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Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, March 7, 1968
Physicists, Bethel Students Combine
In Joint 3M-Bethel Orchestra Concert
by Jeanne Seaholm
About twenty years ago While on
leave from the United States Navy
Band, Julius Whitinger visited hiq
brother Ben in St. Cloud, where
he was introduced to Ben's close
friend and fellow University of
Minnesota graduate student, Jo-seph
Jung.
After retiring from the Navy,
Mr. Whitinger joined Bethel Col-lege's
music department faculty.
Mr. Jung was by then a music
teacher in the Twin Cities (he
serves Stanford Junior High
School) and music consultant
for 3M (Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing, Inc.), where he
arranges music for special com-pany
functions and directs the
employee orchestra. Meeting
again at Twin Cities music func-tions,
he and Mr. Whitinger con-
Sister Ann Patrick Ware, S.L.,
Assistant Professor of Religion at
the University of North Dakota, ad-dressed
Bethel's chapel audience
today in a convocation regarding
ecumenism.
Born in Minneapolis, Sister
Ann Patrick Ware attended pub-lic
schools in St. Louis, Missouri.
She received her A.B. and M.A.
degrees in Latin from Webster
College and Creighton Univer-sity.
She has done graduate work at
St. Louis University, and has a
Pontifical Diploma in Sacred Stud-ies
from Regina Mundi in Rome.
Other foreign study includes the
University of Barcelona, the Insti-tute
Catholique de Paris and the
Land of the Bible Workshop in
Israel.
Sister Ann Patrick has many
"firsts" to her credit. She was
the first Catholic Nun to study
Hebrew at Concordia Lutheran
Seminary and the first nun to
teach in a public institution of
ceived the idea which brought
about the first joint Bethel-3M
orchestra concert in 1965.
The fourth annual cooperative
concert between the two conduc-tors
and their orchestras will be
presented Thursday, March 7 at
8 p.m. in the Bethel College Field-house-
Auditorium. The instrumen-talists
will perform four works,
with Beethoven's Seventh Sym-phony
highlighting the program.
Oliver Mogek will be the featured
baritone soloist, singing two oper-atic
selections accompanitd by C.
Edward Thomas.
Seventy - five instrumentalists
will blend colorfully as research
physicists and clerks from 3M
join the Bethel students for an
exciting experience in symphon•
is literature. Such an experi-ence
is made possible because
higher education, her present
position.
She has written extensively for
the "Irish Catholic Quarterly" and
"The Sower", an English publica-tion.
In the spring of 1965 she
presented a series of 20 television
shows on "The Word, Scripture,
and Modern Man" for C.B.S. in
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia,
and other major cities.
Tim Gibson, election committee
chairman, released information
this Tuesday regarding the im-pending
all-school elections sched-uled
for March 28 and 29, from
124 p.m. Primary elections are
slated for March 22, 12 to 4 p.m.
Declarations f o r student body
president, vice-president, treasur-er,
campus coordinator, and six
senate members-at-large will be
available for interested students
March 6 through March 13 in the
complementary talents allow the
joint orchestra to "tackle" more
challenging music, Mr. Whiting-er
says.
Common to all member of the
orchestra, whether students or
physicists is desire. "You won't
find a happier group of musicians
than good amateurs who love to
play," reflects Bethel's conductor.
Imported for this concert are
three men not currently affilia-ted
with Bethel or 3M, but with
long-term musical backgrounds.
Concertmaster Herman Stracha
plays first violin with the Min-neapolis
Symphony. A retired
employee of 3M, Axel Langseth,
will be Mr. Stracha's assistant
concertmaster. Dr. Stanley
Haimes, a local dentist, comes to
play clarinet.
A brother-sister duo, sophomore
Jim and senior Joan Youngquist,
are violinists in Bethel's orchestra.
Raised in Japan as children of
missionaries, Jim and Joan were
trained by the Suzuki method.
This program of study begins be-fore
the child can either read or
perceive notes, so that rote sensi-tivity
and practice become basic to
each student's approach. Six to
eight years of training are essen-tial
for a good concert violinist,
and statistics prove that Japan is
becoming the leader in producing
such distinguished musicians.
by Karen Rodberg
Bethel College took second place,
for the third consecutive year, out
of fifteen colleges from Minne-sota
and Wisconsin participating
in the ninth annual debate tour-nament
at Macalester last week.
As a member of the Twin City
Debate League, Bethel helps spon-sor
four debate meets each season
and last Tuesday's event, the For-ensic
Fund, in which the Royals
finished second.
Within the tournament are six
individual events: speaking, prose
and interpretation, poetry interpre-tation,
oratory, extemporaneous
speaking, and rhetorical criticism.
Each school may enter a maximum
of twelve speakers, two to each
event.
Three judges, who are them-selves
speech coaches, narrow the
coffee shop at the ticket window.
All declarations are due before
3 p.m. March 13. They must be
signed by a senator or election
board member.
Petitions carrying the signatures
of at least 50 Association (student
body) members are required for
all candidates. These will be is-sued
by the election board through
the P.O. boxes.
All petitions are due by 3 p.m.
on March 20.
Last Friday, March 1, the stu-dent
body participated in a refer-endum
on a Student Senate amend-ment
regarding honor point ratio
qualifications for office. With less
than 10% of Bethel's students
exercising their right to vote, the
amendment carried by an easy 64-
28 margin, according to Tim Gib-son,
chairman of the election board.
Primarily, the amendment
deals with qualifications for im-portant
senate and class execu-tive
officers as well as the sen-ate
body itself. Modifications in
the constitution include elimi-nating
the requirement that a
candidate for an executive office
have and maintain a 2.5 honor
point ratio before and during
the term of office. Secondly,
candidates that for a member-at-large,
class, or student organi-competition
down to six people for
the final rounds. Judging is done
on a point system-411e team with
the most points in the final round
winning.
Mary Ritten, a senior, took first
place in the category of poetry
with her presentation of "Snake"
and Frost's "Mending Wall." An-other
Bethelite, Jill Graham, took
second in the same category with a
cutting from "City of Dreadful
Night," by Thompson.
Steve Nelson also took a second
in the rhetorical criticism using a
critical analysis of one of Eisen-hower's
speeches by Parish to sup-plement
his own.
Rhetorical criticism is judged by
the critic chosen to represent a
viewpoint, the appropriateness of
the speech, its effect on the audi-ence,
and by the critical analysis
of the individual speaker; while
poetry is judged by the selection
of material, its aptness to the abili-ty
of its speaker, its style and de-livery,
and by the impact of the
mood created.
The Twin City Debate League
(TCDL) was formed nine years
ago by the private schools of the
Twin Cities to provide for debate
practice on an informal basis.
However, n o w that this league
sends more teams to the national
finals than any other league in the
zation office carry a 2.0 honor
point ratio.
The amendment was brought up
for consideration at the weekly
Senate meeting on January 9, 1968,
by senior Ken Brown. Discussion
centered around the question of
grades as a proper criterion for
office-holding.
It was felt that the grade re-striction
was unnecessary and
turns away potential candidates.
Opposition was also voiced con-cerning
the "artificial standard"
of grades as a major yardstick
in evaluating candidates.
No senators present opposed the
amendment in the 11-0 vote. (Two-thirds
of the senate must vote in
favor of a proposed amendment to
bring it before the student body.)
Thus, the removal of academic
qualifications f o r office-holding
won approval both in the senate
and in public referendum.
rest of the country, keen competi-tion
has risen within the TCDL to
strengthen its programs.
Two schools annually represent
each regional area at the nationals
—this year at West Point during
the first week of April—with the
participating schools paying their
own expenses.
In addition to its contribution
to the TCDL, Bethel's debate team,
headed b y professor o f speech
Dale Rott, plans several debate
trips within a 500 mile radius. This
weekend the team will load into
their travelling van and head for
Madison, Wisconsin to compete
with the University of Wisconsin,
ebapet gotez
March 11-15
Deeper Life Week with Dr.
Philip Hinnerman, pastor of the
Park Avenue Methodist Church
Monday—The Real Meaning of
Human Existence
Tuesday—The Neurotic Person-ality
of Our Age
Wednesday—The Signs of the
Time
Thursday—The Steps of Surren-der
Friday—The God-filled Life.
An article on Deeper Life Week
appears on page four.
JOINT BETHEL-3M orchestra performs in 1967 concert in Field-house.
Constitutional Change,Removes
Grade Restrictions From Office
JULIUS WHITINGER and JOSEPH JUNG, conductors at tonight's
concert, recount old experiences.
Nun Discusses Ecumenisn
In Chapel Convocation Today
School Election Info Released
Speech Students Nab Second Place
In Annual Forensic Fund Competition
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the CLARION Thursday, March 7, 1968
Current Ecumenical Issue
Movements Toward Church Unity
Spur Evangelical to Define Position . Suggests New Alliances
The excesses of radical ecumenism are obvious. The cur-rent
attempts to predicate unity on the shakey foundations
of sentiment and subjectivity have disregarded the essential
truths of historical Christianity.
A united church must possess a common belief and a
united Christian church must share an essential unity on the
distinctive truths of the Christian faith. Unity at all costs is
neither sane nor workable.
The ecumenical movement has had a significant impact
on the evangelical community. Evangelicals have been forced
to define their position and to assess the present and future
effectiveness of their ministry. The current ecumenical move-ment
has also forced the evangelical community into dialogue
with other schools of thought and, on many occassions, ecumen-ism
has promoted new alliances among evangelical groups.
More significant, however, is that the ecumenical trend
is indicative of many current social phenomena such as tech-nological
complexity, secularization, and urbanization. Many
church leaders are recognizing that the church must grow
with society if it is to offer an effective Christian ministry.
As modern man has witnessed the death of the small town
and the small business and the current struggle of the small
college, perhaps he is to witness the death of the small de-nomination.
Ecumenism as it affects the evangelical is a natural and
inevitable reaction to the fragmentary hyperfundamentalism
of the early part of this country. The "new Evangelicals" are
realizing that most of this fragmentation was based on in-significant
doctrinal issues or dubious distinctions about "the
last times."
The penetrating questions of the ecumenist are knocking
at the front door of the Baptist Conference. Specifically, the
Conference has a sound basis, both doctrinally and pragma-tically,
for unity with many other evangelical groups. The
confessional standards of the Conference are similar if not
identical to those of the Evangelical Free Church and the
North American Baptist Convention.
Recognizing the increasing difficulty the Conference is
having supporting Bethel College and Bethel Seminary in
addition to its other commitments, it seems imperative that
we give serious consideration to a merger with a similar
evangelical group. Rather than competing with one another
and duplicating services, it seems sensible that we should
unite.
Such a merger would enable the newly formed group to
support a quality liberal arts college geared to the demands
of modern education and a seminary that would fill local pul-pits
with trained, competent ministers. This would also alle-viate
overall administrative costs since both groups would now
be adniinistered from one office.
At the grass roots level this would affect no radical
change. Individual churches would function as always, but
with a stronger basis for cooperation with each other in corn-muity
efforts.
Despite the practical benefits of such a plan, any reor-ganization
faces opposition from the establishment. The old
Swedish traditions and the current organizational patterns
have become a static force resistant to change.
Ultimately the question involves a choice between the ef-fective
work of the Church or the established cultural pat-terns.
If our Christian commitment is what it claims to be,
it seems that the former alternative would be unquestioned.
R. H.
The amendment which removes academic qualifications
from office holding in student organizations is antithetical to
the purposes of a college as well as those of student govern-ment.
Not only the amendment itself, but the unpublicized
way in which it gained approval, merits criticism.
According to the constitution of the Bethel College
Student Association, a two-thirds vote in the senate is nec-essary
to propose an amendment to the student body for
adoption. The senate, with 21 seats, voted unanimously, 11-0,
in favor of the, change. (Eleven represents a minimal quorum.)
The rationale of those favoring the amendment is weak.
Discussion in the senate, conversation with various senators,
and some of the remarks made by supporters of the amend-ment
during balloting Friday point to the following reasons:
1) Grades do not provide a true picture of a candidate's quali-fications;
2) Many of those interested or participating in stu-dent
government are presently walking a tightrope regarding
grade qualifications; 3) The change really makes no difference
as upperclassmen usually need a 2.0 to remain in school. There
may be other reasons as well; if so, there are a number of
students who would like to hear them.
Let us examine the above reasons, beginning with the
last one. If the change really makes "no difference" why even
suggest the amendment in the first place? Apparently the
change makes a difference to someone.
Secondly, the honor point ratio of those holding office or
interested in office has questionable bearing on the standard
of academic qualifications for office. It is foolish and danger
ous to mistake "what is" as the standard for "what ought to
be."
The other argument supporting the amendment chal-lenges
the validity of grades as a criterion for office holding.
Few would disagree with the contention that grades repre-
The late Archbishop William
Temple described the church unity
movement as the twentieth cen-tury's
most significant develop-ment.
The whole spectrum of
Christian thought reflects this
trend, from the liberal World
Council of Churches to the very
conservative American Council of
Christian Churches. Indeed many
church leaders have called this
"the ecumenical age."
The ecumenical movement as
a defined entity has crystallized
in the National Council and the
World Council of Churches. As
a result of their ecumenicity,
these groups have achieved a
spectacular growth and have
done much to spread the ecu-menical
fervor to other groups.
The thrust of these groups is
the intention to breakdown all de-nominational
barriers with t h e
hope of establishing a truly uni-
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sent somewhat arbitrary distinctions, and that they are not
an infallible means of evaluating students.
Yet, this grants no excuse for excluding academic con-siderations
from office holding. The Student Association con-stitution
did not require a 3.0 or 4.0 honor point ratio from,
candidates, but only a 2.0 (required for graduation) except
for 2.5 for executive offices.
This qualification does not call for academic excellence
by any stretch of the imagination. , It only establishes aca-demic
competence as a qualification for, office. This seems
neither strange nor unfair.
Bethel College is an educational institution, and the pri,
mary function of such an institution should center on educa-tion.
Those who represent and formulate decisions affecting
the student body should show evidence of satisfactory progres s,
in the academic realm.
Formidable problems could result from adoption of the
amendment. Since there are no academic restrictions for of-fice,
even students on probation are eligible. There is no
guarantee that a student elected to office will not be forced
to leave school because of scholastic problems.
It is scarcely unreasonable to suggest that anyone pre-viously
barred from office by academic considerations would
need to involve himself in studies rather than student govern,
ment. A student already struggling to keep his head above
water scholastically would have little chance of succeeding if
he were to add the responsibility of an office—particularly an
executice position—to his load.
To conscientiously meet the demands of a senate or ex-ecutive
office would spell academic suicide for an individual
experiencing such difficulty without additional responsibilities.
(NEXT WEEK—why the amendment should be resubmit-ted
to referendum a second time.) L. B.
versal church. Martin Marty, as-sociate
editor of the ecumenical
weekly The Christian Century, ,
counsels ministers in a procedure
that would actually promote "the
ultimate death and transfiguration"
of these forms while patiently "liv-ing
in the denominations and be-ing
faithful to their disciplines."
The ecumenical spirit, how-ever,
is not a phenomenon re-stricted
to the liberal wing of
Christendom. To a lesser extent,
conservative groups reflect many
of the same trends.
The ecumenical tenor of Vatican
II and such evangelical organiza,.
tions as the Baptist World Alliance,
the National Association of Evan-gelicals,
and perhaps the ultracon,
servative American Council of
Christian Churches evidence this
movement.
In an attempt to guard against
the excesses of liberal ecumen-
Amendment Demands Reconsideration
ism and yet acknowledge t h e
truth in the movement, Carl F.
H. Henry, editor of CHRISTIAN-ITY
TODAY, has defined what
he considers to be the "Princi-ples
of Christian Unity," ground-ed
in the conviction that true
ecumenism strives for "oneness
among like-minded believers."
In response to the liberals, Henry
comments that "The existence of
the one Church (the universal spin
itual church) as churches (specific
bodies of believers), extended over
time and space, is not per se a
contradiction of the Church's es-sential
unity." He also states that
denominational "differences have
not destroyed the inner unity of
Christians in Jesus Christ but have
impaired the reflection of that un-ity
in the visible churches."
Henry urges that "churches
whose separate existence i s
grounded in basic thelogical dif-ferences
of faith and order
should seek to resolve these dif-ferences."
Thus to the liberal
movement Henry is suggesting
that true doctrinal differences
must be resolved before any at-tempt
at ecclesiastical unity is
begun.
With respect to the fragmentary
forms of Fundamentalism, Henry
comments that "by the fragmen-tary
denominational reflection of
their unity in Jesus Christ, by their
rivalry on the mission fields at
home and abroad, by sometimes
denying to others the liberty of
conviction they claim for them,
selves, churches give imperfect wit-ness
to the Gospel and create ob-stacles
to the fulfillment of the
mission of the Church."
As an indictment of many ul-traconservative
groups, Henry
further comments that "Church-es
whose existence derives only
from sociological, racial, or cul-tural
differences ought not to
remain separate and divided.
They should seek, wherever pos-sible,
union with other churches
of like convictions."
The past strides of ecumenism
are clear, but the future remains
tenuous. Henry comments that the
future does not augur hopefully
for the movement. "It is being
carried along by the ecclesiastical
establishment. History shows that
the establishment has never ori-ginated
any great spiritual move-ment;
it is too much concerned
with self-perpetuation of its own
leadership."
Seemingly, if ecumenism is to
be a continuing characteristic of
the twentieth century it must cap-ture
the imagination of the laity.
R. H.
the CLARION
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periods, by the students of Bethel
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Proof Reader Karen Rodberg
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Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not
necessarily reflect the position of the college
or seminary.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
Thursday, March 7, 1968
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CAMPUS FORUM
Collins Resigns
To the Editor:
On November 21, 1967, I met
with President Lundquist and
handed him my letter of resigna-tion
from the faculty of Bethel
College. Since this action could
easily be misinterpreted, I would
like to follow Dr. Moberg's exam-ple
by briefly stating some of the
reasons which have lead to this
decision.
First, I did not decide to leave
because of a belief that Bethel is
a lost cause. While I have never
been an enthusiastic believer in
the Christian college, I am con-vinced
that there is a future for
this institution. In my opinion,
Bethel is one of the best—if not
the best--of the Christian colleges
in the country. We have problems,
but so does every other school
and I do not feel that I am leaving
a sinking ship.
Secondly, I am not leaving be-cause
of a loss of confidence in the
Administration, the Board of Edu-cation,
or the Baptist General Con-ference.
Like most faculty mem-bers,
I often disagree with the
policies and decisions of these lea-ders,
but such disagreements are
not in themselves strong enough to
lead to my resignation. When I
indicated my intention to leave,
the President made several sincere
attempts to keep me here and I
am grateful for his consideration,
during these past several weeks.
Thirdly, I am not leaving be-cause
of the current difficulties
in finding a new academic dean.
My resignation was submitted prior
to much of the recent controversy
and in no way reflects a feeling
for or against any potential can-didate
for dean.
My decision to leave Bethel is
based instead on two positive
facts. First, I believe this is the
Lord's leading and secondly, I
have been attracted by a more de-sirable
position elsewhere.
In my opinion, God leads people
who want to be in submission to
His will. He directs in a number
of ways. I came to Bethel because
I believe the Lord led me here.
I have stayed for the same rea-son
and I am now leaving because,
after much prayer and delibera-tion,
my wife and I are convinced
that this is His plan for our lives
at present.
I have been grateful for my
Iowa City, Ia.—(I.P.)—Universi-ty
of Iowa President Howard IL
Bowen recently declared that he
is not in sympathy with what he
described as a trend toward turn-ing
university campuses into cent
ters of broad political action.
"It is quite evident that some
political leaders are eyeing the
campus as a possible base of sup-port,
and equally evident that some
students and professors would like
to carry the university into the
political arena," he said.
But, said the U of I presi-den,
a university finds its influ-ence
through the power of ideas,
not through overt political ac-tion.
"The university as a cor-porate
body is neither Hawk
nor Dove, Democrat nor Repub-lican,
socialist nor capitalist,
segregationist nor integrationist.
It is not a parliament or a politi-cal
party or a pressure group."
He warned that a unversity
might lose its intellectual power,
four years at Bethel. This has been
my first job and I believe that it
has provided opportunities which
as a beginning faculty member I
could not have had elsewhere. As
is true of any small college, how-ever,
faculty members here must
teach a variety of courses.
While I have enjoyed this, I have
felt increasing frustration because
of an inability to specialize in one
area and because it has been dif-ficult
for me to find time for
writing. The school to which I am
going will provide opportunity to
focus my attention on one area
of interest and a lighter teaching
load will permit time for writing.
In September I will be taking a
position as Professor of Pastoral
Phychology and Director of Clini-cal
Training at The Conwell School
of Theology in Philadelphia. With
the hiring of ten new faculty mem-bers
this interdenominational in-stitution
is taking on a conserva-tive,
evangelical perspective. I am
excited about my new role of de-veloping
a program for the further
training of both future and pres-ent
church leaders.
As we leave, my wife and I want
to express our appreciation for our
contacts with so many of the stu-dents,
my colleagues on the facul-ty,
and the staff. It has been good
to be part of the Bethel communi-tY-Gary
R. Collins
Is Bethel Dead?
To the Editor:
Another distinguished member
of the faculty has felt the call of
God to leave Bethel and go to an ,
other place of higher education
to proclaim God's truths. What
are we who are left behind to do?
Who will be our leader now? Who
will be our teacher? Who will be
our friend? Who will show use the
way?
Because our educators feel led
to teach elsewhere are we to cry
that God has "taken His hand
away from Bethel?" Are we to
proclaim that "Bethel is Dead"
like those who shout that our God
"is Dead?" Does God wish for us,
His children, to join these groups?
I think not! Yet, what are we as
students doing? There always have
been prophets of doom, alarmists,
and opportunists. There are today.
And there will be until the Lord
shall return to claim His own.
What does God desire of us in
its integrity and its credibility if
the ability to function with ob-jectivity
and detachment were un-dermined
through political activ-ity.
"I admit that the distinctions
between the university as a cor-porate
entity, its professors and
students and searchers for the
truth, and its professors and
students as citizens are subtle
and difficult to apply in prac-tice,"
he continued, "yet it is
only as the universtiy is meticu-lous
in its regard for these dis-tinctions
that it will retain its
real power, which is a source
of ideas."
A university has its own ethics
to defend, President Bowen said,
and it is an ethic of freedom of
thought and speech, the right to
be heard, the obligation to seek
and report the truth regardless
of consequences, the evaluation of
persons solely on the basis of
Viet Nam and War
To the Editor:
Dear Gad,
It's about Viet Nam.
Professors of international law
have said the war is illegal.
Poiticians, have said it is sui-cide.
Clergy of all faiths, in great
numbers, have said it is immoral.
Yet we go on killing, sometimes
in a ratio of ten civilians for each
Viet Cong.
When a group of Bethel students
gathered to protest this war, an-other
group of Bethel students ga-thered
to mock the protesters:
"The `so what' position was
supported by Paul Erickson
character and performance, the
judgment of scholarly and artis-tic
work by peers, the avoidance.
of plagarism and the promotion
of high standards in intellectual
and aesthetic matters.
"It is the simple fact of life
that the university, if it is to
be loyal to its mission, will re-ceive
criticism," President Bow-en
said. He explained that there
is criticism because universi-ties
are too "theoretical" and do
not serve immediate purposes as
represented by the Pentagon,
private business, and local gov-ernment;
but at the same time
others charge that universities
have "sold out" to the "estab-lishment."
Meanwhile he said, the univer-sity
is also criticized simultane-ously
both for being too critical
of contemporary society and for
being too supportive of existing
institutions and policies.
and the boys' in their attempt
to interject humor into the
event. They too were prepared
with relevant literature and
sought to propagate their
ideals through the sale of war
comics" (the Clarion, Febru-ary
22, 1968).
Father, their action was at least
open for all to see; but what about
my inaction? I have not bothered
to find out what is going on over
there. I have been too busy. 'Be-cause
the situation is complex and
controversial, I have found it safer
to make no decision.
Jesus you forgave those who
tried to interject a little humor
into your agony, and I must be-lieve
that you forgave the apathy
YOUR LUNCH 1--(DOZ AGAIN."
thy presence, and take not thy
Holy Spirit from us. Restore us
to the joy of salvation, and uphold
us with a willing Spirit." (51:10-12)
__Who should be our leader? Who
should be our teacher? Who is our
friend? Who does show us the way
through His Word?
To you, Dr. Collins, we would
express our heart-felt gratitude for
the many hours you have given us
to help us understand ourselves
and in understanding others. Thank
you also, for just "being a friend"
to the students of Bethel College.
God bless you, and keep you as
you go forth in service for Him.
Ralph E. Sheppard
Leonard Speaks
To the Editor:
Too often I get the feeling that
the various elements of the col-lege
community tend to become
so absorbed in themselves a n d
their own functions that the actual
functions of the community are
either neglected or overlooked. The
educational purpose of Bethel Col-lege
should be "to help each per-son
to realize his unique and sa-cred
potentialities and to make his
own best contribution to society."
As a means to this end the col-lege
ideally "attempts to provide
an intellectual, social, and spiri-tual
community in which indivi-duals
can grow and learn in a va-riety
of situations, are encouraged
to assume responsibility intelli-gently
and may develop a discri-minating
awareness of and con-cern
for Christian motives." (Beth-el
College 1967-68 catalog, p. 8—
emphasis mine).
We tend to forget that none
of us can exist by himself, that
we are all part of a community.
that led to Auschwitz, but, oh God,
can you forgive us?
Jon Mark Fagerson
Amendment Unfair
To the Editor:
An organization which fails to
take seriously its own established
by-laws has itself lost the right
to be taken seriously. The Student
Senate at Bethel, on the basis of
voting activity last week, seems to
have developed such a weakness
and is in real danger of losing
credence and respectability with
its constituents.
The specific activity to which I
refer is the referendum vote of
last Friday regarding an amend-ment
to the Constitution. As spe-cified
in the Constitution, this
amendment, as any other, should
have been posted in a public spot
at least one week before the day
of voting to alert and prepare vo-ters.
As it was not posted even
one day prior to the vote, passage
of the amendment was secured
with scarcely one-hundred persons
voting.
Another aspect of the voting is
under question: no official expla-nation
was offered on either the
ballot or the posting as to the
exact nature of the change so that
one was required to ask the ballet-box
personnel, "Does this mean
. . . ?" In fairness to the voters,
such explanations must be made.
My own displeasure at the pass-age
of this amendment points to
my own bias; nevertheless, the
very arbitrary methods employed
by the Senate in this instance are
not to be discounted. Therefore, I
appeal to the student association
to 'reopen the referendum and sub-mit
it once again to the student
population in the manner pre-scribed
in its Constitution. If such
action is not taken, I shall be
forced to conclude that it is a self-defeating
and farcical organization.
Linda C. Olson
Each of us is held accountable for
our actions by a Larger Entity.
The goal of an educationally-minded,
intellectual, social a n d
spiritual community is severely
put out of reach whenever an ad-ministrator
sees student dissent as
a demonstration of immaturity,
without considering whether it is.
The goal is put further back when-ever
a student organization feels it
necessary to almost go to war to
get a calendar date, permission
to hold a meeting, bring in a per-former,
etc.
The goal is put back whenever
an administrator feels it necessary
to condemn students for personal
traits or habits which are not par-ticularly
unChristian in nature, or
whenever concern for the public
image takes precedence over the
goal of an "intellectual, social, and
spiritual community."
Somehow I receive the feeling
that often the Student Senate op-erates
for the Student Senate, the
Student Services Office operates
for the Student Services Office,
the Business offices for the Busi-ness
offices, the library for the
library, the bookstore for the book-store,
etc.
All of these should be operating
for the total community, but this
does not seem to be the case. This
is, I believe, unhealthy to an aca-demic
community, although I, like
everyone else, am partly to blame.
However, I will suggest more
tolerance and love can be exer-cised
by all parts of the communi-ty,
and I will assert that there is
no one in this community who is
immune to the need of prayer re-garding
this problem.
Leonard R. Sammons'
"I BELIEVE I'VE Lfarazep INT
times like these? The writer of
Proverbs puts it this way: (You) ,
"Trust the Lord with all your
heart, and do not rely on your
own insight. In all your ways ack-nowledge
Him and He will make
straight your paths. Be not wise in
your own eyes; fear the Lord, and
turn away from evil." (3:5-7)
Is it not time for us to cry out
along with the Psalmist of old,
"Create in us a clean heart, 0 God,
and put a new and right spirit
within us. Cast us not away from
Administrator Believes Campuses
Must Not Become Political Arena
BETHEL DELEGATION visits Minnesota Representative Joseph Carth in his Washington office.
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Hinnerman Brings Messages
In Deeper Life Week Slate
A Bethel professor and six so-cial
science majors journeyed to
Washington, D. C. during the ini-tial
week of second semester to
participate in the Washington Se-minar
on Federal Service spon-sored
by the National Association
of Evangelicals.
This Seminar is designed for
students from Bible and liberal
arts colleges that maintain a pro-gram
of higher education with an
evangelical Christian emphasis.
More than 15 colleges are involved
in the program. This is the fourth
year Bethel has participated.
Dwight Jessup, professor of po-litical
science, coordinated this
year's trip to Washington, D. C.
with senior Linda Lehmann, jun-iors
Irene Balogh, Nancy Gerdin,
Cindy Karlsson, Dale Rendahl and
sophomore Ken Lewis. Those se-lected
for the Seminar must
achieve a "B" average and dem-onstrate
an interest in public af-fairs
as possible candidates for
government service or as potential the Supreme Court, and took a
teachers involved in instructing mock Civil Service test.
classes on professional opportu- Observing the Senate and House
nities in government service. of Representatives in action was
The Seminar aims at acquaint- of special interest to the students.
ing students with professional op- Somewhat dismayed by the confu-portunities
for college graduates in sion and lack of interest displayed
the federal service. In addition by the congressmen, the visitors,
it allows them to observe govern- none.the-less, gained an insight in-ment
in action while implement- to the fuctioning of the legislature.
ing their insight into the rela- Included in the agenda were
tions between political ethics and tours of cultural and public inter-
Christian ethics and the manner in est. Students visited the Washing-which
men and women can demon- ton Monument, Smithsonian Insti-strate
their Christian witness in tute, Mount Vernon, Arlington Ce-federal
government. metery and (by special permis-
The group left the Twin Cities sion) a tour of the White House.
by car Sunday, February 4, arriv- A little off-the-schedule sight-ing
at the Dodge Hotel in Wash- seeing enabled the group to watch
ington, D. C. Monday evening. President Johnson welcome Prime
Tuesday morning they began a rap- Minister Harold Wilson to the
id three-day sequence of lunch- White House, and to interview Rep-eons,
tours, sessions, and speech- resentative Carth from St. Paul.
es. While on Capitol Hill, the The students were impressed by
the cordial way in which they were
received. They agreed that the Se-minar
was an exciting and infor-mative
way to play hooky for a
week.
by Joanne Joslyn
Deeper Life Week will be held
at Bethel College March 11-15.
These days will be a time when
students, under the leadership of
one man, can renew their spiritual
lives and be drawn into a closer
relationship with Jesus Christ. The
main goal of Deeper Life Week
is to show students how to have
a deeper life in Christ and to be
controlled by Him in every part
of their lives.
The speaker for this week will
be Rev. C. Philip Hinnerman, who
is now the minister of Park Ave-nue
Church in Minneapolis. He has
served in this church since 1952.
Rev. Hinnerman received his B.A.
degree from Asburg College in
South Viet Nam
Missionary Here
Mr. Oral Steincamp, a missionary
on furlough from South Vietnam,
will speak at the World Missions
Fellowship meeting on Saturday,
March 9, 1968. Students will meet
at 5:30 p.m. for dinner in the
president's dining room and 6:15
p.m. for the meeting.
Mr. Steincamp worked in Viet-nam
for five years. He spent the
first half of his term in DaNang
working in evangelism with the
national church pastors. He spent
the second half in Saigon in liter-ature
work.
Subjects under discussion will
include Mr. Steincamp's own work,
the effect of the war on Christian
missions and on the national
church, and the martyrdom of the
missionaries.
The Christian Missionary Alli-ance,
under which Mr. Steincamp
labors, began working South Viet-nam
in 1911. As of now, they have
370 national pastors and a size-able
church membership.
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of them attend his church.
His wife, Adora, has sung with
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a well-known vocalist in the Mid-west.
She will sing at a metting
in the Seminary hall chapel on
Thursday night at 8 p.m. All in-,
terested students are invited to
this special meeting.
Rev. Hinnerman will speak in
morning chapel each day and will
deal with various topics about hu-man
personalities and surrender-ing
to the will of God. He will be
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Ways and Means Committee on
LBJ's taxes and on foreign prob-lems,
toured the Pentagon and
After a year's absence, "Tune
Tangle" will reappear on the cam-pus
social calendar. Sponsored by
the social committee, the event
centers on competition among clas-ses
in the presentation of choral
music. Activities are slated for 8
p.m., March 16, in the fieldhouse,
Each competing chorus must in-clude
twenty or more students, but
may not have more than ten mem-bers
who are participating in any
performing chorus on campus. The
"Tune Tangle" committee has selec-ed
one song, "Theme From A Sum;
mer Place," which each group
must sing. In addition, each class
will be given the option of singing
one or two additional songs.
A trophy will be presented to the
winning chorus with the year and
class engraved upon it. Each year
the trophy will go to the winning
class, and- plans call for its dis-play
in the coffee shop. Judges for
the contest will be chosen from the
faculty.
Groups and skits will supplement
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Approaching Summer SPAN Projects
by Kathy Johnson
Two Bethel students, Jane Ber-geson
and Paul Johnson, will par-ticipate
this summer in the Stu.
dent Project for Amity among Na-.
tons sponsored by the University
of Minnesota. Jane will spend her
summer in Sweden while Paul will
spend his in Austtalia.
SPAN aims to encourage friend-ship
and understanding among na-tions
while providing its students
with wide opportunities for inde-pendent
study. A SPANner spends
a year in preliminary study of the
country in which he will study. He
also prepares himself for a study
project that he will pursue over
the summer.
The SPANner spends eight
weeks of the summer in research
for his project and also has a
limited opportunity to visit sur-rounding
countries. After the
SPANner returns to Minnesota,
he prepares a project report on
his summer's research.
Dr. James Johnson, SPAN ad-visor,
expressed disappointment
that no Bethel students applied
this year for the summer of 1969.
He feels that SPAN can provide
an exciting Christian experience.
The student will find many oppor-tunities
to express his faith in the
various contexts in which he will
operate.
Jane Bergeson's project will
concern "Immigrants to Swe-den."
Every Saturday she at-tends
a Swedish class at the Uni-versity.
She also meets with the
other members of the team go-ing
to Sweden to discuss projects
and to study Swedish culture,
economics, and political institu-tions.
She will read several books about
Sweden for general familiarity
Jane Bergeson
with the country. She said that her
biggest problem so far involved
choosing a subject for her project
and narrowing it down sufficiently.
She feels discouraged at times be-cause
there is so much to read and
learn even before she arrives in
Sweden.
Paul Johnson listed his great-est
fears as all the shots he will
have to get and facing a strange
and large city. He will spend the
summer in Sydney and will do
an "Analytical Study of the Aus-tralian
General Practitioner from
a Sociological Point of View."
The Australian team had an op-portunity
to spend a weekend at
Camp Courage earlier this year.
At this time they found themselves
able to become better acquainted
and to become a close-knit group.
Paul also attends meetings at the
University with his team to learn
about important areas of Austral-ian
life and to discuss things such
as travel.
Paul Johnson
In a news release February 29,
the Minnesota Headquarters of the
Selective Service System provided
further information on how the
Military Selective Service Act of
1967 operates. The release ex-plains
graduate study deferments
and the function of the National
Security Council.
Most graduating college seniors
or students in their first year of
graduate work will be unable to
retain their II-S classification. Un-der
the advice of the National Se-curity
Council on February 16.
1968, deferment for graduate stu'
dy was limited to registrants in
medicine, dentistry, or an allied
medical specialty, or those who en-tered
their second or subsequent
year of graduate study last fall.
Congress, by law, has directed
the National Security Council to
advise the Director of Selective
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Drop Two of Fin
by Faith Zwemke
In their last three contests the
Bethel women cagers lost two and
won one. They suffered losses
against the U of Minnesota and
Pillsbury; their victory was at the
expense of Fairview.
What began as a lopsided game
in favor of Bethel resulted in
a heartbreaking defeat as the U
nipped Bethel 31-29. At the half
Bethel had a solid lead 24-11.
However, the third quarter
brought some surprises.
Bethel's offense couldn't seem to
hit the mark and they scored a
meager 2 points. Meanwhile, the
U crashed in on Bethel's slump and
doubled their total making the
score 26-22. The fourth quarter
ferment of needed professional and
scientific personnel and those in
critical skills and other essential
occupations. Under this authority
the council makes recommenda-tions
on graduate and occupation-tional
deferments.
The Council consists of the Pres-ident,
Vice President, Secretary
of State, Secretary of Defense, and
the Director of the Office of Emer-gency
Planning.
Although the National Security
Council has recommended that the
lists of essential activities and cri-tical
occupations be suspended,
there is no change in the authority
for granting occupational defer-ments.
Local draft boards have the
continuing responsibility, under
law, to use their discretion in
granting occupational deferments.
in individual cases, based on a
showing of essential community
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the CLARION Page 5
didn't improve for Bethel as they
sank 3 points and committed nu-merous
mechanical errors.
The bulk of the scoring was
done by Barb Lindman as she
totaled 22 points. She was fol-lowed
by Marilyn Edgar with 5.
Although Bethel had the incen-tive
to defeat Pillsbury due to
their previous loss to them, the
Bethel cagers couldn't overcome
an early lead and lost 43-37. Once
again the third quarter was deci-sive
in the defeat as cold shooting
and bad passes plagued the Bethel
squad.
Pillsbury also won out at the
free-throw line as they put in
11 of 19 while Bethel scored
only 7 of 20. Barb Lindman was
top scorer with 25 points fol-lowed
by Sandy Spurgeon with 5
and Lynnette Port with 4.
Despite the fact that Bethel suf-fered
their second loss to Pillsbury,
the team felt they improved their
game considerably. Initially they
were defeated by 14 points, 44-30.
However, in their most recent
game they showed a stronger de-fense
and were downed by only
6 points.
Bethel had met Fairview earli-er
in the season and once again
won by a large margin. Bethel
shot off to an early lead and
maintained it with little diffi-culty.
The final tally read 49-22.
For the first time this year,
three Bethel basketballers scored
in double figures. Barb Lindman
led the attack with 21, and Marilyn
Edgar and Karla Ask contributed
16 and 10 points respectively.
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by Frosty Peterson
During the 1967-68 season, the
Royal wrestlers compiled a com-mendable
8-10 record as compared
with 2-16 last year. The squad
came out on top in total team
points, however, with 276 against
237. This indicates the many pins
made by the Royals, notably Dave
Anderson, and also the closeness of
several losses.
Two wrestlers who had out-standing
individual records this
season were Bob Olson, 15-1-2, and
Greg Ekbom, 15-2-1. Three others
with very good win-loss records
were Barry Anderson, Dave An-derson
and Kurt Dokken. The
three team point leaders were Bob
Olson, who piled up 63, Greg Ek-bom
with 52 and Dave Anderson
with 42.
At the wrestling banquet,
which was held yesterday eve-ning,
Barry Anderson and Bob
Olson were named co-captains
for the 1968-69 season. Bob Ol-son
was also named the most val-uable
squad member.
Coach Doug King expects to see
most of the members back next
year and also hopes to have some
new recruits. A need for more
depth in the lighter weights was
expressed as it provide more bal-ance
to the squad.
Comparatively, the squad was
young as all but two are either
sophomores or freshmen. This
was not detrimental so the ba-sic
skills learned in high school
experience are generally suffi-cient
enough for college wrest-ling.
It does mean, however, that next
season there should be an equally
strong, it not stronger, squad. Con-sidering
the way in which the Roy-als
wrestled this season, the 1968-
69 season should see even better
results.
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by Jerry Loomis
Despite a disappointing 7-17 basketball season, little dis-appointment
could be seen in the play of Ron Pederson. Ron,
a 6'6" junior from Willmar, Minnesota, continued to play his
fine offensive, defensive, and rebounding game throughout the
year. In fact, Ron played so well that he broke 6 of Bethel's
roundball records.
Even before the season began, Pederson held all three
possible rebounding records: 1) 30 rebounds in one game, 2)
331 rebounds in a single season, and 3) 643 career rebounds.
He broke the last two again this year, pulling down 379 re-bounds
and jumping his career total to 1022.
The other records Ron broke this season are as follows:
1) Individual season scoring-604 points
2) Individual season field goals-245
3) Career points-1421
4) Career field goals-575
There are at least three more records that Ron has a
chance to break next year in addition to extending his career
totals. These are total points in one game (his 43 now stands
second to Don Moore's 46), total field goals in one game (his
17 ties him for third with Dave Bjorklund behind Dan Wester-lund's
20 and Moore's 19), and career free throws, where he
needs just 88 to break Truman Turnquist's total of 358.
1967-68 FINAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS
Name
Pederson
Larson
Robertson
Weko
Richardson
Maylon
Feldman
Brodin
Lundgren
Johnson
Wellberg
Fredeen
Ericson
Roemer
Bjorklund
BETHEL
OPPONENTS
FGA
515
217
202
195
176
139
121
56
45
39
23
3
3
4
26
1774
1853
FGM
245
87
101
69
68
55
43
13
10
12
4
2
0
0
10
719
810
FG%
47.6
40.0
50.0
35.4
39.1
39.6
35.5
23.2
22.2
30.8
17.4
66.7
0
0
38.5
40.5
43.7
FTA
177
95
92
97
53
71
28
19
6
25
12
5
0
0
8
688
764
FTM
114
63
57
60
37
51
19
13
4
20
6
2
0
0
5
451
492
FT%
64.5
63.3
62.0
61.9
69.8
71.8
67.9
68.4
66.7
80.0
50.0
40
0
0
62.5
65.5
64.4
T Reb
379
66
79
187
52
58
105
13
29
28
21
6
0
1
14
1216
1229
Ave
15.8
3.1
3.3
7.8
2.2
2.5
5.3
0.8
1.8
1.6
1.0
2.0
0
1.0
2.3
50.7
51.2
TP
604
237
259
198
173
161
105
39
24
44
14
6
0
0
25
1877
2177
Ave
25.2
11.
10.8
8.3
7.2
7.0
5.3
2.4
1.5
2.6
.7
2.0
0.0
0.0
4.2
78.2
88.6
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Thursday, March 7, 1968
Youthful Grapplers Complete Slate;
Squad Looks Toward '68-69 Season
(Key: FG-Field goals; FT-Free Throws; A-Attempted;
M-Made; T Reb-Total Rebounds; TP-Total Points;
Ave-Average)
