Clarion 1969-05-01 Vol 43 No 26

              Vol. XLIII—No. 26
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, May 1, 1969
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Tuition increase figures
reveal greatest percent
going to faculty salaries
More than 60 per cent of the
money provided by the tuition in-crease
for 1969-70 will be used di-rectly
for the instruction and re-search
budget of the college, ac-cording
to figures released recent-ly
by Graydon Held, comptroller.
Tuition fees at Bethel, raised
from $1,300 to $1,450 per year,
are expected to exceed $1,450,000,
or an increase of approximately
$150,000 over this year's level.
Of that increase, 61 per cent will
go primarily to faculty salaries
for the coming year, according to
Held's figures on the educational
and general expense increase over
the 1968-1969 budget.
Included in Bethel's total anti-cipated
$1,052,673 appropriation
for next year's instruction and re-search
funds (almost one third of
the total budget) is a 10 per cent
across-the-board increase for facul-ty
members, as well as allocation
for several additional faculty mem-bers
being contracted for 1969-70,
officials said.
(Watch for further information
on the total college and seminary
budget, and national comparisons
of Bethel faculty compensation in
the next issue of the Clarion.)
The second highest area of in-crease
in the '69-70 budget is Stu-dent
Services, where 13 per cent
of the total increase has been cited
for a new counselor and creation
of a separate admissions office.
Official mourning period is over,
but Eisenhower memories linger
by Tom Ford
(Editor's note: Although the official mourning period ended
this week, our nation still mourns for Eisenhower. Here, a Bethel
student reminisces about the Eisenhower era in a tribute to "Ike.")
A troubled nation is was that laid to rest Dwight David
Eisenhower. Amid the tensions that are a mark of our times,
Americans had a chance to remember fondly the era of tranquility
that was a tribute to the energies of Dwight Eisenhower, the
President.
Also remembered were those trying days in which the Allied
forces swept to victory in war-torn Europe, a tribute to the
leadrship of Dwight Eisenhower, the General. He was the per-sonification
of those elusive virtues of rural America : kindness,
honesty, sincerity, simplicity. As perhaps no other man in modern
times, he embodied all that has made America great.
Fitting it was that this man "from the Heart of America"
was laid to rest in an army-issue coffin. Despite the tremendous
power that was his to wield, both as the Commander-In-Chief of
the world's mightiest army and then later as President, he remained
a simple man.
As a General, he frequently visited his men, bolstering morale
with the confidence that he radiated. It was easy for these men
to trust such a man. The American people, in a similar way, found
it easy to trust this man, and to love this main as few political
leaders are ever loved. Such was the nature of his character.
Many were the critics that derided his Administration and
its seeming lack of accomplishment. But Dwight Eisenhower did
for America what only time and bitter experience has taught us
to appreciate. He brought America out of a war and into an era
of tranquility that she truly needed.
Americans will miss the famous Eisenhower smile. Dwight
David Eisenhower, known to one and all affectionately as Ike,
has left his mark on this quarter-century, a mark that time will
not tarnish. Americans salute this man that gave so freely of him-self
in the service of the nation that he loved so much.
Bethelites band to oppose
pending juvenile legislation
A Bethel Student Committee for involved and various materials and
Sound Juvenile Legislation has or- editorials on the subject and re-ganized
recently in an effort to cently attended sub - committee
work against a bill pending before hearings.
the Minnesota Legislature to au- Letters and flyers have been
thorize the transfer of problem sent by the committee to Confer-delinquents
to the St. Cloud Re- ence churches in Minnesota urging
formatory for Men. those interested to write their
A spokesman for the 10-member legislators concerning the matter,
committee said the project began and members of the committee are
as a voluntary venture to gain ex- personally writing Minnesota legis-perience
in community organiza- lators and the governor.
tion for a social work methods The group emphasizes that this
course. Members have studied bills cont'd on page 4
Senate endorses SUI
by Pat Faxon
the process of discussing and de-
Last week's senate meeting, an termining the future of women's
experiment in time and place, hours. Mesaros reported that var-
(the coffee shop at 9:30) was pre- ious members of the faculty were
sided over by its new president, interested in the motion which was
Dennis L. Olson. The experiment later presented and passed calling
was intended to increase the meet- for action in liberalizing curfew
ing's availability to students. and visiting hours for coeds.
business. A report on the Student
the noise and confusion which ex-the
student representatives accom-plished
some rather significant
but it was generally conceded that
fects. Future time and place of the
senate meeting will be determined
studied schedules of the senators.
isted overrided any positive ef-by
the president after he has
The objective was accomplished,
In spite of the general confusion, responsibilities to the complex
spect, was submitted. The motion
the program proposed by the com-gelical
Church was lagging in its
and that Bethel's educational poli-cies
were also lacking in this re-called
for the implementation of
mittee of students for Urban In-needs
of today's Urban Society"
volvement.
A motion stating "that the Evan-
Personnel Connittee was given by Student Association President
Tom Mesaros. The committee is in Dave Shupe stated that support of
A breakdown of next year's tui-tion
increase over the '68-69 budget
(per student) includes:
$ Increase %Increase
Gen. administration $12 8%
Student Services 20 13
Public Affairs 6 4
Gen. Institutional
Instruction & research 91 61
Organized activities 7 5
Library 6 4
Maintenance of
physical plant 8 5
Total projected tuition
increase over '68-69 $150 11.5%
project
the program was crucial at this
point. He also commented that a
program of this nature would be an
asset if Bethel ever wished to join
the Coalition of Urban Studies,
a new educational program that is
under development for Twin City
area schools. The senate passed
the motion.
A motion was also passed to
investigate the possibilities for
opening iBethel's switchboard Sun-day
morning.
Greg Taylor submitted for ap-proval
the selection of members
for the committee to investigate
communications. Members of that
committee include Chris Froelich,
Darrell Nelson, Cindy Simpkins,
Maurice Zaffke, and Greg Taylor
as submitted and approved.
ST. PAUL'S INNER CITY — CAN SOMETHING BE DONE?
(See editorial on page 2)
Page 2
the CLARION Thursday, May 1, 1969
SUI would be relevant
Students can help
living-learning venture Interim session offers challenge
Recently Bethel students and faculty have been thrust
into the limelight concerning planning of the new campus.
Discussions and student brainstorms have been welcomed.
Among the ideas being discussed is the "living-learning"
concept expressed in Warren Bryan Martin's book, Alternative
to Irrelevance. This concept is based on the idea that learning,
to be effective, must be applicable in the process of living—the
more immediately applicable the better. This is something
which prominent educators everywhere advocate—that the
motivation of learning is based on the immediacy of application.
Perhaps this is why students are crying for "relevancy."
They see little, if any, opportunity to express what they "learn"
(i.e. memorization) in the inward type of atmosphere of the
college. Granted, Bethel does offer various avenues of living
involvement in Christian Services ect. But there is always that
"escape" back to campus, and the saturation of the problems
of the world seldom lasts but an hour or two. Concerning prob-lems
of the city, this type of involvement is hardly "living-learning."
As Bruce Flemming puts it in his paper, The Rural Church
and the Quiet Revolution, "The frontiers of America are no
longer on our prairies but rather in the asphalt jungles of the
city."
There is an "alternative to irrelevance" being proposed in
a more foreseeable form to the Bethel community. The program
is called "Students for Urban Involvement" (SUI) and it is
presently being discussed and reviewed by a group of interested
students and faculty.
SUI involves a living-learning plan for a group of students
in an inner-city area. It is presently structured as a one-year
program offering 30 college credits in conjunction with special
seminars, lectures and other related research.
Because of the total involvement in the city, students
would be forced to deal with the realities of city life. This is
relevancy.
An obvious advantage of such a program is the learning
experience by the student, but there are other advantages not
so apparent.
The program offers a fantastic opportunity for Christian
witness — students would be constantly encountering people
of the area. Also, there would be opportunity for experience
in a social work type of atmosphere. The very fact that the
program is an educational experiment is justification enough
for its adoption into the curriculum.
The most immediate hurdle the program must cross in
order to achieve its goals is the financial aspect (of course).
It has been proposed that SUI financial resources be shared
by the Minnesota Baptist General Conference, the college and
the students.
The Conference would furnish the house and a subsidy
for utilities. Bethel College would furnish instruction and
supervision. The student would furnish tuition and one year
of service.
May 12 is the date that the program is presented to the
Mission Board of the Conference for approval.
An alternative to irrelevance is presented in SUI. Rele-vancy's
greatest enemy is indifference.
Publications plagued
with sagging interest
Student publications at Bethel are in a sad state, and
getting into a sadder one. Unless something happens fairly
soon to rejuvenate them, they may go under for that third and
final time.
All student publications are at a severe disadvantage: no
one remains on their staffs for more than four years, and most
staff members put in far less time than that. So any college
newspaper, or annual, or literary magazine, stands or falls on
the amount of interest a temporary audience takes in it — and
the amount of active interest a small portion of that audience
takes.
Interest (and especially active interest) in publications at
Bethel seems to be falling fast. Clarion, Spire, and Coeval all
have problems finding people willing to work. The Clarion
has a deadline to meet every week, so the lack of a large staff
just gives the small staff a bigger job.
The Spire promises to be better than last year's (it had
better be) but, like last year's, it won't be out until fall. Even
a good annual loses much of its value after a summer has
pushed the year into the past.
There is a great deal of potential in the Bethel student
body that is not being realized. Realizing that potential should
be the goal of the publications. But how? A facelifting program,
to make the jobs more glamorous? More stipends? A reorgani-zation
of the entire system of student publications?
C. M.
Bethel students have been asked
to share in plans for a first major
change in the school calendar
since the adoption of the semester
system in 1957. The innovative
part of the new calendar is the
Interim session, January 7-21, 1970.
Although the Interim is new to
Bethel College, it is a proven pro-gram
to nearly one hundred private
colleges. Most of the colleges in
St. Paul will feature a January
Interim session by 1971. Macalester
College is one of the schools which
has had an Interim for a number
of years, part of its 4-1-4 calendar
curriculum.
An ad hoc committee has been
appointed by Virgil Olson dean of
the college, to draw up the main
guidelines of Bethel's program.
Faculty members, through their
departmental chairmen, have been
asked to submit course descriptions
and suggestive ideas to the com-mittee
chairman, Professor Walter
Wessel. A form has been made
available so that students can also
register ideas for special studies
or for suggested structures for the
Interim.
Officials hope the January In-terim
will be a kind of laboratory
for creative ideas, for new ways of
learning, and for testing some
To the editor:
I want to commend you on your
facility of expression in "Students
Plan Indictment Protest March"
March 27, 1969,issue of The Clarion,
and at the same time check you
up a bit on what I believe may be
a disservice to your fellow students
and the Christian testimony of
Bethel.
I know you students are hard
pressed for time and material. And
I know that it can seem thrilling
and relevant to take current issues
and dash off a piece, letting your
emotions, biases and prejudices
carry you away. The printed page
is a real power, and should be
wielded with all the serious think-ing
and integrity at our command
— especially Christian writers.
Okay, I'm lecturing, forgive me!
You wrote of the Grand Jury
making serious blunder in respect
to action against those allegedly
causing $6,000 damages to prop-erty.
Now what comes under the
heading of "criminal prosesses,"
and not the "state interference in
the educational process." As you
correctly state, "There is no doubt
that the Grand Jury had the right
to issue the indictment." Now, it's
in the courts where it should be.
I felt badly when you turned
around and said: "The indictment
was, to put it bluntly, stupid."
How do you KNOW it was stupid?
Don't you think the court must give
that verdict? You certainly don't
want to assume the position of
God, Judge and Jury by making
rash remarks like that. You can
stir up shallow-thinking students
to irrational action by assuming you
know it all.
When crimes are alleged to have
been committed this is no longer
an "educational process," and the
police are not "outside," they are
our constituted way of handling
crime. If people bash in my front
door and begin to destroy my
furniture, I'm glad I can call the
constituted authority to put a stop
forms and functions of the curri-culum.
The structure of the Interim,
though quite flexible, is designed
for full student participation.
Three credits can be obtained on
a credit-no credit basis. Grades
will not be used. No additional
tuition will be charged for the
January term. Only students regis-tered
for one or both of the 1969-
70 semesters will be eligible.
Colleges using the Interim fol-low
a variety of programs, includ-ing
common study experiences for
each class, or a common theme,
like poverty, to which all disci-plines
address themselves. There
is also the wide open assortment of
offerings which vary according to
the creativity, skills, professional
training of the faculty.
Bethel's Interim committee seems
inclined to experiment with at least
two approaches: a common theme
that would engage the study of a
sizeable part of the student body,
and then the bouquet of free style
courses which can engage the stu-dent's
time on the campus or off
the campus. A few study tours are
being considered.
The faculty is expected to break
away from the lecture-listen-learn-ing
syndrome and to experiment
with a variety of teaching tech-niques,
with a great stress on inde-to
it. There is no double standard:
When people destroy school prop-erty,
they make themselves subject
to law enforcement — and that's
the natural process — not some
strange interference from the "out-side."
You agree that if the courts
have a case they can prosecute.
Then you turn right around and
say that all charges should be
dropped. Just who are you assum-ing
to be that you can tell your
peers what is right and wrong
without due process? Aren't you
really glad that we don't deal on
that emotional unfair basis?
The Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh
expresses it very well I believe,
when he gave his message last
February to students and faculty
of the University of Notre Dame
(the underlinings are mine):
"There seems to be a current
myth that university members are
not responsible to the law, and that
somehow the law is the enemy,
as are those whom society has con-stituted
to uphold and enforce it.
I would like to insist here that
all of us are responsible to the
duly constituted laws of this Uni-versity
community and to all the
J-S banquet
rates praise
To the editor:
In appreciation of the highly
succussful junior-senior banquet,
we as seniors wish to express our
sincere thanks to the junior class
officers and committee for the su-perb
arrangements and planning
for the event.
The quaint atmosphere of Lord
Fletcher's wharfside English Pub
decor, with the "romantic" string
entertainment, will be remembered
as a highlight of the year.
Dan Johnson,
Jim Erickson
pendent study and sharing by the
student.
Students should not consider the
Interim period as a snap program,
according to Dr. Olson. Although
only one project or subject will
occupy the student's time, it is
expected that this will be a full
time experience for the sixteen
class days.
The benefit of the Interim is
that the student can concentrate
fully on one assignment without
interruptions from other curricular
demands. Students in other col-leges
who have experienced the
Interim, testify that it is one of
the most absorbing learning ex-periences
in their college career,
Dr. Olson said.
A basic program soon will be
outlined so that students can plan
for the Interim and make prelimi-nary
choices for the courses.
"We know that we will experi-ence
some frustrations and perhaps
some failures in pulling this pro-gram
off as successfully as we
would like," said Dr. Olson.
Time has not been on our side
this year, it seems, and we hope
that students and faculty will en-ter
into this experiment with con-structive
cooperation so that the
Interim will be conducted in a
way it can be critically evaluated
for the benefit of future curricu-lar
planning," the dean added.
laws of the land. There is no other
guarantee of civilization versus the
jungle or mob rule, here or else-where."
Dear C.M., the central problem is
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT OUR
WORLD'S WRONGS. We want to
heal them. We've got the world's
best method of government to do
that job, no matter how bungling
we have used it. My daddy used
to tell me, "Son, I'd rather be on
a construction gang than on a
wrecking crew."
I don't think it's anything to be
proud of to use the world's system,
and tear everything down. Return-ing
evil for evil is the way the
unChristian world says will do the
job. So, when we see some wrongs
righted by that process, we may
think, well maybe that's the way
to get the job done. History and
the Bible will tell us over and
over again that in the long run
that won't work.
For pity sake, don't let's fall
cont'd on page 3
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necessarily reflect the position of the college
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Reader questions Morrill editorial
INDIAN MISSIONARIES
Making plans for their summer as student missionaries in
the North American Indian Mission are (L-R) Randy Stauter,
Bruce Otto, Sandy Sanford and Sue Anderson.
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Four go as missionaries to Indians
by Marjorie Rusche
Trends in education are chang-ing
rapidly today, and Bethel seeks
to keep abreast of the new devel-opments.
The curriculum c o m m i t t e e,
chaired by Dr. Larson and consist-ing
of Jim Carlson, Mary Jo Healy,
Maruice Zaffke, Dr. Anderson, Dr.
Christian and Dean Muck, is the
organ from which new ideas con-cerning
curriculum are channeled
and originated.
At a faculty meeting on May 15,
the committee report will present
and recommend certain items for
discussion. Curriculum changes are
subject to faculty approval.
looking forward to discovering
more of the reality of being a
Christian."
Sue is a sophomore from Mora,
Minn., and her main interest in
high school centered around edit-ing
the paper and working on the
yearbook. She was also active in
her Church where she was an of-ficer
in the Evangelical Baptist
Youth Group and spent four sum-mers
at Oak Ridge Camp. Her ma-jor,
as yet, is indefinite but her
interest centers around medicine.
Randy Stauter, from Grantsberg,
Wisc., is a junior majoring in
history. His athletic interest at
Bethel centers around baseball in
which he plays 2nd base.
His experience as an orderly in
a hospital taught him that more
than anything else, he wanted to
help people. This experience, he
said, was one of the main reasons
he decided to apply for the S.M.P.
"I realized that I wanted to make
use of my whole summer to help
"We would like the faculty to
consider a total change," Larson
stated. "We need an alternative to
patchwork and spotty improve
ment. We wonder if it wouldn't be
better to switch from 14 disci-pline
orientated departments to
four major divisions, or even to
have students study along lines of
concern tracks," he added.
We wonder if the student would
not receive a more profitable and
fully-integrated education by look-ing
at a concern area from the per-spective
of several disciplines, by
capitalizing on the tension between
a discipline-oriented teacher and
a concern-orientated student."
people. Also it will be great prac-tical
experience for any Christian
field I go into," he said. His future
plans include Seminary and possi-bly
the pastorate.
Like Randy, athletics is the name
of the game for Virginia (Sandy)
Sanford. Sandy is a sophomore
from North Haven, Conn. Her high
school activities included Ski Club,
Tumbling and Gymnastics Club,
and almost every other P. E. ac-tivity.
At Bethel, Sandy is on the Girl's
Basketball team and volley ball
team. She is assistant director of
the Girl's Athletics, the President
of the P.S. minors club and plans
on majoring in P.E. or Recreation
in preparation for teaching.
Sandy said, "I was saved through
a missionary and now I have a
duty to help others know Christ
too. I'm looking forward to learn-ing
the power of God."
Bruce Otto, vice president of the
junior class, lives in South Minnea-polis.
He plays in the band and is
in the Bethel Trombone Quartette.
He is employed at the Sweden
House where he has worked for
3 1/2 years. For the last six or seven
years he has spent 2 weeks every
summer to work at the Minnepoint
Boy Scout Camp in Northern Min-nesota.
He plans to major in Chem-istry.
Next year he will be chair-man
of the Welcome Week Commit-tee.
The group will leave June 19 for
Vancouver. On June 20, they will
arrive at Thetis Island for a week
of training that will prepare them
for teaching and living in the vil-lages.
Then they will be completely
on their own in their villages where
they will work with children and
conduct adult and teen meetings
and Bible School.
Reader
cont'd from page 2
into the clutches of the few dis-sidents
who want only to destroy.
If they didn't have some kind of
a half-way cause, they wouldn't
be able to catch our fine youth.
Don't use their thoughtless, illogi-cal,
stupid, shallow tactics.
Think, man, think. You are dif-ferent
if you are a Christian!
Yours in His matchless Name,
Dr. Edwin R. Greene, pastor
Warner Avenue Baptist Church
Huntington Beach, California
Thursday, May 1, 1969
Magnuson gives
senior recital
Jim Magnuson, Lyric tenor, will
present his senior voice recital at
8:00 p.m. Monday in the Seminary
Hall chapel.
Jim, a student of Mr. Oliver
Mogck, will be accompanied at his
recital by Bev Pearson.
Selections for his performance
include: a solo cantata, "God, Cre-ate
in Me a Clean Heart" by Die-trich
Buxtehude and "Five Songs"
by Claudio Monteverdi, both of
which are accompanied by a string
trio composed of David Nydeggar,
Jim Hainlen, and Sharon Jones;
selected German Lieder by Hugo
Wolf and Franz Schubert; "In Na-tive
Worth" by Joseph Haydn, and
"Il Mio Tesoro" by W. A. Mozart.
His final section will include con-temporary
selections including "An
Angel Speaks to the Shepherds" by
Ned Rorem.
Magnuson is a voice and conduct-ing
major and he will be pursuing
a master of church music degree
from Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Ky., after
graduating from Bethel in June.
Royal Players
plan production
Arms and the Man is the produc-tion
the Royal Players will present
May 7, 8, 9, 10. G. B. Shaw's play
is both romantic, dealing with the
relationship between a soldier and
a young lady, and dramatic, grasp-ing
with the morality/immorality
of war. Its setting is in the 1850's
in the midst of the Bulgarian-Ser-bian
war.
Cast for the play includes: Bob
Bryant as Sergius, Ken Fisher as
Bluntischli, Polly Jacobson as
Raina, Faye Kulbitzkie as Cather-ine,
Elmer Nelson as Nicola, Jon
Nordstrom as Petkoff, and Laurel
Toy as Louka.
Each night's production begins
at 8:00 p.m. in room 106. Admis-sion
is 50c. Attendance is required
for Fine Arts students.
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by Karen Nelson
The coming of June will find
most Bethelites heading home for
summer vacation. But for four
Bethelites, it will mean heading to
Vancouver for special preparation
for work in the North American
Indian Mission.
Student Missionaries who have
been selected for this summer work
are Sue Anderson, Sandy Sanford,
Randy Stauter, and Bruce Otto.
They will be sent either to vil-lages
or camps and will be "rough-ing
it" for the most part, living
in a vacant house, a common town
building, or even a tent. For the
girls, there will be additional hard-ships
as they are allowed to take
only idress, 2 skirts and blouses,
1 pr. of jeans, shoes and jackets.
When asked reasons for applying
to the Student Missions Program,
Sue Anderson replied, "I just de-cided
I couldn't be happy this sum-mer
unless I could actively be
telling people about Christ — I'm
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Pastor—Robert Featherstone
Assistant Pastor—Bill Malam
Orville S. Walters will speak
next Thursday in convocation on
"Emotional Conflicts of College
Students." Dr. Walters is Director
of Health Services and a lecturer
in psychiatry at the University of
Illinois.
Walters holds a M.D. from Louis
University, a Ph.D. from the Uni-versity
of Kansas, is a graduate of
the Menninger School of Psychia-try
and a diplomat of the American
Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
He will attend a luncheon Thurs-day
hosted by the Psychology de-partment,
then will visit a psychol-ogy
class. Another convocation,
this time on the Arden Hills cam-pus,
will occur at 9:40 Friday. Wal-ters
will attend a luncheon at the
seminary, then speak at a pastoral
counseling class.
Walters is the father of Richard
Walters, Bethel's manager of pur-chasing
and auxiliary enterprises.
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In recognition of Lloyd Dahlquist (L) who recently resigned after 10
years as general secretary of the Conference, Bethel's president Carl
Lundquist presented him with a stack of about 20 books written by Bethel
staff members during Dahlquist's period of service.
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by Pastor Maurice Lawson
Bethel's track team will provide
our Monday worship experience.
Chalking up impressive victories
in competition this year, they also
have been finding time to take
over the services in several church-es.
Support them at Ramsey High
on Saturday afternoon, and share
with them the victory in Christ
on Monday.
Tuesday is class meetings day.
Wednesday the Pastor will begin
a short series on the Christian and
English Majors?
Are all pudgy pedants?
by Miraim Kling
The English major: a stilted, moody, either rotund or stick-like
near-sighted, uncoordinated pedant whose sole aim in life is to devour
as many pages in one sitting as possible and spew it forth in flowery,
but well organized thesis sentences.
This image attacks the minds of many a person when confronted
with the idea of a student steeped in the higher elements of literary
thought. Such a warped stereotype is a shame and a thorn in the flesh
of many vibrant, witty, athletic, personable majors of English on the
campus of Bethel College.
My purpose, however, is not to defend the reputation of the English
major, for upon futher inspection, the facts will defend themselves,
but rather to investigate the reasons behind such faulty judgement.
Is it possible that many of us, in our impressionable youth were
stricken with fear, anxiety, boredom or disgust at some time in our
schooling by an English teacher, perhaps more so than by any of our
other subject teachers? Are not memorizing the lines of a hated poem,
diagramming paragraph-length sentences, memorizing dates and summer
cottages of many, a poet, getting an F for a run-on sentence or three
spelling errors when you have poured out your soul,—are not these
common experiences, their unforgivable infringement upon our human
dignity, lying dormant in our hearts?
Futher, hardly can we forget the monotonous drone of our teacher's
uninteresting, neuter voice as she/he mechanically expounded upon the
style of Silas Marner or the imagery in The Scarlet Letter. Those were
the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end . . . but they did.
Granted, vast mistakes have been made in the teaching of English
in the past, and the type of mechanical, dry, uncool methods of teaching
appealed to the English major of that day, (described in paragraph #1)
but the times they are 'a-changin'.
Of particular concern toward a new vitality, relevance, and allow-ance
for freedom, and creativity in the field of English is the Bethel
College English Department which is even now embarking on plans to
improve and renovate its methods for next year. English majors on
Bethel's campus today greatly influenced such a needed change and I
think it would be worth your while to check out the various sundry
vital personalities involved. By the way, since when has your department
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the world. The topic will be, "What
in the World?." Thursday is con-vocation.
The Exkursions will provide the
program on Friday. This is a rock
group, men whom Christ has re-deemed
from a life of sin. Spon-sored
by Inter-Varsity fellowships
of Chicago that have joined in the
Chicago Evangelism project, they
will be on local campuses witness-ing
of Christ. Many of our students
will join their team for the after-noon
and evening on secular cam-puses.
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Thursday, May 1, 1969
President Lundquist completes third term
Bethel president evaluates position
by Marjorie Rusche
"The job of running any Baptist school is ex-tremely
difficult, and the denomination does not give
any man enough money to do the job," according to
the president of Ouachita Baptist University who re-cently
resigned from his position.
". . the denomination fences him in with re-strictions
against federal aid and against going direct
to the churches with an appeal for funds," he was
quoted as saying. "It all boils down to the fact that
one man has to carry the load that a thousand men
ought to carry — and a good many of the thousand
are always jumping up and down on top of the load
to make it harder instead of helping to carry the
load," he added.
In direct contrast to this, however, is Bethel's
President Carl Lundquist who recently discussed
with the Clarion some of the problems, joys and
responsibilities of his position.
In his typical pleasantly-smiling fashion President
Lundquist admitted, "I've been President of Bethel
for 15 years now, and let me say that it's been a
great privilege—and fun."
President Lundquist comes up for review this
summer at the annual Baptist General Conference
meeting as his third 5-year term expires.
Being President of Bethel requires attention to
three general areas: overall co-ordination of college,
finances, and evaluation of the college's progress.
President Lundquist spends approximately one-third
of his time travelling in which he "interprets"
Bethel to various interested groups and churches,
and makes personal contacts to raise funds. (Last
fiscal year personal, church, and business contri-butions
to Bethel totaled $586,437.)
Fund-raising is an extremely vital part of the
Presidents job, for educational costs keep on rising.
There is a growing concern from many areas that
small private colleges may be pricing themselves out
of existence. Some members of the administration
feel this could happen at Bethel. Others are more
optimistic.
"There are five probable long-range ways that
costs for the students at Bethel may be stabilized
or reduced." Lundquist noted. "First, we must con-cont'd
from page 1
piece of legislation calls for im-mediate
action by students who are
residents of Minnesota, as well as
other interested students.
According to an "Opportunity
for Social Action" notice the group
has drafted, Senate File 1612, if
passed, would:
—Represent a step backward in
corrections f r o m rehabilitative
treatment for children to repres-sive,
regimented measures.
—Pose difficulties in meeting
legal requirements for separation
of juvenile and adult offenders
and may be, in fact, unconstitution-al.
���Change the name of the penal
institution to "Training School" to
"legalize" putting children with a-dult
offenders.
—Provide opportunities for adult
inmates to influence and exploit
juveniles.
—Place children in an antiquated
1881 structure at St. Cloud.
—Limit vocational and recrea-tional
programs for both adults
and juveniles.
—Cost $15,000 to several mil-lions,
depending upon the degree
of seperation.
Dick Erickson, part time in-structor
in the social work de-partment
who has been working
with the committee, represents
the State Citizens Council for De-linquency
and Crime.
sider the history of longevity of private colleges,
their ability to ride the boat when things get rough.
"Next, increasing scholarship aid will be offered
—possibly long-range federal grants. Third is the
possibility of tax credit to parents for college tuition
costs. Fourth, we are checking into cost-accounting
and other streamlined economic operations.
"Another hope for a school like Bethel is private
contributions from people interested in the type of
school Bethel is. Thus, the clarity of our Christian
aims must come out. If we fuzz out our objectives, try
to imitate universities, Bethel is doomed, and ought
to be."
Bethel is marked by relative calm, and President
Lundquist prefers it that way. "I have no objection
to sit-ins; however, I definitely do not condone vio-lence.
It is difficult to generalize about Negro and
student protest movements, but groups such as SDS
are communist infiltrated. "
"I welcome every opportunity to be close to
students. At the beginning of each year we have the
Senators in our home. I see quite a bit of the Student
Body President." President Lundquist is even more in
contact with students at the seminary, where he teach-es
a "Life of Devotion" class for seniors.
The President encourages students to assume po-sitions
of leadership where they can represent Christ.
He feels the administration tries to trust the students
and that "the freedom of the student to just be himself
on Bethel's campus is phenomenal."
"The drinking and smoking standards Bethel holds
should never be changed," Lundquist maintains.
"However, the penalties and gradations in punish-ment
are under a great deal of discussion."
"A difficulty with liberalizing women's hours are
the peeping Toms and sex assailants that roam close
to the campus at night. This still will be a problem
at the New Campus. The school must have a respon-sible
way in which we know where our girls are,"
he explained.
Lundquist hopes we will be able to recruit black
students for Bethel's campus. "It's in the process of
committee right now. The faculty's ready to try.
Special academic concessions will have to be made
for the Negro," he noted.
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by Faith Zwemke
For 35 adventurous Bethel wo-men,
last Saturday was much more
exciting than taking up a spot in
Bethel's library. At 8:00 a.m. a
bus load of girls accompanied by
Miss Patricia Brownlee and Miss
Carol Morgan set out for Taylors
Falls and a canoe trip down the
St. Croix river.
Clad in swimsuits and various
sun hats, and armed with paddles,
life jackets and food, the girls
started down the St. Croix in 11
canoes.
One canoe of girls felt that ca-noeing,
fun as it may be, was just
not enough so they managed to
fly a kite out of their craft. The
group also used a little foresight
in regard to lunch as they let 80
cans of pop cool by dragging them
along in the water.
Around noon the group stopped
at a park along the way and eager-ly
devoured sack lunches and bask-ed
in the sun. Due to some diffi-culties
with high waters, the girls
had to remain in the park until
they could be assisted in clearing
a bridge nearly under water. Final-ly,
near the supper hour, they
reached their final destination, O'-
Brien State Park.
The park was to be the site
of the canoers' overnight camp
BETHEL RELAYS
Hamline 60, St. John's 53, Augs-burg
45, Bethel 41 1/2, Gustavus A-dolphus
30 1/2, Concordia 16.
SHOT PUT-1.*Hamline 96' 81/2"
3. Bethel, Olsen 46' 6" and Nel-son
41' 93/4"
HIGH JUMP-1. Gustavus 12' 2"
3. Bethel Pearson-Gulian 11' 8"
LONG JUMP-i. Bethel Pearson-
Fredeen 41' 7 1/4 "
POLE VAULT-1. Augsburg 13'
SPRINT MEDLEY-1. Hamline 3:-
33.8 3. Bethel Pound, Campbell,
Olsen, Berggren 3:39.5
120 YD. HI HURDLES-1.*St.
John's :14.9 3. Lehman :15.4
4. Fredeen :16
100 YD. DASH-1.*Hamline :09.9
3. Olsen :10.3
DISTANCE MEDLEY-1.*Augs-burg
10:44
440 RELAY-1.*Hamline :43.1 3.
Bethel :44.9
2 MILE RUN-1)'St. John's 9:43.8
2 MILE RELAY-1.*Gustavus
8:14.1 5. Bethel 8:59.1
360 YD. LO HURDLE SHUTTLE
RELAY-1. Hamline :40.8
5. Bethel
MILE RELAY-1.*Hamline 3:23.4
3. Bethel Campbell, Fredeen,
Berggren, Pound 3:26.6
grounds, but some stormy rain
clouds cancelled that. However, be-fore
the showers broke loose the
girls played a little softball and
stuffed down some hot dogs, beans,
potato chips, and roasted marsh-mallows.
Seeing that time was run-ning
short before the rain storm,
sleeping bags and equipment were
hurriedly loaded on the bus, and
just in time.
Because the overnight camp-out
did not work out, several dozen
eggs and a few pounds of bacon
which were planned for breakfast
were not eaten. Upon arriving back
at Bethel, Miss Brownlee attempted
to auction off the extra food, but
after five good hours of canoeing,
she didn't find many enthusiastic
buyers.
For most of the girls it was all
they could do to drag themselves
and their sleeping bags back to
their rooms. But amidst yawns and
sluggish steps the canoers managed
a few weak smiles and agreed that
"it sure was fun!"
Under the auspices of the Intra-mural
Office and the interest of a
few "ace" bowlers, seven Bethel
students represented the college at
the NAIA district II roll-offs at
Diamond Lake Lanes in Minneapo-lis
recently.
The team was made up of Murray
Sitte, Jerry Loomis, Harley Hansen,
Warren Disbrow, Doug Carlson,
Jim Lindberg, and Steve Peterson.
880 YD. RELAY-1.*Hamline
1:30.8 3. Bethel Pound, Campbell,
Fredeen, Olsen 1:32.9
DISCUS-1.' Hamline 274' 3 1/4"
4. Bethel Swedberg-Nelson 224'
9 1/4 "
TRIPLE JUMP-1.*St. John's 81'
10 1/4" 3. tie-Gustavus and Beth-el
Lehman, Pearson 79' 4"
JAVELIN-1. St. John's 316' 2.
Bethel Swedberg-Nelson 308'
*Denotes new record in Bethel
Relays
by Dan Nelson
Tennis coach Bob Gustafson's re-cent
prediction that ". . . the team
should win at least half of its
matches this season" might prove
true if it continues to follow a pat-tern
set during the first four mat-ches
of the season.
Bethel netters got off to a fine
start against River Falls on April 18
by ripping them 8 to 1. Gary Has-selblad,
Gary Ask, Steve Bloom,
Gaylord Anderson, and Steve Duin-inck
all won their singles matches
easily. Dale Lindwall, though hav-ing
no practice this spring gave
River Falls' Bloomgren a tough
match. Hasselblad and Ask routed
Herun and Goodier 6-1 6-1.
In the second doubles match,
Bloom and Anderson beat Scholl-meier
and Wollen 7-5 6-4. Duininck
and Lindwall beat Gruen a n d
Bloomgren in the last match of the
day 3-6 6-4 6-2.
Royals didn't fare as well at
Gustavus, however. Hasselblad lost
to Britzius 2-6 6-8. Ask fell to
Englund 3-6 2-6. Krueger of Gus-
Though the boys finished eleventh
"out of a field of 12 entering teams,
they did not have the advantage
of having a regular bowling pro-gram
at the school. However, all of
the men with the exception of
Sitte had bowled in the Intramural
bowling competition last winter.
The Twin City based tournament
drew four Minnesota schools and
Bethel was the only home town col-lege
represented.
La Crosse State University of
Wisconsin won the tournament and
the berth to the national finals in
Kansas City with a 5-man 6-game
total of 6,032 pins. Bethel managed
5,211 pins. Murray Sitte placed in
the upper third of individual per-formances
with 1146 pins. Jerry
Loomis scored a 234 in one game
which put him 15th for high games
out of a total of 504 games bowled
in the tournament.
Sitte picked up two 200-plus
games and Harley Hansen had one.
tavus beat Bloom 6-1 6-2. Anderson
and Duininck lost to their oppon-ents
1-6 1-6, 2-6 4-16 respectively.
In doubles Hasselblad and Ask
scored the only point of the day
for Bethel as they beat Britzius
and O'brien 10-7 in what is called
a pro set. Bloom and Anderson lost
to Carlson and Lobdell 7-10 in the
other doubles match. The final
score was Gustavus 6 and 'Bethel
1.
Back on the winning trail, Bethel
paddled the Hamline "B" team 5-2.
Hasselblad beat Airis 6-2 3-6 6-2.
Ask then slammed Marjorowiscz 6-
1 6-0. Bloom took his opponent 6-2
6-1, Anderson whipped Johnson 8-
6 6-1, and Duininck slipped by
Sherrick 8-6 7-5. Both Bethel teams
Sherrick 8-6 7-5. Both Bethel dou-
GOLF
Bethel 419
Stout 410
River Falls 409
Out In Tot
B Peterson 41 40 81
S Olson 39 38 77
R Cashman 43 39 82
B Anderson 44 43 87
S Shiel 41 38 79
R Johnson 43 41 84
B Finch 45 43 88
S Jones 41 37 78
R Ward 42 46 88
B Loomis 41 37 78
S Buros 44 40 84
R Babbitt 38 38 76
B Sitte 46 40 86
S Brown 45 41 86
R Soli 42 40 82
B Lindberg 46 41 87
S Richards 45 45 90
R Blomgren 44 41 85
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first four
bles teams were defeated in three
stes by their competitors.
Last Saturday the netters travel-ed
to St. Cloud State, which probab-ly
has the best tennis team in the
state excepting the U. of M. They
had beaten Hamline 8-1 and MAIC
champions Macalester 54 and were
unbeaten. The outclassed Royals
extended the St. Cloud unbeaten
string by losing 9-0.
Number one man Gary Hassel.
blad played well while losing 3-6
4-6. Jim Youngquist, in his first
match of the year, lost 1-6 4-6.
After the match however Coach
Bob Gustafson stated that the team
played well and though having
some very tough competition
should win at least half of their
matches.
GOLF
St. Thomas "A" 13 1/2
Bethel "A" 11/2
Peterson
Martin
Loomis
Cotter
Anderson
Flannigan
Finch
Lieser '
Sitte
Goldberg
Out In Tot Pts
41 35 76 1
37 38 75 2
45 40 85 0
36 37 73 3
41 44 85 1/i
40 34 74 21/2
43 39 82 0
39 39 78 3
44 42 86 0
39 38 77 3
St. Thomas "B' 13
Bethel "B" 2
Out In Tot Pts
Lindberg 41 40 81 2
Baumgardner 41 40 81 1
Hansen 45 43 88 0
Conley 38 38 76 3
Moline 50 43 93 0
Thalhuber 44 38 82 3
Nelson 58 51 109 0
Miller 41 40 81 3
Swanson 49 51 100 0
Assad 48 42 90 3
Bowlers battle in NAIA
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"FRITZ" FREDEEN jumps for his half of the new record
in the Long Jump Relay.
in the 880 yard relay, clipping the
old one by a scant tenth of a sec-ond.
And for the second week in
in a row, Campbell, Fredeen, Berg-gren,
and Pound set a new record
in the mile relay.
In the last record-setting event
of the day for the Royals, Darrell
Nelson shared in another milestone
by throwing the discus with Fred
Swedberg.
Another noteworthy performance
for the day was when Bob Olsen
took third in the 100 yard dash
with an impressive time of :10.3.
Though this year's season has
not been marked with impressive
victories every week, the team has
come up with many fine individual
and team performances. Last
week's Relays, with its numerous
record-breaking finishes and the
team's own school records shows
that the competition has been
tough. Coach Glader remarked
Monday that almost everyone on
the team holds or shares at least
one school record.
baseball tourney, and being named "Sportsman of the
Year" by the American Legion Baseball Association
in the state of South Dakota. His Bethel record last
year was 4-3, including a no-hitter.
Lowell is a philosophy major and intends to go
to graduate school upon graduation. He then hopes
to teach on the college level.
Good luck guys! And may Cramer's good fairy
put an extra can of analgesic under your pillows to-night.
PITCHING STATISTICS AFTER 7 GAMES
G W L IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Richardson 3 2 1 17 12 3 3 4 21 1.59
Brodin 3 2 1 15 10 11 5 8 10 3.00
SPORTS CALENDAR
May 2-8
3 Baseball, Twins vs. Chicago
3 Baseball, Bethel at Hamline
3 Tennis, Bethel at Stout State
3 Golf, Bethel at Morris, Cougar Invit.
3 Track, Bethel at St. Thomas,
Southwest, and Duluth
4 Baseball, Twins at Chicago
6 Baseball, Twins at Cleveland
6 Baseball, Bethel at Concordia, St. Paul
6 Tennis, Bethel at Morris
6 Golf, Bethel at River Falls
7 Baseball, Twins at Cleveland
8 Tennis, Bethel at St. Thomas
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Thursday, May 1, 1969
Bethel hosted its third annual
Relays at Ramsey High School last
Saturday. As it was, they played
the role of a humble host by corn-ing
in only fourth out of a field
of six.
The event was a field day for
breaking records. Running events
emerged from the meet with eight
new records out of a possible ten.
In field events, competition
wrought four new marks out of
a field of seven. Bethel managed
only one of these records as Dave
Pearson and Fritz Fredeen com-bined
to set a new notch in the
long jump relay. The old mark had
been set by Jim Hammar and Bill
Malyon in 1966 at 40' 5 3/4".
The new tandem record is 41'
7 1/4 ". Besides this new record,
Coach Glader's small but hard
working squad picked up five other
school records, a tie, and a brand
new record for the books as the
school has two high jumpers for
the first time. Dave Pearson and
George Gulian combined for leaps
totalling 11' 8".
In the sprint medley, the Royal
dash men knocked off 3 seconds
from a 1963 record. Bob Olsen and
Darrell Nelson put together tosses
which outdistanced the old shot
put relay by 11 feet. Bob tied his
individual school record with a
46' 6" throw.
Andy Lehman tied a school record
as he took third in the 120 yard
high hurdles.
The team of Pound, Campbell,
Fredeen, and Olsen set a new mark
The baseball team was frustrated
last week when they went to Carle
ton seeking revenge for an earlier
season setback. This time, though,
they were defeated more decis-ively
as the Carls left the field
with a 7-2 victory.
Bethel's first run came in the
eighth inning when they were al-ready
down by forty runs. Bill
Painter led off with a double and
scored two outs later on Jim Feld-man's
single.
In the bottom of the eight, Carle-ton
made no bones about icing the
game as they came up with three
runs by cashing in on two errors
and a homerun.
Then the roof caved in. With one
down, St. Olaf scored on a double
and single. The Royals sterling de-fense
which had escaped the whole
day without an error, racked up
the second out with no one on to
set the stage for a victory. How-
In Saturday's double header_ ac- ever, two bases on balls and a
tion at St. Olaf, Bethel lost the fielders choice loaded the bases.
first by a score of 5-2. In a second The next batter unloaded the bags
game, it looked as though the by tying the score with a grand
Royals would garner a split. But slam homerun.
a late Ole rally won the game for
In the top of the eighth, the St.
them in extra innings. Olaf relief pitcher mowed down
Bethel scored early as they pick- the meat of the Bethel batting or-ed
up a run in the first inning when der with strike outs. Bethel reliev-
Painter singled in Clark and as ers hadn't been faring so well. The
Feldman and Brodin picked up Oles won the game with two singles
back to back triples in the second and a sacrifice fly. Dean Ericson
inning. From then on, the Oles' picked up the loss as the last of
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by Wally Borner
Not-So-SHORT EDITORIAL
Everybody complains about teams that can't win too often
and then the team complains about lack of support by the
student body. But what is happening is that many of the
students are following the example set by the administration—
that is, not supporting Bethel's athletic teams.
A couple of weeks ago, we sent a bowling team to the
NAIA district II roll-off. We didn't finish anywhere near the
top (nor did we take last place.) But on the other hand, what
would have happened if we had won and could have made the
trip to Kansas City? It would have been an embarrassing
situation to say that we couldn't send our team because the
administration wouldn't provide financial backing.
Now this may seem like a way-out example, but we start
dealing with things more probable, the situation is grave. There
are wrestling tournaments and it's hard to rationalize why the
school can't send Bob Olsen to them. Few people would doubt
his ability to ably represent the school.
After the season's first golf match, Coach Shields said
that if his men continued to stroke low scores, he would have
to make arrangements by himself.
Then think of what kind of handball star Terry Muck
would be if he had to rely on the school to sent him to national
tournaments.
There is no real need to discuss the merits of sending
athletes to such tournaments. But then, again, I suppose there
is the need to discuss such things as I've been talking about
until we are firmly established on the new campus. Who knows
when that will be-1984? * * *
After watching a Bell Telephone Special hosted by Bill
Dana on some of the unusual things Americans do to take
their minds off their troubles — After the way some Bethel
professors shuddered upon hearing some of the zany things
that Dr. Clifford Larson and his collegiate cronies did in the
good old days - - . After hearing about the 40-hour marathon,
record breaking basketball game at some college, which I can't
recall - - . After stuffing eleven guys and later the girls coming
in with 13 in a john on the Greyhound bus in choir tour last
year - -. It would be nice if we could come up with something
new. Protests and demonstrations are old hat and the partici-pants
get too uptight. Water fights are too traditional. (I wonder
how Bethel ranks nationally in water fighting.) It's time to
really let our hair down in some interesting, innocent, zany,
(publicity stuntish), activity. * *
ERRATA
Utmost apologies for inadvertantly labeling Wilt Chamber-lain
as player-coach of the Lakers. Van Breda Kolff probably
wouldn't have liked it. There are only two in the National
Basketball League in that dual capacity—Russell of the Celts
and Gerran of the Hawks. The error was due to a lack of think-ing.
This is a common affliction of seniors at this time of year.
Depth:
supply pitching strength
by Barry Anderson
This year, Bethel's baseball team got off to an
average start as they won a streak of four games to
manage a 4-6 record in the first two weeks action.
Bethel's team is young, composed primarily of fresh-men
and sophomores, so the present record "just
ain't that bad."
One problem with any young ball club is a lack
of experienced depth. Bethel, unfortunately, lacks
any depth, experienced or otherwise. Probably the
most obvious deficiency comes in the pitching chores.
However, Bethel does have two excellent pitchers
to whom they turn to time and again, and again, and
again . .. !
Lowell Richardson and Bob Brodin have put out
a great effort so far this season. Most of the season's
competition has been top-notch and these two fellows
have held up well.
Bob is from Thief River Falls, Minnesota. During
high school, he was a standout in both basketball
and baseball. In basketball, Bob experienced one of
his athletic highlights when he was named to the
WCCO All-State Team in his senior year.
On the diamond, Bob divided his services between
the mound and third base. He finished out that year
with a 7-3 record. Here at Bethel, Bob has lettered two
years in basketball, and is working on his second
baseball letter. Besides his pitching chores, Bob plays
shortstop and has proven to be a reliable man with
the 'bat. Brodin is a social studies major and plans to
teach and coach at the secondary level.
Bethel could only rally for one
run in the top of the ninth. Gary
Clark reached first base on an
error and advanced to third on a
single by Bill Englund. Again it
was Bill Painter figuring in the
scoring as he sent a sacrifice fly
to centerfield which scored Clark.
Englund and Painter each gath-ered
two hits as the rest of the
team was shackled to the same
number. Lowell Richardson picked
up the loss.
picher stopped the Royals as he
picked up ten strike outs over the
seven-inning span.
In the nightcap, Lowell Richard-son
had a no-hitter going until two
men were out in the fifth. A single
broke the string of goose eggs and
paved the way for the comeback
which began in the next inning.
Bethel had a 3-0 lead at this
time. Painter and Dean Ericson
took turns by scoring in the first
and second inning. Then, in the
fifth, Gary Clark laced a solo home
run. In the top of the seventh,
Coach Trager's young team added
three insurance runs. Bill Englund
doubled with one out and was
followed by a pass to Ericson. Steve
Hanson knocked in Englund with a
base hit and followed the proces-sion
to the plate a little later on
Jim Feldman's third hit of the
game.
Records topple in Bettie relays
Oles' late splurge halts Royal effort
to capture finale contest of week
four Bethel hurlers. Lowell Rich-ardson
was relieved in the sixth
inning after giving up four hits
and one run.
In Squad's Search. For
Sophomores
Lowell is a native of Sioux Falls, S.D. He was also
a standout in the same sports as Bob.
Lowell's baseball career has been spiced by such
ingredients as three no-hitters, a trip to the state