Clarion 1978-04-14 Vol 53 No 20

              The Scribes, a rock and roll 50's band, will appear tonight
in the old campus gym.
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Challenge of the great outdoors, page 3...
Choir tours remembered, anticipated, page 5...
Allen, star runner, recognized, page 8...
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APR 1 4 1978
Sister college to shut down at term's end
by Joseph Clem
With only five weeks left in the
academic year, the Board of
Regents of Vancouver Bible Col-lege
has recommended to the
Baptist General Conference that
the school be permanently shut
down at the close of the term.
The decision was made following
a vote taken by the regents at
their meeting on Saturday, March
18.
When the Board of Regents ac-cepted
responsibility for the
school three years ago, its inten-tion
was to establish the finest Bi-ble
College in Canada. The Board
had plans for an accredited aca-demic
program, an expanded
campus, and a sound financial
base.
It was expected that this would
gain momentum, and that at the
end of five years a review would
indicate the most desirable
organizational format for the
future of the college.
Now, after 20 years, under
three different denominational
boards and four presidential
administrations, Vancouver Bible
College has yet to become a
viable program for the Baptist
General Conference. The school
currently faces a deficit of more
than half a million dollars.
In addition to what seems a
hopeless financial dilemma, sev-eral
other reasons were stipulated
by the regents for the closing
down of the Vancouver facilities.
Among them are dwindling
enrollment, difficulty securing
American staff members, and a
lack of sufficient gift income from
the Conference churches.
It had been hoped by the re-gents
that a strengthened
academic program and improved
facilities, f011owing a fire that gut-ted
the academic building three
years ago, would attract students
in larger numbers. The Board
was, therefore, willing to engage
in deficit financing at the request
of the administration, viewing this
as seed money.
But enrollment within the last
five years has increased by only
nine students, causing the amount
of gift income from the United
Mission for Christ program need-ed
per student to be three times
higher than that of Bethel just to
meet the cost of running the
school. This does not figure in the
interest on the school's half
million dollar debt, which has
been averaging $50,000 per year,
or any attempt to repay the
deficit.
"With only about sixty of these
students coming from Conference
Churches," said Board President
Norman P. Anderson, "it seems
clear after 20 years that our chur-ches
are not going to send an ade-quate
number of students to the
school."
Also due to new Canadian
policies restricting work for
American citizens, it will become
increasingly difficult to staff the
college, located in the province of
British Columbia, beyond any
control of U.S. legislation.
"In the meantime," said Ander-son,
"we shall encourage earnest
prayer for those most deeply af-fected
by this decision, the
teachers, administrators and staff
members of Vancouver Bible Col-lege."
Bruce Olsen editor Greg Kuntz sports editor The Clarion is published weekly
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THE CLARION Bethel College Vol. 53, No. 20 April 14, 1978
Musical Scribes brag improvement
:4y Man Pureed
The fabulous Scribes, the only
Bethel-related group in profes-sional
existence, will be presen-ting
a dynamic concert of 1950's
rock and roll music tonight at
7:30 in the old campus gym. The
group, considered by many to be
one of the top 50's bands in the
Twin Cities, has been playing pro-fessionally
for over a year, and
vows that tonight's concert will be
their best ever.
"I don't want to slight Priestley,
Healy, Reasoner or any of the old
guys, but we're really a hundred
times better than we were in the
past," commented one Scribe
who asked to remain anonymous.
Some of the group members
were a bit less modest in their ap-praisal
of the group and their own
personal abilities.
"I am, without a doubt or se-cond
thought, the greatest guitar
player who has ever lived," bragg-ed
Gordy "Three Chord" Fran-son,
the group's lead guitarist and
vocalist.
When asked to comment on the
abilities of such guitarists as Chet
Atkins, Eric Clapton, Alvin Lee
and Roy Clark, Franson respond-ed,
"Who?"
In addition to Franson, the
group consists of: Marty Thomp-son,
guitarist and vocalist; Nancy
Horvath, drummer; Mary Haden-felt,
piano and organ; Jerry
Lovegren, bass; and Dee Traudt,
who is the lead singer.
Marty Thompson, self-appoint-ed
spokesman for the group,
commented on the groups in-credible
diversity and overall
talent.
"We do songs from "Blue
Moon," to "I Wonder Why," and
we do them all very well," he said.
"In addition, we do a tribute to
the greatest singing group of all
time, The Beach Boys."
Paul Healy, who has been pro-moting
the concert, and whose
group, the DelAdlawan Founda-tion,
will be receiving the pro-ceeds
of the concert for their or-phanage
project in the Philip-pines,
is excited about tonight's
activities.
"You simply can't miss by corn-ing
to see the Scribes. It will be a
gala evening, an extravaganza
by Thangi Chhangte
For several summers, Roy Wil-bee,
director of academic media,
has worked for the American In-dian
Mission (AIM) in British Col-umbia.
Wilbee was in the Sum-mer
Mission Institutes's (SMI)
program which is supported by
the AIM.
Last Christmas, the director of
SMI asked Wilbee to make a slide
show out of a filmstrip he had
done earlier. The filmstrip was
made for churches that support
SMI. But slides are designed
primarily for Indians. It will be
shown for the first time on April
16, in Vancouver, Canada.
The slide show, complete with
outdoor sound-effects, is about
the mission's wilderness-type
reminiscent of the golden age of
rock and roll music. The old cam-pus
gym will bow out in style with
one of the greatest concerts
Bethel has ever seen."
Never at a shortage of superla-tives,
Healy added that he is ex-pecting
a "magnificent" crowd,
but that there are still good seats
available.
Tickets are available at the
Campus Coordinators office to-day,
and will also be sold at the
door. Prices are $1.50 for Bethel
students, and $1.00 for high
school students. Buses will leave
Bethel at 7 p.m. sharp for New
Campus residents.
camping program. The camp has
a strong spiritual thrust. And its
main objective is to help people
find Christ. The slides will be used
for recruiting Indian youths to the
camp.
All the music in the slide show
is Indian. A Chippewa Indian,
Rev. Fred Isham, sings a couple
of solos. Dr. Bob Featherstone,
assistant professor at Bethel
Seminary, is the narrator.
When Wilbee showed the slides
to Indians in the Twin Cities, they
liked it because it presented In-dians
in the 70's. It was not a ster-eotyped
"Indian with feathers"
show.
Bethel usually sends three or
four SMPers to work with SMI.
About 700 college students from
USA and Canada participate in
the program, annually.
Wilbee designs slide show
of American Indian ministry
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Mounce fitted with artificial limb
Dear editor:
We really appreciated the
undeserved publicity you gave us
in last week's Clarion. The
buildup was undeserved because
neither of us had to overcome any
competition to get the jobs, so we
deserve no elite classification.
Even more undeserved,
however, were the photos. We
feel they may have marred our
already dubious reputations, and
would like to clear our names.
First, David was not puffing
away on a cigarette when that pic-ture
was taken. David has never
smoked. In fact, he has never
been on fire. (He did burn a little
in Florida, but that resulted in
flaking skin, not smoke.)
The truth is, he was puffing
away on a yellow Flair pen, and
anyone knows that is a normal
habit of journalists. (Yellow is a
favorite color among journalists.)
As for Scott, he was not trying
to fly. He has never flown. He has
no desire to learn how to fly. Nor
does he like fOr 1800 people to be
able to look up his nostrils.
Besides, he's not all that gleeful
to leave the Campus Coordinator
job. We are 'both excited about
our new jobs, but in the immortal
words of a favorite football
coach, "We're not done with this
year yet."
Lovingly,
David Shelley
Scott Barsuhn
editorial
Urgent p.e. facility squeeze
affects more than just jocks
Last month the Clarion reported on the long-range building program
being developed by Harvey DeVries, vice president of public affairs,
and Arthur Frantzreb, a consultant in college resource development
from McLean, Va.
The article revealed a projection of future building programs that
were being considered by the administration. These projects, which are
to take place within the next five years, include the completion of five
dormitories (two now under construction), a new annex to the LRC
building, development of the athletic fields, construction of an ad-ministration
building on the lakefront, expansion of the science
facilities, expansion of the seminary, a new chapel auditorium, and a
maintenance building.
It is obvious that these building projects are all necessities on this
growing campus, although some are more urgent than others. But what
the five-year program has failed to include is any further expansion of
the present physical education facilities.
Presently our one gymnasium is used for all intercollegiate sports, in-tramurals,
chapel, campus coordinator events, banquets and founders'
week. The list could go on. The old campus gym has been used on a
number of occasions for intramurals, athletic practices, plays and con-certs.
Now that the old campus gym has been sold, and will no longer be
available to the student body, what is to be done to relieve this facility
drain?
The problem is multiplied even further when one thinks of the 1950
students that are projected to come to Bethel next year. By the year
1982, it has been projected that 2250 students will be attending Bethel.
Most of these students will also be required to take eight P.E. com-ponents.
Where does the school plan to house all of this activity?
Hopefully the point has been made—there is a definite need to in-crease
the present physical education facilities. It must also be
remembered that these facilities are not only used for "jocks," but also
for intramural participants, banquets, campus coordinator events,
founders' week and chapel. "Jocks" are not the only ones who would
benefit from this increase in P.E. facilities.
Mack Nettleton, director of student affairs, and George Brushaber,
dean of academic affairs, are now working on a feasibility study for a
possible field house to be built near the football field. These plans are
being developed as a result of the need Nettleton and Brushaber see for
additional P.E. facilities.
The field house, which presently is not included in the five-year plan,
would house an indoor track, raquetball courts, and possibly a
maintenance facility. The indoor track could also be used as tennis,
volleyball and basketball courts. The building could be built so only
eight or ten feet of it is above ground, therefore making it energy effi-cient.
The need exists. Now all that remains is for President Carl Lundquist
and Vice President DeVries to recognize the urgency of this need. This
facility must see priority before many of the other building programs
being considered by the college administration if we are to maintain
our present level of athletic activity on this campus.
Letter to the Editor
Future media chiefs
clear 'undeserved' images
by Holly Schmiess
Doug Mounce is not back at
Bethel this semester as he hoped
he'd be, but he's not idle. He just
renewed his driver's license,
bought an El Camino, and is
enrolled in four courses at Bowl-ing
Green University in his Ken-tucky
home town.
Doug lost his right leg in a
motorcycle accident on his way to
an SMP assignment in Mexico last
summer. (See article in Sept. 16
issue.) He's living with his
parents, and will be fitted with an
artificial limb in two weeks. After
the fitting, the limb will take three
weeks to make.
"In about a month, I'll be able
to walk with the leg, without crut-ches,"
Doug said in a phone call
Monday.
The fitting process was delayed
until now while Doug tried to gain
up to his original weight. A
change in size necessitates a new
fitting, something the Mounces
wanted to avoid. Doug's weight,
though not up to his goal, seems
to be stablilized enough to go
ahead with a fitting.
An art student at Bethel last
year, Doug is continuing his col-lege
education by cor-respondence
with Bowling Green
University. His four history
courses keep him from spending
much time at his potter's wheel.
Doug plans to come back to
Bethel to visit his friends, but ap-parently
not as a student. But he
will drive his new El Camino, us-ing
his recently-renewed driver's
license.
Will he drive up before gradua-tion?
Maybe a few more of us
should learn from his attitude:
"I don't know. I don't know
what I'll be doing even
tomorrow."
Plans are shown for the two new campus dormitories. Construction for this latest hous-ing
project began last Thursday.
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Cheryl Staurseth and Rob Johnson will take over from
Cynthia and Scott as next year's Campus Coordinators.
Holidays to get special attention
by new Campus Coordinators
by Carol Madison
Candeing, backpacking, rock
climbing and repelling, along
with a 10-15 mile marathon run
and solo expeditions will be some
students' first encounter with Be-thel
next year. From Aug. 11 to
Sept. 1, 16 incoming students will
take part in a new program called
Wilderness Challenge.
The new one-credit course, put
together by Dean William Men-ser,
will be run like an Outward
Bound course taught from a
Christian perspective. Only fresh-men
and transfers will be allowed
to participate in the program led
by two faculty members and two
upperclassmen.
Wilderness Challenge will be
more than just a camping trip. An
emphasis will be placed on help-ing
an individual overcome his
physical, emotional and spiritual
weaknesses.
"It is a small group living ex-perience
utilizing stress to pro-duce
individual growth," explain-ed
Dean Menser.
The students will go through a
difficult experience for 21 days.
Hopefully, these students will
grow close to each other.
"The formation of identity
groups is a factor in the probabili-ty
of success in college," said
Menser. "This method of orienta-tion
has been very successful in
other colleges."
Students will be bussed up to
the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
in northern Minnesota, and will
be first taught skills needed to
survive through the experience.
Some of the major components
of the course will include a 7-10
day expedition in the wilderness
by canoe and backpack, a solo
2-3 days of solitude, and a final
expedition of 3-4 days of intense
travel without the presence of in-structors.
Participants, chosen on a first-come,
first-serve basis, will be ex-pected
to read four books pre-vious
to the trip, keep a personal
Newberg, Ore.(CCNS)—Cres-cent,
student newspaper of
George Fox College for the past
89 years, is no more, having ceas-ed
publication this month due fo
apparent student disinterest, ac-cording
to the retiring editor.
Robert Claiborne, who had the
personally distasteful task of
blowing out the editor's "torch"
rather than passing it on to a suc-cessor,
told Christian College
News Service in a telephone inter-view
that eight students were left
to do the work of 20 at the paper's
demise.
However, he paid tribute to his
staff, all of them volunteers. "But
we decided," he said, that "it
wasn't good stewardship of our
time if the student body wasn't in-terested
enough."
Robert (a religion major who
graduated this month) was paid
by Becky Olson
Employed to contribute to the
social and spiritual atmosphere of
the Bethel community, Cheryl
Staurseth and Rob Johnson were
recently chosen by the Student
Senate to serve as Campus Coor-dinators.
Encouraged to promote a full
calendar of events, Cheryl and
Rob have decided to place special
emphasis on holidays next year.
For Halloween,' an all-school
mascarade party with a carnival is
planned. Prizes such as a
10-speed, camera, or radio may
be awarded.
For Valentines Day, Rob and
Cheryl are planning a Sweetheart
banquet. Its unique feature will
be that the initiator of the date
(guy or girl) will not pay for the
ticket, but his or her date will.
Plans for Christmas and April
Fools are also being con-templated.
As Campus Coordinators,
Cheryl and Rob are responsible
for a balanced social activity pro-gram
for all Bethel students. They
journal, write a paper at the end,
and become involved in discus-sion
groups and a service project.
An emphasis will be placed on
devotions and dependence on
God, along with the development
of self-understanding and aware-ness.
Students will learn leader-ship
skills, and find new ways to
respond to fear.
Welcome Week will be only
mildly entertaining to those stu-dents
who return from Wilderness
an honorarium as editor, but
because of the hours he put in, he
said he made about 15 cents an
hour.
But the experience for him has
been more than he anticipated,
he says.
Before he began working on
the Crescent, he was "headed
toward the parish ministry" (he is
a Lutheran). Now, as a result of
his editorial experience, he feels a
"strong call" to the mission field,
working in the area of com-munications,
art work and
graphics.
The college administation is
"really disappointed" the paper
folded, Robert said. "But we hope
that next year, or the year after,
students will want to 'resurrect' it.
We don't want this to be a perma-nent
shutdown," he added.
take into account that the social
programs should be built around
events sponsored by the athletic,
music, and drama departments.
The positive feedback from
movies on campus this year has
' prompted them to consider one
movie a month complete with piz-za,
ice cream, or popcorn. Plann-ing
themes for Homecoming and
Nik Dag is also a top priority next
fall.
Anxious to get to know stu-
Minnesota students attending
post-secondary educational in-stitutions
receive more than $142
million per year in financial aid,
says a staff report presented to
the Higher Education Coordina-tion
Board (HECB) today.
Between 1969 and 1978, state
appropriations for Minnesota stu-dent
financial aid programs have
grown from $375,000 to
$37,681,751, the report says. On a
per capita basis, Minnesota now
ranks fifth nationally in need-based
aid, at $4.84 per person;
and the state ranks first nationally
in use of revenue bonds to fund
student loan programs at no cost
to the taxpayer.
The report says that between
fiscal year 1975 and 1978, applica-tion
to the State Scholarship and
Grant-in-Aid Programs increased
from 14,650 to 42,900, an increase
of 294 per cent. During the same
period the demand for student
loan assistance through the State
Student Loan Program doubled,
and the number of financial aid
programs administered by the
Board increased from four to
twelve.
In addition to the $142 million
per year, the Veterans Ad-ministration
provides over $68
million annually in educational
benefits to more than 16,000
residents. The totals for Social
Security Administration educa-tional
benefits are not available
but they are substantial, the
report says.
The report says that fiscal year
1978 state scholarship and grant
expenditures will total $21.5
million, and loan and work pro-grams
will provide an additional
$30 million. This total of over $51
million from state programs
represents only about 35 per cent
of the more than $142 million
figure. About $52 million will
come from federal sources and
over $38 million from private
sources.
Sixty-one per cent of the funds
go to students attending public in-stitutions,
31 per cent to students
attending private colleges and
universities and 8 per cent to
students in proprietary institu-dents
at Bethel, Cheryl and Rob
have dedicated themselves to the
task of Campus Coordinators.
Since neither is involved in any
other activities at Bethel, they
feel they can do a good job.
In order to get a feel for the
job, Cheryl and Rob will be serv-ing
as assistants for the remainder
of this year to Scott and Cynthia
who have done a fantastic job in
filling the calendar full of events
for the 77-78 Bethel community
tions.
State Student Loan Program
volume has grown from $16
million in fiscal 1975 to an an-ticipated
$32 million this year.
About 18,000 students will be
assisted by the state program this
fiscal year, the report says. In ad-dition
to state lending, private
commercial lenders will provide
about $16 million of additional
resources in fiscal 1978.
Although generally not con-sidered
financial aid, reciprocity
provided indirect benefits averag-ing
$1600 to about 5,000 Min-nesotans
in Wisconsin institutions
and an average of $622 to about
2,600 Minnesotans in North
Dakota institutions in 1976-1977,
the report says.
Minnesota has reciprocal tui-tion
agreements with North
Dakota and Wisconsin in which
out-of-state tuition rates are waiv-ed
for students in the neighboring
states.
"Aside from the highlights in
the report, the staff's major con-clusion
is that our evaluation
mechanism for the aid programs
must be improved so that the
Board can more effectively assess
the results of the state's efforts in
this area," HECB Executive
Director Clyde Ingle told the
Board.
Ingle said that rising costs at
post-secondary institutions,
federal incentives for developing
state programs and the Board's
identification of financial needs
of post-secondary students have
contributed to this growth. HECB
recommendations to the
legislature and the legislative
response have emphasized access
in student financial aid,
"The Minnesota effort in finan-cial
aid for the post-secondary
education is one of the most
outstanding in the nation," Ingle
said. "It is comprehensive and
serves our citizens and institutions
well. The coming decade,
however, will bring substantial
changes to the character of stu-dent
populations and educational
programs. Substantial evaluation
is necessary if we are to address
changing needs."
'Growth through stress,' aim of
Wilaerness Challenge program
Challenge.
Ignored by George. Fox students,
paper went away, says editor
Minnesota fifth in aid, says
financial aid staff report
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Margaret IntVeld is seen at her familiar switchboard post.
switchboard "womaned"
Margaret IntVeld holds varied job
as long-time Bethel receptionist
by Thangi Chhangte
For 18 years, Margaret IntVeld
has been working as a receptionist
for Bethel College. Before she
started working at Bethel, in
1960, she worked as a swit-chboard
operator at West-inghouse.
Bethel did not have an official
receptionist in the old campus. As
a receptionist at Bodien dorm,
Margaret had to handle calls for
students because they could not
dial out. Since she was the only
receptionist Bethel had at that
time, she had to handle numerous
calls.
The Centrex system on the new
campus has been a big improve-ment,
Margaret said. She also has
an official receptionist's desk by
the main door. Seven • other
receptionists also work under
Margaret. As the supervisor,
Margaret schedules and trains the
others.
Margaret works full-time,
usually from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
weekdays. She does not work on
weekends unless substitutes are
unavailable. During the school
year, the switchboard is manned
(womaned?) every day from 8
a.m. to 10 p.m., except during
church hours on Sunday.
Being a receptionist involves
communicating with the public as
well as Bethel students, faculty
and staff. When people call
Bethel, their first impression of
Bethel depends on the recep-tionist's
tone. "I think it's a real
service to Bethel," Margaret said.
Often the calls are demanding.
Apparently people expect the
receptionist to know everything.
Margaret has to know what every
instructor teaches, what each
department handles, and so on, to
satisfy some callers:According to
her, her main job is to connect
the caller to the right person.
Since she has worked at Bethel
for such a long time, many people
recognize Margaret's voice and
several call her by her name. And
she remembers voices and faces
of people she does not know.
Sometimes she recognizes
voices from "way back." She also
finds out what a former Bethel
faculty member used to be, even
after the person has not been to
Bethel for several years.
In between the calls, Margaret
stuffs payrolls at her desk. This is
part of her work for the credit of-fice.
It involves working with the
check run for accounts payable,
billing for telephones like pay
phones, old campus, Fountain
Terrace, and so on.
Margaret spends most of her
spare time with her widowed
mother whO is a resident of the
Presbyterian Home. She also
sings in the choir at Central Bap-tist
Church.
At home, she does needlecraft
work, ceramics, and oil painting.
Even though she does not claim
to be a professional hairdresser,
Margaret cuts her own hair as
well as her mother's and her
friends. She has been doing this
for quite a long time, she said.
An avid traveller, Margaret has
been to South America and all
over the States. She is deeply in-terested
in missions and has a
special love for foreign people. "I
love to meet people and I try. to
pick out friends that need help,"
Margaret said thoughtfully.
So, even if you have never met
her, Margaret might recognize
your voice over the phone.
by Dan Erickson
Being an American and being a Christianarenotthe same thing. This.
has been emphasized quite strenuously in recent years as well is it
should. Without recognizing the differences between the two it is easy
to become swept into the American Civil Religion that surrounds us on
all sides.
One can be both an American and a Christian, but as Christians first,
we must be careful to strip away the extra cultural and nationalistic
baggage from our faith.
What is not so apparent to us here is that in this community there is a
vast difference between being a good Bethel student and being a Chris-tian.
What have I spent the last three paragraphs trying to get at? That
one of the greatest threats to a body like this is a religious piety that
becomes legalistic and loses its absolute obedience to Christ.
It is easy to fall into a habit of following a fixed set of principles. That
is why the lifestyle injunctions are here at Bethel for, to create a sense
of discipline in our conduct. But it is even easier to lose sight of our
reason for obeying this lifestyle. If at anytime our reason for obeying
the rules becomes our own self-justification we are guilty of a self-centered
piety.
On several occasions in the New Testament Christ comes face to face
with this piety: At one point he encounters a person who has an uncan-ny
resemblance to many Bethel students including myself.
The story of the rich young man in Matt.19:16-22, is our story. He
asks the questions, "What must I do that I might have eternal life?"
Christ asks him if he has kept all the commandments. The young man
responds that he has kept them from his youth, and asks again what yet
does he lack (perhaps expecting Christ to ask him to give up social dan-cing
and card playing).
The rich young man wants to know what he can add to his life to
make it perfect, what adjustments to make. He is dismayed at the
answer Christ gives him. "If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou
hast, and give to the poor; and come and follow me."
Christ's demand is absolute. It demands absolute obedience to Christ
and not to a set of rules.
Christ looks past the questions that the young man poses back to the
young man himself. Bonhoeffer says that Jesus sees that the young man
is a victim of a self-centered piety.
"And Jesus looking upon him loved him." (Mk.10:21) Jesus sees how
hopelessly the young man has closed his mind to the living Word of
God, how serious he is about it, and how heartily he rages against the
living commandment and the spontaneous obedience it demands."
("Cost of Discipleship") I
Christ's absolute demand must reorder our entire lives. It must turn
everything in our lives upside down. When we accept Christ We're ac-cepting
the person of Christ to identify with and follow, not a set of in-structions.
We cannot make subtle adjustments, adding a little of this
here and a little of that there. There must be a complete change in our
thinking.
Don't take me wrong. I believe in the Bethel lifestyle. People must
have a lot of sense for a- group of Christians living together and as an
RA I've promised to support them.
But we are not saved by the rules and the rules will not set us free. I
Peter 2:16 says, "Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a
pretext for evil; but live as servants of God." That is the whole key to
this problem, living as a servant.
Once we escape our self-centeredness and become Christ-centered
we break the bonds of responding to a set of rules and find our
freedom in our servanthood. We are meant to be servants_ of God and
not captives to rules.
New position created, filled
John A. Burtis of New Jersey
has been appointed Director of
Systems and Data Processing for
Bethel College and Seminary, ef-fective
March 15.
In this newly created position,
Burtis will be responsible for ex-amining
Bethel's entire informa-tion
collection, unifying pro-cedures,
and establishing a com-plete
management tool for use by
the administration.
Formerly, Burtis was president
of the Eastern Computer Center
for Christian Organizations—a
joint venture he founded in 1974
to provide systems analysis, data
processing, and management
consultation services in the
metropolitan New York City
area.
He received his B.S. in accoun-ting
from Rider College, a cer-tificate
in data processing from
Rutgers University, and was pro-grammer/
analyst for the Foster
Wheeler Corporation.
His wife Joida and eight-year-old
son Jason are soon to join him
in Minnesota.
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The Male Chorus, under the direction of Oliver Mogck, will perform a repertoire with
emphasis on American music on their upcoming European tour.
Male Chorus to give dynamic
performances while in Europe
This painting by artist Steve Hawley will soon be on
display at Bethel on a "permanent loan" basis.
Spirit of God evidenced
Choir sees Spirit work
on southeastern tour
by Sari Wells
The Male Chorus, in its 66th
year at Bethel, will take its fourth
trip to Europe this summer. They
will visit Scandanavian countries,
England and Germany from May
23-June 21.
The chorus, under the direc-tion
of Oliver Mogck, will have .
three more home concerts before
leaving for London on May 23.
The concerts will be held at 6
p.m. at Bethlehem Baptist on
April 16 and Brooklyn Center
Baptist on April 23. The- final
home concert will be at Calvary
Baptist Church at 7 p.m. on May
14.
The group will be presenting a
variety of numbers, ranging from
sacred classics to hymn arrange-ments
to American spirituals. Ac-cording
to Mr. Mogck, Euro-peans
want to hear Americans
sing American songs.
Rick Alvarez, president of the
chorus, added, "The format is
geared more toward American
composers." He also said that the
program is more contemporary
than in years past.
Accompanying the chorus will
be a new feature, • a brass ensem-ble,
conducted by Dr. Julius
Whitinger, professor of music at
Bethel. Also touring with the
chorus will be Dr. Olaf Olsen,
professor of history. He will be
teaching "Topics in the Culture of
Northern European Countries."
Besides singing and taking Dr.
Olsen's history course, the men
will write in logs and scrapbooks,
and visit museums, historical sites
and cultural landmarks.
Since travel will include trips to
several different countries, the
communication gap could be a
problem. "We'll learn to smile in
seven different languages," Mr.
Mogck said. "It will be an in-teresting
experience in commun-ication."
Professor Olsen speaks Norwe-gian
and Mr. Mogck speaks Ger-man.
Chorus member Soren
Ryberg's knowledge of Danish
and the aid of a bi-lingual bus
driver and Swedish pastor will
help the chorus to "be sensitive to
Friday, artist Steve Hawley will
speak in chapel. His topic centers
on his painting, soon to be on
"permanent loan" to Bethel.
Last June, the college's art
department sponsored a CIVA
(Christians Involved in Visual
Arts) conference. According to
Eugene Johnson, Bethel art pro-fessor
currently on sabbatical,
about 140 artists attended.
Among these was Steve Hawley
of Newburyport, Mass.
In the fall Dr. Johnson visited
Mr. Hawley's gallery and was im-pressed
with a large painting of
the crucifixion. At that time he
hoped that Bethel could "some-how
procure it" in the future. •
Near Christmas Johnson receiv-ed
word from Mr. and Mrs. Croft
in Farmington, Mass. that they had
purchased the painting and were
willing to give it to Bethel on an
indefinite loan.
The work, valued at $3500,
measures approximately 7 by 8
the needs of the people," as
Mogck pointed out.
The group will travel in one bus
for the whole tour, which will
simplify travelling arrangements.
They will sing primarily in chur-ches
and in some concert halls.
About 85 per cent of the time, the
members will be staying in homes.
continued on page 6
feet. Professor Johnson described
it as semi-abstract. Through this
creation, he stated, the artist has
"attempted to describe the physi-cal
event of the crucifixion" while
at the same time emphasizing that
it was more than this.
The painting will be on display
in chapel Friday. It will then be
exhibited in the new lecture room
in the FA building.
Steve Hawley is a graduate of
the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston. He has taught there
and also at Tufts University.
His work is currently represent-ed
by the Stephen Straw Gallery
in Newburyport, and last spring
he exhibited his paintings in a
one-man show in Boston. The
January issue of "Art in America"
carried a full-page reproduction
of one of his creations.
Mr. Hawley arrives at Bethel on
Thursday to speak to art students
about the problems and
possibilities of making a living as a
full-time studio artist.
by Kyle Sidlo
"Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain!" Those of us on the College
Choir tour will have no problem
proclaiming this statement. For,
by far the most significant part of
the tour was the way the Spirit of
God worked, through the fellow-ship,
through the circumstances
and miracles, and especially the
music we sang.
The lighter side of the tour was
the fellowship. Different mem-bers
of the group, being very sw-inging
and crazy (you had to be
there) and others sharing their
own special talents (Munchkin
imitations and P.M. Special
Reports) eliminated and • dull
moments.
The time on the beach even got
its fair share of fellowship.
From those great white sands and
hot sun of Florida's Gulf Coast
most of the Bethel group attemp-ted
to absorb some color.
The only color I got was var-ious
shades of black and blue
caused by collisions and from be-ing
stepped on. White is not too
obvious against white.
Others, like. future Clarion
editor, Dave Shelley, showed
some originality by not putting
Sun Stop on evenly. Dave's chest
and stomach looked like a bright
red sunset on a partly cloudy
evening.
It may seem, from what has
been said so far, that all of the
fellowship occurred in the man-ner
of "fun and games." But that
was only part of it. The real
joyous fellowship came through
the circumstances and exper-iences
God gave us.
Something more valuable than
a million Deutsche marks is the
experience of staying in the
homes of people one had never
met before. Getting to know
them, learning about their ideas
and lifestyles, and living in those
lifestyles is something the average
person does not experience. Tak-ing
an opportunity like this means
growth.
The main fellowship came di-rectly
as a result of the whole pur-pose
of our being in Florida. Our
purpose consisted only in the con-cert
and its message. Wanting the
"utmost for His highest," to bring
glory to His name, meant much
work, much prayer, much open-ing
up, and much faith (which
God gave us).
For, time did not pass without
problems. Some people became
sick and two were in a lot of pain.
But, God gave us the faith and we
prayed for their healing. Almost
all were healed instantly.
Others, like in the cases accom-panied
with pain, the pain would
subside during the concert and
then come back afterwards.
These things did not exactly
lessen our enthusiasm for the
music we were singing.
The music of Handel's "Mes-siah"
uses scriptural texts portray-ing
Christ's birth, death, resurrec-tion,
and second coming. To per-form
it is a high worship ex-perience.
God gave us talents to use. He
gave us the tour to use them. He
gave us audiences to minister to.
He even gave us some immediate
rewards through standing ova-tions.
But, the praise must go to Him.
"Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain!"
Bethel procures painting,
studio artist to speak
by Shelly Nielsen
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The Scribes 50's concert, old campus gym,
7:30 p.m.
"You're a Good Man Charlie Brown," ex-perimental
theatre, 8 p.m.
Men's tennis vs. St. Scholastica and St.
Thomas, 9 a.m.
Women's track, Manitou Relays at St. Olaf,
10 a.m.
Baseball vs. Concordia-Moorhead, noon
Men's track with Bemidji State, Concordia-
St. Paul, Northwestern, 1 p.m.
Women's softball - DH with Mankato State,
3 p.m., with Moorhead State, 5 p.m., at
Mankato
"You're a Good Man Charlie Brown," 2 and
8 p.m.
Male Chorus concert, Bethlehem Baptist, 6
P.m
Women's Ensemble concert, Brook Park
Baptist, 6:30 p.m.
Senior recital, Dennis Wicklund and Jenny
Norton, Calvary Baptist, 8 p.m.
Women's softball vs. St. Mary's, 3 p.m.
Men's tennis vs. River Falls, 3:30 p.m.
SSM Film "Mother Teresa of Calcutta," FA
313, 8 p.m.
Friday, Apr. 14
Saturday, Apr. 15
Sunday, Apr. 16
Monday, Apr. 17
Tuesday, Apr. 18
Wednesday, Apr. 19 Baseball at St. Olaf, 1 p.m
"You're a Good Man Charlie Brown," 8
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Performers lead congregation
into creative worship experience
by Rick Drake
Last Sunday I participated in a
truly unique experience. The
Howard Hanger Jazz Fantasy, a
group of five performers (music
and theater), led an ecumenical
congregation in a worship service.
Utilizing modern dance, vi-suals,
creative readings and
varieties of musical styles, this
worship service was designed to
give free reign to the worshipper
in a twentieth century frame-work.
Howard Hanger, the innovative
leader of the group, listed his ob-jectives
for the service at the
outset: 1.) to worship and cele-brate
without cultural limitations,
2.) to incorporate every member
of the congregation into the wor-ship
and 3.) to involve at
least some people all the time.
The "Order of Worship" was
handed out to everyone as they
entered the carpeted, pewless and
chairless sanctuary which was fill-ed
with pillows. The eight sec-tions
of the service progressed
well from one to another.
They were: 1.) Gathering, 2.)
Praise and Adoration, 3.) Confes-sion
and Pardon, 4.) Reading and
Proclaiming, 5.) Offering, 6.)
Remembrance and Blessing, 7.)
Sharing of Bread and Wine and
8.) Sending Out.
The Jazz Fantasy desired not to
perform but rather to lead the
congregation into a creative wor-ship
experience. They accom-panied
readings with program-matic
sound effects and incor-porated
modern dance into music
and the reading of Scriptures.
In the reading of Psalm 150,
one member of the Fantasy serv-ed
as the "Psalm-Sayer," a leader
who reads a phrase to be repeated
by the congregation in rhythm.
Following the brief silence for
individual private confession was
a voluntary public confession of
individual sins through the speak-ing
of word symbols. Whenever
moved to speak, people would
spontaneously speak out a single
word representing the attitude or
action recognized as sin.
Sins such as dishonesty, bit-terness
and pride were confessed.
This was a very moving moment
for me, for when someone con-fesses
a sinful attitude, I can do
nothing but search my own heart
for the same.
This experience has opened my
eyes to some of the possibilities of
creative expression in worship.
The creative element seems to en-hance
both the objective (focus-ing
on God) and the subjective
(our response to God) elements of
worship.
Music in worship functions ex-clusively
as a means to the end,
the end being "presenting our
bodies as a living sacrifice, holy
and acceptable to God." There
are, however, many other means
through which we can express
ourselves in worship.
The source of all creativity is
God Himself, so let us look to
Him and His Word for creative
means to worship Him "in spirit
and in truth."
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The plans for the summer are
just about finalized, and Mr.
Mogck is just awaiting confirma-tions
for two concerts. Plans for
this tour have been in the making
since last June. Mr. Mogck start-ed
planning the concert tour with
the help of Dr. C. Howard Smith,
former Male Chorus director,
who toured with the chorus in
Europe in 1966, '70, and '72.
Despite a few problems in plan-ning,
Mogck claimed, "There's
never a perfect time to do any-thing.
You must go on faith and
go ahead and do it, and pray the
Lord will guide and bless the out-come."
Letters of enthusiasm for Eu-rope
have encouraged Mogck.
Since Bethel choirs have perform-ed
in Europe before and been
well received, he is optimistic.
The men are also enthusiastic
about the tour. "I think we have
the best chorus in the four years
that I've been here," said Rick.
"I'd say this is the best year I've
had," said tour manager Arlan
Swanson. "There's a little more
refined talent. When the whole
thing falls together, it will be
dynamic."
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Aspiring freshman Brad Benjamin serves up another ace
in a recent tennis match.
Tennis team optimistic
as players improve games
Chapel Schedule
Monday—Kairamin
Tuesday—"Does Anybody Care?"—Chuck Colson film
Wednesday—Roots: The Liberal/Conservative Divsion—Dr.
Garth Rosell
Thursday—Roots: Evangelical and New Evangelicals—Dr. Al
Glenn
Friday—Steve Hawley "The Crucifixion"
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weeks in office meeting with the dean, cabinet, lobbying for our public
relations committee bill and initiating the new Senate.
Now, in the spring, is the time when we do the preliminary work for
action we want to see accomplished next year. That's part of the pro-cess
of turning campaign promises into tangible results. We take those
lunch-time leaflets seriously.
In our platform we outlined two areas of concern: credible structure
and creative service. Currently, we are concerned with implementing
the planks of our platform dealing with Senate's effectiveness. While
the public relations committee and agenda impact statements are being
developed now, the autonomous budget will be dealt with in the fall.
On Tuesday night, the Senate unanimously passed the public rela-tions
committee bill. This provides for a fourth internal committee,
equal in responsibility and authority to public action, special projects,
and rules and finance. The duties of the committee as outlined by the
bill involve publishing a newsletter, distributing a more readable form
of minutes which includes an agenda of issues before the Senate, and
any other publicity the Senate deams necessary. That last clause allows
Senate the flexibility to reflect the needs of the student body.
This public relations committee opens some yet untried possibilities,
perhaps some lunch-time leaflets or a "Kidnap your Senator Day." In-forming
and involving students is the first step towards a Senate that
makes your voice count. With such positive action already taken, this
Senate promises to make a difference.
Since this is our first column, we will briefly share our philosophy.
To be credible and effective representatives of your views, we need to
have the respect and trust of the administration with which we work.
The benefits of cooperation can only come as a result of cultivating a
record of healthy, profitable and constructive confrontation.
We see the need for agressive, yet sensitive leadership: leadership
that realizes the importance of knowing the facts and takes seriously
the responsibility of representing you.
If we are going to be your representatives we must know your op-tions,
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Men tracksters place second
in close Invitational at Macalester
Women's track short on runners
but places high with available talent
by Laura Woodruff
The women's track team placed
second and claimed five firsts in
the Gustavus Cinder Open on
Saturday, April 8.
Gustavus won the meet with
107 points, Bethel followed with
94, and Winona placed third with
89. St. , Catherine's, Hamline,
Augsburg, Carleton and Dr. Mar-tin
Luther also attended.
Bethel had more firsts than any
team. It placed first in: the high
jump where Katie Miller tied her
5'1" record; the mile and 880,
both run by Denise Egge; the mile
relay made up of Lynn Severson,
Katie Miller, Bobbi Hersch and
Denise; and the 440 run by Bobbi.
The Bethel women placed se-cond
in these events: the two-mile
relay consisting of Brenda Harris,
Gail Anderson, Karlene Kline,
and Rita. Glasscock; the 800
medley with Katie, Lynn, Bobbi
and Gail; the 220 where Bobbi set
a record of 28.1.
Bobbi also placed third in the
long-jumps. Bobbi, Lynn, Katie
and Sandi Hobbs placed third in
the 440 medley relay. Brenda
Harris placed third in the 880.
Rita placed sixth in the
400-meter hurdles and Carol
Anderson placed sixth in the high
jump.
On April 5, the Wednesday be-fore
the Cinder Open, Bethel par-ticipated
in a triangular with St.
Cloud State and Drake University
and Bethel placed third.
Katie Miller set a high jump
record with 5'1" jump which plac-ed
her third. Lynn, Denise, Katie
and Bobbi broke the 440 relay
record with 53.1. Denise won the
mile with a 5:24.
Bobbi won the 440 and broke
the record with a 62.0 time. Lynn
placed fourth in the 100-yard dash
SSM to present
media festival
next week
On April 18 and 25,
Students Serious About Missions
(SSM) has two media presenta-tions
planned for Bethel students,
staff and faculty.
"Mother Teresa of Calcutta"
with Malcolm Muggeridge and
Mother Teresa is scheduled for
April 18. This is a 50 minute full-length
classic movie about
Mother Teresa's work with the
poorest of the poor in Calcut-ta—
people who literally grow up,
live and die in the streets.
Finally, on Wed., April 25, a
new film called "Land of Destiny"
will be shown. Slavic Missions
Service presents a new perspec-tive
on believers in Russia—" a
totally Russian film, produced by
Russian Christians about Russian
believers."
For the express purpose of pro-viding
an opportunity for people
to visit and ask questions infor-mally,
each evening coffee and
cookies will be served.
and in the 220 she tied the record
with 28.5. Denise also placed
fourth in the 400-meter hurdles.
The mile relay which was made
up of Lynn Severson, Katie, Bob-bi
and Denise did well by taking
seven seconds off the old record
with a time of 4:14.9
Coach Shirley Dawson feels
that "we have some top quality
by Greg Kuntz
The Bethel men's track team
placed second only four points
behind St. Thomas at the Morgan
Taylor Invitational at Macalester
last Saturday.
"It was a very encouraging day
with good individual perfor-mances,"
said Coach Gene Glad-er.
The highlight of the meet was
freshman Greg Stipe's tow "hat
trick," taking firsts in the long
jump, triple jump, and pole vault.
His efforts in the triple jump of
45'2.5" and vault of 13'6.5", were
both new Bethel records.
Junior Bill Whittaker heaved
the javelin 163'4" to take first.
Sprinter Nate Allen won the
440 in :49.9, but became ill and
didn't run any more races. Curt
Brown took the 880 in 1:54.4, and
runners. We don't have many
people but we place high." With
this type of team it is often dif-ficult
to get a high score against
bigger schools even if the women
run well.
Saturday, April 15, Bethel will
participate in the Manitou Relays.
This will be a non-scoring meet
with irregular-type events.
ran a 49.2 quarter mile in the mile
relay, which Bethel won in 3:26.7.
For the first time the relay con-sisted
of Whittaker, John Selvog,
Bryan Galloway and Brown. Sel-vog
captured first in the 440 in-termediate
hurdles in 56.1, and
finished second in high hurdles.
Dave clapp took the mile in
4:24.8, and he finished right
behind Brown in the 880 in
1:57.6. Jim Feleen finished se-cond
in the steeple chase.
"We're building in a healthy
confidence and we should sur-prise
a few people before the sea-son's
over," said Coach Glader.
The Royals host the Bethel In-vitational
tomorrow at the new
Mondsview High School track,
consisting of five teams. The
metric meet begins at 1 p.m.
"There should be a lot of metric
records set," said Coach Glader.
by G.W. Smith
The Bethel tennis team travell-ed
to St. Cloud State last Satur-day,
bowing to St. Cloud 3-6 in
what Coach Craig Schmidt called
the team's best showing this
season.
Tomorrow morning the Royals
face St. Scholastica and St Tho-mas
in a 9 a.m. match, their first
home match this season.
Against St. Cloud Mark Nor-
''. lander and Greg Kuntz claimed
victory in number one doubles.
"We were playing real well,"
said Norlander of the 6-3, 6-1, vic-tory.
In singles Norlander lost a close
match, 6-2, 2-6; 4-6. "That was
fun too," he said of the narrow
defeat.
Kuntz secured a victory in
number two singles, defeating his
opponent 6-4 in the first set and
7-6 in the second set, overcoming
a 5-2 deficit.
Competing in number four sin-gles,
Peter Nelson defeated his
opponent 6-3, 0-6, 6-3, for
Bethel's third victory of the after-noon.
Battling against St. Cloud's
number one singles, Steve Brown
lost an exciting match, 6-4, 6-1.
According to Coach Craig
Schmidt, "We looked by far the
best we've played in any match so
far this year."
Looking forward to a tough
conference season, Schmidt ex-pects
Gustavus to be
"unbeatable" while both St. Johns
and St. Thomas will be tough.
"I think we can play with
them," he said. "We're looking a
lot better."
Page 7
Allen strides through records
with ready mind and sheer guts
by Greg Kuntz
During the past two years, a
lanky athlete named Nate Allen
has burnt quite a trail on the
track, using his remarkable stride
to claim numerous Bethel re-cords.
Among the records he attained
are indoor records in the 176-yd.
dash and the half-mile relay, and
outdoor records in the 220-yd:
dash, 220 meter run, the 440
relay, 880 relay, and the mile
relay. Allen has also tied the
record in the 110-yd. dash at 9.9.
Twenty-seven years old, Nate
enjoys running and believes that
any race consists of one half men-tal
readiness, 30 percent speed
and the remainder is "sheer guts."
"Whether it's practice or a
meet," said Allen, "it's serious
business and I want to give it all."
"The main thing that keeps me
going is that I continually see
myself first place in a race," he
said. "I think of the hard training
and competition against another
individual.
"I get tuned up and psyched for
the next guy," he continued.
"Then, when I beat him, I get
ready for the next guy and the
competiton continues. I go out
with the idea that nobody can
beat you."
Allen began sprinting in a
neighborhood block club in his
native Chicago. He attended
Dunbar Vocational High School
where he won the Illinois State
Championship in the 440 two
years in a row.
He became the city champ in
the 100, 440, 880, and part of the
880-yard and mile relays. He ran a
:49.5 440 and :09.6 100, and trim-med
his 440 to a speedy :46.3.
Before he was invited to try out
for the '68 Olympic team at Lake
Tahoe, he pulled a muscle and
couldn't go. He trained with
former Olympiads, and in Mayor
Daley's Youth Foundation.
A sought after athlete, Allen
received over 250 track scholar-ship
offers, and 50 for football.
He first attended Mankato State
for two years, and was married
while at Mankato, before he was
drafted.
He was stationed at Whidbey
Island, Wash., and was in Viet-nam
for a few months on the USS
Enterprise.
"I stayed in shape by playing a
lot of basketball," said Nate. "Our
team even won the West Coast
Navy championship."
Allen got out of the service in
June of '75 and then attended
Metropolitan Community College
in Minneapolis, but the college
did not have a track team.
He was accepted at the U of
Minnesota, Augsburg, U. of M. at
Duluth, and Bemidji State, but he
contacted Gene Glader at Bethel.
He had been in contact with
Glader since 1971.
"They seemed to care more
about me at Bethel than any other
place, so I was more interested in
coming here," said Nate.
"Being brought up as a Christ-
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ian I was attracted to the at-mosphere
at Bethel, in the faith
and loyalty to God that every-body
must have. I had the oppor-tunity
to get better relationships,
and I wanted a reputable educa-tion
because the sports days will
be gone sometime."
As a business administration
major, Allen hopes to work for a
company and coach part-time in
high school or college.
"I want to use my knowledge to
make some other athlete better,"
said Nate.
Allen has high hopes for his last
by Tim Doten and
David Hepburn
It is said that a football game is
won or lost in the trenches. As of
last week, the same could be said
of the Bethel baseball team:
Once again, for the fourth year
in a row, we have donned the
waders and shovels in an attempt
to dry the rice patty that doubles
as an open air outhouse during
the football season, and a
baseball diamond in the spring.
The only other major sport
with worse facilities is men's and
women's track. The track team
members have to make use of the
myriads of roads in the area. The
sprinters race Columbia Transit
buses daily on Old Snelling only
to have their egos shattered by
losing.
What the bottom line comes to
is that the powers that be, the
president, the regents, the dean
and the athletic director, are
more than happy to have fine
athletic teams, but are unwilling
or unable to spend the limited
dollars to improve facilities.
Hopefully, admission to the
M.I.A.C. will pressure the powers
to some re-evaluation of this pro-blem.
The athletic director obviously
must be aware of problems. He is
doing all he can to improve the
situation. He deals with these pro- .
blems daily and has an excellent
grasp of all the inadequacies in
the department.
We come next to the dean. If
he attends the athletic events, and
he does, he knows at least a
minimum of the problems. We
have found that he too has a great
understanding and is working
with the athletic department on
this issue.
The president and the board of
regents remain. The dean and the
athletic director have written let-ters
and had meetings with the
president. Due to these meetings
and letters, the president cannot
be in the wilds he has traveled to
on this issue.
The question is, what have the
regents and the president done
season, and expects that Bethel
will win the M.I.A.C. champion-ship
in May.
"If we stay healthy and keep up
the winning pace we'll at least win
the M.I.A.C.," Allen said.
He has experienced some mus-cle
pulls in races. "I live with
pain," said Nate, "I ask for
strength from upstairs and the
pain usually goes away during the
race."
Nate admits he'll miss compet-ing.
"This is it," he said, "and I've
never had the opportunity to be a
part of a Christian team before I
came to Bethel."
with their knowledge relating to
this? There are approximately 360
student athletes at Bethel, not to
mention those involved in in-tramurals.
In the president's five-year
plan submitted to the faculty
last fall, out of $20 million,
$250,000 was to be allocated for
field development.
Still, we want fine teams to be
remembered. It seems that Bethel
is on the brink of a very fine and
respected athletic department
personnel wise, but we also need
adequate facilities to maintain
what we have now without losing
ground.
With the current budget, the
athletic department is not able to
handle any one major undertak-ing.
It is only with the freeing of
other funds that we can achieve
these ends. It is important to
understand that we are blaming
no one. We are happy for what
we have. But, we are bringing to
light an issue that can no longer
be avoided.
Women's tennis
opens season
at St. Thomas
The women's tennis club open-ed
its season last Saturday with a
match against a tough St. Thomas
team. The team lost 7-2 with Ruth
Swenson and Lisa Mills receiving
the only two victories of the day.
Karen Koehn, a freshman on
the team this year commented,"
The club did quite well consider-ing
it was our first match of the
season." She added, "The wea-ther
was also a real battle for us."
Another player said, "It is good
to go from here now, knowing
what our weak points are and how
we will be able to remedy them."
The club will face the U of M
and St. Paul Concordia on April
29 there.
by Steve Erickson
Going into the final week of
double elimination playoffs, four
teams in A league and seven in B
league remained alive in IM
basketball. The only unbeatens
were the Probes and Weightroom
Woosies in A and the Decom-posers
and Fly Girls in B.
In an exciting game, 'Probes
nipped the Buckwheats 60-57
behind Dave Hepburn's 18 points
and Greg Nelson's 16 markers.
Phil Print scored 17 for the losers.
The Probes have yet to lose a
game and seem to be the tourney
favorite.
Two days later, the Buck-wheats
stayed alive by eliminating
Beef Jerky 51-36. John Merritt
pumped in 17 points while Ron
Nilsson and Jack Senter had 10
apiece for the Wheats.
Tom Klitzke again pa.-ced
Weightroom Woosies to another
win, his 16 points helping WW
defeat True Grunt 50-44. Steve
Kramka added 10 for the victors.
Grunt's big guns, Al Jones and
Roger Howell each hooped 15.
After eliminating the Rotors
earlier in the week, Who Cares
knocked True Grunt out of the
playoffs 61-54. Tim Haugen led
four teammates into double
figures with 16 while Jones was
credited with 17 for the losers.
In B league action, Decom-posers
stretched their unbeaten
streak to eight games by beating a
tired Nicks, Hags and Steers
43-23. Steve Brown led a balanc-ed
Decayer attack with 9 points.
Bruce Olsen scored 12 for NHS.
In a game of two other B league
powers, the Swedish Fly Girls
handed Arnel Oil its first loss
58-52 as Greg "Homer" Thom
bucketed 20. Arnel's Tim Traudt
and "Sparky" Anderson dropped
in 24 and 12, respectively.
Star Wars, with Dan "DJ"
Johnson's 14 points, leading the
way, held off the Jackrabbits
51-46. Dave Thiessen scored 16
for the Rabbits.
The Mob was eliminated by the
NBA 41-37 when they failed to
control the Butcher's Steve Car-rigan
and Dave Terlouw. The
pair, with 22 and 17 respectively,
scored all but one basket for their
team.
6 ft. Under stayed alive by
crushing Bergland's Bongos
53-29. Towering Dave Fernlund
flipped in 21 markers and Chris
Brumley 12 for the winners.
Mark Rapinchuk and Steve
Johnson were a two-man team as
Richie Vallenz Jr. High clubbed
All the President's Men 56-37.
Rapinchuk has 25 and Johnson 17
while John Klaessy pumped in 16
for ATPM.
Playoff finals conclude this
weekend, but one of the league
directors, Wally Brown, an-nounced
plans for a all-star game
and possible playoff between A
and B league champions to be
scheduled soon.
Senior Nate Allen claimed two indoor and five outdoor
Bethel records in his 'sprint' here.
IM playoffs whittle
contenders to four
Soggy Bremer prompts
appeal to 'powers that b