Clarion 1949-04-22 Vol 28 No 13

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"It is more blessed
to give ...."
Acts 20:356
Dr. Edwin Orr speaks
at chapel and vesper
services next week.
Vol. XXVIII—No. 13
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota Friday, April 22, 1949
Daley Elected Student Council President
There will be a prize cup for
the Society totaling the greatest
number of points throughout the
competition. This cup will be do-nated
by Professor and Mrs. Sam-uel
Schultz, each being an advisor
of one Society. There will be out-side
judges for these events.
It is planned that this event will
be the first in a series of annual
inter-Society competition on the
campus.
E. P. A. Holds
First Meeting
The first annual meeting of the
Evangelical Press Association took
place in Chicago two weeks ago.
The new organization's aim is to
intensify the force of the Christian
press in America.
The keynote was sounded by the
Rev. William McDermott, former
religious editor of the Chicago
Daily News, who brought the chal-lenge
of preaching the Gospel
through the secular press as well
as the religious press. He called
Christian journalism an honored,
unique, and unoccupied field.
Dr. James Murch, editor of Unit-ed
Evangelical Action, was elected
president; Dr. Kuiper, editor of the
Banner, vice president; Mr. Robert
Walker, editor of Christian Life,
secretary; and Mr. Martin Erikson,
editor of the Standard, treasurer.
Perry Hedberg and Robert Ham-lett
were the only student publica-tion
representatives, and the Clar-ion
the first college newspaper to
be a charter member of the organi-zation.
They will give a report of
the meetings at a Clarion Staff
meeting next Thursday evening in
the dinning hall.
Bethelite Has
Auto Accident
Leo Lindberg, his wife, Doris,
and his sister, Betty were injured
last Friday when the car in which
they were riding skidded into the
path of an oncoming car. The ac-cident
took place near Storm Lake,
Iowa.
Leo's neck and knees were bruis-ed,
and Betty sustained a fractured
upper left arm. Doris' injuries were
undetermined, but serious enough
to keep her in bed for a week or
more.
Lads and Lassies
Hold Banquet
The Lads and the Lassies will
hold their banquet tonight in the
dining hall at 6:45. Springtime has
been chosen as the theme of the
banquet. Election of officers for the
coming school year will be the
main business of the meeting.
Roger Hedberg will preside as
Master of Ceremonies. Special fea-tures
of the program will be after-dinner
speeches by John Balian
and Paul Danielson, and a reading
by Ruth Martinson.
Howie Carlson will lead the song
service. Lavone- Domer, Georgene
Anderson, and Lois Mitchel will
provide the special music, and Karl
Lachler will lead in devotions, pre-senting
a chalk talk.
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Na Scliacti
There will be no summer ses-sion
at Bethel this year. There
are not enough desiring summer
courses to necessitate maintain-ing
a faculty staff here this
summer.
There are no restrictions for
entrance to - the University • of
Minnesota summer school,
where desired subjects can be
taken.
Bethel Quartet
To Make Album
The Bethel Male Quartet is pre-paring
a phonograph album which
they will sell while on their sum-mer
tour. They hope to have it
available for sale in the Coffee
Shop and the Conference Book
Store in Chicago by May 23. The
price will be $4.00.
The album is comprised of the
following songs: "At the Foot of
the Cross," "Were You There,"
"Walking Along Life's Road One
Day," "I Heard the Voice of Jesus
Say," "Prayer Perfect," "Sweet
Hour of Prayer," "This World,"
"Wonderful," and "Jesus Paid It
All."
The quartet's tour will start,
tentatively, on June 13, right after
the General Conference meeting in
Omaha, and will carry them
through Kansas and Missouri, and
then on to the East Coast, return-ing
to Minnesota around August 26.
Dr. Perry To
Speak at the
Sem. Banquet
The Seminary Banquet wil' be
held in Dayton's Sky Room on May
6. Program and decorations will be
centered around the theme, "hoot-ed
and built up in 1-1.1m"—Col. 2:7.
The speaker for tho occasion will
be Dr. Perry from N.:rthern, Baptist
Seminary in Chicago. Dr. Perry is
the head of the speech department
at Northern.
The program, planneu by the
Middlemen, will induce vocal solos
by Lloyd Nordstron; a humorous
quartet under the direction of Bill
Phillips, the Bethel male quartet,
class will by Ted Avey, and class
prophecy by Goldie Erickson.
The master-of-ceremonies will be
Paul Anderson. The decorations
will be arranged by the Junior
class.
The graduating Serdinary seniors
are the guests at this annual affair.
All others will pay $2.25 for their
ticket.
Kenyon to Speak
at Missly. Band
The St. Paul Bible Institute Mis-sionary
Society will be in complete
charge of the Missionary Band pro-gram
next Friday evening.
They will provide special music
and the speaker, bringing their
regular missionary program for
that night. As a result most of the
SPBI student body will be in at-tendance.
It is expected that D. Kenyon,
who has returned from the Philip-pines
within the last month will
be the guest speaker.
A social hour and singspiration
in the dining hall will follow the
meeting.
Nelson Closes
"Deeper Life
Rev. Clarence Nelson in conclud-ing
his campus meeting, urging
that students seek to live as ef-fectively
as possible for Christ.
Challenging message s, both
morning and evening, produced a
thoughtful attitude on the part of
most students as they viewed their
lives in the light of Calvary. Pre
service prayer meetings were well
attended.
Rev. Nelson left a parting
thought that next spring's Deeper
Life week might find many Bethel-ites
having enjoyed a year of close
fellowship with God as well as of
rich fruitfulness.
The entire Bethel family is in-debted
to the deeply spiritual at-titude•
of the speaker and the bles-sed
truths God presented to our
hearts through him. The basic re-action
to his messages is mirrored
in a middleman's answer to the
question, "How did you like Deeper
Life week this spring?"—"It wasn't
long enough."
J. S. Banquet
To Be Held At
First Baptist
Centering about the theme,
"Among whom ye shine as lights in
the world," plans for Bethel's tradi-tional
night of fellowship and en-joyment
are being completed.
Dr. Edmund, president of Whea-ton
College, will be guest speaker
culminating a well-balanced pro-gram
of music and humor, present-ed
in the Jackson Hall of the First
Baptist Church of Minneapolis at
6:30, Friday, May 13.
Ticket sales, which will begin
soon, are to be directed by Ronald
Skoog. A numerical system of seat-ing
is being prepared to avoid con-fusion
in seating on banquet night.
The individual tables will be de-signated
by letters and the seats
by numbers. Seat reservations will
be made when your tickets are pur-chased.
Chapel Choir
Leaves May 6
Prof Smith and his Chapel Choir
of 38 members will leave May 6
for their spring concert tour. Their
itenerary is as follows:
Friday, May 6—Ashland, Wisc.
Sat., May 7—Superior, Wisc.
Sun., May 8—Duluth, Minn.
Mon., May 9—Brainard, Minn.
Tues., May 10—Fergus Falls
Wed., May 11—Alexandria
Thurs., May 12—St. Cloud
Lads and Lassies
Meet Tonight
The Lords and the Ladies will
hold separate meetings today for
the purpose of electing officers for
the coming school year. The Lords
will meet in room 212 and the
Ladies, in room 211 at 7:30 p.m.
At 8:00 the Lords and Ladies
will meet together in the chapel for
a program which will be presented
by the Lords. Spring has been se-lected
as their theme. This wil be
a pep meeting in preparation for
the Inter-Society competition which
is scheduled for Wednesday, May
18.
The Ladies are in charge of the
social program, which will conclude
the evening's event.
ed with the responhibilities of
leadership. Besides holding down
the presidency of the Junior class
he is student pastor of the Frank-lin
Avenue Chapel. This is Bob's
fifth year at Bethel, having attend-ed
the seminary two years. With
all this experience he is well quali-fied
to direct the co-curricular ac-tivities
of the Bethelites.
Clifford Anderson is at present
in charge of the intra-mural sports
program, and will begin his fourth
year at Bethel next fall. He is a
member of the Student Council
now, and has taken active part in
the projects initiated by the coun-cil.
Helen Olson, a transfer junior,
will take on her first student ex-ecutive
duties since arriving at
Bethel.
Harold Lundberg, vice president
of the Men's Dorm Council, is a
college junior, and active in gospel
team work.
In this extremely close election
Bethelites maintained their tradi-tion
of not re-electing the Student
Council president.
(Editor's note: Read Student Coun-cil
Review on page 2)
Male Chorus
To Tour West
The Bethel Male Chorus is leav-ing
on its annual spring concert
tour on Monday morning, April 25.
Traveling 'by chartered Greyhound
bus, the chorus will sing twelve
concerts in six states during the
ten day tour. The states in which
it will appear are: Minnesota, Iowa,
Nebraska, Yyoming, Colorado, and
South Dakota.
The itinerary is as follows:
April 25—Worthington, Minnesota
April 26—Des Moines, Iowa
April 27—Council Bluffs, Iowa
April 28—Stromsburg, Nebraska
April 29—Kearney, Nebraska
April 30—Albin, Wyoming
May 1—Denver, Colorado, morning
Greeley, Colorado, evening
May 2—Gothenburg, Nebraska
May 3—Alcester and Big 'Springs,
South Dakota
May 4—Sioux Falls, South Dakota
May 5 — Minneapolis, Bethlehem
Baptist
SPIRE goes to press in the
morning. In all probability it
will be ready by Class Day,
June 3.
Collegiate Societies
Plan Competition
Inter-Society competition between the Lads and Lassies and the
Lords and Ladies, which began with basketball games this spring, will
take place the 18th and 19th of May. The 19th will be an athletic
field-day.
Competition on the 18th will include men's extemporaneous speak-ing,
women's dramatic reading, short stories, men's vocal, women's vocal,
and piano.
Clifford Anderson, Helen Olson,
Harold Lundberg Also Victorious
Robert Daley, president of the Junior class, was chosen president
of next year's Student Council over incumbent, Perry Hedberg, in a close
election held last Wednesday in the college chapel.
Clifford E. Anderson was elected vice president over Phil McLain.
Helen Olson will take over the job of secretary, and Harold Lundberg
will take up the duties of treasurer.
Daley, one of the most popular students on campus, is well acquaint-
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THE CLARION
Friday, April 22, 1949
GODZWOCTI
Editor-In-Chief Robert Hamlett
Assistant Editor & News Editor ....
Charles Germany
Feature Editor Audrey Weldon
Sport Editor Roger Hedberg
Business Manager .., James Rehnberg
Circulation Manager Avis Johnson
Reporters: V. Hanson, L. Hendrick-son,
J. Hubbard, Ray Johnson, W.
Lindroth, D. Osterberg, G. Platt, R.
Forsman, J. Balian, D. Brown, M.
Lindstedt, Gene Tupper, Pauline
Pearson, Kurt Janke, M. Sheffler.
Feature Writers: B. Anderson, H.
Bondeson, M. Engstrom, P. Hed-berg,
M. Kortum.
Typists: M. Thompson, Chief; B.
Lindberg, L. Safstrom, V. Larson,
L. Mellbom, J. Widen, Jerry Hasel-blad,
Carol Peterson.
Photographer Harry Paney
Faculty Advisor . V. Elving Anderson
Issued bi-weekly during the school
year except vacations.
Subscription price $1.00 per year
Student Council
Progress Noted
Each Tuesday Afternoon, with
few exceptions, you 'will find most
of the 19 Student Council members
in action. These weekly meetings
are characterized by a sense of pro-gress.
Concrete results of this advance
can be seen in the changes in
policy initiated by this year's
Council. Off to a good start, they
substituted New Students Welcome
Reception for Freshmen Initiation.
Among Council decisions escap-ing
student attention was refusing
to join the National Student As-sociation,
feeling their aims and
ideas not within the purpose of
Bethel students. Similarly, they
gave a negative reply to the query
of campus interest in the United
World Federalist movement. Gripes
were noticably absent on the Stu-
Con agenda.
Also inaugurated by the Council
were the first annual Prospective
Students Day and the Student Tal-ent
and Interest Index to be used
in formulating a co-curricular ac-tivity
program that will include all
students.
To the effecient prime-mover of
the Council, Perry Hedberg, the
Clarion extends a hearty, well-deserved,
"Well done!"
Plea Made For Support of Bethel
Field-House Fund by Student Body
The principle of inertia, namely, that the application of an external
force is necessary to put bodies at rest in motion, is related not only
to physics—to atoms—but also to society—to men. This conservation
is, in many cases, a trait that should not be surrendered easily. But
there is a serious danger that conservation might become lethargy and
complacence.
Instead of continually re-examining and, re-evaluating the status
quo, one might begin to oppose renovations with the reasoning, "We
have gotten along all right this long. Why should we change now?"
There are movements in society that seem to come spontaneously
and to grow and develop with no apparent effort. On the other hand
some social changes succeed only if there is someone to prod. Interest
lags, just as moving bodies lose their energy thorough friction.
This ought not to be the case in the program of the Bethel Student
Field-House Association. The raising of funds for that project should not
resemble the pulling of teeth.
It is a project that is so intimately connected with the life of the
school that everyone who has an interest in Bethel should lend his own
initiation in support of the work even before the spurs are applied. This
is a program that ought to move, under its own power.
There are at least three areas in which the reader can aid in this
program.
Pray The guidance of the Lord needs to be sought continually.
"Except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that
build it."
Give This means sacrifice. Whoever is unwilling to sacrifice has
no right to expect the blessing.
Work The Field-House Committee needs help. Often a sensible
approach to a personal acquaintance or friend who is in-terested
in the school will be production of a contribution.
These are things which everyone can do, and, in fact, ought to do
without repeated urgings from someone who, as is commonly said, has
been "placed in charge." What is needed to inspire us to give our en-thusiasm
and our energies in the direction of building a field-house?
Why are we so lethargic? Why do we not press the battle? Is it be-cause
of a national inertia? or a lack of a sense of urgency?
—Bob Sandin
"All truths are true, but some
truths are more important than
others. Some truths are local, tem-porary,
incidental. Some truths are
eternal and everlasting. The great-est
truth is that God so loved the
world that He gave His only be-gotton
Son."
Clarence Nelson
"The world is human society as
it is organized apart from God."
"The more we take of the opiates
of the world, the more insensible
we become to the inspiration and
calling of the Holy Spirit; our
sensitivities are rulled and our re-sponses
feeble."
Clarence Nelson
Meditation
Christian Faults
It is not uncommon for persons reared in orthodox homes and
churches to change their way of life. Sometimes the change is an
exchange of material for spiritual values. Material ambitions, the desire
for a variety of thrills, or a possibly exaggerated dependence on logical
formulations, any or all of these may replace or eliminate an heritage
of faith. The process is always grievous. Perhaps the most regrettable
instance of changed allegiances is that which follows disillusionment in
one's fellow Christians, church or conference.
Christians who pause to reflect or who are introduced to new points
of view see inadequacies and, sometimes, the shock is too much for
them. From carping criticism they
proceed to an unreflective rejec-tion.
There are three comments I wish
to make relative to Christian disil-lusionment.
First, I think it is
wholesome to see our inadequacies.
To o even suggest we need not
examine and re-examine ourselves
and our programs is dishonest.
Only the rationalizer, the blase, or
the completely non-reflective, vege-tative
Christian can do so.
In all humility we as human in-struments
must confess to many
faults, inconsistencies, tunnel vis-ion,
etc., ad infinitum. In fact, if
any of us have not at sometime ex-perienced
disillusionment at the
manner in which the incomparable
commission is manhandled by our
most sincere co-workers (and al-ways
ourselves), have we not taken
plement the recommendations. If our work too much for granted?
not, the 15 major reports, covering
Second, when upon reflection we
subjects ranging from national de- see disturbing faults, I suggest we
fense to Indian affairs, represent- do not stop reflecting. Many of us
ing the work of 300 paid and ad- know Christians who have been ap-visory
experts, wrought over a per- palled and agonizingly embittered
iod of 16 months, at a cost of $2,- as they became aware of some
000,000, will go for naught. facts of human failure in the
church. Then they seized some
At present a bill before the house shoddy substitute for their faith
says: The President may draw up because on having realized the
an interagency reorganization plan, weaknesses they stopped reflect-but
can't include in it the Military
ing. They did not think through
Establishment, the Federal Reserve to human realities which, barren as
Board, the Securities and Exchange they always are, simply must be
Commission, the Interstate Com- faced even in the church.
merce Commission, the National
Unreflecting, they were unchal-
Adjustment Board, the Railway Re-lenged.
They failed to utilize their
tirement Board, and the National new insights to make themselves
Mediation Board. If the President
more effective Christians. The un-wants
to revamp any of these or- reflective rebellion seems singular-ganizations
he will have to submit
ly unfortunate.
each in a separate plan. Third, I suggest our disillusion-
It isn't difficult to see that the
ment ought to be drastically modi-pressure
groups and lobbies are at fied when we realize we have been
work to vitiate the recommenda- looking at people rather than
tions of the Commission. In the past Jesus.
six attempts have been made by
D. Fagerstrom
the Presidents to reorganize the
executive department. In six at-tempts
six failures have resulted.
If the present Congress nullifies
the effect of the recommendations
by incorporating exceptions into
the law it shall be in keeping with
the highest attainments of Congres-sional
actions on this matter. If
congress gives the President the
necessary power to recognize a
much needed step in promoting
democratic government shall have
been made.
ertw of Xbougbt
By President Wingblade
And again comes Easter and the
anniversary of the resurrection,
which was the proof positive of the
deity of Jesus and the stamp of
approval forever on the efficacy of
His work of atonement.
But another event was to follow
which was to make it all real and
vital to the hearts of the disciples,
namely, the flooding of the Holy
Spirit at Pentecost.
When Jesus trained His discip-les,
He walked with them and talk-ed
with them about the eternal
truths of His mission, but it was so
difficult for them to grasp it. There
was so much of selfishness and
jealousy and pride in their hearts.
Nor did He expect them to under-stand
it—then.
They saw Him in Gethsemane—
and "they slept for sorrow." As He
knelt there he looked so much like
a man, but His sweat-drops were
like drops of blood; His tears were
from the heart of God; and there
was a glory in His bosom able to
transform the hearts of men. He
was alone there. Yes, there was a
great space between Him and
them. They could not understand.
Then they saw Him nailed to the
cross. That was the mystery of
mysteries. Why should such a man
be treated in such a way? They
saw him dead and buried, and their
hearts were broken. The Shepherd
had been smitten and the sheep
were scattered. They wandered
aimlessly. All was lost.
Then in a flash He appeared on
their ken! Through closed and
locked doors He came. He breathed
on them—and He was gone. He
came again and again, and invited
them to touch and handle Him. He
must be alive--and yet it was too
wonderful—too good to be true.
"They believed not for joy."
But the day was to come when
all was to be clear as crystal. The
words, "Ye understand not what I
say now, but later ye will under-stand"
were to be vindicated. The
Holy Spirit flooded their hearts and
all the events leaped into reality
and formed a pattern forever—a
pattern of light and direction, of
purpose and power.
All the lights of sacred story now
clustered around the cross, and the
power of the resurrection became
their strength and stay in every
situation.
And the humble disciples, once
so cowardly and craven, stepped
ou4 with lion-like strength and
spoke words that cut like two-edged
swords and that brought the
reality of the Lamb of God to the
needy and aching hearts of men.
Beiltelite
lettliittamie's
Lois Mitchell, a freshman at Bet-hel,
would be spending her time in
an invalid's bed this spring, if God
had not intervened. Lois accepted
Christ while a child, but later the
glitter of worldly pleasures en-thralled
her and drew her away
from the Lord.
Through years of severe illness
God dealt with her soul while her
praying parents bore her up on the
arms of faith. Lois' testimony con-cerning
this period of her life pays
quiet tribute to those prayer-war-riors.
"My parents prayed for us daily.
We also had a Family Altar which
kept me aware that Christ's pre-sence
was ever with me. Many
times I have been ill and frighten-ed
at night and have called for my
mother to come to my bedside and
pray for me.
"Though the doctors said I would
be an invalid all my life, the prayer
of faith saved the sick and the
Lord raised me up. When I am
tempted to sin, I cannot help re-membering
that Christ had to pay
for every sin I commit and that
He paid the full price, for each one
of them at Calvary.
Coupled with this is the picture
of my parents whose continual de-sire
has been that their children
might be of honor and glory to the
name of Christ."
Chapel Quotes
Intellects Reflect
Politics
Hoover Commission
During the past two months reports on various Hoover Commission
recommendations have been made public. To better understand the
significance of the recommendations let us briefly review the back-ground,
purpose, and chances of ultimate acceptance of the Hoover
Commission recommendations.
First of all, over two years ago the commission on Organization of
the Executive Branch of the Government was set up by a bill which
passed both houses of Congress without a dissenting vote. The commis-sion
consists of an equal number of Republicans and Democrats.
Secondly, the purpose of the Commission was to thoroughly study
the structure and operation of the Executive branch of our government
to make recommendations for the more efficient and economical opera-tion
of the vast machinery of government.
Thirdly, the basic issue is whether congress shall pass a law giving
the President full authority to im-
Whew! It seems good to be right side up again and much. less dif-ficult
to read, isn't it? But on to the subject of discussion for the day.
Have you noticed the edgy feeling that prevails all over the campus?
The girls are wondering just when the fellows are going to start think-ing
seriously about the thing that has had upper place in their minds
for quite some time now. From that introduction you might guess that
the subject is, the J. S. banquet.
The question which was noised
about the school this week was, Do
you think we should have a dating
bureau for the J. S.? I might ex-plain
that the question , was asked
just to create a discussion and
whether such a thing will materia-lize,
I can't say.
Upon entering the coffee shop
one afternoon, I first chanced upon
Al Anthony sitting with Dottie (of
course) and his brief comment
• tram co*
People who talk about prayer, but never pray.
People who say tithing is right, but never tithe.
People who say the Bible is God's word to man, yet never
read it.
People who say that eternity is more important than time,
but who live for the present life.
People who criticize others for things they do themselves.
People who stay from church for trivial reason, and then
sing, "0 How I Love Jesus."
—So. Bapt. Standard
by Roger Hedberg
Try to be out for tomorrow's baseball game against Waldorf which
will be played at Como. I grant you that you'll have an excuse, to sleep
late as mid terms have just been completed but keep in mind that,tomor-row
is the first baseball game of the season and the boy's will need
your encouragement.
This week will be your last chance to indicate your desire to play
with the school's golf or tennis teams. If you are still Interested in play-ing
golf or tennis be sure to let me know via Box 5.
Congratulations go to Berg brothers, Gordon and Roger, in the
championships they won in Badmitton. Also hats off to Quinton Bohne
on his Handball triumph. He told me that by the time he was in the
last game of the 2 out of 3 playoff his chin was dragging on the floor.
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Bethel Nine Meets Waldorf Here Tomorrow
Although Woody Larson, famed "Indian" catcher who captained
last year's aggregation, Frank Doten, and Kenny Greenman, Bob Sandin
and Paul Peterson are the only returning lettermen, Coach Edwards
looks forward to a great season especially with Sandin and Eklaff,
both fire-ball hurlers; taking over
the "Indian" mound duties.
Events bringing the Ladies
100, and 200 yd. dashes; 220
three legged race; and the
women's mixed competition
Golf and Tennis
Players Meet
Yesterday afternoon both the golf
and tennis teams held meetings
at which time plans for the remain-der
of the school year were dis-cussed.
The tennis team has held several
practices on the Farm School's
courts. Several matches are sched-uled
for the netsters. Those making
up the tennis team are Jim Rehn-berg,
Bob Mac Kinnon, Doug Baltz,
Roger Berg, Gordon Berg, Cal Ed-lund,
and Bob Frykenberg.
Ten golfers were present at the
men's golf meeting including Dick
Nelson, Frank Schlader, Harvey
DeVries, Cliff Anderson, Dennis
Carlson, Dave Brown, Lloyd Olson,
Jim Mason, Johnny Peterson, and
Roger Hedberg.
.The golfers discussed plans con-cerning
regular practices which
will begin next week. Golf' meets
with Bethany and Mankato have
been scheduled. No definite teams
have as yet been designated in
either golf or tennis.
Sports. Sketch
He doesn't even play on any
Bethel team but yet he holds an
important position on them all.
He's never seen scoring a touch-down,
leaping the hurdles, nor
making any home runs, but yet he
holds a definite relationship with
those who are.
One more clue and you've got it.
He is the member of Bethel's
faculty that has the responsibility
for Bethel's sports activities. If
you've guessed that he is Coach
Edwards you've guessed right.
Coach Edwards, with his wife
and daughter, came to Bethel in
the. Fall of 1944 when he took over
the job as Bethel's coach and athle-tic
director. In his years here he
has produced one SMJCC champ-ionship
basketball team, three sec-ond
place quintets, and the more
recent third place five.
Besides being Bethel's basket-ball,
baseball, and track coach, Mr.
Edwards has charge of the boys'
Phy-Ed., instructon. Aside from his
various responsibilities in the sport
program, the Coach has been teach-ing
Bible courses in the College
and also has been teaching Greek.
On Sundays he preaches at Deer-wood,
Minn.
While he attended Wheaton Col-lege,
Coach Edwards was a mem-ber
of the Wheaton basketball
team for three years, during which
time he was his teams highest
scorer for two seasons and also
was team captain in his senior
year. After graduating from Whea-ton
where he received a B.A. De-gree
the coach went to Northern
Baptist Seminary where he studied
for one year. Mr. Edwards will
soon complete his seminary work
here at Bethel.
Coach Edwards is looking for-ward
to being sent by the GBC
Mission Board to India, which he
hopes will be as soon as the Fall of
1950. Mrs. Edwards, who has com-pleted
Medical School and also her
internship at General Hospital and
will receive an M.D. degree this
June, is also anticipating going to
India where she no doubt will be-come
affiliated with the hospital
in Tezpur.
Commers' Fashion
Center
Ladies and Childrens Ready •
to Wear
Open until 9 Mon. and Thurs.
Snelling and Larpenteur
Bethel Bookstore
& Coffee Shop
—Where Students and Faculty
Meet Around the Coffee Cup
Morning, afternoon and evening
Games this year will be played
either at Como Park or Dunning
Field. The schedule as far as is
known will be as follows:
April 23 Waldorf, here
April 27 Concordia, there
May 4 N. W. Schools, here
May 7 Waldorf, there
May 14 N. W. Schools, there
May 17 Concordia, here
May 21 Bethany, there
May 21 Luther, there
May 25 Luther, here
May 28 Bethany, here
Berg Brothers
and Bohne Win
Intramural softball is here! The
intramural committee has selected
the teams from those students in-terested
in playing softball. Lists
of these teams, eight in number,
have been posted on the gym bul-letin
board with the schedule for
the games to be played.
The Intramural minor sports seems
to have been dominated by the
Berg brothers with the exception
of handball. Gordon Berg took the
men's Badmitton singles champion-ship
by defeating his brother.
Roger, 3 games out of 5. The Berg
brothers joined forces in the Bad ,
mitton doubles and won the champ-ionship
by downing the Cal Fern-lund-
Bob Bennett combination, 3
out of 5 games. Professor Quinton
Bohne defeated Gordon Berg in 2
out of 3 handball matches and
gained the championship.
Nancy Oman went into a spasm
of giggles when the question was
stated and answered, "It's silly and
not only that, but embarassing!"
Ruth Erbst was pondering over a
list of prospects when I approached
and she looked at me with a wor-ried
countenance, "I guess I'll need
it."
The next group of kids was en-countered
in the library, or I
should say just outside the library.
(We don't talk in the library, you
know.) C 1 a r y c e Skoog said,
"Sounds like a good idea," but on
second thought changed her mind
and Curt Wik (imagine finding him
in the library) thought that every-body
ought to be able to take care
of himself. Jim Hubbard merely ex-claimed,
"Oh, ish!" and Tom Drury
just groaned.
A short explanation 'before I
bring this to an end: the "dating
bureau" that is referred to is meant
a service that would be available
to all students, both girls and boys,
who desire dates for the banquet,
names being submitted willingly
and knowingly, of course. But,
these comments were all made
jokingly and in most part without
the student knowing their names
would be in print. No insults or
conclusions to be drawn from the
above.
N. L. HERMES
Flower and Gift Shop
1581 W. Larpenteur Ml. 1017
First Annual Field
Day Set For May 19
On Thursday, the 19th of May, 1949, beginning at 2 p.m. an all-school
inter-collegiate Field Day, the latest thing in campus sports, will
be held on Edward's Field, on our own campus.
Sponsoring the entire afternoon of sports activities is the Collegiate
societies together with the Intramural Committee. This day will be the
climaxing event of Collegiate Club competition.
The Lords and Lads will be tieing for honors in events including
the 100, 220, and 440 yd. dashes; 1/2, 1, and 2 mile cross country runs;
Gaine Will Be Held At Como
Park Starting At 10 A. M.
Tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. in Como Park, the Indian baseball
nine will take their positions around the diamond and face Waldorf to
start off the first baseball game of the season for Bethel.
For the past two weeks some 20 Bethelites have been working out
on the Como diamond getting their throwing arms in shape and forming
a "sure-catch" pocket in their gloves. No starting line-up has as yet
been announced by Coach Edwards, however, the pitcher-catcher com-bination
for the Indians will no doubt be Eklof on the mound and
"Woody" Larson behind the plate.
The playing field is located on the South side of Como Park where
the street car tracks cross Como Drive.
Music, refreshments and other at-tractions
are also planned for the
enjoyment of the spectators. A
white lime lined oval will give
Edward's Field an appearance of
an official cinder track. The track
will be divided into individual run-ning
lanes.
Field Day chairman Bob Fryken-be•
g announced that lists will be
posted on the bulletin boards both
in the basement and on the main
floor of the college building for
participants in the events to sign
their names. Frykenberg also stat-ed
that it is the individual res-ponsibility
of the sports chairmen
of the Collegiate societies to ar-range
participants for all Field
Day events. A complete program
will be given to the Collegiate
societies.
dic,:etis throw, broad jump, and high jump.
and the Lassies face to face will be the 50,
and 440 yd. relays; the sack race and the
high jump and broad jump. The men and
will be in the 220, 440, and 880 yd. relays.
Each event will be worth a num-ber
of points which will be added
to the side of the winners of each
event and at the close of the day,
the winners will be determined by
the highest number of points scor-ed.
Individual winners will receive
awards. First place honors will
merit a blue ribbon; second place
a red ribbon; and third place a
white ribbon.
INTELLECTS REFLECT
(Continued from Page 3)
Last spring the "Indian" nine was, "You better!" The next few
completed a rather successful sea- people I approached were just hav-son
by capturing third place in the ing a little chat together find were
Minnesota Junior College Con- very much unaware of the fact that
ference but with a greater number this was for print. Sandy said, "I
of candidates expected to turn out don't worry about it," which sur-for
practise this spring, Coach Ed- prised no one, and Byron Hagstrom
wards expects to close the season can be quoted as replying, "It's
high in the number of wins. o.K. if they have it but I won't use
it." Very self-confident men, aren't
they?
At long last, spring has really
come. But every silver lining must
have it's cloud. If there were no
other benefits, going away to col-lege
would be worth the escape
from housecleaning, raking the
lawn and all the other ordeals one
must endure when another spring
rolls around. Missed the house-cleaning
stint but the first thing I
noticed as I neared home for
Easter vacation was the rake lean-ing
innocently and suggestively
against the house.
After a few hours labor, our poor
bedraggled little acre could hold
it's head high. None of the neigh-bors
lawns were as spanking clean.
But by the time I was ready to
head back to Bethel, I decided the
chief advantage of doing it first is
that it provides a good, clean rest-ing
place fr the neighbors leaves
when the wind comes up.
* *
He stated that the baptism of
the Holy Spirit was comparable
more to Divine healing than to
salvation—one must have faith for
it to occur, but there is also out-ward
evidence. All speak in ton-gues
at the time of the baptism of
the Holy Spirit, but all do not later
give messages in tongues.
A brief period of questions fol-lowed
the discussion, and the
meeting was adjourned to the
social time.
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and an octet of girls in
sea garb sang.
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THE CLARION Friday, April 22, 1949
Page 4
Our Girls' Chorus girls are back from their trip to various towns
in Minn., Ill., Wise., and Iowa. It really was a joy to visit the different
Conference churches, meet fellow-Christians, and to see how the Lord's
work is going forward.
From Houston to Hoka, Minn., we had to be transported by private
cars due to the fact that we were too heavy for the roads (bus was also
three tons overweight). But that's what happens when each girl devours
the two fried eggs with all the "fixings" that one invariably receives
trom the kind people with whom one stays.
Poor Georgene Anderson couldn't decide whether she liked LaCrosse,
Rockford, or Joliet the best. In LaCrosse they had all the students at
the University of Wisconsin; in Rockford they had young and good-looking
policemen; and in Joliet they had the state penitentiary!
By the way, we waited for an
hour outside the "pen" before they
told us they didn't have enough
guards available to take us on a
tour of inspection. W can't figure
out whether they were to guard us
from the prisoners or the prisoners
from us.
Chicago was like "Old Home
Week." Here we met many former
classmates and hashed over old
times. Greetings, students, from
Bethel alumni in Chicago.
The Dorm Council must have
been glad to see a few of us back,
however. Anyway, they wanted to
make sure that we wouldn't leave
them for a while, so they "cam-pused"
us for two nights. (For the
perfectly good reason of coming in
fifteen minutes late one night
about three weeks ago, however).
Then the profs started popping
exams on us. By that time we were
ready to go back to Chicago again.
Speaking for all the girls, I know
guard. "In this place you've got to we had a wonderful time singing
show improvement before you can praises unto our God, and we pray
get out." unquote: that our songs might have blessed
the hearts of the people who listen-ed.
Can't pass up the chance to get in
a plug for our director, Mr. Stjen-strom.
He managed to keep his
patience and sense of humor amid
42 screaming, laughing women!
Were You There?
Warning to Homelitics Students:
Be sure you know what you are
talking about. Len Anderson quoted
Spurgeon in a recent sermon, but
the well-aired gymnasium. A Truth
mosphere, suggestive of spring in
Lads and Lassies met in an at-when
asked what it meant, he ad- or Consequences program was held
mitted he knew less than anyone which was M. C'd by Bill G.
else about it. About five minutes Wright. Lunch was served after-of
laughter followed. wards.
Holy Spirit Baptism
Discussed at Alexis
The Alexis Society met on April 19, at •8:00 p.m. An interesting
program was presented with Karl Lachler as songleader, a reading given
by Margaret Sheffler, a solo by Virginia Beer, devotions by Pauline
Pearson, and the surprise sermon of the evening by James Schubring.
A presentation was made of two views on the subject of "The Bap-tism
of the Holy Spirit and Speaking in Tongues." This subject was
one that the group itself requested. The discussion was intended not
as an argument or debate, but to help clarify the thinking of the students
on the subject. The two speakers were Ralph Larson, presenting a
Baptist view of the subject, and Richard Brown, a member of the Pente-costal
Assemblies of God, presenting their view. Both speakers rested
their cases upon the Bible.
Mr. Larson expressed the view that it is the normal Biblical ex-perience
to be baptized of the Holy Spirit at the time of conversion.
He stated that the doctrinal teach-ing
of the Bible does not separate
them into two experiences. How-ever,
there is much teaching on a
right relationship with the Holy
Spirit. Mr. Larson also expressed
the view that the baptism of the
Holy Spirit is like the new birth,
something you cannot see, but must
accept by faith if you have ful-filled
God's conditions. There are
manifestations but these occur over
a period of time.
Mr. Brown presented as his view
and the view of his church that
conversion and the baptism of the
Holy Spirit are distinct and separ-ate
experiences. In the New Testa-ment
both were expected of Chris-tians.
He drew the distinction that
tongues are a sign of the initial
infilling, which he defined as the
baptism of the Holy Spirit, but that
this sign differs from the gift of
tongues. "This is the same in es-sence,
but different in purpose and
use," said Mr. Brown.
This little note ought to brighten
the day to the residents of Hag-strom.
The psychologists report
that couples who say that they
have never had a cross word . . .
are not the happiest. Ain't science
wonderful though?
* *
Say, these new phonograph re-cords
are really neat. Light as can
be, and colorful too. Only catch is,
you have to change your phono-graph
— and you have to decide
whether you want RCA or Colum-bia
records because they developed
two different types. Decisions, de-cisions—
this modern life.
—Jo Anne Jensen
Vets . Urged to
Fill Out Forms
Veterans planning to go to sum-mer
school under the GI Bill should
begin now to make necessary ar-rangements
for Veterans Adminis-tration
certificates of eligibility.
A veteran already in school un-der
the GI Bill who intends to con-tinue
his education this summer in
a different school should apply as
soon as possible for a supplemental
certificate of eligibility.
They must have supplemental
certificates before they can be ad-mitted
to new schools on courses,
VA said.
Application forms for the certi-ficates
may be obtained in the
Dean's office.
After a veteran has filled out the
application, he should send it to
the VA regional erne., 1006 W.
Lake St., Minneapolis S, Minn.
Veterans planning ti attend sum-mer
school in the same institution
in which they now are enrolled do
not need a supplementa certifi-cate
to re-enroll.
Introducing
Vernon Anderson
From the Canadian farmlands in
the providence of Saskatchewan,
comes the president of our Miss-ionary
Band, dark-haired, hazel-eyed,
Vernon Anderson. This June
will mark for him the completion
of his college work and the begin-ning
of a year's ministry in the
harvest field of Alaska.
Called by the Home Missions
Board to serve in this far northern
territory, Vernon plans to return
after a year to begin his Seminary
training. From thence, his eyes
turn again to the mission field, to
continue, perhaps in Alaska, as the
Lord leads.
All Vets receiving GI checks
are automatically granted a two
week's leave at the end of the
school year UNLESS they indi-cate
otherwise on a fol m which
may be had in the Dean's office.
This form has to be filled out
by those planning to attend
school also. FORMS SHOULD
BE TURNED IN TODAY.
Morrie's Glories
by Morrie Engstrom
Didn't seem to be much news around campus this week, so I started
out by looking in the library joke book. Now that caps and gowns have
been ordered for the graduation hopefuls, this item may be of interest.
quote: A stranger mistook an insane asylum for a college. Realizing
his mistake he said to the guard; "I suppose after all there isn't much
difference between them."
"Oh yes, there is, replied the
Harry Paney has been busy late-ly
and has missed a couple of
nights of sleep. I happened to over-hear
him talking to professor Otto
about this when Prof. Peterson
walked up and offered the solution.
"Attend some of your classes and
you'll catch up on your sleep." How
true! Bethel's Collegiate Societies held
their monthly meeting Friday,
April 1.
During his three years at Bethel,
Vernon has held the office of trea-surer
of the Student Council, presi-dent
of the Bethel Married Couples
Association, and has been a mem-ber
of the P.D.G. and Male Chorus.
For a sketch of his past, Vernon
was saved through the radio mes-sages
of the Old Fashioned Revival
Hour in 1935. He has had three
years of Bible School in the Al-berta
Baptist Bible Academy, and
served for three years in the Royal
Canadian Air Force.
Of his experiences while in the
service, most memorable were
those built around his opportuni-ties
to witness for his Lord. Joined
by other Christian servicemen, he
participated in evangelical cam-paigns
in the, various churches
near where he was stationed, and
by the time of his discharge, the
group had seen some 150 people
saved or reconsecrated.
One more important event dur-ing
his Air Force days, in the July
of '45 was his marriage to a Minne-sotan,
and since that time, a year
and a half ago to be exact, a
daughter has come to grace the
home of Ruth and Vernon.
The Andersons are at present the
church missionaries of the Payne
Avenue Baptist Church.
Weather forecast: Good weather
for a few days, then another snow
storm. It'll probably go on like that
all summer.
J-S Banquet News: With spring
weather here, dates are again in
blossom. Some girls have the ad-vantage:
Take Muriel Thompson
for example. She lives across from
the boys dorm and has set up an
observation tower, where each
evening she watches the boys as
they leave for dinner. She has
about eight picked out already.
Girls, if you haven't asked him yet,
see Muriel.