death
in prison. The plot was intensified
by the fact that Dyke refused to
tell who he really was because he
was protecting his family. How-
ever, he does write a story telling
about parts of his life for the local
paper. As a result of this story,
thousands of letters from a 11
parts of the world are written to
the warden; and every letter ask-
ed the same question: “Was Dyke
a long-lost brother, son. or father.”
FOR NAVAL OCS
The Navy announced that col-
lege seniors between the ages of
nineteen and twenty-seven may
now apply for the Officer Candi-
date School 180 days prior t o
graduation. It was further an-
nounced that classes for the OCS
convene every two months and ap-
plicants may select the class most
convenient with their plans. The
balance of this years’ classes be-
gin in July, August, October, and
December. Students are urged to
make applications at least two
or three months before the class
they desire to attend.
Senior students graduating this
spring and desiring to enter the
Naval Officer Candidate School
may now travel to the Office of
Naval Officer Procurement in
Houston to make application for
OCS and then return home with
all transportation paid by the U.
S. Navy.
Students desiring information
and wishing to obtain such trans-
portation should contact the Of-
fice of Naval Officer Procurement,
Room 609 Federal Office Building,
Houston 2, Texas.
The initial meeting of a new
TLC organization was held Tues-
day, March 6 at 7:15 p.m. on the
campus.
This club, The Anthology Com-
mittee, has been organized to work
on the school anthology to be as-
sembled and published by the end
of the school year. It will include
work of student merit, picked by
a committee composed of a board
of judges made up of two students
and three faculty members.
Officers elected at the meeting
were, president, Kay Koergte;
vice-president, William Holmes;
secretary, Fay Wenzel; and pub-
licity agent, Mary Frances Leo-
nard.
Faculty sponsors for the group
are Mr. A. E. Cornetti and Dr.
O. M. Villarejo.
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KAY KOERTGE
Gene Moore, TLC’s Mr. FTA,
was one of six finalists for the
title of Mr. FTA of Texas at the
recent state FTA convention in
Amarillo.
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