The Lone Star Lutheran (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, September 23, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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Lone
IRAN
VOLUME 23
SEGUIN, TEXAS, MONDAY OTOBER 23, 1940
NUMBER 1
CHAPEL ALTAR
DEDICATED
Gift of ,39-,40 Graduating
Class and State Luther Lea.
President William F. Kraushaar
conducted the dedication service
of the newly acquired altar and
ilecturn in the college chapel
September 13. The altar, long a
dream of Prof. H. F. Ander, was
a gift of the ’39-’40 sophomore
class and the state Luther League.
For the dedication service,
President Kraushaar chose the
39-42 verses of the sixth chapter
of second Chronicles as his text.
In accordance with the occasion,
he also chose ‘"Praise Ye the
Father” and “I Hear the Voice
of Jesus Say” as the hymns.
For years Rev. Ander has tried
to finance the buying of an altar
for the chapel. He is in charge
of the religious services held three
ti/nes a week at the college, and
?o has had a deep interest in the
matter. The college auditorium
had an old lecturn. which had
been in use for a number of years,
but for the frequent service,
especially those held during Lent,
Rev. Ander felt the college should
have r.n altar.
Through the aid of the gradu-
ating sophomores, who give a
sum ox money for the erection or
purchasing of ! some lasting
articles as their parting gift to
the college, and the aid of the
state Luther League, Rev. Ander
was able to select the altar. The
platform -in the convocation hall
has a stained wood altar, lighted
with tall tapers and decorated
with flowers, Venetian blinds
with heavy wine drapes, and a
lecturn of the same design as the
altar. Rev. Ander, in his minis-
terial robe, conducts the tri-
weekly services.
O’ Tuesdays and Thursdays,
days for organizational programs
and outside speakers, a heavy
monkscloth curtain is drawn
across the back part of the plat-
form. thus leaving an open plat-
form for non-religious programs.
Afew-^acuiti^ Memhe/i-,
Yankee Young Joins
Business Forces
William Maurice Young, in-
structor in business administi’a-
tion, is one of the new members
added to the T.L.C. faculty. Mr.
Young attended the Harrisburg
Academy in Pennsylvania and also
the Blair Academy in Blairstown,
New Jersey. He received his
Bachelor of Science degree in
Christiansen Heads
English Department
“My first impression of Texas
Lutheran College was very favor-
able. It has an excellent faculty
and student body,” stated Mr.
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Reynolds Works Out
Bulldog Eleven
One of the recent additions to
the faculty of T.L.C. is Daniel
Webster Reynolds, better known
as “Rusty” to the students. Rusty
is a Bastrop boy, and he has been
coaching both boys’ and girls’ ath-
letics for thirteen years, so he is
•veil qualified to serve as assistant
coach of the T.L.C. Bulldog team.
He is taking four courses toward
the degree in education which he
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WALTER W. CHRISTIANSEN
WILLIAM MAURICE YOUNG
ENG. 110 CLASS ROLL
DECREASES
Enrollment statistics in the Eng-
lish 110 classes show a decrease
from last year’s 50 to this year’s
36, stated Mrs. Leona Bogisch,
teacher. This course is open to
all comers.
Otherwise known as Zero Eng-
lish, this course is offered for the
purpose of helping students with
their freshman English.
“I enjoy teaching very much
because I have always liked gram-
mar, and I expect to learn right
along with my students,” smiled
Mrs. Leona Bogisch.
FRESHMAN ELECTION
Under the sponsorship of
Prof. A. G. Wiederaenders, the
freshman class organized Tues-
day, September 17, choosing
Phillip Wahlburg of Houston as
president. Seguinites John
Deschner and Bernice Vivroux
were elected vice-president and
secretary-treasurer, respective-
ly. • V -
Economics at the University of
Pennsylvania.
When asked about his work
here, Mr. Young replied, “I like
it fine.”
Walter W. Christiansen ,new Eng-
lish instructor and co-sponsor of
The Lcne Star Lutheran.
Mr. Christiansen, who came here
from Donna, Texas, where he serv-
ed as head of the English De-
partment for five years, graduat-
ed from Seguin Lutheran Academy
in 1927 and obtained his B. A. and
M. A. degrees from Southwest
Texas State Teachers College at
San Marcos.
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DANIIEL WEBSTER REYNOLDS
hopes to take if the conscription
bill doesn’t get him first. (He is
a First Lieutenant with a Reserve
Officer’s commission, and so is
very “gettable.”)
Ander Anounces
Convocation
Topics
Services to be Based on
The Gospel of St. John
Professor H. F. Ander, student
pastor, has announced that the
theme for all religious convoca-
tions this year will be the Gospel
according to St. John, as develop-
ed in a booklet by Speer, entitled
“Studies in St. John, the Greatest
Book in the World.” This book-
let follows the gospel completely,
paragraph by paragraph, enlarg-
ing upon each topic as it comes
up. The entire year will be re-
quired to cover the subject com-
pletely and each of the ministerial
members of the Texas Lutheran
faculty will have his part in the
presentation.
Thursday morning convocations
will be designed to give vocational
guidance and information con-
cerning the work of our church.
Professional men will talk on the
values, drawbacks, and possibili-
ties of their professions, and pas-
tors of the different churches will
describe foreign and inner mission
work, charitable institutions, and
other contributions of the church
to society.
NOTICE—EXES
Please send all ex-student news,
vital statistics or otherwise to
Mrs. Bogisch, Ex-student Editor,
in care of Texas Lutheran College.
Chemist Opens 40-41
Lyceum Season
R. B. Stringfield Sept. 27
Demonstrates Chemical
Wonders
A demonstration of the miracles
of modern commercial chemistry
by Dr. R. B. Stringfield, Septem-
ber 27, at 8:00 p. m. at the high
school auditorium will open the
lyceum course arranged by the
Social Committee of Texas Lu-
theran College. Dr. Stringfield
was formerly in charge of the
I Laboratory and Chief Chemist for
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Co. of California, and also con-
ducted classes on rubber manu-
facturing practices and synthetic
plastics at the University of Cali-
fornia at Los Angeles.
Evidence of the importance of
commercial chemistry is to be
found in the fact that new in-
dustries, such as the automobile,
radio, refrigeration, air-condition-
ing, and the manufacture of syn-
thetic fibers are all the children
of science. At least one-third of
everything our factories produce
was unknown in 1880. 200,000
products new to man have come
from our laboratories since the
World War. In improving on ma-
terials about him, man is creat-
ing things which nature did not
provide for his immediate use.
This demonstration will open
our eyes to the synthetic world in
which we live, reveal glimpses of
discoveries yet in the future, and
will lead to an understanding and
appreciation of science in every
day life.
Streng Compiles New
Religious Ed. Test
Exam. Added to Freshman
Schedule
During the past summer Profes-
sor Streng, who has written nu-
merous articles for the Lutheran
Standard and published a number
of pamphlets on various religious
education topics, compiled a re-
ligious interest test for all in-
coming Freshmen. This test was
designed to measure religious
knowledge and interest on material
similar to that learned during con-
firmation instructions, but probes
somewhat deeper than the usual
confirmation student would ordi-
nearily go.
The information gained, not
complete as yet, will prove valu-
able for teachers of Bible courses
at Texas Lutheran College. Pre-
vious years of experience have
shown that a definite difference
exists in the relative knowledge
on the part of the students. The
results of such a test as the one
given this year may lead to the
sectioning of Bible courses in years
to come, a definite advantage for
both pupil and instructor.
DEATH NOTICE
Mr. Rudolph Itz, father of
Ursula Itz. freshman, died very
unexpectedly Sunday, Sept. 22.
Funeral servcies were held Mon-
day.
ENROLLMENT HITS
FIVE YEAR HIGH
171 Students Comprise
Record-Breaking Class
Surpassing a 5 year record in
enrollment, Texas Lutheran Col-
lege officially opened the Forty-
Ninth Long Session Monday, Sep-
tember 9, with the annual Fresh-
man Day activities and tests.
According to the enrollment
figures released by A. G. Gustaf-
son, registrar of the College, 171
| students have enrolled for the
! present long term. Of this group,
104 are members of the Freshman
Class, which includes sixty boys
and forty-four girls. The Sopho-
more group numbers sixty-seven,
with boys outranking the girls
thirty-four to thirty-three. Only
twenty-five of last year’s Fresh-
men failed to re-enroll at Texas
Lutheran College this session.
Business administration and
teaching claims the interest of
the majority of the Freshman
Class, with twenty-eight planning
to enter each of these fields. Eight
boys of the class are entering their
pre-theological studies, with an-
other beginning studies in prep-
aration for medical work in the
mission fields.
Representatives entering the
other fields include five who wish
to become nurses, eleven who are
taking up engineering, three agri-
culturists, two taking the pre-med
course, four in home economics,
two who are planning to enter
journalism, two pharmacists, one
dentist, one physical educator, and
nine majoring in the liberal arts
curricula.
Teaching and administration
claim the largest group of Sopho-
mores, with twenty-three register-
ing for the teaching course, and
15 taking up the business arts.
Eight Sophs will study engineer-
ing, four law, four nursing, three
home economics majors, two ge-
ologists, one journalist, one phar-
macist, one pre-med, and four
pursuing the liberal arts course.
Relating to religious affiliations,
60 of the T.L.C. Freshmen are Lu-
theran, four Presbyterians, two
Evangelists, one Episcopalian,
nineteen Methodists, four Roman
Catholics and one Greek Catholic,
one Church of Christ, two Baptists,
one Jew, and five who are mem-
bers of no church.
Among the Sophomores, forty-
four are Lutherans, seventeen
Methodists, one Catholic, three
Baptists, one member of the
Christian Scientists, and three
who are undecided regarding their
religion.
SOPHOMORE ELECTION
Paulie Gips, Yorktown, the
runner-up for student prexy
last spring, took his place as
president of the sophomore
class at the first class meeting
on Tuesday, September 17.
Other officers elected were
Charlie Ehrhardt, Seguin, vice-
president; and Irene Holm,
Taylor, secretary-treasurer.
Student prexy, Vincent Ransle-
ben presided at the meeting.
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