Clarion 1962-01-18 Vol 38 No 08

              (Photo by Franks)
Ralph Hale and Jerry Christensen get the big-freeze" in a pre-
Sno-Daze date attempt.
the CLARION Winter Festival
Planned Feb. 1-3
'Who's Who'
Nominees Set
By Faculty
Twelve Bethel students have
keen selected by faculty balloting
to membership in "Who's Who in
American Universities and Col-lE
ges, 1961-62."
Eight seniors and four juniors in-clude
Marilyn Benson, Sharon
Dickau, Paul Johnson, Annette
Larson, Bruce Leafblad, June Mc-
Gillivray, Rich McNamara, Cal
Mortensen, Larry Petersen, Steve
Peterson, Marjorie Stenstrom and
Jim Spickelmier.
This year marks the first time
that Bethel has participated in the
"Who's Who," a listing published
annually in recognition of those
upper-classmen (or post-graduate
students) who have been outstand-ing
in their college or university.
Qualifications for selection in-clude
scholarship, participation and
leadership in academic and extra-curricular
activities, citizenship
and service in school and commun-ity,
and promise of future useful-ness.
Campus Installs
"Dial 9" System
The installation of a new "Dial
9" telephone system now makes it
possible to have open phones at
all times.
Inter-campus calls can now be
dialed direct, thus leaving the op-erator
free for incoming calls only.
Particular attention should be
paid to the new method for out-side
calls. After dialing "9," the
listed number may be dialed.
Editor's Note : At the Jan. 15
meeting of the student senate,
the following report was submit-ted
by the committee to re-evaluate
homecoming under the
chairmanship of Annette Lar-son.
Committee members were
Gary Scull, Lois Westerberg,
and Dr. Dalphy Fagerstrom.
The emphasis of Bethel home-coming
has shifted from an ath-letic
event to a broader program
which reflects the overall char-acter
and objectiveness of the
school.
The objectives of homecoming
should be considered to be to pro-vide
a major fall event for the
Bethel student body, to present
Bethel to interested people not
now connected with the school, and
to foster school spirit.
In seeking to implement these
objectives, this committee makes
the following recommendations:
1. Homecoming in a given year
should center around a theme which
is relevant to Bethel's educational
and religious objectives, and should
include a variety of activities.
2. In light of past experience,
the senate should exercise its fin-
Feb. 6 Marks
Band Concert
Unusual presentations of tradi-tional
works will be featured by
the University of Minnesota con-cert
band ensemble in a concert
here Feb. 6.
The 50-member group, directed
by Dr. Frank Bencriscutto will
present "September Song" as a
ocal solo, and a trombone quintet
playing "Blue Moon." Also on the
program will be the "Roman Carni-val
Overture" by Berlioz and
"Childhood" from Symphony No. 1
by director Bencriscutto.
The concert will begin at 7:30
p.m. in the Bethel fieldhouse. Ad-mission
for students and adults is
50 cents, and 25 cents will be
charged for children under 12.
ancial power in scrutinizing the
homecoming budget before approv-al.
3. Because of the proportion of
the expense of a homecoming par-ade
to its duration, meaningful-ness,
and value, there should be
some consideration given to replac-ing
the parade. Alternatives might
be more extensive campus decora-tions,
or a parade-substitute, such
as a mass march to and/or from
the homecoming game.
4. The committee questions the
purpose and value of homecoming
royalty and suggests their replace-ment
by another symbol, such as
host and hostess. These would be
elected by the entire student body,
give the official greetings at all
homecoming activities, and be of
help in welcoming alumni individ-ually
and discussing the school
with them.
5. Steps should be taken to
launch a mascot, either as a sup-plement
to or a replacement for
the term "Royal," at least by the
1962 homecoming.
The language lab will consist of
a 30-booth complex using the au-dio-
active method with the stu-dent's
voice being electronically
amplified, recorded and played
back to him. The equipment, de-signed
by Mr. Wheeler, has 9
different channels from which to
choose various kinds of materials.
Public Welfare
Shifts Emphasis
To Family Unit
Th concept of new frontiers has
captured the imagination of many
young Americans. One such fron-tier
is emerging in the field of
public welfare.
Recent national publicity on the
inadequacies of the public welfare
program has created a climate fav-orable
to change. Administrative
changes and a legislative program
are planned to shift the emphasis
from assistance and services
through the traditional categories
to the solution of the social prob-lems
presented by families in our
public welfare case loads. The Min-nesota
public welfare program fol-lows
this trend.
"Winter Interlude" is the theme
for the 1962 Sno-Daze Festival to
he held the first weekend of the
second semester, Feb. 1 - 3.
The activities will commence
Thursday evening with a "Royal
Night in Court," at which time
Bethel will meet Superior in a bas-ketball
game. The coronation of
the Sno-Daze princess, along with
an all-school mixer welcoming the
new students, will highlight the
after-game activities.
With "A Winter Token" as the
theme, Friday evening's dress-up
dinner will feature music by Mrs.
Claude Stipe, Mr. Julius Whitinger
and Dr. Gordon Howell, and "The
Sign of Jonah," a contemporary re-ligious
play, will be presented by
the Religious Drama Players in
the fieldhouse at 8 p.m. that night.
Traditional inter-class competi-tion
in the winter sports of tobag-ganing,
traying, figure skating,
and races will begin Saturday mor-ning
at 10 a.m. Hockey games have
been scheduled for Saturday after-noon,
with an informal activity
planned for the Saturday evening
finale of the Sno-Daze Festival.
Greek Painter
Exhibits Art
Bethelites will have the oppor-tunity
of viewing 20 paintings
by Dawn Sperouleas Jan. 15, and
for about three weeks thereafter
in the seminary building and the
coffee shop.
Paintings will include landscapes
of local sights, of the north shore
and of Greece. Some still lifes are
also included in the selections.
Most pictures are done in oil; how-ever,
some watercolors and draw-ings
will also be on display.
Mr. Robert Nelson and Mr. Eu-gene
Johnson are also displaying
some of their work at this time,
the former at Augsburg college
and the latter at the University of
Minnesota.
Civic Opera presents
"Carousel"
Monday, Feb. 12
100 tickets available to
Bethel students—$4.00
seats available for $1.00
Tickets for this semi-formal
event will be on sale during finals
week. The price of $2.50 per cou-ple
will cover the activities for
both Friday and Saturday's events.
Students Vote
For Revisions
By the required majority, the
student body voted yesterday to
accept the revised constitution of
the Bethel College Student Assoc-iation,
creating for the first time
separate college and seminary stu-dent
governments.
Since the new constitution be-comes
effective immediately, Steve
Peterson, president of the assoc-iation,
has announced that the ad-ditional
class representatives and
members-at-large will be elected
during the regular spring elections.
These members will assume their
senate positions immediately upon
election.
John Carlson, present calendar
co-ordinator, has been appointed to
the newly created post of second
-vice president to serve as chair-man
of the student life council,
and Marilyn Benson will receive
voting status on the senate as aca-demic
co-ordinator.
Sprinkle Makes
Big-Time Debut
by Judy Dow
"Mr. Sprinkel looks better on
TV than he does in real life," com-mented
one secretary of the as-sistant
dean of students after ob-serving
his appearance on the NBC
show Truth or Consequences Jan.
9.
A vacation in California for the
holidays was the main objective of
the Sprinkels' westward move.
However, what began as a leisure-ly
drive down Sunset Boulevard in
Los Angeles snowballed into a pay-roll
of prizes.
Observing a large crowd outside
the NBC studios, the Sprinkels
stopped to investigate and were
admitted to the taping of the show.
Bob Barker, emcee of the show,
interviewed members of the aud-ience
in search of contestants and,
by chance, Mr. Sprinkel was sel-ected
first.
Mr. Sprinkel did not have to an-sw
er the usual truth question be-fore
the game but immediately be-gan
his consequence, which con-sisted
of a tic tac toe game with
two other contestants.
Out of 11 prizes awarded in the
5 games Mr. Sprinkel received
10, and was jokingly called by the
emcee "Tic-tac-Sprinkel." Among
the many prizes were a movie cam-era,
two electric frying pans, and
an electric grill plus other kitchen
utensils.
Mr. Sprinkel and a group of
friends saw the show in the lounge
of Bodien residence. Faculty mem-bers
are teasing Mr. Sprinkel a-bout
his luck. Mr. Weintz, profes-sor
of English, and Mr. Sprinkel
are planning a new game called
"Share the Wrealth" in which Mr.
Weintz will make the rules and
Mr. Sprinkel will give the prizes.
Volume XXXVIII—No. 8 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, January 18, 1962
"Royalty Is Replaceable"
Is Senate Evaluation
The house will provide for a
language laboratory, a 30-chair
class room and offices for Miss
Lillian Ryberg, instructor of Span-ish,
and Mr. Glenn Enos, instructor
in French.
Students graduating by Sept. 1,
1962, may participate in this pro-gram
by qualifying for a Case
6. Classes should be dismissed Worker I position through the Min-at
5:00 on Friday afternoon. nesota Merit System examination.
Language Lab Utilizes
Newly Designed Facilities
Bethel's new language house at A two-way communicator will make
1450 Arona is now being remodeled it possible for the student to talk
and will soon be rady for occu-- directly with the monitor.
panty, according to Francis A special soundproof recording
Wheeler, professor of Greek. room is also being installed to aid
the instructors in making tapes
for language drills.
Several members of the language
department have contributed finan-cially
toward the new facilities,
because of the school's limited bud-get.
In addition, a work party in-cluding
members of the faculty
and their assistants have contri-buted
time to constructing the new
equipment.
Editorial* Missionary Discusses Difficulties
Campus Ethical Concern Of Cultural, Social Adjustments
Should Include Honesty
During Missions Week, as often in the past, the plea for Christian
commitment was repeated. While the main thrust of commitment is a
deepening of the Christian experience, the implications of commitment
evidently need to be elaborated.
Seemingly, too many people are willing to content themselves with
conforming to superficial acts of non-drinking, non-smoking, non-danc-ing,
and the like. Some are not even concerned to conform in these ways.
Extending commitment to include the area of basic honesty is evidently
not of prime importance judging by the emphasis placed upon it.
The lack of honesty as now demonstrated on campus is especially
important because the possibilities of instituting an honors system is
being considered by the administration, faculty, and student groups.
Perhaps the most widespread instances of dishonesty are outright
cheating and plagiarism. Cheating exists in the usual forms of notes or
books brought to exams and looking on adjacent test papers. However,
more subtle variations occur in collaboration on daily assignments,
divulgence of test contents to members of other sections. To some
degree, the faculty must also become prepared to accept an honor code.
Professorial responsibility includes explaining the degree to which stu-dents
may benefit from working together on daily work, as well as
refraining from repeating the same tests year after year when some
copies of the tests are having rather wide circulation..
Plagiarism has been readily obvious both in written work and oral
reports. While everyone seems to be quite aware of the situation, fac-ulty
members in a position to take some concrete action seem loath to
face the problem and actually take disciplinary steps they have pre-viously
threatened.
In casual discussions, some students have indicated that overt acts
of cheating in exams may be more prevalent in freshman and sophomore
circles. This may be true since many students tempted to cheat have
quit school; it is more difficult to cheat in small upper-division classes;
hopefully, upper-division students are less willing to cheat when soberly
realizing that acquired knowledge is forming a basis for later work.
Therefore, any honors system may be best instituted gradually, upper-division
classes first with an accompanying orientation of entering stu-dents.
A choice must be made between an academic honor system, a social
honor system, or a combination of both. Theoretically, a social honor
system exists now and the obvious incidence of its failure is lamentable.
The inception of an explicit social honor system, however, might be
valuable in promoting honesty in many crucial areas of campus life.
Rather notable is the library where books either disappear for weeks
at a time or are never returned. This occurs noticably among the reserve
books, especially in the seminary section. On some campuses an honors
system has included control over such misdemeanors.
The institution of an honors system almost necessitates the use of
a pledge that is signed by the student or is understood to be binding on
any student entering the school. Such a pledge not only obligates a per-son
to observe the honor code himself, but requires him to report any
infringement of the code that he may see. This idea could cause a small
revolution in campus thinking and complete reversal in current attitude.
Any student now who gives any information on the breaking of "under-stood"
regulations is regarded as a somewhat undesirable "stool pigeon"
by all of his classmates.
Supposedly an honors system would be an intrinsic aspect of Bethel
as idealistically conceived. As campus attitudes now stand, an honors
system would be an anomaly. This must be changed. Even as the success
of an honors system depends completely on students, the impetus for an
attitude change that would make honesty more compatible with Bethel
must be student inspired.
Dear Editor.
Concerning power politics, I
would like to submit a summary of
a viewpoint contrary in many ways
to the opinion stated in the Dec. 7
issue. My intention is to state a
critical appraisal of that writer's
conclusions and briefly state a
conclusion or two of my own.
The first and perhaps most ob-vious
fallacy in the man's reason-ing
is his assumption that histori-cally,
political liberals are either
dupes or consciously sympathetic
with the Reds. From this comes
the conclusion that liberals, in gen-eral,
want no part of nuclear test-ing.
This common conservative
misconception was perhaps born
from the assertion "Most pacifists
are liberal politically ergo all lib-erals
are pink pacifists."
Second, the letter of Dec. 7 seems
to imply that history will afford
us the luxury of acting as we wish
in international affairs. If I am
correct in my implication, I must
say I cannot agree (see American
History Text, cover to cover). The
fact that we are but one nation
among several seems irrelevant to
this man, who seems to feel that
God is calling us to unite on the
"right" side and march through
the big red wall, denouncing all
who disagree with our opinions as
dupes or pinks. And this man then
seeks to assure us that if we just
follow his suggestions, "There will
be no war."
I'm not convinced. The writer
himself seems a bit unsure of his
position when he falls into the
tender trap of fatalistic resignation
(the Commies "march toward world
conquest and suppression of mil-lions
. . . is as bad as war"). Is
he then really suggesting that we
have been divinely entrusted with
the job of walking in and freeing
by Karen Nelson
"In South America even the Bap-tist
Christians drink wine." This
statement was made by Argentine
missionary, Jim Hill, as he was
explaining some of the cultural
differences which missionaries con-front.
The concept of time is another
problem that North Americans
must adjust to. According to Mr.
Ilill, "It is typically Latin that it
is more important to pass the time
of day with a friend than to keep
an appointment, or to be at church
by Gary B. Scull
The sonic boom is an explosive
sound heard when an aircraft man-euvers
at supersonic speed. The
characteristics of a sonic boom or
of sonic bangs vary according to
the situation. Some reported bangs
may be due to extraneous efforts,
such as sudden ignition of after-burners
in some turbojet engines.
Actual sonic bangs, however, are
caused by airchaft-induced shock
waves.
Sonic boom can be sufficiently
intense to damage property as well
as to be psychologically harmful.
Thus the booms constitute a po-tential
limitation to miltary and
commercial low-altitude flights.
But it is certain that the future
will see this occurrence become
commonplace.
Because the sonic boom is ex-pected
to become a familiar part
of our lives, an explanation for it,
though over-simplified, might be
useful to those puzzled by a sharp
clap of thunder on a clear day.
The "sonic barrier" is an aero-nautical
term coined during World
War II to symbolize the technical
difficulty for manned aircraft in
accelerating through the speed of
sound. In designing and testing
subsonic airplanes to fly at increas-ingly
higher speeds, aerodynamic
engineers found the following ad-verse
effects as an airplane ap-proached
the speed of sound: a
rapid rate of drag increase, break-the
poor wretches from the Com-munist
despots ? The implication
is there even if the justification
is not. The very fact that atomic
invasion would involve destruction
of these peasants' lives and pro-perty
should serve to cool any talk
of blind aggression.
A clearly outlined pattern of
international policy has not yet
been delivered to anyone. Many
dogmatically claim that they have
the answers before they start any
sincere atempt at sifting through
the mass of facts, fiction, and
shades of both. As a student of
government, I am perplexed with
the terribly complex nature of in-ternational
problems. Any honest
attempt to solve these problems
starts with a respect for all the
experts in the field, if not with
an acceptance of their ideas. To
chalk them up as "dupes" is a
simple solution that carries with
at ten o'clock. Missionaries come
with the idea that punctuality is a
virtue and a Christian trait. For
the Latins passing the time of day
is a virtue."
"Although cultural differences
are not as great as they could be,
each culture has its value judg-ments.
In Argentina, it is better
to lie than to lose face." Mr. Hill
supported this statement by ex-amples
of theft by maids during
language school who could be ac-cused
by evidence in black and
white, and still not admit guilt.
down of life, loss of control, and
hampered maneuverability. These
effects are known collectively as
the sound barrier.
While the velocity of the plane,
in relation to the speed of the air
stream, is less than the speed of
sound, which corresponds to the
speed of the circular ripples pro-pagating
the disturbance, the effect
will be merely a series of circles
that are somewhat crowded on the
upstream side.
When a plane travels faster than
sound, the pressures cannot move
forward as rapidly as the plane.
Therefore, weak pressure disturb-ances
accumulate to form a strong
pressure disturbance. This shock
wave thus formed at the nose of
the plane (rather than aft where
the disturbed waves had previously
been) is a conical envelope known
as the Mach cone. By way of illus-tration,
a shock wave is to a sound
wave what a tidal wave is to a
ripple in a small pool.
When a plane passes through the
sound barrier, the Mach cone is
not actually a cone but a plane
perpendicular to the line of flight.
it is the action from this shock
wave, during the brief transi-tion
period before bending into a
cone, that is heard as a "boom"
to persons on the ground. How-ever,
a person riding in the plane
cannot hear these noises since the
plane is flying faster than the
speed of sound.
it neither the respect of intelligent
people nor the sanction of the One
-Mao is the source of all know-ledge
and wisdom.
(a "pseudo-intellectual, jump-ing
up and down")
Paul Carlson
Dear Editor:
Representative Judd gave stir-ring
appeals for Christian dedica-tion
in his convocation talk on the
"Christian Alternative to Commun-ism."
It was especially fitting just
before missions week.
While most valuable, his central
thrust related almost entirely to
the individual's religious committ-ment.
He did not show how indi-vidual
religious action would pro-duce
wise foreign policy. In short,
he talked religion, not politics.
While this should be clear
enough, our pietistic heritage
makes it difficult for us to see
(cont'd on page 3)
"Lying is very common. Latin Am-ericans
don't have the strong Pro-testant
feeling that it is sin. This
does change as they become Chris-tians."
"Many insignificant things like
the unclean meat markets, no stop
signs, and the 'not to the point'
way of discussion can get under a
missionaries' skin just because they
are different."
Explaining some of the differ-ences
to be found in political and
economic thought, Mr. Hill re-marked
that, "Latin American's
don't have the same concept of
democracy that we have because
they have always been dependent
on strong leaders. That is why
they are so suseptible to dictator-ships.
There, the man is stronger
than the law; here, law is larger
than even the government leaders."
Discussing further the problem
of politics, Mr. Hill said, "Mis-sionaries
too often are prone to
accept the status quo of the poli-tical
institutions of a country with-out
thinking them through, though
the missionary has the problem
that he can not make any political
commitments. But in his political
attitude the missionary must have
a sympathy for the poor. He must
disassociate himself from Ameri-can
capitalism for the U.S. is not
above shame for the way it has
maneuvered to exploit South Am-erica
at the expense of the people
and has helped preserve the status
quo.
"President Kennedy's Latin Am-erican
program has the potential
for becoming the finest program
that has appeared in the history of
inter-American relations. Its suc-cess
depends on the enforcement
of the rules that have been estab-lished
to insure that financial and
economic aid shall reach the
masses.
"National churches are deeply
involved in the emerging social
changes. Here (in U.S.) we tend
to think of a socialist as a 'non-violence
communist,' but if we call
them Communist because they
stand for social change we are
idiots. Even many of the anti-clerics,
produced by centuries of
neglect by institutionalized Chris-tianity
that has isolated the masses
of the Latin American people from
the heart of the Christian gospel,
who stand against the Church poli-tically
and economically, are not
Communists in that they have not
accepted 'dialectical Marxism'."
Mr. Hill seemed to be very en-thused
with the opportunities for
the gospel in Argentina and in his
words "thrilled at watching the
development of a new industrial
empire." In spite of cultural dif-ferences
that must be reconciled
he feels a close identity with the
Argentine people.
the CLARION
Published by students of Bethel
College and Seminary
Volume XXXVIII
No. 8
EDITOR Sharon Dickau
ASSOC. EDITOR Dean Dahlguist
CO-BUS. MGRS. Dale Rogers
Bob Larson
NEWS EDITOR Neva Rogers
FEATURE EDITOR Annette Larson
SPORTS EDITOR Rich McNamara
COPY EDITOR Donna Jenkins
CIRCULATION Nancy Robertson
PHOTOGRAPHER Larry Franks
ADVISER Edward Avey
Letters to the Editor:
Student, Professor React to Issues
Raised in American Foreign Policy
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Christian men of deep committ-ment
and high purpose are not a-greed
on the nature of a good for-eign
policy. They range from sup-porters
of pacificism to supporters
of preventative war. Making men
Christian does not make them of
one political persuasion, and it
does not remove their nationalistic
bias or their patriotic excesses.
The history of the "Christianized"
West shows this.
Mr. Judd recognized this in a
discussion with a handful of stu-dents
after his talk. He said that
in any one generation, no one could
be certain that the actions of
moral men could prevail. His faith
in Divine providence and the
Christian witness was a faith in the
long run purposes of God—not in
the short run efforts of even the
best men.
Where Mr. Judd touched politics
directly, he was not always en-tirely
convincing. The implication
of his clever statement, "You can
always trust a Communist to be
untrustworthy," was that all nego-tiations
with the Communists are
worthless. This is overdrawn.
Where Communists have limited
and temporary objectives, they may
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Bass Finds Positive Tone in AFL-CIO Meet;
Formulates Questions Church Must Answer that even if Christians are devout
and their evangelization effective,
they and a state which they control
will still have a difficult time de-fining
anything so complicated as
a foreign policy. We tend to be-lieve
that religious success solves
political problems. Alas, this is
not true.
be dealt with to mutual advantage
by the West. The problem for the
West is to distinguish between
these objectives and those of
world-wide revolutionary intent.
Some say that the Communists
have only one objective—world re-volution.
This is unrealistic. In
the immediate, they have the for-eign
mail to deliver, the weather
to predict, disease to control, sci-entific
problems to solve, etc. Cer-tainly,
on such matters they may
be dealt with. Further, even on
matters of great political import-ance
— for example, the peace
treaty with Austria—their more
immediate objectives may make
them willing to honor their agree-ments.
To be sure, when their most basic
interests are at stake, they will
break solemn treaties. But this is
a common factor of all diplomacy.
There are skeletons in all closets
when broken promises are discus-sed.
We must recognize, of course,
that Communists are better skele-ton
collectors than anyone since
Hitler. Yet, Machiavelli wrote be-fore
Khrushchev.
Walf red H. Peterson
Whitinger Replies
Dear Editor:
We of the Bethel band appreci-ate
Lois Brown's kind words about
our "Pop Concert." I want to thank
you for reminding us of a very im-portant
omission: "Why wasn't
thanks given for the refreshment
. . . a visitor should be able to see
some indication of Bethel's Chris-tian
testimony at the programs
which its sponsors."
As a Christian college, we do
have a responsibility to present a
consistent testimony to the stran-ger
in our midst. If we are to
"shine as lights in the world," we
must show that Christ does have
the pre-eminence in all of our acti-vity.
Giving thanks for refresh-ments
is at least one of the many
ways that we can do this. I am
glad to see a student "bothered"
in this direction—even if the goof
was mine!
May your tribe increase, and
may the Lord bless you!
J. Whitinger
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Attending an AFL-CIO conven-tion
can be an interesting, though
disruptive experience: In early De-cember
I participated in a Reli-gion
and Labor conference which
paralled this fourth biennial con-vention
program.
I was deeply impressed with the
positive tone of the meeting. I
heard no negative carping against
management or wails about abuse
of the working man. The entire
convention was characterized by a
definite and determined, even de-liberate,
atmosphere of moving a-head
to constructive objectives by
positive action.
A deep concern for human wel-fare
was also constantly reflected
in the leaders of the convention.
The ethical and moral overtones of
programs and strategy were re-peatedly
emphasized. Instead of
discussing job improvement in
terms of more dollars per hour,
greater facility for human dignity
and individual welfare were stress-ed.
Much attention was given to
minority rights, particularly to
Negro job opportunities and wel-fare
in American society. The only
discordant note I observed was
Martin Luther King's offer to bar-ter
the Negro vote for political
gain, which, though perhaps legi-timate,
was inappropriate to the
prevailing sense of idealism.
The acceptance of the third in-dustrial
revolution (automation)
also impressed me. No one ques-tioned
the inevitably widespread
consequences of automation in Am-erican
society. Attention was given
rather to means for living with
automation and adjusting work
and wage scales accordingly.
Perhaps the preoccupation of
labor leaders with political action
IS inevitable in a society in which
industrial relations are to a large
extent regulated by governmental
action. What disturbed me, how-ever,
was the almost universal
equation of the labor movement
with one political party.
The feature with which I was
most impressed, however, was the
evidence of genuine personal piety
and commitment among some of
the labor leaders. Among the many
only a few can be mentioned: Vic-tor
Ruster, UAW leader; Philip
Randolph, head of the sleeping car
porters union, and a vice-president
Edgren
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Jan. 31 & Feb. 1
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Thursday, January 18, 1962
of AFL-CIO; and John Ramsay of
the United Steelworkers of Am-erica,
as refreshing a Christian as
have ever met. Each of these
leaders often expressed their feel-ing
that there work in behalf of
the human welfare of the laboring
man was a part of the expression
of their Christian faith.
I came away from the conven-tion,
however, with some perplex-ing
and disturbing questions —
questions which I feel the church
will have to answer, if it is ever
to speak to the culture of the
working man in America.
What is the proper church-labor
union relationship? Insofar as
there is a mutuality of interest—
the concern for human welfare and
social justice—is there not also a
mutuality of relationship? How
far can this relation be extended
in the areas where there is a con-flict
of interest and conduct? Is
there a morality (and immorality)
in the "right-to-work" laws? How
active should churchmen be in the
advancement of the cause of un-ionism
as a means of achieving the
goals of both groups? Does the
church have a "theology" of labor
--clearly defined and articulated
so that the moral and ethical teach-ings
of the church influence the
union movement? What will be the
attitude of the church toward la-
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These questions must be answer-ed
by the church—specificially, the
local church, where pastor and
people minister to the society dir-ectly.
It is my firm conviction that
unless we answer them we shall
not only miss an opportunity to
minister, but we shall also be re-miss
in understanding the role of
the church in our culture.
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Used Book Sale
As a service to the students of
Bethel, the Edgren dorm council
is sponsoring a used textbook sale.
The sale will be held Wednesday
and Thursday, Jan. 31 and Feb.
1, in the Edgren kitchen.
Students are requested to bring
the books that they wish to sell to
the kitchen in the basement of the
Edgren residence. The student's
name and price requested should
he on each book.
The hours of sale are 1 - 5 p.m.
and 6 - 9 p.m. on both Wednesday
and Thursday.
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Captain John Peterson is shown connecting for two of his 23 points
in the 60-58 loss to Mankato. John, who has only three games left be-fore
his eligibility expires, has been outstanding in all departments this
season.
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Sunday School — 9 :45 a.m.
Morning Service — 11:00 a.m.
Evening Service — 7 :00 p.m.
"Probucols" meet at 8:30 p.m. Sunday
Bus Transportation Provided
J. Leonard Carroll, pastor Gordon Sundberg, Youth Dir.
Five Minutes from Bethel to
Calowut au/wit
2120 Lexington Avenue North, Near Co. Rd. B
9:30 a.m. College Class
with Walt Shearer discussing Romans
10:45 a.m. Morning Worship
Gunnar Hoglund, national C.Y.F. director, guest speaker
7:00 p.m. Evening Service
Baptism : Fulfillment of Righteousness
8:15 p.m. College Fellowship
Bus Leaves Bodien at 9:15 a.m.
Robert Frykholm, Pastor Paul Evan, Assistant
Royals Host
Twin Contests
A big weekend of basketball is
on tap for Bethel basketball fans
as the Royals play host to Milton
on Friday night and Northwestern
(Wis.) on Saturday, Jan. 20. Both
are Badger-Gopher conference
games with an 8 p.m. starting
time.
Coach Red Oberbrunner will
bring his Milton five to the Bethel
gym on Friday seeking to avenge
the two trouncings which his team
suffered from Bethel during the
1960-61 season. Oberbrunner, who
garnered a 15-yard penalty for
racing on the field to protest a
call during the Bethel-Milton foot-ball
game last fall, is expected to
provide Bethel fans with more of
his antics Friday evening. Milton
holds a 2-4 record through Janu-ary
11, including a 70-53 loss to
Northland.
Northwestern College of Water-town,
Wis., will provide the Sat-urday
night opposition for the
Royals. The Trojans have lost six
straight games to Bethel since
1955. Northwestern was 0 - 4
through Jan. 11, although they
gave Lakeland a real challenge
before bowing 93-81.
B Squad Meets
Mac on Jan. 18
The Bethel B squad basketball
team holds a 3-4 record after a 73-
60 loss to Macalester on Jan. 10.
Gene Lindaman led Bethel with 13
points while Bill 1VIcCarrell and
George Munchow each collected 10.
The season opened with a win
over Northwestern followed by a
65-56 loss at River Falls. Roger
Olson scored 16 points against
Augsburg in the next game but
Bethel was defeated 77-57. Linda-man
fired in 16 against Hamline,
but again Bethel came out on the
short end, this time by 58-44.
The Bethel All-Stars ( ?) fell to
Coach Glader's squad 5-47 as Mc-
Carrell poured in 22 points. Bob
Larson's 12 points led the loser's
scoring. Next came a 61-44 win
over Minnesota Business College
as Lindaman and McCarrell each
scored 15 points.
The B team will host Macalester
at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 18 while Min-nesota
Bible College will be at the
Bethel gym for a 6:15 game on
Jan. 20.
Skiers Plan Holiday Trip
A "Ski Weekend" has been
planned for Bethel students at
the Ashwabay Ski Area in Wis-consin.
Skiers will leave 2 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 28, and return
Tuesday, Jan. 30. A total of
$6.50 will cover transportation,
tow fee, ski instruction, and
lodging. If equpiment is rented,
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The grunt-and-groaners have hit
the campus in full force this win-ter
as the athletic department has
inaugurated wrestling as a var-sity
sport. The squad, under the
direction of Webster Muck, has
split in their first two scrimmage
matches, and Muck feels that "we
have the beginnings of a fine
squad." Royal rooters will get their
first opportunity to see the team
in action on Friday, Jan. 19, when
the River Falls B squad meets
Bethel in a 3 p.m. encounter in the
gymnasium.
Muck reports that 16-18 men
have been working out. Those who
Muck feels have been participat-ing
most consistently include John
Davis, Bob Baffa, Bob Hurt, Brian
McIntosh, Kirk Woodburn, Paul
Anderson, Tom Guy, Mike Miller,
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Dalbey. This squad defeated the
Macalester B team after bowing
to a fine Augsburg squad.
Other matches on the present
schedule include Macalester (here)
at 3:30 on Jan. 30, River Falls
(there) Feb. 9, Concordia (there)
Feb. 16, and St. Thomas (there)
Feb. 20. One or two additional
home meets are in the process of
being arranged.
Dec. 6—River Falls 79—Bethel
69. Jan. 10—Bethel 73—River Falls
55. There, in a nutshell, is the
story of the Bethel basketball team
and the seven games which have
transpired since the last issue of
the Clarion. The team holds a 3-6
record after the second River Falls
game, including an 0-1 conference
mark.
The first River Falls game is
ancient history — John Peterson
scored 15 points and the rest best
remains left unsaid.
Dec. 12 saw the Royals nearly
pull off a major upset as they
bowed to Mankato 60-58 before a
small but noisy group in the Bethel
gym. Dan Westerlund's last-sec-ond
shot rimmed the hoop and
brought defeat but not before the
Royals had put on a valiant ef-fort.
Peterson scored 23 points
and played an outstanding re-bounding
and defensive game.
Bob Griggas put his Lakeland
skyscrapers on exhibition to Bethel
fans on Dec. 14, but it was 5'11"
John Bell who killed the Royals
by scoring 31 points in a 90-79
Lakeland victory. Griggas seemed
unhappy about many things, in-cluding
the officiating, but he had
little to be unhappy with regarding
Bell, 6'7" Dean Sandifer (18
points), and 6'10" Wes Seyller (15
points). Dave Peterman led Bethel
scorers with 19 points.
A surprisingly large number of
fans observed the first night of
the Christmas vacation by watch-ing
the Royals nip Jamestown 65-
63 in a game that was exciting in
a slow kind of way. Each team
tried their best to give the game
away, but the Royals held off a
late Jamestown rally to break a
three-game losing streak. Dan
Westerlund ripped the nets for 25
points to show the way.
Huntington college provided the
opposition on Jan. 4 and unhospi-table
visitors they were as they
defeated Bethel 77-70. The Royals
showed the effects of the long
Christmas layoff, and by the time
the gears began to mesh, it was
too late. Westerlund again led the
Royals with 25 points.
The Bemidji trip should have
been snowed out. The score was
S1-54 and Westerlund managed 18
points. The game did mark the
first appearance of 6'8" Don Moore
in the Bethel lineup. Don scored
seven points and played well on
defense.
The second River Falls game was
the happiest occasion since the
Sioux Falls contest. Bethel shot
their way to a 34-26 halftime lead,
and then romped over the confus-ed
visitors in the second half for
the final 73-55 margin. Westerlund
hit 29 and Peterson 21, and each
played well on defense. Peterson
was a tiger under the boards a-gainst
the taller Wisconsinites.
Phil Bolinder played a very ag-gressive
defensive and rebounding
game and was a valuable addition.
Moore played well on defense and
hauled down a number of rebounds
before fouling out. Peterman play-ed
a steady game and did a fine
second-half defensive job on sharp-shooting
Don Koepnick. Lee Baj-uniemi
gave a needed lift during
a momentary sag in the second
half by scoring eight straight
points with a bonus of a fine ball-handling
display. All in all it was
a most impressive performance—
the best in over a month.
P.S.—While it is true that Coach
Itealy's former high school coach
was one of the officials for the
second River Fall's game it is not
true that he offered his services
for free—perhaps he should have!
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