Clarion 1948-10-22 Vol 28 No 03

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Vol. XXVIII—No. 3
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota October 22, 1948
Bethel Yearbook Staff Members Are
Appointed by the Student Council
Bethel Sends Funds To Field
Served by Former Students
In the two accompaning pictures is evidence, visible and tangible,
of the fact that the challenge of an open door to Missionary work in
Assam, India has been recognzied and accepted,—that Missionaries
from our midst have gone to that field, —and that Mission Station work
has begun there. It is the work of such Missionaries and such Mission
Stations that we have the privilege of supporting by means of prayers,
tithes, and personal interest.
In former years the Bethel Missionary Band has sent contribu-tions
to help forward the work at the Jorhat Bible School where Bill
Cook preaches and teaches the Word of God. The Boys' Dormitory
(Hostel) was erected for the benefit of Assamese boys attending
the School.
Last year our contribution of $500.00 was directed to the newly
organied Bible School at North Lakhimpur. It is among the boys and
girls there that Grace Swanson and Bill and Ethel Hagstrom are telling
the story of our Lord and Savior.
Early in January of this year the North Bank Missionaries
gathered together at the Harisinga Mission Station for a Hoba
("Hob-bah"), a convention not unlike the General Conference here
at home.
With these Missionaries now in the North Bank is the new group
recently arrived in Assam. Arlene Peterson is being sent to North
Lakhimpur; the Holms are going to Bishnath -where are now the Lar-sons;
and the W. Sorleys are appointed to pioneer a new work at Rowta.
Colorful Costumes
Spark Collegiate Program
Council Appoints
Visual Committee
The Lords and Ladies presented their program in the college chapel
on Friday evening, October 15, with the central theme of an evening
in the court of King Arthur.
Costumes and scenery added much to its success. Upon the platform,
set in a framework of rich maroon, was the scene of a kingly banquet
table, including the traditional roast pig. From the moment that Sir
Roy Dalton proceeded to light the candles in the chandelier and the
criers Wally Berke and Lowell Henderson announced that the court was
about to convene until the appearance of the wandering troubadour, it
proved to be an interesting evening.
King Arthur ( Robert San di n ) ,
opened the session with a series
of remarks fitting to the occasion,
after which Friar Gordon Platt
read the Scriptural passage about
the whole armor of God and led in
prayer. With a reading by Bard
Edward Avey, the "Tale of Sir.
Robert" by Lady Doris Richert,
and the songs of Lady Dorothy
Nelson, the program was under
way. Court Jester William Lindroth
interrupted the sobriety of the
evening and amused the King and
Queen (Evelyn Christenson) and
court with his "magic" tricks. The
Green Knight, in the person of
Sir Robert Frykenburg, boldly en-tered
and challenged the King:
whereupon Sir Gawain (James
Rehnberg) gallantly offered to de-fend
the honor of the court and
proceeded to chop off the Green
Knight's head. Such grim measures
were followed by Sir Morris Eng-strom's
tale of woe.
The Council also discussed the
advisability of appointing a com-mittee
to be responsible for ac-quainting
the student body with the
vital political problems that are be-fore
the nation and the world. It
was decided that the president of
the Council should appoint a corn-mittee
of five to formulate a pro-gram
for the information of the
students.
A recommendation was sent to
the Policy Committee by the Coun-cil
suggesting that a definite chapel
period be designated each month
for class meetings. This would eli-minate
unexpected meetings, which
have in the past caused unpre-paredness
on the part of class of-ficers
to perform their duties.
"Dr."Day Preaches
At Alexis Meeting
The Alexis Society held they
monthly • meeting October 19 at
;8:00 p.m. June Bruce sang a solo,
Richard Kelderhouse read the
Scripture, and Allan Johnson lead
in prayer.
The text for the sermon of the
evening, Judges 4:21, was given out
with the warning that a preacher
would be selected after the next
number. Robert Haring and Her-man
Van Arsdale brought a duet,
while the members of the audience
nervously searched the text for
sermon points. Following the duet,
the name of the speaker was an-nounced—
Delford Day.
The main event of the evening
was the uproarious business meet-ing
of Imaginary Baptist Church.
Kenneth Samuelson was vice-chair-man
and Goldie Erickson the
church clerk. The chairman of the
pulpit committee reccommended
that Dr. Delford Day of the Empty
Pews Baptist Church be called as
pastor.
The discussion ranged from
whether Dr. Day could speak Swed-ish
to whether, in view of the
princely salary of $25.00, per
month, it would be necessary to
provide a parsonage. The latter
problem was solved by Mr. Oman-son's
unselfish offer to share his
trailer with Dr. Day, his wife, and
their three children. The meeting
was somehow sidetracked on to
the question of the proper res-pectful
title to call their pastor.
$3,000
This is the goal Missionary
Band has set for this school to
be used directly for Conference
foreign missionary work. This
includes the financing of all
foreign missionary photography
to be used as visual education
in Conference churches. This
tops by a thousand dollars last
year's surpassed goal of $2,000.
The goal will be reached by
Bethel family donations given in
monthly missionary chapel pro-grams.
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"Comin' through the Rye" will
be the theme of the program which
will be presented this evening by
the Lads and Lassies collegiate
society in their bid for the mem-bership
of the new students on
campus.
The program, in a Scottish set-ting,
will be a combination of
music, speech, drama, humor, and
devotions. Following the program
a fellowship and social period is
plannned.
Jim McIntyre To
Be Student Youth
Night Speaker
Student Youth Night will be
held November 3, when representa-tives
of various Twin City schools
and organizations will participate
in the program.
Heading the event are Jim
McIntyre, 6' 9y," star basketball
center from the University of.
Minnesota, who will bring the
devotional message; Adora Nor-lander,
wellknown YFC soloist;
and Grundy Couch from St. Paul
Institute, who will bring us his
testimony on the Clarinet.
Jim McIntyre recently accepted
Christ and has testified at many
Inter-Varsity and Youth for Christ
meetings. His testimony is a real
challenge for young people to wit-ness
about our wonderful Lord.
This will be Jim's first appearance
at Bethel.
Keep this very important date
in mine — jot it down in your
little book right now.
Spealewi, agog, and
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"NEW GOALS!" New goals—
spiritually, mentally, and social-ly—
the theme for this year's
homecoming. Rev. Carl Lund-quist,
of Chicago, who challeng-ed
Bethelites during Deeper
Life week last spring, will stress
this theme, when he brings the
main message of the Home-coming
Program, November 6.
Jim Rehnberg and Myrtle
Rehnberg were chosen host and
hostess respectively at an elec-tion
held last Wednesday in the
college chapel. It is predicted
this brother and sister team will
receive the largest Homecoming
crowd in Bethel's history.
Board Plans
Commencement
The Bethel School board at its
last meeting made a decision to
hold Commencement exercises this
year in the Saint Paul auditorium
in view of the fact that this will
be the first college graduating
class. The Speaker has not yet
been decided definitely although
Dr. Ellis Fuller, president of South-ern
Baptist Theological Seminary
at Louisville, Kentucky has been
invited to speak.
Baccalaureate will be held in the
college chapel and Eric Liridholm
will be the speaker.
The board also decided to place
new doors on the front and side
entrances to the college building.
The First Class Honor rating
was awarded to the 1947-1948 edi-tion
of the Spire by which the
yearbook critical service of the
National Scholastic Press As-sociation.
This information
reached facutly adviser Maurice
Lawson last week. It will be re-called
that the editor of this
edition was Bob Sandin, now a
senior In the college.
Special commendation was ex-tended
for the high degree of
campus coverage and for the ex-cellent
photography. Also coming
in for high scores were layout,
typography, and cover design. The
total number of points scored was
1,510, quite a bit below the 1,700
required for All-American, but well
within the First Class rating limits.
The final results of this survey,
which includes yearbooks from all
parts of the country, will be pub-lished
in the January issue of of-ficial
N.S.P.A. magazine, The
Scholastic Editor.
New Chapel Choir
Begins Rehearsals
Another new addition to the
Bethel Music Department is the
Chapel Choir under the direction
of Professor C. Howard Smith.
Each Saturday morning at nine
o'clock the choir rehearses accom-panied
by Kirsten Linder.
On October the second the choir
held an election of officers for the
coming year. After prayer and
praise, and a time of testimony
by those whose names appeared on
the ballot, the election was held.
Robert Frykenberg was chosen to
lead the group as president. Gordon
Berg was elected the vice presi-dent.
Kirsten Linder and Lois Mit-chell
were elected to the office
of secretary, treasurer. Hazel
Bondeson and James Hubbard were
elected librarians.
The Chapel Choir will be used in
the chapel services as well as at
other school functions. During the
year it is hoped that the group
will be able to give sacred con-certs
in the various churches in
the Twin City area.
It has been suggested that the
choir might be able to make a short
trip in the Northwest. Plans are in
the making for a combined concert
of the Male Chorus, and the Wo-man's
Chorus and the Chapel
Choir
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October 22—Lads and Lassies Pro-gram
October 23—Football at Worthing-ton
October 26—Convocation
October 29—Rush Day
October 30—Football at Go-Ge-Bic
Wovember 2—Collegiate Society In-stallation
Day
November 6—Homecoming
Football—Bethel vs. Emmets-burg
The Student Council last week appointed this year's Spire officers,
with whom rests the responsibility of maintaining the reputation at-tained
by previous Spire staffs. Marwin Lindstedt will take on the
duties of editor. He will be assisted by John Dalian. Bob Stassen will
make all necessary financial arrangements.
It seems he had a dream which
he could not interpret; yet the
audience fathomed that it was a
football game whereof he spoke.
The final punch line was someone's
reaction to a touchdown with "Ja,
det var bra." The singing by
Troubador Robert Mantzke proved
a perfect ending, after which every-one
adjourned to the adjacent ban-quet
hall, where mince tarts, cakes
and cider were served by Lady
Alice Ginther and her assistants. A
unique note was added to the festi-vity
by programs in the forms of
scrolls.
The Student Council last Tues-day
appointed the following stud-ents
to the Visual Education com-mittee:
Harry Paney, chairman;
Clifford E. Anderson; and Bill
Lindroth. They will work with
faculty representatives in obtaining
and reviewing films that will be
shown weekly as part of Bethel's
visual education program.
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A Freshman dilema noted:
Congratulations to Lord Sandin
and Lady Christenson and their
respective clubs for a fine debut
they have given to the collegiate
club idea. Their initial program
centered in Arthurian legend was
well received by most freshmen
last Friday evening.
Tonight an equally fine presenta-tion
will be made by the Highland-er
talent. Another version of the
collegiate club idea will be unfold-ed.
Which way, Freshman? Com-petitionis
vying for your allegi-ance.
"Culture" is in the balance.
—Perry Hedberg
Sae, ye bonny Bethelites . . .
Are ye all acomin' to the Lads 'n'
Lassies first meetin' tonight? Ye
sure can't miss "Comin' Through
The Rye", and all the trrrue
Schotch Bethelites.
Paidicd.
Three Presidential Candidates
Make Speeches in the Twin Cities
Last week the people of the Twin Cities were favored with the
appearance of four of the five candidates seeking office in the coming
presidential election. Briefly I should like to present firsthand views
and quotes of the speeches of three of them: Mr. Wallace, President Tru-man,
and Governor Dewey.
"The Great Issue today is Peace! !" This is the cry sent out by Mr.
Wallace, the presidential candidate of the Progressive Party of America.
Mr. Wallace asserted that should the people of America support
either the Republicans or Democrats they would be signing their names
to a note, a note that would call for 100 billion dollars and 50 million
lives. This of course, would be the result of our "dangerous and un-
Christian cold war policy" towards Russia. "Today our foreign policy
is formed by hatred of Russia, not by what is good for the United
States." Wallace further stated that there is absolutely no threat to our
security, yet we are rebuilding Nazi Germany. Rebuilding the Rome-
Berlin-Tokyo axis to make the world not for democracy but for
the American oil firms. "This is
a time of decision, an historic
time . . . We can't lick the Com-munists
with guns—Human survi-val
depends on the Sermon on the
Mount."
Mr. Wallace is partially right!
This is a momentous period of
history, and it seems certain that
Communistic ideology can only be
defeated by giving people some-thing
better than Communism.
That something, however, is more
that just dependence on the Ser-
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Publication Dept. Adopts New
Policy Which Affects Bethel
As the General Conference grows, so do the various departments
of which it is comprised. The publication department, beginning in Jan-uary,
will begin a new editorial policy in connection with two of its
Sunday School papers—Youth Today and Search, the new name for the
paper now called Crossroads. This new policy will be one of allowing
these publications to push conference projects including missionaries
and youth work.
This policy also has implications for Bethel, which is another
growing department, for it will be possible to thereby make our con-ference
youth Bethel-minded. Present plans are through this -medium
to inform conference youth of what goes on at Bethel through
a variety of good feature articles on Bethel, Including pictures re-lating
to the article.
Many of the students here at school are capable of writing features
such as these and undoubtedly every one of you have material which
would form an exceptional article. Subjects which might be used would
be material relative to practical Gospel work, dormitory life, sports,
alumni, and many other things which you can think of.'
Articles which are written should be aimed at Interesting care,
less readers as well as interested. It should be kept rather light,
containing novel features, human interest,-and concrete facts rather
than generaliations and should be about 500-1,500 words in length.
There is room for plenty of articles to be used so why don't you
write one. The CLARION will accept all articles and photos if possible
to submit them.
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Male eito4444
elects Vice4s
Election of officers for this
year's Male Chorus were held
last week. Bob Mantzke was
chosen as president. Marwin
Lindstedt as treasurer, and Wal-lace
Berke as secretary. Nels
Stjernstrom is back again as
director.
eni5 of Tilbougbt
By President Wingblade
■MI11111111
It was chapel time at the Univer-sity
of Edinburgh and a rather pe-culiar
looking speaker was on the
platform. The students, rather free
in their manners, thought they
would have some fun with that
old fellow.
But as the stranger was pre-sented
and arose to address
them, there was something about
his personality that gripped them
and held them in awe and won-derment.
There he stood like the prince
of missions he was—his shoulder
torn by an African lion and his face
racked by twenty-one African feav-ers.
And he narrated to them ex-periences
the like of which they
had never heard.
As he spoke, the students, in
rapt attention, realized that they
were listening to one who tower-ed
above his fellows in faith and
courage, in service and sacrifice
—one whom they could never for-get
and whose message of dark-est
danger and brightest hopes
would live forever in their
hearts.
Then as he closed he said:
"Young gentlemen, would you like
to know the secret of the strength
and the stay that has been my
portion through all the crucial ex-periences
of the long years? You
will find the secret, in the words of
the Christ, 'I am with you—even
unto the end of the world.' He has
kept that promise. It is the word
of a Gentleman of the most strict
and sacred honor."
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Page 2 THE CLARION Friday, October 22, 1948
Morrie's Glories
by Morrie Engstrom
Greetings and Incinerations! Wonder why Bethel students are com-plaining
because jokes aren't printed in–the Clarion. After all, we don't
care much about jokes. Why not continue to have the serious articles.
For instance, Hazie's Haze sure is a sad column. If you must have jokes,
enroll in one of Prof. Engwalls classes. Once he mentioned something
about the 'Duke of Windsor' being demoted. It was a case of "The
admiral of the British navy becoming the third mate of an American
destroyer." Another time he told of the old maid who never had a
dress with eight buttons on it, as she hadn't learned how to "fasten-eight'.
Guess he also told one about a guy who took two books to class.
Everything was fine until Jim Rehnberg approached me in the hall
one day and said, "Morrie, you print jokes in your article, don't you?"
I had to say yes. "Good," says he, "Would you like to hear a couple of
'Pips'?" "Sure," I eargerly replies, with pa-per and pencil in hand. "Pis!
Pip!" he says, and walks away. Now do you see why I don't print jokes?
Last weeks Clarion mentioned that there were 327 men and 189
girls on the campus this year, a proportion of 1.73 men per girl. Still
it must be that the gals are dissatisfied with the men. I'm sure I saw
right the Friday night of the Lords and Ladies good programe when two
of the girls dressed up as fellows and invited Lois Leaf and Betty
Lindberg out for dinner. This may be the beginning of a new custom.
It may continue in the dress-up manner, or may end up that the girls will
continue with the long skirts but will start to invite the boys out on
dinner dates. Fellows, prepare yourselves. Sadie Hawkins day is fast
approaching—and that means being chased by Bethel women.
Had a chance to the football
fellows out practicing the other
afternoon. Maybe some day they
will play a game on Friday so's the
Saturday workers will get a chance
to see the team in action. One of
these days our team may run up
a victory string—even if it is only
a short string—maybe one game.
Prepare now for Homecoming.
By the time the next Clarion comes
out we will be busy entertaining
'old grads' and friends of Bethel.
And it won't be long until Hallo-ween.
Plenty to do around this
place. Even have to put up with
studying once in awhile. Oh, well,
it happens in the best of schools.
The freshman president is Jim
Young; Vice-president is Gene Tup-per;
Secretary is Marilyn East-man;
Treasurer is Ken Gullman,
and the Student Council Repre-sentative
is Dan Bloom.
It is obvious that our bodies re-quire
daily nourishment to keep
well. The child of God also realizes
that it is the daily feeding on the
living bread which renews his
strength.
All through the years people of
every nation, caste, and color have
found in Christ abundant life. But
there are multitudes who yet hun-der,
and like the disciples of old
we have the solemn obligation of
bringing the bread to them.
—Anton Pearson
Intellects Reflect
Bethel students for the most part, when confronted. with the ques-tion
"Do you feel that extra-curricular activities are necessary in order
to have a well-rounded program even when they must interfere with
studies?" answered in the affirmative.
THELMA JACOBSON's opinion
is that students should be able to
plan their time well and by really
applying themselves, have plenty
of time for both, but studies should
come first.
HELEN OLSON doesn't feel that
studies and other activities conflict,
because a schedule can be arranged
in a way that works both in to
a maximum.
MARWIN LINDSTEDT thinks
outside activities are definitely
helpful in forming a well-rounded
life and are conductive to a normal,
healthy attitude, although they cer-tainly
do interfere with studies at
times.
CAROL JACOBSON holds that
study time must not be sacrificed
for other less important things
IN hen it would mean wasting the
Lord's money.
MURIEL THOMPSON thinks be-ing
socially-minded is important,
but activities should not be al-lowed
to conflict with studying be-cause
the primal), reason for corn-ing
to College is for the studies
involved.
CHUCK ROUB believes that the
main goal is to acquire an educa-tion,
and if studying is going to
impair that education—well, that
shouldn't be.
HANNAH JANKE says extra ac-tivities
give the mind a rest from
studies, and school work would be
dull without something else of in-terest.
LUCY CASKY was quoted as
saying, "There's things more im-portant
than book-larnin'."
DON ANDERSON does not feel
the anyone studies so much that
they can't take time out for some
outside activities, although it de-pends
upon the situations confront-ing
the various students.
What a life was that of David
Livingston, the missionary states-man
who discovered Africa for
the church of Christ. But it was
at the farewell breakfast with
his dear parents in the old Scot-tish
home before he crossed the
world, that he read from his
little N e w Testament those
words of faithful promise: "I am
with you". Then he carried them
in his heart through the long
decades and through every dan-ger.
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Art Editors.. . Dan Bloom, Wilma
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Meditation
The Bread of God
It was to the hundering multitudes whom He had fed with the leaves
and fished that Jesus said, " I am the bread of life."
Bread is a mainstay of our physical life. It is often referred to as
the "Staff of life." Jesus taught us to ask our Heavenly Father to give
us our daily bread.
However, man needs something more than daily bread. He is a
spiritual nature which requires sustenance also. "0 God, Thou - hast
made us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they rest in Thee."
The book of Ecclesiastes describes a man who sampled everything
the world has to offer—learning, pleasure, public affairs, the heaping up
of wealth—and who concluded that "all is vanity." No more does the
sensate culture of today satisfy our
spiritual hunger.
Jesus is the bread, the spiritual
food, our souls need and require
It is not enough to admire a well-spread
table. Food must be eaten.
It is not enough to pay tributes
to Jesus. We must make Him en-tirely
ours, yes, feed our soul on
Him the living bread. Another per-son
cannot eat for me. I must do
it myself. So another person can-not
accept Christ for me. I must
receive Him as my personal Sav-ior.
You must believe in Him as
your personal Saviour. "Taste and
see that the Lord is good."
To awake should be to live,
Not as a dogged slave,
But on free eagle wings
That soar to God.
To awake should be a joy,
Not fraught with fearfulness,
But as a weaking - child
Seeks first his mother's arms.
Zituake
Too long the world has slept;
And not in peaceful slumber,
But in barbarious restlessness
While God has longed for them to
wake.
—Margaret Sheffler
As Christians, we have the only
message that can awaken a dying
world that is speeding to destruc-tion.
Whose soul are you seeking to
lead to the Lord, today?
Practice for this years team
started last Monday afternoon and
the past week has consisted of
scrimages in preparation for the
splitting up in A and B squads.
Bob Sandin will coach the B
squad and his team will play a
preliminary game for all home
games and for some games
away.
This year the School's A team
will be marked by new uniforms.
The shirts and trunks are made
of scarlet nylon with white trim
and the warm up jackets are of the
same color with a gray trim.
It is hoped that arrangements
can be made to play this years
home games at either Hamline
University Field house or Macal-lester
College gymn.
Indians Lose
To Austin 26-12
Last Saturday night, under the
lights at Austin, the Indian squad
was served it's third defeat of the
season by Austin Junior College,
26-12.
Bob Brunko's charge off right
guard in the first period and Dan-ny
Bloom's 31 yard pass to Don
Hanson in the third quarter ac-counted
for Bethel's touchdown.
Bethel got off to an early start
in the scoring. Brunko, Indian full-back,
drove over right guard from
the Austin five yard line for the
first score of the game. Asplund's
kick for extra point was blocked.
Line plunge play in the begin-ning
of the second half gave Austin
their second touchdown and with a
completed extra point they went
in front 13-6. Excitement was ad-ded
late in the third period when
a Bloom pass, good for 31 yards,
found its mark in the hands of end
Don Hanson who crossed the goal
for the Indians second score. Once
again the extra point kick was
blocked.
On a completed pass and on a
running play, two more Austin
touchdowns were made in the final
period, boosting them ahead by 14
points. The Bethel eleven failed to
score in the last quarter and the
game ended 26-12, Austin's favor.
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Tomorrow the Bethel football
team will journey to Worthington,
Minn., where they will play a night
game against Worthington Junior
College. Undoubtedly the event will
be Bethel's toughest competition of
the season as the Worthington
squad is considered a powerful one
and was last year rated as one of
the top Junior College teams in the
nation.
Not letting the past three defeats
mar their winning spirit, the In-dians
are determined to show their
opponents four periods of their of-fensive
ability and their never dy-ing
efforts to move the ball into
point scoring territory. Throughout
the past week, Coach Holstrom has
been improving weak spots of de-fense
and ball handling.
Due to injuries and complica-tions
of lack of reserves, Bob
Brunko, a star regular tackle, was
moved to the fullback position in
last week's game with Austin.
Brunko proved his capability as a
back by plunging the line for one
of Bethel's touchdowns in the
Austin game.
In their first game of the sea-son,
Worthington defeated Sheldon
42-0, and followed the next week by
defeating Sioux Falls 26-6.
Cheerleaders chosen by the
committee for the coming year
include Betty Jo Greenman,
Marilyn Eastman, Ruth Ray-metz,
and Martha Paney—as
the first team: Ruth Jorgensen,
and Virginia Hanson are the al-ternates.
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Gridmen Journey To Worthington
First Basketball
Practises Held
Indians Meet
Strongest Foe
Tomorrow Night
Sports Sketch
Kicking extra points after Beth-el's
touchdowns is only half of the
important position Bennett Asplund
plays on the Indian's football
squad, as he also plays the center
spot on the Hist team. The sport
loving Freshman is 20 years old,
weighs 190 pounds, stands 5' 10",
came to Bethel from the Ferndale
Swedish Baptist Church, Ferndale,
Washington.
While in high school, Bennett
played three years of football, his
favorite sport, at the center posi-tion,
being a letterman each year,
and captain of his team in his
senior year.
Emmettsburg school, May 1946, Bennett served
21 months in the navy, during
After graduation from high
To Be Foe At which time he was assigned to the
Aircraft Carrier "Valley Forge",
based at Hawaii. Homecoming Bennett's schedule consists of
the usual Liberal Arts courses,
A colorful highlight of the home- which he will complete in two
coming activities on Saturday, years at Bethel when he then
November 6th, will be the after- plans to continue his education in
noon grid classic between the Indi- his home state, more than likely
ans and Emmettsburg, Iowa. Kick- at Washington State College.
off time will be 2 p.m. and the Mathematics will be Bennett's
game will be played at Highland major as he intends to be a teacher
Park stadium. of math and general science.
Pre-game activities during the In case you haven't as yet pictur-
Homecoming week-end will be de- ed just who Bennett is, it might
signed to 'boost school and team be helpful to state that another one
spirit to a high peak to promote of his talents is singing. Another
victory. It is hoped that each help might be to say that he was
member of the, student body will one of the three candidates for
become a part of the Homecom- the presidency of his Freshman
ing spirit. class.
From what some of the fellows on the football team hal7e told me
concerning the game -with Austin, it appears as though the affair was
not only a test of Bethel's playing ability but also a test of their Chris-tian
testimony. Leaving the details out, I will just `say that the opposi-tion
played in anything but a sportmanship-like manner. However, I
again take pride in saying that the Christian principles associated with
the school's sports were not in any manner altered throughout the game.
I would like to bring to your attention those fellows who so willingly
take time out from their full study schedule and help put the stories on
this sport page. Gordon Platt, Delmar Dahl, Ray Johnson, Dave Oster-berg,
and Frank Doten, have all been assets to the sports department
with their coverage and editing of the news you read on this page.
Thank you Gentlemen!
Behind the scenes of scheduling the school's sports events and find-ing
a suitable place to carry on competition there lies a considerable
amount of making telephone calls, letter writing, conferences, and just
plain hard work and time taking problems. However, in the interest of
Bethel's sport advancement, Mr. H. Wyman Malmsten, well known to us
all as Bethel's financial representative, has been and continues to do all
of these things in order that the best possible sports program is arrang-ed.
Thank you Mr. Malmsten!
Even though their opponents have out scored the local eleven in each
of the three games played so far this season, statistics show that the
Indians have displayed in each game a more powerful yard gaining of-fensive
by totaling more yards gained and making more first downs
than any of their opponents.
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Bethel Bows to
Rochester 19-7
On Saturday, October 9th, the
. local gridmen lost their first con-ference
game to the Rochester
Yellowjackets by a score of 19-7,
which was their second defeat of
the season.
A total of 355 yards gained and
17 first downs made by the Bethel
team, as compared to 271 yards
gained and 11 first downs by
Rochester, showed that the Indians
were playing a good game of ball.
36 yard run in the 4th period by
Bob Daley put the Indians in scor-ing
position on the Yellowjacket's
18 yard line. In three plays, Beth-el's
leading scorer Danny Bloom
carried the ball to the Rochester 4
yard line and on the following play
he plunged over the goal for Beth-el's
touchdown. Bennett Asplund
them made good his kick for extra
point and the score at the end of
the last quarter stood at 19-7,
Bethel losing.
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Bethel College embarked on it's basketball season when Coach
Edwards held a meeting last Friday of prospective players. Only ten
men were in attendance, however, and other interested players were un-able
to attend.
At the meeting Coach Edwards announced a tenative schedule and
also discussed practice procedure and attendance.
Paul Edwards has once again taken up the coaching of the basket
ball squad. Last years Indian squad established a good record of 12
wins and 7 losses. Nine of the games won and four of those lost were
conference games. Bethel held second place in the conference, losing the
championship by a half a game to Waldorf College.
Returning to the squad will be
lettermen, Greenman, Dischinger,
Sandberg, Ed Eklof, Rentz, and
Burgeson.
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Without question the Bethel
Eleven has sustained more than
its share of injuries this season,
but such is football. Perhaps the
severest and most serious in-pury
sustained is that of Cap-tain
Bob Daley who reveived a
dislocated hip in the game with
Rochester. Bob is out of the
picture permanently this season.
At present Bob is at the Dea-coness
Hospital in Minneapolis.
Doctors say Bob will have to
use crutches for about six weeks
after he leaves the hospital.
Another equally serious in-jury
is the broken ankle of Bob
Bennett who is also out per-manently.
Bob is now, however,
able to walk on his own power.
Bob Franzen is also out per-manently
with a dislocated el-bow.
Don Goldsmith has been out
of practice recently with rib in-juries,
but will soon be back in.
Al Anthony is also temporarily
out with rib injuries.
Archie Cummings, L e r o y
Sandburg, and Warren Frede-ricks
are temporarily out with
internal injuries.
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THE CLARION Friday, October 2, 1948
Phyllis Tippett is the gal with the crew hat. When she puts it
on toward the end of a class period we know it's almost time to go.
What's under that hat, Phyllis? It couldn't be a bald spot, could it?
My worthy opponent, Lad Perry Hedberg, sent some of us to the
dictionary last week (that is, those of us who aren't ashamed to admit
it),, to look up the word "siblings". It means relatives. Quite an unusual
word for such a young "lad" to use, don't you think?
On page 129 in our Psychology and Life book it says that a human
being can get a better score on a mental test and is more active physi-cally
when his stomach is empty than when it isn't. This finding ex-plains
why it's hard to study right after a meal. Which is only one more
reason why everyone should go to a prayer meeting after supper. Study-ing
won't do you any good anyway.
Glad that the school song was printed in the Clarion. It certainly
was comical to see the quartet use notes when they gave their rendition
at the Freshman Reception. And here they've been at Bethel how many
years?
Overheard in chow line: Bob Peterson: Give me plenty of gravy,
because I just love it. Florence Nordstrom: (serving behind the counter)
Boy, I wish I were gravy.
CLARION remark in speech class, by Bud Vance: We tried to get
• the teacher's goat but couldn't find
out where it was tied.
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Mayor Delaney of St. Paul in-troduced
President Truman to an
enthusiastic audience in the St.
Paul Auditorium on Wednesday
evening. The President praised and
thanked Minnesotans for their
whole-hearted support in the past,
particularly during the war years.
Truman discussed foreign policy
by a brief survey of Republican
"isolationism" as evidenced right
up to World War II. "Now," he
stated, "the Republicans are try-ing
to take credit for present suc-cessful
measures instituted by the
Democrats and are saying, 'me too,
only I can do it better' to the
present foreign policy.
Referring to a Dewey speech
in which the governor charged
that administration with disunity
and inefficiency, the President
pointed out that unity and effici-ency
were not enough. There
must be "life and hope" in
government, and the Democratic
Party has pioneered human
rights and social justice in
government.
"The people of our country to-day
have the choice of two ways
of living. One is the Wall Street
way; the other is the way of
freedom and progress with the
Democrats." Truman pledged the
Democratic Party to the support of
the common man, and called upon
all Farmer-Labor Democrats, Old
Wisconsin Progressives, non-parti-san
groups, and New Dealers to be
"counted" with him in pursuit of
this great program.
_,Sewett Speand.
Governor Dewey of New York
addressed a large throng of cheer-ing
Republicans gathered in the
St. Paul auditorium last Friday
evening. In a warm, friendly man-ner
the Republican candidate for
president complimented the great
state of Minnesota for its contri-bution
of capable leaders such as
Stassen, Youngdahl, Thye, and Ball.
The governor made an appeal to
the farmers of the state by report-ing
that this Republican Congress
had provided greater appropria-tions
for rural electrification than
any Democratic Congress had done.
And that they had launched the
first long-range price support pro-gram
for the farmers in U. S. his-tory.
"Less politics and more help
for the farmer" will be forthcom-ing
if the Republican administra-tion
takes over in January. A major
part of its program will be to
assure the farmer his rightful
place in American life.
Turning to the foreign policy
of the country Dewey declared
that a vital, firm, relaistic policy
is needed; one that no one can
doubt. "Peace is our goal—but
there will be no appeasement of
dictators! Such a course leads
either to slavery or war. We
must deal with the Soviets as
strong equals and regain their
respect.
"We must give our full support
to the United Nations, maintain
friendly relations with our neigh-bors
to the north and south, give
aid to China, and extend help to all
freedom-loving peoples. The gover-nor-
called for a United States of
Europe as an objective in Europe's
recovery plan.
An evaluation of these three
parties can hardly be made on the
speeches of their candidates, but
one thing is certain; there will be
little radical change in govern-ment
policies for some time to
come no matter who is elected.
The work of 16 years can't be un-done
overnight.
—Dave Osterberg
I understand one student wanted
to start a branch of the Inter-
Collegiate Gospel Fellowship on
campus. This organization seeks to
enlighten college students on world
affairs, as seen from a Christian
viewpoint. However, in his opinion,
there were not enough interested
and intelligent people here. I would
tell you his name, but since it is
mentioned elsewhere in this column
—well, guess I'll not.
My roommate, Bernice Glader,
told me in no uncertain terms that
she wanted her name in the Clarion
and she wanted it good. Well, there
it is, Bernice. Is it good?
Deeper Life Week certainly made
us all feel that we hadn't been
living a life close enough to the
Lord. But thank God for James
4:8—"Draw nigh to God, and He
will draw nigh to you."
Draft Policy Is
Still A Bit Vague
The new law covering selective
service provides for military con-scription
of men in the 18-25 year
age group. Previous draft laws
have depended upon lottery to de-termine
who should be called in
first. The new policy, however, is
to call the older men first; select-ing
those within each age group
that can not provide ample reason
for deferment.
What will constitute an ample
reason for deferment is not
known definitely although the
broad generalities have been
stated. The monthly quota will
not be large so it is assumed
that local draft boards will be
quite lenient in this matter. Mar-ried
men and veterans will de-finitely
be deferred; those en-gaged
in agriculture and vital
industries will be deferred; medi-cal
and theology students will
also be granted deferrments. It
is believed students in Liberal
Arts colleges and universities
be granted deferment to cover
the duration of the school year
providing their grades are satis-factory.
Care Package
Appreciation
Is Received
Near the end of school last
spring, Bethel college and semi-nary
students forewent their break-fast
and dinner meals so that the
money saved thereby could be used
in sending Care packages to needy
families in Europe.
A letter of acknowledgment of
receipt of a Care package by one
of the ten families reached in the
endeavor is published below.
My dear Sirs:
Herewith, I will say a hearty
thank you for the package of food
which you sent me. I can assure
you that all was greatly appreciat-ed.
We would have had very little
had it not been for the people
of America. We have suffered want
and hunger. My husband died in
1944 at the age of 46. I have two
children, a daughter of 22 years
and a son of 11 years. I have for
my support, what my daughter
earns in a store. We were greatly
pleased with the contents of the
package and could make use of it
all.
Fortunately our city was spared,
and we remain in our home; but
many here sacrificed their lives in
battle, and much property was de-stroyed.
Vlaardingen is a city of
about 4,000 inhabitants, and is situ-ated
near Rotterdam. My husband
had a position with the govern-ment.
This week a festival was held
in connection with the coronation.
We now have Juliana as queen.
All was decorated and illuminated.
I also have my parents who are
both 75 years old; and who, be-cause
of want, have • become very
thin. We shared the contents of
the package with them.
We send our supplication
heavenward that the angels will
reward your good deeds.
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Introducing
Robert Hamlett
Clarion Editor .
To many of the students Bob
Hamlett, our campus personality
for this week, needs no introduc-tion.
Bob is starting his third year
at our school and most everybody
knows him by his friendly smile.
Graduating last year from the
junior college, he is now begin-ning
his first year in the Seminary.
Bob plans to finish two more
college years and has Christian
journalism in mind for his life
work if it is the Lord's will.
Bob Hamlett is editor-in-chief of
The Clarion this year and held the
position of business manager for
the paper last year. All upper Clas-smen
should remember him as
Homecoming Host last year also.
Bob and his wife, Jean, are
among the newly-weds at school
this fall and their home is one of
the trailers in back of the Sem
building. Because he is over six
feet in height, the low ceilings
in their little home make it slight-ly
inconvenient for Bob to get from
loom to room.
Besides being tall, Bob can be
described as having reddish-blonde
hair and hazel eyes. The only sport
in which he participated was base-ball
last year.
His home was originally in
Chicago, Illinois, but for two and
one-half months now, that is, since
he's been married, his home has
been in St. Paul.
What collegiate society is Bob
pushing for? The Lads, of course,
is his choice and he's social chair-man
for the group.
Students are urged to acquaint
themselves with the many new
books which our school library
has obtained recently. There is a
great selection in various fields
now on hand.
Philosophy makes for deep read-ing,
and in this field, such books
as Great Chain of Being by Love-joy,
Understanding the World by
Shoen, Plato's Theory of Man by
Wild, and many others are avail-able.
For religious reading, such books
as Daily Life in Bible Times by
Bailey, Life of Christ by Hamilton,
Preacher and Prayer by Bounds,
can be obtained now in our library.
Several highlights under their
specific classification are as fol-lows:
SOCIAL SCIENCES — Nat-ion
of Nations by Adamic, Ameri-can
Government in Action by Di-mock,
Education Directory, Black
Apostle by Justico.
LANGUAGES—Tyranny of Words
by Chase, Introduction to Linguis-tic
Science by Sturtevant.
USEFUL ARTS—Modern Clini-cal
Psychology by Richard ,Radar
by Dunlap, Communicable Disease
by Top.
FINE ARTS—Music Lovers' En-cyclopedia,
Harvard Dictionary of
Music by Apol.
LITERATURE — Sentimental
Tommy by Barrie, Spanish Ballads,
American Renaissance by Matthies-sen.
HISTORY — (including biogra
phy) Walt Whitman, an American
by Canby, Saga in Steel and Con-,
crete by Bjork, Pioneer to the
Past by Breasted, Medieval Cities
by Pirenne, America goes to War
by Tansill.
FICTION--Roads of Destiny by
Porter (0. Henry), With Malice
toward None by Morrow, Octupus
by Norris.
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