Above, from left to right, are this year's top-ranking college and seminary students: John Hiben
and Dwight Ericsson, seminary co-valedictorians; and Grace Jolly, college valedictorian.
the CLARION
Vol. XXXIII—No. 19
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, May 22, 1956
Dr. Harold Lindsell
To Address 80 Sem
College, JC Grads
Next Year's Faculty
Changes Announced
Several faculty appointments for the 1956-57 school year were
announced recently by the administration.
Dr. Howard Dinsmore, who at present is the Research Chemist
with the M. W. Kellogg Company in New Jersey, will be teaching
Chemistry in Dr. Nelson's place next year. Dr. Dinsmore received
his A.B. from John Hopkins and his Ph.D. from the University of
Minnesota. He has previously been on the staff of Brown University.
Professor Charles Tucek will
be teaching Physics and Mathe-matics
in place of Mr. Nichols.
Professor Tucek received his B.S.
at Wheaton College, and his M.S.
from Northwestern University.
For the last three years he has
held a position as Research As-sistant
at Columbia University.
Speech in the college and hom-iletics
in the seminary will be
taught by Dr. Richard Curtis who
received his M.S. and his Ph.D.
from Purdue University. At pre-sent
he is the Chairman of the
Department of Communications at
Providence Bible College in Rhode
Island.
Invited to handle advance work
in Education is Professor Sheldon
Fardig. He received his B.A. from
Carlton, and his M.S. from North-western
where he is in the pro-cess
of getting his Ph.D.
Negotiations are underway with
seVelFal other prof essorsi which
may materialize by the fall.
Returning from sabatical leaves
are Miss Axeen, librarian, who
has completed her doctoral course
work at the University of Illin-ois;
and Mr. Johnson, assistant
professor of art, who has been in
Mexico developing his own paint-ing
ideas.
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Above : Paul and John Berg illustrate their way of absorbing truth.
Pol. Science
Major Added
Added to the curriculum next
year will be upper-division courses
in political science sufficient for
a major in that field. Approved
by the curriculum committee a
week ago, the courses will be
generally limited to only those
students who need the credit for
a political science major.
The political science courses are
included under the department of
history and political science, of
which Dr. Dalphy Fagerstrom is
chairman.
Official Notice
All sophomores interested in
the junior year of the secondary
teacher training program should
stop in the college office to indi-cate
that they are contemplating
entering the program.
Those students who have had
the junior year sequence in educa-tion
and are contemplating the
senior year should call at the of-fice
to fill out a program of stud-ies
also.
Freshman Themes by
W. Hassell, A. Barbins
Awarded First Place
Wayne Hassell won $50.00 and
first place in the Freshman Theme
Writing Contest with a fiction
piece entitled, "Don't Worry,
Daddy." Astrid Barbins walked
away with $25.00 and second place
with a non-fiction article, "Be-tween
Two Worlds."
Receiving Honorable Mentions
and $1.00 each were: Arlene Berg-strom
with "Motor Melange",
Barbara Brandt with "Christianity
Is Suicide", Carol Petry with "The
Wrong Kind of Teacher", Lynn
Weaver with "The Street", and
Gerry Wilbur with "Prince".
All entries were judged anony-mously
by Mrs. Clarence Ander-son,
a part-time student and free-lance
writer; Dr. Paul Grabill,
English department; and Don
Richardson, seminary student with
some free-lance experience.
A total of twenty entries, 14
fiction and 6 non-fiction, were re-ceived
by the deadline, May 15.
See prizes stories, page two.
Senate Names
Council Heads
Senate council chair appoint-ments
for the 1956-57 student as-sociation
were recently announced
by Glenn Ogren, newly elected
president.
Jack Tierney has been appointed
chairman of the Social Council
for the 1956-57 school year. The
Social Council has charge of pro-viding
sufficient all-school social
activities to meet the needs of the
student body, and manages such
events as homecoming and the all-school
formal banquets.
Gladys Johnson is the new head
of the Cultural Council. This coun-cil
sponsors cultural activities on
campus, including movies and not-ed
artists in various fields.
It also keeps the students
posted on cultural events in the
Twin Cities.
Working with the Religious
Council will be Dick Varberg, as
chairman of the Christian Service
Committee which cooperates with
the Christian Service Office; and
Jim Dinsmore, Chairman of the
Devotional Committee in charge
of devotional life on our campus.
The Athletic Council which
makes arrangements for all intra-mural
sports, pep fests, and other
sports activities that are not in-ter-
varsity, will be headed in the
next school year by Dave Sea-quist.
Bill Conrad will serve as the
N.S.A. representative for the com-ing
year by attending the meet-ings
of and coordinating the acti-vities
of our student association
with the National Student Associa-tion.
The chairman of the Publica-tions
Council and Seminary Coun-cil
have not been determined as
yet.
Elected to the Vice-President's
Standing Committee were: Betty
Ohlin, Lowell Gardner, Howard
Rekstad, Virgil Collins, and Lynn
Weaver.
Sem Classes Elect
Officers,Advisors
Next year's seminary seniors
and middlemen have chosen their
officers and advisers. The seniors
chose: Richard Ottoson, president;
Carroll Erickson, vice-president;
Arthur Lunow, secretary; Charles
Franson, treasurer; Richard Var-berg,
representative to the semin-ary
council. Their advisor is Dr.
Clarence Bass.
The middlemen chose: Milton
Christensen, president; Ben Cord-ing,
vice-president; Calven Fern-lund,
secretary-treasurer; Robert
Erickson, representative to the
seminary council. Their advisor is
Dr. Virgil Olson.
Radio Console Added
to Bodien Lounge
A floor-model combination ra-dio-
phonograph has recently been
installed in the lounge of Bodien
residence. Made of light oak fin-ishing,
it matches the contem-porary
furniture of the room.
The console was presented as
a gift by an interested friend of
the school.
Dr. Harold Lindsell, dean, Fuller
Theological seminary, will address
eighty seminary, college, and jun-ior
college graduates here next
Friday evening. The title of his
address is "Challenge and Res-ponse."
Music will be provided by Rich-ard
Dahlquist, organist, and a
commencement choir composed of
campus choral groups.
Presenting the college graduates
will be Dean Anderson. Thirteen
students will be receiving the title
of Associate in Arts, and two will
receive the title Associate in Re-ligious
Education. Thirty-four stu-dents
have earned their Bachelor
of Arts degree, and three the de-gree
of Bachelor of Religious Edu-cation.
Graduating with honors will be
Donald Fuller, Ripley Moore, and
Winifred Stanford. Bonnie Carl-son
and David Webster will be
graduating with high honors. Re-ceiving
highest honors will be
Grace Jolly.
The twenty-eight seminary grad-uates
will be presented by Dean
Omark. Graduating with honors
will be Bertil C. Anderson and
Harvey Swanberg. Dwight Eric-sson
and John Hiben will receive
high honors.
Dr. Linsell
President Lundquist will grant
the diplomas and confer the de-grees.
Miss Bisgrove will play
the processional and reces-sional.
Marshals leading the pro-cessional
will be: Marjory Peter-son,
highest ranking junior; and
Norris Magnuson, highest ranking
seminary middleman.
Following the commencement
exercises a reception will be held
in Bodien dining hall for the fac-ulty,
graduates, and their rela-tives.
Student Offices
To Be Moved To
Below Stu. Center
An innovation at Bethel next
fall will be the new offices in-stalled
below the coffee shop, in
the space previously used as a
gymnasium.
Included in the new rooms will
be Spire, CLARION, and Student
Senate offices, a faculty lounge,
and a committee room. The pos-sibility
of a classroom is also be-ing.
considered. It is hoped that
moveable walls will be installed,
to provide for future expansion.
The old offices in the library
will be used for expanding the
library facilities.
Caldeen, B. Mattson
Contest Winners
Phil Caldeen, Bev Voldseth, and
Donn Goss, with readings mainly
from Browning and Dylan Thomas
won first, second, and third places
respectively in the annual poetry
reading contest. The prizes of $15,
$10, and $5 for the respective
places are donated each year by
Dr. Martin Ericsson, a physician
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
First place winner in this year's
oratory contest was Betty Matt-son
with an oration on the guar-anteed
annual wage. Chuck Pa-ton's
oration on "the collective
mind" took second, and Helen Mo-berg
came in third with an ora-tion
on juvenile delinquency.
Prizes of $25, $15, and $10 for
first, second, and third place are
donated annually by Dr. Alford
Hanson, a dentist in Ortonville,
Minnesota.
Judges for both contests this
year were: Mr. Walfred Peterson,
Mrs. Dalphy Fagerstrom, and Dr.
Virginia Grabill.
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MARIE MAGNUSON
ALLAN STAHNKE, co-editors
June Sparling, feature-news
editor
Lois Larson, ass't. news editor
David Strand, sports editor
Ripley Moore, rewrite editor
Marilyn Carlson, layout editor
Phil Caldeen, business mgr.
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the CLARION
Tuesday, May 22, 1956
Prize Freshman Stories
Don't Worry Daddy
by Wayne Hassell
John Williams closed the garage doors. Early evening shadows
cloaked the front of the house as he hurried up the steps, and he thought
it strange that no lights were showing from inside. "Susan must be
out," he thought.
Closing the front door behind him, John turned on the lights
and called loudly, "Susan, are you home?"
No answer.
As he walked into the kitchen, he saw the note. Slowly, uncer-tainly,
he picked it up.
"Daddy—I've gone to the show with a friend. I'll be home early.
Don't worry. Susan."
"Why is it," John thought, "that kids always say, 'Don't worry'?"
Tossing the note back onto the table, he picked up the
evening edition of the ROSEVILLE CLARION and relaxed in the
ancient, over-stuffed rocker.
He pulled out his large watch and noted the time. "8:40," he
mused, "Susan should be home soon." He settled back, reassuring
himself that she was all right. Then, he saw the headline.
It was bold and black and frightening.
"POLICE SEEK SEX SLAYER."
His hands moved slowly, and with a slight tremble, as they
picked up the paper, smoothed the front pages and held it rigidly. It
took him a long time to read the story, longer than it would ordin-arily.
There was a picture of the girl. She was 16, the same age as
Susan. He thought of Susan while he read the story, and several times
paused to breath a silent, hopeful prayer.
The girl had been going back to school after being home for
dinner. She passed through the Roseville City Park two blocks from
school. An elderly man discovered her body there at 1:15.
"Right in broad daylight," John said, half aloud. He glanced
out the window, but the darkness stopped his view there. His hand
shook slightly, again, as he withdrew his watch to again check the
time. 9:01. "Pretty soon," he hoped.
He flicked on the radio to catch the 9 o'clock news. "Maybe they've
got him by now," he hoped. "Maybe there wouldn't be anything to
worry about. Susan went to the movies often." Again he prayed while
the radio warmed up.
". .. and police say that as yet they have no clues to the solution
of the brutal murder," the announcer's voice came loudly. "Arthur
Houston, retired factory worker, found the girl's body at 1:15 this
afternoon in a heavily wooded section of Roseville Park.
"Police said that she had been brutally beaten, strangled and
attacked. Time of death was estimated . . ."
John cut off the voice. He stared across the room. Susan's pic-ture
was on the piano; the piano played so beautifully by Susan's
mother.
He thought, now, of the past two years since Helen's death and
of how he had managed to guide Susan through that time without
a mother. "She's all I have now," he thought.
The watch came out again. 9:17.
(continued page 4)
Between Two Worlds
by Astrid Barbins
I was standing alone on the deck watching the wild beauty of
the turbulent waters and thinking about the great wonders and
mysteries that had filled my short fourteen-year-old life. Joy, sorrow,
fears, memories, and anticipation swept over my being as I let the
huge boat carry me onward. Standing between two worlds—Europe
and America—I saw another scene flashing before my eyes. It was a
dreadfully different one; yet similar, for then also we were leaving
one country behind and approaching a foreign one. This had happened
on a dark October night in 1944, when, sitting on an open wagon,
our family looked back for the last time on our country Latvia. We
saw in the starless night the glaring artificial light swinging from
the bombers, illuminating the cities; we heard the stillness broken
by the blasting noise of the bombs and the crumbling of buildings,
after which flames swallowed the black darkness. We were leaving the
land that we loved, the land for which fathers and sons and brothers
had laid down their lives, the land, where for a short while, people
were permitted to live in liberty and happiness, cultivating every
foot of ground, for each was watered not only with rain but with
sweat and blood. Now we witnessed its destruction; more blood was
being soaked into the earth's pores, while strange feet heavily stamped
upon her wailing soul.
Like frightened orphans we fled, leaving everything behind, for
freedom and life were the only things that mattered. We chose exile
in a strange land that had unwillingly opened its back door and let
us in. Almost a year of terror-filled nights and days followed. There
were many times when we did not know whence the next slice of
bread would come, nor were we certain where we should lay our heads
at the end of a laborious day. Everywhere we looked we saw terror,
tears, hunger, and death. Man's inhumanity to man had become like
a games of chess where the sneering rulers playfully boasted of their
skill in putting aside their rival's men. The world breathlessly looked
on. The final victory of war may have a jingling glory, but under-neath
lie the dead bodies of human beings who, like the chessmen,
were picked off the board and placed in a neat pile on the side.
After the peace treaty was signed in 1945, thousands of homeless
people like ourselves were placed into Displaced Persons' camps where
(continued page 4)
A Final Ode
Or:
What You Will
by Lois Larson
It's the day before tests, when all
through the school,
The students are cramming to
learn that last rule.
Everyone listening to teacher with
care,
In hopes that a hint to the test
might be there.
I find little help in what the pro-fessor
has said,
Now nightmares of questions
dance in my head.
In mad desperation my cranium
I tap;
I fear it's settled down for a long
winter's nap.
Too soon comes the time—Oh,
what a MESS!
My score will likely be zero or
less.
My eyes scan the pages and what
should appear ?
You just can't imagine—it meets
my worst fear!
I speak not a word, but go straight
to my work.
I fill all the blanks, to prove I'm
no "Jerk!"
I've finished my test, I'm free as
a lark—
Happy test-time to all, and to all
a good mark!
Leap Year Successful
for Many Bethel Girls
Among the thousands of cou-ples
being married this summer
will be several Bethel students.
Beverly Carlson and Norris Mag-nuson
will be married in August
at Sioux City, Iowa, with Norris'
father, the Rev. George Magnu-son,
peirforming the ceremony.
President Lundquist will read the
vows for Vivian Weekley and
Dave Johnson on July 14.
Two Eastern weddings will be
Gladys Johnson to Gordon Olson
at Jamestown, New York, and
Sandra Blashke to Harold Rich-ardson
at Bristol, Contnecticut.
Farthest away will be the wedding
of Fred Schindeler and Mildred
Smith at Westview, British Colum-bia.
Audrey Dravland and Chuck
Franzen will be married the day
after graduation at Duluth. Late
summer wedding dates have been
Sarah Warkentin and Harold An-gel,
Lois Johnson and Russell
Paulson, Francis Erickson and
Ritchie Peterdon, Francis Johnson
and Ripley Moore, Verda Levin
and Lanham, Audrey Oatman and
Bob Shields, Beverly Swanson and
Mel Holmgren, Ariel Obinger and
Wes Larson, Shirley Torgeson and
Bill Larson, Pearl Anderson and
Dallas Engel, Bonnie Wicklund
and Herb Westlund, and Ardis
Larson and Arnie Swanson.
Edecoleai
Convocations Lauded
At this time of the year when teachers, classes, and facilities are
being evaluated, the question inevitably arises, "What new, worthwhile
programs have been initiated this year ?"
The answer would certainly included the improved recreational
program centering around the new tennis courts and the increase in
scholarships.
A third very important improvement has been the initiation of
a planned series of convocation programs. This has been worthwhile
in that it has presented outstanding personalities and unusual pro-grams
which, we feel, are very important parts of education.
Probably the outstanding convocation of the year was the address
of Mr. Carl Rowan, noted Negro journalist with the Minneapolis STAR.
Other outstanding personalities presented were Governor Orville H.
Freeman and Dr. Joseph Simonson, Ambassador to Ethiopia. The open-ing
Honors Convocation at which President Lundquist spoke, and the
debate between Bethel and Macalester on the Guaranteed Annual
Wage, were also worthwhile.
Those convocations, presented regularly throughout the year, were
a great improvement over the occasional services of a similar nature
which were held in former years.
In fact, we would like to see the school hold one convocation a
month and present politicians, musicians, scientists, and men who are
leaders in the other branches of our society. This year we have made
significant progress toward this goal.
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Prunella Speaks
Dear Editor:
As author of the little "Prun-ella"
recipe column, I think I
should say a word. That feature
was unsigned because it was con-ceived
as humor, not as an attack
on anyone.
Prunella's recipes amused many
students because they reflected
the low-pressured but rather com-mon
discontent with Bethel food.
Everyone knows, outsiders includ-ed,
that institutional food seldom
tastes as good as home cooking
and the dining hall, like most
other campus institutions, is not
exempt from being laughed at.
The article was emphatically
not an attack on the cooks, who I
think do a fine job with small
means! (Personally, I favor a
higher board fee and more eggs
for breakfast.)
In short: don't get so excited!
It's just a joke!
Ripley Moore
Why Scholarships?
Dear Editor:
In relation to the recent trend
for free education for those who
have an outstanding scholastic
record, I would like to express my
opinion to those who would be
interested in a conviction that has
found expression in all those who
would preserve a democratic soc-iety.
I am who is very glad for
those who are able to have a 2.5
record but I feel that a generous
gesture on the part of the admin-istration
like this one, that gives
tuition free education to some at
the expense of others, is not in
accord with a democratic institu-tion.
The teachers must be paid
but I see no reason why the aver-age
students should help to pay
for the education of those who
make better marks than them-selves.
The school is the one who is
giving this tuition grant; but are
not the students the school and
without the funds brought in from
student tuition there would be no
school. Most of those receiving
the best grades are those who are
less apt to work and because of
necessary work others are not
able to make as good as they
would ordinarily be capable of.
I don't appreciate this increase in
my tuition in order to take care
of an extra expense like this
which in my estimation is unfair
and undemocratic. I am writing
this letter, not to create hard
feelings, but to express my own
opinion.
Bob Wisehart
Spire Criticized
Dear Editor:
I have some comments to make
concerning the publication of our
year book. I am in the seminary
and I noticed that over half of the
sem juniors didn't have any pic-tures
in the SPIRE. A lot of mid-dlemen
and seniors didn't get their
pictures in either. I know there
was no notice as to when the pic-tures
should be in. I think each
student should be posted by send-a
notice in the mail box. I also
think a seminary student should
be on the staff, if for no other
reason than that the students get
their picture in the right place.
We also spend money for the
book. I hope the next year's work-ers
on the book will do a better
job as to getting a good book
for our year book.
G. H.
Dating Facilitated
Dear Editor:
To the guys who could have
afforded to go to the latest ban-quet
but didn't know which girls
didn't have a date yet. (There
apparently were people in these
two classifications.) To facilitate
dating next year, at least for the
"big events", why not have a list
in the boy's dorm of the eligible
girls (not married, engaged or
going steady) and keep it up-to-date,
especially with regard to
that last item. If the fellows would
cooperate in checking off their
dates as they get them, I think
more guys would get up courage
to ask the remaining girls out.
Maybe we could even empty that
dorm a few evenings a year!!!
(You see nobody likes to be turn-ed
down even if it is only because
the girl already has a date.) This
system has been used, with some
success, I believe, at Nik Dag,
and if there are disadvantages to
this system, I am not aware of
them. I don't know whose juris-diction
this would come under,
perhaps the dorm council's, whose
ever it is, see what you can do
with it.
D. W.
Donnalyn Anderson
Heads Swedish Club
Donnalyn Anderson was elected
president of the Swedish club at
the final meeting of the year,
May 9, at the home of Mrs. Sjor-dal.
Vice president next year will
be Robert Carlson, Jr., and secre-tary-
treasurer, Ann Hugo.
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MAXIM:
Keeft aceot qaada &ma
by Allen Hubin
"A bird in the hand," a fellow once said to me solemnly, "is worth
two in the bush." I nodded with equal solemnity and went on my way
refreshed.
But not long after I sat myself down, my digestive juices began
to flow freely, and I started to think.
After all, is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush ? Horse-feathers!
What an overwhelming splat of ambiguity!
First of all, there's the matter of the bird. A bird, supposedly,
is a fowl, and this is generally a small beast with frequently two
wings and approximately two feet. In between are scattered various
other organs and appendages which presumably are essential. So
who wants this unorganized pile of matter ? And leastways in the
hand ? Birds are eaten, played with, and trained, but who carries
them around in his hand? It's ridiculous! Picture mankind collectively
marching serenely about with a bird in his hand.
Another fact cannot be ignored. In the words of that great Ameri-can,
George Gobel, may not this creature be in fact "a dirty bird?" And
then some birds grow to be disgustingly heavy, and is one going to
carry a dead bird or a live bird around ? And imagine the rash of
puns that would follow: That fellow got the bird, or: Don't crow about
it, or: Fowl play. It's positively gagging.
And this word "worth". By whose standards is it worth more? I
don't care if I never have a bird. As a matter of simple fact, I detest
birds, and I'm certainly going to positively enjoy being unhappy
without them. Is this just the opinion of the person who first said
these immortal words, and were they passed on by ignorant rabble
who didn't understand or couldn't understand and thought they should
pretend they did, and since the originator of this expression obviously
thought it celver, the rabble decided to tell everyone it met?
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
Unexpurgated garbage!
Average Season
For Golf Tennis
The tennis squad finished the
1956 season with a record of two
wins, one tie, and four losses. Of
the last three matches, the team
won one from Augsburg 5-2, and
lost two, to Northwestern and
Hamline.
It was a disappointing season in
some respects since the new facili-ties
had been expected to create
more interest among tennis en-thusiasts.
The golf team finished with a
record of four wins and four loss-es.
The team topped Concordia
and Luther twice each and lost to
Augsburg twice and once each to
Hamline and River Falls State
Teachers.
Team Batting Averages
Player AB H Pct.
Goss 37 13 .351
Tierney 51 14 .275
Larson, D. 44 10 .227
Larson, W. 38 8 .211
Albright 52 11 .210
Kibby 43 9 .209
Singleton 48 10 .208
Berg 46 9 .196
Stahnke 13 2 .153
Brunzell 32 5 .151
Nyberg 7 0 .000
Royals Take Final
Luther 6 Bethel 4 Totals
Errors plagued the Bethel Nine
as they absorbed a 6-4 defeat at
the hands of Luther College at
New Ulm.
Bethel got off to a two run
lead in their half of the first as
Singleton, Tierney and Goss col-lected
base hits.
Luther struck back with three
runs in the bottom half of the
inning on a single and a pair of
errors.
The Royal diamond men regain-ed
the lead as they tallied a pair
of markers in the fifth frame.
Successive singles by Tierney, Al-bright
and Goss provided the im-petus.
Again a pair of errors proved
costly as Luther got a trio of
runs to give them their 6-4 mar-gin.
Elke allowed the Royal Nine
eight hits in registering the win.
Stahnke was clipped by the loss
giving up only three hits.
Comets Coast
Past Bethel
Concordia scored six runs in the
first inning as they dumped the
Bethel Royals 6-2 at Concordia
field, Thursda, May 10.
The Concordia diamond men
combined three base hits, two
errors and a hit batsman to spell
the Royal's doom in the first
canto.
Inning number one saw Dale
Larson, who had drawn a base on
balls, miss second as he made the
turn on Tierney's double. Al-bright
lifted a long fly ball to
center field to retire the side.
Donn Goss, Bethel first base-man,
smashed a circuit blow in the
second to score the first run.
The Royals added their final
tally in the third inning on a
single by Brunzell and a trio of
free passes.
A 6-4 win over Concordia on
May 14, gave the Royals a six
win and seven loss mark for the
1956 season.
Bethel opened quickly as Dale
Larson, who went four for five at
the plate, collected a sharp triple.
Two walks, one error and a hit
batsman later, the Royals enjoyed
a 4-0 lead.
Concordia picked up a run in
the second on a walk and an error.
The Royals completed their scor-ing
in the fourth and seventh
frames, counting lone markers in
the fifth and seventh frames.
Concordia picked up a pair of
runs in the fourth and a lone
tally in the ninth to make the
final count 6-4 in favor of Bethel.
Brunzell got credit for the win
allowing four hits. Otto was tag-ged
with the loss giving up 10
hits to the Bethel Royals.
Northwestern Bows
to Royals Again 12-4
The Royals scored three runs
in the first frame and went on to
wallop the Northwestern Nine 12-
4 at Parade Stadium.
Bethel got going quickly in the
first frame as they got three base
hits, two successive doubles by
Goss and Berg. Tierney also col-lected
a single to drive in a run.
Northwestern scored a lone
tally in their half of the first on
a single by Parsons and a Royal
error.
Bethel added another marker in
the second on a base on balls and
a double by Dale Larson.
The third inning saw the Eagles
pick up another run on a hit and
a single by Snell.
Royal batsmen collected two
base hits to score a pair of runs
in the fourth. Bethel added single
markers in the sixth and seventh
frames. The Royals picked up
four runs in their half of the ninth
to ice the game.
Northwestern picked up a pair
in the sixth on a base on balls
and a single by Snell.
Nyberg was credited with the
win allowing three base hits.
Schoon was nicked with his second
loss to the Royals giving up nine
base blows.
Track Squad
Shows Quality
Bethel's minute track squad fin-ished
the season Monday, May 14,
at St. Thomas with Don Bachman,
Dave Seaquist, Beryl Munson, Al
Hanson, and Jim Reinholdt all
placing. The team picked up a
total of 21 points in the meet be-tween
five schools.
These five boys have consistent-ly
picked up points for the Royals
against all competition, but lack
of quantity on the squad has kept
it from winning its meets.
The most consistent of the five
have been Beryl Munson, who was
elected captain of next year's team
and Don Bachman. Beryl is pri-marily
a half miler, but he has
run the quarter mile and mile
well also. Don is a distance man,
running the two mile and the mile
races.
Gundermon got credit for the
win allowing the Royals four base
hits and giving up two runs.
Brunzell was tagged with the
Royal loss giving up a total of
401 91 .221 eight base knocks and six runs.
Dave's Strands
Congrats to the men who received their letters for participation
in Bethel's athletic program for 1956. The men who participate repre-sent
in part at least, some of the people who are doing something to
better our campus. Although under much fire, the athletic department
is to be congratulated for what it has done considering circumstances.
Donn Goss, leading Royal hitter, boosted his average 47 points in
his last four games. He ended the season with a very commendable
.351. Jack Tierney finished with .275 to finish second.
Errors were the capital cause of the Royal's losing season this
year. The opposition capitalized on some very costly errors.
After watching practice and this year's games it seems that
some recognition is due for John Samuelson, who has acted as student
manager for the Royals this year.
A total of four circuit blows were registered by Royal batsmen
this year. Jack Tierney smashed two. Don Goss and Ken Albright
each got one.
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Tuesday, May 22, 1956
Quartet Starts
Pacific Tour
Beginning next Sunday, "The
Crusaders," Bethel male quartet,
will begin a two month tour to
the Pacific coast, sponsored by the
school.
The quartet, made up of Ron
Eckert, Dale Nystrom, Bob Shields
and John F. Anderson, will spend
two weeks in California and will
also visit churches in South Da-kota,
Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming
and Utah.
These men have sung to-gether
all year with the College
Choir, sung on television and now
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Church in Kulm, North Da-kota;
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lives and pretend that life was normal and beautiful in spite of the
darkness about. Germany was like an angry stepmother who held us
in her cold arms, waiting for the time when she could free herself
of our weight. Nevertheless, we fell in love with her beauty, her
mountainous grandeur, her lazy rivers, and sleepy villages where
often the only sound that interrupted the stillness of evening was
the tinkling of the sheep bells accompanied by a melancholy song
of the shepherd as he was leading his flock home. A rapturous, roman-tic,
deserted beauty decorated the landscape of this once great and
mighty empire; yet we knew that it was not ours, and we must
not touch it.
After five long years of waiting, America opened her heart and
her door to let the tired war orphans in and adopt them as her own
children. It was only a few days ago when last we saw the shores
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she receive us ? Shall we find shelter beneath the Star-Spangled
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lungs ? Shall we find joy and fulfillment for our lives that will re-place
the longing for a lost homeland? And what gift can we bring
to our new mother ? What can we do in return for her love and
generosity ?
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of the land in which he was born; it is his portion which cannot be
taken from him even in the fiercest battle, for it is planted in the
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looking towards the invisible shore, I knew that at last God had
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"The movie gets out at 9," he said aloud. "She should be home
by now."
"Maybe I should go and look for her," he thought, then dismissed
it. "She's probably having a soda with her friends. I would look sort
of silly, then,"
Walking across the room to the piano, John picked up Susan's
picture. He stared silently at the smiling young girl. The picture
was nearly a year old and there was still just a trace of freckles on
her 15-year-old nose.
Her hair was longer then, providing a golden frame for her
face. "How well the photo showed off her dimples," John thought. He
smiled at that, for the dimples were duplicates of Helen's.
Returning the photo to the piano, John walked into the kitchen,
stopped briefly, then returned. The watch came out again. 9:28. He
turned off the lights and walked up th stairs. Entering his bedroom,
he tentatively sat on the bed. The somber blackness started him
thinking again.
". . . found the girl's body at 1:15 this afternoon . . ." And now
it was dark. No protecting sunlight or witnessing park loafers. Only
the darkness.
John lay back on the bed. Any thought of undressing was quickly
dismissed. In deference to the bed he kicked his slippers to the
floor. He stared at the ceiling which he could not see. It was eight
blocks from the theater. Susan could walk them in ten minutes;
fifteen at the most. It must be close to 9:45 by now.
Somewhere outside he heard a girl laughing. His hopes soared.
Maybe it was Susan. He held his breath, hoping to hear the door
open. Silence greeted him. Then, from further down the street, he
heard the laugh again. He let his body sink back into the bed's
softness. Why couldn't Helen be here now, he asked himself. If only
I didn't have to be alone at a time like this.
John bolted upright on the bed. It wasn't a loud scream, or a
blood-curdling scream, just a little scream like a girl would scream
if she twisted her ankle. Or the start of a horrified scream before
someone clamps his hand over the screaming mouth. And it was
Susan who had screamed.
He raced down the stairs and out the back door. He was careful
to make no noise as he closed the door. As he raced around the house
he hoped for surprise.
Running around the corner, John caught a glimpse of Susan. He
got only a glimpse because the man holding her was so large. Susan
seemed to be squirming in his grasp. John's breath came loud and
harsh. As he rounded the corner the man heard him. John saw the
man turn. The last thing he saw before something exploded on his
jaw was a large letter "R". He thought of what "R" might stand
for . . . raidroad . . . robber . . . He protested inwardly as the final
horrible thought came. And then, all was black.
When his brain began clearing John felt something cool on his
forehead. Blood, he thought. I must have been cut. He lay still, not
trying to move, not trying to open his eyes. When he heard Susan's
stiffled sobs close by he jerked himself upright.
Susan threw her arms around him, sobbing, "Oh, Daddy, I'm
sorry. Really I am."
John blinked in the darkness. There was someone else standing
behind Susan. Through his dizziness he made out a man. The man
was tall and heavy-set. He wore a dark sweater with a large letter
"R" on the chest. John stared at him through the night. His frown
curled to a faint smile when he saw that it was only a boy. "Susan
was right," he thought. "I didn't have to worry."
"Gee, Mr. Williams," the boy said, "I'm awfully sorry. I acted
kind of sudden when I saw you come running around the house like
that, what with that . . ." His voice trailed off.
"Daddy," Susan said, "this is Larry Riggs. He's the fullback
on our football team, and he offered to walk me home from the
movie." She continued sobbing.
"That's O.K., honey," John said, patting her back and rubbing
his jaw, "only next time, how about walking home with someone on
the school orchestra ?"
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