"I was not disobedi-ent
unto the heaven-ly
vision" Acts 26:19 OZ3OUICDZ ,ate School Pare's.
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Vol. XXVIII—No. 9
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Monday, February 14, 1949
Annual Founder's Week Begins Today
Year's Schedule
For Chapel Choir
Being Arranged
Bach's, "Now Let Every Tongue
Adore Thee" will be the opening
number of each chapel choir con-cert.
The group is looking forward
to singing in the various churches
in the twin cities. Already there
is quite a schedule set up for them.
During Founder's Week the
choir will be singing at the Mon-day
and Thursday evening services
at the Elim Church in Minneapolis.
On February 27th, this group under
the direction of Professor Smith
will have charge of the evening
service in the Central Baptist
Church of St. Paul. March 13th
and 27th, the group will appear at
the Elim Church of Minneapolis
and at the Bethany Baptist church
in St. Paul.
The choir is also planning a two
weeks tour, preferably to the east
coast. Professor Smith is in favor
of this also because it would en-able-
him to renew friendships and
revisit places that he knew while
at Eastern Baptist Seminary. The
faculty is meeting Tuesday, Febru-ary
8th and at this meeting this
proposition will be put before
them.
The choir is preparing four dif-ferent
groups of numbers. Among
the favorites are, My Anchor
Holds, the corale setting of 0 God
Our Help In Ages Past. One heav-ier
number that the group hopes
to have ready for use 'later in the
year is, How Lovely Is Thy Dwell-ing
Place, from the Brahms Re-quiem.
The entire repetoire is de-signed
to bring praise to the name
of God, and show man the Christ-ian
way of life.
St. Olaf college placed first in
the debate tournament as well as
placing third, their three teams
winning seventeen of eighteen de-bates,
two of them from Bethel
teams.
Kingsley and Christenson won
four debates of six; Germany and
Daley won three debates of six,
Balian and Peterson won one de-bate
of six; and Gilquist and Nel-son
won three.
Friday morning two teams will
leave for Eau Claire, Wisc., to
participate in the annual meet at
Eau Claire State Teacher's college
on the 18th and 19th.
Missionary Week
Held on Campus
Pray for missions! This was the
keynote of the meetings during
Missionary Emphasis week. From
the first greeting until the final
amen, veteran and new missionar-ies
alike stressed the importance
of praying for missions.
First hand information on the
China field was brought by Alma
Bjork. The importance of transla-tion
work was emphasized by vet-eran
missionary from Assam, Rev.
J. E. Tanquist.
Appointees Irwin Bjelland, Helen
Bergfalk, Dr. and Mrs. Merchant,
Arlene Jensen, and Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Swanson challenged the stud-ents
with their enthusiastic testi-mony
of how God called them to
the foreign mission field.
Dr Clyde Taylor, Washington re-presentative
of the National As-sociation
of Evangelicals, who
works through government chan-nels
to aid fundamental mission
boards in getting missionaries to
their field, presented the practical
qualifications of the missionary.
Old Libraries
Remodeled for
Classrooms
Rooms in the college building
are now in a remodeling state,
since the books have been moved
to the new library building.
The added space in the former
library is going to be used for
three classrooms. The classes now
meeting in the recreation room of
the boys' dorm will be among those
meeting there.
The former Clarion office will
be used as a storeroom for office
supplies, and the former Spire of-fice
will take care of chapel over-flow.
These two organizations now
have adjoining offices in the new
building.
Some of the faculty members are
moving, but those remaining will
still occupy the same offices.
A room on the balcony on the
second floor (206) will be opened
as a lounge for the girls who do
not live on campus.
One roof of the seminary library
will be changed into an additional
classroom while the other room
with the fireplace will be made in-to
a lounge.
Don't Read This-
Unless you are going to attend
the meeting at 2:55 P.M. Friday.
Now that you have read this far
perhaps you'll read the rest—But
DON'T if you're going to spend
that hour in the coffee shop chat-ting.
The most important forward step
since Conference Advance began
will be the occasion of the meet-ing.
You'll hate yourself if you
miss it after having been reminded
now so STOP H ERE—before you
find out more.
Val Hauck, director of youth
work, and the national youth com-mittee
will be there to report on
the present youth work in the con-ference
and—to reveal the great
program planned for the future.
Less than one short hour will con-tain
it all so it will be a fast-moving
information hour.
Now you've read to here and
there's only two more sentences.
Use your will power and don't read
them—Bet you can't! Its Friday,
Feb. 18, at 2:55 P.M. in the chapel.
SEE—you read it!
Conference Pastors to Return
For Week of Inspiring Messages
This week the Bethel family will commemorate
the birthday of Bethel's founder, Dr. John Alexis
Edgren.
Pastors and lay leaders from far and near
have returned to their alma mater for a time of
inspiration and intensified instruction in God's
Word. The theme of the conclave is, "Obedient
to the Heavenly Vision."
Headlining the week's program are Pres. W.
W. Adams of Central Baptist seminary of Kansas,
a profound Bible scholar; Dr. William Byus, the
well-know "country preacher" of Charleston, W.
Va.; and Prof. Bernard Ramm, instructor in Bible
and apologetics at the Bible Institute of Los
W. W. Adams Angeles.
Other speakers include the Rev. Harold Wilson,
Dr. Paul Rees, Dr. Earl Pierce, Dr. W. F. Widen,
and members of the Bethel faculty.
The twenty-seven day sessions will be held in
the college chapel, and the five evening meetings
will be held in the Elim Baptist church, Minne-apolis.
The annual banquet will be held on Friday
night, Feb. 18, at the Elim Baptist church with
Virgil Olson, pastor of the Emerald Avenue Bap-tist
church in,- Chicago, as the main speaker.
William Byus
Professors Smith and Sjernstrom will bb in
charge of the music during the week, which will
include the iGrls' Chorus, Male Chorus, Chapel
Choir, Male Quartet, and other local talent.
THE HOUSING SITUATION
Twenty bunks have been set up in the recrea-tion
room of the men's dorm to help house the
visitors. Other guests will be sheltered by Twin-
City Conference church members, and married
students on campus, incluaing those in Trailer-
Harold Wilson vine.
EDGREN'S BIOGRAPHY
Dr. John Alexis Edgren was born in Sweden,
Feb. 20, 1839. After preparatory studies in high
school, he entered the Navigation School of
Stockholm. Here he was graduated at the age of
twenty as captain in the Swedish Merchant
Marine, receiving the highest honors ever bes-towed
on a nautical graduate in Sweden.
Bernard Ramm
Later he passed examinations as instructor in
navigation. In the meanwhile, especially in sum-mer
time, Edgren, like a true Viking, followed the
lure of the sea and sailed for several years
under five different flags—English, Swedish, Nor-wegian,
German, and American.
Following his experience at sea in which he
devoted his life to the gospel service,Edgren en-rolled
at three different schools, Princeton,
Hamilton Theological seminary and the Univer-sity
of Chicago, where he received thorough
training for his great life work.
Debaters Rate Good
In Red River Meet
The debate squad scored ten victories out of twenty-four rounds at
the Red River Valley Debate tournament at Concordia college, Moor-head,
the 4th and 5th of this month.
Lee Kingsley placed first in the Men's Impromptu division, speaking
on current educational subjects Augustana, South Dakota State, and
North Dakota State followed in that order. No one from Bethel entered
oratory.
Those flood lights from the roof of Bethel's new library building
were not put there for gazing pleasure, but rather to aid in M-Day
operations which got underway last Friday evening when about 50
Bethelites turned out to move their library books out of crowded inches
into the new edifice.
Fellows lugged unresposive "stacks" across campus and gingerly
deposited them on the new (careful, don't scratch it!) inlaid linoleum
of that building.
A few individuals (like Bill Wright, the Heavier) attempted to raise
their personality quotients by appearing in white painters' caps and
dutifully carting books from the old habitat to the new.
To add to the gaiety of the atmosphere, a placard which someone
placed in the midst of vast piles of books suggested to all who entered,
"TAKE ONE." Evidently that person had failed to discern that the
books were being transferred in wooden hand-carts by the dozens.
Maneuvers were resumed Saturday morning, but students rested
from their labors occasionally to practice posture improvement. (You
know—you balance a book on top of your head, and—). The afternoon
shift tried volley ball when the going got rough. Of course, there was
plenty of work for all. It's just that you can't shelf books until you
have shelves to shelf them on, or some such thing.
Moving continued on Monday, and at chapel time students sat in
unbelief as Dean C. E. Carlson requested that they refrain from study-ing
until Tuesday. The library was expected to be ready to receive them,
then, when seized by their more studious moods.
NA Baptist YP Hold
Annual Banquet
February 26
The Annual North American
Baptist (formerly German) Young
Peoples' Banquet will be held in
the Riverview Baptist church on
Saturday, Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m.
Rev. W. Gerthe of Hutchinson,
Minnesota, will present a challenge
for Christian service. Anyone in-terested
may receive tickets from
John Adam or Bob Stassen for one
dollar.
The Battle of the Books
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I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day,
I'd rather one should walk with me than merely show the way,
The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear;
Fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear;
And the best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds,
For to see the good in action is what everybody needs.
And the lectures you deliver may be very wise and true;
But I'd rather get my lesson by abserving what you do.
For I may misunderstand you and the high advice you give,
But there's no misunderstanding how you act and how you live.
—Edgar A. Guest
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THE CLARION
Monday, February 14, 1949
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MINNIMMENIM■•■■
Sorry, but this had to happen
some time. Any similarity of the
following names to names of Beth-el
students or Clarion readers is
purely coincidental. (Well, maybe
just purely.)
Roy: "I'm thinking of asking
some girl to marry me. What do
you think of the idea?
Joan : "It's a great idea, if you
ask me."
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Dan: "I hear Cupid almost got
you last night."
Avis: "Yes, I had an arrow es-cape."
Smith: "A man who sings at the
top of his voice for an hour each
day won't be troubled by chest
complaints in his old age."
Thompson: "He probably won't
even be troubled by old age."
a a a
Bob S.: "How are you getting
along in college?"
Roy D.: "Oh, I'm as famous as
Napoleon."
Bob S.: "How come?"
Roy D.: "I went down in his-tory."
Dear Editor,
The last issue of the Clarion con-tained
a complaint in its editorial
columns protesting the methods of
producing leadership on our cam
pus. Or, was it a protest against
the present leadership? I find it
difficult to discern which. If it
was the former, I say, "Bravo", for
it seems that our idle student body
is awakening to its responsibilities.
If it was the latter, then the writ-ter
of the editorial literally squan-dered
seven inches of good reading
space before registering his com-plaint.
Let us consider the problem of
student leadership in the light of
the above mentioned editorial. The
writer says: THERE HAS BEEN
A TENDENCY ON THE CAMPUS
TO COMPLAIN ABOUT LEADER-SHIP
AND ELECTIONS ! If this
is true the voice of dissatisfaction
must be a mere whisper, else some-thing
would be done about this
evil. He then states: LEADER-SHIP
OF ALMOST EVERY OR-GANIZATION
HAS BEEM IN THE
HANDS OF A RELATIVELY
SMALL NUMBER! I believe a
more careful inquiry of campus
organizations and their officers
would disprove this statement.
Further, in those cases where
there is some overlapping in
leadership it is because these in-dividuals
have proven their leader-ship
qualities and are WILLING to
SACRIFICE their time for the
benefit of the student body. Then
the writer says: ONE OF THE
BASIC REASONS FOR THIS SIT-UATION
LIES IN OUR NOMINA-gs,
04,04s0.04.~~040.
Chapel Quotes
"God is • more concerned with
what I am than with what I do.
For when I live for Him, the doing
will come out of the.- living."
—Rev. Theodore Epp
"Whatever we put into our
spiritual life, we are going to get
out of it."
—Dr. Platt
a a a
"Life is one thing and one thing
only. It is a totality. There is no-thing
we do that is not in the con-text
of our Christian lives . .. We
ought to beware of the sin of our
age, the affliction of duality."
—John Purvis Woods
"There are some things that God
does suddenly. There are other
things that God does slowly and
deliberately. The sudden things are
startling. The slow things are for
our chastening and correction . . .
Beware of the short cuts, as a rule
they are not of God ... The minis-try
of the church is the slow one
of getting souls converted."
—Gene Johnson
"If the things of the world call
us to go all out, should we not
so much the more go all out for
the things of God, knowing that
these are supreme; knowing that
these are of abiding value."
—Rev. Platt
TION AND ELECTION SYSTEMS!
With this thought I am in com-plete
accord. We need a new
system! BUT, until someone is
WILLING to put forth the requir-ed
thought and energy to create
and innaugerate a better method,
the old order will have to suffice.
There IS a complaint concern-ing
campus leadership as was sug-gested
by this editorial. Undoubted-ly
there are many students on our
campus capable of leadership, but
there are few WILLING to exhibit
these qualities. When asked to run
for some office the students' usual
reply is, "I'm too busy." A WILL-ING
nominee for office is a rare
person indeed.
The charge that ALMOST
EVERY OFFICER IS NOMINAT-ED
BY A RELATIVELY SMALL
GROUP OF STUDENTS AND AS
A RESULT THE SAME STUD-ENTS,
FEW IN NUMBER, ARE
NOMINATED FOR MOST ELEC-TIONS,
is a serious indictment of
the student body. If this condition
exists, it is evident that the stud-ent
body for the most part is only
TOO WILLING to shift the burden
to a few.
Where are the leaders on our
campus that have been left un-used?
Let them come forth! There
is much work to be done!!
David Osterberg
WILMA SWANSON said that she
thought the attendance really
hasn't been too good but if the
meetings had more advance notice
probably more would come out.
There are quite a few students
who go home over week-ends and
Are unable to attend the activities
of the societies, so HAROLD NEL-SON
gave the suggestion of having
the meetings on a different even-ing
of the week.
"Our societies are too new yet
to pass any judgment on them,"
said PATTY POPE. "But the fut-ure
of them looks quite promising
especially if we know about the
meetings far enough in advance to
make plans to come."
ARLEN SVARE said he's in
favor of collegiate societies but
they haven't enough activities.
Also, they should play a bigger
part in college life, not be in the
background of the picture.
CHAR EKBERG admits nothing
much has been accomplished so far
in our societies but the future
plans are good.
When BEN ASPLUND was ap-proached
on the subject, he merely
replied, "How can you expect a
bright answer from a dull charac-ter?"
Just one more word, Come out to
the meetings and give your society
a chance to prove itself. It will be
no better than its members.
Such is the picture of the strug-gle.
Some may say that it is indeed
unfortunate that such a struggle
is taking place. Maybe? However,
the electorate is .fortunate in
having this fight in the open and
not behind closed doors as so often
is the case when decisions are in
the making that affect the whole
nation. With the struggle in the
open, public opinion shall have an
opportunity to make itself felt. The
needs of the people will get a less
biased hearing.
Undoubtedly the party will
emerge stronger for the fight,
ready to be a vital force in deter-mining
American political action.
—J. M. Dalian
I don't claim to be any authority
on fellow's attire—but I've had a
little fun lately comparing the way
men dress to puctuation marks.
For instance, there is the "comma"
—the conventional type who is al-ways
in style but never wears
flashy outs. The opposite of him is
the "exclamation point"—the snap-py
dresser. The only one to out
do him is the "dash." Fun—huh?
Try it sometime.
Another thing I've noticed about
Bethel students is the notebooks
they carry. A good share of the
students are proudly displaying
their school banner on the loose
leaf notebooks purchased in the
.coffee shop. But have you seen how
some individuals race merrily
down the halls, leaving a trail of
scratch paper, class notes, and
precious assignments fluttering
from the folds of their notebooks?
These students, unfortunately have
taken the loose-leaf idea to ser-iously.
I'm wondering what the girls
of Bodien are going to use as an
excuse for their marks this quarter
since the new dorm rules were to
take care of all study difficulties?
a ,
The oldie "flunk early and avoid
the rush" is a bit worn out after
all the mid-quarters, do try this
F ierce lessons
L ate hours
U nprepared, assignments
N o notes
K nowl•dge gone.
—Jo Anne Jensen
This is Founder's Week. We cer-tainly
welcome all visitors on our
campus—pastors and friends from
our churches.
We do pray and trust that every
session shall bring added blessings
to all who can be present.
We remember Dr. Alexis Edgren
these, days, the founder of our
Seminary in 1871—but we would
look above and beyond his face to
the face of the Christ he served.
We recall the story of his con-version
as a sailor boy. In his
bunk asleep during a snowstorm
he dreamt that.as he was going to
a worldly place of amusement in
Sweden he saw an earthquake
crawling toward him with its ser-pentine
fire. It was clearly about
to destroy the place for which he
was bound and seemingly would
also envelop him. He tried hard to
avoid it, but could not. Then he
cried to God. But in the dream,
nevertheless, it burned his side.
He awake with a start and
leaped from his bunk—but he could
still feel the heat of the burn. He
examined his body, but saw no
scar. He . ran to the deck — and
there in the night, in the storm he
cried to God and was saved.
His dream had been to become a
great navigator, and he attained
unto that dream, passing examina-tions
with the highest honor and
finally commanding battle ships in
the Civil War in America. But
there was a call that was "higher
far descended" and deeper still in
his heart. It was the call to the
Gospel ministry.
And so at the peak of his pro-minence
and against the , earnest
advice of high navy officials, he
resigned and gave himself to
preach the everlasting Gospel of
the Son of God.
He helped found the Bethel
Seminary in Stockholm, Sweden,
and then our Seminary' in Chicago.
He was a brilliant scholar, a great
linguist, a scientific thinker, an
artist, but also a great theologian;
and, above all, a humble servant
of ,the Christ.
Book at his likeness in our Semi-nary
hall and I think you will see
in that face something of the love
of God, the passion for souls, and
the very presence of Jesus Christ.
Shall we pray that Dr. Edgren's
Christ may be ours—in all His
fullness.
During Founder's Week we shall
be inspired by the memory of
those saints who through vision
and faith started the work which
has become the Bethel of today.
Even here we shall miss God's
fullest blessing if we only admire
their lives instead of learning from
them the secret of a victorious life.
We should be able to say of our
growth in grace what the Samari-tans
said of their first meeting
with Christ: "Now we believe, not
because of thy saying: for we have
heard him ourselves, and know
that this is indeed the Christ, the
Saviour of the world."
—Elving Anderson
Intellects Reflect
As we are all aware, collegiate societies were introduced on our
campus this fall. It was something new and promising for all the stud-ents.
What do you think of their progress up-to-date? As societies, they
haven't really started any real progress as of yet but some good plans
have been laid. But, wait, let's see what some of the kids think.
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By President Wingblade
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Politics
Republican Conflict
WHY IS THERE A STRUGGLE within the ranks of the Republican
party leaders today? There exist today wide differences of opinion be-tween
the so-called Old Guard and the Young Republicans. The struggle
was precipitated by the defeat of the party candidates at the last
election.
The questions Republican leaders are trying to settle are: First,
who is to run the party? What plan can be devised that will put
the party back in power? And which way should the party go on
policy? Shall it take a stand to accept much of the New Deal against
those who reject it.
In the internal struggle now youth is pitted aaginst age, Congress
against the National Committee, advocates of a strong Federal Govern-ment
against those who demand a return of many federal functions to
the states.
Meditation
Spectator Faith
Many people would rather watch an athletic event from the safe
distance of the bleachers than attempt to play the game on the field.
Almost as many are content to substitute the Christian experience of
others for a personal realization of God's grace.
The chapel services and prayer meetings at Bethel are not
meant to take the place of one's own daily commitment to our Lord.
If we permit that, we shall miss the center of God's purpose for us.
It will not be sufficient that we sum ourselves in the glow of the
revival experience of a fellow student. For the end of the school year
will bring us into situations where we are dependent upon God alone. If
we fail to establish this habit of trust now, we shall fall short in our
service for Him then.
read 33-10, Bethel leading.
The locallers added 10 points in
the third period to the Luther
teams 8, and at the close of the
third quarter Bethel still held the
lead 43-18. In the final quarter,
goals by Carlson, Sandberg, Unruh,
and Greenman totalled 11 points
for the Indians. Luther was held to
9 points and when the final horn
sounded, the Bethel team was out
in front 54-27.
Victory over this event gave the
Indians undisputed third place in
the Southern Minnesota Junior
College Conference.
Score by Periods
Team 1s 2 3 4
Bethel 12 33 43 54
Luther 4 10 18 27
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The next home basketball
game will be played with Con-cordia
on Thursday night, 24th
February, 1949, at the Macales-ter
Gym.
9ot Wiz Spo4/4111
by Roger Hedberg
Anyone can realize that the size of a basketball playing court has
a lot to do with the way ours or any other team plays. I'm sure that
you will definitely agree that you have enjoyed yourselves when you
have witnessed the Bethel home games at the Hamline Field House
where there is both adequate space for spectators and a proper size
playing floor. It will be more enjoyable when Bethel has their own
field house in which to carry on many sports activities. Bethel's "new
field house dream" is slowly but firmly changing from a dream into
a reality. The committee that is planning the fulfillment of the "dream"
has been taking the foundation steps that will bring such an addition
to Bethel Campus. They need student support.
Dry Goods
E. L. Brink Variety
1532 W. Larpenteur Ave.
Mi. 7849 St. Paul 8, Minn.
Bethel Bookstore
& Coffee Shop
—Where Students and Faculty
Meet Around the Coffee Cup
Morning, afternoon and evening
Monday, February 14, 1949 THE CLARION Page 3
Indians Play at Northwestern Tomorrow
ing their lead. At halftime, • the score
Greenman, Unruh
and Sandberg
Highest Scorers
Kenny Greenman, Indian Center,
Pete Unruh, Indian forward, and
LeRoy Sandberg, Indian Guard, are
the three leading scorers on the
Bethel cage team so far this sea-son.
Greenman takes first honors
by tossing in 51 field goals and 48
free throws for a total of 150
points. Unruh netted 28 field goals
and 24 free tosses to make his
total 80 points. Sandberg holds
third scoring honors by having hit
the net for 22 field goals and 10
charity tosses to give him a total
of 54 points.
The following is a list of the
statistics concerning each player
on the Indian team. The name
marked with (*) have left the
team since the beginning of the
season.
(through 2nd February, 1949)
Name Pos FG FT F TP
Greenman C 51 48 30 150
Unruh
28 24 24 80
Sandberg F 22 10 22 54
Dischinger G 12 19 36 43
*Eklof
18 7 17 43
*Molin 17 8 20 42
Schlader G 15 5 19 35
Carlson 10 3 14 23
Waage 5 5 10 15
Larson 3 7 20 13
*Swanson G
2 2 0 6
*Vance 2 0 2 4
*Rentz 0 1 1 1
*Skoog
0 1 0 1
-- —
Totals 189 141 216 519
Sports Sketch
Howard Carlson, 20-year-old jun-ior,
comes to us from Chicago.
Howie, as he is better known,
stands at 6-1, weighs 175 pounds,
has dark brown hair, and a very
pleasing personality.
During high school days Howie
attended Lane Technical high,
from which he graduated in 1945.
Here Howie was also active in
practically every phases of sports
including tennis, swimming, canoe-ing,
and intramural basketball:
Howie has always been very ac-tive
in youth work, and his out-standing
effort and capability has
well been proven through being
business manager and sports direc-tor
at the Christian Service Bri-gade
at Allgony, Mich. Howie also
held the position of chairman of
the summer assembly in Illinios
last summer.
Here at Bethel Howie has been
doing a great job at center, and
he is best known by his very ef-fective
hook shot.
Howie considers that the out-standing
phase of his athletic
career thus far was being a mem-berof
the Northwest Baptist
basketball quintet, as a guard, and
which won 21 games, and only
dropped one throughout the sea-son.
As to his future, Howie plans to
graduate from the college and
seminary here at Bethel majoring
in psychology and philosophy, and
then entering full time youth work.
Boys Team No. 3
Girls Team No. 5
Lead Intramural
Intramural basketball has been
underway for four weeks now. The
boys' teams have played a total
of twelve games, however, the
girls have played only four games
due to the postponement of their
games during examination week.
At the present time, team num-ber
2, of the boys' league, which
is captained by Willie Wessman,
is leading in the boys' tournament,
having won two games and lost
none.
In the girls' league, top honors
are shared by teams number 4 and
number 5, which are captained by
Corky Kortum and Lois Leaf, re-spectively.
Miss Kortum's team
has won 1 and lost no games, and
Miss Leaf's team has won two
games and lost none.
Team Standings
Boys League:
Team No. Won Lost
2 2 0
8 3 1
3 2 1
5 2 1
1 1 2
7 1 2
4 0 3
6 0 3
Girls League:
Team No. Won Lost
5
2
0
4
2
0
2
1
1
1
0
1
3
0
2
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Austin and Worthington are
tied for first place honors in the
Southern Minnesota Junior Col-lege
Conference. These statis-tics
are correct up through 5
February, 1949.
Team Won Lost Per.
Austin 7 0 1.000
Worthington 4 0 1.000
Bethel 4 2 .667
Bethany 4 4 .500
Rochester 3 4 .429
Concordia 1 6 .143
Luther 0 7 .000
Only Time Teams
Meet In Season
Tomorrow night the Bethel cag-ers
will encouter the cage quintet
of Northwestern Bible School of
Minneapolis. The non-conference
event will be played at Memorial
Hall on the Northwestern campus
at 8:15 p.m.
To reach Memorial Hall take the
Como-Harriet car going to Minne-apolis.
In downtown Minneapolis,
get off the car at Willow street
and walk to the left.
In the past two seasons, the two
teams have met four times, Bethel
winning 3 and lobing 1.
Probably Starting Lineups
Sandberg F Johnson
Unruh F Morley
Greenman C Cook
Dischinger G Fast
Schlader G Scot
Cage Standings
4 Wins, 7 Losses
Out of eleven games played so
far this season, the Bethel cagers
have won four and lost seven. All
four wins have been over con-ference
teams. In the conference
the Indians have won over Roches-ter,
Bethany, Concordia, and Lut-her.
All non-conference games were
lost, having been overpowered by
Northland, Brainerd, Superior State
and Wartburg. Two conference
games played against Austin were
lost by the Indians.
The Indians record of four wins
and two losses in Conference play
has given them undisputed third
place in the conference. Team
standings up to deadline time of
this issue are as follows:
Bethel 52, Northland 65
Bethel 42, Brainerd 50
Bethel 43, Superior State 74
*Bethel 47, Rochester 42
Bethel 41, Wartburg 56
*Bethel 46, Bethany 39
*Bethel 45, Austin 58
*Bethel 40, Austin 41
*Bethel 56, Concordia 45
Bethel 53, Northland 64
* * Bethel 54, Luther 27
* Conference Games
Bethel 54, Luther 27
In 6th Conference Tilt
On Tuesday, 1 February, 1949, the Indian cagemen were host to the
Luther Junior College quintet at the Hamline Field House and over-powered
the visitors by a score of 54-27. Kenny Greenman totaled 12
points to take high scoring honors for the Indians and substitute for-ward
Bud Waage obtained second honors by hitting the net for 11
markers.
Bethel took the lead at the opening of the first quarter when
Sandberg and Unruh made a free throw apiece and Greenman hit
the net for three straight goals. Luther was unable to break through
the Indian defense to score until six minutes of playing time had
gone by. A goal by Sandberg and two more charity tosses scored by
the Indians put Bethel out in front 12-4 at the end of the first period.
Again in the second quarter it took Luther almost five minutes to
break into the scoring column and meanwhile the Indians were widen-
Before Howie's entrance to Beth-el,
he attended North Park college
% in Chicago, where he was very ac-tive
in all types of youth work.
Howie also was a member of the
college acapella choir and sang in
the male quartet.
Per.
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Du Wayne Moline, who has been playing at a guard position on
the Bethel cage team has begun his ambition to serve a "hitch"
in the Navy. Three weeks ago, "Red" enlisted and shoved off for
Chicago, and is presently at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
The Indian's loss is the Navy's gain, however, DuWayne's leaving
definitely left a gap in the team that was not too easily filled.
The Bethel vs. Brainerd game that was scheduled last January
5th but was postponed due to weather conditions, will not be re-sched-uled
this season. It was decided between the two teams that they would
wait until next season before they meet again. Maybe the Brainerd team
remembers that in their game together earlier in the season, Bethel led
throughout the game even though Brainerd won in an overtime period.
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Even the profs must feel sorry for
us, though, because I heard Prof.
Russ Johnson say, "This test is
easy. Even I know the answers."
It seems this column has lost
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can't say I blame 'em. But then
there are some who say, "Sure, put
anything in about me that you
like." And from others, "Why
doesn't my name get in the Clar-ion?
I've done Just about every-thing
but stand on my head."
(That was Lucy Caskey, better
known as "Casey.") ...2•4■11.10
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Page 4
THE CLARION
Monday, February 14, 1949
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Dave Carlson
Attention, Mr. and Mrs. Bethelite . . . and anyone else at sea! The
proverbial bad penny always shows up so here I am. The ice-chippers
at work outside my house reminded me of all you kids hammering away
at your studies in the cloistered halls at Bethel. I would be following
the same pursuit but the glacial ice cap which has settled on this com-munity
has sent me into retirement under four quilts, electric blanket,
flannel sleepers and fur-lined ear muffs. Even my typewriter is equipped
with a defroster. Yes, it's really cold here in Minneapolis. How's the
weather down south in St. Paul?
Gone (temporarily) but not forgotten are Bethel days. But period-ically
we get pleasant reminders of ye alma mater in the form of Bethel
alumni roaming the University of Minnesota campus. Here are some
of these alumni in profile:
"From my experiments in the electroencephalographic method, I
have observed an inverse relationship between the echopraxia of the
schizophrenic and the manic-depressive psychotic phenomena of the
paranoic." These words floated out of the Psychology building the other
day as I passed by. The voice had a familiar Simon Legree tone to
it and as I investigated and saw the flowing blond mane and the horn-rimmed
goggles of the speaker, I recognized ex-editor Gordon Krantz.
He was delivering his weekly lecture to the faculty of the Psychology
department for which he receives only slight remuneration . . . straight
A's.
Cam Anderson can be found every Saturday and Monday night
during this quarter at the Field House. At least I've seen him there at
every basketball game so far. I can't remember ever running into him
in the library, though. I tried to figure out why but I couldn't think of
any good reason unless it was that I don't know where it is.
It happened in the Union yesterday. I was meandering down the
newly-waxed hall when a slap hit me on the back and sent me sliding
down the floor on my briefcase. I richocheted off the grand piano and
landed head first in the side pocket of some professor's coat in the
check room. After extricating myself and replacing my teeth, I looked
around for Leo Nomellini but guess who it was? Yep, there stood Wally
Olson grinning from 'ere to 'ere and when he said, "Hi," the only ap-propriate
remark I could think of was, "Lo" . . . and so I was.
Minnesota is the proud prossessor of a much-coveted trophy this
year. Last year this solid gold replica of Charles Atlas graced the
Wheaton trophy case after a year's stay at Bethel. It is known as the
Ralph Kolsrud Is A Member Of Our Student Body Trophy and it follows
this former bethelite in his academic wanderings. The swimming coach
here at Minnesota has "Koke" under his wing at present and Ralph is
really making quite a splash.
Probably the largest group of Bethel alumni at Gopherville is the
gang at The 516 House which claims four Bethelites and one Wheaton
graduate. True to tradition established by such illustrious alumni of the
house as Derf Fagerstrom, Wally Peterson, Bob Otto, Elving Anderson,
etc., the boys are indoctrinating themselves in the intricacies of meal
preparation. It remains to be seen how many survive this year bitt if
it is fairly successful, they will conduct a Homemaker's Institute next
fall. For further information regarding hiring these fellows as demon-strators,
chefs or husbands, contact Milton Paulson, Ken Carlson (spoken
for), Jim Nyquist, Lee Graber (Wheaton), or yours truly.
Marriage has some advantages, also, it seems. For instance, Bert
and Marty Rutan have found it quite practical, when register for the
same courses, to attend on alternate days. Thus, one studys while the
other one is in class taking notes. At the end of the quarter they in-corporate
their notes and study together. The result? Philosophy,A,
Anthropology—A, Japanese—A, etc. Of course, if your school is still
using the outmoded system of taking attendance, I wouldn't reccomend
trying the above procedure.
If any of you are interested in meeting any former Bethelites ob.
the Minnesota campus and you don't know where to begin finding tht,m,
may I suggest that you visit Chapel Hour in the Museum of Natural
History Auditorium any Thursday noon. There you will see such famous
alumni as Thomas Coleman, now breaking scholastic records as a pre-medic
. . . Charles Gustafson, resplendent in his Navy R.O.T.C. uni-form
. . . Earl Hoagberg with his good friend Catherine Nelson . . .
Herb Stromquist, wearing that haggard Library page look . . . Newton
Tweedy, radiant with the knowledge gained in Miss Shaw's Philosophy
class . . . Marjorie Norstrom and Joyce Hasselblad giving everybody
their usual cheery smile . . . and that exuberant example of an exas-perating
ex-Bethelite due to extenuating circumstances, Max Kershaw.
It may sould like a hodge-podge but we have some wonderful Christian
fellowship ,on campus with former Bethelites and the Lord is using
the Minnesota Christian Fellowship as a definite student witness for
Him.
Before I sign off, may I take this opportunity to congratulate the
Senior Class on the wonderful concert which they sponsored Friday,
January 14th. It was good music and the spiritual atmosphere was not
lacking. It was an all-around top performance presented in good taste.
This has been like Bethel's Dining Hall salads . . . a little bit of
everything . . . but I hope it has given you a glimpse of the Bethel
alumni in far-away Gopherville. After all, as Milton has so aptly put
it, "Variety is the salt and pepper of life." (Milton Paulson, that is).
Until that dreadful day when I am inspired to report alumni activities
again, I say, "Adjo", and hang my close on this line.
Cllay.e _y Hazel
Founder's Week is back with us again. The question is debatable
as to who enjoys it more, the students or the returning pastors. But
then maybe the Seminary students don't enjoy having their classes dis-missed,
and maybe we all don't look forward to some of "Ma" Olson's
extra special culinary works. (Harry Paney says he would just as soon
call this "Fine Food Week," but wouldn't want his wife to hear about it).
Seriously, though, it is a joy to see the familiar faces of "our
own" pastors, to greet them, and to ask them about the folks back
home. No doubt ministerial aspirants are given a lift by the presence
of these servants of the Lord, whose happiness is His service shines
forth in their jolly chatter as well as in their serious moments . . .
And how eagerly we await the inspiration of their stirring messages
is evidenced by the fact that many students are still talking about
the effects of last year's meetings upon their Christian lives.
Are you signing up for the new art class? Florence Nordstrom was
asking this question. She said, "I already have had my instruction in
Art." (Art Bergeson, no doubt.)
Bethel/de
Tatimanied
Nurses, making a proficient ap-pearance
before the public they
serve, have a spiritual side too.
Delores Mackey, Bethel Sophomore
on campus and nurse at Bethesda
a part of almost every day, takes
time out to give the following testi-mony
for our wonderful Lord.
"One of my most interesting ex-periences
in soul-winning occurred
while I was in nurses' training at
Chicago, Illinois. After several at-tempts
I succeeded in getting a
student nurse to go to church with
me. She was unsaved and I prayed
she might give her heart to the
Lord during the service. Conclud-ing
his message, the speaker gave
an invitation.
I wanted to ask my friend if she
would like to go forward, but it
was growing late in the evening
and I didn't have permission to
stay later than ten, although my
chum did. I prayed and decided the
salvation of a soul was more im-portant
than a reprimand. To-gether
we went forWard and the
girl was gloriously saved.
"Returning to the nurses' home
my companion was deeply con-cerned
that I had taken an extra
late in order to lead her to the
Lord. She was sure the Lord would
make amends for that if we would
ask Him, so we knelt and prayed
together. Later, when the lates
were totaled, I had a late coming
that I had forgotten about. Within
a few weeks the Lord had saved a
soul and answered her first peti-tion."
Delores, who is preparing for
missionary service in Japan, said
further, "The Lord has always
been very patient in all His deal-ings
with me and I praise Him for
the way He has worked in my life.
Recently I Thess. 5:24 has become
very precious."
Introducing:
Mary Lindstedt
Spire Editor
As you are eagerly persuing your
new '48 - '49 Spire this spring you
will not realize perhaps, that way
back in February work on its pub-lication
was well under way. But
there is one fellow on campus who
is very well aware of the fact and
whose main concern right now
in getting that Spire out before
you leave school this year. Bethe-lites,
meet your Spire editor, Mar-win
Lindstedt!
Marwin, a sturdy 5' 11" with
light brown hair and friendly light
brown eyes, is a Seminary Junior
and graduate of the Junior College.
Besides editing the Spire, his pre-sent
activities include Student
Council, Clarion reporter, and Male
Chorus membership. In bygone
years—the last two, that is—Mary
has been president of the Swedish
Club and Assistant Editor of the
Clarion. With four years yet to go,
Mary imagines he will begin to
feel as much a part of the school
as its buildings by the time he is
finally through.
His interests and talents along
a musical line have furnished Mary
with not only a great deal of plea-sure
but have been of practical
value also, helping to put him
through school. -So his duties as
church organist and choir director
at the First Evangelical Free
Church round out his full schedule
of activities.
Strictly imported stuff, Mary
was born in Harbin, Manchuria, of
missionary parents. He has been
around the world twice and has
nine crossings of the Pacific and
two crossings of the Atlantic to
his credit. Home for Mary has
long been wherever he hangs his
hat, although Chicago has some
rightful claim to him, since his
present church home is there. He
hopes to make the H a gst rom
Apartments (better known as the
Married Couple's Dorm) his home
this next year and share it with
Ruth Anderson whose last name
he plans to change to Lindstedt
this summer.
Further plans for the future are
concentrated upon the foreign mis-sion
field, where Mary intends to
work among the Russians, carry-ing
to them the wonderful Gospel
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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