"Mom" Christianson and Loraine Lundberg give prospective stu-dents
Karen Olson and Irene Nelson (far left and far right respectively)
a picture of the campus through the Spire.
Prospective Students
"Getting Acquainted"
Our prospective students arrived on campus yesterday. After going
through the preliminaries of registering they had the opportunity to
"get acquainted" with the faculty and students.
Anderson Wins Essay Contest
The presidential campaigns of Glenn Ogren and Jack Tierney
close as the polls for Student Senate elections open tomorrow at 9 a.m.
Ballot boxes will be located in the student center lounge and the main
hall in the Seminary until 4 p.m.
Asked by the CLARION to outline their positions, candidates Glenn
and Jack submitted the statements which appear below.
Jack Tierney
Jack Tierney, sophomore, came
to Bethel immediately upon finish-ing
high school in 1954.
He has served as president of his
class this last year, and as a part
of the duties of this office has
taken part in the Student Senate
meetings. Besides participating in
student government, Jack has been
a member of the debate squad and
has received excellent ratings in
speech contests. He has also been
active in sports (football, B-squad
basketball and baseball) and is on
the Clarion staff.
In high school, Jack was a mem-ber
of the Senate three years, and
was elected to the presidency for
his senior year.
In junior high he was president
of the student council. Also while
in high school he was presi-dent
of his church youth group.
His Platform
There are four major spheres of
activity on campus — religious,
scholastic, cultural and social, and
athletic. Stop and think,. If I were
to ask each one of you if you were
perfectly content with the condi-tions
in these spheres what would
your answer be ? Undoubtedly you
would say no! This is good for a
certain element of discontent is
needed to promote progress. "I am
not content," you say," but what
can I do ?" This is where your
Student Senate should represent
you! It can be your voice. Do you
have a complaint, suggestion or
idea ? With the institution of a
complaint and improvement com-mittee
you would have somewhere
to turn and a voice to speak.
The Senate can continue to pro-mote
and expand student functions
as in the past and it can also
serve, enlighten and represent you
more in the future.
John F. Anderson won $40 in a
contest sponsored by The League
of Women Voters by writing an
essay on "Minnesota's need for
Constitutional Revision," it was
announced last Saturday by Wal-fred
Peterson assistant professor
Glenn Ogren
GlennOgren, junior, is a 1953
high school graduate. As vice
president of the Student Senate
this year, Glenn has acted as chair-man
of Frosh week and Prospec-tive
Student days. Last year he
served as president of the soph-omore
class. He was also business
manager for the College choir in
which he has sung for three years.
Glenn was senior class treasurer
in his Chicago high school and
served also as president of his Hi-
C club. At his church he has held
the offices of president and trea-surer
of his young people's group.
His Platform
Bethel can be thought of as a
peculiar Christian community and
therefore must care for the whole
life of each student nine months
of the year. I believe the purpose
of the Student Senate is to inte-grate
the co-curricular activities
of campus life, train leaders for
the present and future, as well as
encourage and promote Christian
scholarship. I realize the great
responsibility of the Senate presi-dent
to over-see and direct as
much as he is able campus student
life.
In comparing our student gov-ernment
with those of equal sized
colleges we may boast a good
workable system. If I am elected,
I will seek God's help in contin-uing
the fine student leadership
Bethel has known in the past.
Above all, I desire that we as
individuals and as a student body
might become more like Jesus
Christ.
in political science.
The contest was open to stu-dents
enrolled in the liberal arts
colleges of St. Paul.
Several other students from Mr.
Peterson's classes also competed.
Election Slate
President:
Glenn Ogren
Jack Tierney
Vice-President:
John Berg
Linden Magnuson
Marjory Peterson
Religious council chairman:
John Douhan
Lawrence Van Heerden
Recording secretary:
Marlene Durscher
Betty Mattson
Corresponding secretary:
Mary Lou Reycraft
Ardith Rust
Religious Council Secretary:
Gladys Johnson
Marilyn Junker
Beverly Voldseth
April 9 thru 13 is Vocations
Week at Bethel. The purpose of
the week is to encourage every
student to think seriously about
his future vocation in relation to
his purpose as P Christian. The
special emphasis program is sched-uled
for the same week as the St.
Thomas college Careers Festival,
in which Bethel is participating.
Chapel speakers for each day
are representatives of different vo-cational
fields. The general topic
of their messages is what my vo-cation
means to me as a Christian.
The speakers and their vocational
subject are as follows:
Monday: Dr. Orville Aftreck —
Education
Tuesday: Miss Joy Phillips
Nursing
Wednesday: Pres. Carl Lundquist
—Special message on vocational
choice
Thursday: Dr. Wall — Medical
work
Friday: Dr. Harold Lundquist—
Social work.
Each chapel is planned for every-one
and not merely for those in-terested
in that particular field.
This is an opportunity for students
to get a view of the different vo-cations
from a Christian stand-point.
Chorus Tours
State, Canada
The Bethel male chorus will tour
Northern Minnesota and Canada
next week. Leaving immediately
after lunch on Monday, April 9,
the 34 fellows will present their
first concert at Alexandria that
evening.
Thursday, April 12, their itin-erary
will take them to Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada. The last con-cert
of the tour will be at Milaca,
Sunday evening, April 15.
The tour will be preceded by a
concert at Fourth Baptist Church
in Minneapolis Sunday evening,
April 8.
"St. Matthew's
Passion" To Be
Tomorrow Night
"St. Matthew Passion," a unique
motion picture which combines the
Bach oratorio with masterpieces
of European art, will be shown in
the college chapel tomorrow at
8 p.m.
The film, which is sponsored by
the cultural council, was produced
in Austria by Robert Flaherty, pro-ducer
of the film "The Titan"
which concerned Michelangelo. The
photographs were taken in mus-eums
in Rome, Florence, Munich,
Vienna, and London. The music was
recorded in Vienna, using the Vi-enna
Philharmonic symphony, the
choir of the Vienna Singverein, and
the Vienna Boys' choir.
"St. Matthew Passion" has won
critical praises for the remarkably
moving way in which Bach's reci-tatives
and chorales are harmon-ized
with pictures by such masters
as Titan, Raphael, da Vinci, Van
Eyck, Velasquez, Cranach, and
others. "The humanity of the per-sonage
is far more convincing than
could be achieved with actors . . .
The story itself, told by these mas-ters,
dominates their technical
skills and virtuosities."
Week at a Glance
March 28—St. Matthew's Passion,
cultural council film, 8 p.m.,
chapel
March 30—Easter vacation begins
April 3—Classes resume
April 4—Camera club, 7 p.m., Room
204
Prayer Fellowship, 7-8 p.m., Sem-inary
chapel
April 5—F.M.F., 7-8 p.m., Semin-ary
chapel
April 6—Tract Teams, 7-8 p.m.,
Room 3, Seminary
April 7—Athletic Banquet
April 9—Student Wives, 8 p.m.,
Dining Hall
Radio club, 6:45, Physics room
April 10—Swedish club, 7:30 p.m.
Careers Festival, St. Thomas
both a girls' and a boys' basketball
team, quickly organized by the pro-spective
students, challenged a
girls' team from Bethel and the
varsity squad.
This morning, the visitors are
having an opportunity to visit the
classes and to share in the morning
chapel hour, with Dr. Paul Grabill
as the speaker.
The "Coffee Cantata", to be pre-sented
this afternoon in the chapel,
portrays a group of peasants act-ing
out a play for the lord and lady
of their manor. As the play pro-ceeds,
the disobedierit daughter in-forms
her father, that even though
it is disgraceful and against his
commands, she must have and will
have her coffee. The father, at-tempting
to command obedience,
deprives her of her cherished privi-leges,
all to no avail. But, when the
choice becomes one of coffee or a
husband, the daughter must give
in. However, the play ends on a
happy note. The father is proud
that he has won, and the daughter
is delighted with the idea of a
rich, handsome husband, of whom
she will secretly demand her cof-fee.
Following the cantata, the visi-tors
will meet the faculty and Stu-dent
Senate members at a recep-tion
in the dining hall.
This evening the music organiza-tions
on campus, including the
choir, the male quartet, and the
male chorus, will present a formal
musical program, "Echoes of
Spring." President Carl Lundquist
will be the speaker.
Before leaving tomorrow, the
prospective students will .hear Dr.
"Bob" Smith speak in chapel.
Catalog Ready,
Changes Listed
The school catalog, to be ready
for distribution by the end of this
month, lists a few changes in next
year's curriculum. Advanced Com-position
will be known as Journal-ism
and Article Writing. Fiction
Writing and a Creative Writing
Seminar will be added as upper
division courses.
A music major, with emphasis
on church music will also be of-fered.
This does not mean a modi-fied
major but only a different
approach to meeting the major.
New courses to be offered are
Hymnology, Music and Worship,
and Choral Literature.
the CLARION
Vol. X XXIII—No. 15 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, March 27, 1956
Tierney, Ogren Head Slate
For Tomorrow's Election
Last night in the field house,
Vocations Week To
Begin April 9
Page 2
the CLARION
Tuesday, March 27, 1956
Se-aid
Welcome Prospectives
For three days this is your campus. We're glad you've come. We
want you to feel at home.
We're proud of what Bethel has to offer. We have a steadily ex-panding
curriculum, a fast-growing library, and a big building program,
not to mention a faculty that's collecting Ph.D.'s by the hatful—all
this with a positive evangelical emphasis.
But don't miss the things that really make Bethel our school. Try
to get in a dormitory bull session or hen session, or a popcorn party,
or a few rounds of ping-pong or bucketball. Join some of our local
philosophers in the coffee shop in discussing politics, or culture, or the
new girls on campus, or the baseball team. Have patience with the
long meal lines too; you can have some interesting conversations there.
If you can, get in one of the dorm prayer meetings where Christian
fellowship helps to create spiritual unity among us.
Make some friends while you're here. One thing we will never
forget from our college days is the friendships we've made here;
the long, intimate talks; the companionship shared; the new ideas
gained.
We hope you'll like the three frantic days you spend in our com-pany.
And we hope many of you will decide that Bethel is your kind
of school.
Kid's Stuff
Once upon a time there was a kindergarten that had a problem
just like our library's. You know how kids are: everything was disor-ganized—
kids trotting all over the place and arguments in every
corner.
Most of the students enjoyed their games. But there were times
when tempers flared. Once a marble rolled under a rope jumper's foot
just when she was about to set a record. The situation came to a real
head when the din of the marbles caused several hobby horses to go
out of control. Clearly something had to be done. The student leaders
formed a committee to investigate the problem.
After careful inquiry and a complete survey they decided that the
solution lay in insulating the marbles, oiling the hobby horses, and
removing the cleats from all shoes.
It was unanimously decided that this was the answer, but there
was still some conflict. In some respects the situation was aggravated.
The noiseless marbles sneaked upon the rope jumpers unawares. Some-thing
remained to be done.
The real solution to the problem came quite suddenly. The situa-tion
came to the attention of the county school board through the con-fession
of a former marbles player (former because he had lost all his
marbles). The board quickly removed all marbles, hobby horses, and
jump ropes; and hired two private detectives to enforce the approved
curriculum of pasting, number-writing and nap-taking.
That kindergarten has been quiet ever since.
Zetteta to tie E &ten
(Editor's note: Two of the fol-lowing
letters are in regard to
last week's editorial. They were
chosen because it was felt that
they most clearly stated their
point.)
Dear Editor;
In reply to your editorial, last
issue of the Clarion, I would like
to contribute this personal note of
criticism. (By the way, the letter
to the editor on "Criticism" by
WHP was tops!)
Personality has a great deal to
do with the elections here at
Bethel. Personality isolated from
policy would not perhaps be a
determinent in typical elections
but personality necessarily oper-ates
as a decisive criteria of apti-tude
and ability here at Bethel.
This is true because policy here on
campus is, for the most part,
codified. Therefore, the typical
student is not so much concerned
about what innovations will come
into being next year, but which
of the qualified candidates will
further. what I think to be the
most important philosophy of edu-cation.
(Here at school this would
be a Christ-centered education;
Christ-centered community life
and activity.) In this case who
the candidate is will determine
what policy he will formulate. We
already know both are qualified
or else they would not have been
nominated. I think personality is
just as important as policy in
"Bethel elections"; further, it is
not personality vs. policy but per-sonality
plus policy, personality
given the favor of the two.
I might add that every year the
leaved coat,
Dear Editor;
Your last editorial I wish to
compliment as the finest analysis
of student politics I have seen in
my four Bethel years.
For lack of purpose the Student
Senate seems to have devoted it-self
to creating an unwieldy bur-eaucracy.
For example, a typical
senate meeting takes close to three
hours to listen to council reports,
treasurer reports, minutes, and to
vote on a committee to look into
library noise.
The end of the Student Senate
seems to be to continually organ-ize
programs for students, and
then advertise the programs to
urge the students to attend. A
typical example, the cultural coun-cil
spent $300 this year to
get Suzanne Bloch to our school.
Yet at the intermission in her
program about half those of those
in attendance for the program,
their curiosity satisfied, called it
an evening and Miss Bloch finish-ed
her program to a half full
chapel.
I have two suggestions for fut-ure
student government. 1. Get
rid of the councils as planning
and promotional groups. It is stu-pid
to have the athletic council
cry for participants to its organ-ized
contests. If some persons on
campus want to play football,
etc., let them get together but
don't try to force the rest of the
campus to play. 2. Let student in-terest
initiate its own programs.
There are many worthwhile acti-vities
put on in the Twin Cities
each year by business minded out-fits.
These programs cater to in-dividuals.
Let our students as in-dividuals
seek what they want.
Among the chief attributes ex-pected
of a college person is an
ability to lead. This means that
every student on campus should be
encouraged to plan and regulate
his life and develop his personal-ity.
The Student Senate too often
is taking over this area of a stu-dent's
life. The Senate is working
against the ends of a college edu-cation
when it attempts to make
the campus social, cultural, ath-letic
life.
It has always been a valid poli-tical
principle to have as little
governmental machinery as can do
a job well, do the job. The only
reasonable purpose for Student
Senate is to carry to the admini-stration
worthwhile student criti-cism.
Let's cut the Senate down
to its rightful size, about five peo-ple.
Donn Goss
Dear editor:
I am a college student who has
for the last two weeks been study-ing,
or trying to study, on the
seminary side fo the library. Don't
ever tell me that it is we college
students who cause most of the
noise in the library. Of course we
college students talk in the library
and as loudly as the seminary stu-dents,
but do we carry on semin-ars
? At this moment, while I am
writing this letter, four seminary
"men" are discussing rather open-ly
the relative merits of the study
of Greek in the seminary. This
discussion has continued now for
over 20 minutes. I have heard other
such discussions as loud and as
long; ones dealing with predesti-nation,
baptism, eternal security—
subjects which are generally con-versational
and undidactical. Now
"gentlemen" of the seminary, are
they necessary? You, being the
graduate students of our school
and the future leaders of our con-ference,
are the example to which
the undergraduate students look.
What kind of example are you in
the library ?
J. M.
Perfect Paradox
by Dr. Paul Grabill
"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ?" I nominate these
as at once the most tragic and the most triumphant words ever
spoken. At the moment that Christ uttered them His personality was
literally torn in half for love's sake. And yet God mysteriously through
grace used this moment to complete man's redemption.
The Apostle's Creed asserts that Christ "descended into hell." I
think this happened as He uttered these words. He who had been
perfectly one with God in a creative and vital union was here severed
from Him completely. Through the dark, desolate hours of the cross,
Christ hung alone—forsaken alike by the men He's come to re-create
and by the God of whom He had been always a part.
Surely here He suffered the agonies of the hell experince: the
life of the self all alone, the life without God, the living death. The
man who was also God suffered this. And would not a single moment
of this for Him—the eternal One—be an eternity? Christ here
suffered eternal hell.
And but for the empty tomb, the cross on which He hung alone
would have been forever the symbol of the highest human tragedy—
the place where God turned His back, the man whom God forgot.
Instead the cross has stood for twenty centuries as the symbol not
of God's wrath and harshness and death, but of life everlasting, a
symbol not of desolation and loneliness, but of fellowship and love
beyond compare.
But don't think of the resurrection as God's triumphant reversal
of a tragic error. Don't think of Easter morning as God's victory over
the powers of darkness that nailed Christ to the cross. It was God
nailing God to the cross; it was God who chose to be cut off from God—
for our sakes. It was God who chose hell that we might choose heaven.
It was God that wanted the cross because it was the only way to the
empty tomb.
Thoughts On Easter
Christ's Victory
Complete Forever.
by Emily Mattson
Easter is a reminder to me of
Christ's complete power over all
things. Living here on earth for
some thirty years, Jesus success-fully
faced the problems that now
confront me, as well as those that
are yet to come.
By His death and resurrection
He not only gave me a new life, but
also promised to help me live hour
by hour for Him. This means that
I can have victory over my bad
habits, and get all of the right
answers to my problems, whether
they are insignificant or seemingly
impossible.
Wise Cultural Acktir
by Marjory Peterson
Yesterday it really hit me. I should have suspected that culture
was here to stay after the Renaissance Festival, but when the girl
turned down a date to go to a boxing match with me, to go to a concert
with the girls, then I knew for sure.
This is terrible for me. Where I come from, the cultural event of
the year is when the local cowboys get together and put on a horse
opera. All year I've been trying to cultivate a taste for the "finer
things" but it's awfully slow coming. However, I've learned a few
shortcuts that cover my ignorance while my taste tries to catch up.
Since there is the possibility that some other unenlightened souls may
have a similar deficiency, let me give you a few tips on how to put
up a cultural front. (Do-it-yourself, of course.)
The first trick is to gather a few facts about art or music or
literature. Don't bother with the fundamentals. Everyone knows them
anyway. Much more impressive are isolated bits like: "Did you know
that Bach's Fugue in A Minor contains 39 staccato notes?" or "Isn't
it amazing that chiaroscuro began before the Renaissance?"
Then you must pick the proper moments to give out with these
choice remarks. Of course, in any serious conversation it is best to
say nothing, merely look interested and wise. But at any lull in another
discussion these items are easily introduced by saying, "Speaking of
strange things, did you know . . ."
You can also make good use of the cultural activities bulletin board.
Spend much time exclaiming over announcements of new art exhibits
and future concerts. Then in the coffee shop describe the events with
enthusiasm and say, "Wouldn't it be great if we could get a bunch of
kids and all go together!" When the time comes, of course you'll have
a test the next day and a good excuse for not going.
If you do go to a concert, don't be afraid to criticize. This immed-iately
sets you up as an expert. Let people know this doesn't measure
up to your standards. Here again concentrate on minor points. Comment
on the absence of shine on the conductor's baton, or the harpist's
long fingernails. It's always safe to say the cymbals were a shade off
the beat, or the violins (especially the third one from the left) were
a trifle sharp on the seventeenth measure.
(Culture—Page 4)
presidential candidates give a
brief campaign speech in Chapel
at which time they express their
"aims". They will do so again this
year.
Apparently you missed the
point about chapel attendance at
a recent meeting of the Student
Senate. We all recognize that com-pulsory
chapel is out of the ques-tion.
But this fine distinction be-tween
compulsory attendance and
being expected to be there is a
vital one. With the same idea in
mind that Bethel does not demand
students refrain from smoking,
drinking, dancing, etc. the spirit
of Bethel does not expect that
those individuals will find a fra-ternity
here. The same goes with
Chapel. If there are students who
think too much is expected of them
to attend chapel for 25 minutes
a day, then let them attend a
school that aligns with their
ideals. And it is a beneficial disci-pline
to have to hear the less tal-ented
speakers because when we
return to our typical home-town
situations it is not expected that
we will not attend church if the
preacher "hasn't got it". Chances
are, we will be spoiled if we will
only listen to the best. (And it is
debatable who the best really are.)
Let's not hit the extremes; per-sonality
vs. politics, and compul-sory
chapel attendance vs. non-compulsory
but approach the solu-tion
to these problems from the
standpoint of how we should do
it here at Bethel and what would
be the best attitude for "Bethel-ites."
A. G.
Unity-of-Crucifixion
And-Resurrection
by Ed Erickson
For me the meaning of Easter
is not found in the fact of the
resurrection alone. Christ's triumph
began when he encountered Gol-gotha.
It is in the crucifixion that
I see the real test of a Christian
life. If I am willing to live through
dying then in my own heart I have
come to realize the resurrection
message. These works of Jesus
hold for me the meaning of Easter:
"Except a corn of wheat fall into
the ground and die, it abideth alone,
but if it die it bringeth forth much
fruit."
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Dave's Strands
The day of reckoning for the scoffers at the last "B" club initiation
is fast approaching. The new candidates or victims, will be dressed
"fit to kill" as well they might be. Note to all prospective students:
Those strangely dressed creatures wandering around campus with the
worried looks on their faces aren't really as crazy as they look.
It has been rumored that there are special consequences for those
who seemed to enjoy the proceedings so thoroughly at the last initiation.
Things may get worse than the little fire extinguishing ceremony at
the last one. Oh yes. For those planning to escape to some far away
place, such as Mound, there is no escape.
* * * *
Everyone is urged to support the intramural program which the
athletic council has planned. This should provide something for those
who continually say there is nothing to do.
* * * *
The warm weather has brought the opening of the baseball season
closer. The Bethel nine will play their first game on April 13, against
Hamline. * * * *
From personal observation it seems that the student body, par-ticularly
the fellows, could cooperate with the athletic department in
clearing the fieldhouse when they are asked to. The crowded conditions
are only made worse when those who are working out must watch out
for someone who has no business on the floor during practice hours.
It would seem that with baseballS going off their course, no offense,
that self-preservation would enter into the picture.
At baseball practice the other night everyone began to wonder
who the new member of the team was. Upon careful scrutiny, it was
discovered that John Berg had acquired a new pair of glasses.
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Brunzell Licks
Borgeson In
4-HorseTourney
The four horse tournament, part
of the intramural program, ended
Wednesday, March 21, with Ed
Brunzell defeating Eric Borgeson
for the title.
The field of about ten enterants
was narrowed rapidly as many of
the contestants drew byes to gain
an advanced spot.
The final pairing Wednesday
night saw the faculty representa-tive,
Eric Borgeson, defeated by
Ed Brunzell. Eric, who is noted for
his dead eye in four horse games,
was almost helpless against Brun-zell.
In a special interview with the
loser, Eric stated that no one could
have beaten Ed. To put it in Eric's
words, "That's just the way it goes
sometimes."
Spring I-M
Program
Arranged
The spring intramural program
for 1956 was set up at a meeting
of the athletic council. This year's
program is intended to include the
majority of those who wish to par-ticipate.
This year's program will include
softball, badminton and tennis. The
softball league will be organized
along much the same lines as was
the intramural basketball program.
The Illinois, East, Minnesota and
West are among the participants.
The season will be relatively short
so there should be plenty of action.
The tennis and badminton tour-naments
will feature both singles
and doubles. The tennis tourna-ments
will begin as soon as the
court are sufficiently dry.
I-M On State
Grounds Tried
Intramural activities this spring
will be carried on in an area rough-ly
northwest of the seminary build-ing
in the fairgrounds it was an-nounced
Thursday. The Minnesota
state fairgrounds officials have of-fered
Bethel the use of this area to
be used on a rent-free trial basis.
Among the factors governing the
continued use of these grounds are
the general treatment of the pro-perty
and the resulting condition
at the end of the school year. If
conditions are favorable, a long-term
lease may be arranged.
NOER'S BARBER SHOP
Como and Snelling Ayes.
OPEN
Monday-1 p.m. till 6 p.m.
Tues. - Sat.-8 a.m. till 6 p,m,
Highlight of the annual athletic
banquet on April 21 will be the
announcement of captains for next
year's football and basketball
teams. Athletic director Del Ray
Peterson will give the results of a
previous vote by members of the
team. The banquet will be in the
form of a "smorgasbord" at Schu-nemann's
River room.
The banquet, sponsored by the
"B" club, is given for all letter-men
from this year's football and
basketball teams, and from last
year's spring sports, and their
guests. Invitations have also been
sent to coaches Lundin and Healy,
and faculty athletic committee
members, Dr. Conrad, Mrs. Sjor-dahl,
Mr. Nichols, and Dr. Fager-strom.
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Open Evenings till 9 P.M.
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Banquet April 21
Same Old Story
(ACD) The following appeared in a Miami Hurricane sports column, by-lined
by Brian Sheehan. While it's not an editorial in the strictest
sense, we thought it was worth passing along because it's an interesting
commentary on a much-discussed subject:
George wasn't much different from all the other frosh football
players who every year influxed the campus of College Town, U.S.A.
He was from a small hick whistle-stop near the eastern seaboard
of Georgia and was a rather interesting individual. He made better-than-
average grades and generally kept out of trouble.
Oh sure, there were a couple of scraps around campus, and he
got bawled-out by the coach, but everything else was all right.
George was awfully excited when he first came to College Town.
Getting to play college football is something big, especially when you
are from a small town, and George had visions of stardom . . . someday.
It was while George was in high school that some men came to
visit him, and offered him a four-year football scholarship. He was
offered a lot of scholarships, but he attended College Town because
he got free board, meals, and a little spending money to boot.
During his first college semester, George played football fairly
well. He had a few bad days, and it bothered him. George heard that
you got kicked out of the College Town if you didn't produce.
It was a chill January afternoon when George got a message at
the dorm to report to the football office.
George was called into a room, asked to sit down. Some men had
odd expressions on their faces, and George sensed something was wrong.
"George," one of them said, "we're going to have to let you go.
You don't play heads-up football all the time, and we think it's best
you leave College Town."
George felt sick at his stomach. "But," he asked, "what about
that contract I signed?"
"There were some loopholes in the contract," one of the men
said. "We're sorry, but you won't be able to enroll next semester."
A few days later George packed his bags, took one last look, long-ing
look at the dorm, and crumpled up his grade sheet which read
three A's, two B's. He threw it away in disgust.
No, George isn't at College Town, U.S.A. anymore. He's going to
try to enter a smaller college where competition isn't so tough but
that won't be until next year sometime.
George thinks he can get an education at that school. He won't
get paid as much to play football, but he will get an education.
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Tuesday, March 27, 1956
Track Team
A Key Group
But Unsung
On Bethel's campus there exists
a branch of the Christ service de-partment
that very rarely exercises
its purpose without spreading the
Gospel Of Jesus Christ. This branch
consists of the tract teams organ-ized
by our Christian service office
at the beginning of the school
year.
The teams are three in number
and are led by Warren Nelson,
Richard Moberg and Richard Var-berg.
Each of the teams has from
five to eight members who go out
on tract missions every two weeks.
Many tracts are distributed that
produce no immediate effect on
the receiver but the prayers and
faith backing the distribution make
the team members feel that very
few tracts are distributed which
are entirely unheeded or useless.
Tract distribution presents many
challenging and interesting exper-iences.
Some ideas and lessons
gained by team members and lead-ers
include ideas like these: It is
best to pass tracts to those who
aren't going anywhere because it
gives a better opportunity to talk
to them; use a method in distri-bution;
tract distribution is an easy
way to spread the Gospel; make a
point to talk to the tract recipients
rather than tossing tracts about
haphazardly.
For anyone who is interested in
joining the team for this last quar-ter
there is the assurance that new
members are welcome and may ap-ply
at the Christian service office
or speak to one of the team mem-bers.
by Lois Larson
At this season of the year, our
thoughts are turned towards Easter
finery, and our more serious
thoughts meditate on Christ's sac-rifice
for us.
Tomorrow, a special Easter mis-sionary
offering will be taken in
the morning chapel service. Envel-opes
for this purpose will be plac-ed
in the post office boxes.
Realizing just how fortunate we
are to know of His wonderful sal-vation,
perhaps we will want to
use this opportunity to give more
so that others might hear too.
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Eric offers Mary Fredrickson and Donnalyn Anderson an alter-native
to "walking around."
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by Allan Hubin
I've been looking all over campus for the overly ambitious artesian
well that must exist somewhere around here. All the water that's been
running playfully over the area for the past week or two would have
taken all the snow in Siberia. Or has the St. Paul water department
started using our campus for a reservoir ? (I knew there was something
wrong with the tap water around here—I knew it as soon as that
rather battered football cleat came out of the faucet.)
Three students have been missing from classes for the past three
days—they were last seen taking a shortcut across Lake Eric a few
days ago. The hierarchy says grappling hooks will be used later in the
week. Someone should erect a memorial���things like that are done in
cases like this, aren't they?
The water alone isn't what bothers me so tremendously (I can
swim), it's the endless billows of mud—that oozing, slimy, treacherous,
sticky, unkempt, and largely undesirable substance which proudly decor-ates
our area. Can't this be scooped and sold for war surplus at reduced
prices ? Or sold by the ton to the two major political parties. Or it
can be frozen, sawed into chunks, and used for building material. The
possibilities are infinite.
Maybe the mud and I could co-exist peacefully, if it wasn't for the
fact that the first time in three months I shined my shoes, I was
forced to traverse our beloved campus. And it wasn't only the fact
that I had to throw away my shoes that irritated me. I had to have
my shirt drycleaned and my hair cut.
Being broadminded about the whole thing, one must admit there
are things that can be said on mud's behalf. For one thing, it might
be a matter of pride. After all, what school in the Twin Cities has a
muddier campus ? We stand unrivaled. And then there's the ten per-cent
commission the school gets from the various dry-cleaners in the
vicinity.
We can also point with a certain understandable pride at the fact
that we are indubitably the only school in the state with a significantly
large lake situated right on campus. It is so conveniently placed that
one cannot miss it if one walks from the dining hall to the college
building.
Maybe someone should toss in a few minnows—they could hiber-nate
during the summer, be preserved in ice during the winter, and
we'd have grand fishing next spring. This might be a project for the
botony department—or whoever it is that's concerned with fish and
such like.
It is this writer's suggestion that the campus be tipped on an
edge (this would be a good job for Eric), all the water be allowed to
run off and the mud dry completely, and then large steel columns be
put underneath to prop up the center so it's about three feet higher
than the edges. Why should we collect all the water for blocks around?
Let's let the neighbors have ours for a while.
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T. S. Eliot Lectures
At Northrup Apr.30
T. S. Eliot, noted literary critic
and poet, will lecture at a convo-cation
at 8:30 p.m. on April 30 at
Northrop auditorium in Minneapo-lis.
His lecture entitled "Frontiers
of Criticism" will be the third in a
series given in connection with the
Gideon D. Seymore memorial lec-ture
series. Mr. Eliot is traveling
to the U.S. from England for this
one lecture. There is no admission
charge.
Mr. Eliot, who received the Nobel
Prize in 1948, has written several
books which contain such noted
poems as "The Waste Land," and
"The Sacred Wood." At present he
Anyone interested is invited to is director of Fabor and Fabor
attend the meeting. Ltd. of London.
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE
Dorm Applications For
'56-57 Now Being Taken
Applications for dormitory rooms
for next year may be filed with
Miss Edith Larson in the business
office. Judging from applications
and the number of prospective stu-dents
the business office expects
an even larger enrollment for next
year. This will limit on-campus
housing, therefore it is urged that
applications be made soon.
Culture emit.
At an art exhibit never call a painting "interesting." This is a
naughty word. Instead say, "Look at the way he uses light!" In case
you come across a very difficult piece of modern art, for variety try
viewing this silently, approaching it from various angles and assum-ing
strange stances. If your companions are admittedly ignorant, say,
"He really achieves his purpose here doesn't he ?" No one will dare
disagree.
One final tip for pseudo-literary experts—try quoting frequently
from Proverbs or Poor Richard and call it Shakespeare.
These are only a few of the ways I have of covering up for my
cultureless background. However, if I gave out any of the finer points,
I'd really be giving myself away. But this will give you something
to start on, and who knows ? . . . you too may be standing in the aisles
shouting "Bravissimo!"
Religious Books
See our
New shipment of books from England
Comparatively low priced editions
Vead Veda-tole
L. Lindquist
Will Host
Spanish Club
The Spanish club will meet at
7:30 p.m. April 7 at Lareau Lind-quist's
home. Mr. Berge Hoogasian,
a Bethel seminary student, will
show slides on his trip to Central
America. He will also speak about
conditions in Central America.
Wives Will
Hear SPBI
Dean's Wife
The Student Wives will hold their
meeting in the dining hall at 8
p.m., April 9. Mrs. Wineinger, wife
of the dean of the St. Paul Bible
institute, will speak on various
methods of entertaining. During
the meeting election of officers will
be held.
