The Valparaiso Torch, October 16, 1941

              The Valparaiso Torch
Published Weekly by Student Council of Valparaiso University
VOLUME XXXI
Z-198
Valparaiso, Indiana, October 16, 1941
NUMBER 6
Campus Honors
Best Scholars
At Convocation
36 Men, Women Cited;
Two 3.00 Pointers
That two of the thirty-six men
and women winning class honors
in scholarship for last year were
straight A students was revealed
yesterday in the annual university
honor convocation.
The university members honored
Elizabeth Kleinhans, now a sophomore, and Leonard Ritzmann, senior, for their top ratings of 3.00.
Named with them were two members of last June's graduating class,
Carl Langner and Paul Bunjes, who
also achieved the highest grade
point average. Langner, Bunjes,
and three other graduates were
honored in the June commencement.
Last year's^
freshmen receiving honor-,
able mention
were Barbara
Bernthal (2.53).
William Deterding (2.52), EU-
lt o f Diederich
(2.41), Landisl
Emond (2.09), j
Renelva Hatten-
d o r f (2.56),
Margaret Jae-
g e r (2.03), ~ Ritzmann
Betty Kelley (2.19), Elizabeth
Kleinhans (3.00), Fred Kruger
(2.03), Arlene Laesch (2.56), James
Mericle, Jr., (2.27), Robert Staple-
ton (2.53), William Thiel (2.44),
and Theodore Wambsganns (2.41).
Sophomore scholars were Earl
Diehl (2.86), Mary Diehl (2.41).
Walter Kremmel (2.69), Marian
McCallum (2.91), Paul Stuckert
(2.52), Ruth Trier (2.68), and Norman Witte (2.88).
High rankings
juniors include
Margaret A n •
derson (2.70),
Becker
Con-
Brueg-
(2.64),
Looman
Leonard
Ritzmann
(3.00),     Ada	
Stokes (2.42), Klefnhans
John Strietelmeier (2.60), Virginia
Vogel (2.47), and Richard Wienhorst (2.55).
To receive class honors in scholarship the student must have removed all condition grades of "E"
and grades of incomplete, and must
have been registered for at least 14
hours of work in arts and science
or at least 12 hours in law. Freshman honormen must achieve a
grade index of 2.00, sophomore
scholars, 2.30, junior honors, 2.40,
and senior winners, 2.50.
President 0. P. Kretzmann announced the awards at the convocation, and the dean of the faculty.
Walter G. Friedrich, delivered the
convocation address.
Alice
(2.42),
stance
mann
Alfred
(2.40),
Must  Be  Honest,
Valpolumus Tells
Law Students
"You cannot De a successful
lawyer if you submerge your consciousness of the right and just.
The lawyer should serve with the
idea it is a public duty. The money
will come as a result of integrity
and uprightness," declared Attorney Thomas J. Hurley, Gary, a
Valpo grad of 1911, and the second
in a series of Law association
speakers. The address was given
at Arts Law, yesterday.
Mr. Hurley went on to emphasize
that the completeness of study in
law school measures the lawyer's
success when he goes into the practice and that one still has a lot to
learn at that point in any event.
Dean J. W. Morland introduced
the speaker in a law meeting yesterday and announced that election
of a new president would be deferred until definite word of Mr.
Helbling's status was received.
Three  Sophomores,  All Potential  Queens
Migge Bussian Engelbrecht
Men  Will  Name Top  Girl  Tomorrow
In  Elections Following  Matins
Vying for the honors of Queen of Homecoming will be three sophomore damosels in election? to take place among the men of the university tomorrow morning following Matins. Lillian Bussian, Marie Migge,
and Marjorie Engelbrecht will be the three girls from whom about 290
men on the campus will choose the fairest to represent pulchritude
at Valparaiso and dominate Homecoming activities a week from Saturday.
In elections last Friday, these
three were highest in a balloting
that listed 23 choices in all. Miss
Bussian led the field, garnering 20
votes more than Miss Migge, her
closest rival. Miss Engelbrecht was
in thi i cl ranking position just three
ballots behind Migge.
Torgler Ranks High
Others high in the balloting were
Millie Torgler, former Homecoming
Queen, and Mary Diehl. "\Vera
Schaefer and Barbara Bernthal also
came in for a representative number of votes. While refusing to release any actual figures «*. the balloting, i'romotionmen Karl KMNften
and Bob Stapleton informed TV
TORCH that those girls a* tike
V. H. S. Teachers
Open Education
Club Season
Education club opened it's year's
program last night with forty students in the education and psychology department attending the
business and social meeting at the
gymnasium and Lindberg home.
Last night's program was built
on problems surrounding practic?
teaching, and three critic teachers
from Valparaiso high school spoKe
and led in the discussion. The
guests were Miss Audrey Shauer,
instructor in social studies; Miss
Helen Miller, instructor in mathematics; and Mr. Lawrence Warner,
instructor in social studies.
Following the seminar in the
gymnasium lounge the members
went to the C. F. Lindberg estate
where refreshments were served.
President Dorothy Christensen
presided over the session, and Alice
Becker acted as secretary pro tern.
SiDeKa Fetes  Helbing,
Army   Inductee
Harold Helbing, inducted into the
army today, was honored at a banquet by the Sigma Delta Kappa
fraternity last Monday night.
President O. P. Kretzmann, guest
speaker of the evening, presented
Harold with a book, a farewell gift
from his fraternity brothers. Dean
Morland, Dr. Wehling, and Mr.
Berry were also guest speakers.
Twice elected Student Council
president and chancellor of SiDeKa
for two years, Harold is a native
of East Chicago, Indiana. He won
his A.B. degree from the University
in June, 1910,
MUST SEE DRAFTEES
Dean Walter G. Friedrich
asked today that all students
registered for Selective Service who have not filled out
the information card for the
university's committee on
national defense do so at
once in his office.
Valpo Veteran
Dies After
Long Service
by Charles W. Kern
Known to and beloved by thousands of men and women who received their higher education at the
"poor man's Harvard," Miss Catherine Corboy, alumni secretary
emeritus of Valparaiso university,
died last Thursday morning at her
home in Valparaiso.
For more than fifty years Miss
Corboy was associated with Valparaiso. She came to the city in
1885 and the next year was era
ployed as private secretary to
Henry Baker Brown, founder of
the university. She continued in
the president's office until 1925 and
then joined the business staff. In
1927 she assumed the work of
alumni secretary and occupied that
position until 1940.
The Vidette-Messenger praised
Mjss Carboy in, the words of the
late Dean Kroencke; "truly first in
the hearts of the faculty, first in
the hearts of the student body* and
Local Merchants Pledge
Homecoming Support
Mile-Long Parade, 'Battleof Bands' are Features
While Committee Seeks Schricker's Attendance
ones who made ths best sh<»wtl»jM | ftyst in the hearts of thousands of
ehmmi all over the world."
Memorial services for Miss Corboy were conducted Saturday
or | morning in St. Paul's Catholic
church. Deans Friedrich and Morland and former Dean of Students
Kumnick, colleagues of the late
alumni secretary, officially represented the university.
Wehling Host to IRC
Next Tuesday Evening
The first Intei national Relations
club meeting of the semester will
be held next Tuesday in Mr. Welding's quarters in Lembke hall at
7:30.
Since this is the initial meeting,
no formal papers will be presented,
but the faculty and student representatives will join in a round table
discussion of significant world
events since the June meeting of
the club.
ANNOUNCE  GYM
SCHEDULE
While no definite Saturday
schedule will be inaugurated
before the close of basketball
season, the gym will be open
to students on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings according to Vic Dauer,
Director of Athletics. Monday night has been slated
again as Faculty night while
Fridays will be given over to
social rather than athletic
programs. Tuesday and Wednesday are men's nights
while Thursday has been allotted to the women.
the unorganized balloting. Only Hie j
first three will figure in the balloting tomorrow morning.
If either Miss Englebrecht
Miss Bussian take the laurels to
morrow morning, it will be their
second appearance in the limelight
as representative Valpo girls. Miss
Engelbrecht reigned as May Day
Queen last spring while Miss Bussian was the choice of Beacon
editor Bill Schlender for AH-Ameri-
can Girl in the contest sponsored
by Look Magazine last spring. In
a nationwide balloting Bussian was
ranked second.
Migge Hast Yet To Win
While a former candidate for
Queen honors, Miss Migge has not
as yet taken top ranking.
The three girls represent widely
separated parts of the cpuntry.
Bussian's home is in Chicago:
Migge comes to Valpo from Kansas City, Missouri; Engelbrecht,
whose father is a newly appointed
Field Secretary for the university,
originally comes from Tacoma.
Washington.
Editor   fleben   Warns
About Late Beacon Pix
The deadline for all Beacon.
pictures is the last of October. If
you have not yet had yours taken,
call Mr. Sutton, Valparaiso 1011,
and make an appointment. We
might have to charge a fine of fifty
cents per person for those who
neglect to get their pictures taken
by the deadline, No proofs will he
given out till all names are checked
off the list,
PGM Selects New
Members Tonight
New Orleans' famed Mardi Gras
will have nothing on College avenue next week at this time when
the most pretentious and colorful
homecoming in years swings into
celebration with the lighting oi the
frosh bonfire.
Besides an enthusiastic spirit already displayed by downtown merchants and businessmen, a mils
long homecoming parade in eon-
junction with the Porter county
"Battle of Bands" promises a festive extravaganza the like ot which
has never been attempted in this
community before.
Much of the credit for preliminary plans must go to Albert Wehling, ex-officio member of the promotion committee, and to Bob
Stapleton and Karl Karsten, chairmen of the council's promotion
committee. Dr. M. J. Jox is over
all head oi the homecoming committee, and Dr. Fred Kaufman will
direct the banquet committee.
Idea of Local Chamber
The band festival idea originated
in the minds, of the local Chamber
of Commerce and was first presented to Student council heads by
Herb Claudon, former student and
local real estate man. Formerly
the problem of a presentable homecoming procession had   been   the
Election pf new members will 1m
the main order of business, at Pi
Gamma Mu's initjaj meeting at
Mr. Wehling's rooms in Lembke
hall at 7:30. To be eligible for
membership, juniors and seniors
must have taken at least twenty
hours with an average of 2.00.
John Strietelmeier. program
chairman of the honorary social
science group, will announce the
program for the year.
Miss Virginia Vogel, senior PGM
member, will make formal announcement of the Homecoming
breakfast Pi Gamma Mu will Stage
at 9 a. in., October 25,
Resume st home
with KIP Host
KIP will be host this Sunday afternoon as the weekly series of
social "at homes" is resumed, Begun two Sundays ago at Aftruria,
the gatherings will each week feature a different residence on the
Hill. The Brown Street fraternity
will receive the campus, both
faculty and students, between 3
and 5 p. \n. this Sunday.
Mrs, Lydia Merker, Lembke Matron, will be hostess at the event
with Mrs. So Heidbrink assisting.
Homer Brauer is chairman of the
event for KIP,
Tentatively assigned dates for
future "at homes" were the following fraternities: Nov. 9, AE; Nov.
16, Sig Chi; Nov. 23, SiDeKa; Dec.
14, KDP. Phi Psi and the sororities
are yet to be assigned.
Juniors  Cancel Hayride
■
m
Ed Mierendorf announced yesterday that the junior class hayride,
scheduled for this Saturday, October 17, has been cancelled. Lack
of interest was the reason given for
calling oh* the social,
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French Students Meet at
AP House Tonight
■>. .
Lo Coque Galois, French club on
the Valparaiso campus, will meet
tonight at the Alpha Phi house on
Lincolnway at 8 oclock, Georgia
Simmons, la presidente. announced
this week.
Membership in Le Coque Galois
is open to any university student
who has had one year of French.
All eligibles, urges. Mile. Simmons,
should attend tonight's meet,
Mr, and Mrs, Roger Guillaumant
are sponsoring the organization.
Campus   Agog Over  "Spasmodia"
Reporter Gets Varying Opinions On What It's All About
"I am practically in a state of
Spasmodia myself what with pestering all these campus figures
about what they think that sign on
the bulletin board means," Snoop-
ingham Pry, the sage of College
avenue reported today.
Something of a roue when it
comes to other people's opinions,
the gossip raker refused to vouch
for the 100 percent authenticity of
all his gleanings and said, "Buzzing]
the public is a tough thing. Everybody was asking me what that
Spasmodia stuff is all about, so I
ups and asks them. I collared everybody I ran into."
Myers Zimmerman: "That's the
state of my finances."
Jean Kluge: "What is it?   cant
even speU it,"
J, L, Bastian: "Have you ever
seen one of my plays!'
Alfred Looman in a prepared
statement to the press: "It is something like that which the student
council Is not. Perhaps you might
consult my ministry of propaganda,"
E. E. Goehring: "Just as I have
the supply curve crossing the demand curve I run out of chalk. That
is Spasmodia, It is something every
economist has to face."
Mike Kruck: "Why yes, I have
hair on my chest."
Ed of the Shanty: "Why, of
course, old boy. What did you say
the first name waa?"
Grace Nehring: "Come out any
Saturday morning and we'll demonstrate,"
L. A. Wehling: "It is undoubtedly of profound importance."
Kar] Schmidt: "Just another
name for number two with milk."
Ad. Haentzschel: "That's the
brand I smoke."
Wilbur Hoffman: "You should
see me in my 2 o'clock."
Dorothy Kumnick: "That*"
George's name on his mother's
side."
Dr. Kaufmann: "Excuse it please.
Pardon me, what's that again, I'm
sorry."
Unindentified coke sipper: "My,
this is silly."
Pin Ball Paul: "Dont bother me,
I'm working."
biggest one confronting campus
promoters, but the whole complexion of the project was changed
this year when Porter County principals and band directors gave the
gieen light to the all-county band
contest.
What it all means is that this
entire community is for the first
time helping Valparaiso university
stage its homecoming, an event
previously solely a campus affair.
Ten county bands have been invited to participate in the contest,
which in addition to the Valpo high
school and university bands will
combine with numerous floats to
set the pace of the day.
Elaborate Program
Gov. Schricker has been invited
to ride in the official president's
car along with Dr. Kretzmann and
the president of Ball State college.
Just behind the honoraries will follow the queen's float and homecoming displays of fraternities and sororities, organizations and down
town stores. A jaycee committee
this week announced that thousands of yards of bunting and brown
and gold banners have been ordered and will decorate downtown
lamps and storefronts.
First year men are scheduled to
begin scouring the countryside tomorrow in an effort to amass the
highest stack of bonfire wood since
the notable frosh fire of 1937.
Hobo day with its beards, campus
lunch stands, hurryup musical outfits, knights of the road camaraderie, and tattered students will
come off all day Friday. The afternoon will witness pouring in of
the first alumni and the madcap
session at the Premier. This has
always been the highlight of the
impromptu part of homecoming to
most students and this year's committee has a program lined up to
rival Hellzapoppin with a side dish
of Barnum and Bailey.
Lotsa Activities
Several organizations have social
affairs scheduled for Friday evening already. Pi Gamma Mu has
announced its breakfast fo>- early
Saturday morning prior to general
registration of all alumni.
The gigantic parade will begin
forming at 12:30 and will mark the
first appearance of the university
band in brand new brown and gold
uniforms. Kickoff of the Ball State
game will be at 2:30. The starting
ball will be tossed from a low flying airplane according to a custom
of several years. Reigning over the
gridiron ceremonies will be her
majesty the homecoming queen and
court.
Details of the banquet Saturday
evening and other activities that
night will be carried in next week's
TORCH.
Large Pre-Legal Club
Chooses K. Schmidt
1941-1942 President
The largest Pre-Legal club in the
history of Lutheran Valpo held its
first meeting last Thursday night,
October 9, at the SiDeKa house.
Results of election of officers were
as follows: Karl Schmidt, president; Howard Reits, vice president;
Marjorie Mast, secretary; Elroy
Bruss, treasurer. Named on the
promotion comndttee were Fred
Froehlich, Gus Bernthal and Bill
Wuchner. Ralph Gertseh is publicity chairman.
Guest speaker for the evening
was Ray Scherer who spoke on the
life and career of the late Louis
Brandeis, associate justice of the
United States  Supreme court.
Later in the evening, members
were entertained by Dick Vlava-
stadt at the piano and Fred Froehlich who gave a few vocal selections.