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Congratulating Fred Husmann on a bonus employee scholar
ship granted by Cutco are Deans Eugene Sprinkel and Webster Muck
of the college and Mr. B. D. Sorg, division sales manager. Fred, a senior
majoring in English education has been employed by the St. Paul firm,
a division of Wearever Aluminum products, since June, 1962.
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Bethel College Learning Resource Center CLARION Phenix Brings
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Volume XL — No. 3 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.
Last Saturday, at its annual re-treat,
the student senate approved
a $15,750 budget for the present
school year after discussing the
proposed plans of the five stand-ing
committees, the executive cab-inet,
the Welcome week commit-tee,
the Homecoming committee
and COEVAL.
Working together under the stu-dent
life council, the standing
committee chairmen set up the
calendar of activities for each com-mittee
and worked out a budget
that they recommended for senate
approval.
FOR THE ACADEMIC commit-tee
under Dean Dahlquist, the sen-ate
approved an allotment of
$647.31; for the athletic committee
under Dick Fredrickson, $925; for
the cultural committee under Dan
Martinez, $1,395; for the religious
committee under Jim Spiceland,
Madeira Begins
Artists Course
international opera star Jean
Madeira will open the forty-fifth
season of the University Artists
course on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 8:30
p.1n. in Northrup auditorium on
the University of Minnesota cam-pus.
A leading contralto of the
Metropolitan opera company, Miss
Madeira will sing the first concert
of the Masterpiece series.
In 1955 she sang "Carmen" at
the Vienna State Opera house and
that same season repeated the suc-cess
at the Metropolitan opera.
With her husband as accompanist
for the program, she will sing the
"Habanera" from Carmen. This
will be Miss Madeira's only appear-ance
in the area this year.
Single tickets for this concert are
available now at Dayton's in Min-neapolis
and St. Paul, the three
Field Schlick stores and the Artists'
Course ticket office, 105 Northrup
auditorium. Season tickets for the
Masterpiece series are also avail-able
at 105 Northrup auditorium.
College Wives
Meet Oct. 8
For Mixer
Bethel college wives will hold
their first meeting Oct. 8 at 8 p.m.
in the home of their advisor, Mrs.
Walter Wessel.
Mrs. Charles Merchant will be
the speaker and soloist at this
meeting. The rest of the program
will be a mixer, providing games
and opportunity for the women to
become acquainted.
Planning a wide variety of meet-ings,
including a fashion show, for
the group are the following offi-cers:
Mrs. Alvin Smulland, presi-dent;
Mrs. Lawrence Mutcher, vice
president; Mrs. David Youngs, trea-surer;
and Mrs. Rodney Busard,
publicity.
$582; for thee-eligious committee
under Linda Brodd, $835.
Under the unified budget plan
that was passed last spring,
COEVAL received $400 for pub-lication.
Before the retreat the
senate had approved the SPIRE'S
request for $5,161 and the CLAR-ION'S
request for $3,669.
Senators voted to grant the ex-ecutive
cabinet $1,105.69, the
Homecoming committee $800 and
the Welcome week committee $200.
Another important item of busi-ness
transacted by the senators was
the decision to buy a mascot, a
regal lion with a crown on its
head, that would be ready for use
at Homecoming. This decision end-ed
several years of discussion by
the senate on the subject.
A STUDENT senate publicity
committee was discussed and ap-proved.
The new committee will
be headed by Truett Lawson and
include one member of each of
the standing committees and one
or two art advisors to be chosen by
the chairman.
The senate set or this pub-licity
committee to function as
coordinator of and advisor to
those publicizing all senate spon-sored
activities. Besides unify-ing
the publicity for senate
events, the committee will be
responsible for a senate bulletin
board and will work with the
public relations office to publi-cize
Bethel's activities in local
newspapers.
Because the necessary two thirds
majority of the 21 senate members
was not present, the discussion of
proposed constitutional amend-ments
was postponed until the next
senate meeting. These proposed
Tuesday, October 1, 1963
amendment include several gram-matical
and semantic changes, the
exemption of elections other than
class and senate elections from the
Election Code of Procedure and
the lowering of the required honor
point ratio for election as a senate
executive officer from 1.5 to 1 25.
Two speakers addressed the sen-ate
at the retreat. Mr. Thomas
Kupa explained "How the National
Student Association and a small
college can benefit each other,"
and Dr. Roy Dalton challenged the
senators with "The unique respon-sibilities
of student leadership on
the Christian campus."
"Probability and Its Religious
Consequences" will be explored in
a symposium at the eleventh re-gional
meeting of the American
Scientific affiliation on Saturday,
Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. in room 320 of
the Coffman Memorial union at
the University of Minnesota. The
meeting is open to the public.
Professor Alaert van der Ziel
from the university's electrical en-gineering
department will present
the opening address, "Probability
Considerations in Science and
Their Meaning." A recognized au-thority
on the subject of random
noise in electrical systems, Pro-fessor
van de Ziel is also the au-thor
of the book The Natural
Sciences and the Christian Mes-sage.
Discussing "Probability and God's
Providence" will be Professor
Charles Hatfield, chairman of the
mathematics department at the
University of North Dakota. He
has been active in studying the
Dr. Philip H. Phenix, professor
of education at the teachers col-lege
of Columbia university in New
York City, will present a series of
three lectures on Bethel's campus
Oct. 7 and 8. His first address, "Re-
Dr. Phenix
relationship between the logics of
science and theology.
Following these addresses, re-actions
will be presented by Dr.
William R. Scott, medical fellow
in surgery at the University of
Minnesota hospitals, Karel H. van
Vliet, associate professor of elec-trical
engineering at the university
and Dr. Paul Hammer of the Uni-ted
Theological seminary, New
Brighton.
The American Scientific affilia-tion
is an organization of evangeli-cal
Christians who are trained in
the biological, physical and social
sciences. Its purpose is to study
the relationships between Chris-tianity
and science, in the convic-tion
that the frameworks of scien-tific
knowledge and conservative
Christian faith are compatible.
Barach Plays
Viola Concert
This Friday
This Friday evening, October 4,
a viola concert will be presented
by Donald Barach. Mr. Barach, a
prominent member of the Minnea-polis
symphony, will be playing in
the college auditorium at 8 p.m.
A leading exponent of his instru-ment,
he is one of the outstanding
violists in the midwest. He has also
received wide recognition as a sen-sitive
and enthusiastic teacher.
In addition to his tutorial and
symphony tasks, Mr. Barach has
played in a variety of ensembles,
including the Fred Sewell String
quartette and the Bach Society
orchestra.
The viola is infrequently heard
and rarely mastered today, though
it is unmatched for its beautifully
mellow sound and broad tonal
range. Like most violists, Mr. Bar-ach
has a special sense of dedica-tion
to his instrument.
ligion and the Study of Science,"
will be given next Monday at a 10
a.m. convocation in the fieldhouse.
"Religion and Moral Develop-ment"
will be heard at 8 p.m. Mon-day
in the college auditorium, and
"Religion and the Study of Lan-guage"
will be given at 10 a.m.
Tuesday.
Students will have an oppor-tunity
to meet Dr. Phenix at an
informal luncheon at noon Mon-day.
A supper with the faculty
at 5 p.m. Tuesday will conclude
his visit to Bethel campus.
In addition to his teaching ex-perience
at Columbia university,
Dr. Phenix has taught at Carleton
college and at the University of
Wisconsin. During World War II he
taught in the U.S. Air Force. The
summer of 1958 found him in
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, conducting
classes for the Arabian American
Oil company.
Dr. Phenix was for several years
dean of Carleton college. He has
headed a section of the actuarial
department of the Metropolitan
Life insurance company and was
elected Fellow of the National
Council on Religion in Higher Edu-cation.
Dr. Phenix graduated from
Princeton university. He receiv-ed
his B.D. degree from Union
Theological seminary and his
Ph.D. from Columbia university.
A contributor to many periodi-cals,
Dr. Phenix is also the author
of four books: Intelligible Religion,
Philosophy of Education, Religious
Concerns in Contemporary Educa-tion
and Education and the Com-mon
Good. He has edited one book,
Philosophies of Education.
WMF Initiates
Year's Events
World Missions fellowship (WMF)
will present its initial program
tomorrow, Oct. 2, in the college
chapel service. Guest speaker will
be Rev. Don Hillis, associate direc-tor
of the Evangelical Alliance mis-sion.
Rev. Hillis, a former mission-ary
to India, has also contributed
to Christian periodicals and maga-zines.
At 9 p.m. tomorrow evening in
the seminary chapel, the first gen-eral
meeting of WMF will be held.
Mr. Don Voetmann, missionary
with Missionary Aviation fellow-ship
will speak. A colored film,
"Conquering Jungle Barriers," will
present the challenge of aviation
in today's world missions program.
Following the film a coffee hour
will provide opportunity for dis-cussion
with Mr. Voetmann.
Purpose of WMF is to stimulate
interest in world missions on cam-pus
and to provide opportunities
for fellowship, study and outreach.
Meetings will be held the first and
third Tuesday of each month at
9 p.m. Students, faculty and staff
of both the college and seminary
are invited to participate.
OFFICE WANTS FORMS
All men students are reminded
to turn in the selective service
form SS109 at the registrar's of-fice
this week. Be sure to in-clude
name, school address,
selective service number and ad-dress
of the local board.
Cooperation in this will assure
the selective service system that
the student is satisfactorily pur-suing
a course of instruction.
Senate Votes $15,750 Budget,
Chooses Mascot, Committee
Scientific Affiliation
To Probe Probability'
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
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the CLARION Tuesday, October 1, 1963 AAES Executive Board Meets
Re-admission for Juniors To Strengthen Goals, Services
Offers Many Advantages
This year the department of psychology and education
made an honor point ratio of at least 1.25 and recommendation
by two faculty members two of several prerequisites for ac-ceptance
into its elementary education program. This depart-ment
has thus begun a policy that should be adopted by the
administration for the entire college. Requiring re-application
for admittance at the end of the sophomore year would be a
sound step.
Though several of the following suggestions are being
implemented or considered, actual re-admission application is
not planned. Evaluation of each student without the student's
knowledge, while idealistically appealing, is not the most ef-fective
means of motivating the students. The defense made
of a grading system rather than a simple promotion or sequence
plan can be used to defend a formal re-admission system.
Such a program could have several desirable effects. A
minimum honor point ratio requirement emphasizes achieve-ment
in the first two years of college. Raising the existing
standards of at least a 0.75 honor point ratio to a 1.0 would
be further inducement. A 1.0 during the first two more gen-eral
years of education seems to be a sensible requirement
for satisfactory concentration in a major field the last two
years.
Requiring faulty recommendations could emphasize sound
student-teacher relationships. Students would be encouraged
to work beyond requirements to demonstrate their competence.
Teachers would be encouraged to strengthen their counseling
programs and their personal relationships with the students.
Re-admission for the junior year would provide oppor-tunity
to select more carefully the upperclassmen who so
greatly affect the attitudes prominent in the college. There
is no reason for continuing to tolerate the presence of those
whose activities or lack of activities indicate convictions dif-fering
radically from those of the administration and the sup-porting
denomination.
For the students, re-admission would encourage serious
evaluation of the role each plays in the college. For some,
leaving the college because of differing views would result.
For others, sincere committment to the principles common
to both the student and the school would be the end.
However, great care must be taken to avoid weeding out
all but those who agree on each tiny point with the administra-tion.
Freedom implies that there will be different decisions on
identical issues among even honest thinkers. As long as such
decisions do not encourage action that hurts the academic pro-gram
of the college or slows the emotional, social or spiritual
growth of the students, they should be encouraged, not merely
tolerated. Destructive action prompted by even considerable
thought need never be excused.
Putting re-admission policy into practice would under-standably
require more administrative work than the present
selection system. However, the additional effort would be jus-tified,
for the policy would have more than the direct benefits
mentioned above.
Prompt announcement of admittance or refusal, for ex-ample,
would be necessary in order to allow students to
make financial plans. Those receiving grants-in-aid or scholar-ships
could also be announced sooner than during the past
o
year. A more complete evaluation of the educational progress
each student would be helpful both to the school, in set-ting
up special courses of instruction, and to the student,
in having a more complete file from which to draw future
reference.
Plenty of time remains during this and the next semester
to discuss and criticize a formal re-admission procedure. Stu-dents
and faculty should make their opinions known to the
administration.
by Dean Dahlquist siderable difficulty in realizing
National board members from or even approaching its goals.
California, Illinois, Minnesota, Mis- A series of unfortunate incidents
souri and New York met Sept. 20 began with the choice of "Chris-and
21 at Wheaton college to corn- tianity Answers Communism" as
plete plans for this year's program one of the first national projects.
of the American Association of The topic was treated with a lack
Evangelical students (AAES). of critical scholarship which alien-
Topics of dis- ated several member and prospec-cussion
ranged tive member schools. This was fol-from
convention lowed by a year of over-ambitious
arrangements to planning whose inevitable failure
constitutional re- did little to vitalize or strengthen
visions and from the group.
proposed incor- Then last year, after an almost
poration to pro- total communication and budgetary
posed affiliation breakdown, the delegates to the
with the National national convention at Olivet Naz-
Association of arene college, Kankakee, Ill., voted
Evangelicals. Other items included a complete organizational and fin-drafting
an organizational manual ancial revamp and reaffirmed their
and reworking financial policies. faith in the potential of the assoc-
BETHEL JOINED AAES four iation.
years ago, soon after a group of IN THIS LIGHT the national ex-interested
students met in Winona ecutive board met to finalize their
Lake, Ind., to form the organiza- plans for the year and to resurrect
tion. AAES since then has drawn the services of the association.
its membership from evangelical Among the services offered are
liberal arts colleges, Bible colleges a monthly newsletter culled from
and Bible institutes. reports by local campus coordina-
Pledged to "assist evangelical tors, information concerning spe-education
to achieve its goals in cific campus problems and per-providing
a well-balanced, Christ- iodic reports on ideas about the
centered, quality curricular and national project.
extra-curricular program," AAES "The Christian College in the
has, however, experienced con- Twentieth Century" is the national
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project theme for 1963-64, which
will be culminated at the national
convention April 9 through 11 at
Wheaton college. Member schools
will receive selected bibliographies
of pertinent material, reprints of
articles in periodicals and a series
of papers discussing the relation-ships
of various disciplines to the
Christian faith.
Board members voted to execute
an active recruiting program. Last
year a western region was added to
the existing mid-west, south-cen-tral
and eastern regions. This year,
efforts will be made to expand the
number of member schools in each
region.
REGIONAL PLANS were also
discussed, with emphasis being
given to strengthening the role of
the local campus coordinator. It
was suggested that each school
form its own AAES executive corn-mittee
to implement the national
theme on campus.
AAES coordinator on Bethel's
campus is senate first vice presi-dent
Ed Carlson. The first major
regional activity will be the re-gional
convention to be held Nov.
15 and 16 at Marion college,
Marion, Ind. Don Bray, president
of the student government of the
host school, is convention chair-man.
Officers attending the Wheaton
meeting were Bob Lichty, national
president, Evangel college; Paul
Mouw, national vice president,
Houghton college; Jean Wilson, na-tional
convention chairman, Whea-ton
college; and Dave Armstrong,
national secretary-treasurer, Evan-gel
college.
Also present were Jim Allen,
western regional chairman, Biola
college; Jack Simpson, south-cen-tral
regional chairman, Greenville
college; Dean Dahlquist, mid-west
regional chairman, Bethel college;
and Paul Anderson, public rela-tions
director, Evangel college.
Mr. Dahlquist, chairman of
the academic committee, is a
senior in the college majoring
in the field of English. Hailing
from Rockford, Illinois, he has
served as freshman class presi-dent,
editor of the CLARION
and member of COEVAL'S edi-torial
board. Dahlquist was nam-ed
to "Who's Who in American
Colleges and Universities" for
the past college year.
Wied Weeh . .
Dear Editor:
A group of Bethel students is in
the process of forming the Bethel
chapter of the Student Congress
for Peace (SCP), an organization
primarily for the purpose of study
and exchange of ideas. The declara-tion
we have drawn up follows:
Because: Neither war nor the
threat of war can resolve ideologi-cal
issues at stake;
The principles of peace and
brotherhood are at the core of
Christ's life and message;
Blame for the present interna-tional
situation rests on both sides
and in each of us who placidly ac-cepts
our predicament as unavoid-able,
or war as inevitable; and
More specifically, the Christian
church, instead of fulfilling its
rightful role as the highest instru-ment
of love and peace in the
world, has left to secular institu-tions
and people the responsibility
of urging and propagating these
principles;
Tuesday, Oct. 1
6:30 p.m. BWA banquet. First Christian
church, Minneapolis.
Wednesday, Oct. 2
7-9 p.m. Boys' intramurals. 'Pieldhouse.
Friday, Oct. 4
8 p.m. Cultural committee program. College
auditorium.
Saturday, Oct. 5
We believe the founding of a membership qualification for SCP with an interest in their fellow 2 p.m. Football. Bethel at Valley City.
Student Congress for Peace at is agreement with the declaration. man and an understanding of their Monday, Oct. 7
Bethel college to be in the high- Secondly, this is not an organi- own Christian potential. io a.m. Bethel lecture series. Dr. Phenix.
Fieldhouse.
est interests of the school, the zation either for intellectual radi- "Stride Toward Freedom" by 8 p.m. Bethel lecture series. Dr. Phenix.
Auditorium. nation and our own Christian cals who delight in exchanging Martin Luther King, "The Dag- Tuesday, Oct. 8
committments. profound insights in the guise of ger and the Cross" by Rutenber, 10 a.m. Bethel lecture series. Dr. Phenix.
We further propose the follow- incommunicable abstractions, or a biography of Ghandi, and Ro- Fieldhouse.
6:45 p.m. Student senate. Room 105. ing objectives: 1. To wake each of the anti-intellectual non-conform- land Bainton's treatment of his- 7:30 p.m. Golf demonstration for all phy-sical
education classes. us to the reality of crucial tensions ists who wish to "demonstrate." toric pacifism in the church are 8 p.m. Student wives. Walter Wessel's
in our world and the urgency of This is for every student who several of the books to be studied home.
their solution. has the desire to be informed and discussed. Resource people
2. To offer education towards on some of the basic issues of from the Twin Cities will share
the problems of war and inspire war, non-violent resistance and their views on non-violence, al- the CLARION
inquiry into practical alternatives. various solutions to social and ternatives to war, the Christian's Published weekly during the academic year,
3. To explore non-violent meth- international conflicts. responsibiilty to his government except during vacation and examination
periods, by the students of Bethel college
ads of resistance as a possible Finally, a basic supposition is and in foreign affairs. and seminary, St. Paul 1, Minn. Subscrip-solution
for all major social con- that we as Christians are responsi- The student finds a glimpse into tion rate $3 per year.
flicts. ble for exploring avenues of peace- the larger world exciting. He is Volume XL No. 3
4. To encourage and enable stu- ful co-operation and brotherhood. challenged as I have been by the Editor-in-Chief Dave Johnson
News Editor Jean Dahlquist dents with widely differing back- We are concerned with the seem- granite inscription at the United Feature Editor Karen Neslund
grounds and opinions to share their ing apathy and blunt narrow-mind- Nations building, "They shall beat Sports Editor Don Allison
Copy Editor Neva Rogers
ideas in open forum manner." edness with which many students their swords into plowshares and Photo Editor Elizabeth Carlson
Advertising Manager Marcia Daniels Many misconceptions are held ignore one of the greatest social their spears in pruning hooks; na- Business Manager Bob Larson
concerning SCP which need recti- issues of the twentieth century. tion shall not life up sword against Circulation Manager
Office Manager Joan Anderson
Karin Berg
fication. Firstly, one does not have Student Congress for Peace ad- nation, neither shall they learn Advisor Edward Avey
to be a confirmed pacifist or even dresses itself to students who war anymore." Perhaps our part Opinions expressed In the CLARION do not necessarily reflect the position of the college
a sympathizer in order to partici- might not have the slightest en- in learning peace can begin now. or seminary.
pate in the discussions. The only thusiasm for partisan politics, but Minda Pearson
Letter to the Editor:
Student Congress for Peace Seeks Campus Role
Tuesday, October 1, 1963
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President Accepts
Historical Passport
by Barbara Rusche on April 2, 1901, the church dis-
Dr. Lee Lovegren, veteran mis- appeared from the records. Sven
sionary to China, presented to Nilsson's influence did not die,
President Lundquist on Sept. 17 however, for from the small church
the passport of Dr. Lovegren's in Spring Garden and particularly
grandfather, Sven Christian Nil- from the Sven Christian Nilsson
sson, pioneer in the Baptist minis- family have come a large number
try in Minnesota. The passport, of ministers, missionaries and
dated March 28, 1854, was issued Christian educators.
by a local minister to Mr. Nilsson Among these descendants of
upon his emigration from Sweden Sven Christian Nilsson is Dr. Lee
to America. Lovegren. While studying for his
Sven Christian Nilsson was a bro- Ph.D. at the University of Minne-ther
of F. 0. Nilsson, the first sota he taught mathematics at
Baptist preacher in Sweden. Sven, Bethel junior college. He was a
together with the wife of F. 0., missionary to China, first under
another brother and two other be- the American Baptist foreign mis-lievers
were the first five baptized sion society and then as the first
in Sweden. On the same date, Sept. missionary of the Conservative
21, 1848, these six (F. 0. Nilsson Baptist foreign mission society. He
had been baptized earlier in Ham- was imprisoned by the Commun-burg)
formed the first Baptist ists in China for almost five years.
church in Sweden. Upon his release and a period of
Leaving Sweden because of rest in this country. he returned
persecution of Baptists by the as a missionary to Formosa.
Lutherans, F. 0. Nilsson settled Franklin 0. Nelson, also a
in Minnesota where he became grandson of Sven Nilsson, was
one of the founding fathers of appointed foreign missions sec-the
Baptist General conference retary of the Baptist General
and the organizer of many of the conference in 1959. He and Mrs.
early Swedish Baptist churches Nelson served as missionaries to
in Minnesota. One church he Burma under the A.B.F.M.S. and
founded was at Chicago Lake, were supported through this
out of which another church was board by many Conference
established at Watado, about 25 churches. After a pastorate in
miles west of Red Wing, in the Minneapolis, he was called to his
summer of 1855. present position four years ago.
For 41 years, after receiving his His daughter Karen is a sopho-commission
to preach from the more in the college.
church at Wastado in March, 1860, Fridolph Nelson, a realtor of
Sven C. Nilsson provided the lead- Turlock, Calif. is another grandson.
ership for this small church of a- His daughter Nancy is a junior
bout 12 members. With his death transfer student at Bethel college.
Bethlehem Baptist Church
720 13th Avenue South
Minneapolis
Sunday School 9:45
Youth Groups 5:30
Morning Worship 10:50
Evening Service 7:00
John Wilcox, Pastor Bailey Anderson, Youth Director
Miss Charlotte Ransom, Education Secretary
Youth Welcome — Bus leaves Bodien at 9:15
Pastor's Phone : UN 6-6249
Elim Baptist Church
685 - 13th Avenue Northeast
Minneapolis
Sunday School-9:45 a.m. College Class
Morning Service-11:00 a.m.
Evening Chapel-7:00 p.m.
College-Business Fellowship-8:30 p.m.
Rev. Emmett V. Johnson, Pastor
Mr. Norman McLean, Assit. Pastor
Oliziet &fiat eitiVICit
3233 Abbott Ave. N.
Minneapolis
Morning Worship 9 and 11 a.m.
Sunday School
10 a.m.
College Youth Group 5:30 p.m.
(refreshments served)
Evening Service 7 p.m.
Millard J. Erickson, pastor
e4e.te4 e4iltelt
5501 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis
Sunday School 9:30
Morning Service 10:45
C.Y.F. 5:45
Evening Service 7:00
Rev. Ellis Eklof, Jr., Pastor
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
a Coitclial 2f/el-come
/44 eivta/ atat 7i1 t
Morning Services 9 & 1'1
Church Bible School 10
Young Peoples class taught by Dr. Anton
Pearson, studying Book of Isaiah.
Pro Bu Cols 5:30
(Professional, Business, College)
Evening Service 7:15
Bus Leaves Bodien 9:40 a.m., 5:10 p.m.
Minister of Music, Bruce Leafblad
Pastor Magnuson
New Student Shares Impressions
Of Native India and America
by Marcia Wood
Joy Chase comes to Bethel from
Madras, a large city in South India.
Joy began her new experiences in
the Twin Cities about three weeks
before the beginning of school. She
was a guest in the home of an
American Jewish family in Minne-apolis
during this time.
During her earlier school years
Joy attended a British missionary
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. Alfred A.
Knopf, New York, 1962. $3.50.
by Karen Neslund
Labanese-born Kahlil Gibran
combined poetry, oriental philoso-phy
and original artwork in a
masterful achievement, The Pro-phet.
The book, first published in
1923, has become a classic of our
time. It has been translated from
English, Gibran's adopted literary
language, into more than twenty
other languages.
Son of an affluent Lebanese fam-ily,
the author attended college in
Syria and studied art in Paris be-fore
moving permanently to New
York City.
In addition to "The Prophet,"
his most popular literary work,
Gibran authored twelve other
volumes.
A professional reviewer assessed
Gibran's genius in saying, "His
power came from some great reser-voir
of spiritual life else it could
not have been so universal and po-tent;
but the majesty and the
beauty of the language with which
he clothed it were all his own."
Setting for The Prophet is the
seacoast city of Orphalese where
Almustafa, "the chosen and the be-loved"
has lived for twelve years.
Waiting his ship to carry him back
to his homeland, the prophet has
come to love the people of the
city. With a -feeling of sadness, he
prepares to depart.
Almitra, a prophetess in the
temple, addresses Almustafa:
"Our love would not bind you
nor our needs hold you. Yet this
we ask ere you leave us, that
you speak to us and give us of
your truth . . . Disclose to us of
ourselves, and tell us all that has
been shown you of that which is
between birth and death."
Responding, the prophet gives
expression to many of the deep
impulses and emotions of man. In
wisdom and simplicity, he speaks
of love, joy, sorrow, freedom, self-school
in the south Indian hills.
Following this training she enter-ed
college in Madras where she
majored in English (British) litera-ture.
She graduated from the col-lege
shortly before coming to
Bethel.
Joy has two younger sisters
and a younger brother at home
in Madras, where her father is a
banker. English, which is used
for all official purposes and for
knowledge, friendship, beauty and
death.
Language of the volume is ma-jestic
and lyrical, possessing the
restraint and control characteristic
of fine poetry. The style is remin-iscent
of the biblical Ecclesiastes.
Twelve original drawings by
the author are reproduced in the
book. They illustrate in a mysti-cal
manner the contents of
Almustafa's monologues.
The reader of The Prophet dis-covers
in the volume the richness
of oriental thought as well as a
beautiful expression of many of
his own thoughts and experiences.
It is as Almustafa has said, "If
aught I have said is truth, that
truth shall reveal itself in a clearer
'voice, and in words more kin to
your thoughts."
higher education in India, is also
spoken in their home.
Joy learned of Bethel through
Dr. Frickenberg, Jr., a professor
from Wisconsin, who was a guest
in her home. When asked about
her impressions of Bethel, Joy re-plies,
"Life at Bethel is not normal;
it is ideal.
- 'When I stop to think that here
are eight hundred Christian young
people all with one purpose in life
—to honour God—it overwhelms
me. I felt this especially on re-treat
at the campfires where spon-taneous
testimonies were a thrill
to hear. I sense this on the campus,
in the dormitories, in the dining
hall and in the classrooms."
In comparing Bethel with her
college in Madras, Joy pointed
out that in India the first year
of study concerns general cours-es
only. The following three
years are concentrated on the
major course of study. The stu-dents
are also required to study
a second language, French for
Joy, for four years.
Following a year of study at
Bethel, she plans to enter gradu-ate
school to work on a masters
degree. The courses she is taking
this semester are world and Ameri-can
literature, and English sem-inar.
One of Joy's major interests is
journalism, in which she has com-pleted
a course for certification.
One last comment from Joy:
"There is one question I would
like to clear up: if any of you still
think we drink powdered tiger's
milk in India, we do not!"
Three moods are seen in the expressions of
Joy Chase, a graduate student at Bethel from Madras,
India. Living in Hagstrom residence while on cam-pus,
Joy finds food and friendship "somewhat differ-
(photo by Veras)
ent" from those to which she is accustomed. When
she came to America, Joy did not know even where
St. Paul was located, and she now looks forward to
her first Minnesota winter.
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Page 4 the CLARION Tuesday, October 1, 1963
by Denny Port
Bethel's football team upped its
record to 2-1 with a smashing 32-0
victory over Northland college of
Ashland, V4Tis. last Saturday.
Northland's homecoming was spoil-ed
as five Bethel gridders scored
touchdowns in the impressive win.
Bethel scored its first TD on a
play similar to the one that start-ed
off the Mayville victory. It was
an option play, with Don Land
scoring easily from the five. The
score followed a sustained Royal
drive, the first of many in the
game.
Early in the second period Jim
Nelson, playing with an injured
knee, drove over from the 11.
The Royals struck again on a 67-
yard pass to Duane Gibson. Gib-ing
for Taylor's Falls, Minnesota
where they will begin their jour-ney.
From the Falls they will head
down-river, concluding the trip at
Marine-on-St. Croix. The group will
return to Bethel in the early even-ing.
Sixty Students Plan Autumn
Canoe Trip Down St. Croix
Royals Tip Coe;
Bow to St. Olaf
Bethel's harriers split a double
dual meet Saturday as it whipped
Coe 15-44 and was edged by St.
Olaf 24-31. The race was run over a
wet, hilly, three mile St. Olaf
course.
Dale Rogers, the first Royal
finisher against St. Olaf, finished
fourth in 18:59. Dale Pearson
(19:17), Bill Carlson (19:24) and
Ken Haniwalt (19:24) followed
Rogers capturing fifth, sixth and
seventh places respectively.
Faneslow of St. Olaf captured
first place with a time of 17:56.
Aanrud (18:39) and Jacobson
(18:39) sprinted to a photofinish
for second and third places.
Riley Coombs (19:41) outsprint-ed
Bekke of St. Olaf to capture
ninth with Rich Hallbreck (20:24)
finishing twelfth. John Dischinger,
Jim Peterson and Dave Beek were
sidelined with shin splints and pull-ed
muscles.
Rogers, Pearson, Carlson, Hani-walt
and Coombs captured the first
five places against Coe college of
Iowa. Anderson of Coe finished
sixth in 20:14, Hallbreck of Bethel
captured seventh with the last four
Coe runners finishing eighth,
ninth, tenth and eleventh respec-tively.
St. Olaf also defeated Coe 15-
49. The scores were based on the
first five finishers of each team
on a dual meet basis.
Dale Pearson was elected cap-tain
of the 1963 cross-country team
last Friday. Pearson, a college sen-ior
from Moline, Illinois, is a two
year letterman.
Next Saturday the Royal harriers
hope to avenge last year's setback
to Winona State. The meet will be
held at 11:00 a.m. on Bethel's 3.6
mile Como park course.
Bethel women's intramurals is
sponsoring an all-day canoe trip
down the mighty St. Croix River
Saturday, October 12. Sixty dar-ing
Bethelites, about twenty fellas
and forty girls, will be leaving
school at 7:45 a.m., Saturday, head-
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Picture this: You're watching the homecoming game between Bethel
and Northwestern. It has been a long, hard-fought game, and the two
teams are dead-locked in a scoreless tie.
The Royals gain possession of the ball on a Northwestern fumble.
The crowd goes wild. The Royal lion comes prancing out with the cheer-leaders
to lead the wild crowd in some rousing cheers ... the what?
No, there's nothing wrong with your glasses. That is a lion you
see down there with the cheerleaders, and he's making his first ap-pearance
today as the Bethel Royal's official mascot.
Did you picture that? Well, come October 26, you won't have to
imagine it, for our friend the lion will have become reality by then. The
go-ahead for the purchase of the lion (un-named as yet) was given una-nimous
approval Saturday at a student senate retreat, ending several
years of discussion and debate on the matter.
Many people, including me, believe that a mascot will give our
school spirit a much needed shot in the arm. Our team name, Royals,
is a good one and should not be changed, but sometimes it is difficult
to get worked up to the point of shouting about something which cannot
be visualized.
This difficulty in the lack of association should be near an end.
The day is coming when someone will scream "yea Royals," and the
image conveyed will be that of our Royal lion, complete with kingly
crown.
Our fierce symbol of strength is as of now incomplete in two re-spects
... no name and no insides. The CLARION has taken upon itself
to sponsor a spectacular, super-colossal name-the-lion contest, with the
prize of all prizes going to the person who submits the most original and
out-of-this-world name.
The deadline for entries is 12:00 midnight, Monday, Oct. 14. Put
all suggestions in p.o. 257.
Jesters Overpower Counts;
Seminary Clips Knights 7-6
A drizzling rain didn't stop In- Knights. The game marked the sec-tramural
football action last Sat- and straight 7-6 defeat for the
urday. Although all players emerg- Knights, as well as the second con-ed
somewhat damper and colder secutive narrow victory by the sem.
for their efforts, the games were The seminary now possesses a 2-0
carried out as scheduled. season record to share the lead.
In a 9 a.m. contest the Jesters
stormed into a tie for first place
with a 28-0 victory over the pre-viously
unbeaten Counts. Two of
the scores came on long passes
from Dave Buck to Bruce Erickson,
another on a pass from Buck to
Jim Austin and the other on a long
kick return by Buck. In the other scheduled contest,
In the other early game the sem- the Barons forfeited to the Pea-inary
maintained the pace with a sants. The Peasants are now 2-1
narrow 7-6 victory over the for the season.
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Dale Rogers crosses the finish line at St. Olaf, placing first for
Bethel and fourth overall to lead the Royals in a split with St. Olaf and
Coe colleges in a double-dual meet.
Northland Falls 32-0;
Valley City Next Foe
son took the perfect pass be-tween
two Northland defenders
and galloped home unmolested.
Before the half had ended Bethel
scored again as fullback Stan
Miller plunged in from the one
yard line. The Royals, having miss-ed
on three straight running at-tempts
decided to kick for the
point. Don Peterson's kick was
good. As the half ended Bethel left
the field with a commanding 25-0
lead.
Bethel's only second half score
came on a fourth quarter run by
Don Peterson. Peterson broke
through the line on a twenty yard
run, and added the point on a kick.
Bethel subs finished the game in
fine fashion. The 32-0 score mark-ed
the Royal's first shutout since
last year's 19-0 victory over Lake-land.
It was the worst whitewash
ever inflicted by a Bethel football
team.
Dave Hansen headed the Roy-al's
defense with five tackles, and
Dick Putnam and Don Land fol-lowed
with four apiece. Bethel
gained 314 yards on the ground
and added 139 by air. Don Peter-son
lead Bethel rushers with 66
yards from scrimmage. Miller
carried for 65 yards.
The Royals have scored six points
against Hamline, 46 points against
Mayville and 32 points against
Northland, making a total of 84
points as compared to the oppon-ents
30 points. Last year at this
time the totals were Bethel 60,
opponents 29.
This coming Saturday Bethel is
away at Valley City, N.D.
In the only 10 a.m. game played,
the Pages boosted their record to
2-1 with a 27-0 victory over the
Squires. Terry Port passed to Bill
McVey, John Larson and Warren
McMullen for touchdowns, and ran
one himself.
BROOKLYN CENTER BAPTIST CHURCH
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Minneapolis 12, Minn.
9:45 Bible School
6:00 Youth Time
11:00 Worship 7:00 Gospel Hour
John L. Breitholtz, pastor—Cornell Haan, ass't. pastor
A Warm Welcome To All Students!
Bethany Baptist Church
2025 W. Skillman at Cleveland St. Paul
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. College-age class
Morning Worship, 11 a.m.
Evening Service, 7 p.m.
College-age Fellowship After Evening Service
Albert Windham Bruce Anderson
Pastor Youth Pastor
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