Clarion 1971-03-26 Vol 46 No 20

              Vol. XLVI—No. 20 March 26, 1971
BETHEL COLLEGE &Se/17
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A GREAT HERITAGE-NU-Bethel
College 1480 N. Snelling Ave. St. Paul, Minn. 55101
Couples spiff up for
evening with strings,
Theater in the Round
Getting all spiffed up for Saturday night's Spring
Formal at the Sheraton Inn are Tom Billigmeier and Cherry
Lewis.
According to the planning committee, the banquet,
Bethel's only formal event of the year, "promises to be
great!"
Couples will dine on roast duck and sirloin steak
while the Viennese Strings, a violin quartet from the
Minnesota Orchestra "create the atmosphere."
Theater in the Round, a professional acting company,
will present their musical rendition of "Spoon River
Anthology" for the evening's entertainment.
Goff, Billigmeier victors in Student Senate race
by Mark Anderson
Concern was expressed pre-viously
over the lack of Bethel
students voting in student elec-tions.
It was hoped that students
would "show a greater degree
of interest this spring" in con-trast
to last fall's election when
only 33% of the student popula-tion
voted.
This pre-election apprehen-sion
was removed as more than
57% of the student body cast
their votes for president. The
Linda Rich, called "the artist
with a secondhand guitar and
a sensitivity to living," will
present a concert of folk music
at Bethel College in the field-house
auditorium March 26 at
8:00 p.m.
An accomplished guitarist
with a clear alto voice, Linda
"One of the finest workshops
we have ever had the privilege
of having on campus," said
Oliver Mogck, associate profes-sor
of music, will be held at
Bethel Friday, March 26 and
Saturday, March 27.
The vocal clinic is sponsored
by the Minnesota Chapters of
NATS (National Association of
Teachers of Singing) and ACDT
and the music departments of
the University of Minnesota and
Bethel College.
Mr. Oren L. Brown, prominent
member of NATS and a noted
teacher of singing and vocal
therapist, is the guest clinician.
He is presently working in New
York City and Amherst, Massa-chusetts.
According to preliminary in-formation,
teachers of singing
will be interested in Mr.
number of votes cast totaled
635.
Although still not a desirable
number in student participa-tion,
the turnout marked a very
significant increase over the
number of voters last spring.
According to one individual,
"students did make their voice
heard in the election as the
silent majority ceased to be in
control."
Joel Goff was elected Student
Body President and will begin
sings mostly her own composi-tions.
She has over 80 songs
to her credit, which are describ-ed
as strong yet personal. "They
reflect questions students ask
about the meaning of life and
they also provide some an-swers."
Linda graduated from Wichita
Brown's approach to the prob-lems
they meet in their stu-dios.
Students will be interest-ed
in Mr. Brown's treatment of
students with similar problems.
All teachers of singing and
their students are welcome to
attend the sessions held in Room
106 of the Administration build-ing.
Times are as follows —
Friday, March 26
2:30 p.m. "What We Sing With"
7:30 p.m. "Voice Registers"
Saturday, March 27
9:30 p.m. "Applying Technique
to Repertoirs"
Following Saturday's session,
the NATS student recital will be
held at 1:30.
Student admission to the
workshop is $2.50 for all three
sessions and $1.00 for one ses-sion.
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his term March 31. He said he
would like to see students con-tinue
their concern by attend-ing
Senate meetings. They are
open to everyone and held Mon-days
at 6:00 p.m.
Tom Billigmeier was the vic-tor
by a very close margin in
the race for the vice-presidency.
He will also assume duties pre-siding
over the Senate meeting
March 31.
continued on page 2
State University with a double
major in Spanish and English.
It was here she began writing
songs.
Now, as well as doing gradu-ate
work in English at the Uni-versity
of Missouri, she is shar-ing
words and experiences with
audiences in colleges and
churches across the country.
"They say you're God of every-thing,
they say you're Creator
and King — and I'd like to
know if it's true: is there a
God, and is God you?"
Linda Rich is sponsored by
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow-ship
and Bethel. Admission for
the concert is $1.00.
Linda Rich
Joel and Tom pause to discuss some post-election
business.
KING to be shown April 2-3
"KING: A filmed Record: Montgomery to Memphis," the
widely-acclaimed documentary on the late Dr. Martin Luther
King, will be shown at 7:30 p.m., April 2-3, at Bethel Theologi-cal
Seminary, Arden Hills.
Originally shown simultaneously in 300 cities to half a
million people on March 24, 1970, the documentary was con-ceived
by the distinguished film producer Ely Landau as a
tribute to the slain black leader. Reaction to the premiere
showing by both audiences and critics was overwhelmingly
enthusiastic.
The three-hour film records the historic civil rights efforts
of King and his associates from the Montgomery bus boycott to
King's 1968 death in Memphis.
Admission to either the Friday or Saturday showing is $2
for adults and 75 cents for children 12 and under. Reservations,
which are advised, may be made by calling 633-6880 after 5 p.m.
Mondays-Thursdays or before 4 p.m. on Saturdays.
The showing is being sponsored by the Student Senate of
Bethel Theological Seminary. Most of the proceeds, however,
will go to the Martin Luther King Foundation, which distributes
the film.
Musicians tune up for
workshop with Brown
blk guitarist sargs about life aid od
Julie and Lois look over one of their duets for Sunday's recital.
AAES convention at Oral Roberts U
provides an opportunity for interaction
Elections
continued from page I
Although write-in candidates
tallied a sizeable number of
votes, Kris McElroy and Mark
Waller came out on top to fill
the two openings for Senator-at-large.
Barb Hegyera, Nancy Meyer,
and Robin Robinson were elect-ed
to serve the class of '74. From
the class of '73, Walter Geery
and Mark Anderson were elect-ed.
The two available senatorial
positions in the class of '72 will
be filled by Laurie Leonard and
Ray Smith.
Those elected expressed their
desire to serve you as a Student
Body. "We want to represent
the students," said one senator,
"and would like to hear from
them, get to know them and be
offered new opinions and in-sights
on the issues at hand.
"Only through interaction be-tween
students and represent-atives
in the form of more
student expression of opinion,
can the Student Senate function
in a meaningful, more powerful
way and meet the needs of the
student body to a greater de-gree."
by Cindy Rostollan
Next Sunday, March 28, at
3 p.m. in Room 106, Lois Trinity
and Julie Amelsburg will be
giving a joint recital. The re-cital
will include individual
numbers, plus a few duets.
Lois will be doing "0 Death
Rock Me Asleep," a number
ascribed to queen Anne Boleyn
(by Henry VIII of . England) in
1536. She wrote this song while
in prison, awaiting her execu-tion.
"Now ye Spring is Come," is
Lois' second number. It is taken
from a manuscript collection,
preserved in the British Museum
—dated 1630. The next two
numbers are folk songs from the
Islands of the Hebrides — "An
Eriskay Love Lilt," (sung in
English) and "The Bens of
Jura."
In the next section of the
recital, Lois will sing, "Pace,
Pace, mio Dio" by Verdi. She
will also do two songs from the
song cycle by Modeste Massorg-sky
entitled Nursery — "With
Nursery," and "Evening Pray-er."
Her final numbers are "In
the Silence of the Night" by
Sergi Rachmaninoff, and "Seek
ye the Lord," an original com-by
Dave Greener
Oral Roberts University in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, becomes a ren-dezvous
for delegates from
Christian schools throughout
"Is the Institutional Church
Incurably Ill?" is the topic
alumnus Dr. David 0. Moberg
will speak to in a convocation
March 31.
Moberg attended Bethel Jun-ior
college, and was professor
of sociology here for nineteen
years. He was chairman of the
department of social sciences
from 1952-1968..
He is particularly interested
in research in the sociology of
religion, religious renewal, and
related topics.
Publications by Moberg in-clude,
The Church as a Social
Institution, The Church and the
Older Person, and Inasmuch:
Christian Social Responsibility
in the 20th Century.
position by Margie Rusche.
Lois' accompanist is Becky Wal-ler.
Julie will begin her section
by singing, "Rhapsodie" by
Brahms, a large work written
especially for the alto voice.
This will be followed by "Aria"
by J.S. Bach from Cantata no.
81. "Das Luben ist ein Traum,"
by Joseph Haydn will be Julie's
next number followed by two
contemporary songs by Charles
Ives.
Staying in the contemporary
era, Julie will sing 2 songs by
by Dale Osterman
Friday, April 2, the Bethel
College Choir, under the direc-tion
of Dr. Robert Berglund,
will embark on a three-week
concert tour of the Pacific
Northwest.
The Choir will be presenting
concerts in many of the Con-ference
churches throughout
the states of Washington and
Oregon. Also planned are two
concerts in British Colombia,
Canada at Vancouver Bible In-stitute,
and the Blue Mountain
the nation this weekend in an
Evangelical Student Congress.
The Congress, sponsored by
the American Association of
Evangelical Students, is design-
Dr. David 0. Moberg
American artists, and "Hanar,
Hanar," a Negro Spiritual ar-ranged
by Hall Johnson. Her
last number will be an old Am-erican
folk song, arranged by
John Jacob Niles. Julie's accom-panist
will be Beverly Pearson
Renwick.
One section will feature both
Julie and Lois, singing three
duets. There will be two duets
from the Opera, Hansel and
Gretel, and "I Waited for the
Lord," by Mendelsson.
Baptist Church in Coquitlam.
In past years, the College
Choir traditionally had between
55 and 65 members. This year's
choir has been cut to 45 in
order to allow all members
and their belongings to fit
into one Greyhound bus.
College Choir is a CONCERT
organization, and does not put
on "Worship Services" as such.
They do, however, perform sa-cred
music by the world's finest
composers. In the words of Dr.
Berglund, "The Lord is certain-ed
to offer "a nationally repre-sentative
forum for Evangelical
college students to speak on
issues relevant to the campus,
the Church, and the nation."
The flavor of the Congress is
suggested by the titles of five
committees making up part of
the congress framework: Cam-pus
Governance, Christian Wit-ness,
Educational Direction,
Domestic Concerns, and For-eign
Affairs.
The delegates will meet in
convention following their com-mittee
sessions to discuss pro-posals
and issue mandates for
action. A theoretical example
would be a communication to
President Nixon, regarding the
Congress stance on the Viet-nam
war. They will also hear
and consider "position papers,"
research compiled by certain
individual delegates. Collegiate,
local and national newsmen are
being invited to cover the pro-ceedings.
Is it worth it — to gather a
national conglomeration o f
Christian collegians and Bible
students for such a convention?
Elden Elseth, who attended
last year's initial meeting in
Spring Arbor, Michigan, says
yes. "The Congress really has
a lot of potential for Christian
students to express themselves
on national issues." Although
he admits that the Congress is
ly deserving of the very finest
in performance of music writ-ten
by the finest composers
the world has to offer."
"It is sincerely hoped though,"
said one choir member, "that
within this concert context
each person who attends wll be
touched by at least one of the
numbers in the choir's rep-etoire."
The major work of the choir
this year is a three-movement
composition by Heinz Werner
Zimmerman, world-famous Ger-
"a young thing and doesn't have
much national prestige yet, it
is getting there." Elden also
said he likes the idea of getting
to know kids from colleges with
similar philosophies. This year,
he will be serving as Chairman
of the Domestic Concerns Com-mittee.
Joey Healy, another Bethel
junior who attended last year's
Congress, found it a "really
profitable experience." Sharing
ideas with other schools and
getting to know other students
were some of the things she
appreciated about the Congress.
She also feels that it can be
a "valid expression of the cur-rent
trends in Christian edu-cation."
Besides Elden and Joey, new-ly
elected Student Body Presi-dent
Joel Goff will also be
attending the Congress. He says
he is particularly looking for-ward
to the seminar on Chris-tian
student leadership.
Other delegates to Tulsa in-clude
new Vice President, Tom
Billigmeier, Clarion editor Bob
Miko, freshman senator Dave
Blake, and Dean Muck as an
observer.
Junior Harold Hogan is also
a delegate and pilot of the plane
that will carry part of the
Bethel group.
man composer. All three are
spirituals, written shortly after
the death of Dr. Martin Luther
King, and dedicated to his mem-ory.
They are contemporary pieces,
often with a high dissonance
level, and are highlighted by
whistling, snap-clapping, and
even some Male-falsetto singing.
The three movements are entit-led
"I Am Glad," "Crucifixion,"
and "In That Great Gettin' up
Mornin'."
The Choir sang it's opening
home concert last Sunday at
Calvary Baptist Church, St.
Paul and plans another home
concert this Sunday night,
March 28 at Crystal Free
Church, 6421 45th Ave. N., in
Minneapolis. The concert begins
at 7 p.m. and all are invited.
Also planned are three con-certs
after tour. They will be
April 23 and 24 at 8:00 p.m. in
Seminary Chapel. Tickets will be
$2.00 for adults, and $1.00 for
students.
The final concert this year
will be at Calvary Baptist
Church in Minneapolis on April
25th at 8 p.m. Tickets are $1.50.
The College Choir is looking
forward to an exciting concert
season and asks for your con-tinued
prayer support.
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Alumnus Moberg talks
on institutional church
Lois Trinity and Julie Amelsburg
present recital of varied music
to ‘ead Veat
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the CLARION
Friday, March 26, 1971
Forbearance, patience requested
in light of Post Office changes
by Joey Healy
Irvin Olson, Bethel's post-master,
explains the reason for
changes in our Post Office.
"This is due to a shift of our
mail delivery, from the main
Post Office to the Como Sta-tion.
In past years, we would
have been serviced from the
Como Station, but this was im-possible
due to inadequate fac-ilities.
Now, with a new build-ing,
they are handling our
mail.
"The U.S. Post Office is now
cutting costs by making as few
deliveries as possible. There-fore,
they have arranged this
schedule, delivering only once
a day.
"Due to this later delivery,
and because of a larger volume
in one delivery, it is necessary
to change our Post Office hours.
In order to give faster delivery
to the students and offices, we
must close the window com-pletely
when sorting the mail."
Until further notice, the win-dow
hours will be 8:00 to 10:30
a.m. and 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. This
is 45 minutes longer than pre-vious
window service.
A raise in mailing rates is
anticipated in the near future.
Although the main Post Office
has made no official statement
yet, rate increases are expect-ed
to go into effect May 15.
The proposed increases would
raise the cost of a first-class
letter to eight cents, a post
card to six cents, and an air-mail
letter to 11 cents. Third
class "junk mail" costs will
rise from three and eight tenths
cents to fiVe cents per item. Se-cond
class rates, used by news-papers
and magazines will sky-rocket
142 per cent over the
next five years.
The U.S. mail system has
been operating in the red for
some time now, and these cost
hikes are the absolute mini-mum
necessary to get the Post
Office into the black. Each
type of mail is now expected
to pay for itself, and those who
use mail service the most will
be paying the most.
The added revenues will be
used only to meet rising costs,
not to improve service. Can
the Postal System be run as a
profitable organization? It will
be long before any conclusive
evaluation can be made.
How will all this affect
Bethel's Post Office? If the Sat-urday
delivery is eliminated,
the greatly increased volume of
mail on Monday could necessi-tate
additional help. Also, mom
and dad may not get even their
monthly letter. And the after-chapel
rush will be a thing of
the past!
Olson's reaction to postal
changes is that "receiving the
mail at 10:30 instead of 8:30 and
only one delivery instead of
two is not an improvement in
mail service!
"Bear with us as we aim to
give you the quickest service
possible."
Post Office personnel labor at one of the numerous
mailings to alumni.
"Draft" aired out on campus
by Dick Henry
Last Friday in the history
house, Mr. James Erickson, a
draft board member from the
Wabasha County board, spoke
to students about the draft sit-uation.
He didn't come to dis-cuss
the legality or morality
of the draft, but merely to pro-vide
information. Erickson said
that the function of the board,
"was to insure proper classifi-cation
and personal investiga-tion
of the registrants. The pur-pose
is to provide a pool of
men for the armed services,
the army, navy and marines.'
tOCAL BOARD NO. 47
HENNEPIN COUNTY
r.` 1" SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
NOTICE OF CLASSIFICATION
This is to certify that James M CHIIDS
First name) (Middle initial) (Last name)
Selective Service No.
21. I7 43 2171I
is classihed in Class 2 — S
until
by Local Board unless otherwise
checked below:
❑ by Appeal Board
vote of to
9( by Presi ti y 2 1 1969
. . ,• .f mail
(Member, Execui tive Secrde;„a ry, or clerk of
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.r"1 ‘34istrant's signature)
2'S deferments may be
eliminated under the Nix-on
administration.
According to Mr. Erickson,
much of the tension about the
old draft administration grew
due to General Hershey's mis-management.
Now however, Dr.
Tarr provides good information
on the draft law and has taken
a lot of pressure off the draft
boards with the lottery and the
problems of classification.
Deferments have been can-celled
under the Nixon Admin-istration
except the C.O. and
student deferments. Elimina-tion
of the student deferments
is expected by July, as well as
ministerial deferments.
Students who receive their
deferments before April, 1970,
will be able to keep them. How-ever,
anyone after that time
will "undoubtedly lose them."
This means that most freshmen
will lose their deferments at
the end of this year, but upper
classmen will be safe until they
graduate.
Draft numbers will probably
be given to 18 year olds instead
of 19 year olds in the near
future. "This will enable 18
A number of college stu-dents
and others have requested
the views of the Department
of State on a "Joint Treaty of
Peace between the People of
the United States and the Peo-ple
of South Viet-Nam and
North Viet-nam" which is cur-rently
being circulated by the
National Student Association.
This document:
year olds to know what they
will be facing in the coming
year," said Erickson. They won't
be drafted until they are 19,
but it is an advantage to know
how to plan their future —
school or the army."
Most graduating seniors un-der
19 will be getting their
physicals within the next two
months. They can be inducted
within a month of their physi-cal,
or immediately after their
—demands "immediate and
total" withdrawal of United
States forces from Viet-Nam,
but says nothing about with-drawal
of the North Vietnamese
forces from South Viet-Nam,
Laos and Cambodia.
—places the Communist side
under no obligation to release
the Americans they hold pri-soners,
and requires Hanoi only
deferments are up at the end
of June.
Applying for a deferment as
a conscientious objector should
be done on the registrant's in-itial
registration, explained
Erickson. The registrant must
be of the same conviction for a
long time and must have proof
through his past life on his
feeling about war. A personal
interview with the board is also
required.
to "enter discussions" on the
question.
—obligates the United States
to remove the government of
South Viet-Nam, a government
which was constitutionally elect-ed
to office by the people of
that country.
—contains no provision for
ending the fighting in Laos or
Cambodia, other than a reiter-ation
of intention to respect the
Geneva Accords of 1954 and
1962, which have been violated
by North Viet-Nam ever since.
—contains no provision for
international supervision of the
implementation of any of its
terms.
The provisions of this paper
are in essence the same terms
which have been put forward
repeatedly over the past two
years by the Communist dele-gation
in Paris. They have not
proved accep6ble to any poli-tical
group in South Viet-Nam
except the Viet Cong.
What's Blocking Progress
Toward Peace?
The United States and the
Bethel will be increasing its
tuition to $900 per semester
next year in line with the ris-ing
costs on nearly every col-lege
campus in America. Room
and board rate will increase by
$25 per semester as well.
Reactions from many students
have indicated that they will
be feeling a definite financial
pinch in the coming year. Sim-ilarly,
the financial aid office
reports that they too will feel
the economic squeeze.
James Bragg, director of ad-missions
and financial aid ex-plains
that his office "is anxi-ous
to do everything possible
to help bridge the gap between
a student's resources and his
college costs."
However, he emphasizes that
"the same economic pinch we
all feel in our personal budgets
is felt in our institutional bud-get
as well.
"The sooner you apply for
C.O. status the better off you
are," he said. In applying for
C.O. you should keep copies of
any written correspondence you
have with the board. In this
way you won't contradict any
previous statements made in
any letters to the board or
change your mind on some part
of your beliefs during your in-terview.
"Most applicants don't apply
for C.O. until they are sure it
is the only way left, and most
of these applicants don't get
their deferments. So remember
to apply at registration or as
soon as possible."
The lottery for the coming
year will be July 1. This year's
call probably won't exceed 195
or 200, about the same as last
year.
Erickson said that about the
only way to be free of the draft
without breaking the law is to
be above the number 200 or
have some physical or mental
handicap.
Republic of Viet-Nam have pro-posed
a program for peace
which includes an immediate
cease-fire throughout Indo-Chi-na
under effective international
supervision; withdrawal of out-side
forces; a political settle-ment
in South Viet-Nam which
reflects the existing relation-ship
of political forces; an In-do-
China peace conference; and
immediate and unconditional
release of all prisoners of war
held by both sides.
Our two governments have
stated that we are prepared to
negotiate seriously on the basis
of these proposals. At the same
time, we are prepared to dis-cuss
proposals of the Com-munist
side as well, without
any preconditions.
The Communist response has
been an adamant refusal to en-gage
in discussions on a peace
settlement unless their demands
are accepted in advance. It is
this position which has blocked
any progress toward peace. It
is this position which those who
want peace should try to
change.
"It's just a plain fact that
there will be more applications
and more total need than we
can possibly find resources for
next year. It seems that all of
us will have to program our
finances more carefully than
ever before."
Grants and scholarships are
being increased, but according
to Bragg, they are not commen-surate
with the increased costs.
"Students will have to depend
upon employment and educa-tional
loans even more heavily
than ever before."
'Bragg suggests that in light
of the economic pressure, it is
indeed important for students
to see to it that an application
for aid and the completed PCS
financial aid office well in ad-vance
of the May 1 deadline.
"Elimination of the student
deferments is expected by
July, as well as ministerial
deferments."
Student group stabs at Viet-nam peace
Admissions director suggests
students complete PCS NOW
Friday, March 26, 1971
the CLARION
Page 3
With the melting snow and longer days, spring is once
again upon us. The time when a young man's fancy turns to love,
and we once more seek to warship Eastra, the goddess of Spring.
Nests are being prepared for the Easter Rabbit (symbolizing
fertility) to lay his beautiful eggs colored like the rays of the
returning sun. All this to celebrate nature's long awaited resur-rection
after winter.
Ah, what a beautiful time it is. We all get dressed up, after
the little ones search for the Easter Bunny's eggs, and stroll
down to the temple for a heartwarming service on how Someone
died a couple thousand years ago and reportedly rose from the
dead, (although some scientists say that they have found His
body).
Anyway, after it's all over, it's back to the salt mines to
await the next festival. I believe it's called Christmas.
Did you ever notice how much of our Christo-Americano
culture is really pagan? It seems like we status-quo Christians
like to tack "harmless native customs" on the total Truth of
Yahweh to make it less offensive. Or is it called less close-minded?
"Oh for Pete's Sake, it's harmless and besides, it's all
for the little ones' sake. Don't you want them to have any
fun? Besides, we don't want to get the little ones all bogged
down with church dogma and theology."
So we tell them lies. Then, when they grow up, we tell them
the truth and they laugh because they've long ago scrapped all
our "superstitious" nonsense. It's because of these "harmless"
little lies that so many people have such a warped sense of
the Truth and who Jesus Christ is. We have allowed a Baal-Yahweh
synthesis to take the place of a total Yahweh oriented society!
Elijah faced a similar situation (that is, if you can take the
Bible at face value) when he said, "How long halt ye between'
two opinions? If Yahweh be God, follow Him; but if Baal then
follow him." Do one or the other. Don't mix the truth with a
lie. And on that 450 Baal priests were killed. That's how sacred
the Truth of Yahweh. But that was another dispensation and
we don't do that now — Yahweh is more civilized now.
We don't raise our children in a society where the Word
of God puts life into it's proper perspective. Instead we try to
make religion more palatable to the children who we perceive
will not understand the Truth of Christ.
But my Bible tells me that it's the children who will
understand because they haven't been perverted by the world's
scepticism. Why do we pollute children's minds with an omnipre-sent
santa or an egg-laying rabbit?
Is it any wonder that youth are throwing out the church
and any semblance of Christianity?
What would happen if we gave these holidays back to the
heathens and pagans, and started worshipping the Lord God in
Truth and in Spirit in all areas of our life?
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letters to the editor
Transfer raises relocation issue
To the editor:
The apostle Paul advised the
early Christians several times
concerning occurrences similar
to those taking place within
the Bethel community.
To begin with, in Romans 14:
13, Paul tells us "not to do any-thing
that would make your
brother stumble, or fall into
sin ... if a man believes that a
thing is unclean, it becomes
unclean for him." Therefore,
if I feel dancing to be displeas-ing
to the Lord, and notice a
'devout Christian dancing, it
I realize that the very first would become a hinderance to
argument I will receive from me, encourage me to do some-numerous
contenders is that of thing (dancing) that I feel to
money. Scarcity of loans, lack be sin and thus, tear me away
of supporters, and rising costs from the Lord. That is what
in the standard of living all add Paul is talking about in Romans
up to a dismal picture. 14.
Sure, the founders of Bethel True, ideally we should not
launched out on faith and claim- have any rules at Bethel. If ey-ed
God's assistance, but should ery student would look to the
we do the same in this day and Holy Spirit before taking part
age? I mean should we actually in these questionable activities
begin building our Arden Hills and would abstain from these
campus not knowing where all if there was a chance of "harm-
Immaturity in discord
we have to find ourselves be-fore
we can help others.
The Word teaches that we
ought to let the Spirit reveal
God's plan for us. Meanwhile,
we have been given commands
to love and evangelize.
Instead of being so concerned
with who I am, let's get more
concerned with whether I am
letting God make me what I
ought to be. Then we can for-get
about life-style and deal
with the real world that is
outside of Bethel.
Chip Goff
Class of '71
❑
To the editor,
Last week's editorial empha-sis
on our introspective campus
deserves more attention. Our
spiritual immaturity has been
pointed out by the recent dis-cord
over life-style. Many seem
to have lost sight of the pri-mary
commandment to love.
This lack of love is evident
on campus in relations with
roommates, professors, and the
food service. It is also appar-ent
beyond the campus. What
impact do Bethel students have
on the Twin Cities? Too often
we use the selfish excuse that
To the Editor:
I realize that the issue of
campus relocation is not a new
one to the Bethel community,
but I feel that this subject must
once again be brought to our
attention.
Being a transfer student, I
feel adequately exposed to a
similar "small, liberal-arts,
Christian college" to compare
the two. Granted, such courses
as English, mathematics, and
history may find sufficient fac-ilities
in a single old classroom
hweitahd ap rbolajeccktboor a(radn da nedv eann tohvise ris- Search for peace with all men
debatable), but when I observe
biology, chemistry, physics, and
music facilities, I am amazed
that Bethel has been able to
maintain the standards in these
subjects that it has.
Is there really any need for
me to point out the lack of fac-ilities
at Bethel? One needs
only to spend an hour in our
library (if he can find a seat)
scanning the 1951-52 Self-Sur-vey
Reports to find out that
these same facilities were fast
becoming inadequate in 1951,
never mind 1971! It is this sad
state of affairs that points to me
the necessity of a new campus
very soon!
can replace bickering, splits
the resources will come from? physical needs of the college.
My God is a loving, kind, om- God does answer prayer!! And
niscient Being who sees the He not only can for Bethel, but
needs of his people and is only will.
waiting for them to take a step Let us, as a Christian corn-in
faith. munity, unite in prayer for the
I've seen this faith work at future of Bethel. I believe that
the college I left. Students, fac- God wants Bethel to continue in
ulty, and administration were a highly-competitive world to
equally concerned about the fu- produce quality Christian lead-ture
of their school as a compe- ers to stand for Him wherever
tent institution of higher ed- our future leads us.
ucation in today's world. The Karen Troeger
school united in prayer for the ❑
ing a brother," then I also
would back up the abolition of
the life-style rules. However,
only a very small percentage
of students live this way and
therefore rules become a nec-essity!
So, the Student Senate has
passed a life-style believed to
be characteristic of the devoted
Christian. I fail to see the rea-son
for attending a school that
does not share your Christian
doctrinal beliefs. You say that
you should attend the school
and change the doctrine? Let's
consult the apostle Paul on
this idea — in Romans 12:18,
he writes: "Do everything pos-sible,
on your part, to livt at
peace with all men." Can you
honestly live peaceably with
everyone by attempting to
change the ideas and doctrines
of a 100 year institution?
Forgetting all that has been
argued about previously, let's
look at what Paul says in Ro-mans
14: 17, 19. He writes,
"For God's Kingdom is not a
matter of eating and drinking,
but of the righteousness and
peace and joy that the Holy
Spirit gives ...So then, we must
always aim at those things that
bring peace, and that help
strengthen one another."
Is bickering and dividing in-to
several groups of thought
aiming at "those things that
bring peace, and that help
strengthen one another?"
Let's concentrate totally on
transforming Bethel into the
Lord's Kingdom on earth and
on strengthening each other in-stead
of dividing into differ-ent
groups, bickering about
Bethel's doctrine!
Paul J. Loth
Class of '74
Guests represent 29
countries at dinner
Bethel student Vacharee Sriswad (Jeed) shares her
testimony at Saturday's International Dinner.
There were 29 foreign countries, including Tibet and
Nepal, represented by 60 internationals and a number of
faculty and students who have lived and served abroad.
Over 75 Bethel hosts and hostesses participated in
the evening, sharing and interacting with international
guests.
Mrs Marilyn Bohne, International student adviser,
said, "Bethelites who did not attend were missed and
they missed a good evening of excellent food and fellow-ship,
an oriental wedding dance, and colorful costumes."
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Friday, March 26, 1971
Members of The Man are Ron Carlson, David Heikkila, Jim
Anderson, and Dan Nelson.
Students in SMP forsee an exciting time
of witnessing, greater dependence on God
by Joey Healy
"I'm excited about what the
Lord has planned for me for
this summer, even though I'm
not yet sure exactly where I'll
be going or what type of work
I'll be doing. I'm thankful that
God has given all of us, as His
children, the privilege of tell-ing
others about Him in any
kind of situation." Thus has
Becky Waller expressed her
outlook on the coming summer.
She will be in South America,
serving in Bethel's Student
Missions Program.
About 26 additional student
Jon Lewis
missionaries will be involved
this summer. Other verified as-signments
are: George Prit-chard
and Steve Lentz doing
youth work and holding special
rallies in Argentina; Jim Wor-gan
in Bon Aire; Kaylene Hall-blade
and Diane Lundberg in
Vancouver; and Sally Miller and
Linda Johnson in New York
City.
Jon Lewis and Joel Goff will
be sent to Portugal and France.
"Our summer experience will
be a little different than the
previous SMPer's to Europe in
that we will be kind of a ser-vice
team," says Jon. "This is
not exactly a gospel team, but
one that will be able to help
missionaries in several differ-ent
ways.
"'In France, for example, we
are scheduled to help prepare
a Greater Europe Missions camp
for their summer activities.
This could involve construction
and maintenance type work. In
Portugal, we will be working
with Youth for Christ which
runs many youth clubs in
churches and several camps as
well.
"Along with the two guys
going to Argentina, our goal is
to be available for many differ-ent
kinds of work such as youth
work, construction, church
speaking and music. One thing
that I think will help our work
is being able to speak the lang-uage
(somewhat.)
"Both Joel and I have had
French, and my Portuguese
background should give us an
ability to communicate in both
places. This, I think, is the
thing that excites me the most,
being able to share Christ on a
one-to-one basis with kids, in
their own language."
Some assignments are await-ing
confirmation, but it is very
probable that Connie Larson
will be sent to work in a Ken-tucky
orphanage; Allie Jo
Moore, Jim Reay, Pete Varros,
and Linda Johnston to Utah;
Rachel Campbell, Kathy Gowdy,
Rick Evans, Mark Lundgren,
Bonnie Skoog, Mark Howard,
John Peterson, and Sue Veru-mac
to the Minnesota Indian
Reservation; and Mary Jo Stew-art,
Sue Monroe, Mark Olsen,
and Debbie Anderson to the
Union Gospel Mission.
Mark Howard tells of his in-itial
contact with SMP, and his
summer which will be spent on
an Indian reservation. "I heard
about SMP in the presentation
in chapel last fall when I first
came to Bethel. Then I got in-terested
in this, because I've
always been interested in mis-sionary
work and the ministry.
"I thought the SMP would
be one way the Lord could use
me. I got an application, but
then I allowed other things to
get in the way. About three
weeks after second semester
began, I heard a tape from Ur-bana,
and I realized that I was
making selfish personal plans
for the summer, and that I was
putting the wrong things first
I was trying to work the Lord's
will around my will.
"After a lot of prayer, I
turned in my application and
was interviewed. I figured that
if the Lord wanted me to do it,
he'd work it all out. And He
did!"
One problem faced by SMP is
the lack of an office for summer
work. As the program grows,
there is also an increasing need
for one person to be respons-ible
for over-all organization.
Dr. Art Lewis has been the
sponsor of SMP for three years
now. He explains the purpose
Steve Lentz
of SMP: "It is meant to make
personal contact between cam-pus
and the world. We make
our contribution through hard
work — often domestic and sim-ple
tasks which are helpful to
the missionary, more often
through direct witnessing, ra-dio,
books, and other public
ministries.
"The field makes a contri-bution
to us by the experience
we get of the real job — the
problems as well as opportun-ities.
This experience is then
shared at the end of the sum-mer
with the rest of the stu-dents,
both through reports and
in chapel.
"I recognize that the word
missionaries is not the best
term for this; a better term
might be co-worker or fratern-al
worker. But, from our point
of view, it's our own students
on mission, and our purposes
have not changed. We are try-ing
to live Christ as well as tell
of Him in every corner of the
globe.
"In most cases, students re-ceive
room and board free, so
our funds provide the basic
transportation costs. Our goal
of $4500 leaves $2000 stll lack-ing.
The SMP committee appre-ciates
the sacrificial giving on
the part of the students, and
also their use of the deposit
box by the banking windows."
Decisions concerning choice
of students and the budget are
Diane Lundgren
made by the students involved
in SMP. This year, Harley Han-son
is president, Pat Chase is
secretary, and Rachel Campbell
is treasurer. The entire com-mittee
is made up of 15 — 20
veterans of past summer pro-grams.
The SMP is trying to achieve
a one-to-one basis in relating
the program to all students.
Everyone is encouraged to seek
out student missionaries from
last summer and find out what
it's all about, and especially
what it has meant to them.
Harley Hanson summarizes
the summer missions program
as "a time of learning, but a-long
with this it can be a u-niting
factor among students
through prayer and giving."
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-I thought the SMP would be one way the
Lord could use me. - Mark Howard
m thankful God has given all of us, as His
children, the privilege of telling others about Him."
Becky Waller
The Man sing out with Folk rock, hymns
by Nancy Claasen
The Man is a new breed of
gospel team. Group members
Dave Heikkila (Heik), Jim (Bo)
Anderson, "Big Dan" Nelson
and Ron Carlson have been
singing together as a team
just this year. Through pro-moting
public relations, fund-the
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raising, perfecting programs
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back?") they have revolution-ized
the idea of a gospel group.
"Our primary motive for
singing is to present to others
the importance of a goal direct-ed
life with Christ," said Dave
Heikkila.
The group feels their early
success may be due to the
natural way they got together,
through shared experiences.
They managed to avoid some of
the hasSles kids in school face,
adjusting conflicting schedules,
carefully booking engagements,
weeks in advance, and finding
time to work out their music.
At Trout Lake Bible Camp,
where all four were staff mem-bers,
there was plenty of time
over the period of three sum-mers
for pickin' and singin'.
in various combinations.
Dan and Dave, writing songs
together last summer, talked
of continuing singing in the
fall. They were the nucleus of
the group that finally formed
at Bethel. Their first singing en-gagement
was at North Branch,
Minnesota, where Dan took Jim
and Dave to back him up as
song leader by request. One
Sunday Ron replaced Dan for a
concert, and then there were
four.
Changes in The Man are the
rule. According to the group,
"every concert is a unique ex-perience,
adapted as well as
possible to the audience." Al-though
primarily a church sing-ing
group, they sing anything
from secular folk rock to sacred
hymns. Program packages, of-ten
put together just minutes
before singing, draw from their
repertoire of 40-some songs,
many of which Dave has writ-ten.
As in any tightly-knit group,
there are four "leads." Dan
plays lead guitar (he also plays
keyboard and tuba); Dave is
chief lyricist, and Ron is lead
back-up man on guitar and
bass. Jim, who has a way of
warming up a group, usually
talks.
Although Dan and Dave are
always prepared to speak, most
of their message is carried in
their music. Their programs
often begin with secular folk
centering on man's quest for
meaning, followed by songs and
words of their personal en-counters
with Christ.
The first concerts were on
their own. Then, the group was
referred by Dave Stewart to
different churches. The Man
has found audiences at Dan's,
Jim's, and Dave's home church-es,
Houston high school, Mid,
way School of Nursing in
Mounds, and a meeting for
seminary wives. Often unex-pected
engagements tax the
group's flexibility on out-of-town
trips.
Also creating tight situations
have been car troubles and
poor road conditions. However,
despite blizzard conditions, a
faulty generator, and the fact
that the gospel team business
is not the most high-paying in
the world, the group says it
does have its advantages, and
"We wouldn't trade our experi-ences
for anything."
Friday, March 26, 1971
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•
Team cut-ups even make Coach Trager laugh during
warm-ups for baseball practice.
The Hot Corner
by Rich Zaderka
Almost everyone was overwhelmed when Jacksonville took
the floor with four of their starters listed 7'2", 7', 6'10" and
6'5". Evansville coach, Arad McCutchan appeared unimpressed.
"An eight-footer would murder them," he remarked with tongue-in-
cheek.
As intramural basketball wraps up its season, several teams
are still in contention. Second Old has to be the favorite as
they seem to have the greatest balance. They have been quite
impressive in moving the ball and working for good shots. The
team has a confidence in their ability that should carry them to
the regular season crown.
*
Don't be surprised if the Twins pop a three way swap with
Detroit and Chicago. The Chisox have already nixed a Caesar
Tovar for Tommy John deal — but if the price was right, John
would end up in a Twin uniform.
Minnesota hurler, Bill Zepp, would like to pitch in Detroit —
in fact, he has voluntarily retired because he wasn't traded.
Sometmes the triangle trades have a way of resolving things.
Didn't Confucious once say, "Show me a crazy rower who has
fallen out of his one man racing boat, and I'll show you a man
who is out of his scull."
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1971 baseball schedule
Open with Florida tournament
April 2-12 Florida 1:00 Here Dunning
Tournament
17 Concordia 1:00 Here Dunning
20 Lea 3:00 There
22 Hamline 3:00 Here North CacM
24 Open
26 U. Fres. 3:00 Here North MacMurray
29 Hamline 3:00 Here North MacMurray
May 1 Carleton 1:00 There
4 River Falls 1:00 Here Dunning
6 Open
8 UMD 1:00 There
11 NCBC 3:00 There
13 Open
15 Northland 1:00 There
17 Concordia 3:00 There
Running in mile
boosts spirit
Second Old teams
provide competition
for I-M basketball
Dee Traudt goes up for another basket for the
Blue (2nd New) team. They beat the Red (1st Floor) team
by a score of 69-62.
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5
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6
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The Skins, an off campus team, lost to the Shirts
from the New Dorm by 5 points last Saturday.
A League Standings
Second Old
Third New
Second New
Third Old
Faculty
First Floor
Pit
Off Campus I
New Dorm
Off Campus II
W L
B League Standings
6 1 Second Old 8
5 2 Third Old 7
5 2 Second New 7
5 2 Pit 4
5 2 First Floor 4
4 S Third New 3
2 5 New Dorm 3
2 5 Faculty 2
1 6 Off Campus I 2
0 7 Off Campus II 0
Dee Traudt set a new re-cord
for intramural compe-tition
by making 55 points
in one game.
Top Scoring in seven games
Pts. - Ave.
Tom Meeks 279 39.8
Dee Traudt 158 22.5
Lee Mattson 156 22.3
Steve Payne 122 17.4
Gary Schimbeno 119 17.0
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Baseball
coach
envisions
season with
optimism
by Charles Quincy Carter III
Bethel's varsity baseball team,
led by Coach Jack Trager and
captains Gary Clark and Steve
Hansen, optimistically prepare
for the 1971 season. They begin
with the six-team tournament
over Easter Vacation at Boca
Raton, Florida.
The tournament in Florida is
a part of the "Co-Uni-Bus Con-ference"
held for college and
university young people. Four-teen
Royal players will partici-pate
— four pitchers, one catch-er,
five infielders, and four out-fielders.
Six teams will compete in
the tournament April 4 - 10. The
teams are all from Christian
colleges, including Olivet Naza-rene,
Houghton, and Barrington.
A good number of new mem-bers
have joined the squad this
year. Only 13 out of the 33
players have competed for Beth-el
in the past, according to the
team. A strong nucleus still
exists, particularly on the
mound, with seniors Bob Brodin
and Lowell Richardson.
"Of course, we'll have to show
improvement in hitting," said
Coach Trager, which is his main
concern at this time. In the
1970 season, captain Steve Han-sen
led the team in hitting
with an average of .432, follow-ed
by averages of .271 and be-low.
An improvement in this
area would greatly help the
Royals finish the season with
more wins than losses.
The outlook for the coming
Royal baseball season is defin-itely
optomistic as Coach Tra-ger
looks for a very good chance
of improving last year's 6-10
record.
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Bringing only eight men to
Superior, Wisconsin last week-end,
Bethel competed in a
Rick Berggren leads the
track team while running
laps around the gym.
track meet against Superior, St.
Cloud and Northland.
Phil James and Bob Berg-gren
had very fine performances
in the 600 yard dash, finishing
first and third respectively.
The mile relay team, consist-ing
of Bob Berggren, Dave Asp,
Rick Berggren and Phil James
was one of the most encouraging
aspects of the meet. Finishing
second to St. Cloud, the team
was just inched out at the tape.
Mark (Gunner) Anderson has
been making marked improve-ment
in his track endeavors.
After taking a fourth in the
mile, Mark came back to break
Bethel's record for the 1,000
yard run. After finishing the
race, he was asked what gave
him the inspiration. "I'm too
whipped to tell," was his com-ment.
Bethel finished the meet with
a tie for third place with North-land.
The track team said they
would like to express their ap-preciation
to their female sup-port.
Friday, March 26, 1971