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Coalition vows to stop Job Corps at old campus by Suzi Wells On Dec. 21, Gov. Rudy Perpich approved the sale of old campus to the federal government for the Job Training Corps. The govern-ment now has less than 30 days to finalize the sale. Many neighborhood residents are still unhappy about the sale and are planning to file a suit against the government. They be-lieve they wil! win such a suit. Safety of the Job Corps Center in a residential neighborhood is the pivotal question. Many neighbors are afraid that the Job Corps will increase the crime rate in the neighborhood, thus they are opposed to the training center. "The neighborhood residents are being penalized," said Bob Moder, spokesperson for the Como-Falcon Heights Community Coalition, Inc., a group of con-cerned residents near old cam-pus. Speaking of the young people who will be admitted to the Job Corps, Moder said, "A lot of these kids come from back-grounds where they have had run-ins with the law." Gov. Perpich has promised the residents, however, that the cen-ter will be closed if a crime problem develops, although he doubts that such a problem will arise. The Como-Falcon Heights Community Coalition, Inc. is not comforted by Perpich's assur-ance. Even the promises of no student parking, improved recre-ation facilities for community use, and the opportunity for the com-munity to have a direct voice in the operation of the center do not assure the residents. The legal suit looks optimistic to Moder. "Either the govern-ment will change its mind, or the lawsuit will be successful," he claimed. In spite of the confidence of Moder, Vice President of Busi-ness Affairs Burt Wessman is sure that the sale of the campus is final and that the delay is now just a waiting game with the govern-ment. According to Wessman, the old campus neighbors have little chance to win a suit, especially one against the government. "I don't know any basis they have for a suit," he said. "They're just looking for technicalities." One technicality is the possibil-ity that the Job Corps may not be properly zoned, since neighbor-hood residents claim the land is now zoned for a non-profit or-ganization, and the Job Corps may not be considered non-profit. Amid all the commotion and unsettledness of the sale, Wess-man claims to have a peace. "We don't have a high power group as such," he said, "yet I'm con-vinced that the good Lord is leading us." He added that he felt that things will work out well for everyone concerned. Bruce Olsen, editor Holly Schmiess, news editor Suzi Wells, production editor Paul Olsen, copy editor Greg Kuntz, sports editor The Clarion is published weekly Greg Kuntz, photo editor by the students of Bethel _C ollege. Juan Ramos, cartoonist Letters to the editor should be sent Arlan Swanson, business manager to p.o. 91 by the Sunday before production. THE CLARION Bethel College Vol. 53, No. 12 January 13, 1977 Fall housing prospects feature two new dorms by G.W. Smith Unable to obtain building per-mits because of the pending Northwestern-Arden Hills suit, Bethel officials now expect that only two of five proposed new dor-mitories will be erected by Sept. 1. According to Director of Stu-dent Affairs Mack Nettleton, enough time remains to complete the two new dorms, each housing 140 freshmen. Bethel is scheduled to apply for building permits shortly after Jan. 27, the day that the judge in the Northwestern-Arden Hills suit has chosen to deliver his decision. The outcome of the suit will determine whether Bethel will receive the necessary permits to build the new dorms. According to Dave Lissner, director of community relations, there is no special reason for the delay. "I'm still optimistic," said Net-tleton. "I feel there will be two new buildings on campus in the fall." Also included in Bethel's plans for expansion next year is an an-nex to the learning center across from the p.o.'s, relocating the campus pastor, and providing classroom and office space. Another big 'if' in Bethel's future rests upon the outcome of a suit filed by the residents near Bethel's old campus. According to Nettleton, Bethel officials are uncertain whether the suit could alter-the status of the old campus sale. "There are all kinds of things to cause problems," said Nettleton. "It's just that these things sometimes grind along pretty slowly," said Lissner. He noted that Bethel has receiv-ed no funds from the sale and has heard nothing regarding its finali-ty. As an alternative to Bethel's housing worries, Nettleton said that the college is seeking to ob-tain 100 apartments for up-perclassmen, supplementing the housing provided by the two new dorms. Adding the final topping to the stack of uncertainties, Nettleton related a recent rumor predicting a construction strike to take place in the spring. by Shelly Nielsen Interim is a trick! During first semester, glowing rumors of January ski parties, half-page syllabi, and all-afternoon cof-fee shop vigils circulated wildly through Bethel buildings. Hun-dreds of naive students rushed to the banking window to secure registration permits. These same optimists dreamily dropped them into the inter-campus- mail slot, awaiting the day when schedules returned granting each Bethelite his third choice. Not one moan of complaint sounded. The promise of spending twelve hours each night hugging the elec-tric blanket and the equally-appealing certainty of little homework squelched any impulse to argue with the Registrar over why the desired course, "The First Epistle of John" had been replac-ed by "Beginning Ice Hockey." Christmas vacation over, students returned lazily to school. Typewriters disappeared into the. dark recesses of closet corners. Fischer skiis, waxed and shin-ing, were propped instead beside unmade beds—why make it when you intend spending three-fourths of the day there?—ready for fre-quent trips to Welch Village. Stern-faced profs dropped the bomb Tuesday morning. They handed eight-page syllabi to glas-sy- eyed interimers, smiling know-ingly at the familiar somnolence. Oral projects, twenty to thirty minutes in length, were summarily assigned, and unsuspecting pupils staggered contentedly toward the game room. The following day, Bethel stu-dents slept through the lecturer's concluding remarks. "Have the first three texts read by tomorrow. Don't forget to take notes. They'll help on the unit ex-am Thursday. Have you noticed the study questions at the end of each chapter?...Do them anyway. Hope you're all making good pro-gress on your research papers. Don't let them go too long. You'll need the last week to study for that easy—ha ha—final. Any ques-tions? See you tomorrow." The sleeping sickness afflicting Bethel's population is a result of preconditioning. The lack of activi-ty and the number of drooping eyelids on campus are due to a cruel misconception. Someone circulated the laughable myth that interim is easy! Bethelites, awake! Failure to shake off this strangle hold of sloth will ultimately, heartbreak-ingly result in your joining the mass of Bethelites incredulously finding glaring "NC"s on their records. The traditional theory of interim is a hoax. You do have homework. I close this instructive docu-ment with a meaningful phrase of my roommate's ringing in my ears: In a sing song accent she drowsily chants, "Wad heter du?"—the on-ly Swedish she's been awake long enough to learn thus far. The sale of old campus may face legal hassles from the neighboring community. Myth of lazy interim pace shattered DON'T WANT' NO CORP PEOPLE 'ROUND HERE!! Consortium responds to Toccoa flood TOCCOA, Ga. (CCNS)—During a mid-December visit to the campus of Toccoa Falls Bible College, John R. Dellenback, president of the Christian College Consortium and Coalition, personally express-ed the concern of the 34 coalition schools to Bible college officials. The Georgia school was still recovering, physically and other-wise, from a flash flood Nov 6 which claimed 39 lives, almost half of them children of faculty and staff members, after a dam near the campus broke during heavy rains, flooding a portion of the campus. Officials of the Christian and Missionary Alliance school ex-pressed appreciation to Mr. Dellenback for help given by coali-tion colleges in money and per-sonal services after the tragedy occurred. Seven colleges are known to have responded, including four reported in a Dec. 2 Christian Col-lege News Service story—Hough-tion, Houghton, N.Y.; George Fox, Newberg, Ore.; Messiah, Gran-tham, Pa.; and Westmont, Santa Barbara, Calif. The news service was advised later that three other coalition col-leges also expressed their con-cern in word and deed to the Bible college and families directly af-fected by the tragedy. Perhaps the most dramatic response was that of Wheaton College in Illinois, where $5,200 was raised in a campus radio station-sponsored telethon, a clothing drive was held, and 13 students spent three days on the campus here helping in clean-up operations. Students at Greenville College, Greenville, Ill. contributed $145 during an offering taken during chapel time Dec. 8, toward the relief of those who suffered loss in the flood. Mary Beth Larson, Miss Min-nesota United Teenager 1977, is the essay winner of the national United Teenager Pageant, held New Year's Eve in Washington, D.C. The Bethel College freshman won a $1500 scholarship for her essay, "My Country", which she recited before the ballroom au-dience of government leaders at the Sheraton-Park Hotel. Eighteen-year old Miss Larson, veteran of five pageants and win-ner of three, found the national competition difficult. "The fifty Gordon College in Wenham, Mass. also took an offering on behalf of the Georgia school, and two days after the flood, offered to enroll 40 Toccoa Falls College students at Gordon without ex-pense, except for room and board. It was not possible for the Georgia students to accept this offer, Gor-don President Richard Gross said. "The assistance rendered by coalition colleges," Mr. Dellen-back said, "helped materially to alleviate the still unmet financial needs for families of those losing loved-ones and property." other girls were beautiful," says Mary Beth candidly. "And that, of course, is what the judges look for. Besides, each candidate was the winner in her own state pageant." Though blonde Mary Beth of Long Prairie, Minnesota, was not one of the fifteen finalists, she received a scholarship award equal to that of the third runner-up. "Now I can come back to col-lege next year," Mary Beth smiles contentedly. 'My Country' essay wins $1500 for Bethel freshman in teenage pageant editorial Social security system-- should it be scrapped? Recently, President Jimmy Carter signed into legislation a bill that would increase Social Security taxes from the present 5.85 percent to 7.15 percent by the year 1987. The bill would also increase the wage base from $16,500 to $42,000 by 1987. In raw figures this can be computed as follows: a person who earned $20,000 in 1977 paid $965 to Social Security, but will shell out $1,430 in 1987. For those of you who expect to make the big bucks, it would mean that a person who earned $45,000 in 1977 paid $965 to Social Security, but would have to pay $3,046 in 1987. What the increase of the wage base produces is a greater group of people from which to solicit taxes. For the person in 1977 who made $25,000 a year, he stopped paying Social Security taxes after making $16,500. Under the new law, he would continue paying Social Security throughout the entire year. It seems the deficits created by increasing benefits for retirees, while maintaining stable tax rates and wage bases, have instituted this drastic measure of increasing taxes for an already overburdened society. Without new revenues, the system was expected to go bankrupt in the early 1980's. It must be remembered that Social Security was not originally created as a paycheck for retirees, but rather to supplement their income during the depression years. Not only has Social Security lost its original in-tent, but government seems to believe that it will continue to be a domi-nant force in the structure of today's society no matter how much it costs. The increase in Social Security taxes will take more money out of the hands of consumers, which will eventually cause less spending and a slowed economy. When consumers have less to spend, the first thing to go will be certain luxuries that families will be forced to do without in order to supplement the lost income. This will create higher prices by firms who fail to sell as much as they once did, and increased unemploy-ment by firms who will settle the lost income by firing employees. In other words, the tax will eventually backfire in the faces of government officials by creating more problems than they solved. The government also intends to increase the Social Security tax on employers, which will eventually be passed on to consumers through higher prices and increased unemployement. When firms are first hit with the tax increase, they will have to make some move to supplement the income loss. This will eventually come through price increases of goods arid services or the firing of marginal employees. A fourth and final problem that would be created by this tax increase is that by raising the wage base and the tax rate, it will only create a short term resolution to a long term problem. The government hopes to pay $1,200 per month by 1987 as a maximum benefit for a retiree and dependent spouse. That would be $72,000 in benefits after five years of retirement, or $144,000 after ten years. This is more than a wage earner in 1978 making an average salary of $35,000 for 40 years could ever pay into the system. If the average wage earner cannot pay for these increased Social Security benefits through his F.I.C.A. taxes, then who is going to pay for it? The only answer could be through more increased taxes and a higher wage base. It must also be remembered that the $1,200 figure that is to be paid to a retiree and a dependent in 1987 will surely be increased as the years go by, so even more money will have to be thrown into the Social Security drainpipe. The only solution that remains would be to scrap the entire Social Security system. This would reduce costs for the government by eliminating the need to administer the Social Security system, would reduce costs for employers and enable them to lower prices and hire more personnel, and it would put more money into the hands of the peo-ple, who can do whatever they want with the extra money. If one still wonders what people will do with themselves once they reach 65, they have a few options. One would be to save the money that they did not pay in Social Security taxes and either invest it in real estate and municipal bonds or place it in a savings account. For the person making an average of $20,000 a year for forty years and takes 6 percent out of his paycheck to place in a savings account at 5 percent interest, he would certainly have enough money when he turns 65 on which to retire. This would also give banks more money in which to give loans to people who wish to build a home or buy a car, thus keeping interest rates down. The reduced costs to employers could also enable them to place more money into retirement benefits for employees. This way employees would have their income supplemented by not only their own savings, but also the retirement benefits they will receive from their employers after they reach 65 years of age. Social Security is a dead end policy, and until government realizes this, we will go on forever paying taxes for a program that costs as much to administer as it does to pay today's aged a minimal sum at best. If government is allowed to continue raising taxes to support dying pro-grams, then we are sure to run into more pressing problems than exist today. Page 2 U.S. Congressman Donald Fraser (5th District) spoke before a chapel audience last Tuesday about "Human Rights and American Foreign Policy." Fraser called for American foreign policy to become more consistent among countries who have been exploiting the rights of individuals. Breakfast feature STEAK and Eggs $1.99 Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner 6:30-9, Sun.-Thurs.; 6:30-10, Fri. & Sat. Now Featuring Tahitian Chicken Only $3.99 West County Road E. at Snelling Across from klitherty's Bowl. `Fringed' benefits expected from donated Persian rug Reading the St. Paul Pioneer Press in his hometown in Olivia, Minn., 83-year-old H.J. Robertson literally had the rug pulled out from under him. Persians, he learned, are scouring the country for antique Oriental carpets to sell back to Iran and meet demand in Germany, according to an Associ-ated Press story carried on November 13. Not that Robertson was sitting on a Persian rug. But he did have one stored in the attic. The rug was purchased 60 years ago by Mrs. Robertson's mother, who kept it as a showpiece in her farm-house sitting room. Following her death, the Robertsons set the rug aside and deferred a decision as to what to do with it. Until they read the Sunday paper, that is. "There are 200 to 300 Persians on the road day and night in every corner of the U.S. looking • for these rugs in Oshkosh or the corn fields in Kansas." (How about western Minnesota, Robertson thought.) "Dealers cite examples of rugs that sold for $2,500 in 1960 fet-ching $30,000 today." And he read how carpets 50 to 100 years old were being purchased for national museums and collectors. But even if the rug were sold for a timely sum, the Robertsons would not be interested in having the money for themselves. They had found greater satisfaction by investing in youth through Bethel College and Seminary. So why not use the rug for this purpose too, Robertson thought, and let Bethel sell it for whatever it was worth? Several days later when Bethel's director of deferred giv-ing, Bud Howard, stopped in Olivia to see the Robertsons, he received an unexpected greeting: "Am I glad you are here," Robertson said. "There's Mavis Peterson, member of the Student Minnesota Education As-sociation at Bethel College, will attend the annual national con-vention of the Student National Education Association (SNEA) in Philadelphia, Pa., January 18-21. Mavis will act as a voting dele-gate to the official legislative body of the association. This governing body, representing members from 43 states, will adopt SNEA's goals and deter-mine the association's programs for 1978-79. "The 1978 SNEA Convention provides an opportunity for each member to witness SNEA build a foundation for its continuous pro-gress in helping all members become more effective teachers," explained Larry Bateman, presi-dent of the 50,000-member organ-ization and presiding officer at the business meeting. "In addition," the SNEA Presi-dent pointed out, "this annual event gives all participants a chance to enrich their profes-something we want to talk to you about." Howard brought the fringed Per-sian rug—thought to be a Sarouk and woven in shades of Burgundy, royal blue and gold—back to Bethel in the trunk of his car. Together with Harvey DeVries, vice president for public affairs, they will explore the potential markets for its sale. Whether the rug makes it back to Iran or meets a demand elsewhere in the world, Robertson feels satisfied that he made the right investment. And Bethel, in turn, is grateful not only for such a generous benefactor but also for the St. Paul Sunday newspaper. WAR declared disappointing by freshmen by Arlan Swanson "I didn't think WAR was worth $300," said freshman Dave Briscoe, of his Writing and Research class. Most freshmen seem to agree with his con-clusion. On a scale of one to ten (ten be-ing high score), WAR averaged a 4.5 rating by the ten freshmen in-terviewed. They didn't do enough teaching," said Becky Dye. "They gave assignments but didn't give enough instruction." Becky felt that the idea of a writing class for freshmen was good, though she rated the class a four. Jon Fredrickson said, "To me it was a review of what I already learned in high school." He graded WAR a three. "I liked the class because I got practice writing," said Patty Ferch. "It gave me good back-ground material." Patty thought sional development by attending workshops on current issues af-fecting education, such as the re-cently implemented 'Education for All Handicapped Act,' multi-cultural education and disci-pline." Further, declared SNEA Vice President Bryan Gurule, "The presence of a member at the once-a-year SNEA policy-making meeting demonstrates his or her dedication to the education pre-profession." the required book, "My Name is Asher Lev," was "profound." "If I had to do it all over again," said Patty, who assigned a five rating to the class, "I would want Passages wins out in survey by Thangi Chhangte The Student Senate conducted a survey last fall to determine the student body's interest in Bethel's two publications: the Spire and Passages. Only 373 responses were returned. Overall, 57 percent of the responses preferred Passages over Spire. The results of the survey are posted on the Student Senate bulletin board. The survey was taken to deter-mine whether Spire should be re-vived next year. According to the results, the yearbook will finally be scrapped in favor of Passa-ges, similar to this year's, avail-able in May. The Communications Board of the Student Senate originally con-ducted the survey. They will pre-sent a budget for Passages and the Roster to the Senate. Al Steier, who is on the Corn-munications Board, said he and his colleagues were disappointed in the number of responses they received. "It's the students' responsibili-ty to respond because it's their money we're dealing with," he ad-ded. He said he hopes for a more favorable response next year. Peterson represents Bethel at SNEA annual convention John W. Nance Company 1401 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224-7358 INSURANCE John W. Nonce, Sr Lite—Auto—Home John W leant• Jr Business John G. ChteKolm Rinser Akre St. Paul, Mn. 55101 more writing practice and less grammar." Sherry Honeywell liked the small group idea and said that some guest lecturers were good. But, rating the class a five, she said, "I think it was a big waste, I really do." One student, who asked not to be named, rated the class a five. She said that "nobody learned anything from the large group ses-sions." She explained that they were given a test at the beginning of the course to assess what areas each student needed help in, but they were never told where they lacked, and never specifically helped with their weak areas. "It was irrelevant to what I needed," said another freshman. Rating WAR a 2.5, he said, "The subject matter wasn't practical for me, for instance, the sixth-grade-level section on how to use a card catalog." Rating the class a seven, Todd Benson said that he was glad he took the class. "It taught me prac-tical writing skills," he said. Nancy Conn, who gave the class a resounding eight rating said, "I thought it was really a good course. It was worthwhile." The lowest grade, a two, was given by Dave Terpstra. He said WAR "improved the one weakness I had, punctuation." Calling the class a waste of $300, he said, "The purpose of WAR should not be to fill in the in-adequacies of high school learn-ing but rather it should introduce the student to what liberal arts is all about." N FALCON HEIGHTS PHARMACY 1707 N. Snelling Ave. (Larpenteur at Snelling) 646-4555 9 A.M. to 10 P.M. Daily (Including Sun.) • Free prescription delivery to Arden Hills campus • We cash checks for Bethel students with 10. by Dan Erickson Two new dorms will probably be the only ones located on the site near the Bremer Field, due to the pending Northwestern-Arden Hills dispute. Originally five dorms were to be built here. See story on page 1. Variety moves students to, from Bethel The rap against the Clarion is that it does not do enough investigative reporting. I mean, there are not a lot of Woodward and Bernstein types sneaking around. The Clarion tries to research its stories well and pre-sent the facts clearly, but for some readers that isn't enough. In the in-terest of giving the reader what he wants, I've given this investigative reporting business some thought. I worked at getting an informant with high administrative connections. After nurturing the relationship with a possible source for several months I got a call. He had something con-fidential to tell me, and I was to meet him the next day at one, out in the grassy part of the circle parking lot. He was already there when I arrived, inconspicuously dressed in a trench coat and sunglasses. "Things are really beginning to heat up in the administration," he said. "Why, what do you mean," I coyly inquired, not wanting to push him too far. He peered at me intently over the lenses of his sunglasses. "Who do you think is the Dean of Bethel College?" "Why, Dean Brushaber of course." "Wrong." "What are you talking about," I asked. "I see his name all the time on stationery." "George Brushaber died in a single engine plane crash in 1975." "You're crazy!" "Let me ask you this: Have you ever seen Dean Brushaber?" I was flabbergasted. Of course like everyone else I had never really seen the Dean. I had been conditioned into believing that it was because of his busy schedule and his reclusive manner. Now I wasn't so sure. Did the Dean really exist, and if so, had anyone ever seen him? "How?...Where?..." My questions began to tumble out. "That's all I can tell you," said my secretive friend. "One last clue: Brushaber spelled sideways is `Shabruber.' Now it is all up to you." Then he was gone. Now it was up to me. That phrase kept ringing in my ears. What did I know about investigative reporting. I'm a columnist. I've never even taken News and Feature Writing. But my duty was clear. I worked several days on the case without result. I followed the `Shabruber' lead by checking the cities' yellow pages, without success. Finally I decided to go up to the Dean's office and confront them with what I knew; hardly anything. I strolled into the office of the Dean on Thursday. The secretary look-ed up. "May I help you?" I looked over at the door that said George Brushaber, College Dean. I smirked. Who did they think they were kidding? I sat down on the edge of the secretary's desk. She was beginning to get a little uneasy. "What if I told you that I knew that the real Dean died in a plane crash two and a half years ago, and that everyone's covering up to save costs in changing the stationery, and that the Dean's job is being done by a computer in Des Moines, Iowa whose print out code word is `Shabruber'." The secretary had this hurt look on her face like I'd just told a joke that she didn't get. Now she looked scared. "Are you here to steal my typewriter or something?" she asked. The office door opened slightly. "Linda, would you come in here a second." "Yes, Dean Brushaber." She stared at me as she crossed the room, then paused. "All I ask is that you not be here when I get back." Then she disappeared into the suddenly real Dean's office. When I left that office and closed the door I also closed my in-vestigative reporting career. by Lisa Mills There are new bodies roaming the Bethel halls again this inter-im. With 1400 students here, there are about 400 fewer stu-dents than first semester. The reasons for the smaller number during interim are the same every year: staying home to work, staying home not to work, not needing the interim credit, and even going elsewhere to school during January. The University of Min-nesota is recruiting volunteers who have had one heart attack to par-ticipate in a national cholesterol study. The National Heart and Lung Institute study is be-ing conducted at three medical centers, including the University, to determine whether lowering blood cholesterol levels will help prevent heart attacks. A University physician ex-plained that the study needs 1,000 men and women as participants. They should have had one heart attack during the last three years, be between 30 and 60 years of age, free of diabetes and high blood pressure, and not be greatly overweight. This study is in cooperation with practicing physicians. For further information, volunteers may call the University at (612) 376-4494, collect. Ed. note: In its continuing effort to better serve the Bethel community, the Clarion attempts to print public service an-nouncements of relevance to the students. The above news release from the U of M is printed in Its entirety. This year, 36 Bethel students went to other schools for interim on the exchange program. Bethel sent students to Calvin, St. Catherines, Augustana, St. Olaf, Augsburg, Macalester, and Greenview to name a few. There were also 36 students from colleges such as Westmont, Luther, Jamestown (North Dakota) and Taylor (Indiana) regis-tered at Bethel. Gretchen Robinson, in charge of new students in the Registrar's office, stated "Most students come for the fun of it, and are visiting friends—it was seldom because of a course offering." There are also 20 other new students here for interim, most from this area. Of the 56 new stu-dents, only 20 will continue at Former Bethel president dies Dec. 30 Dr. Henry C. Wingblade, president-emeritus of Bethel Col-lege and Seminary died December 30 in St. Paul at the age of 94. Born on a farm near Waterville, Kansas on December 16, 1883, Wingblade was encouraged by his older brother to pursue an academic education. After gradua-tion from Washburn College in 1910, he began teaching English at Bethel Academy and later com-pleted a master's program at the University of Minnesota. In 1941 he became the second president of Bethel College and Seminary, serving until 1954, for a total of 44 years' association with Bethel. During his administration the four-year liberal arts program was inaugurated, entrance require-ments for the seminary were up-graded to the bachelor's degree level, college enrollment increas-ed from 123 to 500, the seminary from 52 to 174, and five buildings added to the campus. Bethel next semester. This is one old Bethel student who enjoys seeing the new faces. They seem to bring a new fresh-ness to what otherwise could be termed, "the middle of the year blues." [ Chapel Schedule Monday- New Beginnings, Northwestern College musical group Tuesday-To Be Announced Wednesday-Pastor Spickel-mier, "To find God: Time" Thursday-Class Chapels Friday-President Lundquist A Christian world view institute for Christian Studies Toronto A special one-year graduate program exploring a Christian view of life and your task in the world. Examine what your Christian faith can mean for work and studies. How can Christianity bring genuine experience of wholeness and justice in society') Program: begin with biblical study, expand to Christian philosophy. and conclude with the socio-cultural implications. Academic result: The Certificate in Christian Studies. 0!nor programs lead lo the tyl Phil and Ph.D For information, write: Dr. Hendrik Hart. Director Certificate Program Institute for Christian Studies 229 College Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1R4 Page 4 BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH 720 13th Avenue South Minneapolis 338-7653 (Contact Charlie Cosgrove 636-5242) Bus Leaves: Services: New Campus 9:05 9:45 Bible Study F.T. 9:10 11:00 Worship Old Campus 9:20 7:00 Evening Challenge This trail, now used by cross-country skiers, may become a nature or jogging path. Coordination Plus Interim often acts as a lull in a stormy, busy school year. We hope this interim will be an enjoyable learning experience for .you, and provide you with the opportunity to have more relaxation and fun. We have taken advantage of the "lull" and informal atmosphere interim provides to bring more casual, "just for kicks" type activities that we hope you'll like! One concern of ours, however, is all the new faces walking around looking a little lonely, a little lost, and a little like "help, I need a friend." Most of us have fewer responsibilities and a greater amount of free time this month...so let's all make an effort to look out for each other. It's true that in order to have a friend you have to be one, but some of us just need a little encouragement. Here's what's up for the next couple of weeks: 1/14 Stomp and Romp! A fun filled game night with tug of war, mattress races and lots more. 1/17 Our annual winter picnic with cheese filled hot dogs wrapped in bacon and lots of other good food. "The Hiding Place" will be shown after. 1/20 Pull out your cowboy hat and come to the Mike Monroe and Scott Warren concert. $1.50. Should be a great month! Cynthia and Scott Arboretum, trails proposed for Bethel by Steve Erickson A proposal, which would pro-vide for a nature trail and an ar-boretum, is under consideration by the Bethel Site Committee. Devised by Gregg Johnson, assistant professor of biology, the proposal is divided into three sec-tions. The first calls for posting of signs to identify natural areas on campus. The second section deals with the establishment of a perma-nent nature trail. The last phase of the project will be the development of an ar-boretum (a library of plants). Section one has already been approved by the site committee. The ten areas of concern are the lake, cottonwood peat bog, cattail swamp, prairie pothole, virgin prairie, intermittent stream, inter-mittent pond, arboretum,deci-duous woods, and oak savanna. Aside from the sign posting, maintenance will be told of each area's purpose.. This is to assure that the virgin prairie will not be mowed or the cattail swamp filled. The signs to identify these natural areas will cost approximately $500. January picnic promises fire menu, warmth by Debbie Bunger In the middle of the coldest month of the year, the fourth annual All-You Can Eat Winter Picnic will be held for students at Bethel. The movie "The Hiding Place," will be shown in the gym at 8 p.m., after the picnic. The picnic will be held Tues-day, Jan. 17, at 5 p.m., at the foot of Mt. Zion. The theme for the picnic is: "Think Warm." To help students along, two large bonfires will be burning to ward off the usual below zero temperatures. Emphasizing "Think Warm," the food service has planned a menu of hot dogs wrapped in cheese and bacon ready to be cooked over an open fire, hot beans, hot German potato salad, potato salad topped with real frost, marshmallows to be toast-ed, hot cider and hot chocolate. Popularity of the picnic has in-creased since the first year. About 24 people attended the first picnic, 28 people attended the Johnson said, "I'm not as con-cerned about the nature trail; my main input was to preserve these native areas. Bethel is located on DuPont's old land. It was used for storing dynamite. Most of the other land in this area was used for farming or grazing. Much of Bethel's land has been un-disturbed." Sections two and three are still being examined by the site com-mittee. It seems to be favoring a nature trail instead of a combined jogging-nature trail. Although they overlap in areas, second and 300 attended last year's. A minimum of 300 people are expected this year. Concerning the weather, Wayne Erickson, co-director of the food service, stated, "It's beautiful! Traditionally the wea-ther has always been nice on the evening of the picnic." With a smile, he added, "It has never been below 20 degrees below zero." A sign-up sheet will be posted before the picnic to get an estimate of the number of people planning to attend the picnic. The picnic is sponsored by the food service and Campus Coordina-tor's office. the two trails run different courses. The arboretum would be located between the college and the seminary along highway 51. Expenses in establishing a per-manent nature trail and arboretum are expected to run $12,700-$19,700, depending on whether wood chips or asphalt are used. Other expenses will be transplanting and labeling trees, and for the research and printing of the pamphlet. Funding for the nature trail-arboretum might come from a community or private grant. The Student Senate has rejected a pro-posal that would provide $500 for the project. The nature trail and arboretum would probably be used more by people in the surrounding areas than by Bethel students. A pam-phlet would be printed and dis-tributed to the neighboring com-munity. Tours could also be scheduled through public relations. These tours will provide exposure of the Bethel campus to high school students. Jon Berry, a member of both the site committee and Student Senate thinks a running trail is more important. "I agree that we're very lucky with what we have and we should share, but the opi-nion that I get is that most students would much rather see a running trail." He continued, "After a couple of times, you've seen everything in a nature trail. A jogging trail could be used more often. People are sick of running on the roads." But regardless of what kind of trail is constructed, Johnson urges conservation of natural areas. "If the school - decides to put a parking lot or a stadium or something else in, I hope they will consider alternative places and avoid the native areas.," he said. History buff explores early coffee shops by Teferi Fufa Suppose you are passing the coffee-shop on your way to the library and, "just for the fun of it", you decide to compare the number of people in each place. Would you find more people in the library or in the coffee shop? You have five years worth of Spire before you. As you skim them looking for some familiar faces, you see pictures of students sleeping, at least one in every copy! Where would you say the photo-grapher went for his candid shots? Of course the answer is, in both cases, the library! After all, we go to the coffee shop to stay awake and back to the library to study. It wasn't always that way, though. There is more to the coffee shop tradition than just keeping people awake. It is not a mere alternative to the uneasy, silent and intellectual at-mosphere of the Learning Re-source Center (LRC), either. His-torically it is referred to as a cof-fee house, a coffee room, or a cafe, and more recently, especially on college campuses, coffee shop or student center is the name. Call it what you will, it is the place to which one gravitates for a cup of coffee. Coffee house tradition comes to us from Europe where its popu-larity was established as early as the beginning of the 17th century. In those days common customers of the coffee houses were historians, poets, orators, ar-tists and actors. There was nothing like the 15-minute coffee break that we know today, as we relax our muscles and refresh our minds before resuming our work. No, for those people it was an informal scholastic venture; they gathered for lively discussions, continued on page 6 Page 5 Bethelites socialize in favorite spot, descendants of early European coffeehouse patrons. Apartheid, black plight studied at local theatre Bohne in world premier by Holly Schmiess "Sizwe Banzi is Dead," and "The Island," two anti-apartheid plays now on at Theatre in the Round, together run a marathon length of three and one quarter hours. Due to circumstances be-yond my better judgment, I could stay for only "Sizwe...." The play takes place in South Africa, and examines the modern day traumas of being a black man in a white society. Styles, a man with a resilient spirit, opens his own photography studio rather than rot in the work-a-day grind of the white man's assembly line. He tells his audience all about that transition in an engaging monologue that makes you laugh, sigh, and understand. Warren C. Bowles, playing Styles, acted too arduously, though, in this part', and made us feel obligated to respond. Into the photographer's studio walks a man who has his own story, Sizwe Banzi. He too is a black man trying to start a new life, in another South African city. Seeking the advice of his friend, Buntu (also played by Bowles), Sizwe learns the futility of trying to legally revise the passbook to which his life is bound. They find a dead man in an alley and, persuaded by Bun-tu, the realist, Sizwe swaps pass-books. To put food on the table for his family, Sizwe gives up his hon-ored tribal name and heritage for those of a dead man. The story comes full circle as Sizwe goes to the photography studio to have a photo of his 'new' self taken to send to his wife. The script, written by two black and one white South African, could have had several demises: tedious cynicism, esoteric jargon, extremely provincial appeal, or heavy-handed statement. These were beautifully avoided. Statement and artistic expres-sion were mutually enhanced. The characters were not merely illustrative puppets. I wish Buntu and Styles had been played by two different ac-tors. Bowles did an admirable job of differentiating the characters, but that became the predominant thought in my mind—that he was doing a good job. Both characters were fully-developed and treated quite independently in the story and script. The double-casting was unwarranted and distracting when the play was so sparsely populated to begin with. With no required props or set, long monologue sequences, and unique time-lapse progression, the directing challenge was a big one. Philip Blackwell used light-ing, particularly spots, to achieve the intertwining effect of three men's lives, and parenthetical events within a larger story. "Sizwe Banzi is Dead" not only reveals the plight of the South African black, but gives names and faces to everyone restricted to a man-made system. Empathy was uniquely expressed (quite verbally at times), especially by the black members of the opening night audience. I'd like to go back and see "The Island." Let that speak for itself. continued from page 5 talked, listened, debated, and, of course, drank coffee. Those early London coffee houses became known as "Penny Universities". The popularity of the coffee house and its impact on socio-political life of the people is not limited to England. In France, coffee houses were places of origin for revolutionary thoughts, some of which climaxed in the execution of the "French Revolution". Familiar names like Voltaire, Rousseau, Fontenelle, Victor Hugo and many other noted French scholars appear on the list of those who frequented coffee houses. Of course the rulers felt uneasy about this tradition, and according to the literature, Frederick William I of Prussia, Charles II of England, and Louise XIV of France did their best, individually, to suppress the coffee house. Each of these kings at one time in his reign outlawed the coffee house and subjected the offender to severe penalties. But the laws were very shortliv-ed and unsuccessful since they only accomplished the division of the population into two categories: law enforcers and law breakers! The tradition which had a tremendous impact on European social and political life can be con-tinued here at Bethel in the coffee shop. Today when concerns about environment and the various aspects of world problems provide us with vital topics for discussion, there is no reason why we should not make use of this great school of conversation. So, don't be surprised if you find the coffee shop busier than you expected it to be. It may not be a "Penny University" but it does offer conversation, coffee by the cup and a refill—all for only fif-teen cents! by Marlene Triggs A Bethel student performing in a theatre production outside of Bethel is not unusual. But when the production is a world premier, that is an event. Bruce Bohne, a senior theatre major, will be performing in a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's play, "The Devil's Dis-ciple," at the Chimera Theatre. The performance dates are Jan. 27-March 5. "The Devil's Disciple" is a play that takes place in a Puritan community in America. The young man who is called the devil's disciple warrants this title because of such un-Puritan ac-tions as wrestling on Sunday. When the British army occu-pies the city, the devil's disciple's identity is mistaken for that of the Puritan minister. He is arrested and destined to be hung, as an example to the rest of the commu-nity. This situation and the capers THESPIANS Single free tickets will be available occasionally to perceptive students, pre-ferably with theatre experi-ence, who will review plays for THE CLARION. Stimu-lating for you, beneficial for us and our readers. If you're interested in critiqu-ing some Twin Cities pro-ductions between now and May, let me know soon. Thanks. Holly Schmiess P.O. 1556 Phone 6214 that follow supply perfect materi-al for the musical. Bruce's character is a sergeant of the British army. It is a part that he is enjoying thoroughly. Bruce describes the sergeant as a "gruf-fy, lovable Cockney. He is kind of a caricature, but at the same time he is real." "The thing I am most excited about is the encouragement I get from the writer and the director," said Bohne. "It makes me want to work and give to them. Because of this, I am really being stretched as an actor. I am learning that I have to give them everything and the director will hold me back if he thinks I am giving too much." The exciting thing is that the director, Jack Edleman, and the rewriter, Warren Frost, have not been holding him back. Instead, they are so pleased with the character that Bruce is creating that they have added a scene featuring him. "The director is just super," said Bruce. "He is alive, creative, and bursting with energy." "Everybody in the cast is get-ting to be good friends," related Bohne. "There is a spirit of fun in every rehearsal. It is exhausting work but it is wonderful." "This is a special world pre-mier," Bruce explains, "If it is good and the idea is solid, this could turn out to be a `My Fair Lady' type of thing." There is no doubt in Bruce's mind about the success of the show. "I'm sure it is going to be a success. In fact, I am convinced of it." Events Calendar January 13, Friday Women's basketball with St. Mary's, home, 6:30 p.m. January 14, Saturday All-day wrestling invitational at Concordia Men's basketball with St. John's, away, 7:30 p.m. Stomp and Romp (Game night), gym, 8 p.m. January 16, Monday Auditions for "All My Sons," "You're a Good Man...," FA 108, FA 312, 7 p.m. January 17, Tuesday Winter Picnic, 5 p.m., "The Hiding Place," gym, 8 p.m. Auditions for "All My Sons," "You're a Good Man...," FA 108, FA 312, 7 p.m. Women's basketball with Concordia, away, 7 p.m. January 18, Wednesday Men's basketball with Augsburg, away, 6:30 p.m. **The Events Calendar will be a regular feature of THE CLARION from now on. If your organization wants to post notice of an activity, submit to P.O. 91 by 6 p.m. the Sunday before publication. ELWOOD CARLSON Optician Glasses Contact Lenses, (Hard & Soft) Sports Glasses 358 St. Peter Street Discounts to St. Paul, Minn. 55102 227-7818. students & faculty Page 6 9. Dugout: a. where the prisoner dug to escape b. where the player sleeps c. a place to store baseball players d. what the dentist did to your cavity 10. Ball diamond: a. rounded jewel in a wedding ring b. field that baseball is played on c. a new game from Milton Bradley d. a ball that costs a dime in Jersey 11. Change on the fly: a. switch players while play continues on the ice b. you are late for school and you dress in the car c. you have clothes to fit a fly d. assorted coins taped to a zipper Curt Oslin looks for the open man in Wednesday's game against St. Olaf. Shirley Erickson is more than a special student At an age when some women might be baking cookies for their grandchildren away at college, Mrs. Shirley Erickson is eating them with her classmates in the dorm. Continuing her education at Bethel is the fulfillment of a dream for this vigorous widow who recently was administrator at the Park Point Manor Nursing Home in Duluth. That dream started 25 years ago when she first heard about Bethel through her church, and continued as she encouraged Sunday School youth to apply for admission. "You're always pushing Bethel for others," a friend commented, "have you ever thought of going there yourself?" After her husband died unexpectedly a year ago, Mrs. Erickson thought, why not? This fall she enrolled as a special student, working toward a degree to add to her previous R.N. program, and decided to live in Bo-dien Residence with 150 other col-legians. "I wanted to be in the middle of everything," she commented. "I didn't want to be isolated." Out of such motivation she joins the college crowd in powder puff football, late-nighters at Country Kitchen or the Rosedale roller rink, and singing with the Women's Ensemble. She even mustered up enough courage to ask a professor to Nik Dag. Eating with the students in the campus dining hall is another pastime. "You could say I'm tak-ing a sabbatical leave from house-work," she quips, "but actually I'm too lazy to fix my own meals while going to school." As far as relations with her classmates and teachers are con-cerned, Mrs. Erickson hasn't received any preferential treat-ment. "When we heard that you were coming to live in the dorm," one of the residents told her, "we thought you would be a stodgy old bookworm. But we've found that you're just one of us." When it comes to grading, Mrs . Aye yust got a letter from my brother in der old country. Aye can keep it only two days longer as it say "return in five days." Yimminy whiz he has made it so close to the paper that aye can read it hardly. Dear broder David, De reason aye didn't rite sooner is because ve moved from vere ve ver to ver ve are now. Aye schol tell you the sad news. Your Uncle Obert, who you loved so good is dead. He died very sudden after being sick about six months. Hope this letter finds you the same. Ve did not know the cause for his death but he yust lay down and der vind leaked out of him. Your Aunt Pauline is been dead too. She was mopping floor ven she slipped and cracked her bean on the floor. De doctor giv up all Erickson lamented that she got a D in a recent quiz on Romans. "It's a terrible ego blow for me not to get an A," she said. "After that first test, I went over to the school nurse and cried a bit. But she poured me a cup of hot tea and that helped. Later some beautiful person put a note in my post office box with some verses of encouragement." She has since used these to cheer others when they get down. While she doesn't yet know the purpose of her college experience, Mrs. Erickson confidently trusts her future with God. "Up until a few weeks ago I seemed to be drif-ting without any particular goal. But now I feel that being in college is definitely a part of God's plan for my life and there's a rudder to my sailboat after all!" by Jon Fredrickson Some of you sports fans may have gone to games where the guy next to you is using words that you have never heard before. For people who might want to find out what this guy was saying, the follow-ing sports quiz might be of some help. 1. Dribble: a. the stuff that rolls down your chin b. bouncing a ball c. a slow rain d. all of the above 2. Jock: a. the French guy who lives downstairs b. man of all sports c. a monkey d. rider of a horse in in a race 3. Check: a. smashing the oppos-sing player into the boards b. what you use to bribe the ref with c. wheat, rice, or corn hope yen she died. Our old friend John Jacobson was held up and killed for his money. He was lucky as he left all his money home so all he lost was his life. Ole Stenhagen fell in de river and vas drowned. Same thing hap-pened to him last summer. Ve all got the mumps and are having a svell time. Aye haf no more to say, aye will close. If you don't get this letter write and tell me at once and aye vill send you anoder one. P.S. Aye was going to send you that five dollars aye owe you, but aye had already sealed up this let-ter and mailed it before I thot of the $5. Your loving broder, cereal d. red marks on a term paper 4. Score: a. what all athletes wish they could do b. point total at the end of the game c. twenty 5. Backboard: a. a splint tied to your back b. what the basketball hoop hangs from c. flip-side of the front d. how you felt in the last row of class yesterday 6. Ball: a. a dance up the street b. what the batter tries to hit c. to cry d. hairless head 7. Out of bounds: a. women's dorm for men b. men's dorm for women c. outside of the court d. a disco for Bethel students e. no more detergent 8. Misconduct penalty: a. being sent to your room, with no dinner by your R.A. b. a fine assessed for being in the wrong sex's room c. no kiss after Nik Dag d. what a player in hockey gets e. your face gets slapped continued from page 8 periods but couldn't put The puck in." The hockey club is not a varsity team. It raises its own funds. The Student Senate contributed $500 to the club and a number of businessmen have given money. Players have also sold buttons to raise funds. High points in the season will be upcoming games against the Augsburg and Gustavus junior var-sities. The season ends in early March. Pete's letter to his brother Sports quiz to examine athletic term knowledge Page 7 I Gail Anderson, Cindy Martin and Lori Hallquist (left to right) look on as one Bethel cager attempts to score. First MIAC win for Bethel in thriller at Concordia "Sugar Ray" Miller launches a jumper against St. Olaf by Greg Kuntz The Bethel men's basketball team evened their record at 1-1 in the M.I.A.C. by edging Concor-dia (Moorhead) 63-62 last Satur-day night. Ray Miller's basket with :18 left proved to be the win-ning margin for the Royals when Concordia's Craig Flaagen, who scored 19 points in the game, failed on a shot from the corner as time ran out. Bethel led by six . at the half, and by 12 at one time. Concordia had the lead only once, when they led by a point with about a minute to play. Defensively, the Royals were excellent despite four fouls each on Scott Wilson, Miller and Curt Oslin. The Royals outrebounded Concordia, with Wilson control-ling the boards often. Todd Chapman fouled out of the game in the second half. Bethel committed only 11 turn-overs and hit 15 of 20 free throws compared to 12 of 23 by the hosts. "They didn't expect anything from us. We sneaked up on them and our defense was excellent," said Coach Jim Bragg. Sophomore Dave Blanchard, who now has a 18.5 point per game average, scored 23 against Concordia. While almost everyone was racking their brains during finals week, the Royals racked up two non-conference victories. Their first was at Concordia (St. Paul), which they won 79-65, and then a nip-and-tuck 71-68 win over River Falls at home. Blanchard had his two highest scoring performances so far with 27 against Concordia and 24 against River Falls. The Royals converted 21 of 26 free throws in the River Falls game. The Royals outlasted a bigger and more physical River Falls team and poor officiating. Bethel made a transition against a matched zone which forced turn-overs and key steals by Curt Oslin and Tom Koenigsberg. This pro-vided some quick baskets in the last two minutes of the game for a dramatic finish. "Our offense played patient and Blanchard got the good shots," said Bragg. The Royals played an atypical game and lost their first M.I.A.C. performance to Gustavus Adol-phus 83-56 last week. Scott Wil-son scored 18 points in the losing effort. "Almost everyone was off. Our heads weren't there," explained Bragg. "We're an exciting team and tough for anyone in the league when we're all together on a given night." The Royals hit the road again tomorrow night for M.I.A.C. ac-tion when they face St. John's at 7:30 p.m. and face Hamline next Wednesday night at 7:30. They return home against Augsburg at 7:30 p.m. next Friday and St. Mary's on Jan. 28th. Women's basketball team uses new defense to rout Gusties, Parkside by Carol Madison Some extra practice, healed in-juries and a new defense has given the Bethel women's basketball team a good start after the Christ-mas break. Bethel came off five extra days of practice before classes to soundly defeat Gustavus 50-33 and the University of Wisconsin- Parkside 51-35. The use of a new 1-3-1 defense was the key to the win over Gus-tavus. "We're excited to try the new defense at home," said Coach Kathy Nevins. "It's one of the bags by Steve Erickson The Bethel hockey club split two games last weekend, losing to Rochester 11-6 Friday, before trouncing the Iowa State junior varsity 12-1 Saturday night. The loss to Rochester was only the team's second all season against five wins. "It was a down night," said Dr. Thomas Correll, the club's faculty representative. "We didn't play a very together game Friday." Scoring goals for Bethel were Fred Hage with two, and John Selvog, Kim Tramm, Mark Barton, and Greg Sutton with one apiece. Hage and Tramm are newcomers who were added to the team at the beginning of interim. Bethel out-shot Rochester 32-29. Led by Hage's three goals, Bethel turned things around and Page 8 of tricks we'll use when we play teams Bethel has lost to in the past." Everyone played and con-tributed in the Gustavus game, which was the best Bethel has played this year. Turnovers were fewer than any other game, and a 53 percent field goal shooting percentage was a big factor in the win. Cindy Ramm was high scorer with 16 points. The University of Wisconsin- Parkside game saw some dis-jointed play, but Bethel won with dominating inside play. Bethel had smothered a weak Iowa State team Saturday. It was never close, with the Royals taking control from the outset. Bethel outshot the visiting Cyclones 46-11. Bethel goalies George Fraser and Bob Aldrich faced few serious scoring threats. Bethel started the blitz with three goals in less than a minute early in the first period. At three minutes, Mike Kiel flip-ped in a well-placed shot. Less than one-half minute later, Sutton carried the puck up ice and fired it in the short side to make 2-0. Selvog scored a shorthanded goal 28 seconds later after putting a nice move on the goalie. Tom Correll was credited with the next score when his centering pass bounced off an Iowa State player into the net. At 14 minutes, Correll was tripped as he skated in more height, and consequently was able to block out well on the boards. Cindy Ramm was again high scorer with 17 points, and Joann Griffin and Cheryl Luiken shared rebounding honors with 10 each. Although hampered by injuries at the start of the season, the team is now close to full strength. According to Coach Nevins, the team has really improved with each game. "We've got a long way to go, but we keep getting better," she said. The Royals now have a 5-1 season record. Wrestling results by Betty Logan The Bethel wrestling team participated in a takedown tournament at St. John's University last Saturday, placing seventh out of nine teams. Highlighting the Bethel showing was heavyweight Gary Peterson who tied for second place, scoring 15 takedowns in the tourna-ment. Sophomore Lonnie Holmgren won three mat-ches. The next wrestling event will be the North Country In-vitational at Concordia- Moorhead tomorrow, Jan. 14. alone on goal. He was awarded a penalty shot and converted it. Goals by Hage and Tramm finished the first period scoring and made it 7-0. An Iowa State winger ruined Bethel's shutout on a blast into the lower left corner early in the second period. For Bethel, Greg Correll stuffed in a rebound and Sutton scored from the right point to make it 9-1. Tramm knocked in a rebound three minutes into the third period to put Bethel into double figures. Hage completed the scoring with two more goals, including a tremendous blast from 20 feet out. During the Christmas holidays, Bethel played in a tournament at Hibbing. Bethel beat Rochester in the first game 2-1. In the final, Hib-bing, the defending U.S. Nationals champion overcame the Royals 4-0. Dr. Correll said, "The guys were feeling good after the game. We shut them out the first and third continued on page 7 30 goals in 2 games, hockey club splits, moves to 5-2
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Title | Clarion 1977-01-13 Vol 52 No 13 |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 52 No. 13 |
Date Published | January 13 1977 |
Decade | 1970 |
Academic Year | 1976 - 1977 |
Frequency | Weekly |
Article Titles | Coalition vows to stop Job Corps at old campus; Fall housing prospects feature two new dorms; Myth of lazy interim pace shattered; editorial- Social security system-- should it be scrapped?; Consortium responds to Toccoa flood; 'My Country' essay wins $1500 for Bethel freshman in teenage pageant; `Fringed' benefits expected from donated Persian rug; WAR declared disappointing by freshmen; Peterson represents Bethel at SNEA annual convention; Passages wins out in survey; Divide by six; Former Bethel president dies Dec. 30; Arboretum, trails proposed for Bethel; January picnic promises fire menu, warmth; History buff explores early coffee shops; January picnic promises fire menu, warmth; Coordination Plus; Apartheid, black plight studied at local theatre; Bohne in world premier; Shirley Erickson is more than a special student; Sports quiz to examine athletic term knowledge; Pete's letter to his brother; First MIAC win for Bethel in thriller at Concordia; Women's basketball team uses new defense to rout Gusties, Parkside; 30 goals in 2 games, hockey club splits, moves to 5-2; |
Photographs | The sale of old campus may face legal hassles from the neighboring community.; U.S. Congressman Donald Fraser (5th District) spoke before a chapel audience last Tuesday about "Human Rights and American Foreign Policy." Fraser called for American foreign policy to become more consistent among countries who have been exploiting the rights of individuals.; Two new dorms will probably be the only ones located on the site near the Bremer Field, due to the pending Northwestern-Arden Hills dispute. Originally five dorms were to be built here. See story on page 1.; This trail, now used by cross-country skiers, may become a nature or jogging path.; Bethelites socialize in favorite spot, descendants of early European coffeehouse patrons.; Tom Tulberg and Tom Correll miss at a scoring attempt in recent hockey action; Curt Oslin looks for the open man in Wednesday's game against St. Olaf.; "Sugar Ray" Miller launches a jumper against St. Olaf; Gail Anderson, Cindy Martin and Lori Hallquist (left to right) look on as one Bethel cager attempts to score. |
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Transcript | Coalition vows to stop Job Corps at old campus by Suzi Wells On Dec. 21, Gov. Rudy Perpich approved the sale of old campus to the federal government for the Job Training Corps. The govern-ment now has less than 30 days to finalize the sale. Many neighborhood residents are still unhappy about the sale and are planning to file a suit against the government. They be-lieve they wil! win such a suit. Safety of the Job Corps Center in a residential neighborhood is the pivotal question. Many neighbors are afraid that the Job Corps will increase the crime rate in the neighborhood, thus they are opposed to the training center. "The neighborhood residents are being penalized," said Bob Moder, spokesperson for the Como-Falcon Heights Community Coalition, Inc., a group of con-cerned residents near old cam-pus. Speaking of the young people who will be admitted to the Job Corps, Moder said, "A lot of these kids come from back-grounds where they have had run-ins with the law." Gov. Perpich has promised the residents, however, that the cen-ter will be closed if a crime problem develops, although he doubts that such a problem will arise. The Como-Falcon Heights Community Coalition, Inc. is not comforted by Perpich's assur-ance. Even the promises of no student parking, improved recre-ation facilities for community use, and the opportunity for the com-munity to have a direct voice in the operation of the center do not assure the residents. The legal suit looks optimistic to Moder. "Either the govern-ment will change its mind, or the lawsuit will be successful," he claimed. In spite of the confidence of Moder, Vice President of Busi-ness Affairs Burt Wessman is sure that the sale of the campus is final and that the delay is now just a waiting game with the govern-ment. According to Wessman, the old campus neighbors have little chance to win a suit, especially one against the government. "I don't know any basis they have for a suit," he said. "They're just looking for technicalities." One technicality is the possibil-ity that the Job Corps may not be properly zoned, since neighbor-hood residents claim the land is now zoned for a non-profit or-ganization, and the Job Corps may not be considered non-profit. Amid all the commotion and unsettledness of the sale, Wess-man claims to have a peace. "We don't have a high power group as such," he said, "yet I'm con-vinced that the good Lord is leading us." He added that he felt that things will work out well for everyone concerned. Bruce Olsen, editor Holly Schmiess, news editor Suzi Wells, production editor Paul Olsen, copy editor Greg Kuntz, sports editor The Clarion is published weekly Greg Kuntz, photo editor by the students of Bethel _C ollege. Juan Ramos, cartoonist Letters to the editor should be sent Arlan Swanson, business manager to p.o. 91 by the Sunday before production. THE CLARION Bethel College Vol. 53, No. 12 January 13, 1977 Fall housing prospects feature two new dorms by G.W. Smith Unable to obtain building per-mits because of the pending Northwestern-Arden Hills suit, Bethel officials now expect that only two of five proposed new dor-mitories will be erected by Sept. 1. According to Director of Stu-dent Affairs Mack Nettleton, enough time remains to complete the two new dorms, each housing 140 freshmen. Bethel is scheduled to apply for building permits shortly after Jan. 27, the day that the judge in the Northwestern-Arden Hills suit has chosen to deliver his decision. The outcome of the suit will determine whether Bethel will receive the necessary permits to build the new dorms. According to Dave Lissner, director of community relations, there is no special reason for the delay. "I'm still optimistic," said Net-tleton. "I feel there will be two new buildings on campus in the fall." Also included in Bethel's plans for expansion next year is an an-nex to the learning center across from the p.o.'s, relocating the campus pastor, and providing classroom and office space. Another big 'if' in Bethel's future rests upon the outcome of a suit filed by the residents near Bethel's old campus. According to Nettleton, Bethel officials are uncertain whether the suit could alter-the status of the old campus sale. "There are all kinds of things to cause problems," said Nettleton. "It's just that these things sometimes grind along pretty slowly," said Lissner. He noted that Bethel has receiv-ed no funds from the sale and has heard nothing regarding its finali-ty. As an alternative to Bethel's housing worries, Nettleton said that the college is seeking to ob-tain 100 apartments for up-perclassmen, supplementing the housing provided by the two new dorms. Adding the final topping to the stack of uncertainties, Nettleton related a recent rumor predicting a construction strike to take place in the spring. by Shelly Nielsen Interim is a trick! During first semester, glowing rumors of January ski parties, half-page syllabi, and all-afternoon cof-fee shop vigils circulated wildly through Bethel buildings. Hun-dreds of naive students rushed to the banking window to secure registration permits. These same optimists dreamily dropped them into the inter-campus- mail slot, awaiting the day when schedules returned granting each Bethelite his third choice. Not one moan of complaint sounded. The promise of spending twelve hours each night hugging the elec-tric blanket and the equally-appealing certainty of little homework squelched any impulse to argue with the Registrar over why the desired course, "The First Epistle of John" had been replac-ed by "Beginning Ice Hockey." Christmas vacation over, students returned lazily to school. Typewriters disappeared into the. dark recesses of closet corners. Fischer skiis, waxed and shin-ing, were propped instead beside unmade beds—why make it when you intend spending three-fourths of the day there?—ready for fre-quent trips to Welch Village. Stern-faced profs dropped the bomb Tuesday morning. They handed eight-page syllabi to glas-sy- eyed interimers, smiling know-ingly at the familiar somnolence. Oral projects, twenty to thirty minutes in length, were summarily assigned, and unsuspecting pupils staggered contentedly toward the game room. The following day, Bethel stu-dents slept through the lecturer's concluding remarks. "Have the first three texts read by tomorrow. Don't forget to take notes. They'll help on the unit ex-am Thursday. Have you noticed the study questions at the end of each chapter?...Do them anyway. Hope you're all making good pro-gress on your research papers. Don't let them go too long. You'll need the last week to study for that easy—ha ha—final. Any ques-tions? See you tomorrow." The sleeping sickness afflicting Bethel's population is a result of preconditioning. The lack of activi-ty and the number of drooping eyelids on campus are due to a cruel misconception. Someone circulated the laughable myth that interim is easy! Bethelites, awake! Failure to shake off this strangle hold of sloth will ultimately, heartbreak-ingly result in your joining the mass of Bethelites incredulously finding glaring "NC"s on their records. The traditional theory of interim is a hoax. You do have homework. I close this instructive docu-ment with a meaningful phrase of my roommate's ringing in my ears: In a sing song accent she drowsily chants, "Wad heter du?"—the on-ly Swedish she's been awake long enough to learn thus far. The sale of old campus may face legal hassles from the neighboring community. Myth of lazy interim pace shattered DON'T WANT' NO CORP PEOPLE 'ROUND HERE!! Consortium responds to Toccoa flood TOCCOA, Ga. (CCNS)—During a mid-December visit to the campus of Toccoa Falls Bible College, John R. Dellenback, president of the Christian College Consortium and Coalition, personally express-ed the concern of the 34 coalition schools to Bible college officials. The Georgia school was still recovering, physically and other-wise, from a flash flood Nov 6 which claimed 39 lives, almost half of them children of faculty and staff members, after a dam near the campus broke during heavy rains, flooding a portion of the campus. Officials of the Christian and Missionary Alliance school ex-pressed appreciation to Mr. Dellenback for help given by coali-tion colleges in money and per-sonal services after the tragedy occurred. Seven colleges are known to have responded, including four reported in a Dec. 2 Christian Col-lege News Service story—Hough-tion, Houghton, N.Y.; George Fox, Newberg, Ore.; Messiah, Gran-tham, Pa.; and Westmont, Santa Barbara, Calif. The news service was advised later that three other coalition col-leges also expressed their con-cern in word and deed to the Bible college and families directly af-fected by the tragedy. Perhaps the most dramatic response was that of Wheaton College in Illinois, where $5,200 was raised in a campus radio station-sponsored telethon, a clothing drive was held, and 13 students spent three days on the campus here helping in clean-up operations. Students at Greenville College, Greenville, Ill. contributed $145 during an offering taken during chapel time Dec. 8, toward the relief of those who suffered loss in the flood. Mary Beth Larson, Miss Min-nesota United Teenager 1977, is the essay winner of the national United Teenager Pageant, held New Year's Eve in Washington, D.C. The Bethel College freshman won a $1500 scholarship for her essay, "My Country", which she recited before the ballroom au-dience of government leaders at the Sheraton-Park Hotel. Eighteen-year old Miss Larson, veteran of five pageants and win-ner of three, found the national competition difficult. "The fifty Gordon College in Wenham, Mass. also took an offering on behalf of the Georgia school, and two days after the flood, offered to enroll 40 Toccoa Falls College students at Gordon without ex-pense, except for room and board. It was not possible for the Georgia students to accept this offer, Gor-don President Richard Gross said. "The assistance rendered by coalition colleges," Mr. Dellen-back said, "helped materially to alleviate the still unmet financial needs for families of those losing loved-ones and property." other girls were beautiful," says Mary Beth candidly. "And that, of course, is what the judges look for. Besides, each candidate was the winner in her own state pageant." Though blonde Mary Beth of Long Prairie, Minnesota, was not one of the fifteen finalists, she received a scholarship award equal to that of the third runner-up. "Now I can come back to col-lege next year," Mary Beth smiles contentedly. 'My Country' essay wins $1500 for Bethel freshman in teenage pageant editorial Social security system-- should it be scrapped? Recently, President Jimmy Carter signed into legislation a bill that would increase Social Security taxes from the present 5.85 percent to 7.15 percent by the year 1987. The bill would also increase the wage base from $16,500 to $42,000 by 1987. In raw figures this can be computed as follows: a person who earned $20,000 in 1977 paid $965 to Social Security, but will shell out $1,430 in 1987. For those of you who expect to make the big bucks, it would mean that a person who earned $45,000 in 1977 paid $965 to Social Security, but would have to pay $3,046 in 1987. What the increase of the wage base produces is a greater group of people from which to solicit taxes. For the person in 1977 who made $25,000 a year, he stopped paying Social Security taxes after making $16,500. Under the new law, he would continue paying Social Security throughout the entire year. It seems the deficits created by increasing benefits for retirees, while maintaining stable tax rates and wage bases, have instituted this drastic measure of increasing taxes for an already overburdened society. Without new revenues, the system was expected to go bankrupt in the early 1980's. It must be remembered that Social Security was not originally created as a paycheck for retirees, but rather to supplement their income during the depression years. Not only has Social Security lost its original in-tent, but government seems to believe that it will continue to be a domi-nant force in the structure of today's society no matter how much it costs. The increase in Social Security taxes will take more money out of the hands of consumers, which will eventually cause less spending and a slowed economy. When consumers have less to spend, the first thing to go will be certain luxuries that families will be forced to do without in order to supplement the lost income. This will create higher prices by firms who fail to sell as much as they once did, and increased unemploy-ment by firms who will settle the lost income by firing employees. In other words, the tax will eventually backfire in the faces of government officials by creating more problems than they solved. The government also intends to increase the Social Security tax on employers, which will eventually be passed on to consumers through higher prices and increased unemployement. When firms are first hit with the tax increase, they will have to make some move to supplement the income loss. This will eventually come through price increases of goods arid services or the firing of marginal employees. A fourth and final problem that would be created by this tax increase is that by raising the wage base and the tax rate, it will only create a short term resolution to a long term problem. The government hopes to pay $1,200 per month by 1987 as a maximum benefit for a retiree and dependent spouse. That would be $72,000 in benefits after five years of retirement, or $144,000 after ten years. This is more than a wage earner in 1978 making an average salary of $35,000 for 40 years could ever pay into the system. If the average wage earner cannot pay for these increased Social Security benefits through his F.I.C.A. taxes, then who is going to pay for it? The only answer could be through more increased taxes and a higher wage base. It must also be remembered that the $1,200 figure that is to be paid to a retiree and a dependent in 1987 will surely be increased as the years go by, so even more money will have to be thrown into the Social Security drainpipe. The only solution that remains would be to scrap the entire Social Security system. This would reduce costs for the government by eliminating the need to administer the Social Security system, would reduce costs for employers and enable them to lower prices and hire more personnel, and it would put more money into the hands of the peo-ple, who can do whatever they want with the extra money. If one still wonders what people will do with themselves once they reach 65, they have a few options. One would be to save the money that they did not pay in Social Security taxes and either invest it in real estate and municipal bonds or place it in a savings account. For the person making an average of $20,000 a year for forty years and takes 6 percent out of his paycheck to place in a savings account at 5 percent interest, he would certainly have enough money when he turns 65 on which to retire. This would also give banks more money in which to give loans to people who wish to build a home or buy a car, thus keeping interest rates down. The reduced costs to employers could also enable them to place more money into retirement benefits for employees. This way employees would have their income supplemented by not only their own savings, but also the retirement benefits they will receive from their employers after they reach 65 years of age. Social Security is a dead end policy, and until government realizes this, we will go on forever paying taxes for a program that costs as much to administer as it does to pay today's aged a minimal sum at best. If government is allowed to continue raising taxes to support dying pro-grams, then we are sure to run into more pressing problems than exist today. Page 2 U.S. Congressman Donald Fraser (5th District) spoke before a chapel audience last Tuesday about "Human Rights and American Foreign Policy." Fraser called for American foreign policy to become more consistent among countries who have been exploiting the rights of individuals. Breakfast feature STEAK and Eggs $1.99 Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner 6:30-9, Sun.-Thurs.; 6:30-10, Fri. & Sat. Now Featuring Tahitian Chicken Only $3.99 West County Road E. at Snelling Across from klitherty's Bowl. `Fringed' benefits expected from donated Persian rug Reading the St. Paul Pioneer Press in his hometown in Olivia, Minn., 83-year-old H.J. Robertson literally had the rug pulled out from under him. Persians, he learned, are scouring the country for antique Oriental carpets to sell back to Iran and meet demand in Germany, according to an Associ-ated Press story carried on November 13. Not that Robertson was sitting on a Persian rug. But he did have one stored in the attic. The rug was purchased 60 years ago by Mrs. Robertson's mother, who kept it as a showpiece in her farm-house sitting room. Following her death, the Robertsons set the rug aside and deferred a decision as to what to do with it. Until they read the Sunday paper, that is. "There are 200 to 300 Persians on the road day and night in every corner of the U.S. looking • for these rugs in Oshkosh or the corn fields in Kansas." (How about western Minnesota, Robertson thought.) "Dealers cite examples of rugs that sold for $2,500 in 1960 fet-ching $30,000 today." And he read how carpets 50 to 100 years old were being purchased for national museums and collectors. But even if the rug were sold for a timely sum, the Robertsons would not be interested in having the money for themselves. They had found greater satisfaction by investing in youth through Bethel College and Seminary. So why not use the rug for this purpose too, Robertson thought, and let Bethel sell it for whatever it was worth? Several days later when Bethel's director of deferred giv-ing, Bud Howard, stopped in Olivia to see the Robertsons, he received an unexpected greeting: "Am I glad you are here," Robertson said. "There's Mavis Peterson, member of the Student Minnesota Education As-sociation at Bethel College, will attend the annual national con-vention of the Student National Education Association (SNEA) in Philadelphia, Pa., January 18-21. Mavis will act as a voting dele-gate to the official legislative body of the association. This governing body, representing members from 43 states, will adopt SNEA's goals and deter-mine the association's programs for 1978-79. "The 1978 SNEA Convention provides an opportunity for each member to witness SNEA build a foundation for its continuous pro-gress in helping all members become more effective teachers," explained Larry Bateman, presi-dent of the 50,000-member organ-ization and presiding officer at the business meeting. "In addition," the SNEA Presi-dent pointed out, "this annual event gives all participants a chance to enrich their profes-something we want to talk to you about." Howard brought the fringed Per-sian rug—thought to be a Sarouk and woven in shades of Burgundy, royal blue and gold—back to Bethel in the trunk of his car. Together with Harvey DeVries, vice president for public affairs, they will explore the potential markets for its sale. Whether the rug makes it back to Iran or meets a demand elsewhere in the world, Robertson feels satisfied that he made the right investment. And Bethel, in turn, is grateful not only for such a generous benefactor but also for the St. Paul Sunday newspaper. WAR declared disappointing by freshmen by Arlan Swanson "I didn't think WAR was worth $300," said freshman Dave Briscoe, of his Writing and Research class. Most freshmen seem to agree with his con-clusion. On a scale of one to ten (ten be-ing high score), WAR averaged a 4.5 rating by the ten freshmen in-terviewed. They didn't do enough teaching," said Becky Dye. "They gave assignments but didn't give enough instruction." Becky felt that the idea of a writing class for freshmen was good, though she rated the class a four. Jon Fredrickson said, "To me it was a review of what I already learned in high school." He graded WAR a three. "I liked the class because I got practice writing," said Patty Ferch. "It gave me good back-ground material." Patty thought sional development by attending workshops on current issues af-fecting education, such as the re-cently implemented 'Education for All Handicapped Act,' multi-cultural education and disci-pline." Further, declared SNEA Vice President Bryan Gurule, "The presence of a member at the once-a-year SNEA policy-making meeting demonstrates his or her dedication to the education pre-profession." the required book, "My Name is Asher Lev," was "profound." "If I had to do it all over again," said Patty, who assigned a five rating to the class, "I would want Passages wins out in survey by Thangi Chhangte The Student Senate conducted a survey last fall to determine the student body's interest in Bethel's two publications: the Spire and Passages. Only 373 responses were returned. Overall, 57 percent of the responses preferred Passages over Spire. The results of the survey are posted on the Student Senate bulletin board. The survey was taken to deter-mine whether Spire should be re-vived next year. According to the results, the yearbook will finally be scrapped in favor of Passa-ges, similar to this year's, avail-able in May. The Communications Board of the Student Senate originally con-ducted the survey. They will pre-sent a budget for Passages and the Roster to the Senate. Al Steier, who is on the Corn-munications Board, said he and his colleagues were disappointed in the number of responses they received. "It's the students' responsibili-ty to respond because it's their money we're dealing with," he ad-ded. He said he hopes for a more favorable response next year. Peterson represents Bethel at SNEA annual convention John W. Nance Company 1401 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224-7358 INSURANCE John W. Nonce, Sr Lite—Auto—Home John W leant• Jr Business John G. ChteKolm Rinser Akre St. Paul, Mn. 55101 more writing practice and less grammar." Sherry Honeywell liked the small group idea and said that some guest lecturers were good. But, rating the class a five, she said, "I think it was a big waste, I really do." One student, who asked not to be named, rated the class a five. She said that "nobody learned anything from the large group ses-sions." She explained that they were given a test at the beginning of the course to assess what areas each student needed help in, but they were never told where they lacked, and never specifically helped with their weak areas. "It was irrelevant to what I needed," said another freshman. Rating WAR a 2.5, he said, "The subject matter wasn't practical for me, for instance, the sixth-grade-level section on how to use a card catalog." Rating the class a seven, Todd Benson said that he was glad he took the class. "It taught me prac-tical writing skills," he said. Nancy Conn, who gave the class a resounding eight rating said, "I thought it was really a good course. It was worthwhile." The lowest grade, a two, was given by Dave Terpstra. He said WAR "improved the one weakness I had, punctuation." Calling the class a waste of $300, he said, "The purpose of WAR should not be to fill in the in-adequacies of high school learn-ing but rather it should introduce the student to what liberal arts is all about." N FALCON HEIGHTS PHARMACY 1707 N. Snelling Ave. (Larpenteur at Snelling) 646-4555 9 A.M. to 10 P.M. Daily (Including Sun.) • Free prescription delivery to Arden Hills campus • We cash checks for Bethel students with 10. by Dan Erickson Two new dorms will probably be the only ones located on the site near the Bremer Field, due to the pending Northwestern-Arden Hills dispute. Originally five dorms were to be built here. See story on page 1. Variety moves students to, from Bethel The rap against the Clarion is that it does not do enough investigative reporting. I mean, there are not a lot of Woodward and Bernstein types sneaking around. The Clarion tries to research its stories well and pre-sent the facts clearly, but for some readers that isn't enough. In the in-terest of giving the reader what he wants, I've given this investigative reporting business some thought. I worked at getting an informant with high administrative connections. After nurturing the relationship with a possible source for several months I got a call. He had something con-fidential to tell me, and I was to meet him the next day at one, out in the grassy part of the circle parking lot. He was already there when I arrived, inconspicuously dressed in a trench coat and sunglasses. "Things are really beginning to heat up in the administration," he said. "Why, what do you mean," I coyly inquired, not wanting to push him too far. He peered at me intently over the lenses of his sunglasses. "Who do you think is the Dean of Bethel College?" "Why, Dean Brushaber of course." "Wrong." "What are you talking about," I asked. "I see his name all the time on stationery." "George Brushaber died in a single engine plane crash in 1975." "You're crazy!" "Let me ask you this: Have you ever seen Dean Brushaber?" I was flabbergasted. Of course like everyone else I had never really seen the Dean. I had been conditioned into believing that it was because of his busy schedule and his reclusive manner. Now I wasn't so sure. Did the Dean really exist, and if so, had anyone ever seen him? "How?...Where?..." My questions began to tumble out. "That's all I can tell you," said my secretive friend. "One last clue: Brushaber spelled sideways is `Shabruber.' Now it is all up to you." Then he was gone. Now it was up to me. That phrase kept ringing in my ears. What did I know about investigative reporting. I'm a columnist. I've never even taken News and Feature Writing. But my duty was clear. I worked several days on the case without result. I followed the `Shabruber' lead by checking the cities' yellow pages, without success. Finally I decided to go up to the Dean's office and confront them with what I knew; hardly anything. I strolled into the office of the Dean on Thursday. The secretary look-ed up. "May I help you?" I looked over at the door that said George Brushaber, College Dean. I smirked. Who did they think they were kidding? I sat down on the edge of the secretary's desk. She was beginning to get a little uneasy. "What if I told you that I knew that the real Dean died in a plane crash two and a half years ago, and that everyone's covering up to save costs in changing the stationery, and that the Dean's job is being done by a computer in Des Moines, Iowa whose print out code word is `Shabruber'." The secretary had this hurt look on her face like I'd just told a joke that she didn't get. Now she looked scared. "Are you here to steal my typewriter or something?" she asked. The office door opened slightly. "Linda, would you come in here a second." "Yes, Dean Brushaber." She stared at me as she crossed the room, then paused. "All I ask is that you not be here when I get back." Then she disappeared into the suddenly real Dean's office. When I left that office and closed the door I also closed my in-vestigative reporting career. by Lisa Mills There are new bodies roaming the Bethel halls again this inter-im. With 1400 students here, there are about 400 fewer stu-dents than first semester. The reasons for the smaller number during interim are the same every year: staying home to work, staying home not to work, not needing the interim credit, and even going elsewhere to school during January. The University of Min-nesota is recruiting volunteers who have had one heart attack to par-ticipate in a national cholesterol study. The National Heart and Lung Institute study is be-ing conducted at three medical centers, including the University, to determine whether lowering blood cholesterol levels will help prevent heart attacks. A University physician ex-plained that the study needs 1,000 men and women as participants. They should have had one heart attack during the last three years, be between 30 and 60 years of age, free of diabetes and high blood pressure, and not be greatly overweight. This study is in cooperation with practicing physicians. For further information, volunteers may call the University at (612) 376-4494, collect. Ed. note: In its continuing effort to better serve the Bethel community, the Clarion attempts to print public service an-nouncements of relevance to the students. The above news release from the U of M is printed in Its entirety. This year, 36 Bethel students went to other schools for interim on the exchange program. Bethel sent students to Calvin, St. Catherines, Augustana, St. Olaf, Augsburg, Macalester, and Greenview to name a few. There were also 36 students from colleges such as Westmont, Luther, Jamestown (North Dakota) and Taylor (Indiana) regis-tered at Bethel. Gretchen Robinson, in charge of new students in the Registrar's office, stated "Most students come for the fun of it, and are visiting friends—it was seldom because of a course offering." There are also 20 other new students here for interim, most from this area. Of the 56 new stu-dents, only 20 will continue at Former Bethel president dies Dec. 30 Dr. Henry C. Wingblade, president-emeritus of Bethel Col-lege and Seminary died December 30 in St. Paul at the age of 94. Born on a farm near Waterville, Kansas on December 16, 1883, Wingblade was encouraged by his older brother to pursue an academic education. After gradua-tion from Washburn College in 1910, he began teaching English at Bethel Academy and later com-pleted a master's program at the University of Minnesota. In 1941 he became the second president of Bethel College and Seminary, serving until 1954, for a total of 44 years' association with Bethel. During his administration the four-year liberal arts program was inaugurated, entrance require-ments for the seminary were up-graded to the bachelor's degree level, college enrollment increas-ed from 123 to 500, the seminary from 52 to 174, and five buildings added to the campus. Bethel next semester. This is one old Bethel student who enjoys seeing the new faces. They seem to bring a new fresh-ness to what otherwise could be termed, "the middle of the year blues." [ Chapel Schedule Monday- New Beginnings, Northwestern College musical group Tuesday-To Be Announced Wednesday-Pastor Spickel-mier, "To find God: Time" Thursday-Class Chapels Friday-President Lundquist A Christian world view institute for Christian Studies Toronto A special one-year graduate program exploring a Christian view of life and your task in the world. Examine what your Christian faith can mean for work and studies. How can Christianity bring genuine experience of wholeness and justice in society') Program: begin with biblical study, expand to Christian philosophy. and conclude with the socio-cultural implications. Academic result: The Certificate in Christian Studies. 0!nor programs lead lo the tyl Phil and Ph.D For information, write: Dr. Hendrik Hart. Director Certificate Program Institute for Christian Studies 229 College Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1R4 Page 4 BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH 720 13th Avenue South Minneapolis 338-7653 (Contact Charlie Cosgrove 636-5242) Bus Leaves: Services: New Campus 9:05 9:45 Bible Study F.T. 9:10 11:00 Worship Old Campus 9:20 7:00 Evening Challenge This trail, now used by cross-country skiers, may become a nature or jogging path. Coordination Plus Interim often acts as a lull in a stormy, busy school year. We hope this interim will be an enjoyable learning experience for .you, and provide you with the opportunity to have more relaxation and fun. We have taken advantage of the "lull" and informal atmosphere interim provides to bring more casual, "just for kicks" type activities that we hope you'll like! One concern of ours, however, is all the new faces walking around looking a little lonely, a little lost, and a little like "help, I need a friend." Most of us have fewer responsibilities and a greater amount of free time this month...so let's all make an effort to look out for each other. It's true that in order to have a friend you have to be one, but some of us just need a little encouragement. Here's what's up for the next couple of weeks: 1/14 Stomp and Romp! A fun filled game night with tug of war, mattress races and lots more. 1/17 Our annual winter picnic with cheese filled hot dogs wrapped in bacon and lots of other good food. "The Hiding Place" will be shown after. 1/20 Pull out your cowboy hat and come to the Mike Monroe and Scott Warren concert. $1.50. Should be a great month! Cynthia and Scott Arboretum, trails proposed for Bethel by Steve Erickson A proposal, which would pro-vide for a nature trail and an ar-boretum, is under consideration by the Bethel Site Committee. Devised by Gregg Johnson, assistant professor of biology, the proposal is divided into three sec-tions. The first calls for posting of signs to identify natural areas on campus. The second section deals with the establishment of a perma-nent nature trail. The last phase of the project will be the development of an ar-boretum (a library of plants). Section one has already been approved by the site committee. The ten areas of concern are the lake, cottonwood peat bog, cattail swamp, prairie pothole, virgin prairie, intermittent stream, inter-mittent pond, arboretum,deci-duous woods, and oak savanna. Aside from the sign posting, maintenance will be told of each area's purpose.. This is to assure that the virgin prairie will not be mowed or the cattail swamp filled. The signs to identify these natural areas will cost approximately $500. January picnic promises fire menu, warmth by Debbie Bunger In the middle of the coldest month of the year, the fourth annual All-You Can Eat Winter Picnic will be held for students at Bethel. The movie "The Hiding Place," will be shown in the gym at 8 p.m., after the picnic. The picnic will be held Tues-day, Jan. 17, at 5 p.m., at the foot of Mt. Zion. The theme for the picnic is: "Think Warm." To help students along, two large bonfires will be burning to ward off the usual below zero temperatures. Emphasizing "Think Warm," the food service has planned a menu of hot dogs wrapped in cheese and bacon ready to be cooked over an open fire, hot beans, hot German potato salad, potato salad topped with real frost, marshmallows to be toast-ed, hot cider and hot chocolate. Popularity of the picnic has in-creased since the first year. About 24 people attended the first picnic, 28 people attended the Johnson said, "I'm not as con-cerned about the nature trail; my main input was to preserve these native areas. Bethel is located on DuPont's old land. It was used for storing dynamite. Most of the other land in this area was used for farming or grazing. Much of Bethel's land has been un-disturbed." Sections two and three are still being examined by the site com-mittee. It seems to be favoring a nature trail instead of a combined jogging-nature trail. Although they overlap in areas, second and 300 attended last year's. A minimum of 300 people are expected this year. Concerning the weather, Wayne Erickson, co-director of the food service, stated, "It's beautiful! Traditionally the wea-ther has always been nice on the evening of the picnic." With a smile, he added, "It has never been below 20 degrees below zero." A sign-up sheet will be posted before the picnic to get an estimate of the number of people planning to attend the picnic. The picnic is sponsored by the food service and Campus Coordina-tor's office. the two trails run different courses. The arboretum would be located between the college and the seminary along highway 51. Expenses in establishing a per-manent nature trail and arboretum are expected to run $12,700-$19,700, depending on whether wood chips or asphalt are used. Other expenses will be transplanting and labeling trees, and for the research and printing of the pamphlet. Funding for the nature trail-arboretum might come from a community or private grant. The Student Senate has rejected a pro-posal that would provide $500 for the project. The nature trail and arboretum would probably be used more by people in the surrounding areas than by Bethel students. A pam-phlet would be printed and dis-tributed to the neighboring com-munity. Tours could also be scheduled through public relations. These tours will provide exposure of the Bethel campus to high school students. Jon Berry, a member of both the site committee and Student Senate thinks a running trail is more important. "I agree that we're very lucky with what we have and we should share, but the opi-nion that I get is that most students would much rather see a running trail." He continued, "After a couple of times, you've seen everything in a nature trail. A jogging trail could be used more often. People are sick of running on the roads." But regardless of what kind of trail is constructed, Johnson urges conservation of natural areas. "If the school - decides to put a parking lot or a stadium or something else in, I hope they will consider alternative places and avoid the native areas.," he said. History buff explores early coffee shops by Teferi Fufa Suppose you are passing the coffee-shop on your way to the library and, "just for the fun of it", you decide to compare the number of people in each place. Would you find more people in the library or in the coffee shop? You have five years worth of Spire before you. As you skim them looking for some familiar faces, you see pictures of students sleeping, at least one in every copy! Where would you say the photo-grapher went for his candid shots? Of course the answer is, in both cases, the library! After all, we go to the coffee shop to stay awake and back to the library to study. It wasn't always that way, though. There is more to the coffee shop tradition than just keeping people awake. It is not a mere alternative to the uneasy, silent and intellectual at-mosphere of the Learning Re-source Center (LRC), either. His-torically it is referred to as a cof-fee house, a coffee room, or a cafe, and more recently, especially on college campuses, coffee shop or student center is the name. Call it what you will, it is the place to which one gravitates for a cup of coffee. Coffee house tradition comes to us from Europe where its popu-larity was established as early as the beginning of the 17th century. In those days common customers of the coffee houses were historians, poets, orators, ar-tists and actors. There was nothing like the 15-minute coffee break that we know today, as we relax our muscles and refresh our minds before resuming our work. No, for those people it was an informal scholastic venture; they gathered for lively discussions, continued on page 6 Page 5 Bethelites socialize in favorite spot, descendants of early European coffeehouse patrons. Apartheid, black plight studied at local theatre Bohne in world premier by Holly Schmiess "Sizwe Banzi is Dead," and "The Island," two anti-apartheid plays now on at Theatre in the Round, together run a marathon length of three and one quarter hours. Due to circumstances be-yond my better judgment, I could stay for only "Sizwe...." The play takes place in South Africa, and examines the modern day traumas of being a black man in a white society. Styles, a man with a resilient spirit, opens his own photography studio rather than rot in the work-a-day grind of the white man's assembly line. He tells his audience all about that transition in an engaging monologue that makes you laugh, sigh, and understand. Warren C. Bowles, playing Styles, acted too arduously, though, in this part', and made us feel obligated to respond. Into the photographer's studio walks a man who has his own story, Sizwe Banzi. He too is a black man trying to start a new life, in another South African city. Seeking the advice of his friend, Buntu (also played by Bowles), Sizwe learns the futility of trying to legally revise the passbook to which his life is bound. They find a dead man in an alley and, persuaded by Bun-tu, the realist, Sizwe swaps pass-books. To put food on the table for his family, Sizwe gives up his hon-ored tribal name and heritage for those of a dead man. The story comes full circle as Sizwe goes to the photography studio to have a photo of his 'new' self taken to send to his wife. The script, written by two black and one white South African, could have had several demises: tedious cynicism, esoteric jargon, extremely provincial appeal, or heavy-handed statement. These were beautifully avoided. Statement and artistic expres-sion were mutually enhanced. The characters were not merely illustrative puppets. I wish Buntu and Styles had been played by two different ac-tors. Bowles did an admirable job of differentiating the characters, but that became the predominant thought in my mind—that he was doing a good job. Both characters were fully-developed and treated quite independently in the story and script. The double-casting was unwarranted and distracting when the play was so sparsely populated to begin with. With no required props or set, long monologue sequences, and unique time-lapse progression, the directing challenge was a big one. Philip Blackwell used light-ing, particularly spots, to achieve the intertwining effect of three men's lives, and parenthetical events within a larger story. "Sizwe Banzi is Dead" not only reveals the plight of the South African black, but gives names and faces to everyone restricted to a man-made system. Empathy was uniquely expressed (quite verbally at times), especially by the black members of the opening night audience. I'd like to go back and see "The Island." Let that speak for itself. continued from page 5 talked, listened, debated, and, of course, drank coffee. Those early London coffee houses became known as "Penny Universities". The popularity of the coffee house and its impact on socio-political life of the people is not limited to England. In France, coffee houses were places of origin for revolutionary thoughts, some of which climaxed in the execution of the "French Revolution". Familiar names like Voltaire, Rousseau, Fontenelle, Victor Hugo and many other noted French scholars appear on the list of those who frequented coffee houses. Of course the rulers felt uneasy about this tradition, and according to the literature, Frederick William I of Prussia, Charles II of England, and Louise XIV of France did their best, individually, to suppress the coffee house. Each of these kings at one time in his reign outlawed the coffee house and subjected the offender to severe penalties. But the laws were very shortliv-ed and unsuccessful since they only accomplished the division of the population into two categories: law enforcers and law breakers! The tradition which had a tremendous impact on European social and political life can be con-tinued here at Bethel in the coffee shop. Today when concerns about environment and the various aspects of world problems provide us with vital topics for discussion, there is no reason why we should not make use of this great school of conversation. So, don't be surprised if you find the coffee shop busier than you expected it to be. It may not be a "Penny University" but it does offer conversation, coffee by the cup and a refill—all for only fif-teen cents! by Marlene Triggs A Bethel student performing in a theatre production outside of Bethel is not unusual. But when the production is a world premier, that is an event. Bruce Bohne, a senior theatre major, will be performing in a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's play, "The Devil's Dis-ciple," at the Chimera Theatre. The performance dates are Jan. 27-March 5. "The Devil's Disciple" is a play that takes place in a Puritan community in America. The young man who is called the devil's disciple warrants this title because of such un-Puritan ac-tions as wrestling on Sunday. When the British army occu-pies the city, the devil's disciple's identity is mistaken for that of the Puritan minister. He is arrested and destined to be hung, as an example to the rest of the commu-nity. This situation and the capers THESPIANS Single free tickets will be available occasionally to perceptive students, pre-ferably with theatre experi-ence, who will review plays for THE CLARION. Stimu-lating for you, beneficial for us and our readers. If you're interested in critiqu-ing some Twin Cities pro-ductions between now and May, let me know soon. Thanks. Holly Schmiess P.O. 1556 Phone 6214 that follow supply perfect materi-al for the musical. Bruce's character is a sergeant of the British army. It is a part that he is enjoying thoroughly. Bruce describes the sergeant as a "gruf-fy, lovable Cockney. He is kind of a caricature, but at the same time he is real." "The thing I am most excited about is the encouragement I get from the writer and the director," said Bohne. "It makes me want to work and give to them. Because of this, I am really being stretched as an actor. I am learning that I have to give them everything and the director will hold me back if he thinks I am giving too much." The exciting thing is that the director, Jack Edleman, and the rewriter, Warren Frost, have not been holding him back. Instead, they are so pleased with the character that Bruce is creating that they have added a scene featuring him. "The director is just super," said Bruce. "He is alive, creative, and bursting with energy." "Everybody in the cast is get-ting to be good friends," related Bohne. "There is a spirit of fun in every rehearsal. It is exhausting work but it is wonderful." "This is a special world pre-mier," Bruce explains, "If it is good and the idea is solid, this could turn out to be a `My Fair Lady' type of thing." There is no doubt in Bruce's mind about the success of the show. "I'm sure it is going to be a success. In fact, I am convinced of it." Events Calendar January 13, Friday Women's basketball with St. Mary's, home, 6:30 p.m. January 14, Saturday All-day wrestling invitational at Concordia Men's basketball with St. John's, away, 7:30 p.m. Stomp and Romp (Game night), gym, 8 p.m. January 16, Monday Auditions for "All My Sons," "You're a Good Man...," FA 108, FA 312, 7 p.m. January 17, Tuesday Winter Picnic, 5 p.m., "The Hiding Place," gym, 8 p.m. Auditions for "All My Sons," "You're a Good Man...," FA 108, FA 312, 7 p.m. Women's basketball with Concordia, away, 7 p.m. January 18, Wednesday Men's basketball with Augsburg, away, 6:30 p.m. **The Events Calendar will be a regular feature of THE CLARION from now on. If your organization wants to post notice of an activity, submit to P.O. 91 by 6 p.m. the Sunday before publication. ELWOOD CARLSON Optician Glasses Contact Lenses, (Hard & Soft) Sports Glasses 358 St. Peter Street Discounts to St. Paul, Minn. 55102 227-7818. students & faculty Page 6 9. Dugout: a. where the prisoner dug to escape b. where the player sleeps c. a place to store baseball players d. what the dentist did to your cavity 10. Ball diamond: a. rounded jewel in a wedding ring b. field that baseball is played on c. a new game from Milton Bradley d. a ball that costs a dime in Jersey 11. Change on the fly: a. switch players while play continues on the ice b. you are late for school and you dress in the car c. you have clothes to fit a fly d. assorted coins taped to a zipper Curt Oslin looks for the open man in Wednesday's game against St. Olaf. Shirley Erickson is more than a special student At an age when some women might be baking cookies for their grandchildren away at college, Mrs. Shirley Erickson is eating them with her classmates in the dorm. Continuing her education at Bethel is the fulfillment of a dream for this vigorous widow who recently was administrator at the Park Point Manor Nursing Home in Duluth. That dream started 25 years ago when she first heard about Bethel through her church, and continued as she encouraged Sunday School youth to apply for admission. "You're always pushing Bethel for others," a friend commented, "have you ever thought of going there yourself?" After her husband died unexpectedly a year ago, Mrs. Erickson thought, why not? This fall she enrolled as a special student, working toward a degree to add to her previous R.N. program, and decided to live in Bo-dien Residence with 150 other col-legians. "I wanted to be in the middle of everything," she commented. "I didn't want to be isolated." Out of such motivation she joins the college crowd in powder puff football, late-nighters at Country Kitchen or the Rosedale roller rink, and singing with the Women's Ensemble. She even mustered up enough courage to ask a professor to Nik Dag. Eating with the students in the campus dining hall is another pastime. "You could say I'm tak-ing a sabbatical leave from house-work," she quips, "but actually I'm too lazy to fix my own meals while going to school." As far as relations with her classmates and teachers are con-cerned, Mrs. Erickson hasn't received any preferential treat-ment. "When we heard that you were coming to live in the dorm," one of the residents told her, "we thought you would be a stodgy old bookworm. But we've found that you're just one of us." When it comes to grading, Mrs . Aye yust got a letter from my brother in der old country. Aye can keep it only two days longer as it say "return in five days." Yimminy whiz he has made it so close to the paper that aye can read it hardly. Dear broder David, De reason aye didn't rite sooner is because ve moved from vere ve ver to ver ve are now. Aye schol tell you the sad news. Your Uncle Obert, who you loved so good is dead. He died very sudden after being sick about six months. Hope this letter finds you the same. Ve did not know the cause for his death but he yust lay down and der vind leaked out of him. Your Aunt Pauline is been dead too. She was mopping floor ven she slipped and cracked her bean on the floor. De doctor giv up all Erickson lamented that she got a D in a recent quiz on Romans. "It's a terrible ego blow for me not to get an A," she said. "After that first test, I went over to the school nurse and cried a bit. But she poured me a cup of hot tea and that helped. Later some beautiful person put a note in my post office box with some verses of encouragement." She has since used these to cheer others when they get down. While she doesn't yet know the purpose of her college experience, Mrs. Erickson confidently trusts her future with God. "Up until a few weeks ago I seemed to be drif-ting without any particular goal. But now I feel that being in college is definitely a part of God's plan for my life and there's a rudder to my sailboat after all!" by Jon Fredrickson Some of you sports fans may have gone to games where the guy next to you is using words that you have never heard before. For people who might want to find out what this guy was saying, the follow-ing sports quiz might be of some help. 1. Dribble: a. the stuff that rolls down your chin b. bouncing a ball c. a slow rain d. all of the above 2. Jock: a. the French guy who lives downstairs b. man of all sports c. a monkey d. rider of a horse in in a race 3. Check: a. smashing the oppos-sing player into the boards b. what you use to bribe the ref with c. wheat, rice, or corn hope yen she died. Our old friend John Jacobson was held up and killed for his money. He was lucky as he left all his money home so all he lost was his life. Ole Stenhagen fell in de river and vas drowned. Same thing hap-pened to him last summer. Ve all got the mumps and are having a svell time. Aye haf no more to say, aye will close. If you don't get this letter write and tell me at once and aye vill send you anoder one. P.S. Aye was going to send you that five dollars aye owe you, but aye had already sealed up this let-ter and mailed it before I thot of the $5. Your loving broder, cereal d. red marks on a term paper 4. Score: a. what all athletes wish they could do b. point total at the end of the game c. twenty 5. Backboard: a. a splint tied to your back b. what the basketball hoop hangs from c. flip-side of the front d. how you felt in the last row of class yesterday 6. Ball: a. a dance up the street b. what the batter tries to hit c. to cry d. hairless head 7. Out of bounds: a. women's dorm for men b. men's dorm for women c. outside of the court d. a disco for Bethel students e. no more detergent 8. Misconduct penalty: a. being sent to your room, with no dinner by your R.A. b. a fine assessed for being in the wrong sex's room c. no kiss after Nik Dag d. what a player in hockey gets e. your face gets slapped continued from page 8 periods but couldn't put The puck in." The hockey club is not a varsity team. It raises its own funds. The Student Senate contributed $500 to the club and a number of businessmen have given money. Players have also sold buttons to raise funds. High points in the season will be upcoming games against the Augsburg and Gustavus junior var-sities. The season ends in early March. Pete's letter to his brother Sports quiz to examine athletic term knowledge Page 7 I Gail Anderson, Cindy Martin and Lori Hallquist (left to right) look on as one Bethel cager attempts to score. First MIAC win for Bethel in thriller at Concordia "Sugar Ray" Miller launches a jumper against St. Olaf by Greg Kuntz The Bethel men's basketball team evened their record at 1-1 in the M.I.A.C. by edging Concor-dia (Moorhead) 63-62 last Satur-day night. Ray Miller's basket with :18 left proved to be the win-ning margin for the Royals when Concordia's Craig Flaagen, who scored 19 points in the game, failed on a shot from the corner as time ran out. Bethel led by six . at the half, and by 12 at one time. Concordia had the lead only once, when they led by a point with about a minute to play. Defensively, the Royals were excellent despite four fouls each on Scott Wilson, Miller and Curt Oslin. The Royals outrebounded Concordia, with Wilson control-ling the boards often. Todd Chapman fouled out of the game in the second half. Bethel committed only 11 turn-overs and hit 15 of 20 free throws compared to 12 of 23 by the hosts. "They didn't expect anything from us. We sneaked up on them and our defense was excellent," said Coach Jim Bragg. Sophomore Dave Blanchard, who now has a 18.5 point per game average, scored 23 against Concordia. While almost everyone was racking their brains during finals week, the Royals racked up two non-conference victories. Their first was at Concordia (St. Paul), which they won 79-65, and then a nip-and-tuck 71-68 win over River Falls at home. Blanchard had his two highest scoring performances so far with 27 against Concordia and 24 against River Falls. The Royals converted 21 of 26 free throws in the River Falls game. The Royals outlasted a bigger and more physical River Falls team and poor officiating. Bethel made a transition against a matched zone which forced turn-overs and key steals by Curt Oslin and Tom Koenigsberg. This pro-vided some quick baskets in the last two minutes of the game for a dramatic finish. "Our offense played patient and Blanchard got the good shots," said Bragg. The Royals played an atypical game and lost their first M.I.A.C. performance to Gustavus Adol-phus 83-56 last week. Scott Wil-son scored 18 points in the losing effort. "Almost everyone was off. Our heads weren't there," explained Bragg. "We're an exciting team and tough for anyone in the league when we're all together on a given night." The Royals hit the road again tomorrow night for M.I.A.C. ac-tion when they face St. John's at 7:30 p.m. and face Hamline next Wednesday night at 7:30. They return home against Augsburg at 7:30 p.m. next Friday and St. Mary's on Jan. 28th. Women's basketball team uses new defense to rout Gusties, Parkside by Carol Madison Some extra practice, healed in-juries and a new defense has given the Bethel women's basketball team a good start after the Christ-mas break. Bethel came off five extra days of practice before classes to soundly defeat Gustavus 50-33 and the University of Wisconsin- Parkside 51-35. The use of a new 1-3-1 defense was the key to the win over Gus-tavus. "We're excited to try the new defense at home," said Coach Kathy Nevins. "It's one of the bags by Steve Erickson The Bethel hockey club split two games last weekend, losing to Rochester 11-6 Friday, before trouncing the Iowa State junior varsity 12-1 Saturday night. The loss to Rochester was only the team's second all season against five wins. "It was a down night," said Dr. Thomas Correll, the club's faculty representative. "We didn't play a very together game Friday." Scoring goals for Bethel were Fred Hage with two, and John Selvog, Kim Tramm, Mark Barton, and Greg Sutton with one apiece. Hage and Tramm are newcomers who were added to the team at the beginning of interim. Bethel out-shot Rochester 32-29. Led by Hage's three goals, Bethel turned things around and Page 8 of tricks we'll use when we play teams Bethel has lost to in the past." Everyone played and con-tributed in the Gustavus game, which was the best Bethel has played this year. Turnovers were fewer than any other game, and a 53 percent field goal shooting percentage was a big factor in the win. Cindy Ramm was high scorer with 16 points. The University of Wisconsin- Parkside game saw some dis-jointed play, but Bethel won with dominating inside play. Bethel had smothered a weak Iowa State team Saturday. It was never close, with the Royals taking control from the outset. Bethel outshot the visiting Cyclones 46-11. Bethel goalies George Fraser and Bob Aldrich faced few serious scoring threats. Bethel started the blitz with three goals in less than a minute early in the first period. At three minutes, Mike Kiel flip-ped in a well-placed shot. Less than one-half minute later, Sutton carried the puck up ice and fired it in the short side to make 2-0. Selvog scored a shorthanded goal 28 seconds later after putting a nice move on the goalie. Tom Correll was credited with the next score when his centering pass bounced off an Iowa State player into the net. At 14 minutes, Correll was tripped as he skated in more height, and consequently was able to block out well on the boards. Cindy Ramm was again high scorer with 17 points, and Joann Griffin and Cheryl Luiken shared rebounding honors with 10 each. Although hampered by injuries at the start of the season, the team is now close to full strength. According to Coach Nevins, the team has really improved with each game. "We've got a long way to go, but we keep getting better," she said. The Royals now have a 5-1 season record. Wrestling results by Betty Logan The Bethel wrestling team participated in a takedown tournament at St. John's University last Saturday, placing seventh out of nine teams. Highlighting the Bethel showing was heavyweight Gary Peterson who tied for second place, scoring 15 takedowns in the tourna-ment. Sophomore Lonnie Holmgren won three mat-ches. The next wrestling event will be the North Country In-vitational at Concordia- Moorhead tomorrow, Jan. 14. alone on goal. He was awarded a penalty shot and converted it. Goals by Hage and Tramm finished the first period scoring and made it 7-0. An Iowa State winger ruined Bethel's shutout on a blast into the lower left corner early in the second period. For Bethel, Greg Correll stuffed in a rebound and Sutton scored from the right point to make it 9-1. Tramm knocked in a rebound three minutes into the third period to put Bethel into double figures. Hage completed the scoring with two more goals, including a tremendous blast from 20 feet out. During the Christmas holidays, Bethel played in a tournament at Hibbing. Bethel beat Rochester in the first game 2-1. In the final, Hib-bing, the defending U.S. Nationals champion overcame the Royals 4-0. Dr. Correll said, "The guys were feeling good after the game. 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