Clarion 1978-05-12 Vol 53 No 24

              Meg Zauner and Greg Olsen performs In the suspense drama, "The Claw," one of the
ten student-directed one-acts which ended Wednesday.
Possible trade strikes averted,
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THE CLARION Bethel College St. Paul, Minnesota Vol. 53, No. 24 May 12, 1978
BETHEL COLLE3L
Commencement to honor
largest graduating class
annex delays forseen
by Thangi Chhangte
"One treasure, a single eye, and
a sole master," is the theme for
the class of 1978. It is a summary
of Matt. 6:19-24 which missionary
Jim Elliot paraphrased in his jour-nal.
Both the baccalaureate service
and the commencement exercise
will be held on Sunday, May 21.
The baccalaureate service will be
at 10:15 a.m., presided by George
Brushaber, vice president and
dean. President Carl Lundquist
will preside at the commencement
exercise which will begin at 3
p.m.
There will be 308 seniors
graduating with their B.A.
degrees and 15 graduating with
their A.A. degrees. The class will
march in alphabetical order, with
the A.A.'s graduating first.
This year Bethel will use The
Latin terms: summa cum laude,
magna cum laude and cum laude
instead of the English honor
terms.
Senior art majors Laurie meek-er
and Rod Young have designed
the backdrop and program, bas-ing
their design on the motto.
Laurie designed the program and
Rod modified it for the backdrop
with Laurie's help. Rod will paint
the backdrop with help from art
students.
The design consists of a cross
with a pair of hands reaching up
to it at its base. Painted in vivid
colors, circles and ovals surround
the cross.
For the baccalaureate service,
Susan Peterson will play the organ
prelude. Richard Drake will play
the piano.
Bruce Olsen, Suzanne Edwall
Lane and Daniel Johnson (DJ) will
give brief testimonies, on what
Bethel has meant to them.
There will also be a musical
selection by Kristine Eastlund
and Suzanne Pehrson. Jerry
Flasschoen will read Scripture
before Warren Magnuson,
general secretary of the Baptist
General Conference, gives his
message on "The High Cost of
Treasure."
At the commencement exercise
Mrs. Jean Christian will play the
organ prelude. She will play the
following number: "Mode de sol,"
by Jean Langlais; "Prelude, Fugue
and Chaconne," by D. Buxtehude;"
"Prelude and Fugue in C Major," by
J.S. Bach.
The processional will be David
Johnson's "Processional in D."
Marcello's Psalm XIX will be the
recessional.
The Male Chorus, directed by
Oliver Mogck, will sing two selec-tions.
They are: "Be Ye Reconcil-ed
to God," by Carl and Mueller;
"Rise Up 0 Church" (with brass),
arranged by Otis and Shillings.
Mark Tanquist will be the nar-rator.
After Al Quie gives his address
on "One Master in a Moving
World," Dean Brushaber will pre-sent
the class. President Lund-quist
will confer the degrees and
the diplomas.
Towards the end of the pro-gram
Jo Beld, valedictorian of the
class, will give a four-minute
tribute to the parents and faculty.
Jo is graduating a year early.
Jennifer Wood's solo "The Lord
is My Light," will follow Jo's
speech.
There will also be an alumni
banquet on Saturday, May 20,
planned by the alumni office.
Featured will be the "Sons of
Light" quartet and Jeff Miller's
production of a variety show bas-ed
on the class motto. Dean
Palermo will help him out
musically.
The program consists of light
music selections, very similar to
those used in Moods. Seniors will
be performing in it.
A committee of Student Senate
seniors and non-senate ap-pointees
has been largely respon-sible
for planning the programs.
This year's is the largest
graduating class Bethel has ever
had.
On May 1, competition began
for Fulbright scholarships for
graduate study or research abroad
in academic fields, and for profes-sional
training in the creative and
performing, arts.
It is expected that approx-imately
550 awards to 50 coun-tries
will be available for the
1979-80 academic year.
The purpose of these grants is
to increase mutual understanding
between the people of the United
States and other countries
through the exchange of persons,
knowledge and skills. They are
provided under the terms of the
Mutual Education and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright-
Hayes Act) and by foreign govern-ments,
universities, and private
no dorm,
by Bruce Olsen
At the time this newspaper
went to press, most of the trade
unions had settled on a new con-tract,
thus averting a possible
strike that could have stopped
construction on the new dor-mitories
and LRC annex.
"I wouldn't say we're out of the
woods, but it's turning out a lot
donors.
Applicants must be U.S. citi-zens
at the time of application. To
qualify for most awards, they
should have received a bachelor's
degree or its equivalent before the
beginning date of the grant, and
should be proficient in the
language of the host country.
Except for certain specific
awards, candidates may not hold
a Ph.D. at the time of application.
Creative and performing artists
are not required to have a
bachelor's degree, but they must
have four years of professional
study or equivalent experience.
Social work applicants must
have at least two years of profes-sional
experience after the Master
of Social Work degree.
better than we thought it would,"
said Dave Lissner, director of
community relations at Bethel:
Although not all of the trade
unions had settled on a new con-tract,
the outlook for settlement
seemed good. It is expected that
all of the unions will have noted
on a new contract by the end of
this week.
Lissner believed that it was
unusual for the unions to settle as
quickly as they have. He noted
that over $300 million worth of
construction is taking place in the
seven county area, which would
give unions some good bargaining
power.
But is seems that both sides are
willing to make some compro-mises,
as settlement has occurred
rather rapidly.
If the remaining unions did
vote to strike, this might affect
the entire construction operation,
even if striking members were not
participating in the construction.
Lissner believed that striking
members would set up picket
lines on construction locations,
thus keeping non-striking
members from crossing those
lines. This would have the effect
of causing all the trade unions to
stop work.
If one of the trade unions did
vote to strike, it could last
anywhere from two weeks to four
months, according to Lissner.
When asked if there are any
other construction delays that
might occur before the comple-tion
of the dorms, Lissner
responded, "We don't see them
now."
Fulbright competition under way
on the inside...
Lifestyle enforcement letter, p. 2
Senior parting shots, p. 5
Two big happy families, p. 6
Athletes of the year, p. 11
Letters to the editor
can't believe it! I can only take so
much, so knock it off!
Three strikes, you're out!
Richard Scott Franklin
Solution!
Dear editor,
I have a simple solution to the
housing problem next year; a six-year
old could think of it! If you
can't properly house them, don't
enroll them!
How old is the average ad-ministrator?
Richard Mitchell
'Accusations should
be made in person,'
analysis concludes
Dear editor,
It has come to my attention
over the past week that the
method of enforcing lifestyle
stipulation should be re-examined.
Lifestyle principles at
Bethel must be enforced in order
that we do not become another
Hamline University or Macalester
College.
However, how we enforce
these standards are important.
The Biblical principles concern-ing
our duty to a brother are
clear:
"Brethren, if a man is over-taken
in any trespass, you who
are spiritual should restore him in
a spirit of gentleness...(Galatians
6:1)
"So you should rather turn to
forgive and comfort him, or he
may be overwhelmed by excessive
sorrow." (II Corinthians 2:7)
My beef at this point, is not
with the administration, for it has
tried its best in handling issues of
this nature in the best way possi-ble.
However, if they could learn
to deal with the complaintants as
efficiently as they have learned to
handle the offenders, the matter
might move along more
smoothly.
I am more bothered by the
group of individuals who feel so
led to go to the administration
with complaints lodged against
students, that they have formed
through apparent close observa-tion.
It is a great frustration to me
that these individuals are so con-cerned,
yet obviously not con-cerned
enough to approach the
individual involved. If I am guilty
of causing a brother to stumble,
or going against the lifestyle
policy that Bethel has ordained,
then I will willingly admit to it, for
only a fool lies about himself.
If however I am not aware of
the suspicions voiced and
therefore am not guilty, I would
appreciate the consideration of
the complaintant in clearing it up
with me first, because people
aren't too fond of being
slandered.
Again I must commend the ad-ministration's
ability to at least
have brought these suspicions to
my attention, for if they hadn't,
I'm quite certain that the rumors
would still be circulating. One
thing I would, however, like to
point out to the administration is
this:
If someone comes to you with a
complaint in regards to a student
or staff member, please en-courage
him to confront the in-continued
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Student complains
about 'other housing'
Dear editor,
Even though I am transferring,
I found it extremely coincidental
that Bethel let the students com-pletely
register and then let them
know that old campus was the
"other housing." Since I am in
Male Chorus and we are going to
be in Europe, I will be glad to see
if there is "something rotten in
Denmark?" (i.e., Wm.
Shakespeare's "Hamlet").
Shakespeare lives!
Steve Hoswell
-more complaints
Dear editor,
Since when has Bethel been so
palsy-walsy with the U.S. govern-ment?
We wait six years to sell the
old campus and now we want to
rent it back? Something tells me
that this is not too bright!
David Rasmussen
-and another one
Dear editor,
Ha! Ha! Ha! Bethel has such a
sense of humor. I can't handle it.
What's a boy to do? Tee hee, tee
hee.
A year ago we heard the joke
about the Chanhassen, this year it
was the flat fee (I still have
cramps!).
And now we have old campus
housing...again! Har, har! I just
editorial
Editor gets syrupy over
this year's accomplishment
An unusual occurrence frequents this column this time of the
year—an editorial of praise and adoration. Since this is the final
Clarion of the school year, it would usually seem fitting for me to blast
and slander someone's reputation. There would be no way for anyone
to get in a rebuttal for next week's issue, for there is no issue until next
September.
But the decision has been made to go out like a lamb, something like
the month of March is supposed to do. Praise for an accomplishment
well done often occurs on this campus, but rarely can it be seen for a
year's duration.
Most of those who work long and hard hours "behind-the-scenes"
seldom get the recognition they deserve. This column will be devoted
to those individuals who have put in some long hours to make student
life at Bethel a little more bearable and enjoyable.
Mention must be made of this year's Campus Coordinators, Cynthia
Green and Scott Barsuhn. They have bolstered the CC office
dramatically since the tragic 1976-77 school year with a dazzling array
of on and off-campus events. Never in my four years at Bethel have I
seen such dedication from the Campus Coordinators.
Student Association leaders Tad Johnson and Mark Carlson have
likewise done a fine job. Although they had some problems handling
the flat fee debacle, they managed to pull through and hand the
Woods/Torgerson ticket some ground on which to build.
Passages editor Darrel Nelson and his staff should also be
commended for the fine job they have done on this year's magazine.
This is one year-long project that very few are actively engaged in its
production, although the hours of participation are literally number-less.
Then there is always the Clarion staff. Leading off the list is Holly
Schmiess, this year's new editor. She has provided an effective and
much-needed balance for the conservative and sportsminded editor of
this newspaper. My thanks go out to her for challenging my ideas and
thoughts.
Suzi Wells (copy editor) and Nancy Naumenko (production editor)
have spent some long hours putting this paper together both
grammatically and structurally. The devotion to their work has made
this staff the most well-organized and efficient staff in Clarion history.
Columnists Dan Erickson and Dave Shelley have been better than I
ever expected. Their humorous and subtle approaches towards a
number of "sacred cows" have made their columns one of the most
enjoyable things to read in the Clarion.
Thanks also to Arlan Swanson, who managed to live under the
auspices of a business-minded editor. The books have never been
better, Arlan.
In terms of photographers, Mark Holmes has been the epitomy of
efficiency. I have had numerous compliments on this year's
photography, much of which should be given to Mark.
This year's sports editor, Greg Kuntz, made last year's look like an
inefficient waterboy. Even with other commitments taking up his time,
Greg continued to put out some high quality material, including the
bulk of this year's sports photos.
Juan Ramos, in his first year as newspaper cartoonist, did a
remarkable job, considering the past experiences of Clarion
cartoonists. I am sure Juan will continue to improve his cartoons in
next year's paper.
Of course, special word should be made of those writers who
submitted articles on a weekly basis. They include Thangi Chhangte,
Steve Erickson, Rob Haglund, Terri Hanson, Carol Madison, Lisa
Mills, Shelly "Squirrel" Nielsen, Paul Olsen, Greg Smith and Dave
Terpstra. Thanks also to all those who wrote occasionally to help fill a
need.
My thanks to all of these people, and those I forgot to name, who
have made this year at Bethel a successful one. Thanks for your
participation and involvement in times when apathy seems to take the
front seat on today's college campuses. It's your participation that has
made this year one of the most productive in Bethel history.
Westmont students fast
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.
(CCNS)—Some 70 per cent of the
Westmont College student body
participated in a recent one-day
fast, donating the $1.20 each of
them would have spent on food
that day to the Potter's Clay, a
campus organization which sends
students to Mexico to evangelize.
Steve Osborne, Dining Com-
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mons manager, told The Horizon
student newspaper that a 50 per-cent
participation would have
been "something extraordinary."
Said Gordon Aeschliman, fast
coordinator: "I didn't expect this
many students to fast. I was really
pleased with the turnout." The ef-fort
helped send 150 Westmont
students to Baja (Lower) Califor-nia
this Easter.
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English, linguistics, music dept.'s
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THE CLARK
by Thane Chhangte
Some courses - are being
modified next year. Others are
being given "college-level
reading" names. There are also
some new additions.
All the courses have been
discussed and approved by the
Curriculum Administrative Ad-visory
Committee, which consists
of four faculty members and four
students.
When teachers want to make
curriculum changes, they must
present their proposed changes to
Dwight Jessup, director of
academic affairs.
Major changes have been made
in the English department.
Literary Forms has been split into
two parts: Literature in Critical
Perspectives and Major Modes of
Literary Expression.
Prosody has also been renamed
Poetry Writing. Advanced Ex-pository
Writing has been chang-ed
into the more readable title
Essay Writing.
The reason Lit. Forms has been
split is because teachers have had
different approaches to it and
have found it difficult to deal
equally with all the different ap-proaches.
Literature in Critical Perspec-tives
will stay with the critical ap-proach.
Christian Weintz, pro-fessor
in language and literature ,
will be teaching it.
Major Modes of Literary Ex-pression
(quite a mouthful) will
look at genre, fiction, poetry and
drama in literature. Lorraine
Eitel, instructor in writing/writing
coordinator, will teach this
by Shelly Nielsen
Saying "So Long" to Bethel is
hard.
It's harder yet realizing you
won't again walk its sacred halls
till professors distribute their un-fair
demands via novel-length
syllabi in September.
It's unbearable when between
you and that blissful return stret-ches
three months of survival in
"the world!"
It's mid-May. Mom's been hin-ting
"Why don't you come home
for the summer?" MacDonalds
has doubled application-blank
output, and the old, spiritual
glows on Bethelite faces have
wilted.
Every downcast student
knows—has experienced—the
trauma ahead. He must begin
again to cope with the problem of
remaining Christian in pagan sur-roundings.
The moment he
crosses that boundary between
Snelling Avenue and Bethel
Drive, the eternal battle begins.
The believer lived 17-18
miserable years before Bethel
deemed he had suffered enough
and opened its doors to him. On
course.
Most students will agree that
the popular title Lit. Forms is
easier to handle than the new
ones.
Next year, the linguistics
department will have the a new
teacher - William Smalley. He
and Donald Larson, chairman of
the linguistics department, will
teach Discovering Language. This
course will replace Macrol-inguistics
and Microlinguistics,
both formerly taught by Larson.
Larson said his objective is to
help students discover their own
by Dave Terpstra
There will be quite a diverse
spreading of Bethel's students and
faculty members when summer
finally rolls around with all of its
remarkable possibilities. Some
will partake of a three-month
hibernation of sleep, while others
will be working furiously to try to
accumulate enough money to pay
for next year.
Yet there is another possibility
open to students this summer—
more school! The summer school
program appears to be going well
for this second year.
Kathy Nevins, who is in charge
of this year's program, recently
said that she is "pleased that
students have taken such great in-terest
in it this year. It's
something about taking courses in
the summertime that makes the
classes less formal, more of a sub-
May 18, that long, nightmarish
pilgrimage begins again.
Each right-on-with-the-Lord in-dividual
steps into the sludge of
society. Armed with nothing but a
Bible and his notes from "Pro-phets"
class, he must live
righteously in a world crawling
with sinners.
After thriving in the protective
spiritual womb of Bethel, spotless
"community-members" face the
disheartening prospect of life in
the real world.
Real, to the pampered Chris-tian,
means associating with peo-ple
who wear tank tops, read
movie ads in the newspaper, and
watch the beer commercials when
they come on T.V.
It is necessary to spurn a socie-ty
that thinks nothing of using the
vulgar terms "hairdresser," "op-posite
sex," and "avacado pit."
These words are picked off the
street. Immoral individuals know
no better. They repeat what they
hear.
The Bethelite has, by ad-monishment
and example, a fair
idea of what is acceptable
behavior and what is wicked
hanky-panky. His basic human
"inner language" which everyone
has.
Creative Musical Experience is
a new course designed for non-music
majors (with some
keyboard experience). It will em-phasize
music fundamentals such
as developing the ear, recognizing
chord structures, and learning
music language. Most of the work
will be done on the keyboard.
For more information, consult
your registration catalog, which
should have been in your PO's by
now.
jective kind of thing."
Current Bethel students com-prise
the majority of the summer
students, while students from
non-Christian colleges who want
a Christian education are also at-tracted
to the program.
Those, who need or desire the
extra courses to graduate or those
with double majors can benefit
from the lower tuition rates
charged during the summer.
On a negative note, however,
some of the classes were can-celled
because of a lack of enroll-ment.
At present, there are no ex-act
figures of how many courses
were cancelled.
Students living in college hous-ing
will be living either at Foun-tain
Terrace or at the Arden Hills
campus for $18 per week. The
food service intends to remain
open Monday-Friday during the
summer also.
nature, however, leaves him
susceptible to these corrupt in-fluences.
He must always be on a
nerve-wracking alert for the
forces of evil.
Secular slang is yet another of
the dangers to be avoided during
the sojourn through wordly liv-ing.
A shocking number of
students succumb to this tempta-tion,
returning to Bethel with the
words of the world still on their
lips.
"Rats," "groovy," and "rock
band" integrate their vocabulary,
infecting formerly holy speech.
Every fall; alarmed ad-ministrators
face the responsibili-ty
of converting uncontrollable
hoodlums back into human be-ings
of the Christian faith. In-dividuals
can only avoid this
degeneration during those
threatening months of June-
August by continuously humming
Imperials tunes while on the job,
in the bus, or at the grocery store.
Bethel is beautiful people. We
alone, its spiritually pure com-munity
members, can keep it that
way—by resisting the abomina-tions
of secular society.
by G.W. Smith
The Bethel Student Senate, in a
recent session, voted to take over
the responsibilities of the distribu-tion
of the Twin Cities Reader.
Earlier this year a controversy
developed in which students
reacted unfavorably to the
disposal of the copies of the
Reader. Many felt that Bethel had
discontinued to sponsor the
Reader as a form of censorship.
Senate Vice President Jim
Torgerson dispelled that rumor.
"The issue was misunderstood,"
said Torgerson. "The students
thought the Reader had been
discontinued because of the ques-tionable
want ads."
The Reader first came to
Bethel when the drama depart-continued
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dividual on his own, and then
consult with you. In this way you
will weed out those outlandish
rumors and suspicions and breed
a high quality of love and ethics,
for which this school is known.
And now to the "observant in-dividuals:"
If you have a gripe
against someone in the school,
please go the them and honestly
try to reach an understanding. If
you don't have the courage to do
this, at least show up for the inter-view
in the administrative offices
with the suspect.
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ment requested its distribution.
Student affairs approved that re-quest
and the drama department
assumed responsibility for the
Reader and its circulation.
When the drama department
dropped the responsibility for the
Reader's distribution, student af-fairs
elected to drop the distribu-tion
altogether.
In an effort to provide students
with the services they desire, Stu-dent
Senate decided to accept
responsibility for the Reader's
distribution. The student affairs
once again approved a request to
circulate the Reader on campus.
Senate will act as the distribu-tion
point for the Reader, an ac-tion,
according to Torgerson,
which will help students feel com-fortable
visiting the Senate office
in the future.
It frustrates me to know that so
many of you are so ardent to
reveal information to the ad-ministration,
yet not quite so ar-dent
as to confront the individual
in question.
To th6se of you who have been
through this process on the
suspect end, if you are not guilty,
try and forgive the plaintiffs for
the lack of an apology.
What they say can be
dangerous and detrimental to an
individual who is sincerely seek-ing
the Lord, and a community-devoted
to such a cause.
Pam Anderson
Summer courses cost less
Vacation temptations outlined for unwary
P.E. quota cut down to six,
relieving load on facilities
xenpfion categcnes
The Reader, now distributed by Student Senate, receives
almost as much readership as the Clarion.
'Reader' officially touted by
Senate, dispelling confusion
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signatures," Redin said.
The function of student men-tors
is three-part, says Redin:
1. Career development. Stu-dent
mentors will pose questions
that help "their" freshmen/trans-fers
set academic and career
goals, discover abilities, and pos-sibly
choose a tentative area of
concentration.
2. Orientation. Student men-tors
will help identify students
personally and refer them to
sources of help for problems no
one else is aware of.
3. College success. Student
mentors will assist "their" ad-visees
in adjusting to college life
and working towards academic
goals, including choosing summer
work that would contribute to
those goals.
Redin says faculty advisors will
be equipped next year with better
written materials and special
training to help incoming
students. The Thursday before
Welcome Week, faculty advisors
and student mentors will join in a
training session.
Student mentors will begin con-tacting
freshmen, not during
Welcome Week, when they are
swamped with impressions, but
three or four weeks into the term
when they can mean serious busi-ness.
The peer counseling system, in
1979-80, will carry over to
sophomores as well as repeat for
that year's freshmen. At the end
of their sophomore year, students
are expected to have a chosen
major and be plugged in with an
appropriate departmental ad-visor.
Redin was pleased to receive 30
applications for the 14 openings.
He asked the psychology and
social work departments to
especially encourage their con-centrators
to apply, but the op-portunity
was open to an return-ing
juniors or seniors.
Supervisors of Residences
Shirley Mullen and Tim Herr-mann,
and Redin, are interview-ing
the applicants Thursday, Fri-day,
and some on Monday.
by Holly Schmless
Fourteen students and 25 facul-ty
members will advise next year's
freshmen and transfer students. A
new peer counseling program,
under auspices of academic af-fairs,
but designed and initiated
by Paul Redin, director of career
counseling and placement, will
improve the all-faculty advising
system.
Student mentors can be asser-tive
counselors in a way that
faculty members do not have the
time to be, Redin said. "We need
an aggressive program of reaching
out to students, instead of waiting
for them to come to us," he ex-plained.
Volunteer faculty will still ad-vise
freshmen, but after the stu-dent
mentors have done much of
the counseling preliminary to
writing up an academic program.
Each student mentor, twelve
for freshmen and two for trans-fers,
will be responsible for 50
new students. Faculty advisors
will counsel 25, or half of each
large group. Each student men-tor,
then, will cooperate with two
faculty advisors.
Redin says the peer counseling
program is budgeted to allow
each advisee about two and a half
hours per year of personal coun-seling
in addition to larger train-ing
sessions with his or her stu-dent
mentor.
"Under the faculty advising
system, there has never been
anywhere near that much time
per student. Five or 10 minutes is
average, and mostly to get quick
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SMP stretches for last
Bike trek cancels dollars of support goal
medical expense for
paralyzed friend of
George Fox student
NEWBERG, Ore.
(CCNS)—Nine residents of a
men's dorm at George Fox Col-lege
pedaled 150 miles on bicycles
to the Oregon Coast and back to
raise funds for a former biker
from London, England, paralyzed
from the neck down in a bus-truck
accident.
David Rookard, now hospita-lized
in Phoenix, Ariz., and
George Fox student Bruce
Rhodes became friends after
meeting while biking down the
Oregon Coast several months
ago, the Office of College Rela-tions
noted.
When Bruce learned of his
friend's tragic accident and of
mounting medical expenses he
was incurring, he decided to enlist
the help of his dorm mates in the
fund-raising effort.
(Anyone wishing to help may
mail a check to Bruce Rhodes,
P.O. Box 144, George Fox Col-lege,
Newsberg, OR 97132.
by Joy Banta
The members of the Student
Missionary Project for 1978 are
busy preparing for their work on
the mission field. They will be
traveling as far as India and as
close to home as Chicago for the
summer.
Having $2,140 more to raise to
reach their goal of $10,000, this
year's 22 SMP'ers are still op-timistic
about the success of their
last two fund-raisers.
The SMP magazine sale,
culminating this week, should be
the most profitable of the two.
SMP receives 40 per cent of the
subscription price of each
magazine sold—new or renewal.
If each SMP'er can get 25
subscriptions, they will easily
Paul Redin, director of career counseling and placement,
is initiating a peer counseling program for next year.
reach their $10,000 mark.
In case they don't make the
mark, and even if they do, SMP
has planned a car wash for May
13. They urge everyone to bring
their cars.
Once they reach their goal,
SMP will be able to provide 50 per
cent of the necessary support for
each SMP'er. The remaining support
must be raised by the individual
students for his one to three
month project.
Dan Johnson, president of
SMP, asks that aside from finan-cial
support, we all give them our
prayers and encouragement.
Each SMP'er would appreciate
your letters and prayers as they
are out on the mission field.
Summer addresses will be
posted on the Christian Service
board.
Student mentors advise freshmen in new by David Shelley
Dear graduating seniors,
Time for memories. You start hearing all those congratulations and
you find yourself saying, "What am I doing here? Where has the time
gone?" It was a fast four years, for most of you.
It would have been just four years for a few more of you if we had
been on the flat-fee tuition all along, if you would have stayed here at
all. You won't quite remember how the Senate under Dan Nelson
fought to change to a per-course fee structure.
No, that was before your time. When you started the student
president was Marshall Shelley. Wait a minute, maybe that four years
does seem like a good while back.
Judy Harrington was Clarion editor. I know, nobody remembers
Clarion editors, but what about the column by Paul Healy, and
"Ourtickle" by Mort, Timmy and Andy?
Speaking of Clarion, remember the graffiti controversy: Ah, things
have changed a bit since then, no? Which reminds me, there was also
Pastor Lawson.
That was also the year people were arguing over Richard Nixon's
pardon. And enrollment at Bethel was somewhere around 1450. And
coffee shop ice cream was $.20, or was it $.15?
Campus Coordinators were Dave Mortensen (you know, Mort) and
squirrely Shirley Van Wambeke. And the football team had its first
winning season in 10 years, 5-4.
Dr. Piper was new to Bethel. And that was the year of the "great
schism," when college and seminary had separate commencement
ceremonies for the first time.
"Diary of Anne Frank" was presented that year, as was
"Screwtape" and "Romeo and Juliet." The bowl of rice program
began, and College Choir toured to California. They left during a
March blizzard.
Chuck Haaland and Paul Greeley lost the spring election to Mark
Johnson and Bob Moeller.
Oh yeah, Chuck Haaland. Some things don't change so much.
Students were complaining about over-crowding and food service
prices, "I Do, I Do" was showing at the Chanhassen, the Vikings were
getting into the playoffs (period) and Mike Monroe was giving concerts
at Bethel. Traditions exist.
But think of all the experiences, all the learning, all the growth and
expansion of four years.
Now I ask, hasn't it made an impact on your life? You really aren't
the same people who frolicked in here in 1974. You were freshmen;
now you're college grads. Mind-boggling, isn't it?
Four years ago, friends, you sat in Freshman Colloquy and slept
under lectures on the value of liberal arts education. Now you have it.
Now you have to face the barrage of "What are you going to do with
it?" questions. And my only advice is that you look that questioner
straight in the eye and answer thoughtfully, "I'm going to remember it."
it."
Annal of pets, peeves: seniors speak out
This year I have enjoyed im-mensely
the various personalities
in the philosophy department. In
my duties as department secre-tary,
I have been in contact with
various workers in the Banking
Window and the Bookstore.
Never have I encountered such
arrogance and rudeness as I have
with these people.
Jan Dyer
It is impossible for me to have
any "famous last words." Gradua-tion
has not terminated my speak-ing
ability, but only the misery of
studying.
A word of wisdom to all you
suckers staying at Bethel: "Farm-ing
is everybody's bread and but-ter."
I'm working at Data 100 as a
Field Engineer. Marriage July 8 to
Cindy Johnson from Bethel.
D.J. (Daniel Kent) Johnson
If there is one thing that I've
learned in my four years at
Bethel, it's the importance of
relationships, whether it is with
God or friends. And just like God
expects us to tithe, I think He ex-pects
us to be good stewards of
our time.
I'm getting married June 3 (a
beauty) and according to zoo of-ficials,
I have a fair to good
chance of getting a Sanitary
Ground Surveyor position.
Mike Anderson
Many people throw around the
cliche, "Bethel is people," at
graduation time. But really, it's
more than that. Bethel is girls. If I
knew when I started school what I
know now about Bethel women
and the need to concentrate on
studies, I would have graduated
years ago (I think). The one startl-ing
revelation about my tenure
here is that I gave Bethel women
the best years of my life. Motto:
Education is an in-depth study in
procrastination.
Chuck Haaland
After four years at Bethel I
would like to thank and recognize
Arlan Swanson, a close friend of
mine. He has spent countless
hours with me in the coffee shop,
eating chocolate-chip ice cream.
Although less than academically
inclined, he has been a truly ex-emplary
Bethelite.
Arlan Swanson
I would like to extend a per-sonal
declaration of appreciation
to the Tom Koenigsbergs, Larry
Jacobs, John Priestlys, Randy
Mitrovitches, Gordie Franzens,
Tim Lanes, Peter Ludlows, Steve
Johnsons, and Dale Johnsons of
this world: gentlemen, your cor-respondence
has made my college
experience beyond compare and
to you I am eternally indebted.
William Healy
In light of a recent evaluative
excursus through that differen-tiated
entity of my phenomenal
field known as "the Self," I would
like to say: 1) to C.H., S.G.,
B.G., P.P., D.H., K.W., and
"Doc," I love you. 2) to everyone:
Make God's omnipotence your
expectation!
Kendall D. Geis
Dedicated to the Bethel bask-etball
team:
There once was a ballplayer
from Chi-town
Who really could put that
round ball down
His friends, they all say,
Said, "You'll like the NBA"
But he died, so I made the
team.
Doug "Slim E" Erickson
"People are like
cowpies: hard on the
outside but soft on
the inside. Don't
step on them." J.T.
I am forever indebted to Jim
Johnson's unbiased history classes
for making me what I am today.
Also, a special thanks to my
seasoned, experienced and wise
roommates, Tad Johnson and
Arlan Swanson for continually
advising me against a policy of
frequent dating.
Mark Carlson
How does a graduating senior
R.A. feel as the ominous "G-Day"
approaches? Both exhilarated and
saddened.
Exhilarated because there will
be an end to "panty-raided draw-ers,"
"T.P. in the R.A. room,"
and the "after-date inquisition"
which included: "What would you
think of 24 bridesmaids? (Hint
hint)."
Sadness is also a definite feeling
that will go with me because I
can't help wondering how they
will do next year—without me!
Answer: Probably very well!
After graduation I plan to at-tend
the University of Minnesota
School of Dentistry.
Deborah Andolino
For me the A.C. means "A
Challenge." In that building of
classes and faculty I learned to
fuse the principles of my faith
with certain priniciples of social
science to form a stronger cable
of truth.
This process involved a lot of
sleepless nights, long prayerful
walks, a wet-shouldered hubby,
and some late papers.
But the end product—me—is
better equipped to serve God and
His creation.
I will be living on a farm with
my husband in Cannon Falls,
Minnesota practicing social work
with either the youth, the aged, or
the mentally retarded.
Belinda Peterson
I am most bugged about the
lack of decent pianos in this
school. As a struggling pianist, it
has been most frustrating to have
to contend with stuck keys, notes
that never quit, and the like. The
high charge for music lessons is
exhorbitant considering these
conditions.
Thoughtfully submitted,
Elaine Stumbo
Bethel has given me exper-iences
which I wouldn't trade for
anything;
—Like breaking into the LRC
after hours.
—Like raiding Mom Almer's
apartment.
—Like driving from the faculty
lot to the dorm via Health Ser-vice.
—Like playing "Theme from
Star Wars" as a chapel postlude.
Thank you, Bethel,
Jonathan Pepper
People are like cowpies: hard
on the outside but soft on the in-side.
Don't step on them.
This summer I plan to build ga-rages
and hopefully find a job in
social work. I plan on staying in
the Twin Cities.
Jim Tjernlund
This fall, thirty students FROM HALF A DOZEN CHRISTIAN COLLEGES WILL BE STUDYING TOGETHER,
FOR COLLEGE CREDIT, IN THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY OF LINCOLN, OREGON.
The Oregon Extension is a one semester, inter-disciplinary, liberal arts program, sponsored by Trinity College,
and conducted in an old lumber mill town in southern Oregon's Cascade Mountains, just outside Ashland,
Oregon. The course of study runs from August 27 to December 16, 1978, and offers 15 hours of 300-level
credit in a variety of humanities, social sciences and sciences. Emphasis is placed on independent scholarly
pursuit and small group interaction. The goal of the faculty is to help you equip yourself to be a thinking
Christian in today's society. Study is undertaken in the context of ongoing community relationships, common
work and common worship, extra-curricular learning—a visit to San Francisco, a backpack in Three Sisters
Wilderness, a strenuous climb of Mt. Shasta. Costs are somewhat less than on most Christian college campuses,
and registration through your own school is possible. Juniors and seniors with 3.0 (B) or better are given
priority. For complete information, write Dr. Douglas Frank, Trinity College, Deerfield, IL 60015.
Do you belong there?
READ THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION OF A THREE WEEK UNIT OF STUDY.
IF IT'S WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK INTO IT.
Segment One: Modern Visions of Human Nature. The first segment begins with
ourselves: what is the nature of the creature who is undertaking this study? More
specifically we ask: how are we conditioned by our biological natures, and to what
extent? Broadening the same questions: how have people responded to the old
question of freedom vs. determinism? Is there a biblical view of human nature,
and how have theologians interpreted the biblical evidence? This might involve us
in a discussion of soul and body, or of the effect of sin on human nature. We seek
enlightenment through study of psychologists like Freud, the behaviorists, the
humanists or the Gestaltists; philosophers like Kierkegaard, Sartre or Heidegger
(perhaps through reading William Barrett's Irrational Man); biologists, animal
behaviorists and ethologists (such as Lorenz, Ardrey and company and their critics);
theologians and biblical scholars; and generalists such as Ernest Becker (Escape from
Evil) and Floyd Matson (The Broken Image). We usually find meat for discussion in
the plays we attend at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. During the research portion
of the segment students have studied Jung, Tournier, Twain, Dostoevsky, Darwin,
C. S. Lewis, Heidegger, Marx, feminism and the wisdom literature of the Old Testa-ment
among other topics.
The Oregon Extension
Trinity College
Deerfield,
Illinois 60015
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The Rigatoni Family pauses to contemplate the beneficial prospects of union with the
Spumoni Family.
Actions of Bethel Mafia exposed
families unite to subvert community
Woods/Torgerson
Student leaders begin work
to plan, develop rapport
by Tamale Woods
Modeling your spiritual life in Bubble Yum Bubble Gum. Yes, it is
possible. Matter of fact, that is how we kicked off our first Student
Leader breakfast last Wednesday morning. Our pieces may not qualify
for the Walker Art Gallery but we had fun getting gooey while we
learned a little bit more about each other.
By involving people from SSM, SMP, ISA, Senate, the Clarion, C.C.
office, and the Intramural staff, we hope to promote spiritual unity so
that each of us will be more effective in our respective areas.
Spectacle Lake near Cambridge was the site of our executive board
retreat this past weekend. We laid out our strategy for next year:
priorities, deadlines, etc. Time was also spent analyzing our effort so
far.
Looking back, we see evidence of a growing rapport between the
students and the administration. The recent housing situation stands
out as an exception and is cause for concern.
Forced to take the role of merely reacting to a situation of which we
had no foreknowledge, we feel limited in the amount of positive input
we can offer. As a Senate, we feel much more comfortable in an
atmosphere of openness where we are adequately informed and free to
have constructive input before final decisions are made.
Not only would this lessen the degree of student resentment, but our
time wasted trying to second-guess the administration would be
eliminated.
Another topic of discussion was Senate's role in Bethel as a whole.
Within the context of community, Senate becomes more than just an
opportunity to develop skills in leadership and decision making.
Jesus' words about servanthood need to become a reality in our
lives. Realizing that we have lofty goals, a mutual responsibility, and
limited abilities, we are seeking results that go beyond free university,
an autonomous budget and agenda/impact statements.
Events calendar
Friday, May 12 Last day of classes
Baseball at Northwestern, 2 p.m.
Men's track, MIAC Championships
Women's track, Region 6 Meet at
Wichita State University
Saturday, May 13 Men's track, MIAC Championships
Women's track, Region 6 Meet at
Wichita State University
Lawn reception, 5:30 p.m.
All School Banquet, Downtown
Radisson, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 14 Mother's Day
Male Chorus Concert, Calvary Baptist,
Roseville, 7 p.m.
Women's Ensemble Concert,
Bethlehem Baptist, Minneapolis, 6
p.m.
Monday, May 15 Study Day
Third Annual Bethel Clarion Como
Study Day Golf Epic, Como Park, 11
a.m.
Tuesday, May 16 Final Exams
Wednesday, May 17 Final Exams
Book buy-back, Bookstore
Thursday, May 18 Final Exams
Book buy-back, Bookstore
Men's track, NAIA Nationals
Friday, May 19 Final Exams
Men's track, NAIA Nationals
Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20
(See Commencement article)
by Luigi
On a peaceful afternoon in
mid-autumn, a happening occur-red
which significantly altered the
course of Bethel history.
While enjoying the afternoon's
pleasantries on the porch of his
lavish suburban apartment, Dana
"Big D" Olson, godfather of the
renowned Rigatoni family, was hit
in the familiar gangland fashion.
From an upper level balcony,
four henchmen of the archrival
Spumoni family unloaded their
arsenal of buckets, severely dren-ching
Papa Rigatoni.
Although waterfights are a
common occurrence on the
Bethel campus, especially during
the advent of spring, the spirit of
the warring families holds an
overpowering significance.
Scruples cast aside, the family,
either Spumoni or Rigatoni,
allows nothing to mar a pre-designated
hit.
On Nov. 19, David Charles
Foley answered the telephone at
Rigatoni headquarters. As he did,
members of the Spumoni family
stormed the door of the plush
apartment and drenched the un-suspecting
Rigatoni. The head-quarters
was splattered with the
telltale signs of a gangland slay-ing.
Two days later, Rocko
Tengwall was caught attempting
to break into the Spumoni
residence. He never made it.
Nov. 27 arrived silently. By late
evening, all was calm. Todd
"TAJ" Johnson, returning from a
weekend delivery to Chicago, ar-rived
at Rigatoni headquarters an-ticipating
a warm reception.
Shivering from the pre-December
cold, he scurried across the park-ing
lot to the building.
Before he could reach the
porch, he had been hit, and the
tailor-made suit he was wearing
suffered from the merciless blow.
Shortly thereafter, an elegant
candlelit memorial was erected in
Spumoni headquarters honoring
the successful hits on the four
Rigatoni members.
The members of the Rigatoni
family, not to be outdone, claim-ed
welcome revenge on the night
of April 27. The Rigatoni family
cleverly crept into Spumoni head-quarters
while the members of the
Spumoni family slept peacefully
in their beds.
Within moments, the
Spumonies had been severely
maimed by a barrage of water
never before unleashed. Accor-ding
to Papa Rigatoni, their fami-ly
cherished the taste of sweet vic-tory.
"Easily their most vulnerable
member," says "Big D", "is Dean
`Sky-Hi' Kaihoi." On one occa-sion,
the Rigatonies captured
Kaihoi in their apartment, cat-ching
him from behind. Holding
him by the shorts, the Rigatonies
drenched the helpless Spumoni.
Another time Kaihoi's keys
were frozen in a block of ice and
placed in the freezer for safety.
Although their history has been
marked by repeated violent out-bursts,
the two families now stand
as one and plan continued growth
and expansion in future years.
In December, the two families
met to discuss efforts at making
peace. The conference was
thwarted when Spumoni god-father
Dino Kaihoi approached
the conference table armed. Papa
Rigatoni quickly retreated, barely
avoiding an ambush organized by
the remaining members of the
Spumoni family. Olson called it
"the bleakest moment of warring
history."
An investigation into the origin
of the two families reveals a
peculiar history. Of the nine cur-rent
family members, seven trace
their roots to a brotherhood
known as "the Penthouse." In
1976 that organization split into
various factions but in 1977
members of the original organiza-tion
banded together once again.
On three separate occasions
this past year, the two families
reached truce agreements. Dur-ing
January, in retaliation for the
several blatantly slanderous com-ments
of an objective citizen, the
families combined to hit the per-son
of David Clarence Lowery.
Lowery is survived by his room-mate
and his pet goldfish, Bub-bles.
A championship broomball
team with an undefeated record
stands as the second indication of
family unity in its early stages.
The third combined gathering
took place on April 30, 1978.
Spumoni member Pete "John-boy"
Peterson successfully lured
the unsuspecting G.W. "Luigi"
Smith into the grounds of battle,
where Luigi received a pelting
akin to the St. Valentine's Day
Massacre.
Because he gallantly managed
to survive the grueling ordeal,
Luigi was later accepted into the
Spumoni clan.
In September, two family
member, Dino "Sky-Hi" Kaihoi
and Paul "Vincenzo" Jepsen, will
leave Minnesota to establish
charter organizations. Kaihoi will
travel to Duluth to command the
inland shipping trade and Vincen-zo
will organize a West Coast
chapter of the Spumonies in Seat-tle.
"All in all," said Papa Rigatoni,
"the year with the family has been
a triumphant one." Considering
the future, Bartoliomio Nelson
revealed new sidelines to be
developed.
Beginning in September, the
families will offer protection for a
fee. Also in the planning stages is
the possible infiltration of the
Clarion.
"The alliance will be united
next year," said Olson, "and we'll
be ready to take on all comers."
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Oliver Mogck directed the Bethel Orchestra and Festival Choir in performance of
Haydn's "Seven Last Words of Christ" last Friday evening.
"Angel Street" latest success for
rallying Park Square reputation
1978 Spring Convocation Awards Recipients
Science Awards
Chemistry Alumni Award - Mary Hessburg, $100
John Slivka Memorial Scholarship in Science - Rick Glasow, $200
Russell W. Johnson Science Scholarship - Barb Bullis, $250
Dr. Ray I. Brace Scholarship - Dave Swanberg, $500
History and Political Science Awards
Janke Memorial Scholarship - Susan M. Hanson, $300
Bert H. Carlson Memorial Scholarship - Robert Knieff, $400
Jonathan Nelson (from Minn.), $400
Journalism Awards
Emil Aspaas Journalism Award - Suzi Wells, $50
John A. and Ethel M. Lee Journalism Scholarship Debbie
Bunger, $400
Music Awards
Susan J. Port Memorial Scholarship - Barbara Siebert, $350
Reuben Englund Memorial Scholarship - Dean Palermo, $225
Albert H. Jensen Scholarship - Sandy Strohschein, $250
Physical Education Awards
Heather Harriman Memorial Scholarship - Cindy Martin, $200
John M. Carmean Memorial Football Scholarship - Gary
Leafblad, $200
The David Noland Scholarship - Jon Kramka, $250
Christian Service Awards
Hanna Carlson Scholarship - Sharon Bowman, $400
Ruth Missionary Scholarship - Kelli Bartholomew, $100
Chaplain Earl Widen Memorial Scholarship - Mark Clem, $200
Mrs. Ingeborg Hage Memorial Scholarship - Curt Gruber, $200
David E. Tutt Scholarship - Alicia Anderson, $500
Rev. and Mrs. Lars Arlander and Lillie S. Arlander Memorial
Scholarship - Roger Hillerstrom, $150
Esther V. Eastlund Memorial Scholarship - Patty Peterson, $80
Community Life Scholarship - Dana Olson, $100
Bill and Becky Ann Stewart Scholarship - Doug Fischer, $500
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Borg Memorial Scholarship - Melody
Holmgren, $250
Academic Awards
The Gertrude Nyborg Memorial Scholarship - Cory Dahl, $350
Barbara Wallendorf Memorial Scholarship - Steve Fischer, $750
Bertha Petersen Memorial Scholarship - Jean Rognsvoog, $500
Miscellaneous Awards
Skipper Slawik Memorial Scholarship - Pam Peterson, $250
Mary Jo Krause, $250
David Stapp Dormitory Award - Bob Thorp, $200
Freda Wall Memorial Scholarship - Phil Print, $50
Edith L. Larson Scholarship - Debbie Young, $200
Anna Anderson Memorial Scholarship - Jim Torgerson, $80
J. Alfred Gustafson Memorial Scholarship - Paul Olsen, $120
Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot Scholarship in Memorium - Phil
Barker, $75
Ruth M. Palmquist Scholarship - Debbie Hammerbeck, $100
The Reader's Digest Foundation Scholarship - Cheryl Bjorklund,
$125
Greg Jones, $125
Sharon Trucker, $125
Mike Messer, $125
Margo Bergstrom Memorial Scholarship - Tim S. Johnson, $150
Student Senate Scholarship - Puii Chhangte, (to be determined)
Harry Lemmon Memorial Scholarship - Beth Gerdin, $50
Rocky Mountain Scholarship - Elizabeth Logan, $400
Jane Swenson, $400
Jim Selvy, $400
The C. Emanuel Carlson Memorial Scholarship - Kurt Mueller,
$100
Leadership Award - Scott Barsuhn, $100
Joy Sorenson, $100
MENSA
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by R.W. Lockman
In the past, The Park Square
Theatre has not been known for
its brilliant productions. In fact, it
hasn't been known much at all.
That's a real shame. The size
and the casualness of the theatre
makes for a fun evening, without
the false sense of theatrical snob-bery.
Well, the Park Square Theatre
is finally getting its act (or
scene) together. Its last produc-tion
was "As You Like It" by
William Shakespeare.
It was done well, with good
directing and excellent acting (in-cluding
former Bethelite, Jack
Starr). The current production is
following this trend towards
quality.
"Angel Street" by Patrick
Hamilton, is an English Victorian
suspense guaranteed to make
your palms sweat, your hair stand
on end, and your breathing to be
stopped beyond any mortal length
of time.
The plot involves a maniacal
husband, systematically driving
his helpless wife crazy and a
curiously wonderful chief inspec-tor
seemingly coming to the
rescue. Or is he? Perhaps Mrs.
Manningham is actually going
crazy and Chief Inspector Rough
is only a dream of hers.
Perhaps Mr. Manningham is
the long-suffering husband that
he makes himself out to be.
Maybe he does have good reason
to attract the interest of the kit-chen
maid, Nancy.
And what went on in the
closet? What possible reason
could Mr. Manningham have for
driving his wife insane?
These questions are answered
with a great deal of tension.
Director Michael Scahill has
managed to stretch this tension
throughout the play without driv-ing
the audience to breakdowns.
He could have kept us wondering
a little longer if he had made Jack
(Mr. Manningham) more human.
As it was, Jim Brown as Mr.
Manningham was so politely sini-ster,
I wanted to invite him to a
full dress poisoning.
Alison Stair Neet, as Mrs. Man-ningham,
held the audience with
the extremes of ecstasy and
paranoia. She had so much
energy throughout the play that I
would have liked to have seen
more of the normal Mrs. Mann-ingham.
Nonetheless, she kept
the audience going, wondering if
she was crazy or not.
The two maids, Elizabeth
(Naomi Johnson) and Nancy
(Pamela Palan) were adequate.
The main drawback to these two
characters was the difficulty the
actresses had effecting English ac-cents.
The magical performance of
the evening was given by Philip
Morton. His Chief Inspector
Rough was a character that was
endearing to the audience and at
the same time added to the
suspense.
His combination of jollity, dar-ing
patience, and serious inten-tion
kept the audience hoping
that he was on the level, yet
wondering if he weren't part of the
plot against Mrs. Manningham or
if he weren't the only one plotting.
Mr. Morton stole the show. I
gladly concede the prize.
The set and costumes were
amazing, considering what Phil
Groff and Kaisa had to work with
and the time involved. The set
gave the impression of middle-class
Victorian England without
getting in the way of the action.
The costumes were authentic
with no obvious anachronisms.
That was encouraging, consider-ing
some of them were from the
Bethel costume department.
All in all, "Angel Street" pro-vides
an evening of spine-tingling
entertainment for those with ter-minal
sweaty palms or those who
just like a good story. The pro-duction
is running Thursday
through Saturday through May
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Caravan enters fifth season
with unique musical talent
by Carol Madison
The voices of six Bethel
students were recorded for radio
commercials last week by the
Media 70 recording studio.
The voices of Juan Ramos,
Renee Bartusch, Mary Wilson,
Jerry Flasschoen, Steve Hoswell
and Laurie Patterson were
transformed into the voices of Dr.
Frankenstein, Igor, a lightening
bug, an electric meter and other
characters as a promotional for
the United Power Association.
Bethel was selected for audi-
Our last issue—whew! It's easy
to lapse into sentimental refer-ences
to "the good of days" of
Clarion production. And to back-pat
where it isn't necessarily due.
But as a staff working under
editor Bruce Olsen, we think he
deserves some sincere thanks: for
his patience, stability, good-natured
humor, organization, and
generosity.
If leadership means to serve as
tions after the publicity director
for UPA, Don Jacobson, saw a
performance of Doc Rainbow's
Colorful Caravan and realized the
talent that Bethel had in the
theatre department.
Auditions were held Thursday,
May 4, and six students were
chosen from 50 to record the
commercials the next day. Five 60
second spots were recorded in 90
minutes, and each participant was
paid $50.
The humorous commercials
stress minimizing power usage,
especially during the peak hours.
well as challenge and demand,
Bruce has fulfilled his role. He's
been known to put on ten extra
miles twice a week for car-less
staff members, tidy the office
with the same frequency, absorb
the fudge-factor in bills at My Pi
and Burger King, furnish Kleenex
for an entire runny-nosed staff,
and provide coffee, during late-night
vigils.
He's made hundreds of phone
The spots will be played on 21
local radio stations around the
rural areas, and possibly on
WCCO.
"The recordings will be a nice
credit for the kids," said Rain-bow.
"They can be put in their
portfolios for future reference."
Juan Ramos agreed with Rain-bow.
"Some of the kids were
more interested in the money, but
I just wanted the experience.
Now that they have my name,
they may call me in the future,"
he added.
calls and tolerated every excuse
known to editors, including those
of his own immediate staff.
He's shown respect for opinions
other than his own, and solicited
them in writing editorials and
handling sticky situations, work-ing
with us, not over us. And he's
written articles (as many as three
an issue) that no one else would,
or could because the stories
broke at awkward times.
This is all besides dealing
responsibly with a lot of storms
Bethel has weathered this year—
sale of old campus, fee structure
change, and building and zoning
problems.
We marvel that he's success-fully
maintained high grades, an
engagement to a school teacher in
Iowa (Dorothy Drew, class of
'77), and managed to land an im-pressive
stipended T.A. position
as a business administration
graduate student for next year at
the University of Minnesota.
In general we conclude that
Bruce is a pretty nice guy (shucks,
gee).
The Clarion staff
by Terri Hanson
On June 5, Dr. Don Rainbow's
Colorful Caravan will begin its
fifth touring season, this time in
the United States.
Seven students, Marc Maillefer
Greg Dirnberger, Rick Drake,
Wade Anderson, Laurie Vincent,
Ginny Heuer, and Beth Ekberg
along with Dr. Don Rainbow
make up this year's Caravan.
The group will travel for six
weeks in a Bethel van performing
almost nightly in various churches
on the tour. Their tour will take
them to California, Oregon,
Iowa, Colorado, and Illinois to
name a few.
Most of the performances will
take place in churches, schools,
bandshells, and parks. While the
group is in California, they will
perform at the National Baptist
Conference, both the youth rally
and the conference itself.
Caravan has been practicing for
about four weeks. The actual
rehearsals won't be completed
until after school is out.
"I am really encouraged with
the way rehearsals are going,"
said Beth Ekberg. "We are getting
acquainted with each other and
learning to play off each other.
Things are finally beginning to
mold."
The musical and dramatic pro-gram
allows a wide variety of
styles. It features broadway
numbers, Swingle singer (doobee
doodah type) and hymn ar-rangements.
The group will also perform a
35-minute version of the H.M.S.
Pinafore written by Gilbert and
Sullivan. Performing the H.M.S.
Pinafore is special this year
because 1978 is the 100th anniver-sary
for the operetta. The troupe
has several pianists and Beth said,
"The piano is like a member of
the group. It doesn't just sit there,
it's involved."
In addition to the piano, the
group has drums, a string bass,
two guitars, a tamborine, and
recorders. Meg Zauner, though
not a member of the Caravan, is
doing most of the choreography.
This year Caravan seems to be
unique because it is comprised of
very musical people (included in
the group are three music
majors.) Each person offers a
special talent. For example, Rick
Drake is a virtuoso pianist and
Ginny Heuer is an actress and
dancer.
The group hasn't begun using
costumes, staging props or
backdrops yet so there is a little bit
of work to do before they actually
take off. However, the group is
excited and expects to do a great
job.
"I am really excited to go," said
Beth. "I think Doc will have
perfected the performance so
much that it will be a joy to per-form!"
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G.W. Carlson will be on leave-of-absence for one year.
Commuter program successful
Andy Leong and Andy Roles display their trophies %Bow-ing
the recent Duluth karate tournament.
Duck Soup Players provides
learning, performing opportunities
by Suzi Wells
Bringing smiles and laughter to
otherwise dismal lives will be
senior Judy Nygren and
sophomore Pam Anderson as
they participate in a new theatre
troupe, Duck Soup Players.
The first performance of the
group, comprised of mostly
volunteers, will be June 5 at
Mound Park Hospital for the
Psychiatric Unit. The perfor-mance
is entitled "Every
Surgeon's Dream: Or, As a Child,
I was a Cut Up."
The group, originated by Pat
Bettendorf (husband of Julie in
College Relations) will be travell-ing
to various nursing homes,
hospitals, prisons and other in-stitutions
for shut-ins around the
Twin Cities. With music and slap-stick
comedy, the Duck Soup
Players' purpose is to entertain.
"After the show we'll get to
meet people," Judy explained.
"Most people in the group are
Christians, so afterwards well get
to share our faith. I don't feel I
need to hit them over the head
with the Bible. It's more like
friendship evangelism."
Judy's duty in the group is to
find music for the scripts that ac-tor
and director Pat has written.
She then arranges it to suit the
plays. Next, she rehearses the
music with the players and plays
piano for all the shows.
Pam is acting as an ad-ministrative
clerk for the group
out of an office on Selby Ave. She
also performs in the company in
two roles, as a patient with a cold
and a bad-tempered German
nurse.
Artistic director Bill Ashwood,
Pat, Judy and Pam all work out of
the office on Selby Ave., and are
the only paid members of the
troupe. All other performers are
volunteers.
"It's exciting working with peo-ple
who want to serve others,"
Judy commented. Since Duck
Soup is government funded, the
employees work on salaries allot-ted
by the government.
Pam and Judy are excited about
opportunities they will have to
serve. They will be performing
148 times in the next year, and
staying on if they like after that.
"I'm seriously considering do-ing
it full time and working on my
(theatre) degree part time," Pam
explained. "I want to see how the
group goes and where the Lord
leads."
Pam will be able to practice the
training in theatre she has receiv-ed
at Bethel. Although the scripts
are not gospel message oriented,
Pam said, "I think theatre can be
used to witness. It's an icebreaker
and it's easy to talk to individuals
afterwards. I'll be doing not only
what I like, but I'll bring hap-piness
to people."
Judy also said that she is able to
use training she had at Bethel in
her new job. "It uses all my
musical training," she said. "In
music theory classes, I had to
listen to taped music and write it
down."
In Duck Soup she listens to
music that could be suited for the
performance, and then
transcribes and arranges it. Piano
was her performance area at
Bethel, also.
While Judy and Pam said that
old training will help them, they
are challenged by new work. Judy
has worked with classical music in
the past,, and will now be working
with show tune music. "It ex-pands
my knowledge," she said,
"and it will be a learning ex-perience."
Pam is looking forward to
growing also. "I knew I didn't
want to come back to school next
year, but I didn't want my theatre
by Paul Olsen
Twelve Bethel faculty members
will be leaving Bethel for one or
two semesters next year, and one,
Bob Weathers, is resigning.
The dean's office also announc-ed
the filling of two vacancies,
band director and professor in
business.
Leaving for full-year _sabbati-cals
will be Dave Perry, Robert
Carlson, and Don Belton, while
Dave Johnson and G.W. Carlson
will be on leave-of-absence for
one year.
There are seven teachers leav-ing
for a half-year.
Al Glenn, Bible; Tom Johnson,
education; and Justin Abraham,
sitting in a corner. I can grow
theatrically."
She also said that by working in
a small group, she is learning to
carry many different respon-sibilities,
which stretches her.
Pam and Judy have been
rehearsing with the company in a
space Chimera Theatre has given
them, from 7-10 p.m. five nights a
week. The scripts are light and
simple, so as to be adaptable to a
varied audience. The shows are
about an hour in length, and are
geared toward audiences who ap-preciate
humor in their potential-ly
dull and meaningless lives.
"It's a real challenge spiritually,"
Pam noted. "I have to stay hum-ble
because after the show we talk
to people whose problems are ob-vious."
This is where the oppor-tunity
for real sharing comes in.
economics, will be on sabbatical
leave for fall term next year.
Taking sabbaticals in the spring
will be Jerry Healy, English; Roy
Dalton, history; Wayne Hensley,
speech; and Mel Stewart, philo-sophy.
There are also two recent addi-tions
to the faculty.
Charles Olson has been band
director at Anoka, Minn., high
school-since 1960, and will be tak-ing
over for Dr. Whitinger, who is
retiring.
Dr. Stephen Simpson, at the
N.Y. State School of Industrial
and Labor Relations at Cornell
since 1973, will be joining the
business department.
by Joy Banta
What R.A's are to the dorm
resident, C.A.'s are to the com-muter.
This year was the first time
Bethel has had a commuter assis-tant
program for those students
living at home.
Commuting presents some dif-ficult
challenges and problems
that people on campus don't
realize. Steve Farquharson and
Denise Hansen, the Commuter
Assistants (C.A.'s) for the past
year, have helped the freshman
and transfer commuters get in-volved
with Bethel.
Steve and Denise have planned
parties, stuffed P.O.'s with
newsletters, and led Bible studies
in an effort to make this program
a success.
Denise and Steve feel that the
program has brought the com-muters
closer to the Bethel com-munity.
They feel that commuters
need to feel a sense of belonging,
and, being commuters
themselves, they can relate to
Andy Leong and Andy Boles
were both victorious in a recent
karate tournament in Duluth,
Minn. Both were enrolled in a
karate class offered by the Bethel
physical education department.
Leong, performing a form of
karate called Kata, placed second
in a field of 25 contestants. Kata
is a highly disciplined chain of
movements under pressure.
Boles, a more physical contes-them.
"There are still more students
to involve, but we have made
good progress," they said.
Marilyn Starr, head of the com-muter
program, and Steve and
Denise, have chosen Larry Kaasa
and Tammy Roedel as C.A.'s for
school year 1978-79. Larry and
Tammy have been actively involv-ed
in this year's program.
Larry and Tammy are full of
ideas for next year including
home Bible studies, "car service"
for those on campus, and
commuter—on-campus get
togethers.
Tammy feels that older com-muters—
other than freshmen and
transfers—should get involved in
the program. Both of the new
C.A.'s are open for suggestions
from the more "seasoned" com-muters.
They are looking forward to
their year as C.A.'s and Steve and
Denise are confident they will do
a good job. All hope to provide
ways for commuters to share
more in the Bethel community.
tant, entered the heavyweight
sparring competition called
Kumite. He emerged as the first
place champion in this section of
the tournament.
Thanks go to Terry Warner,
karate instructor at Bethel, for
making the program one of high
caliber and giving students the
motivation and spirit they need to
compete successfully outside of
Bethel.
Faculty scene varies with
lasting, temporary vacancies
Leong, Boles victorious
in Duluth karate match
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Dr. Robert
Athletes.
Stein addresses a recent gathering of Bethel's Fellowship of Christian
Fellowship movement confronts
success, violence in sports
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pursuit of a hobby common to freshmen intellects at Bethel.
Moser aggressive, thinking
player despite knee injury
by Greg Kuntz
One standout on the Bethel
women's softball team this season
has been second baseman and
senior co-captain Ruth Moser.
Returning after missing most of
last season with a knee injury, she
is batting an even .500 (20 for 40)
and, besides carrying a hot bat,
covers a lot of territory with a
.900 plus fielding percentage.
Moser feels she has come back
pretty well and that the hard
work, including running last sum-mer
and lifting weights over the
winter, has paid off.
"Softball has been a lot of fun
and one of my best experiences at
Bethel," she said.
She came to Bethel after spen-ding
her freshman year at Arizona
State University.
"It's been a lot easier to get in-volved
at a smaller school," she
said.
Her only previous experience
with the game was at her Arvada,
Co. home when she would get a
"bunch together" in her big yard.
Ruth spent most of her
previous two seasons behind the
plate catching and has been mov-ed
around the infield.
"She's a utility infielder besides
a good hitter," said Coach Frye.
"Karyl has helped me with the
right perspective of winning and
by Steve Erickson
About 150 of next year's seniors
have sent in petitions requesting
exemption from the flat fee tui-tion
system because they needed
8.5 or fewer courses.
A couple of petitions were not
cleared and were sent back
because they did not fit into the
exemption category by showing
"an undue adverse economic ef-fect."
Tricia Brownlee, assistant to
the dean, expected all petitions
fitting into the category to be ac-cepted.
"I don't think there will
be any problem. So far we have
approved 100 percent of the peti-tions,"
she said.
Petitions for students with
financial need that cannot be suf-ficiently
alleviated through finan-cial
aid will be available when
financial awards are released.
These awards will not be ready
until May 15.
Exemptions are also available
to first year international students
whose English language proficien-cy
prohibits normal academic
progress. Brownlee said that this
would be taken care of when the
students arrive next September.
Petitions for other than the ex-emption
category, students with
physical disabilities, should have
been submitted to the director of
student affairs by earlier this
week.
As of last week, ten petitions
had been received for special
cases. One was a personal pro-blem,
two were financial aid pro-
Page 10
use the God-given talents I have,"
she said. "It's important that a
coach can take the time out to
emphasize Christ in athletics."
Besides softball, Moser has
served on the volleyball team
under Coach Frye. As a P.E. ma-jor
she hopes to go into outdoor
education, eventually with the
handicapped.
She admits that she gets a lot of
action at second base and needs
to keep her mind in there all the
time.
"In giving 100 per cent I need
to give up all to the Lord before
every performance," said Ruth.
Coach Frye said, "She's an ag-gressive
and thinking, yet calm,
ball player. She's not the long ball
hitter so she usually bats leadoff
or second because we know we
can get her on and advance her."
As for the team's chances in the
state tournament this season,
Moser said they need to take "one
game at a time."
Last season, the Royals nearly
upset number-one seeded
Moorhead State in the first
round, and then beat more teams
before losing and ended in
seventh in the state.
"We want to be as prepared as
we can be so we'll be able to walk
away from this season, win or
lose, and say that we gave it
everything we could."
blems and the rest were for
academic reasons. Brownlee said
that she had evaluated each one
of them and was planning to meet
with each student individually.
She said, "I have only seen two
of them and in both cases we were
able to work out a program that
fit into the flat fee system. We're
really trying to make students
think on a flat-fee basis because
we don't have per course tuition
anymore."
"Some things we can all relate
to and have struggled with in
sports and even outside of
sports," one F.C.A. member said.
In dealing with these areas, a
Bible study centers around it with
many verses brought out and
often, one verse can sum it all up.
The meetings have also includ-ed
games and singing in which
people can become better
acquainted. Other activities have
highlighted this spring such as a
retreat that a few from Bethel at-tended
and had the opportunity
to share with representatives from
other area colleges and univer-sities.
About 30 got together and at-tended
a Minnesota Kicks soccer
game this week and Dr. Robert
Stein, professor of New Testa-ment,
spoke at the last meeting
this week.
Many activities and meeting
with guest speakers are planned
for this fall when meetings con-tinue.
"There has been a need for
F.C.A. sensed around here," said
one member.
continued from page 11
Only the doubles team of
Norlander and Greg Kuntz had a
winning record, posting a 8-4
mark. But three straight losses
killed their chances of a high
seeding in the tournament. They
were beaten by the eventual run-ners-
up, a team they had defeated
earlier in the season.
Next year the team could do
better, with only Kuntz and Bob
Corson not returning.
The final results for the tourna-ment
were: Gustavus 25, St.
John's 12.5, St. Thomas 11.5, St.
Olaf 7.5, Hamline 6, Augsburg
3.5, Concordia 3, St. Mary's 2,
Bethel 1, Macalester 0.
by Greg Kuntz
The Fellowship of Christian
Athletes (F.C.A.) is getting
started at Bethel this spring.
It is a movement which con-fronts
athletes and coaches, and
through them the youth of the na-tion
with the challenge and
adventure of accepting Jesus
Christ as Savior and Lord. Par-ticipating
in Christ's Church and
serving him through vocations,
F.C.A. has definite plans for next
year.
"We don't want to exclude
anyone from the freedom of corn-ing
to F.C.A. meetings, regardless
of whether they are in a sport or
not," said Jon Kramka at one re-cent
meeting.
F.C.A. started many years ago
and has grown immensely in par-ticipation
from elementary
schools to pro ranks. Some peo-ple
view the organization as a
"jock club" in many places. It has
been a means for sportsmen to br-ing
the Gospel of Jesus Christ into
their own lives, but also is a
means of evangelism by sharing
Christ with others outside of the
group.
In the group at Bethel which
has included new individuals
every Monday night, the ap-proach
has been dealing with
varied topics like failure, success,
and violence in sports.
Seniors petition tuition
Dean Kaihol becomes the Clarion's first "Male Athlete of
the Year."
Healy mixes no-hitter story
with Royal losses to Johnnies
Bobbi Hersch is the first recipient of the Clarion's
"Women Athlete of the Year" award.
Kaihoi named Male Athlete of
the Year by Clarion editors
Football and baseball standout
Dean Kaihoi was named Clarion
Male Athlete of the Year. The
award, decided by the editorial
staff, was given to Kaihoi based
on his high athletic achievements,
by Greg Kuntz
Senior Bobbi Hersch is the
Clarion staff's choice as female
athlete of the year. Today she is
running with the two-mile relay
team at the Region VI meet at
Emporia (Kansas) State Universi-ty.
Hersch is recognized for her
participation and contributions in
many areas.
She is an international relations
major and served as secretary on
the Student Senate. Never corn-peting
in sports before coming to
Bethel, Hersch became a rather
all-around performer going out
for volleyball for two years, cross
country last fall, and did many
events track.
Referred to as "very versatile"
by her coach, Shirley Dawson,
Bobbi holds Bethel records in the
long jump, 440, and part of four
relays: 440, 880-medley, mile, and
two-mile.
The mile relay finished second
in the state this past weekend.
along with outstanding qualities
in scholarship and leadership.
Kaihoi played on the football
team as a safety, known mainly
for his bone-jarring tackles. A
"I've always wanted to corn-pete,"
she said. "Before Bethel, I
just watched and never partici-pated."
"Being a part of the teams has
been rewarding because I've got-ten
to know people and we sup-ported
each other a lot psycho-logically
and spiritually."
Coach Shirley Dawson chuck-by
Debbie Anderson
The women's tennis club, con-sisting
mostly of sophomores and
juniors, has a record of one win
and two losses. Their most recent
meet was against Augsburg Col-lege.
The contest was close, but the
team lost 5-4. The meet began
with three sets of doubles, Bethel
coming out on top in two of them.
starter also in his junior year, he
was able to play in the same back-field
as All-American Kevin Hall-strom
"He was a guy who was just a
fundamental ballplayer," said
Kaihoi about Hallstrom. "The
biggest thing that someone could
learn from him is self-denial. He
was a great team player and really
dedicated."
Also an outfielder on the
baseball team, Kaihoi has won
two games this season with late-inning
hits. "Baseball has been a
little disappointing this season,"
he said. "I think we could have
done better."
Kaihoi came to Bethel as a
transfer from Wilmar Junior Col-lege.
He followed in the footsteps
of his brother Bruce, who also
played defensive back on the
Bethel football team. "He (Bruce)
was definitely an influence (on
coming to Bethel)," said Kaihoi.
He received much of his
athletic training through his fami-ly.
"Our family is really sports-oriented,"
said Kaihoi. "We've
always appreciated sports, but my
parents never forced us to par-ticipate."
A pre-med major at Bethel,
Kaihoi plans to attend the Univer-sity
of Minnesota at Duluth this
fall. He was also accepted at the
University of Minnesota's medical
school.
"I've really enjoyed athletics
here," he said in summing up his
athletic experience at Bethel.
"The athletic program is really
growing. The only thing Bethel
needs now are better facilities,
but I think they're working on
that now."
led, "She's been busier than
anyone on the team being involv-ed
in so many things, but she
doesn't try to make excuses."
She said, "She's always been
concerned with the spiritual wit-ness
of the team and she cares
about people. She'll be hard to
replace."
The singles matches were a battle
for all six of the women, with two
of them beating their opponents.
The longest and most exciting
match for the spectators was bet-ween
the number one seeded
players. Ruth Swenson, represen-ting
Bethel, was down one set and
trailing in the second set 3-5.
Finally she pulled through to win
the set and then the match leaving
her undefeated for the season.
by William Healy
Few moments in the history of
sport have managed to arrest the
world to the extent that July 28,
1970 did.
Oh sure, you have Reggie's
three home runs in last year's
series, the second Ali-Frazier
fight, and maybe Star Wars' two
consecutive upsets of Six-Feet-
Under, but even these take a back
seat to that balmy midsummer
night of St. Paul's East Side.
The scene was McDunnough
Field and the contest found arch-rivals
Langford Park and McDun-nough
battling it out to avoid the
cellar. On the mound for
Langford stood the big, lanky,
hard-throwing right-hander in his
first-ever pitching effort.
Mixing a good, hard slider, a
scorching fast-ball, and an elusive
off-speed screwball, the
youngster proceeded to mow
down the helpless McDun-noughites
like it was nobody's
business.
As the game wore on and
disillusioned ballplayers were
found wandering aimlessly, talk-ing
to themselves, it became in-creasingly
evident that what was
taking place was the greatest pit-ching
performance the game had
ever known.
By the time it was all over this
highly respectable collection of
hitters had been reduced to a con-glomeration
of straight-jacket vic-tims.
Not one hit had been issued by
the big flame-throwing rookie
who would never again reach
such a height of athletic ex-cellence
(with the possible excep-tion
of that 320-foot shot to left-center.
Did I ever tell you about
that one?...)
But enough about myself. This
article is about Bethel baseball.
The Royals dropped a pair to
St. John's Saturday by scores of
5-2 and 4-1. They hope to end the
season on a winning note as
they play doubleheaders at
Macalester last Tuesday and at
Northwestern today.
Tennis team ends
conference season
in ninth place
by Steve Erickson
The tennis team concluded its
first season in the MIAC last
weekend with a ninth place finish
in the conference tournament.
Gustavus Adolphus again took
the title, winning five of six singles
matches and all three doubles
matches.
Mark Norlander and Wayne
Abbott were the only Royals to
proceed past the preliminary
round, with each one winning one
match. These wins helped Bethel
place ahead of Macalester and
out of last place.
Coach Craig Schmidt was
disappointed with the season the
team had, winning only two mat-ches
all year. "We lost a lot of
close matches but we still should
have done better than we did," he
said.
continued on page 10
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Honors of Women Athlete of the
Year given to Bobbi Hersch
Tennis club loses squeaker
against Augsburg College
The two mile relay team of Brenda Harris, Gail Anderson, Bobbi Hersch and Denise
Egge placed high enough to go to the national meet at Emporia, Kansas.
Women thinclads impressive
in state meet at U of M
Craig and Ron Hanson were wearing smiles despite being
banned from the Clarion Golf Epic.
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by Carol Madison
Bethel softball had an im-pressive
week of games as they
defeated Concordia of St. Paul in
two games and put on a good
showing in the state tournament.
On May 2, the team beat Con-cordia
7-4 and 9-8 in close games.
The first game went nine innings
after a tie of 4-4 in the seventh.
Cindy Martin struck out seven
batters and went 3 for 5, adding 2
RBI's. Vicki Wright also had 2
RBI's and Robin Erbst went 3-4 at
the plate.
Second baseman Ruth Moser
combined with Janet Reynolds at
first on good defensive plays
which held Concordia down.
Bethel also won the second
game 9-8, but things didn't go well
the first inning as Concordia
scored six runs off Martin. Janet
Soic finished and held them to
two runs the rest of the game.
Ruth Moser went 2 for 3 and
had 3 RBI's, as did Soic.
"We were able to capitalize on
their six errors," said Coach Karyl
Frye.
The Royals then competed in
the state tournament over the
weekend and won one game and
lost two in the double elimination
tournament. Bethel, which was
ceded 14 out of 16, defeated
number three ceded Moorhead
State 7-1 in the first game.
Cindy Martin held Moorhead
to only five hits, and the rest of
the team backed her up with good
defensive play. Costly errors by
Moorhead and good hitting by
Bethel gave the Royals the advan-tage
in the game.
Bethel then lost to Mankato
11-7 after being tied 4-4 in the
fourth. Cindy Martin was 3 for 4,
with a homerun and 4 RBI's. Teri
Visel had two hits, including a
double, and Ruth Moser went
3-4.
Mankato made use of its two
home runs and a double by having
more runners on at the time,
which was a big factor in the
game.
Bethel then played Southwest
State immediately after Mankato
and lost, so they were eliminated
from the tourament. The team com-mitted
five errors and didn't hit
well due to lack of energy
reserves.
Bethel threatened to score in the
bottom of the seventh with three
straight hits by pinch hitters Deb
Sension, Jacki Dill and Joann
Kormann, but a strikeout and a
pop-up with bases loaded stopped
the threat.
"We played three state colleges
that can offer at least partial
scholarships and have well-established
teams," said Coach
Frye. "But we still played good
ball against them."
The team made a good showing
and people started to take notice
of Bethel after they beat
Moorhead. Several coaches com-mented
on the good ball playing
that Bethel showed.
The team concluded its season
with a game at St. Benedict on
May 9. The Royals were 5-10 for
the season before this game.
by Laura Woodruff
On May 5 and 6 at the Universi-ty
of Minnesota, the Bethel
women's track team qualified
more people for regionals and
scored more points at the state
track and field meet this year than
any other year.
Seven women qualified scoring
18 points for Bethel. Golden
Valley Lutheran College won the
meet, while Moorhead State and
St. Cloud State tied for second
place.
Denise Egge placed seventh in
the 800-meter run with a time of
2:19.6, which is a Bethel record
and regional qualifying time.
Other regional qualifiers in-clude
Sandy Hobbs, Lynn Sever-son,
Bobbi Hersch and Katie
Miller in the 880 relay placing
fourth with a Bethel record of
1:53.6. Egge qualified in the
1500-meter. run with a Bethel
record of 4:46.5 and a fourth
place.
Egge, Severson, Hersch and
Miller also qualified in the mile
relay where they not only broke a
Bethel record and took eight se-cond
off their best time, but plac-ed
second with a time of 4:06.
Regionals will be held at Em-poria,
Kansas on Friday and
Saturday, May 12 and 13. Bethel
will not be competing in any of
the afore mentioned events
because many of the runners can-not
afford to miss any more
classes.
Miller will not be competing in
the high jump either. But, the
two-mile relay team which
qualified for regionals at the
Macalester Invitation will be go-ing
to Emporia.
That team is made up of
Hersch, Egge, Gail Anderson and
Brenda Harris.
The 440-yd. relay, made up of
Miller, Hersch, Severson and
Hobbs, broke a Bethel record
with a time of 52.8.
In the 1500-meter run Brenda
Harris placed twelfth with a 5:09
for her personal best time.
In the same event Karlene
Kline also had her best time of
5:42. Harris also made it to finals
in the 800-meter run with a 2:28
by Bruce Olsen
Tee-off time begins at 11 a.m.
on Monday, May 15 for the Third
Annual Bethel Clarion Como
Study Day Golf Epic (TABC-CSDGE).
The golf classic
organizers hope for a turnout of
some 40 golfers, with many
famous Bethel personalities par-ticipating.
No positions remain to
be filled.
Such notables as Arlan
"Broken-club" Swanson, Tad
"The Slice" Johnson, Tim "Did I
Hit That?" Doten, Dave "Should
be on the Tour" Osgood (formerly
Dave "Mulligan" Osgood), Jerry
Healy, Al Glenn and Dan Taylor
will be participating in this third
annual event.
The status of Chuck "Is He Still
Here?" Haaland is still under in-vestigation.
It is rumored that
tournament organizers are willing
to drop charges of cheating
against Haaland because of a
threatened lawsuit by Haaland
supporters (himself).
Will Healy and John Priestly,
partners in Haaland's foursome
last year, have notably received
mysterious checks in the mail for
not remembering a thing that
happened in last year's tourna-ment.
Both Healy and "The
Priest" deny any knowledge of
time. In the same event Anderson
did a 2:19.6.
About the state meet Coach
Shirley Dawson said, "I was really
pleased that they were able to be
so strong. It was a good end to a
good season."
such alleged payoffs. The last
member of the foursome has
somehow disappeared into thin
air.
The rumors about these alleged
payoffs began when Healy was
seen driving a new, yellow
Porsche and Priestly suddenly
took a trip to the warmer climates
of Florida. The investigation con-tinues
with a ruling to be made
approximately ten minutes before
the tournament is to begin.
There is also a controversy
brewing between two former
partners of the golf epic, Al
Glenn and Jerry Healy. Healy
claims that he is tired of carrying
Glenn through previous tour-naments
and has not decided yet
if he is willing to do so again.
Glenn makes a similar claim,
saying that his score is keeping
the team competitive. Only time
will tell the outcome.
For those of you who do not
wish to support this tournament
with your participation, you are
invited to join the large gallery
that is sure to develop when the
press releases hit the television
stations and newspapers. It costs
nothing to be a part of the Clarion
Golf Epic gallery, so please plan
to come out and cheer on your
favorite hack.
Martin shines in pitching role
Softball team takes
two from Concordia
Famous Bethel personalities
to participate in Golf Epic