The Bethel Clarion
Vol. XVIII No. 8 BETHEL INSTITUTE February 22, 1939
Musical Program
Features Many Groups HISTORY OF SCHOOL SHOWS
A full evening of music will be given A CENTURY OF PROGRESS
by the music department of Bethel Col-lege,
under the direction of Prof. George
Hultgren, at the First Swedish Baptist
church at Payne avenue and Sims street,
Friday, March 3.
The program will consist of several
numbers by the A Cappella Choir, sing-ing
a F. Melius Christiansen group: "0,
Sacred Head" and "Beautiful Savior",
with Alice Anderson, contralto soloist.
Noble Cain's "Music of Life" will be ren-dered.
The Male Chorus will lend their
voices in, "Climbin' Up the Mountain,
Children", a negro spiritual; "Now Let
Ev'ry Tongue Adore Thee", Beach; Dick-son's
"Thanks Be to God" and other
numbers.
The Bethel Male Quartet, Virgil Olson,
Gordon Peterson, Ned Holmgren and
John Valine will also sing.
The band, directed by J. Gordon Peter-son,
will play, "Overture 'Finale' ", Los-ey;
"The Gypsy Festival", by Al Hayes,
and a number in combination with the
singing groups. The program is spon-sored
by the church, and all the proceeds
will be given to the school.
Male Chorus Opens Season
On Thursday evening, February 23, the
Bethel Male Chorus will sing at the
church of which its director, Prof. George
Hultgren, is a member, The First Swed-ish
Methodist Church, Minneapolis. The
program will include a group of songs by
the Male Quartet, the string trio and the
Male Chorus. Roger Goodman will as-sist
by giving readings. The Chorus
sings upon the invitation of Mrs. Hult-gren,
who is a member of the April Cir-cle
of the Ladies' Guild, who are spon-soring
the program. This concert will
mark the first appearance of the Chorus
in the spring concert season.
Student Council Changes Made
Several changes have taken place on
the Student Council. At the Student As-sociation
meeting held during a recent
chapel session, Wyman Hanson was elect-ed
to the vice-president position vacated
by Gordon Peterson. Grace Widen re-placed
Doris Moberg as secretary. Other
cabinet posts were resigned because of
extra-curricular conflicts, but no detinite
action has been taken in regard to re-placements.
COMING EVENTS
Feb. 21-24. Founder's Celebrations.
Feb. 22. Basketball trip to Rochester.
Feb. 24. Basketball, Tracy, here.
Feb. 26. Twin City B.Y.P.U. Centenary
Rally, Central Church.
Feb. 27. Basketball, Seminary vs. Col-lege.
Mar. 1. Alexis.
Mar. 3. Concert at First Swedish Bap-tist,
St. Paul.
Mar. 6. Missionary Band Study Class.
Mar. 8. College Club.
Trip to Rochester, Feb. 22
Rumors have been flying fast and fu-rious
in regard to the proposed school
trip to an out of town basketball game.
But rumors have become an actual fact
for the date has been set, and all those
who are interested in going will leave the
campus Wednesday afternoon, February
22, for a trip to Rochester, Minnesota, to
watch what should be an exciting game.
The Varsity squad and the College
Band will comprise most of the travel-lers,
but Dean Johnson announces that
there will be room for several others.
The principle is first come, first served.
Lamentations
"To be or not to be (sick), that is the
question." Mumps, a recent affliction,
has attacked a few members of our Beth-el
family. "Stiff-necked soreheads".
They're so "swell-headed" they don't
even get their name in the Clarion until
all the "swelliness" is gone. Delbert
Kuehl and Archer Weniger are past vic-tims
of the malady.
Rawlin Johnson also decided to get
puffed up about the matter, but he is
gradually receding — so is Hanky — she
said: "He's coming along alright but
I'm getting rather weak." (She carried
his meals to him every evening in a large
cardboard carton.)
Our "cultured Easterner", Bertil Fri-berg,
had an excess proliferation of the
cartilagenous tissue in the region of the
pharynx, and secured surgical assistance
in its removal. (No-socks is now no-tonsil.)
SUCCESSFUL BANQUET STARTS
EVENTFUL WEEK
A large banquet, together with an un-usual
program honoring the one-hun-dredth
birthday anniversary of Dr. John
Alexis Edgren, was held in the Jr. Col-lege
chapel on Monday evening at 6:30.
The attendance at the banquet was far
beyond what could have been hoped for
and the interest shown was very gratify-ing
to those who have put forth such an
effort to make this celebration a worth
while project. A highlight of the pro-gram
was a historical sketch of the back-ground
of the school, as well as the life
of Dr. Edgren, by the oldest living grad-uate
of the school, Rev. L. J. Ahlstrom.
Rev. Mr. Ahlstrom has also written DT.
Edgren's biography. Other features of
the program were the reading by Rev. R.
A. Arlander of a Swedish poem about Dr.
Edgren, and an address by Dr. Hagstrom
entitled "Sources of Inspiration from Dr.
Edgren's Life and Work". The String
Trio including J. Gordon Peterson, cello,
Runo Palmquist, Violin, and Virgil Ol-son,
piano, and the Bethel Male Quar-tet
furnished the special music.
Doctrines of Dr. Edgren Stressed
With two meetings in the school every
morning, meetings in four Twin City
Swedish Baptist churches each evening,
a Women's meeting Thursday afternoon,
and a large young people's rally Sunday
afternoon, a full week of activities is
planned. Two meetings will be held to-day,
Tuesday, with Rev. Eric N. Lind-holm
of Cambridge speaking on "The
Revelation and Inspiration" at 10 a. m.
and Rev. Ben Carlton of Worthington
speaking on "Biblical Backgrounds" at
11 a. m. Music for these services will be
furnished by John Valine, Francis Mc-
Olash, and Earl Sherman.
The program for the remainder of the
week is as follows.
Wednesday. Leader, President G. Ar-vid
Hagstrom; 10 a. m., solo by Miss
Ethel Tederman; address, "Rightly Di-viding
the Word of Truth", Prof. Adolf
Olson. 11 a. m. Violin solo by Runo
Palmquist; address, "The Church", Dr.
Karl J. Karlson.
Thursday. Leader, Dean Karl J. Karl-son;
10 p. m., solo by Prof. George Hult-
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Hamlet's Solecism
To go, or not to go; that is the question;
Whether it is wiser in the mind to suffer the odium
Of news real attendance, or resist the evil one and stay away?
Obstain, refrain, conform: and by so doing
Say we stifle the desire our flesh is heir to;
'Tis a Pharisaic peace devoutly to be wished.
To go: To hear: To see perchance a comedy:
Ay, there's the rub; for from that furtive folly
What talk may rise when we have shuffled to the "U" away
Must give us pause;
For who would hesitate a moment, forgo the joy
Of world pictorial news, but that the dread of base calumny
That universal pastime of the prudes-puzzles the will,
And makes us rather vegetate in ignorance
Than fly to aid that bears the ban "suspect".
Thus bigotry makes baboons of us all,
And thus the native hue of enlightenment
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of fear.
—B. Hamlet.
Tradition Cannot 'Die
This week, the observance of the founding of Bethel is in progress. The past of
the school is being unfolded before our eyes, and the miraculous power that has
sustained it in past years can be felt. The superb personality, whose vision and
spirit of venture materialized and is still functioning to a complete realization of
no-idle dreams, is worthy of all praise and honor due his memory.
But the challenge comes even greater to those who have composed and do com-pose
the student body. Each student, in himself, is the "soul-source" of keeping the
school's tradition growing spiritually, scholastically, and socially.
DEVOTIONS
‘`. . .. walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful
in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
strengthened in all might according to his glorious power."
—Col. 1:10, 11.
Many times we as Christians become deeply concerned about our lives as
they are measured according to God's standard. We become desirous of ascer-taining
God's approval of our Christian walk.
The Apostle Paul, in writing to the Colossians, admonished them to "walk
worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing." Then, as though he realized the con-cern
that would arise in their minds as to the worthiness of that walk, he
gave them three sure accompaniments of the walk. First, it is marked by a
life of fruitage for the Master. Second, it is marked by a continuous increase
in the knowledge of God. Third, it is marked by unlimited strength through
His might and power.
Are our lives lived in such a way that they are "worthy of the Lord"?
They are if we are fruitful in our ministry. They are if lour knowledge of God
is constantly increasing. They, are if we find His strength sufficient to over-come
all obstacles and temptations.
"Thanks be to God, who giveth us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
—1 Cor. 15:57. —M. Wessman.
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cA Trip to Tiger Hill
Every year at Mount Herman School
in Darjeeling, it was customary to make
a trip to see Mount Everest. Thus it was
that two o'clock one morning an alarm
clock awoke the sleepy occupants of the
girls' dormitory. We got up, donned our
clothes, went downstairs, had lunch, and
soon were on our way.
The night was clear and beautiful.
Stars twinkled in the sky, and a yellow
moon cast a mellow light over the earth.
The snow-capped Himalayan range
looked cold and blue in the distance.
We started out on a bridle path lead-ing
to Darjeeling town. A cool breeze
stirred in the pine trees and far away a
lone jackal howled. As we entered Dar-jeeling,
street lights twinkled brightly.
We walked through the silent streets,
and soon were on a mountain road again.
Ahead of us, long, white prayer flags
flapped ghost-like in the wind, telling us
we were approaching a Tibetan grave-yard.
The path became steeper. The only
sound beside the laughing, talking school
group, was that of a hidden mountain
stream making its way down the moun-tain
side. We climbed on. Finally, aft-er
a rather abrupt climb, we reached the
summit of Tiger Hill. Here there was a
small, white house with a flat roof, from
the top of which people could view the
Mountains. The sky was turning a pale
pink and the snows reflected the soft
glow. Three peaks stood out majestical-ly
among the others, one of which was
Mount Everest. A thrill went through
us as we viewed the highest mountain in
the world!
Now the sun rose in all its glory. The
sky and snows became a flaming red.
Then as the sun rose higher, the red
faded, and the snows stood out in their
brilliant whiteness. Over the hills seemed
to come the whisper, "I will lift up mine
eyes." —Ethel Ahlquist.
Pittsburgh Coal Company
340 ROBERT STREET
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Humor [esk
In Sociology class Paul L. decided that
the family wasn't an association, but
rather that some tended toward a com-munity.
After examining several of her German
Class's sentences written in the subjunc-tive,
Miss Nelson predicts a brilliant ca-reer
for several of her students in the
field of inventing.
The young lady was being courted by
a dairy man (please note spelling) and a
butcher. She couldn't decide whether
she should marry for butter or for wurst.
After that one we had better quote a
darling little verse that we received on
an anonymous valentine. Are you guilty?
At cracking jokes you are a WOW,
But your wisecracks are old, somehow.
Your jokes are stale,
Your puns are cheap,
You're so awfully funny you make us
weep.
Some of our professors don't appreci-ate
teaching the canine population of
North Snelling avenue, so leave your
dogs at home.
Before last Wednesday several of our
fellow-students wondered if the Mantoux
test was an examination of intelligence.
"As you slide down the stairway of
success, just count me as a splinter in
your career."—J. G. P.
Oh yes, we understand that several of
our boys have started to go "sexa-phoney",
so if you should happen to hear
any heartrending screeches you can just
attribute them to an amateur musician.
—George Darry.
"Acres of Diamonds"
England may have had its Tudors, but
Bethel has its Hudors. As the Tudors
made prominent pageantry in the royal-ty,
so the Hudors have made an ostenta-tious
display in mineralogy. Recently
three Hudors brought forth a pure crys-taline
substance, known to some as Car-bon,
but to others simply as Diamond.
"Duff" Wessman, "Tail" Sorley, and
"Pug" Dickau have now joined the social
elite of the Hudor line by crystalizing
their affections in a ringing success, for
now their lady friends bear the symbol of
the irresistible, conquering and devastat-ing
thing called LOVE.
All of the Hudors have not as yet dug
up a rock, but "Ozzie" Nelson, the most
industrious of the remaining few, is puff-ing
hard and digging zealously at the
rock pile, hoping that some day in the
near future he too may add adornment
to the hand of that fair one.
Anxious eyes look to the future as mat-rimonial
clouds form on the horizon, giv-ing
a positive sign of showers to come
and our dignified seminary seniors raise
their voices in triumphant glee and cry,
"Hudor Ballo".
Do You Xemember ?
A la Carnegie
On Wednesday, February 8, the College
Club held its regular monthly meeting.
Henrietta De Camp and Robert Persons
played a clarinet duet and Gladys Peter-son
gave a reading. Folke Ferre render-ed
two songs. President William Hag-strom
then turned the remainder of the
program over to Rev. Mr. Babcock of
Minneapolis, who gave a very interesting
and helpful talk entitled "Personality
Plus".
"Heart, so subtle snow,
and trembling"
The traditional Valentine Day was cel-ebrated
in true style, February 14, by
the A Cappellans and Male Chorusers.
All gathered in the chapel for some bits
of original poetry and for relaxation, led
by Ned Holmgren, assisted by Ethel Ted-erman
and Joyce Johnson. Later a hu-morous
skit was presented by Ned Holm-gren,
John Valine, Alvera Johnson, Grace
Widen, and Alrik Blomquist. A Valen-tine
table was set in the Coffee iShoppe
to satisfy their "lunch-before-we-go-home"
desire and the party closed with a
hymn.
"Follow the Trail"
The Missionary Band met for their
monthly meeting Wednesday, February
15, with Dr. C. E. Chaney, missionary
from Burma, as speaker. Dr. Chaney gave
a very inspiring talk on "Trail Blazing",
giving a vivid picture of the life of the
people and a contrast in life twenty-five
years ago and now, and the developments
made because of missionary activities.
"For beauty lives with kindness"
Amid lighted candles the installation
service of the Bethel Women's Associa-tion
was held on Thursday, February 16,
at 3 p. m. The following officers were
installed: President, Margery Ericson;
vice president, Florence Lindstrom;
-STILL REGGY
dear susie-tee
bee or not TB that iz tha, queschun
shicks i suppos i gotta tel ya ware i got
that frum period wel its that .paulson
guy period ya kno susie we had that
mantoe test las weak period it mai hav
bin a mantoe test but it tuk a ladys fin-ger
ta make won of our heros swoon
period she wuz kinda purty at that tho
period ya kno susie it cam out las weak
comma johnies reely in lov caus it mai
hav only bin a skit but tha part cam two
natchurl but on tha otha hand neds sus-pishusly
gud coachin kinda maid uz lift
a ibrow or too period wel valuntins dai
fownd Q-pid stil shootin hiz arroes period
idol .roomers tel uz that ethil got ten
valuntins frum bill and snuffy didnt do
so worse ether period pudge pierson iz
stil ahuntin fur hiz frend wat gav him
that ni'knaim period yoo pudge com-ma
hes the won wats anus yellin fur
quiut in tha libary when if hed keep stil
we might hav some period tha lititchur
clas is studiin aliterashun now and wen
i saw fleming frum that distuns wat a
inspurashun and a haff i got comma bea-gle
,brace samhaw sounded awful you-phonyus
ta me minds ear period i cant
dig up no mar dirt rite now caus tha
grounds kinda hard period owfvesderstin.
—YGger.
secretary, Ruby Christenson; assistant
secretary, Constance 'Swanson; treasurer,
Annabelle Sherman; assistant treasurer,
Marie Dahlberg.
Cabinet chairmen are: Neoma Sund,
Ethel Tederman, Joyce Johnson, and Mil-dred
Lovegren.
An acquaintance contest led by Miss
Nelson, the hostess, was one of the fea-tures
of the meeting. The invited guests
include the wives of faculty members,
the women of the school board and the
wives of the members of the executive
committee.
Waldorf Taken In Overtime
In the finest game played on the home
floor this year, Bethel was able to eek
• out a 42-41 win over the Waldorf J. C.
team.
The home team gained an early lead,
but in the final quarter a fast-breaking
Waldorf team peppered the basket until
they chalked up a two point lead. In the
last few seconds, Young dropped a long
shot from center of the court, to tie the
game at 38-38.
In the overtime, a bucket by Apple-quist,
and two free throws by D. John-son
decided the game for Bethel while
Shriver, Waldorf forward sunk one buck-et
and a gift shot. There was consistent
ball throughout the entire game, with
Ferre playing good defensive ball, and
D. Peterson pacing the point honors with
14 points. Scanlon, Waldorf forward,
took a close second with 12 points. 411 DUPONT
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Honors Go to Rochester
As They Take Lead
In a decisive event, the Bethel cagers
bowed to a Rochester quint to determine
the leaders in the S.M.J.C.C. Getting an
early lead the visitors kept the game for
themselves in a fine attack centered
around the guard, Schultz, who took high
point honors with 15 tallies. Peterson
paced the Red and White with 10 points.
Bethel-25
F.G F.T. P.
fg. ft. p.
Peterson, f. 2 6 2
Johnson, f. 2 0 0
Paulson, f. 0 0 0
Sorley, f. 1 1 2
Ferre, c. 1 1 2
Young, g. 0 0 3
Applequist, g. 0 0 4
Hovinen, g. 1 3 0
Holmgren, g. 0 0 0
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S.M.T.C.C. STANDING
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Rochester 5-1
Bethel 4-2
Tracy . 3-2
Bethany 4-4
D. M. L. C. 3-5
Concordia 1-8
Hagstrom Heads College Club
At the recent College Club election,
Willie Hagstrom was chosen as presi-dent;
Robert Persons, vicepresident; Del
Ray Peterson, treasurer; Ethel Teder-man,
secretary.
An oratorical contest will make up the
program of the club's next meeting,
March 8. The contest is open to any
student, the only requirement being that
the oration must be original. Outside
judges will be obtained to judge the par-ticipants.
All registrations must be giv-en
to William Hagstrom or Robert Per-sons
before March 3.
College vs. Seminary
The annual Seminary and College bas-ketball
tilt will be held .on Monday eve-ning,
February 27.
The friendly rivalry between the two
groups is at its highest point for this
conflict, and if preceding games are a
means of judgment this year's game
should be no exception. Watch the Semi-nary
stars, watch the College cagers.
It'll 'be worth' seeing!
Seminary Goes to the Dogs
The humanitarian impulses of the ec-clesiastics
were recently aroused when a
ragged canine begged for a place of shel-ter
from the cold wintry blast. The fur-ry
foreigner is now rapidly becoming
orientated to the surrounding environ-ment
and is aspiring to receive the "B.
D." degree (Bethel Dog).
C. J. & H. W. ANDERSON
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Bethel Baptist Church
24th St. and 28th Ave. S. -
Rev. WAIJFB,ED HOLMBERG
Minneapolis, Minn.
EVERYBODY WELCOME
Central Baptist Church
Roy and Shield St.
Rev. ERIC ANDERSON
St. Paul Minnesota
A Century of Progress
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gren; address, "Atonement", Rev. John
C. Johnson of Alexandria, Minn. 11 a. m.
Solo by Prof. George Hultgren; address,
"Justification", Rev. Linus Johnson, Du-luth,
Minn. 2:30 p. m. Woman's meet-ing
led by Mrs. G. Arvid Hagstrom,
president of the B. I. Women's Federa-tion;
music by the Bethel Male Chorus;
speakers: Rev. J. 0. Backlund, Chicago,
on "The Personality of Dr. Edgren", Rev.
J. G. Johnson, Minneapolis, on "Home,
The Gateway to Christ's Kingdom".
Friday. Leader, Prof. Adolf Olson. 10
a .m. Solo by Miss Phyllis Tjernlund;
address, "The Day of Rest", Rev. Wal-fred
Holmberg, Albert Lea, Minnesota.
11 a. m. Clarinet solo by Robert Per-sons;,
address, "The Intermediate State
and the Second Coming", by Rev. Eric
Anderson, St. Paul.
Youth Rally Is Climax
The closing service of the Centennial
Celebration will be a Young People's
Rally at 3:00 o'clock, on the afternoon
of Sunday, February 26. The program
will be led by Mr. Wm. Adam, president
of the Twin City S.B.Y.P.U., in the Cen-tral
Baptist Church of St. Paul. The
very fitting theme chosen for this pro-gram
is "As Youth Looks at Life"—with
one address by Rev. Reuben E. Nelson
on—"In Pioneer Days", followed by an
address, "At the Present Time" by the
Rev. William Tapper of Duluth. Music
for this program will be furnished by the
Bethel Girl's Trio.
FIRST SWEDISH
BAPTIST CHURCH
8th St. and 13th Ave. So.
Pastor, A. E. SJOLUND
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Rochester-33
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Schalske, f. 0 1 2
Denkson, 1. 1 0 4
Wilson, f. 0 0 2
Bennon, f. 0 0 0
Herron, c. 4 2 2
McQuarrie, g. 2 1 3
Schultz, g. 5 5 1
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