Volume XLII—No. 1 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Wednesday, September 21, 1966
Year's First Academic Convocation
Includes Recognitions, Akenson Talk
For the past five years it has
been a tradition at Bethel College
to devote the first full week of
school to spiritual emphasis. Re-ligious
Emphasis Week is intended
to stabilize a deep spiritual com-mitment
on the part of the faculty
as well as in the lives of the stu-dents.
The guest speaker is Rev. Don-ald
Miller from the Christian and
Missionary Alliance Church in Sy-racuse,
New York. He has enjoyed
a very successful pastorate there
for nine years. Rev. Miller is a
graduate of Taylor University and
Nyack Missionary College. He has
also had an unusual ministry a-mong
the faculty and students of
the University of Syracuse.
Rev. Miller will be speaking dur-ing
Chapel services Tuesday
through Friday, September 20-23.
Today he was honored at an 11:30
a.m. luncheon in the President's
Dining Room.
In the evenings Rev. Miller has
been sharing in the devotional per-iods
of dorms and off-campus resi-dence
homes. He is also available
by appointment for personal coun-seling
during the day. Any student
This year Bethel College h a s
gained more faculty and staff per-sonnel
than in many years. There
are approximately 30 persons who
are either new or have changed
their positions at Bethel.
Dr. Wallace Anderson, who is
the new Assistant Dean of Stu-dents,
attended Nebraska Wesley-an
University and Bethel College
and Seminary. He received his Ed.
D. from Colorado State College.
Before coming to Bethel, he was
counselor and psychologist in the
Littleton, Colo. public school sys-tem.
Dr. Raymond Bartholomew is
an Associate Professor of Eng-lish.
He is a graduate of Cedar-ville
College and received his
M.A. and Ph.D. from Western
Reserve University. Previously
he was chairman of the Division
of Language and Literature at
Cedarville.
Robert M. Blomgren, who is an
Instructor in Mathematics, receiv-ed
his B.S. from North Park Col-lege
and his M.S. at the Univer-sity
of Minnesota. He has done
further graduate work at Minne-sota
and at the University of Wash-ington.
Mr. Jack T. Buss is an Instruct-or
in Biology. He graduated from
wishing to see him may make an
appointment with Miss Joyce Jo-hannessen
whose office is located
in Seminary Hall.
First take a group of fledgeling
actors signed up at the Drama
Department Booth during fresh-man
registration. Add some soph-omores
never before on the Bethel
College stage. Then give a few Roy-al
Players of the past their first
stabs at major roles or directing
tasks. Result? An interesting pack-age
of dramas labelled "New Tal-ents"
and scheduled for 8:00 p.m.
production Saturday, Sept. 24, in
the Bethel College Auditorium.
This year's "New Talents" fea-tures
two serious dramas and a
melodrama, all under student di-rection.
The three directors, ex-perienced
workers for the Drama
Department, all are seniors. Roger
Bethel College and is finishing his
master's program at Wayne State
University.
Mr. Tom Correll, Instructor in
Anthropology, taught part-time
at Bethel last year while contin-uing
his education at the Uni-versity
of Minnesota. He receiv-ed
his B.A. and M.A. degrees
from Minnesota and also attend-ed
Northwestern College and
summer Institute of linguistics.
Before coming to Bethel, he and
his wife served as missionaries
to the Eskimos of Central Cana-da.
Mr. Loren Crabtree also taught
part-time last year. This year he
is full-time Instructor in History
and Political Science. He received
his B.A. from Ellendale State
Teachers College and his M.A.
from the University of Minnesota,
where he is a Ph.D. candidate.
Mr. David Johnson is a Bethel
alumnus, and also studied at North-western
College of Watertown and
Bob Jones University. He received
his B.A. from Bethel and is com-pleting
his M.A. at the University
of Minnesota. He is Instructor in
Sociology this year.
Next week's CLARION will con-tinue
the summary of new faculty
and staff members.
As the most formal opening cer-emony
for the 1966-67 school year
at Bethel, the autumn academic
convocation listed for Tuesday
morning, Sept. 27 in the Field-house
will feature recognition of
entering classes in both college and
seminary, honoring of scholarship
winners, and an address by a Beth-el
graduate who has gone on to
leadership in Christian education
and pastoral circles.
Opening the 11:00 a.m. exercises
will be the traditional procession-al
of first-semester scholarship
winners and other student parti-cipants,
together with faculty
members garbed in their academic
robes.
The induction of entering col-lege
and seminary classes will
follow, with Clifford Anderson
Inouye cues the cast of the first
drama, "The Passing of the Third
Floor Back," as they prepare for
Saturday, with Annette Ryding
giving artistic leadership to the
melodrama, "Lily, the Felon's
Daughter," and nprr:-1 Berg fiireet-ing
the final play, "Construction."
"The Passing of the Third
Floor Back" centers around the
arrival of a stranger at a board-ing
house where he takes with-out
complaint the room at the
third floor rear which all earlier
roomers have 'nixed.' He then
proceeds to personally encount-er
each of the other residents,
dealing with their individual
needs.
Bob Bryant as the stranger is
supported by Bruce Lawson, Leo-nard
Sammons, Ragene Ryberg,
Arlene Nelson, Ruth Machnee, and
Larry Day in six other interesting
characterizations.
In "Lily, the Felon's Daughter,"
the heroine, played by Faith Karls-son,
is continually harassed by the
villian Sinclair, played by Lyn
Hanson, who wrathfully attempts
to convince her of the evils in the
La Von Brauer Mattson, senior
at Bethel, is performing a recital
September 25, at 3:00 p.m. in Sem-inary
Hall Chapel. She is enrolled
in the field of Music Education,
majoring in voice under the in-struction
of Clara J. Seecamp
Klatke. Her accompanist is Mary
Stauffer, alumna of Bethel.
The recital is comprised of five
divisions.
"Alma Mia" from the opera
"Floridante," along with "Let
the Bright Seraphim," from the
oratorio "Samson." A trumpet
obligato is performed by David
Wedeking, seminary student.
"God, Create in Me a Clean
Heart," by Dietrich Buxtehude, in
which she is joined by a string trio
and Owen Halleen, as student
deans on the two campuses, of-ficiating.
Included in this segment is the
investiture ceremony for first-ytar
students from both Bethel cam-puses
(freshmen in the college and
juniors in the seminary) in which
representatives of these classes and
the senior classes of both schools
will participate.
Scholarship winners to be hon-ored
Tuesday in a later part of
the program fall into four cate-gories:
seminary scholarship hold-ers;
college juniors and seniors
with grade point averages of 3.6
or above who are recipients of aca-demic
scholarships; upper-class-men
with averages above 3.2 who
are winners of honor scholarships;
and freshmen who are attending
life of her true love, Compton,
portrayed by Gordon Peterson.
Others in the cast filled with
"characteristically cornball" parts,
are Betty Eckstrom, Steve Peder-son,
Lana Neander, Greg Maurer,
Jcannc r-rz:-.;31c...;:, and Stagg.
The stark drama "Construc-tion",
which will close the even-ing
program, uses a minimum of
scenery in viewing the crisis of
nine persons in a wilderness
setting, all unaware of why they
are there and what they are to
do with the building materials
found nearby. The sudden en-trance
of a builder, played by
Dave Carlson, who claims to un-derstand
the purpose behind it
all, brings the play to a vividly
symbolic climax.
Jeff Loomis plays Schmidt, the
spokesman for the confused colony
of nine, with Janet Hurt, Roberta
Parks, Jerry Loomis, Randy In-ouye,
Jan Woodard, Lynn Bergfalkj
Debby Coyle, and Dave Stewart in
the remaining roles.
There will be a moderate admis-sion
charge.
consisting of Marion Stipe, David
Nydegger and Sharon Jones com-prises
section number two.
The following selections obtain-ed
from contemporary composers
make up section three. "Out of the
Depths" by Alan Hovhaness, Eric
Thiman's "Thou Wilt Keep Him in
Perfect Peace" and "In Thee, 0
Lord, Do I Put My Trust" by Jan
Bender, are the pieces.
"Wie Melodien zieht es" and
"Der Schmied," both by Brahms,
along with "Morgen" written by
Strauss comprise section four.
The fifth and final segment con-sists
of two selections: "Love In
the Dictionary," by Celius Dough-erty,
and Victor Hely-Hutchinson's
score of "Old Mother Hubbard."
Bethel with national and district
C.Y.F. scholarships. The awards
will be recognized in a brief cere-mony
by the academic deans of
the college and seminary, Webster
Muck and Gordon Johnson, respec-tively.
Keynoting the morning session
is the address by Dr. Curtis B.
Akenson, minister of the First
Baptist Church, Minneapolis, on
"Things That Matter Most." Dr.
Akenson is an alumnus of Bethel
Junior College, later having re-ceived
a Ph.D. from the Uni-versity
of Minnesota and a D.D.
from Northern Baptist Theologi-cal
Seminary.
He recently served as president
of Northwestern College, Minnea-polis,
and while there made his
most recent appearance at Bethel,
as peaker at last year's Homecom-ing
Banquet.
Concert Series
Now Is Reality
This year the Bethel Concert
Series brings to Bethel world re-nowned
artists in the field of mu-qipni
pntertain-mp-nt
Stan Olsen, James Keim, and a
few others interested in the cul-tural
life of Bethel banded to-gether
last spring to schedule the
series of four concerts which are
to be held in the fieldhouse with
an 8:00 p.m. curtain time.
The first performer in the Con-cert
Series is Jerome Hines, one of
the singers most in demand from
the Metropolitan Opera Company.
Mr. Hines, a bass-baritone, will
perform works from operatic, clas-sical,
and religious traditions on
October 10.
Hans Stadlmair will conduct the
Munich Chamber Orchestra on
October 31. After concert tours
throughout Europe, parts of Africa
and Latin America, the Munich
Chamber Orchestra tours North
America for the first time. The
city of Munich supports the Or-chestra,
which performs the works
of old masters from the Baroque
period.
Following a tour of European
music centers, pianist Eva Knar-dahl
will perform in the Bethel
Concert Series on January 26. As
the official pianist for the Minne-apolis
Symphony Orchestra she
centers her career around that or-ganization,
but has performed in
San Francisco, Oakland, and the
New Hampshire Music Festival.
Selections from Bach to blues
bring the Norman Luboff Choir to
Bethel March 10. Norman Luboff,
the conductor, arranges and com-poses
many of the choir's selec-tions.
The Luboff Choir makes al-most
yearly appearances in most
states throughout the nation. Hav-ing
toured Europe, these twenty-five
to thirty voices are planning
a coming tour of the Orient.
Bethel students and faculty are
requested to purchase tickets in
the Coffee Shop Wednesday, Sept-ember
21, 1966. Tickets will be on
sale from 10:30 to 3:30. A season
ticket costs students and faculty
alike only $7.00. Individual tickets
are $2.50.
Chapel Attendance, again pressing facilities to capacity in its
annual first-of-the-year spurt, provides the audience for Religious .
Emphasis Week and Rev. Donald Miller.
Minister For Collegians
Addresses Chapel Hours
Added Instructors In All Areas
Spark New Classroom Year
New Talents' Take To Bethel Stage
For Saturday Drama Performance
Soprano Recitalist Programs
Variety Of Concert Selections
Page 2
the CLARION Wednesday, September 21, 1966 Illinois Senator's Prayer Amendment
Campus Living Demands Discovers Negative Baptist Reaction
Primacy of Participation
Well, we're back in school again. So what? I mean, is it
going to be just another year? You know, the same old thing —
fall out of bed, sit through classes bored to death, check your
p.o., feed your face, gossip in the library or coffee shop, play
the gay blade and not miss "watching" every football game,
basketball game, or track meet — just don't try anything that
might challenge your own initiative or inventiveness.
What am I driving at? Well, basically how can I make this
year different from any other — exciting, challenging, reward-ing?
That is really saying, how can I get the most from my
college experience?
The key word is participation. I would have said "involve-ment,"
but because that has become a Bethel cliche — and
you know about cliches — I didn't.
We have been warned repeatedly that we only get as
much out of our college experience as we apply to it. We have
been warned so much that the warning too has become a
cliche. Nevertheless, it is true.
We have also been reminded that our college experience
must not be regarded as preparation for life, but experienced
and lived as life. These four years are not to be regarded as
an unproductive chunk to time during which we vegetate,
absorbing as much learning as possible, but producing little,
if any, fruit.
The question, then, how can I get the most from my
college experience really is asking how can I make the most
of my life? Again we return to the cliche — involvement.
But, involvement in what? For athletes there is com-petition
in the sports arena — basketball, football, hockey,
baseball, wrestling, track, cross country, the intramural pro-gram.
For musicians there are musical organizations — band,
choir, male chorus, women's choir, orchestra.
The Christian service office is crying for helpers — speak-ers,
singers, pianists, drivers. The campus publications are
in dire need of your assistance. There are numerous campus
clubs to serve the many needs and interests of the college stu-dent.
The Speech Department offers varied activities in for-ensics.
Student government is just recovering from another
attack of "apathy," this one almost fatal, and asks your
assistance on committees and in the governing process by
active representation. Sharing actively in the classroom,
while not as dramatic as some of the other forms of "in-volvement",
is a vital means for stimulating your own think-ing
and whetting the edge of your own originality.
Now don't give me the old excuse, "But I just don't have
time." Bull. What you really mean is, "I don't want to." But
Brother, if you want to make the most of your college exper-ience,
and more important, your life, you haven't time to say
"no."
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Tyrone Guthrie Theatre
September 21, 22, 25, 27, 30, "The Doctor's Dilemma", a witty and
urbane exploration of the professional opinions of the medical man,
which, as Bernard Shaw reveals, are all too often the human heart's
substitute for human morals, is being presented. All performances
begin at 8:00 p.m.
Eugene O'Neill's haunting, often startling, revelation of the many
facets of the human character, as seen from within the confines of a
tramp steamer as it journeys around the world, "S.S. Glencairn" plays
September 24, 29.
"As You Like It," William Shakespeare's comedy in which Rosalind,
Orlando and others use disguise, intrigue and wit to woo and win
their partners plays September 24 and 28.
September 23 the Guthrie presents "The Skin of Our Teeth," in
which the Antrobus family survives centuries of calamity by the skin
of their teeth in a "comic strip" tribute to the average man by Thor-ton
Wilder.
Theatre in the Round
September 23, 24, and 30 Theatre in the Round presents "Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" where Edward Albee presents in the action
of one evening four characters whose world of "fun and games" makes
for an evening of emotional and intellectual fireworks.
Veterans Administration
The nation's 1,200 university and college newspapers, magazines
and other publications have been asked to join the Veterans Adminis-tration
in a saturation campaign to acquaint every veteran-student
with all details of the payment procedures of the new G.I. Bill's educa-tion
program.
The VA cautions that the veteran going to school should be pre-pared
to pay his expenses for at least two months.
The law requires that monthly certificates of attendance signed
by veterans be sent to the VA attesting the veteran has attended
classes. Necessarily these certificates can be sent only after a month's
schooling is completed. On the 20th of the following month, VA mails
the payment checks. Proper and prompt sending of these certificates
will eliminate delays.
Allowances are:
Monthly Payments Available to Veterans:
Type of Program No One Two or More
Dependents Dependent Dependents
Institutional
Full-Time $100 $125 $150
Three-Quarter Time 75 95 75
Half-Time 50 65 75
Less than Half-Time Rate of established charges for tuition and
fee. not to exceed $50 of more than one-
WASHINGTON (BPA) — Sen. Birch Bayh (D.,
Ind.) inserted in the Congressional Record the reso-lutions
of three national Baptist conventions in op-position
to the proposed Dirksen prayer amendment.
These were among testimonies the Indiana Sen-ator
put in the Record giving the arguments on both
sides of the issue. The arguments were given during
a week and a half of hearings on the proposed amend-ment
by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Con,
stitutional Amendments, of which Bayh is chairman.
The Baptist viewpoints were presented to the
Judiciary Subcommittee in testimony given by C.
Emanuel Carlson, executive director of the Baptist
Joint Committee on Public Affairs, Washington,
D.C.
Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R., Ill.) previously an-nounced
that he would force the issue to the floor of
the Senate on August 30 without waiting for action
by the Judiciary Subcommittee. Since printed copies
of the record of the hearings were not available for
the Senators to study, Bayh put selected testimonies
in the Congressional Record, a daily record of Senate
and House activities.
In announcing this procedure, Bayh said that he
agreed with the Illinois Senator that Congress should
do something to clarify the misinformation that the
public has about the Supreme Court decisions on
prayer and Bible reading in public schools.
Bayh said that he was not convinced that a con-stitutional
amendment is the proper way of clari-
Senate President Kei
States Senate's Worth
ly student centered (that's where
the Social Committee comes in).
But we need a voice. We need
some place to say as a group "We
want a hockey team," — or a space
program, or free books or what-ever
it happens to be. That's where
Senate comes in. It is both your
mouthpiece and the government of
the student body.
As a result our control is over
a lot of seemingly piddly little
trivial items. We don't decide
about continued association with
the Conference, tuition costs, or
expulsion of teachers or stu-dents.
But then again this is a
corporation, not a democracy.
If we disagree with major policy
we can 1) voice our disagree-ment
while we abide by it, or
2) leave. I see no honest alter-natives.
So here we are left with plan-ning
activities for social life and
publishing weekly newspapers. If
there's any emphasis which I hope
to push personally it is that of
being a mouthpiece for the stu-dent
and lobbying in his interest.
To summarize there are a few
new things on the horizon — a
campus radio station, a concert
series, possibly a coffee house.
There may be a new emphasis on
voicing opinion. But there's noth-ing
earth-shaking to revolutionize
all our lives. It's enough just to
do what we've already been given.
Explains Education Bill
quarter time; not to exceed $25, if one-quarter
time or less.
While on Active Duty Rate of established charges for tuition and
fees, or $100 per month for a full-time
course, whichever is less. No allowance for
dependents.
Cooperative Training $80 $100 $12?
Correspondence Cost only of established charges for lessons
completed and serviced by school.
Full-time training courses are 14 semester hours, or the equivalent.
Three-quarter time equals 10 to 13 hours, inclusive.
Half-time is 7 to 9 semester hours, inclusive.
A cooperative program is a full-time program consisting of class-room
and alternate training in a business or industrial establishment,
with the training supplemental to the educational institutional portion.
When the course is of less than a regular semester, such as summer
school, the 14-hour standard is used or the equivalent in class plus
laboratory, fieldwork, research or other types of prescribed activity.
Correspondence course allowances will be computed on what non-veterans
pay for the same courses. These allowances will be paid
quarterly.
Outside work is not the interest of the VA. Money or wages from
such outside activities are entirely the veteran-sudent's business.
by Jim Keim
What does student government
at Bethel do? This was a crucial
question last year in a "Senate is
or ought to be dead" dispute. The
answer to our question is rather
broad and might start with a groc-ery
list of the old stand-bys like
publications, social programs, and
mixers.
But the pointed question came
"Why not just establish a Social
Committee in charge of such like?
Is that all we do is plan banquets
and parties." The obvious answer
is that if that was all we did we
should let the Social Committee
take over. Why not?
The opponents of the Senate-is-
dead proposal said "that may
have been all we ARE doing
but it's not all we CAN do!"
Their argument (plus a lot of
Senate dies-hards) carried the
day and here we are stuck with
the same old "representative
body" plan. What's it for if it
isn't planning banquets or mix-ers?
Here's my answer. Bethel Col-lege
is a corporation (not a dem-ocracy)
owned by the Baptist Gen-eral
Conference, administered by
our administration under policy
set by the Board of Education. We
have received authority over that
little bit of activity which is strict-
Eying the issue. He hopes that some resolution or
statement from Congress can be made to explain
exactly what it was the Court did and did not do.
"Some of the interpretations which have been
placed on the Supreme Court decisions on this sub-ject
are ridiculous, to say the least," Bayh declared.
He said that the Court did not rule out the singing
of the last verse of the Star Spangled Banner, certain
verses of America, the reference to God in the Pledge
of Allegiance, and "In God We Trust" on coins and
currency.
"All these claims have no substance at all when
one carefully examines the Supreme Court deci-sions,"
he said. "The Court merely held that a
State governmental agency cannot prescribe a pray-er
to be said in a public school classroom," he
continued.
Dirksen's proposed amendment would give power
to certain public authorities to "provide for" and
"permit" the recitation of voluntary prayers in
schools and other public buildings.
Among the inserts in the Congressional Record the
first two days were included the testimony by Paul
A. Fruend, teacher of constitutional law at Harvard
University. He recited a long list of "compelling
objections" to the proposed Dirksen amendment.
Along with this was the testimony of Leonidas C.
Contos, for the Archdiocese of North and South
America. He was in favor of the Dirksen amend-ment.
Another testimony was that of
Robert McNeill for the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. (commonly
called Southern). He proposed al-ternate
suggestions for clarifying
in the public mind the impact of
the Supreme Court decisions. If
these failed, then he favored a
constitutional amendment.
Carlson appeared on behalf of
the Baptist Joint Committee on
Public Affairs and presented reso-lutions
by the American Baptist
Convention, the Southern Baptist
Convention, and the North Ameri-can
Baptist General Conference.
All of these affirmed the adequacy
of the First Amendment as it now
stands to protect the religious
freedom of the people. Although
opposed to a constitutional prayer
amendment, Carlson was favorable
to some type of resolution or state-ment
by Congress, stating the is-sues
decided by the Supreme
Court.
Culture
Anyone?
Cultural affairs at Bethel do
not all center in the T.V. rooms
on "Batman" nights, and in or-der
to insure that this remains
so, Student Senate is combing
the campus for a chairman or
chairwoman to take over at the
helm of the Cultural Committee.
Carol Pederson, who has been
appointed to the post, crossed
the border into Minneapolis to
attend art school this year, and
has therefore resigned. All inter-ested
candidates for the posi-tion
are urged to voice their in-terest
to Jim Keim, PO 460,
right away.
the CLARION
Published weekly during the academic year,
except during vacation and examination
periods, by the students of Bethel college
and seminal y, St. Paul 1. Minn. Subscrip-tion
rate $3 per year.
Editor-in-chief John Halvorsen
Assistant Editor Jonathan P. Larson
News Editor Jeff Loomis
Feature Editor Nancy Johnson
Photography John Hopkins
Business Manager John Tegenfeldt
Advisor Wallace Nelson
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not
necessarily reflect the position of the college
or seminary.
Freshman Registration again provides a nightmare of lines, desks, forms, bills and a maze of official
red tape for the "Greenies." The story below checks their opinion.
Freshman Inductees Verbalize Ideas
In Recent 'New Impressions' Survey
Jon Larson, Royal Mountaineer, rapelles from the grand traverse
of Bethel's educational summit, commonly called Lecture Hall 106.
by Bob Bryant
The Freshman class has descend-ed
on Bethel after the annual Wel-come
Retreat. Now, all registered
and in class, they are absorbed in
the full swing of academic and
social life.
Last week, the Clarion asked
some freshmen exactly what they
thought of Bethel, dorm life, be-ing
away from home, wearing
beanies, roommates, and (of all
things) registration.
When asked what they thought
of Bethel, most felt it was
"great," dorm life was an all-around
hit, and being away from
home received unanimous favor.
The three controversial topics
were subject to varied reactions.
They thought beanies were "ri-diculous,"
roommates "not bad,"
and registration "a mess."
Some of the better individual
answers:
BETHEL: "I really like it." "I
like the friendly attitude of the
kids." "It's what I expected—every-one
is so nice." "I like it real
well." "It's pretty good." "Fabu-lous."
"Really neat." "It's a great
place." "I'm entirely satisfied."
"It's better than I expected."
DORM LIFE: "It's great." "It's
a riot." "I felt at home right
away." "It's OK—so far." "It's
OK — different." "So far — so
good." "Real fun." "I like it."
BEING AWAY FROM HOME:
"It doesn't bother me any — yet."
"Not bad yet." "It's a riot, too."
"It's a change." "Great!" "OK." "I
like it!"
WEARING BEANIES: "Not too
stupid." "It gives me an inferiority
complex." "Not bad." "I don't no-tice
it." "It's a necessary evil."
"At least I didn't have to kiss any-one's
feet." "Utterly ridiculous."
"Rather stupid." "It's fun."
ON THE SUBJECT OF ROOM-MATES:
"He's a good guy."
"Tremendous." "SO SO." "One's
a mess, the other's real neat." "I
think I can get along.' "No com-plaints."
"Not bad." "Noisy only
at night." "Don't see too much
of 'em." "They're fine."
WHEN ASKED ABOUT REGIS-TRATION:
"Lousy." "Never again."
"It stinks." "Yuck." "Not as bad
as I expected." "A long and boring
task." "Inefficient." "Horrid."
One week of school, and they al-ready
have the whole place sized
up. Well, this is it. The class of
'70 is here—to stay (at least for
one semester)!
by Vickie Beyer
"Bethel is great. The teachers
and students—even the upperclass-men—
are so friendly."
That statement depicts one of
the first impressions the class of
1970 has received of Bethel from
their first days on campus.
Sally Robertson, Worthington,
Minnesota, says that even though
everyone's friendly, she doesn't
know about dorm life. She's not
sure she can live through a year
of it.
Marian Kling, Crystal Lake, Illin-ois,
has "no regrets" however a-bout
Bethel. She likes the inde-pendence
a college life has to of-fer.
Keith Anderson of Minneapolis,
Minnesota, likes Bethel's atmos-phere,
but not when it comes to
initiations. He found it very un-spirited
on the part of the upper-classmen.
Not many of them joined
in the jovialities of asking for num-bers
or bowing of the freshmen.
Randy Floyd, Hayes Center,
Nebraska, has solved the prob-by
Leonard Sammons
The Bethel Student Senate con-vened
on Monday, Septpember 19,
at 7:10 p.m. in room 212, with ten
senators, six other officers, Dr.
Dalton, and Mr. Halleen present.
Brief discussion was given to dress-up
dinners.
Campus coordinator Jim Ham-mar
said that dress-up dinners
are being planned for the Friday
night of weekends in which major
events are scheduled, such as this
Friday for New Talents. It was
also mentioned that there are va-cancies
for cultural and academic
committee coordinators.
In addition, Kathy Harvie sug-gested
the Senate request com-mittee
coordinators to attend
Senate meetings. Jim Hammar
thought this would be unneces-sary
and that they were busy
enough. Jim Keim said they
lem of homesickness. He's room-ing
with his brother. Randy,
from a small town, likes city life
but prefers Minneapolis to St.
Paul.
"Academically it's a big jump
from high school," are the words
Kay Gardner, Muskegon, Michigan,
had for classes after her first day.
"The Lord led me into the min-istry,
and Bethel fulfills my needs
for the study I'll need," is the rea-son
Jack Forbes, Owatonna, Min-nesota,
gave for coming to Bethel.
Of the food Jack says, "It's worth
waiting for."
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Robie Reed, Anchorage, Alaska,
finds the Christian Atmosphere the
most enjoyable part of Bethel.
"Making God the center of school
life is the most important aspect
of daily activity."
would report in two weeks with
their plans for two months.
Most of the time was spent
discussing the concert series,
which is a new venture for Bethel
this year. It was mentioned that
women students are requested to
buy their own tickets. Ron Stone
then asked if any provisions are
being made for the potential prob-lem
of a fellow being in a different
section than his date.
Dr. Dalton suggested general ad-mission
but Mr. Halleen thought
this might be unfair to non-Bethel
people who would either have to
start coming very early or else
obtain less desirable seating.
The Senate finally approved,
by a 5 to 4 vote, a motion by
Roger Johnson that three of the
six sections will be student sec-tions
and the tickets will be
equivalant. It was also mention-
Wednesday, September 21, 1966
by Jonathan P. Larson
To the Eastern mountain climb-er,
the Black Hills of South Dakota
stand only as a landmark for trav-el
on to the Tetons of Wyoming.
The Tetons are as rugged as the
Alps are majestic. They are the
lodestone f o r climbing fanatics
within North America.
Every summer a motley crew
tumble out of cars, trucks, motor-cycles,
and airplanes to challenge
the slopes. Jackson Hole, footstool
of the Tetons, is their summer
home. Laden with assault packs,
ropes, slings, pitons, ice axes, and
a legion of other equipment they
disappear into the mountains.
I arrived in Jackson Hole long
after the mainstream had come.
Climber's camp was thinning
out, but the mountains and sum-mer
were still there. With two
friends — a student from John
Hopkins and a medical student
from Cincinnati — plans were
laid for our climb.
We purchased our Teton gold
line (4,000 lb. test), provisions for
ourselves—chocolate, cheese, hard
candy, condensed milk,—and set
out up the Grand Teton on August
29.
We left our car at Lupine mea-dows
and followed a narrow gorge
up to a number of alpine meadows
in the vicinity of 9,000 feet. From
there Ganet Canyon, a flood of
scree (loose rock), stretches up to
the lower saddle. We labored up
the slope for several hours paus-ing
only to catch our breath in
the thin air at 10,000 feet.
An unexpected gust of wind
blew our only sleeping bag down
the gorge about 2,000 feet. With
genda
ed that single tickets will be in
a separate and least desirable
section than season tickets.
The Senate also approved a mo-tion
by Kathy Harvie that the Sen-ate
recommend that the coffee
shop be opened Saturday nights
from 9:30 to 10:30 or 11:00. This
would, of course have to be ap-proved
by Mr. Walters. With no
more new business, the Senate ad-journed
at about 8:15 p.m.
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the sleeping bag went our hopes
for a night on the summit. Un-willing
to turn back, we sprinted
up to the lower saddle in search
of a cave.
Huddled together in the cave
we spent a sleepless night. The
unexpected snow and wind were
our only company. We anxiously
waited for the first rays of the
sun to pierce the darkness. Warm-ed
by the sun, our wind breakers,
and parkas we set out for our
ultimate goal — the assault on the
summit.
Vergloss (rocks covered with a
thin sheet of ice) had set in and
the climbing was both difficult
and risky. At 12,000 we roped up
and began the belay system. The
lead man would execute a pitch
and then control the safety line
-while the following member made
the move.
We climbed the western route
(the Owen) hampered by t h e
fresh snow and ice. Leaving the
conventional route we did sev-eral
difficult variations along the
way — chimneys, face outs, lay
backs, and so on.
At 1:30 that afternoon we step-ped
up to the summit and signed
our names in the register that
contained the names of Robert
MacNamara and a host of distin-guished
climbers who had reached
the summit and inscribed their
names in the book.
We ate some snow to quench our
thirst and turning our backs on
the summit turned to the south
side to make our descent. It was
intoxicating. We dangled and then
lowered ourselves over a 150 foot
cliff. Mountain goat style we wend-ed
our way to lower altitude. Even-ing
set in, and in the darkness we
found ourselves in the pungent
pine forests of the lower reaches.
Having felt the sting of thin
air in our nostrils, the whip of
snow, the thirst that lingers
after a mouthful of snow, the
thrill of walking a vertical moun-tainside
with ropes, with hands
an aching pulp from the cutting
ice and rock, rope burns that re-fused
to be silent, we determin-ed
to return if that was at all
possible.
A few scant moments at 13,700
feet insistently beckons any climb-er
who has had a taste of The
Mountain.
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Larry Peterson cradles a Dave Anderson pass, slipping from the
clutches of his would-be Sioux Falls tackler as Dave Norman prepares
to lend blocking assistance. Bethel lost the game 10-0.
Page 4 the CLARION Wednesday, September 21, 1966
Royal Gridmen Suffer Second Loss
In Closely-Matched Saturday Game
Next Tuesday in the fieldhouse
beginning at 8 p.m., gymnastics
will take the spotlight, with an
all-male gymnastic team from Den-mark's
011erup Physical Education
School putting on an exhibition
of this exciting and artful sport.
The team is on an extensive tour
of the United States and chose to
perform here at Bethel for one of
their in-school exhibitions.
If their schedule permits, the
gymnasts will also be holding a
participation clinic with our tumb-
This year the Bethel cross-coun-try
team is coached by Eugene
Glader and has scheduled ten
meets. As of this moment the
team has four sure members, three
freshmen and one sophomore who
ran in a few of last year's meets.
Steve Roe is the second-year man,
while Steve Johnson, Ron Stoesz,
and Ken Borchert round out the
squad.
Coach Glader hopes to add a
new element to cross country this
year. This is to get men who par-ticipate
in other sports such as
tennis, basketball, and track out
for cross country on a volutary
basis. Instead of running each day
as the regular members of the
team do, these volunteers will be
required to run three times a week
and will also test themselves in
the meets. In this way they will
be getting pre-season training for
their major sport plus an added
Sioux Falls defeated Bethel Sat-urday
in Midway Stadium 10-0 as
Larry Skogerboe, playing his first
game as a quarterback for Sioux
Falls, scored for Sioux Falls on a
one yard sweep and set up a field
goal with a long run.
It was a hard-fought battle, with
both teams getting their share of
breaks; however Sioux Falls was
able to capitalize on their share.
The big break for the Braves came
early in the second quarter when
they recovered a Bethel fumble on
a punt return at Bethel's 25 yard
line.
For a moment it appeared as
though the Royal's defense
would hold as a first down pass
was incomplete in the end zone
and as freshman Fred Swedberg
broke through to nail Skogerboe
for a loss of two on second.
by Jerry Loomis
In preparation for the 1966 sea-son,
the Bethel College football
team scheduled an intensive series
of training sessions at a football
camp in Wood Lake, Wisconsin.
The camp was held for one week
under the leadership of head
coach, Dave Cox.
He was assisted by Coach Duane
Gibson, who worked with the ends,
and Coach Stu Luckman, who
worked with the linemen. Gibson
is doing graduate work at the Uni-versity
of Illinois at Chicago, while
Coach Luckman is one of Bethel's
art teachers.
In addition to Cox, coaches
for the regular season are Mike
Rynkiewich and Lowell Gauss
with the line, and Maury Shields
with the backfield.
Both Mike and Lowell are form-er
graduates of Bethel, the former
in 1966 and the latter in 1965.
Rynkiewich is presently taking
graduate work in anthropology at
the University of Minnesota in ad-dition
to his coaching.
Of the forty-one squad members,
there are eighteen returning let-termen,
two transfer students, sev-eral
sophomores who didn't play
But on third and long yardage
a sideline pass brought Sioux Falls
to within two yards of a first
down, and a fourth down run net-ted
the first down at the 14. A
pass brought the ball down to the
five, and two plays later Skogerboe
carried it in from the one.
The first 15 minutes of play
were completely dominated by
Bethel who missed several op-portunities
to score. After running
the opening kickoff out to the 30,
Sioux Falls fumbled on the first
play from scrimmage, the Royals
recovering on the 38.
A penalty and a completed
pass for a loss pushed them back
to the 45, where a 12 yard pass
from Dave Anderson, making his
debut at quarterback, to Larry
Peterson was not enough to keep
the braves from gaining posses-sion
on downs at their own 29.
during their freshman year, and
sixteen newcomers.
End John Carmean and line-backer
Jim Brand are co-cap-tains
this year and seek to in-spire
their fellow players with
their fine play and excellent
leadership. Veteran John Benson
is doing an excellent job at the
guard slot.
Don Swenson and Dave Ander-son
are the two transfer students
who made the squad. Dave is
sharing the quarterbacking duties
with Bill Englund, one of the re,
turning lettermen.
Of the new sophomores this
year, Ron Pederson, and Gary Wil,
son are each doing a "bang-up"
job at their positions. Finally a
number of the sixteen freshmen
are playing on specialty teams.
Fred Swedberg and Ken Irons
are on the starting defensive
unit, while freshman fullback
Lee Pearson has shown great
desire as he continues to give
that last-ditch effort for more
yards in grinding his way
through the middle of the line
for good, steady yardage.
Despite two opening losses to
Hamline and Sioux Falls, Coach
The defense held, however, and
Bethel's offense took over on their
25 yard line after a long Sioux
Falls punt. Utilizing the fine run-ning
of freshman fullback Lee
Pearson and a 12 yard scamper by
Anderson, the Royals moved into
opposing territory before the at-tack
bogged down, forcing a punt.
The punt was downed on the
Braves' three yard line where the
defense held and forced a short
punt. Taking over on the 33, Bethel
got a first down on the 22 before
Sioux Falls gained posession on
downs as the first quarter ended.
It was only four plays into the
second quarter that the fateful
fumble occured, paving the way
to Sioux Falls' touchdown with
Bob Nix adding the extra point.
Bethel took the subsequent kick-off
out to their 25 and drove to the
Sioux Falls 15 yard line where
they again were stopped short of
paydirt. A key break for the Roy-als
in the drive was a roughing-the-
kicker penalty which gave
them a first down on their 44.
Pearson picked up two more
first downs and Anderson hit Se-lander
for a first down on the
19 before the drive was stopped.
The Royals held Sioux Falls and
staged one more brief threat be-fore
halftime which fell short
when Bill Englund's long pass was
intercepted deep in the Braves'
territory.
The second half was much like
the first as the Royals continued
to eat up large chunks of yard-age
in the middle of the field
but could not get the ball across
the goal line.
Sioux Falls scored their field
goal on a fourth down play inside
Bethel's 10 after Skogerboe broke
loose for a 46 yard run to the
10 yard line to set it up.
Game statistics showed Bethel
outgaining Sioux Falls in total
yards 184 to 153, and also holding
an edge in first downs, 12 to 5.
The Royals are now 0-2 for the
season as they lost to Hamline the
previous week, 41 to 0. They have
yet to get on the scoreboard.
Cox definitely feels that with a
little more experience, determina-tion,
and support, the team has a
great potential for victory.
With six games remaining, the
season is far from over. Bethel
gridiron fans, don't give up yet!
Get out and support our team!
ling and gymnastics' classes from
3 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.
Observers are welcome to attend.
The men from 011erup have a
very idealistic, dedicated approach
to gymnastics. Upon returning
from their tour of our country,
they will become leaders in the
establishment of local gymnastic
clubs throughout their nation.
Young and old alike will not
want to miss seeing these men
in action. The price is fifty cents
for students and one dollar for
adults. See you Tuesday night!
element of competition which will
add depth to and increase the cross
country squad's chances for vic-tory.
Tennis standouts Craig An-derson
and Tom Halst and track-man
Ron Stone have already shown
an interest in this new arrange-men.
Finally, the coach invites other
men to give cross country a try
who might think they really have
to be outstanding to be on the
team and for this reason have re-frained
from coming out. "It may
be that you have failed to realize
your full potential, and by dedicat-ing
yourself to hard work could
become a real asset to Bethel's
cross country team," he comment-ed
when interviewed.
Balance Of Lettermen, Newcomers
Provide Football Squad's Potential
Harriers Seek New Runners
To Bolster Season's Promise
