UNIC N COLLEGE, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 23, 1942 NO. I VOL. XVIII //s r...., c.„ 5 UNION COLLEGE ENROLLMENT GAINS STUDENT OFFICERS ELECTED FOR YEAR The following is a partial report of offices being filled for the school year 1942.43 as submitted by the nominating committee and acted upon by the entire student body. Clock Tower Editor-in-chief Arlene Church Associate Editor Eldon Dick Associate Editor Lorraine Davis Make-up Editor Harold Lickey Typists Jane Kivachuck, Prudence Ortner, Es:leg Groom, Jean Rees, Valerie Ware President and Business Manager Norman Krogstad Secretary and Treasurer Morna Lequier Circulation Manager Harold Wernick Assistant Circulation Manager Eileen Mayberry Advertising Manager Edward Nordstrom The following offices are filled for first semester: Sabbath School Superintendent George MacLean Asso, Supt Evelyn Grimstead Secretary Avis Erickson Asso. Secretary James Mershon Chorister Merlin Woesner Assistant Chorister Irma Faye Berbohm Pianist Eleanor Krogstad M. V. Society Leader James Pogue Assoc. Leader Lynette Anderson Secretary , Helen Johnson Assoc. Secretary....Clifford Johnson Chorister Charles Seitz Asst. Chorister Robert Edwards Pianist Naomi Draper Asst. Pianist Mavis Betts Miller to Direct Girl's Glee Club A girls' glee club with a mem- bership of twenty-three has been organized at the academy, under the direction of Mrs. H. A. Hart- man and Mr. H. Miller. The acad- emy is fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Miller to help in the music department. An academy instrumental en- semble class in music with an en- rollment of ten has •been organized by Professor Carl C. Engel. STAFF MEETS STUDENTS Jovial banter and hearty greet- ings dwindled into pasty grins and weak handclasps as the students and teachers of Union College partizi• pated in the reception held in the administration building Saturday night, September 19, 1942. James Chase, senior from South Dakota, and Helen Johnson, senior from Nebraska, were at the head of the reception line. When everyone had met everyone else and remembered practically no one, Dean Lawrence called the group to order. The first number was given by Mrs. Hartman and Miss Kiehnhoff who played a piano- organ number, "Serenade," by Troselli. Mrs. Fowler gave a musical reading, "Foolish Questions," ac- companied by Mrs. Hartman. Mr. Engel played a violin solo, "Mexi- cana," by Musin. President Cossen- tine, in his speech, welcomed each student and invited them to visit his office frequently. Dean Dick read the minutes of the first faculty meetings ever held at Union. From notes of subsequent meetings held during the first year we learned that air-mail is nothing new, but was well established fifty years ago. The program closed with a vocal solo by Mr. Miller, "Thanks Be To God," by Dickson. Dormitories Plan "Open Night" Hikes Plans for entertainment on the "open" evening of September 26 call for two hikes. The girls plan to "break in" the new fireplace by eating their supper around it. Then, if the weather permits, they will hike about a mile and gather around an open fire to sing favorite songs and listen to stories. The plans of the boys call for a six mile hike to Pioneer Park. In the park there will be a marshmal- low roast and program after which the boys will retire for a night's sleep under the stars. In the morn- ing those who do not return for work will cook breakfast and play games' before hiking back to the college. PRESIDENT E. E. COSSENTINE PRESIDENT'S WELCOME --- To serve and to conserve are the chief tasks of our college this year. As Union begins its fifty-second year of service for the youth of the middle-west, its conviction of its responsibilities and opportunities were never clearer. With our na- tion at war, war has become the oc- cupation and pre-occupation of most people. As a result of this war, Union College has come face to face with many realistic problems. Union College is training for the future leadership of society. In the midst of the titanic struggle, man- dire-ted education will not meet the need. Only in the Christian College can real leaders, with the Bible as their guide, be able to understand and direct the ways of men. Conditions may change, but Union College's fundamental pur- pose will remain the same. It will conform to the Divine plan through war and peace, for its objectives will not change. We know that "Whatever is done at His command may be done in His strength." World confusion only strengthens the importance of christian educa- tion. Our college is an arsenal of offense and defense against the powers of evil. Time is short! The hour is late! You, who are here in Union Col- lege, are indeed fortunate. You are (Continued on page 3) SENIOR CLASS '42 SCATTERS Our classmates, the seniors of '42, are scattered all over the U. S. from Pittsburgh to Loma Linda and from the Canadian border to the Texico Conference. Beyond a doubt they have been thinking about us this week and wishing they were hack at Union, but that privilege is not theirs. Their work is calling them elsewhere, and as far as we know this is where they are and what they are doing: Clarence Duffield — Intern in Minnesota Conference. Francis Wernick, Mary Sue Huff- hines-Wernick — Effort in Rugby, North Dakota. Mercedes Bernal, William Bernal —Waiting at Brownsville, Texas, for a plane to South America. Rendall Caviness, Virginia Hue- nergardt-Caviness — Teaching ten grade school in Des Moines, Iowa. Fabian Meier—Preceptor at Oak Park Academy, Nevada, Iowa. Reynolds Hoffman — Intern in Texas Conference. Curtis Barger — Intern in Ne- braska Conference. Neal Becker, Rosa Lee Hassen- pflug-Becker—Intern in North Da- kota Conference. (Continued on page 2) Bresee Accepts Army Chaplain Position Mr. Floyd E. Bresee, principal of Union College Academy, has been granted leave of absence to become a U. S. army chaplain. He begins his services as first lieutenant at Harvard University September 28. Mr. Bresee is an alumnus of Union College and received his Master's degree from the University of Nebraska, and also had a year's study for his doctorate. He is a member of Phi Delta Kappa. Beginning his ministry in 1918, he served as pastor of the Huron, South Dakota, and the Sioux City, Iowa, Seventh-day A d v entist churches. For ten years he, with Mrs. Bresee, worked in South America as a missionary in admin- istrative capacity. Since 1937 he has been connected with Union College. Mrs. Bresee will accompany him to Harvard. *448 REGISTER FOR 1942-43 SCHOOL YEAR Last year's enrollment record was broken by Monday morning as 448 students completed preliminary registration. According to the fig- ures in the office of the business manager, 403 were college students and 45 were classified as academy students. The dormitory deans state that approximately 60 per cent of the students in the school homes are new this year. For a list of students thus far enrolled see page 2. Names of late registrants will he published later. Superintendent of College Press Heads Research Group John B. Krauss, superintendent of the Union College Press has accepted the chairmanship of the Research Commission of the Inter- national Association of Printing House Craftsmen. The commission is responsible for securing the lat- est data on material and equipment in the printing industry, and for gathering information on new methods of printing. The Honor- able Augustus Giegengack, who is now public printer for the United States Government, was the first to hold this office, which was estab- lished in 1937. Mr. Krauss is also president of the Omaha Craftsmen club, the largest printing club in Nebraska, and is vice-president of the Ben Franklin club of printers in Lin- coln. He holds an honorary mem- bership in the Boston Society of Printers. Besides his local activities, Mr. Krauss is a member of two very (Continued on page 3) have Friday, September 25 7:15 Sunset 7:45 Vespers Sabbath, September 26 9:45 Sabbath School 11:00 Church Service 1:45 Y. P. M. V. 8:15 Social entertainment UNION COLT. ECr.' 33052 LINCOLN, d 2 THE CLOCK TOWER, SEPTEMBER 23, 1942 er Published every Wednesday, 10:30 a. m., and every month during the summer by Union College under the auspices of the department of Journalism. Subscription rate: Mailed, one dollar per year; unmailed, seventy-five cents a year. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Lincoln, Nebraska, April 5, 1911, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1897. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized June 17, 1921. EDITORIAL COUNCIL Editor-in-Chief ARLENE. CHURCH '43 Associate Editor ELDON DICK '44 Associate Editor LORRAINE DAVIS '46 Mahe-up Editor H \RROLD LICKEY '45 Literary Adviser JERRY L. PETTIS '38 BUSINESS STAFF President and Business Manager NORMAN KROGSTAD '43 Secretary-Treasurer MORNA LAQUIER '45 Circulation Manager HAROLD WERNICK '44 Assistant Circulation Manager EILEEN MAYBERRY '45 Advertising Manager EDWARD NORDSTROM '44 Business Adviser H. C. HARTMAN '21 Typist: Esther Groom '43, Prudence Ortner '46, Jane Kivachuck '46, Jean Rees '45, Valerie Ware '45 ,Cock ae Ram . . . Often when semester grades are handed out students are heard to gasp or sigh and quite fervently make a resolution for the remaining portion of the year. Such resolutions come too late. It is a case of locking the barn after the horse has been stolen. Of course they are better then than not at all for there are other horses in the barn. Nevertheless it is wise to make your resolutions now—and having made them to keep them. Many a college career has been marred by a little freshman folly. A little carelessness sowed in the forepart of the year brings a harvest of grief in the latter part. It is to be hoped that no one will forget that he is to prove himself worthy of the label "a college man." Resolutions made and kept today bring satisfaction and suc- cess tomorrow. DEAN DICK, Guest Editorial Zees Watch It . . . Union College students are a very unified group. Is it loy- alty, timidity, or fear of being different, that causes them to follow the leader? By this time you've noticed the tendency for us to gather in the rear of the assembly halls, and the one who dares to sit in front is considered a maverick. When any nomi- nating committee report is read, there is no brave soul to call question;" we sit in a hushed body life deaf mutes. On the Sabbath, the one day of the seven when we should be in complete accord, this strange influence seems to weaken. It is very distracting for the Sabbath School officers to sit on the platform and watch a number of shadowy forms tip-toeing in the halls. Because of lighting conditions the identity of these late-comers largely remains a mystery and they disturb relatively few people. The students who bravely come in tardy cause embarrassment for themselves and inconvenience for others. Still, it's "better late than never." By Monday chapel we are all in working order. We listen respectfully to the opening exercises, especially the announce- ments, all the time wondering who the speaker of the morning is to be. At last he is announced, and with polite introductory remarks from him, and a very noticeable rustle of books and notebooks from the students as they prepare to study or write letters, chapel is under way. At ten-twenty a bell rings and with one accord about a third of the students disappear—they dive for their books which are on the floor. Now that bell is a signal to the speaker, not to us. There is no cause for alarm, no reason to run. In just five more minutes we will be duly dismissed. Please! Can't we exert our individuality, our self-control and eliminate that ten-twenty dive for books? A. N. C. OUR STUDENT ROSTER Grimstad, Evelyn Groom, Esther Groome, Robert Grundset, Pearl Gusso, Wayne Guy, Peggy Joe Hagelgantz, Addie Hayen, Russel Hagenberg, Charles Halvorson, Evelyn Hampton, Charles Hanson, Violet Hart, Olive Hartman, Marceline Haas, Gideon Hays, Virginia Heft, Evelyn Heglund, Vernon Hehn, Albert Heideman, Betty Heinrich, Oscar Hickman, Maurice Hill, Herbert Hill, Marietta Hill, Marjorie Hohlier, Bonnie Howard, Walter Huston, Marjorie Huston, Merle Holbrook, Delmar Hunt, Virginia Irelan, Betty Lou Jackson, Elmer Jackson, Mary Jane Jepson, Clayton Johnson, Clifford Johnson, Elaine Johnson, Elwood Johnson, Helen Johnson, James Johnson, Millard Johnson, Milton Johnston, Oliver Joice, Paul Jones, Lester Jones, Eleanora Jorgensen, Gilbert Keene, Betty Kellogg, Edna Kemper, Jeanette Kemper, Paul Kennedy, Loree Kier, Eris Kimmel, Peggy Kivashuk, Jane Klein, Marie Korgan, Julius Kosfeld, Ruth Kougl, Adel Kravig, Paul Krogstad, Goldie Krogstad, Norman Kunsman, Herbert Kynell, Betty Lamb, Juanita Lantry, Jay Lauener, Loris Laurence, Warren Lausten, Kathy Lawson, Darlene Leeper, Louise Lehman, Susan Lemmon, Margaret Lenz, Darleen Leonhardt, Earl Lequir, Morna Lessley, Dorothy Lewis, James Liane, Gladys Lickey, Charles Lickey, Harrold Liebelt, Bennie Lockert, Lloyd Lockert, Sylvia Lockwood, Marion Loewen, Loretta Logan, Earlyne Logan, Josephyne Lohman, Virginia Long, Don Longfellow, Rodney Longfellow, Veta Mae Longware, .Thomasine Lorenz, Oliver Lumper, Victor Lyon, Joyce MacLean, George Maddox, Ronald Maddox, Mrs. Ronald Magdanz, Anna Magnusen, Carol Seniors Scatter Margaret Blue—Attending Uni- versity of Nebraska. Helen Carpenter — Teaching in Onaway Jr. Academy, Onaway, Michigan. Ramon Cronk—Intern in Kansas Conference. Vernon Dunn—Attending Uni- versity of Nebraska. Edwin Gibb—Colporteur Intern. Missouri Conference. Maynard Pitchford — Colporteur Intern, Wyoming Conference. Bob Fuller—Intern in Iowa Con- ference. Perry Green—Colporteur Intern in Kansas Conference. Bill Grotheer—Intern in Texico Conference. Obie Hicks—Studying medicine in Loma Linda, California. Ethel Hartzell—At home in Min• nesota. Marge Hight — Stenographer in Texas Conference Office. Mary Hindmarsh—Registrar of Home Study Institute, Washington. D. C. Herman Kicenski — Studying medicine in Denver, Colorado. Gladys Moore—Teaching church school at Ft. Worth, Texas. Mildred Page—Teaching in a ten grade school in Pittsburgh. Lloyd Pruitt—In the army. Marie Sanders—Biology labora- tory assistant at Union. Kenneth Wenberg — Canvassing in Casper, Wyoming. Aletha Pfeiffer-Knowlton — At home in Lincoln. Hampton White—Teaching a ten grade school in Burlington, Iowa, and has charge of a district. Russian and Urdu Offered "What is this Urdu language like anyway?" "Why do they teach Russian here? Is it hard to learn or easy?" are questions students enter- ing Union College this year are asking one another. A few words of explanation might help some to enroll in the Urdu or Russian class with the prospect of later using the language in a mission field. Travelers and missionaries from India. China, and the East Indies tell us "Asia is awake. — Indeed, God's hand is in it all, and He ex- pects us to use this little time of enforced rest from labor in foreign lands to better sharpen our wea- pons for the last great final charge to victory. Time is short! We may never again have years to spend in language study before taking up our work in China, India, Arabia, Per- sia, Japan, and Russia. We cannot see the future, but it does seem that this is a God-given opportunity to prepare for service. Opportunity is knocking. Will you turn her away? Aaby, Ogden Adams, Laurice Albers, LeRoy Alexander, Edyth Mae Alexander, Herbert Alexenko, Stacia Allen, Charles Anderson, Lynette Andersen, Milo Andrews, Patricia Ashlock, J. Franklin Atwood, Olivett Babcock, Roland Bachman, Martha Bailey, Carl Baker, Betty Ann Baker, Woodrow Barr, Wilma Bartel, Clarence Bates, Donald Bates, Milton Beckner, Carolyn Berbohm, Irma Faye Betts, Mavis Betts, Rolene Bliss, Helen Boggs, Belva Boggs, Juanita Bonjour, Desa Bovey, Venessa Bowers, Jack Boyd, John Boyd, Larry Brenneise, Ehud Brown, Dorothy Brown, Gladys Burr, Harold Burr, Mrs. Harold Carle, Gordon Carmichael, Lawrence Carter, Jean Caviness, Mildred Caviness, Moneta Chapman, Myrtle Chapman, Wilbur Chase, James Chilson, Kathleen Christensen, Williard Clark. Carl Conger, Robert Cope, Kenneth Coy, Hugh Christensen, Geraldine Christian, Alton Church, Arlene Cleek, Earl Clifford, Hazicl Cobb, Eileen Compton, Robert Crofoot, Francis Cunningham, Frances Dale, Rodney Davenport, Glenn Davis, Alta Davis, Genevieve Davis, James Davis, Lorraine Dick, Eldon Douma, Madeleine Dedeker, George Deitrickson, Eunice Draper, Naoma Dufloth, Delphia Dunning, Carolyn Dupper, Paul Dutcher, Frank Eastin, Margueriette Eccles, Floyd Edwards, Robert Eckerman, Roy Ehrhardt, Laurel England, Geraldine England, Mercedes Eiseman, George Erickson, Avis Falbisaner, George Feeback, Paul Fenning, Eugene Finnell, Herbert Firth, Robert Frederickson, Maurice Flottmann, Ina Follett, Phyllis Frederickson, Lorraine French, Wayne Gardner, Christine Genetti, Elizabeth George, William Gibb, Earl Gladden, Donalee Goelitzer, Sarah Jane THE CLOCK TOWER, SEPTEMBER 23, 1942 3 Mantz, Lillian Martin, Galen Martin, Vivian Massey, Sylvia Matsumura, Ruth Mayberry, Eileen McAfee, Bobbie McCumber, Merwin McWilliams, Genevieve Meyers, Vivian Milan, Betty Lou Miller, Deward Miller, Harold Miller, Patricia Mitchel, Ruth Montgomery, Lowell Moore, Dorothy Moore, Wayne Morikone, Goro Morris, Thayer Myres, Kathleen Nash, Don Nazarenus, Oliver Neff, Esther, Mrs. Neff, Wilbur Neher, Marianne Neil, Albert Nelson, Erma Nelson, Leland Noland, Bill Nolton, Virginia Nordstrom, Edward Norman, Chester Neuharth, Dorothy Neuharth, Lillian Olson, Blodwyn Olson, Carl Olson, Wayne Ortner, Harriette Ortner, Prudence Otter, Gordon Parker, Lemoine Parker, Lenora Parker, Winslow Pate, Virginia Payne, Marcus Pearson, Ivan Pelton, Frances Pelton, Inez Peters, Ella Pierson, Merlin Pogue, James Pogue, Vida Pound, Ira Pride, Farrel Pruett, Estol Prusia, Evelyn Rahn, Lawrence Ramesbothom, Ruby Ramsey, James Ramsey, Wayne Rankin, William Reck, Larewe Reed, Dorothy Reeder, Mabuta Rees, Jean Reynolds, Noble Rich, Melba Rich, Melvin Ritter, Donald Rogers, Ernest Rose, David Rose, Etna Rosenthal, Shirley Roth, Bernice Rowland, Jula Jone Ruf, Esther Russell, Sue Sample, Melvin Scaggs, Everett Scheidman, J. Dean Scheresky, Grace Schmidt, Ella Schmidt, Mary Jane Schneider, Thayne Schwab, Jean Schumann, Merritt Seitz, Charles Shafer, Edwin Shafer, Everett Shaner, Anna Shaull, Dorothy Sherbondy, George Sherrard, Harriette Sherrig, Evelyn Sims, Anita Skinner, Elaine Smith, Alvin Smith, Ora Smith, Ross Smith, Warren Soper, Arthur Sorenberger, Evangelyne Sorensen, Herman Spanos, Georgianna Spanos, William Stangl, Frank Steinke, Ruth Stevens, James Stiegelmeier, Jeune Stexens, Irene Stickney, Lorraine Stohler, Ann Taylor, Eleanor Thompson, Leona Thompson, A. Mildred Thompson, Mildred Irene Thrall, Dorothy Thrall, Lois Torkelson, Agnes Torkelson, Oscar Travis, Marion Turner, Claude Vercio, Raymond Von Dornum, Marjorie Voyles, Ernest Wahlen, Ernest Wall, Wendell Wallace, Sterling Ware, Valerie Weddle, Jefferson Weikum, Albert Wernick, Harold Wernick, Merle Westerbeck, Louise Widmer, Ruben Wiedemann, Martin Wiedemann, Rosella Williams, Ivan Wilmot, Dick Wilson, Enid Wilson, John Wiltse, Dolores Wiltse, Glenn Wiltse, Ruth Wines, Edward Wing, Ray Winston, Joseph Woesner, Merlin Wood, Audra Wood, Marcedene Woods, Adrian Woolard, Maceo Yanamura, Kibuyo (Mrs.) Yarwood, Betty Yoshimoto, Gertrude Youngs, Leslie Zegarra, Teodoro Zehm, Edith Zweigle, Chester Zytkoske, Al WOULD I ACCEPT? Would I accept a mission call To work in foreign land, And leave the pleasant comforts here, To toil with heart and hand? Beyond a thrilling ocean trip Come years of lonely toil, With all the glamour thrown aside, Far off from friends so loyal. With all the rigors of this war To make the going hard, With chance of failure facing me, And loved ones fair to guard,— In face of this, stop now and think, Would I accept a call To bring the message to the world By giving it my all? No greater love has any one Than gives his life for man, To work with all his heart and soul In far off heathen land. Our Lord expects us to respond By going forth abroad And pointing sinners to the cross Before returns our God. —George MacLean PRESIDENTIAL TRIP President E. E. Cossentine, newly elected president of Union College, left the college early last Wednes- day afternoon, September 16, at the advice of the college board to go to Washington, D. C., on an import- ant business trip. Improvements In College Library Several new things have been added to the library recently and will be of service to library patrons during the present school year. Just before the close of the last school year, Union College received a gift of over a thousand phono- graph records from the collection of the late Mr. Carl Simon of Mis- souri. Mr. Simon had always ex- pressed the desire to give these records to the college. The library purchased a radio-phonograph play- er so as to make the records avail- able. The complete plan for use of the player under the librarian's su- pervision has not been worked out yet. Suggestions for a music appre- ciation hour several times a week are being considered. A newspaper rack added to the reference room furniture was made by Willard Christensen during the summer. Three daily newspapers are received and displayed. A book-drop has been built into the east door of the library building to accommodate persons returning books outside of library hours. Some of the other new furnish- ings at the library are: two book trucks, a dictionary stand for the reserved reading room, and vene- tian blinds for the librarian's office. Welcome (continued from page 1) privileged above most others. Now make use of that privilege as never before. Welcome the oppor- tunities offered you to build your life to serve, and be ready for the call of God when it comes to you. To those who are not here, plan to be here the second semester, for there is no time to lose. Krauss Researcher (Continued from page I ) select societies, the Society of Typo- graphical Arts of Chicago, having a membership of two hundred in the United States, and the Typhophiles of New York City. Many men of note are among its members, such as Fred W. Goudy, foremost type designer of the world and Bruce Rogers, producer of the famous Lectern Bible, and is an outstanding book designer. J. B. Krauss came to Union in 1940. For nineteen years he was superintendent of the Emmanuel Missionary College Press at Berrien Springs. He held the same position with the Atlantic Union College press at South Lancaster, Mass- achusetts. Although Mr. Krauss has spent the greater part of his life in the printing industry, he is still as en- thusiastic about it as though it were a newly discovered business. His hobby is collecting rare and special editions of books. He has several volumes of limited editions and some outstanding literature and printing which he values very highly. Ottillg Awl - piled At the beginning of every year, Union College has an epidemic of name-learning. All the new students and faculty members try to become acquainted with all the old students and faculty members. Different methods are used for making people know each other. There is the traditional handshake; the special social gatherings are de- signed to broaden one's circle of friends. But it is always several weeks or even months before every- one knows who everyone else is. None has tried yet the best means of helping campus people know each other; that would be to have all wear a card with their name on it in black permanent ink! These cards should be worn for at least a week. Of course, most of the peo- ple on the campus would feel that they were now inmates of a penal institution where each is given a number or similar marking. But this feeling should be overcome by the satisfaction of knowing that every- one knows his or her friends. Why don't we start a campaign to properly designate all persons connected with the campus? It would hasten that "big, happy fam- ily" feeling. Girls Do It Again At Union College During the past summer, Kappa Theta, North Hall girls' club, with the help of Dean Pearl L. Rees, sponsored the building of an out- door fireplace in the grove back of North Hall. With wheelbarrows, hoes, rakes and other equipment borrowed from the power house, Evelyn Halverson, Sue Russell Marcedene and Audra Wood, Miss Rees, and others worked early in the morning to clear the site for the firepla -e. The girls' work in- volved cutting down the weeds, lev- eling the ground, and hauling dirt to fill a gully. The actual masonry was done by Willard Christensen according to plans furnished by Miss Rees. Committee Elected On Friday, September 18, a nom- inating committee consisting of James Chase, Arlene Church; Violet Hanson, and Charles Lickey was elected by blind ballot by the stu- dent body of Union College. This committee with the counsel of Dean E. N. Dick who represents the fac- ulty on this committee will function during the entire school year 1942- 43. All nominees for major offices of the school, such as Sabbath School, Missionary Volunteer So- ciety, Clock Tower, and the Golden Cords, are submitted to the student body by reports from this com- mittee. HOLMES TO HEAD UNION'S ACADEMY Professor A. D. Holmes has been selected as acting principal of the Union College academy, to fill the vacancy left by F. E. Bresee, who will leave the latter part of this week for the armed services of this country. Mr. Holmes has been on the col- lege and academy faculty for seven years. Now, in addition to acting principal of the academy, he is director of the secondary teachers training in the college. Former academy principal, Mr. Bresee, has accepted an army com- mission as first lieutenant, and will be chaplain in the United States army. Another change in the academy faculty is the addition to the teach- ing staff of Mr. J. Christensen and Mr. E. E. Hagen. Mr. Christensen is working toward his Master's de- gree and has had two years' ex- perience in academy teaching pre- vious to his coming here. Mr. Hagen will teach Bible classes and plans to complete the requirements for his Master's degree in history by next spring. The Union College academy is happy to welcome these two new instructors to the school. Kleiman Whips The Rubber Shortage Thanks to the ingenuity of Mr. Kleiman of the power and main- tenance department, a tremendous problem has been solved at Union College. Within the past week Mr. Kleiman made a tire for the farm pick-up by using the hub from an old wheel, a circular piece of sheet iron, five thicknesses of boards, and the middle strip of an old rubber tire. If this one proves to be suc- cessful, which it is doing quite sat- isfactorily so far, he is going to make more tires after the same manner for the remaining wheels. In fact, the second tire is already under construction. The farm and dairy pick-up had come to the place where it could no longer be driven because of the tire situation. But Mr. Kleiman proved that necessity is the mother of invention by fashioning a man- made wheel to take the place of a new rubber tire which is impossible to obtain anymore. He welded a circular band of flat sheet iron to the hub of an old wheel. Then onto this he bolted five thicknesses of one-inch boards in order to make it the normal size of a wheel. After he had cut out the outside rim of an old rubber tire, he fitted this onto the outer edge of the boards thus making the completed wheel. The tires may be wearing out, but the pick-up is still running, and will continue to run as long as the new tires shall prove satisfactory. Simmer Weda'ings Love is the only good in the world. --Browning. Groom Bride Place Date At Home 1. Heinrich, Oscar 1. Streeter, Ronald Francis, Warren Cronk, Ramon Herr, Earnest Kier, Eris Becker, Neal Krogstad, Norman Meier, Fabian Lt. C. 1 -4.slip Jensen Bartel, Warren Loewen, Leland S. '13. Skinner, Robert Neff, Wilbur Babcock, Rolland Rasmussen, Geo. Graves, Jesse Dick, Elwin Waggoner, Sharon Paulien Gunther Fuller, Bob Wernick, Francis Caviness, Rendall Knolten, La Moine Miller, Deward Cornell, Carlyle Maddox, Ronald Joe Beckner Paul Whitlow Denver, Colo. Delta, Colo. College View Colman, So. Dak. Bison, Kansas Aberdeen, S. Dak. Jamestown, N. Dak. Cedar Lake, Mich. Watertown, S. Dak. St. Paul, Minn. Bride's parent's home Glendale, Calif. Kansas Hebron, N. Dak. La Belle, Mo. Spokane, Wash. Clovis, N. Mex. La Haye, Kansas Ramona, Calif. Texarkana, Ark. Lincoln, Nebr. Lincoln, Nebr. Lincoln, Nebr. Lincoln, Nebr. Seward, Nebr. Topeka, Kansas Lincoln, Nebr. Lincoln, Nebr. St. Cloud, Minn. Pettit, Gladys Saturley, Wanda Follet, Fara Thompson, Lela Schmidt, Viola Hohensee, Evelyn Hassenpflug, Rosa Cowles, Eleanor Rudy, Maxine Kinding, June Butherus, Viola Ochs, Elvira Callender, Zetta Schneider, Esther Gilbert, Edna Snyder, Roma Belle Dickenson, Betty Lou Jacobs, Fern Kantz, Marion Laus, Ina Wren, Arleta Huffines, Mary Sue Huenergardt, Virginia Pfeiffer, Aletha Andrews, Jeanette Roth, Genevieve Johnson, Celia Mavis Ching Luwana Guy Union College students in bold face type. June 23, Lincoln August 11,Shelton Academy June 3, Lincoln June 7, Emporia, Kansas June 6, Jamestown, N. Dak. Aug. 20, Lincoln Aug. 19, Gardar, N. Dak. June 14, Lincoln July 12, Oak Park Academy July 19, New Jersey July 26, Otis, Kansas Sept. 3, Loma Linda, Calif. Aug. 30, College Place, Wash. Aug. 9, Lincoln June 28, Lincoln Aug. 16, Spokane, Wash. July 13, July 26, June 20, June 21, May 24, May 24, May 24, May 24, Sept. 3, June 3, June 3, May 29, Sept. 2, Kansas Calif. Arkansas Iowa North Dakota Iowa Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln El Dorado, Kan. Knoxville, Ia. 4 THE CLOCK TOWER, SEPTEMBER 23, 1942 WE'RE IN THE ARMY NOW School Mom Writes Epistle I want you to know that I'm writing this letter for pure amuse- ment. Lots of times when you write letters it's because you feel you ought to. But tonight I can see very plainly that my duty lies over there on the table with my half-completed lesson plans. Teaching wouldn't be quite so bad if you could kiss the little dar- lings good-bye at four o'clock. But when you have to put them to bed and get them up and see that they take their baths . . . To say noth- ing of study period and not enough books to go around. I teach from 9 till 3:30 and have 14 girls. I'm not the same girl. Really I look at least 25. Wish I could take another class in creative writing. Maybe if I sur- vive this year I'll start buying a piece of land. Farming is an hon- orable occupation and not this nerve-wracking. Won't it be lovely when Christmas comes? I shall do nothing useful. When your book comes out, Mrs. Hagstotz, I want to order a copy of it. You must autograph it. Who knows when I'll ever know another live author? What kind of an advanced composition class do you have this year? I suppose it improves every year. Isn't grading papers a pain in the neck? Another one is the sponsorship of the school paper, which I would not mind writing myself, but which it is hard to get anybody else to write. I think the country up here is beautiful, but I'd sure like to see the good old dust bowl. Teaching isn't so bad; it's being a good ex- ample 24 hours a day that gets wearisome. Helen Carpenter Dean Delivers Activities Talk Introducing his speech on extra- curricular activities in chapel, Sep- tember 18, Dean E. N. Dick quoted from the poet Emerson, "What we do not call education is more gracious than what we call The dean listed some factors out- side the classroom which make for a successful student. Care in choos- ing friends, close contact with teach- ers, cultivation of a fine personality, cultural growth, providing for some leisure time, and development of a spirit of loyalty are among the im- portant exra-curricular activities listed. Dr. Dick key-noted his first chapel talk by saying, "Through friendships, through books, through solitude and society alike, through long autumn walks, and cheerful fireside chats in winter, we weave the fabric which we call a liberal education." Pvt. Ernest L. Pearson Fort Sheridan, Illinois My barracks are only about two blocks from a lake in which I go swimming. I surely like swimming here, although the water is pretty cold. I came here August 1 and started work right away on an emergency job. I have been on duty here at the hospital twelve hours every night. My patient is a captain who has "gone nuts." He is a fine young fellow, not much older than I am, but he just cracked up. He has to be watched day and night to keep him from running away. I think he will be moved to another hospital very soon. Pvt. Ben Nelson I got transferred to Fort Sill the same day that I got your letter. This place is so much better than Camp Barkley that I thought I had found a Utopia in the army, if that could be possible. Here we have grass and flowers around the bar- racks and around all of the hospital wards, which makes things very homey. We have all kinds of recrea- tions here. There is a golf course on the post and we don't have to pay to play. We have several swim- ming pools and they are free, too. Richard Hopkins is here at Ft. Sill. I don't know whether you knew him or not. He ran around with Paul Kravig and Earl Mears. He is a M. P. Sgt. Chester Wahlen Fort Mammouth Red Bank, New Jersey Time has passed so rapidly, and here it is time for school to begin. How I wish it were possible for me to be there! Don't misunderstand me. Quite a bit has happened since early this spring, but all strikes have been in my favor. My address is explanation enough of my present location. In fact, I have been here since the first of May. My work is very interesting, and I am finally in a position where I not only take orders but give them. Guess I've had a streak of good luck. The male nurse who was in charge of this ward was transferred by request for insub- ordination. I was asked to come in here, and was given a private room with bath right here on the ward, which automatically excuses me from reveille and the regular army in- spections. Last week Ross Rice and two other S. D. A. boys were trans- ferred to this detachment. We ap- parently have made a good impres- sion for the Company Commander was happy to accept their transfer and give Saturdays off. Ed Carlson and Walter Thompson are sta- tioned about thirty-five miles from this post. Pvt. Donald Altman Theoretically I'm enjoying army life, but personally I'm going to be one of many happy fellows when this war is over. It won't be so bad after the basic course is over, but if you've had M. C. C. a lot of this is boring. There's a lot of dry humor in this Army life. The other day they marched us out into a field and staged a tent pitching demonstra- tion. The "non-coms" were the demonstrators. When they unrolled the tent they found it had been rolled up wrong. After driving stakes (some of them driven wrong because of the nervous tension), two of them put the pole in its socket and hoisted the tent. The other two forgot to tie the guy ropes, and as the two inside started out, the tent came down on their heads. The crowd roared and the lieutenants stroked their chins and grinned. The first Friday night I was here there were about twenty outside men at our vespers. Last week I contacted a fellow who used to be an Adventist but didn't ask for his "0". He said he didn't want to be a hypocrite so he made no profes- sion at all. He said he thought he'd go to meetings, but later he got "cold feet - and backed out. I hope he comes yet. New Savants Join 1-acuity Teaching at Union College this semester are six new faculty mem- bers, one who has returned from leave of absence. President E. E. Cossentine, newly elected president of Union College, comes to the middle west from La Sierra College in southern Califor- nia. President Cossentine was presi- dent of La Sierra College for twelve years. Previous to that time he spent many years as school ad- ministrator in New Zealand, Aus- tralia, and other parts of the United States. Dean E. N. Dick, Ph.D., returned from leave of absence, where he has been working for the General Conference on the Medical Cadet Corps Training which he founded. An alumnus of Union College, he has, since 1930, been chairman of History and Political Science de- partments and director of summer school sessions, besides developing the Bureau of Vocational Guidance and Teachers Placement. Professor Harold A. Miller, who is chairman of the music depart- ment, came to us from Washington Missionary College, Washington, D. C. Previous to that he was head of the music department at Southern Junior College, Collegedale, Ten- nessee. He received his M.Mus. from Eastman School of Music. Mrs. I. F. Blue, instructor in Urdu, and returned missionary from India, studied in Vincent Hill Jr. College in Northern India. Besides Urdu, she can also teach Hindu based on Sanskrit. Mrs. Alexander Ivanoff, Russian teacher, is a native of Vladivostok, where she was trained in a teacher's college. She taught in the Sungari Mission in Harban, Manchukue from 1924 to 1936, and has taught Russian to Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese. Miss Helen Hyatt, critic teacher for demonstration elementary school, taught in Helderberg College, school for Europeans, in South Af- rica from 1929 to 1940. She was on the unfortunate Zam Zam, and arrived in the United States June 20, 1942. Miss Marie Sanders, biology lab- oratory assistant, graduated from Union College in 1942. She was in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities for 1941.42 and held many responsible student posi- tions in the activities of the school. Academy Grows Fifty-three students have enrolled to date in the Union College acad- emy, which, according to informs- tion received from Principal A. D. Holmes, is considerably larger than last year's enrollment. Various lo- cations are represented in the acad- emy group, including students from India, and Fairbanks, Alaska.