Clarion 1980-05-02 Vol 55 No 23

              Doc Dalton's interim class has gained international fame for its
novelty (Photo Dan Velie).
Students replace couples
as apartment house RDs
AP spreads Depression House fame
by Shari Goddard me, 'Did you do it for the kids, to Some wrote to tell about their
prepare them for the [depression] own experiences during the De-
"They lived jammed together in that's coming?"' pression, others to commend Dal-a
60-year-old, two-story. farm- As a result of the AP article, ton on his work, and still others to
house with neither electricity nor Dalton has gotten inquiries from express concern over the negative
running water..." So began an CBS concerning a possible feature tone of some of the article. "They
Associated Press story about Dr. on the course—from United Wire [the interviewers] asked what we
Roy (Doc) Dalton's January inter- Service, about the possibility of had learned, but they tended to
im course, "Depression (Era) another article, one that would dwell on the novelty things for
House: Life in the 1930's." have exposure in Great Britain those who are used to posh
and Australia as well as the U.S., living," Dalton explained.
and from Time magazine, asking "I thought that the Tribune did
if the class will be taught again. the best in capturing the atmos-
While none of the projects are phere of it all." The Tribune wri-sureties,
Dalton is excited about ter, whose story appeared before
the possibilities. the AP article, stayed overnight at
the farmhouse, and spent part of
the next day talking with the stu-dents.
A Brainerd reporter also
wrote a story, spending about one
hour talking to the students, but
the AP reporter got the story by
reading the other two and calling
Dalton and the students.
Of all of the reactions to the ar-ticle,
Dalton is most excited about
a letter from. Arizona. The Rev.
George Boss preached in the
church near Dalton's childhood
home in Maryland. When he no-
One intcrviewer thought so ticed Dalton's name and home
highly of Dalton's interview, that town, Boss wrote a letter full of
she wrote him a note, something memories of Dalton's family.
she said she rarely did. Her's was After moving to Minnesota and
not the only note. People from all losing track of many old friends,
parts of the country sent letters Dalton said this letter "has
along with copies of the articles brought back some sense of hav-which
had appeared in their pa- ing roots." This one letter did for
pers. Most of them were not alum- Dalton what Dalton's class did for
ni and did not know Dalton. many.
The article, telling about the 31
students and Dalton who stayed in
a simulated Depression era living
situation for 24 days, sparked in-terest
all around our nation and
others. Three local newspapers
wrote stories about the class, but
it was the Minneapolis Star's ar-ticle
that went out over the AP
wire service.
"It was a novel kind of teaching
experience...total education,"
Dalton said. The novelty caught
the attention of literally millions
as the story appeared in over 20
states, approximately 50 newspa-pers,
and on at least two television
news programs. "I was surprised
at the response," said Dalton. He
added that the first year he taught
the course, interim '77, a wire ser-vice
had written a story, but there
had been very little reaction.
"I think that the response this
year is because 1980 is kind of a
50th anniversary for the Depres-sion,"
Dalton said. Another pos-sibility
is the present economic si-tuation.
"A lot of people asked
The article also led to a story in
a campus magazine and several
phone interviews for radio sta-tions.
These include: WCCO, two
stations in Illinois, one each in
Quebec and Ontario, and a radio
network in New York. The net-work
has 50 affiliate stations, all
of which have access to the taped
interview. Dalton said he found
those interviews unnerving,
"wondering, 'How is this coming
out on the other end?"'
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Vol. 55, No. 23 Bethel College May 2, 1980
by Jay Stuart Russell
In light of the lack of progress
in the Iranian situation and the
failure of the attempted rescue,
the Clarion conducted an inter-view
with Bethel students to dis-cover
their reactions to U.S. poli-cies.
Three questions were posed to
students:
1) How do you feel about Presi-dent
Carter's handling of the Iran
situation?
2) What do you propose as a
Paul Bjork
solution to the crisis? Military in-tervention,
economic sanctions,
or another alternative?
3) Do you think we will go to
war?
Lois Malcolm, junior
1) I feel that President Carter
acted rather rashly. It worries me
that so much power can be vested
in one person, especially when the
decisions he makes affect so many
people. It also worries me that not
many of his advisors were con-sulted
or even knew about his
decision.
2) The solutions? Military inter-vention
should definitely be the
last alternative. Cutting of trade
should be considered before
military intervention. Perhaps the
burden of responsibility rests on
the Shah's shoulders. If he would
go back and accept the judgment
of his peers, then perhaps interna-tional
chaos would be avoided.
3) I should hope not! If we
do I'll apply for conscientious
objector.
Bryan Burton, junior
1) I think the president has done
the best he can, although maybe a
lot should have been done sooner.
I think the president was right in
attempting the rescue, although
the timing may have been off.
2) Under normal circumstances
economic sanctions would be fine,
but Iran does not seem affected by
them. A military threat by the
U.S. may be the only solution
left.
3) Yes, I think we'll go to war
within the year.
Paul Bjork, junior
1) Carter has not been authori-tative
enough in his dealings with
the Iran situation. Admittedly, it
is rather difficult to deal with a
situation in which there is no clear
line of authority in Iran between
Lois Malcolm
by Peter Nelson
This is the last year of married
couples serving as resident direc-tors
at Fountain Terrace and Sil-the
Ayatollah and the militants,
but Carter should have taken har-sher
steps to restore and insure
justice for the hostages, the Iran-ian
people and the Shah.
2) I would hope to avoid mili-tary
intervention as much as pos-sible,
but certain steps must be
taken if large-scale economic food
and material sanctions imposed by
both the U.S. and other nations
prove to be ineffective.
I would also suggest that fur-ther
inquiry be madeinto the al-leged
crimes of the Shah. Prayer is
commanded by scripture, so it
does not need to be suggested.
3) Yes, I think we'll go to war. I
fervently hope not, but I think
that the whole situation is worsen-ing
and becoming more compli-cated
in other economic and poli-tical
areas.
Tim Lindholm, senior
1) President Carter is in a really
difficult position. I think he's
handled it as well as he could up to
this point. I'm sorry that the re-cent
military action failed; it could
have worked, and I think it was a
good idea, but maybe it could
have been implemented earlier. I
think it's good if he can avoid
military action if he can help it.
2) We've dealt with it politically
see page 3
ver Crest. Next year will bring
new, yet probably familiar, faces
to fill those positions.
Marilyn Starr, director of hous-ing,
explained that there will be
two senior assistant RDs (one
male and one female) in each
apartment building. They will
work under head RDs—two mar-ried
couples at Silver Crest and
one married couple at Fountain
Terrace.
Openings for the assistant RD
position (AD) were advertised in
the Bethel Bulletin, and any junior
was eligible to apply. By April 25,
twenty assistants RDs were cho-sen.
Additional apartment build-ings
are all but acquired for next
year.
Marilyn Starr gave several rea-sons
why the new RD program
should be a success. First of all,
she maintained, "I am confident
in student leaders that we've had
at Bethel, and we wanted to create
an opportunity for more students
to get such a leadership exper-ience.
The assistant RD position is
really like an entry-level leadership
role for that type of work."
RDs in the past have often been
seminary students, and since they
do not follow the same schedule as
the college, there has been conflict
over such things as vacation times.
This problem would naturally be
eliminated with college students as
assistant RDs.
Another advantage of having
student RDs, according to
Marilyn Starr, is that they will
naturally be more in touch with
what is going on at Bethel, thus
being more helpful to those in
their building.
Carter's Iranian policies inspire doubts
.........
Spring 'Spruce Up' attendance down
The students found the senior
citizens to be very friendly and re-ceptive.
"They were so neat,"
said Linda Whiteley. "They were
pleased that we came out."
Students did jobs ranging from
outside yard work, such as cutting
hedges, stacking firewood, raking
lawns, cleaning gutters and plant-ing
rose bushes, to inside work,
which involved washing ceilings,
walls and windows, and cleaning
floors, stairways and rugs.
The group split into smaller
parties of four to five students per
carload. "Most of the homes we
went to were owned by elderly
women, many of whom were wi-dows,"
Whiteley said. "You
could see how they really needed
people—many were restricted for
health reasons."
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editorial
Parking lot problems
need quick solutions
For the student who lives off campus and drives to school each day,
arriving at Bethel's campus can be a real headache, not to mention in-convenient.
Not because there are joggers along the roadway, nor
because the winding road makes it hard to see who is coming around the
bend, but rather because they are forced to spend much time looking for
convenient parking spaces.
Administration officials are quick to answer complaints about the
parking problem with the statement that there are sufficient parking
spaces, but people are not parking correctly so as to utilize all of the
spaces, and students just don't want to walk from the far corners of the
lots. We do not see the reason behind inadequate close-up parking for a
few hours on campus.
We do not deny that there may indeed be sufficient parking for
students during normal periods, but yet there are problems during peak
hours and special assemblies and activities at Bethel. We hope that the
administration and the maintenance department are searching for long-range
solutions to those problems.
In the meantime we offer some suggestions that would benefit com-muting
students, and staff members who are not fortunate enough to
have a Special section of the parking lot set aside for them. These sugges-tions
may help alleviate the inconvenience of arriving at school every
day, both now and in the future:
1) Keep the first three to five rows in the east lot free of overnight
parking throughout the year; not merely during the winter months, as is
the policy now. Commuters and staff are forced to canvass the lots, row
by row, looking for an empty spot. Because front rows are filled during
early hours of the morning, it is evident that people living on campus,
who infrequently move their cars, are parking there.
2) Set aside spaces for cars whose owners live on campus. These
spaces should be in the upper east lot and the back of the lower east lot
for students in the townhouses and Arden Hills dorm, and at the rear of
the circle lot for Bodien and Edgren students (a policy already establish-ed).
3) In conjunction with the previous suggestion, set up a lottery system
that would assign parking spaces to people living on campus. Spaces
could then be numbered by stringing a wire across the front of each row
and hanging numbers from that wire. The wires would be high enough
off the ground to eliminate problems with snowplows and sweepers.
This practice has been established and found effective in several local
factory parking lots (i.e. Honeywell).
4) Because of the increasing number of small cars, parking lots should
be re-lined to make spaces for small and large cars. So as to not
discriminate against either small or large car owners, rows could be set
up with half of the spaces for small cars and half for large cars, and
marked accordingly. There could be a 20% increase in the available
parking spaces with this arrangement.
5) Charge to register cars, and register cars every year. A nominal fee
of $2 or $3 per car would help offset the cost of improved parking con-ditions.
Registering cars every year would help tighten security and pro-vide
an accurate record of all cars coming on campus with any regulari-ty.
The additional work involved in yearly registration could be handled
by one or two students in need of extra money. A registration fee would
also discourage use of cars when it isn't absolutely necessary.
6) Establish a section in one of the lots exclusively for staff members.
A good location for these spaces would be at the north end of the east
lot, since many of the staff offices are in the buildings close to that lot,
and faculty and administration parking has already been designated in
the circle lot.
7) Encourage bus use strongly. There has not been enough emphasis
on using the Bethel buses. A survey should be conducted each semester
to determine if the bus schedules are meeting student needs, and if they
are found inadequate, they should be adjusted accordingly. Also,
establishment of a bus route that would connect with city bus lines
would help eliminate cars driven to school because students need to go
off campus during the day.
8) Better educate students on the parking system and policies. General
assemblies such as chapel are perfect opportunities to conduct such
business. This is not to discount efforts already being made with infor-mation
distributed through POs. With better understanding among
students, coupled with good policing, the parking dilemma could be bet-ter
handled.
9) A final suggestion: plan additional parking with every addition on-to
Bethel buildings. Although classroom, dorm and office space have
increased, parking space has not increased proportionately.
by Jay Stuart Russell
Last Saturday over 60 Bethel
students cleaned and visited the
homes of Twin Cities' senior citi-zens
in campus ministries' annual
"Spruce up a Senior's Spring"
program.
"I felt it was an opportunity to
give," said sophomore Jim OW-man."
In school, things are deliv-ered
to me, and I don't have an
outlook for my abilities. This was
a way of helping others instead of
me being the center of activity."
letters
Inmate Seeks Mail
To Ease Loneliness
Of Prison Routine
To the editor,
Firstly, I am an inmate in the
Arizona State Prison at Florence,
Arizona.
To explain my situation would
be very difficult to do at this time.
I will not try to justify my actions
for they were done in utter confus-ion,
but be assured that I am cog-nizant
of the reasons that brought
me to the walls. It would be weak
to give up, and someday I shall de-feat
this monstrosity.
A short resume of myself: full
name—Gilbert R. O'Laughlin,
age-20, eyes—blue, hair—
blonde, weight-200 lbs., height
—6 ft. 2 in. I am of German,
Dutch and Irish decent and I am
single.
Frankly, I would like to corres-pond
with people from outside of
these gray walls.
I would like to have this letter
published in your campus newspa-per.
Thank you,
Gilbert O'Laughlin
Oolman agreed. "We went to a
home which had two older women
who couldn't take care of
themselves. We felt obligated to
stay there rather than go on, be-cause
the people at the next home
weren't quite as helpless. Their
house was very dirty, and we knew
if we didn't help them, no one
would."
Sophomore Crystal Engel par-ticipated
in the program for a se-cond
time. "My group went to
four different homes, and spent
about 11/2 hours at each place."
"We went to the home of an
83-year-old woman who told us
she had lived in the same house
since she was five years old. She
told us she was born in the house
across the street." Engel said that
all of the senior citizens served
food. Curt Hansen, student m- inistries
coordinator, said that the campus
ministries office had a list of 75
homes to clean. "We managed to
clean all except for about 12-to-15
homes. We had 100 students who
signed-up for the program last
year, compared to 60 students this
year."
"If a group of students wants to
help clean these extra homes, we
have the list in the campus
ministries office," he said. the Clarion Vol. 55, No. 23 Bethel College May 2, 1980
The Clarion is published weekly by the students of Bethel Col-lege.
Editorial opinions are the sole responsibility of the Clarion
staff. Letters are welcome, and must be signed and delivered to
P.O. 2381 by the Sunday before publication.
Joy Nannette Banta, Editor
Jay Stuart Russell, Associate Editor
Shari Goddard, News Editor; Ellie Abbot, Sports Editor
Mari Broman, Copy Editor; Art Gibbens, Production
Doug Barkey, Photography Editor; Sharon Waller, Graphics
Patty Sutton, Editorial Assistant; Roger Smolik, Columnist
Suanne Hawkins, Business Manager; Juan Ortiz, Cartoonist
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Iran crisis heightens war fear
•
Bethel's parking problem has created additional problems for
the maintenance department (Photo Dan Velie).
Speech teams end season
as best in five-state area
by Rhoda Noordmans
After traveling thousands of
miles to strenuous competition in
20 tournaments, Bethel's speech
competitors can look proudly on
the year just ended. Bethel
students placed high on the na-tional
level in both individuals and
team competition.
Colleen Campbell was Bethel's
top speaker in the individual
forensics competion. By placing
within the top ten percent of her
events, poetry and prose, during
the regional qualifying tourna-ment
at North Dakota State
University during March, she
earned a spot in national competi-tion.
Accompanied by speech coach
Rod Broding, she travelled to Col-orado
Springs for the contest
April 10-12.
The tournament consists of three
preliminary rounds, after which
the top 32 contenders in each divi-sion
proceed to quarter-finals.
Fifty per cent of those who par-ticipate
in quarter-finals go on to
the semi-finals, and half of those
speakers compete in the finals.
Colleen reached the quarter
finals in prose before she was
eliminated.
Team competition in the form of
debate featured Marlene Triggs,
Teresa Eliason, Mark Publow,
Rick Kreutzfeldt, Mike Wiseman,
Phil Thompson, and Tony Ander-son.
Marlene and Teresa formed a
dynamic duet, achieveing many
honors during fall competition.
When a heavy senior schedule
force Marlene to withdraw from
the team, Mark Publow became
Teresa's new partner. They cap-tured
second place in their region
at the national competition in
Reno, Nevada.
The entire team was ranked
number 43 in national competi-tion.
As the two next-highest
ranked teams from the upper five-state
area finished 72 and 86,
Bethel's debaters can justly claim
to be the best college debate team
of the Cross Examination Debate
Association in Minnesota, Iowa,
Wisconsin, North and South
Dakota.
Rod Broding is a part-time stu-from
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as much as we can, and I think the
next step is more economic sanc-tions
before military action (es-pecially
since this other act proved
kind of fruitless). Now that
they've reacted to the latest at-tempt,
I think military interven-tion
would be an extreme step.
Jon Fredrickson
3) We probably won't go to war
with Iran, but I feel if Russia is
forceful on Iran's behalf, we
could probably go to war with
Russia. I don't see that as being
too far off. I think we have a lot
of support, and a lot of nations
are sympathetic toward us.
Jon Fredrickson, junior
1) I feel Carter so far has han-dled
it well. In the beginning I was
satisfied with the strong stand he
took, and just recently with the
rescue attempt. I was sorry that it
had failed, because I thought the
time was perfect for it, with both
sides at a standstill and no pro-gress
being made.
2) The only solution now would
be some sort of military in-tervention.
Economic sanctions
and political lines have been ex-hausted.
Iran can get along for
years without worrying too much
economically. They're so low
economically nothing more could
hurt. I think military intervention
is the only answer.
The real problems is that the
U.S. made the wrong response in
the first place, in that they should
have gone over there the first day
it happened.
3) I can't say for sure, but I
think we'll probably go to war.
Jill Fischer, freshman
1) I think Carter didn't do much
in the beginning; he should have
started sooner in handling the Iran
situation. Now that he did
something, I think the action he
took was good. It's too bad things
didn't work out. If it had turned
out right he wouldn't have gotten
any praise, so why should he get
all the blame.
2) I don't really think there is
much of a solution, now that it
has gone so long. Nothing that we
do now will help. If we go in
militarily, it will send us into war,
and economic sanctions will not
do any good.
3) I think we'll have to decide if
we want to go to war over the
hostages, or if we want to give
them up. I think if we decide to do
anything, we'll end up going to
war.
Sharon Alberg, freshman
1) I think President Carter has
Jill Fischer
by Patty Sutton
"We have new ideas," said
Frank Sanza, one of the '80-'81
Campus Coordinators, "but we
don't want to reveal them now."
"We have a tentative calendar
made out for next year," Cindy
Stipe, his partner, said. It was a
major part of the application that
took 25 hours to fill out. Even
though they chose to apply as a
team, selections were made on an
individual basis.
They said they plan to fill all
open spots on the weekends so
students will have an option for
something to do. They will leave
at least one weekend night per
been slow about the whole situa-tion.
When the hostages were first
taken, we should have gone in
there with force to get the
hostages out, or taken sanctions
right away, instead of waiting so
long. Iran now knows that they
can kind of control what we do.
2) Economic sanctions will not
work, since Russia has decided to
help Iran, and military inter-vention
will not work either if the
Russians aid Iran militarily. We
can't really do anything right
Mike Nelson
now; it's really too late. We
should just wait it out.
3) I think there's a great pos-siblity
of war.
Mike Nelson, sophomore
1) President Carter's handling
of the situation hasn't been very
good; it stinks. He should have
tried to get them out right away
because we've been held hostage
for six months, and it could easily
go another six months or a year.
2) I think the only way to get
them out of there is by military in-tervention,
because nothing else
has worked so far anyway—you
can't negotiate with them. If you
read the papers, you'll see they
just lie through their teeth with
every statement they make. They
twist everything around to make
the U.S. look bad. There's no way
you can deal with that except with
force.
3) I think we'll be at war within
the next two years—it's inevitable.
month open for RAs and resi-dences
to plan events, however.
"It's a big job," said Sanza.
"I've put it in God's hands and
I'm looking forward to it as a
growing and learning
experience."
"We are getting involved with
the CCs now in preparation for
next year," said Stipe. They are
chairing committees for all-school
banquet and meeting with this
year's CCs once a week for train-ing
sessions.
Sanza closed his remarks with,
"I'd like to request prayer for
Cindy and me—we're going to
have to depend more on God than
ever before."
dent at Luther Northwestern
Seminary in St. Paul while
teaching full-time at Bethel.
Broding enjoys working with
the speech program.
"One of the highlights of this
type of work," he said, "is the
close relationship you build with
students. We build a strong bond
of love and loyalty, and break
down much of the barrier between
faculty and students."
His only regret that many
talented people and others who
could benefit from participation
in the speech program did not take
advantage of it this year.
He said this is a result of our
"healthy, vibrant campus" in
which students must choose bet-ween
a wide variety of oppor-tunities.
He stressed, "Students
don't exist for the program: the
program exists for the students."
New coordinators plan
new events, busy year
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Q: How has your first im-pression
of Bethel changed?
A: Now I see the problems that
are here as they are in other insti-tutions.
The fact that Bethel is a
Christian college hasn't made all
the difference I hoped it might.
Q: What is one change you
would like to see at Bethel?
A: I'd like to gee more interac-tion
and friendship between the
college and seminary. It's claimed
that the two institutions are one
but there needs to be more evi-dence
of this.
Thomas Greenlee, assistant
professor of physics:
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David Baker, one of several first year profs, has settled into the
Bethel way of life after years of study abroad.
Bethel adding profs;
six contracts signed
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SMPers await funds for summer
by Patty Sutton
The Clarion has interviewed
some of the new teachers at Bethel
to find out what they think about
the college after being here a year.
David Baker, assistant profes-sor
in Biblical studies:
Q: What did you expect before
you came to Bethel?
A: I've been in a secular envi-ronment
for the past 10 years stu-dying.
I had hoped that Bethel
would reflect a Christian atmos-phere,
for example, in the areas of
morals and concern for fellow stu-dents.
I hoped to be among
friends.
Q: What was your first impres-sion
of Bethel?
A: I was most impressed with
the concern and interest the fa-culty
and administration showed
toward me. They were very willing
to help new people on the staff.
Q: What did you expect before
you came to Bethel?
A: I expected to have to work
hard at teaching, to have some
good conversations with students
and faculty about spiritual things
and to experience a change of pace
from the technical, career-orient-ed
environment I'm used to, but I
didn't know what the change
would be.
Q: What was your first impres-sion
of Bethel?
A: I saw that physics is only a
small part of Bethel and not as im-portant
as at the places I'd been
before. Because of this, I felt out-of-
touch with most students.
Though I was able to have good
interaction with people here about
spiritual things, I was impressed
with the fact that Bethel can't take
the place of the local church.
Q: How has your impression of
Bethel changed?
by Tim Wilbee
As the semester draws to a
close, SMP looks forward to a full
summer and another school year.
The Student Missionary Project
has had a busy year—evidenced
by the large number of partici-pants
in this summer's program.
Final preparations are being made
for each project.
The biggest concern this year
has been finances. With the addi-tional
SMPers this year, the goal
for monetary needs is $18,000.
This would insure participants 30
per cent of the expenses for their
A: I've come to appreciate the
attitude of students. They aren't
chronic gripers, even when they
dislike something. I've gained an
appreciation of the administra-tion.
Before I focused on the pres-sure
they applied to the faculty,
but now I see that they care about
faculty's careers and development
compared to other schools. I've
also become aware of the depth of
spiritual life students can exper-ience
here and the many oppor-tunities
for them to be involved in
discipleship and fellowship.
Q: What is one change you
would like to see at Bethel?
A: I would like to see people
digging into scripture more for the
answers to difficult problems. I
would also like to see students
gaining a greater appreciation of
the physical sciences, since it is an
opportunity they might not have
again.
Walter Wallace, instructor in
business department for fall se-mester:
Q: What did you expect before
you came to Bethel?
A: This was my first teaching
experience. I expected students to
have all their homework done. I
looked forward to sharing my
faith and knowledge with them.
Q: What was your first impres-sion
of Bethel?
A: The biggest impression on
me was the good relationship be-tween
students and faculty. There
is a lot of openness between them.
I was astonished at the students'
method of studying—in the halls
or coffee shop where there are lots
of people and noise.
Q: How did your impressions of
Bethel change?
A: My impressions of Bethel
didn't really change. I still have
the same enthusiasm I had when I
came about the rewards and prob-lems
of teaching. I did find that
students didn't finish all their as-signments
but also that they didn't
try to make it appear that they
did.
Q: What is one thing you would
like to see changed at Bethel?
A: I would like to see the library
quiet down for more effective stu-dy.
mission term. The goal has not yet
been reached, but SMP President
Dave Eckert feels confident that
"the Lord will provide."
At least two more fund-raisers
will be held. The first is planned
for May 10. Dan Huisinga will
give a benefit concert in the gym,
performing music he has written
himself. The second fund-raiser
will be Sunday, May 18 when
"Masters Touch" will perform at
the singspiration.
Recent efforts to raise cash
needed for the program included
an auction which brought in $800.
The "envelope offering" rendered
below expectations with about
by Gloria Martin
Bethel is continually changing
and expanding. A portion of the
change for next fall will be in the
faculty. Bethel is adding about a
dozen new professors to the facul-ty
staff.
New professors who have
already signed a contract with
Bethel include:
James K. Renhout, biology
sciences, Ph.D from Brown
University.
Lucie R. Johnson, psychology,
Ph.D from the University of Min-nesota.
Stephen Harvey Wheeler,
chemistry, Ph.D from the Univer-
$2500.
Eckert voiced his disappoint-ment
over the lack of involvement
on the part of students. "It seems
that students think SMP is an elite
society or something," he said.
SMP is a student organization
seeking to aid other students in
mission experience. Everyone has
the opportunity to have a part in
it, whether through prayer, finan-cial
support or actual involve-ment.
The checks [for the 30 per cent]
were to be distributed to SMPers
tomorrow, but until financial
goals are met or surpassed, the be-stowment
of funds will wait.
sity of Minnesota.
Susan Ogden-Malouf, theatre,
Ph.D from Northwestern Univer-sity.
Richard W. Peterson, physics,
Ph.D from Michigan State
University.
Paul D. Wiebe, sociology,
Ph.D from the University of Kan-sas.
Dwight Maltby, has also been
chosen to fill a new full-time posi-tion
in the Speech-Communica-tion
Department. Malty, who
received his M.A. in Speech-
Communication from the Univer-sity
of Virginia, will be the direc-tor
of forensic and debate. His
contract has yet to be signed.
Faculty concern impresses rookies
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Oregon Extension Program offers
varied community learning experience
by Lynne Schroeder
With one eye peeping over the
eastern mountain horizon, the
lazy sun gently awakens the slum-bering
Lincoln Common. Meager
puffs sputter from rustic cabin
chimneys as two cabinmates (the
other two still snug beneath their
covers) are sternly set before their
wood stoves, ardently striking one
match after another.
Anticipating warmth, they light
cracker boxes, scrap paper, and
grocery bags; one feeds more
splinters; the other blows with
exasperation as the wet wood re-fuses
to cooperate and the morn-ing
bite stubbornly persists.
Gradually, the smoldering
wood catches blaze and the heat
oscillates to the center of the living
room. With a steaming cup of cof-fee
near at hand, new students
hurriedly finish up the last few
pages of Theodore Roszak's,
"Where the Wasteland Ends."
As 9 a.m.-discussion approach-es,
students pensively saunter into
the library, clumping themselves
around the circle of tables; one
(who evaded the cold until the last
minute) still lacing her boots; ano-ther
masticating the last of his
breakfast, all in expectant antici-pation
as they muddle over Ros-zak's
provocations.
Front and center, silently sur-
A really great concert is coming
to town this weekend! The "Im-perials"
will be singing at the Min-neapolis
Auditorium at 8 p.m.,
Saturday, May 3, 1980. We're
selling the middle-priced ticket for
$4.50 through Friday, May 2.
Otherwise, tickets can be pur-chased
at the door for $4, $5, $6.
A bus will leave from NC at 7
p.m., but you must sign up by the
CC office by Friday evening to re-serve
a seat.
Keep in mind that next weekend
is "MERP" weekend! The "Male
Economic Recovery Program" is
a variation of our annual spring
weekend where the girls take out
the guys, otherwise known as
"Tom Sawyer Turnabout."
On Friday evening, there will be
rollerskating for all at the Saints
Rosedale Rink from midnight un-til
2 a.m.
Buses will leave the usual places
at the usual time for the usual rea-son
at the usual price. (Sorry
about my usual rollerskating an-veying
the group, is a bearded
gentleman clad in well-worn jeans
and a blue bandana headband. He
begins cautiously, "What is Ros-zak
trying to tell us?"
For the next three hours stu-dents,
teachers intently echo their
reactions, vehemently discuss
their stimulations, and struggle
with their blossoming concerns
and fading ideals. Noon brings a
short respite, but only until that
afternoon when students begin de-vouring
E. J. Wilson's "Human
Nature."
What is the purpose of this
small isolated community on the
top of Greensprings Mountain in
southern Oregon? What stirs be-neath
this restored logging camp
resting on the outskirts of the
quaint Ashland, Oregon?
The Oregon Extension is an
academic community of 30 stu-dents
and 6 professors and their
families devoted to working toge-ther
with the high goal of learn-ing;
learning by encouraging, ex-horting,
confronting, challenging
one another to become involved
with ideas and questions crucial to
everyday living.
Over a section of each of the
four 4-week segments, the group
together reads a multitude of
books, thinking through and
struggling with each one. Then, •
each individual chooses a topic of
nouncement!)
Saturday will be an exciting day
outdoors! Pray for nice weather.
Girls, you and your dates should
be on the bus and ready to leave
NC at 10:30 a.m. with your picnic
lunch packed and ready to eat!
We're going up to Taylor's Falls,
where you'll have your picnic, and
don't forget to bring ants—no pic-nic
is complete without ants.
After lunch, you'll be able to
take three rides on the alpine slide
at Wild Mt., two hours of canoe-ing,
and an excursion boat ride
down the scenic St. Croix River,
along with other various creative
things you can think of to do.
The outstanding price for the
day is $8 per couple. Tickets will
go on sale Monday, May 5, at the
CC office and will be on sale
through Thursday, the 8th. Also,
if you plan to ride the bus, you
must sign up by the CC office by
Thursday. Don't pass up this
chance of a lifetime. It will be a
great day!
personal stimulation, pursuing it
with vigor under the guidance of a
specific professor.
The second one and one-half
weeks of the segment culminates
in a written or oral presentation of
the researched topic and its
relevance to one's life. Finally,
after warily attacking books and
furiously taking notes, the last
week is spent integrating the hard-earned
knowledge as students and
professors partake in mountain
backpack trips, an intrusion of
San Francisco and a family
Thanksgiving feast.
This is the frame of the Oregon
Extension Program. Beneath this
skeleton lies the dirt-grinding, life
changing dynamic of living in a
community which cries, breathes,
works, sweats and plays together
—all in an effort to grow and
learn.
Learning is not limited to
books, but extends into such
things as Shakespearian plays,
Oregon coast camping trips (not
without rain of course), strenuous
backpack trips in Yosemite, an ex-hausting,
exultant climb to the top
of Mt. Jefferson, volleyball
games, rappelling in the gorge,
five-mile runs through the pine-scented,
melodic wilderness.
Together the community shares
in Sunday night worship, wood-chopping,
compost, recycling bot-tles
and cans, van rides to town
and nauseated stomachs,
community meals, exotic vege-tarian
dinner parties, talent
shows, and Thursday night en-counter
groups. Here lies the core
life with the bark burner— life at
Lincoln Common.
The community deems each in-dividual
as a priceless component
of the group and an invaluable as-set
for the world. Not all would
fmd solace or belonging within
this community. Not all would be
met with the intense challenges
some have at the Oregon Exten-sion.
But those who find its niche,
those who believe it and love it,
find themselves launched into a
new lifestyle of awakened realities
and promising potentials.
The people of Lincoln Com-mon
desire not to stifle or ma-nipulate
truth, but to seek it pure-ly,
to integrate Christian truth and
commitment with all of life's di-mensions.
The music department con-tinues
its rug concert series on the
new Moller organ May 8 and 15,
with performances by Cindy
Reents and C.H. Smith. Concerts
held in FA 430.
LRC delay-avoidance;
bookblower bites dust
by Roger L. Smolik
Here I sit, again. Yet something is different; something is strange.
Above me the fluorescent light flickers just enough to taunt my concen-tration.
To my left sit the noble-looking but dust-caked volumes of
"The Oxford English Dictionary," while to my right I'm confronted
with the entire set of "Methods in Enzymology." (I wondered how
there could be an entire set of books devoted to enzymology.) "Things
are different," I thought, "this is the LRC, and it's quiet!" (You know
that something is wrong if the LRC is quiet.) "I can't concentrate in
here when it's like this!" I thought to myself.
I stared at the Oxford unabridged collection. "Too bad," I thought,
"You're heavy, fat, neatly stacked—and dusty. Yeah, I know, nobody
likes to look up words anymore, they just grab the nearest thesaurus;
and what happens? You're out of a job. I understand how you feel-kinda
lonely, huh?"
Feeling compassionate, I walked over and started blowing off Volume
I, A-B. There is a well-worn term for this kind of behavior, and most
would call it procrastination. I prefer to think of it as "delay-avoid-ance,"
thank you.
This habitual practice is a persistent bugaboo to most, though it tends
to heighten its activity in new and imaginative forms in the spring. For
myself, the onslaught of the beautiful spring sun drives me to the LRC,
not so much to study as to avoid feeling guilty. I figure that as long as
I'm at least in the vicinity of morbid academia my conscience will leave
me alone.
Thus, I am a bookblower.
While the vast majority of you Helios-worshipping plebeians bask
outside and practice your delay-avoidance while supressing your guilt, I
sit inside and blow dust off "Systematic Theology," or Milton's "Para-dise
Lost," or perhaps some American history. The veteran bookblower
always knows where to find his dust.
Still attending to the Oxford set, I blew off letters C, D, and E with
choking satisfaction.
"Besides," I rationalized, "I don't have the mandatory spring uni-form
of painter's pants and thongs that you really need to blend in
around here." (At first I was appalled that I caught myself talking to old
books, but I've always appreciated a good listener.) "You can't just
wear anything around here, you know. You gotta look the part."
The dictionary, though silent, knew what I meant.
"Pooph! Pooph! Pooph! I proceeded to puff off the tops of the re-mainder
of the alphabet in the set. I walked over to the window. The
fluorescent light was still flickering, and the Frisbees were still flying.
The people pretended to be enjoying themselves, but I knew that they
were miserably guilty at heart. I sat down, thus satisfied. The LRC was
still conspicuously calm—not even the "thwap" of a thong in the
distance.
Forget conscience—let the id rule the spring!
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"Self Indulgence," by Jeffrey Weissbach, is on exhibit in the Bethel art gallery as part of the
spring 16 senior art students feature their work in three separate art exhibitions.
Senioritis blooms as May 25 nears
Page 6
by Juan Ramos
In 1938 playwright Thornton
Wilder wrote "The Merchant of
Yonkers," and revised it in 1955,
changing the title to "The Match-maker."
That play is the last of
the 1979-80 season for Bethel's
theatre arts department. "The
Matchmaker" is one of the few (if
any) productions at Bethel that
has sold out all of its perfor-mances
before opening night, and
rightfully so.
"The Matchmaker" is the non-musical
version of "Hello Dolly."
Set in late 19th century New York,
it centers around the scheming ef-forts
of matchmaker Dolly Levi to
marry herself off to Horace
Vandergelder, a Yonkers store
merchant who intends to propose
marriage to Mrs. Malloy, a
widowed hatmaker in New York
City.
The plot is further complicated
by the lines of Vandergelder's
store employees, Cornelius and
Barnaby, who decide to take an
unauthorized vacation to New
York City while their employer is
away and will not return until
each of them has kissed a girl.
As fate would have it, they all
unwittingly converge in Mrs. Mal-loy's
Hat Shop and all havoc
breaks loose.
The mood of the play is unique-ly
foreshadowed by the use of pre-show
music. Through the musical
calliope strains of "After the Ball
is Over," the audience is prepared
for a merry-go-round ride of
comedy, color and predicament.
Director Doug Briggs has
chosen a cast of many new faces
balanced by veterans to the Bethel
stage. This combination is refresh-ing
and full of surprises. Mark
Tanquist portrays Horace
Vandergelder with sufficient
chauvinistic pomp. His mono-logue
regarding his philosophy on
women and marriage will no
doubt incur the wrath of Christian
feminists in the audience.
Lori Opsal as Dolly does some
marvelous things with her huge
eyes. She schemes and connives
with a charm and grace that
makes her very likeable onstage.
The team of Matt Weber and Ran-dy
Richardson reminded me of the
once-popular comedy team of
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Richardson's consistently rub-ber
face and sappy voice is perfect
in contrast to Weber's carefully
underplayed straight man. Weber
has a knack for letting the comedy
of Wilder's lines speak for
themselves, -instead of trying to
overpower them with a character-ization.
He has one line that
brings the house down.
I was particularly impressed
with Karin Anderson as Mrs. Mal-loy.
This newcomer to the Bethel
stage is welcome indeed. She is a
skillful comedienne who I hope
will take the opportunity to de-velop
her talent.
And speaking of comedy,
Brook Berry as Rudolph the head-waiter
goes for broke in this minor
role. Looking like someone from
Emerald City in the "Wizard of
Oz," Berry assaults the audience's
funny bone with his mere pre-sence.
His outrageously un-identifiable
accents never sound
the same twice.
Wilder speaks directly to the au-dience
through monologues of
certain characters. Briggs en-hances
these moments by darken-ing
the stage and spotlighting the
character who speaks directly to
the audience while calliope music
plays in the background. The ef-fect
is one which underscores the
"what makes the world go
round" philosophy.
Technical Director Rick Rees is
to be commended for an appro-priate
set and superb costumes.
The technical quality of Bethel
theatre productions has improved
immensely under his supervision.
There is a clever interplay of col-ors
in both the sets and the cos-tumes.
The characters seem to
come out of the woodwork, as the
dominant color of the set matches
the dominant color of a
character's costume.
What ordinarily would have
by Hellen E. Gutsche
senioritis - (senyor i 'tis) n. a
disease found most frequently on
high school and college campuses.
It generally affects graduating sen-iors
but can be found in slight
cases among aspiring juniors. The
symptoms consist of slovenly stu-dy
habits, consistent oversleeping,
sunburn only on the back, and
frisbee frolic arm.
At this time of the school year it
seems most students have been af-fected
by something or someone.
But seniors continue to study. The
most demanding part of their time
shortly before graduation is the
infamous senior seminar.
been cumbersome, set changes
are smoothed out by a novel
revolving set somewhat reminis-cent
of an old cyclorama, and a
set crew dressed in costumes of the
period. The thrust stage of the
experimental theatre is framed in
a gold rustic ornate frame to give
the appearance of a box set.
It is interesting to note that
Thornton Wilder literally hated box
sets because "...the box set de-stroys
the belief in the theatre be-cause
it localizes what is universal
in both place and time." His more
well-known plays such as "Our
Town" are almost bare sets.
Contrary to popular belief, the
art department is no different.
Although the majority of seniors
in art do not write a paper for the
seminar class, they are required to
have some sort of a display of
their artwork which is critiqued by
the faculty.
This display is almost always
done by having a show exhibited
in Bethel's art gallery. At the end
of each semester senior art majors
culminate their seminar exper-ience
with others from their class
and fill the gallery with their
work.
"This arrangement is instead of
a final exam," said George Robin-son,
associate professor of art and
It is very possible that Wilder
doesn't care whether or not the
audience believes "The Match-maker."
Whatever the case, Wild-er
does poke fun at 19th century
plays in "The Matchmaker."
It is not necessary to believe any
part of "The Matchmaker;"
just enjoy it. The majority of the
cast is fresh and energetic and
shows promise, along with the
technical crews, for quality in fu-ture
productions. It is optimistic
and light which is something we
all need to survive the last few de-pressing
and heavy weeks of
school.
instructor in senior seminar.
"There is no advising on my part.
The student picks, places, and
hangs his own work. They should
choose works that exhibit things
to show their potential as an ar-tist,"
Robinson said.
Robinson sees this experience as
a bridge from college to the world.
"It is a preparation for being on
their own," he said. During the
course time he provides counsel-ing,
resources, and facilitation,
but not much actual instruction.
The class meets once a week as a
group and Robinson meets once a
week with Individuals. In the
group sessions, they visit mu-seums,
large and small, to see how
shows are presented. "This can
help the student solve some of his
own problems which relate to pre-sentation,"
said Robinson.
Another reason for visiting
other galleries is to see the com-petition,
to look at both old and
See page 7
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BETHEL COLLEGE
and the
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Communication
Department
proudly present
A Demonstration
Debate
to be held for the Bethel community by
the Bethel Debate Team. The debate will
be held on Thursday, May 8 in FA 313 at
7:30 p.m. The topic to be debated is the
desirability of compulsory national ser-vice.
Awards will be presented to the winning
team. Refreshments will be served.
Free samples of the 1980-81 Clarion staff's work have been pro-vided
with this week's issue of the Clarion. The 1979-80 staff will
resume responsibility next week for the final two issues.
Excuse Us
Any senior wishing to comment on, voice opinion on, question,
or express thanks for your years at Bethel, the Clarion gives you
the chance in the May 16 final issue. Submit all treatises to p.o.
2381 by Friday, May 9.
—The lame duck editors
Matt Weber and Randy Richardson portray Horace
Vandergelder's store employees, Barnaby and Cornelius in the
theatre art department's "The Matchmaker."
Page 7
by Mari Broman
Because measles were thought
to be under control, "I would say
that this was an epidemic," said
Flossie Winquist, director of
health services. "And I'm not an
alarmist and I don't panic."
Ten new cases were reported
to Bethel's health service last
weekend, bringing the total of
documented cases here to 13.
In the 17 years she has worked
here this is the first disease that
has reached what Winquist would
call epidemic proportions, "ex-cept
colds and the flu."
As a precautionary measure,
the rec room of Arden Village
West was furnished with six beds,
"In case we really had to
overflow, I thought it was the best
strategy," said Winquist.
Some students are at home or
with friends and the infirmary
beds are all occupied, thus new
cases would require that the rec
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new work and to learn what is
good and bad artwork. Robinson
also introduces the students to
juried exhibitions where artists are
in competition within the show.
This semester 16 senior art ma-jors
have had or will have their
senior art show. The exhibit April
10-23 was by Scott Barnard,
George E. Effrem, Grant
Johnson, Robert Johnson and
Nancy Lewis.
April 24-May 9 Jeanne Supplee
Colehour, Janna Giddings, Jim
Nelson, Carolyn Olson, Jeffrey
Weissbach and John Wright will
present their work, and May 12-25
Jonathan Craft, Daniel W. Dye
and Betty Faircloth, Karlene Kline
and Linda Swift will exhibit their
work.
The gallery is open from 8 a.m.
to 10 p.m., Monday through Fri-day.
The openings are on the first
night of each show from 7-9 p.m.
The public is welcome.
CL
In the continued effort to give
students the chance to make
their products, personals, and
other information known to
the Bethel community, the
Clarion accepts classified ads
to P.O. 2381 by Sunday before
publication. Pre-payment
preferred.
room become a quarantine zone.
Students in all areas of Bethel
housing—on and off campus—
have reported cases, in addition to
one commuter. Winquist has been
especially impressed with the
cooperation of their friends in
making contacts for the quaran-tined.
"It makes it much easier,"
she said.
Bethel's outbreak is right on
schedule, according to Cecil's
"Textbook of Medicine." It says
measles appear in late winter and
early spring, peaking at the end of
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rors. The Royal's most respected
hitter, Paul Lindberg, hit well
when he was given the chance. He
was intentionally walked three
times.
According to - Assistant Coach
Mark Rapinchuk, the team has
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Under the section marked
"Treatment" Cecil notes, "There
is no specific treatment for
measles." Winquist recommends
"fluid, aspirin and bed rest"—in
the infirmary of course.
Symptoms of measles include a
fever, headache, sore throat, run-ny
nose, exhaustion, burning
teary eyes, all followed by a rash
which begins on the face and
behind the ears.
All cases, whether quarantined
her or at home, should be
reported to the health service.
improved slowly but markedly
over the course of the season.
"They are hitting and fielding
with more confidence every game,
and some of the fielding mistakes
are disappearing. Five of our nine
losses have been by one run, and it
helped to win a close one.
Also, our youth (six
underclassmen starters) may have
something to do with our mental
mistakes. But it does not make it
any less frustrating when it hap-pens.
We're getting better."
The squad is hoping for con-tinued
improvement in its last six
contests. Bethel plays Saturday at
St. Olaf, closing out their home
schedule against St. Thomas Tues-day.
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Pitcher Jeff Wilson slings a knuckle ball at Hamline opponent in
last Saturday's game (Photo Dan Velie).
Bethel Events
Today, May 2
Drama
"The Matchmaker," 8 p.m. Bethel experimental theatre
Music
Spring Music Festival, featuring a medley from "West
Side Story," 8 p.m. Bethel fieldhouse
Sports
Women's Track State Tournament
Softball State Tournament
Art
Senior Art Exhibition in art galler: Colehour, Giddings,
Nelson, Olson, Weissback, and Wright
Saturday, May 3
Drama
"The Matchmaker," 2 and 8 p.m., Bethel experimental
theatre
Music
"Imperials" concert at 8 p.m., Minneapolis Auditorium
Sports
Baseball, Home against St. Olaf at 2 p.m.
Women's Track State Tournament
Softball State Tournament
Monday, May 5
Music
Lynn Aspness, harp at 8 p.m., Seminary Chapel
Tuesday, May 6
Sports
Baseball, home against St. Thomas at 2 p.m.
Harp Recital
Chi Sigma Delta is
sponsoring a harp
recital given by Lynn
Aspness, Monday,
May 5 at 8 p.m. in the
seminary chapel. (It is
a rare privilege to hear
this unusual instru-ment
in solo recital.)
•■•■•■•■
Epidemic feared
Measles outbreak forces quarantine
Peter Nelson at practice improving upon an already top form.
Track men do well
despite odd weather
Sopnomore Scott Lumby practices discus throwing, one of two events he participates in for
track. Lumby also pole vaults.
Page 8 sports
Baseball squad young, improving
by Phil Almeroth
The baseball Royals stood at
3-9 at the end of last week as they
went 1-3 in two doubleheaders. A
rash of errors and failure to score
baserunners caused Coach
Reynolds' squad to be on the
short end of both games with
Augsburg and one of two with the
then first-place Hamline Pipers.
In the first contest against
Augsburg the game was close until
the bottom of the sixth inning,
when the Auggies pushed three
runs across the plate to pull away
to a 6-1 win. The pitcher for
Bethel was Tom Weko.
In the nightcap, some early con-trol
problems by starting pitcher
Dave Fauth and errors by the
Bethel defense led to an 11-4 win
for Augsburg. This was one of
Bethel's better hitting games as
they collected 18 hits, leaving 14
men on base.
In both games the Royals corn-mitted
a combined total of 14 er-rors,
many of which led to Auggie
runs.
Saturday the Royals played two
of their best games this season in
splitting a doubleheader with the
Pipers. The first game was a case
of the Royals having one bad inn-ing.
This was enough for Hamline
which scored all five runs in the
top of the fourth and held on to
win 5-4. The tough-luck loss went
to Jeff Wilson.
The offensive attack picked up
for Bethel, but many oppor-tunities
were wasted as 11
baserunners were stranded.
In the second game, some good
pitching by Weko, timely hitting,
and an improved defense led to a
4-3 Royal win. Weko's win
brought his record to 1-3. He gave
up all three runs in one inning and
held the Pipers in check the rest of
the way.
The Royals offense was also
productive when it needed. Dave
Fauth had four hits on the day,
and reached two other times on er-
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SPORTS ITEM
Denise Egge took first place for
women in a 100-mile race last
weekend which followed a course
from Lake Calhoun in Min-neapolis
to Buffalo, Minn., and
back. Several other Bethel
students also participated. More
details in next week's Clarion.
Racketeers finish 4-16,
yet season "enjoyable"
by Brice Russell was beaten in the final set.
Women's track team
places fourth;
breaks meet records
by Wendy Norberg
Bethel's women's track team
broke records and qualified four
members for regionals in last
Saturday's meet at Macalester. All
14 private colleges in Minnesota
attended the meet, with Bethel
finishing a strong fourth behind
St. Thomas, Concordia-
Moorhead, and powerful St. Olaf.
Sara Barker once again led the
team efforts, taking first place in
both the shot-put and the discus.
Her shot of 38'21/2" set a new
meet record. Barker also finished
sixth in the javelin behind team-mate
Sheila Kroon with fifth
place. Deb Sension, also in the
field events, finished a strong se-cond
place in the high jump, and
Carrie Severson was sixth in the
shot.
In the running events Jennifer
Burgess qualified for regions and
finished second in the 100-meter
hurdles with a time of 16.01. She
also placed second in the
400-meter hurdles.
Sherri Lindquist finished a con-troversial
fourth in the 100-yard
dash. She combined efforts with
Burgess, Lynn Severson, and
Teresa Meredith for a new school
record and second place in the
440-yard relay. The same four
women later took fourth in the
mile relay. Severson was once
again tough to beat in the 220-yd.
dash with a second place time of
27.27 and Meredith took third and
qualified for regions in the quarter
mile.
Ellie Abbott and Wendy Nor-berg
broke the old school record
and will go to regions in the three
mile run, placing fourth and fifth
with times of 18:31 and 18:35
respectively.
The Bethel tennis team heads
for the conference tournament
with confidence gained from last
weekend's play. The match
against Augsburg ended up 7-2
with Bethel on top.
All of the singles players and
the number one doubles team
won. The seeds were as follows:
Steve Brown, Wayne Abbott,
Kirk Smith, Greg Kuntz, Pete Nel-son,
and Dave Leenhouts.
In the other match, Bethel lost
to Gustavus 7-2. "We were satis-fied
with this score because Gus-tavus
is the number one team in
the MIAC. We had anticipated to
lose 9-0," said Coach Mark Nor-lander.
Wayne Abbott played an excel-lent
match and won with scores of
4-6, 7-6, 6-2. The other point was
earned by the number three dou-ble's
team of Dave Leenhouts and
Pete Nelson. Greg Kuntz also
played a competitive match but
Kirk "the generator" Smith
holds the best conference record
of this team with a 4-3 record.
Constant improvement by Wayne
"the backboard" Abbott has
been a major boost to the team.
Throughout the year, the team
has pulled together under the lea-dership
provided by Steve Brown
and Pete Nelson. This leadership
and the nature of the players has
helped them band together as one
unit.
The tennis team record now
stands at 4-16. "Despite the rec-ord,
the season has been extremely
enjoyable," Coach Mark Norlan-der
commented. "There has been
individual growth, emotional and
spiritual. Good lasting friendships
have been made. We've just plain
had a good season. Most of the
players realize that God cares very
little whether we win or lose, but
that He does care about the atti-tudes
of our heart."
by Ellie Abbott
The men's track team produced
fine efforts on Tues., April 22, at
River Falls, which gave them fifth
place out of seventeen teams.
Although the temperature was
85 degrees, Bethel managed to
place high in several events. The
440-yard relay team of Phil Asay,
Barry Jass, Keith Johnson and
Paul Otto placed first with a time
of 43:47. Asay also finished
fourth place in the 120-yard high
hurdles with a time of 14.99.
Jason Velgersdyk tied for sec-ond
place in the high jump with a
jump of 6' 6", Greg Stipe jumped
14' in the pole vault to take fourth
place, and Johnson placed second
in the 440-yard intermediate
hurdles with a time of 56.58 sec-onds.
On Saturday, April 26, Bethel
hosted twelve teams at its four-teenth
annual Bethel Relays. Al-though
team scores were not kept,
Coach Leighton Betz said Bethel
did well.
Brent Friesen captured a new
school record in the 10,000 - meter
run with a time of 33:31.08. Ross
Allen was close behind Friesen
and timed at 33:52.71.
Paul Otto established a new
school record in the 100-meter
dash with a time of 10.94, which
took first place. He also placed
first in the 200-meter dash with a
time of 21.88, just .01 seconds off
his best time.
Second place in the 800-meter
run was taken by Bryan Galloway.
He also got a personal best in the
800 with a time of 1:59.04. Don
Hauser placed sixth in the 800 me-ter
run for Bethel and Coach Betz
said John Burton ran very well,
taking 4.5 seconds off his best
time.
Greg Stipe established a school
record in the hammer throw and
also got a personal best in the high
jump (6').
The mile relay team, consisting
of Galloway, Otto, Paul Rynders,
and Hauser, got their best time of
the season at 3:29.38.
Coach Betz was pleased with his
track men and said, "I was happy
with the team. It was a good set of
performances for a cold day."