Clarion 1977-09-30 Vol 53 No 03

              Steve Farguharson and Denise Hansen, commuter R.A.'s
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THE CLARION Bethel College Vol. 53 No. 3 September 30, 1977
New commuter R.A. efforts
succeed as two-way street
by Phoebe Morgan
It may be true that "no man is
an island" for the in-resident
Bethel student, but for the com-muter
it's more like, "Help! I'm
lost and alone in a world full of
aliens." The problem of commu-ter
segregation came to a head
last February.
Dean Marilyn Starr and Dean
"Wink" Menser arranged a com-muter's
breakfast, hoping to get
better acquainted with students
living at home. Of the 120 com-muters
invited, 18 responded,
indicating the serious gap.
"We discovered commuting
students had the tendency to
involve themselves only in class,"
recalled Dean Starr, "maintain-ing
their social life at home." In
an attempt to solve this problem,
the commuter assistant program
was born.
Steve Farquharson and Denise
Hansen, commuters themselves,
function, in a sense, as adjustable
R.A.'s. Because of geographical
limitations, Steve and Denise
can't easily involve commuting
students so they're concentrating
on building "belongingness"
through special activities. "We
want them to have a feeling of
homebase," explained Denise.
Welcome Week this year prov-ed
an excellent beginning for
them, as 45 freshmen commuters
lived on campus making new
friends in the townhouses and the
dorm. A commuter dessert at the
end of the week's festivities
attracted 60 of the 80 new corn-muters,
providing further oppor-tunity
for mingling.
Weekly Bible studies are now
in order led by Steve, Denise, and
eventually the students them-selves.
Another current project is car-pooling.
A large map hangs in the
C.A.'s office, alias the ticket
booth, in the P.E. building. The
names and addresses of motoring
freshmen and transfers are mark-ed
and available for referral. If
interested, the office is open
Mon., Wed., and Fri. from 1:10 to
2:30 p.m.; Tues. and Thur. from
11:00 a.m. to noon.
A commuter's handbook, ex-plaining
the "whos" and "whats"
of Bethel will be available in a few
weeks in addition to a weekly
publication, stuffed in P.O.s,
forecasting up-and-coming events.
"Our biggest problem," con-tinued
Steve, "is lack of contact.
The success of the program de-pends
on the commuters. We
really want to work with them but
need their feedback in order to
keep things rolling. We're more
than open for suggestions."
Dean Staff hopes that the new
program will raise the awareness
of in-resident students as well.
"We'd like to see some more
effort on the kid's part. Our goal
is that students would reach out
to the point that the cnly commu-ting
thing about commuters is
that they live at home."
Regents pose options
for Old Campus sale
by Denise Hansen
Questions about the sale of old
campus have been murmuring
through crowds of Bethelites for
some time now. The issue was
once again brought up at the
Board of Regents meeting held
two weeks ago in Vancouver.
Information on the meeting
gathered from Burt Wessman,
vice-president of business affairs,
confirmed that no decisions were
made about old campus. How-ever,
three possibilities are in
the forefront, while constant tours
through old campus to possible
prospects is a common occurence
in the background.
The minimum price for the
campus, set one year ago, has not
been offered by any of the sale
prospects. The corporation (no
name given) whose offer was
rejected last year has since made
a higher offer. The new offer still
is below the minimum price
asked. If sold to this corporation,
old campus area would become
space for federal subsidy hous-ing.
The second possibility is not in
the form of an offer yet. As it
stands, it is a possibility of an
offer from the government to
create the Hubert Humphrey Job
Core Training Center. However
the use and outcome of the area is
still uncertain.
Adding feedback and concern-ed
about who the occupants of the
area will be are the Community
Citizens Committee. This com-mittee
is composed mainly of
citizens from the old campus
community.
The third option, suggested by
President Lundquist at the meet-ing
in Vancouver, is that if old
campus is not sold within the next
few months, President Lundquist
will appoint a task force to study
how we could better use the cam-pus.
Wessman explained that the
sale of old campus is not the only
concern of those involved. If old
campus is sold, housing must be
found by those students already
living there.
Wessman continued that draw-ings
are prepared for dorms on
new campus but a permit cannot
yet be obtained. "Until the law
suit between Northwestern Col-lege
and the Village of Arden
Hills is settled, our hands are tied
as far as getting a building per-mit,"
said Wessman.
The outcome of the situation
cannot even be predicted at this
time.
Someone else passes up old campus.
On the inside...
Caravan returns from. Europe
page 6
Closing of Highway 51 entrance
page 3
Frank Bahr interview
page 8
Letters to the editorl
I am getting sick and tired of Bethel thieves. Yes, the time has
come to get down on those people at this Christian college who are
making life miserable for the rest of us. Stealing at this institution has
been going up as fast as the national crime rate. Of course, that is an
unofficial statistic, but with more people on campus, one would
expect more crime.
If we were to ask enough people, we would soon find out that most
of us have at some time or another succumbed to the light fingers of
an amateur thief, be it a simple pencil or a $100 calculator.
Personally, I have been ripped off three times, two of which have
occurred in the men's locker room. The last time was just last week,
at which time I made the unfortunate mistake of leaving my wallet in
an unbolted locker.
Perhaps you are thinking that I was really dumb to leave any
valuables in an unbolted locker. I will admit that it was a very careless
move. Normally I would have left my wallet in my car. But this being
the first gym activity that I would participate in for the present school
year, it slipped my mind to leave my wallet in my car.
Upon discovering that I had brought my ill-fortuned wallet into the
locker room, I proceeded in hiding it the best I could in order to
frustrate any would-be thief. I actually took the pains of folding it
neatly inside an empty clothes bag and then put that in my gym bag.
Then I placed the gym bag in the bottom of the locker and walked up
to the gym, thinking my wallet was safe inside the neatly folded cloth-es
bag.
Much to my dismay, I returned to fir .1 the clothes bag ruffled and
the wallet lying outside of it without the appearance of any of its
former articles. Ripped off again!
I could tell he was a Christian thief—he left my wallet. I guess he
knew what it was like to be ripped off and having to get all new I.D.'s.
The other time that I was ripped off in the locker room, the thief took
my wallet and everything in it, but he was nice enough to return the
wallet to my p.o. sans money.
This editorial may seem to be a personal vendetta against all those
who have stolen or have even thought of stealing the personal belong-ings
of someone else. You may think that this editorial was written in
a moment of anger and frustration and really has no purpose on this
page.
In some ways you are right. I am ticked, since this is my third
experience with thieves. But I believe my side of the story deserves
some mention, being that others who attend this institution have
undergone similar misfortunes. It is particularly bothersome when I,
a college student who cannot afford to get ripped off, gets all of his
money stolen.
It seems funny, and rather odd, that a college can call itself
Christian when students have to go around with lock and key on all
their personal belongings so they do not get ripped off. A Christian
community should be a place where people should not have to con-cern
themselves with the problem that the outside world has with
stealing. They should be able to leave their clothes in an unbolted
locker. They should be able to leave their calculators by their books in
the library. They should be able to leave food in a dormitory
refrigerator without worrying about the amount that will be left for
tomorrow's meal. But such is not the case.
Some of you will think that stealing is not part of the Christian
vocabulary. It must be outsiders, you say. I will grant outsiders some
of the blame for this problem on our campus, but I cannot leave a
major portion of it in their hands. I am relegated to the thought that it
is Bethel students who do the stealing, and it will take a very strong
argument and even better proof to persuade me to think in any other
terms.
It should be mentioned at this point that great steps have been
taken to bolster campus security in the past few years. An article in
this week's issue mentions just a few of the things being done about
the security problems. Vandalism in the parking lots has decreased
dramatically and security around the campus in general has improved
greatly.
Unfortunately this does little to combat the small, amateur thief
who can do his stealing during regular school hours in the presence of
other students. Nevertheless, we appreciate the efforts of Glen
Hayne and Jim Walcott to improve the security of this campus.
An article in last year's Clarion (April 22, 1977) quoted Mack
Nettleton, director of student affairs, as saying, "The point is we
always need to be careful about our possessions. We have to take care
of our own things because no amount of added security can compen-sate
for leaving things lying around or in an open locker."
I guess I will just have to relegate myself to this opinion. No matter
where I am, at a Christian college or a secular university, I will have
to keep all of my possessions under lock and key. It is a sad state of
affairs, to say the least. But if you cannot trust Christians, who can
you trust?
Dear Editor:
In response to the Clarion
articles concerning the Passages
magazine, we the Student Corn-munications
Board would like to
explain our position on the year-book
at Bethel, and the future
possibilities surrounding it.
Last year was the first year for
Passages and consequently was
somewhat of a trial run. Essen-tially,
the Spire was eliminated
and replaced by Passages and an
enlarged roster because of lack of
student interest in working on the
yearbook, and a disastrous ex-perience
surrounding the 1976
Spire which was finally delivered
last spring.
We are not opposed to a year-book
persay. A yearbook can be
both a great learning experience
for those who produce it and a
treasure to those for whom it is
produced. However, when ex-tremely
high printing costs are
coupled with a limited budget,
yearbook possibilities become
more restrictive.
But a more visible problem is
the shortage of students willing to
work together to produce a year-book.
Without talented persons
who are qualified enough to put
together a Spire, little can be
done to magically create a year- 1978-79, if we can enlist a quali-book.
fied editor, and restructure the
Although Passages 1977 is a operation of the Spire staff. But
well-written, and artistically crea- once again, please remember that
tive publication, we realize that in producing a yearbook takes a lot
many ways it did not meet up to more than wishes.
student expectations. This year's
Student Communications Board
Passages will be slightly larger, Mark Calrson
and hopefully a little more reflec- Mary Beth Carlson
tive of student life and activities. Barb Kolmodin
We are not totally opposed to
Mike Rosell
the revival of the Spire for
Holly Schmiess
Wolterstorff to speak
at Wheaton conference
The 24th Annual Wheaton Col- Wolterstorff of Calvin College.
lege Philosophy Conference will For the past few years Bethel
take place next month, Oct. has been well represented at this
13-15. This conference provides a conference, having several stu-rare
opportunity to see philoso- dents and professors in atten-phy
in action, as Christian philo- dance.
sophers from all parts of the
The registration fee for stu-country
gather each year to dents is only $2. Transportation is
consider and discuss a particular free and housing will be arranged
topic of importance and interest. at a minimal cost. If interested,
This year's topic is "aesthe- sign the list on the bulletin board
tics" and the distinguished lec- in "Philosopher's Corner," on
turer will be the well-known third floor AC. This trip will be
author and professor, Nicholas well worth your attendance!
editorial
`Christian' thievery
flourishes at Bethel
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The security shack is an ever-present sign of the times.
Security is a
safe campus
The highway 51 entrance will be closed to all northbound traffic sometime this fall.
by Jim Wiegner
The new Bethel College cam-pus
security offers strong protec-tion
for students and their posses-sions.
Bethel's security is around-the-clock.
There are now three full-time
and four part-time security
guards. The guards patrol park-ing
lots, townhouses, college
buildings and monitor incoming
cars at night.
James Walcott, Bethel's new
security coordinator, stated, "In-creased
security is a precaution to
avoid vandalism." Mr. Walcott's
employees include a night secur-tiy
guard, guardhouse personnel
and around-the-clock parking lot
crew.
Mr. Walcott strongly urges
Bethel students to lock and check
their townhouses and car doors
daily. If some vandalism has
occurred call the Arden Hills
police at 484-8802, then call the
Bethel security at 641-6232.
If you have any problems with
strange people on campus call the
campus security.
Bethel's security works in coop-eration
with the Arden Hills
police. The police patrol the
campus daily.
Highwaq 51 crossing condemned,
closed to all northbound traffic
by Paul Varberg
Many Bethel students will have
to change their route to school
sometime this fall. The highway
department will be closing the
crossing over the median on
Highway 51 to Bethel Drive.
Only cars coming south on
Highway 51 will be able to enter
Bethel Drive.
The change is being made for
safety reasons. The Minnesota
Highway Department, Arden
Hills Village Council and the
police as well as Bethel College
have requested the change. In
fact, Bethel administrators have
been requesting the closing ever
since 1971.
A traffic count was conducted
during the peak hour of traffic,
7:15 a.m. and 8:15 a.m., by the
Minnesota Highway Department.
During this hour 1268 vehicles
traveled south on Highway 51,
while 106 vehicles crossed the
road in front of them.
This averages to a car every 56
seconds trying to cross Highway
51, where a vehicle is passing
every three seconds. This heavy
traffic along with the lack of visi-bility
caused by the hill resulted
it six accidents already this year.
This change will force students
driving north on Highway 51 to
take either the County Road E
exit or Old Snelling to get to
school.
A test made by the Superin-tendent
of Buildings and Grounds,
Glen Hayne, showed the distance
to school by taking Old Snelling to
be the same as the distance by
taking Bethel Drive. Ironically,
however, there have been 12 acci-dents
at the Old Snelling exit this
year, seven involved personal
injuries, in comparison to the six,
with no injuries, at the Bethel
Drive exit.
The safest route would be to
exit on County Road E and take it
to Old Snelling. Hayne's test
showed this route to be only a half
mile longer than the other routes.
By taking an average mpg of 15
and 60 cents per gallon, it cost
students four cents more per day
or 20 cents more per week to take
the safest route.
Because most college traffic
WASHINGTON, D.C.
(OCNS)—Getting a "Christian
eye's view" of what makes the
government tick are Bethel Col-lege
students who are among 23
students from 11 Christian col-leges
participating this fall in the
American Studies Program here.
They are: Doug Magnuson, a
junior majoring in linguistics and
political science, James Chal-mers,
a junior majoring in politi-cal
science, Christine Anderson, a
junior majoring in public rela-tions,
Sue Lundquist, a junior
majoring in communications,
Steve Vodonik, a senior majoring
in political science, and Tim De-
Vries, a senior majoring in politi-cal
science.
The purpose of the program,
now in its second year and
sponsored by the Christian Col-lege
Consortium based here, is to
help students "discover how their
faith in Christ can be expressed
in, and is relevant to all voca-tions,"
according to Consortium
President Gordon Werkema.
They do this through a variety
of pre-vocational work experien-ces
in places such as offices of
will then come through Bethel's
main entrance, off Old Snelling,
some of the present security
procedures will be changed. At
night the Bethel Drive entrance
will be closed and the guard
house moved closer to Old Snell-ing,
in order for the guard to
check the cars entering there.
representatives and senators on
Capitol Hill, the Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts, the
Smithsonian Institution, and else-where
in Washington. Three sem-inars
a week are the other main
thrust of the American Studies
Program's work-study extension
of the students' overall college
education.
The Bethel College students
spend about 20 hours a week
working in offices located in the
Washington, D.C. area. Doug is
working in the office of the Peace
Corps; James is also working for
the Peace Corps; Christine is
working in the office of Inter-national
Media Services; Sue is
working for the Baptist Joint
Committee on Public Affairs;
Steve is working in the office of
Rep. Charles Whelan (Ohio) and
Tim is working in the office of
Senator Wendell Anderson
(Minn.).
The seminars, held during the
afternoons, are led by knowledge-able
officials in a variety of fields
in both government and the
cultural world.
Director of the program is Dr.
John Bernbaum, himself a gra-duate
of a Christian college—Cal-vin
College, Grand Rapids,
Mich.—who previously worked
for the Department of State.
In addition to arranging for the
work-study experiences of each of
the students, Dr. Bernbaum also
seeks to help the students "grow
spiritually" while they are here,
which he says is also an important
goal of the program.
The students are given an
opportunity to become acquainted
with the "spiritual life" here by
visiting various significant church
and para-church organizations in
the Washington metropolitan ar-ea.
The American Studies Program
began Sept. 7 and continues
through the current academic
year, with participating students
earning 3.5 semester credits per
month toward graduation. Most
students stay here for three or
four months. The program is open
primarily to juniors and seniors.
Persons interested in enrolling
should contact the academic
dean's office on campus for
further information and applica-tion
forms.
Established in 1971, the Chris-tian
College Consortium (com-prised
of 14 evangelical colleges
and universities throughout the
nation) is dedicated to the "pro-motion,
development and articu-lation
of the unique contributions
that dynamic Christian higher
education can make to contempo-rary
society," Dr. Werkema said.
Six from Bethel
exploring Capital
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by Tad Johnson
The school year is underway, and I assume that everyone has had
their first exam by now and will study harder on the next one. Many
things have happened since the beginning of the year in Senate that
concern the students. I am sure that you will find some of the devel-opments
interesting.
Service Day went very well. Approximately 200 students
participated in the ten different projects organized by the Service Day
committee. The day started out with donuts and coffee in the gym
followed by a message by Dr. Rees. After the message the students
were divided into the various groups for which they had volunteered.
Some worked half a day and others worked the whole day.
I thank Jim Torgerson and other members on the organizing
committee for their hard work. I especially thank all of you students
who volunteered and gave some of your time to do a job for the
community.
Everyone who enjoyed the work they did should look into the social
ministries program that Christian Service has just implemented. It
would be a valuable way to contribute your time helping other people.
Tannie Woods and I attended the Board of Regents meeting at
Vancouver Bible College in British Columbia on September 15-16.
Three main decisions concerning Bethel College were made during
the meeting.
First, the proposed annex to the LRC building was approved by the
Board. Dr. Brushabaer said that hopefully the building permit can be
acquired by the end of October. If the permit is approved work can be
started the middle of November.
Second, the Board of Regents authorized the processing and sale of
old campus if there is an offer that matches or exceeds the minimum
amount that they set. It is important to note that no offers large enough
have been made so far, but we are hopeful that one will be made.
Finally, Bethel has been instructed to amend its application for
building permits for dormitories at new campus from two dorms to
five dorms. Bethel must also proceed to secure the financing required
to construct and make operational these new dorms. Again it should
be noted that the extra three dorms will not be built unless old
campus is sold.
Each of the Student Senate internal committees are hard at work on
their projects. The rules-finance committee did a fine job of handling
freshman elections this week. The number of people running for
freshman senator positions were the most we have ever had running.
I thank the freshmen for their interest and encourage those not
elected to get involved in some other way.
Special projects committee handles most of the business dealing
with on-campus items. Currently they are investigating putting
buzzers into the Fountain Terrace apartments so that non-residents of
the apartments can contact those people inside.
The Public Action committee is starting three projects. First the
bowl of rice program has begun again. Money obtained from it goes
to support Hatian orphans. Second, they are helping Christian Ser-vice
locate students interested in working at the Courage Center in an
"adopted grandparents" program. Finally, they are going to start
raising money for a missionary couple who are going to the Phili-pines
in October.
I would like to express my appreciation to all of those students who
applied for student-faculty committees. It is good to see so many
students who are interested in assisting with the administration and
policy making of the school. Your input will prove to be valuable.
Carl Gerbrandt, baritone, will perform in chapel on
Tuesday.
Renowned opera baritone
comes to Bethel Tuesdaq
training took him to Peabody
Conservatory of Music.
He was quickly engaged in
numerous recital appearances as
well as opera and concert per-formances
with the National Sym-phony,
Baltimore Opera Com-pany,
Washington Civic Opera
Company, and Hartford Opera
Association. He has also toured
with the Eastern Opera Theatre.
Gerbrandt recently returned from
Europe after concentrated study
with several of Germany's lead-ing
vocal and operatic coaches.
Acclaim has followed Ger-brandt
as he continues to make
his mark not only on the opera
stage, but also in oratorio, con-cert,
and recital appearances. He
has toured extensively in Puerto
Rico, Bahamas, Canada, and
throughout the United States.
Mr. Gerbrandt is associated
with the Peabody Conservatory as
a member of the voice faculty and
instructor of acting.
by Holly Schmiess
Operatic baritone Carl Ger-brandt
will bring both his per-formance
and coaching prowess
to Bethel on Tuesday, Oct. 4.
In the morning convocation,
Mr. Gerbrandt will sing German
lieder, contemproary English
poem settings, and a set of Ravel
chansons. The music faculty will
have lunch with the guest artist at
12:10 p.m.
A master class from 3:40 to
4:30 p.m. will allow Bethel music
students to benefit from Mr. Ger-brandt's
teaching. He will ana-lyze
the literature, style, and per-formance
techniques of several
vocal soloists, coach the students,
and inform the audience as well.
Carl Gerbrandt received his
early music training in California
and Kansas. He taught voice
performance and directed opera
for several years before begin-ning
a personal concert career.
The pursuit of further vocal
Bethel student
reflects on
Thai summer
by Terry Rosell
Three thirty-five a.m. Time to
get out from underneath the mos-quito
netting (which, by the way,
apparently had not been designed
to keep out ants). We didn't
usually get up so early, but the
taxi (called "songteo") left the
Thai village below at 7:15 a.m.
and the village was a good
three-hour walk down the moun-tain.
Walking in the dark, it would
take us even longer.. By the light
of a single kerosene flame, I
quickly found and slipped on the
old pair of trousers that I'd rinsed
out in the stream the night
before and had hung on a bamboo
pole to dry.
I had bathed at the same time,
and the water felt indescribably
wonderful after spending three
days and two nights in the same
crusty clothes, with no opportun-ity
to bathe.
In 15 minutes we were ready;
and with five Meo, and two small
flashlights accompanying us, we
left the little village perched on a
hillside in the middle of the
jungle.
"We walk by faith, not by
sight..." "Thy Word is a lamp
unto my feet, and a light unto my
path..." "Precious Lord, take my
hand, lead me on, help me stand.
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn.
Through the storm, through the
night, lead me on to the light..."
As we slipped and stumbled
our way through the dark jungle,
many scripture passages and
parts of old hymns that seemed to
describe my present situation
came to mind.
I decided that living a Christian
life must indeed be quite like
walking in a dark and muddy
jungle path, and I thought of
many parallels between the two
concepts. It kept my mind busy as
my feet struggled to stay on the
trail. I also continued to remind
the Lord that this would certainly
be a ridiculous time to fall and
break a leg...
My text was from I Thesssa-
Ionians 5 .,24—"Faithful is He
who calls you, Who will also bring
it to pass." But first I took out my
guitar and harmonica, and I
played and sang a couple of
verses of "Amazing Grace."
Almost everybody knew that
song. The Meo had their own
translation, of course: "Koj txo-kev
hlub kuv zoo siab kawg, txawj
pab tibneeg sawvdaws..."
Leona interpreted for me while
I told the white Meo congrega-tion
that I believed God calls us to
at least three things, and these
He has or will bring to pass in our
lives if we will trust Him to do so.
(1) God calls us to accept His free
gift of salvation. (2) God calls us
to live daily for Him. (3) God will
someday call us to be with Him
forever.
After the service, a middle-aged
Meo lady came up and
thanked me (through Leona) for
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Professor Oliver Mogck leads the Male Corus in practice session.
Bethel vocalists prepare
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JIM • DAVE • DENISE
Tuesday - Friday 8 - 6
Saturday 8 - 5
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
Chapel Schedule
Monday—Day of Prayer
Tuesday — Convocation —
Carl Gerbrandt
Wednesday —Pastor Spick-elmier
— "Let's be prac-tical
about it."
Thursday — Caring Enough
to Confront — Panel
Friday — God Created Us
...Male and Female —
Dramatic dialogue
by Stephen B. Starr
This will be a busy fall for
Bethel's choirs as they prepare
for tours to various parts of the
earth.
The Male Chorus, under the
direction of Mr. Oliver Mogck,
will work hard to memorize and
polish music to be performed in.
Germany, England, Sweden, and
Norway.
The 55 members of the Wo-men's
Choir will tour through
Iowa, Nebraska, and around the
Denver area, with their director,
Mrs. Mary Fall. Tour dates are
set at March 17-28. The Women's
Choir will perform in chapel on
October 19.
The 78 College Choir members,
directed by Dr. Robert Berglund,
will tour in the South during
spring break, stopping in Missou-ri,
the Gulf coast, Florida, and up
the East coast. College Choir per-forms
in chapel on the' 12th of
October.
Fans of the 45 members of
Male Chorus will have a chance to
hear the "oldest performance
group on campus" on March 12 in
the seminary chapel. They leave
for Europe on May 23 and return
June 23.
The Women's Choir will per-form
their "homecoming con-c9rt"
on campus in the seminary
chapel on March 31.
College Choir is singing the
"Messiah" this year for their
tour. They will give local concerts
on Feb. 5 at Mount Olivet
Lutheran Church and at Orches-tra
Hall on April 2.
Preparation for the 21st annual
Festival of Christmas begins im-mediately.
This program com-bines
all three choirs and the
Bethel Orchestra.
Dr. Berglund auditioned over
Coordination
plus
Homecoming is only two weeks away! We hope you're as excited
about it as we are! There will be a lot going on.
1) We want you to pick a campus host and hostess to represent the
school, so you might be thinking about who you would like to
nominate.
2) We would like to build one or two floats for the home game, so if
you have ever worked on one or have any ideas on how we can best
accomplish this, we would appreciate you stopping in.
3) Also, on your calendar you'll want to take special note of the days
of Spirit Week and the designated attire for each day.
4) Friday night brings our traditional carnival! Anyone wanting to
set up a booth is welcomed to do so. Please stop in at the CC office
for an application and instruction sheet.
5) Last, but not least, we are topping off the week with a supper con-cert
Saturday evening featuring Tom Netherton & The Sixth Day.
People from outside our school have been asking for tickets for
several weeks now. We will limit ticket sales to Bethel students
starting Monday, Oct. 3 until the 7th, so please don't wait until it's too
late. After the 7th, ticket sales will go public...if there's anything left!
Cynthia and Scott
Closed minds
Open mouths
by David Shelley
The Clarion's first issue this year included an editorial policy
statement with which I find agreement. However, the student
newspaper has been both the vehicle and the recipient of past
criticism, and for this reason it seems warranted to further clarify and
define the role of the paper.
Informing is the first duty of a newspaper, and the purpose of a news
story is objective reporting of current facts. Objective reporting means
there is no expression of the writer's opinion. It also involves reporting
all sides of a story.
A feature story is different in that its content is more often of human
interest. It may be less objective and may focus on a person or place
rather than an event. Like a news story, its purpose is not to crticize,
but it seeks to draw interest.
Controversy arises most naturally over the editorials. An editorial is
written to express the viewpoint of the newspaper and is not attributed
to any individual.
Editorials may inform, praise or criticize. Informative editorials may
attempt to explain a problem so that the reader may understand the
issues involved. Some editorials intend to praise or encourage
achievements or actions.
Most common is the critical editorial in which (if it is well-written) a
problem is defined, a solution is offered and suggestions for
appropriate action are made. Its goal is innovation, not cynicism.
Often because a paper concentrates on a problem it is accused of
being negative and vindictive. It seems, though, that most frequently
those who feel it is negative are those about whom something negative
has been written.
Hopefully, the paper is attacking a problem and not a person. And in
both research and editorials there is a fine line between hounding and
seeking truth.
Amazing as it may seem, some people don't even know what a letter
to the editor is. Its purpose is solely to allow the paper's readers to
express their own views to the public.
Columns are articles that appear regularly in the paper with the
same writer each time. Some columnists are assigned to write about
the same general area all the time while others are free to cover any
subject.
This is a column. I am the only one to write it, and I am free to be as
boring or obnoxious (within reason) as .1 wish, until I lose my job.
Reviews are essays giving critical evaluations of books, films and
performances.
Beyond these categories college newspapers may include articles of
fiction or humor.
The newspapers's purpose, then, is to inform, criticize and
entertain. Hopefully, when the newspaper is representing a Christian
community these ends will be sought in a spirit of Christian dedication
and love.
for upcoming season
200 people for college choir, 70 of
which were sopranos. He stressed
the fact that they didn't lack
talent but that there simply was
not enough room to place every-one.
There is no Chapel Choir this
year and to help take its place, the
music department may consider
starting another women's choir to
include the many who have shown
interest in singing.
Professor Rainbow's "Colorful Caravan"
Show exhausting as
emotions explode
by Suzi Wells
"A merry heart doeth good like
a medicine" (Prov. 17:12) was the
theme of Dr. Don Rainbow's,
"Colorful Caravan." "Caravan"
is a group of Bethel "vagabonds"
who performed for military bases
this summer in Europe.
"Caravan," actually a product
of Dr. Rainbow's imagination,
includes seven multi-talented Be-thel
students and Dr. Rainbow
himself. The group has spent the
past four summers spreading the
message of God through song,
dance, acting and testimonies.
The purpose of this unique act
is to share God's message in a
positive way that people will en-joy
and respond to. It is patterned
after the turn-of-the-century med-icine
wagon shows, and Dr. Rain-bow
performs as the medicine
man.
"I thought I would recreate the
spirit of vagabonds and tromp
throughout the West," Dr. Rain-bow
explained about his idea for
the show. The first two years of
"Caravan" were spent touring
the west coast, and the last two
have been in Europe.
The show includes songs from
the turn of the century, but also
features many contemporary
Broadway tunes. After the au-dience
experiences the many
parts of the show, it concludes
with testimonies of the perform-ers.
Dr. Rainbow created "Cara-van"
in order to spread the
gospel in a fresh new way through
theater. He said that he wanted
for the members of "Caravan" to
give expression to their faith in
theater.
Playing off the name "Rain-bow,"
as a symbol of God's
promise, the group also tries to
share God's. promises through
many talents. "The rainbow will
always remain a sign of God's
promise," Dr. Rainbow pointed
out.
Besides being a way to spread
God's promises to others, "Cara-van"
was a growing experience
for its members, who included
Sue Greene, Carol Anderson,
Mary Frances Fiess, Martha Le-ander,
Duane Glader, Juan Ra-mos
and Jeff Miller.
Explaining his reasons for audi-tioning
for "Caravan," Juan Ra-mos
said that it presented a
challenge for him, and he liked
challenges. "It was a big step of
faith," Juan said. "Half of those
who auditioned were either music
or theater majors, and I felt a
little intimidated." At that time,
Juan was an art major. Now he is
a theater major.
"Caravan" auditions tested
Juan's dependency on God, since
he was required to sing with
piano accompaniment, and he
had never played piano and did
not have an accompaniest. He
had four days to prepare for his
second audition, and in those four
days he found a pianist, recorded
this accompaniment, practiced
singing and brushed up on his
flamenco dancing.
"Afterwards, I didn't care if I
made it or not," Juan remem-bered.
"It was the most fun
experience of my life. I did all the
call backs asked for. It showed
how much a person can do if you
put your trust in God.
"I'm just not the same person I
was before auditions," Juan con-by
Will Healy
"Why, he does it for a multi-tude
of reasons, all of them quite
simple and straightforward if you
pay attention to the play. People
try to read too much into it."
So warned Robert Shaw, author
of "The Man in the Glass Booth,"
concerning the play's central
character. Yet this by now trite
exhortation to refrain from too
zealously plumbing the depths of
a literary work is preposterous.
(Where would Jim Anderson be
without literary overkill?)
The play, based roughly on the
trial of Adolph Eichman, revolves
around Goldman, a wealthy real
estate tycoon accused of Nazi war
crimes. While the first act is
devoted to the establishment of
Goldman's character, the second
act explodes in an ascending
assault of poignant emotions.
Portrayed brilliantly by Gary
Moody, Goldman emerges as a
highly complex antagonist whose
motives are baffling. The play's
rapid pace leaves the viewer with
the arduous task of sorting out
and interpreting these motives.
On a general level the play pro-poses
a number of questions and
tinued, "and I credit that all to
the Lord."
Like Juan, Martha Leander, as
a Bible and psychology major,
found "Caravan" to be a totally
new experience. "It's really
changed my life," she said.
"Those five weeks were such a
growing experience. I think the
Lord really had things to teach
me."
Martha said that ever since she
saw "Caravan" perform at Wel-come
Week her first year at
Bethel, she made it her ambition
to be part of the group. "I knew it
would be good professionally,"
she said.
For Martha, the highlight of
the tour was meeting people. The
group would stay at homes of
people they did not know, but
they all shared a unity in Christ.
Many of the people they perform-ed
for were Christians, and
"Caravan" seemed to put a spark
into their lives as they saw God's
message shown from a different
perspective.
Yet there were those the group
performed for who were not
Christians. "It was good for me to
see Army life," Martha related.
"I saw the emptiness in their
lives, and being at Bethel, I don't
see that." She also said that this
was a good experience for her to
be able to bring some joy into
these people's lives who seemed
to have so little.
"The positive aspect of 'Cara-van'
is a real asset to our
witness," Martha said. "The
medicine wagon is compared to
one splash of color in a drab
world." The "Caravan" was like
a bright splash in the world of
Army green.
possible explanations concerning
Nazism. In a powerful courtroom
monologue Goldman attempts to
explain the feeling on the part of
the German people toward their
beloved fuhrer. The question aris-es
as to where the guilt for such
atrocities should be placed. While
Goldman's point is that the guilt is
universal, the fact that the trial
takes place in an Israeli court
heightens the conflict all the
more.
On the individual level, we are
left with Goldman and we have no
The Minnesota Education As-sociation
(MEA) today com-menced
a lawsuit against the
state of Minnesota, charging
unfair labor practices and possi-ble
violations of the U.S. and
state constitutions.
The precedent-setting suit re-sults
from actions by the last tow
legislatures in denying and a-mending
arbitration awards is-sued
as culminations of negotia-tions
between the state and the
Minnesota Community College
Faculty Association (MCCFA), an
MEA affiliate of nearly 1,000
faculty in the state's 18 public
two-year colleges.
The more-than-46,000-member
MEA points out that the 1975 and
1976 sessions of the legislature
denied cost-of-living increases a-warded
by a three-member ar-bitration
panel in 1975, and that
the 1977 session reduced salaries
awarded by another three-mem-ber
arbitration panel.
The MEA contends that, by so
doing, the legislature.
continued from page 4
the reminder that she would
someday—after the third "call"
—again see her husband and son
in Heaven. The one had died two
years ago, the other just six
months ago.
Another lady stopped to talk
also. She was an old granny, but
her wrinkled little face lit up like
the sunshine. She told of her love
for the Lord, and then said, (in
Meo), "Go back to America and
study for a couple more months,
but then come back to Thailand
and teach us..."
I longed to say something, or to
simply reach out and squeeze her
gnarled hand, but I just smiled.
Somehow, I think she understood.
The Lord called me to spend my
summer working with a mission-ary
(of the Overseas Missionary
Fellowship) among the white
Meo in North Thailand. He
called, and He brought it all to
pass. I prayed many times that
my presence there would be a
help, and not a hindrance, a
blessing, and not a burden. I
believe that He brought this to
pass, also. And He blessed me
again and again and....
What can I say, but, "Thanks!"
choice but to judge him. Yet he
has not made our task all that
simple. He raises a very difficult
question. He asks the court if
they, had they been in his shoes,
might not have done the same
thing. Thus, we cannot place
judgment without first examining
ourselves.
Such theater is exhausting.
Perhaps that is why this viewer
prefers light-hearted musicals.
But if you want a heavy dose one
of these nights, head over to the
Theater in the Round. Perform-ances
run through October 16.
• committed unfair labor prac-tice
in denying and reducing, be-cause
both arbitrations were con-ducted
=meticulously— under
rules established by the Public
Employment Labor Relations Act
of 1971 as amended (PELRA); in
fact, violating its own law, or—
• in the alternative, has violated
the constitution of the United
States and the constitution of the
state of Minnesota by denying
equal protection under the 14th
amendment; this could be con-strued
as unfair discrimination
because it treats public employ-ees
of the state differently from
all other public employees.
The suit was commenced by
serving the summons and com-plaint
this morning on Secretary
of State Joan Growe, Commis-sioner
of Personnel Richard Ses-sion,
the office of the personnel
commissioner, Speaker of the
House Martin Sabo (Rep., Minne-apolis)
and President of the
Senate Edward Gearty (Sen.,
Minneapolis).
Speech coach
optimistic for
current year
by Mary Smith
The year looks great for Beth-el's
speech department—both in
debate and individual speech
competition! Coach David Lee is
optimistic about the coming sea-son.
Debate tournaments will be
held at least once a week or more
at various places in the midwest.
The topic of debate is the resolu-tion:
that U.S. law enforcement
agencies should be given signifi-cantly
greater freedom in the
investigation and/or prosecution
of felony crime.
The first debate was from Sept.
23 to 25 at Western Illinois Uni-versity
in Macomb. Bethel made
it to finals, and was the only team
from Minnesota to make the top
16 teams, in which they ranked
10th. Twelve to 13 different states
were represented in the debate.
continued on page 7
Caravan spreads Gospel
MEA charges state with
constitutional violations
Page 6
Dale Johnson inspects one of his drawings from "Unwel-corned
Innocence."
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by Steve Erickson
An art major, who served as
co-editor of last year's Passages,
has returned to Bethel this year to
pursue one of his other interests,
soccer.
Last year, Bethel soccer team
graduated only one letterman,
Peter Genheimer. This year he's
back, but serving a different role,
that of soccer coach.
After contributing to Bethel's
successful season, Peter applied
last December for the coaching
position vacated by Steve Voth.
Although a full-time faculty mem-ber
was preferred, Peter was
hired. He also helps teach the
team sports class for physical
education concentrators.
He was born and raised in
South Africa where his parents
serve as missionaries. Though
soccer is popular there, his high
school did not field a team until
his junior year. Instead Peter
played the country's favorite
sport, rugby, and also some unor-ganized
soccer.
In 1970 he entered Bethel. For
his first two years, he participated
on the soccer club, which became
a varsity sport in 1973. Peter
traveled back to South Africa
after his sophomore year where
he worked as a printer and
accountant before deciding to
return to Bethel.
When he returned to school, he
seriously injured his knee in a
game. He worked to strengthen
the knee, but it hasn't been the
same since.
Although Peter graduated an
art major, he's interested in mis-sion
work. Even if he does not
become a missionary, he still
hopes to live overseas. He may
enter Bethel Seminary next year.
As a coach, Peter likes to
employ a short passing game.
This means passes are kept on the
ground for maximum control.
As for predicitions, he states,
"This should be the most success-ful
season that the Bethel soccer
team has had to date." He thinks
this team has potential to be
MIAC champions. "It's just a
matter of settling down and play-ing
our game." Having almost all
of last year's talent back plus a
good crop of newcomers should
make matters much easier for the
first-year coach.
by Terri Hanson
Sept. 8 marked the opening of
Dale Johnson's art show, "Un-welcomed
Innocence." The show
consisted of a collections of
drawing and lithographs portray-ing
children.
Children, according to Mr.
Johnson, are not "cute little
darlings," but rather whole hu-man
beings with spontaneous
joys, fears, and sorrows. He
essentially sees all mankind as
children.
Although adults may wear
masks to hide their emotions,
eventually their attitudes and
actions reveal them in much the
same way as children.
Many of Dale Johnson's draw-ings
are of people he knows.
However, he wishes to move the
image away from the portrait to a
more universal image and portray
the joy and sorrow of the average
human being.
For Dale Johnson, an art show
consisting of drawings about chil-dren
is a relatively new innova-tion.
For the past seven years he
has been working on landscapes
and abstractions. (Some exam-ples
of these may be seen in the
music lounge and the chemistry
department.)
Not until last year when he
went to Europe with the Bethel
college choir did Mr. Johnson
begin • to take an interest in
drawing people. After viewing
the works of Francis Bacon,
Rembrandt, and young British
continued from page 8
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Sophomore Jim Feleen, the
team's third man, placed fifth in
29:30. Phil Schweitzer, Steve
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artists in Europe, Mr. Johnson
spent most of the spring and
summer working on many of the
drawings seen in "Unwelcomed
Innocence." He is seeking to use
the materials in a new and fresh
way and says he is "learning a
lot."
Dale Johnson began drawing as
a small child while sitting in
church. Every Sunday his mother
would hand him a pencil and a
piece of paper to keep him quiet.
His interest in drawing, howev-er,
became more than a "quiet
pastime" and in 1969 he graduat-ed
from Michigan State Universi-ty.
While attending school, Mr.
Johnson worked at an advertising
agency doing creative designing.
Even since his graduation he has
been teaching here at Bethel.
"Unwelcome Innocence"
showed until Sept. 29. It was
definitely worth seeing because
study of the drawings and litho-graphs
revealed personal emo-tions,
attitudes and ideals in the
unwelcomed innocence of a child.
Odegard, Todd Benson, and Jim
Hall rounded out the top seven.
Coach Glen Glader is optimistic
about this year's team. "The
guys are a dedicated group of
young men. They get up at 6:30
a.m. three times a week to run
and also in the afternoons, total-ing
between 70 and 80 miles a
week."
Tomorrow the team will com-pete
in an invitational at Winona
at noon.
Warrendale and St. Andrews
Churches are co-sponsoring a
bloodmobile drive, Fri., Oct. 7
from 2-7 p.m. Call 488-1098, or
489-2541. Walk-ins are welcome.
continued from page 6
Bethel had 5 wins for the week-end
and 3 losses.
The team will participate in
tournaments regularly through
the next few months. The season
will end on Dec. 10 at the
University of Wisconsin in White-water.
The contests will require
three to ten debates, each averag-ing
about 90 minutes.
Lee feels that he has excellent
people to work with this fall, with
various degrees of experience.
"I try to have people at several
levels," Lee states. His main
objective is to set individual goals
for each participant. Lee feels
there will be dramatic improve-ment
in each one.
This year 40 people are partici-pating
in the two departments, 20
in debate, 20 in individual speak-ing.
For the past three years, the
debate team has consisted of
eight to ten people. The size has
more than doubled from last year.
Like many sports, debate is a
co-curricular activity. Students
taking part receive no credit and
have regular seasons, many prac-tice
sessions and travel to many
schools.
The individual speeches, such
as oral interpretation, rhetorical
criticism, persuasion and extem-poraneous,
are open to anyone,
not just the members of the team.
Any individual entering may ob-tain
information at brief weekly
meetings at 3:40 p.m. in LRC 301
on Tuesdays.
Harriers place
to second in
triangular meet
by Sari Winans
A triangular meet at St. Olaf
last Friday opened the season for
the women's cross country team.
St. Olaf, the state's strongest
team, took first place, Bethel took
second, and Augsburg took last
place.
Bethel's strategy involved each
runner picking out a contestant
from St. Olaf that she could stick
with. The purpose of each girl
was to use the meet to cut down
time and gain experience.
The cross country season is
divided into three sections. The
first two weeks are spent building
endurance. Concentration on hard
practice is the aim of the next four
weeks. Meets encountered during
this period are not used to score
records but do gain experience.
The girls at this point aren't yet in
top condition and are still build-ing
strength.
For the remainder of the season
just before going to state compe-tition,
the practices become eas-ier
and their goal is to "peak" or
to do their best at these last races.
Tomorrow, the women will be
traveling to the Macalester Invi-tationals
at Lake Nokomis in Min-neapolis.
Twelve teams will be
participating. Coach Shirley Daw-son
said, "We will be looking for
better times and learning to run a
strategic race."
Genheimer back
in coaching role
Art portrays unique view
Page 7
Frank Bahr, winner of the "teddy bear of the year" award.
Award winning Bahr
relates experience
St. Thomas
subdues kickers
by G.W. Smith
The Bethel soccer team receiv-ed
their first loss of the season
last Saturday from a very skilled
St. Thomas team by a score of
3-1.
Bethel entered the first half
hustling and forced the stronger
St. Thomas to work particularly
hard in establishing a scoring
threat.
Yet the polished St. Thomas
team showed excellent ball con-trol
and scored within the first 15
minutes of play.
St. Thomas displayed good
teamwork against Bethel in the
remainder of the first half and
had the Royals scampering to
form an organized attack. The
half ended with St. Thomas
leading, 1-0.
In the second half Bethel
opened with a quick retaliatory
goal by Doug Hage on an assist
by Milt Anderson, making the
score 1-1.
The Royals began to rally and
work together with a new enthu-siasm
and fought the St. Thomas
by Carol Madison
Bethel's volleyball team lost
their match to St. Catherine's on
the 22 in three straight games,
but the outcome of the match
doesn't really reflect the play
involved.
St. Kate's was a much more
balanced team overall, with all of
their players returning from last
year's nationally ranked team.
"I can't say I came away dis-appointed,"
said Coach Karyl
Frye. She felt that Bethel actually
played better and has improved in
many areas since last year. The
team seemed to have better team-work
and improved fundamen-tals.
Bethel played a defensive game
most of the night, but some good
rallies and spikes highlighted the
offense.
The basic problem came in the
area of blocking. Not enough
spikes were blocked, so the back
row had more than they could
handle, which in turn meant there
wasn't enough chance to set.
"Our back row got quite a few
spikes that would have hit the
floor last year," explained the
coach, "but we had trouble
directing our hits." The serving
was also rather inconsistant.
Coach Frye basically concentra-ted
on trying different combina-tions
and varieties to find out who
works together the best. She used
eight players, all seeing action in
numerous offensive positions.
team until 20 minutes later when
St. Thomas scored their second
goal.
The St. Thomas goal dampened
Bethel's drive and ten minutes
later St. Thomas scored once
again to make it a 3-1 ball game.
In the last few minutes of the
game St. Thomas showed good
hustle and Bethel failed to amass
another score before the final
whistle.
"They were good," said Coach
Peter Genheimer concerning St.
Thomas. "We didn't play as good
as we could have and they played
pretty well."
Dickie Voth returned to the
starting line-up for Bethel and
turned in a fine performance as
did senior Ted Simmonds. Both
Voth and Simmonds had been out
of action because of injuries.
Sophomore Jeff Beckman play-ed
another good game at goalie,
making several timely saves.
Tomorrow Bethel faces St.
John's at 10:00 a.m. in a home
contest on the Bethel football
field.
Those who saw action through-out
the night were Teri Visel,
Joanne Watlov, JoAnn Griffen,
Cindi Ramm, Cathy Duehn, Janet
Reynolds, Sheryl Meyer and Jan-et
Peterson.
The junior varsity also lost their
seasonal debut to St. Catherine's
in two straight games.
Freisen places
second in meet
by Dave Clapp
Bethel's men's cross country
team competed in its first home
meet of the season last Saturday,
a triangular against Northwestern
of Minnesota and Concordia of St.
Paul.
Northwestern finished first
with a score of 26 points, but not
without a fight from Bethel who
finished second with 29 points.
Concordia came in third with 72
points.
For the third week in a row,
Bethel's lead runner was Brent
Freisen, a freshman from Moun-tain
Lake, Minn., who placed
second in the meet with a time of
27:59. Bethel's second runner
was the team's captain and only
senior, Curt Brown, who placed
third with a time of 28:16 (times
continued on page 7
by Greg Kuntz
Frank Bahr never thought of
playing football past high school,
but the 6'2", 255 lb. defensive
tackle has been one of the number
9 rated Royal's premier linemen.
Bahr, married this past spring,
and a business major, said that he
wasn't planning on coming back
to Bethel this year. "I want to go
into some aspect of sales and
work with people. I started work-ing
at New York Life and things
were going well. I prayed a lot
about it and things worked out
that I could still work and play
football. I'm really glad I made
that decision," said Bahr.
Bahr attended Armstrong High
School in New Hope, Mn. where
he made all-conference his senior
year. He was voted all-state by
coaches to play in the annual
Shrine benefit Bowl at the U. of
Minn. as part of the southern
Minnesota high school all-stars.
He has played football since
sixth grade, except for one year in
junior high when his school didn't
have a football program. He went
out for soccer instead.
As a freshman in high school,
Bahr returned to the football
scene. "I went into high school
hearing stories about how the
upperclassmen use the freshmen
and sophomores for 'dummies',"
he said.
Bahr's mother was an encour-agement.
"She told me one day
before practice not to give up and
that I'd do fine," related Bahr,
"so I stuck it out and things kept
getting better."
"That year I got the 'teddy
bear of the year' award at the end
of the season. My coach said I
smiled too much," chuckled
Bahr.
The solid defensive lineman
has always been on a winning
team, and was actively recruited
by 15 colleges and universities,
besides receiving letters from
over 100 others.
"My pastor sent a letter to
'Chub' Reynolds at Bethel and
he called me to come visit. I was
here for three days and was more
impressed with the academic
quality and the football players
than any other school I visited,"
explained Bahr.
The husky young man came to
Bethel as a freshman in 1974.
"I'll never forget my first game
as a freshman against Macales-ter.
I hit Ron Groves and thought
I'd hit a freight train," snickered
Bahr.
Bahr has never really been
hurt, never missed a game, and
has started in every one as either
defensive tackle or defensive end.
As a sophomore in 1975, Bahr
received honorable mention in the
old Tri-State Conference, of
which Bethel is no longer a
member.
Bahr explained that experience
has helped him develop immense-ly.
As a junior, he started as an
end quite frequently: "I played
end because we needed more
experience at that position. I
enjoy playing tackle, though,
because there's less responsibili-ties
and more freedom to do what
you want to there," laughed
Bahr. "I also enjoyed my junior
year by getting to know Doug
Berg."
Berg and Bahr both made
all-conference as defensive tack-les
in 1976. Bahr has looked
forward to this season and said
that the team is growing spiritual-ly
and physically.
"Football is a big part of the
school curriculum and as Christ-ians
we have the responsibility
and challenge to be a witness in
this area, too," Bahr pointed out.
"Other teams have come into our
locker room, even when we've
beaten them soundly, and have
commented on not only our
abilities but on our attitude and
unity as a team. In this way I feel
there's no difference between the
team and the rest of Bethel, even
if we're watched more than other
groups or considered the row-dies
of the school."
The Royals are a strong team
with a lot of talent.
"Our defense works well to-gether
and helps me in my
performance. It also helps to
practice against our offensive
line—guys like Kuhne and Kram-ka.
Head coach "Chub" Reynolds
said, "Bahr's been a very consis-tent
and versatile performer who
seldom makes a defensive mis-take.
He has an even tempera-ment
and I've been impressed
with his coachability."
Bahr said, "I respect 'Chub' a
lot, he's very optimistic about
each person. Fie's one of the main
reasons I've come back."
So, in future games this sea-son,
offenders of opposing teams
will be looking at number 74 in
the Bethel big "D" line and can
expect a "Bahr hug" from the
smiling "teddy bear".
Sports Schedule
Football:
October 1—Mankato State
at 2:30 p.m. (T)
Soccer:
Oct. 1—St. John's at 10
a.m. (H)
Oct. 5— Macalester at 7
p.m. (T)
Men's cross-country:
Oct. 1—Invitational at Wi-nona
beginning at noon
Women's cross-country:
October 1—Macalester In-vitational
(T)
Women's volleyball:
Oct. 1—Concordia at 11
a.m. (H)
Oct. 4—St. Olaf and Wi-nona
at 6 p.m. (T)
Oct. 5-Normandale at 7:30
p.m. (T)
Spillers drop three to
balanced St. Hate's
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