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Vol. XXVII—No. 6
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Thursday, December 14, 1950
53 Curve-Raisers
Set Record Pace
3 with Top Honors
With the close of the fall quart-er
and the evaluation of scholastic
efforts reported in the form of
grades, Bethel college students
have been made aware of those
outstanding individuals on campus
who set the pace of achievement
in the realms of "curve raising".
Heading the roster of those who
have attained meritorious acclaim
are three students with an average
grade of "A" and fifty more with
an average of "B".
Scoring straight "A's" are Del-mar
Dahl, Marjorie Skog, and
Harvey Swanberg. Attaining a
"B" average are Shirley Adamson,
Carol Addington, Charles Ander-son,
H. Pauline Anderson, Wend-ell
Anderson, Carol Asker, Berl
Atkinson, Robert Brunko, Carolyn
Clark, Andy Cracker, Richard
Dahlquist, Ruth Danielson, Millard
Erickson, Robert Frykenberg, Ken-neth
Gullman, Lucille Hesslund,
John Hiben, Jean Hoskings, Kath-arine
Johnson, Harry Jones, Shir-ley
Kilgore, Irene Kley, David
Larsen, Virginia Lovaas, James R.
Mason, Eugene Messenger, Margar-et
Miller, Barbara Mullin, Flor-ence
Nordstrom, Dean Olson, Gor-don
Olson, Henry Quiring, Ann
Radunz, Arnold Regier, Royce Rex-ilius,
Donald Richardson, Gladys
Saunders, Edna Schultz, Deane
Shaffer, Margot Skoog, Roselia
Solis, Warren Soule, Edward Stay-ton,
Miriam Swan, Harold Tang-mo,
Muriel Thompson, Malcolm
Van Antwerp, Nadine Westin, Al-bert
Windham, Gordon Witz.
All students must carry at least
twelve credits in the college to
be eligible for the honor roll.
Bethel Enrolls
23 Newcomers
Statistics to date show that
twenty-three new students have
registered in the college this quar-ter.
Registering as freshman are:
A. Dwight Anderson, Weston, Ne-braska;
S. Vern Hicks, Parkers
Prairie, Minn.; Joyce Hill, St.
Paul; David Hjelm, St. Paul; Char-lotte
Hofmann, Chicago, Ill.; Shir-ley
Johnson, Seattle, Wash.; Curt-is
Krantz, Minneapolis; Dorothy
Lindblom, St. Paul; John Lind-holm,
Minneapolis; Stanford Lind-gren,
Kulm, N.D.; John Metz, Min-neapolis;
Zoe Ann Palmer, Maple
Plain, Minn.; Clifford Schroeder,
Mountain Lake, Minn.; Genevieve
Sutton, Winipeg, Canada; Clifford
Vennerstrom, Lake Nebagamon,
Wis.; and Marion Vespa, Iron Mt.,
Mich.
New in the Sophomore class is
Roger Burke, Mora, Minn.; Dwight
Johnson, Slayton, Minn.; Naomi
Nesterud, Chicago, Merriam Olson,
St. Paul; Florence Oman, Chicago;
and Ed Viren, Duluth, Minn.
Ruth Martinson of Manistique,
Michigan registered in the Junior
class. The only new student to reg-isture
in the Seminary was Charles
Cole of St. Paul.
Roger Burke, Joyce Hill, Doro-thy
Lindblom, John Lindholm,
Ruth Martinson, Naomi Nesterud,
Merriam Olson. and Ed Viren
have all been students at Bethel
before.
Mary Quernemoem
the Prince of NICE
0 Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high
mountain; 0 thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy
voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of
Judah, Behold your God'
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is
risen upon thee.
The people that walked in the darkness have seen a great light;
and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them
hath the light shined.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the gov-ernment
shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace.
. there were ... shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch
over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of
the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you
good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is
born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and peace
on earth, good will towards men.
Rejoice greatly, 0 daughter of Zion; shout, 0 daughter of Jeru-salem:
behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is the righteous Saviour,
Hallelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
... The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our
Lord, and of- his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
.... King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain and hath redeemed us to God
by His blood to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength,
and honour, and glory, and blessing.
.... Blessing, and honour,... glory, and power, be unto Him that
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Amen.
From "The Messiah", G. F. Handel
Sophomores Will Retreat
To Camp Iduhapi Jan. 19
by Roy Lundquist
The dates for the annual Sopromore Retreat have been set for January
19, 20, and 21. Held again at Camp Iduhapi in Hennepin County, this
event has, in previous years, been the highlight of the Sophomore's year.
Long and careful planning combined with outstanding talent insure
"One terrific week-end".
Warren Magnuson, pastor of the Baptist Church in Willmar, Minne-sota,
has consented to be the main speaker.
To make the Sophomore Retreat what it really ought to be every
sophomore is needed to give it his full support by his attendance.
So, if you enjoy winter sports, entertainment, and if you're seeking
"a warm spiritual blessing", put this event in your datebook and place
nothing before the Sophomore Retreat.
Bethel Wins Four
Debates In Iowa
Four debaters drove to Cedar
Falls, Iowa last Friday, Dec. 8, to
take part in the Iowa State Teach-ers
College Intercollegiate Dis-cussion
and debate Conference.
The Bethel first team composed
of Wendell Anderson and Jack
Jensen won all four of the debates
in which they took part and hence
made a very fine showing in the
tournament. The question for de-bate
was the regular question of
the year, "Resolved; that the non-communist
nations should form a
new international union." Ander-son
and Jensen accomplished their
all win and no loss record against
the following teams: Sioux Falls
College, Morningside, Huron Col-lege
and Upper Iowa University.
Another Bethel team composed
of Tom Perrson and Cliff Ander-son
did not receive any decisions
in their four debates. They met
the following teams: Iowa State
Teachers College, Hamline Univer-sity,
Northwestern Schools and St.
Cloud Teachers College.
The Tournament was attended
by 23 colleges and Universities
from Minnesota, South Dakota,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Ne-braska.
The next tournament which
Bethel will attend will be held on
January 20 at River Falls Teachers
College at River Falls, Wisconsin,
a tournament which is set up pri-marily
for inexperienced debaters.
Film to Feature
Colleen Townsend
by Wally Peterson
One of the most unusual and
beautiful films recently produced
in the religious field, will be
shown at Bethel on Wednesday
evening, January 10. This picture
in sound and color is entitled,
"Lord of All" and features Coll-een
Townsend as the leading char-acter.
It is significant that Miss
Townsend was but a short time
ago, engaged as a Hollywood Star
but gave up her movie career for
Christ.
"Lord of All' is the moving story
of Phil Sutherland, talented, self-centered
young trumpet player
whose fondest ambition is to be a
member of a big name band.
Through a series of events includ-ing
a romance, Phil learns he can-not
save his life for himself and
still claim Christ as Lord.
This challenging film is a Caval-cade
production filmed on the
"set' at the campus of Kings Col-lege
in Wilmington, Delaware un-der
the personal supervision of
Dr. Percy Crawford, well known
pastor of the Young People's
Church of the Air. The film will
be shown by the Religious Council
as the main part of the Student
Fellowship Hour at 7 P. M. Janu-ary
10th.
Following a timely emphasis on
the Christmas message for other
lands, a color-sound film, "Japan
Welcomes the Word", will be
shown by Dr. Edwin L. Frizen,
who has just returned from work
in Japan with the Pocket Testa-ment
League.
After the program, the picture-sque,
candlelight smorgasbord will
be served in the dining hall. The
price will be $1 per person, in
meal tickets or cash, and special
tickets must be purchased in ad-vance
by students and off-campus
guests also.
Special combined chapel servic-es
for this week featured Dr. Will-iam
Byus, "the Country Preacher",
from Charleston, West Virginia,
the annual marimba concert by
the Montgomery sisters on Thurs-day,
and a holiday-spirited pro-gram
Friday, sponsored by Alexis,
the Seminary literary society.
The Bethel Women's Association
will sponsor "Christ Everywhere"
as the theme of the monthly meet-ing
of all campus women, Dec. 14,
at 3 P. M.
Bjork and Galonko
Discuss Communism
Tonight at PDG
Tonight, beginning at 8:30 in the
Seminary lounge, members of the
Progressive Discussion Group and
their specially invited guests will
meet to hear a discussion on the
topic "Viewing Communism in
Europe and China". Rev. Dale
Bjork, Baptist Missionary to China,
and Rev. Elias Galonko, foreign
student on campus, will be the elu-cidators.
The nature of the meet-ing
will be speeches given by both
Rev. Bjork and Rev. Galonko, fol-lowed
by a discussion by the
group.
On Tuesday night, January 9th,
1951 Professor Robert Otto of the
College will lead a discussion on
Tolerance, for the opening meet-ing
of the new year.
On November 28th, 1950, Dr.
Paul Holmer spoke to the group
on the subject "Kierkegaard's ati-tude
Toyard the Scriptures", at
which thirty-five members and
guests attended.
Senior Concert
Will Be March 9
On March 9, 1951 the Senior
Class of Bethel College will pre-sent
the Northwestern A Chapella
Choir in the annual Senior con-cert.
This is the choir of the
Northwestern Schools in Minnea-polis,
William Bersten director.
The choir will present a program
of both the sacred and secular
classics.
The committee of Seniors plan-ning
this concert are Muriel
Thompson, Robert Frykenberg,
Don Patet, and Jim Hubbard. Mr.
Robert Otto is the senior class
advisor.
Smorgasbord Supper to Climax
Pre-holiday Campus Activities
The traditional Christmas smorgasbord at 5:30 P. M., Friday, Dec.
15, will climax the pre-holiday activities on campus this week.
The all-college and Seminary Yule program is to be presented
Friday afternoon at 3:45 P. M. in the chapel and will feature Christmas
carol singing, led by Mr. LeVau, and special musical performances by
Mr. Kangro and Mr. Raid and the male quartet, Al Windham, Ronald
Johnson, John Weld, and Philip Johnson.
Florence Jacobson
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Silent Ambassadors
Time sure flies, doesn't it? It seems as
though we just celebrated Thanksgiving
and now Christmas is only a few days off.
Many will be going home over Christmas
and many will stay in the cities and work,
but there is one thing that we all have
in common, and that is that we will be
rubbing elbows with unsaved people. The
"world" that CHRIST tells us to preach to
is the people we come in contact with as
we live from day to day. Let me urge you
to pray that God will give opportunities
to witness for Him. A fine point of con-tact,
and sometimes the only testimony
that can be given is the Gospel tract. Take
some with you to work, or the "home town"
or whereever you go, and use them.
FROM THE DEVOTIONAL COMMITTEE
KENNETH GULLMAN
A New Version
'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
'Twas the night before Christmas,
And all through the Dorm;
Not a freshman was freezing,
Though outside was a storm.
The snow—it was falling,
The Campus, all white;
But all Bethel was sleeping
On that momentous night.
The dreams they were wondrous
All filled with good things;
And then came a whisper,
"I hope Santa brings
Lots of new clothing,
A scarf and a pen,
Stationery and hankies—
I can use all of them!"
My roommate was talking,
As if through her head;
So I threw back the covers,
And sat up in bed.
Awakened from my slumber,
I turned on our light;
And out through the window—
The darkness of night.
But lo, hear the footsteps,
As they pass by your door.
I wonder if Santa
Will visit each floor.
A knock—then another!
Your heart skipped a beat;
You search for your slippers
As you jump to your feet.
The handle is turning,
And what do you find-
`Tis only Marge Johnson,
Saying, "Well, Do Yah Mind?"
—Original
Most of us will be amazed to learn that
it was only a year ago last August that
Miss Jacobson rang her first bell. Since
then, with diligent practice, she has be-come
a first-rate campanologist. This, as
the dictionary reveals, is the fine art of
bell ringing. Of course, I don't know if
it refers to cow-bells, but it's a nice word
anyway.
Flossie's first performance was in church
in September, 1949. Then she began going
places and played at Youth for Christ,
church, the Exchange Club, and even at
a fiftieth wedding anniversary.
Our red-haired girl seems to be bothered
by quite a few familiar expressions cur-rently
circulating throughout our fair
school, of which the worst is 'do you
mind?" Mr. Saunder's matching tests, siur-
Chapel without a book, are also Flossie's pet
When the Christ child was born in an
inn at Bethlehem, the world was pretty
much in stygian darkness. The Roman heel
was heavy on all the world. Then in that
dark night a star appeared, and a new glory
began to flood the hearts of men who put
their trust in Him. He was the Sun of
Righteousness.
It was Christmas 1914. The first World
War had broken out in Europe. The Ger-mans
had invaded Belgium. Lord Grey,
British Foreign Secretary, was standing by
a window in Downing Street and looking
out at the skyline of London. Then he
gave utterance to that momentous state-ment:
"The lights have gone out in Europe,
not to be again lit in our generation."
It was near Christmas in 1941. I was just
closing special meetings in Cokato. After
a happy fellowship dinner with the pastor
that Sunday, the ominous news was flashed
across, the world that Japan had struck
suddenly and treacherously at Pearl Har-bor.
All America was thrown into a trem-ble
of doubt and fear. Then came the
realistic and ressuring message of Pres-ident
Roosevelt—that it would become
worse before it could become better. We
remember that new hope did spring up.
This is Christmas 1950. Once more the
war clouds are lowering and men's hearts
are failing them for fear. We know not
what the morrow may bring forth, but this
we know, that Christ was born in Beth-lehem
and that He reigns on high today—
also in the hearts of those who put their
trust in Him.
When a whole army was sent to capture
Elisha, his servant beheld and feared, but
Elisha saw more, and prayed that the ser-vant
might also see. And the servant's eyes
were opened and he beheld the mountain-side
filled with horses and chariots—and
that those who were with them were in-finitely
stronger than those who were
against them.
So it may be for us today. As we see
these things come to pass, we should lift
up our heads in high anticipation, for our
edemption is drawing nigh.
May the Christ of Christmas become
increasingly precious to every member of
our Bethel family. May He be enthroned
in our heart of hearts and radiant in every
expression of our life and living. Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The Unknown Quantity
by Hannah Plaut
"X" equals the "unknown" not only in
algebra but also in many other phases of
life. Whenever we face something unknown
we are prone to label it "x". It is because
the people of the world do not know Christ
that they write Xmas instead of Christmas.
"How then shall they call on Him in
-whom they have not believed? And how
shall they believe in Him of whom they
have not heard? And how shall they hear
without a preacher?"
"Xmas" is the far more common way of
spelling this sacred day in America. Those
who must spell it thus are putting us
who know Christ to a open shame because
we have failed to make Him known to
them. It's such a great temptation to just
sit back and enjoy the blessings of attend-ing
a Christian school but our joy is not
complete until we share Him with others.
"For as I passed by, and beheld your
devotions, I found an altar with this in-scription,
to the unknown god. Whom
therefore ye ignorantly worship, Him I
declare unto you."
How many times have you passed by
such an altar? When will you stop instead
of passing by? Declare Christ unto them!
' X = unknown
unknown = God
God = Jesus Christ
accepting Christ = salvation
salvation = knowing God
knowing God = making Him known
therefore
X(mas) = Christ(mas)
You have the only possible solution to
their equation. Show them how to work
it out until they too can have a Merry
,Christmas.
A Birthday Gift at Christmas
by Henry Nelson
The most joyous season of the entire Christian year has arrived—Christmas—the
birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. This event is significant to every believer for God
took the form of man and later became our Saviour.
One of the unique characteristics of Christmas is the giving of gifts. This prob-ably
originated in the giving of gifts by the Wise Men from the East. It is said of
them "they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh," (Matt. 2:
11). This is perhaps one of the reasons why Christmas is so joyful. For we have found
that it is more blessed to give than to receive.
Although there is such great joy at Christmas, there is one who is very sorrow-ful
each year. Who is that you ask? It is no one else but the Lord Jesus Christ
for although it is His birthday many neglect to give a gift to Him. Strange isn't
it? Someone coming to a birthday party without a gift. We would never do that
would we?
There are several gifts which we can give the Saviour this Christmas, but
I want to mention just one. The best gift that you can give Him is your life.
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable
service." (Rom. 12:1)
A little girl's Christmas piece this year is:
Since this is Jesus' birthday
He should enjoy a part.
I'll wrap it up with warmest love
And give Him all my heart.
Will this be your gift too?
God In Our World
by Jean Hoskings
One day while it was still October, I left Philosophy class after we had talked
about a world filled with unknowable truth with a God who was not to be grasped
by the human mind. I looked at the autumn trees then still a rich and almost fluffy
gold against the blue sky; and my heart rejoiced. God was in my world. I knew God,
and knew Him as my Heavenly Father.
But I couldn't help thinking, do we who know the Father let Him come into
every avenue of our world? Or do we cubbyhole our activities, putting some under
secular and some under sacred categories.
Some sincere Christians feel we must reject all but the most markedly spiritual
activities, that all else must be put out of our lives altogether. But when we really
let God into our world, the floodlight of His truth gives a new meaning to all of our
activities, leaving no part of our lives untouched. Here in school we have a better
chance than we will ever have again to find out how we can have such a full, well-rounded
Christian life.
We all agree that our studies, our chapel services, and the activities of our
organizations should be colored by the redemption Christ has wrought in us. But
sometimes our studies seem to take a beating. We are prone to relegate them to the
position of a necessary evil and give our best attention and real loyalty to things we
consider more spiritual.
But by being a blessing to us our studies can make us better Christian workers,
better able to serve others. One of the most inspiring testimonies I have heard in
chapel concerned a spiritual application to a perfectly secular quotation of litera-ture.
It made me feel that I was in a college chapel.
It seems to me that chapel is one of the best places to put our studies into
practice and so give them a real place in tur lives. Here we can hear the treasures
of sacred music we learn about in our music classes. From an inspiring lecture that
has challenged our minds we can come to moments of quiet meditation led by rich
music and the strong Word of God to rededicate our minds and hearts to our Lord.
We need to know all we can about the world the Lord has put us in. We need
the help our studies can give. Let us not be so foolish as to leave the things we learn
in lecture in some dark cubbyhole of our minds or our notebooks. Let's bring them
out and put them into practice in our college life.
Flossie Rings the Bells
by Ann Radunz
One more month and the big day will be here! January 8th is the day we have
all, or at least Florence Esther Jacobson, has been waiting for. On this solemn oc-casion,
Flossie will have attained the age of twenty-one, but rather than be thrilled
with this, she is more concerned about the material aspect and states that she will ac-cept
a present from anyone, but to please not go over ten dollars if she doesn't know
you well.
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kraut, and
peeves.
With the bad comes the good and as far as Florence is concerned, spaghetti,
making posters, playing her bells, sleeping through history, and disrupting other
people's rooms, rate high on her hit parade. The latter must be her favorite, for I can
vividly picture my room after one such occasion and can still see my P. J.'s hanging
from the light fixture.
Flossie has her embarrassing moments, too, and she can well remember the day
that she played at Youth for. Christ and some little girl had, without Florence's know-ledge,
re-arranged her bells so that when she got up to play, the results were a little
less than horrible.
Florence is not sure of the Lord's will in her life as yet, but she would like
very much to be a missionary to India. Of course her bells would go along, and in
case the Indians weren't appreciative, she could always soothe the sacred cows.
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Clink Stutterers
DemonstrateSpeech
Improvement Here
Students were treated to a very
educational demonstration of prin-ciples
of speech correction Mon-day
morning after chapel by a
group of stutterers and their
clinician from the Speech Clinic
at the University of Minnesota.
Mrs. Baronofsky, the clinician and
her group told about their fears
and how they work to overcome
them. They described and demon-strated
the various types of stut-tering
and told what they be-lieved
to be the causes of same
and also brought out the matter
of how personality' is important
in the treatment of the stutterer.
They gave numerous illustrations
of their points, illustrations which
were not only educational but en-tertaining
to the audience which
received the demonstration very.
enthusiastically.
The demonstration was first
scheduled -as a part of Mr. Bernt-sen's
course in Personal Develop-ment
Through Speech, however,
due to the demand from students
and faculty it was decided to open
it to other classes and the public.
Language Club Program
Center on Yule Theme
SWEDISH CLUB
The annual Christmas party of
the Swedish Club was held Wed-nesday,
December 13, at 8 P.
M. Featured on the program was
a girls' trio, composed of Gloris
Swanberg, Joanne Johnson, and
Hazel Swartz, who sang Swedish
songs. Refreshments were served
in the form of a smorgasbord.
SPANISH CLUB
The Spanish Club held its
Christmas party during fifth and
sixth hours on Wednesday, Dec-ember
13. Featured on the pro-gram
was the Spanish quartet, in-cluding
Barbara Port, Lois Mit-chell,
Bruce Woodman, and Al
Windham. The meeting was con-cluded
with a Spanish play. •
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Faculty Party
Held Dec. 8
Members of the Bethel faculty
turned aside from the sterner as-pects
of their calling to enjoy an
evening of fellowship on Friday,
Dec. 8. More than 60 (including
wives and husbands) were in at-tendance.
A tasty banquet was served iri
the dining hall amid glowing
candles and Christmas trimmings.
Informal games played in the Ed-gren
Hall recreation room follow-ed.
These included most of the
popular games from peggity to
ping pong.
"Elva kaffee" and a brief period
of devotions completed the even-ing
Prof. Valdeko Kangro, accomp-anied
by Prof. Kaljo Raid favored
with violin selections.
The general committee for fac-ulty
social functions includes Prof.
Clifford Larson, chairman, Dr. An-ton
Pearson and Prof. Maurice
Lawson. Miss Lillian Ryberg and
Miss Susan Rusinko were in
charge of dining room decorations
while Miss Esther Sabel and Miss
Marina Axeen arranged for the
"late snack". Prof. Royal Bloom
and Mrs. Alvin Sjordal compris-
-ed the game committee.
Music Students
Open Recital Series
The first student recital of the
year was held in Studio 204 in the
college building on Thursday af-ternoon,
December 7th. Miss Bis-grove,
Mr. LeVau, and Mr. Kangro
presented only a few of their stu-dents
in this recital. These includ-ed
Clarence Larson, vocalist, Jim
Hubbard, pianist, Anna Karcher,
Conrad Lundberg, and Marilyn
Clark Violinists.
This is the first in a series of
recitals to be held throughout this
year. The music department plans
these recitals to help the student
become ascquainted with perform-ing
before a group.
According to Mr. Johnson's off-ice
in the College, the Red Cross
has set an anticipated goal of
seventy-five persons to donate
blood on this occasion.
Blood can be donated by anyone
between the ages of 21 and 59
years, and by any minor who is
18 years old or more and who has
consent of his parents. Minors on
campus interested in donating
blood have been requested by the
school office to secure donors
blanks in the office to take them
with them during the vacation
period for their parents signa-ture.
The purpose of the Red Cross
Blood Program is to provide blood
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Sophs' Sleighride Features
Games, Feasting and Caroling
by Charlotte Hofmann
Have you ever sat before an open fireplace and watched the flames
shoot high in the air, each one seeming to out-leap the previous one?
And as you sat, you thought of how good it would be to go for a sleigh-ride
some "cool" December evening?
Apparently, this scene was evident as the Planning Committee for
the Sophomore Sleighride planned its evening of fun and relaxation for
Friday, December 8th!
After the young people had piled into all of their warm clothing,
including everything from pajamas to ski-suits, about 25 of them con-gregated
in the Lounge of the Girls' Dorm at 6:30 to await the crucial
moment of leaving the comfort of the dorm and of going to withstand
the "fresh" air of the night.
The decisive moment came and as they ran hurriedly to the cars
to avoid as much of the cold weather as possible, the Committee knew
that it had selected the right night and that the young people were in
for a wonderful evening of fellowship.
Hopping onto tlic sleigh after a wait of a half-hour or more, they
comfortably, situated themselves under the hay and blankets and be-fore
long, Christmas carols, ditties, and peoples caps were soon floating
through the air.
Iii order to relieve the congestedness and confusion at times, a few
of the more fortunate people received a slight push, and a good, old-fashion
roll in the snow.
9 P. M. found them in the club house of the stables, enjoying the
games and entertainment under the direction of Bud Weber, and par-taking
of the hot dogs, potato chips, pop, etc., prepared by Barbara
Port.
Arriving back on the campus about 10:10 P. M., the Sophmores and
their dates caroled in front of each dormitory, until the familiar strains
of the carols re-echoed in the halls and in the hearts of each one, re-minding
us of "Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men."
Chivalry Does Turnabout
Eve of Nikolina's Dag
by Marty
People on the street cars and in the restaurants about the night of
the 30th of November, may well have wondered what was going on. It's
not every night that you see the girl opening doors, walking on the out-side,
and paying the bill. They may well have wondered what it was
about until they learned that the Bethel girls were taking their fellows
out. This was Nikolina's Dag.
About six o' clock an observer would have seen the scenes in the
dormitories reversed. Girls were busily producing some choice corsages.
These corsages were way out of the ordinary -doilies, suckers, jelly
beans, carrots, onions (just ask Joe), corn on the cob, razor blades,
sponges, life savers, skeletons and what have you went into the making
of these. In the boy's dorm, already the showers were full, and fellows
were frantically trying to get ready by 7:15.
Crowding the lounge of the Boys' Dorm they came. Girls with corsage
boxes came to call for their dates. To make matters worse, the buzzers
had been changed around, and it was only a matter of luck that the
right boy came down. Keith Davis was on hand with his camera so as
not to miss the sight of pinning on the corsages and helping on with
coats.
It should have been named the "Chamber of Horrors" instead of the
"Tunnel of Love". Featuring water, darkness, and electrical shocks,
the tunnel was the dreaded entrance to the gymnasium, where the
program began. Bob Mantzke's quartet provided music and laughs for
the couples sitting on the floor under the blue and yellow streamers.
Closing with a time of devotions led by Bud Weber, refreshments
were then served.
Laugh if you like, but good authority has it, Nikolina's Dag has been
the start of many serious love affairs. It was the Ladies' night, a time
of fun and fellowship, enjoyed by all.
Blood Mobile Unit Anticipates
Goal of 75 Donors As Unit
Is Set Up Here January 26
On Thursday, January 26th, 1951, The Red Cross Bloodmobile Unit
will set up their unit in the recreation room of the Edgren Residence
on Campus, for the convenience of Bethel blood donors. The recent
crisis in the Korean war situation has stimulated a plea for blood
plasma and its derivatives.
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Attention: If anyone while home for Christmas vacation notices a
6-5 or 6-7 (or any similar stratospheric height men) just sort of floating
around looking for something to do, drag 'em back to Bethel. Coach
Peterson could use him! In their first few games, the Indian's looked
good generally but there was a definite and noticeable lack of height.
The rebounding of Art Hage and Gordy Johnson particularly has been
a sight to see—both have snagged more than their share out of the
waiting arms of opponents who were taller than they. However, ad-ditional
height could be used very easily.
"l .1 to attend the remaining home games over at Minnehab
Academy when you return from vacation. There will be around eight
or nine, so be there and show your school spirit. Also, for any of you
who can, the Indian five would probably appreciate cheering for their
Laker preliminary game on January 10. Come on fellows, treat the gals
to a Laker game, and get there at 6:30 in time to see Bethel.
1951 Basketball West Dominate IM
Proving to be the best football
players in the intramural ranks,
the West team picked up a total
of 69 points during the IM grid
season. This total put them far
out in front of the rest in the
intramural standings.
In the first basketball games
played on December 1 and 2, West
continued its winning ways, roll-ing
over Illinois, 35-26. East pick-ed
up five points on the losing
Illinois team, by beating the Fac-ulty
61-24. In other contests, Iowa-
Platte-Valley downed Minnesota
35-33 in a close one, and Michigan
Wisconsin drubbed the St. Paul-
Minneapolis five to tne tune of
66-21. Later results: West over
East and Illinois over Iowa. The
BULLETIN total standings as of December 11:
In a top-notch battle with West 79
Northland of Ashland, Wiscon- Illinois 42
sin, Bethel bowed 58-47 last East 40
Tuesday evening. Bud Pierce Iowa 20
led all scorers with 16. Raving Mich.-Wis. 5
a great height advantage, the Minnesota 0
visitors led all the way. Mpls.-St. Paul 0
Faculty 0
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Jan. 16 To be scheduled
Jan. 19 Eveleth There
an. 27 Itasca There
Jan. 30 Concordia Here
Feb. 3 Northland There
Feb. 6 Luther Here
Feb. 9 Bethany There
Feb. 13 Bethany Here
Feb. 16 Austin There
Feb. 24 Austin Here
Feb. 27 Concordia There
(All games at home at Minne-haha
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Thursday, December 14, 1950
Indian Five Downs Itasca;
Drop Three Earlier Games
Nasca illa4titiaeafiza
Ca ers Play Laker Preliminary January 10
Play Game In Minneapolis feud.
Eveleth Contest Starts New Rivalry
With five games behind them, the cagers say goodbye to 1950, and
prepare for the 1951 end of the schedule. There will be no games
played during the Christmas vacation, and most of the fellows will be
returning to their homes as a result before resuming practice sessions
once again on January 3.
On December 9, the Bethel
cagers impressively won their first
victory of the current season after
three vain tries as they downed
Itasca Junior College 57-44 at
Minnehah a.
Pacing the victory one again
was captain Bud Pierce with 22
points on ten baskets and two
gift tosses. He was aided by Mess-enger
and Hage with nine each.
Pete Unruh, starting forward was
unable to play as a result of an
inqured foot in previous practice.
For the northern college team,
Neslund led with eleven points.
Both teams played a slow, rather
ragged first half, seemingly unable
to connect on their shots. The Vik-ings
pulled into an early lead and
maintained it at the half by a
three point margin 21-18.
In the second half, the Indians
played a spirited type of ball with
the result that they soon pulled
into the lead. Spearheaded by
Pierce, the lead continued to be
widened. Art Hage, Gordy John-son,
Gene Messenger, and Bob Carl-son
played outstanding parts in
the win. Snaring many of the re-bounds,
Ralph Martin looked good
until fouling out.
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In the initial game of the 1950-
51 season, Bethel College dropped
a 63-56 decision to Luther of New
Ulm. The game was played at New
Ulm on November 27.
Hot, furious shooting marked
the opening quarter of the game
as the Indians grabbed a 17-16
edge. Don Hartwig, freshman sen-sation
for the home team, account-ed
for half of the Luther points in
this quarter, followed closely by
his team-mate Larry Bruns with
six. Bud Pierce couldn't be stop-ped
as he pushed five buckets
through the hoop for the Indians.
Bill Leuders took over for Luth-er
in the second quarter scoring
eight points. Pierce continued his
streak, adding twelve points in
this quarter to give him 22 points
at half time. The DMLC club led
38-32 at the midway mark.
The second half found Luther
gradually wearing down the cold
shooting St. Paul team and the
game soon ended with Luther the
winner.
Pierce added six points this half
to give him honors for the evening
With 28 points. Unruh and Martin
had ten apiece. Hartwig had 19
for Luther. ;
Playing their traditional rivals
from Northwestern Schools, the
Indians lost a heart-breaker in an
exciting overtime game. The NWS
five came from behind at the half
to go on to win 52-51 at Minne-haha
Academy.
Bud Pierce, playing his usual
fine game led the way with thir-teen
points. He scored all thirteen
in the first half, being unable to
connect in the final stanza. Handi-capped
by four fouls, Bud sat out
much of the second half.
Pete Unruh hit for twelve, while
Art Hage had nine and Ralph
Martin showed eight. Northwest-ern
produced a huge center about
6-6 in Gunder Habich, and their
attack revolved about him. He
poured in seventeen points, mostly
on hook shots which were hard to
stop.
With five minutes to be played,
the Indians trailed 48-46. Martin
put one in to tie the game up
with a little over a minute to go.
Efforts on the part of both sides
to score the winning points were
in vain, as the regulation time
ended in a tie.
In the overtime, Mayer scored
for NW, but Gordy Johnson contri-buted
a beautiful lay-up, followed
by Art Hage's free throw to put
Bethel in front by one point. But
with twenty-five seconds to be
played, Mr. Habich hooked a shot
in to ice the game.
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Unable to penetrate a paralyzing
stall, Bethel went down to defeat
before Superior State, 45-43. The
Teachers stalled out the last two
minutes of the game played on
December 1 at Superior.
Evenly distributed scoring on
both sides marked the first half.
For Bethel, Pete Unruh and Gordy
Johnson both had eight, followed
by Bud Pierce with seven. The
Teachers were led by Walker with
seven, Doughtery and West with
six, and Whittier with five. The
Indian quint showed great assur-ance
and team play, but found
themselves trailing the taller Sup-erior
team at halftime 33-26.
Sparked by Pierce's nine point
splurge, the Redmen moved up on
their foe slowly and steadily in
the final half. The defense was
outstanding, as they held the Tea-chers
to only twelve points in the
entire last half. However, a final
stall ruined any chances of a Beth-el
win and the final score read
against the Indians, 4543.
To all the readers of the
sports page of the Clarion, we
wish a very merry Christmas
and a happy New Year Follow
the sports of Bethel by being at
the games; then read the cover-age
by the Clarion Sports Staff.
BASKETBALL ROSTER
NAME POS. HT.
Pete Unruh F 6
Harry Nelson F 5-11
Gordon Johnson F 6.1
Bob Carlson F 5.11
Ralph Martin C 6-3
Art Hage G 6.1
Gene Messenger G 5-6
Bud Pierce (Capt.) G 5-8
Wayne Thompson G 5.10
Highlighting the coming games
of the new year is the game with
Eveleth Junior College on Janu-ary
10, which is scheduled to be
played in the Minneapolis Auditor-ium
as a preliminary game to the
Minneapolis Laker game that night.
This will mark the first time Beth-el
team has played an Eveleth
team. Plan now to atend this out-standing
attraction.
Next on the list will be a return
engagement contest with North-western
Schools of Minneapolis.
This contest will be played at the
Northwestern gym on January 12,
a Friday. Bethel will be out for
revenge as the Minneapolis team
edged the Indians 52-51 in an
overtime game in the two team's
first battle.
Following these games will be
engagements with Eveleth, Itasca,
Concordia (2), Northland, Luther,
Bethany (2), and Austin (2). Two
open dates remain on the schedule
yet, these being January 6 and 16.
In the first few games, the In-dians
looked impressive although
they were on the losing end. Luth-er's
conquest of the cagers can be
attributed to their advantage of
experience. Several of the Bethel
cagers were playing their first col-lege
game and were tense, there-by
not playing up to their full
ability. Bud Pierce carried the
majority of the load that evening,
as shown by the veteran's total of
28.
Facing an always tough Super-ior
State team, the Redmen played
inspired ball, but finally fell by
only two points. Northwestern
downed the cagers in an overtime
battle by one point. At the date
of this writing, the other two
games on the schedule before
Christmas have not been played.
However, for the first three con-tests,
it can be said that the In-dians
looked like a tough-luck
team with the breaks going the
other way to make the difference
betwen a win or loss.
TOP FIVE
FG FT TP
Bud Pierce 36 7 79
Pete Unruh 12 9 33
Ralph Martin 10 7 27
Art Hage 8 11 25
Gordy Johnson 4 9 17
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