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0 •E (A2a1.-6601 ism onsoimmoinliseikmtm weore _elm amiltram set imem• salma e.si4mr , am um sum Aro ' -7041111ilm aim mot MASS NOM alat *Mt mos , g,9411,407..."" " 441".6 1111•11 a** Maw .01111/41( chiPbt Friday, March 6, At their annual convention February 27 and 28, SMEA elected Bethel junior Doug Warring state president of the organization. Richard Harris, Assistant Professor of Education at Bethel was chosen advisor of the year. Vol. XLV—No. 19 Bethe l College, St. Paul, Minnesota S.M.E.A. elects Warring•Harris HT he Xihrr EE r HE ca b, L COLLEGE F— Seek new R.A.'s Application blanks for the next year's resident assistants in the dormitories will be available be-ginning March 9. The announce-ment came from the Student Ser-vices Office this week. The Student Services office will be looking for 8 men and 13 women to fill the positions in Edgren, Bodien, Hagstrom, and Arden Hills for the 1970-1971 school year. These positions are open to stu-dents who will be juniors or sen-iors next year. The interested stu-dent must return his application blank to the Student Services Of-fice, complete with the names of three references by March 20. Shortly after Easter Vacation, Dean of Men, Don Rainbow, and Dean of Women, Marilyn Starr, along with the respective house-parents, and a former R.A., will begin interviews with the appli-cants. The primary basis for se-lection will be the letters of re-commendation and the personal interview. The R.A.'s will receive a train-ing session in May which will acquaint them further with their new positions and responsibili-ities. Some of the responsibilities are rather routine, such as being on duty one night a week to help dorm residents get a key or equip-ment that is needed; making the rounds of the dorm to be sure that all is well. However, "The job is actually much deeper than this in many respects," Dean Rain-bow says. "Students serving as R.A.'s must show some qualities of leadership in academic and social aspects as well as in the spiritual realm. "Because these students are in a place of leadership there must be an eagerness on the part of the R.A. to get to know the students on his floor, to spend time with them and help them in all areas of adjustment to college life." The R.A. has an opportunity to do some counselling but often it is a referral either to Student Services or to Lee Bajuniemi, Col-lege Counsellor. While the payment for such a position is full room and board, Mr. Rainbow claims, "The real benefit comes from the invest-ment the individual R.A. is willing to make." WBCS presents Johnny Parson and guest stars What are you doing this Satur-day night? WBCS has its evening cut out for it, sponsoring The Johnny Parson Tonight Show. Hugh McLeod, who will be the MC, in-formed the Clarion that the for-mat will be similar to that of the Johnny Carson Show. There will be several guest stars and the WBCS Good Guys alias the Mighty Parson Players will also participate. The majority of the show will tend toward the hu-morous, though there will be seri-ous aspects as well. Among the featured acts will be "Harold and His Harmonica;" an audio auto race by the Players; and "Stump the Band," a chance for the audi-ence to participate. (Those who do succeed in stumping the band will win albums.) When will this take place? The Tonight Show will go on at 8 p.m. in the Fieldhouse. by Anne Dalton The Student Minnesota Educa-tion Association, better known as the S.M.E.A., held their convention on February 27 and 28 at Mac-alester College in St. Paul. Ap-proximately 30 colleges, including Bethel, were represented. The convention dealt with the areas of teacher preparation, con-tract negotiation, salaries, public relations, and policies of educa-tion. The concensus of opinion on these topics was sent to the Min-nesota Education Association (M.- E.A.). The S.M.E.A. has approximately 6000 members from all of the Minnesota colleges. They in turn elected about 150 delegates to rep-resent them at the convention. Bethel's delegates were Sue Bom-stad, Judy Olson, Sue Hillmer, Barb Atkins, and Mark Erickson. Doug Warring from Bethel, who served on last year's Executive Board was elected to the office of President of the state S.M.E.A.. Doug said his duties would be as follows: 1. Direct and conduct the Execu-tive Board, whose membership was decreased this year from 11 to 5 members. by Tim Weko Bethel has a new football coach! Dean Olson announced this week that Charles R. Reynolds, Park Rapids, Minnesota high school foot-ball coach has been signed to re-place Maurice Shields as head football coach. Charles Reynolds comes to Bethel fresh from a year of coach-ing at Park Rapids, which marks his twelfth year of coaching at the high school level. In his first two seasons as a coach at Akron, Iowa, Charles Reynolds, high school coach from Park Rapids, Minne-sota, has decided _ to _ attempt making Bethel football respect-able once again. 2. Establish 12 committees for ga-thering and dispersing informa-tion regarding all aspects of teaching and school systems. 3. Bring S.M.E.A. proposals to the M.E.A. for consideration and passage. 4. Exert pressure on committees and commissions to obtain what is wished. 5. Communicate the function of S.M.E.A. to all the colleges in Minnesota. 6. Attend national meetings and report on their activities. Doug had this to say about his new position "The Minnesota stu-dent program is one of the most active in the nation. My job is to keep it there with new ideas and implementation of old ones as I work with the M.E.A. staff and the S.M.E.A. Executive Board." Mr. Richard Harris, advisor to Bethel's local S.M.E.A. and assis-tant professor in the Education Department, was voted Advisor of the Year. Each college submitted a recommendation for their ad-visor and from these recommenda-tions, Harris was chosen. At a dinner held on Friday night of the convention, he was presented with an engraved plaque. Reynolds compiled a 10-4-2 won-lost record. He then moved to Windom, Minnesota where in nine years, his teams compiled a re-spectable record of 42 wins and 26 losses. An all North Central Conference center his junior year at Augus-tana College, Sioux Falls, he was elected captain his senior year. Graduating from Augustana in 1953 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, he then spent two years in the armed forces, after which he took under-graduate work in physical educa-tion at the University of Minnesota. In August, 1957, he received his M.S. degree in physical education from South Dakota State Universi-ty. His coming to Bethel College marks the fulfillment of a goal for him. He says, "Throughout the last several years one of my goals has been to establish myself as a capable teacher and coach in a small, church affiliated college. My reasons for this are twofold. First, as an elder in the Presby-terian Church, my principles of Christian living and philosophy of life will be in accordance with Tutor program offers to assist local students by Dave Greener A new program was started last week at Bethel that provides self-help for students who want it. The voluntary service seeks to match students who desire assis-tance with those who want to assist them. Thus far, both Dave Shupe and Sid Veenstra, who are in charge of the program, say that they are "quite encouraged" by the re-sponse to it. At this point, the number of people wanting help and the number of people offer-ing it is about equal, although, as Veenstra suggests, this doesn't mean that they all match by sub-ject. Now that they've laid the foun-dations for the program (an ear-lier start had once been antici-pated — matters such as last semester's finals, vacation, Inter-im, and administrative work help-ed delay it), Shupe's and Veen-stra's role is primarily one of co-ordination, to combine names of people asking for help with those who can help them. Once they do this, the two parties meet as often (or as infrequently) as they mutually desire. Should there be time conflicts or if for some rea-son it doesn't work out, they can ask for someone else. Presently, Veenstra reveals, a number of people have sought as-sistance in sciences (chemistry stu-dents have a program already) and language. There have also been a few in Christianity. "Even to-day," he said, "someone heard about the program and asked for help." There has been no feedback thus far concerning any of the meetings or their sucess. Veenstra feels that if the program really helps, students are going to tell each other. "I think it will catch on," he says. Shupe's hope is that once the service (really) gets on its feet (such as next fall, as he suggests), everyone who needs help will be referred to the program. Comments on the program or inquiries about it may be made to Shupe or Veenstra or through their P.O.'s. those of the college. Secondly, some small part of my coaching philosophy, which I feel to be right, may be passed on by those who go on into high school teach-ing and coaching." Reynolds will be inheriting a football team that has won only one game in the past three sea-sons. He is fully aware of the dif-ficult job that awaits him—that of making Bethel football respec-table. When asked to summarize his philosophy of the game, he re-sponded thusly: "It's like life. It requires a disciplined life. It teaches victory over defeat. Win-ning isn't everything, but it means a great deal more than some think." Next football season all eyes will be upon the new coach as he attempts to make his players ap-ply his philosophy on the football field as well as off of it. Some skeptics may lose faith immedi-ately if he doesn't provide a win-ning team, but there will be others to give him the respect and coop-eration he will need if he is to establish a winning tradition in Bethel College football. Bethel recruits C. R. Reynolds - new football coach lie" JUST NoRTGAcep H6 sow_ TO rnie R/VANCOI PEP/Mr/16NT SO CAN PAY THE ro/ 77 ow lificREAsE Page 2 the CLARION Friday, March 6, 1970 Education requires involvement; Bethel Forum put time where your mouth is "I could have gone to the university almost tuition free, but I "The Column" provokes response decided to come to Bethel." "I started out at a larger school with better facilities, but am glad I transferred here." "I gave up a sports scholarship to come to Bethel." "I was ready to transfer out, my junior year, but then realized what a mistake that would be." I decided that this week, I wanted to write a "positive" editorial. I was both chagrinned and ashamed when, after spending nearly an hour in serious thought, I had not been able to think of something to write about. At that point I voiced my frustration and some one in the office at the time ventured to ask, "Well, why are you at Bethel?" Wow! Why am I here? My first mental reply was "Because I'm a junior and am not anxious to loose more time, credits and money 'by tranferring." Although this is true, I knew it was not the real reason I was still at Bethel after two and one-half years. After the first month of my sophomore year here, I was ready to pack up lock, stock and barrel and leave. I had the uneasy feeling that, in spite of all the money I was paying out and all the work I was doing, I was not getting a good education. I felt cheated. I was. Yet, now I'm a junior, and I'm still here. Why? An article I read recently in a magazine designed for educators stated that the best learning takes place when a student interacts with his environment; when he can relate what he's learning to what he already knows and what is going on around him. It spoke of a growing trend toward humanism in education, of considering the individual personality of the student, of aiding him in the development of his self concept. It spoke more specifically about teaching children in the ghetto areas, how slums had developed, how they are perpetuated. In other words it spoke of helping the student to involve himself in what he is learning. After contemplating that particular piece of material for some time, I decided that the key concept was involvement. Upon consulting the dictionary, I found the word "involve" to be defined as "to draw one into entanglement or complication; to embarass with difficulties or perplexities; to involve one in debt or crime; to complicate or make intricate in thought or form." Educational involvement, then, should be an integration of the learning process with the life process; applying concepts learned in the classroom situation to general thought and behavior patterns. A well educated person is not one who has good training in some par-ticular field, but one who can relate to others, communicate to them what he wants to get across, and meet problems with a viable solution. With the change of Clarion editors in the middle of my soph-omore year, I began writing for the paper. As my reporting ventures led me into offices, people, and areas of interest I never knew exist-ed on campus, my own span of interest grew until I was involved not only with the Clarion, but in many other- areas as well. The frustration of academic irrelevance had, to a great extent, vanished. I am willing to say that among institutions of higher education everywhere, Bethel ranks near the top when it comes to opportunity for involvement. At a senate meeting early last fall, former IC3 representative, Arne Bergstrom reported that representatives from other schools on the coordinating committee were astonished at the number of joint student-faculty committees Bethel had and that many times he was referred to for help or advice in this area. If a good education necessitates involvement, then Bethel College is probably one of the best places you can be. Students are not taking advantage of the opportunities before them. I ran for student senate last spring uncontested — there were five openings and five candidates. For some positions no one ran, so the person with the most write-in votes won. Dave Shupe, our Student Association President spent a whole semester looking for students to fill available positions. Students who are dissatisfied with Bethel and their education, have no excuse for complaining, and feeling sorry for themselves. There are plenty of opportunities to put your time and effort where your mouth is — and experience isn't necessary, you receive "on the job training." To the editor: Perhaps I can respond to Tim Weko's comments about my Foun-ders Week announcement which was included in his recent column by writing in this open way. Tim, you felt that I inferred attendance at a Founders Week service was "more spiritual" than attendance at a basketball game. Actually , I did not say that. God, to be sure, is everywhere. Even so, it is probably true that the average person is more aware of His pre-sence and message at a service devoted to that purpose than at an athletic event. In my remarks, however, I was simply expressing a priority for that particular night similar to the choices all of us constantly must make between To the editor: For some time now I have heard from, and read opinions of, sev-eral students who seem to possess an incessant calling to ridicule, renunciate, and reject innumerable facets of our institution's system. Some of it I can agree with, some of it I can tolerate, but now I can neither tolerate it nor keep silent about it. Specifically, I am referring to the recent letter that expressed dissatisfaction and disappointment in President Lundquist's message at the semester's opening chapel. If you recall, the author of the editorial chose to call it "the puritanical 'Christian' package . . on man's (archaic) rules and reg-ulations." Not only do I feel that this synopsis is totally inaccurate, but also outrageous and uncalled for. As an introduction, the Pres-ident offered a few words of cor-rection for the misinformed editor of Christianity Today and the re-cent article that falsely claimed Bethel held school sponsored dan-ces. From this he went on to define and reemphasize the three ideals that do exist here, at least in theory. The main emphasis was on the ideal of differentiation. He spoke first of the quality of life that should be characteristic of the Christian. Not quality as parallel to affluency, but quality as synon-omous to genuine spiritually and practice of righteousness for Christ's sake. He also mentioned that it is our responsibility as a Christian community to make a difference for Christ, for the true Christian life is different. It is different from the placid, worldly, and sinful existence where self reigns supreme. It is different be-cause it is a life where Christ reigns supreme and every thought, deed and word should be accept-able in His sight and committed to Him. But it is only different when it is lived! The President's final word was simple, fair and very logical. It was also the part that Mr. Mesaros failed to listen to. It was here that he spoke to the individ-uals who could not identify with these principles and in fact asked why they chose to attend Bethel in the first place, being perfectly aware of them. I can only reiterate the same question. From what I have seen, this cam-pus seems to be searching for, and is in need of, some kind of spirit-ual awakening. I see no such ex-activities both of which are good. On this particular evening, I hoped that many would choose to hear a man who has never addressed our student body before but who, in my judgment, is one of the most effective Christian leaders in our world today. We do not have that opportunity as often as we have the chance to see our boys play. Nay own enthusiasm about our basketball team is indicated by the fact that when I came to Bethel I inserted a game for the first time right into the heart of the Found-ers Week schedule. That Thursday afternoon game has been there ever since. It has become a trad-itional part of Founders Week which all of our guests appreciate. I know of no comparable program-perience in sight — not until each Christian here makes a serious sacrificial commitment to God-liness and righteousness; and not until we learn to live life as direct-ed by the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit, rather than by personal evaluations used as excuses and modern ethics used as justifiers. If we are going to use the cri-terion of Mr. Mesaros, then one of the most "puritanical 'Christian' packages" ever written was in To the editor: Okay, so maybe he doesn't come across very well to us. Maybe he is out of touch with us. Maybe he digs P.R. and we don't. Maybe he is the spokesman for the fre-quently lagging constituent estab-lishment. Maybe his personality doesn't groove with yours. Maybe he makes occasional, unintended, tactless mistakes. Maybe so. But he isn't rude like we are either. He doesn't cough or snort when he's in the audience and we're talking. He doesn't get up and leave when we're talking to To the editor: Just thought you and the stu-dent body might like to know the truth about the "long lines in the cafeteria" during Founder's Week. In checking over the statistics from that famed week, I was able to discover that the greatest num-ber of people on any one day in the cafeteria was 511, which is only 30 more than usual. Spread that over 2 hours that the noon the CLARION Published weekly during the academic year, except during vacation and exami-nation periods, by the students of Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-scription rate $4 per year. Editor in chief Pat Faxon News Editor Marg Erickson Feature Editor Cindy Rostollan Fine Arts Editor Marjorie Rusche Sports Editor Tim Weko Layout Editor Lynn Hansen Copy Editor Anne Dalton ming in any similar conference in America. I hope you were able to attend some of the sessions on other nights, Tim. For me as President it was greatly inspiring to see our co- lege students out in such large numbers both morning and even-ing — as well as at the after-ser-vice dialogues with the speakers in Edgren. And I trust that the message and the spirit of the week-to the world with love- always will characterize us as teachers and students in our relationships with those at a distance as well as with those right here on campus. God bless you, Tim, as you help us set our sails in this direction! Carl H. Lundquist, President Bethel College and Seminary Paul's letter to the Philippians: "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, what-ever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, let your mind dwell on these things." (N.A.S.B.) May I remind you that these are the Lord God's Commandments not "man's rules', and they are eternal — not "archaic!" Roger W. Wilde '72 him. He doesn't throw paper air-planes around when others are speaking. He doesn't show dis-respect for another's style of del-ivery or personality. Remember a couple of chapels? Remember well-worn "First take the plank out of your own eye and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's"? Remember "Love is patient, gentle, kind, . . . "? Remember ". . . the Lord looks on the heart"? Re-member? You do? Oh. John Richard Trinity '70 lunch line is open and you average about 1 extra person every 4 min-utes. That certainly can't be too "bloody" or "impossible," can it? Besides, maybe someday you'll be old and lonesome for some of our famous nuggets of nutrition and then you will return to be that extra person every 4 min-utes. Wayne Erickson Assistant Food Services Manager Reporters Anne Dalton, Ruth Bogle, Tom Ford, Dave Greener, Jan Ullberg, Jan Urspringer, Wibby Smith, Ron Roper Proofreader Sharon Watson Circulation Manager Joey Healy Business Manager Warren Magnuson Photographers Jim Amelsberg, Phil Humbert Technical Advisor Mark Olson Advisor Jon Fagerson Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not necessarily reflect the position of the college or seminary. Campus needs spiritual awakening Is he out of touch with us? Love is patient, gentle, kind! Truth about Founders Week lines is extra person each four minutes WORRY FREE DIAMOND BUYING By diamonds the exciting woy! See your diamond under a microscope and know if its flawless! Use the microscope and see the results of fine cutting and polishing! Buy your diamond as the diamond cutter prices and grades it! BUY FROM THE CUTTER PRICE AND NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT "MARK DOWNS" in stock or on the market. BUY FROM THE WORLD OVER!! Your Bank Americard is Welcome Here EMERSON'S JEWELRY A Trusted Jeweler Is Your Best Advisor 646-4114 1548 W. Larpenteur Friday, March 6, 1970 the CLARION Page 3 Bethel Forum Hagen refutes Dean Muck's letter To my fellow Christians; It was my sincere desire (via Bethel Forum) to inform you of a problem existing in God's church. I'm certain most of you are vague-ly familiar with this problem but I hope you will all view it in a more immediate way. We must all take an active part in ridding Christ's Bride of this inconsist-ancy. Unfortunately, some of my state-ments (February 20 Clarion) were misundertsood and need clarifica-tion. I have no desire to make any character assasinations! Please do not view my remarks as an attack on any individual. In his letter to the editor (Feb-ruary 20, Clarion), Dean Muck just-fies my expulsion in view of the need to enforce rules that insure the integrity of Bethel as a Christ-ian institution. I do not seek the abolition of reasonable standards for our Christian school. I advocate reason and Christ-like love in handling infractions of these stan-dards. The chairman of one of the com-mittees that decided on my sus-pension stated that, regardless of the circumstances, suspension im-mediately follows the establish-ment of the fact that drinking has occured. Can all cases truly be treated that automatically? Should their be no allowances made in view of the individual? Can we judge with no consideration of attitude and circumstances? I think the answer to these questions is demonstrably negative. It is necessary to dispel a mis-conception fostered by Dean Muck's letter. He states that I drank "a half-week after he (I) had made the decision — and announced it — to quit." He fur-ther states that this 'fact' discred-ited the reliability of that decision. At various times the Dean assured me that he realized that such was not the case. Perhaps the facts of the incident are hazy to him now. The truth of the matter is, that I decided to quit drinking and then openly announced my decision. I was not caught drinking. I openly told of the four instances of drink-ing (at Bethel) and explained that God had asked me to stop. My decision to quit was forced by a love for God and not fear of being caught. Certainly under these circum-stances, the reliability of my decision should not come under attack. In a letter to my parents (December 29), however, I'm a-fraid my reliability was indeed assaulted. In this letter Dean Muck says, ". . . he says that he intends to quit drinking because he feels that God would have him do so. I would much prefer that he deter-mone to quit because he is con-vinced that drinking is inappropri-ate for the Christian life." He goes on to say that feelings change (no argument) and therefore my de-cision might be less than unshak-able. If the administration did believe my decision would stand up against time, their decision was at best, futile. In this case my decision was not reinforced by my suspension. All that would be accomplished is the removing of me from Bethel (where I matured as a Christian to a great extent). Here at Arizona State Univer-sity I am certainly more apt to fall than at the institution I was kept from. I would like to express my apol-ogies if I implied that " . . . the infrequency of his (my) drinking was a factor that was overlooked" in my first letter. I meant nothing of the kind. I merely wished to establish the fact that I was no hard core alcoholic who couldn't (are there any impossibilities with God?) be expected to quit so quick-ly. From a strictly humorous stand-point this could have made a diff-erence so mentioned it to cover objections tended in the minds of those who limit the power of God. by Cindy Rostollan and Marg Erickson Millie Penner, a junior from Ab-botsford, British Columbia, likes being an R.A. Why? "I just like working with people and being with them. I also enjoy talking with the girls about any problems they might have. Being an R.A. gives me all these experiences." "For me, being an R.A. has been the most beneficial and exciting experience in my college career," says Cheryl Gemar, a senior (and Bodien R.A.) from Sand Coulee, Montana. "It seems I give so little in relation to what I receive." To Jon Peterson, a junior from Hutchinson, Minnesota, being an R.A. means limited privacy, but he has learned that he has not only gotten to know many of the "Frosh," but he has gotten to know himself as well. "I've really learned about people, and discov-ered that no one really works like you do. Everybody is dif-ferent in many respects." Being an R.A. does require cer-tain sacrifices, though. "One of the main things you learn to do with-out, is a lot of your own free time. Kids are always popping in unexpectedly to talk. Especially during exams, there are a lot who have to come in and just talk, because things are unusually tense then," says Millie. Cheryl added to this, "I have tried to have an open door policy on my floor, and when my door is open, the kids are free to come in and talk, but if it's closed, that means I'm either studying, or sleeping or talking to someone else." Can you imagine life in the dorm without R.A.'s? Mom Wester-lund of Bodien says, "Without a good batch of R.A.s, life as a housemother would be a horrible experience. The R.A.s set the cli-mate of the whole dorm, and they serve as a kind of liason between the student and housemother and the Student Services Office. I know I depend on my R.A.s to a very great extent." Since Bethel is taking applica-tions for next year's R.A.s very soon, our experienced RA.s offer- Finally, I would like to submit an example of how Jesus handled the role of a 'judge'. In John 8: 1-11 we find the story of an adult-ress brought before Jesus. He was asked what should be done with her. He answered, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." When all the woman's accusers had receded, Jesus told her, "Nei-ther do I condemn thee; go and sin no more." In God's Love, David Hagen '73 ed some advice to those who plan on applying. Says Cheryl, "To ap-ply, you really have to be sold on the idea of having to live in the dorm, having hours, and spend-ing at least 3 nights a week in the dorm. The girls in the dorm really rely on their R.A.s, and they want someone to respect and someone they can talk to. (They don't want a mother, though!) When you're on duty, it means the girls over your studies, and if you don't plan ahead, you could run into problems." Millie's advice came in this way, "Lots of kids don't have any idea about what an R.A. does (or not the right idea anyway). For one thing, they have to give some spiritual guidance to the kids on the floor, and sometimes it seems like they have to be almost one step ahead of their kids. You really have to learn how to direct the kids energies in valuable chan-nels. "To the kids who are going to be roomates to R.A.s (in Hag-strom), I'd say they have to give almost as much as the R.A. him-self. They are just like the R.A. because often kids come in and talk with them too, only they aren't paid for their work. They sacrifice the same thing as the R.A.s do." "There are a couple of reasons for applying for R.A.," says Jon, "there is the money angle (a free meal ticket if you don't want to get involved), but there is also a real liking of people. You can't help but feel inadequate when you think of your job, but then you realize that the kids don't want an answer, they just want someone to listen to them. You should be able to give some spi-ritual emphasis, but it isn't nec-essary to be a spiritual giant. Any satisfaction you get from this job corresponds to how much you put into it." There are certain things that the housmother (or parents) ex-pect from their R.A.s. "Our prime consideration in choosing R.A.s," says Mom Westerlund, "is com-continued on page 4 A student's obligation is to know the rules when he enters into contract with an institution. Record Sale! SAVE UP TO $3.00 Top Artists! Major Labels! 0 WES MONTGOMERY 0 RAMSEY LEWIS 0 JIMMY SMITH 0 JOHNNY RIVERS 0 RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS ❑ MOTHERS OF INVENTION ❑ STAN GETZ ❑ RAY CHARLES 0 PETE SEEGER 0 MAMAS & PAPAS ❑ GRASS ROOTS ❑ BLUES PROJECT 0 CHARLIE BYRD ❑ WOODY GUTHRIE ❑ FERRANTE & TEICHER Many, Many More! Classics Included! Come Early for Best Selection. Get Your Favorites at Big Discounts! Bethel 1 oda1044 a (Personalized Haircuts) Falcon Barbershop 1703 N. Snelling For Appointments Call — 646-2323 DENNY — WILL — JIM R.A.'s foremost responsibility is to "listen and pray" for students Faye Kulbitski and Phil Deming starred in O'Neill's play 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' presented by Bethel students at Luther Theological Seminary last Friday and Saturday nights. 'Beaver' raid damages draft records statewide As one of the family's sons, Sam Griffith is driven to alcoholism by his father in last weekend's presentation of O'Neill's play. Page 4 the CLARION Friday, March 6, 1970 ACE releases study of freshmen, survey meets criticism from NSA Large quantities of draft re-cords were destroyed or damaged late Saturday or early Sunday at the state Selective Service office and at local draft offices in down-town St. Paul and Minneapolis. The FBI and local police have made no arrests. Officials said they have no suspects or leads. Col. Robert P. Knight, state Selective Service director, said damage was so extensive that "it will be difficult to carry out in-ductions after March." March draft notices already have been sent, he said. In three separate offices — the state headquarters, the Ramsey County office and Hennepin Coun-ty office — file records and draft registration cards were ripped, scattered and strewn in piles that were more than a foot deep in places. "Beaver 55" was written on the walls of all three offices. Beaver 55 is the name of a group whose R.A.'s grin and bear it continued from page 3 mitment to Christ, their interest in relating to students, and their dedication to Bethel and what it stands for. They should be calm in emergencies, because though they (emergencies) don't come often, they are always there. We like things to be casual around the dorm, and the girls should give off this air. There should also be an ability to keep secrets because often they are the only ones who know about many things going on and who help guide the kids they talk to. The main job of the R.A. was and probably will always be, to listen and pray." It sounds like a busy, big job; a job rewarding only to those who feel they can handle the situations they are thrust into, and come out still smiling. It's enough to make any applicants really think before handing in that application. members have claimed respons-ibility for destroying draft records in Indianapolis, Ind., and Dow Chemical Co. records in Midland, Mich., last fall. However, the or-iginal group has disavowed know-ledge of or participation in this latest action. In the Hennepin County office, draft records were hauled out of open file cabinets and strewn in three office rooms and the boiler. Deputy state Selective Service dir-ector Maj. Abahamson said draft record defoilers in the Hennepin County office "knew what they were doing. They went for the files and for the registration cards." Damage was estimated by some officials at more than $10,000. Officials also stated there was no way of knowing how many indi-viduals' rcords were involved. Some observers calculated that the number would be in the thousands. In the Ramsey County office, where the damage was extremely heavy, many registration cards had been ripped up. The supervisor of the Hennepin County office, Merrill McCabe, stated that no records would be lost permanently since every per-son's file is also kept at some al-ternative location. "It's just a matter of finding which records have been destroy-ed, and then reconstructing those files," McCabe said. "It takes a lot of time, but it can be done." Knight said some files from draft offices around the state are sent to the headquarters in St. Paul for review and that some of these files might have been affected. The "Beaver 55" has subsequent-ly issued a policy statement justify-ing their action which is presently circulating in the Twin Cities area. The original "Beaver 55" group responsible for earlier draft file destructions has dissavowed con-nection with this latest insurrect-ionary activity taken by individuals who have also assumed the name of "Beaver 55". WASHINGTON —(CPS)— Large majorities of the nation's 1.64 mil-lion freshmen who entered colleges and universities last fall, favor in-creased federal involvement, in-cluding the initiation of crash pro-grams, for a number of America's most pressing domestic problems, according to the controversial fourth annual American Council on Education (ACE) freshman sur-vey. This kind of urgency was expres-sed by the students with respect to pollution control (90 percent), elimination of poverty (78 percent), consumer protection (72 percent), and compensatory education for the disadvantaged (70 percent). On most of these issues, further analysis showed even stronger majorities among women students and Black students. A total of 260,016 entering fresh-men at 390 colleges and univer-sities participated in the survey this fall during registration or cam-pus orientation periods before classes started. Of this number, 169,190 questionnaires actually were used in computing national norms. Among questions that were ask-ed the year before, there were marked increases in the percentage of students agreeing that "mari-juana should be legalized" (an in-crease from 19 to 26 percent); that "only volunteers should serve in the armed forces" (an increase from 37 to 53 percent), and that "most college officials have been too lax on student protest" (an in-crease from 55 to 60 percent). In answer to some new questions, more than half of the students agreed that divorce laws should be liberalized (60 percent), courts show too much concern for the rights of criminals (54 percent), and capital punishment should be abolished (54 percent). Forty-two percent agreed that "under some conditions, abortions should be leg-alized." Thirty-three percent of the stu-dents currently indicate a "liberal" or "left" political preference, 44 percent "middle-of-the-road," and 23 percent "conservative" or str-ongly conservative." When asked how they think they will charac-terize themselves four years from now, the students expect to have more polarized political preferen-ces: 39 percent liberal-left, 29 per-cent middle-of-the-road, and 32 percent conservative. The total freshman enrollment by race shows caucasians, 91 per-cent; Black students, six percent; American Indians, 0.3 percent; Orientals, 0.7 percent; and "others" 1.1 percent. While the report shows an in-crease in the numbers of both Black and white students entering college this fall, there was no sig-nificant increase in the proportion of Black students compared to a year earlier. Following are other highlights from the report: *56.6 percent of the freshmen are men, and 43.4 percent are women, the same percentages as last year. *Most of the students (55.6 per-cent) said they grew up in a mod-erately sized town, or suburb of a large city. Only 9.7 percent grew up on a farm, and 13.3 percent in a large city. *In answer to a question about family income, the largest per-centage — 28.7 percent — estim-ated this between $10,000 and 15,000. A total of 5.5 percent es-timated parental income at less than $4,000. *Students listed the following major sources of financial support during their freshman year: par-ental or family aid, 49.2 percent; personal savings or employment, 29.3 percent; repayable loans, 12.7 percent; and scholarships, grants, or other gifts, 18.2 percent. About ten percent said financing their education was a major concern; 55.6 percent said it was a matter of "some concern." These annual surveys are part of a program of research on the effects of the college experience on students. It is under the direc-tion of Dr. Alexander W. Astin, director of the A.C.E. Office of Research. The research staff plans John Denver, guitarist, folksing-er and song writer, will appear in concert at Concordia College of St Paul, Minnesota on Monday, March 9, beginning at 8 p.m. The concert sponsored by the Men's Council, Women's Council, Fine Arts Club, and student publication The Sword, will take place in the Lutheran Memorial Center. John Denver is an enthusiastic folksinger with excellent talents. His present career as solo perform-er was preceded by two and a half years as the lead singer in The Mitchell Trio. The lyrics of John Denver's songs show a strong iden-tification with children and nature and also seem to represent the feelings and attitudes of many of today's young people. This folk-singer is the writer-composer of the popular song "Leaving on a Jet Plane." to conduct mail follow-up studies of these students after they have had some experience in college. The ultimate purpose of the fol-low- up will be to determine how the students' achievements, atti-tudes, and plans are affected by the types of colleges they attend, Astin says. The study has come under critic-ism by the National Student Assoc-iation which has charged that the answers by incoming freshmen could be used against them. NSA also questions the accuracy of the survey since students may be a-fraid to answer honestly some questions such as those concerning drug use and campus disruption. ACE maintains all answers are strictly confidential and would not be released even if they were sub-poenaed into court. Tickets are $2 at the door. If you want to reserve tickets, phone Mary Soulek at 646-9201. ebapet Puteg by Pastor Maurice Lawson "The Christian World View" is the theme of a new three-Monday series by members of our Christi-anity department. Dr. Arthur Lewis will speak this week on, "In the Beginning, God . . ." The For-eign Language department will have the Tuesday program. Wed-nesday will be NEW music with the Pastor continuing with Mark's portraits of Jesus. The St. Anthony High School Band will give a concert on Thurs-day, and on Friday Pastor Richard Anderson of Minnetonka will speak. Former Chad Mitchell member, John Denver, to be at Concordia by Steve Duininck Bethel College is a three ringed circus. The ring in one far corner holds all the radicals. The opposite side is filled with the conservative element of Bethel while the middle is filled with those who throw up their hands in dispair. If I have failed to notice anything else here I have observed how these two poles work on each other. They use sneers, jokes, and often down and out slander. The Clarion has become a battlefield for these confrontations and its ancient copies show many wounds. Last year's war was fought against the Music Dept. The radicals, athletes, and all others who picked up arms against the music men were unable to win a decisive victory. Moreover both sides ended up killing each other till none survived. This year President Lundquist is being shot at for being "out of contact" and prejudiced against the basketball team. How many funerals will be held this year is unknown but it should be a new record. Getting back to the circus idea, I wonder what the audience thinks of us. Do they see a united Christian body or a bunch of performing animals? I hope it is the former but I wouldn't bet my dirty socks on it. The only solution I can forsee lies in dissolving our pride, selfish-ness, and psuedo-intelligence and using the long forgotten idealism of love. I don't expect things to change simply because we are human but maybe someday God will turn us on to love so strong it will take eternity to tear us apart. Man must balance society's frustration with God's love. Concert rebirth `The Gates of Justice' displays jazzist Brubeck's musical skill Dave Whitney, Assistant Professor of Speech at Bethel, will produce In White America Saturday March 14. Black students will present play 2220 EDGERTON STREET AT HWY 36 ST. PAUL, MINN 55117 J. Leonard Carroll, Pastor C. Bruce Anderson, Asst. Pastor BUS LEAVES EACH SUNDAY: 9:25 A.M. and 6:40 P.M. by Jay Swisher About a year and a half ago, when I heard that jazz pianist, Dave Brubeck had begun writing extended choral works, I was one of the first to laugh. How a jazz composer could turn to writing "classical" music was beyond me. I was sure it was all a big joke. Sunday, March 1, I went to hear Brubeck's second oratorio, "The Gates of Justice." Again, I was laughing when I saw the 350 voice choir come out on stage with tenor and baritone soloists, and an in-strumental ensemble of twelve brass players, two percussionists, organ, and the Dave Brubeck Trio. But when the music started, I stopped laughing. Brubeck has come up with a work of very high quality. It ranks right up with works by com-posers like Stravinsky, Copeland, et al. There is music within the oratorio for every taste — from classical to rock to jazz. And all of it is very exciting. While I have nothing but praise for the music, I think the text leaves something to be desired. Collected by Brubeck and his wife from Old Testament Scripture (es-pecially the Psalms), the prayer book of Reform Judaism and quo-tations from Dr. Martin Luther King, the Beatles, and Simon and Garfunkel, it suffers greatly from over-abundance. I found myself frustrated trying to pull out the overall message from the entangle-ment of ideas. At times, I was con-vinced that justice was the ob-jective. At other times, it was praise of God. And even faith. Generally, the performance was very good. Baritone solist, Andrew Frierson demonstrated great pow-er and vocal ability, while tenor, Harold Orbach was unimpressive. The University of Minnesota Chor-us, 350 members strong, was as powerful as would be expected and was obviously involved in the music. The instrumental ensemble was kept rather busy and per-formed very well. Conductor, Rich-ard Sieber was uninspiring. Of course, the Dave Brubeck Trio was, to use the vernacular, a real groove. I hate to admit it, but it was honestly a pleasure to be proven wrong. After all, who ever heard of a jazz pianist composing an oratorio? by Ron Roper The Society of the Future, Hen-drik van Riessen, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1958, $4.95. Dr. van Riessen is a Dutch en-gineer, philosopher, and industrial sociologist. Although this book is obviously written for the specialist in parts, yet the format is sur-prisingly varied. As the title in-dicates, the book has reference to the future. However, the au-thor is quick to point out that he is not attempting eschatology. Instead, he is analyzing views of society and society itself as they have unfolded in Wetsern civili-zation. The author is a Christian. But much more, he applies a highly developed and consistent Biblical insight in his analysis. He is an original thinker, having his roots in the Christian Philosophy asso-ciated with Dr. Herman Dooye-weerd and Dr. D. M. Th. Vollen-haven. It is this remarkable back-drop of Biblical Christianity which sets off Van Reissen's book from all others in its field. "The English reader who is un-familiar with the school of philos-ophy to which Dr. Van Riessen belongs will be surprised, if not genuinely disturbed, by the intro-duction of articles of faith into an analysis of society . . ." "Van Riessen fully realized that it is most unusual to introduce Christian beliefs into philosophical and sociological discourse. How-ever, he is convinced that it is possible to demonstrate on philo-sophical grounds that a religious, value free approach to society is impossible . . . " "The critical reader ought to avoid a hasty and final judgement with regard to the merit of mixing sociology and religion until he has become familiar with this ap-proach." (quotes from the trans-lator's preface) ____Dr. Van Riessen begins by set-ting his course before him, and sketching the outcome of his re-search. "We do not intend to visualize the future of society in a kind of imaginary perspective, because that would mean a shift-ing of our present responsibility into the future. Quite the reverse; we want to discover the signs of the future as so many warnings in the sphere of our present re-sponsibilities." The author affirms that his purpose is "to investigate one particular facet of reality in re-lation to its future: the structure of society as organized by man." Van Riessen is outspoken in his judgements of secularization (not as versus ecclesiasticism, but as arises from Humanism) and the possibility of "neutral" human ac-tivity. His anathema up "the con-tinuous direction of society to-wards collectivism" is clear also. I have never read as incisive and well-aimed a critique of collect-ivism as I found in the chapter entitled, "Structural Principles of Society" and indeed, the entire book. The appeal to the purpose of man's life on earth as found in Scripture, was straightforward and convincing to me. The bulk of this pivotal chapter was an exposi-tion of two basic principles 1) the balance of authority and freedom 2) sphere-sovereignty. This exposition was immensely refreshing! It is very seldom that one encounters such clearly Bibli-cal thinking, unencumbered by the chains of worldly Humanism. "The most important advantage that can be gained for our analysis is that it will free us from the dilemma resulting from a forced option be- Friday, March 6, 1970 tween collectivism vs. individual-ism; the community vs. the indi-vidual. The author even denied the necessity of some compromise position in the middle. A key thought, often and variously re-iterated, was that, "since individu-alism has been defeated in our society, humanity is confronted with a decisive choice between a collective course and a trend which would recognize the principles of sphere-sovereignty, and of the bal-ance of authority and freedom." The defeat of individualism may be questioned, especially with the recent rise of Ayn Rand's "object-ivism" in some circles. The pre-sent choice between gross collect-ivism and the Christian principles, on the other hand, seems more certain. The author traces the "History of Western Society" with an eye to social structures and phil-osophical winds of doctrine. In a chapter on "Utopias," Van Riessen critiques so-called ideal (and a few not-so-ideal) societies from Plato's to Orwell's. He sees the unifying theme of all Utopians to be the search for a road to paradise that "does not pass along the station of the fall into sin." Van Riessen would require an ad-mission of sin before the possibil-ity of positive construction along the lines of the forementioned principles, could be effected. In "Science and Technique in Modern Society," a discussion of the development and interaction of science and what we could call "From slave ship to ghetto riots —what it has meant for two cen-turies to be a black man." This is a brief description of the play, In White America, which will be presented at Bethel on Saturday, March 14, at 8 p.m. in room 106. The play will be sponsored by the Cultural Committee. There will be no admission charge to this event, but there will be an op-portunity for contributions to share, in an effort to provide for more funds for minority students. The play is based on actual American history and is present-ed from a black man's point of view. Mr. Whitney, director of the the CLARION Page 5 technology was entered upon. Cy-bernetics, automation, organiza-tion and centralization were recur-ring themes; the next chapter, en-titled "The Society of the Future," related the outcomes that such achievements portend if not in accord with the balance of author-ity and freedom and sphere-sov-ereignty. And then there was the last chapter, "The Liberation of So-ciety." Continuing with the thread of argument in the previous chap-ters, it was here that the appli-cation of a Christian mind, assist-ed by Scriptural principles, was accomplished — but only in writ-ing. Examples of the actual ap-plication were adduced many times, but is was apparent that those who were responsible for the actual modifications (usually in industrial contexts), were not themselves aware of the relation of the discoveries they stumbled across to Scriptural principles. This chapter is a challenge to the thinking 'Christian who wants to pursue a career in labor relations, industrial management, or soci-ology — a truly fitting finale. "Social liberation should be ac-complished by the victory over the spiritual crisis in our own time. Without such victory which, at bottom, requires a re-Christianizing of life no definite recovery of so-cial life will be possible . .. such re-Christianizing is meant as the faith in the redemption of the world by Jesus Christ and life proceeding from His grace." play and speech instructor here at Bethel, said that he and the black students he's working with were asked to present the play at Bethel. The play has also been presented at Miriam Lexington Presbyterian Church, Hallie Q. Brown Community House, and Highland High School. This production of the play grew out of the efforts of one black high school student who wanted to do a black play. She got a group of her friends togeth-er and they then asked Mr. Whit-ney to direct it for them.. In order to find out what has hap-pened since then, you will have to wait and see, In White America. TSook Rebietu Van Riessen views history 'Biblically' "Always room for one more" Garnet's Standard Service Complete Service for Your Car Larpenteur and Snelling Friendly St. Paul Courteous Conscientious Men MI 4-2027 Waiting to Serve You VetRe‘ast Vaftrat e‘alc‘ Bus Stops at Bodien — 9:15 a.m. Small Bus for Evening Service — 6:30 p.m. Pastor—Robert Featherstone Assistant Pastor—Bill Malam 3.2 Billion People... . live in this world. The majority are illiterate, underfed, underprivileged ... without Christ. Wycliffe is concerned about those minorities who have all but been forgotten — the backwash of civilization — those who desperately need the Word of God in their own language. They need people like yourself to bring them hope. For information on how you can become involved write: Wycliffe Bible Translators — Box 1960, Santa Ana, Calif. 92702 Track team opens season at St. Olaf by Rick Zaderaka Tomorrow afternoon the Royals open the track season with an indoor meet at St. Olaf. Bethel will be competing against St. Olaf and Southwest. The cindermen began practice last Thursday afternoon under the guidance of Coach Gene Glader, who reports that they have spent the past week working on condi-tioning and form. Returning lettermen are: Co-captains Dave Pound and Rick Berggren, Fred Swedberg, Phil James, Pete Roemer, and Darrel Nelson. Although Nelson broke his arm three weeks ago, the team is hopeful that he will compete before the season's end. He was described by senior Dave Pound as "a hard worker, who has been an inspiration to the team in the past." Hurdler Dan Mogck and javelin thrower Fred Swedberg were cited as a pair of the team's top as-sets. Others expected to give the tracksters a boost, are distance runners Mark Anderson and Paul Youngquist, pole vaulters Jerry Jenfa and John Zylstra, and weightmen Jim Carlson and Rick Casteel. According to Pound, the weak-ness of the team appears to be in the sprints, although some of the boys who are inexperienced at this point could prove to be pleasant surprises. Coach Glader commented "We'll probably be as good as last year's team. Against the smaller schools like Concordia, we'll do all right; but against the M.I.A.C. schools, it's going to be tough." Glader said the team's strength will lie in the quarter, half, and mile, as well as the javelin and possibly the shot put. 1970 TRACK MEET SCHEDULE Mar. 7 St. Olaf Reserves and Southwest at St. Olaf Mar. 14 Stout and Northland at Stout Mar. 21 Superior and Northland Mar. 30 Evangel College Springfield, Mo. Mar. 31 Ozark Bible College Joplin, Mo. April 2 Tarkio, Tarkio, Mo. April 4 U. of South Dakota Invi-tational, Vermillion, S.D. April 11 River Falls There April 18 Carleton Relays There April 25 Bethel Relays—St. John's Concordia, Augsburg, Hamline April 28 Concordia (St. Paul) May 2 St. Thomas, U.M., Duluth Southwest at St. Thomas May 9 Bethel Invitational—Pills-bury, Concordia, Lea, Northland, Southwest State May 12 Macalester Invitational and NAIA Championship at Macalester Season prospects are questionable as baseball team begins practicing by Bill Ankerberg Baseball practice will start on March 16 this year. The prospects for the season are questionable at this point. According to Coach Jack Trager the biggest problems will probably be with hitting strength and pitching depth. This year's team will play 15 games with a squad of 11 re-turning lettermen. The prospects are hopeful for the two three-year veterans Bill Painter and Dean Erickson, along with last year's Most Valuable Player, Gary Clark. The biggest question mark on the team will be the pitching staff. Don Brandsma could be a definite asset if he can regain the use of his left arm, injured dur-ing the football season. Coach Trager is presently looking for Freshmen pitching talent to aid the limited staff. In Coach Trager's words, "If we can find some good pitchers, we can reshuffle our players and could come out in pretty good shape." A second weakness will probab-ly be the hitting. Last year we only had two men hitting over .300. The team is looking to soph-omore center fielder Gary Clark and junior Bob Brodin for help in this area. Coach Trager is optimistic about the coming season. Part of this optimism is rooted in the fact that they play fewer doubleheaders this year. This will enable them to go all out for a single game without having to hold players in reserve, or playing a slightly re-laxed game. Last year's team posted a 6-11 won-lost record. Now that Coach Trager has a year of coaching under his belt, he should provide the leadership that is necessary if the Royals are to improve on last year's record. Those interested in going out A-LEAGUE BASKETBALL RESULTS Standings Team Won Lost 1. Second New 5 0 2. Faculty 4 1 3. First Floor 5 1 4. Off Campus 4 1 5. Second Old 3 2 6. Third New 2 3 7. Falcon 1 4 8. Pit 1 4 9. New Dorm 1 4 10. Third Old 0 5 Next Games: Monday, March 9 Wednesday, March 11 for baseball this season are en-couraged to contact Coach Trager or any of the players themselves. B-LEAGUE BASKETBALL RESULTS Standings Team Won Lost 1. New Dorm 5 0 2. Second New 5 0 3. Third Old 4 1 4. Second Old 3 2 5. First Floor 3 2 6. Pit 2 3 7. Faculty 2 3 8. Falcon 1 4 9. Third New 1 4 10. Off Campus 0 5 Next Games Saturday, March 7 1 Thursday evening's Donkey Basketball Game was the scene of much hilarity. — Dr. Donald Larson aided the faculty as they rode their — (mules) to an overtime victory over the student delegation. BASEBALL SCHEDULE 1970 Dunning* May 1 St. Paul Bible 2 Lea Paul) There 6 Carleton Dunning 8 Golden Valley Dunning 14 Hamline There 16 NCBC Dunning *Dunning Field 9attameetata Apr. 9 Hamline 11 OPEN 14 Concordia (St. 17 Northland 18 NCBC 22 Carleton 25 St. Olaf Dunning There Dunning There Dunning Dunning Page 6 the CLARION Friday, March 6, 1970 The Column by Tim Weko Last week Bethel College got its first taste of the boxing craze that has been silently sweeping the nation the past few days. It seems that a number of fellas were feeling their Cheerios, or the long cold winter had affected them adversely, or something equally intangible, because a group of students were seen in the wrestling room of the gym throwing punches and absorbing them. It all started when Larry Swanson and John Peterson were having a "squirrel fight" and someone suggested that the only way to settle it properly would be to check out Bethel's boxing gloves and fight it out like true gentlemen (naturally they were governed by the Marquis de Queensbury rules). It was decided that the best 2 of 3 rounds of 3 minutes each would determine the fight. Immediately the blood started flowing. What had begun as a "friendly" sparring contest turned into an animal brawl, as first one guy would throw a punch and connect and the other guy, (not wanting to appear inept in the manly art of fisticuffs before the gathered crowd of some 20 persons) would swarm his oppon-ent, trying to hit him with everything he had — including his fists now and then. The blood flowed early and stayed late as 2 others wanted to see what they could do with the gloves. Match number 2 began — and ended 2 rounds later in a pool of blood and 2 sets of glazed eyes. Oh, how the crowd ate it all up. And so, not to be out done, 2 more adversaries walked forth, strapped the gloves on their hands, and duked it out for 2 rounds. Being just a bit sqeamish about such things I don't want to belabor a point, but that last one was a real blood-bath. But that was the start of boxing here at Bethel. Next year there will be intramural boxing with 4 weight divisions. If you're lucky, the school will buy some 16 ounce gloves and some head gear to keep the concussions and the cauliflower ears to a minimum. Actually, it's only in the planning stage or maybe not even that far, but . . . it might be a good tension reliever. However, the best function would be that you wouldn't have to talk about a guy behind his back. You could just go right out, put your "money" where your mouth is, and lay a good Christian punch right on him — and run. * * * * What ever happened to the 16 team Bethel Invitational track meet? For years we had gone along with tradition, scheduling a 6 team push-over track meet which got us nowhere, except that we usually took 1st place. Jack Trager coached track and for some reason the Bethel Invita-tional or the Bethel Relays, if you prefer, was expanded to an 18 or 16 team event that made Bethel sport's history. There were many fine schools there and the competition was keen. Bethel didn't finish in 1st place, but if there has been a sporting event in the last 10 years that has put Bethel College on the map it is that track meet. But last year we were back to our old 6 team job again. There are no legitimate reasons for not expanding that meet to the 16 - team size. The money factor would remain almost the same. Many of the students could help out on the track just as they did 2 years ago. In fact, it was really refreshing to see all those Bethel kids working side by side in order to make that track meet a success (brotherhood, baby). The track team would get home team glory and still meet other competitors head on. Most of all, the school would receive some badly needed prestige. After that meet two years ago, every coach and many of the participators praised the meet as a success. If Bethel College ever wants to become anything but a doormat to the other schools in the state, as far as sports are concerned, she had better begin now with the things that can be done without a lot of extra money. A 16 team Bethel Invitational would be a good place to start.
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Title | Clarion 1970-03-06 Vol 45 No 19 |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 45 No. 19 |
Date Published | March 06 1970 |
Decade | 1970 |
Academic Year | 1969 - 1970 |
Frequency | Weekly |
Article Titles | Dorms -- Deans Seek new R.A.'s; WBCS presents Johnny Parson and guest stars; S.M.E.A. elects Warring-Harris; Tutor program offers to assist local students; Bethel recruits C. R. Reynolds - new football coach; Education requires involvement, put time where your mouth is; Bethel Forum - "The Column" provokes response; Campus needs spiritual awakening; Is he out of touch with us? Love is patient, gentle, kind!; Truth about Founders Week lines is extra person each four minutes; Bethel Forum - Hagen refutes Dean Muck's letter; R.A.'s foremost responsibility is to "listen and pray" for students; 'Beaver' raid damages draft records statewide; ACE releases study of freshmen, survey meets criticism from NSA; Former Chad Mitchell member, John Denver, to be at Concordia; Chapel Notes; Protection for Pepperland; Concert review, Concert review, 'The Gates of Justice' displays jazzist Brubeck's musical skill 'The Gates of Justice' displays jazzist Brubeck's musical skill; Book Review, Van Riessen views history 'Biblically'; Black students will present play; The Column; Track team opens season at St. Olaf; Season prospects are questionable as baseball team begins practicing; |
Photographs | At their annual convention February 27 and 28, SMEA elected Bethel junior Doug Warring state president of the organization. Richard Harris, Assistant Professor of Education at Bethel was chosen advisor of the year.; Charles Reynolds, high school coach from Park Rapids, Minnesota, has decided to attempt making Bethel football respectable once again.; THE BIG FUNNY - He just mortgaged his soul to the financial department so he can pay the tuition increase."; A student's obligation is to know the rules when he enters into contract with an institution.; Faye Kulbitski and Phil Deming starred in O'Neill's play 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' presented by Bethel students at Luther Theological Seminary last Friday and Saturday nights.; As one of the family's sons, Sam Griffith is driven to alcoholism by his father in last weekend's presentation of O'Neill's play.; Man must balance society's frustration with God's love.; Dave Whitney, Assistant Professor of Speech at Bethel, will produce In White America Saturday March 14.; Thursday evening's Donkey Basketball Game was the scene of much hilarity. — Dr. Donald Larson aided the faculty as they rode their — (mules) to an overtime victory over the student delegation.; |
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Transcript | 0 •E (A2a1.-6601 ism onsoimmoinliseikmtm weore _elm amiltram set imem• salma e.si4mr , am um sum Aro ' -7041111ilm aim mot MASS NOM alat *Mt mos , g,9411,407..."" " 441".6 1111•11 a** Maw .01111/41( chiPbt Friday, March 6, At their annual convention February 27 and 28, SMEA elected Bethel junior Doug Warring state president of the organization. Richard Harris, Assistant Professor of Education at Bethel was chosen advisor of the year. Vol. XLV—No. 19 Bethe l College, St. Paul, Minnesota S.M.E.A. elects Warring•Harris HT he Xihrr EE r HE ca b, L COLLEGE F— Seek new R.A.'s Application blanks for the next year's resident assistants in the dormitories will be available be-ginning March 9. The announce-ment came from the Student Ser-vices Office this week. The Student Services office will be looking for 8 men and 13 women to fill the positions in Edgren, Bodien, Hagstrom, and Arden Hills for the 1970-1971 school year. These positions are open to stu-dents who will be juniors or sen-iors next year. The interested stu-dent must return his application blank to the Student Services Of-fice, complete with the names of three references by March 20. Shortly after Easter Vacation, Dean of Men, Don Rainbow, and Dean of Women, Marilyn Starr, along with the respective house-parents, and a former R.A., will begin interviews with the appli-cants. The primary basis for se-lection will be the letters of re-commendation and the personal interview. The R.A.'s will receive a train-ing session in May which will acquaint them further with their new positions and responsibili-ities. Some of the responsibilities are rather routine, such as being on duty one night a week to help dorm residents get a key or equip-ment that is needed; making the rounds of the dorm to be sure that all is well. However, "The job is actually much deeper than this in many respects," Dean Rain-bow says. "Students serving as R.A.'s must show some qualities of leadership in academic and social aspects as well as in the spiritual realm. "Because these students are in a place of leadership there must be an eagerness on the part of the R.A. to get to know the students on his floor, to spend time with them and help them in all areas of adjustment to college life." The R.A. has an opportunity to do some counselling but often it is a referral either to Student Services or to Lee Bajuniemi, Col-lege Counsellor. While the payment for such a position is full room and board, Mr. Rainbow claims, "The real benefit comes from the invest-ment the individual R.A. is willing to make." WBCS presents Johnny Parson and guest stars What are you doing this Satur-day night? WBCS has its evening cut out for it, sponsoring The Johnny Parson Tonight Show. Hugh McLeod, who will be the MC, in-formed the Clarion that the for-mat will be similar to that of the Johnny Carson Show. There will be several guest stars and the WBCS Good Guys alias the Mighty Parson Players will also participate. The majority of the show will tend toward the hu-morous, though there will be seri-ous aspects as well. Among the featured acts will be "Harold and His Harmonica;" an audio auto race by the Players; and "Stump the Band," a chance for the audi-ence to participate. (Those who do succeed in stumping the band will win albums.) When will this take place? The Tonight Show will go on at 8 p.m. in the Fieldhouse. by Anne Dalton The Student Minnesota Educa-tion Association, better known as the S.M.E.A., held their convention on February 27 and 28 at Mac-alester College in St. Paul. Ap-proximately 30 colleges, including Bethel, were represented. The convention dealt with the areas of teacher preparation, con-tract negotiation, salaries, public relations, and policies of educa-tion. The concensus of opinion on these topics was sent to the Min-nesota Education Association (M.- E.A.). The S.M.E.A. has approximately 6000 members from all of the Minnesota colleges. They in turn elected about 150 delegates to rep-resent them at the convention. Bethel's delegates were Sue Bom-stad, Judy Olson, Sue Hillmer, Barb Atkins, and Mark Erickson. Doug Warring from Bethel, who served on last year's Executive Board was elected to the office of President of the state S.M.E.A.. Doug said his duties would be as follows: 1. Direct and conduct the Execu-tive Board, whose membership was decreased this year from 11 to 5 members. by Tim Weko Bethel has a new football coach! Dean Olson announced this week that Charles R. Reynolds, Park Rapids, Minnesota high school foot-ball coach has been signed to re-place Maurice Shields as head football coach. Charles Reynolds comes to Bethel fresh from a year of coach-ing at Park Rapids, which marks his twelfth year of coaching at the high school level. In his first two seasons as a coach at Akron, Iowa, Charles Reynolds, high school coach from Park Rapids, Minne-sota, has decided _ to _ attempt making Bethel football respect-able once again. 2. Establish 12 committees for ga-thering and dispersing informa-tion regarding all aspects of teaching and school systems. 3. Bring S.M.E.A. proposals to the M.E.A. for consideration and passage. 4. Exert pressure on committees and commissions to obtain what is wished. 5. Communicate the function of S.M.E.A. to all the colleges in Minnesota. 6. Attend national meetings and report on their activities. Doug had this to say about his new position "The Minnesota stu-dent program is one of the most active in the nation. My job is to keep it there with new ideas and implementation of old ones as I work with the M.E.A. staff and the S.M.E.A. Executive Board." Mr. Richard Harris, advisor to Bethel's local S.M.E.A. and assis-tant professor in the Education Department, was voted Advisor of the Year. Each college submitted a recommendation for their ad-visor and from these recommenda-tions, Harris was chosen. At a dinner held on Friday night of the convention, he was presented with an engraved plaque. Reynolds compiled a 10-4-2 won-lost record. He then moved to Windom, Minnesota where in nine years, his teams compiled a re-spectable record of 42 wins and 26 losses. An all North Central Conference center his junior year at Augus-tana College, Sioux Falls, he was elected captain his senior year. Graduating from Augustana in 1953 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, he then spent two years in the armed forces, after which he took under-graduate work in physical educa-tion at the University of Minnesota. In August, 1957, he received his M.S. degree in physical education from South Dakota State Universi-ty. His coming to Bethel College marks the fulfillment of a goal for him. He says, "Throughout the last several years one of my goals has been to establish myself as a capable teacher and coach in a small, church affiliated college. My reasons for this are twofold. First, as an elder in the Presby-terian Church, my principles of Christian living and philosophy of life will be in accordance with Tutor program offers to assist local students by Dave Greener A new program was started last week at Bethel that provides self-help for students who want it. The voluntary service seeks to match students who desire assis-tance with those who want to assist them. Thus far, both Dave Shupe and Sid Veenstra, who are in charge of the program, say that they are "quite encouraged" by the re-sponse to it. At this point, the number of people wanting help and the number of people offer-ing it is about equal, although, as Veenstra suggests, this doesn't mean that they all match by sub-ject. Now that they've laid the foun-dations for the program (an ear-lier start had once been antici-pated — matters such as last semester's finals, vacation, Inter-im, and administrative work help-ed delay it), Shupe's and Veen-stra's role is primarily one of co-ordination, to combine names of people asking for help with those who can help them. Once they do this, the two parties meet as often (or as infrequently) as they mutually desire. Should there be time conflicts or if for some rea-son it doesn't work out, they can ask for someone else. Presently, Veenstra reveals, a number of people have sought as-sistance in sciences (chemistry stu-dents have a program already) and language. There have also been a few in Christianity. "Even to-day," he said, "someone heard about the program and asked for help." There has been no feedback thus far concerning any of the meetings or their sucess. Veenstra feels that if the program really helps, students are going to tell each other. "I think it will catch on," he says. Shupe's hope is that once the service (really) gets on its feet (such as next fall, as he suggests), everyone who needs help will be referred to the program. Comments on the program or inquiries about it may be made to Shupe or Veenstra or through their P.O.'s. those of the college. Secondly, some small part of my coaching philosophy, which I feel to be right, may be passed on by those who go on into high school teach-ing and coaching." Reynolds will be inheriting a football team that has won only one game in the past three sea-sons. He is fully aware of the dif-ficult job that awaits him—that of making Bethel football respec-table. When asked to summarize his philosophy of the game, he re-sponded thusly: "It's like life. It requires a disciplined life. It teaches victory over defeat. Win-ning isn't everything, but it means a great deal more than some think." Next football season all eyes will be upon the new coach as he attempts to make his players ap-ply his philosophy on the football field as well as off of it. Some skeptics may lose faith immedi-ately if he doesn't provide a win-ning team, but there will be others to give him the respect and coop-eration he will need if he is to establish a winning tradition in Bethel College football. Bethel recruits C. R. Reynolds - new football coach lie" JUST NoRTGAcep H6 sow_ TO rnie R/VANCOI PEP/Mr/16NT SO CAN PAY THE ro/ 77 ow lificREAsE Page 2 the CLARION Friday, March 6, 1970 Education requires involvement; Bethel Forum put time where your mouth is "I could have gone to the university almost tuition free, but I "The Column" provokes response decided to come to Bethel." "I started out at a larger school with better facilities, but am glad I transferred here." "I gave up a sports scholarship to come to Bethel." "I was ready to transfer out, my junior year, but then realized what a mistake that would be." I decided that this week, I wanted to write a "positive" editorial. I was both chagrinned and ashamed when, after spending nearly an hour in serious thought, I had not been able to think of something to write about. At that point I voiced my frustration and some one in the office at the time ventured to ask, "Well, why are you at Bethel?" Wow! Why am I here? My first mental reply was "Because I'm a junior and am not anxious to loose more time, credits and money 'by tranferring." Although this is true, I knew it was not the real reason I was still at Bethel after two and one-half years. After the first month of my sophomore year here, I was ready to pack up lock, stock and barrel and leave. I had the uneasy feeling that, in spite of all the money I was paying out and all the work I was doing, I was not getting a good education. I felt cheated. I was. Yet, now I'm a junior, and I'm still here. Why? An article I read recently in a magazine designed for educators stated that the best learning takes place when a student interacts with his environment; when he can relate what he's learning to what he already knows and what is going on around him. It spoke of a growing trend toward humanism in education, of considering the individual personality of the student, of aiding him in the development of his self concept. It spoke more specifically about teaching children in the ghetto areas, how slums had developed, how they are perpetuated. In other words it spoke of helping the student to involve himself in what he is learning. After contemplating that particular piece of material for some time, I decided that the key concept was involvement. Upon consulting the dictionary, I found the word "involve" to be defined as "to draw one into entanglement or complication; to embarass with difficulties or perplexities; to involve one in debt or crime; to complicate or make intricate in thought or form." Educational involvement, then, should be an integration of the learning process with the life process; applying concepts learned in the classroom situation to general thought and behavior patterns. A well educated person is not one who has good training in some par-ticular field, but one who can relate to others, communicate to them what he wants to get across, and meet problems with a viable solution. With the change of Clarion editors in the middle of my soph-omore year, I began writing for the paper. As my reporting ventures led me into offices, people, and areas of interest I never knew exist-ed on campus, my own span of interest grew until I was involved not only with the Clarion, but in many other- areas as well. The frustration of academic irrelevance had, to a great extent, vanished. I am willing to say that among institutions of higher education everywhere, Bethel ranks near the top when it comes to opportunity for involvement. At a senate meeting early last fall, former IC3 representative, Arne Bergstrom reported that representatives from other schools on the coordinating committee were astonished at the number of joint student-faculty committees Bethel had and that many times he was referred to for help or advice in this area. If a good education necessitates involvement, then Bethel College is probably one of the best places you can be. Students are not taking advantage of the opportunities before them. I ran for student senate last spring uncontested — there were five openings and five candidates. For some positions no one ran, so the person with the most write-in votes won. Dave Shupe, our Student Association President spent a whole semester looking for students to fill available positions. Students who are dissatisfied with Bethel and their education, have no excuse for complaining, and feeling sorry for themselves. There are plenty of opportunities to put your time and effort where your mouth is — and experience isn't necessary, you receive "on the job training." To the editor: Perhaps I can respond to Tim Weko's comments about my Foun-ders Week announcement which was included in his recent column by writing in this open way. Tim, you felt that I inferred attendance at a Founders Week service was "more spiritual" than attendance at a basketball game. Actually , I did not say that. God, to be sure, is everywhere. Even so, it is probably true that the average person is more aware of His pre-sence and message at a service devoted to that purpose than at an athletic event. In my remarks, however, I was simply expressing a priority for that particular night similar to the choices all of us constantly must make between To the editor: For some time now I have heard from, and read opinions of, sev-eral students who seem to possess an incessant calling to ridicule, renunciate, and reject innumerable facets of our institution's system. Some of it I can agree with, some of it I can tolerate, but now I can neither tolerate it nor keep silent about it. Specifically, I am referring to the recent letter that expressed dissatisfaction and disappointment in President Lundquist's message at the semester's opening chapel. If you recall, the author of the editorial chose to call it "the puritanical 'Christian' package . . on man's (archaic) rules and reg-ulations." Not only do I feel that this synopsis is totally inaccurate, but also outrageous and uncalled for. As an introduction, the Pres-ident offered a few words of cor-rection for the misinformed editor of Christianity Today and the re-cent article that falsely claimed Bethel held school sponsored dan-ces. From this he went on to define and reemphasize the three ideals that do exist here, at least in theory. The main emphasis was on the ideal of differentiation. He spoke first of the quality of life that should be characteristic of the Christian. Not quality as parallel to affluency, but quality as synon-omous to genuine spiritually and practice of righteousness for Christ's sake. He also mentioned that it is our responsibility as a Christian community to make a difference for Christ, for the true Christian life is different. It is different from the placid, worldly, and sinful existence where self reigns supreme. It is different be-cause it is a life where Christ reigns supreme and every thought, deed and word should be accept-able in His sight and committed to Him. But it is only different when it is lived! The President's final word was simple, fair and very logical. It was also the part that Mr. Mesaros failed to listen to. It was here that he spoke to the individ-uals who could not identify with these principles and in fact asked why they chose to attend Bethel in the first place, being perfectly aware of them. I can only reiterate the same question. From what I have seen, this cam-pus seems to be searching for, and is in need of, some kind of spirit-ual awakening. I see no such ex-activities both of which are good. On this particular evening, I hoped that many would choose to hear a man who has never addressed our student body before but who, in my judgment, is one of the most effective Christian leaders in our world today. We do not have that opportunity as often as we have the chance to see our boys play. Nay own enthusiasm about our basketball team is indicated by the fact that when I came to Bethel I inserted a game for the first time right into the heart of the Found-ers Week schedule. That Thursday afternoon game has been there ever since. It has become a trad-itional part of Founders Week which all of our guests appreciate. I know of no comparable program-perience in sight — not until each Christian here makes a serious sacrificial commitment to God-liness and righteousness; and not until we learn to live life as direct-ed by the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit, rather than by personal evaluations used as excuses and modern ethics used as justifiers. If we are going to use the cri-terion of Mr. Mesaros, then one of the most "puritanical 'Christian' packages" ever written was in To the editor: Okay, so maybe he doesn't come across very well to us. Maybe he is out of touch with us. Maybe he digs P.R. and we don't. Maybe he is the spokesman for the fre-quently lagging constituent estab-lishment. Maybe his personality doesn't groove with yours. Maybe he makes occasional, unintended, tactless mistakes. Maybe so. But he isn't rude like we are either. He doesn't cough or snort when he's in the audience and we're talking. He doesn't get up and leave when we're talking to To the editor: Just thought you and the stu-dent body might like to know the truth about the "long lines in the cafeteria" during Founder's Week. In checking over the statistics from that famed week, I was able to discover that the greatest num-ber of people on any one day in the cafeteria was 511, which is only 30 more than usual. Spread that over 2 hours that the noon the CLARION Published weekly during the academic year, except during vacation and exami-nation periods, by the students of Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-scription rate $4 per year. Editor in chief Pat Faxon News Editor Marg Erickson Feature Editor Cindy Rostollan Fine Arts Editor Marjorie Rusche Sports Editor Tim Weko Layout Editor Lynn Hansen Copy Editor Anne Dalton ming in any similar conference in America. I hope you were able to attend some of the sessions on other nights, Tim. For me as President it was greatly inspiring to see our co- lege students out in such large numbers both morning and even-ing — as well as at the after-ser-vice dialogues with the speakers in Edgren. And I trust that the message and the spirit of the week-to the world with love- always will characterize us as teachers and students in our relationships with those at a distance as well as with those right here on campus. God bless you, Tim, as you help us set our sails in this direction! Carl H. Lundquist, President Bethel College and Seminary Paul's letter to the Philippians: "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, what-ever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, let your mind dwell on these things." (N.A.S.B.) May I remind you that these are the Lord God's Commandments not "man's rules', and they are eternal — not "archaic!" Roger W. Wilde '72 him. He doesn't throw paper air-planes around when others are speaking. He doesn't show dis-respect for another's style of del-ivery or personality. Remember a couple of chapels? Remember well-worn "First take the plank out of your own eye and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's"? Remember "Love is patient, gentle, kind, . . . "? Remember ". . . the Lord looks on the heart"? Re-member? You do? Oh. John Richard Trinity '70 lunch line is open and you average about 1 extra person every 4 min-utes. That certainly can't be too "bloody" or "impossible," can it? Besides, maybe someday you'll be old and lonesome for some of our famous nuggets of nutrition and then you will return to be that extra person every 4 min-utes. Wayne Erickson Assistant Food Services Manager Reporters Anne Dalton, Ruth Bogle, Tom Ford, Dave Greener, Jan Ullberg, Jan Urspringer, Wibby Smith, Ron Roper Proofreader Sharon Watson Circulation Manager Joey Healy Business Manager Warren Magnuson Photographers Jim Amelsberg, Phil Humbert Technical Advisor Mark Olson Advisor Jon Fagerson Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not necessarily reflect the position of the college or seminary. Campus needs spiritual awakening Is he out of touch with us? Love is patient, gentle, kind! Truth about Founders Week lines is extra person each four minutes WORRY FREE DIAMOND BUYING By diamonds the exciting woy! See your diamond under a microscope and know if its flawless! Use the microscope and see the results of fine cutting and polishing! Buy your diamond as the diamond cutter prices and grades it! BUY FROM THE CUTTER PRICE AND NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT "MARK DOWNS" in stock or on the market. BUY FROM THE WORLD OVER!! Your Bank Americard is Welcome Here EMERSON'S JEWELRY A Trusted Jeweler Is Your Best Advisor 646-4114 1548 W. Larpenteur Friday, March 6, 1970 the CLARION Page 3 Bethel Forum Hagen refutes Dean Muck's letter To my fellow Christians; It was my sincere desire (via Bethel Forum) to inform you of a problem existing in God's church. I'm certain most of you are vague-ly familiar with this problem but I hope you will all view it in a more immediate way. We must all take an active part in ridding Christ's Bride of this inconsist-ancy. Unfortunately, some of my state-ments (February 20 Clarion) were misundertsood and need clarifica-tion. I have no desire to make any character assasinations! Please do not view my remarks as an attack on any individual. In his letter to the editor (Feb-ruary 20, Clarion), Dean Muck just-fies my expulsion in view of the need to enforce rules that insure the integrity of Bethel as a Christ-ian institution. I do not seek the abolition of reasonable standards for our Christian school. I advocate reason and Christ-like love in handling infractions of these stan-dards. The chairman of one of the com-mittees that decided on my sus-pension stated that, regardless of the circumstances, suspension im-mediately follows the establish-ment of the fact that drinking has occured. Can all cases truly be treated that automatically? Should their be no allowances made in view of the individual? Can we judge with no consideration of attitude and circumstances? I think the answer to these questions is demonstrably negative. It is necessary to dispel a mis-conception fostered by Dean Muck's letter. He states that I drank "a half-week after he (I) had made the decision — and announced it — to quit." He fur-ther states that this 'fact' discred-ited the reliability of that decision. At various times the Dean assured me that he realized that such was not the case. Perhaps the facts of the incident are hazy to him now. The truth of the matter is, that I decided to quit drinking and then openly announced my decision. I was not caught drinking. I openly told of the four instances of drink-ing (at Bethel) and explained that God had asked me to stop. My decision to quit was forced by a love for God and not fear of being caught. Certainly under these circum-stances, the reliability of my decision should not come under attack. In a letter to my parents (December 29), however, I'm a-fraid my reliability was indeed assaulted. In this letter Dean Muck says, ". . . he says that he intends to quit drinking because he feels that God would have him do so. I would much prefer that he deter-mone to quit because he is con-vinced that drinking is inappropri-ate for the Christian life." He goes on to say that feelings change (no argument) and therefore my de-cision might be less than unshak-able. If the administration did believe my decision would stand up against time, their decision was at best, futile. In this case my decision was not reinforced by my suspension. All that would be accomplished is the removing of me from Bethel (where I matured as a Christian to a great extent). Here at Arizona State Univer-sity I am certainly more apt to fall than at the institution I was kept from. I would like to express my apol-ogies if I implied that " . . . the infrequency of his (my) drinking was a factor that was overlooked" in my first letter. I meant nothing of the kind. I merely wished to establish the fact that I was no hard core alcoholic who couldn't (are there any impossibilities with God?) be expected to quit so quick-ly. From a strictly humorous stand-point this could have made a diff-erence so mentioned it to cover objections tended in the minds of those who limit the power of God. by Cindy Rostollan and Marg Erickson Millie Penner, a junior from Ab-botsford, British Columbia, likes being an R.A. Why? "I just like working with people and being with them. I also enjoy talking with the girls about any problems they might have. Being an R.A. gives me all these experiences." "For me, being an R.A. has been the most beneficial and exciting experience in my college career," says Cheryl Gemar, a senior (and Bodien R.A.) from Sand Coulee, Montana. "It seems I give so little in relation to what I receive." To Jon Peterson, a junior from Hutchinson, Minnesota, being an R.A. means limited privacy, but he has learned that he has not only gotten to know many of the "Frosh," but he has gotten to know himself as well. "I've really learned about people, and discov-ered that no one really works like you do. Everybody is dif-ferent in many respects." Being an R.A. does require cer-tain sacrifices, though. "One of the main things you learn to do with-out, is a lot of your own free time. Kids are always popping in unexpectedly to talk. Especially during exams, there are a lot who have to come in and just talk, because things are unusually tense then," says Millie. Cheryl added to this, "I have tried to have an open door policy on my floor, and when my door is open, the kids are free to come in and talk, but if it's closed, that means I'm either studying, or sleeping or talking to someone else." Can you imagine life in the dorm without R.A.'s? Mom Wester-lund of Bodien says, "Without a good batch of R.A.s, life as a housemother would be a horrible experience. The R.A.s set the cli-mate of the whole dorm, and they serve as a kind of liason between the student and housemother and the Student Services Office. I know I depend on my R.A.s to a very great extent." Since Bethel is taking applica-tions for next year's R.A.s very soon, our experienced RA.s offer- Finally, I would like to submit an example of how Jesus handled the role of a 'judge'. In John 8: 1-11 we find the story of an adult-ress brought before Jesus. He was asked what should be done with her. He answered, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." When all the woman's accusers had receded, Jesus told her, "Nei-ther do I condemn thee; go and sin no more." In God's Love, David Hagen '73 ed some advice to those who plan on applying. Says Cheryl, "To ap-ply, you really have to be sold on the idea of having to live in the dorm, having hours, and spend-ing at least 3 nights a week in the dorm. The girls in the dorm really rely on their R.A.s, and they want someone to respect and someone they can talk to. (They don't want a mother, though!) When you're on duty, it means the girls over your studies, and if you don't plan ahead, you could run into problems." Millie's advice came in this way, "Lots of kids don't have any idea about what an R.A. does (or not the right idea anyway). For one thing, they have to give some spiritual guidance to the kids on the floor, and sometimes it seems like they have to be almost one step ahead of their kids. You really have to learn how to direct the kids energies in valuable chan-nels. "To the kids who are going to be roomates to R.A.s (in Hag-strom), I'd say they have to give almost as much as the R.A. him-self. They are just like the R.A. because often kids come in and talk with them too, only they aren't paid for their work. They sacrifice the same thing as the R.A.s do." "There are a couple of reasons for applying for R.A.," says Jon, "there is the money angle (a free meal ticket if you don't want to get involved), but there is also a real liking of people. You can't help but feel inadequate when you think of your job, but then you realize that the kids don't want an answer, they just want someone to listen to them. You should be able to give some spi-ritual emphasis, but it isn't nec-essary to be a spiritual giant. Any satisfaction you get from this job corresponds to how much you put into it." There are certain things that the housmother (or parents) ex-pect from their R.A.s. "Our prime consideration in choosing R.A.s," says Mom Westerlund, "is com-continued on page 4 A student's obligation is to know the rules when he enters into contract with an institution. Record Sale! SAVE UP TO $3.00 Top Artists! Major Labels! 0 WES MONTGOMERY 0 RAMSEY LEWIS 0 JIMMY SMITH 0 JOHNNY RIVERS 0 RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS ❑ MOTHERS OF INVENTION ❑ STAN GETZ ❑ RAY CHARLES 0 PETE SEEGER 0 MAMAS & PAPAS ❑ GRASS ROOTS ❑ BLUES PROJECT 0 CHARLIE BYRD ❑ WOODY GUTHRIE ❑ FERRANTE & TEICHER Many, Many More! Classics Included! Come Early for Best Selection. 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Robert P. Knight, state Selective Service director, said damage was so extensive that "it will be difficult to carry out in-ductions after March." March draft notices already have been sent, he said. In three separate offices — the state headquarters, the Ramsey County office and Hennepin Coun-ty office — file records and draft registration cards were ripped, scattered and strewn in piles that were more than a foot deep in places. "Beaver 55" was written on the walls of all three offices. Beaver 55 is the name of a group whose R.A.'s grin and bear it continued from page 3 mitment to Christ, their interest in relating to students, and their dedication to Bethel and what it stands for. They should be calm in emergencies, because though they (emergencies) don't come often, they are always there. We like things to be casual around the dorm, and the girls should give off this air. There should also be an ability to keep secrets because often they are the only ones who know about many things going on and who help guide the kids they talk to. The main job of the R.A. was and probably will always be, to listen and pray." It sounds like a busy, big job; a job rewarding only to those who feel they can handle the situations they are thrust into, and come out still smiling. It's enough to make any applicants really think before handing in that application. members have claimed respons-ibility for destroying draft records in Indianapolis, Ind., and Dow Chemical Co. records in Midland, Mich., last fall. However, the or-iginal group has disavowed know-ledge of or participation in this latest action. In the Hennepin County office, draft records were hauled out of open file cabinets and strewn in three office rooms and the boiler. Deputy state Selective Service dir-ector Maj. Abahamson said draft record defoilers in the Hennepin County office "knew what they were doing. They went for the files and for the registration cards." Damage was estimated by some officials at more than $10,000. Officials also stated there was no way of knowing how many indi-viduals' rcords were involved. Some observers calculated that the number would be in the thousands. In the Ramsey County office, where the damage was extremely heavy, many registration cards had been ripped up. The supervisor of the Hennepin County office, Merrill McCabe, stated that no records would be lost permanently since every per-son's file is also kept at some al-ternative location. "It's just a matter of finding which records have been destroy-ed, and then reconstructing those files," McCabe said. "It takes a lot of time, but it can be done." Knight said some files from draft offices around the state are sent to the headquarters in St. Paul for review and that some of these files might have been affected. The "Beaver 55" has subsequent-ly issued a policy statement justify-ing their action which is presently circulating in the Twin Cities area. The original "Beaver 55" group responsible for earlier draft file destructions has dissavowed con-nection with this latest insurrect-ionary activity taken by individuals who have also assumed the name of "Beaver 55". WASHINGTON —(CPS)— Large majorities of the nation's 1.64 mil-lion freshmen who entered colleges and universities last fall, favor in-creased federal involvement, in-cluding the initiation of crash pro-grams, for a number of America's most pressing domestic problems, according to the controversial fourth annual American Council on Education (ACE) freshman sur-vey. This kind of urgency was expres-sed by the students with respect to pollution control (90 percent), elimination of poverty (78 percent), consumer protection (72 percent), and compensatory education for the disadvantaged (70 percent). On most of these issues, further analysis showed even stronger majorities among women students and Black students. A total of 260,016 entering fresh-men at 390 colleges and univer-sities participated in the survey this fall during registration or cam-pus orientation periods before classes started. Of this number, 169,190 questionnaires actually were used in computing national norms. Among questions that were ask-ed the year before, there were marked increases in the percentage of students agreeing that "mari-juana should be legalized" (an in-crease from 19 to 26 percent); that "only volunteers should serve in the armed forces" (an increase from 37 to 53 percent), and that "most college officials have been too lax on student protest" (an in-crease from 55 to 60 percent). In answer to some new questions, more than half of the students agreed that divorce laws should be liberalized (60 percent), courts show too much concern for the rights of criminals (54 percent), and capital punishment should be abolished (54 percent). Forty-two percent agreed that "under some conditions, abortions should be leg-alized." Thirty-three percent of the stu-dents currently indicate a "liberal" or "left" political preference, 44 percent "middle-of-the-road," and 23 percent "conservative" or str-ongly conservative." When asked how they think they will charac-terize themselves four years from now, the students expect to have more polarized political preferen-ces: 39 percent liberal-left, 29 per-cent middle-of-the-road, and 32 percent conservative. The total freshman enrollment by race shows caucasians, 91 per-cent; Black students, six percent; American Indians, 0.3 percent; Orientals, 0.7 percent; and "others" 1.1 percent. While the report shows an in-crease in the numbers of both Black and white students entering college this fall, there was no sig-nificant increase in the proportion of Black students compared to a year earlier. Following are other highlights from the report: *56.6 percent of the freshmen are men, and 43.4 percent are women, the same percentages as last year. *Most of the students (55.6 per-cent) said they grew up in a mod-erately sized town, or suburb of a large city. Only 9.7 percent grew up on a farm, and 13.3 percent in a large city. *In answer to a question about family income, the largest per-centage — 28.7 percent — estim-ated this between $10,000 and 15,000. A total of 5.5 percent es-timated parental income at less than $4,000. *Students listed the following major sources of financial support during their freshman year: par-ental or family aid, 49.2 percent; personal savings or employment, 29.3 percent; repayable loans, 12.7 percent; and scholarships, grants, or other gifts, 18.2 percent. About ten percent said financing their education was a major concern; 55.6 percent said it was a matter of "some concern." These annual surveys are part of a program of research on the effects of the college experience on students. It is under the direc-tion of Dr. Alexander W. Astin, director of the A.C.E. Office of Research. The research staff plans John Denver, guitarist, folksing-er and song writer, will appear in concert at Concordia College of St Paul, Minnesota on Monday, March 9, beginning at 8 p.m. The concert sponsored by the Men's Council, Women's Council, Fine Arts Club, and student publication The Sword, will take place in the Lutheran Memorial Center. John Denver is an enthusiastic folksinger with excellent talents. His present career as solo perform-er was preceded by two and a half years as the lead singer in The Mitchell Trio. The lyrics of John Denver's songs show a strong iden-tification with children and nature and also seem to represent the feelings and attitudes of many of today's young people. This folk-singer is the writer-composer of the popular song "Leaving on a Jet Plane." to conduct mail follow-up studies of these students after they have had some experience in college. The ultimate purpose of the fol-low- up will be to determine how the students' achievements, atti-tudes, and plans are affected by the types of colleges they attend, Astin says. The study has come under critic-ism by the National Student Assoc-iation which has charged that the answers by incoming freshmen could be used against them. NSA also questions the accuracy of the survey since students may be a-fraid to answer honestly some questions such as those concerning drug use and campus disruption. ACE maintains all answers are strictly confidential and would not be released even if they were sub-poenaed into court. Tickets are $2 at the door. If you want to reserve tickets, phone Mary Soulek at 646-9201. ebapet Puteg by Pastor Maurice Lawson "The Christian World View" is the theme of a new three-Monday series by members of our Christi-anity department. Dr. Arthur Lewis will speak this week on, "In the Beginning, God . . ." The For-eign Language department will have the Tuesday program. Wed-nesday will be NEW music with the Pastor continuing with Mark's portraits of Jesus. The St. Anthony High School Band will give a concert on Thurs-day, and on Friday Pastor Richard Anderson of Minnetonka will speak. Former Chad Mitchell member, John Denver, to be at Concordia by Steve Duininck Bethel College is a three ringed circus. The ring in one far corner holds all the radicals. The opposite side is filled with the conservative element of Bethel while the middle is filled with those who throw up their hands in dispair. If I have failed to notice anything else here I have observed how these two poles work on each other. They use sneers, jokes, and often down and out slander. The Clarion has become a battlefield for these confrontations and its ancient copies show many wounds. Last year's war was fought against the Music Dept. The radicals, athletes, and all others who picked up arms against the music men were unable to win a decisive victory. Moreover both sides ended up killing each other till none survived. This year President Lundquist is being shot at for being "out of contact" and prejudiced against the basketball team. How many funerals will be held this year is unknown but it should be a new record. Getting back to the circus idea, I wonder what the audience thinks of us. Do they see a united Christian body or a bunch of performing animals? I hope it is the former but I wouldn't bet my dirty socks on it. The only solution I can forsee lies in dissolving our pride, selfish-ness, and psuedo-intelligence and using the long forgotten idealism of love. I don't expect things to change simply because we are human but maybe someday God will turn us on to love so strong it will take eternity to tear us apart. Man must balance society's frustration with God's love. Concert rebirth `The Gates of Justice' displays jazzist Brubeck's musical skill Dave Whitney, Assistant Professor of Speech at Bethel, will produce In White America Saturday March 14. Black students will present play 2220 EDGERTON STREET AT HWY 36 ST. PAUL, MINN 55117 J. Leonard Carroll, Pastor C. Bruce Anderson, Asst. Pastor BUS LEAVES EACH SUNDAY: 9:25 A.M. and 6:40 P.M. by Jay Swisher About a year and a half ago, when I heard that jazz pianist, Dave Brubeck had begun writing extended choral works, I was one of the first to laugh. How a jazz composer could turn to writing "classical" music was beyond me. I was sure it was all a big joke. Sunday, March 1, I went to hear Brubeck's second oratorio, "The Gates of Justice." Again, I was laughing when I saw the 350 voice choir come out on stage with tenor and baritone soloists, and an in-strumental ensemble of twelve brass players, two percussionists, organ, and the Dave Brubeck Trio. But when the music started, I stopped laughing. Brubeck has come up with a work of very high quality. It ranks right up with works by com-posers like Stravinsky, Copeland, et al. There is music within the oratorio for every taste — from classical to rock to jazz. And all of it is very exciting. While I have nothing but praise for the music, I think the text leaves something to be desired. Collected by Brubeck and his wife from Old Testament Scripture (es-pecially the Psalms), the prayer book of Reform Judaism and quo-tations from Dr. Martin Luther King, the Beatles, and Simon and Garfunkel, it suffers greatly from over-abundance. I found myself frustrated trying to pull out the overall message from the entangle-ment of ideas. At times, I was con-vinced that justice was the ob-jective. At other times, it was praise of God. And even faith. Generally, the performance was very good. Baritone solist, Andrew Frierson demonstrated great pow-er and vocal ability, while tenor, Harold Orbach was unimpressive. The University of Minnesota Chor-us, 350 members strong, was as powerful as would be expected and was obviously involved in the music. The instrumental ensemble was kept rather busy and per-formed very well. Conductor, Rich-ard Sieber was uninspiring. Of course, the Dave Brubeck Trio was, to use the vernacular, a real groove. I hate to admit it, but it was honestly a pleasure to be proven wrong. After all, who ever heard of a jazz pianist composing an oratorio? by Ron Roper The Society of the Future, Hen-drik van Riessen, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1958, $4.95. Dr. van Riessen is a Dutch en-gineer, philosopher, and industrial sociologist. Although this book is obviously written for the specialist in parts, yet the format is sur-prisingly varied. As the title in-dicates, the book has reference to the future. However, the au-thor is quick to point out that he is not attempting eschatology. Instead, he is analyzing views of society and society itself as they have unfolded in Wetsern civili-zation. The author is a Christian. But much more, he applies a highly developed and consistent Biblical insight in his analysis. He is an original thinker, having his roots in the Christian Philosophy asso-ciated with Dr. Herman Dooye-weerd and Dr. D. M. Th. Vollen-haven. It is this remarkable back-drop of Biblical Christianity which sets off Van Reissen's book from all others in its field. "The English reader who is un-familiar with the school of philos-ophy to which Dr. Van Riessen belongs will be surprised, if not genuinely disturbed, by the intro-duction of articles of faith into an analysis of society . . ." "Van Riessen fully realized that it is most unusual to introduce Christian beliefs into philosophical and sociological discourse. How-ever, he is convinced that it is possible to demonstrate on philo-sophical grounds that a religious, value free approach to society is impossible . . . " "The critical reader ought to avoid a hasty and final judgement with regard to the merit of mixing sociology and religion until he has become familiar with this ap-proach." (quotes from the trans-lator's preface) ____Dr. Van Riessen begins by set-ting his course before him, and sketching the outcome of his re-search. "We do not intend to visualize the future of society in a kind of imaginary perspective, because that would mean a shift-ing of our present responsibility into the future. Quite the reverse; we want to discover the signs of the future as so many warnings in the sphere of our present re-sponsibilities." The author affirms that his purpose is "to investigate one particular facet of reality in re-lation to its future: the structure of society as organized by man." Van Riessen is outspoken in his judgements of secularization (not as versus ecclesiasticism, but as arises from Humanism) and the possibility of "neutral" human ac-tivity. His anathema up "the con-tinuous direction of society to-wards collectivism" is clear also. I have never read as incisive and well-aimed a critique of collect-ivism as I found in the chapter entitled, "Structural Principles of Society" and indeed, the entire book. The appeal to the purpose of man's life on earth as found in Scripture, was straightforward and convincing to me. The bulk of this pivotal chapter was an exposi-tion of two basic principles 1) the balance of authority and freedom 2) sphere-sovereignty. This exposition was immensely refreshing! It is very seldom that one encounters such clearly Bibli-cal thinking, unencumbered by the chains of worldly Humanism. "The most important advantage that can be gained for our analysis is that it will free us from the dilemma resulting from a forced option be- Friday, March 6, 1970 tween collectivism vs. individual-ism; the community vs. the indi-vidual. The author even denied the necessity of some compromise position in the middle. A key thought, often and variously re-iterated, was that, "since individu-alism has been defeated in our society, humanity is confronted with a decisive choice between a collective course and a trend which would recognize the principles of sphere-sovereignty, and of the bal-ance of authority and freedom." The defeat of individualism may be questioned, especially with the recent rise of Ayn Rand's "object-ivism" in some circles. The pre-sent choice between gross collect-ivism and the Christian principles, on the other hand, seems more certain. The author traces the "History of Western Society" with an eye to social structures and phil-osophical winds of doctrine. In a chapter on "Utopias," Van Riessen critiques so-called ideal (and a few not-so-ideal) societies from Plato's to Orwell's. He sees the unifying theme of all Utopians to be the search for a road to paradise that "does not pass along the station of the fall into sin." Van Riessen would require an ad-mission of sin before the possibil-ity of positive construction along the lines of the forementioned principles, could be effected. In "Science and Technique in Modern Society," a discussion of the development and interaction of science and what we could call "From slave ship to ghetto riots —what it has meant for two cen-turies to be a black man." This is a brief description of the play, In White America, which will be presented at Bethel on Saturday, March 14, at 8 p.m. in room 106. The play will be sponsored by the Cultural Committee. There will be no admission charge to this event, but there will be an op-portunity for contributions to share, in an effort to provide for more funds for minority students. The play is based on actual American history and is present-ed from a black man's point of view. Mr. Whitney, director of the the CLARION Page 5 technology was entered upon. Cy-bernetics, automation, organiza-tion and centralization were recur-ring themes; the next chapter, en-titled "The Society of the Future," related the outcomes that such achievements portend if not in accord with the balance of author-ity and freedom and sphere-sov-ereignty. And then there was the last chapter, "The Liberation of So-ciety." Continuing with the thread of argument in the previous chap-ters, it was here that the appli-cation of a Christian mind, assist-ed by Scriptural principles, was accomplished — but only in writ-ing. Examples of the actual ap-plication were adduced many times, but is was apparent that those who were responsible for the actual modifications (usually in industrial contexts), were not themselves aware of the relation of the discoveries they stumbled across to Scriptural principles. This chapter is a challenge to the thinking 'Christian who wants to pursue a career in labor relations, industrial management, or soci-ology — a truly fitting finale. "Social liberation should be ac-complished by the victory over the spiritual crisis in our own time. Without such victory which, at bottom, requires a re-Christianizing of life no definite recovery of so-cial life will be possible . .. such re-Christianizing is meant as the faith in the redemption of the world by Jesus Christ and life proceeding from His grace." play and speech instructor here at Bethel, said that he and the black students he's working with were asked to present the play at Bethel. The play has also been presented at Miriam Lexington Presbyterian Church, Hallie Q. Brown Community House, and Highland High School. This production of the play grew out of the efforts of one black high school student who wanted to do a black play. She got a group of her friends togeth-er and they then asked Mr. Whit-ney to direct it for them.. In order to find out what has hap-pened since then, you will have to wait and see, In White America. TSook Rebietu Van Riessen views history 'Biblically' "Always room for one more" Garnet's Standard Service Complete Service for Your Car Larpenteur and Snelling Friendly St. Paul Courteous Conscientious Men MI 4-2027 Waiting to Serve You VetRe‘ast Vaftrat e‘alc‘ Bus Stops at Bodien — 9:15 a.m. Small Bus for Evening Service — 6:30 p.m. Pastor—Robert Featherstone Assistant Pastor—Bill Malam 3.2 Billion People... . live in this world. The majority are illiterate, underfed, underprivileged ... without Christ. Wycliffe is concerned about those minorities who have all but been forgotten — the backwash of civilization — those who desperately need the Word of God in their own language. They need people like yourself to bring them hope. For information on how you can become involved write: Wycliffe Bible Translators — Box 1960, Santa Ana, Calif. 92702 Track team opens season at St. Olaf by Rick Zaderaka Tomorrow afternoon the Royals open the track season with an indoor meet at St. Olaf. Bethel will be competing against St. Olaf and Southwest. The cindermen began practice last Thursday afternoon under the guidance of Coach Gene Glader, who reports that they have spent the past week working on condi-tioning and form. Returning lettermen are: Co-captains Dave Pound and Rick Berggren, Fred Swedberg, Phil James, Pete Roemer, and Darrel Nelson. Although Nelson broke his arm three weeks ago, the team is hopeful that he will compete before the season's end. He was described by senior Dave Pound as "a hard worker, who has been an inspiration to the team in the past." Hurdler Dan Mogck and javelin thrower Fred Swedberg were cited as a pair of the team's top as-sets. Others expected to give the tracksters a boost, are distance runners Mark Anderson and Paul Youngquist, pole vaulters Jerry Jenfa and John Zylstra, and weightmen Jim Carlson and Rick Casteel. According to Pound, the weak-ness of the team appears to be in the sprints, although some of the boys who are inexperienced at this point could prove to be pleasant surprises. Coach Glader commented "We'll probably be as good as last year's team. Against the smaller schools like Concordia, we'll do all right; but against the M.I.A.C. schools, it's going to be tough." Glader said the team's strength will lie in the quarter, half, and mile, as well as the javelin and possibly the shot put. 1970 TRACK MEET SCHEDULE Mar. 7 St. Olaf Reserves and Southwest at St. Olaf Mar. 14 Stout and Northland at Stout Mar. 21 Superior and Northland Mar. 30 Evangel College Springfield, Mo. Mar. 31 Ozark Bible College Joplin, Mo. April 2 Tarkio, Tarkio, Mo. April 4 U. of South Dakota Invi-tational, Vermillion, S.D. April 11 River Falls There April 18 Carleton Relays There April 25 Bethel Relays—St. John's Concordia, Augsburg, Hamline April 28 Concordia (St. Paul) May 2 St. Thomas, U.M., Duluth Southwest at St. Thomas May 9 Bethel Invitational—Pills-bury, Concordia, Lea, Northland, Southwest State May 12 Macalester Invitational and NAIA Championship at Macalester Season prospects are questionable as baseball team begins practicing by Bill Ankerberg Baseball practice will start on March 16 this year. The prospects for the season are questionable at this point. According to Coach Jack Trager the biggest problems will probably be with hitting strength and pitching depth. This year's team will play 15 games with a squad of 11 re-turning lettermen. The prospects are hopeful for the two three-year veterans Bill Painter and Dean Erickson, along with last year's Most Valuable Player, Gary Clark. The biggest question mark on the team will be the pitching staff. Don Brandsma could be a definite asset if he can regain the use of his left arm, injured dur-ing the football season. Coach Trager is presently looking for Freshmen pitching talent to aid the limited staff. In Coach Trager's words, "If we can find some good pitchers, we can reshuffle our players and could come out in pretty good shape." A second weakness will probab-ly be the hitting. Last year we only had two men hitting over .300. The team is looking to soph-omore center fielder Gary Clark and junior Bob Brodin for help in this area. Coach Trager is optimistic about the coming season. Part of this optimism is rooted in the fact that they play fewer doubleheaders this year. This will enable them to go all out for a single game without having to hold players in reserve, or playing a slightly re-laxed game. Last year's team posted a 6-11 won-lost record. Now that Coach Trager has a year of coaching under his belt, he should provide the leadership that is necessary if the Royals are to improve on last year's record. Those interested in going out A-LEAGUE BASKETBALL RESULTS Standings Team Won Lost 1. Second New 5 0 2. Faculty 4 1 3. First Floor 5 1 4. Off Campus 4 1 5. Second Old 3 2 6. Third New 2 3 7. Falcon 1 4 8. Pit 1 4 9. New Dorm 1 4 10. Third Old 0 5 Next Games: Monday, March 9 Wednesday, March 11 for baseball this season are en-couraged to contact Coach Trager or any of the players themselves. B-LEAGUE BASKETBALL RESULTS Standings Team Won Lost 1. New Dorm 5 0 2. Second New 5 0 3. Third Old 4 1 4. Second Old 3 2 5. First Floor 3 2 6. Pit 2 3 7. Faculty 2 3 8. Falcon 1 4 9. Third New 1 4 10. Off Campus 0 5 Next Games Saturday, March 7 1 Thursday evening's Donkey Basketball Game was the scene of much hilarity. — Dr. Donald Larson aided the faculty as they rode their — (mules) to an overtime victory over the student delegation. BASEBALL SCHEDULE 1970 Dunning* May 1 St. Paul Bible 2 Lea Paul) There 6 Carleton Dunning 8 Golden Valley Dunning 14 Hamline There 16 NCBC Dunning *Dunning Field 9attameetata Apr. 9 Hamline 11 OPEN 14 Concordia (St. 17 Northland 18 NCBC 22 Carleton 25 St. Olaf Dunning There Dunning There Dunning Dunning Page 6 the CLARION Friday, March 6, 1970 The Column by Tim Weko Last week Bethel College got its first taste of the boxing craze that has been silently sweeping the nation the past few days. It seems that a number of fellas were feeling their Cheerios, or the long cold winter had affected them adversely, or something equally intangible, because a group of students were seen in the wrestling room of the gym throwing punches and absorbing them. It all started when Larry Swanson and John Peterson were having a "squirrel fight" and someone suggested that the only way to settle it properly would be to check out Bethel's boxing gloves and fight it out like true gentlemen (naturally they were governed by the Marquis de Queensbury rules). It was decided that the best 2 of 3 rounds of 3 minutes each would determine the fight. Immediately the blood started flowing. What had begun as a "friendly" sparring contest turned into an animal brawl, as first one guy would throw a punch and connect and the other guy, (not wanting to appear inept in the manly art of fisticuffs before the gathered crowd of some 20 persons) would swarm his oppon-ent, trying to hit him with everything he had — including his fists now and then. The blood flowed early and stayed late as 2 others wanted to see what they could do with the gloves. Match number 2 began — and ended 2 rounds later in a pool of blood and 2 sets of glazed eyes. Oh, how the crowd ate it all up. And so, not to be out done, 2 more adversaries walked forth, strapped the gloves on their hands, and duked it out for 2 rounds. Being just a bit sqeamish about such things I don't want to belabor a point, but that last one was a real blood-bath. But that was the start of boxing here at Bethel. Next year there will be intramural boxing with 4 weight divisions. If you're lucky, the school will buy some 16 ounce gloves and some head gear to keep the concussions and the cauliflower ears to a minimum. Actually, it's only in the planning stage or maybe not even that far, but . . . it might be a good tension reliever. However, the best function would be that you wouldn't have to talk about a guy behind his back. You could just go right out, put your "money" where your mouth is, and lay a good Christian punch right on him — and run. * * * * What ever happened to the 16 team Bethel Invitational track meet? For years we had gone along with tradition, scheduling a 6 team push-over track meet which got us nowhere, except that we usually took 1st place. Jack Trager coached track and for some reason the Bethel Invita-tional or the Bethel Relays, if you prefer, was expanded to an 18 or 16 team event that made Bethel sport's history. There were many fine schools there and the competition was keen. Bethel didn't finish in 1st place, but if there has been a sporting event in the last 10 years that has put Bethel College on the map it is that track meet. But last year we were back to our old 6 team job again. There are no legitimate reasons for not expanding that meet to the 16 - team size. The money factor would remain almost the same. Many of the students could help out on the track just as they did 2 years ago. In fact, it was really refreshing to see all those Bethel kids working side by side in order to make that track meet a success (brotherhood, baby). The track team would get home team glory and still meet other competitors head on. Most of all, the school would receive some badly needed prestige. After that meet two years ago, every coach and many of the participators praised the meet as a success. If Bethel College ever wants to become anything but a doormat to the other schools in the state, as far as sports are concerned, she had better begin now with the things that can be done without a lot of extra money. A 16 team Bethel Invitational would be a good place to start. |
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