DEEPER LIFE
APRIL 4-8
Beiltea School
"Gloria" and "Inky" from a picnic scene in "Dear Old Dad."
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If you haven't paid for your
Spire photo, please do so im-mediately.
See Marwin Lind-stedt,
John Balian, Bob Stassen,
or drop into the Spire Office
(room 14 in library building) in
the afternoon.
Alexis Discusses
Minister's Money
An interesting subject was pre-sented
at the Alexis meeting, Tues-day,
March 15. It was appropriate-ly,
"The Minister's Personal
Finance."
Walton Johnson presented "The
Minister's Budget," dealing not
with percentages, but in general
principles to guide the minister's
spending. Harold Dark dealt with
"The Minister's Income"should he
try to supplement it. Mr. Dark
drew from his personal experience
in a small country church.
George Johnson presented "The
Minister's Insurance." He told
something of the M. & M. Insur-ance
of the Northern Convention,
of the Presbyterian Minister's
Fund, and of the Security Mutual.
"Let Your Conversation
Be As Becometh the
Gospel" Phil. 1:27
Vol. XXVII I—No. 11
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Friday, March 25, 1949
Debaters Successful At Delta Sigma Rho
Opening Night For Comedy Choruses Plan Kingsley and Christenson Place
Set For Next Thursday Annual Tour Fourth in Seven Undefeated Teams
Bethel tied the University of Minnesota for fourth place in the Delta
Sigma Rho National Speech Tournament held at the University of Wis-consin
last week end. There were ninety-two teams, fifty-eight in the
senior division, from thirty-six schools entered.
The Delta Sigma Rho Organization is composed primarily of large
state universities, including the big nine who were all present at the
meet.
For Spring
For the first time in the history
of Bethel, three choruses are going
to go on tour. The Girls' Chorus is
the first one to leave, and will be
followed after Easter by the Male
Chorus. The Chapel Choir will go
during the first part of May. All
three groups will remain in the
Mid-vest, but they will range from
the Duluth area in the north to
Kansas in the south.
Definite itineraries have not been
announced as yet, but the general
areas to be covered are pretty well
settled. The Chapel Choir will tour
northern Minnesota. The Girls'
Chorus will sing in southern Min-nesota,
Iowa, and Illinois. The Male
Chorus will appear in the Colorado,
Kansas, Nebraska area.
Four Teams
Enter Hir Meet
This Saturday four teams of the
debate squad -ntsr the "B"
tournament at River Falls State
Teachers College, Wisconsin to de-bate
the current topic of Federal
Aid to Education.
John Balian and Henry Peterson,
Louis Nelson and Bob Gilquist,
Delmar Dahl and Harold Lind, and
Clara Leggett and Margaret Shef-fler
will compose the four teams.
Charles Germany and Bob Daley
will act as student judges for this
tournament.
Rev. C. Nelson
Deeper Life
Week Speaker
April 4 of this year will find the
Rev. Clarence Nelson, president of
Minnehaha Academy, on our cam-pus
to bring a series of Deeper
Life messages for one week.
Dealing as he does with about
500 young people each school year,
and having spent many years
studying philosophy, besides hav-ing
had 18 years of experience as
pastor of Salem Covenant church
in Minneapolis, Rev. Nelson is well
qualified to minister to the spirit-ual
needs of Bethel students.
A keen scholar, he has done
much to make Minnehaha one of
the outstanding Christian high
schools in the world.
Special music for Deeper Life
week will be supplied by student
talent. It is hoped that all mem-bers
of the faculty and student
body will be much in prayer for
this time of spiritual refreshing.
Deeper Life week is sponsored by
Bethel's religious council.
German Band
Scores Again
The German club scored another
hit with the students of the campus
and especially those visiting pros-pect's
last Friday, March 18th. A
special feature was the accomplish-ed
German band which shook the
dishes in their racks with the blast
of instruments of the windy brand.
Pete Unruh heads up the band
which he calls his "Windy Won-ders."
An international quartette of
Swedish, French, German, and
Greek students respectively blend-ed
to a group of German songs.
Bill Wright gave a reading "Mid
a Cherman Aggsent." Marilyn
Erickson sang a solo. Glen Enos,
who would pass very easily for a
member of the Blond Aryans, re-sponded
with the devotional por-tion
of the program.
Approximately ninety people
were served the oriental dish
"Chow Mein." Of the entire group
it is estimated that about one third
of the number constituted pros-pective
students.
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March 25—Chapel Choir Banquet
29—Spanish Club
31—Play, "Dear Old Dad"
April 1—Collegiate socities
2—Play, "Dear Old Dad',
4-8—Deeper Life week
Lee Kingsley and Harold Chris-tenson
defeated Albion, the Univer-sity
of Wisconsin, Whitewater and
Wayne. Charles Germany and Bob
Daley defeated Creighton Univer-sity
of Omaha, and lost to the Uni-versity
of Chicago, DePauw, and
Eau Claire State Teachers. DePauw
rated highest of the seven unde-feated
teams and was followed by
Purdue.
Christenson and Kingsley totaled
17 points of a possible 20 in win-ning
four debates. Germany and
Daley totaled 16 points of 20 win-ning
one.
Christenson rated 17, Kingsley
16, Germany 16, Daley 14 of a pos-sible
20 individual points on speak-ing,
logic, etc.
The squad also entered discus-sion,
the topic being Civil Libert-ies.
Germany and Kingsley also en-tered
news casting.
Spire Nears
Completion !
With the Spire somewhat behind
schedule, the editorial staff is
using every available moment to
get the book to the printer in time.
Several bottlenecks have been over-come,
and several yet remain to
be solved. But the editor is still
expecting to get the yearbook out
on schedule, according to latest
reports.
Advance reports of the Spire in-dicate
that it will be better than
ever, and bigger than ever. An at-tempt
is being made to cover as
much as possible of all student
activities on the campus this year.
Due to the fact that Bethel's
four-year program is noW function-ing,
the scope of extra-curriculars
has increased appreciably. Thus,
the activities section of the book
will be one of the main ones.
Bethel Talent
Being Indexed
The Student Council extra-cur-ricular
survey was begun Monday
with a staff of twenty-four inter-viewers.
They spend fifteen min-utes
with each student helping him
to get a complete, accurate picture
of his talents and interests, and
where they can best be used in the
extra- curricular program.
Forms which were placed in the
postoffice boxes on Friday are
brought to the interview complete,
ly filled out to cut down the time
actually spent In the interview.
Any students who have not sign-ed
the chart on the bulletin board
for a time of interview are asked
to do so immediately for Thursday
or Friday. Every student's coopera-tion
is needed.
The scene are now set for the Junior Class presentation of "Dear
Old Dad," to be given on the evenings of March 31 and April 2 at eight
o'clock in the college chapel.
Einer Osterberg will take the leading role of Mr. Bostrom;
Helen Olson will play Mrs. Bostrom; Bob Daley, John; Shirley Hed-berg,
Barbara; and Teddy Johnson, Junior; Jim Hubbard will pro-tray
Oscar Gunnerholt, a family friend.
Starring in the comedy flashbacks are Delores Olson as the maid;
Mary Jane Daley, the matron; Shirley Daley, Barbara Kleinfelter, and
Pat Woodhouse, nurses; Lois Leaf, Ginny Hanson, and Mike Eastman,
cheerleaders; Neil Pike and 011ie Ohsberg, students; Janet Widen as
Miss Florence Price; Nancy Oman as Minnie Johnson; Char Ekberg
as Gladys Rundquist; Paul. Thompson as Ed Viren; Dick Nelson as Inky
Olson; Lois Mitchell as Hannah; Danny Nordgren, a soldier; and Marilyn
Fredrickson, a student.
Rehearsals have been held twice, daily, and the cast is preparing
to present a program that is sure to keep the audience amused. An
encouraging spirit of cooperation has prevailed throughout. Very
early in the preparations several new members were added to the
production staff.
011ie Ohsberg, who won a key in dramatics during his senior year
at Westminster college, has taken up the responsibilities of Assistant
Director. This entails the construction of stage properties, a share in
directing, planning, and the hundred and one details that go into the
making of a production of this sort.
Gordon Carlson, who gained much of his knowledge of lighting
during his high school years in Chicago, has developed an intricate
system for use in "Dear Old Dad." Through it he will 'be able to obtain
shades and tones which were scarcely imagined possible in a lighting
system as limited as ours.
Another of the highlights of the evening will be the music which
had been arranged and directed especially for the performance. The
Bethel Male Quartet and the Chapel Choir Octette will lend atmos-phere
to the setting with songs well loved by the students of that
day.
Tickets may be obtained from Bob Nelson and ticket committee, or
from any member of the cast. Students are requested to attend on open-ing
night, Thursday, March 31, to allow the ministers and young people
of the Twin Cities to attend the Saturday night performance. If you are
unable to do so you may purchase tickets for the Saturday performance.
Come early in order to get a good seat, you won't regret it!
Politics
Senate Filibuster
A SIGNIFICANT BATTLE took place recently in the United States
Senate in the form of a filibuster by the Dixie senators. The American
College Dictionary defines the word filibuster as: " a member of a
minority in a legislative assembly who resorts to irregular or obstructive
tactics to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to
force a decision almost unanimously disliked." The irregular tactics em-ployed
in this filibuster were taking endlessly; simply talking on any
subject and topic pertinent to the immediate question at hand or not, to
keep the floor.
The question before the Senate that precipitated the filibuster was
the proposed rule change that would permit limitation of debate on any
subject by a two-thirds majority of senators voting. The Southern sena-tors
were angry over the Truman Civil Rights program and consequently
battled to prevent a rule weakening the filibuster as a weapon. If they
had given way to it their chances
of halting passage of the Civil
Rights bill would have been greatly
lessened.
Another effect of this rule change
would be to greatly restrict the
"We must do more than simply power of minority groups of sena-have
a profession. We must live tors to block measures unfavOrable
Christ, and present to the world a to them.
portrayal of Christian living that This possibly could have a more
promotes the power of God." far-reaching effect than the Civil
—Dean E. Omark Rights program becaus' opportuni-
* ty to exercise political power by a
"Full time Christian service minority group is related to the
should start the moment we accept ultimate treatment minority groups
Jesus Christ. We need to be in His receive at the hands of the majori-service
every-moment of the day." ty.
—Dr. Wahl A change of rule in this matter
* * would have been a turing point in
"It is all right to sing and to American senatorial proceedings.
rejoice when the road is smooth, It shall be interesting to observe
but when the night time comes and the manner in which the filibuster
in the time of trouble, the real test and civil rights program are re-comes."
solved during the remainder of the
—C. Howard Smith
congressional session.
Chapel Quotes
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THE CLARION Friday, March 25, 1949
4,-G0,63RIOM Meditation
It is well to remember that "out
They say professors are supposed
to be absent minded, so it could
be that they forget what they have
presented. A professor once spent
a lot of time figuring out why pro-fessors
are absent-minded. He for-got
the answer.
Sounds like complaint week.
They say the average straphangers
complaint is one of long standing.
Here's one that should be taken
care of. Seems that the Seminary
is being overlooked some in the
building program. If all the stud-ents
on campus would chip in
about three dollars each, we could
install an organ in the Seminary
chapel.
If any of you are in the sem.
building about three o'clock any
afternoon you'll hear the familiar
cry, "Volley Ball." Two seconds
later the stairway is a mad scram-ble,
and the next hour the battle
rages. Prior to that another gang
tangle is a combination football
basketball game. They claim a
record of an injury in every game.
And yet 'Four Horse' is the Beth-el
Special And never miss "Twist-shot'
Eric is the unofficial champ-ion.
Closing on the basketball note,
my prediction of the Lords-lads
basketball game score can be made
even before the game is started.
It'll be nothing to nothing.
I'll close with a little literature,
from Hamlett: "Treat every man
after his just dessert, and he shall
have his whipping cream."
by Morrie Engstrom
Whee! Final exam week of the second quarter is history, and the
problem now is how to get through those that are coming up next
quarter. Speaking of exams, why don't wbe get that window fixed in
the lecture room of the seminary. During the Introduction to New
Testament exam there would be some loud groanings as soon as every-one
left the room. Guess everyone studied the wrong material. Happens
in every course, doesn't it?
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Xbe Runner
Forgetting the things behind me,
And forward turning my eyes,
I reach for the things before me
And press toward the mark for the
prize.
For why should I think of pleasure
Or pain forevermore gone?
I turn my face to the future,
Through tempest and sun I go on!
The yesterdays came and vanished,
I ne'er shall know them again;
Their dreams are now true —. or
faded—
Why think of the yesterdays then?
So squarely I face the future,
(There opportunty lies!)
I gird my loins for the struggle
And press toward the mark for the
prize!
.234. Keva!don's Pickete
The official unveiling of the
painting of the late Dr: Karl J.
Karlson will take place at
Omaha, Nebraska, in June at
the annual meeting of the Gen-eral
Baptist Conference.
The portrait, painted by Roy
E. Swanson, will then hang in
the Seminary.
of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaks." Christ tells us
plainly that what we say really
matters. "I tell you, on the day
of judgment men will render ac-count
for every careless word they
utter; for by your words you will
be justified and by your words you
will be condemned."
It is not enough to know when
to speak or what to say; we must
know how to express a worthy
thought. Too often our baby-talk
reveals our mental and spiritual
immaturity, years after we should
have given up our childish ways.
It could be possible, too, that we
have developed a very finished
style and even speak as with the
tongues of angels, but still sound
like clanging cymbals because we
do not have love to back up our
words.
Speaking involves the heart and
the mind as well as the tongue. It
is possible by God's help to develop
the true art of speaking by follow-ing
tne admonition found in Colos-sians
4:6, "Let your speech be
always with grace, seasoned with
salt, that ye may , know how ye
ought to answer every man."
Each morning prayer might well
include a plea for help that we may
know when and how to speak
wisely, that we may be identified
as belonging to Christ.
—Effie V. Nelson, Dean of Women
Beate/eie
7e4tionafrile4
Jim Rehnberg, Seminary junior,
gave the following testimony in the
sem chapel.
"Before the close of school last
year, I put in my application to
study in France during the summer
under the G. I. Bill. A little later
I learned I had been accepted and
the government would pay for my
schooling and maintenance. How-ever
I must pay for transportation.
That seemed to settle the matter
because I just didn't have $300.
"Rev. Willard Samuelson offered
to put me in charge of all our
Eastern Baptist Summer Camps in
the Bridgeport, Connecticut area. I
decided to accept the offer, but
when I reached Bridgeport a spec-ial
delivery letter containing $300
was waiting for me and I knew God
wanted me in France for the sum-mer.
"Seeing the spiritual needs in
France I realizea the Lord wanted
me in missionary work, but I came
back to Bethel in the fall still not
knowing where God wanted me.
After hearing mesages on Africa, I
felt definitely called to that field.
On a Wednesday night I prayed
that God would call my fiancee,
Doris, to Africa also if that was
His will.
"The following Friday I received
a letter from Doris saying she had
heard a missionary from Africa
the same Wednesday night that I
had been praying. The message
touched her heart and she felt
sure we would be working in
Africa someday."
AH, SPRING! In spring a young
man's fancy turns to love. So they
say. Can't say that I've noticed
much of a change on our campus.
Maybe it's too early to tell. (That's
as good as an excuse as any, I
guess.)
Spent the major part of the brief
vacation we had after finals think-ing
what an improvement it would
make in our school system if the
professors took the finals instead
of the students. It has become ap-parent
that the average program of
events of a student does not permit
time for him to study for finals.
It would be possible for students
to study, but in doing this they
would lose much valuable time
which is ordinarily spent on base-ball,
sleeping, and dating. In talk-ing
this over with Prof. Woods, he
chuckled to himself and said, "I'm
afraid it wouldn't bother me any.
You see, my English students have
given me a wealth of knowledge in
the themes they have handed in.
I think I could pass the exams
without any trouble."
* a *
Say, by the way, have YOU ever
tried writing a column? Well, don't.
For instance you are always on the
lookout for items like this one.
Three men wanted three indivi-dual
hotel rooms, but because there
was only one room left they con-sented
to take that one. Each man
paid the manager $10. a total of
$30. Later, discovering that the
roomwas only $25, the managed
gave the bellboy $5 to return to
the men. The bellboy gave each
man $1 back and kept $2 for him-self.
Thus each man paid $9. Three
time $9 is $27. This plus the bell-boy's
two dollars makes a total of
$29. Now where may I ask, is that
other dollar?
* * *
Here's a little note of widom:
"Love is like a chocolate Sundae.
It starts out sweet, then gets gooey,
and ends up nuts." How true.
—Jo Anne Jensen
I am sure that we rejoice to-gethei
in the fine progress mani-fested
on our campus—physically,
intellectually and spiritually.
We know that when we visit a
home we may be samewhat im-pressed
with the red stone front,
the lovely rooms and the well
chosen furniture — pictures and
books.
But we all recognize that that
alone would not make a home. It
takes personality and heart and
love to make a home.
Somewhat so it is with a school.
The visitor may be impressed with
this and that of progress, but he
will soon catch the spirit of the
place if there is a spirit. And that
really cannot be taught--it must
b? caught.
Well, we believe we have that
at Bethel. As we cross the campus,
smiles of geniality and kindliness
meet us everywhere. Visiting rela-tives
and friends testify to that
over and over again.
The leading nations of the world
are tragically fighting a cold war
today. And it tends to freeze "the
genial spirit of the soul." We need
the warmth of divine love to break
and melt it all down. We do believe
that Bethel has something of that
warmth and that contribution.
We extend a hearty welcome to
visitors on the campus these days.
May they see us in action at our
every day best, and may they go
back to their homes and schools
with the conviction that Bethel is
indeed the House of God.
Robert Louis Stevenson, who in
his illness of fourteen years never
knew a day without pain, leaves to
us from his victorious life this
recipe and prayer:
"If I have faltered, more or less
In my great task of happiness;
If I have moved before my race,
And showed no shining morning
face-
0 Lord, Thy most pointed pleasure
take,
And stab my spirit broad awake."
Christian Speech
Few of us realize how much our silence or our speaking betrays
us. There are not many who have earned the reputation of being in-dividuals
of few words. Most of us speak more than is necessary. There
are times when it is better not to say one word.
The third chapter of Ecclesiastes tells us that "to every thing there
is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven, . . . a time
to keep silence and a time to speak." James advises us to "be swift to
hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
It is one thing to know when to speak, but it is also of great im-portance
to know what to say. How sad it is that in many Christian
groups the subjects of conversation- consist mainly of trifles, or even
worse, there may be filthy stories which have no place in any res-pectable
company.
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By President Wingblade
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Morrie's Glories
Our Help Is Solicited In
American Red Cross Drive
AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN ON THE BETHEL CAMPUS AND
IN YOUR HOME COMMUNITY you are a part of the American National
Red Cross. In the past we have seen the results of the work of the Red
Cross.
Those of you who were overseas during the war have seen a side
of the Red Cross that was in some eases not up to its usual high stand-ard.
But, we on the home front have seen the splendid work that has
been done and is being done by the Red Cross.
When disaster strikes it is the Red Cross that is on the scene work-ing,
helping, and fighting to alleviate human suffering. There are many
fields in which they work. There most outstanding programs are the
Disaster Services; the Home Nursing Program; the Junior Rer Cross;
and the National Blood Bank Program.
If you have read your daily newspapers you know that this year
there is a greater need for the Red Cross to be prepared. Nebraska,
Iowa, and other states in the area 'near the Platte River or the Missouri
River know only too well that the coming spring thaw means flood.
Here on the Bethel campus we have set aside March 16, 17 and 18
as Red Cross days. Have you done your part in this opportunity for
service to your community, to your nation, and to the world? You can
help through the American Red Cross.
—Jim Hubbard, Student Red Cross Committee Chairman
Greenman Wins
Scoring Honors
With 296 Points
Now that the basketball season
is over with and the official point
totals have been added up, the
Clarion Sports Department an-nounces
that Kenny Greenman has
totaled 296 points for the season
making him the highest individual
scorer on the Indian cage team.
Kenny has scored portions of this
total while playing all three posi-tions
of forward, center, and guard.
The eft handed "hook shot" and
his hard driving-lay-in shot, are
the two shots that netted Kenny
the most points.
The following statistics are taken
from ,the official score book for
the season, however, they do not
include the game played against
the Agricultural School of Minne-sota
University, nor the recent
game played over Prospective
Student days week- end.
Name Pos. FG FT F TP
Greenman G 110 76 53 296
Unruh F 42 45 40 129
Sandberg F 48 18 54 114
Schlader G 40 11 42 91
Carlson C 37 12 35 86
Dischinger F 21 33 62 75
*Eklof C 18 7 17 43
*Moline G 17 8 20 42
Larson G 11 14 41 36
Waage F 11 9 19 31
*Swanson G 2 2 0 6
*Vance F 2 0 2 4
*Rentz G 0 1 1 1
*Skoog F 0 1 0 1
— — —
Totals 359 237 386 955
*Players who left the team early
in the season.
Bethel 52 — Northland 65
Bethel 42 — Brainerd 50
Bethel 43 — Sup. 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
* Bethel 48 — Luther 30
* Bethel 58 — Bethany 38
Bethel 45 — N. W. Schools 49
Bethel 46 — Waldorf 45
* Bethel 46 — Worthington 58
* Bethel 70 — Concordia 49
*Bethel 57 — Rochester 61
Bethel 75 — Sioux Falls 76
*Conference games
Total Points Scored 955
Total Opponents Points 967
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Bethel 9 — Sup. State 29
Bethel 19 — Rochester 24
Bethel 38 — Bethelehem Bapt. 22
Bethel 59 — Bethany "B" 13
Bethel 22 — Bethlehem Bapt. 19
Bethel 38 — Bethlehem Bapt. 22
Bethel 43 — C'hicago Ave. Stags 27
Bethel 28 — Luther 31
Bethel 28 — Luther 47
Bethel 40—Bethany "B" 27
Bethel 36 — Chicago Ave. Stags 37
Bethel 31 — Alumni 32
Bethel 46 — Northcentral B. I. 30
Bethel 56 — Calvary Baptist 30
Total Points Scored 478
Total Opponents Points 402
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Intramura Basketball Leagues End Season
Taking a rest during a time out period in the Sioux Falls game are
Indian players from left to right Dischinger, Coach Edwards, Schlader,
Greenman, Sandberg and H. Carlson.
All-Stars Win Coffee
Cup Contest, 69-51
The intramural All-Stars dished out a neat basketball lesson to the
Faculty squad, 69-51, in the Second Annual Coffee Cup Game, played
before 200 cheering fans in the College gymnasium Monday night, March
21st.
This marked the second defeat for the teachers in this event, but
much credit must be given to their fine team that- put up a game battle.
The teachers were led in scoring by Wally Peterson, who was also high-point
man for the event totalling 15 points scored on 6 baskets and 3
free throws. Coach Edwards and Bob Sandin also shared scoring honors
with 11 points each.
Roy Johnson and Harold Nelson sparked the All-Stars, scoring 13
points each. Ed Eklof and Hagstrom followed with 11 and 10 points
respectively. The Stars took the lead late in the first quarter on some
accurate free throw shooting. From that point on, the All Stars never
relinquished their lead although the teachers threatened on several
occasions.
Although the professors did not gain victory, they did get the eats.
Between the third and fourth quarters, loyal faculty women came to
the rescue of their heroes with a light lunch served In the best of fash-ion
including the finger bowls. However helpful it might have been, this
brief repast fell short of a faculty victory.
In the preliminary game, Sir Sandberg led the valiant knights of
the Lords Collegiate Society to a well-earned 58-51 victory over the Lads.
During the intermission between games, the gymnastic squad, led
by their coach Ernie Davis, presented a fine exhibition of tumbling.
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Team No. 8 Tops Men's Loop;
Girl's Led By Team No. 5
Finals for the boys intramural basketball championship were played
March 16, 17, and 18. The championship team is team No. 8 which is
captained by "Shine" Swanson. The other playoff was between teams
No. 2 and No. 6 who were tied for third place. Standings in the boys
league are as follows:
Sports Sketch
Our last Basketball player to be
introduced through this column is
19 year old Elwood Larson, a
sopOmore who lives in near-by
Minneapolis.
In spite of his lack of height,
"Woody," as he is better known,
has been an asset to the Indian
cagers in his ability to hit the
net and score from practically any
place in the back court of the hard-wood,
and also in his accurate pas-sing
and ball handling. Mr. Larson
makes a practical application of
his athletic ability by coaching a
boys basketball team in St. Paul.
Throughout his highschool days,
"Woody" attended Minnehaha
Academy in Minneapolis where he
was outstanding in athletics. 'Par-ticipating
in football, hockey, and
track, Woody states that baseball
is, and always will be his favorite
sport. Woody is anxiously waiting
for the baseball season to get un-derway.
Last Spring, he captained G. Berg and R. Berg both hold
the Indian nine. key positions in the mens badmit-
After graduating froth Minneha- ton singles but not all of the
ha in 1947, Woody attended North matches have yet been played.
Park College for one semester Outstanding in the girls badmit-after
which he transferred to Beth- ton singles is Bobbie Cooper who
el. Looking ahead toward the has defeated all her opponents thus
future, Mr. Larson plans to gradu- far. In the girls doubles, C. Ekberg,
ate from Augsburg College, major- P. Pope and C. Skoog, B. Cooper
ing in Social Science. are leading the championship race.
Indians Lose Thriller
To Sioux Falls 76-75
Bethel's own gymnasium was the scene of the Indian's last schedul-ed
basketball game of the season played on Saturday night, the 15th
of March, against Sioux Falls College, when the Indians bowed under
a one point margin of 76-75. Taking scoring honors for the event were
Greenman, who poured in 29 points, Carlson, who totaled 14, and Schla-der,
who hit for 13.
Two free throws and a field goal were completed by the Sioux
Falls five before a field goal made by Greenman put the Indians into
the scoring column. After tying the score at 6 points apiece, the Indians
went ahead 11-7, however, a scoring streak by the Sioux Falls team put
the visitors out in front 14-13 at the close of the first period. During the
second quarter, the Indians again went ahead 23-22 and also at 33-32,
but a field goal made in the closing seconds of the first half ended the
half 34-33, Sioux Falls leading.
As in the first two quarters,
after each team had gained the
lead an equal number of times, the
third quarter ended in a one point
margin, however, this time the
Indians had the lead at 56-65.
With four minutes of playing
time remaing in the last quarter,
the Indians narrowed a seven point
deficit when two successive push
shots were made by Schlander and
when Greenman then drove hard
down the left side of the court and
dropped in a hook shot, making the
score 76-75, Sioux Falls leading.
While taking his shot, Greenman
was fouled, however, the free
throw attempt was missed and
Sioux Falls still held the lead. With
seconds to go, "Woody" Larson
took the last Indian shot which
rolled off the rim of the basket,
and the game ended in Sioux Fall's
favor, 76-75.
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1st. Team No. 8
2nd. Team No. 1
3rd. Team No. 5
3rd. Team No. 2
4th. Team No. 6
5th. Team No. 3
6th. Team No. 7
7th. Team No. 4
High scorers in the boys league
are LoWell Bergeson and Harold
Nelson who are tied with a total
of 101 points, Ed Eklof who total-led
97, Don Dye with 88 points, Bob
Daley with 80, Nels Nelson with 72,
and Al Lambert with 70.
Standings in the girls league are
as follows:
1st. Team No. 5
2nd. Team No. 1
3rd. Team No. 4
4th. Team No. 2
5th. Team No. 3
In the mens badmitton doubles
the winner between R. Bandy and
W. Anderson against B. Bennet
and C. Fernlund will play the Berg
brothers for championship.
Prospective students, about half
of them from Minnesota, began ar-riving
Thursday morning and all
day long cars and buses were at
the various depots and stations to
meet the visitors (hailing from
Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Michigan, the Dakotas, and even
such distant places as the State of
Washington and the Canadian city
of Winnepeg).
Following the welcome supper
Thursday night, the collegiate so-cieties
pooled their efforts to pro-vide
an unique and amusing pro-gram
complete with refreshments
and a singspiration afterwards.
Bodien Residence closed the day
with a fireside sing and short devo-tions
before "lights out."
Visiting various classes, German
club luncheon at noon, BWA tea,
and a musical program filled Fri-day
to capacity. Climaxing the
day's activities were the basketball
games Friday night with the two
top intramural teams playing for
championship and the Bethel var-sity
meeting and defeating Fourth
Baptist of Minneapolis.
The challenging, informative mes-sages
of President Wingblade and
Dean Carlson, the novel German
club band, Mantzke,'s rendition of
"Jack and Jill," numbers by the
Bethel Quartet, the Trumpet Trio,
Chapel Choir, and Male Chorus will
be remembered as outstanding fea-tures
of Prospective Student Days.
Bethel's student body sent their
guests homeward Saturday, having
enjoyed to the full their role of
host. .A vote of thanks is undoubt-edly
due John Dischinger, chair-man
of the Prospective Student
Day Committee, and his able as-sistants,
Joy Olsson, Janice Bixby,
Ralph Olsen, and Danny Bloom.
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THE CLARION Friday, March 25, 1949
Have
seminary
What a
with God!
In last week's column the tri-bute
to our faculty was "inadver-tently"
deleted. (I think Friend
Editor's favorite word is "delete"
—especially when he reads this
column.) However, we would like
to say that professors who can
teach subjects, from science to
languages, with a Christian view-point,
and who have an understand-ing
heart for their pupils are deep-ly
appreciated by all Bethel stud-ents.
Rumors that the Chapel choir
was being flown to Europe for its
concert tour have definitely been
"scotched"—They're going to the
Duluth area instead.
Overheard Delmar Dahl saying
this recently: "Well, what he
didn't cover in his lectures, and
what wasn't in the textbook he
sure covered in the exam."—Mr.
Sundell has become acclimated to
Bethel's traditions. When asked
what he thought of approaching
exams, he dimpled, "Well, there'll
be lots of room for guessing."
Someone just missed an "A" the
other day. They forgot to lay their
coat down in the mud so that a
certain professor could walk to
his car.
God's Invasion Army Relates
West Coast Experiences
•Leaving St. Paul Feb. 2, God's Invasion Army traveled by way of the
southern route through Texas to San Deigo in the three new buses pro-vided
for its use for this year. The Army participated in three services
along the way, namely, Des Moines, Calvary Baptist church of Kansas
City, and the First Baptist church of Big Springs, Texas.
Reports are that many new recruits are volunteering for the next
contingent of God's Invasion Army to begin when the term of service
for this contingent has expired.
The College Avenue Baptist church
of San Diego has eight young peo-ple
who are entering the next
training class, and several other
churches report volunteers.
Four years experience on the
busy staffs of the Duluth Herald
and the News Tribune, three years
in army pre-med training at the
University of Maryland, and then
service as a "typewritter com-mando"
on Okinawa, make up the
fascinated and varied background
of one of our well-known campus
figures, Ralph Larson.
After graduation from the Semi-nary
this year, there yet remains
to Ralph one year of college to
complete before he can turn his
face at last to that glorious calling
for which he has been preparing,
the foreign mission field.
A broad-shouldered s i x-f ooter
with green eyes, light brown hair
and a determined set to his jaw,
Ralph has appeared before us in
the chapel from time to time, to
bring us messages in behalf of the
Missionary Band of which he is
treasurer.
Tennis Plans
Are Underway
Plans for another successful ten-nis
season are being furthered by
the "would-be" players, and the
coordinated efforts of Coach Ed-wards.
Last year the team walked
off with the conference champion-ship—
having taken five, and lost
one. Leading the "racquetteers" are
Mackinnon, the Berg brothers,
Eddy Baltz, and Edlund, although
other potential dynamos are offer-ing
interesting threats.
Coach has initiated some corres-pondence,
and we are hoping to
use the indoor courts at the Minne-apolis
Naval Air Station. We're
also plugging for the University of
Minnesota Farm School courts—
more particulars shortly. Will all
undisclosed net men reveal their
identity to either Mackinnon or
Rehnberg?
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School In Action
"SO THIS IS BETHEL!" Approximately 185 pairs of eyes, belong-ing
to prospective students, took in the sights of Bethel March 17 and
18, and to the majority the college campus was a new sight. Of that
number about 45 were from the Twin Cities and of the 137 out-of-towners,
there were 87 girls and 50 fellows.
Bodien Residence became a scene of happy confusion as each
room welcomed two and three, or in some cases, four and five new
girls. Edgren Hall swung its doors wide while a number of its daily
dwellers moved their sleeping quarters temporarily to the recrea-tion
room in the basement to make comfortable 'beds available for
visitors.
Swedish Club
Views Film
The Swedish club met last Tues-day
night in the recreation room of
Edgren Hall. Dr. Hagstrom, Presi-dent
Emeritus, gave a brief talk
on Sweden. and its people. Mrs.
Edwin Omark gave a few special
mu.ical numbers on her violin.
Mr. Victor Nisser from Minne-apolis
showed films taken in the
"old country."
Plans are now under way for
club meetings in the months of
April and May.
On the door of the
of God.
be shut off from the world and shut in
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Vets
News
Record-breaking college enroll-ments
since the end of the war
will, in the next few years, result
in increased competition for pro-fessional
and administrative jobs,
a Bureau of Labor Statistics re-port,
prepared for Veterans Ad-ministration,
revealed.
Vocational advisers and apprai-sers
in VA guidance centers use
the report as an aid in counseling
disabled veterans planning to take
courses of education or training.
Because of the unprecedented
number of college graduates enter-ing
the labor market, the report
said, employment requirements for
many jobs "are likely to be rais-ed."
The report suggests that vet-erans
enter courses of education
or training "as closely related as
possible to their interests and
capacities."
Those who plan to go into office
occupations, the report continued,
should "consider specific training
in this field, as many employers
prefer workers with well-rounded
business school or college business
administration training to those
with college degrees in liberal arts."
Introducing:
Ralph Larson,
Alexis Prexy
He holds the office of president
of the Alexis_ Society and that, to-gether
with his student pastorate
at Eveleth, Minn., keep him busy.
Work in the field of translation has
especially interested him, too.
Ralph was saved at the age of
nine and became a member of the
church when he was twelve, but
it was not until many years later,
in June of 1944, that the Lord
spoke, while Ralph was at private
devotions, through a verse in Isa-iah
42: "I the Lord have called
thee in righteousness, and will hold
thine band and will keep thee, and
give thee for a covenant of the peo-ple,
for a light of the Gentiles."
Upon that was based his decision
for full-time Christian service, and
within two years, on return from
Okinawa in '46, Ralph knew that
the Lord wanted him to fulfill that
call on the mission field. He had
worked with the natives on the
island on which he was stationed
during the war, trying to reach
them with the Gospel.
So, with a constraining call to
carry forth the marvelous message
of salvation coupled with a stauch
faith in the strength of Him Who
called him, another soldier of the
cross goes forth.
The week of Feb. 10-18 was spent
in Casa de Ora, Mission Beach, and
California Heights. About 1,500 per-sonal
contacts were made by mem-bers
of the Army during that week,
and a total of 394 children heard
the Gospel in children's meetings.
Thirty-six souls were saved that
week, and the Lord led the group
to many prospects who will be fol-lowed
up later by the pastor and
church members.
Pasadena and Kingsburg were
the next "camping" spots for the
Army members. A total of 457 calls
were made in Kingsburg during the
week, 51 of them being prospects
for salvation, church, or S.S., at-tendance;
and 238 were enrolled
in children's meetings. Seven souls
were saved and seven were re-claimed
for the Lord during that
week. Over six hundred calls here
made in Pasadena during the same
week with sixty prospects for the
church to follow up.
Members of the Army are prais-ing
God for many 'blessings along
the way, souls saved and answers
to prayer.
—Sylvia Hoist, GIA Correspondent
by Hazel
you frequented the prayer towers of late?
prayer tower one finds this inscription:
Prayer is so simple,
It is like quietly opening a door
And slipping into the very presence
There in the stillness
To listen for His voice,
Perhaps to petition
Or only to listen;
It matters not.
Just to be there
In His presence
Is prayer.
blessed privilege—to
