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On the inside... Bethel's fine-feathered friends page 4 Prestigious musicians unveiled page 5 Ice hockey club warms up page 8 OCT 28 1977 Bookstore buy-back policies explained by Suzi wells Like everyone else, students get tired of waiting in lines and paying high prices for food, tuition and books. The buy-back window in the Bethel bookstore has been a problem because of long waits and the feeling of geting "gypped" in the past. However, according to Wanda Nelson, assistant bookstore ma-nager, Bethel's buy-back policy is liberal. "We give students ten school days after classes begin to return their books," she ex-plained. At other schools, if students do not have sales slips, the bookstore will seldom take books back. Here at Bethel, only ten per cent of the price is reduced without a receipt. At the beginning of the se-mester, long lines for returning and low prices for books are not problems. At this time, students are refunded all or 90 per cent of their money. But the problem of lines and money comes when students return used books. Students may feel discouraged at the buy-back line at the end of the term for several reasons. First of all, the Follet Company buys all used books that Bethel will not use again. The bookstore will pay students three-fourths of the price of clothbound books and two-thirds the price of paperbacks. As a service to Bethel, the Follet Company buys other used books but does not pay top dollar for them. Another reason students may be discouraged is because they sell books back at the wrong time. "Some books are used every term, but most are not," Nelson pointed out. She said that stu-dents should sell books for a fall semester course at the end of a spring term. This increases the likelihood that Bethel will use the books again. Finally, some students may feel that long lines and limited time to sell used books are problems. One reason for that problem is that Bethel only buys back books for two days at the end of each semester. However, the book-store managers feel this is ade-quate time for students. Also, the person from the used book com-pany is only on campus for two days to buy books. Last winter, long lines and slow service were problems because an inexperienced person from the used book company was in charge of buying books. Two years ago, Bob Bergerud, former bookstore manager, bought back used books, regard-less of whether or not Bethel could use them. He bought these books over a period of three weeks. Since his death, the bookstore has not been able to give this service. "We don't have anyone ca-pable of doing that like he was," said Mike Rowe, bookstore re-ceiving manager. "It's a very complicated business, knowing when things are going out of print." Bruce Olsen editor Greg Kuntz sports editor The Clarion is published weekly Holly Schmiess news editor Mark Holmes photo editor by the students of Bethel College. Nancy Naumenko production editor Juan Ramos cartoonist Letters to the editor should be sent Suzi Wells copy editor Arlan Swanson business manager to p.o. 91 by the Sunday before publication THE CLARION by Paul Varberg Though he was once all-otit for his rock group and drugs, Jay Caress is now all-out for Christ and Bethel, in his new post as director of outreach. Seven years ago Caress could never have imagined himself pro-moting a Christian school like Bethel to prospective college stu-dents. He had far different dreams, that grew out of the poli-tical rebellions of the Vietnam War and heavy use of drugs. While in the Air Force in the late sixties, Caress, whose Christ-ian background was minimal, began to use drugs. In 1969 he was stationed in Vietnam where he took amphetamines so heavily that he lost 50 pounds. "Vietnam was a breeding ground for radicals," he said. While he was there he went through a political "conversion" and began to seek ways to change the system. He thought of himself as a "prophet" of political change and brotherly love. "This was the 'in' thing of the late sixties," he explained. He felt the best way he could communicate his message to the world was through songs. So he began to write songs and sing with his guitar. When he got out of the Air Force he started a rock group called Songbird. While in Los Angeles in the spring of 1970, he recorded his first two singles. It was not till he moved to Vancou-ver that they were released and distributed throughout Canada and Europe. Caress did not just sing rock, he also sang folk songs in coffee houses in Vancouver's famed Gastown district. Caress soon tired of this kind of life and began to lose his belief in his songs. He quit the group and returned to the midwest where he married his wife, Gail, in May of 1971. He was unsatisfied with the type of life he had been living and began to search for a new way of life. Through the prayer and witness of some Christian friends both he and his wife came to know the Lord in June of that year. The Caresses began to seek to develop this new life they had found in Christ Jesus. They came to Bethel that fall and began to write and sing Christian songs in their spare time. During the summer of 1973 they went on a singing tour of the Western United States and Canada which was sponsored by Bethel. Graduating in 1975 with a major in communications, Caress went to Wheaton College Gradu-ate School in communications. While there he became the editor of the world-wide news letter of the "Lausanne Committee on World Evangelization." He later worked as high school electives editor for Scripture Press Publications. This involved editing paperback books, and he began thinking about writing a book himself. This summer he did research on Hank Williams, a big man in country music who died in 1952 at the age of 29. Caress is presently writing two hours a day on a bio-graphy on Williams. He already has a contract with Stein & Day, in New York, to publish the book in 1978. He chose Hank Williams because, "I was a fan of his and see so many universal themes and messages tied in to his life." Caress gladly returned to Be-thel this fall with his wife and two-year-old son Adam. He feels committed to Bethel. "It was here that my wife and I were discipled in our Christian walk and we would like to see other young people helped like we were," he said. As Bethel's director of out-reach, Caress has three basic res-ponsibilities. He works with the College Relations office in pro-ducing multi-media presentations to promote Bethel. He also heads the operations of the Field Ad-missions Representatives, and he schedules tours for the band and choir. On the side, Caress serves as Bethel's sports information direc-tor and also works with the team that is currently producing a film on campus. Radical of the Sixties Caress returns as director of outreach Letters to the Editor Student claims community falls short of model Dear editor, Bethel is people. Or is it? We who have been here for at least a year have heard this expression drummed into our heads on several occasions. And we agree. Bethel is people. We observe our friends, our professors, our R.A.'s, and we conclude through our relation-ships with these people that Bethel is them. And Bethel is us. How could it be anything else? Dr. Virgil Olson spoke on our campus last week and he made a significant observation relative to the atmosphere and commitment of a Christian college. He said that the single most important factor in maintaining a Christian community is the spiritual tem-perature of the students. And he's right. But what happens when this spiritual temperature reaches ze-ro and keeps dropping? I am not claiming that God's Spirit is nonexistent on this campus. I am claiming that the attitude of the students on this campus—including myself—often exhibits a definite lack of God's Spirit. Recently, Doc Dalton closed down his coffee shop. The rea-son? The users of both him and his corner failed consistently to return the cups provided for their use. Day after day, Doc could be found roaming the hallways of the campus, searching for the cups that negligent students had left in bathrooms, T.A. offices, class-rooms, corners by the library, under sofas and so forth. Each day Doc picked up these cups. And each day he repeated the routine he had performed the day before. So he closed down, frus-trated, aggravated, and used. Consider the administration that continues to increase the enrollment of Bethel. The stu-dents keep coming, more and more each year. But the facilities reflect the depravity of the cam-pus. Coffee shop and cafeteria are consistently overcrowded. Park-ing lots are always full. And then there's the IM bas-ketball player who continually swears beneath his breath as his team is trampled by 30 points in a B-League contest. What hap-pens to him? When was the last time you sat down at a table in the coffee shop and had to remove the empty continued on page 4 Rider criticizes bus system Dear editor, I have been frustrated lately with the Bethel bus system. For instance, the bus leaves new campus for old campus at 1:15 p.m. every Sunday, while most old campus residents are still eating dinner in the cafeteria. In order to make the bus, one has to "chow down" relatively fast after arriving from church about 12:45 p.m. Generally, the bus leaves early anyway, and stu-dents are stuck on new campus until the next bus leaves for old campus at 3:30 p.m. I realize that bus scheduling with Fountain Terrace this year has not been easy, but I do think it is ridiculous for off campus residents to have to wait over two hours just because the driver decided to leave two minutes early. The problem of waiting is greatest on weekends, when the bus runs only about every 90 minutes. One time the bus left before I was ready to at 11 p.m. I raced down the gym steps, sure the time was exactly 11. Shouting and frantically waving my arms were of no avail, but luckily some friends in the parking lot were old campus-bound. What could I do if I was stuck on new campus at 11 p.m.? Another problem is the driving habits of some of the bus drivers. Besides leaving early (one driver of the 3:40 bus left about. 3:30), the drivers seem at times to be in a contest with other drivers to see how fast they can get from one campus to another. Sometimes drivers forget to stop at Rosedale. A friend of mine was stranded at Rosedale one day for over two hours because the bus failed to pick her up. I have also been at Har Mar and watched as the Bethel bus drove right past me. Overcrowding is another pro-blem, which has somewhat been alleviated by the addition of 7:45, 8:45 and another 10 a.m. bus at old campus. However, in the event that one of the morning. buses does not make it to old campus, two normal bus loads are packed into one. Other problems have to do with the buses themselves. The blue bus sometimes has trouble start-ing. One day our bowling class took the blue bus to Brighton Lanes, and the battery died on the way back. Another time the bus failed to pick up Fountain Terrace residents in the morning and as a result, many students were late for classes. Perhaps one solution to the bus dilemma would be a way students could notify the school if a bus happened to leave them stranded, so at least the next bus would be able to pick them up. Or maybe drivers could be more careful in their driving habits, and try to remember who is at Rosedale and when to pick them up. But perhaps the problem lies not in the drivers or the schedul-ing, but in the fact that Bethel does not want to put the time or money to improve the bus sys-tem in hopes of housing everyone on new campus soon. In the meantime, it's okay for drivers to run the buses into the ground—what use will buses be if all students live on new campus next year or those off campus drive? Perhaps all we can do is wait for the time when we will all be a real community on one campus and not involved in a bussing program. Suzi Wells editorial Solutions offered reparking dilemma In the Sept. 23rd issue of the Clarion the parking problem on new campus was addressed with a front page article. Although many of the questions pertaining to the existing dilemma were answered, it still left some unanswered. Since the printing of that article the problems with parking one's car on new campus have remained relatively the same, peaking on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Although many students have taken the problem into their own hands by parking on grassy areas adjacent to the east lot, it still will not settle future problems dealing with the parking situation. The future problems to which we are referring are twofold. The first considers the coming winter months, when snow will be piled knee-deep around the campus. When students begin to park on those grassy areas by the east lot in the deep snow, it may take some time to get them out. When the snow melts in the spring, the problem will be greatly increased when those grassy areas become muddy areas and when the gravel lot adjacent to the circle lot becomes muddier than it already is. The second future problem we see comes with increased enrollment. More students generally mean more cars. Just how many cars is open to debate, but the increase in autos is bound to complicate the problem. At this point we should stop and pause to thank Jim Walcott, director of security and parking, for the great strides he has made in trying to alleviate this problem. Although he has fallen short in some instances, most of the fault does not lie with him, but rather with students and administrative policies. Our first suggestion to alleviate the parking dilemma was first suggested by Walcott in a Sept. 23rd parking memo to students. This plan calls for students to either take the Bethel bus if they live on old campus or in Fountain Terrace, or to form car pools for those living off campus. Of course, this would cause an inconvenience to those not living on new campus, but we believe the inconvenience is worthwhile when one considers an increase in the amount of blacktopped surface on new campus. The second is a much more drastic proposal, but we believe it deserves some consideration. This would be to disallow freshmen from having cars. Before any upperclassmen begin to laugh, or before freshmen become overly irate, let us explain this position. This is not the first time such a position has been proposed. Colleges such as Wheaton and St. Olaf have instituted such programs to keep an overabundance of cars off campus. We would also like to stress the point that this should be the last measure taken to relieve parking problems. To deny someone the right to use his car borders on the brink of communism in the minds of some people. We would not want anyone to think we were communists. Parking at Bethel is still a major problem, and must be recognized as such. But it must be urged that most of the problem lies in the hands of the students. Will the students leave their cars at home? Page 2 by Bruce Olsen Interim at Bethel brings fond memories to all of us who have survived past winters at this institution. The most notable memories stem from those infor-mative classes that are offered during this one-month adventure. Recently the editors of this paper were able to obtain a list of some of the classes that were turned down by the dean's office as possible selections for interim 1978. We thought that the student body should be alerted to the ideas going through the heads of faculty members at Bethel Col-lege. Here are just a few of those course selections: Bankruptcy 1—Another one of Robert Weaver's "how to do" courses, this class focuses in on the proper method of going bankrupt. Students will be taught the proper method of going about securing a loan from the federal government to pay for their education and then declare bank-ruptcy upon graduation. Special speakers will be brought in, most notably Bert Lance, former di-rector of the office of manage-ment and budgeting for the federal government, and former editors of the Bethel Clarion. Man in the Swamp—This class, taught by Bethel's own scuba diving expert Bob Weathers, will focus on the marine ecology of Valentine Lake. Unfortunately, since Valentine Lake will be frozen over, this class may turn into a polar bear diving class. In such instances the class will become a geology class centering on the formation of ice crystals on polar bear divers after emerging from the frozen wasteland of Valentine Lake. Barefoot Approach to English— This class will center on those people who failed to learn English the first time around and hope to Over the Sem enrollment peaks at 470 Enrollment at Bethel Seminary has reached a new high of 470 students, compared with 409 last year. This year's total includes 25 students registered in Bethel's extension program in San Diego which opened this fall. 47 stu-dents are enrolled at Bethel in Doctor of Ministry studies, the highest professional degree pro-gram for ordained persons in church ministries. Of the 470 enrolled, 41 are women. Nearly half of the stu-dents come from churches of the Baptist General Conference which operates Bethel. Eight Baptist groups and 21 other denomina-tions are represented also in the student body. get a second chance. Students will go around the class smelling each other's feet and learning the proper words to attribute to such a smell. . The Cultures of Swedish peo-ples— This course will attempt to answer the question, "Why are Swedes so dumb?" In order to answer this question, only one Swede will be able to enroll in the class to be examined by 19 Norwegians. If this question fails to get answered, we will know that the same question applies to all Scandinavians. Creative Photography and Rocks: Team taught by Linda Rossi and Russell Johnson, this course hopes to help shy photo-graphers by encouraging them to photograph rocks and submit these "photos to "Passages" for publication in the spring edition. Modern Methods of Basket weaving: This course hopes to expand on the first semester class dealing with primitive methods of basket weaving. Unfortunately this class is only open to spring sports participants who need an easy "A" in order to remain eligible to play. It is also unfor-tunate that an instructor has not yet been found to teach this course. It has been rumored that one of the University's finest basket weaving profs will be the instructor since there are an abundance of them at the "U." Accounting for Pet Shop Owners: Taught by Bethel's new by Sari Winans Every Thursday at 4:30 p.m. the Bethel food service offers to students and the public a stu-dent- run restaurant called The Royal Oak Room. At 3:30 p.m. the coffee shop closes and students begin to transform the place into a fancy restaurant. Colored tablecloths cover the tables, floating candles provide the only lighting, and fresh flowers add the finishing touch. Different Bethel students provide live music each week, playing everything from Bach to John Denver. The Oak Room is co-headed by hostess Deanne Barnum and cook Paul Jepsen. Deanne said that menus fea-ture steak, lobster, shrimp, chick-en and more for reasonable prices. The Oak Room is well-known for it's all-you-can-eat salad bar. The salad bar includes nine different items and four or five different dressings, for only two dollars. The Oak Room is beginning its third year and it has grown each year. Deanne has been with the Oak Room three years and has seen much change. "It started in the original Oak Room off the side of the cafeteria accounting instructor, Roger Oxendale, this class hopes to teach the proper accounting methods for those Bethel stu-dents who hope to own pet shops when they graduate. Questions such as, "How do I credit my account when a parakeet dies?" and "Do I debit my cash account when a farmer buys my animal waste?" will be dealt with. Depression [Era] Dating: Since dating at Bethel is already in a depressed state, students will stay on campus to learn about dating during the depression era. Applications of this class will in-clude sitting in the parlor togeth-er with the rest of the family, using a horse and buggy for tran-sportation in the middle of win-ter, and never kissing a date until one is ready for marriage. Since these situations already exist on the Bethel campus, the administration did not believe the students would gain any further knowledge from this class and therefore cancelled it. We hope that some of these course selections will show just how eager Bethel professors are when it comes to teaching interim classes. If some of you wish to see these classes put in the curricu-lum for next year, I would advise you not to approach the dean with such ideas, but rather get your-self on a student-faculty commit-tee where more people can see just how foolish you are to take seriously anything printed in this newspaper. employing one waitress and waiter. The second year we had a bigger staff and were still in the same location," she said. "Busi-ness grew and we had trouble serving customers efficiently. Last spring we moved into the coffee shop on a trial basis and it worked so well that this location is now permanent." Today the Oak Room employs six waitresses, three waiters, three cooks, three salad girls, two hostesses, one busboy, and two kitchen people. The Oak Room has not been publicized much this year. The reason for this, Deanne noted, is that the purpose for the first few weeks is to see where improve-ments can be made, how many customers they will average a week, and to give everyone experience. Deanne is satisfied with the progress made by the student-run restaurant so far and summed it up saying, "It's hard running a student restaurant where the workers are my friends. I don't like to boss and yet I am responsible to see that things get done. It's important that we work together as a team and I think we're beginning to accomplish that." Closed minds Open mouths by David Shelley Once when I was very young, a grown-up asked me the primeval question, "What are you going to be when you grow up?" I looked up with a cute grin and Innocently retorted, "I'm going to be an adult." Now, I don't know why that short dialogue has stuck in my mind, except for the fact that I have spent most of my life growing toward that goal. But the implication was a significant one that just being an adult (or just being) was special enough. Everyone seems to be geared toward becoming something. That is all fine and good. Our society encourages it. But beyond that, we tend to honor and revere people who have made a big name because "they have really become something." People flock to get Tom Netherton's autograph. Freshmen girls thrill to have their picture made with B.J. Thomas, and dream about it for weeks afterward. The sad thing is, when we say B.J. Thomas is "really something," we imply that the hundreds of people we come in contact with everyday are not really something. Not yet, anyway. They are something. Sure that sounds trite, but give it some thought. "Oh, but they're not celebrities," someone will say. Well, so what? There are musicians at Bethel who will never cut an album that have more individual talent than B.J. Thomas or Tom Netherton, and I don't think I'm putting down either of them. When I start to count the people I admire and respect the most, only a select few would be termed "widely known or renowned." Because the people who have the most to admire and respect are those who are stronger in areas like humility and love and serving others. If you need a Biblical base for this try Mark 10:13-16 or 1 Cor. 13:1-3 or maybe Matt. 19:21,22. Another sad correlation is that usually the "bigger" a person becomes, the more he is forced to focus attention on himself, and the less he is available to be open and helpful to others. My father is a professor who teaches six days a week (if you count a Sunday school class), edits, writes for publication and speaks frequently at various conferences. He has turned down numerous offers for "higher" jobs in schools and publications, because he feels it is important to teach. He spends time talking to students everyday. But what means the most to me is the time he has spent taking his family out for dinner, and attending his kids' innumerable track meets, band concerts and football games. The adult that made an impact on my life as I grew up was not the ballplayer or singer who gave me an autograph. It was the adult who asked me what position I played on the junior high football team. I remember the adult who complemented my new red jacket when I was in first grade. I remember the adult who, when I had my plastic toy soldiers scattered over the family room floor, asked me who was winning as if it really mattered. Now he was really something. And I appreciate now the prof who invites me in when I drop by his office, or the friend who invites me to go along when he is going shopping at Rosedale. Those people don't have to become something. They are something. I am always moved by a story my dad used to tell about a family that went out to a nice restaurant one day. As the waitress was taking orders she asked the little boy, "And what would you like?" "I'd like a hot dog," he said. "He'll have roast beef and mashed potatoes," said his mother. Ignoring the interruption, the waitress asked, "And what would you like on your hot dog?" "Ketchup and mustard," returned the little boy. "He'll have gravy on his roast beef and mashed potatoes," said his mother, in a slightly louder tone of voice. The waitress went on. "And what would you like to drink with your hot dog?" "Root beer," said the little boy. "He will have milk with his roast beef and mashed potatoes," stated his mother. "Root beer," the waitress repeated as she wrote it on the check and walked away. Wide-eyed, the little boy watched the waitress turn away, then looked up at his mother and proclaimed, "Wow, she must think I'm real!" A step up... The Student Life Committee wants to take a step up in the right direction. We need your help. Tell us what you would like improved at Bethel. Make your wishes known at the table by the PO's Tues., Nov. 1. Rejected interim options - a sorry loss to curriculum Coffeeshop is candlelit cafe with student effort Page 3 Lake Valentine mirrors the graceful forms of Canadian geese 646-7135 Hermes Floral Company, Inc. 2001 West Larpenteur Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota 65113 Est. 1906 STORE AND GREENHOUSES 175.000 Square Feet of Glass Haalann guto Sales Highway 69 North P O. Box 241 Forest Csty, IA 50436 At Bethel Contact: Chuck Haaland Phone 483-8261, P.O. 2040 Johnson /Carlson z by Tad Johnson More than half of the semester is over now, and the Student Senate is active around the campus. A recommendation was sent to Dean Brushaber this past week requesting a revision of the current method of charging for independent study credits. The recommendation requests that the cost of independent study programs be based on an equitable scale dependent on the amount of time an instructor devotes to the class experience and how much campus facilities are used. Such a revision would greatly benefit the students. Currently any type of independent study program is charged the same tuition fee as any regular class. Some students have taken an independent study course where their only contact with Bethel is handing in a paper to one of the professors for evaluation. Hopefully Dean Brushaber will act upon this recommendation in a positive manner. The buzzer system should be installed into Fountain Terrace by the end of November. Tentatively, the system will consist of a telephone system. Because the system will operate through the Bethel switchboard it will be necessary to dial nine to reach the people inside. Such a system will help alleviate the problem now caused by the inability of visitors to contact anyone inside of the apartments. The final, official figures on enrollment have just been issued by the Office of the Registrar. The total number of full-time and part-time students is 1867. The 102 part-time students are taking only 168 courses. This means that the part-time students are the equivalent of 56 (168 divided by 3) full-time students. These numbers give us a total of 1807 full-time and full-time equivalent students. When one considers that the enrollment limit for this year is 1825 the figures of 1867 and 1807 are not too unreasonable. There is a problem this year in the area of equal enrollment of men and women. This year the men hold the advantage over the women by having a total number of only 826. The total number of women is 1041. In the freshman class there is a total of 638 students, 250 men and 388 women. The sophomore class has a total of 511 members, 229 men and 282 women. In the junior class there are 378 students, 179 men and 199 women. Seniors are in the minority on campus with only 305 members in their class, 150 men and 155 women. Returning from last year are 1176 students. These students have been supplemented by 528 new freshmen and 144 transfers. I would like to encourage more students to use the new student activities room. It is a good place to relax. There are plenty of tables so you can bring your food in there if the coffee shop is too crowded. If your studies have you frustrated, you can take it out on the foosball or pool tables. I would like to remind you to try to keep the room clean. Also report any equipment damage to either the Student Affairs Office or to the Student Senate so that we can replace the broken equipment as soon as possible. Everyone will be happy to know that the Royal Rosters should be here in plenty of time for Nik Dag. If they are not here by now they should arrive the first week of November. When they arrive you can pick one up at the concession stand near the gym. I would like to thank Roster editor Priscilla Golz and all of the other people who helped her in putting together the Roster. It took a lot of their time and effort. Ideal family lifestyle shown by geese on Lake Valentine by James Wiegner Rarely does one take a walk by Lake Valentine without seeing our fine feathered, rare, Canadian geese. This month marks the first anniversary of Canadian geese on Lake Valentine. These once na-tive birds were thought to be extinct 25 years ago. But through volunteer efforts of concerned groups the birds have now popu-lated themselves to safer levels. The geese on Lake Valentine are taken care of by the Arden Hills Sportsmen Club. Mr. Dean Dahlgren and Mr. Don Grant, club members, explained, "We volunteer our time and money to raise geese for everyone's enjoy-ment." Both of these men and others of the club supply food each day and care for injured geese. "The birds are fascinating creatures," expressed Dahlgren. "They have the ideal family lifestyle." Once geese get to a mature age, about three years old, they choose a life-long mate. If one partner should die, the remaining goose stays single until death. Geese have also been known to commit suicide if their mate dies. After the marriage the newly weds choose their nesting place. The nesting place is home for the geese and each succeeding year they will return to the exact same nesting, to raise their next family. The duty of raising the geese family requires equal effort for both male and female birds. "If the female gets tired of sitting on the eggs the male takes over," said Dahlgren. Geese are very violent during breeding time. If anything should approach the nest the geese will defend their little ones. "Geese can render killing blows to small animals, with their strong wings," Grant commented. "They also bite hard. I know because I was bit." Geese in captivity live about 25 years and are between 25-30 pounds. On the other hand, wild geese live six to seven years and weigh around 12 pounds. "The geese have been very productive this year." Dahlgren added, "We started with 33 blue banded geese and they had 45 young. Next year we expect the flock to be 150 strong." He continued, "The young stay because this is home; only the original 33 geese had their wings clipped." It was difficult to accept the fact that all these birds had no marital problems. Dahlgren replied, "Do you see that ugly, old, stiff-leg-ged, brokened-winged female? Well, that female has the sharp-est, strongest, most handsome male goose in the whole flock. Now tell me, isn't that commit-ment?" Christian love continued from page 2 paper cups, crusty dishes, asun-dry globs of ketchup, ice, Pepsi and moldy pickles? Have you ever looked for a book in the library only to find it missing, not checked out, just plain not there? Or have you ever been nearly run down crossing the road from Bremer field by a race-crazed driver, late for his 2:30 class? How often have you said thank you to the campus coordinators, the janitors, a chapel speaker or your roommate? Sad but true. The spiritual tern-perature of the students is being strangled. But we're not being exploited by the administra-tion, the faculty, the surround-ings or society. We're exploiting ourselves. What then is a Christian com-munity? Pastor Spickelmier has ad-dressed several aspects of this question already in chapels this year. He has mentioned such things as forgiveness, commit-ment to one another, and the support of the Body as well as the responsibility of that Body. He continually hits us with the practi-calities of Christian living. But some of the community isn't even there to hear. And the others of us either fail to listen or rather simply ignore his words and read our newspapers, write our letters, and study for stats, Greek, calculus, and others. Welcome Week this year began with the theme, "I Shall Seek Thee Earnestly," derived from Psalm 63. Do we seek God earn-estly? Or do we try to live in blatant disregard of each other, ourselves, and God? In the midst of all this is the pressure of the administration to increase the number of faculty with doctoral degrees. The result is sometimes the elimination of a professor guilty of developing rapport with students, a rapport which enables the professors to ask the student into his office to chat, to discuss family or emo-tional problems, or to pray. But with the rise - of academia, this atmosphere has crumbled. Where does it stop? Do we con-tinue to pass the buck and blame our problems upon the admini-stration? Do we continue to live within the confines of our judge-mental, prideful, self-concerned, apathetic little worlds consisting of only those people who fit into our concept of friend? Or do we step out and follow the command of Christ which requires that we love our brother, whether he be a friend or not? But what is Christian love? John wrote in his first epistle very strongly of the kind of love we are to have for one another. And he didn't suggest it for just a few. He wrote what he did because Christ commanded that all men love one another. "He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and in it there is no cause for stumb-ling. But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does continued on page 6 Page 4 Sue and Steve Majeske teach private lessons at Bethel every Monday. Majeskes perform and teach while gaining acclaim Central Baptist Church 420 North Roy Street St. Paul, Mn. 646-2751 Staff: Ron Eckert Lloyd Nelson Preaching interim Jim Spickelmier Bus leaves: FT - 9:15 N.C. - 9:25 BODIEN 9:45 Services 8:45 and 11 10 Bible Study 7 pm evening by Thangi Chhangte An instructor at Bethel has an antique violin. He is Stephen Majeske, a violin soloist from the Minnesota Orchestra. Five months ago, he bought his 1776 violin from the concert-master of the London Symphony Orchestra. It was made by To-masso Balestrieri of Cremona, Italy. Stephen and his wife Susan are part-time music instructors at Bethel. Sue has been giving piano lessons at Bethel since Feb., 1976. Steve started teaching at Bethel this fall, after an absence of two years. The Majeskes often give reci-tals and concerts together. Being so close is convenient because they can anticipate each other's moves. However, they have to get along before they perform. Once they had an argument that lasted throughout a recital. Sue would rush when she knew that Steve had a hard spot, and he would do the same to her. Susan loves to perform. Once when she was nine, she forgot to quit while playing the offertory. Her mother came and dragged her away after she had been going on for at least ten minutes. Steve and Sue met at his father's concert at Cleveland, Ohio. They were seniors in high school. It was love at first sight and they were married as soon as they graduated from college. Steve is exactly a foot taller (and 100 pounds heavier) than Sue. Steve started taking lessons from his father when he was six. His father, Daniel Majeske, is the concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra. When he was 17, Ivan Gala-mian, one of the most famous music teachers of this century, accepted Steve as a student. He studied with Ivan for three years at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. Lorin Maazel was the conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra when 18-year-old Steve made his solo debut. Since then Steve has performed with several orches-tras and given concerts at places like the Severance Hall and the Minnesota Orchestra Hall. Susan is the only musical one out of a family of five girls. She began taking piano lessons when she was six. Her father would drive her to her lessons even though it took an hour to get there. Her parents took her to as many concerts as they could. While she was studying, she performed regularly as a soloist and as an accompanist. Sue has had some of the best teachers from the Cleveland Insti-tute of Music and from the Julliard School. She has a Bache-lor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute and from Case Western Reserve University. She is also a member of Phi Kappa Lambda. Steve's hobbies are flying and target shooting. He also teaches 11 students, nine of whom are from Bethel. Besides performing, Sue likes to cook and watch soap operas. She practices at least three to four hours a day. She finds chamber music gratifying and she also likes German composers. Steve's mother and sister are pianists, and Sue often performs with them. She still likes to take lessons from her father-in-law. Sue and Steve are expecting their first baby in March. Steve said he expects a boy but he wants a girl because "girls are nicer." Sue plans to put on a Mozart Symphony as soon as they bring the baby home. They would like to have musical child so they can perform together as a family. When is Bethel's gymnasium not a gymnasium? When a great performer turns it into a concert hall, as happened when guest baritone Carl Gerbrandt was here Oct. 4. Unfortunately, casual chapel-going habits may not al-ways make that transition. Richard Evidon wrote a brilli-ant article for the last issue of "Prelude," the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's program magazine. Entitled "The well-tempered au-dience, Of Emily Post in the concert hall," his cryptic advice can't be topped. Here follows a few of Evidon's pointers most applicable to a di-vergent student body turned in-stant concert-goer by a 10:20 a.m. music convocation. "There are, naturally, conven-tions to guide the listeners as there are others for the musi-cians. Some of these must look and sound very mysterious to the newcomer. The following brief observations about concert rules and rituals are intended for the painless edification of the bud-ding music-lover as well as for the modest amusement of the already initiated. "Arrive early. In Italy, this means about fifteen minutes after the advertised time. The musi-cians will just then be sauntering on to the concert platform. In Germany, however, every hall apparently has a direct line to the Greenwich Observatory and a little man, his eye glued to the second hand of his clock, who gives the countdown to the con-ductor. Most everywhere else, concerts start a couple, perhaps five, minutes late. But never mind that—be early. The astute concertgoer will be seated at least a quarter of an hour before the music begins. "Why? First, listening to music enjoyably takes full concentra-tion, and that needs a few preli-minary minutes of unwinding. The poor soul who dashes in breathlessly as the conductor lifts his baton is sure to spend the first piece panting and sweating and thinking about traffic and parking places instead of Haydn. Second-ly, the earlycomer has time to look inside the program, find out what's to be played and read the notes. "Program notes and when not to read them. What's in a note? Something about the composer's life and the circumstances sur-rounding the piece to be played. And then some description, some 'landmarks' to guide the unfamil-iar ear: what it is that makes this work unique and worthy of our attention. "Since it's hard to read and listen simultaneously and the racket of turning pages is a curse, the only time not to read the notes is during the music. With one important exception, that is. When the piece has words and they (both the original and trans-lation) are printed in the program book or magazine as they should be, our eyes may be, indeed ought to be, buried in the book. "Silence, please! 'Painters paint on canvas,' conductor Leo-pold Stokowski once admonished a disorderly audience. 'We paint our tone picture on silence. Only you can supply that.' "Some years back Time print-ed this description.... When the house lights go down on a concert today, it is often the audience that strikes up the overture. It is a kind of barnyard symphon-ette. The Hummer and the Time Beater serve as the rhythm section; the Cello-phane Crinkler and the Pro-gram Rattler handle the so-los. In the percussion section, the principal performers are the Bracelet Jangler and the Premature Clapper, while spe-cial effects are contributed by the Knuckle Cracker and the Watch Winder. The Coughers' Chorale is directed by the Dry-throated Red-nosed Hacker, whose fee-blest lead always gets a re-sounding antiphonal response. The entire performance is choreograhed by Fidgeter, produced and up-staged by that notorious team of Late-comer and Earlyleaver. "Sometimes drastic measures are unavoidable. In the midst of conducting the 'Fidelio' over-ture in London, conductor Sir Thomas Beecham was once im-pelled to shout 'Stop talking!' at the audience. "A clap in time... The musician has not yet been born who disdains applause after playing. But the operative word here is after. Symphonies and concertos, suites and song cycles all consist of distinct but musically interde-pendent parts or movements. We forbear from expressing our appreciation to the music-makers until the finish line of the last movement has been crossed just as we would withhold our congratulations from a tightrope-walker until he has reached the other side of Niagara Fall. Who knows what dire consequences might result from disturbing his or their concentration? "In the 'Fidelio' performance referred to already, Beecham was driven to silencing some prema-ture applause with a frenzied 'Shut up, you!' Reminiscing sev-eral years later, he mused that after that evening his audiences didn't applaud anything for months. One night he mounted the podium and said, 'Ladies and gentlemen, let us pray."' Feel free to clip out Mr. Evi-don's advice and bring it for reference to the next music chapel. But don't rattle it during the performance, please. Instruments tune up by Will Healy Not since my brother Paul and I were holding down the latter chairs in the Murray High School B-band's trombone section has the area's classical music interest been so high. While some may have difficulty equating that re-nowned ensemble with classical music, such is not the case with the Bethel Band and Orchestra. This year's band is once again under the direction of Dr. Julius Whitinger, who is in his twentieth year at- Bethel. Band members are presently working on the pro-gram for their upcoming interim tour of the West Coast. The tour has resulted in a change from the usual format with the pops con-cert in the fall. This year's pops concert is scheduled for sometime in April. The tour program features a variety which runs from "Star Wars" to the "William Tell Overture." Such weighty selec-tions as "Jericho" and "Pictures at an Exhibition" are offset by a special section which includes a medley of great marches. When all of this is coupled with such sacred numbers as "Psalm 46" and "Sacred Suite, - one can see that this year's program promises to be most piquant. The Bethel Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Wayne Fritchie, is also in full swing. The orchestra features an expanded string section which includes approximately 35 strings. Their program contains symphonies by Schubert and Beethoven, as well as a composition by Mr. Fritchie. Not only will they be making their usual performance at the Festival of Christmas, but some members will be traveling with the college choir during its tour of southeastern United States in March. The orchestra can be seen in their fall concert tonight at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium. A reception follows the concert in the A.C. lounge. The band will also be appearing in their only on campus concert until spring. The concert will be held Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium as well. —for concert goers Decorum advice provided Page 5 John W. Nance Company i k)! 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224- 7358 INSURANCE John W. 'wince, Sr. Life—Auto—Home John W. !wince, Jr Business John G. Chisholm Russel Akre St. Paul, Mn. 55101 bk3 SAM? 4 . FALCON EVIRBGRi - SritIST JIM • DAVE • DENISE Tuesday - Friday 8 - 6 Saturday 8 - 5 For Appointment Call 1713 N. Snelling 646-2323 St. Paul, MN 55113 Choice Steaks & Tasty Sandwiches BREAKFAST & DINNER 6:30-9, Sun. - Thurs. 6:30-10, Fri. & Sat. West aunty Road E at Smelling Across Irmo Pludierty's Bowl. Sermons being delivered via phone messages Prospective pastors delivering one-minute sermons? Impossible. Never heard of—except in Robert Featherstone's practice preach-ing course at Bethel Seminary and Dial-a-Word. Through the gift of recording equipment, Featherstone has de-veloped a two-way communica-tions service—an encouraging word of Biblical truth to telephone dialers and a vehicle for his students to develop their facility of saying something cognent in a limited time span. While pastoring churches in Rochester, Minneapolis and New York City, Featherstone develop-ed telephone tape ministries which he describes as "the least expensive use of media available to the Christian church today." Research in the Twin Cities area shows that 200-300 calls daily have been received by churches using this method of communi-cation. The title of Bethel's ministry- Dial-A-Word—has special infer-ence. "Our telephone messages, which will be changed daily," says Featherstone, "must reflect some Biblical truth and be corn-municated in the words of today so that even a child can under-stand its meaning." For a timely message, Dial-A-Word- 641-6410—and a friendly voice will answer: "I'm glad you called..." N To all those interested in writing for the Clarion, there will be a writers' meeting at 5 p.m. on Mon-day, Oct. 31. Please plan to be in FA 425 if you have any interest in journalism. Dr. William Johnson, chairman of the political science department, advises pre-law students in their future vocations Johnsonprescribes broad liberal arts education for Bethelp re-law students in this direction. Peter Taylor, student body president last year, now attending law school at the University of Wisconsin, says that he is now using in a class in criminal technique, some abilities he picked up in argumentation and debate. Several years ago leaders of the Bench and Bar were asked which pre-law subjects were the most valuable and they came up with this list, in order of preference: English language and literature, government, economics, Ameri-can history, mathematics, Eng-lish history, Latin, logic and scientific method, and philoso-phy. Accounting and public speaking were also recommend-ed. Johnson said that the job market is open for students from a respectable and reputable school. He added that Bethel graduates have had good oppor-tunities. There are also many opportunities for both women and minorities. letters continued from page 4 not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes." (I Jn. 2:9-11) "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death." (I Jn. 3:14) How loving is it that we hold vengeful attitudes towards our brothers? And how truthful is it if we say one thing and then do another? And how godly is it if we turn away from a brother in need of the kind of love that we are told to spread? Are we Christians or do we just pretend? Doc's cups are still scattered from campus to car to corner to campus. The coffee shop remains looking like a pig sty. The library is missing a slug of books that either need to be replaced or for-gotten— a substantial loss of mon-ey in either case. And the community continues to erode. "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because he first loved us. "If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also." (I Jn. 4:18-21) Can we dare to reach out, even to those with whom we disagree in so many ways? John said we could. Paul said we could. And Christ said to do it. Bethel can still be people. But only the people can keep it that way. And only through exercising the love of God will we ever have the power to do so. Because He first loved us, Smitty Royal Oak tipping urged Dear editor: I have become aware of a matter which demands the atten-tion of all Bethel Royal Oak Room patrons. Here goes: Waiters and waitresses in the restaurant should be (yes really!) TIPPED! And I believe the usual rate is 15 per cent or more nowa-days... The guys and gals really work their brains out to show all their customers a pleasant and enjoy-able time—why one only has to walk into the restaurant and see Bill McCauley smile to melt away, or watch Deanne Barnum run here and there to know she's willing to make your dinner a special time. So please, be thoughtful! The Oak Room is designed to be a restaurant just like any other restaurant, and just like any other type of employment, this is the way these folks earn a few bucks! Let's help them out! A faithful Bill McCauley smile melter, Nan Goss by Arlan Swanson "Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or mer-chants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers and physicians." This advice of John Stuart Mill is akin to that of Dr. Bill Johnson, Bethel's pre-law adviser. "Speci-fic concentrations and cognates don't matter much," said John-son. "Students have made it at law school with every conceivable degree." Johnson prescribes a broad liberal arts education for students thinking of law school. Most law schools tell pre-law students to "learn liberal arts and we'll teach you the law." Bethel doesn't have a pre-law program per se, but has an adviser and pre-law committee to aid those in preparation. There are some activities planned for the pre-law students by the com-mittee. In the spring they have a dinner with different speakers from the law profession and law schools. Bethel's pre-law commit-tee gives students a chance to explore careers in law. Johnson suggests that students take courses requiring much reading, writing, and analytic thinking. The American Bar As-sociation's pre-law handbook states, " .. . working with words is the key to the lawyer and to the extent that studying language creates a precise appreciation and understanding of the structure of thought through words, there could be few more valuable subjects for study." Skill in communication both written and spoken are essential for pre-law students. Debate is a valuable activity for those headed continued on page 7 Page 6 SPORTS SCHEDULE Football: Oct. 29—St. Olaf at 1:30 p.m. (T) Soccer: Oct. 29—Augsburg at 10 a.m. (H) Men's cross-country: Oct. 29—MIAC champion-ship at 11 a.m. (H) Women's cross-country: Oci. 29—Mankato at 1 p.m. (T) Women's volleyball: Nov. 1—St. Mary's at 8 p.m. (H) cials had called us on that all day. They felt we were rolling it up the arm. It was a difference in tech-nique." Playing the College of St. Theresa had a better outcome. New combinations and positions made the game exciting. Janet Peterson, Jo Ann Griffin, Sue Maxwell, Cathy Dean, and Ann Rosenthal made the winning com-bination. Bethel was also effective a-gainst Northwestern winning 15- 2, 11-15, 15-12. Bethel's height and good shots by Cheryl Meyer and Jo Ann Griffin powered the team. During the tournament varsity and JV teams played separately preventing any overlapping. At times JV played with only seven and both Frye and JV Coach Jo Ann Carlson were pleased with their performance. Despite the handicap JV'ers took first place over Carleton, Macalester, and Concordia. Frye said the varisty had shown improvement. "I feel we've im-proved in the past weeks but we should have taken first or second in this tournament. We need to work on short hits and•on getting mentally tough for a game." The team plays St. Mary's here Tuesday, Nov. 1, and state action will be at Macalester November 4 and 5. Ludlow speaks at conference Volleyballers look for consistency by Debbie Valder Women's volleyball action saw ups and downs last week in Wednesday's match against Car-leton and a tournament at Macal-ester Saturday where Bethel plac-ed third out of six. In Wednesday's match at Carl-eton Bethel girls went under 8-15, 1-15, 15-9, 8-15. Coach Karyl Frye commented, "It was a night when Carleton was playing extremely well while Bethel had an average to off night. That gives us trouble." JV also succumbed to Carle-ton's prowess, though they had a close second match. After losing 4-15 the first match, JV'ers got going and kept Carleton fighting for victory winning by a narrow margin, 19-17. Saturday's tournament started off with Bethel again playing Carleton. Though Bethel had the lead at some point in all three matches, they lost 7-15, 16-14, 10-15. Frye said, "It was a match we should have won. Our teams are very closely matched. Each has its advantage. We have more height while Carelton has a quicker attack." After the let down against Carleton, Bethel got a slow start warming up against Macalester. Losing the first match 2-15, Bethel came back and won the last two matches 15-12, 15-3. Bethel's next action was a frustrating experience against Concordia Moorhead. In this match Bethel lost over half their points in disagreements with officials on the legality of serve reception. Bethel lost 11-15, 11-15, and Frye commented, "No other offi- Pre-law agenda continued from page 6 Students headed for law school must take the law school admis-sions test (LSAT). The two main factors in acceptance are grade point average and LSAT score. The LSAT is taken at the end the junior year or beginning of the senior year. Mark Carlson, a senior, pre-law, political science major, advi-ses students thinking of pre-law to start thinking about which law school they would like to attend before their senior year. He also said that the LSAT should be well prepared for and not taken light-ly. Law schools look at extra-cur-ricular activities too, said John-son. Some beneficial activities are student body offices and editor-ships. These will weigh on an application, although not as heavily as your GPA and LSAT. Three to seven students go to law school from Bethel every year. There are now roughly two dozen who are pre-law right now. Bethel graduates attend such schools as Northwestern, Drake, William Mitchell, University of Minnesota and others. Dave "The Hammer" Osgood dekes opponent in recent soccer action Kickers even-up after Gustavus, Carleton games by Jon Fredrickson ference game. In the first half there was fast The soccer team started out its action exhibited by both teams week of play by going down to but neither team could crack the Gustavus to battle the Gusties. other's goalie. The Royals applied The game was originally sche- pressure but were unable to put duled for 3:30 p.m., but the the ball in. Strong performances Gustavus coach called the refer- were turned in by the defense ees and told them to be at the which was led by Jon Fast. Dave field at 4:30 p.m. He did this Nolan also turned in a fine game without informing the team until for the forwards. the day before the game and Both teams played a good clean without the team's consent. game and neither team suffered any injuries as the teams tied 1-1. This week will be an important week for the Royals as they play league-leading St. Thomas Wed-nesday and Augsburg at 10 a.m. this Saturday at home. The make-up game against St. Mary's, which was postponed because the referee walked off the field, is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 31 at St. Mary's. CHAPEL SCHEDULE Monday— Joel Fredrickson -guitarist Tuesday— Bob Weathers- "Stewardship of our Bo-dies" Wednesday— Day of Pray-er Thursday— Paul Pietsch- Missionary Radio Friday— John Worder- "Athletes in Action" A group of 24 persons, 21 students and three faculty mem- In the second half the Royals bers, attended the Wheaton Phi- had to look into a setting sun and losophy Conference Oct. 13-15. go into the wind. The Gusties got Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff was on the scoreboard when a long the distinguished lecturer this crossing shot from the right side year, and the focus was on floated over the head of Bethel's aesthetics. Bethel was not only sprawling goalie, Jeff Beckman, represented by a substantial dele- who lost the ball in the sun. gation, but Pete Ludlow, philo-sophy major at Bethel, read a paper on Tolstoy's philosophy of art. After the Friday evening lec-ture, the group went into Chicago to see some of the sights. One of the highlights of the trip was the Neither team was able to break opportunity the trip afforded to the deadlock and the game ended dialogue with students and facul- in a 2-2 tie. ty from other campuses, Christian Saturday brought Carleton to as well as secular. Bethel's home field in a non-con- Bethel went ahead on a goal by Dave "The Hammer" Osgood as he pumped in a loose ball in front of the Gustie goal. The Gusties came back to tie up the score at two all late in the second half. Bethel's first goal of the game came from co-captain Mike Eng-berg. He got the ball in front of the opposing goal, made a quick turn and fired the ball past the diving goalie into the net. Cross-country runners better season times by Becky Dye Individual times improved as Bethel's men's cross-country team took third place behind strong Macalester and Southwest State teams last Saturday at Como Park. In Bethel's last home meet of the season Curt Brown, Brent Friesen and Jim Feleen each bettered their times. Sophomore Feleen took almost a minute off of his last meet with a 27:59. Freshman Friesen placed ninth with a time of 27:19, 21 seconds less than last week. Curt Brown, senior, finished seventh, with 27:04, eight seconds under his previous meet's time. Coach Gene Glader, comparing the meet with last week's, re-marked, "Times were better and competition was tougher. We wanted to beat Gustavus and we were able to—that was good. The improvements by Curt Brown and Jim Feleen were encouraging." Feleen said, "I took a minute off my best time, which was a definite improvement. The wea-ther conditions were perfect and that helped." Team captain Brown indicated, "It was a good meet for us. We did as good as we could have done. We wanted to beat Gusta-vus and did." The final team scores were Macalester with 37, Southwest State with 39, Bethel with 72 and Gustavus with 88. The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet will be held tommorrow at 11 a.m. at Como Park golf course. Bethel will compete for the first time this year. Coach Glader predicted, "It'll be an extremely tough meet. St. Johns, St. Olaf, St. Thomas and Hamline, are the top four teams and could conceivably be nation-ally ranked." Football Scoring Summary: Qtr. 1 2 3 4 Total Bethel 7 0 6 19 32 Westmar 12 8 9 0 29 W-A. Brown 12 yard run (kick blocked) B-Rapinchuk 2 yard run (Lind-berg kick) W—A. Brown 96 yard kickoff return (pass failed) W-Todd 33 yard pass from Tsal-ick is (Dahle pass from Todd) B-Selvog 52 yard pass from Holmgren (kick failed) W-Todd 1 yard run (run failed) W-Christiano F.G. (31 yards) B-Holmgren 1 yard run (pass failed) B-Schwalm 3 yard run (Lindberg kick) B-Knoll 45 yard pass from Holm-gren Page 7 Townhouse 3 upsets Gold for IM football title by Paul Johnson Townhouse 3 upset Edgren Gold 14-6, to become the first freshman team in recent years to win the Bethel intramural foot-ball title. Edgren Gold came into Satur-day's championship contest as the favorite, after beating Foun-tain Terrace A in the semifinal round. Townhouse 3 surprised everyone by just getting to the championship game. Townhouse 3 achieved the first break of the day early in the first half. Paul Johnson came up with an interception and the offense took the ball just over the halfway mark of the field. That play set up the game's first touchdown. Quarterback Brian Doten found Randy Oshima in the left side of the end zone. Oshima dove for the ball and made a fine catch to make the score 6-0. The extra point failed. The rest of the first half remained scoreless. Townhouse 3 surprised Edgren at the start of the second half, when the freshmen decided to kick instead of receive. The strategy was to have the slant of the field in their favor, and it paid off. Early in the second half Harris leads women harriers by Greg Kuntz The Bethel women's cross-country team entered three run-ners in the multi-team meet at Carleton College last Friday after-noon. The meet consisted of about 80 runners representing 12 schools. Bethel was one of two schools with incomplete teams. Rita Glasscock and Gail Anderson were out due to injuries. Freshman standout Brenda Harris had a strong race and finished the three-mile course in 20:07, setting a Bethel record for the second time this month. She ran three miles in 20:22 at the Macalester Invitational on Oct. 1. Senior Bobbi Hersch turned in her second best time of the season of 21:00 flat. St. Olaf's premier harrier Eli-zabeth Hartwick crossed the fin-ish line first in 17:36. St. Olaf finished first with 53 points, followed by St. Cloud with 84. The host team, Carleton, came in a close third with 85. Brenda was quite happy with her performance. "It was beauti-ful running on this course," she said. "We expect to have the full team for the meet this week. Mankato has a flat course so there should be better times for every-one," said Coach Shirley Daw-son. "We'll be in full strength for the regional meet." The harriers compete tomorrow in another multi-team meet at Mankato State at 1 p.m. Doten threw a perfect strike to Oshima in the right side of the end zone to put Townhouse up 12-0. However, Edgren was not dead yet. A long pass reception by Tim Bont, set up a one-yard touch-down pass. With less than seven minutes to play the score was Townhouse 12 and Edgren 6. It was then that the Townhouse defense sealed the game. Dave Broza got to the quarterback for a safety and that made the score 14-6. The offense then killed the clock to give the title to Town-house 3. The Townhouse 3 team has now won back to back titles. The freshmen won the volleyball title two weeks ago. by Greg Kuntz The Bethel gridders again prov-ed what kind of team they are by coming from behind in the fourth quarter to defeat the Eagles of Westmar 32-29 in a night game at LeMars, la. last Saturday. The game was won for the Royals when sophomore quarter-back Lonnie Holmgren, who pass-ed for 132 yards in the final quarter, lofted a 45-yard pass to tight end Frank Knoll in the end zone as time ran out. The game was overflowing with excitement and suspense as the Royals never quit and nibbled away at a 29-13 Westmar lead. Sophomore running back Tom Klitzke led a balanced rushing attack with 53 yards in 17 carries, Mark Rapinchuk had 48 yards in 10 carries, Greg Sutton carried 11 times for 46 yards, and Tim Schwalm had 32 yards in 9 carries. Holmgren, who played for three quarters, completed a phe-nominal 10 of 14 passes for 228 yards, bolstering a Royal 503 yards of total offense, Bethel's second highest yardage total in a game this season. Two of Holmgren's passes went for touchdowns: a 52 yarder to flanker John Selvog in the third quarter, and the game winning T.D. to Knoll. Selvog caught six passes in the game for 158 yards. The Royals' big "D" was led by Mike "Spike" Anderson with 21 assists. Mike Kingbird had 15 assists and defensive back Randy Fredin had four tackles in the secondary plus five assists. The Bethel rush attack was riddled by twelve fumbles, losing six of them to a fired-up and intense Eagle defense. The Eagles moved the ball well on their first drive, but were stopped when linebacker Gary Leafblad rejected a 32-yard field goal attempt by Westmar's Ran-dy Christiano. Westmar's speedy flanker Aa-ron Brown scored two touch-downs in the first quarter. His first came on a 13-yard outside veer. Just after the Royals took the lead on a Rapinchuk touch-down, Brown returned the Bethel kickoff 96 yards in just 15 seconds to put the Eagles back on top. The Royals threatened to take the lead back again in the second quarter when Selvog leaped high to grab a 40-yard pass from Mark Rapinchuk on a half back option. However, the Royals lost the ball by fumble and linebacker Mark Zylstra returned it down the side-line, but Jon Kramka hit Zylstra to save the T.D. The Royals tightened the West-mar lead to 20-13 in the third quarter on Selvog's T.D., but the Eagles continued their outside veer, coupled with Bethel fum-bles to build up a 29-13 edge. The determined Bethel squad never gave up and turned the game around in final quarter. Holmgren kept and scored on a quarterback sneak and Tim Schwalm scored on a short carry a few minutes later. The Royal defense tightened up on the Westmar attack, shutting them out in the final quarter. Holmgren put together a series of four consecutive pass comple-tions to Knoll, Selvog and Paul Roberts. After a penalty, he threw the game-winning bomb to Knoll completing a 72-yard pass attack, and shocked the Westmar The Bethel J.V.'s made it 3-1 for the season as they defeated rugged St. Thomas 13-7 Monday afternoon. Steve Mikkelson, who made his de-but as quarterback, scored one of the T.D.'s on a keeper and running back Mark Olson made the other on a short run. Junior defensive tackle Dave Laurion snatched two intercep-tions and 6'8" defensive tackle Steve Carrigan had a good per-formance on defense. The Royal J.V.'s were over-whelmed by St. Thomas 40-0 last year. "It was about the best J.V. performance ever," said Coach Reynolds. team and fans. "I never wanted the ball more in my life!" said 6'4" Knoll. "The Lord did it for us!" (Knoll caught the only touch-down pass Bethel needed to beat Hamline a couple weeks ago.) Eagle's head coach, Dan Tho-mas, said, "This shows the kind of character Bethel has. It was a good game and I'm proud of our team's effort. This is tough to lose, but 50 million people in China don't even know about it so it won't matter." "The fumbles were frustrating and it was hard to keep fired up," by Steve Erickson Bethel does have hockey club, even- though it is well-hidden. The elusive club managed to win all five of its games last year, despite having no money, practices, uni-forms or coach. Not being a part of the athletic program, the club had to raise its own funds for everything includ-ing ice rental. Depending on the time and place, one hour of ice time can cost from $25-$45. Each player chipped in enough money to help pay ice rental for games. Bethel and the opposing team would share the cost. Bethel would pay for the ice time of one game and the other team would provide the money for the next game between the two clubs. Since ice was rented at the last moment, games were held at unusual times. Most started at about 10 p.m. A surprising num-ber of fans turned out to watch, despite the late starting times. The games were played mainly at the Roseville Arena and the Coliseum. "We all tried to be the same said Coach "Chub" Reynolds. "Westmar wanted it and we didn't shut off their outside veer. "We settled down and things happened we couldn't believe," said Coach Dave Klostreich. Coach Reynolds added, "We kept our composure. We got closer and more determined and found a way to win." The Royals are now 5-1 on the season and will face St. Olaf tomorrow at 1:30 p.m., ending their road trip for the season, before facing Concordia (St. Paul) in the season finale at home next Saturday. color," said John Selvog, team captain, referring to the club's lack of uniforms. Each player provided his own equipment. Last season, the team was without a coach. This year's club is being organized by Thomas Correll, professor of anthropo-logy. He will soon be planning games for this winter. His son, Tom, and Selvog, should be two of the top players this year. "We'd like to play one of the lower-place MIAC teams to see how well we'd do," said forward Dave Noland. Selvog stated that the club would like to play at least some MIAC junior varsity squads. The schools Bethel com-peted against last year were Northwestern, Normandale and Golden Valley. "Over the next two or three years, we want to work our way into the MIAC," explained Sel-vog. He said the club has fairly good talent this season and it wants to build a better team each year. Who knows, perhaps in three years, hockey will be a legitimate part of the athletic department. Gridders surround Frank Knoll after scoring winning touchdown with five seconds left. Royals slip as Westmar — hockey action Correll attempts to revive hockey Interest Page 8
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Title | Clarion 1977-10-28 Vol 53 No 07 |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 53 No. 7 |
Date Published | October 28 1977 |
Decade | 1970 |
Academic Year | 1977 - 1978 |
Frequency | Weekly |
Article Titles | Bookstore buy-back policies explained; Radical of the Sixties, Caress returns as director of outreach; editorial, Solutions offered reparking dilemma; Letters to the Editor: Student claims community falls short of model; Rider criticizes bus system; Rejected interim options - a sorry loss to curriculum; Over the hill... Sem enrollment peaks at 470; Coffeeshop is candlelit cafe with student effort; Closed minds Open mouths; Ideal family lifestyle shown by geese on Lake Valentine; Johnson /Carlson; Majeskes perform and teach while gaining acclaim; —for concert goers, Decorum advice provided; Instruments tune up; Sermons being delivered via phone messages; Johnsonprescribes broad liberal arts education for Bethelp re-law students; Royal Oak tipping urged; Volleyballers look for consistency; Ludlow speaks at conference; Kickers even-up after Gustavus, Carleton games; Cross-country runners better season times; Townhouse 3 upsets Gold for IM football title; Harris leads women harriers; Royals slip as Westmar; — hockey action, Correll attempts to revive hockey interest |
Photographs | Jay Caress, director of outreach; Lake Valentine mirrors the graceful forms of Canadian geese; Sue and Steve Majeske teach private lessons at Bethel every Monday.; Dr. William Johnson, chairman of the political science department, advises pre-law students in their future vocations; Dave "The Hammer" Osgood dekes opponent in recent soccer action; Gridders surround Frank Knoll after scoring winning touchdown with five seconds left. |
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Transcript | On the inside... Bethel's fine-feathered friends page 4 Prestigious musicians unveiled page 5 Ice hockey club warms up page 8 OCT 28 1977 Bookstore buy-back policies explained by Suzi wells Like everyone else, students get tired of waiting in lines and paying high prices for food, tuition and books. The buy-back window in the Bethel bookstore has been a problem because of long waits and the feeling of geting "gypped" in the past. However, according to Wanda Nelson, assistant bookstore ma-nager, Bethel's buy-back policy is liberal. "We give students ten school days after classes begin to return their books," she ex-plained. At other schools, if students do not have sales slips, the bookstore will seldom take books back. Here at Bethel, only ten per cent of the price is reduced without a receipt. At the beginning of the se-mester, long lines for returning and low prices for books are not problems. At this time, students are refunded all or 90 per cent of their money. But the problem of lines and money comes when students return used books. Students may feel discouraged at the buy-back line at the end of the term for several reasons. First of all, the Follet Company buys all used books that Bethel will not use again. The bookstore will pay students three-fourths of the price of clothbound books and two-thirds the price of paperbacks. As a service to Bethel, the Follet Company buys other used books but does not pay top dollar for them. Another reason students may be discouraged is because they sell books back at the wrong time. "Some books are used every term, but most are not," Nelson pointed out. She said that stu-dents should sell books for a fall semester course at the end of a spring term. This increases the likelihood that Bethel will use the books again. Finally, some students may feel that long lines and limited time to sell used books are problems. One reason for that problem is that Bethel only buys back books for two days at the end of each semester. However, the book-store managers feel this is ade-quate time for students. Also, the person from the used book com-pany is only on campus for two days to buy books. Last winter, long lines and slow service were problems because an inexperienced person from the used book company was in charge of buying books. Two years ago, Bob Bergerud, former bookstore manager, bought back used books, regard-less of whether or not Bethel could use them. He bought these books over a period of three weeks. Since his death, the bookstore has not been able to give this service. "We don't have anyone ca-pable of doing that like he was," said Mike Rowe, bookstore re-ceiving manager. "It's a very complicated business, knowing when things are going out of print." Bruce Olsen editor Greg Kuntz sports editor The Clarion is published weekly Holly Schmiess news editor Mark Holmes photo editor by the students of Bethel College. Nancy Naumenko production editor Juan Ramos cartoonist Letters to the editor should be sent Suzi Wells copy editor Arlan Swanson business manager to p.o. 91 by the Sunday before publication THE CLARION by Paul Varberg Though he was once all-otit for his rock group and drugs, Jay Caress is now all-out for Christ and Bethel, in his new post as director of outreach. Seven years ago Caress could never have imagined himself pro-moting a Christian school like Bethel to prospective college stu-dents. He had far different dreams, that grew out of the poli-tical rebellions of the Vietnam War and heavy use of drugs. While in the Air Force in the late sixties, Caress, whose Christ-ian background was minimal, began to use drugs. In 1969 he was stationed in Vietnam where he took amphetamines so heavily that he lost 50 pounds. "Vietnam was a breeding ground for radicals," he said. While he was there he went through a political "conversion" and began to seek ways to change the system. He thought of himself as a "prophet" of political change and brotherly love. "This was the 'in' thing of the late sixties," he explained. He felt the best way he could communicate his message to the world was through songs. So he began to write songs and sing with his guitar. When he got out of the Air Force he started a rock group called Songbird. While in Los Angeles in the spring of 1970, he recorded his first two singles. It was not till he moved to Vancou-ver that they were released and distributed throughout Canada and Europe. Caress did not just sing rock, he also sang folk songs in coffee houses in Vancouver's famed Gastown district. Caress soon tired of this kind of life and began to lose his belief in his songs. He quit the group and returned to the midwest where he married his wife, Gail, in May of 1971. He was unsatisfied with the type of life he had been living and began to search for a new way of life. Through the prayer and witness of some Christian friends both he and his wife came to know the Lord in June of that year. The Caresses began to seek to develop this new life they had found in Christ Jesus. They came to Bethel that fall and began to write and sing Christian songs in their spare time. During the summer of 1973 they went on a singing tour of the Western United States and Canada which was sponsored by Bethel. Graduating in 1975 with a major in communications, Caress went to Wheaton College Gradu-ate School in communications. While there he became the editor of the world-wide news letter of the "Lausanne Committee on World Evangelization." He later worked as high school electives editor for Scripture Press Publications. This involved editing paperback books, and he began thinking about writing a book himself. This summer he did research on Hank Williams, a big man in country music who died in 1952 at the age of 29. Caress is presently writing two hours a day on a bio-graphy on Williams. He already has a contract with Stein & Day, in New York, to publish the book in 1978. He chose Hank Williams because, "I was a fan of his and see so many universal themes and messages tied in to his life." Caress gladly returned to Be-thel this fall with his wife and two-year-old son Adam. He feels committed to Bethel. "It was here that my wife and I were discipled in our Christian walk and we would like to see other young people helped like we were," he said. As Bethel's director of out-reach, Caress has three basic res-ponsibilities. He works with the College Relations office in pro-ducing multi-media presentations to promote Bethel. He also heads the operations of the Field Ad-missions Representatives, and he schedules tours for the band and choir. On the side, Caress serves as Bethel's sports information direc-tor and also works with the team that is currently producing a film on campus. Radical of the Sixties Caress returns as director of outreach Letters to the Editor Student claims community falls short of model Dear editor, Bethel is people. Or is it? We who have been here for at least a year have heard this expression drummed into our heads on several occasions. And we agree. Bethel is people. We observe our friends, our professors, our R.A.'s, and we conclude through our relation-ships with these people that Bethel is them. And Bethel is us. How could it be anything else? Dr. Virgil Olson spoke on our campus last week and he made a significant observation relative to the atmosphere and commitment of a Christian college. He said that the single most important factor in maintaining a Christian community is the spiritual tem-perature of the students. And he's right. But what happens when this spiritual temperature reaches ze-ro and keeps dropping? I am not claiming that God's Spirit is nonexistent on this campus. I am claiming that the attitude of the students on this campus—including myself—often exhibits a definite lack of God's Spirit. Recently, Doc Dalton closed down his coffee shop. The rea-son? The users of both him and his corner failed consistently to return the cups provided for their use. Day after day, Doc could be found roaming the hallways of the campus, searching for the cups that negligent students had left in bathrooms, T.A. offices, class-rooms, corners by the library, under sofas and so forth. Each day Doc picked up these cups. And each day he repeated the routine he had performed the day before. So he closed down, frus-trated, aggravated, and used. Consider the administration that continues to increase the enrollment of Bethel. The stu-dents keep coming, more and more each year. But the facilities reflect the depravity of the cam-pus. Coffee shop and cafeteria are consistently overcrowded. Park-ing lots are always full. And then there's the IM bas-ketball player who continually swears beneath his breath as his team is trampled by 30 points in a B-League contest. What hap-pens to him? When was the last time you sat down at a table in the coffee shop and had to remove the empty continued on page 4 Rider criticizes bus system Dear editor, I have been frustrated lately with the Bethel bus system. For instance, the bus leaves new campus for old campus at 1:15 p.m. every Sunday, while most old campus residents are still eating dinner in the cafeteria. In order to make the bus, one has to "chow down" relatively fast after arriving from church about 12:45 p.m. Generally, the bus leaves early anyway, and stu-dents are stuck on new campus until the next bus leaves for old campus at 3:30 p.m. I realize that bus scheduling with Fountain Terrace this year has not been easy, but I do think it is ridiculous for off campus residents to have to wait over two hours just because the driver decided to leave two minutes early. The problem of waiting is greatest on weekends, when the bus runs only about every 90 minutes. One time the bus left before I was ready to at 11 p.m. I raced down the gym steps, sure the time was exactly 11. Shouting and frantically waving my arms were of no avail, but luckily some friends in the parking lot were old campus-bound. What could I do if I was stuck on new campus at 11 p.m.? Another problem is the driving habits of some of the bus drivers. Besides leaving early (one driver of the 3:40 bus left about. 3:30), the drivers seem at times to be in a contest with other drivers to see how fast they can get from one campus to another. Sometimes drivers forget to stop at Rosedale. A friend of mine was stranded at Rosedale one day for over two hours because the bus failed to pick her up. I have also been at Har Mar and watched as the Bethel bus drove right past me. Overcrowding is another pro-blem, which has somewhat been alleviated by the addition of 7:45, 8:45 and another 10 a.m. bus at old campus. However, in the event that one of the morning. buses does not make it to old campus, two normal bus loads are packed into one. Other problems have to do with the buses themselves. The blue bus sometimes has trouble start-ing. One day our bowling class took the blue bus to Brighton Lanes, and the battery died on the way back. Another time the bus failed to pick up Fountain Terrace residents in the morning and as a result, many students were late for classes. Perhaps one solution to the bus dilemma would be a way students could notify the school if a bus happened to leave them stranded, so at least the next bus would be able to pick them up. Or maybe drivers could be more careful in their driving habits, and try to remember who is at Rosedale and when to pick them up. But perhaps the problem lies not in the drivers or the schedul-ing, but in the fact that Bethel does not want to put the time or money to improve the bus sys-tem in hopes of housing everyone on new campus soon. In the meantime, it's okay for drivers to run the buses into the ground—what use will buses be if all students live on new campus next year or those off campus drive? Perhaps all we can do is wait for the time when we will all be a real community on one campus and not involved in a bussing program. Suzi Wells editorial Solutions offered reparking dilemma In the Sept. 23rd issue of the Clarion the parking problem on new campus was addressed with a front page article. Although many of the questions pertaining to the existing dilemma were answered, it still left some unanswered. Since the printing of that article the problems with parking one's car on new campus have remained relatively the same, peaking on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Although many students have taken the problem into their own hands by parking on grassy areas adjacent to the east lot, it still will not settle future problems dealing with the parking situation. The future problems to which we are referring are twofold. The first considers the coming winter months, when snow will be piled knee-deep around the campus. When students begin to park on those grassy areas by the east lot in the deep snow, it may take some time to get them out. When the snow melts in the spring, the problem will be greatly increased when those grassy areas become muddy areas and when the gravel lot adjacent to the circle lot becomes muddier than it already is. The second future problem we see comes with increased enrollment. More students generally mean more cars. Just how many cars is open to debate, but the increase in autos is bound to complicate the problem. At this point we should stop and pause to thank Jim Walcott, director of security and parking, for the great strides he has made in trying to alleviate this problem. Although he has fallen short in some instances, most of the fault does not lie with him, but rather with students and administrative policies. Our first suggestion to alleviate the parking dilemma was first suggested by Walcott in a Sept. 23rd parking memo to students. This plan calls for students to either take the Bethel bus if they live on old campus or in Fountain Terrace, or to form car pools for those living off campus. Of course, this would cause an inconvenience to those not living on new campus, but we believe the inconvenience is worthwhile when one considers an increase in the amount of blacktopped surface on new campus. The second is a much more drastic proposal, but we believe it deserves some consideration. This would be to disallow freshmen from having cars. Before any upperclassmen begin to laugh, or before freshmen become overly irate, let us explain this position. This is not the first time such a position has been proposed. Colleges such as Wheaton and St. Olaf have instituted such programs to keep an overabundance of cars off campus. We would also like to stress the point that this should be the last measure taken to relieve parking problems. To deny someone the right to use his car borders on the brink of communism in the minds of some people. We would not want anyone to think we were communists. Parking at Bethel is still a major problem, and must be recognized as such. But it must be urged that most of the problem lies in the hands of the students. Will the students leave their cars at home? Page 2 by Bruce Olsen Interim at Bethel brings fond memories to all of us who have survived past winters at this institution. The most notable memories stem from those infor-mative classes that are offered during this one-month adventure. Recently the editors of this paper were able to obtain a list of some of the classes that were turned down by the dean's office as possible selections for interim 1978. We thought that the student body should be alerted to the ideas going through the heads of faculty members at Bethel Col-lege. Here are just a few of those course selections: Bankruptcy 1—Another one of Robert Weaver's "how to do" courses, this class focuses in on the proper method of going bankrupt. Students will be taught the proper method of going about securing a loan from the federal government to pay for their education and then declare bank-ruptcy upon graduation. Special speakers will be brought in, most notably Bert Lance, former di-rector of the office of manage-ment and budgeting for the federal government, and former editors of the Bethel Clarion. Man in the Swamp—This class, taught by Bethel's own scuba diving expert Bob Weathers, will focus on the marine ecology of Valentine Lake. Unfortunately, since Valentine Lake will be frozen over, this class may turn into a polar bear diving class. In such instances the class will become a geology class centering on the formation of ice crystals on polar bear divers after emerging from the frozen wasteland of Valentine Lake. Barefoot Approach to English— This class will center on those people who failed to learn English the first time around and hope to Over the Sem enrollment peaks at 470 Enrollment at Bethel Seminary has reached a new high of 470 students, compared with 409 last year. This year's total includes 25 students registered in Bethel's extension program in San Diego which opened this fall. 47 stu-dents are enrolled at Bethel in Doctor of Ministry studies, the highest professional degree pro-gram for ordained persons in church ministries. Of the 470 enrolled, 41 are women. Nearly half of the stu-dents come from churches of the Baptist General Conference which operates Bethel. Eight Baptist groups and 21 other denomina-tions are represented also in the student body. get a second chance. Students will go around the class smelling each other's feet and learning the proper words to attribute to such a smell. . The Cultures of Swedish peo-ples— This course will attempt to answer the question, "Why are Swedes so dumb?" In order to answer this question, only one Swede will be able to enroll in the class to be examined by 19 Norwegians. If this question fails to get answered, we will know that the same question applies to all Scandinavians. Creative Photography and Rocks: Team taught by Linda Rossi and Russell Johnson, this course hopes to help shy photo-graphers by encouraging them to photograph rocks and submit these "photos to "Passages" for publication in the spring edition. Modern Methods of Basket weaving: This course hopes to expand on the first semester class dealing with primitive methods of basket weaving. Unfortunately this class is only open to spring sports participants who need an easy "A" in order to remain eligible to play. It is also unfor-tunate that an instructor has not yet been found to teach this course. It has been rumored that one of the University's finest basket weaving profs will be the instructor since there are an abundance of them at the "U." Accounting for Pet Shop Owners: Taught by Bethel's new by Sari Winans Every Thursday at 4:30 p.m. the Bethel food service offers to students and the public a stu-dent- run restaurant called The Royal Oak Room. At 3:30 p.m. the coffee shop closes and students begin to transform the place into a fancy restaurant. Colored tablecloths cover the tables, floating candles provide the only lighting, and fresh flowers add the finishing touch. Different Bethel students provide live music each week, playing everything from Bach to John Denver. The Oak Room is co-headed by hostess Deanne Barnum and cook Paul Jepsen. Deanne said that menus fea-ture steak, lobster, shrimp, chick-en and more for reasonable prices. The Oak Room is well-known for it's all-you-can-eat salad bar. The salad bar includes nine different items and four or five different dressings, for only two dollars. The Oak Room is beginning its third year and it has grown each year. Deanne has been with the Oak Room three years and has seen much change. "It started in the original Oak Room off the side of the cafeteria accounting instructor, Roger Oxendale, this class hopes to teach the proper accounting methods for those Bethel stu-dents who hope to own pet shops when they graduate. Questions such as, "How do I credit my account when a parakeet dies?" and "Do I debit my cash account when a farmer buys my animal waste?" will be dealt with. Depression [Era] Dating: Since dating at Bethel is already in a depressed state, students will stay on campus to learn about dating during the depression era. Applications of this class will in-clude sitting in the parlor togeth-er with the rest of the family, using a horse and buggy for tran-sportation in the middle of win-ter, and never kissing a date until one is ready for marriage. Since these situations already exist on the Bethel campus, the administration did not believe the students would gain any further knowledge from this class and therefore cancelled it. We hope that some of these course selections will show just how eager Bethel professors are when it comes to teaching interim classes. If some of you wish to see these classes put in the curricu-lum for next year, I would advise you not to approach the dean with such ideas, but rather get your-self on a student-faculty commit-tee where more people can see just how foolish you are to take seriously anything printed in this newspaper. employing one waitress and waiter. The second year we had a bigger staff and were still in the same location," she said. "Busi-ness grew and we had trouble serving customers efficiently. Last spring we moved into the coffee shop on a trial basis and it worked so well that this location is now permanent." Today the Oak Room employs six waitresses, three waiters, three cooks, three salad girls, two hostesses, one busboy, and two kitchen people. The Oak Room has not been publicized much this year. The reason for this, Deanne noted, is that the purpose for the first few weeks is to see where improve-ments can be made, how many customers they will average a week, and to give everyone experience. Deanne is satisfied with the progress made by the student-run restaurant so far and summed it up saying, "It's hard running a student restaurant where the workers are my friends. I don't like to boss and yet I am responsible to see that things get done. It's important that we work together as a team and I think we're beginning to accomplish that." Closed minds Open mouths by David Shelley Once when I was very young, a grown-up asked me the primeval question, "What are you going to be when you grow up?" I looked up with a cute grin and Innocently retorted, "I'm going to be an adult." Now, I don't know why that short dialogue has stuck in my mind, except for the fact that I have spent most of my life growing toward that goal. But the implication was a significant one that just being an adult (or just being) was special enough. Everyone seems to be geared toward becoming something. That is all fine and good. Our society encourages it. But beyond that, we tend to honor and revere people who have made a big name because "they have really become something." People flock to get Tom Netherton's autograph. Freshmen girls thrill to have their picture made with B.J. Thomas, and dream about it for weeks afterward. The sad thing is, when we say B.J. Thomas is "really something," we imply that the hundreds of people we come in contact with everyday are not really something. Not yet, anyway. They are something. Sure that sounds trite, but give it some thought. "Oh, but they're not celebrities," someone will say. Well, so what? There are musicians at Bethel who will never cut an album that have more individual talent than B.J. Thomas or Tom Netherton, and I don't think I'm putting down either of them. When I start to count the people I admire and respect the most, only a select few would be termed "widely known or renowned." Because the people who have the most to admire and respect are those who are stronger in areas like humility and love and serving others. If you need a Biblical base for this try Mark 10:13-16 or 1 Cor. 13:1-3 or maybe Matt. 19:21,22. Another sad correlation is that usually the "bigger" a person becomes, the more he is forced to focus attention on himself, and the less he is available to be open and helpful to others. My father is a professor who teaches six days a week (if you count a Sunday school class), edits, writes for publication and speaks frequently at various conferences. He has turned down numerous offers for "higher" jobs in schools and publications, because he feels it is important to teach. He spends time talking to students everyday. But what means the most to me is the time he has spent taking his family out for dinner, and attending his kids' innumerable track meets, band concerts and football games. The adult that made an impact on my life as I grew up was not the ballplayer or singer who gave me an autograph. It was the adult who asked me what position I played on the junior high football team. I remember the adult who complemented my new red jacket when I was in first grade. I remember the adult who, when I had my plastic toy soldiers scattered over the family room floor, asked me who was winning as if it really mattered. Now he was really something. And I appreciate now the prof who invites me in when I drop by his office, or the friend who invites me to go along when he is going shopping at Rosedale. Those people don't have to become something. They are something. I am always moved by a story my dad used to tell about a family that went out to a nice restaurant one day. As the waitress was taking orders she asked the little boy, "And what would you like?" "I'd like a hot dog," he said. "He'll have roast beef and mashed potatoes," said his mother. Ignoring the interruption, the waitress asked, "And what would you like on your hot dog?" "Ketchup and mustard," returned the little boy. "He'll have gravy on his roast beef and mashed potatoes," said his mother, in a slightly louder tone of voice. The waitress went on. "And what would you like to drink with your hot dog?" "Root beer," said the little boy. "He will have milk with his roast beef and mashed potatoes," stated his mother. "Root beer," the waitress repeated as she wrote it on the check and walked away. Wide-eyed, the little boy watched the waitress turn away, then looked up at his mother and proclaimed, "Wow, she must think I'm real!" A step up... The Student Life Committee wants to take a step up in the right direction. We need your help. Tell us what you would like improved at Bethel. Make your wishes known at the table by the PO's Tues., Nov. 1. Rejected interim options - a sorry loss to curriculum Coffeeshop is candlelit cafe with student effort Page 3 Lake Valentine mirrors the graceful forms of Canadian geese 646-7135 Hermes Floral Company, Inc. 2001 West Larpenteur Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota 65113 Est. 1906 STORE AND GREENHOUSES 175.000 Square Feet of Glass Haalann guto Sales Highway 69 North P O. Box 241 Forest Csty, IA 50436 At Bethel Contact: Chuck Haaland Phone 483-8261, P.O. 2040 Johnson /Carlson z by Tad Johnson More than half of the semester is over now, and the Student Senate is active around the campus. A recommendation was sent to Dean Brushaber this past week requesting a revision of the current method of charging for independent study credits. The recommendation requests that the cost of independent study programs be based on an equitable scale dependent on the amount of time an instructor devotes to the class experience and how much campus facilities are used. Such a revision would greatly benefit the students. Currently any type of independent study program is charged the same tuition fee as any regular class. Some students have taken an independent study course where their only contact with Bethel is handing in a paper to one of the professors for evaluation. Hopefully Dean Brushaber will act upon this recommendation in a positive manner. The buzzer system should be installed into Fountain Terrace by the end of November. Tentatively, the system will consist of a telephone system. Because the system will operate through the Bethel switchboard it will be necessary to dial nine to reach the people inside. Such a system will help alleviate the problem now caused by the inability of visitors to contact anyone inside of the apartments. The final, official figures on enrollment have just been issued by the Office of the Registrar. The total number of full-time and part-time students is 1867. The 102 part-time students are taking only 168 courses. This means that the part-time students are the equivalent of 56 (168 divided by 3) full-time students. These numbers give us a total of 1807 full-time and full-time equivalent students. When one considers that the enrollment limit for this year is 1825 the figures of 1867 and 1807 are not too unreasonable. There is a problem this year in the area of equal enrollment of men and women. This year the men hold the advantage over the women by having a total number of only 826. The total number of women is 1041. In the freshman class there is a total of 638 students, 250 men and 388 women. The sophomore class has a total of 511 members, 229 men and 282 women. In the junior class there are 378 students, 179 men and 199 women. Seniors are in the minority on campus with only 305 members in their class, 150 men and 155 women. Returning from last year are 1176 students. These students have been supplemented by 528 new freshmen and 144 transfers. I would like to encourage more students to use the new student activities room. It is a good place to relax. There are plenty of tables so you can bring your food in there if the coffee shop is too crowded. If your studies have you frustrated, you can take it out on the foosball or pool tables. I would like to remind you to try to keep the room clean. Also report any equipment damage to either the Student Affairs Office or to the Student Senate so that we can replace the broken equipment as soon as possible. Everyone will be happy to know that the Royal Rosters should be here in plenty of time for Nik Dag. If they are not here by now they should arrive the first week of November. When they arrive you can pick one up at the concession stand near the gym. I would like to thank Roster editor Priscilla Golz and all of the other people who helped her in putting together the Roster. It took a lot of their time and effort. Ideal family lifestyle shown by geese on Lake Valentine by James Wiegner Rarely does one take a walk by Lake Valentine without seeing our fine feathered, rare, Canadian geese. This month marks the first anniversary of Canadian geese on Lake Valentine. These once na-tive birds were thought to be extinct 25 years ago. But through volunteer efforts of concerned groups the birds have now popu-lated themselves to safer levels. The geese on Lake Valentine are taken care of by the Arden Hills Sportsmen Club. Mr. Dean Dahlgren and Mr. Don Grant, club members, explained, "We volunteer our time and money to raise geese for everyone's enjoy-ment." Both of these men and others of the club supply food each day and care for injured geese. "The birds are fascinating creatures," expressed Dahlgren. "They have the ideal family lifestyle." Once geese get to a mature age, about three years old, they choose a life-long mate. If one partner should die, the remaining goose stays single until death. Geese have also been known to commit suicide if their mate dies. After the marriage the newly weds choose their nesting place. The nesting place is home for the geese and each succeeding year they will return to the exact same nesting, to raise their next family. The duty of raising the geese family requires equal effort for both male and female birds. "If the female gets tired of sitting on the eggs the male takes over," said Dahlgren. Geese are very violent during breeding time. If anything should approach the nest the geese will defend their little ones. "Geese can render killing blows to small animals, with their strong wings," Grant commented. "They also bite hard. I know because I was bit." Geese in captivity live about 25 years and are between 25-30 pounds. On the other hand, wild geese live six to seven years and weigh around 12 pounds. "The geese have been very productive this year." Dahlgren added, "We started with 33 blue banded geese and they had 45 young. Next year we expect the flock to be 150 strong." He continued, "The young stay because this is home; only the original 33 geese had their wings clipped." It was difficult to accept the fact that all these birds had no marital problems. Dahlgren replied, "Do you see that ugly, old, stiff-leg-ged, brokened-winged female? Well, that female has the sharp-est, strongest, most handsome male goose in the whole flock. Now tell me, isn't that commit-ment?" Christian love continued from page 2 paper cups, crusty dishes, asun-dry globs of ketchup, ice, Pepsi and moldy pickles? Have you ever looked for a book in the library only to find it missing, not checked out, just plain not there? Or have you ever been nearly run down crossing the road from Bremer field by a race-crazed driver, late for his 2:30 class? How often have you said thank you to the campus coordinators, the janitors, a chapel speaker or your roommate? Sad but true. The spiritual tern-perature of the students is being strangled. But we're not being exploited by the administra-tion, the faculty, the surround-ings or society. We're exploiting ourselves. What then is a Christian com-munity? Pastor Spickelmier has ad-dressed several aspects of this question already in chapels this year. He has mentioned such things as forgiveness, commit-ment to one another, and the support of the Body as well as the responsibility of that Body. He continually hits us with the practi-calities of Christian living. But some of the community isn't even there to hear. And the others of us either fail to listen or rather simply ignore his words and read our newspapers, write our letters, and study for stats, Greek, calculus, and others. Welcome Week this year began with the theme, "I Shall Seek Thee Earnestly," derived from Psalm 63. Do we seek God earn-estly? Or do we try to live in blatant disregard of each other, ourselves, and God? In the midst of all this is the pressure of the administration to increase the number of faculty with doctoral degrees. The result is sometimes the elimination of a professor guilty of developing rapport with students, a rapport which enables the professors to ask the student into his office to chat, to discuss family or emo-tional problems, or to pray. But with the rise - of academia, this atmosphere has crumbled. Where does it stop? Do we con-tinue to pass the buck and blame our problems upon the admini-stration? Do we continue to live within the confines of our judge-mental, prideful, self-concerned, apathetic little worlds consisting of only those people who fit into our concept of friend? Or do we step out and follow the command of Christ which requires that we love our brother, whether he be a friend or not? But what is Christian love? John wrote in his first epistle very strongly of the kind of love we are to have for one another. And he didn't suggest it for just a few. He wrote what he did because Christ commanded that all men love one another. "He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and in it there is no cause for stumb-ling. But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does continued on page 6 Page 4 Sue and Steve Majeske teach private lessons at Bethel every Monday. Majeskes perform and teach while gaining acclaim Central Baptist Church 420 North Roy Street St. Paul, Mn. 646-2751 Staff: Ron Eckert Lloyd Nelson Preaching interim Jim Spickelmier Bus leaves: FT - 9:15 N.C. - 9:25 BODIEN 9:45 Services 8:45 and 11 10 Bible Study 7 pm evening by Thangi Chhangte An instructor at Bethel has an antique violin. He is Stephen Majeske, a violin soloist from the Minnesota Orchestra. Five months ago, he bought his 1776 violin from the concert-master of the London Symphony Orchestra. It was made by To-masso Balestrieri of Cremona, Italy. Stephen and his wife Susan are part-time music instructors at Bethel. Sue has been giving piano lessons at Bethel since Feb., 1976. Steve started teaching at Bethel this fall, after an absence of two years. The Majeskes often give reci-tals and concerts together. Being so close is convenient because they can anticipate each other's moves. However, they have to get along before they perform. Once they had an argument that lasted throughout a recital. Sue would rush when she knew that Steve had a hard spot, and he would do the same to her. Susan loves to perform. Once when she was nine, she forgot to quit while playing the offertory. Her mother came and dragged her away after she had been going on for at least ten minutes. Steve and Sue met at his father's concert at Cleveland, Ohio. They were seniors in high school. It was love at first sight and they were married as soon as they graduated from college. Steve is exactly a foot taller (and 100 pounds heavier) than Sue. Steve started taking lessons from his father when he was six. His father, Daniel Majeske, is the concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra. When he was 17, Ivan Gala-mian, one of the most famous music teachers of this century, accepted Steve as a student. He studied with Ivan for three years at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. Lorin Maazel was the conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra when 18-year-old Steve made his solo debut. Since then Steve has performed with several orches-tras and given concerts at places like the Severance Hall and the Minnesota Orchestra Hall. Susan is the only musical one out of a family of five girls. She began taking piano lessons when she was six. Her father would drive her to her lessons even though it took an hour to get there. Her parents took her to as many concerts as they could. While she was studying, she performed regularly as a soloist and as an accompanist. Sue has had some of the best teachers from the Cleveland Insti-tute of Music and from the Julliard School. She has a Bache-lor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute and from Case Western Reserve University. She is also a member of Phi Kappa Lambda. Steve's hobbies are flying and target shooting. He also teaches 11 students, nine of whom are from Bethel. Besides performing, Sue likes to cook and watch soap operas. She practices at least three to four hours a day. She finds chamber music gratifying and she also likes German composers. Steve's mother and sister are pianists, and Sue often performs with them. She still likes to take lessons from her father-in-law. Sue and Steve are expecting their first baby in March. Steve said he expects a boy but he wants a girl because "girls are nicer." Sue plans to put on a Mozart Symphony as soon as they bring the baby home. They would like to have musical child so they can perform together as a family. When is Bethel's gymnasium not a gymnasium? When a great performer turns it into a concert hall, as happened when guest baritone Carl Gerbrandt was here Oct. 4. Unfortunately, casual chapel-going habits may not al-ways make that transition. Richard Evidon wrote a brilli-ant article for the last issue of "Prelude," the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's program magazine. Entitled "The well-tempered au-dience, Of Emily Post in the concert hall," his cryptic advice can't be topped. Here follows a few of Evidon's pointers most applicable to a di-vergent student body turned in-stant concert-goer by a 10:20 a.m. music convocation. "There are, naturally, conven-tions to guide the listeners as there are others for the musi-cians. Some of these must look and sound very mysterious to the newcomer. The following brief observations about concert rules and rituals are intended for the painless edification of the bud-ding music-lover as well as for the modest amusement of the already initiated. "Arrive early. In Italy, this means about fifteen minutes after the advertised time. The musi-cians will just then be sauntering on to the concert platform. In Germany, however, every hall apparently has a direct line to the Greenwich Observatory and a little man, his eye glued to the second hand of his clock, who gives the countdown to the con-ductor. Most everywhere else, concerts start a couple, perhaps five, minutes late. But never mind that—be early. The astute concertgoer will be seated at least a quarter of an hour before the music begins. "Why? First, listening to music enjoyably takes full concentra-tion, and that needs a few preli-minary minutes of unwinding. The poor soul who dashes in breathlessly as the conductor lifts his baton is sure to spend the first piece panting and sweating and thinking about traffic and parking places instead of Haydn. Second-ly, the earlycomer has time to look inside the program, find out what's to be played and read the notes. "Program notes and when not to read them. What's in a note? Something about the composer's life and the circumstances sur-rounding the piece to be played. And then some description, some 'landmarks' to guide the unfamil-iar ear: what it is that makes this work unique and worthy of our attention. "Since it's hard to read and listen simultaneously and the racket of turning pages is a curse, the only time not to read the notes is during the music. With one important exception, that is. When the piece has words and they (both the original and trans-lation) are printed in the program book or magazine as they should be, our eyes may be, indeed ought to be, buried in the book. "Silence, please! 'Painters paint on canvas,' conductor Leo-pold Stokowski once admonished a disorderly audience. 'We paint our tone picture on silence. Only you can supply that.' "Some years back Time print-ed this description.... When the house lights go down on a concert today, it is often the audience that strikes up the overture. It is a kind of barnyard symphon-ette. The Hummer and the Time Beater serve as the rhythm section; the Cello-phane Crinkler and the Pro-gram Rattler handle the so-los. In the percussion section, the principal performers are the Bracelet Jangler and the Premature Clapper, while spe-cial effects are contributed by the Knuckle Cracker and the Watch Winder. The Coughers' Chorale is directed by the Dry-throated Red-nosed Hacker, whose fee-blest lead always gets a re-sounding antiphonal response. The entire performance is choreograhed by Fidgeter, produced and up-staged by that notorious team of Late-comer and Earlyleaver. "Sometimes drastic measures are unavoidable. In the midst of conducting the 'Fidelio' over-ture in London, conductor Sir Thomas Beecham was once im-pelled to shout 'Stop talking!' at the audience. "A clap in time... The musician has not yet been born who disdains applause after playing. But the operative word here is after. Symphonies and concertos, suites and song cycles all consist of distinct but musically interde-pendent parts or movements. We forbear from expressing our appreciation to the music-makers until the finish line of the last movement has been crossed just as we would withhold our congratulations from a tightrope-walker until he has reached the other side of Niagara Fall. Who knows what dire consequences might result from disturbing his or their concentration? "In the 'Fidelio' performance referred to already, Beecham was driven to silencing some prema-ture applause with a frenzied 'Shut up, you!' Reminiscing sev-eral years later, he mused that after that evening his audiences didn't applaud anything for months. One night he mounted the podium and said, 'Ladies and gentlemen, let us pray."' Feel free to clip out Mr. Evi-don's advice and bring it for reference to the next music chapel. But don't rattle it during the performance, please. Instruments tune up by Will Healy Not since my brother Paul and I were holding down the latter chairs in the Murray High School B-band's trombone section has the area's classical music interest been so high. While some may have difficulty equating that re-nowned ensemble with classical music, such is not the case with the Bethel Band and Orchestra. This year's band is once again under the direction of Dr. Julius Whitinger, who is in his twentieth year at- Bethel. Band members are presently working on the pro-gram for their upcoming interim tour of the West Coast. The tour has resulted in a change from the usual format with the pops con-cert in the fall. This year's pops concert is scheduled for sometime in April. The tour program features a variety which runs from "Star Wars" to the "William Tell Overture." Such weighty selec-tions as "Jericho" and "Pictures at an Exhibition" are offset by a special section which includes a medley of great marches. When all of this is coupled with such sacred numbers as "Psalm 46" and "Sacred Suite, - one can see that this year's program promises to be most piquant. The Bethel Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Wayne Fritchie, is also in full swing. The orchestra features an expanded string section which includes approximately 35 strings. Their program contains symphonies by Schubert and Beethoven, as well as a composition by Mr. Fritchie. Not only will they be making their usual performance at the Festival of Christmas, but some members will be traveling with the college choir during its tour of southeastern United States in March. The orchestra can be seen in their fall concert tonight at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium. A reception follows the concert in the A.C. lounge. The band will also be appearing in their only on campus concert until spring. The concert will be held Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium as well. —for concert goers Decorum advice provided Page 5 John W. Nance Company i k)! 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224- 7358 INSURANCE John W. 'wince, Sr. Life—Auto—Home John W. !wince, Jr Business John G. Chisholm Russel Akre St. Paul, Mn. 55101 bk3 SAM? 4 . FALCON EVIRBGRi - SritIST JIM • DAVE • DENISE Tuesday - Friday 8 - 6 Saturday 8 - 5 For Appointment Call 1713 N. Snelling 646-2323 St. Paul, MN 55113 Choice Steaks & Tasty Sandwiches BREAKFAST & DINNER 6:30-9, Sun. - Thurs. 6:30-10, Fri. & Sat. West aunty Road E at Smelling Across Irmo Pludierty's Bowl. Sermons being delivered via phone messages Prospective pastors delivering one-minute sermons? Impossible. Never heard of—except in Robert Featherstone's practice preach-ing course at Bethel Seminary and Dial-a-Word. Through the gift of recording equipment, Featherstone has de-veloped a two-way communica-tions service—an encouraging word of Biblical truth to telephone dialers and a vehicle for his students to develop their facility of saying something cognent in a limited time span. While pastoring churches in Rochester, Minneapolis and New York City, Featherstone develop-ed telephone tape ministries which he describes as "the least expensive use of media available to the Christian church today." Research in the Twin Cities area shows that 200-300 calls daily have been received by churches using this method of communi-cation. The title of Bethel's ministry- Dial-A-Word—has special infer-ence. "Our telephone messages, which will be changed daily," says Featherstone, "must reflect some Biblical truth and be corn-municated in the words of today so that even a child can under-stand its meaning." For a timely message, Dial-A-Word- 641-6410—and a friendly voice will answer: "I'm glad you called..." N To all those interested in writing for the Clarion, there will be a writers' meeting at 5 p.m. on Mon-day, Oct. 31. Please plan to be in FA 425 if you have any interest in journalism. Dr. William Johnson, chairman of the political science department, advises pre-law students in their future vocations Johnsonprescribes broad liberal arts education for Bethelp re-law students in this direction. Peter Taylor, student body president last year, now attending law school at the University of Wisconsin, says that he is now using in a class in criminal technique, some abilities he picked up in argumentation and debate. Several years ago leaders of the Bench and Bar were asked which pre-law subjects were the most valuable and they came up with this list, in order of preference: English language and literature, government, economics, Ameri-can history, mathematics, Eng-lish history, Latin, logic and scientific method, and philoso-phy. Accounting and public speaking were also recommend-ed. Johnson said that the job market is open for students from a respectable and reputable school. He added that Bethel graduates have had good oppor-tunities. There are also many opportunities for both women and minorities. letters continued from page 4 not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes." (I Jn. 2:9-11) "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death." (I Jn. 3:14) How loving is it that we hold vengeful attitudes towards our brothers? And how truthful is it if we say one thing and then do another? And how godly is it if we turn away from a brother in need of the kind of love that we are told to spread? Are we Christians or do we just pretend? Doc's cups are still scattered from campus to car to corner to campus. The coffee shop remains looking like a pig sty. The library is missing a slug of books that either need to be replaced or for-gotten— a substantial loss of mon-ey in either case. And the community continues to erode. "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because he first loved us. "If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also." (I Jn. 4:18-21) Can we dare to reach out, even to those with whom we disagree in so many ways? John said we could. Paul said we could. And Christ said to do it. Bethel can still be people. But only the people can keep it that way. And only through exercising the love of God will we ever have the power to do so. Because He first loved us, Smitty Royal Oak tipping urged Dear editor: I have become aware of a matter which demands the atten-tion of all Bethel Royal Oak Room patrons. Here goes: Waiters and waitresses in the restaurant should be (yes really!) TIPPED! And I believe the usual rate is 15 per cent or more nowa-days... The guys and gals really work their brains out to show all their customers a pleasant and enjoy-able time—why one only has to walk into the restaurant and see Bill McCauley smile to melt away, or watch Deanne Barnum run here and there to know she's willing to make your dinner a special time. So please, be thoughtful! The Oak Room is designed to be a restaurant just like any other restaurant, and just like any other type of employment, this is the way these folks earn a few bucks! Let's help them out! A faithful Bill McCauley smile melter, Nan Goss by Arlan Swanson "Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or mer-chants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers and physicians." This advice of John Stuart Mill is akin to that of Dr. Bill Johnson, Bethel's pre-law adviser. "Speci-fic concentrations and cognates don't matter much," said John-son. "Students have made it at law school with every conceivable degree." Johnson prescribes a broad liberal arts education for students thinking of law school. Most law schools tell pre-law students to "learn liberal arts and we'll teach you the law." Bethel doesn't have a pre-law program per se, but has an adviser and pre-law committee to aid those in preparation. There are some activities planned for the pre-law students by the com-mittee. In the spring they have a dinner with different speakers from the law profession and law schools. Bethel's pre-law commit-tee gives students a chance to explore careers in law. Johnson suggests that students take courses requiring much reading, writing, and analytic thinking. The American Bar As-sociation's pre-law handbook states, " .. . working with words is the key to the lawyer and to the extent that studying language creates a precise appreciation and understanding of the structure of thought through words, there could be few more valuable subjects for study." Skill in communication both written and spoken are essential for pre-law students. Debate is a valuable activity for those headed continued on page 7 Page 6 SPORTS SCHEDULE Football: Oct. 29—St. Olaf at 1:30 p.m. (T) Soccer: Oct. 29—Augsburg at 10 a.m. (H) Men's cross-country: Oct. 29—MIAC champion-ship at 11 a.m. (H) Women's cross-country: Oci. 29—Mankato at 1 p.m. (T) Women's volleyball: Nov. 1—St. Mary's at 8 p.m. (H) cials had called us on that all day. They felt we were rolling it up the arm. It was a difference in tech-nique." Playing the College of St. Theresa had a better outcome. New combinations and positions made the game exciting. Janet Peterson, Jo Ann Griffin, Sue Maxwell, Cathy Dean, and Ann Rosenthal made the winning com-bination. Bethel was also effective a-gainst Northwestern winning 15- 2, 11-15, 15-12. Bethel's height and good shots by Cheryl Meyer and Jo Ann Griffin powered the team. During the tournament varsity and JV teams played separately preventing any overlapping. At times JV played with only seven and both Frye and JV Coach Jo Ann Carlson were pleased with their performance. Despite the handicap JV'ers took first place over Carleton, Macalester, and Concordia. Frye said the varisty had shown improvement. "I feel we've im-proved in the past weeks but we should have taken first or second in this tournament. We need to work on short hits and•on getting mentally tough for a game." The team plays St. Mary's here Tuesday, Nov. 1, and state action will be at Macalester November 4 and 5. Ludlow speaks at conference Volleyballers look for consistency by Debbie Valder Women's volleyball action saw ups and downs last week in Wednesday's match against Car-leton and a tournament at Macal-ester Saturday where Bethel plac-ed third out of six. In Wednesday's match at Carl-eton Bethel girls went under 8-15, 1-15, 15-9, 8-15. Coach Karyl Frye commented, "It was a night when Carleton was playing extremely well while Bethel had an average to off night. That gives us trouble." JV also succumbed to Carle-ton's prowess, though they had a close second match. After losing 4-15 the first match, JV'ers got going and kept Carleton fighting for victory winning by a narrow margin, 19-17. Saturday's tournament started off with Bethel again playing Carleton. Though Bethel had the lead at some point in all three matches, they lost 7-15, 16-14, 10-15. Frye said, "It was a match we should have won. Our teams are very closely matched. Each has its advantage. We have more height while Carelton has a quicker attack." After the let down against Carleton, Bethel got a slow start warming up against Macalester. Losing the first match 2-15, Bethel came back and won the last two matches 15-12, 15-3. Bethel's next action was a frustrating experience against Concordia Moorhead. In this match Bethel lost over half their points in disagreements with officials on the legality of serve reception. Bethel lost 11-15, 11-15, and Frye commented, "No other offi- Pre-law agenda continued from page 6 Students headed for law school must take the law school admis-sions test (LSAT). The two main factors in acceptance are grade point average and LSAT score. The LSAT is taken at the end the junior year or beginning of the senior year. Mark Carlson, a senior, pre-law, political science major, advi-ses students thinking of pre-law to start thinking about which law school they would like to attend before their senior year. He also said that the LSAT should be well prepared for and not taken light-ly. Law schools look at extra-cur-ricular activities too, said John-son. Some beneficial activities are student body offices and editor-ships. These will weigh on an application, although not as heavily as your GPA and LSAT. Three to seven students go to law school from Bethel every year. There are now roughly two dozen who are pre-law right now. Bethel graduates attend such schools as Northwestern, Drake, William Mitchell, University of Minnesota and others. Dave "The Hammer" Osgood dekes opponent in recent soccer action Kickers even-up after Gustavus, Carleton games by Jon Fredrickson ference game. In the first half there was fast The soccer team started out its action exhibited by both teams week of play by going down to but neither team could crack the Gustavus to battle the Gusties. other's goalie. The Royals applied The game was originally sche- pressure but were unable to put duled for 3:30 p.m., but the the ball in. Strong performances Gustavus coach called the refer- were turned in by the defense ees and told them to be at the which was led by Jon Fast. Dave field at 4:30 p.m. He did this Nolan also turned in a fine game without informing the team until for the forwards. the day before the game and Both teams played a good clean without the team's consent. game and neither team suffered any injuries as the teams tied 1-1. This week will be an important week for the Royals as they play league-leading St. Thomas Wed-nesday and Augsburg at 10 a.m. this Saturday at home. The make-up game against St. Mary's, which was postponed because the referee walked off the field, is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 31 at St. Mary's. CHAPEL SCHEDULE Monday— Joel Fredrickson -guitarist Tuesday— Bob Weathers- "Stewardship of our Bo-dies" Wednesday— Day of Pray-er Thursday— Paul Pietsch- Missionary Radio Friday— John Worder- "Athletes in Action" A group of 24 persons, 21 students and three faculty mem- In the second half the Royals bers, attended the Wheaton Phi- had to look into a setting sun and losophy Conference Oct. 13-15. go into the wind. The Gusties got Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff was on the scoreboard when a long the distinguished lecturer this crossing shot from the right side year, and the focus was on floated over the head of Bethel's aesthetics. Bethel was not only sprawling goalie, Jeff Beckman, represented by a substantial dele- who lost the ball in the sun. gation, but Pete Ludlow, philo-sophy major at Bethel, read a paper on Tolstoy's philosophy of art. After the Friday evening lec-ture, the group went into Chicago to see some of the sights. One of the highlights of the trip was the Neither team was able to break opportunity the trip afforded to the deadlock and the game ended dialogue with students and facul- in a 2-2 tie. ty from other campuses, Christian Saturday brought Carleton to as well as secular. Bethel's home field in a non-con- Bethel went ahead on a goal by Dave "The Hammer" Osgood as he pumped in a loose ball in front of the Gustie goal. The Gusties came back to tie up the score at two all late in the second half. Bethel's first goal of the game came from co-captain Mike Eng-berg. He got the ball in front of the opposing goal, made a quick turn and fired the ball past the diving goalie into the net. Cross-country runners better season times by Becky Dye Individual times improved as Bethel's men's cross-country team took third place behind strong Macalester and Southwest State teams last Saturday at Como Park. In Bethel's last home meet of the season Curt Brown, Brent Friesen and Jim Feleen each bettered their times. Sophomore Feleen took almost a minute off of his last meet with a 27:59. Freshman Friesen placed ninth with a time of 27:19, 21 seconds less than last week. Curt Brown, senior, finished seventh, with 27:04, eight seconds under his previous meet's time. Coach Gene Glader, comparing the meet with last week's, re-marked, "Times were better and competition was tougher. We wanted to beat Gustavus and we were able to—that was good. The improvements by Curt Brown and Jim Feleen were encouraging." Feleen said, "I took a minute off my best time, which was a definite improvement. The wea-ther conditions were perfect and that helped." Team captain Brown indicated, "It was a good meet for us. We did as good as we could have done. We wanted to beat Gusta-vus and did." The final team scores were Macalester with 37, Southwest State with 39, Bethel with 72 and Gustavus with 88. The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet will be held tommorrow at 11 a.m. at Como Park golf course. Bethel will compete for the first time this year. Coach Glader predicted, "It'll be an extremely tough meet. St. Johns, St. Olaf, St. Thomas and Hamline, are the top four teams and could conceivably be nation-ally ranked." Football Scoring Summary: Qtr. 1 2 3 4 Total Bethel 7 0 6 19 32 Westmar 12 8 9 0 29 W-A. Brown 12 yard run (kick blocked) B-Rapinchuk 2 yard run (Lind-berg kick) W—A. Brown 96 yard kickoff return (pass failed) W-Todd 33 yard pass from Tsal-ick is (Dahle pass from Todd) B-Selvog 52 yard pass from Holmgren (kick failed) W-Todd 1 yard run (run failed) W-Christiano F.G. (31 yards) B-Holmgren 1 yard run (pass failed) B-Schwalm 3 yard run (Lindberg kick) B-Knoll 45 yard pass from Holm-gren Page 7 Townhouse 3 upsets Gold for IM football title by Paul Johnson Townhouse 3 upset Edgren Gold 14-6, to become the first freshman team in recent years to win the Bethel intramural foot-ball title. Edgren Gold came into Satur-day's championship contest as the favorite, after beating Foun-tain Terrace A in the semifinal round. Townhouse 3 surprised everyone by just getting to the championship game. Townhouse 3 achieved the first break of the day early in the first half. Paul Johnson came up with an interception and the offense took the ball just over the halfway mark of the field. That play set up the game's first touchdown. Quarterback Brian Doten found Randy Oshima in the left side of the end zone. Oshima dove for the ball and made a fine catch to make the score 6-0. The extra point failed. The rest of the first half remained scoreless. Townhouse 3 surprised Edgren at the start of the second half, when the freshmen decided to kick instead of receive. The strategy was to have the slant of the field in their favor, and it paid off. Early in the second half Harris leads women harriers by Greg Kuntz The Bethel women's cross-country team entered three run-ners in the multi-team meet at Carleton College last Friday after-noon. The meet consisted of about 80 runners representing 12 schools. Bethel was one of two schools with incomplete teams. Rita Glasscock and Gail Anderson were out due to injuries. Freshman standout Brenda Harris had a strong race and finished the three-mile course in 20:07, setting a Bethel record for the second time this month. She ran three miles in 20:22 at the Macalester Invitational on Oct. 1. Senior Bobbi Hersch turned in her second best time of the season of 21:00 flat. St. Olaf's premier harrier Eli-zabeth Hartwick crossed the fin-ish line first in 17:36. St. Olaf finished first with 53 points, followed by St. Cloud with 84. The host team, Carleton, came in a close third with 85. Brenda was quite happy with her performance. "It was beauti-ful running on this course," she said. "We expect to have the full team for the meet this week. Mankato has a flat course so there should be better times for every-one," said Coach Shirley Daw-son. "We'll be in full strength for the regional meet." The harriers compete tomorrow in another multi-team meet at Mankato State at 1 p.m. Doten threw a perfect strike to Oshima in the right side of the end zone to put Townhouse up 12-0. However, Edgren was not dead yet. A long pass reception by Tim Bont, set up a one-yard touch-down pass. With less than seven minutes to play the score was Townhouse 12 and Edgren 6. It was then that the Townhouse defense sealed the game. Dave Broza got to the quarterback for a safety and that made the score 14-6. The offense then killed the clock to give the title to Town-house 3. The Townhouse 3 team has now won back to back titles. The freshmen won the volleyball title two weeks ago. by Greg Kuntz The Bethel gridders again prov-ed what kind of team they are by coming from behind in the fourth quarter to defeat the Eagles of Westmar 32-29 in a night game at LeMars, la. last Saturday. The game was won for the Royals when sophomore quarter-back Lonnie Holmgren, who pass-ed for 132 yards in the final quarter, lofted a 45-yard pass to tight end Frank Knoll in the end zone as time ran out. The game was overflowing with excitement and suspense as the Royals never quit and nibbled away at a 29-13 Westmar lead. Sophomore running back Tom Klitzke led a balanced rushing attack with 53 yards in 17 carries, Mark Rapinchuk had 48 yards in 10 carries, Greg Sutton carried 11 times for 46 yards, and Tim Schwalm had 32 yards in 9 carries. Holmgren, who played for three quarters, completed a phe-nominal 10 of 14 passes for 228 yards, bolstering a Royal 503 yards of total offense, Bethel's second highest yardage total in a game this season. Two of Holmgren's passes went for touchdowns: a 52 yarder to flanker John Selvog in the third quarter, and the game winning T.D. to Knoll. Selvog caught six passes in the game for 158 yards. The Royals' big "D" was led by Mike "Spike" Anderson with 21 assists. Mike Kingbird had 15 assists and defensive back Randy Fredin had four tackles in the secondary plus five assists. The Bethel rush attack was riddled by twelve fumbles, losing six of them to a fired-up and intense Eagle defense. The Eagles moved the ball well on their first drive, but were stopped when linebacker Gary Leafblad rejected a 32-yard field goal attempt by Westmar's Ran-dy Christiano. Westmar's speedy flanker Aa-ron Brown scored two touch-downs in the first quarter. His first came on a 13-yard outside veer. Just after the Royals took the lead on a Rapinchuk touch-down, Brown returned the Bethel kickoff 96 yards in just 15 seconds to put the Eagles back on top. The Royals threatened to take the lead back again in the second quarter when Selvog leaped high to grab a 40-yard pass from Mark Rapinchuk on a half back option. However, the Royals lost the ball by fumble and linebacker Mark Zylstra returned it down the side-line, but Jon Kramka hit Zylstra to save the T.D. The Royals tightened the West-mar lead to 20-13 in the third quarter on Selvog's T.D., but the Eagles continued their outside veer, coupled with Bethel fum-bles to build up a 29-13 edge. The determined Bethel squad never gave up and turned the game around in final quarter. Holmgren kept and scored on a quarterback sneak and Tim Schwalm scored on a short carry a few minutes later. The Royal defense tightened up on the Westmar attack, shutting them out in the final quarter. Holmgren put together a series of four consecutive pass comple-tions to Knoll, Selvog and Paul Roberts. After a penalty, he threw the game-winning bomb to Knoll completing a 72-yard pass attack, and shocked the Westmar The Bethel J.V.'s made it 3-1 for the season as they defeated rugged St. Thomas 13-7 Monday afternoon. Steve Mikkelson, who made his de-but as quarterback, scored one of the T.D.'s on a keeper and running back Mark Olson made the other on a short run. Junior defensive tackle Dave Laurion snatched two intercep-tions and 6'8" defensive tackle Steve Carrigan had a good per-formance on defense. The Royal J.V.'s were over-whelmed by St. Thomas 40-0 last year. "It was about the best J.V. performance ever," said Coach Reynolds. team and fans. "I never wanted the ball more in my life!" said 6'4" Knoll. "The Lord did it for us!" (Knoll caught the only touch-down pass Bethel needed to beat Hamline a couple weeks ago.) Eagle's head coach, Dan Tho-mas, said, "This shows the kind of character Bethel has. It was a good game and I'm proud of our team's effort. This is tough to lose, but 50 million people in China don't even know about it so it won't matter." "The fumbles were frustrating and it was hard to keep fired up," by Steve Erickson Bethel does have hockey club, even- though it is well-hidden. The elusive club managed to win all five of its games last year, despite having no money, practices, uni-forms or coach. Not being a part of the athletic program, the club had to raise its own funds for everything includ-ing ice rental. Depending on the time and place, one hour of ice time can cost from $25-$45. Each player chipped in enough money to help pay ice rental for games. Bethel and the opposing team would share the cost. Bethel would pay for the ice time of one game and the other team would provide the money for the next game between the two clubs. Since ice was rented at the last moment, games were held at unusual times. Most started at about 10 p.m. A surprising num-ber of fans turned out to watch, despite the late starting times. The games were played mainly at the Roseville Arena and the Coliseum. "We all tried to be the same said Coach "Chub" Reynolds. "Westmar wanted it and we didn't shut off their outside veer. "We settled down and things happened we couldn't believe," said Coach Dave Klostreich. Coach Reynolds added, "We kept our composure. We got closer and more determined and found a way to win." The Royals are now 5-1 on the season and will face St. Olaf tomorrow at 1:30 p.m., ending their road trip for the season, before facing Concordia (St. Paul) in the season finale at home next Saturday. color," said John Selvog, team captain, referring to the club's lack of uniforms. Each player provided his own equipment. Last season, the team was without a coach. This year's club is being organized by Thomas Correll, professor of anthropo-logy. He will soon be planning games for this winter. His son, Tom, and Selvog, should be two of the top players this year. "We'd like to play one of the lower-place MIAC teams to see how well we'd do," said forward Dave Noland. Selvog stated that the club would like to play at least some MIAC junior varsity squads. The schools Bethel com-peted against last year were Northwestern, Normandale and Golden Valley. "Over the next two or three years, we want to work our way into the MIAC," explained Sel-vog. He said the club has fairly good talent this season and it wants to build a better team each year. Who knows, perhaps in three years, hockey will be a legitimate part of the athletic department. Gridders surround Frank Knoll after scoring winning touchdown with five seconds left. Royals slip as Westmar — hockey action Correll attempts to revive hockey Interest Page 8 |
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