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Brown University initiates education
revolution - - in curriculum, learning
Mo Shields, head football coach recently announced his
resignation from the Bethel faculty.
Crisis Colony brings
new education style
to Bethel students
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CPS)—Dur-ing
the late 1700's, Brown Univer-sity
aided the American Revolution
by housing French and American
soldiers in its University Hall. To-day,
another, quite different rev-olution
is taking place on Brown's
"country college" campus.
A revolution in education.
Prompted by the demands of
zealous student reformers, the al-ma
mater of such statesmen as
John Hay and Charles Evan
Hughes has adopted what is in
many respects the most progres-sive
undergraduate curriculum to
be found in any major U.S. insti-tution
of higher learning.
Freshmen, once forced to attend
huge introductory courses in nu-merous
specialized disciplines in
the interest of achieving a "lib-eral"
education, are given new
freedom. There are no university-required
courses, and small, in-formal
"Modes of Thought" cours-es
have been instituted to combat
depersonalization.
"Modes of Thought" courses are
interdisciplinary. A course on the
subject of revolution, for example,
might draw on the alienated writ-ings
of Tolstoy, Satre and Camus,
empirical political theory, history
and political philosophy. The
courses are taught independently
of departmental sponsorship by in-dividual
faculty members who are
free to abandon a particular
course at their wish. This helps
to insure enthusiastic instruction.
"Modes of Thought" courses
have a 20-student enrollment ceil-ing.
Upper - division students a t
Brown no longer have to conform
to a pre-established pattern of
study. A "Committee of Concentra-tions"
has been formed to aid stu-dents
in determining study pro-grams
tailored to individual needs.
The old concept of "majoring"
in one subject and "minoring" in
another has been done away with.
Students are expected to plunge
into a few areas of study more in-tensively
than others, but there
are no numerical constraints on
the quantity of courses to be
taken. Subject to the approval
of the committee, a student might
fulfill his obligation for "concen-trating"
in an area by taking four
or five courses in it.
"The effect of the new system
is simply to remove the artificial
restraints which have, to some de-gree,
encouraged students to think
of 'education' in terms of speci-fied
numbers of courses symmetri-cally
apportioned into distinct
courses," explains a pamphlet put
out by the administration.
The most radical change is in
grading — or, rather, the lack of
it. All course work is evaluated
either on an "A, B, C" and "un-satisfactory"
basis or simply as
"Satisfactory" and "unsatisfac-tory."
A student may choose the
method he prefers. No credit is
given for unsatisfactory work, and
no notation of a student's unsatis-factory
performance is entered on
his transcript.
A student must complete six
courses satisfactorily by the end
of his freshman year, 13 by the
end of his second year, 21 by the
third year and 28 in order to
graduate. The administration calls
the retention of the "A, B, C"
system possibly only a "transi-tional
measure" until the satis-factory-
no credit system can be
evaluated.
This reformed curriculum is
largely the product of students'
efforts. In 1966, a group of Brown
students, meeting in an indepen-dent
study project, set out to
examine undergraduate education.
Fifteen months later, they releas-ed
a 450-page report on the short-comings
of higher education in the
U.S., with specific recommenda-tions
for Brown.
Maurice (Mo) Shields has re-signed
as head football coach at
Bethel College.
The announcement, issued
through the office of Dean Virgil
Olson, cited changes in adminis-trative
leadership, inadequate staf-fing,
and limited recruitment pro-grams
as factors frustrating
Shield's goals for the team. In
three years the Royals have corn-piled
a 1-24-1 record.
In an interview Shields said that
Bethel's traditional gridiron rivals
have intensified their commitment
to football with more aggressive
recruitment programs and that
Bethel has not been able to keep
pace with this trend. Coupled with
the rugged schedule played this
year, the team has not been able
to win its share of games.
Dean Olson stated in the an-nouncement,
"A losing football
team is never pleasant for a team
or a coach. Both coach and players
President Ray Heffner appoint-ed
a student-faculty committee to
consider the report. Then he es-tablished
a Special Committee on
Educational Principles to formu-late
proposals for reform. Last
May, the committee released its
report, and the school's faculty
met for three days to debate it.
Classes were suspended so students
could participate. The report was
adopted.
Wrote one faculty member who
helped compile the report: "The
new curriculum makes a number
of radical departures from past
practices and principles, but the
underlying motivation is the de-sire
to modify an existing tradi-tion
rather than to subvert it.
"In the same manner in which
constitutional amendment pre-serves
the integrity of political
order, curricular reform, even the
most 'revolutionary,' is an expres-sion
of trust in the capacity of
existing institutions to change in
order to satisfy newly felt needs
and to pursue new purposes."
The Special Committee on Edu-cational
Principles is continuing
to function. In prospect for the
future are "multidimensional"
courses for upperclassmen, simi-lar
to the "Modes of Thought"
courses; and a much-expanded
counselling program concerned
with the non-academic as well as
the academic lives of students.
are to be commended for their
hard work, realistic spirit, and
hard-fought football."
Shields has also coached Royal
baseball and golf squads. His base-ball
teams have compiled an 18-
23-1 record and his golfers have
by Anne Dalton
Bethel College students, especi-ally
sophomores and juniors, are
again given the unique opportuni-ty
of participating in the Augsburg
Crisis Colony. This is Bethel's
second year of participation in the
program.
The Crisis Colony consists of
two students from eleven colleges
participating in a live-in encount-er
with an inner city community.
The live-in situation will be locat-ed
in the Model City area of South
Minneapolis. The community and
its people will become the labora-tory
and educational resources for
the study of life and the com-munity
in the contemporary city.
The program of study is wide
and varied. Students will partici-pate
in an urban seminar, a pro-gram
of participant observation
in the life of the community, and
are responsible for an independent
study related to one of the aca-demics.
Books relevant to the live-in
experience will be read and dis-cussed.
Representatives of t h e
community which may range from
policemen to poets will speak to
participants.
Larry Day, Bethel's representa-tive
to the Colony last year, found
the experience to be interesting,
exciting and rewarding. "I not only
read about and discussed prob-lems
existing in the community
but also had the opportunity to
live and participate in them," said
Day.
The Crisis Colony is a new style
of education in which these basic
premises are involved:
1. The crisis focus centers in un-derstanding
one's own inner cri-sis
in the light of the crisis in
these present days. It is a time
of judgement when the truth
emerges and is a time of oppor-tunity
WASHINGTON (CPS) — Despite
advance government predictions
of wide spread violence and the
last minute cancellation of buses
in some cities, the capital exper-ienced
the largest protest rally
in the nation's history Nov. 15.
Exactly how big the massive
crowd that gathered at the Wash-ington
Monument to protest the
Vietnam war was is impossible
to determine. Police Chief Jerry
Wilson termed his department's
posted a 4-2 record in dual meets.
Shields earned his A.B. degree in
Physical Education from Friends
University, Wichita, Kansas (1956),
and his M.S. from Kansas State
Teachers College, Emporia, Kan-sas
(1965).
2. The Community becomes the
teacher. Living in the area im-merses
the group in "what's
happening." Casual meetings
with a rich variety of people
give opportunity for learning
not found in books.
3. The Crisis Colony involves it-self
in the community organiza-tions
and churches.
4.Most important, students a r e
learning how to live humanly,
how to develop a style of urban
living that is humane. Central
is the task of discovering new
ways of worship for such a com-munity.
Bethel has decided to grant
credit for participation in the pro-gram.
The amount of credit given
will be determined when the stu-dent
submits the outline of his
proposed program, and the num-ber
of credits desired to the de-partment
in which credit is de-sired.
Dean Olson stated it would
be possible to obtain credit in
such areas as sociology, history,
psychology, or in the case of a
pre-med student, perhaps in the
area of biology.
The dates of the Colony are ap-proximately
from March 16 to
May 25. Costs are:
Tuition $456.00
Board and Room 265.00
Community and
Laboratory Fee 25.00
$746.00
Other participating colleges are:
Augsburg, Augustana (Sioux Falls),
Carleton, St. Catherine's, St.
Thomas, Concordia (Moorhead),
Gustavus Adolphus, Hamline, St.
Jo'in's and St. Olaf's.
Interested sophomores and jun-iors
should contact Richard Stein-haus
or Dean Olson as soon as
possible. Deadline for the selec-tion
of two students is December
1, 1969.
estimate of a quarter of a million
people as "modest." He added that
it is impossible to tell the size
of a crowd larger than 250,000.
There are few precedents to judge
by.
The New Mobilization refuses
to estimate the crowd. But esti-mates
have ranged as high as
two million participants with var-ious
media reporting "more than
a half million" and 800,000 par-ticipants.
In any case, it was by far the
largest protest this country has
ever witnessed, and that is the
real news value of the day. Just
two years ago the first Mobe
march had slightly fewer than
100,000 participants. The previous
record - holding Washington civil
rights rally saw about 210,000 per-sons.
Not everyone who wanted to
participate in the Washington
march up Pennsylvania Avenue
from the Capitol to the Washing-ton
Monument could. There just
wasn't room in the streets to
hold them. After waiting for hours
to march, thousands of persons
had to walk the mall to the monu-ment
only to find they could not
get within sight of the rally stage.
As Dr. Timothy Leary put it
as he gazed at the crowd that
stretched to the horizon, "One
W000dstock, t w o Woodstocks,
three Woodstocks...out if sight."
Persons of every age and every
political persuasion participated.
Viet Cong flags flew next to Am-continued
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Bethel Football coach resigns position
Largest protest crowd in Capital
history demands withdrawal
THE WORLD—LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT
PAT! I THINK
I GOT IT
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the CLARION Monday, November 24, 1969
How many angels can
dance on a pin head?
Actually the title of this editorial has little relation to its content—
unless you want it to — anything is possible if you want it bad enough.
The semester is nearing its end. Just two more papers to go. Since
opportunity for this editor to express her opinions could be slipping
away, I decided that it would be quite the proper time to bring to
print some of the really important issues on campus — ones which the
community finds really bothersome and which consume most of their
intellectual thought and discussion.
When you stop to consider how many inconveniences and injustices
students, Bethel students in particular, must contend with every day,
munity were exercising its wisdom and sense of prudence every one
it really is amazing that any Christian love whatsoever is manifest. Tak-ing
all facts into consideration, I think that we do pretty well as Chris-tians.
Take for instance the state of the sidewalks which maze the campus.
With only an inch — or at the most two — of snow, our pedestrian
system of transportation on campus has become a gauntlet. If the com-munity
were exercising its wisdom and sense of prouence every one
would don ice skates. Something really ought to be done about the
situation before one of those less prudent souls who wears a revised
version of the ice skates (called shoes with heels) slips and breaks her
toe — or hurts her "tooky-tooky".
Sidewalks are only the most current of the difficulty students
must suffer. There is also the issue of the rise in coffee shop prices
this year, which because of gross neglect on my part has not been dis-cussed
within the pages of the Clarion yet this semester. For the infor-mation
of the freshmen, the price of pie has gone up five cents since
last year (and — overheard at a coffeeshop table — the quality has gone
down). And two scoops of ice cream now cost 20 cents rather than the
former 15. I really find it hard to understand how coffee shop cashiers
who profess to manifest Christian love can look hungry impoverished
students squarely in the eye and demand "another nickel, please." In-flation,
that incriminating evidence of sin (you know that difficulty is
the sign of sin and prosperity the sign of God's favor), has penetrated
even the wall of Christian love which surrounds and protects our square
block.
Of course I must renounce my derelict behavior and readress the
campus community to the age old and very pertinent problem of the
quality of the cafeteria meals. Reports have it that inspite of the new
senate committee — the Food Service Committee — the meals leave
much to be desird. Hamburger and potatoes can be fixed in a hundred
wonderful ways, but in spite of the attempt at variety, after a while you
tend to notice a strange similarity in the taste of the meals. But then,
maybe it isn't the meals at all, but only the color of the walls and
the fact that interior decoration in the cafeteria, through no fault of
Alice Johnson's, is almost nil. Anywhere but here at the citadel of
Christianity, I would be tempted to say that the eating companions,
rather than the food, could be the problem. But here at Bethel where
everyone is ovrflowing with Christian love and concern for their fellow
man (but not student or roommate — oops that must have slipped
out by mistake) that problem is nonexistant.
Also evidence that Bethel must be "going down the tubes" is the
fact that the library is no longer open on Friday and Saturday nights.
It really is a shame that the industrious and serious minded students
on our campus can find no place to pursue their activities at that choice
time — the weekend. Instead the library has opened ON SUNDAY
Al, 1 bRNOON. But of course the sabbath only lasts until sundown and
a lot of Sundays are cloudy.
Then there is the nagging problem of running out of paper toweling
in the wash room. It is extremely irritating to wash your hands and
then find that after trying to shake them dry, you have to risk ruining
your 20 dollar wool skirt to finish the job. Don't janitors have any
respect for students anymore After all one can afford only so many
20-dollar skirts each year.
And now you grumblers, give me a chance I have not forgotten
the most important issues of all — women's hours. This problem is on
the level of the Vietnam War and the demand of those dirty hippies
that we withdraw immediately and ruin our reputation as the first and
best nation in the world. As was said of the Maratorium on November 15,
there was nothing new said because there really was nothing new to
say. Its a horrible problem, one that should be dealt with immediately.
What self respecting girl wants to admit to her date, of course that
situation doesn't arise too often, that she has to be in at 11 p.m.
I think that at this point I shall stop before I carry a good thing
too far. Too many important issues shouldn't be discussed at once, or
they tend to lose their relevance. If you think that I have overlooked
one of the particular pertinent issues on campus please be sure to inform
me of my neglect. (Of course we actually shouldn't admit that we have
problems, because we are Christians and good Christians don't have
problems.)
Now if you are still reading, you are one of those unique individuals
who has an unusual amount of persistence. As reward, I will attempt
to give you a hint as to what this editorial is really all about. Remem-ber
the title?
I have decided that it was about time that this editor reevaluated
her priorities. After all the editor of a campus newspaper really should
not be out of step with the trends on the campus that she is supposed
to be representing. (Of course the fact that the purpose of a newspaper
is not to represent, but to inform is irrelevant.)
I decided that it was about time that the paper started reflecting
the true issues. After all shoveled side walks, paper toweling, better
cafeteria meals, longer library hours and curfews, and coffee shop infla-tion
are more worthy of time, discussion and intellectual energy than
thouands dying in Vietnam, or those being malformed by prejudice, the
social system, and the educational system. It really would be quite
pointless to address ourselves to a problem for which there is no ap-parent
answer — we might find one and then what would we do?
fax
by Tom Ford
MARY AND MARGARET
Until recently, the forces favoring the abolition of marijuana
laws have been an assemblage of the sort of citizens that both Congress
and middle-class Americans have chosen to ignore. On October 17 the
Senate Select Committee on Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous
System heard testimony from Dr. Margaret Mead that caused a major
upheaval.
Dr. Mead, at sixty-seven, is a professor at Columbia University and
one of America's best known anthropologists. Her professional reputa-tion
has been established by her numerous writings on foreign and
American cultures.
Dr. Mead's testimony revolved about three arguments for legalizing
marijuana.: (1) the damage being done to our legal system and the
alienation of the younger generation from society, (2) marijuana is safe
unless taken in enormous quantities, and (3) there is an inconsistency in
the use of alcohol and the prohibition of marijuana.
She stated, "We are damaging our country, our laws, and the
relations between young and old by its prohibition." Strict enforcement
of marijuana laws has not controlled the growth of its use. Enforcing
these laws, which are outdated, is damaging the respect for law in
general.
In further testimony, Dr. Mead asserted that marijuana is "not
nearly as bad as alcohol" and that it is "not harmful unless taken in
enormously excessive amounts, but anything used to excess is harm-ful."
She underlined this with reference to the interim findings of gov-ernment
sponsored research projects that have yet to establish any
harmful effects from marijuana use.
Dr. Mead cited findings that hold alcohol to be a more serious
social danger than marijuana. She also contended that society's con-trasting
treatment of alcohol and marijuana was not going unnoticed.
This hypocrisy was the cause and target of a large feeling of resent-ment
and alienation within the younger generation.
Marijuana laws were depicted as an unnecessary barrier between
youth and society that had been established on an arbitrary and
hypocritical basis.
Reactions to Dr. Mead's testimony were varied. Among committee
members, there were those who spoke of "thoughtful consideration."
After Dr. Mead admitted having tried marijuana once, many echoed
the sentiments of Florida Governor Claude Kirk, Jr., who called Dr.
Mead "a dirty old lady."
The major weakness of Dr. Mead's arguments is the assumption
that since marijuana has yet to be proven harmful, it is definitely safe.
This appears to be a snap judgement and rather irresponsible position
in the light of the various unknown factors still the objects of research.
Present marijuana laws are definitely ineffective and antiquated,
providing in some states prison terms of up to a twenty year minimum
for first-time possession offenses. Not only are the laws serving to
alienate youth, they are being disregarded by the growing sector of
middle-class Americans who use marijuana. There is room for a more
practical and enlightened approach to marijuana, but any move to
legalize it now seems hasty.
Peace now ...
continued from page 1
erican flags. Mothers with children
in their arms cried for "Peace
Now" along side Yippies.
And the collection of signs,
slogans, and buttons showed their
heads were all together. They were
for immediate withdrawal from
Vietnam. Not President Nixon's
"honorable," eventual peace, but
peace now.
Shirt poster: "This is My Coun-try"
over a peace symbol on a
globe.
Bumper sticker: "Vietnam: Love
It or Leave It."
Sign: "Saturday Will Never Be
the Same."
Seats available
on 1C3 tour
If you are still thinking about
spending Christmas and N e w
Years in Europe this year, there
are twenty seats still available on
the IC3 winter round trip flight
from Minneapolis to Paris. Stu-dents,
staff, faculty, and families
are eligible for the non-stop flight
by jet from Minneapolis. The cost
is $249.
Travelers will have sixteen days
of independent travel in Europe,
from December 19 to January 4.
The openings are expected to fill
up before Thanksgiving. Those
persons who are still interested
should call 331-2300 to obtain ex-act
details.
The Inter-Collegiate Coordinat-ing
Council is also sponsoring
flights to Europe this summer.
Details will be available through
your IC3 Campus representative
shortly.
the CLARION
Published weekly during the academic
year, except during vacation and exami-nation
periods, by the students of Bethel
College, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-scription
rate $4 per year.
Editor in chief Pat Faxon
News Editor Marg Erickson
Feature Editor Cindy Rostollan
Fine Arts Editor Marjorie Rusche
Sports Editor Tim Weko
Copy Editors Toni Magnuson
Missy McCool
Reporters .... Wibby Smith, Carroll Jarp,
Arne Bergstrom, Ronald Roper,
Sarah Reasoner, Wally Borner
Proofreaders Ruth Bogle
Sharon Watson
Circulation Manager Joey Healy
Photographers Ray Smith
Phil Humbert
Technical Advisor Mark Olson
Advisor Jon Fagerson
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do
not necessarily reflect the position of the
college or seminary.
Monday, November 24, 1969
the CLARION Page 3
13ETHEL FORUM
Campus survey reveals Convocation on rock music exhibits cultural bigotry
concensus on dancing
To the editor:
Our attention has been drawn of late to the dancing dilemma
as it exists at Bethel College. Personal interest in this problem prompt-ed
the composition and distribution of a questionnaire designed to
determine the prevailing attitudes of the campus community. Here-with
are the statistical results of the survey, a brief summarization
of the comments that accompanied those results, as well as a few of
our own reactions and opinions.
A total of 458 students returned our questionnaire. Of these, 151
indicated that they would like to see and would attend a dance at
Bethel — 75 were males; 76 were females. Those that said they would
not like to see and would not attend a dance at Bethel numbered 278-
135 were males; 143 were females. Indifference was expressed by 29-
20 were males; 9 were females. The cummulative percentages were
33.0%, 60.7%, and 6.3% respectively.
The recurring arguments of those who would not like to see a
dance at Bethel may be summarized thusly:
1. Students that want to dance should have gone to a secular school.
Bethel's policies are well-known, and its students should operate
within them.
2. Off-campus dances are numerous and therefore make campus-sponsored
dances unnecessary.
3. A dance at Bethel would mar the school's Christian witness.
4. Bethel's responsibility to and dependence upon the Conference
constituency virtually eliminates the possibility of a school-supported
dance.
5. Some function other than a dance would improve the stagnant
social situation just as well and would not produce the uproar
that a dance would produce.
The prevailing considerations of those who would like to see a
dance at Bethel are as follows:
1. The individual's attitude determines the rightness or wrongness
of dancing. Those who see no sin in the activity do not sin by
participating.
2. A dance would stimulate Bethel's lethargic social life.
3. Dancing does not necessarily desecrate one's Christian witness.
As to the formal organization of our questionnaire, several per-ceptive
readers noted that it was somewhat biased. We applaud such
intelligent analyzation but hasten to point out that a slanted presenta-tion
was intentional and almost essential for our intentions. Our pur-pose
was twofold: first, to obtain a statistical reply — basically yes,
no, or indifferent — from the cross-sectional community; second, to
induce maximum comment on the issue. The actual statistics were
not affected by the tone of the questionnaire. Our results indicate that
readers who voted against dancing were sufficiently aggravated by
our biased views to expound upon and explain their feelings, while
those who voted for dancing were encouraged to speak out, rather than
remain silent in the face of not so silent a majority. After reading the
surveys, it is obvious that neither group's reactions were molded by our
apparent prejudice; instead, the questionnaire's implied stand pro-duced
a quantity of comment that a straight laced, run-of-the mill
survey would undoubtedly have never bred.
Actually, then, our personal opinions are not important except
as they serve to stimulate comment. For this reason we include the
following emphases in hopes that readers will see fit to examine and
discuss them:
1. Off-campus dances are numerous, but so are off-campus football
games, plays, concerts, etc. An on-campus dance would contribute
immeasurably toward an improved social life at Bethel. Other
functions might serve as well, but we haven't heard of many good
ones. (We are fully aware, however, that there is an institutional
structure at Bethel which prohibits sanctioned dances, and that
this structure would have to be significantly altered before a dance
could be held.)
2. Ideally, majority student opinion would determine official school
policy. Bethel, though, must consider the wishes of several con-stituencies,
not the least of which is the Baptist General Con-ference.
The Conference must not, however, become the primary
consideration; that must rest with the student body.
We wish to extend our thanks to those who filled out and returned
the questionnaire, and especially to those who accompanied their vote
with comments. Though the results of the survey show that the student
body concurs with the Student Services offices regarding the ruling
on dancing, they also show that students do have strong feelings on
the subject, feelings which we feel ought to be taken into consideration
before, and not after, official policy is set forth (especially when such
policy is heralded as the result of a concensus of the campus community).
For those who could not formulate their opinions without knowing
who was taking the survey, we now make what will undoubtedly be a
supremely enlightening revelation: The authors of the first Bethel
Dance Questionnaire were: Steve Eckstrom and David Healy.
Steve Eckstrom '73
David Healy '73
P.S. We are sorry for not obeying the rules regarding P.O. box
stuffing. At the time of distribution, we were unaware of the regula-tions;
but they have since been brought to our attention, and we shall
do our best to abide by them in the future. Alas! Negligence on our
part in this area will undoubtedly invalidate the results of our survey.
After all, it wasn't official.
To the editor:
The following is in regards to
the "rock" symposium held on the
evening of November 11, 1969 A.D.
The views given are applicable on-ly
to the author, and don't bear
malice, or attempt to malign any
person and/or group.
The supposed purpose of the
evening's activities was to explore
and determine what "rock" is,
how it came about, what it has
evolved into and is evolving into,
and the degree to which soul,
rock and/or beat music has af-fected
our society.
As it occurred, the speaker, Mr.
Robert Larson, made many vague
references to sexual depravity,
four letter words, and the physical
reactions of the human body to
"rock." Mr. Larson spoke as an
"authority" upon the subject, be-ing,
as he claimed, the leader of
a hit rock group for several years,
playing in night clubs, concerts
and Convention Hall in Atlantic
City, New Jersey. So he claimed.
Evidently Mr. Larson was never
an authority on the art of gentle
persuasion. At one point, he be-gan
to badger a young woman
who had not lowered her head
during a prayer. Several attempts
were made by the speaker to
humble that poor sinner by repe-tition
of the phrase, "God loves
you, young lady." It must be
noted her only reply consisted of
the words, "I love Him, too."
Interspersing Mr. Larson's re-marks
were "outbreaks" of sound
purporting to be representative of
such hits as Mrs. Robinson, Jesus
is a Soul Man, and In-A-Godda-A-Vida.
So he claimed. The music
was out of tempo, off key, and
was a fine job of butchering hit
songs as has been witnessed in
many a moon.
The evening closed with t h e
"Damnation to Hell-fire of those
To the editor:
There is much that can be said
for the convocation that was held
on the 11th, and I feel inadequate
in trying to describe the feelings
I have about it. It was hard to
believe that anyone who dislikes
`hard rock' as much as I do, could
come out of a meeting defending
it to the hilt.
From the very beginning, I was
on the defensive because I di-like
being told, by a speaker that
I 'Have' to respect him, especially
when he, quite obviously didn't
respect his audience. It was also
Sugar eases
medication
To the editor:
". . . sugar helps the medicine*
go down, in a most delightful
way."
Mary Poppins! What are you do-ing?
James E. Rodgers,
Associate Professor
of Chemistry
*D-lysergic acid diethylamide
who like to listen to rock music,"
and was followed by a call to
arms (a Crusade praytell) to smash
the idols (recordings) of the demon
possessed heretics (Jimi Hendrix,
John Lennon, and Frank Zappa).
Rather interesting was the fact
that so many records were destroy-ed.
Two "Brother Loves", three
"Jesus is a Soul Man," a "Son-ny
and Cher" album, and an un-determined
number of Andy Wil-liams
"Happy Heart" were destroy-ed
in the wake of that Great Re-ligious
Awakening. Why, who need
fear of Vietnam, Biafra, pollution,
overpopulation, and the Bomb
when such an event as the destruc-tion
of the "Sin Sound" has oc-cured
in our time?
Faculty member queries
state of communication
To the editor:
What is happening on our cam-pus
regarding the current contro-versy
over music is pointing out
something some people have been
commenting about for some time
now, the state of communication
existing on our campus. Let me
raise some questions for us all
to consider:
When we communicate wit h
someone who holds differing views
from our own, are we willing not
only to speak our piece, but also
able and willing to listen ob-jectively
to what the other person
is saying to us?
Are we willing to admit that
possibly we are wrong in some
ways and to do so to the other
person without our feeling threat-ened,
unappreciated (I'll take my
bat and ball and go home if you
won't play by my rules), or without
quite amazing how he limited the
power of Christ by saying that
he doubted any person could be
truly saved when rock was used
as a form to draw him to Christ.
Dean Gordon Johnson of our
Seminary will begin a three-Mon-day
series this coming week. His
theme will be "Finding Yourself."
The first topic to which he will
address himself is "Discovering
my Greatest Gift."
Prof. Dale Rott of our speech
department will do some dramatic
pieces on Tuesday. On Wednesday
the Campus Pastor will speak on
the subject "For Your Own Good."
Vededeat eaftrat e‘cetd
Bus Stops at Bodien — 9:15 a.m.
Small Bus for Evening Service — 6:30 p.m.
Pastor—Robert Featherstone
Assistant Pastor—Bill Malam
Please bear in mind, we have
yet to hear the sponsors of the
evening's festivities offer equal
time to the proponents of rock.
(Perhaps the necessary numbers
of stakes with which to burn the
witches and warlocks are unavail-able.)
Such are the after effects of
one evening of cultural bigotry.
The refusal to accept, or acknow-ledge
the existence of music which
has still not evolved fully into the
full experience of which it is
capable.
What next, the burning of Spid-erman
Comic Books?
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Digital D.J., A.H. Tighe '73
having to revert to personal at-tacks?
Do we remember that we are
all human beings, each with fail-ings
and faults? (Remember the
Deeper Life Week Speakers?)
Are we all behaving as Chris-tians
— loving our neighbor no
matter who he is (or what depart-ment
he is from)?
Finally, does each of us try to
communicate to other people out-side
our own 'cliques' in the best
sense of the above questions—
even though there may be no cur-rent
controversy raging on cam-pus?
Let's all remember somebody on
our campus said, 'Hey . . . it's me
. . . I'm in here.' I don't think
they are alone, do you? Let's get
it together campus, let's get it
together.
Convocation backfires R. Steinhaus,
Instructor of Sociology
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by Pastor Maurice C. Lawson
I thought it odd that any man
who disliked rock to the extent
that Larson said he did, could
spend 20 long minutes 'practicing
it' on us. Quite frankly, he played
very poorly, no matter what it
was, and I was insulted to think
he actually thought I liked it!
In short, I was very disappointed
in his presentation.
Cindy Rostollan '71
Some marchers packed lunches and picnicked in the cold
at the rally.
Because there was a time limit on the marchers' parade
permit and because there were more marchers than were
anticipated, a good share of those who turned out had to
migrate down the mall from the Capitol to the Washington
Monument rather than follow the charted route.
On the deserted grounds around the Monument is the
evidence that it really happened. Marchers expressed the
hope that litter would not be the exclusive result.
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Monday, November 24, 1969
'There was nothing new said about peace during the March
in Washington-but then is there really anything new to say?'
WASHINGTON (CPS) — Am-erica
lifted her skirt and sat on
the cold ground at the Washington
Monument November 15 as hun-dreds
and hundreds of thousands
of her children came together for
three and a half hours of talking,
music, and serious reflection on
the war in Vietnam.
There was a little bit of every-one
on the monument grounds,
long haired young, and middle
aged women wrapped in f ull
length mink, little children, and
young marrieds. This was their
resting place after the long march
from Capitol Hill up Pennsylvania
Avenue onto the rolling grounds
of the monument.
No one seemed any too worse
for the wear. The spirit of the
crowd was high. Greetings were
shouted back and forth and warm
hugs and an occasional kiss was
exchanged by old friends and ac-quaintances
alike. A new city was
being born in the center of the
nation's capital — a city that could
easily be called "Peace" or "Love"
or maybe just "Together." Al-though
and impressive list o f
speakers and talent passed on and
off the stage, most of the people
were there just to be counted—
they had heard the words many
times before—but the faces and
the friends, they were new and
exciting.
Many brought picnic luches that
were spread on blankets or held
in laps. Kentucky Fried Chicken,
hot potato salad and bagels were
all part of the menu. Mobe was
giving away food from trucks and
stands set up around the grounds.
They asked for donations if pos-sible
— but were willing to make
sure that everyone had an apple
or an orange if they wanted it.
It was hard to walk through the
grounds without ending up with
at least one chicken leg, a bagel
and an orange.
Others huddled under blankets
or in sleeping bags. Many were
too tired to sit through the whole
program. They slept on the grass
rolled in blankets with only a
shaggy head sticking out to con-front
the piercing cold. People sat
around chatting or singing, dis-cussing
or just experiencing the
glorious security of knowing you
didn't have to be alone for peace.
The "Women For Peace" were
there, mostly well dressed ladies
wearing black and white banners
urging "Not Our Sons — Not
Their Sons"; "The Women's Inter-national
League for Peace" from
Palo Alto, California met in one
corner of the lawn holding up
their blue and gold banner, greet-ing
fellow demonstrators as they
passed by. There were Longshore-men
and Iron Workers from Brook-lyn
and Yonkers for Peace; Politi-cal
Scientists for Peace; Architects
and Engineers for Peace; Chagrin
Falls, Ohio for Peace, and various
union locals gathering their num-bers
in one corner or another to
present a united front for peace.
Everyone had at least one but-ton.
If they didn't have them be-fore
the rally there was ample
supply once they reached t h e
grounds. Mobe and various com-mecial
salesmen were selling ev-erything
from pancake sized white
doves on blue backgrounds to
smaller white buttons immortaliz-ing
the words of Vice President
Agnew, "Hi, I'm an effette, im-pudent,
intellectual snob." Posters,
bumper stickers, banners, Ameri-can
flags, special peace banners
were all part of the carnival at-mosphere
that spread through the
rally grounds.
Along the fringes of the crowd,
white was overflowing into the
street about thirty minutes after
the rally began. Guerilla theater
groups were acting out various
phases of the government's past
misdoings to the delight of the
audience gathered around them.
At other spots on the grounds,
musicians held impromptu con-certs
urging people to sing the
songs they knew and to hum what
they weren't sure of.
One little lady in an expensive
fur trimmed coat lost her husband.
He had stopped to talk with some
friends he had bumped into, Hal
and Betty — he didn't know that
they were for peace too!
An older man and his wife mov-ed
through the crowd wearing a
sandwich board attacking the gov-ernment
for taking money out of
their social security checks to pay
for an immoral war.
It was hard to pinpoint the ef-fette,
impudent intellectual snobs.
No one wore a sign proclaiming
"Intellectuals for Peace". Maybe
intellectuals look like everyone
else when they are asking for
peace.
Although no one would doubt
that the majority of the crowd
was "On the right side of 30" as
Dr. Spock put it, everyone was a
little younger for having taken
the time to get into the world
and demonstrate for what they
knew was right. The fear that in
this massive demonstration t h e
"wrong side of 30" contingent
would be buried by the young,
never really came to pass. In Sun-day
hats, and business suits, the
"other side" was certainly out in
force for this march.
So many people wanting peace
—but still fewer who would de-mand
it. The crowds were im-pressive,
nonviolent and certainly
dedicated to their cause. But you
WASHINGTON (CPS) — Hun-dreds
of active-duty GIs for peace
managed to make it to Washing-ton
for the Mobilization, although
many faced disciplinary action for
doing so.
"We had to sneak off base and
through Arlington Cemetery to
get here," said one GI at the
March Against Death Virginia
starting point who is stationed at
nearby Fort Meyer. "We're not
supposed to be out here tonight,
and if we're identified we're in
trouble."
Another GI, who marched in
the early hours of the 4.2 mile
hike, said more than 100 of his
peers at Fort Bragg, North Caro-lina
were on their way to Washing-ton.
"Most took three-day passes
and got in car pools," he said.
More than 500 GIs at Fort Bragg
had signed a petition calling for
withdrawal of troops from Viet-nam,
but others were not able to
could still see a sense of unsure-ness
on some faces as they reflect-ed
on the path that had, over the
years, led them to this rally. Did
they have the right to be demand-ing
peace in the world from their
government? Some of the people
were still not sure.
There was nothing new said
about peace during the March in
Washington—but then there isn't
really anything new to say. Yet
something very new about the
movement was said or at least
in the air. November 15 may come
to be known in the future as the
last peaceful effort by America's
children to keep her from being
prostituted beyond redemption. It
would be hard to follow an act
like the Mobilization's rally and
the March Against Death with
more talking, walking and singing
for peace. Our feet are getting
tired . . . and our words aren't
buying peace.
get transportation or passes to
participate.
During the Mobilization rally,
one GI, speaking for all those
present, told the crowd that if
Nixon doesn't bring the troops
home now he will soon find "they-
're going to come home all by
themselves." The remark brought
one of the day.
Most of the GIs openly identi-fied
themselves by wearing "GI
for Peace" paper caps. A large
number of "Veterans for Peace"
hats also were visible.
One of those sporting such a
hat on the first night of the
"March Against Death" was not
in the crowd during Saturday's
massive rally. He was waiting in
Washington armory in his mili-tary
uniform to be deployed in
case of trouble.
He told fellow marchers that
if he was ordered to use force
continued on page 5
GI's disobey to take part in march
Overflow marchers took a short cut down the mall from
the Capitol to the rally at the Washington Monument.
Soldiers ordered to cut
hair for Mobilization
There were estimates of up to a million and
one-half people who rallied at the Washington One marcher attempted to get a better view
Monument after the March. of the speakers at the rally by climbing a tree.
Monday, November 24, 1969
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Bethelites hitch to D. C. for Moratorium
by Marjorie M. Rusche
We made it.
Rather, five of the seven Bethel-ites
who hitch-hiked to Washing-ton
D.C. for the November Mora-torium
March and Rally safely
made it there and back in time
to participate in the activities.
The other two decided to drop in
on their parents and scratch the
plan to protest.
Although warned by friends and
foes that we'd never make it in
time, and buffeted by blasts of
wind and snow on take-off time
Thursday afternoon, the prevailing
sentiment of the group was "We'll
make it" and "Jesus is with us."
Events proved the validity of these
sentiments.
Our first ride took us two miles
down the road to a truck stop
where we could opt out for coffee
if conditions got desparate. Des-paration
drew near, and we were
debating whether to go in or not,
when a van saw our thumbs and
stopped. They were the Minnea-polis
Institute of Arts, and yes,
they were going to D.C. for the
Moratorium, and yes, we could
have a ride.
We stopped in the boonies of
Wisconsin in a small town cafe
for coffee and hot chocolate and
sat our bodies down at the coun-ter.
Minutes later, a grizzled old-timer
staggered in, sat down, sus
piciously eyed the long hair and
grubbies and queried, "Say, are
y o u folks from California?"
"Nope." "Yup, I was out in Cali-fornia
a couple months ago.
Couldn't take it. Those people
never take baths. And, you know
what else, the Beatles started the
whole thing." Thus illuminated,
we left the eat-joint and hit the
road.
We flashed by two figures hud-dled
together on 1-94. "Stop the
van! Those are our friends!" Sure
enough. They entered the van
chilled and slightly dazed with
the knowledge that our group was
together and we would actually
make it to D.C.
The van headed southward to
avoid the Illinois, Indiana, and
Ohio tollways and the trip began
to feel like a replay of Easy Rider.
The local sheriffs would be sitting
in the cafes when we stopped to
eat, passersby would curiously
peer in the van windows when
we drove through small towns.
The driver drove straight out with-out
sleeping and we got the feel-ing
of endless motion, of being
on a train with no place to stretch
or sleep and huddling together to
keep warm since the heater was
broken.
Early Saturday morning (3:00
a.m.) we straggled into D.C. and
found a restaurant in Georgetown.
It was packed out with beautiful,
weird, freaky peace people. We
filled our bellies, relaxed, and
speculated on the amount of peo-ple
that would attend the Mora-torium
activities and whether there
would be violence or not.
Saturday's dawn broke sunny,
crisp, and clear which heightened
the beauty of the city. Washing-ton
D.C. (or the parts we saw) is
a relatively clean city. Most of
the houses are spacious looking,
have those marvelous wide front
porches and large windows with
open shutters on the side. The
trees still abundantly bore their
leaves and the air was warmer
than Minnesota's.
As we headed down Wisconsin
Avenue towards the march, friend-ly
groups of freaks flashed us
peace signs and stopped to chat
if we were on the same side of
the street. We hit the corner of
Wisconsin and Massachusetts Ave-nues
and didn't even have a
chance to stick out our thumbs
before some hips A stopped to give
us a lift to the Capitol, where
peace marchers were gathering.
Standing around in the mall be-tween
the Capitol and the Wash-ington
Monument, we got a fore-taste
of the effects of the popula-tion
explasion. There was very
little space to move around in.
We milled around, waiting for
directions as to where to line up
for the march. We waited and
waited. Unknown to us, the march
was going on all this time—from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pennsylvania
Avenue, which is not exactly a
narrow street, was so congested
with all the peace marchers that
there was no room for all the
people in the mall area waiting
to march. Finally a MOBE leader
reached a microphone and an-nounced
that since there would
be no room for us to march on
Pennsylvania, we could march up
the mall to the Washington Monu-ment.
We started moving. The cops
were warily watching us from the
tops of the federal buildings. The
march was leisurely, and a re-laxed,
friendly atmosphere pre-vailed.
Mothers for peace, Vets
for peace, businessmen, Black
Panthers, SDS'ers, hippies, Mc-
Carthyites, were all there and get-ting
along just fine. People were
giving away and sharing food,
cigarettes, money, and smiles. It
was a political Woodstock.
There were an estimated million
at the rally at the monument.
Arlo Guthrie and Paul Stuckey
lent professional music to the occa-sion,
Leonard Bernstein put in
an appearance and blessed the
marchers efforts.
Dave Dillinger, one of the par-ticipants
in the three-ring circus
political trial in Chicago with
Judge Hoffman as chief barker,
gave one of the finest speeches
that I have ever heard at a politi-cal
rally. His main point was that
the peace protestors were the
true patriots by speaking out
against evils in society that were
disintegrating the fabric of Am-erican
society, that protest was
the true American tradition, not
being in the "silent majority."
Dillinger suggested that the Jus-tice
Department might check into
Agnew's activities, since he was
suspicious that Agnew was cros-sing
state lines to incite riot. Dil-linger
also ventured that Spiro
Agnew was the Richard Nixon of
the Richard Nixon administration.
We left during the start of
(Rep.) Sen. Goddel's speech since
we were so tired and hungry. We
filtered our way out of the crowd
(which took 3/4 of an hour to
accomplish) and stood in line,
seemingly forever, at one of many
Washington restaurants to grab a
bite to eat. We ate outside on the
sidewalk since there was no room
inside.
The really remarkable fact is
that there were a million other
cold, hungry, tired people at the
rally and march and the spirit
of the crowd was so friendly and
warm. There was absolutely no
violence at the rally or march.
The "violence" — which consisted
of some rock throwing and window
breaking by a small fraction (200
actively participating, 700 onlook-ing)
of the SDS'ers that were there
and tear gas by the police occur-red
at an impromptu rally called
by Abie Hoffman and held at the
Justice Department building.
This rally was not connected
with the MOBE march. As a mat-ter
of fact, the MOBE parade mar-shals
tried to prevent the militants
there from reaching the police
guarding the Justice building. The
million who marched and partici-pated
at the rally at the monument
were completely peaceful.
We left D.C. around 6 p.m.
with mixed emotions. It was diffi-cut
to leave such a beautiful rally
and a beautiful feeling of peace,
harmony, and unity, but we were
stimulated by thoughts of pillows,
sheets, mattresses, and blankets
awaiting us in St. Paul.
Our group split up so it would
be easier to hitch back. Traffic
was streaming out of D.C., but
space in the cars, vans, and buses
was at a premium. So, our mini-group
hitched a ride with a chem-istry
professor at Cleveland State
whose companion, was a union
worker. A black' social worker
affiliated with Cook County Wel-fare
Dept. transported us and an
SDSer from Cleveland to Chica-go.
We discussed the ever-widen-ing
gaps in American society, and
if it was too late to avert a blood-bath
in the streets. A former
Bethelite (small world) then pick-ed
us up and delivered us safely
to the steps of Bethel at 10:00
Sunday night.
The trip cost each of us around
$10.00 (spent for food). Its educa-tional
value, for me and I'm sure
for others, was equivilent to what
I learn in approximately one sem-ester
of college.
Returning to school Monday was
a culture shock. I almost couldn't
grasp that the latest campus "con-trovery"
was whether rock music
was sinful or not. I personally was
wondering how much longer the
country is going to last. Unreal.
continued from page 4
against peace demonstrators, "I
would disobey orders." He said
he knew of others who felt the
same way.
The airman first class said that
everything about the activities of
the guard in relation to the dem-onstration
had been kept very
quiet to prevent any counter ac-tivities
or preparation on the other
side.
He explained how part of his
training had included a demon-stration
in how to cope with large
crowds and chemical control.
He also had to get his hair cut
before Mobilization Day, because
his commander said his m e n
"musn't look like any of the peo-ple
involved in the march."
But although the reservist got
his hair cut, the commander's
hope was unfulfilled. There were
a lot of people in the crowd who
looked like the National Guords-men
as the hundreds of GIs for
peace can attest.
James Bragg, head of Financial Aids and Admissions, and
Robert Crandall (below), admissions counselor, find that one
of their main problems is interpreting what Bethel is.
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by Toni Magnuson
According to James Bragg, head
of Financial Aids and Admissions,
several changes influenced the de-cline
in enrollment trends and
need for Bethel to establish an
admissions and financial aid of-fice.
Previously, pastors were very
influential in the students' choice
of colleges, but with counselors
in even the smallest high schools,
young people have become coun-selor
oriented for direction in
the decision.
Since counselors generally stress
state colleges, Bethel must relate
to this new approach. Rising costs
scare many students away and
therefore admissions and financial
aid were combined.
The various action groups on
secular campuses are very attrac-tive
to many student who previous-ly
came to Bethel for the Christian
aspect. They are now being en-couraged
to go to a State school
and identify with one of these
groups for Christian support.
Another very important factor
is the need for information. "Kids
are bombarded with material from
all over," said Bragg. "And Bethel
must show an interest in them."
Robert Crandall, admissions coun-selor,
also found that the church-es
didn't know anything about
Bethel. "They must be given up
to date information because
churches and alumni make Bethel
—we will die when we alienate
ourselves from them."
Still in the process of organi-zation,
Bragg has found that one
of the main tasks is interpreting
what Bethel is. "We are trying to
find out what we are doing and
saying and put it in black and
white — this has forced us to do
some real soul searching."
The new college catalogue,
which students have found to be
very attractive and appealing de-scribes
Bethel as "an exciting
place to live and learn! Ours is
not a monastic existance. At Beth-el
there is a growing desire by
students and faculty alike not to
be a religious order, but to be a
Christian Community."
Bethel should be more than just
by Bonnie Robinson
"Help! I need somebody!
Help! Not just anybody!"
This Beatle song has become
the theme of many Bethelites now
that D-slips are out, Nik Dag has
ended, and Deeper Life Week has
become lost in our memories.
Students are flunking out at
Bethel academically, socially, and
spiritually. Depression and hope-lessness
have spread throughout
the campus and kids are wonder-ing
if college is worth the work
demanded. These Bethelites need
help from the stronger, more ex-perienced
upperclassmen, but they
don't know where to start search-ing
for aid.
Because of a real concern for
these students, a student tutorial
program, headed by Sid Veenstra,
has been designed to bring to-gether
the questioning students
and the more settled upperclass-men.
The selection of tutors combines
three methods. First, students on
the dean's list will be contacted
and asked to help in this volun-teer
program. They will be re-quested
to state the three areas
in which they would feel best
qualified to help whether it be
an academic course or social or
spiritual counselling.
Monday, November 24, 1969
a Christian atmosphere or re-treat,"
said Bragg. "We should be
a Christian Community — implying
interpersonal relationships across
all levels; a church in action!"
Bragg said that he feels Bethel
can become, and is moving towards
this ideal, and has seen a new
awareness, interest, openess and
honesty on the campus. But, as
Crandall put it, "We are only as
Christian as each of us is individu-ally."
Crandall prefers to think of
his position as an information
bureau rather than a recruiter.
Rather than attempting to oversell
Bethel, the admissions officer's
purpose is to give people an hon-est
description of what Bethel is,
show an interest and from there
let the prospective student decide
for himself.
Crandall is involved with face
to face contacts and is on the
road Monday through Thursday
visiting at least three high schools
per day. Through the month of
December he will be working
mainly in Minnesota also partici-pating
in high school college
nights and "Focus on Bethel"
nights in cooperation with alumni.
During the second semester he
will concentrate on junior col-leges,
key out of state churches
and on-campus tours and inter-views.
"We pull no punches about being
a Christian college," said Cran-dall
as he explained how he goes
about 'selling' Bethel. In all of
his contacts, people are made a-ware
of Bethel's distinction.
"Bethel is one of the more
unique colleges in our area," said
Crandall, "for Christianity is more
important than anything academic
or non-academics." He also added
that the interest in and attitude
towards people was unique. "It's
more than merely an intellectual
interest."
As Crandall describes the func-tions
of Bethel as a Christian col-lege
to prospective students, he
stresses that it is the students that
make the college. There are many
outlets for service, but all is
left up to the student's own ini-tiative.
"You will be as Christian
as you are when you come."
Secondly, department heads will
suggest several students who are
well qualified academically in
their major field. These students
will also be offered a chance to
i'elp in the program.
Thirdly, any students who want
to help may volunteer his aid.
These students should talk to
Sid Veenstra, a transfed
from Brier Crest Bible Col-lege
in Saskatchewan, Canada
hopes the tutorial program
will ease social and academic
stress on campus.
Both Crandall and Bragg have
found the response from prospec-tive
students to be very good. "If
a student is interested in Bethel
said Crandall, "he is usually ser-ious
about it, for he is looking
specifically for a Christian col-lege."
From experience thus far, Cran-dall
has also found that Bethel
has made a very big impression
on several high school counselors
in the state of Minnesota because
it is a Christian college, according
to him with our standards (no
drinking, smoking, dancing, etc.)
"We don't need to apologize for
our standards," said Crandall. "In
fact we push them. But yet, I
don't care about standards — I
like Christ."
For the second offering of its
1969-70 season, the Saint Paul
Opera Association is bringing back
its 1968 production of Engelbert
Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel
for three Thanksgiving weekend
matinees, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, November 28, 29 and 30,
at 2 p.m. in the Saint Paul Audi-torium
Theatre.
Humperdinck's Hansel and Gret-el,
based on fairy tales of the
James Bragg, Dave Shupe, or Sid
Veenstra.
Troubled students desiring help
should contact Sid Veenstra. Veen-stra
will assign a tutor for each
particular problem and will ar-range
for the first tutorial ses-sion.
From then on it will become
a fairly independent project be-tween
the student and the tutor.
The student tuorial program will
start immediately after Thanks-giving,
but the initial work has
begun already. Sid Veenstra is pre-paring
for the start of the pro-gram
by finding tutors and co-ordinating
the need of students
and the aid available so as to
benefit the students as much as
possible.
Veenstra's background has pre-pared
him for such a responsi-bility.
He graduated from Brier
Crest College in Saskatchewan,
Canada, last April concluding
three years of study. This past
summer he was an assistant pas-tor
at a church in Dallas, Oregon,
and had another church on the
coast. He also worked with a folk
group which sang in prisons,
churches, and on the beach. Such
experience will be valuable for
Sid Veenstra in helping students
and organizing the tutorial pro-gram.
Brothers Grimm, was part of the
Saint Paul Opera's evening sub-scription
series last season, and
it toured successfully to Chicago
in December, 1968, where it was
the inaugural opera production in
the recently restored Auditorium
Theatre.
"Hansel and Gretel is an annual
holiday tradition for the family
in many of the world's opera
houses," said George Schaefer,
general manager of the Saint Paul
Opera. "We have scheduled the
by Cindy Rostollan
It hasn't any real name, any-body
can come, anybody that wants
to give one can, and the invita-tion
is spread by word of mouth.
If you heard about these `get-to-gether's',
did you come?
When Deeper Life Week was
over, the main thing that the
speakers left with us was the
knowledge that there are many
lonely people at Bethel. To many,
this came as a surprise and they
wanted to do something about it.
So, instead of sitting around and
waiting for someone else to begin
something, a few kids talked over
the possibility of having a group
of kids over to their apartment
for just a time of sitting down and
getting to know each other.
The first meeting started small,
with just about 15 people talking
and sharing with one another. It
wasn't long before these 15 told
their friends and acquaintances
about the meeting and another
get-together was quickly planned.
This time, the number had more
than tripled, and though the pur-pose
of the gathering wasn't to be
Volleyball team
wins one, also loses
Monday night Bethel played
Carleton College. The B-team had
no trouble taking the match 15-
12, 15-8, 15-7. The A-team how-ever,
did not fare so well. The
first game Bethel had difficulty
returning Carleton's serves and
were soundly defeated 15-5. Beth-el
revived and played hard in the
last two games but the effort was
lost against Carleton's accurate
serves and spikes. The final two
game scores were 15-9 and 15-12.
The Bethel women's volleyball
team faced Concordia College last
Thursday night. The B-team, fight-ing
hard, lost in a very close con-test:
15-13, 17-15, 15-11. The A-team
game was also close. After
dropping the first game 9-15, Beth-el
got determined. Supported by
vigorous cheering, the girls won
the next three games: 15-13, 15-
10, 15-9.
Thanksgiving vacation matinees as
a result of numerous requests
from last season's evening audi-ence
for an opportunity to enjoy
Hansel and Gretel with their chil-dren.
With the charm of the fairy
tale, the marvelous characters, and
Humperdinck's superb music, Han-sel
and Gretel has great appeal
for children and adults alike."
Featured in the role of Hansel
will be Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano
Nancy Williams, who will
continued on page 7
Christ-centered, kids soon began
sharing, giving their testimonies
and telling what Christ had done
for them. Later, someone in the
group suggested they split into
little groups so they could all
get to know each other better, and
so they could spend some time in
prayer.
New friendships began to spring
up, and more and more got to
know people they had never met
before. If someone felt they want-ed
to have one of these get-to-gethers
on some night, they would
just tell their friends and soon
word would get around about the
new get-together. As one girl
said, "The neat thing about these
meeings is it is not a certain
clique that comes. Anybody and
everybody came to ours."
There isn't any special time or
place for these meetings. The kids
that attend are concerned about
each other and want to get to
know you! Keep your ears open
for the next 'friendship session.'
If you go, you'll probably bring
home a friend with whom you can
attend the next time!
Transfer student organizes tutorial plan
Bragg, Crandall articulate recruitment program
St. Paul Opera presents Englebert Humperdinck's
Hansel and Gretel production for Thanksgiving
Students act on discoveries of
Deeper Life Week speakers
Most folks don't eat at the Arden Inn to save money.
But it makes good cents.
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Robert Clark Nelson, Associate Professor of Art again
brings Bethel College to the public's attention through one of
his many accomplishments.
by Dave Shupe Black: Ain't no cabs come into
Good political and social satire Harlem.
is hard to find. Even some of the
material presented at Dudley
Riggs' Brave New Workshop is
the type one suffers through. But
enough is genuine humor to make
the going worthwhile, provided
you can find transportation to
26th St. and Hennepin, or a park-ing
spot.
The current production is titled
Hate, Sex, and Violence: the Amer-ican
Dream. Not quite a play, it
is a series of short sketches of
common, distorted American life
("Violence is as American as ap-ple
pie.")
In one scene a suburban New
York commuter accidentally gets
off the subway at 110th St. (Har-lem)
late on a Friday night.
Snatches of the conversation:
White: Say, uh, do you think I
could get a cab if I called from Honestly, it's worth it if you
the bottom of the stairs? can stomach it.
Humperdinck's opera presented
White: Uh, could I catch a bus
somewhere?
Black: Walk up the stairs, turn
left. Walk ten blocks down
Lennox Avenue, past the Mal-colm
X Playground. Right
next to the Black Panther
headquarters. You can't miss
it.
If the scenes are too leftwing
for you, you'll enjoy the autoharp
music during intermission; though
probably not the improvisation
each Sunday night after the per-formance
when the actors make
up the skits on the spot according
to audience suggestions. This per-mits
you to find out just how gross
the people are that are sitting
around you.
Glasses Contact Lenses
ELWOOD CARLSON
Optometrist
272 Lowry Medical Arts
227-7818
St. Paul, Minn. 55102
Monday, November 24, 1967
the CLARION Page 7 Tbeatbtr Retiteth Robert C. Nelson exhibits paintings in Chicago,
Brave New Workshop explains social and psychological functions of color
presents production on
political, social satire
the hippies with bright colors,
wide striped scarfs, bell-bottoms,
pant-suits, vests, mini- and maxi-dresses,
costume jewelry, e t c . "
Dress change is now starting at
the bottom instead of at the top.
"Young people are reacting a-gainst
the dull, drab colors, color-formulas,
and conservative lines
and designs practiced by their
parents," Nelson observed. The
change in the conception of the
value of the dollar and status has
changed conceptions of the "ap-propriate"
things to wear. "Kids
are more open now, they take
ideas from all over," Nelson stat-ed.
"It's perfectly proper to go
to Dayton's to buy an expensive,
fancy shirt and then go to the sal-vation
army to find the pants to
complete the outfit."
Nelson will have a one-painting
show in December at the West
Lake Gallery for its Christmas
show. The painting "Sacrifice" is
a triptych — a painting with the
main idea in the central panel
and supporting themes or exten-sions
of the main theme on the
two side panels. The central panel
depicts Christ's sacrifice on the
cross and the sacrifice of astro-nauts
Chafee, Grissom, and White
who died as pioneers of space ex-ploration.
The imagery on the
right panel is an atom bomb, on
the left a rose. Bright, intense
colors are used, and are combined
on the Christ-astronaut suit to
give a garish, other-worldly, un-earthly
effect.
Nelson also successfully works
with poster design and silk-screen-ing.
For the past four years, sam-ples
of his posters have been
included in the International Post-er
Annual, which is published in
Switzerland and is a collection of
the best posters in the world.
Next April, Nelson will exhibit
some of his silk-screen prints at
the Susan Kohn art gallery. The
entire exhibition will consist of
Nelson's work.
continued from page 6
be repeating her performance
from the 1968 production as well
as stage directing the return en-gagement.
Also repeating their roles from
last season will be soprano Joan
Benner in the part of Gretel and
Carolyne James of the Mother.
Miss James most recently appeared
with the Saint Paul Opera as the
Grandmother in de Falla's La Vida
Breve in October.
William Beck, baritone of the
New York City Opera will sing
the role of Peter, the Father, and
Mary Ellen Jenkins, Minneapolis
soprano, will play both the Sand-man
and Dew Fairy. Metropolitan
Opera tenor Robert Schmorr will
make his first appearance with
the Saint Paul Opera in the part of
the Witch who bakes children into
gingerbread cookies.
Set designs for the production
are by Jack Barkla, Minneapolis
by Marilee Benson
The first two senior music re-citals
for this school year will be
presented by Becky Lindaman and
Lloyd Rekstad.
This Monday, November 24,
Lloyd Rekstad will perform on
the organ at 8 p.m. in the Calvary
Baptist Church. He will be as-sisted
by Dan Wickman, bass, a
Bethel alumni. Accompanists are
Karin Dahl Wickman and Leah
Rogers Wilke.
A wide variety of music literature
will be covered, ranging from
the Baroque period to contempor-ary
pieces. Featured numbers will
include two contemporary settings,
Holy, Holy, Holy by Pete Post and
Variations on America by Charles
Ives.
Lloyd Rekstad is a secondary
music education major, with a
vocal emphasis. His home town is
Hastings, Minnesota.
Becky Lindaman's senior recital,
also an organ and also at Cal-vary
Baptist, will occur December
1 at 8 p.m. She will perform mu-sic
from Baroque, Classical, and
Contemporary periods. Selections
will include Bach's Prelude in G
Minor and Piece Herique by Cesar
Franck. Compositions by Flor Pet-ers,
Bordon Young, Powell Weav-er,
Roger Nyquist, and Charles
designer currently with the Chil-dren's
Theatre of the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts. Pratricia Collins
of Opera Today, New York, is
designing new lighting for the re-turn
engagement of Hansel and
Gretel. Igor Buketoff will return
to the Saint Paul Opera for this
production as conductor. Buketoff
conducted the 1968 version of Han-sel
and Gretel as well as this
season's La Vida Breve and El
Sombrero de Tres Picos.
Children from the Andahazy
School of Ballet and voice pupils
of Violet Gould Mather will per-form
in the gingerbread chorus
and appear as angels and forest
animals.
Tickets for the holiday matinees
are at special reduced rates and
are not part of the Saint Paul
Opera's season subscription. For
full information and reservations,
call the Saint Paul Opera Box
Office at 227-3046.
Widor are included in her pro-gram.
Becky is also a music education
major, and is also interested in
elementary and music therapy.
Her home is in Aplington, Iowa.
Lloyd Rekstad and Becky Linda-man
are both students of Mrs.
Jean Christian.
The recitals are open to Bethel
students, staff, and faculty.
by Marjorie M. Rusche
Robert Clark Nelson, associate
professor of art at Bethel, opened
an exhibit of six paintings at the
Rosenstone Art Gallery in Chica-go.
Nelson's work, along with eight
other Twin Cities artists, is show-ing
at the Rosenstone gallery from
November 12-December 3, then
will travel throughout Illinois for
the next three months.
The paintings, entitled Venus
Fluidic, Rollic Fluidic, Charic Flui-dic,
Blush Fluidic, Unii Fluidic,
vibrate with vivid color and em-phasis
fluidic, undulating curves
and biomorphic shapes.
Nelson's material, acrylic poly-mer,
a plastic based paint, gives
a brightness, intensity, and vivid-ness
to colors and stark, clear lines
where one color abruptly stops
and another begins. The dynamic
effect of his paintings is heighten-ed
by hanging them diagonally.
Development of the intensity
and tonality of color and its re-lationship
to other colors is Nel-son's
current artistic interest.
"Right now I'm engrossed in how
to relate three colors," Nelson
stated. "Two are relatively easy
to balance. It is more challenging
to juggle three around to get the
desired effects of vibration, inten-sity,
heat, pulsation; so the rela-tionships
of colors and the colors
themselves are not dead, dull, pas-sive
things, but alive, growing, liv-ing,
being."
"I'm always amused by the tri-ad
color charts you find in books
on color that tell you what is good
color harmony and what isn't. All
the cliches believed about color
are simply not true. Certain colors
do not 'go" with other colors,"
Nelson emphasized. "There isn't
such a thing as 'bad' color. One
color in itself is really no color
—it becomes color in relation to
other objects."
Nelson feels colors serve psy-chological
and social functions,
that humans derive feelings of
security or insecurity from the
colors around them. "When some-one
comes up to me and says, 'Oh
no, I couldn't wear that color' I
say, 'Why couldn't you?'," Nelson
stated. "Colors become symbolic of
attitudes, patterns, behavior, whole
ways of thinking."
A definite relation between
choice of color, fabric, design in
dress and life style exists, Nelson
expressed. "We see a new freedom
and creativity now in the trend
towards bright colors in children's
clothing and men's clothing and
the wide variety of clothes worn
by youth today."
"The hippie movement brought
about a revolution in fashion and
dress," Nelson said. "The foremost
Paris designers are now copying
Senior music majors give recitals
Page 8
the CLARION
Monday, November 24, 1969
Bethel's basketball squad, which has been practicing as a team since October 27 opened
their season November 21 at Briar Cliff in Iowa.
Basketball team begins cage season
in Iowa with Briar Cliff and Dordt
The Column
by Tim Weko
This is the time of the sports year which is known as a transitional
period — the time when football, soccer and cross country are over,
but the winter sports, basketball and wrestling haven't yet begun.
It's also a good time to sum up a lot of things. For instance, I
would like to congratulate each football player who stuck with the
team. Of course there were no victories, but as important as victories
are, they somehow pale in the light of the determination that was part
of each team member. Sometimes the will to survive is as admirable as
the will to win, and it seemed that the Royals had some of both qualities
this season. There were many good individual performances that the
players can look back at with pride, but I'm sorry they couldn't have
gotten the win they so richly deserved.
That brings us to the Cross Country team which was winning
against most of its opponents until the last couple of weeks when the
guys last to Winona and Hamline. These were disappointing losses, but
should by no means be the yardstick used to measure the success of
the whole season. There were numerous team victories and many good
team efforts. And individually times steadily improved as the season
progressed .It's awfully easy to look ahead to next year, but in this
case it is also valid thinking because the core of a strong team will
return next year.
The soccer team, though not a varsity team, was still composed of
school members and those deserve attention. They had what might be
termed a successful season, but it. was so inconsistent as to make one
wonder. But they did beat the University and tie the U's international
club team. I think possibly they're biggest disappointment was their
final loss to Hamline which might have been due to an overdose of
confidence. You must respect your opponent no matter how bad he is,
or he'll beat you. That goes in all sports. I personally hope the soccer
team reaches varsity status next year because they seem to have
earned a chance.
Out goes the fall season and in comes the winter. Basketball and
wrestling at this time look to have a chance to have their most success-ful
seasons in a long time. And they'll probably need to win every
game and every match to shake some spirit into this morgue. In years
to come people will remember Bethel college as the graveyard of
school spirit, and you'll probably be able to take courses like: How to
Sap Enthusiasm I and II, of Apathy and the American Dream.
Bethel soccer players Dan Anderson, Jon Nordstrom, Tim
Larson and Pete Wicklund are preparing for Pan American
and Olympic try-outs. Not pictured is Pete Wicklund.
Bethel soccer players are
eligible for Olympic trials
2220 EDGERTON STREET AT HWY 36 ST. PAUL, MINN 55117
J. Leonard Carroll, Pastor
C. Bruce Anderson, Asst. Pastor
BUS LEAVES EACH SUNDAY: 9:25 A.M. and 6:40 P.M.
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Tatoramataed
STANDINGS
Team Won Lost
BOWLING
1. Falcon 6 0 Standings
2. Pit 6 2 New Dorm I 17
3. Faculty 6 3 First Floor I 15
4. Second New 6 3 New Dorm H 12
5. Third Old 6 4 Falcon 10 3/4
6. Third New 5 5 Off Campus 10
7. New Dorm 5 5 First Floor II 7 3/4
8. First Floor 4 7 Second Old 4
9. Second Old 1 8 Second New 3 1/2
10. Off Campus 0 8 Third New 1 1/4
FINAL STANDINGS New Dorm III 3/4
The basketball team opens its
1969-70 season at Briar Cliff in
Iowa November 21. Saturday night
the Royals continued the season
away from home at Dordt, Iowa.
Bethel beat both of these teams
last year at home, but didn't fare
as well at Briar Cliff two years
ago. These two games could offer
an early look at how the Royals
will do this season.
Next Saturday, for all the fans
who will be missing turkey at
home, the team will open its
home season against Mayville of
South Dakota. In their only pre-vious
encounter with Mayville,
the Royals lost a Christmas tour-nament
at Mayville.
The team has been working out
together since October 27, al-
While injuries have been the
nemesis of every Royal wrestling
team thus far, this year's matmen
are preparing themselves to cope
with them early in the season.
Knee problems will take the
mat with 118 pounder Bob Down-ey
and senior standout Bob Olsen
(177 lbs.). Freshman Tom Hen-drickson
will have the companion-ship
of a weak back while Soph
Lee Granlund will give frequent
attention to last year's dislocated
elbow. It takes better than average
men to compete under some of
these conditions, but Bethel has
just that caliber athlete on the
'69-70 team.
Consistent winners and co-cap-tains
Greg Ekbom and Bob Olsen
will anchor the promising squad.
Junior Doug Warring is expected
to continue his winning ways at
150 pounds. Warring is up from
last year's 137 lb. class, but is
judged more than capable at the
new wieght. Sophomore Lee Gran-lund
is the only other returning
letterman, and will weigh in at
126 pounds. Frosh hopefuls in-clude
Dave Ekbom (134), Denny
Liedstrand (142), Walt Geery (190-
Hwt.), and Tom "Rock" Hendrick-son
(190/Hwt.). Newcomers Kent
Osterman, a sophomore at 126
lbs., and senior Bob Downey bring
much needed experience to the
lighter weights.
though individually they have
played pick-up games throughout
September and October to get in
shape. Practices have been tough,
and have placed much emphasis
on the offense. Last year the team
generally worked around center
Ron Pederson who average 24
points and 14 rebounds a game.
However, Pederson has graduated
and Coach Jack Traeger is looking
for a more balanced, steady at-tack.
Along with Pederson, Larry
Johnson, reserve center, was lost
through graduation. Returning let-termen
are seniors Andy Feldman
and Tim Weko and juniors Bob
Brodin, Don Larson and Lowell
Richardson. Bob Renwick lettered
last year, but is unable to return
because of personal problems.
The grapplers opened November
22 against Concordia College and
Huron in a triangular at Concor-dia.
The men will be at home to
open against Pillsbury December
2. Pillsbury considers wrestling
it's number one sport, and com-
Team
Won Lost
1. Falcon 8 0
2. Second New 6 2
3. Off Campus 5 3
4. Faculty 5 3
5. Third New 4 4
Others who are expected to add
depth to the team are Jack Hoehle,
GOrdy Nordmark, Tom Moline and
transfer Doug Fargo. Tom Erick-son
is also expected to add to
Bethel's punch, but has reinjured
his knee and is healing at present.
Guards who will help are Jim Feld-man,
Dave Berry and Jim Delich.
Coach Traeger is highly optimis-tic
about the chances for a very
good season as are the team mem-bers.
They have scrimmaged St.
Thomas College, the Bethel Fresh-men,
and Normandale Jr. Col-lege
so far and looked good in
each encounter.
Coach Tom Frealy of St. Thom-as
was quoted as saying that Beth-el's
team this year "is already bet-ter
than last year's team," a team
which compiled a 12-14 record.
petes in it accordingly. The Roy-als
split with the Owatonna team
last year, and anticipate one of
their toughest battles from these
invaders. It should be an inter-esting
season, with enough thrills
to last a long, long time. Recom-mended
viewing this winter.
High Series
1. Harley Hansen 561
2. Dan Brown 544
3. Jim Delich 540
High Games
In preparation for the Pan Am-erican
games in 1971 and the
Olympics in 1972, the U. S. Olym-pic
Soccer Committee is planning
a series of tryouts.
The first of these try-outs for
college players in the Midwest
area will be Saturday, December
13, and Sunday, December 14 at
Southern Illinois University. The
college players surviving the Dec-ember
13-14 trials will become
eligible for the Midwest semi-final
trials involving both college
and amateur players to be held
in April, 1970, in the St. Louis
area.
Dr. Justin Abraham, the coach
of Bethel's soccer team, was given
the responsibility of selecting
players of enough skill and quality
to be respectable candidates at the
trials.
He selected Tim Larson, Pete
Wicklund, Jon Nordstrom and Dan
Anderson to participate. They have
since had to fill out a number
of forms and player date sheets,
but feel that this is both an
an honor and an opportunity to
learn from other soccer players
from all over the midwest. They
have been practicing rigorously
every day in eager anticipation
of the event.
Matmen prepare for coming season
with match against Concordia and Huron
6. First Floor 3 5
7. New Dorm 3 5 1. Harley Hansen 232
8. Pit 3 5 2. Rick Peterson 210
9. Second Old 2 6 3. Kent Erickson 201
10. Third Old 0 8 4. Jim Delich 200
All Nov. 15 games were cancelled. 5. Dave Nethercott 192