r. Accomplished Instructor Appears
On Campus For Budding Teachers
Mrs. Gloria Courtmeyer, 1967 the Junior High level of the Circle
Minnesota Teacher of the Year Pines school district.
will be addressing the Bethel chap- In a brief release handed to the
ter of the Student Education As- CLARION, Nelda Gustafson stated
sociation. She will concern herself that the purpose of SNEA is to
with her work in special educa-fession.
tion. The meeting to be held on
November 28, at 7:00 P.M. is open
to chapter members as well as edu-an
interest in education as a pro-cation
majors and others who have
to attend Association conventions,
parent organization, National Edu-tion
attempts to keep its members
ments. Student members are enti-tled
to receive the MEA Journal,
acquaint budding teachers with the
cators Association. The organiza-abreast
of new teaching develop-
Mrs. Courtmeyer has been co- and to receive certain insurance
ordinating the language arts in privileges.
'MIKE ON' in the WBCS studios as Bob Dinqfield, station
manager, takes to the campus' air waves.
VoKu me XLII—No. 11
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. Wednesday, November 22, 1967
Sophomores Visit LeVander Offices
Research Material For Course Project
ebapet Pato
Expert Surveys Mission Troubles
Smith Discusses Ear East 'Light'
Tuesday—Dr. Bob Smith
Wednesday—Mr. Leslie Brierly
Included on the chapel slate for
the week of Nov. 27 - Dec. 1 is
Mr. Leslie Brierly, head of the De-partment
of Research for World-wide
Evangelism Crusade. His sur-veys
concerning the problems
which involve missions today are
considered by Dr. Wilbur Smith
"the finest he has ever seen."
His keen insight may be ex-plained
by the fact that he him-self
spent 25 years as a mission-ary
in West Africa. He has trav-eled
extensively since his appoint-ment
and is here in the Twin
Cities enroute to the Far East.
where he will attend a number
of strategic conferences.
Also in chapel this week, Dr.
Bob Smith will talk about his trip
to the Far East. In his second ap-pearance
in chapel, Dr. Bob will
discuss the 'light' in the Far East
as opposed to the `darknes' that
he spoke about in his last ad-dress.
Tom Mesaros and Nancy Johnson confer with the governor over some issue of interest.
A new service for freshmen,
sophomores and juniors seeking
financial aid to attend college is
being made available through the
Financial-Aid Office.
The service, offered by North
American Educational Computer
Services, Inc. of Princeton, New
Jersey, employs a computer to
match an individual student's qual-ifications
to the requirements of
over 700,000 items of scholarships
and grants contained in the com-puter's
memory bank.
Until the advent of computer
technology, the task of locating
more than a small fraction of the
financial aid for which he was eli-gible
was physically impossible for
an individual student. There was
no central source for informtion
relating to scholarships, and if
there was, it would occupy over
600 feet of bookshelves.
Employing the ECS Computer-ized
Scholarship-Search Service,
the student fills out a very detailed
questionnaire about himself. This
is returned to ECS, and in seconds
the computer matches his qualifi-,
cations against the requirements
for financial aid totalling over
$500 million from colleges, univer-sities,
foundations, corporations,
Two Bethel sophomores, Tom
Mesaros, and Nancy Johnson, have
been circulating among high state
offices these past two months.
Working toward a project in
American Government, under the
professorship of Mr. Dwight Jes-sup,
they chose to observe and re-port
the activities of the governor
during a non-election year.
Tom and Nancy have been found
on many occasions under the ro-tunda
of the capitol building as-similating,
analyzing, and organ-izing
the bustling activity which
accompanies the governor's daily
duties.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays,
Tom and Nancy have appeared in
the capitol area to meet with the
governor's secretaries, to read
press releases, to attend press con-ferences,
and to meet with the gov-ernor
himself.
Their first contact with Gover-nor
LeVander came in a money
raising kick-off banquet for the
United Fund held in South St.
Paul, October 3. Since that time,
they have had much casual con-tact
with him in his offices. On
one occasion they sat in on the
Pardon Board, composed of the
Attorney General, Doug Head, the
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, and Governor LeVander.
Commenting on their experience,
the two agreed that the governor
and civic, professional, charita-ble,
business, social and fraternal
organizations, and trade and labor
organizations and religious and
philanthorpic groups all over the
United States.
The computer then types out an
individualized report to the stu-dent
listing the sources of financial
aid for which he qualifies and to
which he should apply.
The entire one-time cost of this
service is $15.
Further information on the ECS
Computerized Scholarship - Search
Service is available from Mrs. Har-die,
Student Services Office.
is easily accesible to the public.
Anyone can arrange to have an in-terview
with him, said Tom. He
went on to explain that the gover-nor
sets aside nearly four hours
per day for private interviews with
his constituents.
Though the governor is easily
accesible he is surrounded by a
complex establishment of secre-taries
and advisors. Member of a
legion of committees, commissions,
and planning groups, he must con-stantly
be briefed on the progress
of the myriad branches of a mov-ing
government.
The two emphasized that the
governor takes time out frequently
to greet groups of school children
that tour the government build-ings.
His informality in these situ-
The CLARION
wishes its patrons
all the very best
during this
Thanksgiving Season
ations does much to maintain a
vital public image. Nancy cited
one instance when the governor
came out into the square facing
the capitol to cut a huge pumpkin
pie for the Owatonna Pumpkin
Festival.
One of the firsts which Tom and
Nancy witnessed was the precedent
for the weekly reports from the
governor to be aired over several
local radio stations. This is part
of the governor's effort to main-tain
communication with the fran-chise.
Though it was sometime before
Nancy and Tom knew the gover-nor
on a casual basis, Tom stated
in conicusion that the governor
was really, "just another guy."
Martin Recital
With a selection of songs headed
by several oratorio arias, D yid•
Martin will present his senior r2-
cital in Seminary Chapel Mon-day,
November 27. Martin will 13?,
assisted by Jonathan L. Larson,
and accompanied at the keyboard
by Miss Karen Hale.
The musical menu includes three
German lieder songs, one by
Brahms, Strauss, and Schumann
each. In addition to the arias from
Handel's 'Samson' and Mendels-sohn's
"Hymn of Praise", Martin
will sing a Dvorak song cycle, and
two contemporary settings.
He will be joined by Mr. Lar-son
in two duets one by Carl Gotze,
and the other, 'More Love To Thee,
0 Christ' by C. Saint-Saens.
Mr Larson will sing three num-bers
as solos. Notable among them
are two selections written by the
American contemporary, Aaron
Copland.
The recital is scheduled for the
8 P.M. hour.
Computer Stores Scholarship Data
Aids Student Searching For Money
World Mission Group Sponsors
R. C. Priest On Mission Philosophy
Father Marvin Deutsch, 6 year Customarily, the meeting is open
veteran of the mission field in to all who have the time and in-
Tanganyika, will make an appear- terest
ante on campus under the scholar-ship
of the World Missions Fellow-ship.
Sheldon DeLuca, president of th2.
group, stated that Father Deutsch.
a Catholic priest will address
himself to "The Philosophy o f
Roman Catholic Missions in Light
Of The Last Vatican Council'.
The meeting will be preceded by
dinner together in the President's
Dining Room, 5:30, December 1,
Friday. Father Deutsch will t^ke
the rostrum at 6:15.
It is learned that Father Deutsch
is interested in a frank exchange
of thought regarding the Protes-tant
Philosophy of Missions as seen
by the students.
Page 2 the CLARION
We Eat Turkey, Mince he Researching Population Problems
While OtherWorld Starves
Wednesday,
Professor Works With Ford November 22, 1967
Editor's Note—The following editorial appeared in the Fri-day,
November 17, issue of the Gustavian Weekly, campus journal
of Gustavus Adolphus College.
On Thanksgiving . . .
Let us be thankful that we again are able to return to
our homes to celebrate this holiday.
(The United States Defense Department reported October
5 that 100,269 Americans have been killed or wounded in Viet-nam
since 1961).
Let us be thankful that we, our families, our friends,
have been spared from sickness and injury, pain or hard-ship
during the past year, and let us be thankful for those
men who have helped and healed us when illness has arisen.
(The World Health Organization reported May 1 that heart
disease was the major cause of death in the past year in indus-trialized
countries, while infectious and parasitic ailments were
major causes in agricultural nations. Other leading causes of
death were cancer, motor vehicle accidents, cirrhosis of the
liver, pneumonia, congenital malformations, infant diseases,
suicide, homicide, and malnutrition.)
Let us be thankful for our families our parents who
have raised us from childhood and our brothers and sisters
who share our happiness and thanksgiving this day.
(The North Vietnamese reported October 5 that an Ameri-can
raid September 20 killed 33 children and wounded 28 by
means of anti-personnel bombs, scattering steel particles in all
directions on impact.)
Let us be thankful that we live in a country where each
citizen has the freedom to act, worship, and speak as he
chooses as long as he does not interfere with another's right
to life and the same liberties.
(Dr. Benjamin Spock, prominent baby doctor, was hit in
the head by an egg while trying unsuccessively to meet with
President Johnson May 17 as part of a mobilization march to
end the war on Vietnam. In Chicago last summer, marchers
in peaceful civil rights demonstrations were cautioned not to
stop as onlookers started throwing bricks. They were just to
continue walking.)
Let us be thankful for being raised in a Christian com-munity,
where we and our neighbors have learned to live
in mutual respect for each other and to help each other
despite individual differences.
(The United States House of Representatives July 20 re-fused,
207 to 176, an administration bill to exterminate rats
in urban slums. This followed House approval (the day before)
of an anti-riot bill aimed at travelling agitators responsible for
inciting violence in riot-torn slum areas.)
Let us be thankful for the food before us this day and
for the things with which nature has provided us this year.
(The World Food Supply Panel reported June 17 that it is
not certain that food requirements of the next two decades
will be met. President Johnson called the food problem 'one
of the foremost challenges of mankind today.")
Let us be thankful (but let us not forget.)—T.H.
Sir:
At the outset, I define student
power as the right of students to
determine policy which affects the
student body. May I be so bold to
suggest that in my own wheeling
and dealing, I have encountered
the power structure here at Beth-el.
The policy as its exists today
is not a power concentrate in
the hands of a few administra-tors.
The real situation is fluid
democracy. The students of
Bethel are presently enjoying a
transisition from no power to
real power.
This transition is exemplified in
student representation on faculty
and administration committees.
Committee policy is a much more
subtle form of power than admin-istration
bending to crass whims
of student demand. The influence
of student representation is the
essential ingredient in a good and
workable power mix.
The plea for power in the
student representative body per
se, i..e, Student Senate, is an
inadequate solution to student
power. The criterion of efficien-cy,
responsibility and morality
verify this conclusion.
The Student Senate is not struc-tured
toward the goal of efficiency.
Senate is conscientious but very
slow to debate and decide over
proposals.
On the other hand, adminis-trative
decisions are quickly re-leased.
Such efficiency is bad if
administrative decisions a r e
made irrespective of student
body desires and demands. Sen-ate
is true to their classes.
At the same time, Senate person-nel
is transient. Such transience
limits true responsibility to the
constituency as a whole. The per-manency
of administration and the
hierarchical structure forces ad-ministration
into a dual responsi-bility—
to students and to the con-stituency.
The third criterion is the fi-nal
justification of efficiency. I
Letter:
To The Editor:
There seems to be a misunder-standing
of the relationship be-tween
the Administration and the
Student Senate. The opinion re-cently
expressed and claimed as
representative of many Associa-tion
members is that the Adminis-tration
and the Student Senate are
directly opposed. This should not
be, and I believe is not, the case.
Most colleges and universities
are vying for a greater amount of
student power. They seem to be
caught up in the exciting fervor
of change and independence. There
David Radel, presently an in-structor
in sociology at Bethel,
recently spent two years working
under the Ford Foundation in the
field of population research. The
Ford Foundation is interested in
providing governments around
the world with information that
could be useful to the country as
a whole and to its individual citi-zens.
The organization does this by
making funds available for bio-chemical
research in the field of
contraceptives as well as grants to
medical schools for the training of
such personnel. The Foundation
also provides the salary of work-ers
engaged in research within var-ious
countries, primarily in the
Far East, Latin America and Af-rica.
It was amazing to learn that
some of the countries do not know
what their rate of population
growth is. Nigeria, for example,
had an estimated population of
35 million. A census, however, re-vealed
50 million Nigerians. Ima-gine
planning for schools, hospi-tals
and housing for fifteen mil-lion
fewer people than actually
are in need of it!
Probably one of the best known
examples of population rate prob-lems
can be found in India, where
the population increases by bet-ter
than one million per month.
Only a frantic effort on the part
of the Indian government and a
number of private organizations,
has held the standard of living at
the level it is today. As long as
the population keeps on growing
at such a fantastic rate, there can
be no hope for raising those stan-dards.
In the words of Mr. Radel,
"There is a very important rela-tionship
between greater popula-tion
growth and the ability of a
country to move ahead with its
own economic development." He
pointed out that some African
countries have an annual popula-tion
increase of 3 percent, which,
have known the dean to take a
moral evaluation of student de-mand.
He seriously inquires into
student opinion. Decisions which
flow from this office are effi-cient
in terms of time, responsi-ble
in terms of constituent rep-resentation
and moral in terms
of a genuine interests in the
students.
The best system in which stu-dents
can exercise their power is
the system which incorporates a
joint meeting of administration
and students. Administration knows
this, but do students?
Rich Runbeck
is nothing wrong with wanting to
influence administrative policies,
but respect should be retained for
those in authority.
It is unfortunate that the cry for
student power has become a per-sonal
attack on one who is most
interested in listening to the voice
of the student and most actively
working for Administration-Stu-dent
communication. The Bethel
community should rise above the
antagonistic spirit and work with
the Administration out of mutual
respect.
Cathy Floberg
compounded over 100-200 years,
can have disastrous effects.
Mr. Radel said one of the great-est
problems involved in popula-tion
control is informing the pub-lic
of the problem and of the
means available to them for fam-ily
planning. He stated the need
right now is to get information
and the means to those who are
looking for a system of family
planning now.
He pointed out that in the past
people generally had large famil-ies
in order to insure the survival
of one or two of the children.
Nowadays, such groups as the
World Health Organization have
helped bring down the infant mor-tality
rate and it is no longer nec-essary
to continue to have an ex-cessive
number of children. As
long as the birth rate rises and
the death rate decreases, we will
continue to be faced with a prob-lem
of population control.
He also pointed out the necessity
of providing birth control means
within the limits of religious and
cultural teachings. In Latin Amer-ica
priests are taking a new look
at the Roman Church's traditional
stand against birth control. Many
women are turning to abortion as
the only means available to them
to control their family size.
Church leaders are recognizing
birth control as the lesser of the
two evils. The Catholic layman is
beginning to re-evaluate the posi-tion
of the Catholic Church on
this matter and is looking for
change. A recent poll concerning
endorsement of projects and
studies, such as the one carried on
by the Ford Foundation, revealed
58% of the non-Catholics in sup-
Sir:
Prodded by Malcolm Avey's re-cent
articles this letter is to inject
an overwhelming thought and a
half.
First a domestic application of
JPL's recent editorial use of the
politic of respect of dignity should
be made. Both sides of the racial
issue have interests and dignities
workers feel the brunt of the Ne-thern
cities the white blue collar
workers feel the brunt of th Ne-gro
rights action and a threat
therefrom.
And the bigger the city the big-ger
the area of friction and pain
CLARION Calls
`Power' Meeting
Jim Hammar, Lynn Bergfalk,
and Jonathan P. Larson under the
sponsorship of the CLARION have
together planned a forum on the
Student Power concept in its Beth-el
context.
Students are encouraged to hear
out the leaders who will be speak-ing
their mind on this live issue,
and to discover for themselves
whether or not something can be
done toward realizing a greater
student influence in the molding
of this campus.
The forum will be held in the
fieldhouse directly following chap-el
on Thursday, November 30.
Student Association members are
encouraged to attend this vital
discussion.
The utmost freedom will be ac-corded
to all who wish to speak
to the issue.
port of it with an astounding 54%
of the Catholics also in favor of
such a program.
The religious problem is being
overshadowed by new political im-plications.
Mr. Radel mentioned a
cartoon recently published, which
showed a gra`r 3 full of Negro ba-bies
with the labels, 'DOCTOR',
`LAWYER,' SCIENTIST,' etc. It
was captioned, "The White Man's
Pill Kept Us From Being Born."
Americans may have to look at the
birth control problem in the light
of present-day racial conditions.
Although we are not starving,
America does have problems that
are directly related to her popula-tion.
Air pollution, water pollu-tion,
city slums, unemployment,
even urban parking are all caused
by the packing of many people
into a small area. Today most Am
erican couples want 3-4 children.
At this rate the population of the
United States would nearly double
every generation. Mr. Radel says
there is a need to impress upon
people the necssity for family plan-ning
for making the "ideal family
size" 2 or 3 children.
What is the conservative Christ-ian
viewpoint on the subject of
birth control? Indeed, many take
a nearly Catholic position that
birth control shows a lack of faith
in God's ability to provide for all
our needs. But, as Mr. Radel sta-ted,
this is no longer just a per-sonal
issue. It must be considered
in the light of its effect on soci-ety
and our fellowmen. We must
take the larger view.
According to Mr. Radel, "the
big question now is, what are we
willing to sacrifice and who is go-ing
to take the initiative?"
as the groups grind. The prospect
of a major Negro action may be
countered with the prospect of a
major white reaction.
From compassion and self-inter-est
for both black and white the
lily power of Bethel should recog-nize
a role as peace maker for our
church in the cities. A desirable
solution will have to incorporate
face saving measures for both
sides.
Second though prior to the first
lets hatch our Christian conscience
by at least considering whether we
should become "involved", and if
so lets aim for the whole of life
—everywhere.
Greg Taylor
the CLARION
Published weekly during the academic year,
except during vacation and examination
periods, by the students of Bethel college
and seminary, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-scription
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Editor-in-chief Jonathan P. Larson
Assistant Editor Lynn Bergfalk
Feature Editor Linda Olson
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Layout Editor Jane Bergeson
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Opinions expressed In the CLARION do not
necessarily reflect the position of the college
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Letter:
Joint Administration -Student Effort
Will Effect Student Power- Runbeck
Community Must Work Together
On Basis of Common Respect
Letter:
Taylor Calls For Perspective
View of U.S. Racial Difficulties
