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'Colorful Caravan' returns after summer of success in Europe Ae* by Denise Anderson This summer eight people tra-velled Europe presenting God's word as part of Professor Rain-bow's Colorful Caravan of Thea-tricals. From May 27 to August 20, this touring troupe crusaded through Sweden, Germany, Turkey, and other European nations, sharing the Word with military personnel stationed in these countries. Dr. Rainbow described the show as one of "mirth, melo-drama, melody, and meditation." The students who toured with him were Linda Herrmann, Michelle Fransen, Mary Frances Fiess, Jeff Miller, Tim Zimmer-man, Duane Glader, and Tim Leafblad. The gospel section of the per-formance was preceded by a melodrama, "He Ain't Done Right By Nell," interludes of comical merrymaking in the turn-of-the-century style, and a selection of fight songs of the army, navy, marines, and air force. Dr. Donald Rainbow originated the Caravan two years ago and it toured the United States during the month of June in 1974 and 1975. This was the first year the group went to Europe. The group stated that the tour was "super." Linda Herrmann said, "The purpose of bringing the promises of God was really fulfulled in many ways. I just heard good responses after the shows." "People were moved tremen-dously," said Tim Zimmerman. They were inspired by the show. It was beyond my imagination how much God did through Cara-van." The schedule over the three months was heavy. The troupe did one show a day, sometimes two, with very few days off. Their transportation varied from a private jet, a C130 parachuting plane, to vans and jeeps. While on bases the group usually stayed with American service personnel — often Christ-ians — spending that time sharing with their guests. The Caravan performed on many different stages. Tim ex-plained, "We played in bar rooms, rec halls, chapels, ban-quet halls, outside on flatbeds, and everywhere. Whether listen-ers were drunks, single GIs, or married, everyone showed great respect for the show and for what we said at the end." The cast was thankful for their health. Mary Frances said, "I learned a lot about the Lord's healing power. Around the sec-ond week of the tour I was having problems with my voice. "I really wanted to ask the Lord to heal me," Mary said, "but I didn't have the faith. It seemed so insignificant. One of my hosts reminded me that it only took faith the size of a mustard seed. So I prayed, and I was healed. "Michelle was having problems with her back, and the Lord took that pain away. It was a real bles-sing and I learned a lot through it." Mary Frances said that the audiences were glad that Caravan wasn't a "do our show, then run out and hit 'em with the gospel" type. "I guess it was a lot of planting and watering." "I know of three cases," said Linda, "where people accepted Christ. Also • I have received continued on p. 5 Clarion Bethel College St, Paul, MN September 17, 1976 Nettleton interviewed Enrollment problems discussed by Bill Trollinger and Laura Alden Nettleton: Yes, they built the budget on 1650. Mack Nettleton, Director of Student Affairs Every Bethel student is affect-ed by the overcrowded situation on campus this year. Because of this, the Clarion interviewed Dr. Mack Nettleton, Director of Stu-dent Affairs, to clarify the Admin-istration's stance on this issue. Clarion: What is the exact enroll-ment? Nettleton: Kids keep trickling in, but we're going to come in at 1734, plus or minus five. When official statistics come in, that will shrink, and when go to full-time equivalencies, it will shrink even more. Clarion: You're including every student? Nettleton: Yes. Even if a secre-tary is taking one course, he or she is included in that count. Clarion: Now, the projection for this year was 1650. Clarion: Last year you said you were going to hold at that figure. What reasons are there for going beyond that? Nettleton: There are two basic reasons. The President and the Board think we have a good thing ‘, . . . we have a good thing going at Bethel." going at Bethel. We don't want to deny access to Bethel to any qualified student. That's one thing. Also, there's the financial aspect. Thirdly, it must be realized that the decision to let students come past the number of 1650 allows us to build the projected annex. In my opinion, it is better to take more students in so we can create more space. Finally, there is also the momentum factor. We know that in the late 1970s the "baby boom" will be over, and there will soon be less and less students availa-ble. What you have to do is stabilize the freshman class, and thus establish a steady enroll-ment. It isn't our freshman class that has increased greatly; it is our rate of retention. And we can't very well say no to returning students. Clarion: But does the "baby boom" theory really apply here? Don't you think Bethel is growing for other reasons too? Nettleton: Let me give you my personal opinion. I have this theory that a school like Bethel can have an enrollment between 1200 and 1800. Within those limits, you can offer all the courses and all the services that you need to offer. It's big enough and yet small enough. Of course, continued on p. 6
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Title | Clarion 1976-09-17 Vol 52 No 02 Page1 |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 52 No. 2 |
Date Published | September 17 1976 |
Decade | 1970 |
Academic Year | 1976 - 1977 |
Frequency | Weekly |
Digital Publisher | Bethel University |
Transcript | 'Colorful Caravan' returns after summer of success in Europe Ae* by Denise Anderson This summer eight people tra-velled Europe presenting God's word as part of Professor Rain-bow's Colorful Caravan of Thea-tricals. From May 27 to August 20, this touring troupe crusaded through Sweden, Germany, Turkey, and other European nations, sharing the Word with military personnel stationed in these countries. Dr. Rainbow described the show as one of "mirth, melo-drama, melody, and meditation." The students who toured with him were Linda Herrmann, Michelle Fransen, Mary Frances Fiess, Jeff Miller, Tim Zimmer-man, Duane Glader, and Tim Leafblad. The gospel section of the per-formance was preceded by a melodrama, "He Ain't Done Right By Nell," interludes of comical merrymaking in the turn-of-the-century style, and a selection of fight songs of the army, navy, marines, and air force. Dr. Donald Rainbow originated the Caravan two years ago and it toured the United States during the month of June in 1974 and 1975. This was the first year the group went to Europe. The group stated that the tour was "super." Linda Herrmann said, "The purpose of bringing the promises of God was really fulfulled in many ways. I just heard good responses after the shows." "People were moved tremen-dously," said Tim Zimmerman. They were inspired by the show. It was beyond my imagination how much God did through Cara-van." The schedule over the three months was heavy. The troupe did one show a day, sometimes two, with very few days off. Their transportation varied from a private jet, a C130 parachuting plane, to vans and jeeps. While on bases the group usually stayed with American service personnel — often Christ-ians — spending that time sharing with their guests. The Caravan performed on many different stages. Tim ex-plained, "We played in bar rooms, rec halls, chapels, ban-quet halls, outside on flatbeds, and everywhere. Whether listen-ers were drunks, single GIs, or married, everyone showed great respect for the show and for what we said at the end." The cast was thankful for their health. Mary Frances said, "I learned a lot about the Lord's healing power. Around the sec-ond week of the tour I was having problems with my voice. "I really wanted to ask the Lord to heal me," Mary said, "but I didn't have the faith. It seemed so insignificant. One of my hosts reminded me that it only took faith the size of a mustard seed. So I prayed, and I was healed. "Michelle was having problems with her back, and the Lord took that pain away. It was a real bles-sing and I learned a lot through it." Mary Frances said that the audiences were glad that Caravan wasn't a "do our show, then run out and hit 'em with the gospel" type. "I guess it was a lot of planting and watering." "I know of three cases," said Linda, "where people accepted Christ. Also • I have received continued on p. 5 Clarion Bethel College St, Paul, MN September 17, 1976 Nettleton interviewed Enrollment problems discussed by Bill Trollinger and Laura Alden Nettleton: Yes, they built the budget on 1650. Mack Nettleton, Director of Student Affairs Every Bethel student is affect-ed by the overcrowded situation on campus this year. Because of this, the Clarion interviewed Dr. Mack Nettleton, Director of Stu-dent Affairs, to clarify the Admin-istration's stance on this issue. Clarion: What is the exact enroll-ment? Nettleton: Kids keep trickling in, but we're going to come in at 1734, plus or minus five. When official statistics come in, that will shrink, and when go to full-time equivalencies, it will shrink even more. Clarion: You're including every student? Nettleton: Yes. Even if a secre-tary is taking one course, he or she is included in that count. Clarion: Now, the projection for this year was 1650. Clarion: Last year you said you were going to hold at that figure. What reasons are there for going beyond that? Nettleton: There are two basic reasons. The President and the Board think we have a good thing ‘, . . . we have a good thing going at Bethel." going at Bethel. We don't want to deny access to Bethel to any qualified student. That's one thing. Also, there's the financial aspect. Thirdly, it must be realized that the decision to let students come past the number of 1650 allows us to build the projected annex. In my opinion, it is better to take more students in so we can create more space. Finally, there is also the momentum factor. We know that in the late 1970s the "baby boom" will be over, and there will soon be less and less students availa-ble. What you have to do is stabilize the freshman class, and thus establish a steady enroll-ment. It isn't our freshman class that has increased greatly; it is our rate of retention. And we can't very well say no to returning students. Clarion: But does the "baby boom" theory really apply here? Don't you think Bethel is growing for other reasons too? Nettleton: Let me give you my personal opinion. I have this theory that a school like Bethel can have an enrollment between 1200 and 1800. Within those limits, you can offer all the courses and all the services that you need to offer. It's big enough and yet small enough. Of course, continued on p. 6 |
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