Clarion 1970-10-09 Vol 46 No 04

              Bethel College, St. Pa Fr iday, October 9, 1970
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New Interim courses announced
by Sam Griffith
Interim '71 is getting closer and high school Spanish. The enroll-closer.
Hopefully you have all read ment limit is fifteen and the in-the
Interim '71 brochure. Registra- structor will be Leon Narvaez.
tion for Interim will be taking The Philosophy department is
place in the very near future. Per- adding a course concerned with
haps you haven't made your mind the apologetics of Francis Schaef-up
yet or you're not quite sure of fer. The course will be a consider-which
course to take. Perhaps this ation of the thought of Francis
article can help by explaining Schaeffer and its relevance to his-some
new courses which will be toric Christianity in the twentieth
offered and also telling you a little century. The prerequisite for the
bit about Symposium '71. course is the permission of the
The Art Department will be of- philosophy deparment. The en-fering
a new course called Stone rollment limit is fifteen and the in-
Lithography Seminar. It will be a structor will be from the Philoso-course
for art majors with a spe- phy department.
cial interest in printmaking. It will The Speech Department will be
give the students studio experi- offering a course that was offered
ence in the techniques of drawing last year. The course is the Rhet-and
printing a lithograph.. Each oric of Racial Revolt. It will be
student will have to produce at concerned with historical and con-least
one edition. The prerequisites temporary black issues using
are basic drawing, 122, and print- black rhetoric as the source ma-making
260; or permission of Mr. terial. Through discussions and
George Robinson. The enrollment lectures an attempt will be made
limit is twelve and the instructor to arrive at an objective evaluation
will be Mr. Gerald E. Martin. of the rhetoric of such men as
The Spanish department will Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown,
sponsor a course entitled Latino- Eldridge Cleaver, Rev. Jesse Jack-
America en Transition. This will son, and other contemporary black
involve daily lectures on the con- rhetoricians. The schedule will in-temporary
scene in Latin America, elude regular meetings in the ev-with
particular attention to Cuba, ening. There are no prerequisites.
Puerto Rico and Mexico. In the The enrollment limit is twenty and
evenings there will be discussions the instructor will be David Whit-in
the homes of Spanish-Americans ney.
who are living in the Twin Cities. The Anthropology Department
There will also be some participa- will be offering a course in Deali-tion
in Spanish church services. enization, built around a 14-day ad-
The prerequisites are one year of venture in Guadalajara, Mexico.
college Spanish or two years of continued on page 2
Homecoming events mix
theseriousandentertaining
by Joey Healy
Homecoming necessarily means which is Friday morning, there will
different things to different peo- be a special speaker, Henry C.
ple. For some, it's simply the both- Wingblade, Alumnus of the Year.
er of throwing ballots in the waste- In the evening, Guerrilla Theater
basket. For others, it may seem to performances will be at 7 and 9.
be a waste of time and energy— A pepfest, with a sky dive to the
and of space in the Clarion. Or, middle of the campus, is scheduled
perhaps a weekend to be good for 9 a.m. Saturday. A full schedule
while Mom and Dad are in the vi- of athletic events will follow.
cinity. At 10 a.m. the soccer team will
It can mean one of the busiest play the University of Minnesota.
weeks of your entire year. Or it It's Cross Country against Hamline
may be just another week of the at 11 and at 1:30 p.m. the Royals
semester—the usual grind. take on the football team from
So where does Homecoming '70 Eureka, Illinois.
fit into all this? Hopefully, this The Homecoming Smorgasboard
year we'll take the time to enjoy is at 4:45 with an informal alumni
life. How? By supporting Bethel's dinner at 6.
athletic teams, sitting down and A Folk Art program will be pre-talking
in the coffee shop, and sented in the field house on Sat-maybe
even reflecting on personal urday evening at 8.
Christian commitment—there are As Tom Molin, Chairman of
many other ways too. This need not Homecoming '70 points out, "We
be "just another week."
have tried to mix the serious with
October 15-17 should be an ex- the entertaining events. The Guer-citing
weekend, with something to rilla Theater, for example, should
interest everyone. On Thursday, provoke some thinking on the part
the coronation will take place in of students and alumni.
the Seminary Complex at Arden "We're excited about Homecom-
Hills at 7 in the evening. The re- ing '70. However, a success is only
ception and bonfire are at 7:45. measured by the student response."
In the Homecoming Chapel, Hey! Let's pray for sunshine!
Bethel receives additional funds,
windfall of applications for loans
by Carroll L. Jarp seventy applications for these
James Bragg, Director of Admis-sions
and Financial Aid, his office
Loans this summer totaling $52,000.
al Defense Loans are helping ease
the financial strain for some Beth-had
been operating on a prelimin-ary
allocation of National Defense
el students this year. According to
An additional $23,000 in Nation-remains
$2,000-$3,000 for students
"Parents' Confidential Statement"
funds. Only those students who had
a "Parents' Confidential State-were
judged to be in financial need
were awarded this money.
already on file. This money must
ment" on file with Bethel and who
wishing to apply and having a
According to Bragg there still
Just recently, however, word be spent by the end of October or
was received that the final alloca- it will bet subtracted from next
tion amounted to $75,000, thus, year's allocation.
providing an additional $23,000 for
National Defense Loans must be
needy students. approved by both Congress and the
Notice of the additional funds President and are allocated to re-in
Bethel's Daily Calendar resulted questing institutions through the
in an immediate windfall of over Higher Education Opportunity Act.
Crisis Colony ...26th St. and Columbus Ave. in Model
Cities area.
Intercollegiate Crisis Colony
makes the city its classroom
by Betty Creighton
Can you imagine being a senior quency, and urban-political sys-tems.
Although she must do all
the reading, she will have fewer
papers to permit time for the prac-tical
aspect of her program, and
evaluation of her work will be
done through interviews with her
professors. She will also keep a
weekly log of activities, impres-sions,
and feelings.
"Although this is just a special
program for me that will cause me
to graduate a semester late in my
dramatics major, I feel the en-counter
with other college students
is a most important aspect; it's
almost like new blood when one's
character, mind, and personal in-terests
are broadened," said Faye.
"Instead of staying settled with
old friends, I've had to start all
over—like a freshman. l'his life
style shows what control Christ
does have in one's life, because
you can't fake it by smiling and
doing your 'good deed for the
day'."
Faye also especially likes the
idea of working with urbaniza-tion
and meeting key people in
the Twin Cities area, her home.
Living in the experimental area
of rehabilitation near the inner
city, she and the other students
will vote there and will deal with
improvement of housing, recrea-tion,
law enforcement, education,
and social service in that area.
"I feel I am now discovering
the challenge," said Faye. "While
claiming no victory in this area
of Christ-control, the challenge is
in allowing Him to take more and
more control in this life-style .. .
Just in any life-style."
Steve, Patty, Rosey,Faye, Sue and 'Howie' eating and relating.
in college, but starting all over—
like a freshman? This is what
Faye Kulbitski, Bethel senior ma-joring
in dramatics, has done in
plunging into her new life-style
at Crisis Colony in S.E. Minne-apolis.
She is receiving 13 credits
for the experiment in living with
16 other college students from
several area colleges.
In the house, the students live
as a family. Individuals are re-sponsbile
for their own breakfast,
a committee of two is responsible
for lunch, two are appointed per
day to do dishes, and they all
clean the whole house "when the
spirit leads." Presently, they are
painting the house as part of the
federal governments experimental
rehabilitation program in the S.E.
Minneapolis area.
Each morning the students at-tend
class from 10-12 noon, where
they hear key speakers from the
political and social movements in
Minneapolis, especially from the
experimental inner city area. The
students' afternoons must be
spent in volunteer work; Faye will
be working with children from 6-17
years old at a home sponsored by
Volunteers of America. Her re-sponsibilities
range from cooking
for the younger children to head-ing
up a crafts program for the
older ones, and generally just talk-ing
with and loving the kids.
Working through the sociology
and political science departments
of Bethel college, Faye will re-ceive
her required classroom work
in urbanization, crime and delin-
page 2 the CLARION Friday, October 9, 1970
Editor explains role of Clarion
by Pat Faxon
This is my third semester as Clarion editor and most of the time I
feel pretty talked out. One year of shouting from a soap box is quite
enough.
There is one thing yet that I'd like to do before I leave this position,
and that is to imprint clearly into the minds of you, my fellow students,
just exactly what a campus newspaper is and what role it should play
in the campus community. No doubt this question has been in your minds.
Let me try to explain what I feel the role of the Clarion is in the Bethel
community.
First of all, if you think about it, a community, like an individual,
can be considered a unit of human personality. Therefore many of the
maxims applied to the behavior and functioning of one individual can
be applied to the community. The one that comes most prominently to
my mind in conjunction with a campus newspaper is one in the field
of psychology concerning self-expression and growth. It states that be-fore
one can grow from one point to another in his personality devel-opment,
he must be able to "be" or express his existence.
One of the most common ways people do this is by talking—have
you ever been really hassled by something and you finally find someone
who'll listen and you begin pouring out your troubles. Before you're
finished it's all clear in your mind—that's sort of the way this theory
works.
A campus newspaper is one of an academic community's form of
verbal expressions. It's a very necessary part of the community's growth.
Through a paper, the community can talk and discuss out its problems,
and proudly express its assets, communicate its ideas and get to know
itself.
The absence, stifling of or refusal to use a campus newspaper would
be similar to the absence of verbal self-expression in an individual. The
personality is soon distorted, loses contact with reality and dies. The
personality and being of a community are comparable. For this reason
an independent unstifled campus newspaper is important. It is this role
in which I see the Clarion.
The last issue of the Clarion touched a couple of tender spots in our
community personality. As I began reading the letters to the editor that
are coming in, I was astounded at their quality and the evidence of deep
thoughtful concern. The contrast from last year's letters shouts of a ma-turing
personality.
We hope that you in the Bethel community will continue to use the
Clarion as you have in the past—as a channel through which you express
your opinions, as a format for issue discussion.
We also hope that we as a Clarion staff can continue to serve you
by keeping you informed and stimulating your thoughts, and that you
will show us how we can serve you better. Students, thank you for your
support in the past year. You have made the Clarion what it is.
Symposium seeks to awaken
continued from page 1 selves, the others in their small
Every afternoon the student will group and the city in which they
adventure alone into the commun- live. The goal of Symposium will
ity to carry out certain tasks for be to bring the students to an
which his mornings will prepare awareness of the crucial situation
him. These experiences will then faced by the modern day city. Stu-be
reviewed and analyzed each ev- dent guides will use field trips,
ening in a group session. Students readings, speakers, and films to
will live alone or in pairs in Latin bring the problems to the students.
homes, take one or two meals Then through the process of group
there, and avoid contacts with each discussions the students them-other
or North Americans except selves will analyze what they have
on specified and pre-arranged oc- seen and heard and try to formu-casions.
See Dr. Larson for details. late their own thoughts. It is hoped
Enrollment limited to 15. that the students will keep a jour-
Urban Crisis is the theme of nal in which they will record their
Symposium 71. The student-plan- reactions to what they are being
ned and student-led course will exposed to in Symposium. It is
consider the many problems faced sure to be a different kind of
by the urban community. Areas of learning experience. There are no
concentration will include such prerequisites and no enrollment
general topics as population, pollu- limit.
tion, law enforcement, race rela- If you have any questions about
tions, and the drug problem. The these courses, be sure and contact
Symposium student will choose the department which is sponsor-three
of the general topics and then ing the courses. Also if anyone is
will study each one for a week. interested in working as a student
Students will be divided into small guide for Symposium please see
groups and each group will be led Association President Elden El-by
a student leader who will di- seth. The upperclassmen remember
rect the action and discussion of Interim from last year and all I
the group. can say is that things look bigger
The purpose of Symposium is for and better and more exciting for
the students to learn about them- this year. See you in January.
the CLARION nation periods, by the students of Bethel
Published weekly during the academic College, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-year,
except during vacation and exami- scription rate $4 per year.
Editor in chief Pat Faxon
Copy Editor Marge Rusche
Production Editor Jack Priggen
Sports Editor Rich Zaderaka
Photo Editor Bob Miko
Photographer Jim Amelsberg
Reporters Dave Healy, Wendell Whalin, Joey Healy,
Bill Ankerberg, Cindy Rostollan, Dave Greener,
Marge Anderson, Rick Johnson, Cris Pincombe,
John Larson, Sam Griffith, Sharon Watson
Business Manager Dave Waite
Editorial Board Pat Faxon, Sam Griffith, Dave Healy
Bob Miko, John Moore, Jack Priggen, Marjorie Rusche
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not necessarily reflect the position of
the college or seminary.
Earl Craig
Rusche explains
her editorial
by Marjorie M. Rusche
I hope that those of you who
read my editorial last week on
"Christian Life Style" will look be-yond
the stylistic errors I made to
evaluate my viewpoint on life
style.
In retrospect, in reacting against
the administration's negativism
concerning life style, I fell into
their trap and became negativistic
myself. I appreciate the people
who have taken me to task private-ly
and publicly for this; particular-ly
those letters to the editor pub-lished
in this issue which were
written by Pat Tyberg, Tom Billig-meier,
John Lundgren, and Dr.
Dalton.
I have no deep-seated desire to
polarize or antagonize the Bethel
community, as a few people on this
campus unfortunately seem to feel.
There are friends and faculty here
that I love dearly, there is a Spirit
of God here that gives nourishment
and needs stimulating and encour-agement.
However, there are also attitudes,
emotions, ideas, and situations at
Bethel which are contrary to my
and many students' conception of
what a Christian life style is. We,
as a campus, need to discuss and
act on what a Christian life is, and
what it involves as far as our aca-demic
life, social life, and future
plans are concerned. Let's be hon-est
in facing our problems and
working out our solutions.
Thanks for listening one more
time.
Coming election will fill
senate openings.
2 for Class of '71
1 for Class of '72
1 for Class of '73
5 for Class of '74
4 senators at large
Declarations (available in
the senate office) are due
Monday October 12. Pet-itions
will be issued Tues-day
October 13 and are
due Monday October 19.
ebapel Prttet
Pastor Maurice Lawson
The Fishers of Men, a male quar-tet
from Sweden, will give a con-cert
on Monday morning in the
contemporary manner. On Tuesday
we will hear the first full report
of the student missionaries, with
pictures. Wednesday Pastor Law-son
will give a portrait of Jesus
with Becky Severson of St. Cloud,
young folk singer, bringing the mu-sical
numbers. Dr. James Hollo-way,
professor of Rhetoric at the
University of Minnesota and for-mer
pastor of Zion Baptist Church
of Minneapolis, will preach on
Thursday. Friday is Homecoming
Chapel with the presentation of
the Queen and a message by Beth-el's
former president, Henry C.
Wingblade.
Clarion reporter questions Craig,
a politician with rough edges
by Jack Priggen
In an exclusive Clarion interview this reporter went to the home of
ex-Senatorial candidate Earl Craig for a one hour interview. Mr. Craig
does not fit the mold of the average stereotyped politician, he is straight
forward and overwhelmingly honest. Running against ex-Vice President
Hubert Humphrey, Craig received approximately 20% of the ballots
cast in the September 15th primary. The following are his post-election
Interviewer: Many people look at you not as a stereotyped politician,
but as a different type of politician who ran against Humphrey, not to
win, but to show that Humphrey does not have absolute control of the
Democratic party in Minnesota and that there are vastly opposing views
within his party. What kind of impact do you feel that you had on the
Humphrey campaign and on the Democratic party in this respect?
Craig: We had the Humphrey people worried, and this is reflected in the
fact that this past primary had the largest turnout in the states history
without a major battle. Also, the voting took place on a rainy day. I
also feel that we made an impact by my being black and possessing the
views which I possess. We demonstrated the possibility of such a contest
happening again.
Interviewer: Are you satisfied with the results of the primary election?
Craig: Yes, I would have liked more votes of course, but it was about
what I predicted. With a campaign of only slightly over two months I'm
very pleased.
Interviewer: Even though you were defeated many people still support
the platform upon which you ran. What role could these people, particul-arly
students, take in politics that would most effectively further their
views and yours?
Craig: These are old answers but I would say just to organize with others
of the same view to try to have some direct impact.
Interviewer: What is your future political role?.
Craig: Right now I have no plans to run again. I plan to continue to
speak out on issues, and try to be an effective force within the party.
Interviewer: If Humphrey is elected, what would be your advice to him
as a senator?
Craig: I would say just not to get too hung up on being Presdient, and
realize that what we need is not reform of the senority system but elimin-ation
of it.
Interviewer: Do you support changes in higher education?
Craig: Yes, I would say the concept of student participation in decision
making needs to be reviewed. The student needs to be given more power
in deciding what he wants to learn and what he can learn and how fast.
We need to experiment with different ways of teaching, and grading (on
an individual basis).
Interviewer: Do you feel that God has a role in solving any of today's
problems? Does he have a place in politics? What is it?
Craig: I feel God plays a role only in the degree of substance he provides
for the individual. The relationship in world politics is man to man; there-fore,
I feel that if God is to play a part it would be in providing needs to
individuals. It is hard to love God, because he makes demands on the
individual far beyond what the individual is willing to give . . . man must
get right down into the 'crud' of the world. Many are not willing to do
this.
Interviewer: Concerning some of the aspects and problems of the Twin
Cities. When I suggest a word, would you elaborate on what you feel is
the condition of each in the Twin Cities. The first one is education.
Craig: One problem is finance. The other main problem as I see it is
that education (excluding colleges and Universities) is stifling and de-structive.
There is little concern for the individual, going to high school
is like going to prison. Our goal should not be to mold the student to our
goals; it should be to facilitate development as the student would
like to be developed.
Interviewer: Law Enforcement.
Craig: We not only need to improve pay and training, we need to improve
relations. The cop needs to be able to relate, to understand, and to be
understood by the citizen.
Interviewer: Quality of life.
Craig: I've lived in the Twin Cities for nine years and I enjoy it, I would
rather stay here than to move to any other place I've been. The area has
the cultural activities I like and the physical environment is in fairly
good shape. The population density on the whole is not bad compared
wtih other metropolitan areas.
Interviewer: Model Cities Program.
Craig: It's got some problems in Minneapolis, but it is doing fairly well;
it's a good program.
Interviewer: Problems of the Negro.
Craig: Different than other cities because of the small number of blacks
in the Twin Cities. Many Negroes resent blame which is put on them that
belongs to students or other portions of the general population. They
have problems relating to the police, the general population, and they
also have problems relating to economics.
Interviewer: Drugs.
Craig: The problem is increasing. There are no bright ideas on how to
deal with the problem. Many of the programs are laughable.
Interviewer: What do you think of the Government in the Twin Cities?
Craig: Not very much, I'm not at all impressed. Stenvig is an honest man
with mistaken ideas and McCarty is an insensitive tyrant, a buffoon who
has very little sensitivity of the whole city.
Interviewer: Taxes.
Craig: They are definitely too high. The wrong people pay too high a
percentage of their income compared with corporations. Property tax
should be abolished and a tax put on income, this would make every-one
equal.
Interviewer: Racial relations.
Craig: Getting more difficult, polarizations are increasing. The tendency
is to blame your anxieties on another race.
Interviewer: Transportation.
Craig: I'm not sure whether to say bad or terrible. There are no serious
discussions of mass transit.
Interviewer: Pollution.
Craig: Getting worse but compares favorably with other cities.
In summing up the Twin Cities problems Mr. Craig stated, "The Twin
Cities are at the point just before it is too late."
Oneida St. headquarters of Pooneil Corner.
Volunteer mans phone at Pooneil Corner.
Friday, October 9, 1970 A human voice in time of need or crisis,
Pooneil Corner answers
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by Marjorie Anderson
At times everyone needs some-one
to turn to. In this world, there
are people who feel there is no one
to turn to—not a mother, father,
sister, brother, friend, lover. I am
not limiting God when I say at
times people need people; a hu-man
voice. For God works through
people to help other people find
themselves. Pooneil Corner is a hu-man
voice willing to listen and
help the person who doesn't know
who to turn to.
November of last year, this
group got together. The crew mem-bers
were originally Macalester
students and faculty who were
willing to start a telephone coun-seling
service. The group hoped to
act as a link between Macalester
students who needed help and
community resources such as doc-tors,
lawyers, psychologists, clin-ics
and agencies. Now Pooneil Cor-ner
has expanded its purpose to
help those in the Twin City area.
Their headquarters are located in
a gray building on Oneida, in St.
Paul.
Last Friday night I called my
sister Kathy and her husband Vic
for help. I needed someone to take
me down to Pooneil Corner so I
could do an article for the Clarion.
We had some trouble getting there
because a street was being torn
up and consequently had to do
some back tracking. But we made
it. Just when I was beginning to
think that we were lost, the little
gray house was sighted.
It wasn't what I expected but
looks are deceiving. We had to
climb some steps in order to get to
the second story apartment being
rented as the headquarters. Kathy
and Vic sat back and relaxed as I
began talking to David Goldberg.
Later on Mrs. Karn arrived.
We began talking about how
Pooneil Corner is set up. The vol-unteer
workers have been organ-ized
into four shifts. That way one
team doesn't have to go from 12
noon to 3 in the morning. Each
shift is composed of a team of vol-unteers
ready to answer the phone
and give aid to the person on the
other end.
One night a lonely person called
wanting to know ways of meeting
other people. After talknig for a
while the concern worker gave a
list of places which were good op-portunity
centers for meeting peo-ple.
In some other cases, the lone-ly
person has been recruited to
work for Pooneil Corner.
Another time, the person on the
other end of the phone was a
scared teenage boy who had just
ran away from home, had a gun,
and wanted to use it on himself.
Mrs. Karn was the volunteer on
duty that night. By talking to the
boy she discovered that he was
tired, cold, hungry, and didn't
have any place to go. Steve was
also working that night. When the
boy told where he was, Steve went
to the phonebooth, picked up the
boy, and took him to a place
where he received food and a
place to stay for the night.
Sometimes a person continues to
call without seeming to be helped.
These people are referred to one
person who is usually a psycho-logist.
When this person calls back
to the headquarters, the volunteer
who answers will ask him how he
is getting along with the person
he had been referred to. Then the
phone is placed on the receiver
and the line is free to others who
need help.
At the headquarters, resource
material is on hand to help those
who call in for help. There are
files of places to go when you are
on drugs and places to get a preg-nancy
test where your name does-n't
have to be given. You can even
get a lawyer who is willing to
help in legal matters.
A person wanting to be a vol-unteer,
doesn't have to worry
about any specific requirements.
Even age doesn't create a prob-lem.
The youngest member is Deb-bie,
a fifteen-year-old girl, while
the oldest is David Goldberg, a for-ty-
year-old man. A generation gap
doesn't seem to exist here al-though
most of the volunteers are
between the ages of eighteen and
twenty-two.
Each volunteer must go through
a training session where they learn
how to relate to people over the
phone. A prospective volunteer will
meet eight or ten times with a
small group of about six people.
The time involved is between thirty
to forty hours. During these train-ing
sessions, a person learns how
to relate to individuals through a
process of understanding and em-pathy.
David Goldberg and Mrs. Karn
said that they try to get people who
are calling for help to look at
themselves, because they believe
each person has his or her own
resources. Each person knows his
situation better than anyone else.
It's just that people need con-cern,
someone who will listen and
help them discover alternative
plans in overcoming a problem.
Most people just get frustrated be-cause
they don't know how to ap-proach
a problem. If someone is
willing to listen and help them
formulate different ways of solv-ing
a problem, people can help
themselves. Inside each person
there is an answer to the problem.
The difficult task is trying to find
the problem and its solution. When
a person is trying to find a way
out, it always helps to know some-one
cares enough to listen.
As I was leaving Pooneil Corner
Mrs. Karn told me to be careful
not to fall down the steps. My re-ply
was that I could always drag
myself across the street to the tel-ephone
phone and call Pooneil Cor-ner
for help. She wisely informed
me to use my own resources.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Have your two friends help you,"
she replied. Looking at Kathy and
Vic, I smiled to myself knowing
that she was right.
How are you going to spend
your Christmas vacation this year?
I hope you don't think it's too ear-ly
to think about that important
question! Time passes quickly, and
before you know it, first semester
finals will be over. This article is
to inform you of an exciting alter-native
to what might otherwise be
a wasted vacation.
In my freshman year at Mankato
State College I first heard of an
organization called Operation Mo-bilization
(O.M.). Here was a group
of young people that, it appeared
to me, did not consider the prin-ciples
found in God's word to be
idealistic or unattainable. They
really wanted to see God accom-plish
miracles in their own lives,
as well as those of others. They
were going out on limbs to see Him
do it. The more I heard about the
`all-sufficiency of Jesus,' the tre-mendous
answers to prayer and
living in the power of the Holy
Spirit, the more sure I was that
God wanted to teach me some im-portant
lessons through O.M.
Christmas vacatoin (1967) I join-ed
with a group of 225 students in
Brownsville, Texas, and Matamor-os,
Mexico, in an effort to reach
the border towns with the Gospel
of Christ. The Lord enlarged my
vision leading me to Austria for
the following two summer vaca-tions,
and the intervening Chris-mas
in Mexico again. He gave me
new interests and a new perspec-tive
for my studies, especially in
the German and Spanish languages
that I had started to learn.
Preparations are now being
made for the 1970 Christmas Cru-sade
in El Paso, Texas, and Juarez,
Mexico. It is hoped that 250 stu-dents
from Christian schools and
secular institutions around our
country will be uniting there in an
evangelistic effort for Christ. A
heavy emphasis will be placed up-on
literature distribution and per-sonal
work. We will be cooperating
with local churches, missionaries
and nationals as the Lord allows.
A good deal of preparation is
necessary before vacation starts.
There is a series of orientation
tapes to listen to, and a number of
short books to read. A Spanish
phrase sheet must be memorized
to facilitate literature distribution.
(Even El Paso is about 60% Span-ish
speaking.) An application must
also be filled out before particip-ating
in this crusade.
Already a number of us have
started meeting for prayer and or-ientation
and have been blessed as
we unite together. The purpose of
this article is to inform more of
you about this movement and op-portunity.
Anyone is welcome at
our orientation tape meetings as
well as our times of prayer. Watch
the Daily Calendar for times and
places. You might contact Bix Bak:
er or myself, Dave Selvig, for fur-ther
information.
by John Larson
Have you ever wondered why it was always the Democrats who
blundered, and you just happened to be Republican? . . . or why the
Catholics carried on in superstition, and you just happened to be the
purest form of Baptist? . . . or why it was always the Blacks that wrecked
it for themselves, and you just happened to be Swedish? . . . or why it
was the worst job of "reffing" you have ever seen, and you just happen-ed
to be on the losing team? Have you ever wondered why everyone else
is messed up and you just happened to escape all deception? Have you
ever met anyone that had the gall to insist he was right when you, in
fact, knew he was wrong?
As we prove every day ourselves, no man is honest when he looks
at his own life. It's too risky. For after emptying the pocketbook of
one's soul on the table, in order to sort out counterfeit coins, it is just
impossible to know if any authentic coins will be left. In fear of this we
make every attempt to justify ourselves as being in the right without
calling our own motives into question.
Being completely honest with one's self begins with absolute humil-ity:
forgetting all we've ever been taught, laying aside all pre-concep-tions,
disowning all tradition, and opening ourselves to the Holy Spirit
as He exposes the source of each motive. It ends by facing the hate and
perversion that the Spirit makes known and saying 'Yes' to Him con-cerning
all we see. If we are faithful, the result is Truth, not as we in-terpret
it, but as Jesus sees it.
Being honest, humble, and open is always painful. And we, as the
Phraisees did, subtly avoid it by false justification. We hope in the sub-stance
of things seen. We establish a behavior, a Biblical set of stan-dards,
and a sound code of ethics which are easily followed because
they are easily seen. We even go as far as saying Jesus is the epitomy
of these, but this is our own resurrection. If this be the case, we are no
further along than any other religion. If Jesus is an ideal to be achieved
or a principle to be defended, then He is dead! If He is to mean any-thing
to us, He has to be alive—And Praise God, He is alive, not as a
principle, but as a person; not as the law, but as the lawmaker; not as
the seen, but as the unseen. To trust in the unseen we must leave all
that is behind. We must no longer trust our concepts of good and bad,
black and white, acceptable and unacceptable. As we trust in Him, the
Truth will reveal Himself.
There is no man that truly sees his own heart. Yet, almost every
man claims to understand truth. We Christians also claim Truth. Do
we attempt to justify our commitment to Truth by declaring sound prin-ciples
of behavior that define "right and wrong," or do we allow Jesus
to justify Himself as a Person that fulfills right and wrong within each
one of us. Perhaps only as we truly humble ourselves will we be able
to answer. Perhaps only as we humble ourselves will we see the True
Jesus Christ. Perhaps Paul is speaking to us, "You are severed from
Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away
from grace." Gal. 5:4,5.
"Thou wilt never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless
thou pass over in silence the shortcomings of thy fellow men, and dili-gently
examine thine own weaknesses."—Thomas a Kempis.
Too early to think
about Christmas?
by Dave Selvig
Steve Lee and Greg Brunco help Bethel co-ed "cool-it"...
Page 4 the CLARION Friday, October 9, 1970
Bethel Forum if you're
not part
of the
solution...
you're part
of the
problem.
To the editor:
It seems to me unfortunate that,
in two of the expressions of opin-ion
in the last issue (one by Mar-jorie
Rusche on pages two and
three, the other by Doug Warring
on page three) it was the one
speaking for the Clarion which
was factually inaccurate, character-ized
by sweeping generalizations,
and peevish in tone.
One can only speculate as to the
motives for publishing material
that seems so intent on polarizing
the campus. Laying foundations
for a fruitful experience this year
with a spiritually exciting campus
seems so much more rewarding in
every way.
Certainly Miss Rusche's plea for
discussion of life style mirrors a
concern that has been in process
for some time. But the blanket
charge of hypocrisy is based on
her ignorance of Bethel's history
(e.g., students have been dismissed
for cheating: students who repre-sented
considerable income; but we
simply do not publicize such
events).
To the editor (i.e., Marjorie):
Please receive the following
comments from one who has come
to love you as a fellow Christian.
Your editorial regarding problems
of Christian life style at Bethel
must be received as a gross carica-ture
of what Bethel seeks to
achieve and (allowing for human
propensity for failure) does achieve
in some measure.
I cannot agree that whether a
person smokes, drinks, etc., "is in
large measure irrelevant to the
kind of Christian he is." Any read-ing
of the New Testament will sup-port
the essential truth that "be-ing
in Christ" produces a life that
is qualitatively different from that
of one who is not a Christian. I
agree wholeheartedly that it is the
Spirit of God who will exercise
the refining ministry that will pro-duce
the qualitative differences.
I think you do a great injustice
to the administrative staff, the fac-ulty,
and your peers when you see
only a negative approach on cam-pus
to the essence of the Christian
life. Neither in the catalog, chapel
messages, dormitory prayer and bi-ble
studies, nor in classroom teach-ing
is there a dominant thrust in
the direction you emphasize.
The catalog says only that "the
spirit of the school is to work with
a minimum of rules and thus avoid
a legalistic approach to Christian
living. However all members of the
Bethel community are expected to
accept for themselves Bethel's tra-ditional
non-conformist patterns of
total abstinence in the use of to-bacco,
alcoholic beverages, drugs,
and other forms of conduct not in
harmony with the spirit of the col-lege"
(emphasis mine). You will
notice that the emphasis is on a
community practice, and that there
is no implication that one cannot
be a Christian and engage in some
or all of these activities.
In your editorial you ignore the
paragraphs of this catalog state-ment
that have a priority over the
simple statement quoted above. I
will not quote the catalog in its en-tirety,
but I would invite students
to read the statement (current cat-alog,
p. 4) alongside your editorial.
Points (2) and (4) state quite
positively and succinctly the pre-vailing
emphasis on what it means
to be "in Christ." "Individuals en-ter
personally into fellowship with
More important, it seems to me,
the charge seems to be based on
a discounting of the warm-hearted
concern of the people on this cam-pus,
and on a desire to divide and
destroy. Do I misread badly at
this point? Can we not attack our
problems without attacking the
people who are so deeply affected?
Further, there is an important
notion involved that Miss Rusche
appears totally impervious to: i.e.,
the responsibility of 'Bethel as an
institution to determine its own
character. This does not happen
by majority vote once a year; nor
are students the only determiners,
or, indeed, the prime determiners
of this character. Students set the
climate of the campus, but the
character of the institution is a
matter for all the constituencies to
have a voice in. This too needs dis-cussion,
but discussion that is
aimed at understanding and imple-mentation,
not at dominance and
destruction.
Webster Muck
Dean of Students
God by faith in Jesus Christ and
then enjoy communion with Him
as born-again children of God."
"The reality of the Christian life
will be apparent in personalities
that show the "fruit of the spirit
. . . love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control."
I have remained at Bethel as a
teacher because I have experienced
a healthy sense of proportion in
the endeavors to "accentuate the
positive" while maintaining some
minimal standards of personal con-duct
for the well-being of the com-munity.
I doubt whether most (or
any) of my students know that I
don't attend movies; I am not
shouting that I don't smoke, drink,
dance, etc.; I rather hope that I
exhibit, however imperfectly, the
fruit of the spirit because of the
inner reality of God in my life. I
invite all who will to grow with me.
For every person who knows us
for our odd-ball non-conformity,
there are many who regularly com-mend
'Bethel students for their
sense of propriety, their solid in-tegrity,
and their exercise of the
Christian graces. Even some of
those who regard us as odd-balls
are respectful of that in our lives
that proceeds from the inner work-ing
of God.
Bethel is not heaven on earth
because it is composed of fallible
human beings, but it is great for
me to look back over twenty years
of personal growth (often sparked
by those whom I have taught) here
and to reflect upon the many stu-dents
whose lives have been
changed perceptively because they
were open to all the positive in-fluences
that are still being
brought to produce the life of
Christian maturity.
While decrying a negativistic ap-proach
to the life "in Christ" have
you not been too negative in your
appraisal of our objectives and of
the evident fulfillment of those ob-jectives
in the lives of many? Let's
talk about it.
Dr. Roy Dalton, Department
Chairman of History and
Political Science
To the editor,
I am not sure if I should say
that your article in the October
2nd issue of the Clarion titled
"Minority Recruitment is anti-
Bethel" came to me as a shock.
I had been quite skeptical about
the reactions of some Bethel
`Christian' students like you to the
Minority Recruitment Program and
your article has only vindicated my
fears.
It is quite interesting to see how
you have quickly come out to judge
your fellow students—to decide
those who, according to you, 'are
not portraying the accepted
"Bethel image" as handed down
by faculty' and to recommend their
exit from Bethel. Bethel College
has never been an industry for
manufacturing holy people and for
you to mention the fore-warning
of the minority students of the "ex-isting
campus condition" is utter
nonsense. Any law-abiding student
who can live in peace and harmony
with people in his home and neigh-borhood
and who has the love of
Christ in him should indeed find
Bethel a home-like institution. I
am convinced that if all students
were fore-warned that Bethel be-longed
only to a people of a par-ticular
social class and that every
one coming here should consider
himself or herself as a monk or
nun in training, many students
would not be here today.
From your concern about "black
students who are receiving much
from Bethel' you are evidently dis-gruntled
about the well-meaning
efforts of the administration to
stop Bethel from being a white
ghetto. For someone of your intel-lectual
caliber to be blind to the
social impasse that faces the Unit-ed
States today is only astonishing.
I am not about to laud the Ad-missions
Office for bringing in
students through irregular chan-nels,
neither am I about to say
that any unjustified rebellions
should be condoned at Bethel. I
do strongly believe however that
"this sacred institution" is the
wrong place for any one to sew
seeds of discord.
In situations like this, Mr. Doug
Warring, I dare say that unneces-sary
noises from quarters like
yours only do more harm than
good. This is because the task of
the administration in insuring an
atmosphere conducive to the hap-py
stay of every student is further
made more complex.
As every day goes by, the pros-pects
for the realization of world
peace becomes more and more
bleak. The indiscriminate rhetoric
of unscrupulous and over-zealous
religious fanatics has contributed
in no small way to this colossal
unhappiness and I believe the
times now call for a very cautious
use of the tongue by those who are
indeed Christians at heart. Let us
as true Christians, learn to live
with our fellow human beings ir-respective
of the environment from
which they may have come or
their creed or color. Above all,
let us be accommodative and let
our love for our neighbors surpass
the love of heathens, "For if ye
love them which love you, what
reward have ye? do not even the
publicans the same?" (Matthew
5:46).
Gabriel Ofotokun
Class of '73
October 5, 1970
To the editor:
In the Clarion's recent article
on the Christian life style and
Bethel's "standard," some rather
timely and valid questions are pos-ed
that all of us should consider as
we evaluate or execute a particu-lar
Christian life style. The whole
approach to the problem, however,
seems steeped in the negativism
from which the writer in reality
wants to escape. As an initial solu-tion,
the "dynamic, positive ele-ments"
of the Christian life are
suggested, but as the problem is
related more specifically to Bethel
in general, the solution seems re-duced
to a student body discussion
of the matter with "understandable
and reasonable guidelines" the re-sult.
This would only be negativ-ism
in some more palatable form.
The key to the solution, I feel, lies
in carrying out the positive aspect
of Christianity with the mature
thinking of one who searches the
Scriptures for his guidelines.
Romans 8 tells us that having
the law of the spirit we are free of
the law of sin. James, in the first
chapter, goes on to call it the per-fect
law—the law of liberty. For
an individual, such a code for
Christian living can be realistic,
but where two or more Christian
individuals are concerned, respon-sibility,
not license, governs our
freedom. Christianity need not sti-fle
or inhibit any individual, but
doing your own thing on a Chris-tian
campus is naturally subject to
certain limitations. None of us
lives to himself. Bethel students
may be capable of determining
what kinds of lives they want to
lead, but they are not always en-titled
to live them as such. Paul,
in Romans 14, in dealing with per-sonal
matters of the conscience
makes us painfully aware of our
obligation to our brother—whether
he be "a friend of Bethel," the ad-ministration,
or a struggling Chris-tian.
Viewing this responsibility as
some sort of coercion gives a dis-torted
picture of Christianity in our
everyday experience.
Sitting in the mdidle of the cam-pus
lawn playing poker may cause
one brother to stumble or may pro-vide
entertainment for another.
Knowing that no one consensus of
opinion can ever be reached on
such matters, it behooves us to take
into prayerful consideration "the
other guy". The strength of our
Christian testimony lies not in the
manifesting of the self, but in
weakening and in humbling our-selves
before Christ and before
others.
Patricia Tyberg
Class of '71
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opinion of the CLARION staff.
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Friday, October 9, 1970 the CLARION Page 5
Bethel Forum
To the editor:
All is not well. Bethel College,
acting through motives best known
only to its administration, has ad-mitted
blacks in order to assure
all nationalities and races the priv-ilege
of learning and maturing un-der
Christ. This move, this "re-cruitment"
as some have called it,
is in step with the times. Blacks
have more than proved that their
abilities, although differing from
individual to individual, are not ex-clusively
those of an ace sports
player. Just recently have blacks
begun receiving comparable educa-tions
to those of white in our pub-lic
schools. Even now, ghetto
schools are last in line for new
books, sufficient supplies, and
qualified teachers. These environ-mental
conditions have posed
great difficulty for blacks desir-ing
college degrees. Either their
credits from high school did not
include every required course,
thus failing to meet entrance re-quirements,
or they were taught
in such an inferior manner that
upon entering college, blacks have
encountered overwhelming compet-ition
from whites who have re-ceived
on the average a better
preparatory education.
Bethel has tried to meet these
special needs of black students
through much deserved and long
awaited "preferential treatment,"
only to be counteracted by a few
who have chosen to display their
ignorance by writing a letter ap-pearing
in the October second is-sue
of the Clarion. When an ar-ticle
serves no other purpose than
to excite polarization among stu-dents,
it is time we challenged not
only the writers, but also the pub-lishers
as to their personal knowl-edge
of Christian ethics.
Obviously, our needs lie in the
ability to communicate, thereby
understandnig and interacting in
the proper perspective. The injus-tice
blacks have faced from white
"Christians" for nearly four hun-dred
years cannot ever be undone
or revenged. It can only be recti-fied
by our actions now and in fol-lowing
years. May God forgive
us even now for our bigotry.
Peter A. Varros
Class of '74
To the editor:
I would like to say, first of all,
that I appreciate the opportunity
afforded us at Bethel to express
our opinions freely through such
channels as the Clarion. It can only
be meaningful and effective,
though, when both sides of an is-sue
are expressed. That is where
our responsibility as part of the
Bethel community comes in—in or-der
to relay the most accurate im-age
of the feelings on campus we
must react and let our positions
on policies, campus life, articles in
the publications, etc., be known,
whether pro or con. This is espe-cially
true for the Clarion, since it
is probably the major 'sounding
board' of opinions on campus to
those on the outside. So let's con-tinue
to take advantage of this op-portunity
with even more regular-ity—
students, faculty and adminis-tration
alike!
I am reacting to the article by
Marjorie Rusche, "Christian Life
Style and the World . . ." (10/2).
I had two basic reactions, one be-ing
that of agreement with the at-titude
we should have toward the
minority students on campus. In
short, I would like to say that we
should treat them as we would any-one
else—if we are not already
doing so—and that is as human be-ings
in need of fellowship with one
nother. Thls I believe, applies to
all here at Bethel, regardless of
"race, color or creed." We should
do our best to befriend as many
as possible and let them know we
care!
Secondly, I am in disagreement
with Marjorie's view of Bethel's
`legalistic' standards. The adminis-tration
"expects" the student to
abide by only a few stated regula-tions,
which are quite lenient when
compared to regulations set forth
by many other Christian colleges.
As a matter of fact, the catalog
only states specifically tobacco, al-coholic
beverages and drugs, the
use of which we are to totally ab-stain.
Even then they state that the
student is "only expected to ac-cept"
such standards—pp. 4-5 in
the new catalog. (I personally am
of the opinion, in the light of pre-vious
actions taken on the viola-tion
of those standards, that the
administration really means we are
required to abstain, though not
stated as such.) But we must then
ask ourselves this question: are
these and "other forms of conduct
not in harmony with the spirit of
the college" (spirit should contin-ually
be defined) so vital to us that
we cannot abstain from them for
the short period of time that we
attend Bethel? Even if we plan to,
or do abstain from such forms of
conduct, what difference should it
make to us if there are regulations
against them? I have found Phil.
3:8 to be very helpful to me when
called upon to accept such regula-tions.
I personally do not see any-thing
wrong with the regulations
as they are at the present; but, if
you see the need for change, get
involved in student senate, and
there try to stir up some action,
or at least voice your opinion and
let the senators and student body
respond. It would also be helpful
to talk with some of the adminis-tration
to find out why such stan-dards
are in effect.
I feel that there has to be some
type of specifically stated sand-ards;
after all, what was the in-tent
of the Apostle Paul in writ-ing
some of his letters? Some of
the churches were not living up
to Paul's idea of the Christian life
style, so he had to set down some
standards for them to abide by.
Freedom in Christ does not mean
complete freedom to do whatever
we please (complete absence of
all rules and regulations), but in-corporates
within itself responsi-bility
for the lives of our brothers
—fellow human beings. And let's
face it, there are some people
who want to adopt this Christ-ian
life-style, but must be led by
the hand, so to speak, until they
are strong enough to live it on
their own—without a set of rules
to follow. For the sake of these,
let's be patient (I Cor. 13:4) and
allow the present standards to
remain as stated, giving them
that helping hand that they might
need, granting them the chance
to strive for what Peter admonish-es
in II Peter 1:5-8.
Pray about this with me, that the
Holy Spirit will manifest within us
the right attitudes and beliefs in
light of Bethel's standards, accord-ing
to our own separate and dis-tinct
individual lives.
Tom Billigmeier
Class of '72
To the editor:
I am writing in response to the
editorial on Bethel's life style and
the letter dealing with minority
recruitment.
My reactions and arguments are
varied. I could go into a discussion
of the veracity of some of the
statements and quotations in the
articles mentioned or I could argue
about the weakness of the articles.
I guess I'll just show my bias by
saying that most of these are
pretty obvious.
But my concern goes beyond the
content of the articles. One of the
things I value most about Bethel
is the love and unity we have in
Christ. He wants us to "love one
another," and "be one." John 2:8,
John 17:21. We know this oneness
does not necessitate sameness. At
least, theoretically we know it. Of
course, we don't live it completely.
But this unity and oneness is some-thing
that we must conscientiously
work at. We must not try to smooth
over differences, establishing a
psuedo-unity, which is only a sub-stitute—
a conformity. But we must
recognize our differences and func-tion
together as different parts of
Christ's body.
"A house divided against itself
cannot stand." Polarity is fine in
chemical bonding, but if you upper
classmen remember last spring, it
doesn't exactly strengthen the pro-verbial
bond of fellowship.
Let's not peck away at ourselves
just for the sake of sophistication,
or critical objectivity or righteous
indignation or whatever lofty rea-son
we might have.
Here is where the Clarion has
a heavy responsibility because of
the potential it has for controver-sy.
It is lethal if we close our eyes
to problems. But why create is-sues
or force unnecessary points?
So I, too, say let's not be nega-tavistic.
We need positive aggres-siveness
as individuals and as a
Christian community. Let's work
and love together as a body and
maybe at least a few men will
know that we are His disciples.
John Lundgren
Class of '71
Senior Betty Creighton, majoring in
English, Secondary Education.
Junior Diane Lundberg, majoring in
English, Secondary Education.
Senior Julie Ameisberg, majoring in Psychology.
Junior Jane Cahoon, majoring in English, Education.
Senior Ginny Morrow, majoring in Psychology.
Dan Johnson and Don Nelson in front of St. Basil's Cathe-dral
in Red Square, Moscow.
Don Nelson 'enjoing himself' on Cebu Island, The Philippines.
Homecoming candidates
Geography prof, Male Chorus member
go world-wide
Page 6 the CLARION Friday, October 9, 1970
by Peter Varros
Do you someimes wander off in-to
the land of dreams during geog-raphy
class and find yourself tour-ing
Europe and the Orient, where
you luxuriate in the finest accom-modations,
sample international
gourmet foods, and rub elbows
with the elite as you sip cham-pagne
on the French Riviera?
Come on now, where's your ro-mantic
spirit? How does the chal-lenge
of a six thousand mile train
ride across the U.S.S.R. appeal to
you, or staying with missionaries
in remote areas of Hong Kong and
the Philippines? Soaring through
the air as your glider wings its way
among the mountains of Germany?
At least two former Bethel stu-dents
have such a spirit, as Dan
Johnson and Don Nelson can at-test,
having made an eighty-eight
day tour around the world this
past summer.
Dan, who teaches a class in ge-ography
at Bethel, is well acquain-ted
with the fine art of interna-tional
travel, having spent the last
three summers abroad. Taking ad-vantage
of Don's location in Ger-many
while on tour with the Beth-el
Male Chorus since early June,
Dan met him there after visiting
relatives in Sweden until the mid-dle
of July. Both Dan and Don are
licensed pilots, and spent the
greater part of two days acquaint-ing
themselves with Germany's
skies by piloting gliders, a light,
motorless plane which makes use
of air currents.
As they went on to spend two
days in Prague, Czechoslovakia,
time was similarly spent at an easy
pace without any structured plans,
getting their greatest enjoyment
from colorful people and places.
Along the route from Prague to
Warsaw, Poland, and to Moscow,
Dan and Don stayed in youth hos-tels,
which are inexpensive, dorm-like
housing. In Moscow, they
combed the city by foot, and dur-ing
their five-day stay, attended
church service at the Moscow Bap-tist
Church. Dan says he and Don
were the youngest present, the
congregation consisting mainly of
elderly women. However, the
hymns sung were Russian transla-tions
of American favorites sung
in most Protestant churches.
Perhaps the most outstanding
portion of Dan and Don's travels
was the seven-day train ride on
the Trans-Siberia Railways from
Moscow to Vladivostock, Siberia.
Dan and Don felt accustomed to
the area, since Siberian vegetation
and scenery resemble parts of
Minnesota, and some might go as
far as to say the two are alike
climatically, at least during the
winter months!
After a three-week stay in and
around Moscow and Vladivostock,
a two-day boat ride almost magic-ally
transported Dan and Don to
another world, that of Osaka, Jap-an,
and Expo '70, the most talked
about and exciting international
exposition in either Western or
Eastern history. Five days were
spent almost exclusively at the
Expo. While in Osaka, they were
the guests of Sarah Reasoner, a
Bethel student home for the sum-mer,
and her parents, who are
missionaries to Japan. The next
stop was Tokyo, where they spent
four days at a mission post in the
mountains. The city of Tokyo it-self
is a massive industrial tangle
with pollution far worse than any
of our American cities. The most
glamorous means of transportation
either Dan or Don used during the
summer was a Boeing 747 superjet
from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where
another four days were filled by
trips to the border along Red China.
Dan also did some shopping in the
busy commercial seaport, and am-ong
his bargains was a camera at
one-third the cost in the U.S.
Don Nelson and his parents had
been missionaries stationed on the
island of Cebu in the Philpipines
for eleven years. His family left
six years ago, so it was almost ob-ligatory
that he and Dan head
there before returning to the
states. They flew out to the islands
and received a warm reception
from our conference missionaries
on Cebu, where they stayed for
two weeks. Don was the first to re-turn
home, leaving Manila for Min-neapolis
after three months of
travel. He will be an aviator for
the U.S. Navy beginning next Feb-ruary.
Dan spent two beautiful
days in Hawaii before flying to San
Francisco to see his brother and
sister-in-law and their new baby.
He flew out to Minneapolis the
same day classes began.
During his travels, Dan kept a
journal from which he flavors his
lectures with personal experiences
and slides taken "on location." He
anticipates leading an African sa-fari
in the summer of '71.
If the experience of traveling
the world over is not fantastic
enough in itself perhaps those of
us who are slightly blase' will be
interested to know that because of
Dan's profession i.e., teaching ge-ography,
the entire summer's ex-penses
are tax deductible! But
whether your travels are deducti-ble
or not, Dan advises that "the
best time to travel is right now.
Your college years are the most
free, and student rates are the
cheapest." Did someone say Bethel
students don't get out in the world?
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Friday, October 9, 1970 the CLARION Page 7 Big-little Sis banquet cancellation now explained
by Wendell Wahlin
Want something that will really
bring your beads to a bud? Then
try stepping into Judy's and Lois's
shoes two nights before a Dayton's
deadline. A minimum of three hun-dred
twenty-five reservations are
needed and only twenty-five have
been purchased. At stake are
many long hours of work and
weeks of planning. What would
you have done? Why, naturally,
you would have gone around to
the dorms and contacted as many
as possible just as Judy and Lois
did, right? Right. And just as natu-rally
you would have sold only
eighty more tickets, right?
That's quite a predicament to
get into and an even tougher one
to get out of. As co-chairwomen of
the Big-Little Sis Banquet this
year, Judy Olsen and Lois Rahn
expressed disappointment that the
feature, the Banquet, had to be
cancelled.
They gave several reasons. One
was the obligation to the deadline
given them by Dayton's. It's ex-tremely
difficult to finalize a
$1,000 transaction when only $350
of that amount can be accounted
for. A second reason, related to the
first, was the item of cost. Al-though
designed to be a Dutch-treat
affair, many can still be
counted as dissenting because of
the $3.50 per ticket price. A third
reason may be a degree of apathy
and disinterest exhibited by both
big and little sis's alike.
There are influences and under-lying
reasons, however, which may
have greatly induced such atti-tudes.
The purpose of the B.L.S.
program is to give new girls a
helping hand in the first days of
getting settled and adjusted to col-lege
routine. Simply, it's great to
have someone around that's inter-ested
and cares about you. This is
what B.L.S. is all about.
This objective is tough to accom-plish,
however, when we have a
divided campus, all frosh on, all
upper-class off (except for R.A.'s
and D.C. members in the dorms).
Miss Mom's
baking!
Treat
your homesickness
at
Falcon Bakery
1535 W. Larpenteur
Transportation, getting acquainted, through is a disappointment, Judy
just meeting each other was dif- and Lois are encouraging the girls
ficult for some. Probably in the to still get together on their own.
smaller-school setting or where Could the Big-Little Sis pro-most
of the girls live on campus gram here at Bethel be a little
the B.L.S. program would work out-dated? At least on our present
better, but for here and now, we've campus?
got real problems! As for the size As for myself, I personally view
of the freshman class (largest ever the entire B.L.S. program as being
at Bethel), Judy and Lois said, "We a failure and not worthy of con-thought
we would never find tinuance. Of course, I am a bit bi-enough
big sis's, in fact, we ran out ased in my views because the past
and had to ask girls to take a little three years I have repeatedly been
sis even though they didn't even refused either a big or a little sis
sign up for one!" . . . and I'm not particular, either
Though the Banquet falling would have been fine!
fillobir ebieiv
"Patton" is a portrait of the man
by Dave Greener
A large American flag covers the screen. In fact, we see nothing
but a large American flag.
Then appears Patton, dressed in full and impressive officer regalia,
decoration upon decoration upon his chest. The World War II general
speaks directly to us, very much in the manner of a football coach:
Americans like a fight, he says; the Saturday Evening Post is of course
errant in its pleas for isolation. Americans like a winner, he tells us—
the "best marble shooters, the fastest runners, and big league ball
players" are the ones revered. (Individualism, however, is to be dis-counted.)
We are exhorted in this pep talk to murder Huns and even (figur-atively,
apparently) mutilate them. (You won't turn chicken in battle—
you'll be more willing to fight when you look down on what had once
been your best friend.)
The motion picture "Patton" is a wartime chronicle of Patton, the
man. It also is an authentic—you were there—glimpse into certain hap-penings
of World War II.
And so we follow Patton and his men and tanks in North Africa
and Europe. We see Patton, the strategist and military historian—he
reads Caesar; in one battle he has read Rommel's own book on tactics
and knows what to expect from Rommel's men. We see Patton, the be-liever
in reincarnation—he was there, he says, when Rome fought
Carthage; he was at other places in the past as well.
We view Patton, the military leader—the somewhat splendid strate-gist
who loves to lead troops in battle; the "magnificent anachronism"
as one German calls him who would have performed equally well at the
head of one of Caesar's legions (the same German suggests Patton belongs
more to the Sixteenth than the Twentieth Century; because warfare is
now "modern," Patton wistfully agrees—"God, how I hate the Twentieth
century.").
We also see Patton, the man who reads the Bible and prays to God
yet swears like a "stable boy."
We see Patton, the rebel—he once stretches orders so that he can
advance further. Here and elsewhere his drive is versus such things
as the political necessities of keeping harmony with British and Russian
allies. (Ultimately, his desire to keep pushing and his spoken contempt
for the Russians help cost him his particular field command.)
We also see Patton, the egotist (his pistols have ivory, not pearl
handles, thank you) and the seeker of fame. Perhaps he bases much of
this search on a sense of his own destiny; also, he may have a sense of
mission that expresses itself in anti-Fascist and anti-Bolshevik feelings.
Nevertheless, he is a prima donna and he admits it. He is an effective
fighter and he drives his men and commanders hard and they be-come
an effective fighting unit.
But, tragically, they are sometimes used for Patton's own ends.
True, other generals and officers may do this also. They too have goals,
hopes and fears (such as fame, promotion or the threat of demotion).
Officers perhaps usually think of their men as numbers to be manipulated.
And it may be that a costly but quick victory is better than a long but
less costly one.
But in my opinion, it can sometimes be a tragedy when men are
manipulated for one man's interests. And with Patton it happens at least
once. To die for one's country is one thing. And it's also another thing as
in the Bible, "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friends." (Jn. 15:13) But (and especially if I was there
because I was stuck there) I would really feel cheated if I died so that
George Patton could beat General Montgomery to Messina.
The acting in "Patton" is good (incidentally, George Scott plays the
title role). The Patton biography apparently suffers little "Hollywood-ization."
The presented panorama of the war itself, with possible minor ex-ception,
is very authentic. While the film may not contain many if
any "great truths," it is a painless, non-booking way (in the comfort
of a theater) to be an eyewitness to the past . . . and to see a portrait
of one man who played a role in it.
by Harold C.
I see little difference between the material possessions of "the
world" and that of "the General Baptist Christian."
Jesus said to his deciples, "I tell you this: a rich man will find it
hard to enter the kingdom of heaven. I repeat, it is easier for a camel
to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the
knigdom of God .. .
"Do not store up for yourselves treasure on earth, where it grows
rusty and moth eaten, and theives break in to steal it. Store up treasure
in heaven, where there is no moth and no rust to spoil it, no thieves to
break in and steal. No servant can be the slave of two masters; for either
he will hate the first and love the second or he will be devoted to the
first and think nothing of the second. You cannot serve God and Money.
John the Baptist taught this in Matthew—
"He who has two coats, let him share with him that has none and
he who as food, let him do likewise."
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul
—ah but to gain the whole world and save your soul . . . theologically it
can be done—but in the spirit of Jesus' love, how can a Christian waste
money on "things" when there are hungry people across town? They
don't have to live by you—You Know They Are There.
Most of you students are probably thinking—I don't have any
money, what's he writing this for—Well, I'll tell you—you are going
to college and when you leave here you will have a piece of paper that
is called a degree. This degree enables you to make lots of dollars. You
then can buy a 1971 Pontiac—with tape player and chrome wheels. This
will greatly impress the girls and everyone else.
Next you can buy a $20,000 home and a cabin with a speedboat (if
at all possible)
and then a
and then a
and then a
and then a
Why don't you reread the beginning of this article to see what Jesus
taught about "materialism."
Then live by it—if He means anything to you.
It doesn't take a Cadillac to win a Cadillac—because when the new
Cadillac Christian finds out what Jesus taught .. .
/
Art department features
Chappelle exhibition
`old lady' glazes. His works have a
very bright luster because of the
use of golds, shiny reds, and bright
orange glazes. Jerry's ideas of cer-amics
are very different from the
conventional concept of pottery
held here in the Midwest. His works
are in the 'pop arts' imagery. His
goal is to show what clay can be
used to say above the functional
aspect.
Mr. Chappelle's lithographs cov-er
many topics. Recurring objects
include stars, bombs, guns, and
faces. It seems that some of the
lithographs have social comment
but as Mr. Luckman was quick to
point out these are not really a so-cial
comment, it's just that "these
are the things that Mr. Chappelle
likes to draw." The closest thing to
social comment is the ceramic
piece labeled, "The Pill." I won't
tell you why, you'll have to find
out for yourself.
I asked Mr. Luckman the reason
for the show being on Bethel cam-pus.
He replied that it was to "ex-pose
the campus to a new three
dimensional vocabulary by a novel
use of clay and glazes in nonfunc-tional
forms. It will also let art stu-dents
see new avenues of explora-tion
in the field of ceramics. If you
want to see something different
the field of ceramics or even if
you're just curious come down to
the Art Department and view this
show."
the Amazing Adventures of T. T. Trend
by Sam Griffith
You probably don't know it but
there is an art show going on right
now in the Bethel Art Department.
The Show will run through Octo-ber
23 and is by an outside artist
named Jerry Chappelle. Mr. Chap-pelle
is a friend of our very own
Stu Luckman. They were class-mates
back who knows when. Any-way,
Jerry Chappelle is married
and has three children and is pres-ently
at the University of Georgia.
Mr. Chappelle's show consists of
lithographs and some "funky cer-amic
stuff." He makes three dim-ensional
clay 'things' that are non-functional,
in other words they
don't hold water or flowers. Also,
he uses what Mr. Luckman called
Dean Lindberg
The Hot Corner
By Rich Zaderaka
Most of the people who don't like the cracks I've been taking at Min-nesota
probably watch the games on television and never go out to the
stadium. The biggest finks always make the most noise. My main criticism
is of Twin fans. Less than 1.3 million total attendance the western division
winner! The Montreal Expos got better fan support. So did the Mets,
Cards, Pirates, Cubs, Dodgers, Reds .. .
*
Incidentally, shouldn't Baltimore be in the National League so the
N.L. would have all the good teams?
* * *
Bethel's soccer CLUB has beaten some excellent VARSITY soccer
teams so far this year. Makes me wonder why Bethel soccer isn't . . . ?
* * *
Bethel's football opponent tomorrow is Concordia of St. Paul. The
Comets have rolled up some impressive victories and statistics this year,
including last week's 63-0 win over Milwaukee Concordia. But I dare
say that the Baptists will prove to be rougher than most of the opponents
they've played so far.
Bill Rigney said that if Baltimore could handle the Twins like that
they certainly can handle the National League Champion. Ha! That's say-ing
that if you can eat half a cream puff—you can down 8 tamales at
Moma Rosa's. Baltimore has to be the favorite but they sure won't blitz
the Reds like they did the Twins. I'll go for an upset with Cinci in six.
Have you seen the new "Joe Who?" buttons? They don't say that
Viking fans have already forgotten Joe Kapp, but rather that it would
take Joe Namath to do anything with the Minnesota offense.
* * *
GRID PIX
I'll admit I blew it on the fearless forecasts last week and that they
seemed more like pathetic prognostications, but the results of the pro
football games put a lot of predictors in silly suits. In fact, anyone who
picked more than 9 winners should consider himself quite a prophet. If
the old crystal ball doesn't cloud up again this week it should be:
Minnesota over Chicago
Dallas over Atlanta
Baltimore over Houston
Kansas City over Boston
Buffalo over Pittsburgh
Cleveland over Cincinnati
Denver over Oakland
Detroit over Washington
St. Louis over New Orleans
New York Giants over Philadelphia
Los Angeles over San Francisco
Green Bay over San Diego
Miami over New York Jets
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Bethel halfbacks Steve Voth
and Tim Larson, attempt to
move the ball into the offen-sive
zone.
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And finally, Faculty won over Pit
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Joel Goff scored a pair of goals,
and Dan Anderson scored on a pen-alty
kick to give the Bethel soccer
team a 3-2 victory over Trinity last
Saturday afternoon. The win was
especially sweet as it gave the Roy-als
revenge for last year's 3-0 de-feat
by Trinity.
This afternoon the team played
a first round game in the Platte-ville
Soccer Tournament against
Purdue University of Calumet.
Pending the outcome of that game,
Bethel will play against either
Platteville or Knox College tomor-row.
Next Wednesday the Royals will
be challenged again by Concordia
of St. Paul. Bethel won the first
game from the Comets and are
hoping they will be able to extend
a winning streak with a victory in
that game.
Cross country
places second
by John Lundgren
Royal harriers defeated Gustavus
Adolphus but lost to St. Thomas
in a triangular cross country meet
at St. Catherine's Saturday. St.
Thomas rang up a perfect score
of 15. Bethel had 57, Gustavus 66.
Phil James again led Bethel with
a time of 21:30 for the four-mile
course. Dan Brodin, freshman, was
right behind Phil. They were fol-lowed
by Roger Deneen, Dave
Greener, Dave Foy, Greg Speck,
and Dennis Zaderaka. Next Satur-day,
the team travels to Wisconsin
for a quadrangular at Stout State.
Royal PI wins,
clout cons 25-0
by Rich Zaderaka
The Bethel Junior Varsity squad
defeated Stillwater Prison last Fri-day
by the score of 25-0. Naturally
it was a home game for the prison
team. None of the Stillwater backs
was able to break away for a long
run; not long enough anyway. The
Royal defense and the guards in
the pressbox saw to that.
Bethel's first score came on an
end run by Dan Blomquist. The
Royals scored again just before the
end of the first half on a pass from
Bill Catto to Bill Bragg. A pass
from Mark Lindgren to Bill Bragg
provided the third score. A short
plunge by Emery Lindgren closed
out the offensive splurge.
Outstanding defense was played
by Jack Auffant, who also played
offensive center, Mark Howard and
Dave Howard, who both had inter-ceptions,
and by Ralph Gustarson,
who had a fumble recoverey.
Tomorrow the varsity tackles
Concordia of St. Paul. The Comets
have had a very successful season
so far with a record of 3-1. Bethel
will have to be in top form to win.
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Off Campus I grabbed sole pos-session
of first place on Saturday,
October 3, with a hard won 8-0 vic-tory
over scrappy Third New. The
victory gives Off Campus I a per-fect
4-0 record and now leaves
Third New at 3-1.
Off Campus I got the only touch-down
of the game on a contested,
diving reception in the end zone
by freshman Steve Carlson. The
other points came late in the game
on a safety. Third New almost
scored on their first set of downs,
but the drive stalled when Gary
Clark caught a touchdown pass out
of the end zone on fourth down.
Off Campus II continued their
winning ways with an easy 12-0
victory over Third Old. Leroy Matt,