Vol. 49 No. 18
Bethel College, Arden Hills, Minnesota Coeval Issue Friday, March 1, 1974
Stevens- Brenneise Shelley- Landis Wright- Priestly
Primaries set for March 6 and 7 for
president/vice president and class of '77
by Chuck Jackson
The Student Association Election
Board has released the names of candidates
for Student Association offices. A
primary election is to be held March 6
for the positions of president and vice
president, and for Senate seats for the
class of '77.
Filing for the ticket of president/vice
president are Mike Stevens and Craig
Brenneise, Marshall Shelly and Randy
Landis, and John Priestly and Gary
Wright. The primary election will determine
which two tickets will remain
for the general election to be held
March 19 and 20. In the latter election
the winning ticket must receive 40% of
the votes cast in order to be declared
winner. Provision will also be made on
the final ballot for write-in candidates.
Nine candidates have filed for Senate
positions for the class of '77. John Greenwood,
Raymond Stockwell, Bill Trollinger,
Cheryl Palmquist, Linda Lou Hill,
Terry L. Johnston, Pat Raleigh, Nancy
Moulton, Steve Rognrud, and Emily
Matthiesen will be completing in the pri-mary
for six positions from which three
class of '77 senators will be selected
in the general election.
Wednesday, March 6, there will be a
candidate presentation in chapel. On that
day the candidates for the class of '77
Senate positions will be introduced and
presidential candidates will present
their respective platform statements.
The other Senate posi tions will not
require a primary and candidates will be
selected during the general election.
Running for the Class of '76 are Jean Barker,
Paul Quanrud, Robert Johnson, Dale
Guthrie, and Bruce Dahlman, of whom
three seats are to be filled.
Vying for two positions for the class
of '75 are Jeff Brynildson, Jim Bjork
and Kim Bowen. Filing for the class
of '74 and two seats are Deb Omanson
and Fred Gaalswyk. And finally, filing
for the four senator-at-Iarge positions
are Phil Carlson, Chuck Haaland, Gary
Wright, Tresa Wilbee, and Paul Goddard.
Primary polls will be open from 11 : 15
to 6:00 on March 6, and from 11:15 to
-
4 :30 on March 7. A voting table will be
lo.cated by the p.o. boxes both days,
wIth the exception of 4:40 to 6:00 on the
6th, when it will be located in the area
where the dining center line forms.
All questions concerning election proced
ure can be directed to Tim Martens
(election Board Chairman) p.o. 1013,
to Dan Nelson p.o. 93, or to any of the
other members of the Election Board
Wendell Lepke, Doug Horst, Lynn Peter:
sen, and Paul Van Gorkom.
Editor's note: We urge all students
to examine the issues thoroughly, and
to vote for the candidate best qualified
for each respective position.
This issue:
Editorial - Senate
African relief project
see page three
Professor Olaf Olsen pauses as he describes next fall's
Scandinavian history course.
Olsen tells of sabbatical
trip to Scandinavia
by Janice Johnson
Upon entering the halls of Bethel, a visitor is likely to be
confronted with several immediate impressions - grey walls,
blue jeans, the smell of mountain grown coffee, and the remarkable
representation of the sons and daughters of Gustav.
Appropriately enough, one of the new courses expected to be
offered next fall will be the History of Scandinavia, taught
by Dr. Olaf Olsen of the History Department.
Although most of the library research for the class had
been done last summer, particularly at Augsburg and the U of
M, Dr. Olsen utilized the second half of his 1973 sabbatical to
travel extensively in Scandinavia "in order to get an appreciation
of the people of Scandinavia, their outlook, their spirit."
His goals were thus largely intangible, including a focus on
different areas of life in Norway, Sweden and Denmark such
as industrial production, churches and ministers, education,
social activities and, simply, everyday life. For example, Dr.
Olsen visited Kiruna, a large iron ore center in northern Sweden
which ships ore to all parts of the world through the port of
Narvig, Norway. The Scandinavian iron ore and steel industry
is indeed one of the most influential and wealthy elements of
the northern European economy.
Dr. Olsen also visited various universities, doing some supplementary
library research but generally meeting with faculty
members and students to discuss educational goals and teaching
methodology. Particularly at the Universities of Opsala,
Stockholm, and Lund, Dr. Olsen met with various history professors
and was shown a great deal of cordiality and generosity,
receiving complimentary copies of pUblications dealing with
his own subject area (ie., History of Scandinavia) researched
and written by the professors themselves. One professor at the
two
University of Copenhagen had recently finished a work dealing
with the religious attitudes of the Danes and church-state relations,
and he presented Dr. Olsen with a copy of the complete
two volume work. Dr. Olsen said that he greatly appreciated
the assistance and cordiality of his Scandinavian counterparts
and that he hopes to continue to correspond with
them.
Probably the most effective means of learning about culture
is to live with people in their homes, and so Dr. Olsen's
visits with relatives in Norway were edifying as well as enjoyable.
Even from visiting department stores, said Dr. Olsen, one
can learn much about the people in terms of the consumer
goods they find desirable and their general affluence. Leather
and suede coats, although extremely expensive, are very popular,
stated Dr. Olsen, and are indicative of the great interest
and concern that Scandinavians generally seem to display for
their appearance.
Although quite affluent (Sweden has recently surpassed
the U.S. in per capita income), Scandinavia has prices to compensate
for the general wealth. The going rate for a cup of
coffee was about $.50 to $.70, ranging as high as $.85 in a
Danish train depot, with prices of other items comparably high.
It almost makes one appreciative of the prices in Bethel's coffee
shop and cafeteria. Dr. Olsen, al though assisted by a Bethel
alumni grant, largely financed the trip himself; and since he
has not become overly wealthy while teaching at Bethel, he
generally avoided restaurants and bought his food in grocery
stores.
Due to his extensive travelling throughout Scandinavia,
Dr. Olsen travelled by rail on a three month Urrail pass; and
he stated that some of his best opportunities to meet and talk
with people occurred during his train rides. Dr. Olsen is fluent
in Norwegian and understands most Swedish, although he has
difficulty speaking it. Many Scandinavians are familiar with
English, but particularly in rural areas and when speaking with
older people, his speaking ability was taxed. "I simply did the
best I could," he stated.
Not all of Dr. Olsen's 3% months in Europe were spent
in Scandinavia. For about ten days he continued research in
the British Museum in London begun on another sabbatical
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Letters to the editor should
be sent to the Clarion, P.O. 91 .,
by the Monday preceding publication.
The most
worthy project
Consider the possible starvation of six to ten million human
beings in western sub-Saharan Africa. Can you? Think on
a situation so utterly demoralizing that Dr. Larry Ward, president
of Food For The Hungry, said, "Nothing I have seen in
my years in this kind of work (one form or another of Christian
missions) has been so completely overwhelming as the
present heartbreak in the drought famine areas of West Africa."
Our minds boggle just trying to come to grips with the desperation
of the situation. Yet, there is a faint glimmer of hope.
The Student Senate Mrican Relief Project constitutes
Bethel College's small but critically needed contribution to the
badly deteriorating situation there. Dave Bjork and Dan Leafblad,
coordinators of the project, have carefully weighed the
alternatives of involvement and non-involvement, and have concluded
that though our contribution may be in comparison a
drop in the bucket, it is absolutely necessary. And, according
to Bjork, "we hope that every Bethel student will get involved
in the spirit of this project, each exhibiting concern for something
we can't see, a concern which vaiues people solely because
they are humat:l beings."
To our way of thinking, the Christian faith demands this
sort of sensitive involvement. The first epistle of John, chapter
three, verses 17 and 18, clearly agrees: But if anyone has the
worlds' goods and s~es his brother in need, yet closes his heart
against him, how can God's love abide in him? Little children,
let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth.
Dwell also on Jesus' words: He who has two coats, let him
share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do
likewise. Given our position of comparative abundance, it is
our opinion that we can not afford to let this opportunity slip
by, and still remain honest to all the Christian faith requires.
As Leafblad stated, "Christ emphasized the whole man, recognizing
physical as well as spiritual needs. There is no comparison
between our small sacrifice in helping, and the extent to
which those people are suffering."
Present plans call for a fast on Tuesday, March 12; for a
benefit concert on March 13 featuring Noel Paul Stookey (formerly
of Peter, Paul, and Mary) backed by Phil Kitchen, Mike
Monroe, and Gail and Jay Caress; and for pancake breakfasts
in the Twin Cities conference churches (the details for which
are not yet completely formulated).
Sign-up for the fast will begin Monday, March 4. Students
are encouraged to donate the money or coupons they would
have spent on food for the number of meals they wish to miss
by signing up at the table near the coffee shop. 2,200 tickets
for the Stookey concert go on sale that day also, at $3 a ticket.
Students are encouraged to buy them immediately, as tickets
will be made available to the general public beginning March 6.
Moreover, the breakfasts should also make a very substantial
financial contribution.
Funds raised for this project will be sent to Ward's organization
where they will be used totally for food relief. Food
For The Hungry has promised an actual food return of 40
times the dollar amount we donate, citing extremely low administrative
costs, missionary and national Christian voluntary
distributors, below wholesale buying costs, and donated foods
and shipping as reasons for this. In addition to food distribution,
Food For The Hungry, an interdenominational organization,
functions as an evangelical concern.
In the past four years at Bethel we have not witnessed so
worthy a project. Without doubt it is as dynamic an undertaking
as a Bethel Student Senate has ever attempted. It is the
type of opportunity which every Christian can only thank God
for, a chance to serve, to give of oneself. And, it takes only a
rudimentary knowledge of mathematics to calculate the possible
net dollar value of the food to be supplied. Think of the
impact Bethel could have: literally saving lives! We have long
felt that evangelical Christians ought to be in the forefront of
such vitally important undertakings.
If you want to help in the administration of this facet of
Christian service, please contact Craig Brenneise, chairman of
the Senate Activities Committee, who is working with Bjork
and Leafblad from the administrative end. He will be glad to
give you a place in the project. We hope you will take it.
Christian
Thoughts
Quinion - Cosgrove
Has the Lord called you to full-time Christian service? Is
God beckoning you out into some part of the world? These
are questions we are told to chew on at missionary emphasis
weeks in the church, at camp, at Founders Weeks, because
maybe God has called us. It is a time of mustering inner courage.
We've all done it. We hear a real rip-snorter of a sermon appeal
on the subject and at the close we tighten our fists, suck
in a deep breath, bravely thrust out our chin (very difficult
with your head down), stiffen our upper lip, and resolve, "I
will go wherever You want me to go!" Moments later, still
holding our breath by the P.O.s, we whisper, "If I'm called."
You're called. Every Christian is called by God to full-time
Christian service in some part of the world. Jesus said a man
cannot be His disciple unless he "deny himself and take up his
cross and follow me" (Matt. 16: 24). If we believe it is only a
select group of individuals who are asked to forsake all and
follow Jesus we are in grave error. "He who finds his life will
lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it"
(Matt. 10:39). The cost is great. "If anyone comes to me and
does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children
and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot
be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). This is the life to which God
has called everyone of us.
Too often we assent to the claim of these verses upon us,
yet see them only in terms of morality. That is, we limit cost
of discipleship to not doing certain things we know are wrong.
Painful as this may be it misses the main point. Discipleship
is primarily a matter of "doing." Jesus invariably follows the
"denying," the "counting of cost," the "renouncing" with
verbs like "following," "finding," "building," "discipling."
continued on page four
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Thoughts, continued from page three
There is, then, no longer any "if" conditioning our promise
to "go anywhere and give anything." This very thing is
demanded of us right here on the spot. It isn't optional.
Now let's talk about vocation. As students we must discover
how this cost of discipleship will find its expression in
the jobs to which God has called us. We can only do this as we
understand why there is this cost. It cost God His life to bring
us to life. It costs us our lives to bring His life to others.
It used to disturb me that 2,000 years have lapsed without
Christ's return. I wondered with the scoffers, "Where is the
promise of his coming?" (II Peter 3:4). But where would I be
if He hadn't waited? Peter writes, "The Lord is not slow about
his promise as some count slowness, but is forbearing toward
you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should
reach repentance" (II Peter 3 :9). We live on borrowed time by
the grace of God. The only reason we are still here on earth is
that others might come to know the Lord.
This is the framework into which we must fit our vocations.
We are not on this earth that God may help us in our
own pursuits, but that we may aid Him in His pursuits. Vocations
must never be seen as ends in themselves. Rather, they
should be a means by which Christ pursues those who do not
know Him, as He lives in us. One could not ask for a more
strategic distribution of Christians throughout the work-a-day
world of this country. Christians are everywhere, but the message
has become the burden of the few.
May our various vocations serve as "fronts" for the gospel
of Christ. In one sense of "front," God, hidden in Christ and
living in us, is smuggled behind office doors, into classrooms,
homes, streets, factories, ballparks, even churches. At this juncture
"front" assumes another meaning. It is the point of conflict
between the love of Christ and the world.
Let us not grow weary in our love and devotion to God,
desiring only Him and the realization of His kingdom in the
hearts of those He is bereft of. To want anything more than
God is to want less than Him.
Letters
Healy's mug-a
matter of controversy
Dear Editor:
We agree with David J . Healy that his picture in the last
Clarion did not do justice to his appearance. We strongly protest
the inclusion of this photograph. It was totally unfair and
intolerable! The picture actually made him look quite good.
Critically yours,
Loreen Friesen
Dan Swanson
Photo Editor's note: Nothing more can be said. But, we should
add, the Clarion retouching budget was completely exhausted
by that photo. We try harder.
Student appreciates Olson
Dear Editor:
During the three years I have spent at Bethel, I've come to
appreciate Dean Olson as someone with integrity, whom I can
respect. I've seen in him a desire to please God not men, though
with quiet consideration he has done his best to work things
out to everyone's advantage, but not at the compromise of his
integrity.
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A major reason in my continuing here and one of Bethel's
strengths is its concerned, Christian faculty. A concerned, Christian
dean who does the hiring is prerequisite to such a faculty.
I respect Dean Olson as a person, a Christian, and as an administrator
and I am sorry to see Bethel lose him. I hope the
"search committee" will consider the qualities he brought to
the administration in looking for a replacement.
Sincerely,
Kathy Buxton
Olsen, continued from page two
dealing with church relations with the working men's movement
in early 19th century Britain; and he also visited a niece
in Vienna who, with her husband, is working to establish a
Navigator group designed to minister to the communist countries
of central and eastern Europe.
It was an eventful time for Dr. Olsen, who arrived home
just in time for Christmas. He feels, too, that it was a valuable
time, that the places he saw and the experiences he had have
given him a far greater understanding of Scandinavian culture
and life than he could have obtained from armchair knowledge.
Although preparation for the class is by no means complete,
perhaps the vitality of this experience is the element that can
best serve to bring Scandinavia and its history alive to next
year's students.
"I want to make it as interesting as possible, and not make
it too heavy of a course, since I hope and expect that we will
have a number of non-majors as well as majors who are simply
interested in the area. As historians, we are sometimes tempted
to give a little too much meat, and I hope to provide a little
milk as well," Dr. Olsen said.
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Wayne Pauluk, editor
Bev Reed, associate editor
Child of Sunflowers
Lady, woman, child, girl came
and left today.
Like a saint on a holy tour
she came and left today
Found me here in my basement
in my winter underwear.
I didn't know that she could
see through walls.
But she could, and did.
Sophisticated simple child
of sunshowers and lollipop smiles
came and left today.
Like a fairy stopping to bless a dream
on her way to work
she came and left today
Came by and waved her wand at me
and sprinkled holy water
around the room.
I didn't know that she could bless.
But she could, and did.
Daniel Olson
Commuting
"Late once more!" my wall clock read.
I snatched my pants and leaped from bed.
I dashed about then through the door.
And slipped behind the wheel once more.
So in my normal hurried way
I left again for school today.
Now driving fast can be an art
When eating rolls and cherry tarts.
And I was darting in and out,
While people screamed and cursed about
My driving like an airline flies.
They shook their fists as I passed by!
But still I gave a Christian smile,
Then sped along another mile.
At times I feared I'd never see
Some sign I'd reached my destiny,
But none the less I did arrive
And weaved my way down Bethel Drive.
Stu Jones
Babylon
By stained-glass sunlight I knelt and wept,
remembering your love.
I will not sing your song,
for these self-saved masters ordered me to.
They mocked your name, saying,
"Sing a song to God.
See if he can hear."
How can I sing the Lord's song
in the house of your enemy?
If I forget your truth,
may I lose my arms.
Let me never speak,
if I speak an evil word
against you, 0 Lord.
Remember those in your church,
o Lord,
the disbelieving "servants"
who cried "Destroy the foundations!
Throw out this God."
o son of Babylon, you wasteland,
God will do to you
as you tried to do to him.
He will break you as a stone smashes clay.
Wayne Pauluk
One ...
and another,
Many
Sharing
Gentle gifts of the soul;
Love
Reveals Source and Meaning.
Myriad hues
and creation
Of boundless beauty
Constrain one
To embrace the sky;
Solitude
I n dialogue with the wind
Speaks of Truth.
Awareness
and discovery,
All those willing to feel
and to see
Perceive
Wonders of Love and Beauty
Eloquent confirmation
Of the Divine.
Lynn
,
Upon Getting Caught
in Edgren
at 4:00 a.m.
It was a dark and cloudy night,
We felt unnaturally bold,
Beneath the glow of Hagstrom's light.
We weren't afraid to face their might,
And so, across the yard we strolled,
It was a dark and cloudy night.
Proud Edgren was a noble sight,
It stood there, Bethel's men's stronghold,
Beneath the glow of Hagstrom's light.
In Edgren, women had no right,
But in we went, the hour was cold,
It was a dark and cloudy night.
The Edgren men were up that night,
For information had been told,
Beneath the glow of Hagstrom's light.
They jumped us, gave us quite a fright,
And thrust us back into the cold.
It was a dark and cloudy night,
Beneath the glow of Hagstrom's light.
by Barb Bennett
Autumn Midnight
Dark smells of rotting leaves
Probe the closeness of fog,
Find me in their midst
Breath ing you.
Larry W. Jacobs
Surges of Urges
surges of urges never convulsed
smother in warmth, you do
Toavs
smatter of doubt - rebel of Love -
tends me away (from you)
John 8:51- 59
If I should glorify myself
I am a wasted fool
If I should justify my life
I am a wretched man
I should have no real glory
I am merely a feeble man
I should have no great honor
I am simply a child of God
It is the Father who glorifies us
We are H is pride and joy
It is the Father who proclaims to us
We are part of I AM
Perry J. Hubbard
Beside a virgin flower
Beside a virgin flower I knelt at dawn
In your garden; I watched her dew chilled petals
Open beneath your warm and steady gaze,
And breathed the lovely fragrance there distilled.
Opaque window by some hermit spider wov'n
Tangles the foliage of your midday garden.
Leaves decaying, summer's close breath mingle
Oppressive; truth embalms with scent like cedar.
Into your twilight courtyard slipping silent
I raise my slender taper, unused cold
To your offspring, icy blue flame of the night
Lighting evening's candles. Burn peaceful incense.
Purified, Esther awaits your summoning
Wandering through your garden, castle of the night.
Luminescent green boughs above her head
She draws together to arch the darkness;
Minstrel queen, I ighting stars I ike silver pinprick
Notes on the staff of silver-branched treetops
Traces of a celestial melody.
Black river, fast flowing, bounds your kingdom
Freezing to curling sculpture where she dips her pen.
She seeks her lord's audience; bestow favor
On the kindred of her mind and of your night.
Tall fir, scepter-I ike trembles just perceptibly.
J. Lovaas
Debate
now defunct"
by Bill Trollinger
One of the great mysteries of this school
year is where the Bethel debate team has
dsappeared to. It seems there was one at
the beginning of the year ... or was there?
Didn't we have a teacher with the title
of Debate Coach, or was that imagined
also?
Well, fans, Bethel College did have a
debate team, but, as in Dr. Rainbow's
words, "It is now defunct." Why? As Bethel
grows, both in numbers and in quality,
why was an academic outreach such
as debate dropped?
The Bethel debate team began the year
in an atmosphere of hope. Tom Addington
and Bob Moeller were recruited by
James Mason of the Speech Department
(currently on sabbatical) to set the foundation
of a strong debate team for the
years to come. Moeller related, "We knew
Bethel's debate team had been a disaster,
but we were told Bethel would make a full
concerted effort to establish a strong
debate program."
From here the debate team went completely
downhill. Duane Stanley was hired
as debate coach, but only in a part-time
capacity. No assistants were provided, resources
were minimal, and to cap things
off, debaters began to quit the program.
Soon, only Tom and Bob remained. An
analogy can be made to a basketball team:
imagine a team that had five players, no
equipment, and a coach that showed up
only for games. This was the Bethel debate
team.
At the beginning of the season, Bethel
was equal to its opponents. But as the
season wore on, the lack of true school
support became increasingly apparent, and
the debate team slipped farther and farther
behind. "The frustration became unbearable
- it is disappointing to lose not
on talent, but on resources," Moeller commented.
The debaters finally appealed to the
administration for help. They were given
oral promises of assistance from administrators,
but nothing developed. A meeting
with President Lundquist was in the
offing, but this, too, never materialized.
Addington and Moeller thus had no choice
but to resign from the team. This is the
current status of the Bethel debate team.
Is there a future for debate at Bethel?
In an interview with Dr. Rainbow, next
year's Speech Department head, he said,
"I'd really like to see a strong debate program
here, but we need a full-time debate
coach." This is not to knock Stanley -
debate coach is too demanding a job to
be run in a part-time capacity.
Negotiations are supposedly in progress
concerning the status of the debate team.
At this time, all signs point to the eventual
elimination of debate from Bethel.
This would be tragic - debate is one of
the few extra-curricular activities connected
with the academic side of a college.
How can Bethel claim to be progressing
academically and eliminate debate?
The onus of responsibility is upon the
administration. The hiring of a full-time
debate coach and a providing of resources
could revive the now dormant, and dying,
fortunes of debate at Bethel. The time to
save debate at Bethel is now.
Students can
get tax refund
by Raymond Stockwell
Every student, by now must know the
importance of signing his name to the
little notebook on the sales counter in
the bookstore when buying textbooks.
What many students might not realize
is that the Bethel Bookstore has taken
it upon itself to make this an opportunity
for a tax refund.
According to a law passed by the
Minnesota legislature, textbooks required
for a course shall not be taxed, effective
early in January 1974. Due to poor
communication Bethel received no notice
of this bill until near the end of January,
and so taxed textbooks for Interim
classes. Now it is prepared to give a tax
return to any student who purchased required
textbooks for Interim courses.
Starting March 1 and ending March 15
any student who will bring a list of the
following to the bookstore will receive
a tax refund: student's name, P.O. number,
course name, and instructor's name. If a
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student bought all the required books
for the course he should state that on the
list. If he bought only part of the required
books on the list he should state
which ones he bought.
When you have completed the list take
it to either Mr. Bergerud or the bookstore
secretary, Mrs. Wanda Nelson. Do
not under any circumstances bring the
books with you.
You should recieve a cash refund by
the end of the month.
Bethelites
evangelize
by phone
by Janet Rutzen
Tel-evangelism has come to Bethel.
What is it? It is a way to lead people to
Christ via the telephone line. It came to
Bethel through the efforts of Dr. Harley's
Interim class "Communicating Our Faith
in Christ."
About forty Bethel students are involved
in manning a telephone line about
100 hours a week. Someone is always
there from twelve to twelve weekdays and
longer on weekends.
Youth groups distribute cards bearing
the phone number at places such as roller
rinks and shopping centers. "These cards
perform a dual ministry," said Pat Repp,
a student organizer. "The person passing
them out can witness to the prospective
caller, or the person getting the card can
call later if he wants to know more. "
A caller first hears a tape recorded message
which gives a gospel presentation and
a second number to call if he has more
questions. Then someone on Bethel's end
of the line will answer and try to lead the
caller to Christ.
Most callers are young teenagers.
"But," said Pat, "the age of the caller usually
depends on where the cards have
been given out."
People are needed to work in every
phase of the ministry according to Pat.
"We really need kids to do follow-up work
especially. Tel-evangelism wins a lot of
people but the follow-up is poor. This is
as important as the evangelism itself."
Most of the staff works on the phone.
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Academic calendar
Hamline University
Robert Jay Lifton, Yale University
professor of psychiatry and author, will
be the first in a series of speakers brought
to the campus this spring by the Hamline
University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
On Monday, March 4 at 8 p.m. Lifton
will speak on the topic "Vietnam and
Watergate - A Problem of Survival" in a
seminar free and open to the public in the
Ballroom of the Student Center on the
Hamline campus, at the intersection of
North Snelling and Hewitt Avenues.
Lifton has written a number of books
including Death in Life: Survivors of
Hiroshima for which he received the
National Book Award in 1969.
College of St. Catherine.
Thurs., March 7; Film: "Marian Anderson
in Concert," part of Afro-American
Film Festival '74; O'Shaunnessy Library
Auditorium, 10:25 a.m., no charge.
Macalester College
Wed., March 6; Discussion: "B.F. Skinner's
'Beyond Freedom and Dignity',"
led by Chuck Green, Pol. Sci. Dept. and
Walter Mink and Gerald Weiss, Psych.
Dept.; Faculty Lounge, 8 p.m., no charge.
Janice Johnson
Convo preview
Coming to chapel this Tuesday and
Wednesday, March 5 and 6, will be Dr.
Gary Collins, a Christian psychologist.
His topic will involve relating modern
psychology to Christianity.
Dr. Collins is head of the Department
of Pastoral Counseling at Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School in Evanston, Illinois.
He obtained his Ph.D. in psychology from
Purdue University, after which he attended
Western Baptist Seminary to help him
achieve a theological perspective.
His vocational goal,' like the topic of
his convocation speeches, is to relate
modern psychology to Christianity in
order that he might develop a working
system of Christian counseling.
Dr. Collins was on the Bethel College
faculty in the office of Associate Professor
of Psychology for four years. Commenting
on Dr. Collins' effect on Bethel,
Dr. Webster Muck said, "Gary made a
good impact on the Bethel community.
"As a Christian counselor, Gary is in
the mainstream of modern psychological
thought. Using an eclectic approach, he
tries to find the truth in the various
systems of psychology, and measures
them in the light of the Bible."
It promises to be a good chapel.
Bob Winter
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Chapel prognostications
Anybody reading this column in the
past couple weeks has probably noticed
that not everything we said would happen
has happened. Let it be understood
that we do not intend to boast in our
ignorance, but say with James, "If the
Lord wills, we shall live and we shall do
this or that." Hence, the temporary title.
Monday (March 4) - Department Chap-els:
Last year it was found that there
were some advantages to meeting in
the informal atmosphere of the library
and AC lounge. Today we would like
to recapture some of these by meeting
in the context of our major departments.
The locations have been announced
and will be posted. Let's all
work together to make this a very
meaningful experience.
Tuesday - Convocation: Gary Collins
Wednesday - Student Association Candidate
Speeches
Thursday - Dr. Al Glenn, Professor of
Theology, begins a two day series on
anything he happens to feel like saying.
Come, it should be interesting.
Today: "Purple Hair Ribbons" from
Psalm I.
Friday - Dr. AI Glenn, "Failure?" from
Philippians 3:12-14. College Choir,
Paul Jorgenson directing.
Paul Goddard
Entertainment suggestions
Drama-
Feb. 15 to March 24 - "Sweet Charity"
at Chimera Theatre, St. Paul
Arts and Science Center; weekends
(Thursday through Saturday)
at 8 p.m., 7 p.m. Sundays; tickets
$3.50 adults, $2.50 students.
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March - Recent acquisitions by the
permanent collection of art, A. G.
Bush Student Center Gallery, Hamline
University.
February 25 - March 13 - David
Johnson drawings, paintings, and
prints, Bethel Art Gallery, 2nd
level, fine arts center.
Music -
March 2 - Augsburg Choir at Melby
Hall, Augsburg College, 2 p.m.
March 1-2 - Opera Workshop, Scott
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by Tim Martens
Question: What are the little flashing
lights located around the building and
the different colored tacks that are in
the ceiling? - R. J., sophomore
Answer: The blinking lights indicate if
the ventilation system is in operation.
(A flashing light means that it is.) A
state law requires this precaution. The
colored tacks are a code system for the
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Rutzen, continued from page eight
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Director of Alumni
Affairs, John Carlson,
to leave for pastorate
by Steve Harris
The winter of 1974 is proving to be a time of change
at Bethel College. Not only has Dr. Virgil Olson announced his
resignation as dean of the College, but the Director of Alumni
Affairs, John W. Carlson, will be leaving that post in March,
after serving there for the past four years.
As the Director of Alumni Affairs, Carlson headed the
organization which is the primary link between Bethel and its
many former students now situated allover the globe. Carlson
estimates that over 10,000 people are reached by the alumni
mailing list.
A graduate of both the College and Seminary, he has been
associated with Bethel for over 16 years. After graduation from
the Seminary in 1967, he held a pastorate in southern Minnessota
for two years Defore coming back to the campus to head
up the alumni program. He leaves to accept the pastorate of
Grace Baptist Church in Riverside, California.
What impressions of Bethel is Carlson left with after seeing
it from both a student's and an administrator's perspective?
"I come away from this place," he said, " with even
stronger feelings about it, about its place in society, and about
its importance. Its been a great experience. Also Minnesota has
been my home all my life, so from a personal standpoint, it's
hard to leave. "
A successor to Carlson has not yet been named. A list
of candidates is now being processed. Students aware of potential
candidates qualified for this full-time position should contact
either Harold Christianson or the Alumni Office.
Lady Royals win two
by Dave Greener
The lady Royals were twice victorious last week, defeating
Carleton, 45-36, and downing Northwestern (St. Paul), 56-30,
in womens' basketball.
The wins advanced Bethel's season tally to 5-2, not counting
the season's closing contests played Monday and last night.
Marilynn Luce's 16 points paced her teammates in the Royals'
February 18 defeat of visiting Carleton. Chris Kimball and
Kathy Head also fired in double figures, respectively netting
13 and 10 points.
The Royals owned a four-point first quarter advantage, but
the score' was tied, 21-21 at the end of the half. Bethel's lead
was but one point at the close of the third quarter.
The Royals found the going somewhat easier when they
battled their Northwestern neighbors in another home game
February 19. Marilynn Luce led the Royal fireworks in the 56-
30 win, contributing 16 tallies as she had the night before.
Lynn Dreesen and Chris Kimball popped in 12 apiece.
Also included in the Royal scoring was a "bomb ", tossed
and sunk by Kathy Head (9 points) from just behind the midcourt
line, at the first half's close. Bethel's half-time lead was
23-15.
The women's "B" team split its contests last week, losing
to Carleton, 25-17, and defeating Northwestern, 24-17. Kathy
Olson led her teammates in both games, threading 11 points
against Carleton and netting 14 against Northwestern.
The week's action left the uB" squad with a 1-3 record.
Like the varsity, the team was scheduled for its final games
this week.
The cheerleading squad, Bethel's ever present fans, cheer at
last week's Tri-state wrestling meet.
Royals end season
with 14-11 record
by Curtis Kregness
The Bethel basketball team closed out its season last week
with three victories and an overall record of 14 wins and 11
losses.
The Royals slipped past Hamline University February 18
in a seesaw contest that could have gone either way, but ended
in a 61 to 54 victory for Bethel. Paul Reasoner, Bethel's 5'7"
guard, commented on that game, saying that the Royals played
"a poor first half, but probably the best second half we've
played all season."
Bethel tr~veled to Chicago last weekend for its final two
contests of the season. Bad weather delayed the Royals Friday
night at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, and their game with Trinity
College started an hour late as a result. That state of affairs
seemed to start Bethel out on the wrong foot, and Trinity led
24 to 19 at the half. However, the Royals exploded in the
second half for 48 points, leaving Trinity behind at the end,
67 to 48, amid the cheers of many Bethelites who had traveled
to Chicago for the weekend.
The Royals' bout with North Park College (a National
Collegiate Athletic Association school) Saturday proved to be
the grand finale of the season. Paul Healy played an exceptional
game as he scored 30 points, 18 in the first half. Despite a
nine-point lead for Bethel at the half, N\orth Park whittled away
until it had evened the score at 75 p\<>ints, forcing the game
into overtime. The Royals responded by jumping to a quick
three-point advantage, but again North Park came back to hold
a one-point margin with 11 seconds remaining.
Bethel called time-out to plan its strategy, and decided
on a play known as "the bomb." As John Priestly took the
pass out of bounds under North Park's basket, Paul Healy picked
off the man guarding Steve Scroggins. Scroggins then streaked
downcourt and arrived at the basket about the same time as a
long "bomb" from Priestly. Scroggins' layup ended the season
on a victorious note for the Royals, as the final score showed
Bethel 83, North Park 82.
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Sports
Mentioning
Merritt
by John Merritt
Westmar, Northwestern, Bethel, Yankton, Concordiathat's
how things stacked up last Saturday. There is not much
more that one can say but that Bethel was out-wrestled by
two stronger teams. Again this year, Westmar displayed the
caliber of performance that one would expect from a championship
team. I have much respect for this gifted and wellbalanced
group of athletes.
Ever since I can remember, Northwestern has been the
"thorn in the flesh" of Bethel. Even this year when many felt
confident that Bethel would overcome the Raiders, Northwestern
met the challenge, continuing to irritate the weaknesses of
the Royal line. Some Bethelites still feel that Bethel could have
won on another given day, but that is a hard argument to follow
after history was made Saturday.
It is true that Bethel had some tough breaks: Bill Lott
sprained his ankle before the meet which may have been a factor
in his performance, Jeff Zitzloff out-wrestled his man until
the later seconds of the match when he seemed to run out of
steam, Dave Peterson lost a close one, but those are factors
which decide the outcome of a contest.
I feel that Fred Witzgall deserves some recognition following
another outstanding season in his junior year of wrestling.
Fred was defending a 19-1 over-all record going into his match
against Stan Peterson of Westmar, who, in Fred's words, "simply
out-muscled me." To out-muscle Fred, you must be a
pretty strong customer. Fred feels that Stan will place in the
nationals.
On behalf of the team, Fred thanked the Bethel fans for
support this season. "We can give much credit to fan support
for our fine 6-2 dual home match record this year. It makes it
so much easier to perform your best when people are yelling
for you," commented Fred.
Fred, Dave, Hanks, and Jerry Flasch have a good chance
of making it to the nationals this year. An athlete is chosen by
the record that he has compiled over the season. This is quite
an honor, and Fred requested that we pray for each one as
they perform. The nationals will be held in River Falls two
weeks from tomorrow.
Wrestlers take third
in conference meet
by Tim Benhardus
The Westmar Eagles captured their eleventh straight TriState
Conference wrestling title by compiling 164% pts. It was
a very disappointing afternoon for Royal fans as none of Bethel's
grapplers finished first in his weight division. Westmar took
eight weight division championships with Northwestern picking
up the other two.
Placing for the Royals were Fred Ogamachi (118) 3rd,
Dave Peterson (134) 3rd, Bill Lott (150) 3rd, Jeff Zitzloff
(158) 3rd, Fred Witzgall (167) 2nd, Dave Hanks (177) 2nd,
and Jerry Flasch (HWT) 2nd.
It was the semi-final round that really hurt the Royals'
chances of even a second place finish in conference. Dave Peterson
and Bill Lott both lost one point decisions that kept them
out of championship contention. Bethel advanced three wrest-ten
lers to the finals only to see three strong opponents turn
back their valiant efforts. Fred Witzgall, who still holds the
best record of any wrestler in the conference, wrestled well
against a familiar opponent, Stan Peterson, of Westmar. Fred
beat Stan 5 - 3 last year in the final fifteen seconds of the
match to win conference. This year it was Fred who came out
on the short end of a 6 - 2 score. Dave Hanks wrestled Northwestern's
defending champion Dan Moser and also lost in an
exciting match that brought Moser the most valuable wrestler
award. Jerry Flasch was the Royals' last hope of a conference
champ but the odds were all in Westmar's favor as Paul Gorrell,
the colorful Eagle heavyweight, squelched any Royal hopes.
Bethel has had an exciting year as they compiled a 9 - 9
record and have outscored their opponents 432 - 403. Best
wishes go with the Royals who will go on to nationals in River
Falls, Wisconsin.
WESTMAR
NOR THWESTERN
BETHEL
CONCORDIA
YANKTON
174% pts.
114% pts.
98% pts.
37 pts.
35% pts.
Senior Dave Hanks ponders Royal pligh t
at last week's Tri-state meet.
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