Clarion 1970-10-23 Vol 46 No 06

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photo by bob miko
Lake Valentine . . . for better or for worse
God loves all men;
can we do the same?
by Peter Varros
All too often, many who are raised under an organized (and com-partmentalized,
dehumanized and formalized) religion find it conven-ient
to forget there exists a world beyond the stained glass and pulpit
pounding, a world of pushers and prostitutes, deviates and drunks,
blacks as well as whites. With their preconceived concepts of love, many
Christians interpret this world to be a diseased little island, not to be
involved with or reached out to, a world the Baptist General Conefer-ence
(Bethel College) is notorious for completely casting off to one
side as it trains up missionaries and supports their works in converting
the heathen savage.
Yet, is this world, in all of its sickness and need, any less deserv-ing
of the Good News than the "old saints" in our churches who have
become pickled in a brine of "let's-dress-up-in-our-Sunday-best-and-invite-
the-pastor-to-dinner?" Most financial and moral priorities of our
churches would suggest that society is an area last to be reckoned with
in fear of dynamic and purposeful confrontations similar to the early
New Testament congregagtion with local pagan culture. The sugar-coated
version of Christ's teachings we naively absorb has produced
generation after generation of diabetic Christians so frightened of life
that they dare not share love beyond their pew partners lest direct con-tact
is made with an unfamiliar, possibly hostile, or even black face.
Quite a few of us have known no other ways of thinking other than
those which our churches have imposed on us, and we have become so
entirely dependent upon the security of apron-string fellowship that
any unforeseen moments outside of church are spent in near terror as
you are forced to share the same air with non-Christians. We stand in
the world with our defenses down, easy prey for some bad experience
to send us whimpering back to the cliques of comfort and reassurance. Will Lake Valentine The organized church was never intended to become an end unto itself
as it now stands, but rather an assemblage of believers for mutual
strengthening in order to spur on greater individual witnessing and out-reach.
It would seem the church today becomes more insistent that so-ciety
comes to it, a direct contradiction of Christ's life style. Only on
occasion do representatives of a church enter the city, and even then by Dave Healy
usually for the purpose of collecting rent from tenants living in church- Lake Valentine's future is being decided now. What we as a school
owned "non-profit" property! Is this the life Christ wants us to have? do in the next few years will determine the lake's contribution, positive
Bethel College has made a stupendous blunder in breaking with a or negative, toward our new campus in the long-range future.
nearly one hundred-year-old traditional existence of a Swedish Baptist Sensible planning can assure that the lake will be an asset. Care-ghetto
known as Bethel College and Seminary by admitting blacks as lessness could turn it into an eyesore.
members of our student constituency. It is quite obvious that the major- John Meacham and Philip James, both students at Bethel, have done
ity of students here are neither intellectually nor spiritually prepared an ecological and geological survey of Lake Valentine and the Arden
for such a challenge as actually getting to know a man beyond his color Hills Campus.
before deciding the degree to which he is or is not consistent with the According to Meacham, Bethel must decide between a purely aes-various
stereotyped images each student might have of a black man. thetic and a functional application of the lake's potential. "By cutting
Intellectually, perhaps it is impractical for the majority of whites to away vegetation near the lake and by filling in the surrounding swamps,
be totally at ease in the black culture. Now you have an idea of how we can have a pretty lake," he said, adding: "But if we want to maintain
black men have felt since we forced them to come here as slaves four what wildlife we have, the animals' natural cover must be left alone."
centuries ago. Meacham stressed that many animals use the natural vegetitation
No one has ever said you must change your interests and ways of around the lake for nesting, and that removal of this cover would result
thinking to those of African orientation. However, a person, a Christian in the loss of considerable wildlife.
person who truly desires to be a channel for God's perfect love, can Right now, Lake Valentine is not polluted, but it is dirty. This is
never overestimate his responsibility to the black community in making the result of silt build up. To this there have been two main contributors.
every effort to understand the individual with whom he is placed in First, highway construction near the north end of the lake has caused
contact. The problem of black and white social relations will not solve erosion. Second, a stream emptying into the lake also adds silt, especi-itself
by being ignored. And as Christians, we have absolutely no ex- ally after a hard rain.
cuse for ignoring a black brother or forming general prejudice toward According to the Meacham-James Survey, silt build up "decreases
him on the basis of his color or life style. the transparency of the water, thereby depriving some of the submer-
Perhaps these responsibilities were not evident to some before the gent plants of sunlight."
chapel meeting of last Thursday where William Hill, supposedly speak- The report also mentioned that soil erosion causes the lake to fill,
ing for all blacks on campus, let his disgust be known due to the very thus decreasing its depth and increasing the "winter kill" of fish.
un-Christian actions toward him from a few "Christians" at Bethel. If Since the lake is quite shallow to begin with (13 feet is the maximum
depth), every effort must be made to prevent its filling in.
Both of the silt contributors can be controlled. The highway con-struction
erosion can be reduced by seeding; and slowing the flow of
the creek, possibly by the use of dams, will greatly reduce its silt addi-tion.
However, steps must be taken soon.
According to Russell Johnson, Associate Professor of Biology, a se-vere
winter kill last year wiped out most of the lake's fish, except for
some small bullheads. "The bullheads can survive with a very low oxy-gen
level," he explained.
Johnson said that other fish will thrive only if the oxygen level dur-ing
the winter is increased. This can be done by maintaining maximum
depth and keeping snow off th ice so that sunlight can filter through
to the oxygen-producing plants on the bottom.
Both Johnson and Meacham expressed optimism over the recrea-tional
potential of Lake Valentine. They feel that canoeing, sailing, fish-ing,
and even swimming are possible with the right kind of planning.
Johnson cautioned against the use of motor boats and commercial
fertilizer if we are to avoid pollution in the future. "Man is the biggest
polluter. If his activities are controlled, the lake will take care of itself."
Does Bethel have
too many students?
by Jack Priggen
Would anyone argue that Bethel has more students than it can ade-quately
handle? In the past Bethel has been overcrowded and this year
it is clearly worse. Will the new campus relieve this condition, or is
Bethel doomed to exist in a condition of population explosion?
Evidence of overcrowded conditions are abundant. Classroom and
office space is overtaxed, students are forced to use other institution's
facilities, and there isn't enough equipment to meet the demands.
Room 106 has been used as a classroom for required classes num-bering
200 plus. At last, History 101 (Western Civilization) has been
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Two students dismissed
for smoking marijuana
by Pat Faxon and Marjorie Rusche
The running tally is now four. Last Friday, two freshmen males were
asked to leave Bethel by Deans Muck and Rainbow of the Student Ser-vices
office. They were reported to have smoked marijuana.
It is not the intention of this editorial to discuss the morality of
smoking marijuana or the morality of dismissing students for doing it.
We would make one plea to our fellow students. If you are presently
engaged in activities that are frowned upon by the administration and
considered illegal by the U.S. government, please be more discreet about
to whom you confide your extra-curricular activities.
It is not prudent to advertise the fact that you drink or smoke grass.
It is not prudent to drink, smoke cigarettes or grass in the dormitories.
If you feel you want to engage in these kinds of activities, do them off
campus and keep the fact to yourself. By advertising them you are in-viting
the administration to take punitive action against you.
Being sneaky about the way you live tends to breed cynicism, bitter-ness,
and distrust among fellow Christians. However, it is difficult to
both retain your membership in this community and openly flout its
rules on life style. So, if you feel it is dishonest to verbally deny that
you smoke marijuana or drink when you are in fact doing so, transfer
to a school where you can be more honest about what you do or start
following the rules. On the other hand, if you feel justified in drinking
or smoking marijuana and simultaneously staying at Bethel, make sure
that your private life is your private life, and not public information.
To the four of you who have been asked to leave Bethel this year,
we wish you well. May you grow in God's grace and love and may the
Holy Spirit keep you from feeling bitter towards Bethel and its admin-istration.
We hope you find what you're now searching for, and we deep-ly
regret that the only answer Bethel gave to your searching and prob-ing
was excommunication from its "Christian fellowship."
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According to the Illinois Department of Public Health
water pollution has made it unsafe to swim in any of the state's
streams or rivers. But it has to be that way. Doesn't it?
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Will Christians be persecuted
for misapplied Christian ethic?
by Bob Miko
As I do more reading about the social, economic, political and eco-logical
problems of the world today, I can't help but notice a trend that
is a common source to all the problems.
When I worked with the Christian World Liberation Front in Berk-eley,
I heard what the New-Left's idea of Christ and what the Christian
ethic was to them.
The speil from the "free speech platform" would go something like
this:
"America is founded on the Christian Ethic, one nation under God
and all. Look where we're at today! And the Baptist South was the group
who brought the Blacks over for slaves under the idea that since they
were giving them "freedom in Christ" is was "O.K." to have slaves. And
it was the Christian who allowed us to rape nature, saying that God gave
us the world to use for our own whims. . . ."
As Christians start becoming smaller and smaller minorities, these
accusations are going to become more and more prevalent. As the world
gets more desperate, the need of a "scapegoat" is going to become ne-cessary
and since we Christians have had our mitts into everything, ex-cept
living the Christian life, we are going to be it. I give us less than
ten years . . . then professing Christians are going to be openly perse-cuted
in this country.
Are you willing to die for the Christian Ethic misapplied by the
non-Christian?
I believe that the Christians should start, perhaps here at Bethel,
to show the American people what the difference between a Christian
community and a non-Christian community.
Responsibilility spans
the color spectrum
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it had not been for the stress and tension involved, that chapel would
not have had to take place. Be glad that it did, and be grateful that God
has given you the ability to reason and speak. We are not animals gov-erned
by instinct, but human beings with a definite rationale for de-termining
our actions. We must be straight with ourselves and decide
whether or not we will accept the full responsibility Christ puts upon
us, not as a burden, but as a chance to prove our love for Him. If you
cannot feel a compassion equally for the needs of one man as well as
another, you are not ready to be a disciple of Christ. Jesus knew the
soul hase no country of origin other than Heaven, nor superficial pig-mentation
except pure white, both of which come through His matchless
love and grace.
Here we exist, sardines
in a spiritual can
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divided into several smaller classes, but other classes continue to be
forced into room 106 which are much too large for any other classroom.
Another example of insufficient classroom space is Seminary Chapel,
a 'classroom' with no desks, often no overhead projector, and until this
last week no blackboards. The basement of the Speech House has been
used as a classroom in spite of insufficient heating and lighting.
Professors and Doctors who have adequate office space at Bethel
are almost non-existent. Have you ever been in James Treece's office (if
you can find it), or any other office in the Sem Building? Have you ever
ventured into Steve Terrell's office or any office in any of the 'houses'
on Arona? I rest my case.
Existing facilities were not built for 1100 students. Coffee shop hours
have been extended and still lines form out the door, around the corner,
down the hall, etc., etc., etc. After you buy your food at the coffee shop
(at least the food is good), you have no guarantee of finding a place to
sit. I understand the cafeteria has many of these same opportunities to
communicate with your fellow students while you wait and wait and
wait and .. .
The Bethel Bookstore offers fantastic opportunities to test your
coordination and patience. Try walking down the ever-narrowing aisles
without knocking something off the shelves. Have you ever had to wait
10, 20, 30 minutes to buy a Bic pen? Speaking of patience, it's often
easier to drive to the libraries at the University of Minnesota or a public
one than try t ofind an empty chair in the Bethel library.
The equipment at Bethel is underwhelming. Often there are tapes
but no projector or tape recorder, often there is chalk but no black-board
available, often there is a screen but no overhead projector avail-able,
often there are students but no desks available. Walk into the
language lab sometime and your heart will stop in disbelief when you
see that there are still five unoccupied booths, however, it will turn out
that three of them don't work and the other two don't have chairs.
Bethel has a lack of housing which any student which lives in a
dorm or manor will affirm; and although Bethel was lucky in finding
the Centennial Gardens apartments it loses money on these apartments.
Oh yeah, have you ever driven several miles to a 'home' football or
soccer game? And if it wasn't for the State Fair grounds across the
street, where would the Physical Education classes meet? I understand
that there are even plans to provide for athletic fields at the new cam-pus���
far out man!
If all aspects of overcrowding and lack of facilities were mentioned,
an entire Clarion could be devoted to this purpose. In spite of the short-comings
of the administration in this area I feel that the quality of edu-cation
at Bethel is quite good; however, perhaps the quality of life and
the conditions of the environment of the Bethel community are not up
to their potential due to overcrowding. The advantages and financial as-pects
of added students are great but too many people lower the quality
of life.
AGAHHH!
The Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun has discovered
that polluted river water can be used to develop photographs.
The paper's September 4 issue printed a photograph developed
not with a chemical developer but with water collected from
rivers, ditches, and canals near Mt. Fuji. The resulting photo
was fuzzy but recognizable.
"HOW'D IT DIE?"
On the shores of the Snake River,
I sat fishing with my rod;
As I watched the cool brown water
Flow along the damp warm sod.
Then I snagged my line upon
A river bottom clod; so
I pulled it in and found it was
But a toilet paper wad.
Well, I threw it back, and as I did
I saw a fish float by.
A Rainbow Trout twelve inches long
And I wondered, "How'd it die?"
—Earl R. Johnson
Just once
I'd like to hear
someone say
they didn't care
about the environmnet
before it became
popular
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
Fine Arts Editor
Production Editor
Marge Rusche
Jack Priggen
Sam Griffith
Sports Editor Rich Zaderaka
Photo Editor Bob Miko
Photographer Jim Amelsberg
Reporters .... Dave Healy, Wendell Whalin, Joey Healy, Peter Varros,
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.
Friday, October 23, 1970 the CLARION page 3
photo by bob miko
Let's get those requests boys. Ron Lewis, Eric Rodgers,
Jerry King and Chuck Williams.
WBCS is back for more
broadcasting action
Bethel College is represented
at regional AAES conference
by Dave Greener
They're "back for more." The
sign said so in the coffee shop.
Mark Kingsbeck said so in a chapel
announcement. And last Monday
night radio station WBCS returned
in fact to the local airwaves for
another year of Bethel broadcast-ing.
WBCS is Bethel's student oper-ated
radio station. It's programs
are beamed primarily to the cam-pus
itself (100 mill. watts exude
but little else) and can be picked
up at the 1050 marking on a radio
dial.
"We plan to play music that has
been big in the recent past," re-lates
Station Manager Mark Kings-beck
about the current year's for-mat.
Kingsbeck, a Bethel senior
who has been manager since the
middle of his freshman year, listed
such artists as the Lettermen, An-dy
Williams, and Peter, Paul and
Mary in illustrating this emphasis.
Some of the more "current" groups
—such as the Carpenters, Bread,
and Three Dog Night—will be air-ed
as well as music by request.
WBCS programming is not lim-ited
to merely music during its
6 P.M.-12 midnight Monday-Friday
schedule. For example, special pro-grams
are being planned for Mon-day
evenings. The Bethel version
of "The Dating Game" will start
on WBCS Monday night, Novem-ber
9, and will alternate every oth-er
week with special talk shows.
The talk shows, explains Kings-beck,
will have special guests and
On two Sundays every month, students may phone in questions.
services are being held at Olivet The first talk show is November
Baptist Church, with Mr. De Paris 2 and includes student government
from Argentina as speaker. and publication leaders as guests.
Nightly news- and sports-casts
are being planned. There will also
be some live broadcasts from the
coffee shop as well as the possibil-ity
of live entertainment for some
of these broadcasts.
An innovation this year is that
basketball games will be broad-cast.
Station Sports Director Rich
Zaderaka reveals that letters ask-ing
about broadcasting facilities
are also being sent to other schools
Bethel will visit. Arrangements
are being made with Bell Tele-phone
to transmit these broad-casts.
And so WBCS is "back for
more." It was almost back for less.
A transmitter part had to be re-placed
and a new one could not
The reasoning behind all these be located. It was feared for
projects involves the provision of awhile that broadcasts might have
a unique learning experience for to be limited to the coffee shop,
those who will take advantage of or else a new transmitter purchas-it,
and a Christian outreach to ed (Kingsbeck said this would have
Spanish-speaking individuals in the cost at least $5,000 and would
Twin Cities. One can come to ap- have been too powerful besides).
preciate peoples of different cul- Fortunately for the radio staff,
tures, through this type of learn- they were able to contact the for-ing
experience. mer Bethel man who built the
by Anne Dalton and
Marjorie Rusche
"Evangelical Interaction: Ex-ploring
the Options" was the
theme of the American Associa-tion
of Evangelical Students Mid-west
Regional Conference.
The AAES Conference was held
October 15-18 at Olivet Nazarene
College in Kankakee, Illinois.
Schools represented were: Bethel
College (Minnesota), Fort Wayne
Bible College, Calvin College,
Spring Arbor College, Taylor Uni-versity,
Bethel College (Indiana),
Marion College, Judson College,
Trinity College, Philadelphia Col-lege
of the Bible, and Olivet Naza-rene
College.
Margie Campbell, Anne Dalton,
Same Griffith, Gabriel Ofotukun,
Maurice Zaffke, and Marjorie Rus-che
represented Bethel at the Con-ference.
Three basic areas of student in-volvement
were discussed at the
conference. First was student in-teraction
with his community
through social and political invole-ment.
Second was student inter-action
through student publica-tions
and the third area covered
was student government.
Each topic was first presented
by an assembly chairman. These
people presented an overview
speech of the topic. Two student
reactors then presented function-ing
college programs or structures
which related to the discussion
topic. Following this session the
delegates were divided into three
groups for discussion. The dele-gates
then reconvened for a sum-mation
of what had occured in
each dialogue ggroup and there
was additional interaction between
delegates at this time.
Elections for a Regional Chair-man
to succeed Kay Oldham of
Spring Arbor College, this year's
chairman, were held. Sam Griffith
of Bethel was defeated by Jim Vi-ditio
of Olivet Nazarene.
In addition to the formal dis-cussion
sessions there was oppor-tunity
for interaction on a one to
one basis with fellow students on
a varitey of topics ranging from
school rules on dress codes to Un-ited
States involvement in the
Vietnam War.
One topic which interested
many of the delegates was that of
by John Moore
Next Tuesday, October 27, Mr.
James E. Johnson, Vice chairman
of the United States Civil Service
Commission, will speak to Semin-ary
students at 9:45, and to the
College during chapel. Johnson is
the top ranking Negro in the Nix-on
administration. He has been in
public service in California and
Washington for the last four years
under Governor Ronald Reagan of
California and President Nixon.
Mr. Johnson is a graduate of
George Washington University,
and holds a bachelor of science
degree in public administration.
He is currently working on his
master's degree and hopes to ob-tain
his doctorate by 1973.
Mr. Johnson defines himself as
an "American-Negro" preferring
not to have the label, "Black." He
feels that such words are the type
used by radicals such as Stokeley
Carmichael for political effect or
compulsory chapel. Most of the
schools there retained compulsory
chapel and were interested when
they heard that Bethel had volun-tary
chapel. They were surprised
to discover that Bethel students
actually did attend chapel when
they weren't officially required to.
The stated purposes of the con-ference
were to promote an inter-est
in the affairs of a world out-side
of the delegates' campuses
and to provide an opportunity for
sharing of mutual problems and
solutions. The AAES has a good
potential for providing interested
individuals (such as congressmen)
with national opinions of evangel-ical
college students. The evangel-ical
student community has no
choice but to inform and then de-clare
itself on vital issues of so-ciety.
by Joey Healy
Lillian Ryberg recognized a
mutual need, and initiated a pro-gram
whereby Bethel Spanish
students could visit Spanish-speak-ing
families in the Twin Cities.
These families, often newcomers
to the area, were in need of
friends. At the same time, Spanish
students could benefit greatly
through direct acquaintance with
those of different backgrounds.
Also, this association provided a
unique opportunity to practice
speaking Spanish in a situation
where it was necessary, since the
families often could not speak Eng-lish.
Individual conversations prov-ed
to be both educational and fas-cinating,
and customs, such as ges-tures
in greetings and when eating
could be observed first-hand.
Between sixty and ninety people
regularly attend monthly meetings
of Spanish-speaking people in the
Twin Cities. Bethel has been rep-resented
at these meetings by four
to twelve students.
Says Ryberg, "Last May, Mrs.
Francis Carlson and I started a
series of monthly meetings at the
Salvation Army, with not necessar-ily
anything to do with the Army.
Our hope is to get to know Span-ish-
speaking people in the Twin
Cities.
"Many Cubans have just arrived,
who have no money and few
used in anger. He is also, you may
have gathered, a Republican and
conservative. He has yet to be iden-tified
with the N.A.A.C.P. or the
civil rights movement. His political
philosophy is derived from his 21
years of experience in the Marine
Corps and his zealous belief in the
"great American dream."
A few of Mr. Johnson's job du-ties,
besides directing 6,700 Civil
Service employees, 'are writing all
the examinations for 3 million fed-eral
employees, writing federal
employment rules and regulations
and administering equal employ-ment
opportunity laws. As a com-missioner
Johnson is required to
travel around the country, check-ing
on regional offices to make
sure they are properly carrying
out the Commission's work.
As for the future, Mr. Johnson
is considering running in the 1972
congressional elections, and even
perhaps the California senate races
in 1974.
Bethel was the most liberal in
attitudes of the schools represent-ed
at the conference. Some of the
schools there were preoccupied
with such matters as the length of
guys' hair and girls' skirts and ab-olishing
compulsory chapel. It was
expressed (privately and publical-ly)
by the Bethel delegation that
there are more urgent matters,
such as war, racism, poverty, ali-enation,
environment, that Chris-tians
must be concerned with.
We, the delegates that attended
the conference, came back to Beth-el
with a different perspective on
the college, fresh hope for more
social, political, and spiritual in-teraction,
and increased desire to
make known the truth and wisdom
that Jesus, God, and the Holy Spir-it
reveal about human relations
and human institutions.
friends. We have been impressed
with the rapidity with which they
have re-established their families
here in the Twin Cities, many find-ing
jobs and buying homes. We
have wanted to become friends
with these people and hope even-tually
to discuss life in Christ with
them.
"The program has consisted of
evangelical films, a Latin-Ameri-can
Christian combo group from
Chicago, and a social hour when
Bethel students have had an op-portunity
to get to know some of
these people and speak Spanish
with them.
"We are hopeful that within a
short time, we will have establish-ed
a work among the Spanish-speaking
people in the Twin City
area, which will be an outpost of
one of the Salvation Army Corps
in Minneapolis, with a full-time
Spanish-speaking officer."
Still other outreaches have been
accomplished through the Spanish
department here at Bethel. Two
Sundays ago, Nancy Meyer and Di-ane
Lewis helped Ryberg with a
short service at the home of Mrs.
Olgo Zayas, who left Cuba with her
little girl and has since become a
Christian.
Mrs. Claar Diaz, one of the wom-en
visited by Bethel students, is
currently assisting Ryberg with
Spanish discussion ggroups.
Darcia Narvaez has begun to
practice with several Bethel stu-dents
who are interested in sing-ing
and playing Spanish folk
songs. Among them are Pam El-liott,
Joanne Tarman, Nancy Mey-er,
Diane Lewis, and Becky Thorp.
The group has been asked to sing
at a retreat for high school and
university students, among whom
there are several Spanish-speaking
people.
trantmitter and knew where to
buy the necessary $10 part. The
station bought the last one the
vendor had in supply.
Impairing the purchase of new
equipment and records was the
Student Senate's decision last year
to cut station support funds from
$1,000 to virtually nothing (they
may give some later on).
The station does receive some
funds, however. For example, this
year the station is working with
the Speech Department and re-ceives
$500 from them. (In the
spring, the Department's radio
class will have a specified amount
of WBCS airtime as a course re-quirement.)
Also, the station made
approximately $175 on their "John-ny
Carson" variety show. They are
soliciting advertisements to help
pay for their away-basketball
game broadcasts.
In the human aspect, in pro-gramming,
recruiting sufficient
personnel is somewhat of a prob-lem.
More important is the prob-lem
o fpleasing the students. "It's
hard to please college students,"
says Kingsbeck. "We can't please
everyone all of the time but we
try to please the majority most of
the time." And so the strategy is
to "bring in more special shows"
and "get the people more involved
with the station."
Communications
Board seeks
Clarion editor
The position of Clarion editor
for spring semester of this year is
open and the Communications
Board is receiving applications.
Traditionally the term for Clarion
editor has been from January to
January.
Application procedure is as fol-lows:
applicants must submit their
name and a written statement of
their proposed objectives and edi-torial
policies to Elden Elseth by
November 15; members of the
Communications Board will then
review the submitted statements,
interview the applicants, and make
recommendations to the senate
which has final authority to fill
the position. All interested and
qualified students are encouraged
to apply. Applicants must have a
cumulative 2.0 grade point average
and carry a 12 credit load during
his term as editor.
Members of the Communications
Board include Maurice Lawson,
campus pastor; James Anderson,
instructor in English; Alvera
Mickelson, instructor in Journal-ism
and Writing; Elden Elseth,
Richard Halverson, and Harvey
Frye.
Civil Service head to speak in chapel
Bethel students interact
with Cuban immigrants
photo by bob miko
Jack, Margie, Rich, Bob, and Pat meet for their weekly
layout conference, working far into the night (and into the
morning).
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by Pat Faxon
In the past year and a half the
Clarion staff has grown from a
total of two to a healthy twenty or
so. Still, even with such encour-aging
improvement, putting out a
publication such as the Clarion
takes more hours than I care to
tally and with a staff that by most
standards would be classed as mod-erate
in size, the amount of work
for each member, particularly the
editors, is phenomenal. This space
is dedicated to those who have sac-crificed
to learn and to serve the
community by providing a paper
each week.
Let us tell you what it's like.
My roommate asked me this ev-ening
at the dinner table if I
would consider being editor and
chief for another semester if I got
more money for it. I think she was
a little puzzled by my emphatic re-sponse.
'No,' I said, 'No amount of
money could make me take the
position for another semester.'
What's it like being editor and
chief of the paper? (I've been ask-ed
that question a number of
times and I never know quite
how to answer it). Instead of
telling you, let me ask you, the
reader, some questions.
What is it like to try to remem-ber
1001 detail's and keep before
you the larger plan, to talk to five
different people at once and not
make any feel as though he's be-ing
ignored, to be creative and
clever when it's been 22 hours
since you last slept?
What is it like to be frustrated
by knowledge which is 'privileged'
information, to understand both
the administrative and student per-spectives
and agree totally with
neither yet be forced to take a
stand, to stand firm when you'd
like to crawl away, to be cheerful
and encouraging when you'd like
to play the vanishing act?
Hmmmm, why would anyone
want to be editor, anyway?
A person doesn't want to be edi-tor
for the same reasons that he
wants to do most other things. The
benefits of the job are very sub-jective.
You start doing it for rea-sons
like for the experience, to im-prove
your writing, and maybe
even a little for the prestige. But
you soon find that you've become
more self-confident, not the cocky
sort, but the kind that comes from
learning to understand and be pa-tient.
You find that you've become
more articulate, you have a set of
priorities, and an unbelievable
knowledge of human nature and
interaction. You find that you know
yourself better than you ever
could have before, you learn to
laugh at trouble and how to make
the show go on in spite of. . . .
You find friendship and a sense of
satisfaction and accomplishment.
You participate in the process of
soul-building. You find the human
soul fragile, tenuous, unruly . . .
beautiful.
by Marjorie Rusche
Working for the Clarion is sur-realistic.
The events and people
you deal with become super real.
You become perceptive to the
point of hallucination due to the
long hours, lack of sleep, and con-stant
pressure of working under
deadlines.
Being an editor on the Clarion
staff is demanding, fulfilling, edu-cational,
and Excedrine headache
number 66. It's like running out-side
and rolling nude in the snow
after taking a steaming hot show-er—
extremely stimulating, but you
know you're crazy all the time
you're doing it.
Working on a newspaper ex-poses
you to a great variety of peo-ple
and situations. You learn more
about the good and bad in people
around you, and find out new
things about yourself.
I think that I am just beginning
Friday, October 23, 1970
to understand (after working on
the paper for two years) the pow-er
and force that words can have,
how they can be used with integ-rity
or maliciously and selfishly.
I believe that it is not only right
but necessary to write honestly
and plainly, with regard for the
emotions and ideas of your audi-ence,
but also to write with knowl-edge
of your obligation to touch
tender and vulnerable spots in or-der
to reveal inconsistencies and
encourage change.
In the explosive, confused, cha-otic
world we live in, I view the
role of a journalist—particularly
a journalist claiming Christ as
Lord—as a prophetic one. We
must examine existing situations,
state causative factors, and pres-cribe
potential solutions. We must
not shrink from our conception of
of truth, however unpopular it
might be.
When I become discouraged—as
I occasionally do—by some of the
repercussions of my journalistic
adventures on the Clarion staff,
I remember what that ol' Missouri
mule Harry Truman used to say,
"If you can't stand the heat, don't
go in the kitchen."
Getting burnt once in a while is
worth being in the kitchen, so if
any of you can dig learning more
about people and increasing your
self-expression through writing,
come on down to the Clarion office
and we'll put you to work.
by Rich Zaderaka
It is very difficult and time con-suming
to put out a sports page
without the help of student staff
writers and the co-operation of the
coaches of the various sports. Help
in the writing area has not been
extremely abundant.
It is even more difficult to write
a sports column. Because of the
extremely varied backgrounds at
Bethel, it is impossible to write g
column that is totally appealing to
everyone.
Also not everyone will agree
with the opinions stated. Since the
Clarion is the Bethel paper this ne-cessitates
commenting on Bethel
athletics now and then. This can.
be a touchy situation because
truthful reporting does not neces-sarily
take complementary forms.
If anyone does take exception
to the opinions stated in the Hot
Corner, their comments (in letter
form) are welcomed.
by Jack Priggen
Currently working on the Clar-ion
is really far out. In a school
with an enrollment of 1100, still
only about 15-20 people contribute
fact that the Clarion is something
outstanding. I am. The reason for
this is because I feel the Clarion
offers you much more than you
are required to give. Students who
have a desire to work or help out
in any way need only ask.
The experiences, challenges, op-portunities,
WORK and rewards
plus having the opportunity of be-ing
an 'ambassador for Christ'
make working on the Clarion staff
well worth the time invested.
by Bob Mike
I think that writing for the
Clarion is a Christian's obligation
to the student body. Our Father
has created us all and has allowed
us to develop in unique ways. He
has given to each of us here at
Bethel a fresh one-of-a-kind-point-of-
view of Himself and His crea-tion.
As different parts of The
Body, depending upon one another
for "unity, we should be allowing
one another the "newness" of your
point of view.
It is very sad to watch people
become mechanical sameness,
without any God-given individual-ity
expressed, in a way to edify
Jesus Christ.
By my writing in the Clarion I
hope to make people aware of the
world that God has shown me, so
that we might come together.
to each issue and the brunt of this
work is done by four or five of the
editors. Being one of these 'four
or five' I feel that many students
with talent are not doing their part
here at Bethel. Come down to the
Clarion office and I'll show you
examples of the publications of all
other colleges in the Twin Cities
and I feel that you'll agree that
we have the best paper in the Twin
Cities (with the exception of the
Minnesota Daily). The Clarion is
not a farce, it's for real and you,
yeah you man, can make it even
better.
Don't let me scare you away be-cause
the Clarion is a real expe-rience.
Clarion staff members are
among the best informed students
at Bethel. We know what is hap-pening
before it happens and we
also know much that often is not
printed in the Clarion.
So far this 'article' may sound
as if I'm trying to sell you on the
Clarion staff tells it like it is . .
LIVING 4RR by John Larson
If you vote Republican then you have done the right thing ... if you
say something profound in class then you are profound person .. . if
you ask a foolish question then you are a fool . . . if you have blonde
hair then you have more fun . . . if you have long hair then you are hip
. . . if you say spiritual things then you must be a spiritual person. . . .
These are the dreams that allow us to survive.
Do you want to be accepted as a profound person? Then don't ask
foolish questions. Do you want to be accepted as a rebel? Then grow
your hair and dress weird. Do you want to be accepted as a spiritual
giant? Then repeat spiritual phrases and learn to pray without hesita-tion.
The people you are trying to please will accept your cleverness,
your hair, and your prayers; chances are they'll miss you as a person.
Your identity hinges on what is seen, so it is these things you must pro-tect
and cultivate. Your image must be maintained at all costs, for it is
this that you will eventually become. Isn't it great to be alive?
On days when our self-image is bound to be threatened we hate to
get out of bed. We avoid associating with people that place us in a posi-tion
that we're not used to . . . they might find out how stupid we really
are. We live not in freedom, but in the bondage of fear. When we are
exposed in front of every one, we become uncomfortable; when we are
rejected by everyone, we are destroyed. We see ourselves only in relation
to each other. Our lives are made or broken by the people around us.
We are products of our environment, and a product can never overcome
its creator. We defeat ourselves. We forfeit our claim to be a new cre-ation
not understood by the world. We have accepted temporal values
to the extent that we miss the infinite person within each of us.
If and when we forget our role in Bethel's society and accept the
freedom and life in Jesus, we will begin to experience the reality of Life
instead of our image of life. When we forsake the security of visible ac-ceptance
for the unseen security of Jesus we will finally know peace.
When we finally get frustrated with our phony relationships and get
right into Jesus, then we will see a genuine love for each other . . . we
then will see an environment working in freedom instead of fear . . .
producing life instead of death.
"He is a Christian who is one inwardly, and freedom is a matter of
the heart, spiritual and not literal. His praise is not from men but from
God."
sequently working to combine both
old and new techniques of compo-sition.
In his lecture, Dr. Zimmerman
explained that his use of jazz on
the art level is quite different from
our popular or rock and roll music
which he feels is only entertain-ment
and not art. He said that rock
and roll had made no contribution
to the art of music as it introduces
no new concepts or elements. Ac-cording
to him, it comes from the
ragtime tradition, merely putting
known musical elements together
in a grosser and rougher form, and
it has been no inspiration to any
composer.
Dr. Berglund, Bethel College
Choir director, said that he was
very interested in the composer's
new approach to church music and
feels that he has hit upon an idea
that might bridge the old and the
new. He went on to say that the
choir has enoyed performing Dr.
Zimmerman's works and is pres-ently
working on three spirituals
composed by him in memory of Dr.
Martin Luther King.
Dr. Zimmerman's new concepts
have been well received in the Un-ited
States and Europe and many
colleges are performing his works,
said Dr. Berglund. "They are ex-citing,"
he said, "and put fresh
new life into old church music."
Though Dr. Zimmerman did not
work individually with the college
choir, choir members sang several
of his new compositions with the
choirs of Augsburg and Concordia
accompanied by a jazz band at the
Augsburg Clinic Friday night.
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Bethel College Choir meets with
renowned European composer
by Toni Magnuson
Last Friday, Bethel College
Choir members met once again
with German choral music compos-er
Dr. Heinis Werner Zimmerman,
presently on a 20-day lecutre tour
in the United States.
The Director of the School of
Church Music in West Berlin,
sponsored by the Evangelical Lu-theran
Church of Germany, Dr.
Zimmerman came in contact with
the Bethel College Choir during
their European tour in the sum-mer
of 1969. The choir performed
one of Dr. Zimmerman's composi-tions
while on tour, "Make a Joy-ful
Noise," and he was favorably
impressed, stating that Bethel has
"the best choir he'd heard in Ber-lin."
A two-day clinic at Augsburg
college Oct. 16-17 was the first
stop in Dr. Zimmerman's 20-day
tour of universities across the
country,- with the purpose of lec-turing
on his views relating to
church music as well as his com-positional
techniques.
In a meeting with interested
students at Bethel Friday after-noon,
he explained some of his
pioneer ideas in the field of church
music. He has developed a new
concept of polyphony (a piece of
music woven together of different
single melodic lines which all
sound simultaneously) in church
music by integrating jazz tech-niques
of the 40's and 50's into his
compositions.
Dr. Zimmerman feels that some
of the jazz techniques will create
interesting backgrounds for the
polphonic techniques, and is con-
"Immanuel-God
with Us" will be
theme of Festival
The theme of Festival of Christ-mas
this year will be "Immanuel—
God With Us." Festival will be
held on December 4, 5 and 6. There
will be 8 p.m. performances on Fri-day
and Saturday and only a 3
p.m. performance on Sunday.
Please note that there will not be
a Sunday evening performance this
year.
Again this year, tickets will be
sold. The price will be $1.50 per
ticket. However, there will be a
special student price of $1 each.
Tickets will go on sale October 26
and continue through October 30.
If you want to save money on your
Festival of Christmas tickets, you
may purchase them October 26-30
from 9 a.m. to 12 and 1 p.m. until
4 p.m. in the coffee shop or at the
reception desk in the seminary.
Students will be limited to four
tickets each at the $1 price. All
tickets purchased after October 30
will be at the regular price of $1.50
each.
No refunds will be made for un-used
tickets.
chapel gote5
Pastor Maurice C. Lawson
Arnold Kriegbaum, dean of stu-dents,
Grace College in Winona
Lake, Ind., will be the speaker on
Monday. Tuesday will be James A.
Johnson, vice-commissioner for the
U.S. Civil Service Commission. Dr.
Robert Smith of our philosophy
department will bring a series of
messages on Wednesday, Thurs-day
and Friday. Dr. Smith travels
throughout the country on week-ends
enjoying a distinct ministry
to military personnel.
TOOOti
Pollution and the Death of Man,
The Christian view of Ecology
by Bob Miko
There is an excellent new book in the Bethel book store dealing
with ecology. It is written by Francis A. Schaeffer of The God Who
is There fame. He has written two other books, Escape From Reason
and Death in the City, with another one set to come out in December.
In his new book, Pollution and the Death of Man, The Christian View
of Ecology, Dr. Schaeffer takes a look at the Christian's role in the en-vironmental
problem which presses in upon us all. He does this by first
stating the problem as proposed by the non-Christian, and his solution
to it. Dr. Schaeffer then shows the shortcomings of their answer and the
true Christian answer as the only solution.
Dr. Schaeffer uses an article that appeared in the Science Magazine
of March 10, 1967. It was written by Lynn White Jr., a professor of His-tory
at the University of California at Los Angeles. The article is titled,
"The Historical Roots of our Ecologic Crisis," which is reprinted in this
book.
According to Dr. Schaeffer, Prof. White does a very brilliant article
stating what the problem is. The problem as he sees it is "although we
no longer are a Christian world, but a post-Christian one, nevertheless
we still retain a 'Christian mentality' in the area of ecology. He says
Christianity presents a bad view of nature." Not only this but he also
says that, "what people do about their ecology depends on what they
think about themselves in relation to things around them. Human ecol-ogy
is deeply conditioned by beliefs about our nature and our destiny—
that is by religion." Dr. Schaeffer agrees that the problem has been
properly defined.
Along the same lines as Prof. White's thinking, Richard L. Means,
an associate professor of sociology at the college of Kalamazoo, develops
a solution in his article "Why Worry About Nature." This article which
appeared in the December 2, 1967, edition of the Saturday Review is
also reprinted in Dr. Schaeffer's book. Prof. Means presents again, the
idea that the ecological problem is one of ethics, but man's only con-cept
of ethics has been man to man.
Schaeffer quotes extensively from both articles as he shows the sad
state of affairs that man apart from the true God is in today.
Dr. Schaeffer goes on to show how the pantheistic idea, developed
by Prof. Means, falls apart and really how misconstrued most peoples'
idea of what God has revealed to us in scripture. Dr. Schaeffer devotes
one whole chapter to discuss the scriptual account of creation and man's
relationship to it. He then goes on to show us what happened at the fall
of man.
Man was divided from God, first; and then, ever since the fall, man
is separated from himself. The next division is that man is divided from
other men; these are the sociological divisions. And then man is
divided from nature, and nature is divided from nature." Reading fur-ther
he says, "So there are these multiple divisions, and one day, when
Christ comes back, there is going to be a complete healing of all of them,
on the basis of the 'blood of the lamb.'
Dr. Schaeffer sums it up by saying that today through the power
of the cross, we can "substantially heal" the earth. He suggests that we,
the church, do this by being an example, "a pilot plant" to show the
world how God would have us live.
Let me just say that once again Dr. Schaeffer has done an excellent
job of presenting the dilemma of modern man, his attempt to bring the
wrold together, without God, and how the Christian message is the only
answer to today's problems.
Pollution and the Death of Man, The Christian View of Ecology is
published by Tyndale, has one hundred and twenty-five pages, and sells
for the cheap price of one dollar and ninety-five cents.
Friday, October 23, 1970
the CLARION
Page 5
by Harold C.
This past weekend I went to Duluth (hometown)—that is why I turn-ed
this column (article) in late, but you'll read it on time if it gets in.
Thursday night before I left I heard that the language requirement had
been dropped—that was the greatest news of this academic year!
Now I understand that the new curriculum only applies to incoming
freshmen—that's not so good as news—eh campus?
I. I guess you could say
A. Seniors this year are semi-lucky (1 year language re-quirement)
B. Incoming freshmen are definitely lucky
C. There are three classes of unluckies
1) I was born too early and too late
2) I'm not too lucky (pertaining to this matter however)
Then again I am lucky because I can see the non-beautiful leaves
today (I put in the 'non' so you wouldn't just skip over "the beauti-ful
leaves"—you know I want to give the word beautiful a "fresh"
and (are you ready?) relevant meaning). Yes they are beautiful and the
moon and stars are beautiful each night too—have you noticed? If you
haven't, you are wasting your fall . . . and a person only gets about sev-enty
falls (autumns) to enjoy (and you've probably used up about twenty
(20) of them, right?) The Lord has made a fantastic creation—there is
so much going on constantly in nature that I don't know about—M41
Johnson knows though (Bio 101). I remember when I had to write an
ecology report for Biology class—I was amazed at all the things happen-ing
on our little campus. Take notice! When I walk in the woods instead
of studying or working my mother says I'm lazy—but Larry Ostrom
pointed out to me that we're not lazy—we're aesthetic.
I worked on a Studebaker Hawk (1954) this past weekend when I
went to Duluth. I worked hard and had lots of problems.
$1000 aviation award
leads to Private License
An award is now available for All interested students are invit-young
men interested in entering ed to submit applications for the
the field of commercial aviation. award, and will be expected to ob-
The Bethel Aviation Award, am- tain an FAA Second Class Medical
ounting to approximately $1,000 Certificate, submit a written state-will
assist an eligible student in a ment declaring his previous inter-program
leading to a commercial est and experience in the field of
pilot's license with instrument rat- aviation and his vocational objec-ing.
tives. Applicants must take the
The program leading to a Pri- Mechanical Comprehension Test
vate Pilot's license will involve (a written test administered on
ground school instruction two campus), be personnaly interview-nights
a week for a period of six ed by the Aviation Award Com-weeks,
and a total of approximate- mittee, and are also asked to se-ly
42 hours flight time. All ground cure a statement regarding their
and flight instruction will be given personal character, integrity and
by the Northland Aviation Compa- purpose in life from the Board of
ny in its FAA approved flight Deacons in their home church.
school. Applications should be submit-
Once accepted for the award, the ted to Dr. Paul R. Finlay, chairman
student must make normal prog- of the Aviation Award Committee
ress in the academic program as by October 31. The award will be
well as pursuing the flight pro- granted the first week in January
gram arranged by the student and with training beginning shortly
director of the flight service. thereafter.
photo by bob miko
Bethel's 'marching band' performing during halftime at
last week's homecoming game.
photo by bob miko
Dave Pearson's pass to Conklin is tipped away by Eureka
defensive half back.
photo by bob miko
Steve Conklin attempts to
make pass reception.
Harriers place second in CC meet
Page 6 the CLARION
The Bethel Royals hosted the
Eureka Red Devils at Midway Sta-dium
on Saturday, October 17. Eu-reka
upset the Royal's Homecom-ing
attempt by defeating them by
a 21-16 score.
The game was statistically dom-inated
by Bethel with 333 yards
as the Royals rushed for 195 yards
and quarterback Dave Pearson
completed 9 of 28 passes for 138
yards. Eureka went 144 yards on
the ground and were held to 78
yards in the air as they compiled
222 cumulative yards.
Both teams scored touchdowns
in the first and second periods.
The score at the half was 14-13
after Bethel failed to convert the
extra point in the second period.
Bethel pulled ahead 16-14 on a
field goal by John Faust in the 3rd
quarter but were stopped short of
their second regular season win
by Eureka's final touchdown late
in the fourth period.
Fine individual efforts by Lar-ry
Van Epps, Jim Carlson, and
Bruce Johnson contributed to
Bethel's finest game execution all
year. The Royal's offensive unit
was successful in gaining 16 first
downs as the defense held Eureka
to 11. Isolated defensive mistakes
by the Royals determined Eure-ka's
victory.
Fullback Steve Payne rushed for
80 yards and freshman halfback
Mark Wood led the team in rush-ing
and reiceiving with 129 yards.
He rushed for 78 yards with an
average of 6 yards per carry.
The Royals play their final home
game next Saturday at 1:30 in a
game with Huron College of Hu-ron,
Sout hDakota at Midway Sta-dium.
Friday, October 23, 1970
photo by bob miko
Dave Bjork, Mark Howard make the stop on Red Devil
running back.
photo by bob miko
Dan Koetz displays gymnastic talent as team performs for
homecoming half-time.
The Hot Corner
by Rich Zaderaka
I don't intend to apologize for the opinions stated in last week's
column. A lot of the football players were really burned after reading
what I wrote and I can't say that I blame them. But I won't retract one
word of what I said because I believe that it was all true. I'm not claim-ing
to have inspired them to play aggressive football against Eureka.
I'm not trying to soothe wounded feelings by saying that the team played
the best game I've seen in two years.
But the defense was hitting with a fierceness that characterizes
football. The offensive line was opening holes in Eureka's line that you
could have driven a dump truck through. And when the holes weren't
there, Mark Wood and Steve Payne still picked up yardage on valiant
individual efforts. Ends Sheldon Carlson and Steve Conklin made some
fine pass receptions. Saturday's performance was a total team effort.
The team made mistakes, but those mistakes were kept to a mini-mum.
They played hard-nosed football—the way football should be
played.
You'll never catch me knocking the cross country team. These guys
have GUTS. If you don't believe that go out and run with them for a
week, and find out what it's really like. I doubt if there is any sport
which is more mentally as well as physically exhausting. The harriers
get very little if any recognition; in fact, their only real reward is per-sonal
satisfaction. Current runners are Phil James, Dan Brodin, Dave
Greener, Greg Speck, Dave Foy, Dave Peterson and Steve Smith. Roger
Deneen and Dennis Zaderaka were running earlier in the season but
were forced out of action because of injuries.
GRID PIX
An excellent week with a record of 10-2-1 upped the season mark
to 32-16-2. This week there are four or five toughies that could go either
way but the likely winners are:
Baltimore over Boston
New York Jets over Buffalo
Miami over Cleveland
San Diego over Houston
Oakland over Pittsburgh
Detroit over Chicago
Green Bay over Philadelphia
St. Louis over New York Giants
Minnesota over Los Angeles
Washington over Cincinnati
New Orleans over Atlanta
Kansas City over Dallas
Denver over San Francisco
Gridders fall short of victory 21-16
Bethel's Royals took second
place in their Homecoming Cross
Country Meet last Saturday morn-ing.
The Harriers recorded a tally
of 37 as Hamline won the meet
with 27 and St. Paul Bible had 62.
Junior Phil James once more
paced Bethel runners, garnering
fourth plcae overall. Freshman
Dan Brodin once again finished
near James, this time but three
seconds back. Senior Dave Greener
followed in eighth place and was.
closely pursued (five seconds be-hind)
by freshman Dave Peterson
who was running in his first meet.
Another such newcomer, freshman)
Steve Smith, completed the Royal
scoring with an eleventh place fin-ish.
Sophomore Greg Speck and
freshman Dave Foy helped "push
back" St. Paul Bible and some oth-er
runners.
Coach Glader was satisfied with
the long distance men's perform-ance,
especially considering that
two of the freshman had just come
out for the squad. He found it un-fortunate,
however, as did the rest
of the team, that Gustavus Adol-phus
did not show up in adequate
numbers to compete (Bethel de-feated
the Gusties earlier this
year). It was thought that Concor-dia-
St. Paul might compete too
but they did not.
Bethel closes what has not been
an especially successful season
(record-wise) by traveling to Wi-nona
today for a scheduled Trian-gular
with Winona State and Stev-
Universe-shaking as it sounds,
some otherwise sophisticated in-tellectuals
(as well as the majority
of students) may not understand
what "cross country" is.
A cross country" is not a nation
with a foul disposition nor is it a
term with which to label the re-ligious
nature of Bethel-land. It is
not even, as some may think, fall
track.
"Cross country" is a long dis-tance
sport. In college this foot
race is most typically four miles
long.
Scores are compiled according
to individual runnerps' finishes.
The first place runner gets "1,"
the second "2," the third "3," and
so on. A team's first five places
are added up for the team score
and the lowest score wins.
Technicality: runners six and
seven for any team do not count
in the scoring but are included in
the counting. That is, if Bethel has
the first eight runners in a meet,
the score is 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4
ens Point. The last regular season
home meet is a week from Satur-day
against Jamestown.
plus 5 equals 15. If the first man
from another school is number
nine, he is counted number eight.
The reason: five men from one
team score, the next two don't
score but "push back" the other
team (s), the next runner does not
count at all.)
At Bethel this year, there has
been extra standing room (and
even seating room) left over in
both home meets. For example,
last week—true, there was again a
soccer game at the same time—,
the first female spectator this year
showed up and became about 20-
25% of the Bethel crowd. It is
thought by this writer that there
may be members on Bethel's cross
country team that will not violent-ly
complain if a few more of their
fellow students bother to come and
see how they run.
The next home meet is a week
from tomorrow—October 31 at 11
—at the Como Course (the course
is located by the tennis courtg
south of the conservatory).
The Bethel soccer team lost their
homecoming game to the Univer-sity
of Minnesota last week, by the
score of 2-0. Both teams were re-ally
up for the game, with Bethel
wanting to prove its ability before
the homecoming crowd.
Bethel played controlled ball in
the first half, with several close
shots at the goal, but the Royals
were unable to put the ball in the
net.
The Gophers go ttheir first goal
toward the end of the first half
on a breakaway, with their offense
by Lynn Dreesen
The girls' hockey team here at
Bethel started the season well with
a 7-0 victory over St. Catherine's.
Sarah Reasoner, center; Sandy
Sanford and Kathy Head, inners;
Jean MacNabs and Lynn Dreesen,
wings; were all able to score. The
opposition was held from scoring
by excellent defense work of Ra-chel
Dick, Jan Hendrickson, Linda
Schmid, Barb Elliot, and Debbie
Comeau.
The second game against Carl-ton
was different. For the first
time our girls played on an open
putting a rush on the Bethel de-fense.
Minnesota scored another
breakaway goal in the second half
which was demoralizing to the
Royal boosters. Bethel had several
more good opportunities but were
unable to score.
All in all, the game was fairly
even with outstanding play by each
team. The outcome could have
turned either way but this time
Minnesota came out on top. To-morrow,
the Royals hope to avenge
their defeat when they challenge
the University International team.
field and they fought hard but the
Carlton team won 3-1. Our single
point was scored by a push-pass
from Sandy Sanford.
In the third game Sarah Reason-er
scored two points to win over
St. Paul Academy, 2-1. Passing in
the offensive line had improved
much over previous games and
Jeane Westwater showed tremen-dous
effort as goalie.
The team has done an excellent
job. With only a 12 member team
they cannot scrimmage. However,
our girls have one advantage —
"GRIT!"
What is 'Cross Country'?
by Flash (In The Pan)
Girls hockey starts with 1-0 win
photo by bob miko
Bethel gymnastics team .... goes squash.
Gophers beat Royals 2-0