Vol. 36 St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, November 24, 1959
No. 6
Beck to Speak the Majeske to
at Convocation Dec.4 CLARION "A New Plan for Education in
the Soviet Union" will be the topic
of Dr. Robert Beck of the Univer-sity
of Minnesota as he speaks in
a morning convocation on Dec. 2.
Dr. Beck is a professor of
History and Philosophy of Educa-tion
at the University and his area
of teaching includes comparative
educational systems.
In Sept., 1958, Dr. Beck traveled
in Russia with seven other men
from the University representing
several departments. This trip was
made possible by a grant from the
Hill Family foundation.
A Fulbright grant took Dr. Beck
to Holland in 1955-56. His family
accompanied him as he studied the
educational systems of Holland
and neighboring countries.
Last summer Dr. Beck spent six
weeks investigating education in
Israel.
Dr. Beck, who received his doc-torate
at Yale, has written two
books, Curriculum in the Elemen-
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Devotional pg. 2
Letters pgs. 2-3
Justing It (Plain) pg. 3
Basketball pg. 4
John Swanson, seminary senior,
was ordained at Edgewater Bap-tist
church in Minneapolis on Nov.
18.
Ordination consists of two parts:
the ordination council and the or-dination
service.
The candidate for ordination
must state his conversion exper-ience,
his call to the ministry, and
his doctrinal statement to the coun-cil
which is comprised of the pas-tor
and laymen from each of the
twin city and suburban area Bap-tist
General conference churches.
The council may question the can-didate
after each of these sec-tions.
Following the questioning,
the candidate is asked to leave the
room while the council votes on
whether they will recommend that
Choirs Combine
for Christmas
Two or three thousand people
are expected to attend this year's
Festival of Christmas on Dec. 11
and 12 according to Julius Whit-tinger.
The program will feature the
festival choir composed of the wo-men's
choir, the male chorus and
the college choir. On the program
are several selections from the
"Messiah." Assisting the festival
choir in this presentation will be
four narrators.
Eugene Johnson and the
art department are designing and
constructing the stage setting.
Philipp Gustafson and the music
club are doing the publicity.
This is the third annual program
of this type presented on Bethel
campus by the combined music
and art departments.
tary School
Plus.
A Harvard university graduate,
Dr. Beck has taught at the Univer-sities
of Rochester, Kansas City,
and Texas, and has been at Minne-sota
since 1947.
Women Sing
in Chapel
The Thanksgiving chapel service,
Wednesday, Nov. 24, will be pre-sented
by the Bethel women's
choir under the direction of J.
Philipp Gustafson, music depart-ment
instructor and voice teacher.
Preceding the choir's opening
number, "All Praise to God, Who
Reigns Above," by Johann J.
Schuetz, Dr. Robert Mounce will
lead in the invocation.
The choir will also sing "Bro-ther
James' Air," arranged by
Gordon Jacob; "Sing to the Lord
of Harvest," by J. S. B. Monsell;
and will close with the dedication
song, "When I Survey the Won-drous
Cross," based on the Gre-gorian
Chant.
A trio composed of Mary Ander-son,
Grace Seffens, and Karen Mol-let,
members of the choir, accom-panied
by Roberta Yaxley, will
sing "Morning Will Soon Be Here,"
and "I Will Not Forsake Thee."
the local church ordain the candi-date.
Mr. Swanson's father, Rev. Law-rence
Swanson of Chicago, gave
the sermon at the ordination ser-vice
in the evening.
The purpose of ordination is to
determine whether a man is fit for
the ministry and to publicly rec-ognize
this fact.
Mr. Swanson, who will graduate
at the end of this quarter, is mar-ried
and resides in Hagstrom resi-dence
with his wife Virginia and
a son Kenneth, age three.
literature is only six years old,
but it is perhaps the fastest grow-ing
honorary society in the coun-try,
with 51 chartered chapters
in 22 states and Puerto Rico.
Requirements for membership
are nine hours of upper-division
English literature or six hours of
foreign literature with a "B" av-erage
or above in either field.
Those wishing to become members
Bethel's 52 voice college choir
will be the featured choir at St.
Paul's annual Christmas Festival.
This year the festival will be Sun-day,
Dec. 6, at 4 p.m. in the St.
Paul auditorium.
Church choirs, public school
choirs, and college choirs combine
to form a 3,000 voice mass choir
for the festival. This year the
group will be under the direction
of John McAlpine, music sup-ervisor
of the St. Paul public
schools.
The program also includes nar-ration
and dramatics by students
from Hamline university, Macal-ester
college, College of St. Cath-erines,
and College of St. Thomas.
Bethel's choir will sing three
selections under the direction of
Robert Berglund. They will
be singing "0 Magnum Myster-
Pictured at the left is the
prayer room in the upper level
of the Bethel library. Its interior
was designed by Betty Ohlin, a
former Bethel student. The calm-ness
depicted by this silhouette
communicates a certain spirit of
quietness. Thanksgiving gives to
all a prescribed time to quietly
consider blessings. The people at
Bethel have much to consider
when they look about them at
what they have.
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Daniel Majeske, violinist, will
present a concert at the second
evening convocation on Friday,
Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. in the fieldhouse.
This will be the second of five in
a series of evening convocations.
Mr. Majeske, assistant concert-master
of the Cleveland orchestra
under George Szell, was born in
Detroit. He began his study of
the violin at the age of four,
making his debut at age 13. Also,
when he was 13 he accepted a
four-year scholarship to study at
the Curtis Institute of Music in
Philadelphia where he studied un-der
Ivan Galamian. He made his
first solo appearance with the De-troit
Symphony orchestra when he
was 16 years old.
Students may secure tickets for
this concert at the bursar's win-dow.
Cleveland orchestra violinist
Daniel Majeske who will present
a concert at the next evening
convocation.
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must also submit a paper to the
executive committee.
Most of the L.I.T. chapters are
housed at comparatively small col-leges.
Catholic colleges have 22 of
these chapters, Protestant and pri-vate
19, and public supported in-stitutions
11.
Qualifying Bethel students,
alumni. and faculty members may
belong to the organization.
ium," by Victoria; "God's Infant
Son," by Praetorious; and "Hodie,
Christus Natus Est," by Willan.
St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press
sponsors the festival, which has
been held annually for 17 or 18
years. Each year one of the St.
Paul colleges is asked to be the
featured choir at this event.
Prayer Room
Dedicated
"To Eric Frykenberg, class of
1929, who as a student inspired
the first prayer room in the sem-inary,"
are the words of dedica-tion
inscribed on the door of the
new prayer chapel in the seminary.
The chapel, on the second floor
of the seminary, was dedicated be-fore
the missionary chapel service
on Thursday, Nov. 19.
At the dedicaton, planned by the
seminary council, Nils Friberg gave
a historical sketch and Linden
Magnuson told the purpose of the
chapel. Scripture was read by Wil-liam
Cram.
Mr. Frykenberg, chapel speaker
for missions week, closed with the
dedicatory prayer.
The first prayer tower was start-ed
32 years ago by Mr. Fryken-berg.
It was located on the first
floor of the seminary in the south-west
corner of what is now Dr.
Virgil Olson's office.
J. Larry Johnson was elected
president of Lambda Iota Tau, na-tional
literature and language soc-iety,
at the Nov. 12 supper meet-ing.
Mr. Johnson is a literature ma-jor
and a college senior.
Vice president is Inez Welch;
Mary Lou Wick is secretary-trea-surer.
Yearly an advisor is chosen from
either the English or language de-partment.
Jeannine Bohlmeyer,
English instructor, is this year's
adviser.
Departmental chairmen serve as
ex-officio advisers. They are Fran-cis
Wheeler, chairman of the lan-guage
department, and Chris
Weintz, English instructor.
"Lambda Iota Tau houses stu-dents
with minds and consciences,"
says Russell Kirk. This honorary
fraternity of students majoring in
Edgewater Church
Ordains J. Swanson
Lambda Iota Tau Elects
J. Larry Johnson, President
College Choir Featured
in St. Paul Festival
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Conrad Woodall
News Editor: Lois Bradshaw
Sports Editor: Dick Kreider
Business Manager:
Maureen Bronstein
Advisor: Roy C. Dalton, Ph.D.
by Gail Ohlin
Some men are very handy
When it comes to throwing lines,
Other guys are punctual
At the most improper times.
Although these faults may rile
and anger
Many a sweet young lass,
There's nothing quite so trying
As the briefcase droppers crass!
He'll drop his satchel
Anytime or anyplace,
As innocent, sweet ladies
Fain trip over them with grace.
Every hallway, every staircase,
And all doorways to be sure—
Stop and look and listen
Or you'll land right on the floor.
Assimilated knowledge is quite
heavy they complain.
Carry them throughout the day ?
Why that would be insane!
We girls may gripe and grumble
But I guess we'll grin and bear,
As oft we have to dodge and
jump
This educational snare.
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Occupa-hazards
mind: Do we understand the sig-nificance
of the day and do we
honor it in a worthy manner ? "Of-fer
unto God thanksgivng . . ."
President Abraham Lincoln in 1863
declared the last Thursday of Nov.
to be the Thanksgiving holiday.
On that day we offer unto God
thanksgiving. Is that enough ? No
—if we, once a year, offer thanks
because it is the tradition of the
land, certainly God is not honored.
In Psalm 19 we read: "The hea-vens
declare the glory of God . . .,"
but Jesus also found God's glory
in the simple ground: "For the
earth bringeth forth fruit of her-self;
first blade, then the ear,
Thanksgiving Devotional
A Unique Day in a Busy World's Year
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Editorial
Political Awareness - A Duty
Political awareness has become more prominent at Bethel. A grow-ing
portion of the students is participating in the activities of Bethel's
chapter of young Democrats (YDFL) and young Republicans (YGOP).
This activity and interest is encouraging. Last week two Bethel
young Democrats were part of a Minnesota delegation of twenty at the
national convention of young Democrats in Toledo, Ohio. The YGOP
has only recently formed (YDFL organized last spring), but if interest
is shown, the Republican group may also look forward to good ex-periences.
Groups such as YDFL and YGOP have to face the usual problem
of apathy as they try to stimulate interest. They face an even greater
"foe," a critical foe. This foe, sometimes unconsciously, doubts (1) that
partisan political groups belong at a school such as Bethel because it is
not necessarily educational to acquaint oneself with politics through
biased channels, and (2) the propriety of this participation in politics,
a field well-published for its disreputable tendencies, is questionable.
The above doubts can be lessened or over-ruled by some observations
of the Bethel groups specifically and "politics" in general.
Thus far, Bethel YDFL has not lent itself to narrowness, violent
partisanship, or proselytism. Its programs have consisted of discussions
of important issues in our world today; these discussions have often
been led by some prominent people in the areas of interest. The YGOP
hasn't had a chance to really show its colors yet, but similar program-ming
on its part is desirable and likely.
As to the charge of dishonesty, there is some strong evidence that
politics is not necessarily this country's most crooked profession. Tele-vision
has proved untrustworthy, and bank officials and community
business leaders have frequently come up with some gems of crimin-ality.
And even if politics was a "dirty" game played by gangsters, to
abstain would be to leave the field open to the evil. Many problems in
this world of "the bomb," over-population, and world division, can only
be solved by political means..
Politics is important in today's world and in preparing to cope with
tomorrow's. Surely this is a duty of any American. Perhaps it is espec-ially
the duty of a product of this "campus of Christian scholarship."
Bulavycky Art
In Center
Ukrainian artist Olexa Bula-vycky
is the man behind the paint-ing
now on display in the stu-dent
center.
Since coming to the Twin City
area in 1950 Mr. Bulavycky has
displayed his work locally, in New
York at the American Ukrainian
art exhibit, and in Toronto and
Winnipeg.
Mr. Bulavycky studied in pri-vate
studios and art academies in
Kiev, Odessa, and Leningrad prior
to the second world war. When
the war broke out he managed to
place himself in areas that were
liberated by Americans. He spent
five years in a prisoner of war
camp near Munich.
Although Mr. Bulavycky is class-ed
a painter, he has worked in the
fields of theatrical design and at
present builds models for archi-tectural
firms.
by Marie Valdas
"Offer unto God thanksgiving;
and pay thy vows unto the most
High." Psalm 50:14
The Thanksgiving holiday is a
unique day; on that day a prayer
of thanksgiving is offered in near-ly
every family, in many social
gatherings and in churches
throughout the United States. It is
a unique day also in that many
people who never pray or offer
thanksgiving do so on that day,
remembering the first thanksgiv-ing
day in 1621 when the pilgrims
took time out from their daily
work to thank God for material
Tuesday, November 24, 1959
Letters to
the Editor
Dear Editors,
At the outset I would like to acknowledge the Homecoming com-mittee,
and to thank them for their loyalty and help to make Parent-
Homecoming weekend, 1959, a success. More work was done by these
individuals for their school and their God than can be visualized by
the casual observer. This was the best committee I have yet to work
with in my college experience.
It would be well here to review what a committee is. A committee
is a group with a goal, led by one person to unify the group. This chair-man
has the added duty of making the members enjoy working as a
unit as they approach the goal. I hope that this letter will help ex-plain
our goal.
Back at our first meeting, when I related to the kids about Home-coming
activities and all that this entailed, we made an analysis and
tried to honestly evaluate the situation. If our devotion was just to the
school, the kids, glory, or just plain humanity, we would soon be crushed
and hurt. If our motive was to honor God and glorify Him, there could
be no ingratitude no matter how small our services might seem to others.
It is indeed wonderful that love to God can be shown in ways such
as church services and gospel teams. Yet love to Jesus Christ can be
shown in other ways. The Christian does not limit his life to just this
"spiritual" area. There are many facets to the Christian life—Home-coming
is one of these.
To quote scripture here seems a fallacy. Jesus lived a questioned
and misunderstood life. He was desecrated by the most "spiritual" lead-ers
of His time and He never used Bible references for His defense. His
love for all men was enough.
What does all this mean to Homecoming ? It is the whole philoso-phy
of the committee that molds their labor. Each week when the com-mittee
met they asked God to be in their midst and to guide them through
every phase of Homecoming. Our desire was not to have the need of
panic prayer, but we found that even while we were running around on
the week-end, we had to stop and ask for His strength and guidance.
Just because the name of Christ was not mentioned in our variety pro-gram
does not mean that He was not there. A Christian carries Christ
with him everywhere. Our lives are not divided into the physical and
the spiritual but are combined into one unified whole.
Our goal was to make this Homecoming distinctive. To do what we
could do to the best of our abilities.
Perhaps a new sound system would have helped so that the objec-tives
of the program could be better understood. The hymn was put
in not as an after-thought to add religion to the program, but to show
the ribbon movement of different types of music beginning in 1898. The
movement of the dates was not as effective as it could have been, we
realize. The Moody-Sankey era was an important one and had a great
influence on many people of that day. Each song in the variety program
represented another wrinkle in this ribbon of time.
Yes, Bethel has grown. We have received our North Central Accredi-tation
and gained a respectable position in the community. This is only
because God has been here to influence our program. But we must rea-lize
that it is only through co-operation of student body and administra-tion
that we can grow.
We, as the 1959 Homecoming committee, have tried to uphold
Bethel's standards and traditions and the kingdom of God. We want
never to lose sight of Him nor cease to feel His grasp leading us and
directing all our ways. As students it is our earnest prayer that we can
always be a credit to Bethel and the surrounding community.
Sincerely,
Marilyn Swanson
Homecoming Chairman, 1959
Juvenile Demonstration
has not had either of the afore-mentioned
issues called to its at-tention.
It is my opinion that it
is extremely un-Christlike to air
an issue in the press before ex-hausting
the possibilities of secur-ing
improvement through exist-ing
machinery.
In regard to the article report-ing
student reaction of the serv-ing
of tomato aspic salad, I think
it speaks volumes concerning the
immaturity of a part of our stu-dent
body, rather than serving as
an indictment of the food service
staff, as may have been intended.
The faculty happened to have
been the guests of the school the
evening the aspic was served. Some
expressed pleasure at having this
particular salad with the meal.
Tomato aspic is not my favorite
dish, but to the best of my know-ledge,
it was well prepared and
properly served. It is not infre-quently
served at banquets that
cost considerably more than the
evening meal in the dining hall.
For students to behave as re-ported
by Plain Just appears to
me to reflect the fact that some
of them (a minority, I hope) are
weighted down by the burden of
ungrateful hearts.
Sincerely,
Roy C. Dalton
blessings and for saving their lives
in the difficulties of the first
years.
We want to remember that day
and honor it in our minds. It has
become a beautiful tradition; how-ever
in the minds of the pilgrims
it was something greater. It must
have been a day of rejoicing mix-ed
with sadness over those who
had lost their lives in the struggle
for existence. They gave thanks
for friends they had gained among
the former occupants of the land,
at the same time fearing for fu-ture
conflicts which were bound
to come.
Today the question comes to
Dear Editors:
I should like to make two or
three observations concerning a
recent letter to the editor about
the temperature of meals served in
the dining hall and the article in
the last issue of the CLARION re-lating
to the juvenile demonstra-tion
of some Bethel students over
the serving of tomato aspic salad.
I am a member of a faculty-student
food service committee
that exists to entertain student re-actions
to any aspect of the food
service at Bethel and to work with
the food service staff to correct
negative situations, if possible.
To my knowledge the committee
after that the full corn in the
ear." The farmer with his concern
cannot help the growing of his
crop but it is the gift of God.
Offer unto God thanksgiving;
and pay thy vows unto the most
High. Not because it is a good
tradition but as reflection of your
inner feelings. Not just once a
year, but daily. Of such a person
God will say: "Whoso offereth
praise glorifieth me: and to him
that ordereth his conversation a-right
will I show the salvation of
God."
Israeli pianist David Bar-Illan,
whose 1959-60 season includes four
performances with the New York
Philharmonic under the baton of
Dimitri Mitropoulos, has concert-ized
in Israel, Europe, South Am-erica,
the U.S. and Canada. He is
to appear at the University artists
course—Masterpiece series at 8:30
p.m., in Northrup memorial audi-torium
on Tues., Dec. 1.
Bar-Illan, who was born in
Israel in 1930, received his pri-mary
musical education in Haifa,
his home town. After appearing
in recitals and with orchestra in
One More
Letter
Dear Editor,
According to the most renowned
historical authorities the best, cur-rent
interpretation of both oral
tradition and of the extant docu-ments
deposited in the Bethel
archives indicate that Nikolenas
Dag has generally been conceived
as a friendly, non-catastrophic ex-istential
encounter between stu-dents
in a somewhat novel social
situation. To be sure, the steadies
and steadilies have usually man-aged
to get together without much
objection, some enduring alliances
are indubitably attributable to the
dulcet mediations of the vener-able
institution, and always some
have opportunistically regarded
this as an occasion to make a good
impression.
Feeling that most of the pre-sent
student body is firmly ground-ed
within the orthodox Nik Dag
tradition (geschite) I wish to ob-ject
to the "pre-Open Season" in-vitational
activities on the part
of some of the fair sex—be it
feverish, nocturnal, clandestine,
imaginative, or what have you—
and the corresponding failure on
the part of the males involved to
decline premature invitations.
Fortunately this is probably not
a crucial, burning issue on which
one is impelled to passionately
protest that primal principles have
been patently violated. But it is
just ludicrous for supposedly ma-ture
college students to become
so agonized over who they will
invite or be invited by that they
have to circumvent the grim rules
of this worthy event. The number
of days one is asked before Open
Season would seem a questionable
index of male popularity; femin-ine
ingenuity is better illustrated
in corsages than in ways and
means to beat the rush.
This missive should not be so
construed as to suggest penitent
remorse that results in ulcers,
neuroses, increased concentration
on studies, or disavowal of future
dates. Rather, it is to be hoped
that in the future all students
might more consciously attempt to
evidence a better sense of propor-tion,
and, above all . .. to relax!
Shades of your old prof,
Charlie
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by Plain Just
It was a good evening. A good meal (french
fries and all), nice ride, fine program, nice ride, all
during a nice evening. Very fine, that Nik Dag.
But ...
Those corsages. If they get any bigger we'll
have to post guards. One girl said, "We don't like
them, the guys don't like them; let's make them
obnoxious." Well, this is kind of a poor outlook,
but we heard that the girl who won the best cor-sage
award won because she made the smallest
corsage (We don't really believe it).
Seriously though, what happened to subtle Am-erican
femininity ? Back in the days of the father of
our country Martha Custis never would have pinned
a crosscut saw to her beau's lapel, because it was
rumored that he had this thing about chopping up
cherry trees.
Now when Mrs. Dalton took Mr. Dalton to Nik
Dag several years ago (before they were married)
she didn't tie him to a horse to signify that his
name was similar to that of an early American
western family that achieved outlaw fame.
Well, I guess that's progress. It was a nice
Nik Dag, but we would have enjoyed it better if
the female part of the couple in front of us didn't
have this premonition that the male part was go-ing
to strike oil. She built a ... oh well, you wouldn't
believe it anyway.
Tuesday, November 24, 1959
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Israel, he made his first trip to
the United States as a scholar-ship
student. He interrupted his
studies a few months later to
join the army of Israel during
the War of Independence, then
returned to America and was gra-duated
from the Juilliard school
and the Mannes college of music.
Acclaimed by the press as "one
of the most brilliant pianists of
his generation" at the time of
his Carnegie Hall debut, in 1954,
as "poet of the keyboard" after his
first appearance in Wigmore Hall
in London and as "one of today's
most notable pianists" in Buenos
Aires, Bar-Illan has been touring
on the three continents.
Tickets for the concert are avail-able
at the University artists
ticket office, 10'5 Northrop audi-torium,
University of Minnesota;
the downtown ticket office in Min-neapolis;
and at Field-Schlicks in
St. Paul.
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lar campus ski club next fall.
According to Mr. Resch, the
purpose of the club is to stimu-late
interest in skiing. The group
will make trips to several twin
city ski resorts and to Virginia,
Minn.
Those who attended were shown
ski equipment and magazines and
given tickets to "Let's Go Skiing,"
a movie to be presented in the St.
Paul auditorium on Saturday,
Nov. 21 at 8 p.m.
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Organizing for the first time,
about 25 students interested in ski-ing
met on Monday, Nov. 16.
Dick Resch, sophomore, who pre-sided
at the meeting, stated that
the group will continue to meet
informally this year. If enough
people show interest this year,
the group will organize as a regu-
Ski Club Organized
to Create Interest
Truman Turnquist leaps high in practice to show us some of
the form he used in Saturday's ball game as he led the Royals to
victory over Sioux Falls. Truman led the scoring with 17 points as
Bethel sneaked by the Braves 71-69 for an opening game victory.
Bethel's next home game is on Monday, Dec. 7, at 8:00 p.m. in the
fieldhouse.
Coach Healy Announces
New Basketball Group
Coach Healy has come up with what we think is a good idea. We
would like to tell you about it because we know all basketball enthus-iasts
will be interested.
Healy would like to meet with students, faculty members, and any
other interested persons to talk basketball. These meetings would be
held every Thursday, if possible, in the president's dining room. At
these meetings an informal discussion, led by Gene Sprinkle, will be
held pertaining to previous and coming basketball games.
The first meeting of this type is
scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 3,
at 6:30 p.m. On this evening all
interested persons may either eat
their dinner in the president's din-ing
room or come to the hall at
6:30 for the discussion.
Mr. Healy would like to invite
all of you to this first basketball
discussion. It is hoped that an in-terest
in the details of Bethel's
basketball games will be gained
through these meetings. At any
rate, this type of meeting should be very interesting, and this writer
will certainly be there.
The Big Rage-Paddle Ball
My room in Edgren residence happens to be right above the gyms
where energetic students and faculty members participate in a sport
called paddle ball. Rarely a day goes by but that at the moment I want
to study, some enthusiastic paddle ballers invade one of these gyms
and begin slamming that little ball all around. The sport seems to bring
out a lot of excitement from the players, because the slapping of the
ball around the room is always accompanied by numerous enthusiastic
shouts, and screams.
One day as I was listening to this commotion, I ventured down to
the gym to see what was really going on. Soon I had a paddle in my
hand and was receiving my first lesson in paddle ball. It's really fun.
Now I play the game regularly.
Edgren residents will be interested to know that paddles and balls
have been ordered and will be available for their use. We have fun,
but remember the poor student in the dorm that is trying to study.
Frosh Basketball Team Looks Strong
Bethel's freshman team coach, Bud Pierce, seems to be shaping up
a pretty good freshman team this year. The freshman team looked very
strong in a scrimmage with the varsity last Thursday. The team lacks
height, as does the varsity team, but they have some very fine ball
players on the team. We are looking forward to enjoying many good
freshman games this year.
Stompin'
on the
Sideline
by
Dick
Kreider
Falcon Heights
Cities Service
For the student on wheels
1670 Snelling
Mi 6-9301
the CLARION Tuesday, November. 24, 1959
Intramurals
For Girls
Tonight
Bethel Victorious
in Season Opener
by Don Delich
The Bethel Royals buried the Sioux Falls Braves with a rousing
rally in the final minutes of the ball game to start the '59-'60 basket-ball
campaign with a 71-69 victory at the Bethel fieldhouse Saturday,
Nov. 21. Good Royal bench strength paid off as Mery Sheplee, Lee
Bajuniemi, and Dan Nelson filled the shoes of foul-laden starters and
helped to keep a steaming rally hot.
The intramural program for wo-men
is in full swing, and tonight
at seven o'clock they will meet
in the fieldhouse for the third
time. Every woman in school is
invited to take part in this new
program, which many girls say
is very enjoyable recreation.
Elaine Johnson, student chair-man
of this new program, stated
that the attendance at the first
two nights of intramurals the girls
did not support the program as
was hoped they would. In the near
future each girl will be assigned
to a team, similar to the set up
the men's intramural program has,
and it is the thought of those in
charge that this will create more
interest for the girls participating.
A schedule will be set up and the
results will be recorded so that
standings will be kept. Each team
will have a captain who will be
in charge of stimulating interest
in her particular team.
Sue Bodien, a University of
Minn. physical education major, is
in charge of this year's program,
and she is working hard to set up
a strong program in which all the
girls will want to participate.
She would urge all women to turn
out at 7 p.m. tonght in the field-house
to enjoy an hour or so of
recreational activities.
Gym Classes
Build Strong
Students?
by Larry Bradshaw
Running laps, doing push ups,
lifting weights; what is it ? Are
the guys afraid they won't get a
Nik Dag date ? No, it is instructor
Lundin's gym class. The new
weight lifting program seemed to
have worked miracles; the fellows
aren't even dropping their books
so much anymore. (How can they ?
They're too weak to pick them
up.)
Volleyball time rolled around
quickly, and to many of our great
gym class athletes who were used
to playing volleyball on a tennis
net, the height of the net caused
a great shock. As they settled
down to fundamentals of the game,
presence of a few pros was evi-dent.
Bob Smith and his Leban-ese
serve, Jim Spickelmier's pre-cise
set ups, and spikes like John
Holmberg's show promise for a
good intramural season. Instructor
Lundin dwelt on the subject of
keeping the ball high one day,
so nobody was too surprised to
see literal minded Al Littler knock-ing
down stage lights by keeping
the ball on the rafters. A new
supply of official leather volley-balls
are being used this year and
are a great improvement over the
old rubber balls.
FLOWERS
1709 Snelling Ave N
Counts and
Barons Lead
Intramurals
by Darrel VanOrsdell
As the intramural program
moves into its fourth week the
Counts and Barons continue their
battle for first place, both teams
having been undefeated in three
games. The Pages and Jesters are
tied for third with two and one
records, while the Peasants and
Dukes are all knotted up for fifth
with one and two records. The
Knights and Squires have yet to
make the winning column as they
battle for seventh place with a zero
and three mark.
Now that the standings are tak-en
care of, a close look at the in-tramural
program reveals a lack
of interest.
The problem seems to be lack
of participation. Each intramural
squad has about 50 members. But
several games have been post-poned.
The team captains aren't
able to muster six men from their
team to play volleyball.
Volleyball ends before Christ-mas.
The new year will begin the
intramural basketball season; table
tennis also begins at this time.
About 15 fellows are involved in
the paddle ball tournament now in
progress.
Intramural Standings
Counts 3 0
Barons 3 0
Pages 2 1
Jesters 2 1
Dukes 1 2
Peasants 1 2
Knights 0 3
Squires 0 3
With eight minutes to play,
Sioux Falls commanded their big-gest
lead of a see-saw battle, at
61-55. Coach Healy's boys called
time out, talked things over, and
went out on the court and out-scored
the Braves 16-8 to wrap
up a thrilling first-game exhibi-tion
before a cheering crowd of
Blue-and-Gold partisans.
Bethel jumped into an early 17-9
lead after only six minutes of the
first half. They extended this to
make it 31-19 before Sioux Falls
rolled up nine straight points to
make it 31-28. A tight first half
ended with the Royals trailing
38-35.
The score continued to jockey
back and forth and stood at 50-50
with twelve minutes of play re-maining.
Then, after falling be-hind,
the Royals surged back to
eke out their final two-point mar-gin
of victory.
Captain Truman Turnquist led
the Bethel marksmen with 17
points, followed closely by John
Peterson with 15.
In the "B" squad game before
the regular tilt, Augsburg raced
to a 96-71 triumph over Bethel's
junior cagers. Bajuniemi led the
scoring in this contest with 26
points.
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