Mabel Moen Reigns as Homecoming Queen;
Pageant, Hayride, Game, Banquet Remain
Redpath Challenges Campus
To Deeper Spiritual Life
Many of this year's homecoming
activities are already past history,
for the 1960-61 homecoming week-end
began Wednesday morning
with the introductory chapel ser-vice,
"Conflict Toward Greatness."
Thursday evening marked the first
performance of the homecoming
pageant, "The Image of Great-ness."
The pageant, based on the
life of Abraham Lincoln and set
against the backdrop of the Am-erican
Civil war, was written and
directed by Bruce Leafblad, Bethel
college senior, and produced in co-operation
with the Minnesota Civil
War commission. The last perform-ance
of "The Image of Greatness"
is tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the col-lege
fieldhouse.
Rev. 0. B. Ransopher, a retired
Baptist minister and Lincoln
scholar, will present a narrative
on the life of Abraham Lincoln at
today's convocation at 10 a.m. The
personal Lincoln collections of
Rev. Ransopher and Ron Rietveld
will be on display in the library
this weekend.
For those who attended the pag-eant
Thursday night, there will be
a hayride tonight. Buses will leave
the campus at 7:30 p.m. Because
of the large number of students
expected, four hayrides will be
held at different locations. Accord-ing
to John Carlson, co-ordinator
of tonight's hayride, "guitars and
ukes are also welcome."
After the hayride, at approxi-mately
10:30, a torch light parade
will leave the field house area and
wind its way to the fair ground for
a pep fest. During the pep fest,
students will be introduced to the
football players and their coach.
The college band will provide a
musical background.
On Saturday the alumni lunch-eon
will be held in the coffee shop
at 11:30 a.m. The homecoming
parade is scheduled to leave the
campus at 12:30 p.m. for the
Alexander Ramsey field and the
football game against Milton at
1:30 p.m.
__Homecoming will conclude with
the annual banquet Saturday even-ing
at 6 p.m. Wendy Wickholm, an
alumnus, will provide the special
music at the banquet and Presi-dent
Lundquist will speak on "The
Impact of Greatness."
Co-eds Preying
Nik Dag Game
Now is the time for all Bethel
fellows to come to the aid of the
party. What party ?—Nik Dag, of
course. Bring out your best man-ners,
iron your shirts, and smile.
You will be observed carefully for
the next month, as Bethel co-eds
seek possible prospects for one of
the biggest social events of the
year, sponsored by the sophomore
class.
Working on the program to be
held Saturday evening, Nov. 18, at
the Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran,
Church are Eddie Anthony, -Sharon
DeLong, Ann Embry, Doug Huber,
Paul Norlander, Sue Nyberg,
Nancy Robertson, Dale Rogers,
Gretchen Sawyer, and Doris Shu-bert.
Plans for the program in-clude
nearly 1/3 of the sophomore
class as participants in the pro-gram,
plus untold others who will
work in the background.
Hunting season opens Monday,
Nov. 13.
Rev. Alan Redpath, pastor of
Chicago's Moody Memorial Church
will challenge the Bethel commun-ity
during Deeper Life Week, Oct.
23-27. "The Making of a Man of
God" is the focal point for the
morning chapel messages, while
seven o'clock vespers will discuss
"Getting to Know the Will of God,"
messages based on the book of
Jonah.
"Although spiritual growth ought
to be continuous," reminded Clif-ford
V. Anderson, chairman of the
student - faculty Special Weeks
committee, "special times for medi-tation
on the claims of Christ are
wise and profitable."
Redpath, born and educated in
England, worked as a chartered
accountant for a British chemical
industry and British sports circles
knew him as a rugby player. After
his conversion, he turned to itin-erant
youth evangelism before
serving as pastor of the Duke
Street Baptist church, Richmond,
Surrey. He was called to Moody
Church in 1953, and since this
time, has founded the Mid-Am-erica
Keswick Convention, and be-came
a member of the directing
board of three missionary socie-ties.
Redpath's last appearance at
Bethel was Founders Week, 195.
Counseling appointments with
Dr. Redpath may be made through
the Christian service office.
Since its beginnings in the late
1940's, Deeper Life week has be-come
an annual event. Previous
Rev. Alan Redpath
speakers have included J. Edwin
Orr, Gordon G. Johnson, Wesley
Gustafson, Victor Larson, A. W.
Tozer, Maurice Wessman, Thur-low
Yaxley, W. Robert Smith, and
Carl H. Lundquist.
Bethel's sophomore class will
have its October social, featuring
a Halloween theme, on Oct. 31,
at 7:30 p.m. The party will be
held in a barn, 5 miles away.
Refreshments, games, and a
short program are being planned,
by several committees directed by,
co-chairmen Martha Nixon and
Reigning queen Mabel Moen, a
Canadian from Winnipeg, Mani-toba
is a religious education major
and psychology minor. Mabel, a
senior, is corresponding secretary
for the student senate this year.
While belonging to the Canadian
club, she admittedly dislikes Cana-dian
conservatism, as well as "any-thing
that isn't entered into with
full enthusiasm." She likes people,
especially young people, and is
working this year as youth direc-tor
for a young people's group at
Immanuel Baptist church. Mabel
likes classical and semi-classical
music, sports of all kinds—espec-ially
water skiing and golfing—
talking, "coffeeshopping," and dis-cussion
groups. She may go on to
school for her M.A., but her fu-ture
plans are as yet quite indef-inite.
Nancy Gustafson, or "Gus" as
she is called, is a junior from
Kiron, Iowa. Her main interests
besides semi-classical and classical
music are sports—she is on the
girls' basketball team—and sew,
ing. She sings in the women's choir
as well as in a girls' trio on a gos-pel
team. She also serves as a
resident counselor at Bodien. She
is majoring in music and minoring
in speech and plans to be a high
school teacher.
Queen Mabel
Scripture Study
Groups Meet
In Near Future
Bible study groups will form on
Bethel campus in the very near
future, according to Lee Eliason,
chairman of the religious council.
These study groups originated last
year and proved very beneficial in
answering the personal questions
of both students and faculty.
Following Deeper Life Week,
Oct. 23-27, the students and fac-ulty
will be divided into groups
of 8 to 12 individuals. These groups
will meet every Friday during the
chapel hour to study and discuss
suggested texts. The council hopes
that the groups will stimulate per-sonal
spiritual exploration and
growth.
Dick Krueger. "The Great Pump-kin"
will be the special guest for
the evening.
Tickets will be on sale next
week in the student center for 25c,
"We still need some props,
though," confided Dick Krueger,
"Three tarantullas and one dead
body!"
Connie Harrigan, a second-sem-ester
junior from Redlands, Calif-ornia,
is planning to major in Eng-lish
education. "Since a teacher
often exerts more influence upon
a student than his parents, I feel
that there is a definite call for
Christian teachers. I want my vo-cation
to be of some profit r.s a
Christian service." Connie's acti-vities
at Bethel include college
choir and the homecoming float
committee.
Roberta Yaxley, from Skokie,
Ill., likes music and sports, espec-ially
tennis. Majoring in music and
minoring in speech, Roberta is un-certain
about her future vocation.
In addition to being secretary of
the senior class and president of
the Bethel Women's Association,
Roberta is in the speech choir and
is a resident counselor in the girls'
dorm.
A Hibbing, Minn. junior, Mona
Peterson plans to major in English
education. She would like to work
with "special" children who are
handicapped physically or mental-ly.
Her activities on campus in-clude
college choir, Spanish club,
dramatics club, speech choir,
homecoming float committee, and
secretary of the junior class. She
enjoys all sports and music and
"everything!"
Nov. 3 Convo
Features Pike
On Linguistics
Dr. Kenneth L. Pike, professor
of linguistics at the University of
Michigan, will be the featured
speaker at the Nov. 3 convoca.
tions. At 10 a.m. his topic will be
"Bible Translation — Need and
Technique," covering the technical
phases of linguistics combined with
a devotional thrust to the tribes.
An informal luncheon is planned
for faculty members and students
to become acquainted with Dr.
Pike. He is also scheduled to speak
to the anthropology class.
A public lecture will be held at
8 p.m. to demonstrate "Language
by Gesture." This demonstration
is aimed at learning a language
without an interpreter by the use
of gestures.
From 1945-48 Dr. Pike was en-gaged
in extension research in al-phabet
formation for Indian tribes
at the Summer Institute of Lin-guistics,
Mexico; and during the
year 1943-44, he was alphabet
consultant in Ecuador, Peru, and
Bolivia with the American Bible
Society. From 1942 to the present
time he has been a member of the
Board of Directors of the Wycliffe
Bible Translators, Inc. He is the
author of numerous books and ar-ticles
in the field of linguistics.
Graduate Study
Aid Available
Seniors in the college and sem-inary
who are planning to do
graduate work, may receive pertin-ant
information in the student af-fairs
office.
Aid may be obtained through
the Danforth Fellowship, the Na-tional
Defense scholarships and
other sources. All applications for
Fulbright scholarships must be in
by Nov. 1.
t e CLARION Volume XXXVIII—No. 4 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn, Friday, October 20, 1961
Tarantullas and One Dead Body
Wanted For Sophomore Social
Editorials*
Worship, More Convos
Need in Chapel Plans
Depression-inflation cycles have long been the fly in the ointment
of capitalistic economic theory and a look at Bethel's chapel experience
reveals a similar pattern of qualitative change only on a more rapid
day-to-day level. While the principle of partial reinforcement may en-courage
student attendance for a longer time, a more reasoned, effec-tive
approach must be sought.
The primary purpose of maintaining an institution such as chapel
is to provide the elements of daily worship on an all-school basis. The
possibilities of achieving this goal are minimized by the practice of un-announced
programs as well as their uneven quality. It is nearly im-possible
to approach the ten o'clock hour with an attitude of worshipful
reverence when one doesn't know what to expect—and the potential
presentations have ranged from a high Eb male vocalist to challenging
messages to church-state relations. This is not to decry the need for
and advantages of variety. Using the chapel hour rigidly only for wor-ship
may be defeating as mundanity sets in. However, if the morning
school gathering is to be "chapel," it should be limited to worship.
Semantics seems to be a major difficulty, so at this point, we ara
willing to define worship in its broadest aspects. This includes praise,
thanksgiving, petition and incorporates the means of song, prayer, shar-ing,
speaking. Different levels of worship must also be represented. The
more formal Wednesday chapels of last year were genuinely worthwhile
and so, should be considered in any re-planning of the chapel program.
The proportion of time to devote to the various levels may be ascer-tained
by determining the desires of the Bethel populace, discovering
the type of service most appreciated in church-worship as well as the
wish for acquaintance with new forms.
Harking back to the need for variety, the convocation classification
must be broadened to include all presentations that are not primarily
worshipful in content and are presented in an informative, academic,
or entertaining manner. We think it is definitely legitimate to use the
chapel hour for this type of program. The problem of proper attitude
for the student to assume may be solved by deciding that chapel will be
the order of the day unless the more frequent convocations are an-nounced
in advance.
The implementation of the entire chapel program is almost a full-time
duty. The most co-ordination and consistent planning would be
possible under the guidance of one person. The possibilities of calling
a campus pastor have long been discussed, and his duties would cer-tainly
include complete responsibility for this important aspect of
Bethel life, as well as serving in the obviously valuable area of coun-seling.
It would seem advantageous to engage a qualified person as soon
as possible.
Senate Vote on AAES Due
The Bethel student senate's affiliation with intercollegiate organi-zations
has been being re-evaluated in the past few months. The cul-mination
of this work came last Monday night as the major portion of
the senate meeting was devoted to discussion of this matter. The final
vote on the American Association of Evangelical Schools (AAES) was
tabled until Monday evening, Oct. 30.
In the interim between meetings, it is possible for students to in-form
themselves on the available alternatives and then make their
opinions knowns to voting senate members.
AAES is a young organization of projected national scope with
the aim of promoting the bond of Christian fellowship among member
schools, as well as encouraging high standards of scholarship and uni-fying
evangelical student efforts. After two years of operating without
any specific projects, "Political Awareness" was a logical choice in
1960's election climate. The year's project was translated into "The
Challenge of Communism" for the spring convention.
A delegation of five Bethel students attended this spring conven-tion.
It was discovered that the discussion of the problems of Commun-ism
in relation to Christianity had presupposed certain answers and the
majority of delegations from other schools were unwilling to openly
view the matter as two-sided or employ an intellectual approach.
Three alternatives of action are open for Bethel's senate. First, it
is possible to withdraw completely from the organization. This decision
would consider the fact that the organization has failed to attract the
best of the four-year liberal-arts colleges. Taylor university has with-drawn
its support while Wheaton college and Moody Bible institute are
seriously considering withdrawal. The distance to the nearest member
school (Wheaton) is prohibitive and does not allow Bethel to actively
participate in regional activities. The selection of a problem area does
not seem to be in keeping with the broader emphases of liberal-arts and
the manner of handling the chosen topic area has not been in keeping
with collegiate standards of intellectual activity; thus, refusing Chris-tian
responsibility for fairness and openness.
Secondly, Bethel could withdraw membership but retain an active
interest in AAES affairs. Delegates could attend conventions and the
progress of the organization ascertained. If there is improvement in
activity and attitude, it would be possible to recharter membership next
spring.
Finally, senate has the choice of deciding to enter on a course of
active leadership in AAES. It may be possible that the organization
should be given a longer time to prove itself in view of its youth. Bethel
can never exert any positive influence in aiding AAES in achieving its
stated goals unless we are members and have a voice in the internal
affairs. AAES has potential of being an influential and valuable
association for schools of similar religious background and it can never
live up to possibilities it member schools are not willing to cooperate
through the initial stages of immaturity.
the CLARION
Revue
Harpist Gerald Goodman trans- most dance-like. A simple octave,
formed the fieldhouse last Monday sparsely harmonized arrangement
night, if not into heaven, at least of "I Wonder as I Wander" creat-into
a very interesting and plea- ed a very dramatic, almost lone-sant
spot on earth. The burnished some, effect.
gold and ebony construction of
The harp blossomed into high
Goodman's instrument anticipated musical glory through the compo-an
unusual evening. sitions of French impressionists.
The program revealed the great Debussey's "Danse Sacre et Danse
versatility of this instrument which Profane" used piano with harp,
is rather stereo typed in the lay- further enriching the latter's tone
man's mind. The opening Handel and the possibilities of harmony.
concerto ranged from delicate har- Some of the most profound musi-monic
work to rich arpeggios, evi- cal moments of the evening were
dencing the traditional "harp provided by Maurice Ravel's "In-sound"
which is not dissimiliar to troduction et Allegro" with its
that of a harpsichord. Several rich textural and harmonic effects
pieces by the late Carlos Salzedo and subtle rhythmic patterns.
expanded the harp into a rather The encore number, an original
complete percussion section, which song entitled "The Captive" re-included
the substitution of finger- vealed that Goodman's voice and
nails for finger tips, drumming of poetry neither equal nor comple-fingers
on the sounding board, and ment his performing ability on the
an almost brassy effect of pluck- harp, though his friendly and per-ing
the strings close to the sound- tinent comments further empha-ing
board. The live possibility of sized his ability to create good
playing jazz on a harp was also audience rapport. A sensitive, in-manifested.
genuous, high-seriousness charac-
A folksong section further ex- terize both Mr. Goodman and his
ploited the rhythmic and melodic capable accompanist, Mr. Charles
possibilities of the instrument. The Schneider.
two French chansons gay and al- — Annette Larson
In response to the letter at the right, the CLARION commissioned
a team of archaeological experts to delve into the matter of the real or
imagined existence of a Royal. After much extensive and intensive in-vestigation,
this scientific crew finally established without a doubt the
historical reality of such an animal. A fossil specimen was located
at 28 degrees 34' 19.6__ S latitude and 167 degrees 49' 39.7" W longtitude.
Above is an accurate reproduction of the fossil Royal (Royalus royalii
royalum) drawn 1/53964354 actual size.
A similar, though less thorough and intellectual study, was under-taken
in 1959 which inspired the following:
It's only right the Royal,
With vic'try is a pal;
But with fear of sounding disloyal
I ask, is it animal, vegetable, or minerale?
the CLARION
Published by students of Bethel
College and Seminary
VOLUME XXXVI I I NO. 3
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Sharon Dickau
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Dean Dahlquist
BUSINESS MANAGER Dale Rogers
NEWS EDITOR Neva Rogers
FEATURE EDITOR Annette Larson
SPORTS EDITOR Rich McNamara
COPY EDITOR Donna Jenkins
CIRCULATION Nancy Robertson
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Friday, October 20, 1961
Letters:
Students React
To Berlin
Queens Football
Dear Editor,
I must disagree with the opin-ion
of Gerald Egge on Berlin. I
will admit that none of us has a
desire, as he says, "to be killed
or maimed for life for a group of
people I have never seen, will never
see, or care anything about," but
for the world's sake, and for our
own sakes, we cannot allow this
attitude to prevail.
We are our brothers' keeper in
the case of Berlin, and to betray,
the thousands of people who look
to us as their protector would
surely lead to defeat in the long
run. The United States found long
ago that she could not isolate her-self
from the rest of the world and
continue to exist as an independent
and free nation. What happens in
Berlin is of vital importance to
the future of our country.
Let us hope that the Berlin,
crisis never comes to the point of
nuclear war, but whatever the con-sequences
may be, we must be
ready and willing to defend our
hold on Berlin.
Carol Dell Young
Dear Editor,
In the effort to become a respec-table,
accredited, liberal arts col-lege,
Bethel has imported since
the war many of the standard
characteristics of established col-leges,
such as Ph.D.s, football,
building programs, and homecom-ing
queens. Among the many
worthwhile changes has been the
attempt to make homecoming an
event appealing to the growing
number of college alumni.
However, we consider it unfor-tunate
that Bethel seems to be
blindly emulating other schools in
making homecoming a better-be-cause-
bigger Fall extravaganza.
And in particular we regret Beth-el's
adoption of the now wide-spread,
but basically anti-Ameri-can,
tradition of having royalty
as a main focus of homecoming.
The former practice of having a
host and hostess is much more in
keeping with the alleged intent of
homecoming and better emphasizes
the qualities which Bethel desires
in people selected to represent the
school.
Then, changing the topic, has
anyone ever seen that ephemeral,
mythological creature, "The Roy-al?"
Assuming that it is not syn-onymous
with a "Bethel Man,"
would someone please describe or
demythologize a "Royal?"
From the Gopherhole
Dear Editor,
After reading Karen Nelson's
letter to the editor last week I
would like to say that, although I
don't play on the football team,
I do like to play the game and
at this time the physical educa-tion
classes are in the middle of
playing the "dangerous, destruc-tive
sport that should have gone
out with the gladiators" in their
class periods. I think that football
is one of the ways in which the
men on our campus can burn up
extra energy in a competitive
sport and I would say that I
strongly disagree with Karen's
letter.
Doyle Shafer
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The Minnesota Civil Defense corps has appropriated
Bethel's renowned center-campus drain to serve as an
escape route from nuclear wrath. Bethel has seen fit
to import a cannon as its fundamental defense.
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Worship Services 9, 11 a.m.
Bible School 10 a.m.
Evening Gospel Hour 7:15 p.m.
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Image of Greatness:
Myth, Liberator, Christian
H. L. MENCKEN : Some time ago
a publisher told me that there are
four kinds of books that seldom,
if ever, lose money in the United
States—first, murder stories; sec-ondly,
novels in which the heroine
is forcibly overcome by the hero;
thirdly, volumes on spiritualism,
occultism and other such claptrap;
and fourthly, books on Lincoln ...
Lincoln becomes the American
solar myth, the chief butt of Am-erican
credulity and sentimental-ity.
Washington, of late years,
has been perceptibly humanized;
every schoolboy now knows that
he used to swear a good deal, and
was a sharp trader, and had a quick
eye for a pretty ankle. But mean-while
the varnishers and veneerers
have been busily converting Abe
into a plaster saint, thus making
him fit for adoration in the
YMCAs.
RICHARD HOFSTADTER: .. .
he turned liberator in spite of him-self:
"I claim not to have control-led
events but confess plainly that
events have controlled me." . . .
He had won high office by means
sometimes rugged, but once there,
he found that he could not quite
carry it off . . .
Lincoln's rage for personal suc-cess,
his external and worldly am-bition,
was quieted when he entered
the White House, and he was at
last left alone to reckon with him-self
. . . Lincoln was shaken by
the presidency. Back in Spring-field,
politics had been a sort of
exhilarating game; but in the
White House, politics was power,
and power was responsibility . . .
To be confronted with the fruits
of his victory only to find that it
meant choosing between life and
death for others was immensely
sobering . . . Lincoln's utter lack
of personal malice during these
years, his humane detachment, his
tragic sense of life, have no paral-lel
in political history .. .
The presidency was not some-thing
that could be enjoyed . . .
There had always been a part of
him, inside and out of reach, that
had looked upon his ambition with
detachment and wondered if the
game was worth the candle. Now
he could see the truth of what he
had long dimly known and per-haps
hopefully suppressed — that
for a man of sensitivity and com-passion
to exercise great powers
in a time of crisis is a grim and
Local Artist Displays
Collection on Campus
Bethel students will have the
opportunity of viewing 30 paint-ings
and drawings of Aribert Mun-zner
Oct. 23-Nov. 24 in the lounge
and hall of the seminary building.
Mr. Munzner received his B.F.A.
in painting from Syracuse univer-sity
in 1953 and his M.F.A. in
painting from Cranbrook Academy
of Art in 1955. He has been a
member of the Minneapolis School
of Art since 1955.
agonizing thing. Instead of glory,
he once said, he had found only
"ashes and blood." This was, for
him, the end product of that suc-cess
myth by which he had lived
and for which he had been so
persuasive a spokesman. He had
had his ambitions and fulfilled
them, and met heartache in his
triumph.
RONALD D. RIETVELD: "We
have Lincoln's own words uttered
in the last period of his life (1865)
to a visiting clergyman from Illi-nois.
The clergyman asked Lincoln,
"Do you love Jesus ?"
Lincoln replied: "When I left
Springfield I asked the people to
pray for me. I was not a Christian.
When I buried my son, the sever-est
trial of my life, I was not a
Bethel Students
Undertake
Mission Project
Chapel offerings this year will
be used to finance a dynamo for
the Harasinga compound in As-sam,
India, according to Lee Elia-son,
religious council chairman.
The generator will provide elec-tricity
for all the buildings in the
compound, including a school, a
hospital, and the native church.
At the high school, the only one
of its kind on the north bank, the
Rev. Paul Edwards has reported
that students are forced to bring
their own lamps to the evening
sessions.
However, it is the hospital that
presents the greatest need, indi-cates
Dr. Laura Edwards, hospital
director. At present, emergency
operations must be conducted with
flashlights and gas lamp lighting;
the lack of a power source prohi-bits
the use of any modern elec-trical
equipment.
"Certainly a project which, over
a period of years, will mean life
rather than death to many indi-viduals
is worthy of our support,"
stated Mr. Eliason. "And when we
add to this the opportunity of
sharing our Christian experience
with these people, the significance
of the project assumes eternal di-mensions."
A satisfactory score on a health
examination will eliminate Per-sonal
and Community Health as a
graduation requirement for some
Bethel students. The exam, which
is scheduled for 12 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 16, will be based primarily
on the information covered in
Textbook of Healthful Living (6th
ed.) by Diehl. Copies of this book
are in the library reserve section.
Students who wish to take the
exam must fill out a form avail-
Christian. But when I went to Get-tysburg
and saw the graves of
thousands of our soldiers, I then
and there consecrated myself to
Christ. Yes, I do love Jesus."
If to be a Christian is to be a
follower of Jesus Christ, to believe
in God as our Father, to love Him,
to serve Him and our fellow men,
to try to do in private and in,
public life just what Christ would
have done—that is the will of God
—then Abraham Lincoln was in-deed
a Christian.
Tea Entertains
Alumni Teachers
Teachers who are among the
Bethel alumni will be guests at• a
coffee hour Friday, Oct. 20. Fac-ulty
members, and students who
are in their fourth year of the
teacher education program, are al-so
invited. This event, sponsored
by the Minnesota education de-partment,
will be held in the audir
torium from 4 to 6 p.m.
able in the college office. This form
must be completed and returned to
the office before 5 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 13.
An artist speaks of Christ. To
many of you this statement seems
strange. But stop and ask yourself
why. Is it not the common stereo-type
of the artist as the bearded,
ragged, semi-degenerate of pulp
fiction that makes Christ and art
seem so unrelated ?
Granted that this is a departure
from the usual format of my
column, but for me it is something
that cannot be contained.
For me, life without Christ was
a virtual hell. Existence was some
sort of cruel joke inflicted on a dy-ing
race; the future was nothing but
a mushroom-clouded sea of chaos.
The everywhere-present evidence
of man's inhumanity to man prey-ed
on my mind, often to the point
where I wanted to scream with my
brush and pen at everything I
saw, to scream that things were
all wrong, that the world was up-side
down, that happiness was only
hollow laughter. Everything I did
was overshadowed by a sense of
utter futility.
Beauty was so very rare and
horror and ugliness so vast that
my work, like that of so many
young artists with no future, was
chaotic and morbidly depressing--
and life the same.
Then when I found Christ, it
was as if a fog had suddenly clear-ed
and the nightmare existence
had ended. I found beauty every-where,
for after all, I was in con-tact
with the Creator and He had
opened my eyes to see Him in the
beauty of His creation and the
beautiful calm He gives in mo-ments
of weakness when the fear
returns.
Now art is almost a worship
experience, for in His image we
are made creative and when He
is with me, my work becomes a
way to express and explore His
world of beauty. — Phydeaux
Peace Corps
Seeks Help
"The goal of the Peace Corps is
to promote the understanding and
trust that arise from common ef-fort."
The Peace Corps is an or-ganization
that will send trained
technicians to any country that
requests them.
Any American citizen over 18
years of age may volunteer. Vol-unteers
will be selected after inter-views,
written tests, and physical
examinations. They will be assign-ed
a task on the basis of their
specific skills and the needs of the
people with whom they will work.,
Peace Corps members will be
paid, in addition to a living allow-ance,
$75 a month, payable when
the assignment is completed. Ser-vice
in the Peace Corps will not
exempt anyone from provisions of
the Universal Military training -
and Service act. However, this act
will permit a deferrment for mem- ;
bers of the Peace Corps.
Mr. Eugene Sprinkel has been
appointed liason officer for the
Peace Corps on Bethel's campus.
Peace Corps representative Mr.
Harold Bakker visited Bethel Sat-urday,
Oct. 14, when he discussed
the requirements and opportuni-ties
of the Peace Corps. An infor-mal
luncheon was held for inter-ested
students.
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Freshman Sweetheart Jann Bowman receives her crown from the
two other candidates, Joyce Palmquist and Sharon Olson,
JannBowman Crowned
'61 Freshman Sweetheart
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by Dr. Clarence B. Bass
The significance of Rudolph
Bultmann today is in the exceeding
force his theology appeals to mo-dern
man as an explanation of
the meaning of life. His theology
breaks with older liberalism, and
offers a radical reformation of
thought about the New Testament
faith and thought.
To understand Bultmann's theo-logy,
one must understand two
concepts which are basic to it:
the "form-historical" method; and,
the meaning of "de-mythologiz-ing."
Bultmann's "form - historical"
method begins with the assumption
that Jesus was nothing more than
man whom later faith made a
deity, and around whom the early
church constituted its theology.
Bultmann is primarily interested
in this faith and preaching of the
early church. How did the preach-ing
of this faith acquire the form
which it now has in the first three
gospels ? What is the real kernel
of fact behind the gospel ? Bult-mann
tries to go back to the form
of the gospel tradition before it
was synthesized into its present
form. This attempt is called the
"form-historical" method.
Bultmann tries to relate the
New Testament to non-Christian
religions in such a way that it
finds its natural explanation in the
context of such religions. Most of
-concepts- about Christ, asserts
Bultmann, grew out of Babylonian
and Egyptian tradition. Hence,
the New Testament concepts must
not be thought of as being unique
to Christianity, nor even super-natural,
but as purely human and
historical. Therefore, the gospel
does not exist in timeless truths
or metaphysical systems, but in
the faith which it produces in man.
Bultmann's understanding of the
New Testament asserts that it is
basically mythological in char-acter,
and that this mythological
character must be removed from
it in order to properly understand
its real message. A myth presents
that which is "not-of-the-world"
as if it is "of-the-world." Hence,
New Testament thought forms are
but mythological expressions to
lead man to a realization of his
own existence and faith.
We cannot continue therefore,
avows Bultmann, to think of the
concepts of the New Testament as
being actual and sufficient for our
science-changed world. As the New
Testament writers took the content
of their faith and expressed it in
the form of their world, so must
we. We must not accept merely
the forms the New Testament pre-sents,
but seek the hidden mean-ing
of faith behind those forms.
This is de-mythologizing it.
The New Testament becomes a
reflection of what men, under cer-tain
influences, have experienced
of faith, and can reflect for us,
through its de-mythologized forms,
the content of faith through which
we express our own forms. Hence,
the various concepts of the New
Testament supply the form from
which the essence of faith can a-rise.
The important thing is not how
far the objectivizing conceptions
of the New Testament's mytho-logical
language contain truth, but
how far they give expression to
that which leads man to discover
himself in relation to God (not
truth, but existence). To know
about Christ does not produce
faith, but to know Christ does,
What modern man must do is to)
go behind the form of the New
Testament to the real faith as
exemplified in it, and then to ex-press
that faith in his own forms.
Bultmann has caught the spirit
of the New Testament—that the
gospel is not facts about Christ,
but the relation to Christ which
changes a man. However, if the
Christ of the New Testament as
presented through the objective
forms of the New Testament is
not true, how can the faith which
is to arise from a relation to Him
be true ? The danger which is in-herent
in his theology is that, in
attempting to get behind the form,
—through which the gospel has
come,—to content of the faith of
the gospel, he may so drastically
alter the content that the faith
becomes meaninglessly intuitive
subjectivism, without any certitude
at all.
Connie Harrigan
"I chose to attend Bethel be-cause
I wanted to get at least the
foundation of my college education
in a Christian liberal arts college,"
states Jann Bowman, freshman
sweetheart hailing from Califor-nia.
As a resident of a warmer cli-mate,
Jann is looking forward to
the winter sports and activities
this area offers. Besides enjoying
the out-of-doors, Jann also appre-ciates
reading poetry, listening to
music, and cooking.
Jann participated in many inter-esting
activities in high school, in-cluding
Russian club, international
relations club, Spanish honor so-ciety,
and the California scholar-ship
federation. She was also a
finalist in the American field ser-vice
student abroad program.
Jann is majoring in history; con-sequently,
her favorite subejct is
western civilization. She would like
to someday teach in a United
States government school in a for-eign
country. "I think," states
Jann, "in a job such as this I
could couple my desire to teach
with my interest in knowing what
conditions and attitudes are truly
like in the other parts of the
world."
Sharon Olson, of Cambridge,
Minn., includes among her many
interests sewing, singing, and
bowling. Uncertain as to what her
major will be, Sharon hopes to en-ter
music, religious education, or
nursing.
In high school Sharon was presi-dent
of the Christian fellowship,
a school organization with 150-200
members. She also participated in
many musical groups and was
class treasurer for two years.
Joyce Palmquist is attending
Bethel because she wants "to learn
in a Christian atmosphere." She
plans to attend the University of
Minnesota school of nursing next
year.
While attending North St. Paul
high school, Joyce acted as sopho-more
class secretary and partici-pated
in the American field ser-vice's
program as an exchange stu-dent
to Norway in the summer of
1960. A distant ambition Joyce
harbors is to return someday to
Norway. In her spare time, Joyce
like to ski, knit and sew.
Bass Evaluates Bultmann
From Evangelical Position
Editor's note : The purpose of this series of articles on contemporary theology is not to attack,
defend, or adopt the viewpoints presented. Rather, we are seeking to present, analyze, and criticize
the ideas of some well-known and significant theologians whose ideas no thinking Christian can or
should ignore. Only with knowledge and understanding of opinions contrary to his own can the ev-angelical
hope to effectively answer them—or be completely aware of all that his own faith and
means and implies.
Roberta Yaxley
Nancy Gustafson
Mona Peterson
the CLARION Friday, October 20, 1961
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Elim Baptist Church
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Sunday School-9:45 a.m.
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Rev. Frank Shindo, Ass't.
Alumni and students are invited to worship
on Homecoming Sunday at ea.),
2120 Lexington Avenue North
9:30 a.m. College class with Walt Shearer
discussing Romans
10:45 a.m. "Jesus Looks at Stewardship"
7:00 p.m. "God's Man on the Proving Ground'
Pastor Robert Frykholm speaking
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Youth Hour 5:30 p.m.
Where Bethel Students Serve
Rev. Albert V. Johnson, Minister
Linkun Grows Up:
A President Humanized
"When I was a student" is a
peculiarly popular' phrase, one
which we all use sooner or later.
(After midterms it may be sooner
for some of us!) We often think
of this cliche in connection with
the tales, mixed with fact, which
we will spin for our grandchildren
some day. But since that day is in
the misty future, let us look back
into Bethel's fascinating past.
Several Bethel graduate faculty
members were asked this week,
"What has been the most signifi-cant
change at Bethel since your
student days?" Changes were
less obvious to those who
had not left the Bethel campus
for an appreciable time during
their career. Differences in the
physical appearance were mention-ed
only once.
Four out of six professors asked
first mentioned the upgrading of
the scholastic program, evidenced
by an increase in faculty, in li-brary
books, and the generally en-larged
student personnel services.
This was largely an effort to ob-tain
regional accreditation.
Representing the seminary, Dr.
Virgil Olson commented that now
"All the major theological disci-plines
are being taught with a
greater sense of thoroughness."
He added, "There were very few
married students when I was in
school." In contrast, many of the
present seminarians are married.
A striking fact cited by Dr.
Walfred Peterson was "At Bethel
in 1943-45 it was possible in the
freshman and sophomore years to
take 27 semester credit hours in
five distinct academic fields from
the same professor who at that
time had only a master's degree."
This professor was C. E. Carlson.
Coach Gene Gladder, reminisc-ing,
said, "Track just started then
(1951-52) . . . now we have track
and cross country . . . the staff of
the athletic department has in-creased."
Coach Gladder was re-sponsible
for asking the Dean to
get a school band started.
Registrar Edna Schultz has ob-served
that "the school has grown
in number, but the kids are the
same."
A philosophical aproach was talc-en
by Dr. Roy Dalton, history pro-fessor.
"Chapel services are, on
the whole, more consistently in-spiring
and challenging than they
were in my student days." He not-ed
that the "elimination of multi-fold
announcements" is beneficial
to the worship experience.
Dr. Dalton expressed that with
the increased emphasis upon the
humanities, esthetic senses, and
the 'well-rounded' personality, the
student faces a particular chal-lenge.
"He needs to become more
aware of the dangers of develop-ing
a philosophy of life that is
essentially as humanistic as was
that of the Greeks. In so doing,
a compartmentalization may take
place in which the Christian faith
is regarded as a segment of life,
rather than as the all-permeating
force."
Editor's note : Identificatoin of
the above students may be
found underneath the masthead.
Orchestra
Inaugurates
Series
In the first of the Schubert club
series, the Netherlands chamber
orchestra will present a concert
at the St. Paul auditorium on
Thursday, Oct. 26, at 8:30 p.m.
Under the hand of Szymon Gold-berg,
the orchestra of 23 strings
and harpsichord has won interna-tional
acclaim. This group is now
on its first American tour.
Transportation will be provided
for the concert after the Deeper
Life meeting.
Facilities Must
Be Cleared
All student organizations that
plan to use the school facilities
must clear the use of the facilities
through the student affairs office
before the Friday preceding the
event. All necessary forms for the
use of rooms, cafeteria, gym or
other facilities can be obtained in
the student affairs office.
by Annette Larson
and Carol Stewart
Apparently Abraham Lincoln
was not always the tall, black-bearded
man in a top hat, scrib-bling
lofty phrases on an envelope
as he rode on a drafty train.
To the horror of modern ortho-graphers
and phonologists, Lincoln
probably learned that he was
"Linkun," or more probably "Link-horn"
and usually pronounced
"Linkern." It is doubtful that his
early formal learning improved
this situation. The uproar of Knob
Creek school's oral patterns of
memorization (like a multiple pep-fest?),
with young minds being
thought incapable of functioning
without jaw cooperation, earned
for this house of learning his dis-respectful
title "blab school." Per-haps
this explains the value and
necessity of ruining one's eyes in
reading prone by the exotic, spas-modic
light of burning pine logs.
Abe had a buddy named Austin
Gollaher who once, with a long
pole, prevented the untimely assas-sination
of our sixteenth president
by an impetuous, unfriendly creek.
In appreciation, Abe at a later
date, from the vantage of a paw-paw
tree, dropped some of the
tempting specimens of ripe fruit
into what he thought was Austin's
Autumn Jobs
Announced
Odd jobs such as raking, wash-ing
windows, mowing lawns and
gardening are available for fel-lows
wanting to work from one to
four hours, according to Mr.
Eugene Sprinkel, assistant dean
of students.
"The opportunities for such jobs
should last for another three
weeks," Mr. Sprinkel stated. Any-one
interested should contact Mr.
Sprinkel in the student affairs of-fice.
coonskin cap. However, friend
Austin had had the forethought to
change caps, leaving Abe with the
improvised yellow jam in his own
cap.
Abe's seventeenth birthday had
stretched him to a gangling six
feet, four inches, which he occas-ionally
used to great advantage.
His stepmother said that she didn't
mind his bringing dirt into the
house on his feet, but she asked
him to please keep his head washed
or he'd be rubbing the dirt on her
nice whitewashed rafters, a feat
which he could never quite ac-complish.
In frustration, Abe dip-ped
barefoot boys in a mud puddle,
carried them into the house upside
down, and walked their muddy
feet across the ceiling.
Lincoln's poetic vein inspired
"Adam and Eve's Wedding Song"
on the eve of his sister's wedding,
the final three verses of which
read:
The woman was not taken
From Adam's feet, we see,
So he must not abuse her,
The meaning seems to be.
The woman was not taken
From Adam's head, we know,
To show she must not rule him-
Tis evidently so.
The woman, she was taken
From under Adam's arm,
So she must be protected
From injuries and harm.
This noble view of marriage was
complemented by a real humani-tarian
concern for the animal
world. Once in his mature years,
on the way to an important speak-ing
engagement, he spied a small
pig wedged firmly underneath the
bottom rail of fence. Unhesitat-ingly,
Lincoln, Sunday clothes and
all, extricated the unlucky porker.
Whether Lincoln ever reached the
meeting or in what condition is
not recorded in the documents of
human history.
Probably most of these stories
aren't either.
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Royals Score 13-7 Victory
Over Valley City Vikings
Bethel gained its second victory
of the 1961 football season Satur-day,
Oct. 14 with a 13-7 win over
a scrappy Valley City eleven. It
was not an impressive win, but
after three consecutive losses, a
victory in any way, shape, or form
was entirely welcome to Coach
Owen Halleen and the Bethel fans.
The Royals' Jerry Oas received
a short kickoff to start the con-test.
On the second play from
scrimmage Jim Nelson fumbled
and Valley City recovered on its
own 47. The North Dakotans
couldn't move the ball and kicked
to the Bethel 31. Bethel couldn't
move either but a "roughing the
punter" penalty on fourth down
brought a first down on the Bethel
46.
Here the Royals gathered two
offsides penalties in as many plays,
but on third down Bob Larson and
Don Peterson collaborated on a
fine pass play which carried to
the Valley City 36 behind crisp
blocking. On the next play Nelsen
The Milton College Wildcats will
be the Royal's homecoming foe
Saturday at a 2 p.m. contest at
the Alexander Ramsey high school
field. The Royals will be seeking
their third win of the season and
their first Badger-Gopher confer-ence
triumph. Milton has been
stronger than expected. The fea-ture
of their season to date has
been a 26-7 upset over Northwest-ern
(Wis.), whom the Royals host
on Oct. 28 in a 2 p.m. contest at
Norton field. Milton, under the
direction of Ken Oberbrunner, will
be led by quarterback Kirk Jollife
and halfback Everett Smith.
Frosh Cage Tryouts Held
Freshman basketball tryouts
were held Oct. 12 and 13 under
the direction of Coach Gerry Healy.
Those invited to the opening var-sity
practice on Oct. 23 were Dan
Westerlund, Bill McCarrell, Don
Moore, Gene Lindaman, Bob Jac-obsen,
and George Munchow. Wes-terlund,
an All-State guard from
South Dakota's Sioux Falls Wash-ing-
ton high is expected to aid the
Royal cagers this season if he
can recover fully from a knee in-jury.
Egge Wins In Intramurals
Gerry Egge nipped Phil Bolinder
in the intramural cross-country
meet held Oct. 14 at the fair-grounds.
Egge, of the Jesters, was
timed at 12:08 for the two-mile
run while Bolinder, a member of
the Knights was clocked
at 12:08.1. Dave Peterman
(Barons) finished a close third at
12:10. Other top finishers were
Lee Bajuniemi (Dukes), George
broke off tackle, shifted to the
outside, and manuevered both a-round
and over would-be tacklers
for 36 yards and a touchdown. He
also kicked the point and the
score was 7-0 midway through the
first quarter.
In the second quarter, Sparling
and Nelson moved 17 yards in two
plays, but a holding penalty and a
backfield mixup forced a pass
which was intercepted on the
Bethel 44. The Bethel line con-tinued
to contain the Viking's run-ning
attack and the Royals took
over again on their own 38. Three
bruising runs by Nelson and pass
plays from Larson to Peterson and
Asher to Hagfeldt moved the ball
to the Valley City 16. The drive
stalled as a penalty, another fum-ble,
and two incomplete passes
gave the ball to Valley City. An
interception by Dave Cox halted a
Valley City drive and the half end-ed
shortly thereafter.
The third quarter was nothing
but a series of punts, penalties, and
Muchow (Peasants), John Peter-son
(Pages), and Curt Hallstrom
(Squires).
B-Squad Has 1 to 1 Record
The Bethel B-squad footballers
under the direction of Bill Holz-worth
hold a 1-1 record to date.
The junior Royals opened with a
6-0 win over the Hamline junior
varsity as Pete Eklund ran 50
yards with an intercepted pass for
the game's only touchdown. Fri-day,
Oct. 13, proved to be unlucky
for Holzworth's charges as the
Pillsbury Bible college varsity
squad scored a 39-14 win.
Intramural Football Begins
Bethel's intramural football sea-son
is well under way with two
games of the four game schedule
already played.
Results for Saturday, Oct. 7
Barons-12
Seminary-6
Jesters-30
Pages-6
Counts-20
Peasants-7
Knights-
Dukes—forfeited
Results for Saturday, Oct. 14
Jesters-19
Counts-12
Barons-38
Knights-12
Seminary-19
Dukes-7
Squires-38
Peasants-19
Officials are badly needed for
touch football and volleyball. Per-sons
interested in officiating at
the rate of $1.00 an hour should
contact John Peterson.
fumbles; the fourth quarter was
about the same. The Royals took
a weak Valley City punt on the
Viking's 35, and on a fourth and
five situation Asher shot a hook
pass to Hagfeldt who outraced the
defensive secondary for 32 yards
and Bethel's second touchdown.
The point was missed and the
score stood at 13-0.
After another exchange of punts
and with time running out, the
Vikings unleashed a potent aerial
game featuring quarterback Larry
Schwan and end Bill Johnson.
Johnson made three spectacular
leaping catches to put Valley City
on the Royal's 12. A fourth pass
to Johnson resulted in a Valley
City touchdown. Mike Sheldon
kicked the point and it was 13-7
with less than two minutes left.
Lowell Gause then covered a des-perate
onside kick and the Royals
ran out the clock for the 13-7 tri-umph.
BWRA Begins
Activities On
Bethel Campus
Bethel welcomes a brand new
organization to its campus this
year in the form of BWRA—Bethel
Womens' Recreation Association—
under the leadership of Miss Mari-lyn
Starr, girls' physical education
instructor. This club is open to all
Bethel women—freshmen, sopho-mores,
juniors, seniors, faculty
wives, student wives, and staff.
" 'Know hows' and 'Don't know
hows' are all invited to join the
group on Tuesday evenings from
6:30-8 p.m.," encourages Jan Pet-erson,
athletic council representa-tive.
Already the BWRA has sponsor-ed
a canoe trip (Oct. 7) and a
swim (Oct. 17). Plans are being
made to go canoeing again in the
spring, and to go swimming at
least once each month.
Activities scheduled for the year
include volleyball, basketball, ping-pong,
and badminton tournaments,
bowling, and a winter retreat
which will feature skiing, sledding,
and snowballing.
Spring will bring a whole new
season of sports including tennis,
golf, camping, and horseback rid-ing.
I by Rick McNamara
It is an axiom in sportswriting that the winning team gets the
publicity. Therefore the undefeated Bethel cross-country team and its
individual star, Fred Purcell, will be the subject of this week's column.
Since cross-country is a rather new and unpublished sport, it might
be well to briefly examine the rules, which have been the subject of
some confusion. Teams usually consist of seven men, but only the first
five finishers of a team are considered in the team scoring. First place
scores one point, second place scores two points, third place scores
three, and so on down the line. All of those who finish the race are
ranked and tallied in this manner.
The team score is then determined by totaling the points scored
by the first five men of each team. The team scoring the smallest num-ber
of points wins the meet. The scoring in particular has been the
subject of misunderstanding as golf and cross-country are the only two
major sports in which the lowest total wins. It can be seen that even
though the sixth and seventh runners of a team to finish do not score
points toward their team's total, they can increase the team score of
their opponents by finishing ahead of any of the first five of an oppos-sing
team.
What about Bethel's cross-country team? Well, the Royal harriers
this season have won three meets in three starts. Purcell has finished
first in two of the three meets, in addition to winning the University
of Minnesota Open Meet on October 13.
Bethel opened with a dual meet victory over River Falls State. On
Sept. 29 the Royals ran to an upset win over Macalester, River Falls,
and Northwestern (Minnesota). The meet was won by Ron Bole of
Mac and Purcell finished second. On October 6 the Royals traveled to
St. Peter for a triangular meet with highly-ranked Gustavus Adolphus
and the Mankato "B" team. The Royals scored a narrow victory here as
they bested the Gusties, 41-42, while Mankato trailed with 44. Purcell
negotiated the tough three-mile course in 18:28:9 to win easily.
Dale Pearson, a 100% improved runner over last year, finished a
strong fourth. Other Bethel scorers were Paul Sloan (7th), Brian Mac-intosh
(13th), Dale Rogers (16th), and Howie Dinsmore (18th). Cross-country
is truly a team sport—this was evidenced here as Macintosh,
nipped the Gustie's fourth man for the team's eventual margin of vic-tory.
Purcell's victory in the Minnesota Open is worthy of high praise.
The Sarasota, Florida, sophomore beat approximately 100 of the state's
top cross-country runners, including full teams from the University of
Minnesota, Mankato State, St. Cloud State, Carleton, Gustavus Adol-phus,
and Macalester. Purcell led all the way after the first one-half
mile and won by about 40 yards, beating Bole who finished second. This
was Purcell's first victory in five attempts over Bole, a Macalester
senior who is considered one of the state's top distance runners. Pear-son
also ran well as he finished a strong 16th. The meet was run at the
Lake Nokomis course in Minneapolis and was approximately 2.9 miles
long. Purcell's winning time was 14:13—not too bad for nearly three
miles over a very hilly layout!
The Royal's next scheduled meet is Oct. 28, with St. Olaf. Hats
off to Purcell, Sloan, Pearson, Rogers, Dinsmore, MacIntosh, John Opitz,
and Bill Carlson who so far this season have been playing the role of
Jack the Giant-Killer against far bigger schools—let's hope that they
can keep it up against St. Olaf!
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