Alumni Homecoming Edition
The Bethel Clarion
Vol. XIX No. 3 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) November 3, 1939
FALL ROUNDUP TI E COMES TODAY
Spirituality Is Noted By Speakers
Missions With Alumni, Read News of Friends
Prayer Urged
In Observance
Bethel Graduates Speak
In Three Services
Missionary endeavors as an ex-pression
of true heart salvation and
spiritual condition and as founded
on prayer were dominant notes in
the Prayer and Mission day mes-sages
brought recently.
Speakers were three Bethel grad-uates:
Miss Grace Cooper, the Rev.
Marvin Samuelson, and Gorge C.
Weiss.
Home Missions
Samuelson addressed a morning
audience on the home mission field
in Minnesota, where he is evan-gelist
for the Swedish Baptist state
conference. After showing by sta-tistics
awl personal experience the
condition of his field, he stated
that the need for Minnesota is for
workers with a passion and zeal.
Concern and love—enough to reach
people—is imperative, he said. He
threw out a challenge to prospec-tive
ministers.
African Mission Work
Weiss also spoke in the morning
on "God's Redemptive Plan In Re-lation
To The Missionary Cause."
He expounded this plan as it was
created in eternity, centers in the
Lord Jesus Christ, embraces the
whole world, and is placed in the
agency of the Church. Each hearer
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CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY
Homecoming!
WEDNESDAY
Alexis literary society, Semi-nary
chapel, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, November 10
Bethel school night, Bethel
church, Minneapolis.
SATURDAY, November 11
Mid-semester grade reports
due.
WEDNESDAY, November 15
Johnson brothers, Chatau-quan
program, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, November 17
"B" club.
SUNDAY, November 19
Bethel day at Central Bap.
tie church, St. Paul.
MONDAY, November 20
Band party.
The Reverend Swan Engwall of
the Central Avenue Baptist church,
Chicago, Illinois, is the main speak-er
at the Homecoming banquet to-night.
Reptilian Program
Will Come Nov.15
Reptiles and snakes will be on
exhibition in the second of a series
of Chatauquan programs on the
evening of Wednesday, November
15, in the Junior College chapel at
8 o'clock, Dean Emery Johnson an-nounced
today.
The Johnson brothers, natural-ists
with reptiles as their special-ty,
will have charge of the evening
program.
"They will lecture on the harm-lessness
of most snakes, giving am-ple
proof when they handle and ex-
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Nineteen Bethel students are en-gaged
in definite ministerial work,
according to office reports.
Twelve of these serve Minnesota
churches, while seven go to Wis-consin.
Five are college or part-time
college students.
Student pastors are: David An-derson,
Osceola, Wis.; S. Bruce
Fleming, Ebenezer, Duluth; Bertil
Friberg, Mido; Roger Goodman,
Harris; Truman Halvorson, Hill-
Graduates Scatter
Into Varied Places
By Edith Larson
(Editor's note: Because of a ma-jority
of preachers named, we leave
off the title "Reverend" for con-venience
sake.)
Elvert Forssell recently accepted
a call to the Parkside Baptist
church of Omaha, Nebraska.
Elner
F orssell,
who w a s
f o r merly
in Chicago,
Illinois, is
now pastor
in Esther-ville,
Iowa.
Albert J.
Dahlby has
begun his
new pastorate in Elgin, Illinois,
succeeding Sidney Powell, new pas-tor
in the First Baptist church, St.
Paul. Dahlby has for many years
been a successful pastor in the
Broadway Baptist church of Kansas
City, Missouri.
Ralph Johnson has taken up the
work in the Baptist church at Loon
Lake, Minnesota. This is one of the
newer churches in the state.
William Turnwall of Evanston,
Illinois, is now pastor of the Tem-ple
church, Duluth, which church
was vacated when Linus Johnson
accepted a call of the Portland,
Oregon, church. The educational
plant built up by Johnson during
his pastorate is one of the best in
the state.
Clarence Gilbert, pastor in Cuba,
New York, filled the pulpit of the
Judson memorial church, Minne-
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man; Ned Holmgren, Isle; Orville
Johnson, Clear Lake; Kermit John-son,
Lake City; Walter Julien,
Becker; Gordon Larson, Hasty:
Maurice Lawson, Superior, lAls.;
Carl Lindman, Pillage, Wis. ; Dury
Miller, Tolum, Wood River, Wis.
Vernon Pearson, Hillsdale, Wis.:
Virgil Olson, Ashland, Wis. ; Vern
Slater, Grasston; Herman Tegen-feldt,
iSpringvale; Vaclav Vojta,
Slovak, 'Minneapolis; and Carl
Young, Cushing, Wis.
Homecoming
Committees
Finish Work
Activities Fill Time
For Participants
Ushering in. a cowboy theme and
Western scenes, plans for this
year's Homecoming are in culmina-tion
today.
Maurice Lawson has been gen-eral
chairman, and he has been as-sisted
by Bruce Fleming, program;
Truman Halvorson, decorations;
Ruth Olson, menu; and Carl Lund-quist,
publicity. The theme is "Fall
Roundup."
Two features of today's ac-tivities
are the innovation of a
campus tug-of.war between
picked groups from the Semi-nary
and Junior College, and
the postponement of the tradi-tional
student-alumni basket-ball
game until after the ban-quet.
The dinner is scheduled for 6:30
p. m. under the toastmastership of
the Rev. William Tapper, president
of the Bethel alumni association.
The Rev. Swan Engwall of the
Central Avenue Baptist church, Chi-cago,
will bring the main address
on the topic, "Forward Drive."
Also, featured on the program is
a student skit in which remem-brances
of former years will be re-viewed
for the benefit of alumni.
Participating in this are: William
Hagstrom, Bertil Friberg, Robert
Paulson, Leonard Hultgren, and
Paul Lundgren. The band will ren-der
a 20 minute recital under the
leadership of Gordon Peterson.
Included on the program are mu-
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DAY'S EVENTS
2:30 p.m.—Open house at Beth-el.
3 p.m—Kaffe och dopp in the
College Coffee shoppt.
3:30 p.m.—Institute tug.of-war
on the campus.
4 p.m.—All-Bethel football game.
6:30 p.m.—Annual Homecoming
banquet, College; range
roundup program; busi
ness meeting.
9 p.m.—Annual student-alumni
basketball game in college
gymnasium.
"Fall Roundup."
SPEAKER
Miss Larson
Student Pastors
To the first alumnus who can identify each member of the above Seminary gradu-ating
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THE BETHEL CLARION
Tales Of Many Alumni Recounted
Warm Enough?
Here's Reason
By Gunnar Hoglund
Did you stop to think
that the buildings are
pleasantly warm today?
And they were warm
yesterday. And they
shall be so every day
this winter.
We all know Alexan-der
Beck, but do we
know that he gets up
before 5 o'clock every
morning to fire fur-nace?
Did you realize
that he puts from three
to four tons of coal
through that furnace on
cold days?
Sees 25 Years
Beck is in his 25th
year as caretaker and
fireman for our school In these
years, he has seen Bethel grow
from a patch along a cowpath-now
Snelling avenue.
It was in the year that our two
buildings were finished that Beck
came here to be janitor. Previous-ly,
he had held a similar position
in the First Swedish Baptist church
of St. Paul. It was a huge task of
cleaning both buildings and tending
fires. Today, he has slowed up
considerably.
Our engineer .came from Sweden
in 1887 to work in the iron mines
of Michigan. In a few years he
came to St. Paul, and in 1915 be-came
associated with the school.
He has a wife, and one daughter
who is married.
Beck Is Modest
Beck asked that as little be said
about him as possible. Instead he
asked that we tell the student body
what a great privilege we have in
attending this school which in
years past has meant many sacri-fices
on the part of those who built
it.
Many were the hardships the first
students had to encounter. Frozen
ears and cheeks were daily occur-rences.
One winter the whole
campus was snowed in for three
days and consequently had only a
meager food supply.
Beck deserves commendation
from all Bethel for the manner in
which he has persevered. His task
has not been one of glory but nev-ertheless
it is a task that has had
a great deal to do with the pro-gress
of our school.
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apolis, during his vacation this
summer.
A fine vacation church school
was conducted in the Lake Park
church, St. Paul, from July 31-
August 11. The enrollment reach-ed
103, and the average attendance
was 76. Aymond Anderson is the
capable pastor. Mr. and Mrs. Rus-sell
Bavin are able assistants in
the work, Mrs. Bavin being the
Sunday-school superintendent.
H. G. Thunell sends greetings to
any graduates of his class or any-one
else from ibis school days, and
also to Prof. A. J. Wingblade.
Several Bethel graduates are at-tending
the University of Minne-sota
this year. Included in this
number are : Florence Dunning,
Carolyn Nelson, Robert Persons,
Audrey Martin, Joel Strandberg,
Paul Dahlstrom, Arthur Slaikeu.
Delbert Keuhl, Archer Weniger,
Carol Johnson, Gordon Anderson,
Edward Nelson, and Karl Karlson.
Pearl King and Wilbur Sorley
were united in. matrimony on Octo-ber
14 at the Central Baptist
church, St. Paul. Sorley is the new
pastor at the Minnehaha church,
Minneapolis.
Bennett Erickson, Chicago, re-grets
that because of ill health he
cannot attend Homecoming, and
asks us to greet the brethren.
Malvina Johnson, missionary
among the Indians in Lodge. Grass,
Montana, writes that she is sorry
she cannot be with us. "Some year
I am going to take my vacation in
October, so I can attend Homecom-ing."
V. E. Hedberg in sending his
alumni ballot writes : "Greetings.
Sorry I cannot be with you, but my
interest is there."
Lawrence Arnoson writes from
Antler, North Dakota, that he re-grets
his inability to be present at
Homecoming. "The Lord has been
blessing us here in North Dakota.
Remember us in your prayers. Wish
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and a glorious future."
Edward L. Anderson sent in for
six reservations for the banquet.
He is coming all the way from
Stromsburg, Nebtaska.
E. W. Olson, Lindsborg, Kansas,
sends greetings. He cannot attend
this year either.
* * *
By H. Wyman Malmsten
Ethel Newman (BMT.) married
Samuel Hane on July 15 in the
Prospect Park Baptist church.
Marjorie Jane Carlson received
her bachelor of art's degree from
the University of Minnesota in
June. Paul Dahlen was awarded a
master of science degree at the
same exercise.
Emily Satterberg has returned to
Sona Bata, Belgian Congo, Africa,
after a year furlough.
Ruby Loven (BMT) was united
to Stuart Davis on June 2. He is
engaged in Northern gospel mis-sion
work at Virginia, Minnesota.
Lillian , Johnson, honor graduate
from Macalester college, is teach-ing
high school at North Branch,
Minnesota. Dorothea Tanquist is
similarily occupied there.
Leonard Turnquist of Kipling,
Sask., married Muriel Bjorklund
(BMT) at Henning, Minnesota, on
July 14.
Russell Johnson is technical for-ester
in CCC camp S-97, Company
4704, at Outing, Minnesota.
Basketeers Will Practice
During Gymnasium Class
Carl Young has been appointed
captain and manager of a Seminary
basketball squad, while Sidney
Carlson will serve in the same ca-pacity
for the sophomore class,
Coach Bill Adam announced.
No leader has been appointed for
the freshmen class as yet.
Gym squads are shaping into
playing units quite rapidly, he
said. Many of the men are not
seasoned enough for varsity com-petition
and will receive consider-able
action and experience in this
way.
The coach also stated that any of
the players showing sufficient im-provement
will be promoted.
Freshmen To Be
Oriented In Life
To orient freshmen and
make them acquainted
with college and life
are purposes of fresh-men
lecture classes su-pervised
by Prof. C. E.
Carlson, instructor in
social science.
Carlson has outlined
a series of lectures for
the coming year on va_
rious worthy topics. He
will invite both faculty
members and outside
speakers to participate.
Study Habits
Among other topics to
be taken up, he men-tioned
that of "How To
Study," proper conditions, arrange-ment
of room, and planning of a
study schedule.
Also to be discussed are psycho-logical
topics: the nature of learn-ning,
attitudes of the student, and
control of interests.
The formulation of a life philo-sophy
will also be considered.
What does it mean, and what can
one do to have it intelligently
drafted to one's Christianity are
questions to be brought up.
Look To Future
Further, Carlson mentioned the
problem of planning for the future
—principles in vocational training
and prerequisites in certain occu-pations.
Last year the Rev. Rueben
E. Nelson, state executive secre-tary,
addressed a similar group on
"The Preachers We Need." It is
hoped to secure him for this year's
class.
Marriage and the home will also
be taken into consideration, Carl-son
said.
Dean Emery Johnson spoke re-cently
on "Why Students Fail."
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Book s
Seventeen volumes have been
added to the library already this
Fall, according to Miss Effie Nel-son,
librarian.
Outstanding on the list is a two-volume
set on Sweden, its customs,
characteristics, and full details. It
is entitled "Med Folket F6r Foster-landet."
It was imported from
Sweden.
"Organic Chemistry," a two-vol-ume
edition by Henry Gilman, has
been received. "Astronomy" by A.
J. Skilling and R. E. Richardson
was also accessioned.
Science Books
Several works on zoology, bac-teriology,
and magnetism are also
listed as new books.
Last year 238 volumes were put
on the library shelves, Miss Nelson
reports.
Circulation statistics for 1938-
1939 show that 3,853 non-reserve
books went out, and 6,413 reserved.
This is an average of 68 volumes
per student.
This is a considerable increase
over that of the previous year when
2,422 non-reserved and 3,402 re-served
books were circulated.
Largest Circulation
The most popular type of books
going out are in the literature
class, closely followed by history,
philosopsy (which includes psy-chology,
ethics, and child study),
religion, and science.
The library subscribes to 26 pe-riodicals
and receives two as gifts.
Miss Nelson says that 311 pam-phlets
have been listed and put on
the circulation list.
The recent edition of the "Brit-tanica
encyclopedia" has been add-ed
to the library. This will be add-ed
to yearly by supplements.
Representative To Tour
Southwestern Churches
H. Wyman Malmsten, financial
secretary and field representative,
will tour Kansas, Nebraska, and
Colorado in the interests of Bethel
within the next few weeks.
This last week he spent some
days in Duluth.
Previously, he visited Upper
Michigan. Malmsten reported that
the churches in that territory re-sponded
in a marvelous manner.
He brings greetings from alumni
there.
Chatauquan Program
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hibit many of the 50 snakes which
they will bring with them," John-son
said.
These scientists have traveled
extensively in the United States
and reports are that they are worth
hearing, and the snakes worth see-ing,
the dean stated turtber.
Bethel students will be admitted
on the presentation of their student
activities card, while a 25 cent
charge will be made to outsiders.
SMJCC Speech
Work Promoted
Promotion of intercollegiate for-ensics
in the Southern Minnesota
junior college conference is being
sponsored by Prof. C. E. Carlson,
president of this association.
L e t ters
have been
sent to
member
schools
s u ggesting
a confer-ence
to dis-cuss
ways
and means
of this ac-tivity.
Both
faculty members and students are
requested to be present.
"In view of the high value rec-ognized
in forensics, the low ebb
of interest it commands in most
schools seems unfortunate," he
said in this letter. "I believe that
junior colleges should put more
emphasis on speaking activities."
As to other activities under the
supervision of the conference, Prof.
Carlson said that he was well
pleased with the spirit and interest
shown toward them.
Finstrom, Petersen Have
State B.Y.P.U. Positions
Two Bethelites are members of
the Minnesota B.Y.P.U. state cab-inet.
They are: Elna Finstrom,
service sheet editor, and Lemuel
Petersen, state ace.
Miss Finstrom publishes a bi-monthly
paper which contains sug-gestions
for local young people's
societies. Petersen serves as con-tact
man between the state cabinet
and local groups.
Evangelism is the emphasis of
the state organization this year.
Efforts are being made to hold
youth revivals in the churches. Ray
Anderson of the Northwestern Bi-ble
school is state president.
Spirituality
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was urged to seek his personal
place in this (plan.
Miss Cooper brought to an after-noon
session several incidents in
her life as an educational mission-ary
in Kikongo, Belgian Congo,
Africa, where she served several
years. The injunction to pray "not
my will but Thine be done" formed
the basis of her remarks.
In the evening, Weiss showed
pictures and talked on Morocco,
where he served and is now repre-senting.
Conditions and life of the
Mohammedans were exhibited.
Miss Esther Sabel was chair-man
for the day's program.
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5. Up all night—sleeps all day.
Hobby—girls.
30 Students Travel
To BYPU Conclave
About 30 Bethel students attend-ed
a Minnesota Swedish young peo-ple's
conference at Willmar last
weekend, according to reports re-ceived
here.
A banquet was held Saturday
evening to which over 400 persons
paid admittance.
Bethel students on the program
included Alrik Bloomquist, William
Hagstrom, Jack Bergeson, Earl
Sherman, George Ohsberg, Ned
Holmgren, Truman Halvorson,
Herman Tegenfeldt, Carl Lindman,
and Carl Young at the banquet.
These were included in a report of
student missionaries, and was led
by the Rev. Marvin Samuelson,
Swedish state missionary.
Lundquist delivered his oration
on liquor during the Sunday-school
hour.
Three students participated in a
debate 'Saturday morning: Ethel
Ruff, Lundquist, and Gordon Lar-son.
Nine Aspirants Try
For Debating Squad
Three debaters return from last
year's squad to participate again
this year, according to Miss Enid
Platts, adviser. They are: Gordon
Anderson, Francis Otto, and Ver-non
Pearson.
Six beginners have signified their
intentions of participating. Includ-ed
are: Violet Carlson, Ruth
Erickson, Raymond Johnson,
George Ohsberg, Winston Sher-wick,
and Ethel Tederman.
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Some Are Here,
Most Cannot Be
By Gunnar Hoglund
With the annual Homecoming
event at hand, the Bethel alumni
association, headed by Rev. Wil-liam
Tapper, is anticipating a time
of spiritual refreshment and also
a period of renewing old school
acquaintances.
Many former students are scat-tered
over the entire world, most
of them in full time service for the
Lord. Rueben and Edna Holm re-cently
reached Singapore in their
long trip back to Assam, India.
They had been in America on fur-lough
and now are returning. Greet-ings
have also been received from
Esther Bodin of Congo, Africa, and
Alec Olson of Nigeria, West Africa.
Franklin Nelson, who is the 79th
graduate to enter foreign mission
service, has just sailed from Seat-tle,
Washington, for new fields in
Burma. These laborers for the
Lord in our foreign fields, most of
them now endangered by the war,
need our earnest and sincere pray-ers.
Let us remember them be-fore
the Lord.
Band Plans Party
A hayride at Eaton stables, No-vember
20, will feature the first
band party of the year.
A charge of 50 cents per person
will be made which will cover the
use of the hall, refreshments, and
the ride.
"Because of unequal distribution
of men and women, each member
may bring a guest," announced the
executive committee.
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Steppin' Out
By Muriel Petersen
OCTOBER 23, Monday
Outside of breaking her watch,
ruining her knees, and receiving
other minor injuries, Grace Widen
was the same as ever after a re-cent
skating party. This party was
sponsored by the Clarion staff, and
according to Gene Nyman about 82
tickets were sold. Those in at-tendance
were happy for the privil-ege
of sharing the Christian fel-lowship,
and didn't we all enjoy
watching him who was fast on his
way towards becoming Bethel's
amateur champion skater, e. g.
Paul Lundgren?
OCTOBER 24, Tuesday
Whether Doris Jane Eggleston
has ever gained experience in a
Liar's club or not isn't known, but
she did very well at telling "stor-ies"
for three hours. The purpose
was to keep Eunice Elmgren, the
birthday girl, in the "dark." If the
next day you heard some girls talk-ing
about moving their snaps a lit-tle
closer to the edge, it was be-cause
they ate for an hour and a
half at a surprise party. The high-light
of the evening for Eunice was
a gift from St. Cloud which Doris
had insisted wasn't coming until
Wednesday.
OCTOBER 26, Thursday
The words "pumpkin," "witch-es,"
"bats," "spooks," and "grave-yard"
were each charaded by one
of the troup of "five halves" into
which Pearl Peterson divided the
BWA. Besides turning Eunice
Study In Lay Work
Goes Into 5th Year
Sixteen students are enrolled in
the Christian workers' department
this year, Miss Esther Sabel re-ports.
This number is four less
than that of last year.
This department was organized
four years ago to give religious
training for lay workers in church-es
and for men and women who
have no plans of attending college
or of entering full time Christian
work.
Miss Sabel, A. J. Wingblade, and
Ernest Norstrom were the original
teachers and still serve in this ca-pacity.
The enrollment in 1935
was 12 and has steadily increased
except for this year.
"Although the enrollment is
somewhat smaller this year and is
small compared to the college en-rollment,
we must not minimize the
importance of training lay workers
for Christ," Miss Sable said.
Elmgren into a pump, and burying
Hazelle Possum, women were down
on their knees and noses trying to
twist string about their tongues in
order to reach a marshmellow in
the middle of a string before their
opponents could. Predictions of
future and puns on present situa-tions
were seen by "Witch" Carol
Engwall in the porridge of toes,
noses, and what not. Devotions
were led by Pearl Peterson, Mil-dred
Lovegren gave a poem, the
women's trio sang, and refresh-ments
were served.
Musical Course
To Be Extended
George Hultgren, chairman of
the Music department, Emery John-son,
Junior College dean, and K.
J. Karlson, Seminary dean, • have
been appointed to investigate the
possibility of giving credit for male
chorus,
band, and a
capp e 1 1 a
choir work.
The mu-sical
organ-i
z at ions
would meet
twice a
week, and
only a spe-cified
num-ber
of max-
George Hultgren imum hours
would be allowed. This would be
an added factor in promoting the
school and its music, it is hoped.
Hultgren is assisted by Theodore
Bergmann in the Music depart-ment.
Welcome, Alumni!
The Clarion Staff
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Members of Noon Hour
Prayer Service Blessed
By Dale Bjork
Praying Bethelites admit that
one of the greatest influences in
their Christian lives is the noon
prayer meetings.
At 12:40 p.m. each day, the men
gather in room 212, and the women
in Miss Effie Nelson's office to
meet the Lord in prayer.
Definite answers have been re-ceived
in response to prayers of-fered,
it is reported.
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THE BETHEL CLARION Page 5
Sport Sparks Athletics Show Prominence Today
By Vernon Pearson
Homecoming again. A time when
old friendships are renewed and
new ones made. This is your Home-coming,
former Bethel students,
and it is with that in mind that the
various committees have been
planning for this gala occasion. We
hope this will be a day of real joy
and happiness as you once again
"go through Bethel."
Space does not permit the men-don
of all of the captains and stars
of former Bethel teams, but as we
glance through past record books
and see the wonderful% results
Bethel has had with her various
athletic teams, the success that she
has achieved, the laurels that have
been won, it gives us a real thrill
to be able to say "Welcome Home."
Former athletes, and former ath-letic
teams of Bethel, you have
given a good account of yourself,
and it is with that same spirit that
we endeavor to carry on for Bethel.
May your stay here, be one of profit
and enjoyment.
All of the members of the pres-ent
athletic teams bid you wel-come,
and are willing individually
and as a group to do anything that
will make your stay here for a few
hours a little bit more pleasant.
WELCOME FORMER ATH-LETES
OF BE•THEL!
Latest addition to the alumni
basketball squad for Homecoming
is Coach Bill Adam. He says his
varsity players need some compe-tition.
At Bethel' we are fortunate to
have a 100 per cent Christian fac-ulty.
Instructors that are not only
interested in our mental, social,
physical being, but also our spirit-ual
welfare.
This is true of our athletic coach
as well. He is a member of our
faculty and is devoted to the cause
of Bethel.
Why doesn't he receive the same
respect that other members of our
faculty do? It never enters the
mind of the student to call a pro-fessor
by his first name, but down
in the gymnasium, and around the
corridors of the school, can be
heard the call of "Bill." We should
appreciate the coach and all he has
done for the school, even though
we only express it by addressing
him properly.
One of the big Seminary "bone
crushers" in a recent football game
was heard to say, "Interference
follow me," as he attempted a long
end run.
Answers to INTRODUCING are:
Dean Berry, Sara Mae Swenson,
Wilbur Ogren, Marie Melin, and
Randolph Lindgren.
Coeds Practice
To Meet Grads
By Elna Finstrotrs
There will not be any women's
basketball game tonight because o.:
insufficient time, Coach Bill Adam
announces. However, opening play
is scheduled for December 9 at 7
p.m., previous to the Bethel-Luthe•
varsity game. They will play the
alumnae at that time.
Activity will begin again next
Thursday when there will be a
scrimmage game, Adam announced.
Players battling for starting po-sitions
include: Louise "Looey"
Joonson, Elizabeth "Lizz" Larson,
Joyce "Sophie" Davenport, Olga
"Billie" Anderson, Virginia "Gin-nie"
Carlson, Corrine "Corny"
Swanson, Sara Mae "Swede" Swen-son,
Arlene Johnson, Mary Ann
Liljenstrom, and Elna "Finberg"
Finstrom.
Two women's volleyball teams
battled it out for the school cham-pionship
on Tuesday.
Olga "Billie" Anderson captains
the sophomore team which in-cludes
Viola "Cherub" Waihela,
Marjorie Jacobson, Elna Finstrom,
Opal Palmquist, Ethel Tederman,
Leah Johnson, Doris Jane Eggle-ston,
Marie Melin, Nina Billings,
Leone "Snuffy" Smith, and Pearl
Peterson.
Fall Roundup
(Continued from page 1)
sical numbers by a women's trio
composed of Ruth Olson, Alvera
Johnson, and Joyce Johnson. A
male quartet, Peterson, Ned Holm-gren,
Virgil Olson, and John Va-line,
will also sing.
Greetings will be brought by
President G. Arvid Hagstrom. Opal
Palmquist and Kermit Johnson will
play a trumpet duet.
Tickets for the banquet will cost
50 cents. -A business meeting of the
alumni association is also planned
to take place during the program.
The day's program will begin
with open house in the men's dor-mitory
at 2:30 p.m. This will be
followed by "Kaffe och dopp" —
afternoon lunch hour—in the Cof-fee
shoppe at 3 p.m. Within a half
an hour a tug-of-war will be staged
on the campus.
Concluding the afternoon's fes-tivities
is an all-Bethel touch foot-ball
game at 4 o'clock. Contestants
are the intramural champs, the
iLeft-overs, and an all-star aggre-gation
picked from the losing
teams.
Swim Vests Scheduled
For Bethelites 7 Nights
Seven nights have been re.
served at the St. Paul Y.M.C.A.
swimming pool for Bethel stu-dents.
This is one Saturday
night in each month.
The offer is open to both men
and women; however, there will
be a small charge for each par-ticipant.
Swimmers must fur-nish
their own suits.
Tentative dates have been ar.
ranged for November 18, De-cember
16, January 20, February
17, March 16, April 20, and May
18.
Hoop Claims May
Depend On Frosh
By Bernard Hammerbeck
As this year's Bethel basketball
squad rounds into shape for its
first tilt, it is highlighted by the
brilliant work of Del Ray Peterson.
Although he had an excellent sea-son
last year, he is much improved
and is expected to be the backbone
of the Swede's offensive.
The work of Don Johnson, cap-tain,
and Gordon Peterson has also
been worthy of note. However, it
has been the determined efforts of
two freshmen, Gene Nyman and
Wilbur Ogren, that is hoped will be-a
deciding factor in this year's
championship drive.
Others conceded spots on the
first ten are: Bob Hovinen, Gus
Ferre, and Stan Paulson.
Coach Bill Adams also expects
to cultivate some promising ma-terial
from other frosh candidates:
Lowell Marquardt of St. Paul, Dean
Berry of Windom, Harold Mickel-son
of St. Croix Falls, Milo Schen-del
of Renville, and Bernie Ham-merbeck
of Oregon.
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Homecoming Has
3 Sports Events
Three events on today's program
are on the athletic field.
The first will get under way at
3:30 p.m., and is a tug-of-war be-tween
picked teams from the Semi-nary
and Junior College.
A touch football game is sched-uled
for 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Those participating on the intra-mural
championship team, the
Left-overs, are: Rodney Nelson,
Ned Holmgren, Dean Nordell, Carl
Holmberg, Dalphy Fagerstrom,
captain, Robert Hovinen, Don
Johnson, Del Ray Peterson, and
Carl Lindman. •
Opposing them are an all-star
aggregation composed of Gordon
Peterson, Wilbur Ogren, Vernon
Pearson, Carl Young, Gene Nyman,
Bernard Hammerbeck, Gerald Lar-son,
Truman Halvorson, Stan Paul-son,
and Warren Johnson.
The traditional event is a stu-dent-
alumni basketball game to
follow the banquet. Young is in
charge of the alumni team, and has
an imposing array of ex-stars, he
claims.
Coach Bill Adam announces he
is to give t his entire squad a good
workout.
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Welcome, Alumni !
Welcome back to your alma mater, alumni.
This is your day, and we have planned a full
program for your enjoyment.
It is our desire that you take over the school
again for today. Re-live the days that used
to be. Although we, the present students, love
Bethel and have taken possession of it, we do
not want to exclude you from the scenes you
once knew and were yours. After all you
alumni are the older and we, the younger
members of a large Bethel family.
We want to express our appreciation to you
for the heritage that you have left with us.
Each passing year brings larger responsibili-ties
to live up to—those which have been hand-ed
down to us. Even though we do not want
to be bound by tradition, we have a great past
to remember—our wishes are to maintain the
standards set by our founders and predeces-sors.
Once again, the Clarion staff reminds you
alumni that this is your day—take possession
of it. Welcome!
* * * *
Christian Living
To stir up interest and thought on pertinent
questions is one of the goals of the Clarion
staff. For this purpose a column is conducted
on this page under the title "Query." Each
issue will contain expressions from students
on some important question.
There seemed to be some opposition to this
week's topic, "Does the average Bethel stu-dent
live up to the Christian principles of liv-ing
as expressed in the Bible?" Are we afraid
to acknowledge whether we live according to
the ideal which we possess? It seems to us
that in a Christian school such a discussion
would be welcomed—We have nothing to lose
and everything to gain.
The editor is not afraid to express his opin-ion
that we fall far short of the life and prin-ciples
laid down by Jesus Christ. How con-scientiously
do we pattern our lives after his?
Is he not only our Saviour and Redeemer but
also our Divine Example and Pattern?
Our Lord associated with the, rich and poor
alike, the honored and the despised, the intel-lectual
and ignorant, the healthy and sick, tae
aged and young. He touched all life, and
helped all those he contacted. And I am sure
he would admonish us to do as much.
The editor welcomes letters for publication
on this or any other question.
The Bethel Clarion
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ROUND-UP TIME
When west winds wail
And clouds roam by,
When sun spills low
And floods the sky,
When day is through
And night rides high—
It's Round-up Time.
When all the bucc'roos
From the range
Meet their old pals
And tales exchange,
Strange faces are
No longer strange
At Round-up Time
When flames from camp-fires,
Gleaming bright,
Spread welcome arms
Into the night
It's then old cowboys
Love the sight
Of Round-up Time.
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THE QUESTION:
Does the average Bethel student live up to
the Christian principles of living as expressed
in the Bible?
(Editor's note: See editorial on "Christian
Living.")
THE ANSWERS :
Hilton Hanson—I think the average student
does. ..114
Elizabeth Larson—No. Each one has his own
ideas, but does not live up to them.
Carl Holmberg—Oh, yes, but every student
should look forward to attainment to Christ-likeness.
Maurice Lawson—None can reach perfection.
If we mean by Christian ideals those set forth
in the Bible, we fall short. But by God's grace
we are striving toward the day when we shall
be like Him.
Louise Joonson—I think we as Christians do
have our principles, but we do not take them
seriously enough. Here, in a Christian college
we are protected, whereas in a non-Christian
school it would be necessary to stand up for
our ideas, and they would be more sacred to
us.
Francis Otto—No, we do not take them seri-ously
enough. I find that it is easier to be a
Christian at home where there are non-Chris-tians
than here at Bethel where we are always
in association with Christians.
Our hats go off to our Bethel instructors,
who, by necessity, must teach a wide variety
of courses. This requires an immense amount
of preparation for lectures and quizes.
A good investment would be to put more ta-bles
and chairs in the Coffee shoppe. As it is,
there is not enough room for visitors during
the noon lunch hour.
Not to be tooting our own horn; but I think
a profitable change in the present order would
be to put the Clarion editor on the student
council. Certainly, he should be in close con-tact
with student sentiment and administrative
policies. As it is, how can he plan intelligent-ly
for better issues of the paper?
"The whisper of a beautiful woman can be
heard further than the loudest yell of duty.
lood
By Bruce Fleming
"Study to shew thyself approved unto God,
a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth." (II Timo-thy
2:15.)
Paul reveals the spirit-born truth—that ap-proval
by God comes through a study of his
word.
Study includes more than inspiration. In-spiration
in itself has brought much success
and joy in life, but studying implies larger
functions.
Again, study includes more than the revela-tion
of God as Light, Power, Majesty, King,
and Judge, for we really do not know his word
until we behold God'as merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and of great kindness, and one
whose love will spend itself until our every
sin be cleansed.
Finally, study includes more than informa-tion.
Christianity is not mere amassing of
scriptural facts, but it is the proper evaluation
and application of these truths into realms of
service. There is information which is ines-capably
serviceable to our Christian faith, but
this only in the degree that it is coupled with
fairmindedness and the exercise of a pure
mind through the indwelling of Christ.
Thus in unbiased study of the word one
learns to lay the proper emphasis upon inspira-tion,
revelation, and information.
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By Squint and Squawk
Winkum, Blinkum, and Nod
Went off with a reel and a rod.
The sea became rough;
And rowing quite tough;
Now they are under the sod.
Doris Jane Eggleston went off for a tramp in
Como park—he ran.
"I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my
heart"—seems to be the theme song for both
Warren Dahlstrom and Rodney Nelson. We
wonder why?
The Life Of Ben Franklin
Benjamin 'Franklin was born in Boston.
He went to Philadelphia.
He met a girl; he married her—
He discovered electricity.
Don Johnson has invented a new way to
make a date. He has stated that he will take
out any girl who knocks the wire guard off the
lights in the gym. Here's your chance, high
shooters!
Things discovered at the 'owling BWAster's
Halloween party:
1. Miriam Johanson no longer takes cold
feet for Grant-ed!
2. Joyce "Sophie" Davenport holds a promis-ing
future in the furniture business.
Pastor Friberg and Baron Otto have evident-ly
reached their second childhood. Can't you
just see them prancing about in the moonlight
playing peek-a-boo? Bless your hearts, boys!
Paul Lundgren is short a pair of trousers.
An ambitious lady friend not only pressed but
cracked the pants' pleats in her desire to
please!
Annabelle Sherman, upon being questioned
for the reason she uses some large words, said,
"It's because I associate quite a bit with Web-ster."
(And to the unwise—Dorothy Webster Is
her roommate.)
