THE BETHEL CLARION
Vol. XX No. 7 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) January 15, 1940
Arabian Convert F.D.R.'s Speech Heard By Debaters;
To Address Club "Kaffe och Dopp" Inaugurated
John Bahuth Knows Peril
of Christian In Asia
Rev. John Bahuth, full-blooded
Arabian, will speak to members
and friends of the Missionary Band
Wednesday evening at 8:00 in the
Seminary Chapel.
In recent years Rev. Bahuth has
been the minister at Christmas Lu-theran
Church, Bethlehem, and the
Arab Lutheran Church, Jerusalem.
At present he is a student at the
Northwestern Lutheran Theologi-cal
Seminary in Minneapolis.
Rev. Bahuth comes to Bethel
highly recommended as an able, in-teresting
speaker and will bring
enlightening details of his unusual
experiences as an ,Arabian Chris-tian.
He has given many lectures
in churches, schools, and clubs
throughout the' country, and our
Missionary organization is fortun-ate
in being able to secure this
well-informed, ardent servant of
the Lord.
Students are invited to contrib-ute
as generously as possible to
the free-will offering which will be
taken for Rev. Bahuth and his
work.
The study hour in which Prof. A.
Olson brings glimpses into the
lives of missionary heroes, will be
held at 7:15.
All are invited to have refresh-ments
in the Seminary dining hall
after the meeting.
Money and Prayers
Offered For Bethel
By David Moberg
The card campaign at Christmas
time has brought a good response
from friends of Bethel. Many of
the receipts have been accom-panied
by interesting letters re-vealing
how many Christian friends
sacrifice or Bethel.
A seventy-seven year old man
wrote a long Swedish letter telling
of the experiences he has had dur-ing
his lifetime. A free translation
of portions of his letter follows:
Two years later I had to
move to S because my money
was almost all gone, and I didn't
know how I could live on $20.00 a
month Old Age Pension. . . . I am
now a very poor man, but many
"up in the north" seem to believe
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ACTIVITIES CALENDAR
When What
Jan. 15—Missionary Band.
Jan. 17—College Club.
Jan. 21—Exams begin.
Jan. 25—B. B. Concordia (there).
Jan. 27—Registration.
Sleigh Ride.
Jan. 31—B. B. Austin (here).
Speech by President
Is Key to Debate Topics
By Gunner Hoglund
Many students listened to Presi-dent
Roosevelt's message to Con-gress
on Monday, January 6, but
few listened as attentively as the
members of our debate squad. This
declaration of America's stand in
world politics had a great influ-ence
on the debate question of this
year which is centered about
whether or not we should form a
permanent alliance with the rest
of the nations of the Western
Hemisphere. For several weeks the
debaters have been working bard
and the squad has been divided
into separate teams which oppose
each other on alternate sires of
the question.
Sell Refreshments
To finance a trip to the Red
River Valley tournament on Febru-ary
6, 7, and 8, the squad is sell-ing
confections at all home basket-ball
games. A novel idea of "kaffe
Miss Platt: Vacations
In Sunny Southland
Editor's Note: The following
letter was received from Miss
Enid Platts upon our request for
an account of her recent trip
through the South.
Sebring, Florida
January 1, 1941.
Dear Marvin:
I can't possibly write you about
all of the beauties of this South-land,
but am going to mention a
few of the highlights.
We drove straight south from
Chicago to Nashville, Tennessee.
Nashville is known as a university
city, frequently being called the
Athens of the South. From Nash-ville
we motored to Chatanooga.
Missionary Ridge, across from
Look out Mountain, the ridge of
Civil War renown, was illuminat-ed
by a large lighted star, a Christ-mas
star of peace. We saw some
of the chimneys which remain
from the burning of the homes
during Sherman's march from At-lanta,
to the sea. The people now
call them Sherman's sentinels. The
national cemeteries along the way
are stark testimonies to the cost
of settling difficulties by means of
physical conflict. I had seen these
cemeteries when I drove through
Georgia six years ago, but they
have a more sinister meaning now.
och dopp" after the game in the
Coffee Shop has also been inaugur-ated.
Contests Are Scheduled
The next month will see many
speedh activities in debate, ora-tory,
extempore speaking and in-terpretative
reading. On Friday,
January 17; at 8:00 in the College
Chapel, the Junior College Club
will hold its January meeting. Both
men and women can participate
and are invited to take part in this
contest which offers valuable plat-form
experience. The subject for
the men deals with aid to farm-ers;
and for the women, a perma-nent
policy of federal relief. Win-ners
of each will go to Fargo to
participate in the Red River Val-ley
Tournament the first week in
February.
On January 28, the preliminary
oratorical and interpretive reading
contests will be held with the fin-als
on February 3. The College
Club will sponser this meet and
Dale Bjork, president, invites all
who wish to participate to make
arrangements with Miss Platts as
soon as possible.
Industries and occupation always
interest me. We passed through
many cotton milling towns, poor
little places with row after row of
houses built alike, and brightly
colored chenille cotton goods flung
from lines in order to attract the
tourist's attention, and pocket-book.
In southern Tennessee,
northern Georgia, and Alabama
some cotton was still standing in
the red clay fields. Also in Georgia
were the pecan groves that pro-duce
the paper shelled pecans. In
southern Georgia and northern
Florida grow the longleaf and slash
pine that produce our turpentine
and resin. As interesting to me as
the industries themselves were
the colored people who make them
possible.
And then Florida, fascinating
and tropical, with her trees, flow-ers,
birds, fruits, fish, sea, sand,
and beautiful skies and lakes. The
live oaks hung with their silvery
gray Spanish moss, the water cy-press,
and the graceful palms
helped to make my dreams of the
Indian jungles become a reality in
Florida. Flowers are many. The
brilliant poinsettias, hibiscus,
flame vine, and bougainvillia grow
in abundance, and make a thing of
beauty out of an old house, dead
tree, or rustic fence. Water birds
haunt the Everglades. Heron,
egrets, and wood ibis went uncon-
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Bethel Noses Out
Waldorf 48-42
Stretching their winning streak
to two games, the Bethel cage
quint defeated a strong Waldorf
aggregation Saturday evening to
the tune of 48-42. All throughout
the game the locals held a com-manding
lead, until the last three
minutes, when Waldorf overcame
a six point deficit, with three
speedy "buckets," and knotted the
score at 38 all. Action after that
was fast and furious, and some-times
desperate. "Red" Marquardt
slipped in two shots that put the
Red and White ahead. After that,
Bethel was never in danger. Three
baskets were added to the score
for us to make sure of the game.
Bob Beck, who played his sec-ond
game of basketball as either a
reserve or regular showed definite
improvement over the previous
evening's game. He was good un-der
the defensive bucket, taking
many of the rebounds, and thus
starting scoring plays. Gene Ny-man
was high point man of the
evening, with a grand total of 19
points. Reinertson, Waldorf cen-ter,
was next with sixteen. "Shine"
Swanson had fifteen.
Van Haitsma's 'Wings'
Enjoyed by Students
By Betty Anderson
"Swift as a bird in flight" fit-tingly
describes the airplanes of
today as they were shown in beau-tiful
natural colors to a full chapel
by Walter van Haitsma, noted as
an authority on aeronautical sub-jects.
He brought out the many
different phases in the field of
aviation and also the requirements
for the different positions connect-ed
with it. One thing that was
particularly interesting to the stu-dents
was the necessity of good
clean living and clear thinking by
the men.
The lecture was closed with sev-eral
scenes of striking sunsets and
unique sunrises which brought a
volley of exclamations from all
parts of the audience.
February Is Named
Bethel Loyalty Month
February has been designated by
the board of directors of Bethel In-stitute
as Bethel Loyalty Montn to
be especially observed Sunday,
February 2, when pastor graduates
of Bethel will exchange pulpits to
commemorate the day. This will
be the case throughout the entire
Swedish Baptist Convention.
Mr. H. Wyman Malmsten is at
present on a tour of Montana,
Washington, and Idaho in repre-sentation
of the school. He says
that he finds the churches on the
coasts are very enthusiastic about
Bethel.
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EDITORIAL MUSINGS
Propaganda? Not in U. S. A.!!!
Look in your newspapers; see if
you can find it. When you pick up
tonight's paper look at the pic-tures
and the headlines. I have
not yet seen that paper, but this is
my guess of what you will find in
it: Stories of German bombings
of London's hospitals, churches,
libraries, or buildings of historical
interest; maybe a picture of desti-tute
family look at the wreckage
of their home. Smiling soldiers and
steadily advancing tanks may be
expected in the views showing
Britain's army, on the job. The col-umnists
may declare the need of
American vitamin' candy for Brit-ish
children or airplanes for the
R. A. F. This clear picture of the
War and England will be in to-night's
American newspapers.
Not only are we careful to give
readers the picture of Great Brit-ain
and the war, but we also have the
German picture. In this way you
are sure to get a true conception
of the whole situation.
Now, what can we expect to see
on the German-Italian side? The
It. A. F. will most likely have
bombed a series of strictly military
objectives. The German children
must have plenty to eat, as there
is no mention to the contrary. The
German munitions manufacturers
don't need our aid. The Ethiopian
army will have relieved a certain
number of Italian soldiers of the
necessity for continuing their half-hearted
defense. Though there may
not be as many pictures of the ef-fects
of bombing on German cities,
there is likely to be a picture of a
munitions factory in flames. In
fact, a whole city may be a blazing
inferno. Of course, you couldn't get
a picture of destitute families and
falling cathedrals in such a heat,
but couldn't pictures be 'taken aft-er
the charred slum districts are
cooled off a bit and the hospitals
have ceased pouring smoke from
shattered windows? Maybe it
wouldn't be news any more.
Propaganda? Not in U. S. A.!!!
In our zeal to protect democracy,
let us not forget the principles
basic to its existence. Freedom of
mind and thought, the privilege of
the people to think for themselves.
Luther Falls to Bethel;
Nyman High-scores 11
The Bethel Indians edged out the
cagesters from Dr. Martin Luther
College in a real thriller on Friday,
January 10. The score when the
final gun sounded was 38-37.
Beck Surprises Spectators
The locals won their first confer-ence
victory with a renovated line-up.
Coach Adam started Bob Beck
at the center spot for his first ap-pearance.
He showed lots of fight
and used his height to good advan-tage
under both backboards. Cap-tain
Gordon Peterson's absence
was particularly noticeable under
the defensive backboard.
The visitors started strong and
had built up a five point lead at
quarter time. The Betihelites came
back in the second period to out-score
their opponents by two
points. At half-time the score was
19-16 in favor of the Luther quint.
Lead Sea-s aws
The Indians started the second
half with a bang and tied the score
at 28 all to end the third quarter.
Then the lead changed hands five
times in the final period with both
teams battling till the final gun.
The score showed the Indians to
be the victors, 38-37.
High point honors for the eve-ning
'went to Herbert Geams of Lu-ther,
who scored twelve, and Gene
Nyman of Bethel, who counted
eleven.
Plugs, Buzzers Lead
Gym Class Tournament
By Sara Mae Swenson
As a curtain-riser to the Bethel-
Waldorf game, last Saturday, the
Bethel Coeds played the Central
girls' team. During the first quar-ter
the Goeds piled up a 12 to 1
lead. The Central girls came up
in the second quarter and as they
left the floor at the half the score
was 19-7 with the Bethel girls as
favorites. At the end of the third
period the score board read 27-15,
and as the final whistle blew the
Bethel team was the victor with a
score of 31-21.
"Ginny" Carlson was the high
scorer for Bethel with 12 points and
Ruth Ann Carlson, Central runner-up
with 11 points.
Our own Gus Ferre refereed the
game.
Way Down South
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cernedly about their daily routine,
undisturbed by passing motorists,
until we tried to take moving pic-tures
of them. The flamingos in
Hileah park in Miami, and the par-rots
in parrot jungle were colorful,
but I most enjoyed feeding the
gulls by the sea, and watching the
pelicans fish and the ducks ride
the breakers.
The overseas ride to Key West
was a real experience. One has
the feeling of skimming over the
ocean in an automobile. Swim-ming
in the Gulf, just off Key
West, in December was an experi-ence,
too. And from the window
of my room in the little inn in
which I stayed in Key West, I saw
banannas, coconuts, dates, and pa-pyas
growing.
Sincerely yours,
Enid L. Platts.
Money and Prayers
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that I have much money. Two
years ago I was operated on for
appendicitis and was near death,
but after three weeks in the hos-pital
I was well enough for my
son to take me home in his auto-mobile.
. .. I have a dollar that I
received from my son a few months
ago, and I am sending half of it
to you."
It is this spirit of sacrifice and
fidelity to Bethel's great aim and
purpose by contributors, prayer
supporters, faculty and students
that is fostering the Institute's
growth.
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