Dean Johnson
EXTRA E XTR A
The Bethel Clarion
FRESHMEN NUMBER
VOL. XX
BETHEL INSTITUTE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA SEPTEMBER 9, 1940
Welcome Freshmen
DEAN JOHNSON WELCOMES STUDENTS
10-1440
By EMERY JOHNSON Dean, Junior College
A welcome to all new students and to all
returning from other years. May the year ahead
be one filled with good things—joy, satisfaction
of work accomplished, new and deeper friend-ships,
and spiritual growth.
Diverse
Activities
Offered
DESIGNED FOR
STUDENT'S INTEREST
By CAROL ENGWALL
To students looking for extra-curricular
activities in which to par-ticipate,
Bethel has many organiza-tions
which should suit the tastes
and desires of every personality.
These organizations not only serve
the purpose of enriching the life of
each participant, but they also aid
in discovering and developing many
interests and perhaps talents which
lay dormant within the student.
Students find a variety of ac-tivity
in such spheres as music,
religious, forensic, social, ath-letic
and publications. All these
have opportunities for every
student.
When students pay t ::ieir student
activities' fee, they become mem-bers
of the Bethel Student associa-tion.
Presided over by Carl Lund-quist,
the activities of this coming
year promise to include many new
features.
All students who are able to
speak, sing, play a musical in-strument,
or in some manner
participate in a religious service
are invited to use their talents
for the Lord in the gospel teams
which are called out to missions,
hospitals, old people's homes,
and local and out-of-town
churches. This work is under
the supervision of the Religious
council of which Leonard Hult-gren
is president.
WANTED
40 LADIES AND MEN
Wanted 40 aspiring journal-ists
in the Student Publications
department. We need reliable,
competent, and ambitious re-porters,
feature writers, assist-ant
business managers and asso-ciate
and managing editors.
These positions will be filled
soon.
If you are interested in work-ing
on the publications, apply
in the Student Publications of-fice
this week. Leave your name,
a statement of experience, and
an expression as to the type of
work you want to do.
LEMUEL PETERSEN
Chairman of Publications
MARVIN TOEWS
Editor of Clarion
Who are the meek? They are not
the pacific , who have no courage
to battle for the right. They are
not the spiritless, who have no
vision of service, or of a tomorrow.
But the meek are those who are
humble, who are teachable, and who
are honorable. To them the earth
shall be given.
The humble are unpretending,
whose acts are whole-hearted and
unblemished with thoughts of per-sonal
gain and recognition. The
humble are unassuming, unobtru-sive,
and unpretentious. The teach-able
are amendable; those who
make better their character and con-duct.
The honorable are just, right-eous,
virtuous, and kind.
By CAROLINE DILGARD
About a half-mile east of Bethel
is one of St. Paul's most beautiful
parks. (Students spend much time
there, especially in the Spring when
seeking birds for zoology reports.)
Como park boasts a jewel-like lake,
a conservatory of rare tropical
plants and seasonal displays of
American flowers, a zoological gar-den,
and many interesting woodland
paths. There are outdoor grills
where one can roast wieners to
his heart's content. There is always
something to do at Como park; in
the winter the ice king's palace is
there. Ice skating on the lake is a
popular feature.
For the serious-minded, the
Science museum offers much of
You, students now at Bethel, are
those with others who are the youth
of today. It is to you, as well as to
all, that the Master spoke the words,
"Blessed are the meek, for they
shall inherit the earth." Many are
they who have failed to hear the
words of Jesus. May each of you,
and all youth of today, head the
wisdom of the Man of Galilee, and
be meek in His sight. Then the year
ahead, and all years, will be filled
with good things—joy, satisfaction
of work accomplished, new and
interest. It is located at 51 Uni-versity
avenue, and is directly
back of the State Capitol. It was
used as the governor's mansion
in a former period. Students
should visit this museum at
least once during the school
year.
From the museum one can see
the Minnesota Historical society
building. Plan to spend at least two
hours there and wander around at
leisure examining the quaint furni-ture
of pioneer days. There are
some interesting exhibits and some
beautiful things to see in the his-torical
building.
A tour through the State Cap-itol
is also profitable. A guide
Continued on Page Two
Students
Introduced
To Bethel
WEEK'S PROGRAM
PLANNED FOR FROSH
Freshman week is an innovation
at Bethel this year. A new Student
council elected last May decided
that a week of activity should be
planned for the entering freshmen.
Already the new frosh have
had four days of fun and frolic.
There remain yet nine days of
the initiation period.
Watermelon and a campfire will
he in order this evening at Como
park, following a day of registration
for the Fall semester classes. This
get-together for the whole student
body will begin at 7:30 o'clock.
A school mixer will be held
in the gymnasium tomorrow
evening. Classes also begin to-morrow
at 8 a. m. The faculty
women will entertain the fresh-men
women at a tea Thursday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. That
evening all the students are in-vited
to the Central Baptist
church on Roy and Shields
streets for prayer service.
Another feature of the freshman
week program is the annual Min-nesota
Swedish Baptist conference
in Elim Baptist church, Minneapolis.
This will be held from Wednesday
evening through Sunday.
The climax and culmination
Continued on Page Two
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Today
Registration for classes.
Watermelon feed and camp-fire,
Como park, 7:30 p. m.
Tomorrow
Classes begin!
Gym night: all-school mixer
and frolic, College gym,
7:30 p. m.
Thursday
Faculty tea for coeds, 3:30
p. m.
Prayer service, Central Bap-tist
church, 8 p. m.
Friday—Sunday
Minnesota B.Y.P.U. conven-tion,
Winona Baptist church.
Tuesday, Sept. 17
Semi - formal reception, col-
' lege, 8 p. m.
Wednesday—Sunday
Minnesota Swedish Baptist
Conference, Elim Baptist,
Minneapolis.
To the youth of today is given a great
task: a task of preparation to rightly face
the world of tomorrow. In this task of
preparation youth must show the quality
of meekness, and in so doing youth shall
be rewarded with great things. The Master
Himself has said, "Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth." The world
today appears not to be inherited by the
meek, but by the mighty in battle. But the
inheritance of the mighty is for the quality of meekness and be-a
day, and thereafter, the meek come humble, teachable, and
shall inherit the earth. honorable. In so doing, youth
shall inherit the earth, and the
dark and troublesome times of
today shall vanish and tomor-row
shall be a time wherein
greed, selfishness, intolerance
and hate shall not be found.
Youth is given a great task deeper friendships, and spiritual
to prepare for tomorrow. In that growth.
St. Paul' Scenic Spots
SPEND LEISURE PROFITABLY
THE BETHEL CLARION
Page 3
Diverse Activities
Continued
Another active organization is
the Missionary band, which meets
monthly to consider the interests of
mission work.
In the field of music, there is
the famed Male chorus for the
men, the A Cappella choir for
all the students, and a school
band. Also, there are other
musical groups, both vocal and
instrumental, to participate in
gospel meetings. This last year
there were two male quartets,
two women's trios, and a brass
quartet. The supervision of mu-sical
activities is by George
Hilltgren, director of the chor-uses;
and Gordon Peterson, as-sistant
to Hultgren and director
of the school band.
The forensic activities offer op-portunities
to students in debate,
oratory, interpretative reading, and
extempore speaking. Last April, sev-en
Bethel students won superior
ratings in a forensic meet sponsored
by the Southern Minnesota Junior
College conference.
The Student Publication de-partment
includes the CLAR-ION,
bi-weekly campus newspa-per,
and the SPIRE, school
annual. This year a news bu-reau,
a journalism class, and a
press club will be instituted
under the direction of Lemuel
Petersen, chairman of student
publications.
The social activities of the school
are taken care of by the Bethel
Women's association, Men's Recre-ation
club, College club, and the
Alexis Literary society (Seminary
organization).
Opi,frtictit
In the athletic department, the
main activity is inter-collegiate bas-ketball.
The school also sponsors
teams in tennis and baseball. How-ever,
the physical education classes
put on intra-mural contests in touch
football, basketball, volleyball, and
softball. All students participate in
these. Coach Bill Adam supervises
St. Paul's
Scenic Spots
Continued
will be furnished if an appoint-ment
is made ahead of time. The
State Capitol and State Office
building should be seen before
frost, for the lawns and flowers
are at their best now. Both are
located near Rice and Univer-sity
avenues.
The St. Paul Public library is a
place which students will frequent.
It is located at 90 West Fourth
street. At the same. location is the
famous Hill Reference library, the
largest reference library between
Chicago and San Francisco. One
can go there for information on any
Hagstrom
Hagstrom Heads
School 27 Years
Dr. Arvid G. Hagstrom, president,
prepares to close his active service
with Bethel during this coming year.
Dr. Arvid G. Hagstrom, president,
will complete his administrative and
scholastic duties with Bethel this
year, according to arrangements
made at the Swedish Baptist Gen-eral
conference in Rockford, Illi-nois,
this Summer.
Hagstrom has now been with
the school for 27 years. Because
of a retirement rule the confer-ence
has seen fit to replace his
invaluable services.
Rev. H. C. Wingblade, former
English professor and now Chi-cago
pastor, will assume the
duties of administrative and
promotional president in June,
1941.
Dr. Hagstrom spent the Summer
vacation in speaking at various con-ferences,
resting at Long lake, Ver-gas,
Minnesota, and doing some
reading.
The 1941 SPIRE will be dedicated
to Dr. Hagstrom in view of his last
year of active service. A portion of
the annual will contain a biography
and an appreciation of his life,
Lemuel Petersen, editor, has dis-closed.
subect, consult the. librarian about
any books, seat oneself in a com-fortable
leather-covered chair at a
reading table provided with good
lamps, and any books upon request
will be brought. What could be easi-er
when one has a thesis to write?
Publications Dept.
Offers Positions
By LEMUEL PETERSEN
Chairman, Student Publications
The student publications, which
are a bi-weekly newspaper (the
CLARION) and the school annual
(the SPIRE), are putting in a strong
bid for student interest this year.
Approximately 40 students will be
needed to do the necessary work.
Applications from students will be
received this week.
The CLARION is edited by
Marvin Toews; the business
manager is Archie Johnson. Po-sitions
which must be filled as
yet are: managing editor,
campus editor, feature, and
sports editor. In the business
field, advertising and circula-tion
assistants must also be
secured.
The SPIRE is supervised by Lem-ue•
Petersen with Mary Ann Liljen-strom
elected as business manager.
Cliff Bjorklund has already begun
his work as pictorial editor. In the
near future several positions must
also be filled on this staff. Those
open are: associate editor and edi-tors
for the faculty, class, and ac-tivities'
divisions.
Aspiring journalists who do
not earn a position at present on
either staff will be placed on
the reportorial corps. As the cub
reporters learn the journalistic
techniques, they also will be
promoted.
A non-credit journalism class,
called Principles of Student Publi-cations,
will also be sponsored this
year. All staff members must be-long
to this class unless they have
had previous training. The class will
meet twice weekly for lecture and
laboratory work. It will be arranged
in later conference.
Plans are also being dis-cussed
to institute a Board of
Student Publications. Action
must be taken by the Student
council before definite plans
can be released.
Another innovation this year will
be a Bethel News bureau. Publicity
releases will be sent to Twin City
newspapers, religious publications,
and to home-town papers of Bethel
Students Introduced
Continued
of freshman week will be a semi-formal
reception in the Junior
College on Tuesday evening,
Sept. 17. This will be the formal
ending of the 1940 freshman
days.
Other points of interest in the
freshman program are the wearing
of green caps, the deference to
upperclassmen in opening doors,
and the subordination of the new
frosh in not being allowed on the
campus walks.
The program for freshman
week has been planned by Carl
Lundquist, president of Student
association; Virgil Olson, vice-president;
John Valine, Betty
Danielson, and Grant Samuel-son.
These were assisted by
Muriel Petersen, Carol Engwall
and Truman Halvorson.
TODAY MAKES TOMORROW
We are today what we have permitted the past to make of us. The
past. must presume the responsibility of the present. It was yesterday's
East wind that brought today's clouds. It follows by simple reasoning
that the present will determine the future. If we do not sow today, we
can't expect to reap tomorrow.
These foregoing statements are statements of general principle that
are applicable to the career of the Junior College and Seminary student.
At the end of this school year we will be just what we have made of
ourselves during its nine months. In view of this fact we think it is of
great importance that each of us make the most of today's opportunities.
Bethel offers to its students many opportunities. You may become
proficient in a scholastic attainment, you may make some choice friends,
you may acquire valuable experience in various lines of work, or you
may develop your ability as a leader. All these opportunities are worthy
of the work that is required to make them assets.
If you are aiming for scholastic attainment, as any ,worthy student
should, make up your mind to set that ambition above all the trivial things
that tend to interrupt the study hours. Should you choose to make many
friends, ask yourself what it takes to gain a true. friend. Above all, you
must be a sincere friend to gain friends. If you can't afford a new pair
of shoes, polish the old pair a little brighter—you can't buy a new suit
of clothes but you can press and brush your present suit. Industry, sin-cerity,
and presentable appearance will do much to make your associations
pleasant and profitable.
You will also be presented with many opportunities to gain valuable
experience and to develop leadership. The choruses and band, the forensic
activities, the literary clubs, and the publications department are a few
that you will be wise to participate in.
What we will be at the end of this school year will be determined by
what we do with the next nine months. Today is a very important portion
of that nine month period.
Bethel Clarion A bi-weekly campus newspaper
BETHEL INSTITUTE
1480 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Published by students every other Wednesday except in July and August.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
MARVIN TOEWS EDITOR
ARCHIE JOHNSON • BUSINESS MANAGER
LEMUEL PETERSEN CHAIRMAN. STUDENT PUBLICATIONS
Printed by Northern Gospel Publishing Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1935, at the postoffice at St. Paul,
Minnesota, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
