carlon Bethel College
Sex: a matter
of identity,
not performance
by Laura Alden
Dr. Robert E. Wilson, family practice
physician, defines sex as "all that relates
to a person - personality, feelings,
experiences, relationships - the whole
essence of being. Sex is not just something
you do. It's what you are."
Speaking on Wednesday, April 30, as
a part of the convocation series on marriage
and the family, Dr. Wilson stressed
the importance of surety in choosing
the right life-mate. "Marriage with the
right person can be the most beautiful
thing in life; marriage with the wrong
person can be the most destructive situation
you can face in life."
Most of the evening session was devoted
to a question and answer session.
Dr. Wilson described the commonly-used
contraceptives and evaluated the effectiveness
of each (the "pill" being the
safest and most effective).
Dr. Wilson emphasized the Christian
priority of saving the sex act for the
marriage relationship. "Sex outside of
marriage is an abdication of responsibility,"
he said. "God was very explicit
in what he thought we should
do. From my experience, I can see
very good reasons for rules."
In response to a question about the
affect of traditional male-female roles
on sexuality, Dr. Wilson said, "Traditional
roles have had a negative effect
in the marital bed. Of course, some
roles are biologically determined, but
our biological make-up does not have
-on ,'he inside
St. Paul. Minnesota May 9. 1975 Malachi 4:2
In a rare fit of egomania, we the 1975 Clarion staff, have chosen
to IIsharell this photograph with you. From inside out we are Wayne,
Curt, Steve, Pam, Duane, Peter (in spirit), and an unidentified thrill
seeker.
as much to do with traditional roles
as our conditioning does." Dr. Wilson
asserted that personal redefinitions of
roles are helpful in solving marital problems.
To insure a happy marriage and sex
life, according to Dr. Wilson, five factors
should be considered and adhered to:
1. Sa ve the sex act for marriage.
2. Obtain a good education regarding
sexuality.
3. Strive to understand feelings and
desires.
4. Take time for communication.
5. Let love - sacrificial love, brotherly
love, and agape love - be the goal.
letters about graffiti, p. 3
results of our PE requirement survey, p. 5
editorial
In ma,ny ways, it
was a very good year
Several significant achievements were realized this year
at Bethel and we think this might be a good time to reiterate
them.
First, we 'are glad that separate commencement services
have been established for the college and seminary. This was
a significant ste'p in recognizing the separate identity of both
schools. Both commencements will be enhanced this year by
the change.
Second, we were glad to see more student (and faculty)
involvement in planning this year's commencement. The program
which has been proposed will hear from people in this
community who deserve to be heard. Hopefully, some of the
traditional boredom will be eliminated as well, since there
will be no one "speaker" as such.
Third, but most important, we are particularly pleased
by the involvement of students ('and faculty) in the 'Campus
Pastor Search Committee. The cooperation between students,
faculty and administration which we have seen on this committee
has been outstanding. Dr. Mac Nettleton is to be commended
for the job he has done in coordinating this first-ever
and complex effort. We hope a new campus pastor will be
found who will be acceptable to all members of that committee.
We wish to thank the Bethel community for its support
of-and patience with-our efforts this year.
And the efforts have been considerable. We owe much
gratitude to our writers-Rhonda Dye, Dan Joling, Sid Dinwoodie,
Bill Trollinger, Mark Troxel, Diana Gonzalez, Laura
Alden, Carla Hage, Sharon Erickson, Bruce Olson, Keith
Kramer, Gaylene Jones, Ray Stockwell, Gloria Jackson and
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Published weekly by the students of Bethel College
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Letters to the editor should be
sent to the Clarion, P.O. 91.,
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publication.
Volume 50, No. 25
Mary Norton. Of special help were the faithful stuffers who
showed up every Friday to make sure our word got out:
Don Dewey, Tom Fagerstrom, Kathi Engstrom, Lianne
Schmidt, Wayne Pauluk, to name a few.
The real burden of this fiftieth volum'e of the Clarion,
however, fell on the shoulders of a very capable and hard
working staff. Pam Schultz had the very odious and tedious
job of catching all our copy boo-boos. Steve Harris contributed
his considerable ialent as a feature writer to such
efforts as the Fred Witzgall interview and the crime convocation
story. Curt Kregness became general trouble-shooter
and acting editor in such situations as the editor's wedding,
sickness and general depression. Duane Turner was perhaps
the most patient staffer of all, trying to keep track of our
elusive production plans from week to week. And it is doubtful
that this Clarion would 'ever have gotten off the ground
without the energies of Business Manager Peter Enchelmayer,
who held the editor's hand and prayed with her in the first
frightening hours of our existence (not to mention supplying
all the ads we needed).
It was a very good year. We enjoyed serving you.
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If it's 'reali' s'ecu'(ity we walnt,
then le'rs g'e" down' to bUis';'nes's
Dear Editor,
Regarding the new policy concerning door locking and
window drapes closed, I feel as a concerned member of a
townhouse unit, that the security measures recently taken are
not enough. I feel that there should be an electric fence
with barbed wire constructed along the ulterior of the girls'
townhouse complexes. If this does not suffice, then lights
should be added. This would also eliminate many goodnight
kisses at the doors, and would discourage all the "bad
boys" and "men" fr9m hanging around the girls' townhouses
to gaze at all the 'dazzling beauties. I also feel that the
drapes in the rooms are much too thin. Many nights as I
walked alone from my car, through the dark unlit parking
lot, I have been able to see streams of light penetrating
through the window draperies. This will never do! We Bethel
girls must be watched over and protected, until the
day we find our handsome prince, who will protect us from
all the "sex hungry" men in the world.
Anyone knows that Bethel girls eighteen years and over,
are not old enough to decide whether to close their curtains
and when to lock their doors. They must be fined
and reminded of the constant threat that is upon them as
innocent females.
Maybe we should try something like our neighboring
Christian colleges and have security guards and special combination
locks on all girls' doors. Maybe another good measure
tha t CQuid be taken would be to make sure all phones are
off the .;'hook by ten o'clock at night to be sure there are
no obscene phone calls at night.
Everyone knows that guys age eighteen and over can
._make their own decisions. But girls, we are not able to
protect ourselves as they can. So don't be -discouraged. This
new ruling is in effect for our own benefit so that we
will know how to cope better with a world of dangerous
men when we leave here.
Sincerely,
Mary A. Miller
P.S. Self-discipline is definitely not a part of Bethel lifestyle!
Belton:' rec'ognize the
need for expression
Dear Editor:
I would like to respond to the furor over the lead
article of t~e April 25 issue of the Clarion. There are many
issues to respond to in the controversy. I wish to make
it clear, however, that in this letter I am responding to only
one - the necessity' for people in the Bethel community to
be able to publicly express feelings and concerns that run
contrary to the stated image of the, community.
Bethel has been called a "Christian learning community,"
but learning is neither an easy nor a comfortable process.
Questions must be raised which sometimes will shake the
foundations of our faith. For example, the past week we have
had the opportunity to listen to a number of resource people
present ideas that run contrary to contemporary evangelicalism's
values taught in most of our churches related
to marriage, family, sex and gender roles. While many
students will quickly dismiss these new ideas, many others
will be co~fronted with new choices and dilemmas. The fact
that many of these new ideas run contrary to what we have
previously culturally joined to the gospel will mean that there
will be heavy consequences for the questioning student. As
students, and even faculty, try to examine and integrate
pew ideas, tensions compounded of guilt, fear, anger, confusion,
etc., develop ,within ourselves.
Perhaps the author of the Clarion article was suggesting
that graffiti is a newly incorporated way of releasing this
pressure. I don't know. Perhaps the negative reaction to the
article and cartoon is a suggestion that there are other,
more appropriate ways to express our feelings. I am quite
sure there are. However, we as members of the Bethel community
must be careful to communicate that these tensions
and questions are healthy and normal, no matter how appropriately
or inappropriately expressed. To somehow infer
their illegitimacy is to infer these questions cannot find
legitimate resolutions within our personal or community relationships
to Christ, and if we believed that, we would have
to close up shop. ,
I remember Dean Olson speaking in chapel several years
ago expressing his wife's acceptance of him even at times
when he would come home thinking thoughts that sounded
agnostic. For the dean of. a Christian college to be able
to publicly "admit" dilemmas to his faith and the tension
these created for him ought to reassure us and, I hope, provide
in Carol Olson an example for each of us.
Sincerely,
Don Belton
Instructor in Social Work
Graffiti more 'sbocking' ,
than bathroom in house
Dear Editor:
When a toilet came into mother's house, her sister
shamed, "Wait till your mother hears this." Grandma was
not more surprised then, than I am to find graffiti on Clarion's
front page. Still grandmother preferred the bath in the back
part of the house when she accepted the change. Even writer
Mary's "bathroom" reveals some Victorian reserve. Now that
I think of it, Mary saw more in the men's room than
I have.
I am not ready to hang the messenger, but I will
comment on the graffiti more. Some I find creative, some
vulgar - G.I. type, tolerable in the john or fred. But
my goose pimples rode piggy-back when I saw vain use of the
Lord's name; It's like seeing a baby poking in high voltage.
Research leads me to see vain ways in which I have taken
The Lord God's Name with war, prejudice, laissez-faire.
Mostly Your Admirer,
James L. Mason
Lewis defines blasphemy
as 'irreverenf speech "
Dear Kditor:
Your defense of the "graffiti" on page one of the
Clarion ' ably demonstrates your good intentions, but does
not exonerate your responsibility. ·All of us must account
for the way we are heard as well as for what we meant
to say.
Blasphemy by definition means any impious or irreverent
speech involving the LOrd God. An accurate understanding
of the Second Command is: "Thou shalt not cheapen the name
of Yahweh thy God." The term refers to anything that
is empty of meaning, or foolish, or light. The Jews that feared
God were careful to the p<;>int of not taking the holy name
even in worship; "Adonai" was used as a circumlocution of
Yahweh.
The Holiness of God need not be offensive, nor need
it blot out His love for sinners. Certainly He will perfectly
understand our intentions, but Jesus said that "on
the day of judgment men will render account for every careless
word they utter." (Matthew 12 :36)
Sincerely,
Art Lewis
Editor's note: After contacting several scholars ,and ministers
on our own, we have found _ great disagreement as to
whether or not our cartoon was bla8phemous. Thus we concluded
that whether or not the phrases in question were
blasphemous depends on the way in which we undentood
and intended them. We beUeve that the com~un~c~tion act
is dependent on the efforts of both the communicatOr (to
communicate clearly) and the Ustener (to try to understand
what is being said). In thi8 instance, we thought our Intent
was clear and easily understandable to our readers. We misjudged
the clarity of our message.
tAree
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Never experiencing your love.
You know my heart.
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Exchanged for hearts of flesh.
Let us I ive as -brothers
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Running table salt tears over the years
Aged child turneq to man turned to bone sometimes stone
This year we touched hands
Yet hands, as you know, are but wax and melt like the snow
The faith IS each other
And I N each other lie
In the loving and warming
rainbow of sun through dew
bathes shivering aspen leaf
in the warmth of dawn
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Blacks at B1ethe/, part IV
Future bla,cks will nee1d
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by Stev~ Harris and D<::l Hampton
In this, the conclusion of the "Blacks at Bethel" series,
we will attempt to explore a question that lies at the very
heart of this subject: Is Bethel ready and/or willing to accept
and incorporate blackness into its culture? To get the answer
to this question, we interview~d the black students who are
now on campus.
"In my opinion, Bethel as a whole doesn't seem to
want blackness here, i.e., black heritage and culture," said
one student. "They want the "blacks to conform to white
society, placing their emphasis on, the minority student conforming
to the majority culture. That's wrong."
One student sums up these sentiments in different language.
"I think Bethel Oollege is close to a genocidal society.
In fact, that is the problem with our whole system of
school integration. In being pressured into conforming to the
white race, we are losing our black race. We need acceptance
of minorities, not conformance to majorities."
The idea that more black students at Bethel would be a
good development was expressed by most of the black
students, but even more important was the incorporation of
blac~ness into tlle school.
"I would like to see more blacks at Bethel if Bethel
would institute blackness into its culture, things like black~
oriented academic courses, chapel services, music, soul
food, art, etc."
"You are doing a disservice to us (as black students)
and to yourself when you don't bring in blackness to Bethel.
Your liberal arts education suffers because you are
alienating yourself from blackness, which is a big part of
this world."
The blacks agreed, however, that bringing blackness
into the school won't solve the problems.
"There's got to be a desire to know about blackness.
If the white folk want to know blacks, they'll have to
drop their ethnocentrism, their self-righteousness. They /will
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For those bla9ks coming to this campus in the next
few years, adjustments'should be made.
"Bethel can offer a sufficient academic experience, but
socially, it fails to meet the needs of blacks.
"It hurts blacks when they come here and the whiteness
hits them. Then they either feel like they have to cut
through this barrier because they think it's their fault and
up to them to find a solution, or they are turned off
by it and become frustrated with having to put up with
it."
"What we. black folk at Bethel need to do is keep
on pushin', keep our guard up, and maintain our identity,
our blackness ..• "
There are probl~ms for the black on this campus, problems
that will not disappear overnight, problems that will not
disappear even if the black population is increased. But
throughout these problems, said one black student, there is
a Resource that can help both white and black through these
problems.
"I ask for continued friendship and to be treated as
any other' person," the student said. "I am concerned about
the ignorance of white folk, because of my Christian love
for them. There js hatred and bitterness toward , the white
and his insensitivity, as well as his racism. But through
Christ, my bitterness is turning to compassion."
Editor'S Note: OORREOTION
In the May 2 issue of the Clarion, it was incorrectly reported
that 4% of the Bethel student body is black. The
correct figure is .4%
PE survey results are in
Here are (without comment) the results of our PE
requirement survey. lOur thanks go to Phil LalGesse for'
puttin~ this survey together at the last minute for us, and
stuffing all those P.O.s by his lonesome. We received 339
replies.
Would you like to see less PE components? 43%
Would you like no change in the present system? . .. . 43%
Would you like to s'ee no components required? ...•.. 24%
Should there be more FE components? .. . •..•...••.. i%
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show that there was even more participation
than last year.
All entries were judged anonymously
by a panel of judges with no connection
to the Coeval staff. They selected the
three best haiku, including the winner.
After the winner was chosen, it was
revealed that the winning entry had been
written by Wayne Pauluk, who is the
Coeval editor. Because of the circumstances,
he has donated the $5 grand
prize to the staff of next year's Coeval,
and it will be awarded f to the winner
of next year's contest, provided that
person is not Coeval editor.
Orchestras c10mbine
On Thursday, May 15, at 7,:30 the
combined orchestras of Bethel and Northwestern
Colleges will be presenting a
concert at Northwestern College. The
program will consist of light classical
selections from the Baroque through Con-o
temporary periods. Works from such
composers as Gluck; Mozart, Haydn,
Tschaikovsky, Grieg and Stravinsky will
be performed. Featured soloist will be
Richard Drake who will play the Mozart
D Minor Piano Concerto. Conductors are
Dr. John Benham and Dr. Julius Whitinger.
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The Priest is back,
'fifti,es' swing again
Yes! It's true. The rumors which have
been flying around the campus this past
week have been verified b-y the Priest
himself. The Priest and the Scribes will
be returning to the stage at 8 p.m.
on Tuesday, May 13 in the Bethel gymnasium.
This group of Bethel students
and alumni, led by John Priestley (' 'the
Priest"), will be taking us back again
to the golden era of th'e "fifties." The
Priest and the Scribes performed before
a packed house of Bethel students and
area church youth groups last November.
The proceeds from this concert will
again be given to the Christian Service
Department of ,Bethel -College.
The house is expected to be packed
out so get there a little early for the
good seats. Tickets are $1.25 and may
be purchased in advance or at the door.
Priest says this concert will be "bigger
and better" than ever. Let's support
the most popular group on campus. Get
excited and tell your friends, the Priest
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Spring Music Festival on Friday, May
9, 8 p.m. in the College gymnasium
in Arden Hills. In the Mendelssohn work,
Dr. Julius Whitinger will direct the Bethel
Orchestra which will be supplemented
by Twin Cities professional musicians
with Fred Sewell as concertmaster. Their
performance is provided by a grant from
the Music Performance Trust of the Recording
Industries, American Federation
of Musicians. Piano soloist in the concerto
will be Linda Cumings, Bethel sophomore
'from Sioux Falls, a student of
Dr. Gordon Howell. The Bethel Festival
Choir (180 members from the school's
College Choir, Male Chorus, and Women's
Choir) will perform the Bach cantata
with orchestra under the direction of
Dr. Robert Berglund. The public is cordially
invited to this program.
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Conference blends
faith and politics
by Rhonda Dye
Among the participants from across the United States
and parts of Canada, who attended the third annual Conference
on Christianity and Politics held at Calvin College,
Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 25-26, were three Bethel
students and two Bethel faculty members.
Through a series o~ lectures and discussions, men and
women from all "walks of life," and of many political persuasions,
attempted to relate their Christianity and politics.
The Conference commenced Friday morning with a lecture
delivered by Dr. Sherwood Wirt, editor of Decision
magazine. In his address, "The Political Conscience of the
Evangelical," he stated, "In a democracy like ours the powers
that be are the people. If Christians fail to participate,
they are in essence failing God and Scripture."
Dr. Marvin Kosters, a member of the White House
Economic Policy Board, and Thomas J. Watson, chairman of
the Board of Directors of International Business Machines
(IBM) corporation, addressed themselves to issues concerning
economics.
A panel discussion concerning "Options for Christian
Political Action" took place later that afternoon. Members
of the panel included such persons as Ms. Lucille Sider
Dayton, representing the Daughters of Sarah (a group of
Christian feminists), and the Evangelical Women's Caucus;
Ms. Leda Hartwell of the Lawyer's Christian Fellowship;
John Olthius of the Committee for Justice and Liberty, an
organization seeking to develop positions of political justice
among Christians; Ms. Jane Muldoon, president of the Michigan
Citizens for Life Committee, an anti-abortion state
organization; and Mr. Herschell Turner, director of a community
center attempting to reach people through Christian
programs relative to people living in the community.
Friday evening a panel of Christian office holders discussed
the frustrations and jssues that confronted them. The
panelists emphasized the pressure that is placed on decisionmakers
who are Christians. As an example of this dilemma,
Ms. Sharon Hess, ,a representative to the Kansas legislature,
cited a case in which a protestant minister questioned her
Christian commitment because of the way she voted on a particular
bill. '
Stephen Monsma of the Michigan House of Representatives
presented a paper, "Principled Pragnlatism and
Political Pluralism," to the Conference on Saturday morning.
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of pluralistic politics" they "run the risk of baptizing our
partial, groping applications of God's justice as God's eternal
truths and unnecessary doom Christian political action to ineffectiveness."
As an alternative to the formation of a
Christian political party, Monsma suggested that the formation
of an association to promote "political involvement
and the achievement of public policies more , closely reflecting
the justice God intends for His world." Such an association
would be active in both parties and would support
selected candidates, encourage Christians to work together
politically, aid Christian office holders to meet and work
together for common concerns, and seek to develop answers
to difficult policy questions.
Following Monsma's speech, John Perkins of the Voice
of Calvary Bible Institute focused in on the many dimensions
of the Conference discussions. In his lecture, "Evangelism,
Soci~l Action, and Political Encounter: Can They Work
Together?" To support his optimistic attitUde towards the
integration of his faith and politics, Perkins described his own
experience in the establishment of the Voice of Calvary,
a cooperative community for Black people near Jackson,
Mississippi.
Following a benediction, the Conference came to a close.
According to Paul Henry, professor of political science at
Calvin, this Conference differed from the previous two in that
it emphasizd the practical involvement of Christians in pol-itics
rather than theory. .
SMP sweeps the world;
to France, Ja'pan, Canada
by Sharon Erickson
Bethel students will be involved in outreach for Christ
this summer in areas ranging from Chicago and California
to Japan and France, according to Campus Pastor Maurice
Lawson. The 19 students will be sponsored by the Student
Missionary Project (SMP), and work in 11 different areas.
Connie Jensen and' Dave G. Johnson wili work with the
Dean Street Baptist Church; located in a ghetto area in
Brooklyn, New York. They will be involved in many activities
with the numerous Spanish-speaking people there.
Carol Twedt and Diana Holthus will work with black young
people at the South Shore Baptist Church in Chicago.
Lynn Petersen, Dawn Hart and Janelle Chisholm will be
working with Baptist General Conference Churches in Alberta,
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Hearts and Minds won a 1975 Academy Award for the best
documentary movie. It dates from 1945 and is current only
through 1973, as it was refused distriblltorship in this countfy
(for various political reasons) for over a year. It is currently I
in its fourth week at the Westgate in Minneapolis.
'Hearts and Minds is the chronicle of that anguish
which is not convertible to statistics. It is the story of those
who were deemed either too numerou:;; or ' unimportant to
count, and it is the story of those who assigned the meaning
of "too numerous" and "unimportant." Hearts and Minds
is the searing image of that which we do not want to
know.
The history of the Vietnamese people is one of domination
by foreign powers and' the struggle to drive out
the same. This struggle has now ended some 1,200 years
later, involving respectively the Chinese, Japanese, French,
and Americans. This period of struggle alone dwarfs the
period of our existence as a nation and a culture.
Former Senator J. William Fulbright startled the audience
with the statement that Ho Chi Minh turned to the U.S.
for aid after World War II in order to defeat French
colonialism and establish an independent nation. Having
studied in the U.S. and having read our constitution he
believed that his was a cause which was worthy of U.S.
support. Indeed, his main worry at the ' time was that the
U.S. would not come to the aid of his movement as Vietnam
was of such great distance from, and of such little strategic
importance to, the United States. Ho Chi Minh wrote to the,
United States governmen.t seven times requesting aid. The
letters were never answered.
The exiled South Vietnamese priest spoke softly as he
told ~of the political repression itt. South Vietnam. He related
that he and others like him who were against ,the war were
patriots, wishing to rid Vietnam of foreign influence. The
priest said that the goals of many of the South Vietnamese
people were nationalist, and the Saigon government through
political repression (100-200,000 political prisoners as of 1973)
and because of its American domination was saying to the
people that those who worked for nationalism and freedom
from foreign influence were communist, and the people
were increasingly supporting the NV A and the Viet Cong in
whatever way they could.
When Walt Rostow (former advisor to President Johnson)
was asked about the origins of the war and why the
United States was participating, his reply was; "I can't
believe you asked such a . '. - . " silly question."
The misshapen figure of a middle-aged-but-old worker
in the coffin factory was a study in pathos as he told of
the deaths of seven of his children. They had died from
eating food poisoned from the chemicals which were used
to defoliate much of South Vietnam. He said, however, that
he felt sorry for the people living the country, for it was
much worse than for the people living in the city. The man
made children's coffins. The factory produced 900 per week.
The graves in the Saigon military cemetery were neat,
orderly, and previously dug. Chisled into the hard clay they
stretched row upon row as far in the distance as the camera
focused. It was no Forest Lawn, the ground hard and bare,
devoid of all green At the end of a 'row of graves which
had been filled once again, the flag draped coffin of a South
Vietnamese soldier was . lowered into. the next open grave.
p,iqht
As the body was lowered the numbed' and anguished widow
tried desperately to crawl into the grave witii' her dead
husband. She was lifted from the grave only through the
efforts of four men.
When Commanding General of United States Forces in
Vietnam, General W. Westmoreland was asked about the toll
of Vietnamese lives in Vietnam, he replied, "Well, the Oriental
does not place the same high price on life as a westerner
does. Life is plentiful. Life is cheap."
The United States employed the highest level of technology
in waging this war. Our enlisted men were highly
equipped, well paid, and backed by a huge support operation
which provided highly skilled medical services and
even extensive rest and recuperation facilities. Likewise, the
South Vietnamese military was well-paid, well-equipped
(third largest air force in the world after the U.S. and Russia),
and was the beneficiary of military and economic aid
the likes of which North Vietnam never received from her
allies. What then motivated the North Vietnamese in their
"The problem is not that we are
on the wrong side, the problem
is that we ARE the wrong
side."
30-year struggle against the French and then the Americans?
What motivated the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong to
fight without pay, without uniforms, without ultra-sophisticated
weaponry, without rest and recuperation, to engage the
most powerful nation in the world? Hearts and Minds asks
us why these ragged soldiers in a ragged army lived in
tunnels for months under the hail of U.S. bombs, while the
forces of the American instituted Saigon regime fled as
much as they fought? The question is not whether we are
or are not a paper tiger, but wby are we a paper tiger?
When Daniell Ellsburg was asked if we were on the wrong
or right side in Vietnam, he replied, "The problem is not
that we are on the wrong side, the problem is that we are
the wrong side."
America also once fought for freedom from foreign domination.
We too fought against superior forces, conducted
guerilla warfare, fought with a population divided in loyalties,
and won our independence against all odds. We conducted our
revolution to rid this country from foreign influence long
before we had an ideology and a constitution to fight for.
It has been judged since by our history as a most worthy
cause.
Hearts and Minds is much more than the sum as totalled
above. It is the movie which we should all see, but almost
all will attempt · to avoid. It is a mute testimony to a lost
generation in both Vietnam and America. Those self-righteous
in the positive intervention of God into the ' affairs of
man through the, device of war' would do well to experience
this chronicle of the devil's bargain.. '
.w e can all benefit from vfewing Hearts and Minds. Likewise,
we can all benefit from not · forgettin~ Vietnam.
Tennis team
looks for fourth
conference title
by Keith Kramer
The Bethel tennis team finished the
round-robin part of its season with an
8-1 victory over Concordia last week.
"It wasn't very hard," commented
Lanny Law over the relatively easy
match. Paul Reasoner's loss in the No.
2 singles accounted for the only Concordia
point.
The Royals will play the second half
of their season tomorrow when they host
the Tri-State Championships. Under the
conference rules, the first half of the
season merely seeded the conference
teams for the match tomorrow. The players
will be grouped together according
to their rank (all the No. 1 players,
all the No. 2 players and so on). They
will then play until a champion is decided
in each class. The teams which have
the most points will be declared the
champions.
The outlook? It looks like a fourth
straight title for the tennis team(s) with
no sweat at all. "Sioux Falls and Yankton
both have some good players," stated
Dan Joling, "but I think we can win
it." Lanny Law was even more optim-istic.
"The only way we can lose is
to have everyone of our guys fall
. to pieces and everyone of their guys
win."
Be'thel nine wins
five of eight
Four doubleheaders in five days. A
tough schedule? For a while the Royals
baseball team was thinking the same
thing. Nevertheless, the team came out
on the winning side of the fence, winning
five and losing three.
The Royals started their string of doubleheaders
with a twin victory over Hamline
University. Dave Peterson and Scott
Laugen combined pitching chores for Bethel
in the first game, as the Royals
outs cored Hamline, 9-7. Terry Jenson
was the big stick in that game, getting
three hits in three times at bat.
Game two put the submarine specialist,
Marv Zaderaka, on the mound for
the Royals. "Dad" went the distance
for the win, aided by the timely hitting
of Dale Witherington and Terry "Kaz"
Karlsgodt. The final score was 5-4.
On Friday, Coach Jack Trager sent
two freshmen to the mound against North
Central Bible College. Tim Doten pitched
a fine game in the opener, only to
be left helpless by his teammates. Bethel
hitters only collected three hits and managed
just one run in the 4-110ss ..
Brian "Bosco" Ljung found the going
a little easier in the second game, as
he went the distance for a 4-3 victory.
Playing their third doubleheader in
three days, the Royals met Sioux Falls
College. But it seemed their luck had
finally ran out, as Bethel came out
on the short end in both games. Craig
Oslin and Zaderaka pitched the first
game, giving up eight hits and five
walks to the Braves. The final score
was 7-3.
The Braves kept their hot bats going
in the second game, as they smothered
the Royals, 12-2. Three-hit performances
by Peterson and Karlsgodt were over- .
shadowed by the loss.
Monday provided a change of pace,
as the Royals swept both games of a
doubleheader against crosstown rival
Concordia. Game one featured a no-hit
performance by freshman Curt Oslin,
Craig's younger brother. The final score
was 7-1, with Concordia's only run coming
in the sixth inning on a wild pitch.
Game two developed into a pitcher's
dual, with Zaderaka coming out on top.
Four consecutive hits, including a tworun
home run by Scott Logan, gave
Bethel three runs for a 3-2 victory.
Bethel's conference record now stands
at 3-5, with an overall record of 6-10.
The Royal's last scheduled game is tomorrow
at Northwestern College in Iowa.
SMP, continued from page seven theatre group, Lamb's Players.
Canada, assisting with Bible Schools, visitation and other
outreach. Also in Canada will be Paul Berry, Diane Rosengren,
Phyllis Grace and Dan Olson, at the North American
Indian Mission in British Columbia.
Jim Tjernlund will help develop camping programs with
Arctic Missions in Alaska.
Street witnessing and cooperating with area evangelical
churches in Mexico is ahead for Kathy Blake and Anna
Hobbs, who will work with the SPEARHEAD ministry there.
Jean Barker will assist at HCJB, the radio station of the
World Radio Missionary Fellowship in Ecuador.
Gwen Dalke will be in Los Angeles with Jews for Jesus
- Jews trying to reach other Jews for Christ. Cedric
Broughton will also be in California, working with the street
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Dawson: 'We're dO'i,ng a g·ood job'
women's track, continued from page ten.
from their previous best times. Notable improvements were
also made by Gail Anderson in the 440 and Linda Batterman
in the 220.
Coach Shirley Dawson said that she has been encouraged
by her team's steady progress through the season, in spite
of the fact that only two practices have been held on a
track. "We're doing a good job for where we are," she said.
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Royals fac~ Westmar's
depth, speed tomolrrow
"We're going to give Westmar a run for its money,"
said one Bethel trackman, referring to tomorrow's Tri-State
Conference meet at . Ramsey High School. Westmar, with
great depth a~d speed, is expected to be strong in every
event, as it was in conference indoor competition March
22.
The Royals have their best chance to gather valuable
points in the 880-yard and mile runs and also in the relay
events. Bethel will probably be relatively weak in the field
events and sprints.
Last Saturday - in a meet at Macalester in which no
team scores were tallied - Jeff Larson, Dave Clapp and
Steve Whittaker together broke four school records. Larson
took third place in both the three-mile run and 3000-meter
steeplechase. Clapp set a significant freshman record in the
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mile run (4:23.6), and Whittaker was first in the 880-yard
run.
Phil LaGesse pole-vaulted to first place, followed by
second-place Bruce Peterson. In the discus, Mark Edwards
was second and Frank Bahr fifth. Bahr was third and Edwards
fourth in the shot put. Ward Anderson threw the javelin
for a third place.
In the track events, Gene Blair ran to third in the
220-yard dash and Larry Caldwell was fourth in the mile
run.
Linda Johnson runs in the SSO-yard run at the state
meet last week.
Hersch leads Bethel in
state meet, goes to regio,ns
Bobbi Hersch long-jumped 16 feet last Friday to get
Bethel's only points in the State Women's Track Meet
at the University of Minnesota. Her fifth place leap also
qualified her for the regional tournament, today and tomorrow
at Wichita State, Kansas.
Although the rest of the Royals' women's track squad
failed to place, times continued to improve, as they have
done consistently throughout the season. In the 880-yard run,
Linda Johnson and Shari Sahlin lopped five and three seconds
women's track, continued on page nine
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