Modern Literature Read
In Convocation, April 17
Anderson, Mixter, Ramm
Speak In Darwin Series
"A poem," says Esther M. Doyle,
who will appear in convocation on
Friday, April 17 at 11 a.m., "is
not a poem until it has been
voiced."
She will give a lecture - recital
on "Modern Verse Drama," based
on the works of Maxwell Ander-son,
T. S. Eliot, Archibald Mac-
Leish, and Christopher Fry. She
will also offer selections from the
plays of Robert Sherwood and from
the poetry of Dylan Thomas.
Miss Doyle, who has presented
scenes from "Pygmalion," "The
Corn is Green," and "The Lady's
Not For Burning," was born in
Boston. She holds a degree in lit-erary
interpretation from Emerson
college and a master of arts in
English from Boston university.
She has done special summer study
in England and Scotland.
At present Miss Doyle is assoc-
NSA Meets
April 10-12
by Dick Benert
NSA Coordinator
St. Thomas college will host the
spring assembly of the Minnesota-
Dakotas region of the National Stu-dent
association, April 10-12. All
colleges in Minnesota, North Dak-ota,
and South Dakota have been
invited to send delegates.
Among the delegates from
Bethel will be Kathy Wilsey, Ian
Paterson, Lois Bradshaw, and
Bruce Leafblad. They will attend
workshop sessions on Saturday,
April 11, and a plenary session
Sunday afternoon.
Five workshops are scheduled.
These are student body presidents'
conference, freshman orientation,
upper-class orientation (yes, even
some upper-classmen need orien-tation),
foreign affairs and stu-dent
programs, and NSA training
program, which is designed to
assist the colleges in building bet-ter
NSA programs.
A newly formed senate commit-tee
has been organized to deter-mine
whether the election for the
college-seminary split was valid.
It will also serve as a source of
recommendation for future elec-tions.
The problem, which the commit-tee
is studying, is that more ballots
were cast in the recent vote than
people who registered. It has also
been reported that the voting was
influenced by voting attendants
and that on one occasion a ballot
box was left unattended.
A forum in room 4 on Wednes-day
following the Deeper Life ves-per
service will be open to anyone
wanting to testify concerning dis-crepancies
in the voting proce-dures.
After the Wednesday forum, if
the committee feels there are peo-ple
who are withholding informa-tion,
these people will be sent writ-ten
invitations to testify before
the committee at timed intervals
on Thursday night.
On May 1 the committee will
present their recommendation to
the senate. If they consider the
vote to be invalid, they will recom-mend
a revote.
The committee consists of Art
Erickson, chairman, Dr. Clarence
Bass, Nils Friberg, Judith Goddard,
iate professor of English at Jun-iata
college in Pennsylvania, where
she teaches speech and English.
For 10 years Miss Doyle has
visited many campuses under the
auspices of the arts program of
the Association of American col-leges.
Her two-day visit here is
sponsored by that organization.
In addition to her lecture-reci-tal,
Miss Doyle will demonstrate
methods of interpreting poetry and
drama to speech students and will
discuss speech and drama problems
with them.
New Co-Editors
Are Announced
Alice Huffman and Conrad
Woodall will be 1959-60 CLARION
editors, subject to senate approval
Monday night.
Their duties start with the work
for the next issue which comes
out April 23.
Editorial staff members will be
Lois Bradshaw, news-feature edi-tor;
Ellen Polk, assistant news-feature
editor; Dave Hagfeldt,
sports editor; and Cathy Brown,
chief proof-reader.
The new editors request that
anyone interested in reporting,
typing, writing, or copy and proof-reading
for the CLARION either
contact them or any member of
the staff.
This year Alice, a sophomore,
has been news editor. Last year
she was a reporter.
Conrad, also a sophomore, has
worked in various capacities on the
CLARION: sports writer, headline
writer, news reporter, editorial and
feature writer, among others.
Both Alice and Conrad are tak-ing
the journalism course.
Maureen Bronstein will continue
on as business manager until the
end of this school year.
She requests students interested
in selling ads or working on circu-lation
to contact her.
Linden Magnuson, and Dr. Walfred
Peterson, senate adviser.
Art Erickson says that anyone
who has information that will aid
the committee in their decision
should report it to a committee
member or attend the forum on
Wednesday.
the
A "Welcome Home" concert will
he given by the jiist-rethrned choirs
of Bethel on April 17 at 8 p.m. in
the fieldhouse.
To provide an opportunity for
all neighboring churches as well
as the student body to hear the
music of Bethel's traveling en-sembles,
the religious council has
set aside this Friday evening as a
homecoming reception.
Featured on the program are the
college choir and the women's
choir. Each group will highlight
the numbers that proved to be
well-received on tour.
The college choir has been tour-ing
the Pacific Northwest while
the women's choir has visited some
Minnesota and South Dakota Bap-tist
General conference churches.
Newest ensemble in the music
department, the Bethel brass choir,
will accompany the vocal groups in
selected numbers.
Ushering for the homecoming
"One hundred years since The
Origin of the Species," a convoca-tion
program in three parts, will
be held in the Bethel college chapel
at 8 p.m. on April 21, 22, and 23.
The purpose of the program is
to review the impact of Darwin's
book on biological and theological
thought.
"The Biological and Theological
Scene in 1859" will be presented
by Dr. V. Elving Anderson, chair-man
of the Department of Bio-logical
Science, and Dr. Clarence
B. Bass, associate professor of
philosophy and systematic theo-logy.
On April 22, Dr. Russell Mixter,
chairman of the Department of
Call of spring lures Mary Lou
Sewell away from the classroom
as it will many students this sea-son.
Ron Olson attracts the atten-tion
of the lecturer so as to assure
his classmate's successful exit.
concert will be members of the
male chorus.
Bruce Leafblad, publicity chair-man
for the event, urges all Bethel
students to be on hand that even-ing
to give the choirs a royal re-ception.
History, political science, and
social study education majors are
required to take an oral compre-hensive
examination before gradu-ation.
These exams will be given indi-vidually
from April 3 through
15; each candidate will be exam-ined
from 2:15 to 5:30 in the
afternoon.
The content of the comprehen-sive
examinations varies widely,
depending on the program of study
Zoological Sciences at Wheaton
college, will speak on "The Theory
of Evolution and Its Later Devel-opments
in the Biological Sci-ences."
Discussants will be Dr.
Thor Kommedahl, associate pro-fessor
of plant pathology at the
University of Minnesota, and Law-rence
Starkey, associate professor
of philosophy at Bethel.
Dr. Bernard Ramm, chairman of
the Graduate Department of Re-ligion
at Baylor university, will
speak April 23 on "The Theologi-cal
Reactions to the Development
of Evolutionary Theory." Dr.
Ramm, former chairman of the
Department of Philosophy at
Bethel, is author of Christian View
of Science and Scripture, a re-cently
published book relating sci-ence
and the Bible. Discussant will
be Dr. Clarence Bass, and sum-marizer
will be Dr. Robert Mounce,
assistant professor of Biblical lit-erature
at Bethel.
The participants will direct their
discussion toward a cross-section
of the Bethel college and seminary
student body. A technical know-ledge
of the areas of interest will
not be assumed of the audience.
The participants have not been
chosen with regard to views of
evolutionary theory. Competence in
their specialized areas and Chris-tian
committment were the only
criteria, Dr. Walfred H. Peterson
said.
Because of the one hundredth
anniversary of Darwin's Origin of
the Species, there has been much
additional interest in Darwin this
year, Dr. Peterson said.
The program will be sponsored
by the Bethel convocation commit-tee.
Dr. Walfred H. Peterson,
chairman, announced that since the
program was planned as a unit and
since one or two sessions would
give an inadequate sample of the
program, the convocation commit-tee
requests that those who attend
come for all three sessions.
followed by the examinee. No
grade or evaluation is given al-though
the results can have some
effect on recommendations for
graduate school.
According to Dalphy Fager-strom,
chairman of the Department
of History and Political Science,
comprehensive examinations are an
attempt to assess the nature of
the educational experiences of the
students and to determine the
strengths and weaknesses of the
program now being offered by the
department.
These examinations should serve
as a practical learning experience
to the student, who must draw to-gether
and coordinate the know-ledge
gained over the entire col-lege
career, Dr. Fagerstrom said.
This is the third year these
exams have been given.
The 11 students taking this ex-amination
are: Don Bachman, Ron
Breckinridge, John Burbank, Ro-bert
Carlson, Jr., Rodney Erickson,
Sheila Hornsby, Robert D. John-son,
Gordon Olson, Evan Rogers,
Herb Schlossberg, and Glenn W.
Sjodin.
Professors that may be examin-ers
are Dr. Roy Dalton, Dr. Dalphy
Fagerstrom, Dr. Olaf Olsen, Dr.
Walfred H. Peterson, and Mr.
Francis Wheeler. •
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Diligently preparing for
their comprehensive examinations,
which will be administered by D.
Fagerstrom and department, are
E. Rogers, S. Hornsby, and R.
Johnson.
A. Erickson Heads Election
Investigating Committee
CLARION Vol. 35
St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, April 19, 1959 No. 13
Bethel Choirs To Sing At
Welcome Home Concert
History, Political Science Majors
Will Be Given Comprehensives
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Carol Christensen, editor
Ian Paterson and Conrad Wood-all,
assistant editors
Lois Bradshaw, Pam Everburg,
Dave Hagfeldt, Sharalyn
Hanson, Alice Huffman, de-partmental
editors
Maureen Bronstein, bus. mgr.
Roy Dalton, Ph.D., adviser
Much stress is placed upon rote
memory and little or none upon
cultivation of social graces and
skills.
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Thursday, April 9, 1959
Der Spring Bin Springen
Der Grass Getten Dead
Spring has arrived.
Eric Borgeson says with blunt commands the same thing that
President Lundquist tactfully suggests in letters posted on the dining
hall bulletin board—"Keep off the grass."
Seminarians, spurred on by the added incentive of a new quarter,
have forsaken the time-waster called "let's go shoot some baskets" and
have devoted spare time to tennis.
The genteel sports of the spring have captured faculty members,
who were only a few weeks ago singing the praises of paddle-ball, and
they dash, spring, leap, cavort, shout, laugh, and breathe the freshness
of it all on the black flatland to the south ...
There are those in our number who are sensitive, appreciative, and
perceptive enough to see great beauty in the advent of this new season.
These people are not just weary of winter. They see in spring a new
life. Nature comes alive again as it does in some way at the beginning
of any season, each season being unique in its change.
Spring doesn't have to affect you that way. You can just like it—
no reasons attached. Regardless of how spring affects you—if it makes
you skip down the campus thoroughfares or sleep in class, if it makes
you friendly to all or puts you on a cloud out of contact with humanity,
or if it takes you out of the coffee shop (with your tea, coffee, orange
juice, or milk—the all-American drink) and onto the grass—you are
the ones who we want to unite with us to welcome spring.
Welcome spring, and may your life be
one that's long and prosperous (whatever "long and prosperous"
can possibly mean in this usage).
And may you bring to all
pleasure and gladness,
if necessary, sadness;
gratification, jubilation, delectation, exhilaration, satisfaction, and
all good things.
Alas, too soon —
The summer's in the moon.
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background and especially to re-cognize
the channels through
which students have reached the
university.
Compulsory education begins at
the age of seven. The child first
attends a publicly financed "lower
school" which is either Catholic,
"Christian," or public. At the end
of sixth grade the parents decide
whether he shall go on toward
higher education, enter a technical
high school, continue to eighth
grade and then drop out of school,
or enter an apprenticeship program
that combines part-time work with
vocational training. The age of 12
or 13 is hence a crucial one filled
with anxieties for both children
and parents.
If the child takes the first al-ternative,
he will attend either a
lyceum, gymnasium, or a higher
citizen's school. If he successfully
Letters
To The
Editor
Telegram
APR 5 MTVERNON WASH
THE CLARION
GREETINGS HAVING TRE-MENDOUS
TRIP SCENERY
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER
WET GRASS GREEN THE
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Faculty, Etc.
Dear Editor:
Due to the fact that there are
not many events left in this school
year, I would like to express an
attitude which is characteristic of
many people on our campus.
In the past there has been much
said about student apathy, in try-ing
to make them cognizant of
their lethargy; but nothing has
been said about this same condi-tion
which seems to be prevalent
in the faculty and administration.
The apathy I am speaking of is
along the line of social and cul-tural
events on campus.
I would like to, first of all, con-gratulate
the few from this group
who have made it to the events—
oh, yes, and also those who have
sent their families but just coudn't
find time to accompany them.
Maybe if the "hierarchy" in the
school would show some interest in
campus events (like The Robe,
Grace Irwin's lecture, etc.), the
enthusiasm of spirit might extend
to some of the students.
If we are looking for coopera-tion
on our campus let us "all"
get behind the events, and that
also means you.
Joel Stolte
by Marvin Anderson
The miracle of the resurrection is
the life Christ imparts to those
who trust in His death and victory
over sin. Surrender is the secret,
not self-assertion. The Christian
need not gain the victory, for that
Christ has done; he must retain
the victory in his daily life. John's
use of the perfect tense in I John
2:13-14 dispels forever any thought
passes the terminal examination
(a large proportion fail), he is
qualified automatically for admis-sion
to a university. (There are no
liberal arts colleges.)
The five to six or more years
of minimum schooling on the sec-ondary
level for persons entering
the professions or other vocations
which demand a university educa-tion
are very strenuous. There are
no extracurricular activities. Stu-dents
study until at least 10 p.m.
five or six evenings of the week.
They must learn at least three
foreign languages (English,
French, and German), and in the
classical schools (gymnasia) they
must also study Latin and Greek.
Other courses of study on the
secondary level include history,
mathematics, science, and a host
of other subjects, partly dependent
upon the type of school system.
be quart Corner
bp Common jobn
(the last in a series)
The editors of the CLARION believe that on this campus there
are a great many who have journalistic ability. Yet many of those
do not take advantage of the opportunity to expand their faculty
through work with the campus newspaper. You may be one of these.
So in this issue—this issue being the last under the present editors
—the Square Corner would like to direct your attention to what's be-hind
the CLARION door. And if you have writing ability or if you
have an interest along journalistic lines, you can become a more in-tegral
part of Bethelia.
How does each CLARION develop ? The CLARION, as you are
probably aware, comes out every other Thursday (with a few excep-tions
such as senate elections).
On the Monday following publication the various editors (news,
feature, copy, and sports) meet (over coffee) and discuss the issue
to follow with respect to photography and news and feature stories.
The editors' plan is to produce variety from issue to issue and within
each issue.
After the meeting reporters receive their assignments through
their post office boxes and have until the Thursday afternoon deadline
to complete their stories.
According to editor Carol Christensen, "A paper can be made or
broken on the reporter's level." Stories depend on the reporter's sen-sitivity
to the situation on which he reports—his ability to look at as
many sides as possible.
The stories are typed (and now designated "copy") and go to
the printers Saturday afternoon—ideally, that is. In practice they usually
go late Saturday night. At this time photographs go to the engravers,
the cartoon having been previously sent elsewhere for processing.
The typed copy returns from the printers on Tuesday in the form
of "galley-proofs." These are the stories printed in column form. One
set of proofs is cut up and pasted down on pages as a map for the
printers in setting up the paper. This is termed "lay out." Mistakes
in printing are corrected on the other set of proofs. At this time head-lines
are written. On Tuesday night (very late) the CLARION goes
off once more to the printers :
During all this activity, the business department is selling and
designing ads for pages three and four. This department is also re-sponsible
for the distribution via post office boxes to you and via the
mail to subscribers, advertisers, and colleges on the "exchange list."
This is your invitation to stop down to the CLARION office at
some time of CLARION activity. See how your paper is put out and
meet your new editors, Alice Huffman and Conrad Woodall. This is also
your invitation to be a part of the paper as a reporter, feature writer,
copy reader, or typist.
Remember—"At Bethel, nearly everyone reads the CLARION."
of penance or human effort neces- claims to be a resident in Christ
sary to overcome the Destroyer. is under obligation to order his
Victory is retained by living in life in the very same manner as
the dimension of love. Holy Scrip- the Son of God.
ture minces no terms by stating Only two essentials are daily
that the authentic Christian life required for victorious living, but
results in ethical behavior and love what a snare for the intelligence
for each other. The fresh com- and a trap for the ego. Again
mandment is not a novel thing, but John used the perfect tense, I John
rather the fulfilling of life in the 1:10:
light that is God. Anyone who If we violently protest that
we have not sinned
claiming freedom from sin's
Guilt
We make God a liar
and we interrupt communion
with Him.
Sin disrupts the dialogue be-tween
the soul and the Divine,
leaving one to wander aimlessly
through life's vocations oblivious
of service and sensitive only to
self.
Daily adherance to the gentle
command of God by confession of
sin is the secret of victory. Spon-taneous
love for each other will
result, and the victory which Christ
alone has gained will be retained.
If at any time we protest we
possess no sin
We wander aimlessly like the
planets of the sky
There is no truth in ms.
Whenever we admit our sins
Faithful is God and just to
forgive
and purify us from every
brand of sin and injustice.
This is the victory which has
conquered the world
Even our Faith.
by Dr. David 0. Moberg
To understand this Dutch system
of higher education it is essential
to know its historical and cultural
Surrounded
condemned, knowing not which,
way
to go
searching, not knowing exactly
what to look for
thoughtful, with each thought
pursuing the other
wise, without the direction
to place wisdom
yearning, looking for that which
at once
is tangible and is not
and they tell us
that this life is what we make
of it.
M. B.
Retain The Victory Dimension Of Love
This Is Victory Which Has Conquered
Public Lower School
Gymnasium, Lyceum
A Dutch Boy's Path To The University
'Arminius?' The above like-ness
of Dr. Clarence Bass was
submitted by his friend and col-league,
Dr. Robert Mounce.
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One of the advantages of having
a group such as this is to foster
intelligent Christian interest in
politics, said John.
The Young Democrats will meet
at 8:15 p.m. in the student center
lounge.
Ian Paterson and John F. Ander-son,
temporary co-chairmen of the
YDFL, say that the purposes of
their group are threefold: one, to
give students who are advocates of
the Democratic party's philosophy
of democracy an opportunity to
participate in the "grass roots" of
this complex, but fascinating,
method of public choice; two, to
interest and educate others in the
basic beliefs and the variations
within the Democratic party' three
to present to thoughtful Christian
young people the responsibility of
examining their own concepts of
government and politics and to
recognize the process whereby
change may take place.
John feels that a YDFL group
can be advantageous on our cam-pus
because it ought to be refresh-ing
to our student body as most of
them have come from backgrounds
which have influenced their think-ing
toward apathetic Republican-ism.
Ten dues paying members—dues
are one dollar a year—are neces-sary
to affiliate a campus group
with the state group.
According to Dr. Peterson, the
Minnesota Citizenship Clearing
house gives assistance to arouse
interest in partisan politics such
as YDFL and YGOP.
WMF Slates
Dr. Chapman
Internationals
"Medicine in Missions" will be
the subject of Dr. Robert Chap-man's
presentation at World Mis-sions
Fellowship 7 p.m., Saturday,
April 18, in the seminary chapel.
Dr. Chapman is an ordained
minister as well as a practicing
physician. Early in 1960 he will
be leaving for Hong Kong; he has
been appointed for mission work
by the Evangelical Free church.
The International Music Festi-val,
sponsored by WMF, will be
on April 24. Anyone interested in
inviting an international student
from another campus is asked to
contact Ed Tegenfeldt for the name
and address of the student.
Speech Majors
Spend A Day At
Teacher's Home
Speech majors and students par-ticipating
in intercollegiate debate
will go to Coon Rapids this Satur-day
afternoon.
After volleyball and various
games in the afternoon, the group
will fry steak for dinner at the
Q. T. Smith home.
As part of the evening program,
Dr. Richard Curtis will outline
future plans for the speech pro-gram
at Bethel.
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YDFL YGOP
Political Groups Begin Organization
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Sem Seniors
Take Exams
Twenty-two seminary seniors
will take a two part comprehensive
examination tomorrow.
The test will consist of a two-hour
objective test in the morning
and a three-hour subjective test
in the afternoon. Material from all
required seminary courses will be
covered in the examination.
The comprehensives are intended
to be an integrating experience for
the student as well as an oppor-tunity
to demonstrate his ability
to assimilate knowledge from var-ious
fields of study, according to
Edwin Omark, dean of the semin-ary.
Comprehensives are one of the
three requirements for seminary
graduation. The other two are a
written senior sermon and an ap-proved
doctrinal statement.
The tests must be passed in
order to graduate. If one or both
parts of the test are failed, a stu-dent
may retake the section failed.
Failure on the second try will com-pel
a senior to wait one year for
graduation.
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by Lois Bradshaw
Attention Democrats, Republi-cans,
and what have you. Bethel
politicians are invited to take their
stand and join either the Young
Republicans or the Young Demo-crats
in an organizational meeting
tonight.
The Young Republicans will meet
in the seminary lounge at 8 p.m.
Dr. Walfred H. Peterson, assoc-iate
professor of political science,
will give introductory remarks and
According to John Stahl, tern-proximately
23 pounds. There is
about 90 pounds of air in the tires.
The frame is made of a special
aluminum alloy steel. It is built
for lightness and strength, Chuck
said.
The front wheel comes off with
a flick of a switch—for quick
changes during races. Chuck calls
it a "do-it-yourself-project."
The bike has ten speeds, Chuck
said, but the speeds can only be
shifted while pedaling. There are
five speeds in the pedals and five
Bethel To Go
To A ES Meet
At Wheaton
Bethel students will attend the
Association of Evangelical Schools
(AE S) convention at Wheaton col-lege
in Wheaton, Ill., April 16
through 18.
Delegates from about 30 evan-gelical
schools will gather for or-ganizational
purposes. Officers will
be elected at the convention.
Lois Bradshaw, Dwight Jessup,
Steve Peterson, Bob Ricker, and
Don Sension, subject to senate ap-proval,
will represent Bethel at
the convention.
porary chairman, the purpose of
the meeting is organizational and
explanational. The goals and pur-poses
of the Young Republicans
will be discussed in an informative
type meeting.
The student should obtain a
greater appreciation of party poli-tics
through groups like this, says
the Young Republican National
Federation, group magazine.
Miss Kay Batchelder, program dir-ector
of the YGOP state executive
board, will be the speaker.
more in the back wheels—makes
ten anyway you add 'em.
Back to the saddle which is
made of a tough leather without
any springs. Chuck says that this
is "not a comfort thing; it's some-thing
you have to get used to."
On the pedals, there are stirrups
made of leather. For safest riding
Chuck wears German-made riding
shoes which have a cleat in the
middle of the sole. The cleat fits
into the stirrup so the foot is
securely strapped in.
With these stirrups you not only
push, but you are able to pull
which makes for what Chuck calls
"a complete power stroke."
The question which Chuck says
that everyone asks him is "how
fast can it go ?" Top speed, down
a hill with a tail wind, is up to
50 or 60 miles an hour. The aver-age
on the highway is about 30.
Chuck intimated that there's a
"tremendous sensation right in
your aft after riding a long way."
Mary Anderson Will
Teach And Study
At U Of W
A teaching assistantship in the
Department of History at the Uni-versity
of Washington for the aca-demic
year 1959-60 has been a-warded
to Marvin Anderson, sem-inary
senior from Seattle, Wash.
Marvin will study for his doc-tor's
degree in ancient history and
the classics and lead quiz sessions
in survey courses in American and
European history.
The scholarship covers tuition,
fees, and books plus $1,600.
Marvin's proposed plans for the
future include teaching Biblical
languages in a seminary.
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You're in the saddle with your
feet in the stirrups ready to call
"Hi-ho . . ." when you realize that
this isn't a horse. Nay, the phenom-enon
you are sitting on, that is if
you are John or Chuck Adelsman,
is a racing bike.
The bikes are an Italian make.
Chuck's is called a "Fiorelli."
They've had their bikes only a few
weeks and already Chuck says, "I
think it's a great sport."
The weight of the bike is ap-
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John And Chuck Are Tall In Saddle
Is the national pastime a thing
of the past at Bethel college ?
Baseball is the subject under scru-tiny.
Strange as it may seem, this is
a legitimate question, under the
Fiery catcher and '59 captain,
Gerry Oas, will direct the squad
from behind the plate.
circumstances. At present, thirteen
is the number that makes up the
roster of our baseball team; there
are not even enough to have a full-scale
intrasquad scrimmage.
In all fairness to the game, the
number has dwindled with some
non-plus excuses, such as work,
soil adhesion, grades, and the like.
Gerry Oas, Ken Albright, Clyde
Thomas, and Al Penner are the
only returnees to the team this
year. Albright batted .283; Penner,
.269; and Oas, .250.
Despite the apparent gloom at
first glance the team is definitely
in the running—in the running for
what, is not important. Pitching
was a real puzzler to begin with
but has been relieved by some good
work by Thomas, Baird, and Adels-man.
"Perhaps even better than
last year," comments Lynn Lun-din,
coach.
One of the big "if's" is in our
defense. Last year's team, which
sported a tremendous team batting
average of .306, was guilty of 63
errors throughout the schedule, an
achievement that the present squad
doesn't aspire to.
Last year, the team won five
of its six final games and played
entertaining baseball. This year's
Schedules
Baseball
April
11 Hamline (T)
2 p.m.
14 Concordia (H)
2:30
17 Bemidji-DH (H)
1:30
21 Northwestern (H)
2:30
25 Luther-DH (T)
1:30
28 River Falls (T)
2:30
May
1 Concordia (T)
2:30
5 River Falls (H)
2:30
6 Luther (H)
3:15
11 Pillsbury (T)
2:30
14 Northwestern (T)
2:30
22 Conference series-DH (H)
H—Home
T—There
DH—Double header
Track
April
11 Winona
Winona
18 Carleton Relays
Carleton
23 Northwestern
Central stadium, St. Paul
Concordia JC
28 Augsburg
Hamline
Hamline
St. Thomas
May
2 Howard Wood Relays Sioux Falls, S. D.
18 Augsburg Hamline
Hamline
St. Thomas
22 Conference meet Hamline
nine opens the season at Hamline,
Saturday, April 11 at 2 p.m. (Note
and clip schedule.)
There is nothing that encour-ages
a team like an enthusiastic
school backing their efforts. Be
there!
Golf Team Will Exist
From all indication the 1959
Royal golf team will exist. Six
men of the links have given Gerry
Healy, coach ( ? ), the enthusiastic
impression that they are ready and
willing to make the 18 hole trek
Some prefer
this to class!
Golf is one of the
most relaxing and
enjoyable of
spring sports,
depending on
score, naturally.
anytime, on any course—prefer-ably
during class hours.
Enthusiasts have been known to
defect from the hallowed halls to
the course in springtime on slight
provocation, such as sunshine.
Roger Adelsman, Les Borms,
Dick Abrahamson, Warren Risch,
Curt Lund, and Rick Johnson are
the six men vying for the spots
on the five man team. None of the
golfers has earned a golf letter
for Bethel. Early season indica-tions
suggest Rog Adelsman as
number one man; however, nothing
is definite.
In a match slated for April 18,
River Falls is the first opponent.
River Falls dealt Bethel her only
two losses last year.
In the won-lost column of last
year, Bethel men of the greens won
three and lost two matches
throughouut the season, and fin-ished
fifth in the conference meet.
Last year's captain and number
one man, Dave Davies, will def-initely
be missed. Bethel campus
hosts a couple of transfer students
who are reportedly good golfers,
but they are ineligible to compete
due to some transfer complication.
First Things First: Tennis
One of the keys to happiness is
to do first things first. In order for
our eight man tennis team to get
in shape and sharpen up for their
spring matches, practice will have
to become constant and repetitious.
Bluntly, between the hours of 4
and 6 p.m. the courts are reserved
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talents, Gerald Healy, coach.
Last year the squad had a rela-tively
successful season and fin-ished
a solid third place in the
conference matches at Lakeland.
Dick Benert, last year's number
one player, and Don Sension, an-other
strong singles man from last
year's squad, will form a strong
nucleus around which the team can
be built. Remaining men are new
to the squad.
Track Forte In Distances
There are approximately 20
Bethel men aspiring to be the
track team this year. They are, to
a great extent, an inexperienced
team. Only returning lettermen are
Ron Olson and Roger Purcell.
The track team is going to miss
Don Becker and Jim Jackson, who
AtTRACK-tive
Some come run-ning.
totaled 38 1/2 points in the confer-ence
meet last year.
The most promising new men are
Bill Porter and Pastor Colon. Por-ter
will probably run the low
hurdles and the half mile. Colon
is a distance man. Paul Evan has
some respectable high school
marks in the discus and the shot
put.
The major track event of the
year is the conference meet to be
held at Hamline stadium, May 22.
There are a total of seven definite
meets scheduled, beginning with
Winona, April 11 (note schedule
and clip).
Bethel's 1959 track coach is an
important asset. He is doing a fine
job of conditioning a team that
has had a very late start due to
lack of facilities.
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the CLARION
Thursday, April 9, 1959
Baseball, Golf Tennis, Track
Royal Spring Sports Round-Up Ever Ride A Polywog?
C. N. E.
You've got to have raw, insane courage to speed 150 miles an
hour in a boat. But I went along anyway.
To answer a nosey question—this has absolutely nothing to do
with sports at Bethel. But it is something I find intensely interesting
and would like to share with you. Ulterior motives such as self defense
to friends, who question my sanity, also to explain just what the final
sentence of the Needle has been referring to throughout the past year.
Looking down on a hydroplane is like looking down on a sleek
polywog. From the bow, it looks like a giant manta ray with a motor.
They are usually about 31 feet long and 12 feet wide. By way of
Miss Bardahl, last year's national high point champion, is shown
breaking a new Rolls Royce engine (2,200 horses).
comparison, a large family car is 18 or 19 feet long. Twelve cylinder air
plane engines power the hydros and develop 2,000 h.p. I said 2,000
horse power.
What's it like racing two and a half miles a minute over water in a
hydroplane ? Care to come along. They have gone 195 m.p.h.
"The water feels like concrete. It's like riding a wet earthquake.
It's like rocketing in a bathtub on a psychotic vibrator. It's like riding
a beserk firecracker in a cocktail shaker. It's the end man."
Nothing To Worry About But . . . .
In a purely academic way, I inquired about the hazards. Nothing
to worry about I learned—except maybe floating debris in the water,
such as floating half-filled beer cans. One sank not too long ago just
by hitting a soda pop bottle. A submerged log—did you know lumber is
the biggest business in Washington—could convert a hydroplane into
assorted modern art.
I crawled into the open cockpit behind the engine with Pete.
At the very start we were going 40 miles an hour. We didn't work
up to that; we started there. The hydroplane has no clutch. It just takes
off.
Suddenly, in less time than it takes to say "how does a chicken
get out of this outfit ?" the speedometer showed we were doing 80.
At this speed, the boat flew mostly out of water. There was plenty
of daylight under the hull. We were traveling on what they call "three
points."
Only one-third of the propeller, which is 12 inches in diameter,
was in the water. The two other points touching were tiny spots on the
widest part of the hull.
The speedometer needle climbed, the engine roar increased, my
teeth shook, my liver cried, my back ached and then Pete turned. It
was more like a slide than a turn. I was thrown against him. I tried
to get back but felt like weights were pulling me over. The boat shook.
No, it vibrated. No, it bounced. No, it seemed to be exploding, it seemed
impossible to hold on.
'I'm With You All The Way!'
Pete grinned and straightened out. Behind us, we were throwing
up a spray 60 feet high and 100 yards long. It was impossible to look
at the water and even the distant shoreline seemed to be a shimmering,
bouncing blur. I wondered how Pete would spot the floating beer can.
Suddenly we were doing 150 miles an hour and the lake seemed
smaller than a martini glass. Roar, vibration, bounce, galloping fear
reached an insane pitch.
I yelled to Pete. I wanted to say something reassuring, of course.
Like, "relax, kid, I'm with you all the way." I yelled, but nothing came
out. The words were thrown back into my throat.
At this speed we were incredibly high out of the water. Only
two inches of the prop were submerged. The hull was displacing only
a sixteenth of an inch! The total surface the boat presented to the water
now was about 16 square inches, half a man's handkerchief.
A small seaplane appeared overhead, paralleling our course. We
quickly lost him. And suddenly it was over and we were back at the
dock. My body felt black and blue all over and my psyche felt scrambled.
This is what hydroplanes do in Seattle and could do in Minnea-polis—
preferably for the late July Aquatennial. Unlimited hydroplane
racing is one of the world's most crowd pleasing spectacles. You
would agree with me if you could see the rooster tail of water soaring
into the heavens and hear the big engine screaming and roaring like
a flock of shrieking banshees. Of course, the Twin Cities would have
to find a suitable lake containing a three mile course and facilities to
handle the huge crowds. (Boat ride—courtesy of Saul Pett, A.P.)
Needle
It is predicted that the "B" club will soon adopt a constitution —
after the verbal pot has stopped boiling . . . Perhaps not too significant,
but encouraging is the fact that among the prospective students were
some good athletes—now to get them to enroll next year . . . Not only
is Mr. Gladder a learned coach, but he is fast—recently defeating The
Beard in the 220 low hurdles . . . A softball intramural program is in
the process of being arranged by the athletic council (possibly in the
fair grounds). The question is: Will the A. C. get across the idea of
playing with a 12 inch soft ball? . . . "B" club puzzler: Will paddle
ball become a varsity sport? . . . How powerful are this year's baseball
players? The team is presently thriving on a daily broken bat fad .. .
Hawaii Kai was recently sold to a New Yorker, a dealer in Italian
racing propellers.
