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Beard gro,wing, whush and shush
Many ways to Swiss Waze
Mort and Shirl are back in the zany
swing of things with Bethel Sno Daze
this weekend.
The festivities begin tonight at 5 p.m.
with the Fondue Dinner in the Bethel
Cafeteria. Cost is $2.25 per person, and
the evening dinner will include live folk
(TBA) entertainment. Following the dinner
will be a Torchlighting Ceremony
on Mt. Zion (in back of the academic
complex) and the crowning of the Swiss
Miss. After the ceremonies, Mt. Zion
will be open for all traying, tubing and
skiing.
Saturday begins with a brisk Polar
Bear Swim in Lake Valentine at 9 :30
a.m. (Applications for this are still available
through the Campus Coordinator's
Office.) The climax of the week-long
broomball tournament is scheduled for
10 :30. The first annual Whush and Shush
Competition begins' at 2 p.m., with cate-
I•n Sno Daze,
gories for trick skiing, hot dog traying
and innertube contests. The Bethel Royals
basketball team goes at it at 7 :30,
and will feature a half-time awards ceremony
for Whush and Shush Competitions
and the beard-growing contests. The
game will be followed by "Flicks and
Flakes" -better , known as the Bethel
Saturday night movie - which will show
"The Day of the Jackal." Refreshments
will be served. The cost is $1 per student
with an SAC and $1.50 for those without.
editorial
2-year campaign
brings results
At the last meeting of the Board of Regents on December
5, 1974, the recommendation of the Task Force on the InterRelationship
of the College and Seminary was accepted -
virtually assuring both schools the right to separate commencements.
The report was accepted verbatim and the Regents
decided its suggestions were to be implemented in so'
far as it is possible.
While we hate to use the word "victory" to describe
the Regent's decision ("victory" always follows a war and
we held no such animosity toward the Regents), let us just
say that this succ'essfully ,concludes a student campaign
of two years duration. With the announcement of Seminary
Dean Gordon Johnson last week that the date set for Sem·
inary commencement is 'May 31, we realized the Task Force
recommendations had been implemented (College gr,aduation
will be May 25.)
We believe as we said before ("We'll share it all -
except graduation," September 27, 1974), we hope that a
more creative togetherness will be sought for the College
and Seminary. A sharing of professors, classes, and library
facilities could be mutually beneficial to both schools. We
look forward to this "inter-relationship" very much, but are,
thankful that in this new relationship, Bethel College is
more free to develop its individuality.
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last Tuesday night. Was it because most Bethel students
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"not applicable to your needs 1" Or wa.s it because most
students DON'T know where to start and somebody doesn't
want them to learn. Anyone with inside information, please
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A time for re-evaluation?
To the Editor:
During the last full week of interim I was walking through
the halls and overheard a couple of students discussing their
interim experience. There were comments made regarding the
pros and cons of specific courses, the desire to get a course
that had already been closed, and the requirements of
specific courses regarding the earning of one's grade. One
comment was especially noteworthy to me. Said one studentf
to another, "Boy, I sure wish I could have taken one of
those courses where you can just sit and take notes and be
lost."
What does this say about our education process? Do
students want to spend their time pursuing that kind of an
"educational" experience? We need to do some re-evaluating
as to the reasons we are here, and that goes for both
students and faculty. Education can come in various ways,
"the taking of notes and being lost" probably being least
efficient or attractive.
It is only when students get away from just taking notes
and involve themselves with the material being presented
that a real educational experience occurs. Students and
faculty need to present their ideas and thoughts to fellow
members of this academic community. That a senior could
go through his/her college career without being required to
present a paper expressing his ideas to fellow students is
extremely unfortunate, in fact, such a student should feel
cheated by his "educational" experience. We are here to
learn through sharing, not to "take notes and be lost."
As the new term begins may I urge all of us to
re-evaluate our purpose for being on this campus. Might students
and faculty realize the potential excitement of learning
and do their utmost to contribute to the learning experience
at Bethel.
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Sincerely,
Paul V. Johnson
Instructor in Sociology
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Volume 50, No. 16
Separate graduations now a reality
by Gloria Jackson
"Dean Gordon Johnson of the Seminary has announced
that a separate graduation ceremony for the Seminary wiil
be held May 31," said Marshall Shelley, student association
president and member of the Board of Regents Task Force
on the Inter-Relationships of the College and Seminary.
The announcement resulted from the decisions made at the
December 5 Executive S'ession of the Board of Regents.
The Executive Session voted favorably for the recommendations
for separate graduation made by the Task Force.
Bethel College graduation is slated for May 25.
Because the issue of separate graduations of the college
and the seminary had become a continuing source of discontent
between administration /itnd students, a task force
was appointed by College President Carl Lundquist in 1974
to examine the relationship of the College and the Seminary.
The appointment of this task force followed strong support
of separate graduations by seven Bethel groups: 1) the Col-
I lege Senate p~ssed a resolution calling for separate graduations,
2) the college faculty voted in favor of it, 3)
college seniors supported it, 4) the Seminary Senate voted
in favor of it for the past two years, 5) the Seminary faculty
voted in favor of a similar resolution, 6) in a poll onl1
one Seminary senior opposed it, and· 7) the Joint CollegeSeminary
Convocation and Commencement Committee agreed
was petitioned two years ago for separate graduations, but
the issue was defeat~d by one vote.
The stated objecti'¢re of the task force was "to recommend
to the President changes in the Bethel programs that would
enhance the individuality of the College and the Seminary
and max.imize the- contribution that each can make to the
other." Assigned to this task force were: a Seminary Administrator:
Leland Eliason; a College Administrator: Mau-m,
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A friend says Iithanksil
To the Editor:
Thank you Bethel students!
Everywhere I turned I found smiles, helpful hands and
joyful hearts. My Lord's name was spoken often - but not
in vain - all over campus. I felt so much at home here
among other Christian students seeking God's plan. The
love generated here is definitely not of the world; thanks so
much for letting me share in it.
I was able to participate in many of your functions:
chapel, a Guthrie trip, the basketball marathon, skiing and
ushering for "The Toad of Toad Hall." N ever did I feel
out of place becaus~ I was from a different school.
Thanks especially to those who went out of their way
to make me feel at home here; those who remembered my
name and said 'hi' to me, even though I forgot their name.
And thanks to those who put up with my dumb "where
is .. ?" questions. It's been a great month, fellow students,
brothers and sisters. May God continue to bless you as you
stand strong in Him.
Sincerely,
Di'anne Larson
St. Catherine's College
rice Lawson; a College Teacher: Roy Dalton; a Seminary
Teacher: Berkeley Mickelsen; a Regent: John Anderson-;
a College Student: Marshall Shelley, Class of 1975; a Seminary
Student: Douglas Kelly, Class of 1975; and Alumnus:
Patricia Sandberg; and a Pastor: S. Bruce Fleming (Chair)
man).
Although the committee* z*er*o ed in on the primary issue
of separate graduations, it made many other recommendations
for the "mutual enrichment of the College and the
Seminary." Seven categories were presented in the report:
1) Faculty: suggestions for .inter-campus ex-changer including
faculty interchange in chapel, joint teaching in evening school,
etc., 2) 'Students: suggestions for Seminary tutorials, occasional\
joint chapel, joint intramurals and championship
games, summer gospel teams of both College and Seminary
students, a pre-Seminary Club, etc., 3) Joint Facul��ty
Meetings: suggestions. for meetings for an indepth look
at common intellectual issues, special interest and faculty
papers, use of faculty in planning programs, etc., 4) Curriculum:
suggestions for an integrated six year program for
pre-Seminary students, Seminary students to make up deficiencies
in college, summer workshops utilizing College and
Seminary teachers, etc., 5) 'acilities: suggestions for improved
walkway between College and Seminary, use of Seminary
Chapel ' for recitals, and t}1e two libraries and book ..
stores to reinforce each other, 6) Communication: suggestions
for exchange of library accessjon sheets, publicity on both
campuses for major events, post news sheets on both campuses,
etc., 7) Miscellaneous: suggestions for maintaining
separate identity, and a1Jowing- faculty to designate gifts
to the school. The Executive Session of the Board of Re- .
gents voted that the report (that these suggestions were
included in) be not only accepted but that these suggestions
be "implemented as soon as possible."
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by Craig L. Johnson
As I reflect upon my recent travels in Europe and
Palestine, my thoughts have focused upon the Bethel community
and the life of faith. Looking back a~ross the past
months I see hundreds of times where God provided my
needs. I would like to share some of these experiences
with you in order that together we can come to a better
realization of what faith in the community . is all about.
On my first side-trip from Jerusalem I found myself
being led south to Bethlehem. -As the sun began to set
that evening I reminded the Lord that I did not have a
place to sleep so I sought His . guidance in finding a safe
place to camp. As I walked through a neighboring village
of Christian Arabs, a man (Essau Banura) asked where I
was going, and where I intended to spend the night .. After
telling him that I was looking for a place to camp, he
invited me to spend the night with his family in the village
of Beth Schur.
The next night while continuing south toward Hebron
I was walking through a Moslem village when a young boy
compelled me to stop and rest and eat some grapes. There
I met the schoolmaster of the village (Mohammed Ali
Rasyan, Hulhul) who invited me to his home. These experiences
continued throughout my journey bringing me in
contact with both Moslems, Christians, and Jews, from the
far north to the southern Sinai. His provisions not only
included plaees to sleep, food when there was none to be
found, but also transportation to places where no person
would normally want to go.
These many varied experiences brought my attention home
to life at Bethel. First, how easy it is when we get into
a daily routine to leave out the life of faith. Secondly,
how simple it is to live by faith, when that is all we can
do; when we are not sure where our next meal will come
from. Thirdly, we miss a lot when our life is lived above
and beyond simple faith. So often we expect things to happen
in a particular way, and expect that God's provisions will
always be there, and as a result we are often ungrateful.
The apostle Paul reached the secret of the life of faith
when he said, "Not that I .complain of want, for I have
learned in whatever state I am to be content. I know how
to be abased and I know how to abound, in any and all
circumstances I have learned the secret of facing 'plenty and
hunger, abundance and want." (Phil. 4:11-12) The key to the
life of faith is dependence upon the Father, as opposed to
independence. Are we living this life of faith? What are we
doing about it?
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Wei need a·n alternative
by Randy Headley
Is there a Christian social, political, or economic system?
To confess Jesus Christ as Lord of all, entails the
responsibility to fulfill the Law of Jesus Christ. Loving others
is loving Christ, as He says in the Scriptures. Our social
concern is to be equated with spiritual concern and we must
know our responsibility as Christians to fulfill that obligation.
So in answering the question posed I would like to quote
a few people and hope that their ideas will motivate others
to concern. Although I am not a student in or especially
learned in any of the areas about which I speak I am
interested in healing the lack of desire among Christians
who could be moving to change society so that it glorifies
Christ.
I can understand how Christians would condemn getting
involved in the present system since this usually means
compromise of our faith. But this condemnation which frustrates
some Christians stems from a presupposition that
there are only two alternatives for Christians: non-involve
ment or involvement with compromise. And this is the plain
truth if there is no such thing as a Christian system.
Tom Skinner, a well-known black evangelist, chooses
a third way. In his book If Christ is the Answer - 'What
are the Questions? he says "Some of us can get together
and build live models of what the system ought to be. To
me that is the only viable solution; in essence that is what
the church is supposed to be about ... getting together and
becoming live alternatives to the present system. That is the
only way to effect change." Jesus Christ said "Love not the
system neither the things that are in the system because
if you love the system then the love of the Father is not
in you."
Skinner replies, "Therefore we have to be in this system,
but not of it. Many of us will be called to serve
to affirm it, but in becoming infiltrators, fifth columnists
in the system for subverting the system in the name
of Jesus. We subvert the system with love, we subvert the
system with justice, we subvert the system with the light
of Jesus Christ, we subvert it with His life, we subvert
it by being the vehicles through which He expresses Himself."
Another statesman-author writes from his concern that
each person in this nation be granted minimal resources for
well-being which are justly his by virtue of his humanity.
Senator Mark O. Hatfield, a Christian man, says in his
book Conflict and Conscience, "Let us not hide from our
duty by utilizing metaphoric excuses decrying socialism -
creeping or otherwise - protesting the welfare state or
painting pictures of big government as a type of anti ...
christ. The evangelical conscience takes its authority not from
John Locke's concept of property or William Buckley's
concepts of strictly limited government, but from the New
Testament. And when the two come into conflict, we ought
to have the courage to follow in fact what we say we
revere in our Christian dogma."
Richard H. Bube, who will come to' Bethel in March
to speak in Chapel, will discuss the question, "Is there
a Christian Economic System?" In one of his books,
The Human Quest, he says, "The fact that a certain
- economic practice was suitable for the people who lived in
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chapel schedule
Mi<;sion Emphasis Week will be taking
place in Chapel February 26 - 28 •
Will there be
SMEA,' in 2001?
"The Future - N ear and Far" at
7 p.m., February 24 in AC 312. At hand
will be Deb Carlin, state preside,nt of ~
SMEA, to present the issues upon which
SMEA members will be voting (including
a proposed raising of dues). Far-future
fans will ' be interested in' 'Future
Shock," the film presentation of
the evening. Whether you are into education
or not, we can promise an interesting
time. "The Future - Near and
Far."
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SMEA President
Mo,vie maker speaks
in Bethel c'onvo -
John Goodell of St. Paul, design engineer,
inventor, industrial film maker,
and producer of the documentary "Always
A New Beginning," will bring a
convocation address at Bethel College
in Arden Hills on· Monday, February
24, at 10 :30 a.m. His lecture will be
on the subject of human potential as
related to the quality of life in America
. which is the focus of the Bethel convocation
series. The event is free and
open to the public.
Mr. Goodell's full-time efforts in film
making began in 1962 after he gave
up a successful career as an electrical
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enormous potential by the boundaries
and restrictions imposed on it from birth
led him to travel in 26 countries over
a 4-year period to study children in
differing environments. The resultant do-
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cumentary, which Goodell filmed, wrote;
directed and produced, was nominated
in 1974 for an Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences award and shown
last fall in Twin Cities theaters. Together
with his son, Danny, . they were
the first to film the birth of a gorilla
which took place in an Omaha zoo and '
included it in the documentary.
Here is the week's schedule:
Tuesday, Feb. 25 - Herman Tegenfeldt,
Professor of Missions at Bethel
Seminary
Wednesday, Feb. 26 - Wilbur Sorley,
Missionary in Calcutta, India
Thursday, Feb. 27 - Donald
Wright, Youth minister in Japan
Friday, Feb. 28 - Roy Nelson,
Philipines
These men will also be speaking at
Edgrin dorm on Wednesday night from
9 :15 to 10 p.m. and at New Campus
on Thursday from 9 :15 to 10.
Spar'k1ers will · flare
Saturday night
A group of elementary school tumblers
will be on hand for halftime entertainment
at the Bethel-CQncordia basketball
game this Saturday evening. The
Sparkles are a group of girls from Pinewood
Elementary School in New Brighton.
Under the direction of Bob Lindberg,
these limber lassies practice tumbling
three mornings a week. They have performed
at Gopher games and also at
the St. Paul Civic Center to mention
a few places. If you attended the basketball
games at Bethel last year, you
probably saw them walk the length of
the gym on their hands, do walkovers
across the mats, or counted the number
of back handsprings (19) that Lori, the
smallest Sparkle, executed perfectly in
a row.
So, if you caught them last year, or
if you'd like not to miss them this
tim&- around, come to the basketball
game on February 22, 1975.
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Sale of Bethel bonds may hinge
o·n Staf'e, S·upreme Court' decisiQn
by Judy Harrington Johnson
Bethel College must find a way to
payoff its debts next year when they
come due, and the outcome of a
current Minnesota Supreme Court case
may determine just how much those
debts will cost.
The debts amount to $6 million -
the cost of constructing the present academic
complex in Arden Hills. The Arden
Hills student housing was financed
through the sale of tax exempt bonds,
in coopera tion with a branch of the
Minnesota state government. Tax exempt
bonds in this country can be sold by
the individual states and the Minnesota
Higher Education Facilities Authority, as
part of the Minnesota state government,
is authorized to sell tax exempt bonds
for private, non-sectarian colleges.
In effect, the Arden Hills student housing
was bought by the state of Minnesota
when the state issued tax exempt bonds
to cover the cost of construction. Currently,
Bethel is in the process of "buying
back" the housing in a series of
"lease" payments which will extend over
a 25-year period.
The Arden Hills academic complex,
however, was financed through the sale
.of taxable bonds - all which mature
next year. Where will Bethel find the
money to pay back these bonds? According
to Dave Lissner, director of community
relations at Bethel, the refinancing
may come through the sale of tax
exempt bonds by the HEF A of Minnesota,
similar to the financing of Arden
Hills student housing.
"When people purchase taxable b9nds
today, they receive about 11 percent
interest on their original investment.
However, they lose about 4 percent of
that 11 percent in taxes. In other words,
the profit only equals 7 or 8 percent
~
interest on the original investment.
"If we could sell tax exempt bonds,
we could pay these people the same
return for their money that a taxable
bond would pay (at this time from
7 to 8 per cent) , and we wouldn't
have to pay the extra 4 percent
to cover taxation. If we can refinance
the new campus complex through tax,
exempt bonds, it will save us approximately
$240 thousand a year. Extended
over a 15-year period, during which the
campus will be "leased" by us from
the state and thereby bought back, this
will save us in excess of one million
dollars," explained Lissner.
One question which many might ask
is, how did Bethel come to be classified
as a non-sectarian college in the
first place?
"In classifying a school as non-s'ectarian,
the (Minnesota) court as determined
that Bethel is riot narrowly parochial
but this does not mean it qualifies as
secular," reads the news release which
came out of the office of President Carl
Lundquist last fall. "In applying for the
bond issue through HEF A, Bethel clearly
indicated it is supported and controlled
by a church body, its trustees are elected
by that group, faculty members must
subscribe to work harmoniously within
the theological perspective of the college,
courses in religion or theology are
being taught, but without the overtones
of a particular religious sect .. While
the majority of our students come from
Baptist General Conference churches, 31
other denominations also are represented
... "
As if matters weren't complicated enough,
it is questionable whether or not
Bethel can refinance through the HEF A,
even though the school housing was financed
through it. The complications arise
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of Minnesota is pretty specific about
the importance of separation of church
and state. To find out whether or not
refinancing of private schools can be
funded through the sale of bonds by
the HEFA, that organization has taken
Bethel's case (and the case of two other
private schools) to court to test whether
or not it is constitutional. -In the first
hearing of the case, Ramsey District
Judge Stephen L. Maxwell ruled that
the refinancing was perfectly legal and
not in contradiction with the constitutional
ban against providing state aid
for religious purposes.
"Judge Maxwell .. found that the loan
money is obtained from revenue bonds
which are repaid by the borrowing institutions
and, therefore, the program does
not involve the use of public funds derived
from taxation Or other general
. revenues of the state, nor is any pledge
of state credit involved." (St. Paul Dispatch,
November 23, 1974).
." ... how did Bethel
come to be classified
as a non-sectarian
college?"
Just to be sure, the case is being
appealed to the Minnesota State Supremfl
Court. If the sale of bonds began, and
the Supreme Court decided it wasn't
lIe gal after all, the people who bought
the bonds would lose their money, and
this is the situation that Bethel (and
the HEFA) hopes to avoid.
. The Board of Regents has several alteriI1atives
for the refinancing of the $6
million in case the earlier court decision
is not upheld. One alternative is to pay
a 10'h to 11 percent interest at tooay's
rates, by going through a commercial
agency. Another method would be to
float a private bond issue in the Conference
itself. Neither alternative would
be as "profitable" in the long run as
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Why do we have trials ancJ.temptations?
by Steve Harris
"Jesus told us to pray, 'lead us not into temptation.'
But that raises a problem. Would God actually lead a man
into temptation? Isn't that a contradiction of Jame~ 1 where
it says that God does not tempt man?"
These questions, asked by first-year Bible professor Dr.
John Piper at a recent Catacomb meeting, led into a discussion
about the meaning of "temptations" and "trials."
The fact that Dr. Piper's mother was killed in a tragic Holy
Land accident in late December while touring there with Dr.
Piper's father, no doubt added signific;ance to his views.
j'The key to this problem," explained Dr. Piper, "is
in the comparison between a temptation and a trial. What
is it that makes a trial a trial? Isn't it the fact that
inherent in _ it is the possibility that it might lead one to
abandon his faith? In that case a trial and a temptation
are the same thing - they are both based on that possibility."
"The reason he might allow
us to fail is that once
we fall, repent and recover,
we can look back and see
how fragile our faith truly is."
"For example, when a I'elative dies you .can either humbly
trust God and accept the fact that He is good in all things,
or you can fail the test by shaking your fist in His face and
rejecting Him. The very same thing is faced in a temptation.
You can accept what God has done for you or you can
reject Him and reach for temporal pleasure. In reality, the
sin in each case is the same - we no longer choose tO t
walk with God."
By showing the similarity between trials and temptations,
Dr. Piper explained, we have done away with any contradictions
between what Jesus said and what James said. This'
can be seen in the two ways which temptation is defined.
"First is jobjective temptation,'" he explained, "which
is a beckoning from · an outside source to do evil. This
is what Satan confronted Jesus with. But Jesus wasn't
tempted in the same way we are at this point. He did have
the same human desires, but I believed they ceased before
they became evil. Jesus wasn't plagued by the mental
sins which we experience.
"The second kind of temptation," he went on, "is 'subjective
temptation.' This is the kind talked about -in James;
I this is the kind God never deals in. It is the temptation
which comes from inside of- us, our inner desires to reject
God's way to go our own. The Greek describes it
well. "It drags a man away by his own lust."
Does God then ever lead-- us into temptation? Yes, He
might, believed Dr. Piper, but only "objective- temptation,"
and only with a direct purpose in mind.
"God, in His omniscience, might lead us into a situation
of temptation, even into one where He knows we will fail.
The Bible says He gives a way of escape to us - the option
of faith is always open - but that isn't a promise that
we will never succumb to temptation. The reason He might
allow us to fail is that once we fall, repent, and recover,
we can look back and see how fragile our faith truly is.
Then we'll be ~able to fall back on His .mercy all the more
and be stronger the next time."
What then is the purpose of Jesus commending us to
pray that we might not "be led into temptation?" The
basic reason, 'asserted Dr. Piper, is one of dependence.
j'God wants us to use the means He has given us to
lead a victorious Christian life, and one of those means
is to ask Him not to lead us into temptation. Some people have
the idea that when you become a Christian God keeps you
out of potentially dangerous situations. That isn't true. What
He wants is that we keep praying to Him daily about .
those situations. He wants us to keep on asking because
what we're saying is, 'God you know that I am weak, you
know that if I rely on myself I'll blow it, I need you
today t~ keep me out of temptation.' Praying this prayer
is a means to the dependent life. It is something we should
take very seriously."
Dr. John Piper
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Fall seme'ster in Casca'del Mts?
Opt tor Oregon Extension
by Apryl HuItstrand
"It is not simply to be taken for '
granted that the Christian has the privilege
of living among other Christians.
It is grace, nothing but grace, that we
are allowed to live in community with
, Christian brethren." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Beginning September 2, 1975, Lincoln
Common, an intentional Christian community,
will offer a semester of accredited
college liberal arts education. Although
the content of this college exper-,
ience will be fairly traditional, the approach
will be distinctive.
Lincoln Common is located in the Cascade
Mountain range on the site of an
old logging operation twenty miles east
of Ashland, Oregon. The college program
is operated and accredited by Trinity
College, Deerfield, Illinois. The purpose
of the program is precisely that of Trinity
College .. relating Christian truth to
the content of the liberal arts. The approach
is distinctive in that there will
be greater faculty-student interaction, wider
latitude f0r student initiative, and
opportunities for the integration of learning
with the nan-intellectual aspect$ of
person-hood.
Twenty students with five faculty and
their families will take part next fall
in the first semester of the O.E. The
semester wiil run from the first of September
until Christmas. Each student
will earn fifteen semester hours worth
of college credit. The bulk of credit (
12 hrs.) will be divided into four main
segments: Modern Visions of Man; Religion
and Modern Man; Modern Visions
of Society; Science and the Modern
World. The three remaining credits will
be earned in Physical Education, Biology
Field Studies and Rhetoric.
"Every farm woodland, in addition to
yielding lumber, fuel, and posts, should
provide its owner a liberal education."
-Aldo Leopold.
It should be emphasized that the D.E.
is directed primarily toward the care
and feeding of the Christian mind, in
the hope that right-thinking is often preface
to right-believing, right-acting, rightfeeling,
in addition to the maintenance
of mind, the student will have an unique
opportunity to participate in the maintenance
of a Christian community. He or
she will' be expected to take a turn
at gardening, chopping wood, and other
small chores. Community life also means
singing together, praying together, hiking
together, and playing together.
My opinion, continued from page four
The faculty of O.E. holds to high standards.
We believe all Christians are, the
stewards of the powers of mind and
spirit granted us by God. We take no
comfort in right thinking unless it results
in right acting. We are all in
the process of becoming "perfected" in
the the image of God's Son. The spirit
of Lincoln Common is the spirit of becoming.
If you will be a junior or a senior
next fall and feel as though you might
\gain from , a semester in the O.E., or
if you would like to know more about
the program, facilities, tuition costs, ' or
faculty, please contact Apryl Hultstrand,
P.O. Box 1420, phone 823-0363.
Music and more
creates KABY's
New Sound
by Doug Horst and Ray Stockwell
Bethel's radio statioti, KABY, is endea
voring to produce a new listening
experience in contemporary Christian
music, The New Sound. This new sound
as envisioned by John Ensor, KABY's
general manager, is to reach the student
with music that is definitely Christian,
yet is contemporary and can be listened
to at all times. '1;'his 'experiment in broadcasting
may sound idealistic, yet the
varied reactions of listeners are for the
most part favorable.
Music is only one facet of the station's
scope of operations. Sports, also
finds its place on the program. News
continued on page nine
Bible times gives no necessary guidance as to what is
biblical or Christian in today's situation. There are certain
fundamental guides to life given in the Bible, however, from
which we can judge and shape economic systems." In interpreting
today's situation he says, "Population growth
has caused the world, and particularly the United States,
to move continuously from an individualistic society to a large
interacting society. In such a system, drifting of free enterprise
toward socialism is required to maintain a society
with humanitarian concerns ... " CICERO'S
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Ca:rleto:n w:i n
by Curtis Kregness
Bethel topped three other track teams
Saturday at Carleton College to win its
first official indoor meet ever. It was
also the earliest meet in which the Royals
have participated, according to Coach
Gene Glader.
Bethel scored in every event except
the triple jump to total 55 points for
the day. Carleton was second with 51,
followed by Macalester, 36, and Augsburg,
20.
Steve Whittaker, captain for the Royals,
led his team with 10.75 points. He
also broke the Bethel indoor record for
the mile run as he won that event
in 4 minutes, 29.4 seconds.
In the high jump, "Willy" Gardner
took first place and tied Bethel's indoor
record of 6'4". Bruce Peterson
cleared 12'6" and captured first place
in the pole vault. In most track events,
a first place finish is worth five points,
second place gets three points, third
and fourth places receive two and one
point, respectively.
The Royals' John Cox took top honors
in the 100D-yard run. Cox and Gardner
each scored seven points for the day.
Dave Clapp was third in the 1000-yard
run.
Whittaker was first and Curt Brown
was third in the 6oo-yard run. Gene
Blair, who scored 6.75 points, also grabbed
second place in both the 280 and
440-yard dashes, while breaking the Bethel
indoor record in the 280.
Bethel travels to Mankato State College
Tuesday to run in its next indoor meet
against Gustavus Adolphus and Mankato.
March 4, the Royals will compete at
Superior State College.
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Bethel Royal creams the opposition in recent wrestling meet.
Coach looks to "heavys" for win
by Curtis Kregness
Bethel's prospects in the Tri-State Conference
wrestling meet tomorrow at
Yankton will hinge on performances in
the upper weights, said Coach Dave Klostreich.
"We plan to push (defending confer ..
ence champion) Westmar very hard,"
Klostreich said, "and with a little bit
of luck we'll be able to win." He was
not without reservations, however, noting
that "Yankton and Concordia may give
everyone a few surprises."
The Bethel grapplers dropped a doubledual
meet Saturday to Cornell and Coe
Colleges, both NCAA schools. Coe, located
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, remains
undefeated in wrestling this season.
Pins against Cornell by Jerry Flasch,
190 pounds, and Heavyweight Gary Peterson
provided the only bright spots
in Bethel's overall performance. The
team got off to a bad start in the
lower weights, giving up several forfeits.
Klostreich added, "We weren't emotion-ally
prepared for the meet .. Flasch
was probably our best wrestler."
Bethel's only other points against Cornell
came from a decision in favor of
Fred Witzgall and Jeff Zitz!off's win
by default. Cornell won, 33-21.
Coe beat the Royals 44-4. Bethel's only
scoring came on stalemate matches, by
by Wizgall and Rick Smith, worth
two points apiece.
KABY, continued from page eight
is broadcast every hour, on the hour,
as well as a live news broadcast at
6 p.m. Special programs and news commentaries
are planned to join the list
of programs soon to be offered by the
radio station.
A staff of many young people with
varied interests and abilities are needed
to effect the production of this multifaced
program. This staff includes many
talented and familiar faces on campus.
Steve Ferrario, John Marie, and Ruth
Johnson are a few. Also many new
faces on campus such as Ray Cruthu
and Mike Rosell have been added to
the program. Soon to be added to the
KABY line-up is Student Senator, Bob
Moeller, known to his peers for his provocative
views. When commenting on
his staff, John Ensor had this to say,
"They don't sound profession;al - they're ,
not trying to - they're just being themselves."
One of John's goals as general manager
is to keep in tune with the students'
needs and desires. This can only be
acco~plished with the listenel1s help.
Your input and helpfUl suggestions will
always be welcomed.
nine
Paul Healy and Rick Seume (22) double-team a
Sioux Falls opponent.
Royalls mee't Concordi'a!
tom-orrow in final ga:me
by Bruce Olsen
Shades of joy and grief hit the basketball court here last
weekend, as the Bethel Royals split a doubleheader. Those
were the Royals' last two games before the final contest of the
season with Concordia College, here tomorrow night at 7 :30.
Depression hit first when the Royals lost to Sioux Falls
College: Friday night, 46-42.
Bethel's first bucket didn't come until 5 :45 had run off
the clock, and Mark Robertson hit on a 15-footer. The
Royals tied it up with 8 :30 gone in the half on a field
goal by Tim Engebretson, but Sioux Falls quickly regained
the lead on a ten-footer by 6'7" Jim Jibben. The lead then
seesawed for the next seven minutes, with Healy trading
baskets with Sioux Falls. The Braves then built up a 24-17
lead with only 1 :38 left in the half, but the scoreboard
showed 24-21 at the buzzer.
Sioux Falls continued to dominate the game in the second
half, as they built a lead to as many as 11 points.
Bethel made an attempt to overcome the deficit midway
through the half as they cut the Braves' lead to two points
on a goaltending call on All-Conference center Tim Dykstra.
But Sioux Falls called a timeout and cooled the
Royals for the remainder of the game.
High scorer for Bethel was Rick Seume, who put on a
ten
nice one-man effort in the second half to try and cut the
Braves' lead. Seume scored 12, followed by Healy with ten
and Robertson with nine.
The following night elation hit the Bethel campus, as
the Royals finally found their shooting eye in a 76-66
romp over the Yankton College Greyhounds.
The first 13 minutes of the game featured a shooting
exhibition by the 6'11" Hallquist. Big "Waynard" hit seven
shots in a row before missing with 7 :15 left in the half.
Bethel built their lead to nine points on a bucket by Rick
Seume with 6 :27 left, but Yankton came back to cut the
deficit to 37-33 at the half. The Royals made 16 of 27
shots for 59 percent in the first half, due to the fine
shooting of Hallquist and Robertson.
Yankton continued to chop away at the Bethel lead and
tied the game at 37 all before Robertson scored the Royals'
first basket with 1 :30 gone in the half. Hallquist replaced
Healy with 16 :35 left in the game to try and stop the hotshooting
Allen of Yankton.
The Royals built their lead to 20 points, thanks to brilliant
shooting by freshman Curt Oslin. Oslin had replaced
his brother Craig earlier in the game due to an ankle
injury. Curt dumped in 18 of his game-high 22 points in the
second half, ten of those points coming on free throws.
Hallquist and Robertson each contributed 18 to the
victory, along with nine points and 11 assists for Seume.
Hockey Club squeaks past
Tiffany 3-2, ends season
by Keith Kramer
The Bethel Hockey Club concluded its regular season on
February 13 by defeating league-leading Tiffany 3-2 in the
club's biggest game of the year.
The club had lost to Tiffany in one previous meeting
on January 8 by a score of 12-3, but it made sure the same
thing wouldn't happen again. The game pitted the speed
and experience of Tiffany against the hustle of Bethel.
Tiffany's connected for two goals, one in each of the
first two periods. Todd Johnson countered with a breakaway
after fighting off two defenders, and put the puck in the upper
hand corner, to make the score 2-1.
Then with 1 :36 left to go in the second period, goalie
Mike Egelston was moving to his left to protect the net when
his right skate caught the ice. Egelston's right leg was
twisted so that the bottom half of his leg had turned a quarter
of the way around. His leg was worked over on the ice
before he was carried off to the first aid room on a stretcher.
His leg was then worked on for a couple of minutes
before Mike felt it was good enough to stand on. He slapped
his pads back on and went out on the ice.
The incident proved to be the catalyst that the club
needed. John Selvog put in a rebound to score the tying
goal halfway through the final period. The action then became
faster than the eye could follow. Both teams continually
rushed up and down the ice at each other, only to
lose the puck to a well-placed check.
With 2 :46 left to go in the game, and Tiffany, a man
short, Tim Franzen outraced a defenseman on a break- away.
He skated around the goalie's left side, and flipped into
the upper left corner of the net to provide the . winning
margin.
The club finished the year with a 6-6-2 record, scoring
47 goals (3.4 per game while letting in 56 goals (4.0 per
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