For we are His work-manship,
created in
Christ Jesus unto
good works, ....
... which God hath
before ordained that
we should walk in
them. Eph. 2:10 ate. Vaal Schaal Pape4
Vol. XXIX—No. 7
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Thursday, January 24, 1952
Seniors Present Vocalist In Concert Friday
Chicago Baritone, Ray McAfee,
Is Featured In Chapel at 8:00 p.m.
Friday evening at 8:00 p.m. the senior class of 1952 is presenting
Raymond McAfee, baritone, in a concert of select classical and sacred
vocal works. Mr. McAfee's program has been selected to please the likes
of a varied audience. It includes the Bible Songs by Dvorak; the famil-iar
German leid of Brahms; and the ballad, Gentle Annie. Works of
composers Beethoven, Franck, Verdi, and Handel are included in the
Dr. Smith's discussion will re- program.
volve around the position of this
contemporary school of theological
thought. Brief mention will be
made of some of the leading dia-lectical
theologians as Karl Barth,
Emil Brunner, and Reinhold Nie-buhr.
Alexis is a seminary organiza-tion
for the discussion of the theo-logical
and practical problems that
face the modern day preacher. The
entire student body is welcomed
to attend its meetings.
Don Seagren Heads
Sem Banquet Comm.
Class meetings in the seminary
have, as one item, produced ini-tial
action on arrangements for
their annual spring banquet. May
2 has been chosen as the date for
the affair.
Dan Seagren, vice-president of
the middlemen class, is acting
chairman of all committees. Com-mittees,
represented by both jun-ior
and middlemen classes, are as
follows: Arrangements — Milton
Paulson, Kenneth Carlson, Gust
Tillman, Herb Skoglund; Publicity
—LeRoy Sandberg, Rudy Forsman,
Cliff D. Anderson, Wilbur Mad-sen;
Program—Phil McLain, Em-met
Johnson, Paul Thompson, Bob
Gillquist.
Founders Week
Begins Feb. 18
Pastors and alumni of Bethel
from all parts of the country will
gather on Bethel's campus for time
of spiritual enrichment and fellow-ship
during Founders' Week, Feb-ruary
18-22.
The three main speakers for the
week will be Dr. A. W. Tozer, dis-tinguished
Christian Missionary
Alliance pastor of Chicago, and
editor of the Alliance Weekly; Dr.
Wilbur Smith of Fuller Theologi-cal
Seminary in Pasadena, former-ly
a professor at Moody Bible
Institute; and Dr. W. Robert Smith
of the Bethel faculty. Others bring-ing
messages will be Dr. Earle V.
Pierce, Rev. Curtis Akenson, Rev.
Earl Jensen, Dr. R. A. Wall, Rev.
Robert Klingberg and Missionary
William Hagstrom.
Day sessions will be held in the
college chapel while Payne Avenue
Baptist Church in St. Paul and
Bethel Baptist Church in Minne-apolis
will be the host churches
for the evening meetings from
Monday through Thursday. The
united meeting on Friday evening
at First Baptist Church in Minne-apolis
will climax . the week. A
banquet at 6:00 p.m. also at First
Baptist will precede this meeting.
Music Students
Give Recital Tues.
Eleven music students will par-ticipate
in the Student Recital
Tuesday evening, January 29 at
3:00 p.m. in the college chapel.
Miss Mildred Bisgrove's piano
students will be featured in the
following numbers: Sonatina No.
IV in Bb by Mozart, Carol Bach-man;
Sonata in F Major, Allegro,
by Mozart, Audrey Kuehn; Reverie
by Debussy, Rodney Erickson;
Sonata in E, op. 14 no. 1, allegro,
by Beethoven, James Hubbard; and
Sonata in G, op. 14 no. 2, allegro,
by Beethoven, Carol Bessey.
Nancy Swanson singing Seit Ich
Ihn Gesehen from Frauenliebe and
Leben by Schumann; Nancy Sch-norr,
Dawn by Curran, and Elenor
Swartz, The Little Damozel by Nov-ella
are Mr. K. Roy Hallman's
voice pupils on the program.
Mr. C. Howard Smith's organ
pupils performing are Shirley
Herrstrom playing Meditation by
Kinder; Eunice Montgomery, Pre-lude
and Fugue in B-flat Major by
Bach; and Carol Addington, Fugue
in G Minor by Bach.
The recital is open to all stu-dents,
faculty members a n d
friends.
School Is Given
New P. A. System
An entire new public address
system has been installed in the
chapel recently by Mr. Nordstrom,
school maintenance man.
This new Altec system, approxi-mately
$600 in value, is a gift to
the school from Mr. Harry Bessey
of Montclair, N. J., father of Carol
Bessey, college Junior. The system
is considered one of the most out-standing
available. The old system
will be installed in the seminary
chapel.
All students are invited to at-tend
the social problems class,
the fourth period Friday, to
hear a lecture on the subject,
"How does the Social Worker
Approach Modern Social Prob-lems?",
given by Miss Betty
Danielson, executive secretary
of the Big Sister Association,
Minneapolis. According to Da-vid
Moberg, instructor in sociol-ogy,
Miss Danielson is a pro-fessional
social worker in the
Twin-Cities.
Miss aDnielson will present
the problem of the need and
place for Christians in social
work as vocations. She will tell
how social workers can be of
help to Christian leaders such
as ministers and counsellors.
Moberg Completes
Doctorate Work
In a recent interview with David
Moberg, instructor in sociology at
Bethel, he disclosed that all his
work towards a Doctor or Philoso-phy
degree in the field of sociol-ogy
has been completed and that
he will receive the degree from
the University of Minnesota on or
about March 20 of this year.
The award is based upon his
completion of the required amount
of course work in sociology, suc-cessful
completion of both oral
and comprehensive examinations,
and upon the acceptance of a writ-ten
thesis entitled "Religion and
Personal Adjustment in Old Age."
Mr. Moberg came to Bethel at
the beginning of the 1949-50 school
year. He received a Master of Arts
degree in sociology from the Uni-versity
of Washington in June,
1949.
Saturday evening's program con-sists
of a short message by Dr.
Olson followed by a talent pro-gram.
Prayer time in the cabins
will be from 10:45 to 11:15 p.m.
At 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning,
the rising bell will ring, allowing
time between breakfast and Sun-day
School at 9:30 for a quiet de-votional
period. Church will begin
at 11:00 and after dinner Dr. Olson
will bring his final message. In-door
and outdoor recreation is
planned for the remainder of the
afternoon. The Sophomores will
leave Iduhapi shortly after supper
Sunday night.
The cost for the weekend is
$5.50 in cash and $2.00 in meal
tickets. Miss Lillian Ryberg will
chaperone the group.
Raymond McAfee
Oratorio Choir
Rssumes Monday
Beginning practice sessions next
Monday evening, January 28, the
Oratorion Choir under the direc-tion
of Miss Mildred Bisgrove, as-sociate
professor of music, will
work on the oratorio "The Cruci-fiction"
by Sir John Stainer for
presentation during Passion Week
before the Easter vacation.
The choir practices from 7:00
to 8:30 p.m. every Monday even-ing
in the college chapel. Old
members of the choir as well as
any others who are interested are
urged to attend practices.
In adition to its program at
school, the Oratorio Choir will pre-sent
its concert at several Twin
City churches. Mr. C. Howard
Smith at the organ and Mr. Kan-gro's
instrumental ensemble will
accompany the group.
All School Skate
Is Set for Feb. 4
For the entertainment of all stu-dents,
the Student council is spon-soring
an all-school roller skating
party Monday night, February 4.
Skating will be from 7 to 10 p.m.
at the Collesium rink located at
University Ave. and Lexington, St.
Paul.
The price for the event is fifty-cents
per student. Transportation
by bus will be arranged for by the
student council at a charge of
about thirty-cents round trip.
Cal Edlund is general chairman
for the event, and committees for
the sale of tickets and for publicity
will begin functioning soon.
Tickets will be sold in front of
the chapel all day Friday at the
price of one dollar. They may be
purchased from senior class mem-bers
and from Dr. W. Robert
Smith, class advisor. Tickets will
be available at the door just be-fore
the performance.
Mr. McAfee is the minister of
music of the Christian Missionary
Alliance Church of Chicago, of
which Dr. A. W. Tozer, Founder's
Week speaker for next month, is
the pastor. Also from Chicago
comes Miss Blanch Branche, his
accompanist.
Each year the senior class pre-sents
an outstanding artist in con-cert.
The proceeas from this con-cert
are used to purchase a gift
for the college from the graduat-ing
class.
Office Reports
EnrolmentGain
A report from the Dean's Office
says that 334 boys are enrolled in
the college and seminary compar-ed
with an enrollment of 152 girls.
The enrollment at the beginning
of the winter quarter was 522 as
compared with the 531 registered
at the same time last year. Cancel-lations
thus far this quarter total
36, leaving an enrollment of 486
at the present time. Up to this
time last year there were 54 can-cellations,
which left an enroll-ment
of 476. The reason suggested
for the many cancellations last
year was that the intense feeling
about the Korean situation caused
a number of fellows to drop out
to enter the service.
Thirty-one new students have
registered for the winter quarter,
with 8 in the Seminary and 23 in
the College, compared with a total
of 27 for last year's winter quarter.
At this date, the enrollment ex-ceeds
that of a year ago ny 10
students.
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January 24—BWA, 3:00 p.m.
January 24 — Alexis, Seminary
Chapel
January 25—Senior Concert, Ray-mond
McAfee, baritone soloist
January 29—Student Recital
January 30—Student Fellowship
January 30—B Squad basketball
at University of Minnesota Farm
School
February 2—Basketball at Roches.
ter
February 5—Swedish Club
February 9—Basketball with Beth-any
here
February 9-10—Sophomore Retreat
February 14—BWA, 3:00 p.m.
February 16—Arts Club
February 18-22—Founders Week
February 25— Laker Preliminary
basketball game
Neo-Orthodoxy Is Alexis Topic
Tonight; Dr. Smith Is Speaker
The subject of Neo.Orthodoxy will be discussed tonight at the
Alexis Society of the seminary at 7:30 p.m. in the seminary chapel. Ac-cording
to Jim Mason, president of the society, Dr. W. Robert Smith
of the college faculty has been asked to speak on Neo-Orthodoxy, point-ing
out its theological implications.
Sophs Anticipate Busy Program
For Iduhapi; Retreat Feb. 9-10
Giving spiritual emphasis to their program, the sophomores will
retreat to Camp Iduhapi February 9 and 10.
The program committee announced that the bus will leave the
school at 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning thus arriving at Iduhapi in time
for breakfast. A full schedule of outdoor recreation, tobogganning,
skating, skiing is planned for the morning and at 1:00 p.m. Dr. Virgil
Olson will bring his first message. After this the sophs will again take
to the outdoor world.
Everyone \vas happy last week to hear of the arrival of twin daughters, Lois
Elaine, and Laurel Jean, to Professor and Mrs. Howard Smith. The smile on Mr.
Smith's face these days seems not to reveal "double trouble" but rather a double
doze of happiness.
New on campus since the holidays is Nancy Swanson of Rockford, Illinois, who
enrolled after vacation. The tall blonde is known around the Rockford area as a
favorite soprano soloist. She will take part in the student recital next Tuesday.
The Pep Club will sponsor buses to take students to the Bethel-Rochester basket-ball
game at Rochester, Saturday, February 2. Round trip cost, including game ticket,
will be between $1.75 and $2.00. This is your only opportunity to attend an out-of-town
game.
Among uniquie Christmas gifts received by students is an all silk twelve dollar
tie given Don Barnhill. Don says, "it's a beauty but I'm afraid I'll spill on it if I wear
it." He'll probably look at it the rest of his life. Roger Hedberg was given a ukelele.
He says he can already play Mary Had a Little Lamb, and is trying hard to get to
the "heavier" numbers.
To Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Meyers a daughter, Nancy Ann, was born two weeks ago.
Floyd is a student in the seminary. To another student and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd is a student in the seminary. To another sem student and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Knapp, a daughter was born this week. Sorry we can't give you her name.
Former Sophomore Margaret Anderson, and former sem student Ronald Skoog
left Bethel at the first of the year to join God's Invasion Army, now in training at
Elim Baptist Church, Chicago.
Some of the boys did a bit of "philosophyzing" in a humorous way during philoso-phy
class this week. In an attempt to classify the minute differences between the
Norwegians and the Swedes the professor asked the question, What is a hydramatic
Swede? Seeing that the class was quite puzzled he answered his own question. A
hydramatic Swede is a shiftless Norwegian, was the professors answer.
Where did Herman go? Herman the cat is wanted by the Humane society, but
evidently he smelled something in the air for he was not to be found when he was
to be placed in "safe keeping" until the pick-up was made. Maybe he has shown him-self
since, but if you don't see him around anymore, it is more than likely that Her-man
has received a new home. It was nice knowing you Herman old boy.
The dreams of many a disappointed youth on campus have finally come true, or
so it seems. Last Tuesday night thirty-seven campus men turned out to join the Male
Chorus re-organizing under the leadership of Nels Stjernstrom, former director of
the group. Fourteen old-timers were present. As one of the boys put it, "practice
sounded as though Bethel has a real Male Chorus." May they be successful.
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Editorial Notes
One challenge that comes from Gems of
Thought, this issue, is to have a character
that is "transparently sincere." For an-other
to have faith in us, it is hinted that
we must be "honest in word and deed ...
true as steel to every trust ... transparently
sincere." The reader is told that he has a
choice whether he is to be "faithful or
false", whether he will swear to his own
hurt or twist the truth to his own inter-ests.
We cannot help but emphasize the
implication for action which arises from
these statements. This action is, in part
anyway, making an appeal to God daily to
help us discriminately view our motives,
whether they be sincere or deceitful.
All who possibly can ought to attend the
student musical recital next Tuesday even-ing
in the chapel. These students have
talents and abilities deserving of honor
from their fellow students. As one student
put it, "We owe it to our talented students
to be courteous enough to come to their
performances". With no apologies we bold-ly
state that this program will give evi-dence
of first rate talent. Several perform.
ers have not appeared publicly before.
You've no doubt asked the question,
Where has the Clarion been since we got
back to school? Well, it hasn't run away,
but there are reasons why The Clarion
isn't coming out as often as it normally
should. For financial reasons we are being
forced to cut down on the number of is-sues
published. We will stick more to every
three weeks instead of the usual bimonth-ly
set-up. We've got an excellent business
manager, but prices are still quite high. We
will try to make all our news aimed to-ward
the future and keep the contents
as interesting as possible.
Meet Our New Nurse
If you have been troubled with aches
and pains since the holidays you have no
doubt met a very charming personality,
Miss Doris Moberg, our new nurse. Miss
Moberg took up duties as school nurse
three weeks ago. She came to Bethel from
Oakland, California where she was in in-dustrial
nursing at the Nordstrom Valve
Company. She also served in the same
position at the Ford Motor Company in
Richmond, California.
Miss Moberg comes "back to Bethel".
She is a member of the Junior College
graduating class of '39.
"On returning to my alma mater", Miss
Moberg stated, "I have experienced that
`just-like-coming home' feeling. Grateful for
Bethel's influence in my life, for the many
experiences during student days which
have endeared her to me, and for the host
of friends made through her, I am happy
for the privilege of serving the school as
head nurse. Indeed, it is good to be back."
Our new nurse calls Rockford, Illinois,
her "home". Her former job there as an
industrial nurse did not occupy all of her
time. As a member of the Temple Baptist
church there, a conference church, she serv-ed
as superintendent of the branch Sunday
school of that church.
Already Miss Moberg has won a place of
respect and esteem in the hearts of many
students. Her congenial spirit and willing-ness
to be of service is appreciated by all.
May the Lord bless her as she serves Him
and our school.
ort5 of Tbougbt
by President Wingblade
When in 1912 the palatial "unsinkable"
Titanic went down in the Atlantic with
some three-fourths of her passengers per-ishing,
the Carpathia in answer to an SOS
call rushed to the scene and picked up
several hundred from the life boats.
The Carpathia was now steaming toward
New York harbor, where relatives and
friends of the ill-fated passengers were
wondering whether their loved ones were
on the Carapthia. Among the passengers
had been the distinguished journalist, W.
T, Stead, a reformer and an exponent of
world peace. A group of men were stand-ing
in the Waldorf-Astoria talking. One
said: "I wonder if Mr. Stead is on the
Carpathia?"
Another spoke up: "No, Mr. Stead is not
on the Carpathia."
"How do you know? Have you heard?"
"No, but I know Mr. Stead. I know that
he would never crowd other weaker ones
aside to enter the life boats. Mr. Stead is
not on the Carpathia."
When the Carpathia steamed into the
harbor, Mr. Stead was not aboard.
We say that a man knows what his own
car will do in an emergency. He also
knows what his friend will do. An emer-gency
brings out what has been present
all the time—built up through the years.
Just as self-confidence grows out of suc-cessful
accomplishment, so faith in another
grows out of our experience with him.
Has he been honest in word and deed?
Has he been true as steel to every trust,
or has he chiseled and trimmed the truth
for personal advantage? Has he said one
thing and meant another or has he been
transparently sincere?
It is true that faith begets faith. Many
years ago when I was a student at Chicago
University, I was privileged to be in Dr.
Burton's Greek class—Dr. Burton who later
became president of the University. At the
final examination, he put the questions on
the board and then he said: "Gentlemen,
when you are through, will you please put
your papers in this drawer?" Then he
walked out. He honored us with his faith.
I do not believe that a single man let him
down.
Ours is the choice, whether we are to
be faithful or false, whether we are to
"swear to our hurt" or trust the truth to
our own interests. It may be possible to
' cheat in examinations, or to be dishonest
in money matters, or to lie about facts-
' but nothing can ever be so hidden that it
will not rise up as a ghost to torment us
in days ahead, and all the time we must
be living with ourselves.
A salesman who had been lying on the
phone to a competitor, turned afterward
and said: "I feel so crooked, I cannot lie
straight in bed." Yes, we have to live with
ourselves.
Satan was the father of lies from the
beginning. Christ said: "I am the Truth."
He does not ask of us that we "succeed";
He asks that we be faithful and true—to -
the trust.
Meditation
Create in me a clean heart,
0 God; and renew a
right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence;
and take not thy holy spirit
from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy
salvation; and uphold me
with thy free spirit.
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
and sinners shall be converted
unto thee.
The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit; a broken and a contrite
heart, 0 God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalm 51:10-13, 17
Slit rye sii.e4at
last night in the college building i heard several of the faculty and staff talking about
some of their interests. eric borgeson was talking about the garden he is going to
have this spring. eric said gardening is mans effort to improve his lot. last yeor eric
was so disgusted with the garden he was ready to throw in the towel. just then miss
rusinko came walking up complaining about her english pupils. she had given them
a surprise spelling test and everyone mispelled the word 'does'. they spelled it DUZ.
about this time dr. bob walked up, stooped over and took a drink from ye 'old face-ful'
drinking fountain, then joined the conversation by telling how his son came home
from school with the news that he was second highest in his class. top place was
held by a girl. surely son, said dr. bob, you're not going to be beaten by a mere
girl. but dad, came the reply, girls are not nearly so mere as they used to be. so
what happens. prof. bohne joins the complaint department... on the final exam he
had asked the question: if a man buys an article for $3.75 and sells it for $5.25, does
he gain or lose on the transaction? he was upset because bernie hogan had answered
the question: the man gains on the dollars but loses on the cents. if the others were
upset, you should have seen mr. smith. he was so mad he was seeing double. guess
he had been playing the piano when a friend suggested that he really played in the
true spirit of christian charity. upon inquiry as to the meaning the friend replied;
your right hand does not know what your left hand is doing. after hearing this i,
smorgy, climbed up on the bulletin board and read: attention all girls bwa tea. giggle-gabble-
gobble-git. so i got back on the floor. two students, one from st paul and one
from minneapolis stepped on my tail and woke me up with the realization that this
was all a dream, and i now have 'the tail of two cities'.
The Story Is Being Told
by Mary Radunz
"We've a story to tell to the nations,
that shall turn their hearts to the right;
a story of truth and sweetness, a story of
peace and light ..."
As Flossie rang out the notes of this
song on her bells at the missionary meet-ing
Thursday night, the verse seemed to
loom up before my eyes. More clearly
than ever I realized, along with others,
that we have a story to tell, and that we
have been commissioned to tell it.
This past Missionary Emphasis week has,
I'm sure, given us a clearer picture of the
problems, needs, and the joys of the mis-sionary.
We've been impressed by the happiness
and peace radiating the face of each speak-er—
the happiness gained in telling others
about Christ, some of whom may never
have heard before. Yet there are some who
may never hear—not because Christ in-tended
it so, but because of our laxity in
supporting, and, possibly in giving our
lives to missions.
As Rev. John Anderson pointed out, al-though
conditions have changed for mis-sionaries
in many foreign lands, our com-mission
has only grown more urgent. "The
light is still shining in the darkness, and
the darkness has never put it out" ... and
it never will put it out; for, where light
is, darkness is expelled.
Even though many of us will not be-come
foreign missionaries, we still have a
responsibility toward missions. We need to
give to missions and to pray for mssion-ar
ies, that, as Rev. Warren Johnson pointed
out, they may have wisdom in the time of
decision, courage in the hour of tragedy,
and inspiration when in despair
Rev. Hale Bjork told us of the cost of
missions—not only in money, but in corn-fort,
comradeship, and Christian fellow-ship.
Yet, although the cost is great, it is
worthwhile in the light of the cost of
Christ on Calvary.
As. Rev. John Anderson said, when,
someday, we meet our Saviour in Glory,
He will not ask us how much we've done,
but He'll ask us if we've done anything
at all.
For we have a story to tell, and may
God help us to be faithful in telling it—
whether our mission field is at home or in
a foreign land.
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2et1e4ts Ia the Cc/ 4:64
Dear Editor:
"I think the churches are miss-ing
the boat because they empha-size
theology instead of psychology
and sociology."
This was the contention made
by a member of a discussion panel
at the speech tournament held
last Friday and Saturday at Sioux
Falls College, Sioux Falls, S. D.
The topic for discussion was, "How
can we improve morals and ethics
in our politics?" None of the Beth-el
debaters entered the discussion
but after sitting in on the discus-sion
they wished they had.
Mistakes and heresies were
blurted out by individuals who ap-parently
knew little or nothing
about the Christian teachings. One
person heroically advocated a na-tional
return to the teachings of
Christ, whatever they were. Others
decided that ministers were not
quite as competent of moral in-struction
as the school teachers.
Some wanted to put them on the
same plane. It was decided that
ministers had much more time to
waste on this than did anyone
else.
In the next speech tournament
at Moorhead in February the panel
discussion and impromptu speak-ing
will again feature ethical and
moral improvement as the topic.
What will Bethel's answer be?
Through you, editor, I would
like to make an appeal to our stu-dents
that they accept the chall-enge
of such topic and make an
effort to represent a Christian
view. Are there any students on
campus who claim they do some
thinking on the relationship of
Christian ethics to politics? Are
there any students on campus who
will meet this challenge?
Don Richardson
Dear Mr. Richardson:
We feel that the problem of
morals in politics presents a fer-tile
area into which Christian
thought and ideas should be
thrust. The dynamic of Christian
ethics ought to in itself provide
the stimulus to make Christians
alert to fervently fight for a wider
acceptance of Christian thought in
politics.
We hope that there are students
on our campus who do some think-ing
about the relationship of
Christian ethics to politics. We
feel that there are. We feel that
there are those capable of contri-buting
much to the discussion of
the topic you mention and at the
same time present a Christian view
and represent our school in an
elegant way.
We join you in asking them to
meet the challenge.
This topic is related to the
course in Christian ethics taught
here by Mr. Otto. Perhaps certain
of the subject materials dealt with
in that course could well be used
as a good starting point in organ-iiing
materials. From our political
science and history classes as well
as from our class in ethics, the
students we are both looking for
ought to arise.
Editor
To the Student:
Meeting this challenge mechani-cally
is not effective. Therefore,
we encourage individual thought
concerning Christ's way being a
pattern for the improvement of
politics. As a Christian thinker
have you envisioned this pattern?
Maybe you are the one that can
meet this challenge.
There is still time to be of use
to the Bethel debate squad in dis-cussing
this topic as well as in
debating. Won't you see Mr.
Schultz, speech instructor, and
offer yourself as one who will
meet the challenge to be of ser-vice
in the way of public speak-ing?
Editor
Twin-City Alumni
Chooses Committee
The Twin City Bethel Alumni
Association elected Mrs. Harold
Lidbom chairman of the alumni
committee at its first meeting of
the year last Saturday evening,
held in the college chapel. Mem-bers
of the committee elected are
Ivar Anderson, Mrs. Mike Olson,
Warren Palmquist and Paul Wohl-ford.
Over 200 alumni were present
at the meeting.
Before their meeting an alumni
smorgasbord was served at the din-ing
hall at which some 130 attend-ed.
Robert Otto of the Bethel
faculty led the chapel program.
Roger Goodman and John Ander-son
gave humorous readings. An
alumni male chorus sang and an
old film of Bethel activities was
shown. Dr. Virginia Lowell spoke
at the close of the meeting relat-ing
some of her impressions of
Bethel since she joined the faculty
last fall.
Christian Service Dept.
Keeps G. Teams Busy
Three more week-ends means
three more opportunities tor our
Gospel teams to spread the light
of the Gospel of our Lord.
January 12 and 13 one of our
teams had three fine services. Herb
Moise- with his saxophone, together
with the Nadine Westin, Jean
Danielson, and Nettie Dvirnak trio
provided the special music. Wally
Olson was the song leader end Bob
Hilton the speaker. The team left
Saturday for services in Claire
Brook, Minn., Saturday night,
Lengby, Minn., Sunday morning,
and Fosston, Minn., Sunday even-ing.
In Fosston they talked with
three or four young people who
are interested in coming to Bethel.
This same team, with the excep-tion
of Bob Hilton, will be holding
meetings with Dr. W. Robert Smith
in Rochester, Minn., this week-end.
Sunday, January 20, Gus Till-man
and his Gospel team made up
of Florence Ohland, Jay Fernlund
and Ethel Edwards put on services
in Royal Peterson's church at Lake
Elizabeth, Minn.
Next Sunday Herb Hage, Cliff
Anderson, Ethel Bernstrom, Carol
Turnwall, Nancy Schnorr and
Marilyn Anderson will be nolding
services in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
The Lord has used the Gospel
teams in mighty ways ana each
one of us should remember them
before the Lord that they might
continue to be of service to Him.
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Members and friends of the
Swedish club are invited to the
Swedish Art institute Tuesday,
February 5. The manager person-ally
will conduct a tour through
the institute, after which free
lunch will be served.
Transportation will be provided,
cars leaving Bethel at 7:00 p.m.
Velta Burvis, a new student this
quarter, described some of her ex-periences
during her five years in
DP camps in Germany to the Ger-man
Club yesterday. The meeting
was held in the lounge of the
girls' dorm during the sixth hour.
Before she spoke, Frank Voth
sang a solo and Gene Messenger
and Al Malmstrom played an in-strumental
number. Gordon Han-stad
led the group in devotions.
Monday morning, February 18th
the Alpha Kappa will be accepting
new memberships. In the hall out-side
of the college chapel and in
the dining hall prospective mem-bers
may register their member-ship,
pay the initiation fee of one
dollar, and receive their member-ship
cards. At the March 9th meet-ing
there will be a formal recep-tion
for these new members.
J. S. Is Set For
Mayloat Daytons
May 16th brings to the college
the annual Junior-Senior Banquet.
This year the banquet will be held
in Dayton's Sky Room overlooking
downtown Minneapolis. The pro-gram
is being planned by Carol
Addington and Carol Bessie; dec-orations
by Nettie Dvirnak and
Dean Olson.; and publicity by Phil
Carlson and Ray Brace. Ray Brace
is also general chairman of the
J-S committees. Dean Olson is the
Junior Class President.
Storm "Shed"
Nears Completion
Mr. Hugo Bersell, maintenance
man around Bethel, is spending
many hours building what he calls
a "storm shed" outside the north
door of the college building. The
school is erecting the shelter to
keep the cold air out of first floor
and also to protect the steps in
front of the entrance from snow
and ice which has made them
hazardous during winter months.
Mr. Bersell estimated the cost
of the structure to approximate
$175.00. The construction is such
that it is entirely portable and
will be taken down when it be-comes
"out of season".
As soon as the "no-slam" hinges
arrive the doors will be hung and
the "shed" will be finished. A
paint job will complete the job.
Lack of Personnel Limits
Participation In Speech Tourneys
The call of the North, East and West is taking our debate teams to
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Moorhead, Minnesota and Eau Claire, Wiscon-sin.
Last Thursday Mr. Schultz and two teams drove to Sioux Falls.
About thirty-five colleges from the mid-west area participated. Sioux
Falls College (Baptist) was the host school. The returned Saturday even-ing.
The team members are Bob Franzen, Ralph Carlson, Roger Berge-son
and Ronald Polosaari. Donald Richardson substituted for Bob Fran-zen.
For Bethel to enter the oratory,
extemporaneous and impromptu
speaking contests at Moorhead and
Eau Claire, there are openings
that need to be filled.
At Tuesday's chapel service the
following athletes received football
letter awards for participation on
the 1951 Indian football team:
Dwight A. Anderson, Clifford D.
Anderson, James G. Baxter, Don-ald
J. Berggren, Charles A. Borge-son,
Ray I. Brace, Robert H. Carl-son,
Philip R. Carlson, Alfred C.
Christensen, Donald 0. Erickson,
Calvin V. Edlund, James Forssell,
Robert W. Franzen, Lowry Fred-erickson,
Eugene A. Gladder, Ver-gil
J. Hegle, Rodney W. Kjell,
Gesta E. Lexen, Charles A. Lind-gren,
Ronald R. Nelson, Melton J.
Nygren, Ronald Polasaari, Donald
R. Spratt, Douglas D. Swanson,
Fred G. Thomas, David G. Wash-burn,
James A. Westerhoff, and
Ronald Skoog.
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Athletes Tuesday
The orations may be developed
on any topic. They must be the
original work of the student and
ought to be about ten minutes
long.
The extemporaneous speeches
will be related to some aspect of
improving our moral and ethical
conduct. Length is set at five to
seven minutes.
The impromptu speeches will be
selected from news items found
in the January and February is-dues
of the national news maga-zines.
Preparation time varies with
each contest.
Any student who is interested
in any of these activities should
see Mr. Schultz.
Rochester Offers Little Opposition
Bethel Quint Cops Fifth Win, 64-56
Scoring their fourth straight and fifth out of seven this season,
Bethel downed Rochester J C at Minnehaha on January 12 by 64-56.
The cagers were once again led by captain Pete Unruh, with 13.
Bob Carlson and Clarence Wood got the Indians off to a quick lead
with two free throws. Bud Pierce added a bucket and the Red and
White was off to a whirlwind first
quarter which found them outscor-ing
their opponents 18-6. Wood
led the attack with 6 points.
IM Trophy Race
Remains Close
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Peterson 7 89 12.7 77 30 39 57 29 51
Pierce 7 77 11.0 112 33 29 14 11 79
Ristow 5 46 9.2 66 22 33 5 2 40
Carlson 7 49 7.0 47 15 32 29 19 66
Wood 7 27 3.9 34 9 26 16 9 56
Messenger 7 21 3.0 23 8 35 9 5 56
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ea#te(34dia THE CLARION 114V1Vtehlt
The race for the Intramural
trophy, awarded annually to the
team totaling the highest number
of points in all of the Intramural
activities, is still wide open at the
present time. Although Iowa holds
the lead in total points with 25,
West and Illinois are still danger-ous
threats with 20 each. Still to
be included in the year's totals for
the trophy are one more round of
basketball, softball, and ping-pong.
In basketball, the first round of
play is almost over. Michigan-
Wisconsin leads in the standings
with a 4 won and 1 lost record.
Every team has suffered at least
one defeat, indicating good bal-ance
in this year's competition.
Some of the top games to date
have been: Illinois and Michigan-
Wisconsin, a contest which went
two overtimes before being settled
in Illinois' favor, 61-59: Illinois
and Iowa, where Iowa held the
Illini scoreless the final three min-utes,
while scoring nine points to
break a 31-31 tie and went on to
win 40-31; and the game in which
West trounced East. In this con-test,
Ken Greenman, leader in the
point average per game with 19.5,
Scored 31 points.
Games this weekend include:
Michigan-Wisconsin vs. East; Iowa
meeting West; and Illinois playing
Minnesota. All are to be played on
Saturday, the 26th.
Indians Bump Northland
In Pre-Christmas Game
In the last encounter before
Christmas, the Indians walloped
Northland College of Ashland,
Wis., 69-47. The Indians led all
the way, enjoying a 35-22 halftime
lead. Pete Unruh led the scorers
with 28.
Coach Peterson substituted his
second string for most of the sec-ond
period and they continued the
scoring, running up a 38-23 inter-mission
mark. Big 6-5 Chuck Lind-gren
set the pace with four baskets
in this period for eight points. Al-though
is was up against a weak
defense, the Indian offense clicked
with the best results seen this sea-son.
The second half was marked by
ragged playing, with both teams
handling the ball carelessly and
committing technical errors. Much
more fouling was done in this half
also, particularly by the Indians.
In the third quarter, Bethel out-scored
Rochester 12-11. It was a
referee's quarter, with the whistles
of the officials being blown end-lessly
to point out the many er-rors
and fouls.
The Yellowjackets came alive in
the final stanza, scoring 22 to 14
for Bethel. Shooting furiously, the
visitors tried desperately to get
back in the game. And slowly they
closed the margin between the two
teams to the final eight point
spread.
Following Unruh's 13, Don Peter-son
at center counted 10. For
Rochester, Schoenmann, center,
scored 16 for high point man of
the evening for both teams. It was
Rochester's seventh loss against 3
wins.
Bethel (64)
Rochester (56)
fg ft tp fg ft tp
Carlson, f 1 1 3 Wirms, f
1 3 5
Mes'ger, f 1 1 3 Dee, f
3 2 8
Unruh, f
4 5 13 Law'ce, f
1 0 2
Nelson, f
0 0 0 Sch'ann, c 5 6 16
Pet'son, c 3 4 10 Tro'son, c 0 0 0
Lin'ren, c 4 0 8 Gill'pie, g
0 0 0
Pierce, g 3 1 7 Sch'der, g 4 4 12
Str'wall, g 2 1 5 Giese, g 5 1 11
Ristow, g 3 0 6 Todde, g 1 0 2
Wood, g 2 5 9 — — —
Nygren, g 0 0 0 Totals
20 16 56
Totals 23 18 64
Gaining their fifth win in a row,
Bethel nudged Concordia JC., 58-
53 on the losers floor January 21.
It was a victory which the Indians
had to fight for all the way as the
Comets proved extremely trouble-some.
Concordia opened the scoring on
Fergin's bucket, which coupled
with Koehler's fielder gave them
a 4.0 lead. Koehler's shooting for
the game was little short of amaz-ing,
as he tossed in his first seven
in a row without missing.
Bethel was unable to grab the
lead until a 12-11 score. Even then,
they were unable to hold it, being
down 18-16 at the quarter. In the
second period, the Indians fought
back to 'a 29-29 intermission tie.
Pete Unruh with 13 points was
leading the way.
The closeness which marked the
first half remained throughout the
second half.
Time and time again this school
year—even since the basketball
season began, I have heard the
question of "which is better, the
1950-5lsquad or the 51-52 team".
Many of those discussing this is-sue
have expressed the opinion
that the latest team is the better
of the two. In the personal opinion
of this sports scribe, I would have
to string along with the former of
the two teams. The squad of a year
ago contained much more spirit
and team fight than this year's
edition. By the end of the season,
you would have had to look hard
to find a center as smooth and
adept in scoring as Ralph Martin.
He hit his peak in the North Park
game in Chicago in the early part
of March with 25 points. Pete
Unruh and Bud Pierce were two
fine "floor generals", as well as
high scorers. Unmatched for sheer
fight was Gordy Johnson who re-bounded
with the best at and
above his height. Art Hage, a fine
ball handler, and good rebounder
aided the team immeasureably
also.
This year's squad is marked by
better team scoring balance, but
still does not measure up to the
team of 1950-51. Last year's final
record showed 11 won and seven
lost. This year, the record already
is six and two, but my prediction
is that the squad does not finish
with a better record than 12 and 7.
COMING GAMES
Jan. 25 Itasca there
26 Eveleth there
30 U Farm there
Feb. 2 Rochester there
5 Concordia here
9 Bethany here
15 Northland there
18 Luther there
23 Northwest there
25 Eveleth here
(Laker preliminary)
Mar. 1 Northwest here
Bethel (58) Concordia (53)
fg ft tp fg ft tp
Carlson, f 0 4 4 Koehler, f 72 16
Mes'ger, f 0 0 0 Hamlin, f 1 3 5
Unruh, f 5 7 17 Kluge, c 4 2 10
Pet'son, c 4 3 11 Beck, c 0 0 0
Lin'ren, c 0 0 0 Seitz, g 2 3 7
Pierce, g 6 1 13 Fry, g 0 0 0
Str'wall, g 0 0 0 Zim'ick, g 5 1 11
Ristow. g 5 1 11 Fergin, g 2 0 4
Wood, g 0 2 2 Heintz, g 0 0 0
— — — — —
Totals 20 18 58 Totals 21 11 53
One of the casualties on this
year's sport program—and a not-iceable
one I think—is the gym
team and its performances. This
outfit, appearing last year through-out
the school year at basketball
games, youth groups, hockey
games, - Laker games, and various
other functions, was impressive
and helped to publicize Bethel
College to a great extent. The
group, particularly in their Roman
Ladder Act, was interesting to
watch, and though few knew it,
practiced often and diligently each
week throughout the school year.
It is too bad to note here the
passing of this unit in the sports
program. If interest is shown, it
may be revived next year.
Bethel gets a real test this week-end
in its game at Eveleth. The
northern team is known to be
strong and will give Bethel ex-tremtly
stiff competition. It will
be a real note of triumph if Bethel
can come back with a win. In the
first game of the two game trip
to the northern part of the state,
the Indians will take on Itasca JC
ill a return engagement at Coler-aine,
Minnesota. This contest
should not prove too great a test
to the Redmen if one is to judge
by previous records at all. Earlier
in the season, Bethel slapped the
Vikings, 82-67. However, the team
may have to guard against over-confidence
in this game.
This Friday and Saturday, Janu-ary
25-26, the Bethel basketball
squad is off on their longest jaunt
of the season. Traveling Friday to
Coleraine, Minn., the cagers will
face Itasca JC there that evening.
The following night, Eveleth JC
will play host to Bethel at Eveleth,
Minnesota.
Coach Peterson has high hopes
for a sweep of the two games with
the northern foes. In an earlier en-counter
with Itasca, the Indians
breezed to a 82-67 decision in
racking up their highest single
game point total this year. Eveleth,
although known to be strong again
this year, is of unknown strength
in comparison to other Indian op-ponents.
Last year, the Eveleth
squad smashed Bethel twice, one
in a Laker preliminary. The two
squads meet again this year in a
Laker preliminary on February
25.
The Indians in grabbing five of
seven contests this season thus far
have out-scored their foes by 489
to 443. The Bethel quint has hit
82 for their high, and have never
been lower than 61. They have
been in the 70 column twice with
scores of 73 and 74. Meanwhile,
opponents have tallied as much as
85 against the Redmen, Eau Claire
netting that total on their own
floor. However, excepting that
score, the Indians defense has
been good, allowing a 71 (to Sup-erior),
47, 52, and 56.
To anyone watching this year's
team, the outstanding factor which
would meet his eye at once would
be the team scoring balance. Un-ruh
has an 18.9 average to lead
the team, but he is followed by
Peterson (12.7), Pierce (11.0), Ris-tow
(9.2), and Carlson (7.0).
Following the two day road trip,
the cagers return home to play
the U Farm School away. Tne next
home game will be February 5
with Concordia and the same week,
Bethany invades St. Paul for a
Saturday night contest, Feb. 9.
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