THE BETHEL CLARION
Vol. XXIII — No. 2 BETHEL INSTITUTE, St. Paul, Minnesota October 15, 1943
President Is
West Coast Speaker
Guest speaker on the West Coast
from September 22 to October 6
has been Dr. H. C. Wingblade, pres-ident
of Bethel Institute.
Spending a weekend with the Bi-ble
Conference at the Temple Bap-tist
Church of Portland, Oregon
was the main purpose of his visit.
He also had the opportunity to
meet with the First Swedish Bap-tist,
Elim, and Ballard churches of
Seattle, Wash., and the church at
Tacoma. Other places where he
spoke were the Western Seminary
of Portland and the Portland and
Tacoma radio stations.
"The churches of the West
Coast," says President Wingblade,
"are very Bethel conscious, and
Bethel alumni supply much of the
leadership. Several of their young
people are also in our student body
today." As for the trip itself he
remarked, "There is something of
contagion in the spirit of the West,
in the fine scenery and the busy
breezes."
While in Portland Dr. Wingblade
was a guest at the home of Gloria
Anderson, now a freshman at Be-thel.
To all Bethel friends he brings
greetings from Ethel Ruff, assist-ant
pastor at Ballard, Henrietta
Carlson, Dorothy Drotz, and Lois
Sorley.
Classes Organize
Tuesday, September 28, the
Freshman and Sophomore Classes
of Bethel Junior College met to
select officers for the coming
school year.
Robert Nelson was chosen for
the presidency of the Freshman
Class, and Kay Shumatsu—vice
president, Gretchen Clausen,—sec-retary-
tre„surer, with Jane Larson
as her assistant. Class advisor is
Dean Johnson.
At the same time the sopho-mores
elected Wallace Henk as
their president, Eunice Anderson—
Vice-president, Alma Iblings—sec-retary,
and Carlton Christenson—
treasurer. Harold McClure was se-lected
to act as seargent- at-arms,
while Professor C. E. Carlson was
unanimously chosen as class ad-visor.
Seen on Camitus
There have been many visitors
on the campus recently. Among
them were Jacquelyn Malmsten,
Pvt. Elwood Norquist, Mrs. Lloyd
Nelson (Doris Phillips), Dick
Klein, Pvt. Ted Van Der Veer,
Lieut. Bob Wingblade, Lieut. Paul
Racer, Pvt. Robert Davis, Pvt. Per-cy
Werner, and Mrs. H. Martinson,
a former History and Sociology
teacher at Bethel. Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Martin also stopped for a visit.
"Bethel In Jorhat"
Student Pastors Break
Record for Summer Work
During the past year, especially the summer, there have been more
Bethel student pastors and workers on the field, perhaps, than at any
other time in the history of the school.
Twenty-seven young men from the College and Seminary, as far as
can be determined, have been in full-time pastoral work this summer.
This is an addition to those who participated in special work and part-time
work, such as Bible school teaching, evangelistic work, etc., which
number would perhaps add another thirty or forty to the original number.
Results from the work have not been catalogued, and this is just as
well, for much of the accomplished work is not visible, but substantial
numbers of conversions and decisions have been reported by the stu-dents.
Some had difficult fields while others encountered few obstacles,
but they all labored faithfully in the one interest, of bringing the Gospel
to needy hearts.
The student pastors (evangelists included) and their fields of service
are as follows:
Dale Bjork, Trailer Evangelist
North. Minn (Red Lakes Area)
David Danielson, Evang.-teacher
Lower Michigan
Donald Ganstrom, Pastor
Eastern Hts., St. Paul
Robert Hails, Pastor
Hillsdale, Wis.
Wilbur Haring, Pastor
Gulliver, Mich.
Gunnar Hoglund, Pastor
Highland Pk., St. Paul
Eugene Johnson, Evang.-teacher
Lower Michigan
George Johnson, Pastor
Chatfield, Minn.
Dana Larson, Pastor
Sand Lake, Minn.
Cecil Lindblom, Pastor
Elk River, Minn.
Wesley Lindblom, Pastor
Jessie Lake, Minn.
Harold McClure, Pastor
Clear Lake, Gibbon, Minn.
Herbert McDonald, Pastor
Hasty, Minn.
Herbert Nelson, Pastor
Winthrop, Minn.
Lloyd Nordstrom, Evang.-teacher
Red Lakes Area, Minn.
Robert Norstrom, Asst.-Pastor
Minnehaha, Mpls., Minn.
Laurence Nydegger, Pastor
StaffordiPalmerville Church
Wannaska, Minn.
Howard Olson, Pastor
Ferris, Cass. Lake, Minn.
Stanley Paulson., Pastor
Lake Park, St. Paul
Richard Sleiter, Pastor
Storden, Minn.
Lloyd Sprecher, Interim Pastor
Lk. Harriet, Mpls., Minn.
Melvin Swanson, Evang.-teacher
Canada and N. Minn.
Russell Taft; Pastor
Stillwater, Minn.
Gordon Thompson, Interim Pastor
Gothenburg, Neb.
Lawrence Wagstrom, Pastor
E. Side Chr. Cntr. Mpls.
Roger Youngquist, Asst.-Pastor
Eau Claire, Wis.
Also there are some who have
come back to school after a year
or more's absence, or are coming
(Continued on page 4)
Is Planned
Throughout its history Bethel
has been a missionary school. In
fact, the missionary cause has been
the very reason for Bethel's exist-ence.
It is still conscious of its
great responsibility in the mission-ary
enterprise, and for that reason
the Missionary Band carries on its
activities.
On September 22 the first meet-ing
of the Missionary Band was
held. Dr. Selander of Tura, Assam,
was the speaker of the evening.
He told of wartime conditions and
the work of the missionaries who
are now in Assam. His message
was a challenge to all who were
present to do their part that those
in the great territories of Asia may
have an opportunity to hear the
Gospel and to find salvation in
Christ.
The president of the Missionary
Band, Harold McClure, called a
meeting of the cabinet on Sept. 27
at which time plans for the year's
work were discussed and commit-tees
were appointed. The following
were appointed as chairmen of the
committees: Program-Dale Bjork,
who is also vice-president; Study
group-Melvin Swanson; Refresh-ments-
Alice Olson ; Financial-Cecil
Lindblom, the treasurer; and Pub-licity-
Helen Heitzman, who is the
secretary of the organization.
The Missionary project to be a-dopted
for this year was consid-ered.
A recommendation made by
Mr. Walfred Danielson of the For-eign
Mission Society was adopted.
Consequently, the Band's contribu-tion
will this year be for the Bible
School at Jorhat, Assam. This is
a school which serves a purpose in
Assam comparable to that of Beth-el
Theological Seminary. Students
from various parts of the province,
from the plains and the mountain
areas, young men who feel divinely
called to the ministry and who are
constrained to preach the Gospel
among their peoples, come to the
institution for training. Dr. J. Wil-liam
Cook is the principal of the
school. The project will be known
as BETHEL IN JORHAT.
The Missionary Band has set the
goal for this year at $500 and they
feel sure that those who have had
the blessing and privilege of attend-ing
Bethel will certainly be glad
to do what they can that young
people in India may have a similar
privilege of attending such a school
in their own country.
In order that Bethel students
might know more about BETHEL
IN JORHAT, Mr. Bengt Anderson
will speak at the next meeting of
the Missionary Band on Wednesday
evening. October 20. On the fol-lowing
day, October 21, the Mis-sionary
Band will be in charge of
the chapel service and will receive
pledges from the student body for
this project.
(Continued on page 4) •
BWA Ceremony
Installs Officers
Yesterday afternoon, October 14,
at 2:30, the B. W. A. held its meet-ing
in the Women's Dormitory re-ception
room.
The impressive candlelight cere-mony
which has become almost a
tradition in the Bethel Women's
Association officially put into of-fice
the leaders of the organiza-tion
for 1943-44: president—Eunice
Anderson; vice-president—Carol
Rexion ; secretary—Ethel Heitz-man;
assistant secretary—Lorna
Swanson; treasurer—Arlene Peter-son;
assistant treasurer—Evelyn
Sundberg; cabinet chairmen—Gla-dys
Biller, Esther Ingebretson, Lily
Johnson, and Janet Rye; --Big and
Little Sister chairman, Miriam Jo-hanson.
Before the ceremony, Miss Effie
Nelson, faculty advisor, served re-freshments.
Religious Emphasis
Week Observed •
From October 11 to 15 Religious
Emphasis Week was held at Beth-el
Junior College. Rev. Martin Er-ickson,
pastor of the Payne Avenue
Baptist Church served as guest
speaker using for his texts portions
from the book of Jeremiah.
Included in the observance of
this week were morning chapel per-iods,
combined men's and women's
noon prayer meetings, and also ev-ening
gatherings in the Seminary
Chapel which took the place of the
usual prayer services held there.
Religious Emphasis Week was
sponsored by the Religious Coun-cil.
CALENDAR
Oct 20 Missionary Band
Oct 24 Bethel Day at Elim
Nov 5 Homecoming Day
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The Editor Says . •
Our Clarion
EDITOR OF THE CLARION! It was a thrill—maybe sort of a
nervous thrill --when I heard it for the first time. I had had no
idea my name was even on the ballot, and yet, all of a sudden here it
was, all cut and dried.
Although I know it will be a big responsibility, I'd really like to
thank the student body for the honor that has been given me.
They tell me the staff has a bigger job than ever this year and that
it will require lots of hard work and cooperation. So far I've found a
staff that is willing to give just that. I'm sure we're all ready to put
time and effort toward placing our paper among the best.
In thinking over my new responsibility, my mind wandered back to
the first time I had ever seen a Clarion. It was just six years ago almost
to the very day, I believe, when I was taken through the Seminary( with
the exception of the second floor) and the college buildings. It was in the
library of the college that. I saw my first Clarion, lying all alone on a
table, proclaiming its headlines, news, sports, and fun in such a friendly
way it made me say, "I want to come back to Bethel some day and study
here, too." That was the first idea I had ever had of attending Bethel.
For six years it was just an idea—a dream long hoped for. Now, it has
materialized
Today, sitting in the Clarion office, overlooking part of our lovely
campus, I am concentrating on the goal of our paper. It should be the
goal of any college paper to uphold the ideals and standards of the in-stitution
it represents. Therefore, it should be the aim of the Clarion to
do this and more. Our supreme purpose should be, and I believe it is, to
glorify our Christ for Whom Bethel stands.
The Clarion is the voice of the school. And I think that one of its
aims this year should be to so represent our school, its ideals, and its
Christ, that some other one who might chance to see a copy may catch
its friendly manner and decide to enter Bethel's halls of learning and
Christian fellowship some day too.
Poetry genv fronv the tAncients
I will hear what the Lord God may say in me.
Blest is the soul that hears its Lord's voice speaking within it,
And takes the word of comfort from His lips.
Blest are the ears that catch the throbbing whisper of the Lord,
And turn not to the buzzings of the passing world;
That listen not to voices from without,
But to the truth that teaches from within.
Blest are the eyes
That, shut to outer things,
Are busied with the inner life.
Blest are they who penetrate within,
And more and more by daily use
Strive to prepare themselves
To take the heavenly mysteries.
And blest are they who try to give their time to God,
And shake them free from all the burden of the world.
Thomas A Kempis
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Chapel Nuggets
9-29-'43—Rev. Eric Anderson
Hold on to your faith as your
most precious treeasure You
will never regret belief in God.
10-5-'43—Rev. Oscar Johnson
There are spiritual attainments
which cannot exist except on the
upper level. If we accede to lower
desires, we will. stay on the lower
levels.
The lily of the valley will grow
only in the hearts of those who de-sire
purity.
10-6-'43—Rev. Weldon Wilson
Jesus was a specialist in making
friends He had friends who
lived for Him, and died for Him,
friends who gave their lives for
Him, who were beheaded for Him.
10-7-43—Rev. Williamson
We ought to walk humbly, grate-fully,
appreciatively, for there are
thousands of men on the South Sea
Islands who are giving their lives
for us. Do we have the spirit of
the expendibles over here, as they
do over there?
When we volunteer in the army
of the 'Lord, are we as willing, for
Christ, to be as expendible as these
young men and women who are ex-pendible
for our country?
Christians
Together
by Roland Gustafson
The Christian's life is filled with
its struggles, its times of anguish,
its moments of doubt, but far super-seding
these are the numerous joys
he receives. Life is sometimes
hard, but even in these times of
conflict, the Christian is singularly
blessed. One of his greatest bless-ings
is that of fellowship. Yes, fel-lowship
with Christ and also with
men.
I John 1:7 reads. "If we walk
in the light, as He is in the light,
we have fellowship one with an-other..."
Christ-love radiating in
us draws us to real fellowship with
others who are also filled with this
love. A still closer bond is that one
which is between God and us, for
without this there is no true Chris-tian
friendship. Have you thought
how blessed we are as we go from
place to place, that we have the
right to join together with other
Christians and with them worship
God? This last summer was diffi-cult
for me, as I was working in
an unpleasant environment, and
often it was hard to stand up for
Christ. But those blessed moun-tain-
top experiences that I have
had at prayer meetings, at Young
People's get-togethers, and even in
conversation with other Christians
have -shown me more than ever the
need of real Christian contacts.
That verse also contains a last
part " And the blood of Jesus
Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from
all sin." Jamieson, Fausett, and
Brown say concerning this cleans-ing
that it is not the justification
once for all that he refers to, but
it is the present sanctification
which the believer, walking in the
light and in fellowship with God'
and man, receives as his own priv-ilege,
that is, that only through
proper cleansing, can we enjoy real
fellowship. Let us not put a bar-rier
between God and us, because
The day was beautiful and our
spirits were high as Elving Ander-son,
Lawrence Nydeggar, and I
started for northwest Minnesota,
where we were to carry on our
work for the summer. When we
came to Roseau, wd split up, Law-rence
going to his two churches
and Elving and I staying at Roseau
to teach Bible school.
We enjoyed working with the
children, but we soon found that
it was not an easy job to win boys
and girls to Christ, for already
there was indifference and positive
barriers which hindered decisions.
Through the personal work of a
consecrated twelve-year-old girl I
was able to lead a friend of hers
to Christ, but this was the only de-cision
for salvatiori we saw at Ro-seau.
During the next six weeks we
were taught lessons of patience as
we worked with the children en-rolled
in four Bible Schools. Tho
What was the first thing you
learned when you came to Bethel?"
Margaret Swanson, "Where Dean
Nelson's office is located."
Conwell Anderson, "Where the
Women's Dorm was."
Dorothy Benson, "What home-sickness
felt like."
Ruth Elizabeth Anderson, "I
learned that there's a war at Beth-el
too."
Jane ,Larson, "The way to Como
Park."
Marilyn Fernlund, "Milly and I
have just decided that we haven't
learned anything."
Harold Carlson, "1--learned to
humble myself before God."
Harris Youngquist, "How to
study!"
Esther Ingebretson, "I learned
just a few of the elements of how
to study."
Gloria Anderson, "That Elim
Baptist is pretty -nice!"
Ray Ashman, "The first thing I
learned was that Bethel is found-ed
on a Christian basis with its
goal as saving souls."
we can only be led as we yield
ourselves to Christ.
Christian fellowship is deep and
abiding; a gift that only those who
have been born again can enjoy.
A converted heathen once said, "I
open my Bible, and God talks with
me. I close my Bible and talk with
God." Then when we have true
companionship with God and with
His 4pn, we are led into the won-derful
avenues of Christian fellow-ship
with men.
we knew we were sowing precious
seed, we were so burdened for
souls which we knew were not sav-ed,
and it was with deep regrets
that we had to go on to the next
school leaving a work unfinished.
The last school was held in a
one-room schoolhouse located in
the Canadian timber, or bush coun-try,
as the people called it. Muddy
roads hindered the work and for a
while we wondered how we were
ever going to get the trailer out
of there, but in spite of hindrances
we had the wonderfully refresh-ing
spiritual experience of leading
eight children to Christ. They
seemed so, happy over their exper-ience,
and on the way home we
sang the chorus, "Everything's All
Right in My Father's House", us-ing
the words, "Annie will be there
in my Father's house" and so forth,
substituting the name for each one
who had become a Christian.
(Continued on page 3)
Red River Valley Trailer
by Mel Swanson
THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
Sem Snatches by Harold Carlson
N EWSE TT ES
Good advice from Muggs Swan-son:
"Don't ever be a sophomore!"
• a a
These Freshmen! ! The florist
dropped in the otifer day with one
dozen roses for Betty Nyman. That
evening at dinner the dormitory
managed to embarrass her with
the singing of "Give Me One Doz-en
Roses." She turns a lovely
shade of pink.
• • •
Joel Anderson mixed his church-es
two Sundays ago and found
himself 150 miles away from where
he had been instructed to go. The
vice-chairman smiled and told him
to go ahead—preach! Wonder what
they did at the other church.
• • •
1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4 and groans and
sighs issue from the Dormitory
every nite at 10 P. M. It's the
girl's reducing class, led by Muggs
S. and accompanied at the piano
by Millie E.
• • •
A serious note every day are the
group prayer meetings. We urge
you to attend whenever it is pos-sible.
Besides the noon and eve-ning
meetings, prayer groups for
the girls are held on Tuesday nites
on each floor of the girl's dorm.
* * •
The Male Chorus enjoyed their
traditional treat in the Coffee
Shop after their first practise on
Sept. 30. This treat is given by
Prof. Stjernstrom and the boys
really enjoyed it.
pc the
jkarbing Club
The words, "boarding club," are
derived from the Latin verb board-co,
boardkissimus -sum, which
means "grab now brother". Per-haps
if I had fully understood the
term, I would not be the ninety-seven
pound weakling I am today.
The first day there, I made a
horrible mistake; I asked for the
last piece of meat. This I will nev-er
do again, as it gets tiresome
licking the empty platter each
night.
Dana Larson once had sixteen
stitches taken in his left hand, just
because he had his hand too near
the meat. Four forks mistook his
rugged paw for a piece of brown
steak, and we found it very diffi-cult
to remove them from Dana's
tender flesh.
Harold (cream, please) Carlson
is noted for his creamed foods. He
creams meat, potatoes, vegetables,
not to mention the generous a-mount
of thick moo-juice he puts
This column is purposely written
in a lighter mood so don't judge
the atmosphere of the Seminary by
these few flashes. We Sem stud-ents
really do our studying con-scientionsly
but once in a while
there are interruptions, fellow-ships,
etc.—you know what I mean.
These make life more interesting
but (should I say it) sometimes
perhaps a little more complicated.
Alice Olson and Gloria Mitchell
claim that as they were walking by
the Sem. Dorm, a ripe tomato made
a forced landing right in front of
them. Girls, the guilty party told
me that they had never thought of
doing such a thing, but the tomato
was within reach and so were you
-SO-on
his desert. We all voted to give
him a pint of cream a day, because
he always cries when he gets any
less.
May I say it takes more than an
average man to exist under these
conditions. Each person who holds
out for a year is given a gold pin,
and a membership in Charles At-las'
"Men of Iron Club".
I hope to achieve this honor, and
can say I have completed all the
requirements, except whistling.
Whenever a girl is present one
must be able to whistle loudly. I
never can do this, because I hav-en't
learned to whistle through po-tatoes,
gravy, and meat yet.
Dale Bjork is doing a fine job as
dorm "ma". Every Saturday morn-ing
he can be heard hollering in
the hall, "All out for clean sheets
and pillow-cases". He also sells
milk in a factory every noon. If
you want to see him in his white
uniform, look out of your class-room
window at 11:45 any morn-ing
and you'll see him pedaling his
bicycle down Snelling—
Gunnar Hoglund seems to—nope,
I can't do it. I promised Gunnar
that I wouldn't say anything about
it—
If you get a chance to ride in
Bill Haring's car, you'll miss the
floor-boards but not the exhaust.
Nevertheless, it's a great car-
The Stork Called
October 2—Herbert McDonald
3—Rose Troolin
4—Miss Larson
4—Joel Anderson
5—Kay Darling
5—Roger Youngquist
6—Gladyce Norquist
10—Bob Dischinger
15—Harris Johnson
18—Wilbur Ericson
18—Willie Wessman
19—Birdelle Emmel
20—Alice Anderson
21—Forrest Vorpahl
27—Dr. K. J. Karlson
Congratulations are in order for
Bob Norstrom and Gordon Thomp-son.
Who'll be the next? Remem-ber,
girls—the Alexis meetings—
Perhaps the following verse is
good advice for some of you:
It is good to be merry and wise,
It is good to be honest and true;
'Tis well to be off with the old love
Before you are on with the new—
It has been rumored that Robert
Bergerud of the Seminary had in-tentions
of moving the floor of his
room closer to the top bunk due to
the events of a past Wednesday
morning.
His job at the Midway Creamery
calls for an early rising, and in the
valiant attempt to quiet his noisy
alarm he descended rather awk-wardly
and violently from the up-per
story (of his bed). In the land-ing
he hit broadside over the back
of a- chair which nudged him rath-er
cruelly in the ribs. By this time
Bob was fully awake (as well as
his room mate, Gene Johnson) and
picked himself off the floor. When
this was accomplished things went
(Continued on page 4)
Your Ration
Stamps, Please!
It's 5:30 Wednesday evening.
The ebb of excitement is nearly
reachwl as girls scurry to and fro.
Life in general seems to be back
to normal. It's an evident fact that
boys are being rationed. The Sem-inary
fellows naturally require red
stamps, while the college fellows
Can be had for blue ones. Of
course every girl is doing her best
to get THE BEST.
The stamps, as well as the boys,
are scarce. Consequently the en-gagement
requires thought for
some— while others say they will
be satisfied with anything.
Wednesday night being dress-up
night at the Sem, the girls conclude
it will be the top night to plead for
that late leave.
As the time for the departure ap-proaches,
the excitement is cooled
with questions such as—How do
we get in the Boarding Club?
What'll we say? And what, should
we do? Several remember the
leaves to be gathered for Botany.
A stroll through Como would nicely
do the trick. (Imagine hunting
leaves at night!)
At last the brigade starts out
across the campus, fully armed
with their stamps.
As the girls wait nervously in the
front hall, an inspector—supposed-ly
Jack Bergeson—approaches to
inspect the valued stamps.
An era of tension prevails thru-out
the group as each stands
proudly holding her collection of
reds and blues.
But to their astonishment, the
look of luck has changed, and our
inspector's eyes also.
Alas! Smiles turn downward and
girls start homeward as Jack pro-claims,
"Sorry, those stamps ex-pired
last night at midnight. Too
bad!"
affict gets ail Me Becan
by a Misanthrope
In early August a reliable source in the midst of combat stated that
twenty individuals of the Bethel family said, "I do" (or die) for the
rest of their natural lives in spite of Reno, Nevada, the chaotic condition
of our state matrimonial laws, and all the beautiful blondes floating
around. At the start of school, this reliable source again issued a report
stating that the influx of women this fall at Bethel was stupendous—the
greatest thing in the history of the school. It is rather unfortunate that
a war is going on, but if it keeps up, perhaps I'll get me a wife.
Kenny Norquist and- Gladycehave been trying to impress me with
the fact that marriage is a great institution. But in spite of Professor
Omark and Greek, personally, I don't think I'm ready for any institution
as yet.
Bob Dischinger and "Ginnie" feel marriage helps to settle a couple.
It makes them feel the weight of responsibility, and thus they really
work and study. However, when I feel I can't make the grade in a study,
NI drop it; when I can't meet the requirements of a job, I drop it, unless
I'm fired first. If I can't handle a girl, financially or otherwise, I drop
her. Gentlemen, if you can't handle your wife, you of all men, are the
most miserable and are to be pitied. You don't just drop a wife; not if
you want to be a Swedish Baptist preacher. Wives are like convictions,
you are stuck with them, and they constitute a serious •problem when it
comes to disposal.
Further, I'm led to believe that marriage isn't Baptistic. Perhaps the
greatest tenet of Baptist beliefs and doctrines is freedom—religious, civil,
and otherwise. Now, if you have talked to Rosie and Laurence Nydegger
as I have, you will be faced with a,) dilemma. It becomes a question of
either joining the ranks of the married or of taking the vows of bachelor-hood
and remaining in the fellowship of the apostolic seminary dorm
where freedom is an absolute essential. Paul and our Catholic brethren
have already sensed the necessity of a spiritual leader retaining his com-plete
freedom. In that respect, they are better Baptists than we.
Men, we are in serious straits. Let those few of us who remain, keep
our hearts. If you can still walk down the streets and whistle, you'll still
be a man, my son.
Our good friends, Bob and Irene Hails, still feel marriage is a great
Christian Institution. But then, our good brother, Wyman Malmsten, is
telling our conference from coast to coast that Bethel is a great Christian
institution. What's the difference? After witnessing the devastating ef-fort
of Dan Cupid's sharp shooting this past summer, I'm not sure. In
fact, I'm scared!
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Alumni Turn
Globe Trotters
Bethelites of '43 are spread a-cross
the states this year.
Many are attending other schools
most of whom are at the Univers-ity
of Minnesota. It is known that
at least ten students are at the Uni-versity,
among whom are Peter
Ahlquist, Elving Anderson, Lola
Grace Anderson, Gene Nyman,
Ruth Nelson, Gordon G. Johnson,
Dallas West, Dick Klein, Elbert
Walker, Kenny Norquist, and
Gwendolyn Parson.
Mr. and Mrs. Gust Westmo are
attending Hamline University,
while Violet E. Carlson and Glen
Anderson are at Macalester. Ber-nard
Travaille is studying at Mid-land
College at Fremont, Nebraska.
Three students, Elderine Norquist,
Edith Ann Peterson, and Carol
Riese, are in nurses' training at the
Deaconess Hospital in Minneapo-lis,
while Ethel Hale and Mar,jorie
Cook are at Kahlor Hospital at Ro-chester,
Minn.
Some of the boys have recently
left for service of our country.
Glen "Shine" Swanson has enlisted
in the Marines and is now at San
Diego. Dick Turnwall, who left
school shortly before the end of
last semester, is at Fort Riley, Kan-sas.
Sid Wyma is in the Navy.
There are others who are being
remembered in the prayers of Be-thel
students.
Doris Fanberg is teaching school
this year. Mary Hamlin and Lois
Nelson are together in Spokane,
Washington. June Hedman is at
the switchboard of the Goodman
Manufacturing Company in Chica-go.
Working for Civil Aeronautics,
also in Chicago is Charlotte San-din.
Miriam Quarnstrom is work-ing
in her home town of Cleveland.
Melvin Wyma is in Chicago.
A few students are working in
the Twin Cities. Bernice Peterson
is in the Ford Plant offices in Min-neapolis.
Verna Jorgenson is work-ing
in a Minneapolis bank. La
Verne Johnson and Marian Peter-son
are at Montgomery Wards.
Ruth E, Peterson is working at
Minn. Hospital Association.
Former students who are now
pastors seem to be the most wide-ly
scattered: Robert Sanders in
Washington ;; Grant Samuelson,
pastor at Quamba, Minnesota; Ver-non
Pearson in Waukegan, Illinois.
The St. Cloud Church has Walter
Julien while Warner Lundberk is
in Spirit, Wisconsin. Willard An-derson
has charge of the Lake Nor-din
Baptist Church in South Dako-ta.
Ray Appelquist is busy taking
care of duties at Superior, Wiscon-sin
and studying at the State Tea-chers'
Training College.
Payne Avenue
Host to Bethel
Sunday morning, October 10,
Bethel students spent the day with
the members of the Payne Avenue
Baptist Church in St. Paul.
At 9:15 about 35 students board-ed
a reserved street car and arrived
at the church. The morning wor-ship
gave Bethel students an op-portunity
to participate. Priscilla
Grebe and Ladell Erickson played
a duet on the marimba and Pris-cilla
also played a solo. Pastor
Erickson's message was entitled
"The Assurance That God Answers
Prayer," appropriately beginning
"Religious Emphasis Week."
After the service, Bethel stud-ents
were introduced to the mem-bers
at whose homes they were to
be entertained.
At the 5:30 meeting "How to
have a successful Young People's
society in war times" was the sub-ject
discussed, first by two of their
own members and then in open
forum. The three main points
brought out were : -Have a good pro-gram
planned, get your old mem-bers
back and invite the uninter-ested,
and strive for successful so-cial
times as well. In this way,
young people may be trained for
service and soul winning.
Following a short time spent in
a social w a y with refreshments
served, the students were again
given the privilege of listening to
Pastor Erikson, this time on "God
is Light."
"BETHEL IN JORHAT"
(Continued from page 1)
Prayer groups are also being or-ganized
in the dormitories in order
that the missionaries might be def-initely
remembered in prayer. Ev-elyn
Sundberg is in charge of the
group in the Women's Dormitory
and Harold Carlson in the Men's
Dormitory.
The Missionary Band is en-deavoring
to make this the great-est
year in Bethel's missionary his-tory.
All students are urged to
join the Missionary Band that their
interest and concern for mission-ary
work might be increased and
directed, and together Bethelites
shall share the joys and rewards
brought by participation in God's
great 'program of taking the Gos-pel
to every creature.
TRAILER
(continued from page 2)
When I thought we had finished,
we had forgotten five-year • old
Joey and so we sang for him too.
Today, I received a letter from Rev.
Clay telling the sad news that little
Joey has just passed away to live
in his Father's house.
Souls are precious and Elving
and I are both so glad for the priv-ilege
we had of living in the Gospel
trailer and doing what we could
to bring some of God's ransomed
souls into a right relationship with
Him.
Sem Wins Pigskin
On 'Wednesday, October 6, the
Seminary men were challenged by
the College to a game of foot-ball.
At 4 o'clock the athletes of the
two schools started their struggle.
When the last pigskin toss had
been made, after the dust had
cleared, and when all was peace
again, the Seminary team was
found to have prevailed again by
the score of 12-6.
The challenging squad included
Sahlin, Christianson, C. Anderson,
Ericson, P. Johnson, Haring and
also Kay "Lindskoog" and Stan
"Johnson." The seminary had on
its roster, R. Youngquist, H. Young-quist,
S. Paulson, Peterson, E. An-derson,
Wessman, Norstrom, and
Gustafson.
The first half was strictly all
Seminary but the tide turned in the
second half particularly when Sah-lin
intercepted a short pass and
ran "beautifully" for a touchdown.
The two seminary touchdowns
were both scored on pass plays,
one to H. Youngquist and the oth-er
to Willie Wessman.
SEM SNATCHES
(Continued from page 3.)
black, and he began a sleep of a
different nature.
Gene came to the rescue with
some wet cloths and soon Bob was
up again. These events changed
his plans and rather than putting
in a shift at the Creamery he went
back to bed.
Results were not permanent
which we are glad to report. How-ever,
"Bergie" had adopted the old
saying—"Late to bed and early to
rise makes a man sickly, poorly,
but wise."
STUDENT PASTORS
(Continued from page 1)
to school for the first time, who
have been serving churches, such
as; Sid Barrett, Hutchinson,
Minn.; Jack Bergeson, three chur-ches
near Grand Forks, Minn.;
Paul Nagano, Relocation Center,
Poston, Ariz. ; Ben 'Sherman, Sou-dan,
Minn.; Earl Trude, Osceola,
Wis. ; and Forrest Vorpahl, Dad's
Corner and Glory, Minn.
Approximately twenty-five stu-dents,
who attended our school last
year and have not come back this
year, are also engaged in pastoral
work.
Sprecher Leads
Chapel Choir
The newly organized Chapel
Choir made its first appearance at
the Chapel Service, October 6, 1943.
The anthem "For Clod So Loved
The World" was effectively sung.
The choir is under the direction
of Mr. Lloyd Sprecker with Jane
Larson assisting at the piano. The
members are Phyllis Anderson,
Mildred Enberg, Jane Larson, Ruth
Elaine Anderson, Ruth Elizabeth
Anderson, Eunice Anderson, Mari-lyn
Fernlund, Dorothy Benson,
Gloria Anderson, Rose Chalberg,
Gretchen Clausen, Lorna Swanson,
Maurice Lundh, Wallace Henk,
Paul Theobald, Bill Peterson, Con-well
Anderson, Robert Nelson,
Carlton Christenson, Phillip John-son,
and Russell Taft.
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