Clarion 1977-01-21 Vol 52 No 14

              Reader enjoys book by kerosene lamp while "Doc" prepares yet
another meal of beans and bread (Photos this issue by Curt
Christensen.)
"Depression House" dwellers
adjust to life without luxuries
by Laura Alden
and Gayle Trollinger
16EN06 DEPRESSION HOUSE:
LIFE IN THE 1930's
"A study of history and culture
of the Depression Era in Ameri-can
History as it related especial-ly
to the rural poor. An attempt
will be made to create an
authentic live and learn situation
away from campus. Depression
meals, crowded living condi-tions,
appropriate reading, music
from the era, and resource
persons will be part of the
student's experience. All the
comforts of middle class prosper-ity
will be abandoned as far as
possible."
Personal log: January 3, 1977
Our motto: "Life consisteth
not in the abundance of things."
That sounded trite before I saw
this place. Extreme frugality has
never been my experience or my
ideal. But now, I'm "in the
Depression" where if life did
consist in the abundance of
things, life wouldn't be much.
The water pump sits bleakly
erect in front of the house. The
first time we pulled into the yard,
it seemed like a sentinel, chal-lenging
our approach. It was
frozen; somehow that didn't
surprise me, but it scared me. We
wrap the pump in towels to keep
it thawed out.
The worst moment of culture
shock occurred on the first jaunt
to the outhouse. It wasn't exactly
the intimate, insulated_ Aqua-
John I expected. The draft and ice
don't make for much comfort.
Entry: I thought bedtime would
come early here. But it doesn't.
We stay up discussing, arguing,
singing, teasing . . . Then we
continued on p. 3
Bethel College St. Paul, MN January 21, 1977
Students comment on lifestyle;
rules versus freedoms dicussed
by Suzi Wells
Recently, the Bethel lifestyle
statement and what it has to say
about a student's personal free-dom
has been a major issue.
Several students commented on
how they felt about the expected
lifestyle as stated in the Bethel
catalogue.
Sophomore Lorraine Krahn
commented, "Theoretically, we
shouldn't have any rules. How-ever,
that's impossible because
we are not all of the same
maturity. Some of us need guide-lines."
Other students felt guidelines
Thanks to the efforts of
Harold Christiansen, Eldridge
Cleaver's 1:30 p.m. address
on Friday has been opened to
students for the price of $2.00
(Tickets for the men's lunch-eon
preceding the address are
$6.95.)
The luncheon, at the Radis-son
St. Paul Hotel, begins at
12:45 p.m.; the address is
scheduled for 1:30.
Tickets are now on sale at
the college concession stand
or from Carolyn Gilbert (ext.
6175) at the Seminary.
Nostalgia insert
pp. 5-8
were needed, not necessarily
because of the maturity level of
individuals, but because it is
necessary for community living.
"I thnk in a big institution there
are certain rules that need to be
followed so we can live harmoni-ously,"
said freshman Amy Ward.
Junior Jonathan Pepper said,
"For the community as a whole I
think the statement helps keep up
our atmosphere. We have to have
something like that."
Senior Carol Zeches added,
"Guidelines are needed to func-tion
as a community."
Mary Spencer, junior, agreed,
"In any type of community you
have to establish rules."
Mary went on to say that as
students at Bethel, we should be
subject to authority, in this case
the authority of the lifestyle
statement, and those who wrote
it. "I'm not saying we need rules
to do right," she emphasized,
"but since people are basically
sinful, we need rules to grease
the joints, to make things go
more smoothly."
Stan Murach, sophomore, also
believes the lifestyle may be
necessary for a community, but
not necessarily for him as an
individual. "The lifestyle state-ment
doesn't guide me, the Lord
guides me," Stan related. "The
lifestyle is meaningless; every-thing
is subjugated to the Lord. If
a set of rules have to guide you,
something's wrong with your
relationship with the Lord." Stan
went on to say that he did not
think he should go against these
rules even -though they did not
affect his relationship with God.
One objection freshman Steve
Hoswell had about the lifestyle
statement is its ambiguity. "The
way it's worded now, people can
interpret it the way they want.
Students should know exactly
what is expected from them.
Steve also disagreed with what
the statement says about danc-ing.
He felt the main reason the
writers of the statement do not
condone dancing is because they
do not completely agree with
places'students dance. "If this is
true," he said, "why don't we
have sock hops in the gym? I feel
it would benefit the student body
if Bethel had dances and stu-dents
didn't have to sneak
around."
Amy agreed with Steve, saying,
"I believe dancing is healthy,
physically and mentally, provided
you go about it with the right
motive. Motivations are really
important. Dancing is just anoth-er
form of exercise." Amy also
felt Bethel should have dances if
the main objection was the
atmosphere of the places where
students dance. "It would be a
good way to alleviate the prob-lem,"
she said.
continued on p. 9
by Jeff McHenry
The Bethel Bookstore is one of
the favorite scapegoats for stu-dent
criticism. The buy-back
policies of the store, and ques-tions
about the profit margin
seem to be the most controversial
areas of discussion.
To determine if Bethel's book
prices and services are compara-ble
with other Twin City private
college bookstores, we visited
the Hungry Mind bookstore at
Macalester. Mac's situation is a
bit different from Bethel's. Due to
student dissatisfaction with the
school-operated bookstore, col-lege
officials closed down their
bookstore several years ago.
Faculty members now take their
book orders to one of two
bookstores in the neighborhood.
Macalester Park services most of
the English, foreign language,
religion needs. The Hungry Mind
takes most of the rest.
One of the owners of the
Hungry Mind (Steve) explained
that "we have a 'sweetheart'
arrangement with Macalester.
Mac provides us with building
space at a very reasonable rate.
In return, our financial books and
invoices of the store are com-pletely
open to any student or
faculty member." Also, invoices
from texts are taped up on the
shelf where the book is located
so the student can check the
markup price for himself.
Buy-back policies are well set
at the Hungry Mind. Any text that
is sold has the price stamped on
the inside cover. If the text is
returned unmarked during the
semester, along with a slip from
the registrar indicating that the
class has been dropped, the
student receives a full refund. If
the book is returned after being
used, and the book will be
needed in some class the next
continued on p. 9
Bookstore policies examined
one
The Clarion is published
weekly by the students of
#'e Bethel College.
'
B . 11 Trollinger editor
Laura Alden news editor
Mary Norton production editor
David Shelley copy editor
Peter Blomquist photo editor
Dawn Hart arts editor
Bruce Olsen sports editor
Arlan Swanson business, manager
Letters to the editor should be
sent to p.o . 91 by the Sunday
preceding publication.
The Oregon
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offers 15 semester hours
of college credit in
southwestern Oregon's
Cascade mountains.
For information write:
Dr. Douglas Frank
The Oregon Extension
Trinity College
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
(Trinity College is a
member of the Christian
College Consortium.)
James Montgomery Bolos
Time magazine, December,
1969: "Not all the methods of
revitalizing the urban scene are
unconventional. In downtown
Philadelphia the Rev. Dr. James
Montgomery Boice, 31, has used
an old-fashioned ministry of
preaching and theology to inject
new vigor into the fading, 140-
year-old Tenth Presbyterian
Church, just off Rittenhouse
Square . . ."
Thursday afternoon, Boice will
seek to "inject new vigor" into a
Bethel Founder's Week audience.
The subject concerns Christian .
service. Boice will address ques-tions
vital to the future of quality
Christian service organizations.
Why are we not more effective?
And how can we be? The
principles to be considered are:
assurance, knowledge, hard work
and allowing all we do to be
characterized by Christ's love.
Dr. Boice has written numer-ous
articles for Christianity To-day
and Eternity magazines. His
writings also include seven
books.
Sincerely,
Jim Landis
Founder's Week is upon us again. If you didn't know this, you'll
know it by Monday, with the hall full of suspiciously old students, the
parking lot full of suspiciously large cars, and the cafeteria full of
suspiciously delicious food.
For reasons beyond that of relief from the veal machine, we'd like to
welcome our visitors to Bethel this week. These people support Bethel
with their concern, their prayers, and, more crassly, their money, and
thus they are very important to this college. And, in more ethereal
terms, the founders are part of the spiritual Bethel, the Bethel that
exists beyond the current collection of students.
We extend to our visitors a sincere welcome and we hope that this
week will be a meaningful one. • • • • •
In terms of emphasis, we hope that the Founder's Week message is
one of a well-rounded total Christianity. This would be a break from
American conservative Christianity of the past half-century, which has
almost exclusively centered on the concept of individual salvation. Its
one-sided emphasis has meant a tragic neglect of the social aspect of
the gospel, an aspect that permeates the very fiber of the New
Testament. (e.g. the Sermon on the Mount, the goats/sheep parable).
And so it is our hope that this truncated gospel will be rejected at
Founder's Week for a more total (and more Biblical) Christianity. This
task will be especially difficult for this gathering, considering its
composition: upper middle class WASPs, members of the powerful
and privileged sector of society.
But it is crucial that this group transcends its enthnocentric limits
and deals with problems such as world hunger, social and sexual
discrimination, energy shortages, etc. This concern is a basic
component in a well-rounded approach to Christian existence.
It should be noted that this "sermonizing" is not just directed at the
old "fat cats" of the Baptist General Conference. We, the students, are
also charged with the responsibility of dealing with the total gospel
and should not waste time pointing self-righteous fingers at the
"post-Depression, hyper-reactionary, crassly capitalistic (ad
nauseum)" establishment. We are also members of the privileged
class, and as such have the same responsibility in attempting to
overcome personal barriers in arriving at a "whole" gospel.
Founder's Week provides a unique opportunity for the Bethel
community (in its largest sense) to gain a deeper perspective of our
Christian faith and practice. Hopefully, alumni, friends and students
will take full advantage of this week, thus making Founder's Week,
1977, an important point of renewal for Bethel and the Baptist General
Conference.
Perpich: a refreshing change
We never realized that it was such a stroke of good luck to have
Wendell Anderson crown himself U.S. Senator. And it's not just
because Wendy's daily showboating before TV cameras became tiring,
or because Anderson could be retired from Minnesota politics in 1978
(possibly by Spannaus or Lord).
No, the biggest surprise is Rudy Perpich. Although it's a little early
to tell, he seems to be a people's governor who is concerned with the
earthy problems of Minnesota (rather than being star struck with
Washington). We applaud his concern in the power line issue, his
crackdown on the 55 mile-per-hour speed limit, and his promise to put
a woman on the Supreme Court. We hope this is not just a false flurry
of activity, but is a good omen for Minnesota's future.
Healy realizes
Swanson value
Dear Editor:
I have had two personal
reactions to Dan Swanson's last
column (Clarion, December 10,
1976). My first reaction, of which
I am now deeply ashamed, was
characteristically wrong; my sec-ond
was more rational, intelligent
and fair. Let me highlight these
two reactions for the purposes of
clarification.
My first response to Swanson's
column was one of bitterness,
anger, emotion and defensive-ness.
Without thinking I said,
"Oh boy, here's old M.K. Swan-son
coming out with the inevi-table
year's end cheap shots,
knowing full well that we will be
unable to respond for at least a
month. This pitiful "attempt" at
gonzo journalism stinks. Who
does he think he is, cutting down
Al Glenn, Wilcox, Troxel, Trol-linger,
myself and country music
(which he simply doesn't under-stand).
Who cares if he's from
Japan; does that make him an
expert on the American political
scene? Furthermore, who cares
about Japan? Who, in fact, gives
a darn what Danny Swanson
thinks about anything . . .?"
This feeling persisted within
me for several days, maybe even
a week. Then it hit me, with the
force of a severe electrical shock.
I had been playing the fool. For
weeks I had been missing the
whole point of Swanson's writ-ing,
the essence of his journalis-tic
intentions. I felt like the
dummy who weeks after hearing
a joke, finally "gets" it. It finally
became clear to me. Dan Swan-son
has been writing a humor
column!
Upon reflection I now realize
that his column is an incredibly
funny take-off on a stock, pseu-do-
intellectual, small college po-litical
column. His amazing
parody of 1960's "get-out-the-vote"
and "let's become con-cerned
with the international
scene" journalism is almost too
funny. His cliche orientation and
his quintessential "liberal"
stance are pricelessly accurate in
his subtle yet powerful attack on
stupid, uninformed journalists.
His continued use of parody,
satire and irony is almost beyond
belief. To be sure, his last
column, of which I was a small
part, was his crowning satirical
achievement. His overstatement
of a standard and trite "you can't
see beyond your nose" theme,
spiced with personal attacks
upon straw dogs, was priceless.
My only hope is that Dan
Swanson will keep up the good
work. Every good college should
have a good student paper, and
every good student paper should
be so lucky as to have a humor
columnist with the insight, crea-tivity,
and satirical sense of a Dan
Swanson. We all owe him a great
debt.
Sincerely,
Paul Healy
Landis rejects
Taller legalism'
Dear Editor:
After reading Doug Tader's
article, I was amazed that this
kind of thinking still exists within
Christian circles. Brother Doug
was disturbed by the fact that
some of the kids skated in a
"dance-like" style. He then called
us to re-evaluate our Christian
positions. So I did just that.
During the process of my
re-evaluation I found that to
single out one issue (like danc-ing)
and in turn search all
Scripture for a stance on that
issue is nearly impossible and
often meaningless. But I did find
that we can reach a personal
position on this issue (and issues
like it) if we first deal with the
deeper issue. That issue is "Was
Christ the Author of Liberty, or
was He not?"
I believe that this question
(however answered) is the foun-dation
on which the other issues
may be decided. This question
takes on special relevance when
asked during a semester like
we've just come through. For this
semester was one when life-style
rules were tested and students
were expelled.
I am confident, Brother Doug,
that in your times of Bible study
you have never encountered
mandates such as:
# Thou shalt not dance.
# Thou shalt not drink.
# Thou shalt not use tobacco.
# Thou shalt not attend movies.
This is not to say that the Bible
is silent on these issues, nor is it
to make light of them. But it is to
say that perhaps the Bible is not
as "hardcore" as our up-bringings
and the life-style rules under
which we presently find our-selves.
Perhaps the Bible leaves
room for individual convictions.
During this year's Festival of
Christmas, I especially enjoyed
one comment by the narrator. He
said that ". . . the baby Jesus
was/is not an incarnate don't."
As the old hymn goes, "Free from
the law, Oh happy condition!" We
no longer have to be subject to a
set of do's and don'ts. But we are
to "stand fast in the liberty by
which Christ has made us free."
(Ga. 5:1)
On the otherhand, this liberty
can have some serious problems
if it isn't handled right. And with
a school the size of Bethel there
will be some who won't handle it
right. So for the sake of the
community (the college) the
life-style rules (which inlcude
dancing, drinking, etc...) are
necessary. And it is for the sake
of the college and "Him that is
weak in the faith..." (Rom. 14:1)
that maybe some of us shouldn't
enjoy our roller-skating so much.
Whether we are presently at-tending
Bethel or whether we are
graduated and gone, it's always
important to keep in mind that
neither the life-style rules nor a
denominational statement of
faith is our final authority in
matters of life and practice.
"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you
into all truth." (John 16:13)
Welcome Founders...
Total Gospel message urged letters to the editor
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The "depression house," owned by the Harley Turner's, is
located near Webster, Wisconsin.
Depression House, continued from p. 1
"We stay up discussing, arguing, singing, teasing . . . ff
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M. Wendell Belew
On January 25 and 26, M.
Wendell Belew will conduct mor-ning
and afternoon seminars on
creative discipleship. Belew, dir-ector
of Missions Ministries
Division for Southern Baptist
Home Mission Board, hopes to
attack Christian reluctancy
toward being creative disciples.
As a creative disciple himself,
Belew has an experiential back-log
covering a multitude of
professions — from pastoring a
Baptist church to teaching school
chemistry.
He joined the South Baptist
Home Mission Board staff in
1956, assumng his current posi-tion
in 1971. Belew serves an
adjunct professor at Midwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary and
has written five books.
In 1974, Dr. Belew encouraged
the American Bible Society to
produce a translation of the Bible
in today's English (during the
Southern Baptist Convention in
Dallas). Later, he received the
44th million copy of Good News
for Modern Man.
begin the ritual: 21 buff trips,
washing out of buckets, climbing
stairs and squeezing into our
little cosmos .
Before drifting off to sleep, we
go through the Walton's good-night
rite, complete with harmon-ica.
It's corn, but we still do it. I
think it makes us feel more
"family."
The guys "stretch out" (figura-tively)
on cots in the living room.
Mark (Dischinger) sleeps out on
the porch with his pet icicle.
Scott (Webb) tried to sleep there
the first night but he bummed out
when his pillow froze. And we
have one cellar sleeper. He sleeps
by the furnace.
Doc sleeps alone in the kit-chen.
First we thought it was
because he wanted easy access
to the food. Then he told us he
was guarding it.
Our two rooms upstairs are
barely big enough. Five of us
sleep in one room on one single
bed, one double bed and the
floor. It isn't bad once you get
positioned right — except that
you can't move very much. The
second upstairs room is smaller.
We like to think of it as cozy
(crowded, but cozy). Five sleep in
the smaller room too, on one
double bed and a single.
We stay warm, but the guys
don't have it quite as comfor-table.
They get cold at night.
Chas (Swanson) gets up about
6:30 a.m .. and stokes the fire for
everyone. When we wake up at 9
or 9:30, the house has warmed
up from its 45 degree overnight
temp.
Entry: Doc Dalton is one of the
most loving people I've ever met.
Also one of the most sacrificial.
It's hard to believe anyone would
want to spend a wintery interim in
an un-heated farmhouse in the
Wisconsin woods with 20-stir
crazy college kids.
He says he's always wanted to
make interim "different." He's
succeeded. This is a total learn-ing
experience: we're living the
Depression while studying its
social and economic history.
We're getting little tastes of the
era. But I agree with something
Jill (Nicholson) said at supper —
"The main difference in our
Depression experience is that we
know it'll be over in a few weeks."
Entry: Crowded. I didn't know the
house would be this small. 20
people living on top of each
other. No deodorant or tooth-paste
(technically). After all, they
didn't have those luxuries during
the Depression. The worst: no
shower or tub. So, I'm glad the
house is constantly filled with
smoke.
Entry: It's never quiet here. Even
the lamps seem to make noise.
It's hard to concentrate, to pray,
to read.
Entry: Books: texts on the
Depression, Tobacco Road,
Grapes of Wrath. I'm over-whelmed
with the hopelessness
of the Oakies' experience in
Grapes. It's depressing to see
lives so graphically painted with
tragedy. It wasn't a television
script to them.
Entry: Free time. Risk, chess,
checkers . . . reading, writing,
lots of letters. We really crave
letters ... Washing clothes takes
up time too — especially washing
jeans by hand.
Entry: The monotony of the
routine is a bit wearing — same
food, same people, same books,
same house . . .
Sometimes we just have to get
out of here. Five people were in
tears today — I think it's from the
tension of the closeness. We go
for walks outside. The cold
doesn't phase us anymore; we're
used to it. In fact, it's invigor-ating.
Going out is the only way
to get breathing room, see any
amount of uncluttered space or
have private devotions.
We play outside too — usually
at night — usually in 'the
cemetery. Hide and seek is fun
for an hour. "Storytime with
Elmo" is another healthy diver-sion.
"There are no man's
jobs or womens work
categories"
Entry: Mealtime is the best time
of day. (Mail call runs a close
second.) We eat on two tables
that are L-shaped and covered
with newspapers. We eat well ; at
least we're never starving. It takes
hours to prepare meals. We all
cook. There are no "man's jobs"
or "woman's work" categories.
(We all chop wood, clean, haul
water, peel, wash, stoke.)
For breakfast we often have
hot-cakes with molasses or fried
potatoes. Sometimes we "get" to
have fatback. We eat so late in
the morning that we_don't usually
have lunch.
After Doc's disaster with the
corn bread, we took over the
baking. Most of the time, we
have beans or potatoes as a main
dish. Once and only once, we had
pinto beans. They were definitely
not the favorite dish we've had. In
fact, pinto beans are the worst
things I've ever tasted. But, they
did serve one purpose: we now
have a guaranteed laugh when-ever
they're mentioned. (We're
hoping to get rid of them at the
church potluck because we can't
throw any food out.)
We drink instant milk; it's
good — if it's cold (very cold)!
Doc still brews his coffee (egg
coffee — made from our store of
freshly frozen eggs) and we also
have tea,for the unenlightened.
Entry: We're learning a lot from
the food. Sometimes we laugh
during the blessing. It's all very
humorous, but I wonder if we
really believe it's a blessing to
have food like this.
Entry: We're not always kosher
here. Today we coerced Doc into
letting us watch the Super Bowl
in town. (It was great to go
somewhere with indoor plumb-ing.)
Doc rationalized it to us by
explaining that "even during the
Depression, people went to the
`big house' now and then." No
rationalization necessary. He was
simply outnumbered 20 to one.
Entry: Outings include church in
Webster, Wis. We were the choir
last Sunday. Our "anthem," such
as it was, was "Swing Low,
Sweet Chariot."
Entry: Last week, four woods-men
came to our door. I was
amazed at their ragged dress and
dirty appearance. They had rifles
and said they'd been out shooting
flying squirrels for food. I
couldn't believe how destitute
they seemed . . . We saw them in
church last Sunday — all suited
up in three-piece splendor.
Entry: We went into town today.
It's weird not being able to buy
things. We were touching nice
things — I really felt like a welfare
case. This is beginning to hit
where it hurts — my pride has
been laid back completely.
Entry: Even here, this is Bethel.
We can't really get away from it,
especially in our discussions.
The subject at dinner tonight was
typical of the Bethel cafeteria:
should women be aggressive?
Dating relationships, etc., are
popular topics to talk about.
We're all "brothers and sisters"
up here, but there are some
strong romantic undercurrents. I
don't think you can get away from
that — no matter where you are.
Now and then, our conversa-tion
hit a more esoteric level. We
discussed the essence of virtue
one night. But more often than
not, topics are basic and earthy.
We argue a lot about how cold it
really is (40 or 41 below)?
"We have to like each
other for what we are
because we obviously
don't look fantastic."
Entry: Today, Wendy (Hannah)
said we don't hide anything here.
(We can't.) We have to like each
other for what we are because, as
she said, "we obviously don't
look fantastic." She's right. We
can't wear make up; we wash our
hair less; we wear clothes for
days before washing them.
I wonder if going back to
Bethel will be an adjustment.
We're in a different era, a
different world. The competition
will be hard to get used to again.
Regaining my materialistic atti-tudes
will be all too easy, I think.
Entry: Mike (Anderson) says he'd
like to live this way forever. But
people living in the Depression
didn't have lifestyle options. They
were just concerned with staying
alive.
Entry: Our group has become
family. Devotions are a special
time. Sitting around the table
after supper, we take turns
leading discussions. Doc adds
much-needed insights to these
sessions. It's kind of comforting
— the kerosene lamps flickering,
Doc's voice gently droning, the
sound of Al (Steier) stoking . . .
I wonder if this feeling of
spiritual closeness and our exper-iences
of personal growth will be
more than a "camp high." Will it
last after this month is over?
(This log was constructed from
the writers' observations during a
three-hour visit at Depression
House.)
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IIP 'At
17,000 students including 200 Bethel students attended Urbana '76 over Christmas
vacation.
In my opinion:
Urbana leaves vision, challenge
by Larry Caldwell and Paul Berry
Urbana has changed our lives.
We don't know whether this is
because we are seniors looking to
graduation or whether we have
reached a certain age but some-how
we feel our lives have
changed. We believe Urbana '76
had a fundamental part in that
change.
Essentially the change caused
us to have a much more serious
outlook on life — to feel an
urgency — a time to quit playing
games and get down to business
with God. How did God use
Urbana to effect these changes in
our lives? In two basic ways.
First in our response to Christ
and our individual relationship to
Him and second, since Urbana
was a student missionary confer-ence,
in our sense of mission to
the world.
First of all, what we have
captured through Urbana and
want to pass on to you is a
renewed realization of the unwar-ranted
love God has for us. That
God in all His glory has chosen
us and is right now our loving
Father. And as a response to this
we want to return His love. The
only way to properly do this is to
spend time alone with God each
day.
It seemed that each speaker at
Urbana had a life founded upon a
basic need for private time alone
with the Lord each day. This is
not "speaker worship" but simply
acknowledging the tremendous
power of the Spirit in their lives
— a power which can be just as
great in our own lives if we let it.
The key to this is daily Bible
study and prayer.
This daily quiet time with God
leads to a deep sense of security
in Christ, a profound sense of joy
in the Lord, and a tremendous
desire and responsibility to min-ister
God's love to the rest of the
world.
This brings us to the second
aspect of Urbana which grows
out of the first, namely, that of
"declaring God's glory among the
nations" — the theme of Urbana.
We must come to the realiza-tion
that the Great Commission is
not something to be done by
some other person, but it is
something which must be ful-filled
by all of us who call
ourselves Christians. It grows out
of the desire to share with others
what we have found in Christ.
And what we feel we must share
with the Bethel community from
Urbana is the sense of urgency to
do God's will and carry out the
Great Commission.
Each one of us must let Him
use us to establish His Kingdom
both here in our immediate
surroundings and in our minis-tries
outside Bethel, locally,
nationally, and globally. This
global outreach must have just as
high of a priority as our local
ministries do. Through all this we
must realize that this is not
America against the world but
that it is the whole international
body of Christ carrying out the
Great Commission in all its
global implications.
In practical terms this means
we must be constantly uplifting
our brothers and sisters in Christ
overseas in prayer—being cogni-zant
of their needs, desires,
sufferings, joys, and sorrows as
they minister to the world in their
particular situations. In all of
this, recognizing that they too are
lifting us up in prayer and that
they are intimately involved in
God's work here in America
through their prayers.
Above all, we must realize that
along with this commitment to
the Great Commission there
inevitably comes the privilege to
suffer for Christ's sake. If we are
going to commit ourselves to
Christ, we are making a going
commitment to suffer for His
name. And yet through this
suffering we must endeavor to
bring the love of Christ to
everyone.
So in conclusion, Urbana is
calling us to a radical commit-ment
to Jesus Christ. We must
lay aside every weight which
would hinder us and bring all
areas of our lives under subjec-tion
to Christ. We must become
single-minded in our goal to let
Christ live in our personal lives
and through our lives to reach
others for His glory. May God
give us the grace to carry
through.
John Wimber
As the director of the depart-ment
of church growth at the
Fuller Evangelical Association,
John Wimber's forte is, naturally,
church growth. Throughout
Founder's Week, he will conduct
seminars under the title, "Church
Growth Pastor."
Chronologically, the seminars
are: I. His Leadership — Princi-ples
of leadership common to all
leaders of growing churches. II.
His Church — Ways of identify-ing
the growth potential of your
church. III. His Community —
Principles and techniques for
developing the growth potential
in the community.
Wimber is a former pastor and
church planter in Southern Cali-fornia
for the Friends Church, a
leader in the Bible study move-ment
and developer of training
program for evangelistic Bible
study methods.
Wimber will conduct seminar
sessions Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday during both the
morning and afternoon seminar
slots.
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In Hardwood Groves
by Mark Troxel
For me, the neighborhood barbershop has always represented the
last bastion of reality in a world dominated by isolation and alienation.
At the barber shop, man is always in touch with man. But after visiting
one of the new "styling salons" sometime ago, I had no recourse but
to admit that the true barber shop is doomed to the same sort of
obscure absolescence that has made the fallout shelter a thing of the
past. A cursory glance around the lobby revealed several changes at
the outset.
First of all, instead of the bald, affable, thick-fingered barber, we
now have several young (nevertheless balding) flower-shirted,
well-cologned, high-heeled, mustachoed "stylists" who have their
shirts unbottoned down to the middle of their torsos, and wear an
expression on their faces that seems to say, "If you could just look like
me you could get a date with any girl you wanted to."
But there are also the physical surroundings. Two things strike the
potential stylee as being conspicuously absent from any establish-ment
that hopes to qualify as a bona fide barber shop. First, there are
no copies of "Argosy" or "Field and Stream" lying around on the end
tables. It's not that I enjoy reading either magazine. It's just that
trusting your hair to a barber who doesn't carry "Argosy" or "Field and
Stream" is a bit like trusting your car to a gas station without a girlie
calendar or trusting your teeth to a dentist who doesn't have bad
breath. Certainly I am not condoning pornography or halitosis. It is
just that these situational clues give you a sense of security, a sense
of security the styling salon lacks.
In place of "Field and Stream" we now have magazines about hair
replete with pictures of different styles and articles about hair weaves
and transplants all designed to play upon the frailty of the male ego.
It should also be noted that whereas the walls of the old barbershop
were covered with pictures of people fishing and people hunting, we
now just have pictures of hair. And shelves that were once filled with
bowling trophies with people's names on them have yielded to shelves
that are now stacked with what might best be termed "PH
paraphanalia." "PH balance" appears to be the panacea for just about
any hair problem. This is evidenced by the fact that everything on the
shelves, from the natural bristle brushes to the follicle fertilizer, bears
the proud label: "PH Balanced."
But all of the above is merely a taste of some of the cosmetic
differences between the barber shop and the styling salon. The real
difference is in the personality of the barber verses that of the stylist.
The barber could shoot the breeze on just about anything from the
latest Gopher game to the weather to why the mayor is a "bum." All
the stylist knows is hair. His whole world revolves around hair. Where
the barber cut people's hair, the stylist just cuts hair.
Consequently, a conversation with a stylist is nothing less than
inane. My visit to the stylist was no exception. "Mr. Tim" was smoking
a long, thin cigarette and had short hair combed straight back. After I
somewhat naively told Mr. Tim that I just wanted a little cut off so my
hair wouldn't hit me in the eyes, he protested; "Boy, I could do some
nice things with your hair."
"Yea, well, I'm sure you could but
"Where did you hear about us?"
"Well I . . ."
"Now you don't just want a hair-cut do you? I mean, you do want a
style don't you?"
"No."
"How about a brush cut?"
"No thanks."
"A fluff cut?"
"No!"
"A razor cut maybe?"
"Listen ace, will you just cut my . . ."
"Boy, I could do some nice things with your hair. Where do you
usually get your hair cut?"
"I usually just have a friend cut it off."
"Yea, well that's your problem. You're going to love this. Have you
ever had a wet cut before?"
"A what?" I shouted as Mr. Tim started hosing down my hair. He
tried desperately to convince me I needed a "wet cut." He showed me
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President Kennedy talked casually with college choir members
in the White House Rose Garden.
May 7, 1959
NORTH CENTRAL
ACCREDITATION!
by Carol Christensen
Bethel was given unqualified
accreditation by the North Cen-tral
association Friday, April 24.
With North Central Association
accreditation Bethel receives na-tional
recognition as a standard
four year liberal arts college.
Bethel now possesses inde-pendent
academic status; for-merly
the college was dependent
on the University of Minnesota,
Clifford Larson, dean of the
college, said.
Regional accreditation, which
is granted by the North Central
Association in this area, is
"essential because it represents
full standard recognition and
places Bethel on the level with
other schools in the United
States," Dr.. Larson said.
April 30, 1971
In historic press conference
AGREEMENT SIGNED
November 11, 1964
BODIEN COUNCIL CLARIFIES
RULES; STIFFENS POLICY
Last Thursday the Bodien
Dorm Council decided to "crack
down" on the rule which "nor-mally
expects" freshmen girls to
be in their rooms by 11 p.m. on
week days. Freshmen girls are
now required to be in their rooms
by 11 p.m. on week days.
Because a greater percentage
of upper class women live in
Hagstrom and each room has its
own washroom facilities, the
enforcement in Hagstrom will
remain as liberal as it has in the
past.
This change in the enforcement
policy of the rule will not affect
the upper class women living in
Bodien. Study hours will be from
2 - 5 p.m. and from 7 - 10 p.m.
The hour from 10-11 will be
designated "washroom hour."
February 17, 1965
AUTHOR, MISSIONARY ELLIOT
APPEARS HERE THIS WEEK
March 21, 1968
CONSTRUCTION STARTS MAY 1
Groundbreaking for three stu-dent
residences on the Arden
Hills campus is slated for May 1,
it was announced early this week.
The ceremony will kick off an
intense period of construction
involving more than $1.5 million
in funds.
Besides the residence build-ings,
plans for the start of
construction on the seminary
chapel and student center were
also approved by the Board of
Education. The projected date of
completion of residences is the
opening of the '68 fall semester.
This thrust forward in the
relocation program was spurred
by an anonymous gift of
$500,000. The offer carries the
stipulation that a dormitory is to
be constructed and occupied in
1968.
The gift will be used to build a
college residence containing
both a wing for women and a
wing for men, with a common
lounge. Its completion will help
alleviate the current student
housing problem. Shuttle bus
service is anticipated for trans-porting
students to the college
campus from Arden Hills until the
relocation program is completed.
These 'four pages of
nostalgia were selected
to provide students with
a sense of Bethel's past
and our alumni with
sentimental reminisc-ings.
October 7, 1964
COLLEGES CONSIDER
SHARING FACILITIES
by Bernie Johnson
Currently under study by cer-tain
faculty and administration at
Bethel is a totally new concept in
educational co-operation. The
plan calls for an association of
two or three independent col-leges
united in one complex and
sharing certain centralized fea-tures,
occurring in areas such as
advanced study, sciences, library
facilities and athletics.
At the present time three
evangelical colleges in the Twin
Cities, Bethel, Northwestern and
St. Paul Bible, are planning large
scale expansion programs. The
proposed idea would provide for a
centralized association of these
three colleges on one site.
While remaining independent
they would contribute collectively
to such things as an advanced
study library, a science complex
and athletic complex. Whereas
no single school could provide a
fully adequate science building,
the three schools collectively
could do so.
April 1, 1958
JESSUP WILL HEAD SENATE
Dwight Jessup was elected
president of the 1958-59 student
senate by a majority vote in the
election March 21.
Other officers elected were Milt.
Holmquist, vice-president, Gerry
Wilber, recording secretary, Mar-ilyn
Swanson, corresponding
secretary, and Evan Rogers,
treasurer. All received a majority
vote.
Three hundred ninety-six votes
were cast, 346 from the college
and 50 from the seminary.
March 29, 1974
KRONHOLM SAGA RELATED AT SEMINARY PRESS CONFERENCE
Bethel Seminary was the scene of a national press conference
March 20. The occasion was the safe return of Mrs. Eunice Kronholm,
former Bethel school nurse, who was kidnapped the morning of March
15. Mrs. Kronholm was accompanied at the conference by her
husband, Gunnar, and other members of her family. Gunnar
Kronholm, president of Drovers State Bank in South St. Paul, is also a
part-time teacher (business) here at Bethel and a member of the
President's Associates, an advisory committee to President
Lundquist.
At the press conference Mrs. Kronholm related, for the first time,
the accurate details of her abduction. Briefly: Friday morning (March
15), as Mrs. Kronholm was getting into her car for a hair appointment,
two men wearing snowmobile masks grabbed and tied her, forcing her
into the back seat of her car. Following this came hours and hours of
driving, part of which she spent in the trunk. The kidnappers contacted
Mr. Kronholm at the bank, informing him that they had his wife, and
that they wanted $200,000 for her safe release.
Mrs. Kronholm was then transferred to a "room" which is now
believed to have been a vacant house at 1204 Echo Drive in Burnsville.
Sunday night Mr. Kronholm, after driving more than a hundred miles
through and around the Twin Cities, dropped off the $200,000,
probably at an abandoned picnic area near Burnsville.
At 10 a.m. Monday morning the abductors had promised to notify
Kronholm of his wife's whereabouts, but this did not come to pass.
Monday afternoon the FBI announced that James William Johnson
had been arrested and charged with extortion in connection with the
kidnapping of Mrs. Kronholm.
During all of this Mrs. Kronholm tried to talk her way to freedom.
She reasoned with the abductor, reminding him that one suspect had
been taken and that the FBI was sure to be on his trail. He was mulling
the possibility of freeing her when she said, "OK, I am going" and ran
out the door. She flagged down a car, which took her to a store, where
she called her husband. The next day was spent in seclusion, prior to
her Wednesday morning press conference.
The faith and courage of the Kronholms was a beautiful witness for
Jesus Christ. We join others in thanking God for the safe return of
Mrs. Eunice Kronholm.
February 26, 1959
COLLEGE, SEM TO VOTE
ON SEPARATION
Next Friday the vote for
dividing the Bethel Student Asso-ciation
into two separate govern-mental
units will be held from
10:30 to 2 p.m. College students
will - vote in the lounge and
seminary students will vote in the
seminary lounge.
A two-thirds majority of the
ballots cast is required to pass
this proposal which will amend
the constitution of the Bethel
Student Association. This
amendment would enable each
student body to reorganize its
government. A joint committee
would be created to handle areas
of common interest.
"We are delighted," said Dr. "He is no fool who gives what
Carl H. Lundquist, president, in he cannot keep, to gain what he
a formal press conference Tues- cannot lose." This maxim, which
day, April 27, "to announce that serves as the motto for the
in this centennial year, the BGC's LIFT program, is from
highpoint will be the beginning of the pen of martyred missionary to
construction of educational facil- the Auca Indians of Ecuador, Jim
ities in Arden Hills." Elliot.
Speaking to representatives Bethel is privileged to have
from television channels 4, 9, 11, Mrs. Elizabeth Elliot, Jim Elliot's
metropolitan newspapers and the widow, as a featured speaker at
local Shoreview-Arden Hills Sun Founders Week. Having returned
Newspaper, Lundquist explained once to Ecuador since her
Bethel's contractual agreement husband's death, Mrs. Elliot
for completing the first phase of presently resides in Prauravia,
its $21 million relocation and New Hampshire with her daugh-building
program. ter.
November 27, 1963
ASSASSIN KILLS KENNEDY; CAMPUS HOLDS MEMORIAL
Bethel joined the rest of the world in mourning the assassination
last Friday of President John F. Kennedy. Nik Dag festivities Saturday
night and classes Monday were cancelled in honor of the dead leader.
Tuesday morning during chapel period the college and seminary held a
joint memorial service in the fieldhouse.
October 1, 1954
LUNDQUIST BEGINS PRESIDENCY
Carl H. Lundquist is a familiar name to most Bethelites because he
has been active in Conference work for the last ten years. He served on
the Board of Home Missions from 1945 to 1953 (as chairman from 1951
to 1953), as acting Executive Secretary of the Board of Trustrees of the
Conference, and other responsible positions.
Administrative responsibilities had their beginning back his high
school days. First he headed his church young people's groups. Then
he was chosen president of the South Dakota Young People's Society.
Perhaps the climaxing experience was his appointment to the
presidency of the Student Association of Sioux Falls College.
Coupling this background with ten years in a pastorate (Elim
Church, Chicago) has made President Lundquist keen to the needs of
young people setting out in full-time service for Christ either as
ministers and missionaries or as laymen.
Last January he joined Bethel's faculty as acting dean. From then
on, the Lundquists had a part in all school activities, ranging from
basketball games to banquets. In the crowd at the Student Center, the
youthful (37 years of age) president can easily be mistaken for a
student.
President Lundquist, young in years but mature in experience, and
God-guided throughout his entire life, is God's man for the job.
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Our Reasons For A Merry Christmas
December 14, 1949
letters to the editor
Bethel Institute
COMPRISING
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B. D. courses in the Seminary. Bible courses in the Academy.
Christian atmosphere, ideal location, accredited work in all de-partments,
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legcs and Secondary Schools and by the State University. Low
expenses, opportunity for self-help, etc.
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editorials —
Sept. 17, 1976
COMMENTS ON CROWDING
Editor: Bill Trollinger
To say that Bethel suffers from an overcrowding problem is a little
like saying New York City suffers from fiscal mismanagement. The
obviousness of the fact makes the statement inane. The packed
facilities, the student complaints (protests that are publicly echoed by
the Student Association leaders), and the newspaper coverage of the
situation all but make it impossible for members of the Bethel
community to be unaware of the problem.
One aspect of our crowded situation is found in the student housing
program (which has been thoroughly discussed in the paper). Of
course, part of the problem is that Student Affaris and Housing got
caught in a squeeze, having planned on Old Campus being sold. But,
still, a choice was made. As Miss Starr asserted last week, and Mack
Nettleton reiterated this week, the present housing policy is that it is
better to stuff (our word) the students into New Campus/Old Campus
housing rather than use a format such as that which was used at Nob
Hill last year. (The Nob Hill plan was, basically, student apartment
living which was partially subsidized by the College.)
We strongly disagree with this policy. The argument that the girls
felt isolated is highly over-emphasized, and if isolation was a problem,
it was probably due to Bethel's seeming disregard for these students
as members of the on-campus community.
Well, that's past history. The Board of Regents are examining the
apartment idea this week. We hope the decision is a favorable one, and
that the situation is improved as soon as possible.
November 4, 1960
LET'S MARCH FOR FREEDOM
AND HUMAN DIGNITY ON
NOV. 8
Editor: L.E.B.
We join with Tim Jenkins in asking you, now that there is a call from
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for the support of
students all over the country for the success of its Election Day project
on Nov. 8, to examine the total picture of voting rights violations.
Such demonstrations should occur on Election Day beginning at 4
p.m. and continuing through the supper hour. They will involve a
march to a central polling place or the State Capitol. There should be a
brief picket and a street meeting.
We hope that the students of Bethel College will not sit idly by at
this time, but will join with students across the nation and in the Twin
Cities in this march for freedom and human dignity.
August 19, 1964
BETHEL MAY DISAPPOINT
STUDENT EXPECTING UTOPIA
Editor: June Erickson
So you are going to a Christian college. Just what do you expect it
to be like? Do you think that because Bethel is a community of
Christian people that it is a Utopia? It isn't.
Don't be disappointed when you discover that the Bethel community
has problems like any other community. The students who come here
and the people who work here may be Christians, but they are also
humans.
Students who have studied at Bethel will tell you that Christian
growth often seems harder and slower at Bethel. You will discover the
difficulty of Christian living at Bethel when you find yourself
substituting habitual chapel attendance for genuine personal devotion
to God.
Now you might be expecting Bethel to be no different than any other
college even if it is a Christian school. Bethel is unique because of its
Christian commitment.
May 1, 1967 (CARRION)
COLLEGE-CONFERENCE RIFT
RESOLVES IN MEETINGS
Perhaps the most serious
problem facing the Bethel family
is the increasing alienation from
its constituents, and as everyone
knows, such trends can lead to
critical misunderstandings.
Though the horizon of answers
is initially bleak, there is a bright
spot. The only answer to the
problem is staging Founder's
Week every week of the school
year. The advantages of this are
overwhelming.
Prime advantage of this would
be the improvement of the menu
at the Bethel cafeteria.
The intellectual atmosphere of
the school has seen a marked
decline since the departure of the
Founder's Week delegates. To
maintain the sharp scholarly
nature of classes a return of the
delegates is necessary to revita-lize
the sagging progress of
classes.
We don't know how the above
evidence warrants our initial
statement, but as we always say,
FOUNDER'S WEEK MUST DO
SOMETHING RIGHT!
May 1, 1958
CONFUSING MUDDLE?
Dear Editor:
Bethel has a code of language
which is a confusing muddle of
slang.
The use of slang around school
has been excused by some by the
explanation that they do not use
slang in public. But can we
continue to use slang around
school and not use it in public?
Isn't our slang just a modifica-tion
of profanity which we think
Christians can use without trans-gressing
the third command-ment?
"If we don't use this casual
talk, kids off campus will think
we're a bunch of religious duds,"
is the argument often quoted.
When incorrect speech is not
acceptable in the Lord's eyes,
isn't it our duty as Christians to
use correct speech? And
shouldn't we regard what the
Lord thinks of us as being more
important than what others think
of us?
We should remember that our
Christian testimony is reflected
in our talk.
N.W.U.R.
October 5, 1961
FROST REACT TO PERSON'S
VIEWS ON CIVIL DEFENSE
BERLIN CRISIS
Dear Editor:
In response to the article in the
Clarion, "Is Berline worth a
nuclear war?" my emphatic an-swer
is no! There is absolutely no
desire in me to be killed or
maimed for life for a group of
people I have never seen, will
never see, or care anything about
at all. Nor do I wish to spend
money for Civil Defense, used to
heighten my fears, that I could
spend for "a new motor boat or
what not." In fact, to me the
whole arms race is quite ridicu-lous.
War is nearly inevitable;
therefore my personal opinion is
to get them before they get us.
The best defense is a good
offense.
Gerald Egge
Nov. 7, 1961
U.S. MUST WIELD NUCLEAR
THREAT AGAINST RUSSIA
Dear Editor:
Many people seem to believe
that our testing nuclear weapons
(or our standing firm in Berlin and
elsewhere) will lead to war.
However, history has shown us
that unless we stop the Russians
and unless we let the Russians
know we mean business, they
will continue their march toward
world conquest and supression
of millions which is as bad as
war.
If we will continue to be the
strongest military power on
earth, including in the field of
nuclear weapons, and if we will
be more firm than we have even
been before against the Russian
enslavement of men and minds,
there will then be no war, and
less people will suffer the oppres-sion
of Russian terrorism.
Our nation is not up against
just another "cause" or "ism,"
but against a Satanic power.
Harvey Nelson
October 24, 1975
HAALAND SURRENDERS
LECTURE TIME
Dear Sir:
I see where I have been given
February 10, from 6:30-6:31 for
my lecture on "The Wit and
Humor of Chuck Haaland" (Clar-ion:
October 10). Obviously I will
not need this entire time, so I
would like to donate whatever I
don't use to Marshall Shelley.
Sincerely,
Chuck Haaland
October 25, 1968
CHANGING VALUES?
Dear Editor:
Last year student discount
cards were carefully edited to
remove all cinemas and liquor-serving
restaurants; this year the
discount cards were sold uncut,
and the bookstore is now giving
away an offer of free pipe
tobacco.
Is tobacco less sinful than the
cinema? Or is the bookstore less
influencial than the Student
Association?
Or have we seen an evolution of
and a readjustment of values?
Sincerely,
Leonard Ray Sammons
October 8, 1976
G.W. CARLSON
BLASTS ROYALTY
Dear Editor:
Here We Go Again! The return
of the Bethel royalty. The king
and queen have returned from
their exile status and have
recaptured the throne. I guess the
Marable Morgan woman is alive
and well — and as a result the
whole school has been totalled.
I wish the cynics and demo-crats
would have won out and we
elected Doc's dog as the number
one attraction. At least we could
only be accused of dog chauvin-ism.
Since when do Christians
judge people by their sexual
attractiveness and outward ap-pearance
(both male and female)?
This is an affront to the main-stream
testimony of Christ who is
interested in the whole person
and whether his disciples give
testimony of the fruits of the
Spirit.
Sincerely,
G. William Carlson
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(November 7, 1957)
PLANNING A PARTY?
Feed them good!
Everybody loves McDonalds
HAMBURGERS 15c
CHEESEBURGER 19c
Thick SHAKES 20c
FRENCH FRIES 10c
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Across from Harkins
Playground
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April 26, 1975
SHOES AND SHIPS AND SEALING WAX
by David J. Healy
I went to see Russ Johnson again, to see if he was still the same. I
wondered if some of his mystique had been left upstairs in the old
College Building, where the smell of formaldehyde oozed from the
very walls and the blood of a thousand fetal pigs stained the floor,
where the odor of death was masked only by Russ's everlasting plants.
I've harbored a soft spot in my heart for Russ ever since he gave me a
B in General Biology. As is usually the case with required courses,
previous few tidbits of knowledge survive from my Gen. Bio. days. But
I do remember Russ Johnson, with his boundless enthusiasm, his
incredible spontaneity, and his unashamed love for God's creation.
And so I went back to see if it was still there.
The first few minutes of class were given over to reminding students
of the greenhouse project. Then, with characteristic abandon, Russ
departed from the syllabus to talk about flowers.
As he delved into the mysteries of petal, pistil, pollen, and
parthenogenesis, I marvelled again at the man's irrepressible spirit.
After decades of teaching and dozens of springs, he still approaches
each April with the contagious excitement of youth and manages
somehow to produce the same enchantment in even the most
unlearned observer.
Perhaps no one deserved our move to this campus more than Russ.
After laboring for years on a few acres of hard ground with its carefully
cultivated flora, at last, in the twilight of his career, he is surrounded
by the wild things he loves.
God has revealed Himself to man through His Word, both written
and living : the Bible and His Son. But God also reveals Himself
through nature. And that makes Russ Johnson the greatest evangelist
I've ever heard.
March 8, 1974
FAST SET FOR TUESDAY;
STOOKEY TO PLAY HERE
IN WEDNESDAY BENEFIT
by Steve Harris
Her eyes are large and brown.
Staring emptily, they silently call
for help. These are the eyes of a
small African child as she clings
in vain to her frail mother's
milkiess breast. These are the
eyes of a child who is slowly
starving to death.
Thousands of miles and many
cultures away, the eyes are
bright, the music is enjoyable,
the conversation is relaxed. Peo-ple
have filled a college field-house
to capacity on a winter's
night to enjoy the sounds of Noel
Paul Stookey and others.
How are these very dissimilar
scenes related? They will be very
much related as this Wednesday
night, March 13, Bethel College's
Student Senate African Relief
Project will present a benefit
concert featuring Stookey, Mike
Monroe, Phil Kitchen, and Jay
and Gail Caress. All proceeds
from this concert are being
donated to aid that little girl, and
millions of her brothers, sisters,
mothers, and fathers, all across
famine-plagued West Africa.
September 10, 1976
BOOKSTORE MANAGER OF
14 YEARS DIES AFTER
BATTLING CANCER
by Diane Gonzalez
Returning students fondly re-member
him as "Bargain Bob," a
determined businessman. But
Bob Bergerud will be remem-bered
as a concerned Christian as
well.
On Wednesday, August 25, at
the age of 53, Robert Bergerud
went to be with his Lord. He died
as a result of lung cancer.
During his 53 years:Bob led a
busy, dynamic life. After gradu-ating
from Augustana College in
Illinois, he continued his educa-•
tion at Bethel Seminary. For the
next 17 years he pastored four
different churches.
In 1962, Rev. Bergerud took
over as manager of the Bethel
College and Seminary Book-stores.
Lois, his wife, said that
"Bob considered his job a call
from God. He felt that was as
much a call as from a church."
He enabled the bookstores to
grow from $75,000 to $335,000 in
annual operations. "He tried to
run the store as efficiently as he
could," commented Mrs. Ber-gerud.
"I received a letter from
the bookstore saying how he
worked hard — over and above
that which he 'had to do.' He
expected the kids working there
to put out a lot because they were
doing it for Christ, not just for a
paycheck."
September 30, 1964
STUDY BODY ENROLLMENT
EXCEEDS THOUSAND MARK
Unofficial tallies from the
registrar's office indicates that
the Bethel College and Seminary
enrollment will be well over the
1,000 mark when the official
Count is made tomorrow. More
then 900 full and part-time
students will be attending the
college, while seminary figures
stand at 105.
March 21, 1965
BETHEL'S CORNER ON
NOSTALGIA; SIP IT WITH
YOUR COFFEE
Tucked into a corner of Beth-el's
structural maze of glass-lined
corridors, winding stairways, and
numbered mailboxes, is Doc
Dalton's "Coffee Corner," and for
the hundreds of students and
faculty who mecca there daily,
the pleasure it offers goes far
beyond the basic menu of coffee,
tea, and cookies. It is an experi-ence
in Bethel nostalgia.
The Corner, in reality an
extension of Doc's second floor,
Academic Center History office,
was born in another era of Bethel
history, an era that Doc wants to
help students remember.
April 25, 1953
BETHEL'S FIRST MUSIC MAJOR
PRESENTS RECITAL TUESDAY
Bethel's first music major,
Carol Frykenberg, will present
her senior organ recital Tuesday,
April 28 at 8:30 p.m. in the
college chapel.
Along with her organ studies,
Carol has taken several theory
and composition courses plus
other music classes.
■•■
February 16, 1967
EDGREN SHEBANG ATTRACTS
CROWD: PARTY EXPLODES
WITH CELEBRITIES
Smash social for last week
followed hard on the heels of the
Mankato Madrigals concert, Fri-day
night at 9:30. The Edgren
Dorm Party entertained a capacity
crowd estimated at over 150
people.
Bright spots in the evening's
entertainment were Dave Shupe,
and the "Sinners," including Ken
Bell, Gary Wagner, Steve Roe,
with a folk song repertoire and
the perennial Leonard Sammons
and his inimitable versions of
"More," "World Without Love,"
and "Count Me In" backgrounded
by the "Repulsives," composed
of Gaylord Anderson, John Grif-fiths,
Lyn Hanson, and Jerry
Tarman.
September 13, 1968
BETHEL ENDS TWO YEAR
SEARCH FOR DEAN
Two year's search for a new
full-time college academic dean
came to an end on July 2 when
Dr. Virgil A. Olson was approved
by the Baptist General Confer-ence
at its Davenport, Iowa
annual meetings to take over the
post at the opening of this school
year.
The former Bethel Seminary
professor of church history and
missions earned the appointment
after nomination by a committee
meeting combining the adminis-trative
council of the Board of
Education with three college
faculty members, and approval by
both the full board of education
and delegates to the Davenport
meetings.
April 22, 1955
AL GLENN NEW PREXY
Al Glenn, college sophomore,
was elected president of the
Student Senate last Wednesday
along with Glenn Ogren, another
March 6, 1956
CREATOR OF "PEANUTS" TO
SPEAK, DRAW HERE
by Paul Schlueter
Bethel will be host to a number
of famous kids a week from this
Friday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m.
"Peanuts" and his gang —
Charlie Brown, Lucy, Schroeder
(with his piano), and Snoopy the
dog will be appearing in the
college chapel, along with
Charles M. Schulz, their creator,
in a special Clarion-sponsored
meeting.
Mr. Schultz, an active Christian
layman, will relate how "Peanuts"
has come into its present place of
drawing-board prestige and pop-ularity
from an obscure begin-ning,
and of how the message of
Christianity relates itself to car-tooning.
April 9, 1976
Dear Dr. Von Schueller:
sophomore, as vice president.
Other election results named
Beverly Carlson as recording
secretary; Retha Creech as cor-responding
secretary; Bill Con-rad
as treasurer; Lowell Gardner
as finance secretary.
November 23, 1960
MARTIN LUTHER KING WILL
ADDRESS CONVO
Revealed by the 1957 Gallup
Poll as one of the most religious
leaders in the world, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., co-pastor of the
Ebenezer Baptist church, Atlanta,
Georgia, will be the featured
speaker at a morning and evening
convocation on Thursday, Dec. 1
in the fieldhouse.
Dr. King will address the group
on the general topic of Race
Relations at the morning convo-cation.
In the evening he will
speak on the topic, "Paul's
Epistle to Twentieth Century
Christians."
May 13, 1964
SEMINARY CONSTRUCTION
COMMENCES ON JULY 1
The woods and hills around
Lake Valentine were alive all
winter with the drone of power
saws and the pounding of axes
which were clearing the new
seminary site, where building is
scheduled to begin in July.
The seminary complex will be
located in a small valley which is
about three-quarters of a mile
from the main road. The hills
surrounding the area are the
highest on campus and command
an expansive view of Lake
Valentine.
Six buildings will constitute
the seminary plot.
On July 1 of this year, new
crews with heavy equipment will
begin seminary construction. The
small crew of four who worked
over the winter will be joined by a
maze of men and machines that
will rapidly transform the area
into the new campus.
October 15, 1976
SENATOR HATFIELD ON
CAMPUS OCT. 22
by Holly Schmiess
U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield, a
radically Christian Senator, will
spend a morning here next
Friday.
"A Morning with Mark Hatfield"
will be sponsored by the Chris-tian
College Consortium, with
Bethel's Student Association
hosting the senator.
President Lundquist and repre-sentatives
from the political
science division, student govern-ment,
and the Clarion will meet
Hatfield during an invitational
breakfast.
Classes will then dismiss early
for a 90-minute chapel beginning
at 9:45.
The Republican Senator from
Oregon will address the assembly
and answer questions.
It's that time of year again, when Income Tax forms must be filled
out, and I am presently trying to analyze my entire financial situation. I
have come to the conclusion that I need some advice concerning
investments, financial security, etc. Could you give me some help?
Jack
Dear Jack:
Jack, I would strongly suggest that you look into the possibility of
expanding your portfolio, above and beyond your blue chip investment
securities, to include the solidity and virtual non-inflationality of gold
and white chip opportunities. Indeed, your biennial yield return will
show a marked downslope in terms of recessionary revenue and your
equity revenue will need some capital readjustment in terms of market
expenditure, but you must remember that you are paying much capital
interest for such short-term, risk-oriented securities. Jack, you could
reorganize your whole pecuniary policy today to allow for bear market
eventualities tomorrow!
Your concerned brother,
Dr. Von Schueller
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(Further inducements, Le dinner, car, etc., may influence judges' decision)
Harry Fager, Jim Spickelmier, Tim Sward
seven
One of the Faculty's sparking players in the Koffee Kup game, 'Rock
bottom' Finlay, whirls on the referee muttering, "Now you've got no
call to blow your whistle on me."
1964
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September 29, 1960
Fact:
The Pirates will beat the
Yankees in the Series.
Editor
February 15, 1952
"B" CLUB BARS
LETTER SWEATERS
At their January 29 meeting,
members of the Bethel "B" Club
passed a resolution that reads,
"No letter awards from any
school other than Bethel shall be
worn on campus by any student."
According to Phil Carlson, presi-dent
of the organization, many of
the colleges in the land have the
same ruling. He says, "I hope all
students will cooperate in this
regard.
Recently, the club has sent to
the athletic committee of the
school a proposal for the revision
of the athletic award system. The
essence of the proposal is to
change the letter style, giving a
red letter with a white border on a
red background for major sports.
Acceptance of the proposal
would also eliminate all emblems
on letters except for captain and
manager designations. The old
style letter, red with a white
background, would be awarded in
minor sports.
The members also decided to
wear dark red wool jackets with
grey leather sleeves to designate
them as 'B' Club members.
March 8, 1974
ROYALS TOP TRI-STATE;
SO DO RAIDERS, BRAVES
by Curtis Kregness
As Tri-State Conference bas-ketball
competition concluded
last week, the Bethel Royals had
the dubious honor of being' in
first place. Excitement at Bethel
was not forthcoming, as one
might expect, for Sioux Falls and
Northwestern College could also
claim that distinction.
The frustrating three-way tie
(each team had eight wins and
two losses in conference play)
was finalized last Tuesday as
Sioux Falls handed Northwestern
of Iowa its second overtime
defeat this season, 82 to 80.
Sioux Falls was also responsible
for Northwestern's other loss
earlier in the season, 84 to 83 in
overtime. Similarly, Northwest-ern
accounted for Bethel's two
conference losses, and Bethel
twice downed Sioux Falls. Yank-ton
and Concordia College occu-pied
second and third place,
respectively.
November 13, 1962
BETHEL EDGES MORRIS 21-19,
EARNS BEST SEASON RECORD
by Bill Carlson
Bethel's football team cli-maxed
its best season in history
with a 21-19 victory over the
University of Minnesota at Morris
last Saturday. The Royals fin-ished
with a seven and one
record.
November 5, 1976
ROYALS WIN STUNNING
ST. OLAF CONTEST
by Bruce Olsen
The Bethel football team
showed once and for all that they
are capable of playing in the
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athlet-ic
Conference (MIAC), as they
demolished powerful St. Olaf
20-0.
The Oles had lost only one
game prior to the loss against the
Royals and are tied for second in
the MIAC.
February 25, 1971
THE HOT CORNER
by Rich Zaderaka
I'm not trying to make excuses
for the disappointing weekend
the Royals had in the Lea
Invitational Tournament, but I've
seen better officiating at funer-als.
The refs were unbelievable.
They blew more whistles than the
Northern Pacific. They didn't
know whether to call traveling or
goal tending. They called a quick
ten second violation several
times, but when the big guys
pitched tent in the lane, they
never got called for three sec-onds.
Maybe they had the rules
mixed up?
March 8, 1962
SPORTSCOPE
by Rick McNamara
Basketball road trips usually
mean a good time, even when a
team wins only one of nine road
games. Some first-hand and
second-hand observations on the
recent Wisconsin road trip fol-low.
A groggy crew of ballplayers
being herded to St. Paul's Union
Depot to catch the 8 a.m. train for
Watertown, Wisconsin . . . Jan
Kolbrek and his banjo with robust
accompaniment ... Dan Wester-lund
proving to be a very gregar-ious
individual on train trips. . .
Coach Healy sitting on a half-melted
candy bar during the
pre-game warmup, causing a
brief delay in the start of the
game . . . Pete Franzmann of
Northwestern scoring 35 points,
tripping Bethel players, and
starting a right cross aimed at
January 25, 1974
RAIDERS STALL ROYALS
Scroggins smashes record with
2,104
by Curt Kregness
Steve Scroggins scored 42
points against Westmar College
last Friday as he set a Bethel
record for total college career
points and led the Royals to an 83
to 73 victory. The six-foot senior
guard surpassed 1969 Bethel
graduate Ron Pederson's 2,013-
point record by one point, as he
connected on a final basket with
two seconds remaining in the
game.
Westerlund's jaw . . . Coach
Healy looking very lonesome in
the hotel lobby after the game.
The next night was Milton, the
last game of the season . . . the
game started on time since
Coach Healy made it unscathed
through the warmup drills . . .
October 11, 1967
LUTEFISK
Lutefisk, Lutefisk*
Lefse, Lefse*
We're the Royals.
Yeah an' sure
Yah betcha
*For those who are bereft of their
Swedish heritage, and for those
who disown any part of it, the
term 'Iutefisk' refers to the
special preparation of a kind of
fish served only on such occa-sions
as Christmas, and the term
'lefse' refers to a type of
Norwegian bread.
May 21, 1963
ATHLETE'S CRITICIZE
COLUMN'S TRACK,
INTRAMURAL IDEAS
Dear Editor,
Yes, spring is here and with it
spring sports, including track.
Yes, we do have a track team. The
students haven't heard much
about them this year? It's proba-bly
because they aren't interested
enough in Bethel to find out what
its track team is doing. The
tremendous turnout at the trian-gular
meet with Stout State and
River Falls was greatly appreci-ated.
Both of our sports fans, two
Bethel "lovelies," had to assist in
regulating the meet because of
the apathy of the Bethel "men."
The student body can't even get
enough men out to act as
officials, let alone provide the
depth needed to win a meet.
May 7, 1976
DOTEN ROLLS ON TOWARDS
AMAZING SEASON
by Bruce Olsen
Until last weekend's baseball
game with Westmar College, Tim
Doten had achieved the limits of
superstardom, amassing a record
that most pitchers would dream
of in their sleep. His statistics
included a perfect 5-0 record,
only five walks, 40 strike-outs,
and a blistering 1.00 earned run
average.
March 3, 1960
BETHEL AND NORTHLAND
SHARE BGC CHAMPIONSHIP
Bethel College and Northland
College of Ashland, Wis., have
completed the basketball season
with identical conference records
and therefore share the Badger
Gopher Conference champion-ship.
Bethel ended the confer-ence
season Monday, Feb. 22 by
defeating Pillsbury, 78-51. North-land
finished the season by
defeating Lakeland College last
Saturday night. Both teams com-piled
9-1 records for the confer-ence
seasons.
September 21, 1961
SCHOOL SPIRIT SOUGHT:
WELCOMING STAFF PRAISED
Dear Editor:
Pardon me if I sound repeti-tious,
but its that littlest spirit of
all again — and I can't find him
anyplace.
This little fellow surely likes to
hide from college students. Not
because he doesn't like them but
because they don't like him. They
seem too sophisticated and ma-ture
to get excited over and
involved in a ball game. Even the
cheerleaders can't find him in
their slowly-moving pep yells.
Would everyone look for him?
He just wants to feel needed and
wanted.
Joy Malmquist
February 15, 1974
WITZGALL NOW 15-1,
RECORDS FASTEST PIN
by Tim Benhardus
Fred Witzgall set a new school
record as he pinned Concordia's
177 pound wrestler in 15 sec-onds.
The crowd almost missed
the match completely as the
quickness of Fred paid off and he
recorded his fifth pin of the year.
The pin helped Bethel take what
was a close match and turn it into
a runaway 33-15 victory over
Concordia St. Paul.
September 25, 1970
ROYALS WIN FOOTBALL GAME
AFTER TWO-YEAR DRY SPELL
The Bethel Royals football
team plays host to Northland
College at 1 :30 p.m. tomorrow at
Midway Stadium, after breaking a
19-game losing streak on a road
trip to Sioux Falls College, S.D.
last Saturday.
The scoring for Bethel, in the
13-6 fight, was done by quarter-back
Dave Pearson on a three-yard
sneak and on a 20-yard pass
from Pearson to split end Steve
Conklin.
October 5, 1967
PAST CLARIONS PRESENT
INTERESTING BAROMETER OF
HOMECOMING TRENDS
viAn array of Clarion Homecom-ing
issues dating from 1957-to
the present may be valuable in
providing an index to general
trends on Bethel's campus.
The college presently appears
to be in the midst of a downward
course with respect to elabora-tion
and ceremonial.
The peak of the period from
which we are unwinding was
reached in 1958 when the Royals
boasted a royal family complete
with king, queen and freshman
sweetheart. Approach to this
1958 peak was begun in 1946
when titles which hinted of
"royalty" were awarded some
deserving pair of Bethelites.
These titles were "host" and
"hostess.
1959 marked the beginning of
an "iconoclastic age," with a
dethronement of the kind and the
establishment of a matriarchal
rulership. Within a few years of
this action, the freshman sweet-heart
met with extinction, leaving
a figurehead queen as the single
titled person.
One will note that the above
progression has been defined in
terms of 'upward' and 'downward'
claiming for the present period a
point on the downward scale. In
some minds, however, the labels
for this progression may be just
the reverse. A de-emphasis in the
play-up of royalty being the
desired course of events.
A de-emphasis upon royalty
and ceremonial may indeed be
advantageous for the college as a
whole. Though not necessarily
true, the de-accent may corres-pond
with a greater stress on
academics, intellectualism, and
inter-personal communication.
Such logic would obviously place
Bethel at an all-time high in the
march of progress.
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Ann Kismet
"You just can't stop love.
It crushes barriers.
It breaks and builds bridges.
It finds a way through.
It never gives up.
It's hard work.
It listens.
It walks ten extra miles.
It's something you do.
Jesus did it for me.
He died to set me free.
He lives to share my life with me
and I go to His
and my
people
and love wins."
(From I'm out to change my
world)
Ann Kiemel, dean of women at
Eastern Nazarene College and
author of two books, will offer her
theories for living at the women's
luncheon, January 28 at the St.
Paul Radisson (12:45-3:00 p.m.).
She is described as "just an
ordinary young women who really
believes that the world can be
changed — one person at a
time."
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Students extend warm
welcome to Interim visitors
Commencement planning commences
by Nancy Naumenko
The sight of unfamiliar faces
has become a familiar sight to the
majority of "Bethelites" since the
beginning of this month. This is
hardly surprising, since we've
gained 97 people — 60 transfers
and 37 exchange students.
The exchange students arrived
from Westmont, Augustana, St.
Catherines, Dana, Augsburg,
Gustavus Adolphus, Tabor, St.
Benedict's, Macalester, Barring-ton,
Hamline, and St. John's. The
new students also include trans-fers,
readmits, freshmen, and
special students.
Their reasons for coming are as
varied as their locations were last
Books, continued from p. 1
semester, the bookstore will pay
50 per cent of the marked price.
The book is then remarked at 70
per cent of the marked price and
put back on the shelf to be sold
again.
Mark-up on new texts is more
or less predetermined by the
publisher's recommended price.
A book which costs the student
$10 has cost the bookstore $8.
Trade books (non-texts) are a bit
more lucrative. A $10 trade book
will have cost the bookstore $6.
This, too, is set by publishers.
The Hungry Mind does give
students a 4 per cent discount on
these trade books, which in effect
amounts to absorbing the sales
tax. However, Mac's bookstore
does not deal in such goods as
sweatshirts, mugs, novelties and
cards. Nor does it carry art
supplies or bathroom supplies.
The Bethel Bookstore does
supply these items. As a matter
of fact, gifts and novelties are
what keep the store going. These
items are served as a convenience
to the students and as a source of
profit, for the Bookstore marks
up these prices more than is done
with books. But the lack of
volume reduces the percentage of
profit.
Bethel's textbook mark-up is
the same as Mac's. (Anyone
wishing to check this is encour-aged
to look in the copy of
"Books in Print" located on the
desk in the center of the store).
The trade book cost is not the
same, in that Bethel does not
provide a 4 per cent discount.
In terms of buy-back policy, a
paperback which can be used
again in a class is bought back at
50 per cent of the price you paid,
and sold back at 66 per cent. On
reusable cloth texts, buy-back is
at 66 per cent of your cost, and
semester. Transfer junior Jim
Schultz says, "I wanted to come
to a college where I wouldn't be
just a number and where I would
get a Christian education." Inter-im
exchange student Dale Ken
Knight is here to "learn about
Bethel's college life so that I can
make a wise judgment in trans-ferring
here." Others came be-cause
of the influence of friends
or the availability of classes.
The new students have been
aware of us also and have
been forming their own impres-sions.
Interim exchange student
Diane Kath states the general
impression: "I think that every-body
I've met so far has been
really friendly!"
the book is resold at 75 per cent.
Books that will not be reused are
subject to publisher's list price.
Students who bring back- an
unmarked book after dropping a
class will be given a full refund if
they return a book within fire
days of the last day to add a class
and if they bring their receipt.
Refund is 90 per cent without a
receipt. After the five day period,
buy-back rates revert to the used
book rate. The reason given for
this short return period is that the
bookstore has only 30 days to
return texts.
Mary Fuller states that "One of
my goals is to make sure more
people are aware of bookstore
policies. Next year I hope to
prepare for distribution some sort
of a policy statement." Fuller
also asserts that putting invoices
on the shelves (a la Mac) would
be time-consuming and, there-fore,
costly — a cost the students
would eventually have to pay.
Mack Nettleton, Dean of Stu-dent
Affairs, comments that "it is
my feeling that, in the long run,
the bookstore will break even.
Gains in some years are sup-posed
to be counterbalanced by
losses in other years." In at-tempting
to investigate the
degree to which the Bethel
Bookstore meets this goal, it was
discovered that obtaining exact
profit figures from the Bookstore
or from the Business Office is a
very difficult procedure. So far
the most recent figures that were
attainable were those for the year
ending April 30, 1974. In that year
the profit margine was $14,261 on
receipts of $242,931 — a margin
of 5.4 per cent.
Profits made by the Bookstore
are plowed back into Bethel's
General Fund. Thus, Mary Fuller
asserted that "the Bookstore has
no motive for making a profit."
Most students, though, felt
that they were required to make
the first move in getting to know
people. As Dale Ken Knight
states : "It's not hard to get
acquainted if you want to. If you
don't really want to, you won't
make friends anywhere." One
upperclassman felt that living on
new campus makes it difficult to
get to know others who are not
freshmen. All seemed to feel,
however, that once introduced,
people were very friendly.
Another visitor's immediate
reply to his first impression was
"It's cold!"
Cold it has been, but hopefully
veteran students will continue to
extend a warm welcome to our
new students.
Lifestyle, continued from p.1
Mary did not feel this would be
a solution to the conflict some
students have. "I'd be really
disappointed if Bethel had
dances," she said. "It's a way of
conforming to the world's stan-dards."
Although many students do
not agree with the lifestyle, they
do conform to it. "Even though I
do not completely agree with
Bethel lifestyle as it is stated
now, I feel obligated to live by it,"
Steve said.
Another student, junior Bill
Whittaker, has no conflict. "I
have no problem living within the
guidelines of the lifestyle," he
said. Seeing a need for the rules,
he added, "We wouldn't need a
set of rules if we lived by love, but
we don't. People are not always
considerate of others, so we need
a few minimal rules."
by Gary Setterberg
Even though it appears that we
will be enduring a long, hard
winter, a dozen or so Bethel
seniors are already contemplat-ing
thoughts of spring. When
they are not dreaming of sunny
skies and warm breezes, they are
making plans for the graduation
of 275 Bethel seniors at the 1977
Bethel College Commencement
Exercises.
Earlier this year, Student Asso-ciation
President Pete Taylor
notified seniors (via the P.O.$) of
the opportunity to serve on a
baccalaureate and cornmence-ment
planning committee, to
plan and coordinate graduation
activities of this spring. As a
result, approximately twelve se-niors
responded. They are pres-ently
working, with the assis-tance
of their administritive
liason, Dwight Jessup, to devel-op
a significant and meaningful
weekend of activities for the
graduating class.
At present, the committee is
preparing to finalize the program
for both the baccalaureate and
commencement services. Se-niors'
suggestions, which are
continually being sought and are
very welcome, should be directed
to the student association office.
Dr. Virgil Olson, regents pro-fessor
and former vice president
and dean of Bethel College, now
executive secretary of world
missions for the Baptist General
Conference, has accepted an
invitation to deliver the bacca-laureate
address on Sunday, May
22. No commencement speaker
has as yet been named, but
announcement is expected within
a few weeks.
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Larry Matthias, Bruce Nordeen, Amy Ward delve Into the fantasy world of The Hobbit'.
Tolkien's classic 'Hobbit' to be presented next week
Robert B. Munger
Robert Munger, professor of
evangelism and church strategy
at Fuller Theological Seminary,
will conduct a seminar on
"Guidelines for Congregational
Evangelism in a Secular Society,"
during the Thursday and Friday
morning seminar slots next week.
The seminar will consider a few
of the biblical concepts basic to
developing effective evangelism
through the local church. Munger
will address the question: "With
fields ripe for harvest how do
God's laborers go about gather-ing
in His harvest?"
Munger is an active conference
speaker, author, and radio and
television minister. He has served
Presbyterian pastorates in Los
Angeles, Berkely, 'and Seattle.
Review
Porter's 'Anything Goes' at
Chanhassen Dinner Theater
tasteful, successful
by Dawn Hart
Spiked with energy, color,
style and dance, Cole Porter's
brilliant musical score for Any-thing
Goes has been cleverly and
tastefully revived at Chanhassen
Dinner Theatre.
This truly entertaining play was
first produced on Broadway in
1934. Paramount Film Studios
quickly filmed the hit in 1936
when Director Lewis Milestone
cast Bing Crosby in the lead role.
As in Crosby's style, Chanhassen
has picked up the beat, and the
cast dances its way across the
stage and into the hearts of the
audience.
Chanhassen's show is both
professional and disciplined, yet
the exuberant energy which is
apparent lends a free, easy
appearance to the production.
Anything Goes takes you
aboard the luxury liner, Ameri-can,
as it sets out on an Atlantic
voyage from New York to Lon-don.
On board are various high
society seekers. Reno Sweeny
and her Angels, a singing group
on tour; Billy Crocker, an honest
New York business man ; and
Moonface Martin, a murderer who
is ranked as America's public
enemy number thirteen, join
ranks during the voyage. The plot
follows the love story of Billy and
Hope Harcourt; the love affair of
Reno and Sir Evelyn Oakleigh;
the mistaken identity of Billy as
Scarface, Public Enemy Number
One; and the escapades of
Moonface Martin. Interspersed
with musical interludes, dance
Renaissance music group Mu-sic
Antigua will be appearing at
Bethel on Saturday, February 12
at 8 p.m. in the fieldhouse. The
performance, a rug concert, is
being co-sponsored by the music
department and campus-coordi-nators.
In recent years, audiences have
discovered the sparkling delights
of renaissance music. Musica
Antigua has emerged as one of
the foremost groups of this kind.
Patterning themselves after the
court musicians of renaissance
Europe, the ensemble offers a
wide variety of the unusual
instrumentation of the period.
numbers, and comic scenes, all
events work to create a happy
ending.
In keeping with professional-ism,
Chanhassen has created a
unique attractive set. Combining
the pleasing aesthetics of color
coordinated costumes, pleasing
lighting, good stage pictures,
and a carefully chosen cast,
Chanhassen offers a visual spec-tacle.
For the theatre lover, Anything
Goes offers an unforgettable
theatre experience. The permeat-ing
enthusiasm creates a spirit of
participation, a feeling of belong-ing.
Over all, the show was pro-duced
and directed in good taste.
Costumes were stunning and
carefully coordinated with the
set, the mood, the era, and for
the cast. For the religious
enthusiast, however, language
may be a problem, as might be
the "revival" meeting scene which
was a bit over-played.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatre not
only offers a great theatre experi-ence,
but serves a pre-show meal
which can be thoroughly enjoyed.
"We intend our production of
Anything Goes to be the revival of
a young old thing, not a sweet
antique. The power and energy of
the human body singing and
dancing is not nostalgia and
certainly not camp." Gary Gissel-man,
producer/director explains
in his program notes, "It is the
product of the live performance.
Celebrate the message: 'pick
yourself up, dust yourself off and
start all over again!' "
Krummhorns, kortholts, viols,
dulcian, rankett and recorders are
among the instruments heard in
concert.
Music Antigua was organized
in 1969 by musicians who had
been performing informally in the
Twin Cities for several years. The
ensemble specializes in medieval
and renaissance music performed
on authentic replicas of instru-ments
of the period. The ensem-ble
has appeared extensively in
the Upper Midwest, principally at
colleges and universities.
The program includes selec-tions
by William Cornish, William
Byrd and Henry Purcell.
school age.
The play is produced by Paul
Siemers. This is the second
production this year for Paul, the
first being The Importance of
Being Earnest.
Bilbo the hobbit is portrayed by
Amy Ward while Bruce Bohne is
cast as Gandalf, the Wizard, and
Larry Matthias plays Thorin the
egocentric dwarf.
The Hobbit is a children's play,
but that doesn't mean that it
doesn't appeal to children of all
ages. When the stage lights go
up Wednesday night, we will all
be drawn into the kaleidoscopic
world of J.R.R. Tolkien.
by Dan Erickson
All the pounding and sawing
and sanding and drilling coming
from the experimental theatre
this month is designed to do
more than just ruin your diges-tion.
It is a collection of goblins,
hobbits, elves, dwarves, and a
dragon or two preparing Mirk-wood
Forest, the Shire, goblin's
caves and many other imaginative
places.
All will be ready the nights of
the 26th and 27th when the drama
department, and the Children's
Theatre class in particular, are
proud to present The Hobbit, an
adaptation of the book by J.R.R
Tolkien.
Tolkien's classic adventure into
fantasy has long been a favorite
among Bethel students and facul-ty,
and the members of the cast
hope to capture much of the
adventure and fun. The class is
concerned with not only putting
on the children's play, but also in
trying to develop a complete
background in .children's theat-rics
and creative dramatics.
Grade school children from the
Mounds View and Roseville area
will be bussed to view the
production on the 24, 25 and 26 of
January. Theatre has provided a
unique and effective means by
which to reach children of a grade
Arts Calendar
Visual Art
January 21-30 Victorian and art deco prints and photographs,
paintings, and carvings from Bali, stone and brass
rubbings from Bangkok, and scrolls, watercolors,
and embroidered silk prints from Nationalist
China, Lohmann Art Gallery, 920 Nicollet Mall,
suite 304.
January 21-30 Fantasy Volumes and Landscapes, and The Effect
of Sidewalks on Day-to-Day Seeing, Lower Level
Gallery, Walker Art Center.
January 21-30 Colour Images, Steve Rouch, photographic works,
Artisans' World, 2274 Como Ave., St. Paul.
January 21-30 Shig Ikeda, surrealistic photographer from New
York, J. Hunt Gallery, 3011 E. 25th St.
Music
January 22 Classical Guitarist, Turan-Mirza Kamal, 8 p.m.
Orchestra Hall (339-3600).
Theatre
January 15- Mary Mary, Lakeshore Players, 522 Stewart Ave,
February-6 White Bear Lake (429-5674).
January 21- Anything Goes, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre,
February 1 Chanhassen (474-4181).
January 21- The National Health, Guthrie Theatre (377-2224).
February 26
January 24-27 The Hobbit, Bethel College Experimental Theatre.
'Music Antigua to perform
at Bethel rug concert Feb. 12
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transforming power of the gos-pel.
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Kevin Hallstrom named to
All-America football team
by Bruce Olsen
To be named first team all-
American is an award rarely
experienced by most football
players. For senior Kevin Hall-strom
it marks a highpoint in his
career that has seen many awards
come and go.
Hallstrom, a 5'10" 170 pound
defensive back, has started for
four years on the Bethel team. In
1974 and 1975 he was voted most
valuable defensive back on the
Royal squad. At the end of the
1975 season he was named by his
teammates to be a captain for the
1976 season. This year he was
named to the all-conference
team, the all-district team, and
finally to the National Associa-tion
of. Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) Division II first team
all-American.
Hallstrom's all-American per-formance
included 12 intercep-tions,
establishing a new Bethel
record. He also established a
Bethel record with 22 career
interceptions.
Hallstrom originally came to
Bethel in 1973 intending to play
basketball. It was his best sport
in high school, so he intended to
carry it over into college.
But the insistence of Coach
"Chub" Reynolds, plus his excel-lent
high school record (named to
the all-conference team two years
straight), led him to the gridiron
in his freshman year. It is a move
that Hallstrom has never regret-ted.
Kevin attributes much of his
success to Steve Payne, defen-sive
backfield coach for the
Royals. "Coach Payne has helped
a lot," said Hallstrom. "He has a
good football mind and is one of
the best coaches around."
"Of course (Coach) Chub (Rey-nolds)
has helped a lot too,"
continued Hallstrom. Kevin went
on to say that Reynold's direction
as head coach and his support for
the players made it easier to play
well.
The always-modest Hallstrom
was not sure if he was the best
candidate for the award. "I was
real surprised when I was named
to the all-American team," said
Kevin. "I still don't think I deserve
it. There were three or four other
players on the team who deserved
it as much as me."
"But I'm sure it's good for the
school," continued Hallstrom. He
believed that having someone
from Bethel being named all-
American will help the school's
reputation as a football power.
Hallstrom believed the game
against St. Olaf was "definitely
my best game. It was the best
game of my life. Everything went
right."
straight year. For most of those
four years he has been the
lead-off man for the team.
Kevin's daily 100 percent out-put
has brought him many
rewards, including those in the
classroom. He hopes to enroll
this fall at the University of
Minnesota to study dentistry.
Hallstrom's all-American per-formance
can be seen in his life
both in the classroom and on the
athletic field. He is one athlete
who well deserves the title of
all-American.
Wrestling, continued
from p.12
Coach Bill Heaton said the
team had a rough day, but did all
right under the circumstances.
The team is 4-3 in dual meets on
the season.
In a triple-dual meet before
Christmas, the team showed
what they could do if they "put it
all together." They beat two
teams and lost to one.
Presently, the team is ham-pered
with some injuries, and two
wrestlers are gone for interim.
The schedule ahead looks tough,
but everyone should be back in
February. Jake Huizenga is still
recovering from an injury, but he
is moving around better now and
hopes to be back by February.
"The team is young, they'll get
tougher with some experience,"
said Coach Heaton. "They're
taking their licks this year, but if
they stick at it, they'll be a good
bunch of wrestlers."
There are four freshmen and
two sophomores on the team this
year, and only one senior. "The
team gets along good ; they're
good to work with ; they'll
improve." That's the coach's
views, so the future seems to be a
little more optimistic.
Basketballers beat
Hamline, face
Macalester tonight
by Gayle Trollinger
The women's basketball team
met Gustavus (here) on January
6. The two teams were closely
matched and Bethel squeaked by
the visiting team by one point,
58-57. On January 8 St. Benedicts
out-rebounded Bethel to a four to
one ratio and swept past the
Royals, 82-39. "We were flat, our
offensive game was poor," Coach
Karyl Frye noted.
Hamline and Bethel met on
Thursday, January 13 at Hamline.
Bethel dominated the entire game
and won by a substantial margin,
58-27.
Bethel began the game with a
series of steals and forced jump
balls. Bethel's full court zone
press intimidated Hamline and
forced sloppy passing and poor
ball handling.
Although Bethel's 3-2 defense
dominated Hamline, the home
team continued its "man to man"
defense throughout virtually the
entire game and was never able to
use it successfully.
However, Bethel lacked coor-dinated
offensive plays, but
Hamline's sloppy defense was a
small deterrant to even the most
poorly executed play.
The officials called an amaz-ingly
tight game and many calls
were disputed by both players
and coaches. Forty-five fouls
were called on the teams as well
as numerous traveling violations
and jump balls. Hamline scored
13 of its 27 points on free throws,
while approximately 25 percent of
Bethel's points were on free
throws.
Coach Frye feels the team has
definitely improved. "The fresh-men
are willing to work hard. We
have started working intensely on
our defense and there have been
positive results."
The players hope to also
"develop a man to man defense,
but at this point don't have the
finesse to pull it out." Frye added
that although the defense is
improving, the offense "still
needs a lot of work — especially
in the rebounding."
Bethel has some interesting
and potentially tough games
ahead. Tonight they will precede
the men's basketball game at
5:30 p.m. as they meet Macales-ter
(here). They have soundly
defeated Mac in a previous game;
however, Frye was not satisfied.
"Both teams played a messy
game. We're looking forward to a
cleaned up game." Bethel will
also meet St. Olaf on January
25, St. Mary's on January 27 and
a strong Concordia team on
January 29.
In the St. Olaf game Hallstrom
recovered one fumble, was in on
eight tackles, and intercepted
two passes. He returned one pass
for a touchdown. More impor-tantly
for Hallstrom, they upset
highly-regarded St. Olaf by a
score of 20-0.
Thought by many to be Beth-el's
finest athlete, the soft-spoken
Hallstrom continues to
perform magnificently on the
athletic field. This spring he will
be starting at second base on the
baseball team for the fourth
In Hardwood Groves, continued from p. 4
some pictures right out of a mid-60's high-school health book to
represent the old "dry type" of cut. He then showed me a picture of
Robert Redford to show me the kind of look the wet cut would give me.
"Now which one do you want to look like?"
Naturally I didn't want to look like the last survivor of the "Leave It
To Beaver" era, so I finally acquiesced to the "wet cut."
"In a few years there won't be such a thing as a dry cut. Everything
will be a wet cut. I'll bet it makes you nervous to see all this hair falling
off doesn't it?"
"To be quite frank, it certainly . . ."
"Well, you don't need alot of hair to make hair look long. You're
going to love this."
"Now, how long do you want this? About this long?" He put his
hand to the middle of my ear.
"Actually I wanted it just a little longer . . ."
"Oh don't be silly. It's going to look better short like this."
"Hey listen pal. I'm paying good . . ."
"Boy you're really going to love this. I could really do some nice
things with your hair if you'd let me."
An urbanely cautious conversation continued until Mr. Timm was
finishing. He then explained the ritual he thought I was going to go
through every morning to get my hair ready.
"I don't have two hours every morning to stand in the john and
tack-comb' my hair!"
"Well why didn't you tell me. I would have given you a permanent."
After he tried to sell me a $10 bottle of PH Balance Alkaline
Neutralizer. I was heard muttering something about "Field and
Stream" as t stomped out of the door.
eleven
Oslin evades blatant trip and drives on wild-eyed Trinity player.
Royals come back to win thriller
SPORTS Men's Basketball
Jan. 21 Westmar H 7:30
Jan. 22 Northwestern
Iowa H 2:30
Jan. 28 Yankton T 7:30
Jan. 29 Sioux Falls T 2:30
Feb. 4 Concordia H 7:30
Feb. 5 Northland H 7:30
Women's Basketball
Jan. 21 Macalester H 5:30
Jan. 25 St. Olaf
Jan. 27 St. Mary's T 5:30
Jan. 29 Concordia H 2:30
Feb. 4 Carleton
Feb. 5 Stout State ...H 12:30
Feb. 7 SPBC
Feb. 10 Northwestern H 6:30
Wrestling
Jan. 22 Triangular at
Eau Claire T 1 :30
Jan. 26 Double Dual at
St. John's T 6:30
Jan. 29 Minnesota-
Morris H 7:30
Feb 2 Triangular H 6:30
Feb. 5 Triangular .... H 12:00
by Bruce Olsen
Three hundred and fifty loyal
Bethel fans braved sub-zero
temperatures to see the Royal
cagers win a come-from-behind
victory by a score of 78-75.
Fourteen second-half points by
freshman Dave Blanchard led the
Royals over Dordt College.
Losing by as much as 14 points
in the first half, the Royals found
their shooting eyes to be blurred.
Bethel shot a dismal 31 percent
from the field, compared to 50
percent for Dordt. The first half
score was 40-31 in favor of the
Defenders.
The second half appeared to be
Grapplers take
sixth in tough
invitational
by Ronn Kreps
The Royal matmen traveled to
St. John's University on Satur-day,
Jan. 8 for their first meet in
1977. The meet was a nine team
invitational.
Each wrestler competed
against all eight wrestlers in his
class. The matches were short-ened
to get them all finished with
each match consisting of two
one-and-a-half minute periods. In
addition, the meet was all
take-downs. This means that the
wrestlers fight until one gets a
take-down, then he must estab-lish
immediate control or they
stop and start over standing up.
The Royals faced some tough
competition, notably St. John's
University, Willmar Junior Col-lege,
and Lakehead College from
Canada. St. John's took first
place, Willmar and Lakehead tied
for second. Bethel placed sixth
out of the nine teams.
Jeff Zitzloff put in a good
performance, taking first in the
177 pound class. He finished
with six wins and two ties for the
day. Jeff was the only Royal to
place in the top four in any class.
continued on p. 11
much of the same, with Dordt 20 of 25 attempts for 80 percent.
holding leads by as much as 11. Many of Dordt's missed free
Barry Miedema of Dordt contin- throws came in the closing
ued to rip the nets from the minutes of the game, thanks to
outside, finishing the game with the famous Bethel "bounce,
23 points. bounce, bounce."
A steal by Blanchard with just The win gives Bethel a 6-8
over nine minutes left in the game season record, already two more
gave Bethel enough steam to get wins than all of last year. Their
the machine rolling. Junior Curt conference record stands at 1-0
Oslin and freshman Scott Wilson with the victory over Dordt.
also came alive, scoring 12 and A weekend doubleheader is
eight second half points, respec- scheduled at home for the
tively. Royals. Tonight they will play
The victory for Bethel was Westmar College, beginning at
aided by Dordt's ineffectiveness 7:30 p.m. On Saturday afternoon
at the free throw Fine. They hit the Royals will face Northwestern
only 11 of 22 attempts for a 50 College of Iowa beginning at 2:30
percent, whereas the Royals hit pm
Erickson strains to win jump.
It's come to our attention through our vast and intricate web of
reporters that the average Bethel student's sport vocabulary is
definitely lacking. We at the Clarion (your newspaper), in the public
interest, have dedicated ourselves to providing you with an updated
list of athletic terms. Although not exhaustive, this list should be a
more than adequate foundation for the sports novice to build a
superstructure of sports knowledge.
Muhammad Ali — boxer who specializes in clobbering dead poets and
Belgian parapelegics
All-Star Wrestling — no comment
Idi Amin — Uganda's George Atkinson
backyard volleyball — easy opportunity for the male ego to vent itself
Marvin Barnes — basketball's resident degenerate
basketball — church league — more humorous version of IM
basketball
basketball — IM — last bastion of amateurism, in every sense of the
word
Bethel fan — funny fellow who says "Bounce, bounce, bounce"
"Bowling for Dollars" — excellent example of 6:30 p.m. TV
check — Slavic playing Canadian game
backcheck — Slavic playing Canadian game back in home country
forecheck — four Slavics playing Canadian game
courtroom — soon to replace the domed stadium as the modern
playing fietd
drag bunt — Alice Cooper trying to raise his batting average
E.R.A. (obs.) best gauge to judge pitcher's ability (replaced by
"salary")
Fighting Saints — only organization whose disappearing act rivals
that of the Spire
football fan — T-shirt-clad, TV addicted, Frito-eating, beer-bellied
man who has nothing better to do than watch Phyllis George giggle
free agent — easily acquired title that transforms inconspicuous
athlete into multimillionaire superstar
Game of the Week — Cincinnati Reds vs. team with longest current
losing streak
gimme — any putt within 10 feet of the green
Heisman Trophy winner — college running back with the best P.R.
man
"hit and run" — favorite Clarion editorial tactic
hockey stick — hockey's answer to the handgun
Bowie Kuhn — Campus Coordinator of baseball
Los Angeles Rams — most overrated football team in weakest NFL
division equipped with the greatest collection of "sour grapes" sports
writers
Minnesota high school basketball — Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Minnesota high school hockey — a refreshing alternative to Minnesota
high school basketball
New York Yankees — "if you can't win a championship, buy one"
penalty box — ineffective deterrent to acts of sadism
Philadelphia 76ers — only pro basketball team able to stop Julius
Erving
"pick and roll" — the clearing of one's nasal passage while performing
a somersault
power play — Ronald Reagan at the Republican Convention
pro football — Sunday afternoon religious ritual of masculinity
Tom Ryther — KSTP's answer to Bruce Olsen
Jerry Quarry — hapless precursor of Duane Bobick
Seminary basketball player — low-talented, high-tempered master of
the turnover
Super Bowl — football game (almost) as dull as Hardwood Groves
superstar — over-rated, over-emulated, overpaid athlete characterized
by complete lack of modesty and generally unsuccessful personal life
three putt — what happens when gimmes aren't allowed
Tri-State Conference — Titanic of small college sports
W.F.L. — Campus Coordinator-sponsored football league
"[bet he wishes he had that one back" — phrase used by Curt Gowdy
when he has nothing else to say when camera focuses on dejected
pitcher after a home run
Service oriented Clarion gives fan
valuable list of definitions
by Mark Troxel and Bill Trollinger
twelve