~~ a“ ‘ a fae wie Hotel Ambassador New York, pe } gs ge —or write wailats information (Dr. Hubener Lectures ~ ble grudge against Beowulf. “was not the sword, but the seax. This knife. . most. magical. ye golf on three 18's with grass greens, i / Page Six = \ THE COLLEGE NEWS ‘4 = On Indo-German H eroes Continued from cans One The weapon used by Grendel’s mother and later by Beowulf himself in his last fight with the dragon, corresponds to the. Old German sachs and is connected with the Latin saxwm, or stone, and seco, to cut. A seax, therefore, was the’ primitive stone Beowulf. used itageinst—the monsters, not because it was a better -weapon than his sword, but because it was the oldest and therefore the There are many such instances of the magic use of ancient weapons. Prehistoric stone axes and knives are still used for exorcism and religious ceremonies in Japan and among the Pueblo Indians in Arizona. The chief difference between the In- do-Germanic exorcists and those of other cultures lay in their position. In the Eastern civilizations, this office was always entrusted to priests or hermits. Among the Germanic tribes, however, where the warrior was the center of the life of the community, the exorcists not only possessed su- pernatural power, but were men of great physical strength and daring as well. The descriptions of their “fren- zies” suggests that possibly they were epileptics. Graduate Fellowships Announced in Chapel Continued from Page One son Steel; for the junior year in Geneva’ (recommended by the Politics Department)—Louise Morley. The following undergraduates have a scholastic rating of “Cum