Clarion 1948-09-24 Vol 28 No 01

              Dr. K. J. Karlson
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Vol. XXVIII—No. 1
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota Friday, September 24, 1948
Bethel Opens As Senior College
Dr. Karl Karlson Passes Away Two Bethel Alumni
Among 7 New Instructors .
The expansion of Bethel into a full four year college and the
development of various departments has necessitated the addition of
several new professors to the faculty this year.
The position of Director Of Religious Activities has been added
this year with the purpose, of coordinating and better directing the many
varied religious activities on the campus. Eugene Johnson has been
a:ded to Nil this position. Mr. Johnson attended Bethel Junior College,
Hamlin University, the University of Southern California, from which
he received his B. A. degree, and Bethel Seminary where he received
his B. D. degree. He has held the position of Youth Director in the
Ele,enth Street Church in Los Angeles, and pastor of the Bethel Church
in Pasadena.
Dies Of Injuries
In Auto Mishap
Dr. Karl Johan Karlson, Dean
Emeritus of Bethel Seminary, died
at 3:CO P.M., September 14, in the
Midway Hospital in St. Paul, from
injuries received in an automobile
accident near the town, Bethel,
just outside of Cambridge. The ac-cident
was a result of a blowout of
a rear tire on the car in which Dr.
Karlson, together with five other
passengers, including Dr. Anton
Pearson and James Rentz of Bethel
were riding. The blowout caused
the vehicle to roll completely over.
The group was enroute to Mora,
Minnesota to attend and ordination
service in which Dr. Karlson was
to have participated.
The funeral service was held at
Bethel Baptist church in Minne-apolis
on Friday afternoon, Sep-tember
17, at 2:00 o'clock. Dr.
Wingblade, President of Bethel,
read several passages of SZripture
including the Twenty-third Psalm,
a portion of John, also portions or
First and Second Corinthians. The
Bethel Quartet provided special
music for the service together with
the soloist. After the quartet sang
Precious Lord, Take My Hand,
Dean Edwin Omark of the Semi-nary
led in prayer. Rev. Waldemer
read the obituary, telegrams and
other messages. Messages were
given by Rev. J. 0. Backlund, who
knew Dr. Karlson almost forty
years ; Professor Adolph Olson,
who had served with Dr. Karlson
ire the Seminary since Dr. Karlson
joined the faculty in 1922, and who
spoke on Job 19; and Dr. G. Arvid
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Probably the longest line in all
of registration was that leading up
to, surrounding, and engulfing the
bookstore. Those who escape wait-ing
in line for less than an hour
can consider themselves fortunate,
for the majority of us waited quite
a bit longer, and were, in fact,
almost tempted to go home and
return again with a box lunch,
camp stool, and stack of corn plas-ters
before waiting any longer.
Coupled with this sad state of
affairs Was the fact that after this
lengthly safari in the book line, two
out of three required books were
out of stock.
But few of us stopped to con-sider
that it took weeks of plan-ning,
loading, pricing, counting,
and stocking before the combined
book store-coffee shop was even
ready to open. And within this first
week of school over 2,000 books
have been sold to the estimates
600 students in attendance, 125 of
whom were ex-G. I.'s. With so
many of the large universities
opening up in the next few weeks,
Frosh Receive
Active Welcome
This year's Freshman week ac-tiivities,
although minus the tradi-tional
tomfoolery, served their in-tended
purpose of making the new
students feel as welcome and at
home as possible. Most of them
arrived on September 9, although a
large number arrived before that.
Entrance tests took up most of
the first day, but after that events
took a turn much more to the lik-ing
of the students. The East-West
contests and mixer party were
sponsored by the Student Council.
A talent night on Friday night
led by Roy Johnson, served to
provide the opportunity for many
gifted Freshmen to show what they
could do. A picnic in Como Park
on Saturday night rounded out the
weekend's activities.
books are at a premium, and long
distance calls are made daily to
speed up the delivery of those
texts still lacking.
The people almost entirely es-ponsible
for getting this shop in
order are Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Lund-burg.
The Lundburg's, native
Brooklynites, (in case you've notic-ed
that decidedly Eastern accent),
have been in charge of the coffee
shop for the last three years. Mr.
Lundburg is finishing up his Semi-nary
work, but devotes much of his
time to students needs. It is Mrs.
Lundburg who has been responsi-ble
for the decorative scheme
which makes the coffee shop the
attractive and comfortable place in
which we all feel at home. It is
their aim to buy the best food
available, and to make the shop a
pleasant place in which to spend
those leisure hours. Recently added
for your convenience, is the book
rack which contains song books
and texts of use to everyone in-terested
in Christian work. A cora-
First B.WW. A.
Meeting today
The annual "Big and Little
Sister" party, sponsored by the
B.W.A., is to be held this after-noon
at 3:00 p.m. in the Dining
Hall. The reception is for all
Bethel girls, students' wives, and
faculty members, and as the main
theme for the afternoon. "Big and
Little Sisters in Christ" has been
chosen.
The program will consist of
special music furnished by Betty
Jo Greenman and Beverly Ander-son,
a f'eading by Ruth Martinson,
and testimonies by four girls of
what their big sisters meant to
them last year. Margie Malm will
lead the Galilean Choruses.
The list of Big and Little Sisters
was posted on the college bulletin
board last week.
plete tune-up job is also forthcom-ing
for the old "planer" and it is
hoped that informal sings Will be
a frequent occurance in the coffee
shop.
Aside from satisfying our ma-terial
needs, the Lundburgs seem
to share a bit of everybody's
troubles, as well as joys, not to
mention the many humerous inci-dents
and pranks which come
about within the school year. From
previous experience they feel that
almost anything can and probably
will happen, but to them our antics
are a fool-proof method of keeping
young.
Coffee Shop hours this year are
from 8:45 to 4:30 every day and
from 8:00 to 10:00 every evening.
Many students and teachers have
already made this a steady campus
meeting place. Why not drop in
and get acquainted, for truly—" 'tis
a place where the elite meet to
eat."
Courses Added
For Fourth Year
As a part of Bethel's program of
expansion to a senior college, three
nevi courses in English, two new
courses in psychology, two new se-quences
of philosophy and one
course in history has been added.
The three new courses in Eng-lish
are: Shakespeare, which covers
the most important plays and son-nets
of this master dramatist; the
English Novel, a historical and.
critical study of the novel since the
18th century; and the Short Story.
These are taught by Professor
Lawson and Professor Mild.
One new sequence of philosophy
taught by Mr. Otto, covers the
philosophy of religion, science, and
history. Mr. Engwall is teaching
the sequence of contemporary and
social philosophy and one quarter
of Plato.
With the addition of a new pro-fessor
it was possible to add two
courses; namely, Abnormal Psych-ology
and Systems of Psychology,
which together cover three quart-ers.
Greater variety in the history
department is offered this year by
the addition of one new course, the
Renaissance and Reformation
Period, taught by Mr. Wik.
Other courses which have been
added to the curriculum are Bible
Survey in the department of Bible,
General Biology in the department
of Natural Science, and the return
of the course in Argumentation
and Debate.
School Purchases
New Allen Organ
The new Allen organ made its
appearance in the college chapel,
last week. The organ was made
and assembled at the Allen Organ
Company of Allentown, Pennsyl-vania,
and was shipped as a unit
to the Twin Cities. It was purchas-ed
through the local agency, the
Aagaard Music Company in Minne-apolis.
This Allen organ represents the
newest and the most complete or
the electronic organs. It is equip-ped
with a standard pipe organ
console and pedal board. The chief
difference between a pipe organ
and this electronic counterpart is
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Warren Mild, who has been ad-ded
to the Department of English,
attended the Northwestern Bible
School and the University of Min-nesota
from which he received his
L. A. and M. A. degrees. He served
as teaching assistant in the English
kJepartment at the University of
Minnesota and is at present a can-didate
for a Doctorate.
The department of Psychology
and the department of English
have advanced with the addition
Mrs. A. T. Norris, who attended
Bethel Junior College, Bemidji
State Teachers College where she
earned a B. Sc. degree, MacMurray
College for Women at Jacksonville,
Illinois where she received her M.
A. Mrs. Norris taught at the School
for the Blind at Alamogordo, New
Mexico, and was Psychologist for
the Department of social welfare
in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Lill ian Ryberg, — who attended
Augsburg College and the Univer-sity
of Minnesota from which she
received a B. S. degree, has been
added to the Language Department
as Spanish professor. She studied
in Mexico during the summer of
1948.
Harold Berntsen, new professor
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Vance Havner for
Deeper LifeWeek
Dr. Vance Havner has been
named the speaker for the annual
fall Deeper Life Week conference
sponsored by the Religious Coun-cil.
The conference will begin Oct-ober
4 and continue for the week,
until October 8, with services
morning and evening.
Dr. Havner is an outstanding and
popular evangelistic speaker as can
be seen from the fact that he was
booked for this week of services
two years ago. His home is in
Greensboro, North Carolina. He
w as born of Godly parents and be-came
a preacher at a very early
age.
Several years Dr. Havner was
laid aside with an affliction and
from that experience and others
have come several books, mostly
devotional but spiced with his un-usual
humor, including Rest A-while,
Come Ye Apart, and Peace
Like.a River.
Dr. Havner personally is a small,
trim person with sparkling eyes,
and a drawling Southern accent.
His messages are usually of a
devotional nature.
L-o-n-g L-i-n-e-s
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tar .2ellwi1. die eclito4
Steaming streamers ascending
frcm that clear amber fluid, coffee,
are supposed to be the motivating
agent for this commentary. The
luscious, aromatic, and almost
scintillating vapors are to produce
reflection, reflection upon anything
in, on, or around the campus
square. Of course the first cup has
been downed already which places
up in this amiable mood for chat-ting
(chattering?). Now, the hot
breath from this "Silexd" portion,
in its second measure (patar), will
be credited for teasing forth some
observations.
It was a bit disappointing to
return this year and note that our
new library is not yet completed.
Perhaps another six or eight weeks
will see the building nearing its
readiness for service, I hope.—
Campus newcomers please note
that the new structure is only the
north wing of a library-chapel-administration
plant. The whole
building should be finished by 1952.
Each wing will be constructed as
the funds become available.—Bill
Haring is back with us. He was
discharged from USMC at Great
"awes early this month. Corporal
Bill returns as a Sem middle-man,
and joins his two brothers on the
campus, Bob, a sophomore, and
Ken, a freshman, — The three
brother combination isn't the only
unusual family 'relationship with
us. "Uncle Dave" (Osterberg), a
junior, welcomed his nephew, Al
Anthony, to this fall's fellowship.—
Classes have a wide range in size
stretching from 85 in Sociology to
a "junior" seminar in Milton, size
4—Textbooks for chow-hour are
about the most expensive volumes
required. — Bethel Siblings, Inc.
scores again. Three Daleys, Bob a
junior, Shirley a sophomore, and
Mary Jane a freshie.—Schooldays
are underway. Looking toward the
goal, nine months away, we remind
ourselves that a Bethel schoolyear
(anything differen?) has begun,
this is a senior college, and the
next' President of the U. S. will be
elected and inaugerated before we
reach the goal.
KARLSON
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Hagstrom. Rev. Arlander pronounc-ed
the benediction.
Dr. Karlson was born in the
provience of Smaland, Sweden
October 27, 1877. He came to
America in 1904, having graduated
the previous year from Bethel
Seminary in Stockholm.
He attended Clark University in
Worcester, Mass., earning his PhD.
degree in 1912. Dr. Karlson there-upon
lectured in Philosophy at
Clark until 1921.
In 1922 he joined the faculty of
Bethel Seminary, and was electea
Dean in 1925, which position he
held until September 1, 1948.
Dear Editor:
Last spring, after I was notified
that my application for entrance
into Bethel had been accepted, I
looked forward with great enthusi-asm
to the beginning of school
when I would not only enter into
the fellowship of Christian young
people, but would also be able to
actively participate in the support
of Bethel's sport activities. I have
been on the campus over two
weeks now and have been won-drously
blessed spiritually and
have sensed a Christian atmos-phere.
However, because of my in-terest
in sports, I have explored
the facilities that Bethel has in
carrying out it's sports programs,
and have found them to be what I
should think, definitely inadequate.
Two questions I asked upon my
arrival on the campus were,
"Where is the Field House? and,
"How do I get to the football
field?" I was given no answer. It
appears to me that the present
College gym could not hold that
portion of the student body who so
eagerly want to "support the
team," nor is there a convenient
suitable place where we team sup-porters
can "cheer on' the football
team. I concluded that due to the
insufficient facilities I have ob-served,
team support and enthusi-asm
would slacken rather than be
stimulated.
Therefore, Mr. Editor, I would
like to ask you this question, as
I believe it is in the minds of most
of my [Clow classmates too, "Does
Bethel anticipate ever having the
adequate facilities that will meet
the need of a growing Sport pro-gram
,and if so, what is being done
about it?"
Mr. Freshman
Tea Given
Freshman Girls
All the girl students of Bethel
were entertained at a Tea given
by the wives of the faculty mem-bers
on Monday afternoon, Sep-tember
13th. The Tea, to which
the freshman girls were especially
invited, was held in the dining hall.
Mrs. H. W. Malmsten was in
charge of the short program which
was enjoyed by everyone present.
Each lady carried a photograph of
her husband when introduced, and
told of the various classes which
her husband taught in order to
help the girls in getting better
acquainted with the faculty.
Mrs. G. Arvid Hagstrom gave a
word of welcome along with Mrs.
C. E. Carlson and Mrs. R. Omark.
The devotional part of the meet-ing
consisted of Scripture reading
by Mrs. Adolph Olson and prayer
by Mrs. Ernest Norstrom.
Besides coffee and tea, delicious
sandwiches and cookies were
served.
Dear Mr. Freshman:
Your questions are understand-able,
but you are not the first to
raise them. The need of which you
speak has been recognized for
some time, and every effort is
being made to improve our athletic
facilities.
In regard to an athletic field, the
difficulty is that there simply is
no large piece of land near the
campus that can be procured for
our use. The possibilities of ob-
;Ailing some additional property
have been explored thoroughly, but
it appears that it will be necessary
for us to limit ourselves, for the
time being at least, to the acreage
which now belongs to the school.
But there is also a light side to
this picture. The present location
of the football field has the ad-vantage
of being well protected
from winds on the east and west.
The buildings provide a bowl, an
ideal , spot for football. Bleachers
were erected last year and will be
provided for home games this fall
also. There is room on both sides
of the field for bleachers. Married
students whose apartments face
west have excellent grandstand
seats from which to view the play.
The field itself is in fair condition,
except for a bad depression of thy;
land in the southwest corner, and
we think you can expect to see
some good football played within
its boundary lines this fall.
When the present gymnasium
was built as a part of the college
building (it was the ACademy
them), it was sufficient for the
school's needs. However, as the
sport of basketball developed, and
as a greater and greater number
of capable players came to Bethel
for training, it became more and
more evident that as far as basket-ball
was concerned our little gym
was not only inadequate, but even
dangerous. That a new field-house
was imperative, from the point of
view of both players and specta-tors,
has been obvious to all for
several years.
It is thought that the cost of
building such a field-house would
be in the neighborhood of $125,000.
The school is already committed
by action of the Baptist General
Conference to the centennial build-ing
program, and is not ready at
this time to undertake the project,
needful as it may be.
Consequently the student body
took things in its own hands about
three years ago, and under the
leadership of the student council
has raised in the neighborhood of
$23,000 in pledges for the field-house
fund. It is hoped that the
sum will be much larger by the
end of this year.
We at Bethel are rightfully
proud of the showing which our
athletic teams have made in the
Minnesota Junior College Con-ference,
despite the disadvantages
of the present setup. And with our
eyes fixed in the future—and per-haps
a not too distant future—
when the facilities will be what
a college requires, we stand to
support our teams to the last man
with all the enthusiasm we can
muster. Our spirits need not be
dampened by a "cracker-box" gym-nasium.
We still have teams that
win.
This year there will be a Mission
Emphasis Week, the second week
in January. Walfred Danielson will
be one of the speakers. Other
speakers or highlights in the pro-gram
have not yet been disclosed.
fRemoriam
Dr. K. J. Karlson
They that go down to the sea in
ships,
That do business in great waters;
These see the works of the Lord,
And his wonders in the deep.
He maketh the storm a calm,
So that the waves thereof are still.
Then are they glad because they
are quiet;
So he bringeth them into their
desired haven.
Psalm 107
Dr. K. J. Karlson, beloved co-v
orker during many years in the
school, has just come from the sea.
Keen in mind, broad in scholarship,
warm in heart, deep in understand-ing,
every hour of fellowship with
him was a privilege and a blessing.
His life was full; so full of so
many Christian graces that his
passing leaves an impoverished
school and a poorer world. In
humble gratitude and prayer we
turn our faith to Him that "turneth
watersprings into a thirsty
ground," for He also "turneth a
wilderness into a pool of water,
and dry land into water-springs."
C. Emanuel Carlson
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By President Wingblade
The school year began with the
bright light of the fall sun shin-ing
resplendently on our campus
as young faces from near and far
gathered and communed, with high
anticipation. All seemed so hopeful
and well.
Then almost at once the blow
fell and one of our giants of in-spiration
lay low. But his spirit
had ascended to be with the Lord
he loved and served.
The torch of our beloved Dr.
Karlson fell, but Dean Edwin
°mark has quickly taken it up and
will carry on nobly by the grace
of God— and our prayers are with
him.
But—for all of us—as one faith-
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in his
are limited by time, the class size,
In an Intra-Mural Program students
work together in practice and play
LAfissionary Bind
Presents FEBIAS
The .Missionary Band program
for this term will get under way
Monday night, September 20. The
Far Eastern Gospel Crusade will
take charge of the meeting, and
Seiji Horiuchi, appointed to Japan,
will be the speaker. This- first
meeting is to acquaint students
with the work of the Crusade and
the Missionary Band.
Clarion Editor States Aims
It is the purpose of The Clarion to bring to the Bethel family's
attention the events past, present and future in order that you may be
well informed on "What's new" on campus.
Through its feature columns. The Clarion will try to bring light
to bear on many problems and questions that arise in the minds of the
student body. The editor welcomes letters that will stimulate thought
on any issue that will benefit our Bethel family.
You will become acquainted with the various campus organizations
and their leaders through The Clarion. It will initiate in the near
future a testimony column where you will be able to give a testimony of
particular events in your lives that will be a blessing to others and
exhault Christ.
This is your paper, financed chiefly with your money (a portion of
your inclusive fee) ; help the staff make it the best publication possible.
This is the first time the new enlarged Clarion has appeared in five columns
—the first time it has represented a senior college—let's keep on in-creasing
in worth and influence—as Bethel grows so grows The Clarion.
could rely on a "hold-over" sport
relaxation.
The Physical Education classes
and usually by group participation.
with like interests in a sport could
in developing that personal sport.
It cannot be denied that there
will be and should be group and
team competition in the Intra-
Mural Program. The whole pro-gram
would seek to furnish defi-nite
periodic recreation for all the
students on the campus with a
major emphasis to be placed upon
learning a "hold-over" sport.
If the importance of "hold-over"
sports is received favorably the
authority for organizing it must
be ready to act. I maintain that it
could best be done through a
strong centralized INTRA-MURAL
SPORTS PROGRAM.
Perry Hedberg
A Developed Intra-Mural Sports
Program Is Much Needed Here
During summer vacation while thinking about last school-year and
some needed improvements on the campus this one thought came to
mind. We need a strong well-organied INTRA-MURAL SPORTS PRO-GRAM.
True enough with the introduction of football last year there is
recognized an expanding inter-collegiate sportS competition, but what
is being done for students who cannot qualify for the varsity teams?
Dr. Widen, member of the schoolboard, addressed various athletical-ly
minded groups on the campus last year. Each time he spoke mention
was made of a college student's responsibility to develop a "hold-over"
sport while in school. By "hold-over" sport he explained that it was
some sport in which the individual could participate after his college
days. -Team play is pretty much the design of inter-collegiate con-tests,
so it would be necessary to encourage "hold-over" sports by some
organilation within the school.
To visualize a graduate of Bethel we think of a person who is pre-pared
spiritually, academically, and physically for a life's work of
service. Such a graduate would be better equipped for service if ho
periods of recreation and
Intellectse_flect
The question that was asked the freshmen this week was, What
was your first impression of Bethel? Do you like it or not and why? The
general reply was that he or she liked the school very much and Was
impressed by various favorable things.
When asked what he thought of
Bethel, Al Anthony replied, "It's
wonderful!" He said he likes the
uidnight talks that they have in
he boys' dorm and also the new
organ which is a real addition in
his estimation, claiming that the
tone of the organ is as rich as
any pipe organ he has ever heard.
Al has already played the organ
and is quite interested in piano
and organ playing so that explains
why the organ has impressed him
among other things.
Sports Sketch
Our first sport personality whom
we wish to bring to your attention
is an athletic Freshman ,that came
to Bethel from the Fairfield Ave-nue
Baptist Church of Chicago. He
is eighteen year old Dan Bloom,
who is becoming known in the
field of sports on the campus.
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by Roger Hedberg
It no doubt is the proper thing to begin this column by introducing
its purpose to the Clarion readers. "In the Sportlight" will be written
by the Clarion Sportstaff and is designed as a commentary on the "high-lights"
of the various sport activities of the school.
By way of review, we might first of all briefly summarize last year's
football season. The, Indians played four of their scheduled five games,
lost three in which they were scoreless, but won their last game with
Estherville, Iowa, 18-0. Roy Johnson sparked the victory with two touch-downs
and "Itchy" Johnson tossed a pass to "Sandy" Sandburg for
the third.
Hats off to the returning lettermen who so faithfully pioneered
college football on the campus last season. They are more than an asset
to this year's squad.
The Clarion. Sportstaff wishes to encourage the student body to turn
out in mass at all the coming sports events to "cheer on" the team as
we can be assured that the Indians will be fighting hard to bring victory
to the school.
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Mari Marchuk said she was
deeply impressed by the Christian
spirit that prevailed throughout the
student body and was really thril-led
in chapel to hear the fine sing-ing
during the song services.
Carrying such huge books around
has left a deep impression on Bill
Ebling, but he likes it. The friend-liness
of the kids along with the
swell teachers has also helped him
to make up his mind to the fact
that he likes our school.
Chapel services have made the
biggest impression on Virginia
Lovaas, who looks forward to them
each day.
Clarence Ohman was first im-pressed
by the parties and games
that were planned before the fresh-men
arrived. They have helped
him a lot in getting acquainted
with the other students and have
also had a bearing on his decision
that he likes the school.
The friendly kids (especially
girls) have already made an im-pression
on Charlie Lindberg, who
really likes everything about our
school. The hard assignments and
homework have impressed him, but
we'll not comment any further on
that.
Irene Kley really is enjoying it
here because of the fine Christian
atmosphere about the place. It's
quite a change from the Jewish
hospital where she last worked.
The good food in the dining hall
is the first thing that impressed
Byron Hagstrom, but the friendly
student body has made him like
the school even more.
Dave Brown also puts his mark
of approval on Bethel because of
the fine Christian faculty members
and general attitude of everyone in
the school. He states that "dorm
life" has hit the spot with him
too.
Upon entering the school for the
first time, Phyllis Michel was im-pressed
by the friendliness or
everyone, freshmen and upper
classmen as well. She says "dorm
life" is among the many other
things that have met with her
favor.
Marlin Nelson likes everyone's
eagerness to get acquainted; it has
helped him to feel right at home.
The social activities have proved
to be fun and he likes the food in
the cafeteria. "Red" says he has
yet to explore Como Park and
will comment on it later.
Bert Adams has simply been un-impressed
by any one thing in
particular but likes the school very
much.
Dan, or "Danny" as he is more
frequently called, names football
as his favorite sport and that is
clearly seen as we note that Danny
played three years of football at
Amundsen High School, Chicago,
playing two years as a blocking
back and one year as a guard. In
his senior year, Dan was one of
ten in the state who received the
Noble Kizer Award, given by Pur-due
University, for being voted the
most outstanding player of his high
school team. The agile athlete was
also awarded a silver medal for
being voted the most outstanding
blocker on his team. Dan, who is
six foot talland weigh 180 pounds,
has been working out with the
Indians squad and is anxious to
bet into action.
Dan also has another purpose in
life other than playing football and
that is to seek the Lord's leading
concerning his life work. Dan likes
Christian youth work and if the
Lord directs him • that way, he
wants to work with young people
and do some coaching on the side.
Dan plans to attend Bethel for at
least two years and then would
like to attend the University of
Minnesota if the Lord opens the
way.
Coach Holstrum
To Lead Bethel
Footballers
Football at Bethel has now grown
out of it's infancy and is entering
into the second season with a more
active schedule consisting of three
home games and four out of town.
The first game gets underway
on October 2nd at Sioux Falls, S.
D., with Sioux Falls College. The
Indians are host to Rochester on
the home field on October 9th. The
local gridmen are then scheduled
for three out of town games in
succession, playing Austin on Oct-ober
16th, Worthington on October
23rd, and Gogebic, Mich., on Oct-ober
30th. Coach Holstrom's grid-sters
then return to the local grid-iron
for a game with Emmetsburg,
Iowa on November 6th. For the
final game of the season, the Ind-ians
will defend their 18-0 victory
over Estherville, Iowa., by playing
them on November 11th, which will
be a home game.
Oct. 2 Sioux Falls There
Oct. 9 Rochester Here
Oct. 16 Austin There s
Oct. 23 Worthington There
Oct. 30 Gogebec There
Nov. 6 Emmettsburg Here
Nov. 11 Estherville Here
eltewdeade4s!
A committee composed of
representatives of both faculty
and student body has been ap-pointed
by the Student Council
to select a group of cheer lead-ers
for the year's sports activi-ties.
Boys and girls who have
ability in this field are encour-aged
to try out for the cheer-leading
squad. Definite plans
have not as yet been made but
those interested should watch
for further announcements. A
good cheer leading team is es-sential
for a winning spirit.
Seven Games
Make Up Fall
Grid Schedule
The 1943 Bethel footballers will
be under the capable leadership of
Mr. C. B. Holstrom. Coach Hol-strom
is a real football man with a
great love for the game, having
kept in close contact with football
ever since his high school and
college days. While attending Min-nesota
College and River Falls
State Teachers College Mr. Hols-trom
gained much experience play-ing
guard and tackle.
After college days Mr. Holstrom
became an instructor in Agricul-ture
and taught in high school for
eleven years. While in North
Dakota he also coached football
at Cavalier, Bottineau, and North-wood
High Schools. During these
seasons he enjoyed unusual suc-cess.
At Cavalier he piloted his
team to two undefeated seasons,
winning the conference champion-ship.
Then at Northwood Mr. Hol-strom
undertook the job of organiz-ing
a football team and succeeded
in placing them in 2nd or 3rd place
in the strong Red River Valley
Conference during his stay there.
During the war Mr. Holstrom
served in the navy as a Chief
Aviation Electricians Mate. At this
time he had the opportunity to
play and coach a little football with
the service teams.
At the present time Mr. Hol-strom
is the Production Manager
01 the Normandy Hotel in Minne-apolis.
His home is in St. Paul
though he and his family are mem-bers
of the Baptist Church irk
Wood River, Wisconsin.
The coach faces a difficult task
in molding a strong team in this
second year of football at Bethel,
but the fans can be confident of a
good measure of success for Coach
Holstrom likes to win.
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Among the returning lettermen
are Ronald Skoog, Roy Johnson,
Bob Daley, .and Vern Wallin, who
were all backfield men, each doing
his share of ball handling and run-ning
on last year's squad. Also re-turning
are linemen Don Gold-smith,
LeRoy Sandberg, Cliff An-derson,
Bob Mantzky, Bob Brunko
arid "Doc" Goodrich, who all did
well in opening the line and tackl-ing
hard last season. Brunko also
played fullback part of the past
season.
Those new members of the squad
w ho have had past football ex-perience
in high school are: Dan.
Bloom, who played two years as
a blocking back and one year as
a guard; Al Anthony, who played
four years as tackle; Robert Fran-zen,
who played three years back-field;
Donald Hansen, who played
three years backfield and center;
Iv an Ludeman, who played two
years backfield; George Solomon-son,
who played three years guard;
Kurt Janke, who played four years
guard; Dick Nelson, who played
four years tackle and end; Curtis
Peterson, who played three years
tackle; Warren Fredricks, who
played one year backfield; Ed
Viren, who played one year tackle;
and Elwood Larsen, who played
two years backfield. Other mem-bers
of the squad are Harvey
Swanberg, Wayne Anderso n,
Richard Bandy, Bud Wagge,, A.
Soderstrom, Ronald Nelson, Dan
Nordgren, Ed Carlson, Robert Ben-nett,
and Bob Peterson. Recogni-tion
is made of those who have
joined the squad since the deadline
of this issue of the Clarion.
Rubbing out the aches and pains
with the title of "Trainers" will
be Nels Nelson, a last year regular,
and Gil Anderson, of last year's
trainers, will act as team manager.
Dave Osteberg is assistant to
Coach Holstrom.
Keeping a tough schedule of
seven opponents in mind, the In-dian•
squad is working hard de-veloping
an agile offensive anti
strengthening its defense, so that
an encouraging season can be ex-pected
for this, Bethel's second
year of football.
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Ten Lettermen Return From Last Year's -Squad
Holstrum Moulds Team From Variety of Talent
For the first time in the short history of Bethel Cpllege football, the
Indians will visit Sioux Falls College, Sioux Falls, S. D., on Saturday,
October 2nd, for their initial game of the football season.
A squad of about thirty-five, composed of ten returning lettermen,
new prospects who have had grid experience at other schools, and a few
NO10 have had no grid experience, has been extensively drilling in
running, tackling, blocking, kicking, and passing, and getting set for a
hopeful season. According to Mr. C. Holstrom, the new football coach..
the squad has a variety of talent for both backfield and line, which
is expected to shape into a team that can confidently expect scoring
results throughout the season.
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Hit 'n' Miss
By Hazie and Morrie
The thing that seems to have been missed most of all during the
summer is the fine Christian fellowship which we have here at Bethel,
particularly in our prayer meetings. What a testimony to the spirit
which prevails on the campus. However one face that we now miss is
that of Dr. K. J. Karlson. Those of us who knew him considered it a
high privilege to work for and study under him. I know I speak for all
present and former students of Bethel when I say that. The memory
of such a kindly, humble man of God will long be cherished by all.
Cupid seems to have made good marks during the summer. I wonder
it that has anything to do with this statement in my roommate's Psy-chology
book; "according to `Scientific Snoopers' the leading topic of
conversation among college students is the opposite sex." What else?
Next comes college studies. For me studying is easy this year. Taking
five subjects, but can't get a book for any one of them.
Professor Engwall's Sociology classes are full of quips—such as
this: "Man's body is composed mostly of water, so that is why so mans'
of you are all wet." Which reminds me, do you know why Bill Lindroth
is so happy now? Because ignorance is bliss.
Did you know that Bob Nelson's wife, Gretchen, was in the hospital
for the last two years? She was a nurse.
To can the corn now, we would like to make this a students column.
Morrie and I are going to work together this year (Guess you'll have to
put up with his writing again) and we would invite your opinions, good
er bad or both. I personally, will see that there is a box put up in the
Clarion office so's you can give us the latest news. We'll keep writing as
long as you keep reading.
* *
"Darling! How I've missed you. Where have you been all summer?
Smack! Smack!" and then there is a long embrace, followed by more
kisses. Now don't get excited, it's not a love affair. It's only two Bethel
girls meeting each other after the long summer of separation. On another
side of the campus you hear this type of. greeting. "Hello, Joe, What'dya
know? And then there is a handshake followed by more handshakes.
Two Bethel fellows are meeting after the summer's separation.
Can't put any ads in this column or you'd see something about the
old crate I'm trying to get rid of. Guaranteed not to give you any trouble
as I have had as much trouble with it as any one car could give anybody.
Would also mention the 59c tie racks on sale at the Falcon Heights
Hardware. And the free nail kegs that some girls say, they use for
vanity desk chairs, but you can't fool us—we know they are used as
jewelry boxes. Speaking of girls, I thought I heard the rumor that in
order to graduate from Bethel it would be necessary to be married. That
explains the large girl enrollment this year. And it's leap year too.
Hmmmmmmmm.
Bumped into Jene Johnson in the hall the other day and wondered
why he looked so worried. Found out later on. If you don't hear Gene
speaking around here for some time don't get worried. it's only that
Ire has his sermon notes sent Railway Express and they have been lost.
Bet someone did it on purpose. Disregard that last sentence. What 1
meant to say was, hope the package is soon found. When I met Gene's
wife over in the Calvary Baptist Church, the first thing she said was,
"I'm Gene's boss." Guess I'll have to tell Gene about the good system we
have. My wife and I have a 50-50 marriage agreement. I get to decide
all the major issues and she decides the minor ones. It works good,
only the trouble so far is that she says they are all minor, so I haven't
had a chance to get in a word.
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THE CLARION Friday, September 24, 1948
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Meet Around the Coffee Cup
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ORGAN
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that the tone is produced by radio
tubes in the latter. There is a con-siderable
saving in space, as no
tone chamber is necessary to
house the enormous number of
pipes that a pipe organ requires.
There are sufficient stops to allow
a wide range of tone colors. The
organ is also equipped with separ-ate
expression pedals for each
manual and a crescendo pedal. The
tone produced is very close replica
of true pipe organ tone.
Professor . C. H. Smith, head of
the music department, is of the
opinion that the musical life of the
college will be greatly improved
with this new addition. The wor-ship
atmosphere of the chapel ser-vices
has already shown an im-provement.
School Board
Holds Meeting
The School Board met Wednes-day
evening, September 5, and
deeply feeling the absence of Dr.
K. J. Karlson who was to have
t.;ddressed the meeting, they spent
a long period of time in prayer and
praise for him and his service and
testimony.
Dr. Karlson's absence was felt,
too, because at tnis meeting the
artist who is to paint the portrait
of him was to have seen him in
action. Now. however, the painting
will proceed on on the basis of
pictures of Dr. Karlson.
The board voted to install more
lighting on the campus for nights,
to build a potato „cellar for the
dining hall and to expedite the
library construction, though no
definite date was set.
The problem of the fieldhouse
was brought up with an effort
made to find a solution to the
problem of financing its construc-tion.
The board is also trying to
purchase the area across Snelling
Avenue which they can lease for
ten years but as yet are unable to
purchase for the field house con-struction.
Two additions to the faculty
staff were discussed. Mr. Mugo
Bersell has been added to the
roaintainence department and Mr.
Clifford Larson of the University
of Southern California has been
called and his acceptance now re-ceived
to head up the department
of Religious Education. Mr. Larson
has served in a like capacity at
Biela.
Introducing
Perry Hedberg,
S.C. Prexy
This is a new column designed
to acquaint the Freshmen and all
newcomers to Bethel with the
campus leaders.
This series of interviews with
outstanding Bethelites begins with
an Iowan who is now in his third
year. As president of the Student
Council, the former editor of The
Clarion, and the chairman of the
District Conference Young People's
Group, Perry H edberg's qualities of
leadership and organization have
come to the fore.
A warm, sincere personality,
serious nature and a keen mind, as
well as a love for his Lord, seem
to be fine equipment for success
in his chosen field. He is majoring
in Philosophy and History in pre-paration
for teaching in a Christian
college. His plans also include
some religious journalism and
preaching on the side.
He is interested in athletics, is
active on Gospel Teams, and likes
shredded wheat for breakfast. Per-ry
is of medium height, has a pair
of friendly eyes, a singular grin,
and blond hair. It has been rumor-ed,
but strictly off the record, that
he likes brunettes (that isn't say-ing
that he dislikes pretty blonds
though).
Perry was at Bethel during the
Spring quarter of 1943 as a Naval
V-32- cadet, but was called to active
duty soon afterward and transfer-red
to the University. He returned
to Bethel in 1946.
He would like to see Bethel in-corporate
a school of journalism,
emphasise hold-over sports such as
tennis or golf, which would be us-able
after graduation, and to liven
up the semi-dormant Alumni As-sociatiOn.
Edwin J. Omark
Succeeds Karlson
As New Sem Dean
Bethel _Seminary begins its
seventy-eighth year under the
leadership of a new dean, Edwin
J. Omark. Dean Omark becomes
the fifth man to serve the theolo-gical
school in that capacity.
Upon the recommendation of the
past dean, Dr. K. J. Karlson, and
the entire Seminary faculty and
then by the faculty committee of
the Board, Dean Omark was unani-mously
elected to his post by the
General Conference at its meeting
at Muskegon, Michigan in June.
Dean Omark is a past graduate
of the Seminary, having received
a Th. B. degree from the school in
1?24. In 1944, he returned to the
Seminary to become a member of
the faculty as a professor of Practr-cal
Theology. During the twenty
years intervening period, Dean
Omark served as a Conference
pastor, mainly on the West Coast.
Also during that time, Dean Omark
continued his studies, earning his
B.A. at the University of Minne-sota,
a B.D. degree at Bethel and
an M.A. degree at the University
et' Southern California. He also
completed further graduate work
at U. S. C.
In beginning his new position,
Dean Omark stated, "I deem it an
honor to follow Dr. Karl J. Karl-son
and the other noble men who
have served as deans of the eSmin
The Seminary is growing in
numbers and influence, and I am
pleased to be one of the many who
have a part in its enlarging minis-try."
Besides accepting the duties of
the deanship, Mr. Omark will con-tinue
as professor in Practical
Theology.
FACULTY
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in the department of Speech, at-tended
the State Teachers college
in Mayville, North Dakota, the Uni-versity
of North Dakota and the
University of Minnesota, receiv-ing
a B. Sc. degree. Mr. Berntsen
was instructor and Assistant princi-pal
at Taylors Falls Public Schools.
He was a Lieutenant (Sr. Grade)
in the U. S. Navy. He comes to
Bethel from the University of Min-nesota
where he was teaching as-sistant
in the Department of
Speech.
Added to the Music department
is Howard Smith who earned his
B. Mus. and B. R. E. at Eastern
Baptist Seminary. He received a
B. Mus. from the University or
Southern California where he has
also completed his work for a M.
Mus. Mr. Smith served as instruc-tor
at Western Baptist Seminary
and at the Bible Institue of Los
Angeles.
Clarence B. Holstrom, who has
replaced A. Skalback as football
coach received his B. Sc. at River
Falls Teachers College. He coached
at Cavalier, North Dakota High
School, Northwood, North Dakota,
and Bottineau, North Dakota.
While in the Navy he coached a
team.
Morris Speaks
At Reception
The Faculty Reception was held
Tuesday evening, September 7th in
the living room of the men's dormi-tory.
All the faculty, staff and
board members were invited for a
time of fellowship and re-dedica-tion
before the new school year
began.
Greetings were extended by Dean
C. E. Carlson and Dean E. J.
Omark from the faculty. Dr. C.
Burton spoke on behalf of the
board.
The message for the evening en-titled
"The Sanctified Intellect"
was delivered by Professor Henry
Morris from the engineering de-partment
of the University of Min-nesota.
Professor Morris is active
ill young people's work on the U.
Campus and also has written the
book, "That You Might Believe",
(which is obtainable in the Book
Store). rt deals „with the problems
of science and Christianity!
Other numbers on the program
included vocal selections by Mr.
N els Stjernstrom and piano rendi-tions
by Mr. Howard Smith.
GEMS
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ful leader after the other is taken
to his reward, it is for younger
hearts to take up the fallen torches
and carry on. And we cannot do
that in our own strength.
Our hearts demand and must
have reality. "To what shall I
cling?" cried the dying Voltaire.
He had only broken straws—for
he had spurned through the years
the Christ of his salvation.
And so as we continue the wont
at the beginning of this another
school year—let us root ourselves
in the Eternal and in His Word.
Then and then alone shall we face
the blasts of temptation, and be
strong to carry on spiritually ef-fectively.
I recall how in the old days Dr.
George Sherwood Eddy stirred the
hearts of student life around the
world—in the occident and the
orient.
We were gathered in one of the
churches, a side group more in-timate
in connection with the great
convention in the colosseum, for
we had been promised an hour for
questions and answers—and the
great church was filled.
One question: "How can I live
the victorious life?"
Lr. Eddy: "Perhaps I may tell
of my experience. As I rise in the
morning I begin with a cold plunge
that tunes up my body. But before
I turn to any other voice, I must
open my heart to His Word."
Then he told us of marvelous
answers to prayer and of great ex-periences
in soul winning — on
trains and in quiet recesses as well
as at the great meetings. No one
present ever forgot that hour.
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