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Eddie Thomas, a Bethel favorite, promises an enjoy-able evening in concert March 13. Better representation and student vote vital by Bruce Johnson "A better representation of the student constituency," said Donald Rainbow, assistant dean of students, "would make Stu-dent Senate a more vital or-ganization on campus. "Right now senators don't really feel responsible to any-one because of the lack of class distinction." Friday will be the last day to vote in the primary election for Student Senate officers and representatives, with the gen-eral election being held March 18 and 19. Voting for both elec-tions is being held in the cof-fee shop. Rainbow sees the basic prob-lem with the senate's ineffec-tiveness as a voice of the Bethel student, as being a lack of student representation by the elected senators. Rainbow said, "a redistribu-tion of where representation lies would tie the senate to the constituency." He suggested that represen-tatives be elected by organiza-tions and groups on campus. "If Edgren had two representa-tives, and let's say, College Choir had one, with other groups electing their own, this would make the senate more responsible to student feelings." He also said that the adminis-tration is hoping that better representation of the students will come about, and that they are open to new ideas. "For the most part," Rainbow said, "senators are now speak-ing for themselves at meetings, but with a better representa-tion they would be speaking for the students." Rainbow said not to abolish student senate, but rather make it more responsive to student feelings. VOTE! the clarion Bethel College 1480 N. Snelling Ave, Vol. XLVI—No. 18 St. Paul, Minn. 55101 March.11, 1971 1 Testing to benefit both students, Bethel Monday —A service of praise arranged by Oliver Mogck Tuesday —The Student Sen-ate will be in charge with cam-paign speeches by candidates. Wednesday—NEW music with a portrait of Christ by Pastor Lawson Thursday —"Burning Issues Needing Cool An-swers" by students Friday —Dr. Walter Wessel, head of our Chris-tianity department, is speaking n This Saurday night, March 13 at 8:00 p.m., the Bethel commu-nity will be treated to an evening with C. Edward Thomas at the piano. Mr. Thomas, a member of the Bethel Music Department, will be soloing by Cindy Rostollan March 17-18, seniors and soph-omores will miss their usual classes to take part in Bethel's annual testing program. These tests are part of Bethel's in-stitutionalized research pro-gram and will be administered by Paul Mauger, Psychology professor. "With these tests," said Mr. Mauger, "Bethel will be able to learn specific things about the student and will be able to evaluate the quality of their educational system." "The tests are one of the things accrediting teams look into when investigating a school for accreditation," he contin-on the Steinway, interpreting the music of such greats as Beethoven and Mozart for the first section of the program. In addition to Mr. Thomas' performance, Mrs. Jean Ben-crishutto will be doing a couple ued. "These tests are also valu-able for comparing Bethel to other colleges, and seeing how grades vary from school to school." For seniors, the Under-Grad-uate Record Examination (UG-RE) will be given. This exam-ination is also being used by 510 other schools including Westmont, Wheaton, Biola, Yale, Gordon, Stanford, and the Uni-versity of Mass. This test covers the work in each student's area (with the exception of courses like Chris-tianity and Anthropology) and allows both the student and his major department to compare themselves with other students of contemporary numbers on the flute. She is the wife of Frank Bencrishutto, director of the University of Minnesota Band. Finally, there will be a group of spirituals featuring Mr. Thomas at the piano, and guest vocal artists, the Zion Baptist Church Choir. To quote Mr. Thomas, "They really go!" All in all, members of the music department promise a very enjoyable and entertain-ing evening. Tickets are available at the door or in the Public Affairs Office. Cost is General Admis-sion, $1.50 and Students, $1.00. Refreshments will be served with all proceeds from the ev-ening going into the Bethel Centennial Year Activities Fund. "Don't forget," said one mu-sic student, "Saturday night, March 13, 8 p.m. in the Field-house, C. Edward Thomas in concert — it'll be great!" 0 and departments across the country. After the tests have been computer-scored, each student gets a copy of his scores and a list of the norms for compari-son. These scores will be at-tached to his permanent record, but will not be used for Grad-uate School or in evaluating achievement. The tests- are ba-sically for the student and his specific department in or-der to determine its rank with other similar schools, and Bethel itself. Sophomores will be taking the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. This will be used to compare his interests to people within a certain occupation. It is hoped that it will aid the student in finding a useful career or major. Sophomores will also be given their test results after they have been scored. These will be explained in full to each stu-dent, and according to Mr. Mauger, times will be set up to meet and discuss any additional questions. Every student in the soph-omore and senior classes, and transfer Juniors are required to On the take these tests. Information will be circulated to each stu-dent before the testing date. 74earet 4t Re god (4e/a eateteatameote Saturday evening, March 27, the Sheraton Motor Inn will provide the setting for Bethel's Spring Banquet. This banquet is the only formal event of the year, and according to planning chairman, Dale Berry, it will replace the traditional fresh-man - sophomore and junior - senior banquets. "Combining the class ban-quets," he said, "provides a bigger budget and thus a better program." For the evening's entertain-ment, Theater in the Round, a professional acting company, will present their musical ren-dition of the play "Spoon River Anthology." The planning committee has also arranged for four pro-fessional violinists to "create the atmosphere" during the din-ner. Cost for the evening will be $15.00 per couple. Pte,, ocicak:114 Thomas and guests provide musical evening Candidates express opinions page 2 The Wreck offers a friend page 3 Senate approves life-style page 5 Science department grows page 7 ~hsiQe woo Chapel Chapel March 15-19 Robert Bergerud Tom wants increased interest and involvement by Karen A. Nelson Why are text prices so high at Bethel Bookstore? "He offered me 50¢ for my Civ. book!" "He must make 60-70% profit on books with prices like that!" How much money does the bookstore make per student? If you haven't made one of these statements yourself, you have heard them made. After working for the "establish-ment" called Bethel Bookstore for three and a half years I am tired of the naive state-ments. Let me try to answer a few questions that may be in your mind. First is the question of high prices. Book prices are stan-dard, not set at the whim of the manager. They are suggest-ed by the publisher and check-able at any time in Books In Print or on an individual in-voice upon request. Textbooks cost the store an unbelievable 80%, with a 20% mark-up. With operational costs for any retail store between 20-29% this would leave the bookstore with a 0-9% loss if they handled only texts. Be-cause texts are actually a loss proposition, no store that is un-subsidized can sell only text books. Two little known facts may help you to understand the bookstore's position as far as mark-up is concerned. The book-store is not a private business, but is an auxiliary of the college. Our manager, Mr. Berg-erud, is not commisioned but has chosen to work for a sal-ary. He is interested in serving Bethel College. I was very surprised to learn the actual bookstore profit re-corded for the past two years. In 1968-69 Bethel Bookstore made $2.95 per student/staff, and in 1969-70 this dropped to 24c. Used book prices offer an-other area of contention. Un-less there is an understanding of the business principles be-hind the buying of used books, the procedures may seem "com-pletely immoral" as one student called them. What constitutes a used book? Once a book has a mark in it (name, underlining) it is clas-sified by the book sellers as a used book whether or not it has been read. If we sell it to a used book company we must sell it as a used book, and in the same way we must resell it to students as a used book. We always keep our standard for buying used books at the top. Ours is in line with the top standards in the U.S. The old standard was to buy used paperbacks for 1/3 cost and sell them for 2/3, clothbacks Bookstore needs help and understanding for 1/2 and 3/4. Two years ago when the University of Minne-sota raised its standard, we went along with their decision. Our present policy is to buy paperbacks at 1/2 and sell them for 2/3, clothbacks are bought at 60% and sold at 75%. This is for a text to be reused the following semester. Why can't the bookstore buy back books that aren't being used the next semester? Prob-ably all of us have gotten "the bite" when a text we were using was not to be used the next semester. Think for one minute what would happen if a car dealer would offer trade-in value for cars with no trans-mission. He would be consider-ed a very poor businessman. It is the same in the book business. Once a new edition has come out, the "transmission" has fal-len right out! Would you want a biology book with outdated informa-tion? Do yOu want a second rate education? Text books are the tools of your trade. The reason teachers change books often is to stay on the cutting edge of the subject. (There are only four faculty members left on the "Bethel Bookstore Conspir-acy Team to Raise Bills Through More Books") If we were to offer you money for an edition that we could not sell we would be very poor business managers of your store. Seriously, I would welcome any questions concerning the bookstore operation. Just drop them in p.o. 1202 and I will do my best to answer them. Perhaps together we could work towards an improved enterprise. (This is not a paid political announcement — I wish it were) by Tom Billigmeier To many at Bethel, the concept of Student Senate is a vague one. In fact, I have come in contact with quite a few students who have asked, "What is it?" or "What is it worth?" Senate at Bethel does not seem to generate a great amount of interest or concern. Could it be because of poor or even vague representation? Since there are no class distinctions, as such, should we look for a better, more practical way to represent the students? Is it because the Sen-ate seems to have no power or doesn't in matters of great importance? Many questions about the existence or im-portance of the Senate can be asked, but we must also supply positive and directive answers. Be-ing a member of the Senate and a student-faculty committee, I know that Senate can be a very real and important body as well as being a learning experience to those who are involved. I am running for student body vice-president in order to hopefully increase involvement and interest by using the Senate's power, within its O by Anne Dalton As a Senator and candidate for vice-president, I am concerned about many things. I would like to share just a few of these concerns for Bethel with you. There are three areas that I would like to see undertaken by the Student Senate this coming year. The first is too involve Bethel with other colleges in the area, and the second would be to institute an effective, school-wide tutoring program. Bethel is located in a large metropolitan area, as are six or seven other small colleges. Yet too many Bethel students, especially girls, never set foot off Bethel's campus except to go to church, Har Mar or the Midtown. I would like to see exchanges of music groups, dramatic groups and perhaps even a faculty member or two (temporarily, of course). Exchanges of stu-dents should be worked out for Interim. I'd also like to see increased opportunity for Bethel students to take advantage of what the Twin City area offers. Good theater entertain-ment and concerts are in abundance, yet few go unless required to do so by Intro to Music! Also of great concern is the Bethel students' lack of knowledge concerning the world around jurisdiction, to its fullest. This could only be possible with the support of the students, and by formulating a clear-cut definition of the Senate; its purpose for existence, its actual duties and its relevancy. This would be put to the students, faculty and administration, and we would work only within the definition. I also feel that students should have more of a voice in all that affects the community, and we should work to eliminate the existing "buck-passing" as Elden Elseth brought out in the last Clarion. Therefore, I too, would like to see the com-munity government idea put into effect, hope-fully doing away with much of this lack of com-munication within the community. There are other things I would like to see done or continued as vice-president, but space does not allow me to expound. I would, though, like to encourage anyone interested and con-cerned to take time to get to know me, and I you, talking in more detail as to why I am running for the office of vice-president. them. Hopefully more speakers can be brought in to speak to students on topics of current interest, such as abortion, the war, conflict in the Middle East and much more. Too many students are leaving Bethel be-cause of academic problems when they could have been helped if reached in time by a tutor. Teachers do not have the time to spend hours with individual students, but students can work together on a one to one basis for mutual benefit. Finally, I would like to see the senate adopt a STUDENT developed life-style and present it to the administration. It would recognize the fact that we are not a perfect Christian com-munity and that a minimum of rules are nec-essary for the well being of the community as a whole, even if the individual should disagree. It must be a life-style that is accepted by students all year around, on and off campus. I've only touched on a few problems that stand out in my mind. Many more exist, but they can be solved if students care enough. If Senate is ineffective it is the students' fault, not the administration's. I'd like to encourage all students to at least overcome their apathy enough to vote in the coming elections, both the primary and actual election. It's important. El A modest proposal by Bob Miko Today marks the beginning of the primary elections for next year's student senate offices. It is here we make our voice known as to who we want to represent us in the student senate. Once again the campus will be filled with beautiful posters competing for our attention. Throughout the campus can be heard the murmurings of small and large groups as they discuss the virtues of their favorite candidate. From now until March 19, a few industrious individuals will try to get themselves elected on the theory that they will best represent the Bethel Campus. I think, at this point, one must ask the question whether or not the people who do get elected represent anyone except the interests of a select few. So let's ask it! Do the people elected represent a majority of the Bethel students? I think not .... Looking back over last year's election returns, it is clearly shown that only 335 students wanted Eldon Elseth as student senate President. And even more startling is that some of the members of the student senate were voted in by 27 votes. To say that we have a representative senate is a hoax or at best a cruel joke. In light of these figures, I must conclude that the true majority of Bethel students is saying that the best representative student senate is one without members, and that the $2,600 spent on stipends could be better spent on something "worth-while." This majority makes it clear that they feel the elections are a waste of time, and a great drain of student resources that could be used in more fruitful endeavors. If we the student use our power of the "no-vote," as we have in the past we can make our voice known that we, 1) do not want any student senate representatives 2) that we have no need of the present student senate and 3) that we just want to be left alone to do our own thing. Let us now work together with the power of the "no-vote" for involvement thru non-involvement! Now, on a separate ballot, put my name in to represent you, the majority of students using the "no-vote," so that I may represent you in the non-senate to deploy the non-senate budget, $26,000 into more resourceful channels representing us, the "silent majority." Apathy, ignorance, life-style concern Anne 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111=1 Page 2 the CLARION Thursday, March 11, 1971 the clarion Publisher The Bethel College Community St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Editor-in-Chief Bob Miko Copy Editor Toni Magnuson Production Editor Sharon Watson Sports Editor Rich Zaderacka Contributing Writers Rick Berggren Tom Billigmeier Anne Dalton Mabel Erickson - Cora Jean Gaalswyk Dick Halvorson Dave Healy Bruce Johnson Laura Johnson Paul Loth John Lundgren Karen Nelson Kathy Oleson Dale Osterman Sarah Reasoner Cindy Rostollan Peter Varros Dave Pound, a former Bethel student, tugs at his Subscription rate: $4 per academic year stubborn donkey in a desperate attempt to guard his opponent in last year's donkey basketball game. Mr. Healy addresses a group of students at the Wreck. Central has opportunity for involvement by Anne Dalton It has been said that many of our Conference Baptist Churches are dying or dead. This, however, isn't true of Central Baptist. I'm glad to re-port Central, located on the cor-ner of Roy and Shields, is a-live and doing well. As a Conference Baptist Church, Central must try to meet the needs of many people. They have to minister to the young, old, and all those in be-tween. According to its mem-bers, the very rich, the very poor, as well as the good old middle class are all important to Central. It tries to meet all their needs; spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, and intel-lectual. Central has the usual church activities such as Sunday school, choirs, and active programs for junior high, high school and college age groups. The college kids say that they pretty well run their own pro-grams. They meet as a class at 10:00 Sunday mornings with Dr. Peter Holm, an area dentist, who acts as a discussion leader. On Wednesdays the group meets Friday, March 12 once again marks the date when ten don-keys will take to the court for a hard-hitting round of basketball. The Donkey Basketball game begins at 7:30 p.m. and is sponsored by the Bethel B-Club. Besides entertainment, the purpose of this activity is to gain funds for the club. What exactly is donkey bas-ketball? To describe it, the floor will be covered with a tarp and five donkeys will be provided for each team. The players may run with the ball, but are required to hold the reins of the donkey with one hand as they do so. One more rule — players must be seated on the donkey's back while at-tempting to shoot a basket. for an open and informal Bible study and prayer time run by different students. "It's nice," said one girl, "because people can come and leave when they must." In addition, there are usually impromptu get-togethers fol- This second annual affair will consist of Bethel's "Super- Athletes" pitted against the in-fallible faculty, said one B-Club member. The results of last season's contest favored the faculty by a narrow two points. Thus, it's easy to notice that the super-athletes will be anx-ious to avenge that humiliation. According to the B-Club, thq audience won't have to just sit around staring at each other during halftime. One of the donkeys attending " is as smart as a majority of Bethel students," said one student, "and he will be illustrating his intelligence during the inter-mission. (In other words a trick donkey will be performing). In addition, B-Club members will take part in a "gut-contest" lowing the evening service. "Times like these give us a chance to get to know each other better as people," said one. "Central tries to reach out into the community," comment-ed one member. "Located in and, listen to this females, ath-letes will be auctioned off to students with the most loot and the largest mouths — so, get prepared!!! To insure victory, the B-Club members have set up a second half surprise for the final moments of the contest. One Bethel student warns, "Faculty: BEWARE!" Cost for the event is $1.00 for adults and 50c for children under 12. by Sarah Reasoner The Resident Assistant: a counselor for all sorts of problems — academic, social, personal a representative of the Ad-ministration at the grass-roots level — sometimes that's hard, and sometimes it's easy a spiritual encourager with a God-given responsibility a listener even when the homework is due tomorrow a janitor for plugged showers, running toilets, and faulty dry-ers a guinea pig for all the prac-tical jokes the floor can dream up a knitter (Bodien only) a meeting-attender a friend. The above list is my practical experience of what the R.A.'s position entails. The Student Services office describes a R.A. as a "paid member of the Dean of Stu-dents staff with responsibilities in the residence hall for the following: to orient new stu-dents to the residence hall and campus, to give spiritual coun-sel and encouragement as need-ed, to provide leadership in hall government, to establish and maintain a helpful per-sonal relationship with each student, to refer students in need of assistance to the proper person or office, to be avail: the Midway District, Central could be termed an inner city church and there are many needs to be met." A day-care program is offer-ed. Program directors have found that it has been vary ef-fective in reaching mothers that otherwise would not have any contact with the church. High school students have a program called the "Wreck." A part of the church is opened each Friday evening, and "won-derful things have been happen-ing to the 100-150 kids that visit there each Friday." Central's three ministers are all under 40. Rev. John Ander-son is the Pastor, assisted by Ron Eckert, assistant pastor and by Anne Dalton "What in the world is a Wreck?" asked one cautious stu-dent, to which the reply came, "Not a Wreck, THE Wreck!" The Wreck is a place for kids who need a place to go. According to director Sid Veen-stra, "It's for kids who are searching for something and aren't even really sure of what they're looking for." The Wreck is located in the 'basement of Central Baptist Church on the corner of Roy and Shields, and consists of two rooms. The smaller room is decorated in what one person called a modern mess. There are flourescent posters and black lighting. The walls are done in burlap and tin foil. Along one wall is a large psychedelic mural, which reads "Jesus Loves You, Love Endures All." Furni-ture consists of cable tables, wooden stools and a few bath-tubs. The other room has one pool table, two ping pong tables and able for casual and planned contacts with individual stu-dents, and to assist in the ad-ministration of the residence hall." I've been an R.A. for six months now. I don't know how much I've helped the people living on my floor, but I do know that I have learned a great deal. When the problems and pressures mount up, I re-alize how close God is and how I've neglected Him before when the going is smooth. And you get plenty of rough times as an R.A. I've recognized too, my re-sponsibility to lead in a spiritual way — and that has been an exciting challenge. And I've made many new friends. The fringe benefits of this position are really very numerous: My purpose in writing this is to urge you to apply. Simply go to the Student Services Of-fice, ask for an application, and return it by March 12. Follow-ing this is a rather frightening interview which is really not frightening. The pay for this job is room and board for the school year, amounting to approximately $600.00. Sometimes I feel that the work is worth doing for the money. At other times I think no one could possibly pay me enough for the work I do. But minister of music, and Bethel student Sid Veenstra, minister of youth. They are enthusias-tic about Jesus Christ, doing all they can to make Him alive and relavent. Central doesn't want to just give to you, it wants you to give of yourself. It's only then that you can truly receive. Many Conference churches are dying because young people to-day are reluctant to get involv-ed to change the church. Instead they just give up on it. Kids at Central haven't given up on the church; they're in-volved. Join us if you don't mind getting involved. See Sid Veenstra or Anne Dalton for rides. ❑ two bumper pool tables, all of which are in constant use. However, the Wreck is really made up of the people who are there Friday nights; people who come down because they care about others and want to share Jesus Christ, and show the 100 to 150 high school kids that they care about them. People who work at the Wreck say they have a chance to make friends and to love someone who needs it very much. "Some of the kids who come have never had anyone who really loved them or cared what happened to them. All sharing is done on a one to one basis. First you must win the right to be heard as a friend," staff members said. "If you care, really care," they continue, "stop by some Friday night between eight and twelve. It may leave you cold or blow your mind. It depends on you and how much you care. Do you care enough to give yourself until it hurts?" I never doubt that the work is worth doing for the amount of people-knowledge you gain. Where else do you get paid for talking and listening, inter-acting and communicating with people? Donkey Basketball game coming Students anxious for victory Wreck only for those who care Leadership, friendship, counseling make up small part of R.A.'s duties Thursday, March 11, 1971 the CLARION Page 3 Body meets in catacombs celebration by John Lundgren Let's celebrate! Let's cele-brate God's love in our lives! Let's worship Him in song and praise! Let's love Him and love each other! Let's listen to our brothers and sisters share their needs and talk about their vie: tories! .Let's live this love we talk about! The Catacombs celebration is a gathering of believers. We meet every Sunday evening at 10:00 p.m. in the candlelit base-ment of Edgren dormitory. On any given Sunday night you might stop to find: Boisterous singing Prayerful singing Worshipful silence A steady hum of excited dis-cussion A speaker Kids sharing and actively worshipping. The responses of the 100 to 200 who attend Catacombs week-ly are varied. "I feel a oneness with them all and with Jesus that just ex-cites me." "I like the quiet time for thinking." "It feels to me like the Body of Christ.... the' feeling of fam-ily." "One in the Spirit." "It's good to know that others get discouraged." Catacombs is a meeting, a program and therefore it has no intrinsic merit. But the Holy Spirit is their because kids who love God go expecting to meet Him. As he draws us closer to Himself, the Spirit brings .us closer to each other. That's where it's at and that's why we celebrate. Mabel makes believe with Beautiful Gert Once upon a time in the land of make believe, lived a happy young couple who became even happier when infant Gertrude filled the cradle in their home. Mom and Pop were excited and no one was spared an introduction to the Beautiful Baby Gert. Gert was to be a well adjusted girl who knew the value of a friendship, and she was carefully taught the best ways to get along in life. It was early when her life philosophy became, "When in Rome do as the Romans." Gert had a range of friends from the ultra-conservative to the ultra-radical and everything in between. By the time she was ready for college, her conservative type friends urged her to go to a conservative college while her radical friends would have her elsewhere. As it turned out, Beautiful Gert decided it would be much easier to attend a somewhat conservative college (a little parental pressure helped here) and then spend her weekends and after hours with her less conservative frinds. It all looked so simple, but things became increasingly difficult. Gert lived in one style at home, another in the dorm, and still another while visiting her 'other friends.' She adapted to her religion courses and became thought of as a spiritual giant; she became the 'dime store psychologist' in her class of human behavior. She was the sweet innocent Gert when college officials and friends were near, but turned into a real swinger when the campus was 1,1,, block away. With one circle of friends Beautiful Gert could have moved the saints tD tears of joy and in another, could have shocked the devil himself ! Gert's philosophy was practiced to the fullest with a dif-ferent life style for every incident of life. One day it was Adult Only Art movies while the next day it was 'no movies of any kind' (sin, you know); one minute it was, 'alcohol and drugs are tools of the devil' and a few minutes later (in a dif-ferent, less conservative circle), alcohol and drugs were 'the means to enlightenment and knowledge.' The psychology books would have called Gert a schizo-phrenic but Gert was happy to call herself, 'well adjusted to any situation.' Besides, in the land of make believe there can be no schizophrenia! Things continued to become more and more difficult as Gert expanded her life situations and consequently her life-styles. It wasn't long before the Beautiful Baby Gert died in absolute confusion and exhaustion never having realized that life could have been so un-complicated and almost completely enjoyable had she chosen ONE life style by which to live. May Gert rest in peace (finally!) 7#ta4 p,..eaideatd ded4 Censoring evil does not answer wider problem Radical Christianity "Either it's Christian Ed or it is not education" Bethel college is a Christian college and we should be glad. For the most part its students, faculty, and administration are Chris-tian. We pray before our classes and most of us attend chapel. But some of us are begnning to wonder, is this the only dis-tinction we have from Macalester, Hamline, or the University of Minnesota? Some are wondering, what is the difference between the content of the classroom presentation in these other schools and in ours? Are we guilty for the most part of adding or "integrating" our Christianity to a secular content like so much sugar? These are dangerous questions to ask! Some will immediately rise up in indignation and maybe rightfully so, but some members of the body are asking these questions. Those asking are not interested in being a movement although one may start. They are not interested in exalting some Paul or some Apollos although there are men that they are reading from and gaining insights. They are interested in being students and faculty that are together, communally in the will of God. One problem that faces us all is the tendency to defend the status quo. We have seen in the past that our way of doing things has been adequate to meet our tasks, so why change? There must be something in that old adage "we are creatures of habit," for we pretty much like things just the way they were. Change means being unsettled and not being able to hang on to the patterns of the past. At this point we see the difference between our talk and our actions. Our talk is of the Lordship of Jesus Christ, but our freez-ing of the situation may also freeze the changing and reforming power of the Spirit. Because our method of dealing with our task yesterday was sufficient, is precisely why it cannot be adequate for today. Our task may be the same but most assuredly our situation is con-tinually changing. Yet having said and firmly believing this, change for the sake of change is not what is desired. The insights of our fathers are not worthless. We would be most foolish to try to be "original." But this rarely seems to be our problem. The principle of reforming seems vague and the word reforma-tion seems to be relegated to a specific period of time, hundreds of years ago. Reformation is seen as a hstorical fact, when it should be seen as a vital ongoing process driven by the Word and led by the Holy Spirit of God. If we are only interested in preserving the good things of the past, then why should the Spirit strive with us? Will he not pass us by? How does one work for reformation? Well certainly it is not done individually! The body of Christ is not just a Biblical analogy. It is living even as Christ lives and should be operating in all that our lives touch as opposed to being involved in sacred activity and secular activity. Those of the local body interested in a continuing reformation and of learning the relation of the Bible to learning will be meeting in the Speech house, Friday at 3:30. Hopefully an interim course will be a product of their efforts. They meet out of a love and concern for Bethel. They meet because of a growing belief that education that is not radically Christian by being driven by the Word of God, is not education at all. 0 Recently Christians in the Twin Cities have become polarized over the appearance of the longlived musical, Hair. Some of my acquaint-ances have been active protesters before the City Council, seeking to have the play banned. Others who seemed no more enthusiastic about the play itself have defended its right to be heard. This controversy points up a dilemma for the Christian believer in modern America. If we are a nation committed to individual freedom. we recognize that we must be prepared to take some risks. God Himself did that when He created man a free being and then put him in the midst of temptation. God neither removed the temptation by force nor by law, but sought to develop inner discernment so that man would resist it. Man failed then as he does now. And we Christians believe that it is only in Jesus Christ that man finds both forgiveness for bad choices in the past and enablement for right choices in the future. It does say something however, about the moral climate of our nation when the faltering Hair became an instantaneous box office hit after adding its display of nakedness and its more explicit sex scenes. Desensitization, as Paul Rees indicated in one of his recent chapel addresses at Bethel is a major peril in America. It may be as serious a threat as depersonali-zation. To retain our individuality while de-sensitized to physical immorality does not auger well for a nation that needs to be strong at its heart if it is to give moral leadership to the world. In fact the treatment of people as sex objects actually robs them of their personhood. It is not enough in our time to be only half sensitive. To feel deep anguish about some moral problems — racism, war, poverty, pol-lution — and to pay little attention to others about which the Bible is equally concerned �� immodesty, eroticism, sex as a plaything, per-version — is to be but half Christian in our attitudes. And these are some of the basic themes of Hair, according to the reviewers, how-ever they may be muted by dim lights, deafening music, or obscure lyrics. I hope that we Christians will feel God's pain at all forms of evil. Conscience is a tender fac-ulty that can lose its power through resistance and rationalization. And the Holy Spirit, the spirit of holiness, may be grieved and quenched until we are no longer sensitive to His values. Whatever influence plays like Hair may have upon America as a whole, I fear that when Christians unwittingly include them as enter-tainment, we gradually will lose our power to be indignant at evil and concomitantly our con-viction that the world has sinned grievously and desperately needs a Savior. Personally, I wish that plays like Hair and 0 Calcutta, along with a flood of sex-dominated movies, were not on the market in America. But much as I share the feelings of the protesters, I suspect that censorship in occasional local communities will not solve the wider problem. America's commitment to individual freedom and the inability of it courts to draw legal limits around obscenity and pornography makes ef-fective censorship virtually impossible and probably undesireable. It seems inexorable at this point in history that the tares are going to flourish right along with the wheat. The most effective Christian response is the fervent com-munication of the gospel with its power to change from within man's values and tastes. In this kind of world, it is all the more im-portant that exemplary Christian sensitivity to evil be heightened. We are to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. The presence of ten righteous people would have saved Sodom and Gomorrah. Can God find 10 people — no, 1500 people! — on the Bethel campus who will rise up in indig-nation at the moral pollution of our land? People who will recoil at immorality peddled under the guise of artistic freedom? People who deliberately will choose to be un-sophisticated and "ignorant of that which is evil?" (I Cor. 14:20) People who will constitute a moral gyro-scope at the center of American life? I pray that God will be more successful in finding them now than He was in the days of Abraham! Carl H. Lundquist, President Page 4 the CLARION Thursday, March 11, 1971 Student Senate adopts life-style statement that emphasizes obligation to the community Rationale Obligation to a community: 1.A person who willfully becomes a member of a community is in that act, obligated to conform to the norms of the community. (A norm being a standard, model, or pat-tern for a group. Ed.) 2.A person is obligated to abide by the norm, unless in so doing his conscience is violated. However, in a case where he feels he must disobey, he is obligated to accept the con-sequences of his disobedience. THE BETHEL COMMUNITY We are not a Christian community BUT we are striving to yield to the leading of the Holy Spirit. We want very much to become a Christian community. Statement We firmly believe that it is inherent in the Christian faith that an individual must have his own convictions which he derives from the leading of the Holy Spirit, and that no man's salvation is dependent on anyone else's faith. "Be in debt to no one — the only debt you should have is to love one another. Whoever loves his fellow man has obeyed the Law. The commandments, 'do not commit adultery; do not murder ; do not steal ; do not covet' — all these, and any others besides, are summed up in the one command, 'Love your neigh-bor as yourself.' Whoever loves his neighbor will never do him wrong. To love, then, is to obey the whole law. "You must do this, because you know what hour it is : the time has come for you to wake up from your sleep. For the moment when we will be saved is closer now than it was when we first believed. The night is nearly over, day is almost here. Let us stop doing the things that belong to the dark. Let us take up the weapons for fighting in the light. Let us conduct ourselves properly, as people who live in the light of day; no orgies or drunkeness, no immorality or indecency, not fighting or jealousy. But take up the weapons of the Lord Jesus Christ, and stop giving attention to our sinful nature, to satisfy its desires. DO NOT JUDGE YOUR BROTHER "Accept among you the man who is weak in the faith, but do not argue with him about his personal opinions. One man's faith allows him to eat anything, but the man who is weak in the faith eats only vegetables. The man who will eat anything is not to despise the man who doesn't; while the one who eats only vegetables is not to pass judgment on the one who eats anything, for God has ac-cepted him. Who are you to judge the servant of someone else ? It is his own Master who will decide whether he succeeds or fails. And he will succeed, for he Lord is able to make him succeed. "One man thinks that a certain day is more important than the others, while another man thinks that all days are the same. Each one should have his own mind firmly made up. He who thinks lightly of a certain day does it in honor of the Lord : he who eats anything does it in honor of the Lord, for he gives thanks to God for food. He who re-fuses to eat certain things does so in the honor of the Lord, and he gives thanks to God. For none of us lives for himself only, none of us dies for himself only; if we live it is for the Lord that we live, and if we die, it is for the Lord that we die. Whether we live or die, then, we belong to the Lord. For Christ died and rose to life in order to be the Lord of the living and of the dead. You then — why do you pass judgement on your brother ? And you — why do you despise your brother ? All of us will stand before God, to be judged by him. For the scripture says, `As I live,' says the Lord, 'everyone will kneel before me, and everyone will declare that I am God.' Every one of us, then, will have to give an account of himself to God. "So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, this is what you should decide : not to do anything that would make your brother stumble, or fall into sin. My union with the Lord Jesus makes me know for certain that nothing is unclean of itself ; but if a man believes that something is unclean, then it becomes unclean for him. If you hurt your brother because of something you eat, then you are no longer acting from love. Do not let the food that you eat ruin the man for whom Christ died ! Do not let what you regard as good, acquire a bad name. For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy that the Holy Spirit gives. And whoever serves Christ in this way wins God's pleasure and man's approval. "So then, we must always aim at those things that bring peace, and that help streng-then one another. Do not because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else to fall into sin. The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that will make your brother fall. Keep what you believe about this matter, then, between your-self and God. Happy is the man who does not feel himself condemned when he does what he approves of. But if he has doubts about what he eats, God condemns him when he eats it, because his action is not based on faith. And anything that is not based on faith is sin. PLEASE OTHERS, NOT YOURSELVES "We who are strong in the faith ought to help the weak to carry their burdens. We should not please ourselves. Instead, each of us should please his brother for his own good, in order to build him up in the faith. For Christ did not please himself. Instead, as the scripture says, The insults spoken by those who insulted you have fallen on me.' For everything written in the Scripture was written to teach us, in order that we might have hope through the patience and encour-agement, enable you to have the same point of view among yourselves by following the example of Christ Jesus, so that all of you together, with one voice, may praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 13: 8-14; 14: 1-23; 15: 1-6; fom G000 News for Modern Man. We as believers in Christ desire to ex-emplify the highest forms of love mentioned in these passages. Because we may harm the work of the Holy Spirit through our personal example, we willingly accept the rules. Expulsion from Bethel is always painful — to those who must decide upon the act as well as to those who are expelled. Because it involves substantial penalties — loss of credits, forfeiture of tuition and room and board, as well as difficulties in getting into other schools, you should be aware of the fact that there are certain transgressions — use of intoxicating beverages on or off cam-pus, sexual promiscuity or immorality, pos-session or use of harmful narcotics — that may result in immediate dismissal. Other habits (e.g., persistent use of tobacco) may lead to dismissal at the end of a semester or school year. Even as the college has engaged in a careful process of preadmission selection it reserves the right to carry out a post-admission selection, and it may well ask students not to return if it becomes clear that they are not in sympathy with the Christian aims and standards of the school. CLOSING STATEMENT We do not expect everyone to embody these rules in their personal ethic, but as long as the individual freely elects to remain a member of the Bethel community we do expect that he will submit to them as a matter of personal spiritual discipline. A person is a part of Bethel's community on and off campus and during all vacations un-til he elects to leave Bethel. Thursday, March 11, 1971 the CLARION Page 5 Biblical Christianity answers ecology crisis by Peter Varros Having used much of Francis Schaeffer's rationale in previous articles dealing with pollution and the Christian, it would seem appropriate that I conclude this introductory series in the form of full quotations from Pollution and the Death of Man. Schaeffer, being one of the foremost contemporary writers of Christian apologetics, is better able to express what he believes are work-able steps toward a "substantial healing" of our earth. Having felt God leading him to leave his ten-year pastorate in St. Louis, Schaeffer, with his wife Edith and three daughters, left his thirteen room home for two rooms and the beginnings of his ministry as founder and director of the L'Abri Fellowship, a Christian commune of chalets nestled high in the Swiss Alps, where people of all social and religious backgrounds come seeking answers ultimately found in Christ! "So we have seen that a truly biblical Christianity has a real answer to the ecological crisis. It offers a balanced and healthy attitude to nature, arising from the truth of its creation by God; it offers the hope here and now of substantial healing in nature of some of the results of the Fall, arising from the truth of redemption in Christ. In each of the alienations arising from the Fall, the Christians, individually and corporately, should con-sciously in practice be a healing redemptive factor — in the separation of man from God, of man from himself, of man from man, of man from nature, and of nature from nature. Certainly this is true in regard to nature. A Christian-based science and technology should consciously try to see nature substantially healed while waiting for the future complete healing at Christ's return. "For here is our calling. We must exhibit that, on the basis of the work of Christ, the Church can achieve partially, but sub-stantially, what the secular world wants and cannot get. The Church ought to be a 'pilot plant,' where men can see in our congregations and missions a substantial healing of all the divi-sions, the alienations, man's rebellion has produced. " ... Indeed, unless something like this happens, I do not believe the world will listen to what we have to say . . It is always true that if you treat the land properly, you have to make two choices. The first is in the area of economics. It costs more money, at least at first, to treat the land well ... The second choice in-volved is that it usually takes longer to treat the land properly. And these are the two factors that lead to the destruction of our en-vironment: money and time — or to say it another way, greed and haste. The question is, or seems to be, are we going to have an immediate profit and an immediate saving of time, or are we going to do what we really should do as God's children? " ... What we, the Christian community, have to do is to refuse men the right to ravish our land, to insist that somebody accepts a little less profit by not exploiting nature. And the first step is exhibitng the fact that as individual Christians and as Christian communities we ourselves do not ravish our fair sister for the sake of greed in one form or another. " ... Now all this will not come about automatically. Science today treats man as less than man, and nature as less than nature. And the reason for this is that modern science has the wrong sense of origin, and having the wrong sense of origin it has no category sufficient to treat nature as nature any more than it has to treat man as man. " In conclusion, then, we may say that if things are treated only as autonomous machines in a decreated world they are finally meaningless. But if that is so, then inevitably so am I— man— autonomous and also equally meaningless. But if individu-ally and in the Christian community I treat with integrity the things which God has made, and treat them this way lovingly, because they are His, things change. If I don't love what the Lover has made — in the area of man, in the area of nature — and really love it because He made it, do I really love the Lover at all? " ... There are things before me which I now face not as a cow would face the buttercup—merely the mechanical situation— but facing it by choice. I look at the buttercup, and I treat the buttercup the way it should be treated. The buttercup and I are both created by God, but beyond this, I can treat it properly by personal choice. I act personally — and I am a person! Psycholo-gically I begin to breathe and live. Psychologically I am now dealing on a personal level, not only with men and women, but also with the things in nature that God has made which are less than personal in themselves, and the old hang-ups begin to crumble. My humanness grows and the modern technological pit and pendulum is no longer closing in on me. "As a result, then, suddenly there is beauty instead of a desert. The question of aesthetics is also in place. This surely is somethng that has importance in itself, and is not to be des-pised. It does not have to have pragmatic reasons to have value. So if we did nothing else in our Christian view of nature than to save and enjoy beauty, it would be of value, and worthwhile. ... But it is not only that as we have seen. The balance of nature will be more nearly what it should be and there will be a way to utilize nature for man and yet not destroy the resources, which man needs. But none of this will happen if it is only a gimmick. We have to be in the right relationship with Him in the way He has provided and then as Chrstians have and practice the Christian view of nature. "When we have learned this — the Christian view of nature — then there can be a real ecology; beauty will flow, psychological freedom will come, and the world will cease to be turned into a desert. Because it is right, on the basis of the whole Christian system — which is strong enough to stand it all, because it is true — as I stand and face the buttercup, I say, Fellow creature, fellow creature, I won't walk on you. We are both creatures together." Feminine viewpoint sought for board Mrs. Margaret Dewey by Dave Healy Bethel, except for its interim program, still uses the tradi-tional A, B, C, D, F grading system exclusively. In this re-spect it joins only a small min-ority of schools in the area. Most other area schools use theA-F system as a base, but have also adopted some form of pass-fail setup, used in vary-ing degrees. Three schools in Bethel's immediate vicinity — Concordia, Hamline, and Mac-alaster — all employ some var-iation of the pass-fail system. Concordia College, St. Paul, operates under the A-F struc-ture for all required courses, as well as those in the student's major field. For a certain num-ber of electives, though, stu-dents may choose a P—N (pass-no pass) arrangement. Under P—N, the student's achievement in the course is recorded on his transcript but is not figured into his GPA. A `no pass' grade simply means the loss of credit. The P—N alternative at Con-cordia is primarily for upper-classmen, and there are limits on the number of courses which may be taken under this sys-tem. In its second year of op-eration, Concordia's grading system seems to have met with the general approval of its stu-dents and faculty, and there are no plans to change it in the immediate future. Students at Hamline Univer-sity have the option of taking two courses a year on a pass-fail basis. These courses may be in any area; requirement, elective, or major field. Hamline calls its system "Grade — No Grade," which means that a student earning an A, B, or C will have that grade recorded, but not figured into his GPA. This constitutes the "Grade" part of the system. "No Grade" is assigned to any student receiving a D or F. He receives no credit for the course, but is not penalized on his GPA. Macalaster College, in ad-dition to its traditional A—F system, has an S—U (satisfac-tory— unsatisfactory) setup. Stu-dents may take courses under S—U in any area except their major. Freshmen may take as many S—U courses as they want, but upperclassmen are limited. As with the systems at Concordia and Hamline, the S—U grades at Macalaster are recorded on the student's transcript, but not computed in his GPA. There are currently several proposals to change the Mac-alaster grading policy. One of these would add the instructor's At this time, Bethel College and Seminary has no female representation on its Board of Regents. Mrs. Margaret Dewey, the college librarian, is attempt ing to see that something is done to rectify this situation. Mrs. Dewey feels that since the Board of Regents is the pol-icy- maker for the campus and these policies affect women, they should have some repre-sentation. Fifty-six per cent of written evaluation to all S—U grades. In conjunction with its cur-riculum reform, Bethel is con-sidering some changes in its present grading policy. Several proposals to this effect have been presented to the Educa-tional Policies Committee. Bethel's primary concern the college students and six per cent of the seminary stu-dents are women. The last time Bethel had a woman on the Board of Regents was 15 to 20 years ago. Mrs. Dewey feels it is about time there was another, "because it is necessary to have the feminine viewpoint represented on the most important policy-making board of the school." Mrs. Dewey said she was now, however, is to make ready for the new curriculum itself. Thus, comprehensive consider-ation of the grading system must wait. Once the basic prob-lems of changing the curricu-lum have been solved, then greater attention can be given to Bethel's grading system. CI prompted to take action by re-cent articles in magazines and newspapers on discrimination against women. She felt that although there are other in-equities i nvolving women on campus, this would be the most effective means of calling at-tention to the problem. Mrs. Dewey began by circu-lating a petition among stu-dents, faculty and staff, and ob-tained 250 signatures. She said more could have been obtained if time had been available. The petition reads as follows: The first comprehensive survey of women in higher education was released in late November, 1970. A-mong the findings was the fact that "though women trustees are found in in-creasing numbers in our colleges and universities, women are not represented as fully as they should be, in view of enrollment of wo-men and number of alum-nae." Although forty-one per cent (nationally) of students are women, twen-ty- one per cent of the 450 institutions surveyed listed no women trustees. Bethel College and Sem-inary is among those schools presently lacking female representation on its Board of Regents, though fifty-six percent of the col-lege and six per cent of the seminary students are wo-men. Recognizing the above con-ditions, we, the undersigned, wish to urge the nomination of a woman or women to the Bethel College and Seminary Board of Regents in 1971. The petition has been pre-sented to President Carl Lund-quist and a copy has been sent to Rev. Warren Magnuson, Sec-retary of the Baptist General Conference. Grading alternatives examined Page 6 the CLARION Thursday, March 11, 1971 Dr. James Rodgers smiles approvingly at John Land-berg's latest chemical achievement. From old kitchen home \ 11()R.\ FOR Y. 1' h . phys1,2.d l )1 ,01 ateu ■ N supplied %%101 ,ipp,uatus or izood 4:01.1rSt' 111 CM, C11111ellt.11 laboratory 11'01. k. An Of , ?•r,ii AU , al 1.* Ilt . ‘k. alit] Of 1114.;11 111'.1(le. j i li.,„ ioon d A Wirtishurst static machine. N-.ray and C;eissler tube:. dynamo And other electlic,d appli,mces, second, pendulum. air pump And Acctssolies. rotator. trip. jolly. .md-hydrostatic {i,danil~. stand mil. !.::!,11 barometer. etc. The lah,oiAtor, is supplied 11 'oh Nlo re \% III be added And duplicate: Nill he secured ol twiny (it the ut, n!• is tg , make the k I t•• \COO.: more C011% tl lent and ?cow. Bethel's physics lecture room in the early 1920's. Sciences react, grow exothermically by Jim Wilke "If you come to Bethel as the Chairman of the Department of Chemistry we'll let you do what you want to with it." This was the offer made to Dr. James Rodgers before he came here in 1966. When he arrived at Bethel he was greeted by a handful of skeptical students who said they were Chemistry majors and a few more who said they might be, if they liked the program. It wasn't much of a start, but from this the chemistry depart-ment has grown into one of Be-thel's main departments. This last fall 59 students registered for general chemistry alone. "That's quite a few, considering chemistry isn't a requirement," said members of the depart-ment. "Not too many take it as an elective and you don't usual-ly find freshmen taking a ten credit course to fulfill a lab sci-ence • requirement." New teach-ers have been added too. Dr. Dale Stevens joined the depart-ment in 1968 and Don Witt is teaching on a part time basis this year. The growth has not been just in numbers. Those people who carry the smell of all those wierd chemicals with them when they forsake the "ivory towers" of third floor to hit the coffee shop have developed a unique unity. Dr. Stevens attrib-utes this unity to three reasons. First, learning chemistry requir-es intensive study. Since it's hard to learn by yourself, co-operative group study is the mode on the third floor. Secondly, the laboratory work is also done on a cooperative basis, partly due to the lack of facilities and also because of the group study philosophy of the department. Where, but at Be-thel could a timid freshman girl ask a Ph. D. to explain to her what the lab assistant did not understand without feeling she was intruding on his time? Thirdly, unity comes through spending time with one another. Facilities have also increased. Men such as Len Erickson and Arnold and Paul Wicklund have helped contribute towards the $20,000 worth of analytical e-quipment that has been added since Dr. Rodgers came in 1966. National Science Foundation Grants have supplemented the small budget. Both Dr. Stevens and Dr. Rodgers have received research participation grants from the NSF funds. Bethel's chemistry department is seek-ing to cooperate with area schools in sharing these instru-ments. Our program and equip-ment could be very complemen-tary to that of schools such as Hamline and St. Catherine's. Chemistry at Bethel is no longer taught in the cookbook recipe style. Second year stu-dents are gaining research ex-perience in synthesis. Dr. Rod-gers said that instead of doing a simple experiment that has been done by millions of other par-rots in white coats, they do re-search and adapt the procedures to attempt a synthesis of a new compound. Dr. Rodgers is now making a movie that will show an archaic method of qualitative inorganic analysis. After answering ques-tions and analyzing the data from the movie, the students will repeat the experiment in a more sophisticated method. According to Dr. Rodgers, this should give the students an appreciation for the instruments as well as a good background into the problem. Because some courses will have to be dropped and most of them completely changed, the new curriculum poses serious problems for the chemistry de-partment. It will probably take three years for the department to completely change over to the new system. But change and turnover is nothing new in the dynamic state of the chemistry department, said department members. Maybe the reaction will just be a little more exothermic as the chemistry department seeks for another new equilibrium level. Dr. Dale Stevens assists with a sticky chemistry as- Physics facilities expand, improve signment. Computer, new courses meet impetus to grow by Sharon Watson An old kitchen was the home of the newly formed Physics department when Robert Carl-son, Associate Professor of Physics, arrived in 1968. Since then the physics facilities have been expanded and remodeled. During 1968 an office, a stor-age area and technician's bench were acquired as a result of a minor renovation project car-ried out by the Bethel main-tenance department. Over this past Christmas va-cation, Room 213, formerly a classroom "in a degenerate state of repair," according to Mr. Carlson, was cleaned up and replastered. It was divided into two rooms, the larger doubling as a physical-chemical laboratory, and the smaller room designated as an eventual general physics and optics la-boratory. A storage oscilloscope worth $2,000 was acquired through National Science Foundation funds, the physics department, and private donations in 1968 Through its Western Electric gift program, a pulse generator and power supply were also obtained. Since then, other sup-porting equipment has been purchased. Tom Moline, Jon Lewis, and Jim Sperry have contributed to bringing the electronic capa-bility of the physics program up to its present level, said Mr. Carlson. This past semester, the upper division physics students have been analizing and then constructing transistorized am-plifiers, known to outsiders as "gray boxes." Another project was initiated by the Acoustics course during the Interim period. Jim Sperry was the main technician in the construction of a hi-fi ampli-fier, with supporting technician, Tom Molin, in charge of the power supply. 111 by Cora Jean Gaalswyk "The mathematics depart-ment," said one math major, "holds the dubious distinction of offering the newest science majors at Bethel and has done a great deal of changing in re-cent years." The most recognizable chang-es are those in personnel and facilities. One part-time and three full-time men comprise the present faculty. According to Mr. Phillip Carl-son, Bethel's math department has a two-fold purpose; to pre-pare students for careers in industry or studies in graduate school, and to prepare second-ary school teachers. These pur-poses in themselves have pro-vided much of the impetus for change. "We have been responsive to changes in graduate schools and secondary schools as well as industry," says Mr.. Carlson. More advanced level courses are now offered. For example, a real variables course taught this year by Mr. David Perry was not offered when he was a student here just a few years ago. Also, in the area of elemen-tary education, a combined math-science concentration is now offered. A shift has occured in the number of majors as well, said Mr. Carlson, with the number rising to 12, as compared to four in 1960. These math majors have gone into various types of work, ranging from teaching, to the ministry, to work in the computer industry. A final factor in the changing math department is the pur-chase of a computer. Plans for its purchase are progressing, reports Mr. Carlson, though no firm date or final selection has been made. Interim courses in computer programming have been of-fered using a computer made available by the Digital Corporation. When the college does buy a computer, said de-partment members, the math department is considering of-fering short two week courses in its operation. Thursday, March 11, 1971 the CLARION Page 7 Wrestling captain-elect Dave Ekbom. SPECIAL RECORD SALE Begins: Friday, March 12 Where? BETHEL BOOKSTORE TOP ARTISTS Classical Folk Rock Vocal Instrumental Folk-Rock Long-play Stereo and Mono only $1.98 many record sets, too. Grapplers honor trio, Ekbom new captain by Dale Osterman The Bethel wrestling team finished the season with a dual meet record of 5-6-1. Coach David Klostreich felt that the season was somewhat disap-pointing, although it did have its rewards. Early in the year the team was forfeiting two or three divisions, although they were able to pick up help later from Rich Zaderaka, Chuck Jackson, and Dale Berry. With only two grapplers graduating Coach Klostreich feels that a strong nucleus will definitely boost the outlook for next year. In a team meeting last week the squad voted upon the awards for this season. This year's captain, Greg Ekbom, was honored as the Most Valu-able Wrestler for the second time in his career. Greg had the best individual record at 11-5. Dave Ekbom was selected as captain for next year. Dave had the second best individual record at 13-7. Dave Peterson was named the Most Improved Wrestler. "Pete" had a 9-4 record after dropping to 118. Final Wrestling Statistics show Dave Ekbom leading in takedowns with 24. Following him are G. Ekbom 13, B. Bar-ringer 11, and B. Bragg 10. In escapes, Dave Ekbom again accumulated the largest number with 10. D. Peterson and G. Ekbom both recorded 9 and D. Berry had 8. B. Bragg and D. Ekbom tied with 13 reverses, followed by D. Peterson at 10 and D. Berry at 8. Near Pin statistics show B. Barringer with 11 and D. Ekbom with 6. B. Barringer had 7 pins throughout the season, and D. Peterson, 3. Cummulative team points are; B. Barringer 49, D. Ekbom 45, D. Peterson 42, G. Ekbom 39, and B. Bragg 34. Women close season 3-5 Redeuie oesiled by Kathy Oleson With a victory of 41-28 over St. Paul Bible College, the Bethel women's basketball team ended their season with a 3-5 record. After the loss to Wheaton, Bethel hit a losing streak, fal-ling to St. Cloud, Carleton and Eau Claire. The St. Cloud game was truly a challenge according to most team members. With three girls on their team close to six feet tall, St. Cloud looked as though they would dominate the boards, but with Linda Schmid and Lynn Dreesen from Bethel really hustling, St. Cloud had their hands full. Only behind by 9 points at the half, Bethel tried desperate-ly to come back, but lost the game 40-59. Linda Schmid led lottaliteezatel A League Standings L Second New 3 0 Faculty 3 0 Third New 2 1 Second Old 2 1 Third Old 2 1 First Floor 1 2 Pit 1 2 Off Campus I 1 2 New Dorm 0 3 Off Campus II 0 3 Results—March 3 Third New 72, First Floor 71 (OT) Pit 56, Off Campus II 47 Faculty 86, Off Campus I 76 Third Old 45, Second Old 43 Second New 66, New Dorm 49 the scoring with 14 points, fol-lowed by Chris Kimball with 10 points and Lynn Dreesen with 8. The Carleton game was a heartbreaker. After jumping off to an early lead the first quarter the team held it up until the last three minutes of the fourth quarter. However, Carleton applied a press which the girls could not overcome, and they lost 28-31. Linda Schmid again led the scoring with 16 points. The Eau Claire game brought another loss at 34-45, with Linda Schmid scoring 19 points. Rachel Dick and I, both sen-iors, ended our basketball ca-reers at the St.. Paul Bible College game. Rachel has spent most of her successful basket- Scoring Pts. Games Ave. Tom Meeks (Faculty) 121 3 40.3 Gary Schimbeno (First) 66 3 22.0 John Lundgren (First) 58 3 19.3 B League Standings L Second Old 5 0 Third Old 4 1 Second New 4 1 First Floor 4 1 Third New 3 2 Pit 2 3 Faculy 1 4 New Dorm 1 4 Off Campus 1 2 Off Campus 0 5 ball career playing on the court, most of my career has been playing 'center of the bench.' It is sometimes harder to sit and watch your team go down than to be actively involved doing all you can to help. I love basketball, but being a substitute can sometimes be the most frightening experience in life. While sitting on the bench I intently watch the posi-tions I substitute for. I have mixed feelings about wanting to play and being afraid of playing. When the coach yells "Kathy, report in for Chris," a cold chill runs through my body and my life flashes before my eyes. What if I get out there and trip on my new racer-striped tenny runners! Or what if I toss a basket in the wrong goal! I report in "1 for 99 . . . . the buzzer sounds . . .. I run onto the floor .. . . game re-sumes and I forget all that has happened previously and con-centrate on the game, forget-ting that anybody else exists except the ten girls on the floor. That is how it is for me, but now it is all over. I wish next year's team the very best of luck. For three years I've thoroughly • enjoyed myself playing basketball. I just won-der if they'll retire my number 1? Track has just begun and despite a small quantity of com-petitors the quality has already proven itself. The team has competed in two practice meets along with a partial team at the North-west Open. Already many Bethel indoor records have fallen. Bob Berggren has led the way shattering Dave Pound's marks of 53.0 in the 440 and 1:18.5 in the 600 with times of 51.6 and 1:16.6. His 51.6 quarter gave him the sixth best time at the highly competitive North-west Open. Phil James has recorded a fine 52.0 in the 440 and a school record 34.0 in the 300 followed closely by Dave Asp's 34.2 freshman record. Gary Hipp has been running well in the hurdle events taking a first with 8.0 in the 60 HH, and a second last Saturday at Macalester. Mark Anderson has been consistent in the 880 and the mile, posting times of 2:06 and 4:40. The Mile Relay quartet of Bob Berggren, Rick Berggren, Ralph Gustafson, and Phil James bested the indoor record for this event at 3:37.7. The team is looking for ad-ditional help from Phil McClain in the sprints, Paul Stoneberg in the 880, Willie Hill and Odell Johnson in the jumps, Ralph Gustafson in the hurdles, and John Faust in the weight events. The team travels to Menomo-nie, Wisconsin on Saturday with a meet against Stout State. 0 Chris Kimball dribbles past a St. Paul Bible player in the team's final game. Tracksters break indoor marks, travel to Stout Faculty, second new in first D and B's Predictions March 15 First Floor to demoralize Third Old by 14 Third New to embarrass New Dorm by 21 Second Old to shaft Off Campus I by 17 Second New to rebutt Off Campus II by 15 Faculty to lick Pit by 30 March 17 Faculty to teach Third Old by 7 Third New to nip Second New by 2 New Dorm to shave Pit by 3 Off Campus I to edge Off Campus H by 8 First Floor to ruffle Second Old by 3 Page 8 the CLARION Thursday, March 11, 1971
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Title | Clarion 1971-03-11 Vol 46 No 18 |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 46 No. 18 |
Date Published | March 11 1971 |
Decade | 1970 |
Academic Year | 1970 - 1971 |
Frequency | Weekly |
Article Titles | Better representation and student vote vital; Testing to benefit both students, Bethel; Piano, flute, vocalists: Thomas and guests provide musical evening; Theatre in the round offers entertainment; Tom wants increased interest and involvement; Bookstore needs help and understanding; A modest proposal; Apathy, ignorance, life-style concern Anne; Central has opportunity for involvement; Wreck only for those who care; Donkey Basketball game coming: Students anxious for victory; Leadership, friendship, counseling make up small part of R.A.'s duties; Mabel makes believe with Beautiful Gert; Radical Christianity: "Either it's Christian Ed or it is not education"; Body meets in catacombs celebration; From the Presidennt's Desk: Censoring evil does not answer wider problem; Student Senate adopts life-style statement that emphasizes obligation to the community; Feminine viewpoint sought for board; Grading alternatives examined; Biblical Christianity answers ecology crisis; Sciences react, grow exothermically; From old kitchen home: Physics facilities expand, improve; Computer, new courses meet impetus to grow; Grapplers honor trio, Ekbom new captain; Women close season 3-5: Reserve speaks from bench; Tracksters break indoor marks, travel to Stout; Intramurals: Faculty, second new in first; |
Photographs | Eddie Thomas, a Bethel favorite, promises an enjoyable evening in concert March 13.; Tom Billigmeier; Anne Dalton; Robert Bergerud; Mr. Healy addresses a group of students at the Wreck.; Dave Pound, a former Bethel student, tugs at his stubborn donkey in a desperate attempt to guard his opponent in last year's donkey basketball game.; Mrs. Margaret Dewey; Dr. James Rodgers smiles approvingly at John Landberg's latest chemical achievement.; Bethel's physics lecture room in the early 1920's.; Most valuable wrestler Greg Ekbom; Wrestling captain-elect Dave Ekbom; Chris Kimball dribbles past a St. Paul Bible player in the team's final game.; |
Digital Collection | The Clarion: Bethel University's Student Newspaper |
Digital Publisher | Bethel University |
Editor | Miko, Bob (Editor-in-chief); |
Contributors | Magnuson, Toni (Copy Editor); Watson, Sharon (Production Editor); Zaderacka, Rich (Sports Editor); Nelson, Darrel (Cartoonist); Contributing Writers: Elseth, Eldon; Greener, Dave; Gustafson, Dave; Larson, John; Lindberg, Dean; Moore, John; Moore, John; Osterman, Dale; Priggen, Jack; Rostallan, Cindy; Troxel, Ron; Varros, Pete; Wahlin, Wendall; |
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Transcript | Eddie Thomas, a Bethel favorite, promises an enjoy-able evening in concert March 13. Better representation and student vote vital by Bruce Johnson "A better representation of the student constituency," said Donald Rainbow, assistant dean of students, "would make Stu-dent Senate a more vital or-ganization on campus. "Right now senators don't really feel responsible to any-one because of the lack of class distinction." Friday will be the last day to vote in the primary election for Student Senate officers and representatives, with the gen-eral election being held March 18 and 19. Voting for both elec-tions is being held in the cof-fee shop. Rainbow sees the basic prob-lem with the senate's ineffec-tiveness as a voice of the Bethel student, as being a lack of student representation by the elected senators. Rainbow said, "a redistribu-tion of where representation lies would tie the senate to the constituency." He suggested that represen-tatives be elected by organiza-tions and groups on campus. "If Edgren had two representa-tives, and let's say, College Choir had one, with other groups electing their own, this would make the senate more responsible to student feelings." He also said that the adminis-tration is hoping that better representation of the students will come about, and that they are open to new ideas. "For the most part," Rainbow said, "senators are now speak-ing for themselves at meetings, but with a better representa-tion they would be speaking for the students." Rainbow said not to abolish student senate, but rather make it more responsive to student feelings. VOTE! the clarion Bethel College 1480 N. Snelling Ave, Vol. XLVI—No. 18 St. Paul, Minn. 55101 March.11, 1971 1 Testing to benefit both students, Bethel Monday —A service of praise arranged by Oliver Mogck Tuesday —The Student Sen-ate will be in charge with cam-paign speeches by candidates. Wednesday—NEW music with a portrait of Christ by Pastor Lawson Thursday —"Burning Issues Needing Cool An-swers" by students Friday —Dr. Walter Wessel, head of our Chris-tianity department, is speaking n This Saurday night, March 13 at 8:00 p.m., the Bethel commu-nity will be treated to an evening with C. Edward Thomas at the piano. Mr. Thomas, a member of the Bethel Music Department, will be soloing by Cindy Rostollan March 17-18, seniors and soph-omores will miss their usual classes to take part in Bethel's annual testing program. These tests are part of Bethel's in-stitutionalized research pro-gram and will be administered by Paul Mauger, Psychology professor. "With these tests," said Mr. Mauger, "Bethel will be able to learn specific things about the student and will be able to evaluate the quality of their educational system." "The tests are one of the things accrediting teams look into when investigating a school for accreditation," he contin-on the Steinway, interpreting the music of such greats as Beethoven and Mozart for the first section of the program. In addition to Mr. Thomas' performance, Mrs. Jean Ben-crishutto will be doing a couple ued. "These tests are also valu-able for comparing Bethel to other colleges, and seeing how grades vary from school to school." For seniors, the Under-Grad-uate Record Examination (UG-RE) will be given. This exam-ination is also being used by 510 other schools including Westmont, Wheaton, Biola, Yale, Gordon, Stanford, and the Uni-versity of Mass. This test covers the work in each student's area (with the exception of courses like Chris-tianity and Anthropology) and allows both the student and his major department to compare themselves with other students of contemporary numbers on the flute. She is the wife of Frank Bencrishutto, director of the University of Minnesota Band. Finally, there will be a group of spirituals featuring Mr. Thomas at the piano, and guest vocal artists, the Zion Baptist Church Choir. To quote Mr. Thomas, "They really go!" All in all, members of the music department promise a very enjoyable and entertain-ing evening. Tickets are available at the door or in the Public Affairs Office. Cost is General Admis-sion, $1.50 and Students, $1.00. Refreshments will be served with all proceeds from the ev-ening going into the Bethel Centennial Year Activities Fund. "Don't forget," said one mu-sic student, "Saturday night, March 13, 8 p.m. in the Field-house, C. Edward Thomas in concert — it'll be great!" 0 and departments across the country. After the tests have been computer-scored, each student gets a copy of his scores and a list of the norms for compari-son. These scores will be at-tached to his permanent record, but will not be used for Grad-uate School or in evaluating achievement. The tests- are ba-sically for the student and his specific department in or-der to determine its rank with other similar schools, and Bethel itself. Sophomores will be taking the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. This will be used to compare his interests to people within a certain occupation. It is hoped that it will aid the student in finding a useful career or major. Sophomores will also be given their test results after they have been scored. These will be explained in full to each stu-dent, and according to Mr. Mauger, times will be set up to meet and discuss any additional questions. Every student in the soph-omore and senior classes, and transfer Juniors are required to On the take these tests. Information will be circulated to each stu-dent before the testing date. 74earet 4t Re god (4e/a eateteatameote Saturday evening, March 27, the Sheraton Motor Inn will provide the setting for Bethel's Spring Banquet. This banquet is the only formal event of the year, and according to planning chairman, Dale Berry, it will replace the traditional fresh-man - sophomore and junior - senior banquets. "Combining the class ban-quets," he said, "provides a bigger budget and thus a better program." For the evening's entertain-ment, Theater in the Round, a professional acting company, will present their musical ren-dition of the play "Spoon River Anthology." The planning committee has also arranged for four pro-fessional violinists to "create the atmosphere" during the din-ner. Cost for the evening will be $15.00 per couple. Pte,, ocicak:114 Thomas and guests provide musical evening Candidates express opinions page 2 The Wreck offers a friend page 3 Senate approves life-style page 5 Science department grows page 7 ~hsiQe woo Chapel Chapel March 15-19 Robert Bergerud Tom wants increased interest and involvement by Karen A. Nelson Why are text prices so high at Bethel Bookstore? "He offered me 50¢ for my Civ. book!" "He must make 60-70% profit on books with prices like that!" How much money does the bookstore make per student? If you haven't made one of these statements yourself, you have heard them made. After working for the "establish-ment" called Bethel Bookstore for three and a half years I am tired of the naive state-ments. Let me try to answer a few questions that may be in your mind. First is the question of high prices. Book prices are stan-dard, not set at the whim of the manager. They are suggest-ed by the publisher and check-able at any time in Books In Print or on an individual in-voice upon request. Textbooks cost the store an unbelievable 80%, with a 20% mark-up. With operational costs for any retail store between 20-29% this would leave the bookstore with a 0-9% loss if they handled only texts. Be-cause texts are actually a loss proposition, no store that is un-subsidized can sell only text books. Two little known facts may help you to understand the bookstore's position as far as mark-up is concerned. The book-store is not a private business, but is an auxiliary of the college. Our manager, Mr. Berg-erud, is not commisioned but has chosen to work for a sal-ary. He is interested in serving Bethel College. I was very surprised to learn the actual bookstore profit re-corded for the past two years. In 1968-69 Bethel Bookstore made $2.95 per student/staff, and in 1969-70 this dropped to 24c. Used book prices offer an-other area of contention. Un-less there is an understanding of the business principles be-hind the buying of used books, the procedures may seem "com-pletely immoral" as one student called them. What constitutes a used book? Once a book has a mark in it (name, underlining) it is clas-sified by the book sellers as a used book whether or not it has been read. If we sell it to a used book company we must sell it as a used book, and in the same way we must resell it to students as a used book. We always keep our standard for buying used books at the top. Ours is in line with the top standards in the U.S. The old standard was to buy used paperbacks for 1/3 cost and sell them for 2/3, clothbacks Bookstore needs help and understanding for 1/2 and 3/4. Two years ago when the University of Minne-sota raised its standard, we went along with their decision. Our present policy is to buy paperbacks at 1/2 and sell them for 2/3, clothbacks are bought at 60% and sold at 75%. This is for a text to be reused the following semester. Why can't the bookstore buy back books that aren't being used the next semester? Prob-ably all of us have gotten "the bite" when a text we were using was not to be used the next semester. Think for one minute what would happen if a car dealer would offer trade-in value for cars with no trans-mission. He would be consider-ed a very poor businessman. It is the same in the book business. Once a new edition has come out, the "transmission" has fal-len right out! Would you want a biology book with outdated informa-tion? Do yOu want a second rate education? Text books are the tools of your trade. The reason teachers change books often is to stay on the cutting edge of the subject. (There are only four faculty members left on the "Bethel Bookstore Conspir-acy Team to Raise Bills Through More Books") If we were to offer you money for an edition that we could not sell we would be very poor business managers of your store. Seriously, I would welcome any questions concerning the bookstore operation. Just drop them in p.o. 1202 and I will do my best to answer them. Perhaps together we could work towards an improved enterprise. (This is not a paid political announcement — I wish it were) by Tom Billigmeier To many at Bethel, the concept of Student Senate is a vague one. In fact, I have come in contact with quite a few students who have asked, "What is it?" or "What is it worth?" Senate at Bethel does not seem to generate a great amount of interest or concern. Could it be because of poor or even vague representation? Since there are no class distinctions, as such, should we look for a better, more practical way to represent the students? Is it because the Sen-ate seems to have no power or doesn't in matters of great importance? Many questions about the existence or im-portance of the Senate can be asked, but we must also supply positive and directive answers. Be-ing a member of the Senate and a student-faculty committee, I know that Senate can be a very real and important body as well as being a learning experience to those who are involved. I am running for student body vice-president in order to hopefully increase involvement and interest by using the Senate's power, within its O by Anne Dalton As a Senator and candidate for vice-president, I am concerned about many things. I would like to share just a few of these concerns for Bethel with you. There are three areas that I would like to see undertaken by the Student Senate this coming year. The first is too involve Bethel with other colleges in the area, and the second would be to institute an effective, school-wide tutoring program. Bethel is located in a large metropolitan area, as are six or seven other small colleges. Yet too many Bethel students, especially girls, never set foot off Bethel's campus except to go to church, Har Mar or the Midtown. I would like to see exchanges of music groups, dramatic groups and perhaps even a faculty member or two (temporarily, of course). Exchanges of stu-dents should be worked out for Interim. I'd also like to see increased opportunity for Bethel students to take advantage of what the Twin City area offers. Good theater entertain-ment and concerts are in abundance, yet few go unless required to do so by Intro to Music! Also of great concern is the Bethel students' lack of knowledge concerning the world around jurisdiction, to its fullest. This could only be possible with the support of the students, and by formulating a clear-cut definition of the Senate; its purpose for existence, its actual duties and its relevancy. This would be put to the students, faculty and administration, and we would work only within the definition. I also feel that students should have more of a voice in all that affects the community, and we should work to eliminate the existing "buck-passing" as Elden Elseth brought out in the last Clarion. Therefore, I too, would like to see the com-munity government idea put into effect, hope-fully doing away with much of this lack of com-munication within the community. There are other things I would like to see done or continued as vice-president, but space does not allow me to expound. I would, though, like to encourage anyone interested and con-cerned to take time to get to know me, and I you, talking in more detail as to why I am running for the office of vice-president. them. Hopefully more speakers can be brought in to speak to students on topics of current interest, such as abortion, the war, conflict in the Middle East and much more. Too many students are leaving Bethel be-cause of academic problems when they could have been helped if reached in time by a tutor. Teachers do not have the time to spend hours with individual students, but students can work together on a one to one basis for mutual benefit. Finally, I would like to see the senate adopt a STUDENT developed life-style and present it to the administration. It would recognize the fact that we are not a perfect Christian com-munity and that a minimum of rules are nec-essary for the well being of the community as a whole, even if the individual should disagree. It must be a life-style that is accepted by students all year around, on and off campus. I've only touched on a few problems that stand out in my mind. Many more exist, but they can be solved if students care enough. If Senate is ineffective it is the students' fault, not the administration's. I'd like to encourage all students to at least overcome their apathy enough to vote in the coming elections, both the primary and actual election. It's important. El A modest proposal by Bob Miko Today marks the beginning of the primary elections for next year's student senate offices. It is here we make our voice known as to who we want to represent us in the student senate. Once again the campus will be filled with beautiful posters competing for our attention. Throughout the campus can be heard the murmurings of small and large groups as they discuss the virtues of their favorite candidate. From now until March 19, a few industrious individuals will try to get themselves elected on the theory that they will best represent the Bethel Campus. I think, at this point, one must ask the question whether or not the people who do get elected represent anyone except the interests of a select few. So let's ask it! Do the people elected represent a majority of the Bethel students? I think not .... Looking back over last year's election returns, it is clearly shown that only 335 students wanted Eldon Elseth as student senate President. And even more startling is that some of the members of the student senate were voted in by 27 votes. To say that we have a representative senate is a hoax or at best a cruel joke. In light of these figures, I must conclude that the true majority of Bethel students is saying that the best representative student senate is one without members, and that the $2,600 spent on stipends could be better spent on something "worth-while." This majority makes it clear that they feel the elections are a waste of time, and a great drain of student resources that could be used in more fruitful endeavors. If we the student use our power of the "no-vote," as we have in the past we can make our voice known that we, 1) do not want any student senate representatives 2) that we have no need of the present student senate and 3) that we just want to be left alone to do our own thing. Let us now work together with the power of the "no-vote" for involvement thru non-involvement! Now, on a separate ballot, put my name in to represent you, the majority of students using the "no-vote," so that I may represent you in the non-senate to deploy the non-senate budget, $26,000 into more resourceful channels representing us, the "silent majority." Apathy, ignorance, life-style concern Anne 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111=1 Page 2 the CLARION Thursday, March 11, 1971 the clarion Publisher The Bethel College Community St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Editor-in-Chief Bob Miko Copy Editor Toni Magnuson Production Editor Sharon Watson Sports Editor Rich Zaderacka Contributing Writers Rick Berggren Tom Billigmeier Anne Dalton Mabel Erickson - Cora Jean Gaalswyk Dick Halvorson Dave Healy Bruce Johnson Laura Johnson Paul Loth John Lundgren Karen Nelson Kathy Oleson Dale Osterman Sarah Reasoner Cindy Rostollan Peter Varros Dave Pound, a former Bethel student, tugs at his Subscription rate: $4 per academic year stubborn donkey in a desperate attempt to guard his opponent in last year's donkey basketball game. Mr. Healy addresses a group of students at the Wreck. Central has opportunity for involvement by Anne Dalton It has been said that many of our Conference Baptist Churches are dying or dead. This, however, isn't true of Central Baptist. I'm glad to re-port Central, located on the cor-ner of Roy and Shields, is a-live and doing well. As a Conference Baptist Church, Central must try to meet the needs of many people. They have to minister to the young, old, and all those in be-tween. According to its mem-bers, the very rich, the very poor, as well as the good old middle class are all important to Central. It tries to meet all their needs; spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, and intel-lectual. Central has the usual church activities such as Sunday school, choirs, and active programs for junior high, high school and college age groups. The college kids say that they pretty well run their own pro-grams. They meet as a class at 10:00 Sunday mornings with Dr. Peter Holm, an area dentist, who acts as a discussion leader. On Wednesdays the group meets Friday, March 12 once again marks the date when ten don-keys will take to the court for a hard-hitting round of basketball. The Donkey Basketball game begins at 7:30 p.m. and is sponsored by the Bethel B-Club. Besides entertainment, the purpose of this activity is to gain funds for the club. What exactly is donkey bas-ketball? To describe it, the floor will be covered with a tarp and five donkeys will be provided for each team. The players may run with the ball, but are required to hold the reins of the donkey with one hand as they do so. One more rule — players must be seated on the donkey's back while at-tempting to shoot a basket. for an open and informal Bible study and prayer time run by different students. "It's nice," said one girl, "because people can come and leave when they must." In addition, there are usually impromptu get-togethers fol- This second annual affair will consist of Bethel's "Super- Athletes" pitted against the in-fallible faculty, said one B-Club member. The results of last season's contest favored the faculty by a narrow two points. Thus, it's easy to notice that the super-athletes will be anx-ious to avenge that humiliation. According to the B-Club, thq audience won't have to just sit around staring at each other during halftime. One of the donkeys attending " is as smart as a majority of Bethel students," said one student, "and he will be illustrating his intelligence during the inter-mission. (In other words a trick donkey will be performing). In addition, B-Club members will take part in a "gut-contest" lowing the evening service. "Times like these give us a chance to get to know each other better as people," said one. "Central tries to reach out into the community," comment-ed one member. "Located in and, listen to this females, ath-letes will be auctioned off to students with the most loot and the largest mouths — so, get prepared!!! To insure victory, the B-Club members have set up a second half surprise for the final moments of the contest. One Bethel student warns, "Faculty: BEWARE!" Cost for the event is $1.00 for adults and 50c for children under 12. by Sarah Reasoner The Resident Assistant: a counselor for all sorts of problems — academic, social, personal a representative of the Ad-ministration at the grass-roots level — sometimes that's hard, and sometimes it's easy a spiritual encourager with a God-given responsibility a listener even when the homework is due tomorrow a janitor for plugged showers, running toilets, and faulty dry-ers a guinea pig for all the prac-tical jokes the floor can dream up a knitter (Bodien only) a meeting-attender a friend. The above list is my practical experience of what the R.A.'s position entails. The Student Services office describes a R.A. as a "paid member of the Dean of Stu-dents staff with responsibilities in the residence hall for the following: to orient new stu-dents to the residence hall and campus, to give spiritual coun-sel and encouragement as need-ed, to provide leadership in hall government, to establish and maintain a helpful per-sonal relationship with each student, to refer students in need of assistance to the proper person or office, to be avail: the Midway District, Central could be termed an inner city church and there are many needs to be met." A day-care program is offer-ed. Program directors have found that it has been vary ef-fective in reaching mothers that otherwise would not have any contact with the church. High school students have a program called the "Wreck." A part of the church is opened each Friday evening, and "won-derful things have been happen-ing to the 100-150 kids that visit there each Friday." Central's three ministers are all under 40. Rev. John Ander-son is the Pastor, assisted by Ron Eckert, assistant pastor and by Anne Dalton "What in the world is a Wreck?" asked one cautious stu-dent, to which the reply came, "Not a Wreck, THE Wreck!" The Wreck is a place for kids who need a place to go. According to director Sid Veen-stra, "It's for kids who are searching for something and aren't even really sure of what they're looking for." The Wreck is located in the 'basement of Central Baptist Church on the corner of Roy and Shields, and consists of two rooms. The smaller room is decorated in what one person called a modern mess. There are flourescent posters and black lighting. The walls are done in burlap and tin foil. Along one wall is a large psychedelic mural, which reads "Jesus Loves You, Love Endures All." Furni-ture consists of cable tables, wooden stools and a few bath-tubs. The other room has one pool table, two ping pong tables and able for casual and planned contacts with individual stu-dents, and to assist in the ad-ministration of the residence hall." I've been an R.A. for six months now. I don't know how much I've helped the people living on my floor, but I do know that I have learned a great deal. When the problems and pressures mount up, I re-alize how close God is and how I've neglected Him before when the going is smooth. And you get plenty of rough times as an R.A. I've recognized too, my re-sponsibility to lead in a spiritual way — and that has been an exciting challenge. And I've made many new friends. The fringe benefits of this position are really very numerous: My purpose in writing this is to urge you to apply. Simply go to the Student Services Of-fice, ask for an application, and return it by March 12. Follow-ing this is a rather frightening interview which is really not frightening. The pay for this job is room and board for the school year, amounting to approximately $600.00. Sometimes I feel that the work is worth doing for the money. At other times I think no one could possibly pay me enough for the work I do. But minister of music, and Bethel student Sid Veenstra, minister of youth. They are enthusias-tic about Jesus Christ, doing all they can to make Him alive and relavent. Central doesn't want to just give to you, it wants you to give of yourself. It's only then that you can truly receive. Many Conference churches are dying because young people to-day are reluctant to get involv-ed to change the church. Instead they just give up on it. Kids at Central haven't given up on the church; they're in-volved. Join us if you don't mind getting involved. See Sid Veenstra or Anne Dalton for rides. ❑ two bumper pool tables, all of which are in constant use. However, the Wreck is really made up of the people who are there Friday nights; people who come down because they care about others and want to share Jesus Christ, and show the 100 to 150 high school kids that they care about them. People who work at the Wreck say they have a chance to make friends and to love someone who needs it very much. "Some of the kids who come have never had anyone who really loved them or cared what happened to them. All sharing is done on a one to one basis. First you must win the right to be heard as a friend," staff members said. "If you care, really care," they continue, "stop by some Friday night between eight and twelve. It may leave you cold or blow your mind. It depends on you and how much you care. Do you care enough to give yourself until it hurts?" I never doubt that the work is worth doing for the amount of people-knowledge you gain. Where else do you get paid for talking and listening, inter-acting and communicating with people? Donkey Basketball game coming Students anxious for victory Wreck only for those who care Leadership, friendship, counseling make up small part of R.A.'s duties Thursday, March 11, 1971 the CLARION Page 3 Body meets in catacombs celebration by John Lundgren Let's celebrate! Let's cele-brate God's love in our lives! Let's worship Him in song and praise! Let's love Him and love each other! Let's listen to our brothers and sisters share their needs and talk about their vie: tories! .Let's live this love we talk about! The Catacombs celebration is a gathering of believers. We meet every Sunday evening at 10:00 p.m. in the candlelit base-ment of Edgren dormitory. On any given Sunday night you might stop to find: Boisterous singing Prayerful singing Worshipful silence A steady hum of excited dis-cussion A speaker Kids sharing and actively worshipping. The responses of the 100 to 200 who attend Catacombs week-ly are varied. "I feel a oneness with them all and with Jesus that just ex-cites me." "I like the quiet time for thinking." "It feels to me like the Body of Christ.... the' feeling of fam-ily." "One in the Spirit." "It's good to know that others get discouraged." Catacombs is a meeting, a program and therefore it has no intrinsic merit. But the Holy Spirit is their because kids who love God go expecting to meet Him. As he draws us closer to Himself, the Spirit brings .us closer to each other. That's where it's at and that's why we celebrate. Mabel makes believe with Beautiful Gert Once upon a time in the land of make believe, lived a happy young couple who became even happier when infant Gertrude filled the cradle in their home. Mom and Pop were excited and no one was spared an introduction to the Beautiful Baby Gert. Gert was to be a well adjusted girl who knew the value of a friendship, and she was carefully taught the best ways to get along in life. It was early when her life philosophy became, "When in Rome do as the Romans." Gert had a range of friends from the ultra-conservative to the ultra-radical and everything in between. By the time she was ready for college, her conservative type friends urged her to go to a conservative college while her radical friends would have her elsewhere. As it turned out, Beautiful Gert decided it would be much easier to attend a somewhat conservative college (a little parental pressure helped here) and then spend her weekends and after hours with her less conservative frinds. It all looked so simple, but things became increasingly difficult. Gert lived in one style at home, another in the dorm, and still another while visiting her 'other friends.' She adapted to her religion courses and became thought of as a spiritual giant; she became the 'dime store psychologist' in her class of human behavior. She was the sweet innocent Gert when college officials and friends were near, but turned into a real swinger when the campus was 1,1,, block away. With one circle of friends Beautiful Gert could have moved the saints tD tears of joy and in another, could have shocked the devil himself ! Gert's philosophy was practiced to the fullest with a dif-ferent life style for every incident of life. One day it was Adult Only Art movies while the next day it was 'no movies of any kind' (sin, you know); one minute it was, 'alcohol and drugs are tools of the devil' and a few minutes later (in a dif-ferent, less conservative circle), alcohol and drugs were 'the means to enlightenment and knowledge.' The psychology books would have called Gert a schizo-phrenic but Gert was happy to call herself, 'well adjusted to any situation.' Besides, in the land of make believe there can be no schizophrenia! Things continued to become more and more difficult as Gert expanded her life situations and consequently her life-styles. It wasn't long before the Beautiful Baby Gert died in absolute confusion and exhaustion never having realized that life could have been so un-complicated and almost completely enjoyable had she chosen ONE life style by which to live. May Gert rest in peace (finally!) 7#ta4 p,..eaideatd ded4 Censoring evil does not answer wider problem Radical Christianity "Either it's Christian Ed or it is not education" Bethel college is a Christian college and we should be glad. For the most part its students, faculty, and administration are Chris-tian. We pray before our classes and most of us attend chapel. But some of us are begnning to wonder, is this the only dis-tinction we have from Macalester, Hamline, or the University of Minnesota? Some are wondering, what is the difference between the content of the classroom presentation in these other schools and in ours? Are we guilty for the most part of adding or "integrating" our Christianity to a secular content like so much sugar? These are dangerous questions to ask! Some will immediately rise up in indignation and maybe rightfully so, but some members of the body are asking these questions. Those asking are not interested in being a movement although one may start. They are not interested in exalting some Paul or some Apollos although there are men that they are reading from and gaining insights. They are interested in being students and faculty that are together, communally in the will of God. One problem that faces us all is the tendency to defend the status quo. We have seen in the past that our way of doing things has been adequate to meet our tasks, so why change? There must be something in that old adage "we are creatures of habit," for we pretty much like things just the way they were. Change means being unsettled and not being able to hang on to the patterns of the past. At this point we see the difference between our talk and our actions. Our talk is of the Lordship of Jesus Christ, but our freez-ing of the situation may also freeze the changing and reforming power of the Spirit. Because our method of dealing with our task yesterday was sufficient, is precisely why it cannot be adequate for today. Our task may be the same but most assuredly our situation is con-tinually changing. Yet having said and firmly believing this, change for the sake of change is not what is desired. The insights of our fathers are not worthless. We would be most foolish to try to be "original." But this rarely seems to be our problem. The principle of reforming seems vague and the word reforma-tion seems to be relegated to a specific period of time, hundreds of years ago. Reformation is seen as a hstorical fact, when it should be seen as a vital ongoing process driven by the Word and led by the Holy Spirit of God. If we are only interested in preserving the good things of the past, then why should the Spirit strive with us? Will he not pass us by? How does one work for reformation? Well certainly it is not done individually! The body of Christ is not just a Biblical analogy. It is living even as Christ lives and should be operating in all that our lives touch as opposed to being involved in sacred activity and secular activity. Those of the local body interested in a continuing reformation and of learning the relation of the Bible to learning will be meeting in the Speech house, Friday at 3:30. Hopefully an interim course will be a product of their efforts. They meet out of a love and concern for Bethel. They meet because of a growing belief that education that is not radically Christian by being driven by the Word of God, is not education at all. 0 Recently Christians in the Twin Cities have become polarized over the appearance of the longlived musical, Hair. Some of my acquaint-ances have been active protesters before the City Council, seeking to have the play banned. Others who seemed no more enthusiastic about the play itself have defended its right to be heard. This controversy points up a dilemma for the Christian believer in modern America. If we are a nation committed to individual freedom. we recognize that we must be prepared to take some risks. God Himself did that when He created man a free being and then put him in the midst of temptation. God neither removed the temptation by force nor by law, but sought to develop inner discernment so that man would resist it. Man failed then as he does now. And we Christians believe that it is only in Jesus Christ that man finds both forgiveness for bad choices in the past and enablement for right choices in the future. It does say something however, about the moral climate of our nation when the faltering Hair became an instantaneous box office hit after adding its display of nakedness and its more explicit sex scenes. Desensitization, as Paul Rees indicated in one of his recent chapel addresses at Bethel is a major peril in America. It may be as serious a threat as depersonali-zation. To retain our individuality while de-sensitized to physical immorality does not auger well for a nation that needs to be strong at its heart if it is to give moral leadership to the world. In fact the treatment of people as sex objects actually robs them of their personhood. It is not enough in our time to be only half sensitive. To feel deep anguish about some moral problems — racism, war, poverty, pol-lution — and to pay little attention to others about which the Bible is equally concerned �� immodesty, eroticism, sex as a plaything, per-version — is to be but half Christian in our attitudes. And these are some of the basic themes of Hair, according to the reviewers, how-ever they may be muted by dim lights, deafening music, or obscure lyrics. I hope that we Christians will feel God's pain at all forms of evil. Conscience is a tender fac-ulty that can lose its power through resistance and rationalization. And the Holy Spirit, the spirit of holiness, may be grieved and quenched until we are no longer sensitive to His values. Whatever influence plays like Hair may have upon America as a whole, I fear that when Christians unwittingly include them as enter-tainment, we gradually will lose our power to be indignant at evil and concomitantly our con-viction that the world has sinned grievously and desperately needs a Savior. Personally, I wish that plays like Hair and 0 Calcutta, along with a flood of sex-dominated movies, were not on the market in America. But much as I share the feelings of the protesters, I suspect that censorship in occasional local communities will not solve the wider problem. America's commitment to individual freedom and the inability of it courts to draw legal limits around obscenity and pornography makes ef-fective censorship virtually impossible and probably undesireable. It seems inexorable at this point in history that the tares are going to flourish right along with the wheat. The most effective Christian response is the fervent com-munication of the gospel with its power to change from within man's values and tastes. In this kind of world, it is all the more im-portant that exemplary Christian sensitivity to evil be heightened. We are to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. The presence of ten righteous people would have saved Sodom and Gomorrah. Can God find 10 people — no, 1500 people! — on the Bethel campus who will rise up in indig-nation at the moral pollution of our land? People who will recoil at immorality peddled under the guise of artistic freedom? People who deliberately will choose to be un-sophisticated and "ignorant of that which is evil?" (I Cor. 14:20) People who will constitute a moral gyro-scope at the center of American life? I pray that God will be more successful in finding them now than He was in the days of Abraham! Carl H. Lundquist, President Page 4 the CLARION Thursday, March 11, 1971 Student Senate adopts life-style statement that emphasizes obligation to the community Rationale Obligation to a community: 1.A person who willfully becomes a member of a community is in that act, obligated to conform to the norms of the community. (A norm being a standard, model, or pat-tern for a group. Ed.) 2.A person is obligated to abide by the norm, unless in so doing his conscience is violated. However, in a case where he feels he must disobey, he is obligated to accept the con-sequences of his disobedience. THE BETHEL COMMUNITY We are not a Christian community BUT we are striving to yield to the leading of the Holy Spirit. We want very much to become a Christian community. Statement We firmly believe that it is inherent in the Christian faith that an individual must have his own convictions which he derives from the leading of the Holy Spirit, and that no man's salvation is dependent on anyone else's faith. "Be in debt to no one — the only debt you should have is to love one another. Whoever loves his fellow man has obeyed the Law. The commandments, 'do not commit adultery; do not murder ; do not steal ; do not covet' — all these, and any others besides, are summed up in the one command, 'Love your neigh-bor as yourself.' Whoever loves his neighbor will never do him wrong. To love, then, is to obey the whole law. "You must do this, because you know what hour it is : the time has come for you to wake up from your sleep. For the moment when we will be saved is closer now than it was when we first believed. The night is nearly over, day is almost here. Let us stop doing the things that belong to the dark. Let us take up the weapons for fighting in the light. Let us conduct ourselves properly, as people who live in the light of day; no orgies or drunkeness, no immorality or indecency, not fighting or jealousy. But take up the weapons of the Lord Jesus Christ, and stop giving attention to our sinful nature, to satisfy its desires. DO NOT JUDGE YOUR BROTHER "Accept among you the man who is weak in the faith, but do not argue with him about his personal opinions. One man's faith allows him to eat anything, but the man who is weak in the faith eats only vegetables. The man who will eat anything is not to despise the man who doesn't; while the one who eats only vegetables is not to pass judgment on the one who eats anything, for God has ac-cepted him. Who are you to judge the servant of someone else ? It is his own Master who will decide whether he succeeds or fails. And he will succeed, for he Lord is able to make him succeed. "One man thinks that a certain day is more important than the others, while another man thinks that all days are the same. Each one should have his own mind firmly made up. He who thinks lightly of a certain day does it in honor of the Lord : he who eats anything does it in honor of the Lord, for he gives thanks to God for food. He who re-fuses to eat certain things does so in the honor of the Lord, and he gives thanks to God. For none of us lives for himself only, none of us dies for himself only; if we live it is for the Lord that we live, and if we die, it is for the Lord that we die. Whether we live or die, then, we belong to the Lord. For Christ died and rose to life in order to be the Lord of the living and of the dead. You then — why do you pass judgement on your brother ? And you — why do you despise your brother ? All of us will stand before God, to be judged by him. For the scripture says, `As I live,' says the Lord, 'everyone will kneel before me, and everyone will declare that I am God.' Every one of us, then, will have to give an account of himself to God. "So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, this is what you should decide : not to do anything that would make your brother stumble, or fall into sin. My union with the Lord Jesus makes me know for certain that nothing is unclean of itself ; but if a man believes that something is unclean, then it becomes unclean for him. If you hurt your brother because of something you eat, then you are no longer acting from love. Do not let the food that you eat ruin the man for whom Christ died ! Do not let what you regard as good, acquire a bad name. For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy that the Holy Spirit gives. And whoever serves Christ in this way wins God's pleasure and man's approval. "So then, we must always aim at those things that bring peace, and that help streng-then one another. Do not because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else to fall into sin. The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that will make your brother fall. Keep what you believe about this matter, then, between your-self and God. Happy is the man who does not feel himself condemned when he does what he approves of. But if he has doubts about what he eats, God condemns him when he eats it, because his action is not based on faith. And anything that is not based on faith is sin. PLEASE OTHERS, NOT YOURSELVES "We who are strong in the faith ought to help the weak to carry their burdens. We should not please ourselves. Instead, each of us should please his brother for his own good, in order to build him up in the faith. For Christ did not please himself. Instead, as the scripture says, The insults spoken by those who insulted you have fallen on me.' For everything written in the Scripture was written to teach us, in order that we might have hope through the patience and encour-agement, enable you to have the same point of view among yourselves by following the example of Christ Jesus, so that all of you together, with one voice, may praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 13: 8-14; 14: 1-23; 15: 1-6; fom G000 News for Modern Man. We as believers in Christ desire to ex-emplify the highest forms of love mentioned in these passages. Because we may harm the work of the Holy Spirit through our personal example, we willingly accept the rules. Expulsion from Bethel is always painful — to those who must decide upon the act as well as to those who are expelled. Because it involves substantial penalties — loss of credits, forfeiture of tuition and room and board, as well as difficulties in getting into other schools, you should be aware of the fact that there are certain transgressions — use of intoxicating beverages on or off cam-pus, sexual promiscuity or immorality, pos-session or use of harmful narcotics — that may result in immediate dismissal. Other habits (e.g., persistent use of tobacco) may lead to dismissal at the end of a semester or school year. Even as the college has engaged in a careful process of preadmission selection it reserves the right to carry out a post-admission selection, and it may well ask students not to return if it becomes clear that they are not in sympathy with the Christian aims and standards of the school. CLOSING STATEMENT We do not expect everyone to embody these rules in their personal ethic, but as long as the individual freely elects to remain a member of the Bethel community we do expect that he will submit to them as a matter of personal spiritual discipline. A person is a part of Bethel's community on and off campus and during all vacations un-til he elects to leave Bethel. Thursday, March 11, 1971 the CLARION Page 5 Biblical Christianity answers ecology crisis by Peter Varros Having used much of Francis Schaeffer's rationale in previous articles dealing with pollution and the Christian, it would seem appropriate that I conclude this introductory series in the form of full quotations from Pollution and the Death of Man. Schaeffer, being one of the foremost contemporary writers of Christian apologetics, is better able to express what he believes are work-able steps toward a "substantial healing" of our earth. Having felt God leading him to leave his ten-year pastorate in St. Louis, Schaeffer, with his wife Edith and three daughters, left his thirteen room home for two rooms and the beginnings of his ministry as founder and director of the L'Abri Fellowship, a Christian commune of chalets nestled high in the Swiss Alps, where people of all social and religious backgrounds come seeking answers ultimately found in Christ! "So we have seen that a truly biblical Christianity has a real answer to the ecological crisis. It offers a balanced and healthy attitude to nature, arising from the truth of its creation by God; it offers the hope here and now of substantial healing in nature of some of the results of the Fall, arising from the truth of redemption in Christ. In each of the alienations arising from the Fall, the Christians, individually and corporately, should con-sciously in practice be a healing redemptive factor — in the separation of man from God, of man from himself, of man from man, of man from nature, and of nature from nature. Certainly this is true in regard to nature. A Christian-based science and technology should consciously try to see nature substantially healed while waiting for the future complete healing at Christ's return. "For here is our calling. We must exhibit that, on the basis of the work of Christ, the Church can achieve partially, but sub-stantially, what the secular world wants and cannot get. The Church ought to be a 'pilot plant,' where men can see in our congregations and missions a substantial healing of all the divi-sions, the alienations, man's rebellion has produced. " ... Indeed, unless something like this happens, I do not believe the world will listen to what we have to say . . It is always true that if you treat the land properly, you have to make two choices. The first is in the area of economics. It costs more money, at least at first, to treat the land well ... The second choice in-volved is that it usually takes longer to treat the land properly. And these are the two factors that lead to the destruction of our en-vironment: money and time — or to say it another way, greed and haste. The question is, or seems to be, are we going to have an immediate profit and an immediate saving of time, or are we going to do what we really should do as God's children? " ... What we, the Christian community, have to do is to refuse men the right to ravish our land, to insist that somebody accepts a little less profit by not exploiting nature. And the first step is exhibitng the fact that as individual Christians and as Christian communities we ourselves do not ravish our fair sister for the sake of greed in one form or another. " ... Now all this will not come about automatically. Science today treats man as less than man, and nature as less than nature. And the reason for this is that modern science has the wrong sense of origin, and having the wrong sense of origin it has no category sufficient to treat nature as nature any more than it has to treat man as man. " In conclusion, then, we may say that if things are treated only as autonomous machines in a decreated world they are finally meaningless. But if that is so, then inevitably so am I— man— autonomous and also equally meaningless. But if individu-ally and in the Christian community I treat with integrity the things which God has made, and treat them this way lovingly, because they are His, things change. If I don't love what the Lover has made — in the area of man, in the area of nature — and really love it because He made it, do I really love the Lover at all? " ... There are things before me which I now face not as a cow would face the buttercup—merely the mechanical situation— but facing it by choice. I look at the buttercup, and I treat the buttercup the way it should be treated. The buttercup and I are both created by God, but beyond this, I can treat it properly by personal choice. I act personally — and I am a person! Psycholo-gically I begin to breathe and live. Psychologically I am now dealing on a personal level, not only with men and women, but also with the things in nature that God has made which are less than personal in themselves, and the old hang-ups begin to crumble. My humanness grows and the modern technological pit and pendulum is no longer closing in on me. "As a result, then, suddenly there is beauty instead of a desert. The question of aesthetics is also in place. This surely is somethng that has importance in itself, and is not to be des-pised. It does not have to have pragmatic reasons to have value. So if we did nothing else in our Christian view of nature than to save and enjoy beauty, it would be of value, and worthwhile. ... But it is not only that as we have seen. The balance of nature will be more nearly what it should be and there will be a way to utilize nature for man and yet not destroy the resources, which man needs. But none of this will happen if it is only a gimmick. We have to be in the right relationship with Him in the way He has provided and then as Chrstians have and practice the Christian view of nature. "When we have learned this — the Christian view of nature — then there can be a real ecology; beauty will flow, psychological freedom will come, and the world will cease to be turned into a desert. Because it is right, on the basis of the whole Christian system — which is strong enough to stand it all, because it is true — as I stand and face the buttercup, I say, Fellow creature, fellow creature, I won't walk on you. We are both creatures together." Feminine viewpoint sought for board Mrs. Margaret Dewey by Dave Healy Bethel, except for its interim program, still uses the tradi-tional A, B, C, D, F grading system exclusively. In this re-spect it joins only a small min-ority of schools in the area. Most other area schools use theA-F system as a base, but have also adopted some form of pass-fail setup, used in vary-ing degrees. Three schools in Bethel's immediate vicinity — Concordia, Hamline, and Mac-alaster — all employ some var-iation of the pass-fail system. Concordia College, St. Paul, operates under the A-F struc-ture for all required courses, as well as those in the student's major field. For a certain num-ber of electives, though, stu-dents may choose a P—N (pass-no pass) arrangement. Under P—N, the student's achievement in the course is recorded on his transcript but is not figured into his GPA. A `no pass' grade simply means the loss of credit. The P—N alternative at Con-cordia is primarily for upper-classmen, and there are limits on the number of courses which may be taken under this sys-tem. In its second year of op-eration, Concordia's grading system seems to have met with the general approval of its stu-dents and faculty, and there are no plans to change it in the immediate future. Students at Hamline Univer-sity have the option of taking two courses a year on a pass-fail basis. These courses may be in any area; requirement, elective, or major field. Hamline calls its system "Grade — No Grade," which means that a student earning an A, B, or C will have that grade recorded, but not figured into his GPA. This constitutes the "Grade" part of the system. "No Grade" is assigned to any student receiving a D or F. He receives no credit for the course, but is not penalized on his GPA. Macalaster College, in ad-dition to its traditional A—F system, has an S—U (satisfac-tory— unsatisfactory) setup. Stu-dents may take courses under S—U in any area except their major. Freshmen may take as many S—U courses as they want, but upperclassmen are limited. As with the systems at Concordia and Hamline, the S—U grades at Macalaster are recorded on the student's transcript, but not computed in his GPA. There are currently several proposals to change the Mac-alaster grading policy. One of these would add the instructor's At this time, Bethel College and Seminary has no female representation on its Board of Regents. Mrs. Margaret Dewey, the college librarian, is attempt ing to see that something is done to rectify this situation. Mrs. Dewey feels that since the Board of Regents is the pol-icy- maker for the campus and these policies affect women, they should have some repre-sentation. Fifty-six per cent of written evaluation to all S—U grades. In conjunction with its cur-riculum reform, Bethel is con-sidering some changes in its present grading policy. Several proposals to this effect have been presented to the Educa-tional Policies Committee. Bethel's primary concern the college students and six per cent of the seminary stu-dents are women. The last time Bethel had a woman on the Board of Regents was 15 to 20 years ago. Mrs. Dewey feels it is about time there was another, "because it is necessary to have the feminine viewpoint represented on the most important policy-making board of the school." Mrs. Dewey said she was now, however, is to make ready for the new curriculum itself. Thus, comprehensive consider-ation of the grading system must wait. Once the basic prob-lems of changing the curricu-lum have been solved, then greater attention can be given to Bethel's grading system. CI prompted to take action by re-cent articles in magazines and newspapers on discrimination against women. She felt that although there are other in-equities i nvolving women on campus, this would be the most effective means of calling at-tention to the problem. Mrs. Dewey began by circu-lating a petition among stu-dents, faculty and staff, and ob-tained 250 signatures. She said more could have been obtained if time had been available. The petition reads as follows: The first comprehensive survey of women in higher education was released in late November, 1970. A-mong the findings was the fact that "though women trustees are found in in-creasing numbers in our colleges and universities, women are not represented as fully as they should be, in view of enrollment of wo-men and number of alum-nae." Although forty-one per cent (nationally) of students are women, twen-ty- one per cent of the 450 institutions surveyed listed no women trustees. Bethel College and Sem-inary is among those schools presently lacking female representation on its Board of Regents, though fifty-six percent of the col-lege and six per cent of the seminary students are wo-men. Recognizing the above con-ditions, we, the undersigned, wish to urge the nomination of a woman or women to the Bethel College and Seminary Board of Regents in 1971. The petition has been pre-sented to President Carl Lund-quist and a copy has been sent to Rev. Warren Magnuson, Sec-retary of the Baptist General Conference. Grading alternatives examined Page 6 the CLARION Thursday, March 11, 1971 Dr. James Rodgers smiles approvingly at John Land-berg's latest chemical achievement. From old kitchen home \ 11()R.\ FOR Y. 1' h . phys1,2.d l )1 ,01 ateu ■ N supplied %%101 ,ipp,uatus or izood 4:01.1rSt' 111 CM, C11111ellt.11 laboratory 11'01. k. An Of , ?•r,ii AU , al 1.* Ilt . ‘k. alit] Of 1114.;11 111'.1(le. j i li.,„ ioon d A Wirtishurst static machine. N-.ray and C;eissler tube:. dynamo And other electlic,d appli,mces, second, pendulum. air pump And Acctssolies. rotator. trip. jolly. .md-hydrostatic {i,danil~. stand mil. !.::!,11 barometer. etc. The lah,oiAtor, is supplied 11 'oh Nlo re \% III be added And duplicate: Nill he secured ol twiny (it the ut, n!• is tg , make the k I t•• \COO.: more C011% tl lent and ?cow. Bethel's physics lecture room in the early 1920's. Sciences react, grow exothermically by Jim Wilke "If you come to Bethel as the Chairman of the Department of Chemistry we'll let you do what you want to with it." This was the offer made to Dr. James Rodgers before he came here in 1966. When he arrived at Bethel he was greeted by a handful of skeptical students who said they were Chemistry majors and a few more who said they might be, if they liked the program. It wasn't much of a start, but from this the chemistry depart-ment has grown into one of Be-thel's main departments. This last fall 59 students registered for general chemistry alone. "That's quite a few, considering chemistry isn't a requirement," said members of the depart-ment. "Not too many take it as an elective and you don't usual-ly find freshmen taking a ten credit course to fulfill a lab sci-ence • requirement." New teach-ers have been added too. Dr. Dale Stevens joined the depart-ment in 1968 and Don Witt is teaching on a part time basis this year. The growth has not been just in numbers. Those people who carry the smell of all those wierd chemicals with them when they forsake the "ivory towers" of third floor to hit the coffee shop have developed a unique unity. Dr. Stevens attrib-utes this unity to three reasons. First, learning chemistry requir-es intensive study. Since it's hard to learn by yourself, co-operative group study is the mode on the third floor. Secondly, the laboratory work is also done on a cooperative basis, partly due to the lack of facilities and also because of the group study philosophy of the department. Where, but at Be-thel could a timid freshman girl ask a Ph. D. to explain to her what the lab assistant did not understand without feeling she was intruding on his time? Thirdly, unity comes through spending time with one another. Facilities have also increased. Men such as Len Erickson and Arnold and Paul Wicklund have helped contribute towards the $20,000 worth of analytical e-quipment that has been added since Dr. Rodgers came in 1966. National Science Foundation Grants have supplemented the small budget. Both Dr. Stevens and Dr. Rodgers have received research participation grants from the NSF funds. Bethel's chemistry department is seek-ing to cooperate with area schools in sharing these instru-ments. Our program and equip-ment could be very complemen-tary to that of schools such as Hamline and St. Catherine's. Chemistry at Bethel is no longer taught in the cookbook recipe style. Second year stu-dents are gaining research ex-perience in synthesis. Dr. Rod-gers said that instead of doing a simple experiment that has been done by millions of other par-rots in white coats, they do re-search and adapt the procedures to attempt a synthesis of a new compound. Dr. Rodgers is now making a movie that will show an archaic method of qualitative inorganic analysis. After answering ques-tions and analyzing the data from the movie, the students will repeat the experiment in a more sophisticated method. According to Dr. Rodgers, this should give the students an appreciation for the instruments as well as a good background into the problem. Because some courses will have to be dropped and most of them completely changed, the new curriculum poses serious problems for the chemistry de-partment. It will probably take three years for the department to completely change over to the new system. But change and turnover is nothing new in the dynamic state of the chemistry department, said department members. Maybe the reaction will just be a little more exothermic as the chemistry department seeks for another new equilibrium level. Dr. Dale Stevens assists with a sticky chemistry as- Physics facilities expand, improve signment. Computer, new courses meet impetus to grow by Sharon Watson An old kitchen was the home of the newly formed Physics department when Robert Carl-son, Associate Professor of Physics, arrived in 1968. Since then the physics facilities have been expanded and remodeled. During 1968 an office, a stor-age area and technician's bench were acquired as a result of a minor renovation project car-ried out by the Bethel main-tenance department. Over this past Christmas va-cation, Room 213, formerly a classroom "in a degenerate state of repair," according to Mr. Carlson, was cleaned up and replastered. It was divided into two rooms, the larger doubling as a physical-chemical laboratory, and the smaller room designated as an eventual general physics and optics la-boratory. A storage oscilloscope worth $2,000 was acquired through National Science Foundation funds, the physics department, and private donations in 1968 Through its Western Electric gift program, a pulse generator and power supply were also obtained. Since then, other sup-porting equipment has been purchased. Tom Moline, Jon Lewis, and Jim Sperry have contributed to bringing the electronic capa-bility of the physics program up to its present level, said Mr. Carlson. This past semester, the upper division physics students have been analizing and then constructing transistorized am-plifiers, known to outsiders as "gray boxes." Another project was initiated by the Acoustics course during the Interim period. Jim Sperry was the main technician in the construction of a hi-fi ampli-fier, with supporting technician, Tom Molin, in charge of the power supply. 111 by Cora Jean Gaalswyk "The mathematics depart-ment," said one math major, "holds the dubious distinction of offering the newest science majors at Bethel and has done a great deal of changing in re-cent years." The most recognizable chang-es are those in personnel and facilities. One part-time and three full-time men comprise the present faculty. According to Mr. Phillip Carl-son, Bethel's math department has a two-fold purpose; to pre-pare students for careers in industry or studies in graduate school, and to prepare second-ary school teachers. These pur-poses in themselves have pro-vided much of the impetus for change. "We have been responsive to changes in graduate schools and secondary schools as well as industry," says Mr.. Carlson. More advanced level courses are now offered. For example, a real variables course taught this year by Mr. David Perry was not offered when he was a student here just a few years ago. Also, in the area of elemen-tary education, a combined math-science concentration is now offered. A shift has occured in the number of majors as well, said Mr. Carlson, with the number rising to 12, as compared to four in 1960. These math majors have gone into various types of work, ranging from teaching, to the ministry, to work in the computer industry. A final factor in the changing math department is the pur-chase of a computer. Plans for its purchase are progressing, reports Mr. Carlson, though no firm date or final selection has been made. Interim courses in computer programming have been of-fered using a computer made available by the Digital Corporation. When the college does buy a computer, said de-partment members, the math department is considering of-fering short two week courses in its operation. Thursday, March 11, 1971 the CLARION Page 7 Wrestling captain-elect Dave Ekbom. SPECIAL RECORD SALE Begins: Friday, March 12 Where? BETHEL BOOKSTORE TOP ARTISTS Classical Folk Rock Vocal Instrumental Folk-Rock Long-play Stereo and Mono only $1.98 many record sets, too. Grapplers honor trio, Ekbom new captain by Dale Osterman The Bethel wrestling team finished the season with a dual meet record of 5-6-1. Coach David Klostreich felt that the season was somewhat disap-pointing, although it did have its rewards. Early in the year the team was forfeiting two or three divisions, although they were able to pick up help later from Rich Zaderaka, Chuck Jackson, and Dale Berry. With only two grapplers graduating Coach Klostreich feels that a strong nucleus will definitely boost the outlook for next year. In a team meeting last week the squad voted upon the awards for this season. This year's captain, Greg Ekbom, was honored as the Most Valu-able Wrestler for the second time in his career. Greg had the best individual record at 11-5. Dave Ekbom was selected as captain for next year. Dave had the second best individual record at 13-7. Dave Peterson was named the Most Improved Wrestler. "Pete" had a 9-4 record after dropping to 118. Final Wrestling Statistics show Dave Ekbom leading in takedowns with 24. Following him are G. Ekbom 13, B. Bar-ringer 11, and B. Bragg 10. In escapes, Dave Ekbom again accumulated the largest number with 10. D. Peterson and G. Ekbom both recorded 9 and D. Berry had 8. B. Bragg and D. Ekbom tied with 13 reverses, followed by D. Peterson at 10 and D. Berry at 8. Near Pin statistics show B. Barringer with 11 and D. Ekbom with 6. B. Barringer had 7 pins throughout the season, and D. Peterson, 3. Cummulative team points are; B. Barringer 49, D. Ekbom 45, D. Peterson 42, G. Ekbom 39, and B. Bragg 34. Women close season 3-5 Redeuie oesiled by Kathy Oleson With a victory of 41-28 over St. Paul Bible College, the Bethel women's basketball team ended their season with a 3-5 record. After the loss to Wheaton, Bethel hit a losing streak, fal-ling to St. Cloud, Carleton and Eau Claire. The St. Cloud game was truly a challenge according to most team members. With three girls on their team close to six feet tall, St. Cloud looked as though they would dominate the boards, but with Linda Schmid and Lynn Dreesen from Bethel really hustling, St. Cloud had their hands full. Only behind by 9 points at the half, Bethel tried desperate-ly to come back, but lost the game 40-59. Linda Schmid led lottaliteezatel A League Standings L Second New 3 0 Faculty 3 0 Third New 2 1 Second Old 2 1 Third Old 2 1 First Floor 1 2 Pit 1 2 Off Campus I 1 2 New Dorm 0 3 Off Campus II 0 3 Results—March 3 Third New 72, First Floor 71 (OT) Pit 56, Off Campus II 47 Faculty 86, Off Campus I 76 Third Old 45, Second Old 43 Second New 66, New Dorm 49 the scoring with 14 points, fol-lowed by Chris Kimball with 10 points and Lynn Dreesen with 8. The Carleton game was a heartbreaker. After jumping off to an early lead the first quarter the team held it up until the last three minutes of the fourth quarter. However, Carleton applied a press which the girls could not overcome, and they lost 28-31. Linda Schmid again led the scoring with 16 points. The Eau Claire game brought another loss at 34-45, with Linda Schmid scoring 19 points. Rachel Dick and I, both sen-iors, ended our basketball ca-reers at the St.. Paul Bible College game. Rachel has spent most of her successful basket- Scoring Pts. Games Ave. Tom Meeks (Faculty) 121 3 40.3 Gary Schimbeno (First) 66 3 22.0 John Lundgren (First) 58 3 19.3 B League Standings L Second Old 5 0 Third Old 4 1 Second New 4 1 First Floor 4 1 Third New 3 2 Pit 2 3 Faculy 1 4 New Dorm 1 4 Off Campus 1 2 Off Campus 0 5 ball career playing on the court, most of my career has been playing 'center of the bench.' It is sometimes harder to sit and watch your team go down than to be actively involved doing all you can to help. I love basketball, but being a substitute can sometimes be the most frightening experience in life. While sitting on the bench I intently watch the posi-tions I substitute for. I have mixed feelings about wanting to play and being afraid of playing. When the coach yells "Kathy, report in for Chris," a cold chill runs through my body and my life flashes before my eyes. What if I get out there and trip on my new racer-striped tenny runners! Or what if I toss a basket in the wrong goal! I report in "1 for 99 . . . . the buzzer sounds . . .. I run onto the floor .. . . game re-sumes and I forget all that has happened previously and con-centrate on the game, forget-ting that anybody else exists except the ten girls on the floor. That is how it is for me, but now it is all over. I wish next year's team the very best of luck. For three years I've thoroughly • enjoyed myself playing basketball. I just won-der if they'll retire my number 1? Track has just begun and despite a small quantity of com-petitors the quality has already proven itself. The team has competed in two practice meets along with a partial team at the North-west Open. Already many Bethel indoor records have fallen. Bob Berggren has led the way shattering Dave Pound's marks of 53.0 in the 440 and 1:18.5 in the 600 with times of 51.6 and 1:16.6. His 51.6 quarter gave him the sixth best time at the highly competitive North-west Open. Phil James has recorded a fine 52.0 in the 440 and a school record 34.0 in the 300 followed closely by Dave Asp's 34.2 freshman record. Gary Hipp has been running well in the hurdle events taking a first with 8.0 in the 60 HH, and a second last Saturday at Macalester. Mark Anderson has been consistent in the 880 and the mile, posting times of 2:06 and 4:40. The Mile Relay quartet of Bob Berggren, Rick Berggren, Ralph Gustafson, and Phil James bested the indoor record for this event at 3:37.7. The team is looking for ad-ditional help from Phil McClain in the sprints, Paul Stoneberg in the 880, Willie Hill and Odell Johnson in the jumps, Ralph Gustafson in the hurdles, and John Faust in the weight events. The team travels to Menomo-nie, Wisconsin on Saturday with a meet against Stout State. 0 Chris Kimball dribbles past a St. Paul Bible player in the team's final game. Tracksters break indoor marks, travel to Stout Faculty, second new in first D and B's Predictions March 15 First Floor to demoralize Third Old by 14 Third New to embarrass New Dorm by 21 Second Old to shaft Off Campus I by 17 Second New to rebutt Off Campus II by 15 Faculty to lick Pit by 30 March 17 Faculty to teach Third Old by 7 Third New to nip Second New by 2 New Dorm to shave Pit by 3 Off Campus I to edge Off Campus H by 8 First Floor to ruffle Second Old by 3 Page 8 the CLARION Thursday, March 11, 1971 |
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