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"No room," was the word quickly passed along,
To Joseph that night by Bethlehem's throng,
No room in the inn — a manger sufficed,
(While man had a bed) to cradle the Christ.
"No room," spake the, arrogant Pharisee,
As later He lingered in Galilee,
Inviting deliv'rence to Israel's race,
Behold Messiah then, face-to-face.
"No room," cried the rabble in Pilate's hall,
As meekly He stood there before them all,
Compassionate still, though sentenced to die,
By their furious shouting of—"crucify"!
"No room," has re-echoed from lips of man,
In much the same manner as spoken then,
No room and no time to stop and behold,
The Christ, of whose coming, prophets foretold.
"No room," yet in mercy He waits, my friend,
Oh stop! are you hasten to journey's end,
Make room in your heart for the Christ today,
Don't spurn His entreaty—don't turn Him away.
By J. R. Hamlin,
. . . And His name
shall be called Won-derful
. .. JJ Isaiah 9:6
Vol. XXVIII—No. 6
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota Thursday, December 16, 1948
The Spire Office Becomes Photo Studio
Po ikoom for ebrifit Purchase of Equipment by Spire
& StuCon Makes Change Possible
faith' P. G. Mission Film
% p4a94am- Is Shown Here
Smorgasbord Given
by Swedish Club
A Swedish smorgasbord was
sponsored by the Swedish club last
night at S p.m., in the school dining
hall.
Those with Swedish blood in
their veins can always be expected
to be present when a smograsbord
is given on campus.
Three films, "Early One Morn-ing,"
"Colorful Sweden," "Mid-summer
in S w e d e n," were
shown. They were very educa-tional
for those wishing to know
something of the "Old Country."
There were also special numbers
in song by a girls' trio consisting
of Ruth Gustafson, Ruth Skoog,
and Hazel Bondeson, and a male
quartet consisting of Len Ander-son,
Bud Peterson, Roney Nelson,
and Gus Tilman.
All who were present had an en-joyable
evening of Christian fel-lowship
celebrating "Jul Tiden."
the Christmas season.
Juniors 'Plan For
Annual Banquet
Plans for the Junior-Senior Ban-quet
next spring are already being
formulated according to an an-nouncement
recently given by
Robert Daley, Junior Class prexy.
In Accord with tradition the
"JS" will be, held sometime in
May. Several places for the ban-quet
are under consideration,
but definite selection is pending
until after January 1st.
Graduating seniors will be the
special guests of honor for this
dinner sponsored by the Juniors.
Every college student is welcome
to attend this all-school social
ultimate of the year.
Graduating sophomores have
the promise of some recognition
this year, but it will assume a
different form than in the past.
Committees for the affair in-clude:
Program—Don Patet, Bruce
Herrstrum and Paul Leafblad;
Arrangements and Finance,
Gordon Berg, Lowell Bergeson,
Lowell Hendrickson; Publicity—
Helen Olson, Dorothy E. Nsison,
Olga Shenning; Decorations—John
Peterson, Harold Lundberg, Karl
Lachler, Joy Ingalls, Gladys Klein-sasser,
Eloise Jensen.
Sophmore Retreat
To Be Jan. 21-23
The weekend of January 21 - 23,
1949, the sophomore class will hold
its annual retreat at Camp Iduhau-pi
on Lake Independence. This is
an event that is looked forward to
with great expectation each year
and this year's retreat promises to
be the best ever.
Flans are already under way,
and a weekend of real spiritual
and physical enjoyment is promis-ed.
Sophonlores are requested to
do their best to attend this retreat.
Dear Children,
Do you believe in Santa Claus?
We do, because we know that he
will be visiting Bethel campus for
our Christmas party at 4:00 o'clock
on December 17.
There will be Christmas
Around the World including
music in German, Spanish, and
Swedish; Christmas stories from
Finland and India; and a new
version of "The Night Before
Christmas."
The last but not the least feature
of the party is the smorgasbord
that is being served in the dining
hall afterwards. We expect to en-joy
it and we think you will too,
if you are lucky enough to be here.
Yours truly,
Alexis
"Out of the Night," a powerful
film portraying the filth, ungod-liness
and worldliness of Chicago's
infamous Skid Row, and the out-standing
work done by the Pacific
Garden Mission, was shown to the
student body Monday night, De-cember
6, by the Religious Council.
Based on actual facts, this movie
told the story of a once successful
business man who, controlled by
the desire for liquor, had become
little better than a bum. One night
in a drunken stupor, he wandered
into the Pacific Garden Mission for
food and a place to sleep. While
there, he heard the message of
salvation and became a Christian.
His wife, too, was converted—by
his testimony.
Those desiring the film should
write directly to the Pacific Gar-den
Mission, 606 S. State St., Chic-ago,
Ill.
Religious Ed. Is
Discussed by PDG
What is Christian Education? Is
there a need for Christian Educa-tion
today? How can it be achiev-ed?
These and other questions con-cerning
the topic were posed at
the latest meeting of the Pro-gressive
Discussion Group held
Tuesday evening, Dec. 7, in the
Edgren Residence. The subject
was ably presented by Perry
Hedberg and Roger Hedberg,
the elucidators for the evening.
Prof. Walfred Peterson was pre-sented
to the group as their faculty
adviser. He was given a hearty
welcome.
Tentative plans concerning ad-mission
of new members were dis-cussed.
Students who have met the
requirements set forth by the
group will be given a letter of in-vitation
before the Christmas vaca-tion.
The Spire office is one of the busier places on the campus these
days. Due to the necessity of taking student portraits without the ser-vices
of a commercial studio, as in previous years, the Spire office has
been transformed into a photography studio. With Harry Paney in
charge of the actual taking of the pictures as well as the developing and
printing, nearly two hundred portraits have already been taken, with
another hundred scheduled for the first week in January.
All the equipment being used has
been purchased this year. The
camera and the lights are the
property of the Spire, while the
darkroom has been equipped with
funds appropriated by the Student
Council. This has made possible
very reasonable rates to the stud-ents.
An air-brush for': retouching
and art work has also been pur-chaged.
1414essis la It. S.
As a result of unsettled con-ditions
in China, the Foreign
Missions Board designated Er-win
Bjelland as its deputation
speaker when the Board met
last week.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Dale Bjork
and infant daughter are expect-ed
in San Francisco December
21st, having sailed from China
on the General Butner Thanks-giving
Day. Mr. Bjork is remain-ing
in Tsingtao with the Lind-bergs.
Word was received by the
Board that Agnes Erickson
would sail immediately on the
Flying Dragon for Manila.
The Spire staff now number
nine. They include besides the
three elected staff members: Har-ry
Paney, Martha Paney, Bernice
French, Jim Mason, Marilyn Erick-son,
Sally Tierney. Special assis-tence
is being given by Gene John-son,
and the faculty advisor is Mr.
Lawson.
45 Students Make
Fall Honor Roll
The following is the official
honor roll released by the Dean's
office, including students carrying
12 or more credit hours.
"A" HONOR ROLL: Beverly
Lewis, Myrtle Rehnberg.
"B" HONOR ROLL: Johanna
Anderson, Marjorie Anderson, Ver-non
Anderson, R. Bandy, G. Berg.
H. Bondeson, Dennis Carlson, J.
Curry, D. Dahl, R. Dalton, P. Dubu-que,
R. Marilyn Erickson, D. Erick-son,
D. Ericson, C. Fernlund, H.
French, C. Germany, B. Herrstrom,
A. Joy Ingalls, T. Jacobson, Elea-nor
Johnson, G. Kleinsasser, M.
Kortum, 011ie Mae Landen, G.
Lehman, J. L. Mason, Paul Miller,
R. Muska, Edwin R. Nelson, Louise
Nelson, P. Nystrom, Helen Olson,
Stanley Olson, D. Osterberg, E.
Palm, Carol Pet e r s o n, Edna
Schultz, D. Shaffer, K. Stolham-mer,
H. Swanberg, R. Upton, F.
Vance, E. Wintersteen.
Debate Squad Successful in First
lournanzent of the Current Season
Four teams represented Bethel at the annual tournament at Iowa
State Teacher's College last weekend. The squad won six out of fifteen
debates.
Six of the members participated in the discussion rounds in which
the topic was "How can civil liberties be guaranteed to all people, living
in the United tSates?"
All eight members participated in extemporaneous speaking, the
subects being chosen from topics on national and international affairs.
Participants, all of who participated in debate on the subject of
Federal Aid to Education, included Lee Kinsley, Harold Christiansen
who won three out of four debated: Bob Daley and Charles Germany
won three out of four; John Balian. and Henry Peterson; Bob Gillquist
and Louis Nelson.
Prof. Samuel Schultz accompanied the group as sponsor. Harold
Christenson placed second as individual debater.
One hundred sixty-eight students from 25 schools representing
several states participated in the tournament.
Morrie's Glories
by Morrie Engstrom
While cramming for the finals recently, I ran across a little poem in
my oke book that I'd like to pass on to the students who have been
complaining about the prices in our dining hall. Here it is.
Methuselah ate what he found on his plate,
And never, as people do now,
Didi he note the amount of the calory count;
He at it because it was chow.
He wasn't distrubed as at dinner he sat,
Devouring a roast or a pie,
To think it was lacking in granular fat,
Or a couple of vitamins shy.
He cheerfully chewed each Species of food,
Unmindful of troubles. Or fears
Lest his health might be hurt by some fancy dessert—
And he lived over nine hundred years.
Page 2 THE CLARION
Thursday, December 16, 1948
Intellects Reflect
Christmas vacation is practically here! The main question on the
campus has been, "What are you going to do over vacation?" Here are
only a few of the answers.
JANET SODERBERG: I'm just going to work and study.
MURIEL THOMPSON: I'm going to Camp Echo Rally at High
Forest, Minnesota, the young people's convention at Rochester and then
relax at home before coming back to school.
ARLIE OLSON: Bud Weber and I are getting married on the 18th
and will be on our honeymoon the
first week of vacation.
BOB FRANZEN: I'm going to be
working and open my Christmas
presents (if I get any).
MAX DUNN: For the first time
in my life, I'm going to spend
Christmas in St. Paul.
FLORENCE NORDSTROM: I'm
going to the missionary convention
of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fel-lowship
at the University of Illi-nois
and then spend some time at
home, Chicago, Illinois.
DOROTHY JOHNSON: I'm look-ing
forward to a time of renewing
old friendships at home in San
Diego, California.
BERNIE HOGAN: For the first
time in three years, I'm going to
be home for Christmas.
VIRGINIA HANSON: Arlie's
wedding is one thing that will be
on my schedule for the Christmas
vacation. Then I'll be going home
and work for my Dad and try to
catch up on my sleep!
Meditation
Fervent in Spirit
The man who has God in his heart cannot have a cold heart for
God is a living God, and there is warmth in life. God appeared to Moses
in "a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush." John the Baptist testi-fied,
"He that cometh after me is mightier than I . . . He shall baptize
you with the Holy Ghost and with fire." (Matt. 3:11) When God the
Holy Ghost came at Pentecost "there appeared unto them cloven tongues
like of fire, and it sat upon each of them." (Acts 2:3)
A challenging example of a man possessed with God is given
to us in the Apostle Paul. Indifferent to the humiliation and dangers
of his imprisonment, he writes a letter of rejoicing to the Philip-pians.
Consider the triumphant confession of Phil. 1:12-20. Paul's
enthusiasm was infectious.
"Many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds,
are much more bold to speak the word without fear." A "merry gentle-man"
one time said to Cardinal Beaton after observing the effect of
the testimony of a man of God who was burned at the stake, "If ye
burn any more you should burn them in low cellars, for the smoke of
Mr. Patrick Hamilton has infected as many as it blew upon."
Paul's enthusiasm, rather than making him intolerable toward
opposition as happens when it is man-fired, led him to praise God even
for his enemies who were preaching Christ out of envy and strife. "Christ
is preached; and I therein do,.yea, and will rejoice."
Paul's enthusiasm, finally, led him to a reckless abandonment
of all selfish interests. He rejoiced that "the things which happened
unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the Gospel."
He was willing even to die, if necessary, that Christ might be magni-fied.
Those men who have counted the most in the, work of God have
been those who, in their zeal for God, have sacrified their own in-terests
to greater goals.
In the light of such a demonstration of holy zeal, we should accept
the command of the apostle when he says in Romans 12:11, "Be fervent
in spirit, serving the Lord." And► the word "fervent" that Paul uses
here means "to boil, be hot, fervid."
Prof. M. Lawson
Enlist in the Fight For Freedom
Buy Your Christmas Seals Today
The veterans know what it is to fight for freedom. Our flag is a
symbol of freedom won. There is another flag—a white one with a
doubled bar cross in the center. This flag is a symbol of a freedom
desired—freedom from tuberculosis.
We do not have this freedom yet, but for forty-one years Christ-mas
seal money. has been used to keep a campaign going that can
and will win freedom from TB. Today we are reaping the benefits
of this campain started in 1907.
Many of us have availed ourselves of the opportunity for either
the Tuberculin test or the X-ray test for TB. Last year here on Bethel
campus we students were privileged to be X-rayed.
This year, as in other years, we had the opportunity to give of
our means to this cause. Janet Widen and James Hubbard were in
charge of this activity on campus. On Monday morning, Dec. 14,
each student and faculty member received in their mail boxes an
envelope in which was enclosed 25 cents worth of Christmas seals.
Those receiving these envelopes were given two alternatives, either
to return the stamps as they were given to them or to remove the
stamps and replace them with a quarter. Then the envelopes were de-posited
in a box supplied for the purpose in the main office.
Have you done your part in this fight for freedom from Tubercu-losis?
Do you remember when we had
coffee 'kalatch" together the last
time? Then surely you recall our
conversation about student govern-ment
on campus and the Student
Council. But of course I know you
didn't read the Student Constitu-tion
since that time, did you?
As we chat again today I'd like
to point out a few more observa-tions
about Student Council.
First of all the StuCon is pretty
much a fellow's organization.
That is so because there are only
three girls in it. Carol (Kelly)
Bergsten is our secretary. Dorothy
E. Nelson is one of the representa-tives
from the Religious Council,
and Florence Nordstrom is the re-presentative
from the Girl's Dorm
Council.
Did you know that StuCon met
ten times last quarter? Almost an
average of once a week.
Why meet so often, you ask?
That's simple. There is a lot to
be done. Remember the New Stud-ents'
Reception, Visual education
programs, Homecoming, You've
seen the ice-skating rink already
assembled. How about the political
rally?—Those are few of the more
tangible things which the StuCon
has done this quarter. Then you
must recognize all the planning,
discussion, and detail work that
produces these things.
There are two matters of impor-tance
under consideration even
now. The first one is that the Stu
Con wants to see that a good Intra-
Mural Sports program is organized
in which most of the students in
school can participate.
And the second item is in in-quiry
into the question of whether
the StuCon should sponsor a Pros-pective
Students Day next spring
and all the problems attendant to
just such a consideration.
In line with this, did you know
that there are 66 known nutrients
in milk. And that in 1947, coffee
ranked first in value among im-ports
into the United States. 'Must
be a lot of Swedes in this country.
Christmas Vacation— For many
it means the first time home since
school started. For all of us it
means a joyous holiday season, en-joying
a fine meal and having a
time of fellowship around the tree.
While we have plenty, let's not
forget those in other land that are
without. Remember, Pi•ayer Chang-es
Things.
I4ITERARY AID: Book of the
Week: Taking for granted that all
the students are reading the books
suggested in this article, and rea-lizing
many will be taking books
home over the vacation to catch
up on studies, I recommend How
to Build Mental Power by Gren-ville
Kleiser (available in school
library). Good hook!
From the lips of Oliver Oman-son,
a man who proved the power
of God through the grim days of
a death ma' ch, comes this testi-mony.
"In February 1942, I was called
into the army, and in September
1943, was taken prisoner by the
Germans. Along with a thousand
other prisoners of war, at Danzing,
Poland, I was forced to begin a
march which ended some 700 miles
to the west in Hannover, Germany,
with less than half of the number
that started out."
"I feel it was only by the grace
of God that my life was spared.
During those days of captivity,
God was very near to me. His
protecting arm was around me,,
not only when I sought Him in
prayer, but also when I was
weak and afraid."
"Sometimes, however, it is only
through bitter experiences that
God can work out His Divin Will.
As I saw the physical and spiritual
suffering about me, my prayer was
always, that if God saw fit to bring
me back home, He Would give me
the wisdom and courage to be a
better witness for Him."
"During my boyhood I had al-ways
attended Sunday school, but
it wasn't until I graduated from
high school, that I came to know
Jesus Christ as my Savior. At that
time the realization that I was lost
brought me to my knees and
cried out to God from the bottom
of my heart for forgivness."
"Yet God answered my prayer
made during that march, and more
than that, He made me see the
necessity of accepting the Divine
call into the ministry. Praise His
Holy Name forever, and ever."
i@a6a0CU
Editor-in-Chief Robert Hamlett
Assistant Editor & News Editor ....
Charles Germany
Feature Editor Audrey Weldon
Sport Editor Roger Hedberg
Art Editors .... Dan Bloom, Wilma
Swanson
Business Manager James Rehnberg
Circulation Manager .. Avis Johnson
Reporters: V.- Hanson, L. Hendrick-son,
J. Hubbard, Ray Johnson, L.
Leaf, J. Leggett, W. Lindroth, D.
Osterberg, G. Platt, R. Forsman, J.
Ballan, D. Brown, M. Linclstedt,
Gene Tupper, Pauline Pearson,
Kurt Janke, Coral Peterson, M.
Sheffier,
Feature Writers: B. Anderson, H.
Bondeson, M. Engstrom, P. Hed-berg,
M. Kortum.
Typists: M. Thompson, Chief; B.
Lindberg, L. Safstrom, H. Dahl, V.
Larson, L. Mellbom, J. Widen, Aud-rey
Weldon, Marcia Gangwish, Jerry
Haseiblad.
Photographer Harry Paney
Faculty Advisor . V. ElvIng Anderson
Issued bi-weekly during the school
year except vacations.
Subscription price $1.00 per year
"It is only when we are out
for God that we can have the
omnipotence of God."
"It isn't just by crossing an
ocean that we become mission-aries.
We must first have a desire
at home to win souls. There must
be a throb—a vital force within
us."
Rev. Samuelson
ems of ir bougbt
By President Wingblade
Said Hamlet to Horatio, aprupo
of some mystic impressions from
the supernatural world ; "There are
more things in heaven and earth,
Horatio, than are dreamt of in our
philosophy."
As we approach the Christmas-tide,
we are again brought face
to face with the mystic wonder
of the incarnation.
In fact, it was altogether appro-priate
that His name should be
called Wonderful for there are
seven highlights of wonder in his
redemptive work for the world,
namely: (1) the wonder of His
birth; (2) the wonder of His pure
life; (3) the wonder of His death;
(4) the wonder of His resurrec-tion;
(5) the wonder of His ascen-sion;
(6) the wonder of His high
priesthood; (7) and finally, the
wonder of His second coming.
But at Christmas time we
think especially of the wonder of
His incarnation. It is the master
painter Raphael who presents
best the picture of the virgin
mother and her "royal child."
In some of those great paintings
of the nativity we have angels
looking down on the mother and
child. And the painter, with deft
touches of the brush, has intimat-ed
that there are other unseen
angels beyond, countless angels,
who are looking down in wonder-ment
at the mystery of the in-carnation—
and well they may!
"The Word, the logos, become
flesh." Who shall explain that?
"And we beheld His glory as the
glory of the only begotten of the
Father, full of grace and truth."
Who shall measure that?
Full of grace, of love, of forgive-ness;
but also full of truth, of
righteousness, of justification, full
of the white light of the eternal
God Himself. From His riven side
there flowed not only water, but
water and blood. Aand so at Christ-mas
is resung and retold the story
of the Christ child. And then His
words—"Except ye turn and be-come
like a little child, ye cannot
enter the Kingdom of Heaven."
Yes, we must come with a
simple child-like faith, and when
we so- come the Holy Spirit does
the rest, and we are made like
unto Him—the Christ child, for we
become clothes in His eternal
righteousness who has become for
us wisdom and righteousness, sanc-tification
and redemption.
The inspired Milton with a ma-jesty
almose divine, puts it thus:
"That glorious form, that Light un-shufferable,
And that far beaming blaze of
majesty
Wherewith He wont at heaven's
high council table
To sit that midst of trinal unity
He laid aside—
And here, with us to be, forsook
the courts of everlasting day,
And chose with us a darkness
house of mortal clay."
And so we wish for all the
Bethel family a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year—in Him.
0 Bet/wide
a t r Teat:mended. Chapel Quotes
A. J. Wingblade Is
Slightly Improved
The President reports that M r:
A. J. Wingblade has slightly im-proved,
but that the condition of
Bethel's senior professor still re-mains
critical. He is at present at
the Swedish Hospital in Minne-apolis.
The Bethel family is urged
to continue to pray for him.
CORRECTION
The CLARION wishes to a-poligize
for a mistake in the
last issue. Helen Franklin is
vice-president of the Swedish
Club instead of Pete Welch as
incorrectly reported.
I
9#1, Spoiddieffit
by Roger Hedberg
What is school spirit? I doubt whether it consists of that small
degree of indolence that you and I witnessed at the basketball game
with Rochester. Those few students (all male) who seem to think it
appropriate to jeer the cheerleaders before and after each cheer, ought
to realize that such actions are neither collegiate nor are they condusive
to school spirit.
I refer to the trite remarks directed at the cheerleaders es-pecially
when they start the cheers with "Are you set?" Why can't
these few mis-led individuals join with the majority and give the
proper response to the cheerleaders, and participate in the "yells"
In•a spirited manner? The girls want to give you the best in cheer-leading.
It is obvious that they are not performing for their health's sake.
Let's cooperate with them and yell, being equally enthusiastic through.
out the entire game.
I 1 I
Have you had your ice-skates sharpened? If not, sharpen them im-mediately.
The campus skating rink is all set now, thanks to the Student
Council committee headed by Len Anderson.
A serious gap in the strength of the Indian basketball team has
been made. Ed Eklof will not be playing with the team anymore this
season, which means the team will have a hard time in finding a man to
fill his shoes.
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THE CLARION
page 8
Intramural Sports Begin After Holidays
Here's the news you all have been waiting for—on the intra-mural
sports program!
Questionaires were distributed Wednesday, Dec. 8, on which you
could indicate the activities in which you were interested.
Perhaps you hesitated about returning these blanks because you
thought that these intra-mural activities would be poorly directed and
uninteresting. If those were your thoughts, allow these following facts
to set you right on this year's intra-mural sports program.
First of all, the Student. Council, realizing the need for an organized
—note that, organized—intra-mural program, appointed an efficient com-mittee
to sponsor and direct intra-mural sports program.
This committee, consisting of Cliff Anderson, chairman, Cal Edlund,
Claryce Skoog, Doris Richards and Marilyn Kortum, has planned and
discussed the different types of activities in which you, the Bethel
students, have indicated your in-terest.
That was the purpose of
the questionaries.
Next, the variety of activities in
which you may participate is very
large including track, horseback
riding, checkers, basketball, base-ball,
hockey, gymnastics, volley
ball, badminton, ping pong, wrestl-ing
and boxing.
One more thing, nearly all of
these activities are on a competi-tive
basis between teams. That
gives you all a chance to partici-pate.
Evenly matched teams will
be selected from among those who
sign up for such activities.
Of course, for those of you who
are better by yourself, thefe are
other sports for you to take part
in. It is the aim of the committee
This gave Brainerd a chance that all who wish to participate
for a possible tie, The first was may do so.
made good and the second was Also, there will be excellent
purposely rolled off the basket's coaching and direction of all ac-rim
and was then tipped in to tivities. As for example, Ernie
tie the score 40-40 at the final Davis, well - known gymnastic
horn.
Cliff Anderson Heads Committee of
Five Which Plans Extensive Program
Victory did not come easy to
the locallers. There were times
throughout the game when the,
small lead held by the Indians
narrowed to a tie and then to
put Bethel behind.
At the outset of the game, Green-man
fouled and made the toss to
give an early Bethel lead of 1-0.
Sandberg then sunk a set shot to
boost the lead to 3-0. Another
-charity toss made good by Eklof
gave the Indians a 4-0. lead when
Rochester then scored their first
goal. A free throw a goal then put
Rochester in the lead 5-4.
Bethel guard Dischinger then
tied the score with a free throw.
A goal by Unruh, 3 by Eklof, and 2
by Greenman made the score read
26-22 as the half ended.
One again, in the 3rd quarter
the Yellow-jackets pressed hard
and tied the score at 27-27 at
mid-quarter and 36-36 at the
close of the third period.
Waage, Bethel forward, then
broke the deadlock at the outset
of the final quarter by dumping
in a final goal. Greenman followed
with another goal from the circle.
Rochester then added their first
goal of the period only to be
quickly counter-matched by an-other
Bethel goal made by Waage.
Schlader then dumped one in for
the Indians and Greenman added a
charity toss which made the score
45-38.
Rochester then put on pressure
and added two consequtive goals,
bring them within 3 points of the
Indians. Eklof and Dischinger each
got a free throw which were both
made good, and the excitement was
over, with Bethel winning 47-42.
Score by Periods
Bethel 17 26 36 47
Rochester 10 22 36 42
Cheerleaders Seek
Better Response
Listen people! Why don't you
yell with the cheerleaders instead
of at them? They aren't out there
to put on a show for you but to
lead you in showing the team that
you are behind them.
Taking into consideration the
fact that colleges aren't supposed
to have much school spirit, you
here seem to be trying to out-do
everyone else in this matter. It's
foolish to expect the team to play
its best if you in the audience put
forth no effort to do your best. A
player is bothered more by silence
than any amount of noise.
We've got a great team this
year so let's all get behind them
and show them that we want to
win, and they will.
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Opener Lost to
Northland, 65-52
The season's cage opener on
Nov. 20 was dropped to the North-land
Lumberjacks by a score of
65-52, at the Macalester college
gymnasium. The Northland five
led Bethel throughout the entire
game.
High point man for the local
quintet was forward Kenny
Greenman who hit for 4 field
goals and 9 free throws to total
17 points for the evening.
The Indians ace guard Mel Molin
obtained second honors by sink-ing
6 field goals and 1 free throw
for a total of 13 points. Ed Ekloff
netted 5 points to give him third
place in the scoring ranks.
Lack of height seemed to be
what handicapped the Indians, as
it was a hard task to keep 6' 3" Les
Howard, Northland star center,
from scoring more than his total of
24 points during the event.
Sports Sketch
Our first basketball player to
be introduced through this column
is colorful Pete Unruh. Pete hails
from Mountain Lake, Minnesota, a
small town, but well known
throughout for producing champ-ionship
basketball teams.
Pete is 20 years of age, slices
off at 5 feet, 11 inches, and tips
the scales at 150. He has proven
very capable as a basketball player
here at Bethel by cinching a berth
at forward on the starting "five."
Previous to entering Bethel,
Pete attended Mankato State
Teacher's college for two years.
He was also active as an athlete,
lettering in track, and holding
his own in basketball. During the
summer months Pete kept him-self
In trim condition as a life
guard at Mankato.
Throughout high school, Pete
was an all around athlete, lettering
in football, basketball, and track
for three consecutive seasons. In
his senior year, Pete captained
Mountain Lake 's power--laden
basketball quintet which went un-defeated
throughout the season,
until a scrappy Austin agregation
knocked them out of the race at
the State Tournament.
Talented in many other ways,
Pete was student conductor of
his high school band, sang in the
male quartet at Mankato State
Teacher's College, and here at
Bethel he has become well-known
for his newly organized
trupet trio. Pete was also elect-ed
president of this year's Ger-man
club.
The Brainerd team then scored
10 points in the overtime period
and Bethel netted only two points,
which ended the game 50-42, in
favor of the Brainerd team.
The local five were somewhat
disheartened after having led
throughout the game and then had
a questionable foul called against
them in the closing seconds which
marred their view of victory.
High scorer for the Indians was
Eklof, with a total of 11 points to
his credit. Dischinger followed
close with 10 points and Unruh
obtained third, scoring honors by
totaling 9 points.
Score by Periods
Bethel 8 20 25 40 42
Brainerd 7 18 24 40 50
Superior S. 74
Home Cagers 43
At Superior, Wisconsin, on Dec.
3, the Indians lost their third non-conference
game to a powerful
Superior State .college team by a
score of 74-43.
Once again, forward Kenny
Greenman took scoring honors for
the local five by netting a total of
16 points. Center, Ed Ekloff, and
guard, Mel Molin, hooped 8 and 7
points respectively for second and
third scoring honors.
teacher and an expert gymnatist
himsolf, has volunteered his ser-vices
to direct gymnastics.
In the past years, the boys have
dominated these intra-mural activi-ties.
This year, however, with more
girls than fellows on the commit-tee,
there is no reason why the
girls should remain in the back-ground.
Perhaps the fact that there
will be trophies for the winners
will further encourage your par-ticipation.
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Won by Bethel 47-42
The Indians started off in the winining column of Conference play
on Saturday, Dec. 4, by defeating the Rochester Yellow-jackets 47-42,
on the Macalester court.
For his third time out of four games. Kenny Greenman took Indian
scoring honors by sinking 4 goals and 6 free tosses to total 14 points for
the evening. Eklof kept in his stride and tossed in 12 points for second
honors. Unruh traditionally obtained honors by sinking 3 goals and 4
free throws to total 10 markers.
Brainerd Wins In
Overtime, 50-42
On Nov. 26, on the Brainerd
court, the Indians lost their second
non-conference game to Brainerd
college by a score of 50-42.
With only three seconds left in
the final period, the Indians led
by a score of 40-37. At this time
a Brainerd player aimlessly threw
the ball at his basket in a final at-tempt
to score. The shot was no
good; however, in his attempt the
player tripped somehow, and a foul
was called agains Unruh, Indian
forward.
Two former Bethelites, Shirley Delin of Spring Lake Park, Minn., and
Lois Carlson, Chicago, witness at the door of a home.
God's Invasion Army Advances
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THE CLARION
Thursday, December 16, 1948
Ten former Bethelites are members of God's Invasion Army, a home
missionary band sponsored by the Baptist General Conference. Director
of the group is the Rev. Edward Nelson (Sem. '40). Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Lidbom are the associate directors.
Having finished a six-week's training course by Nov. first, this ad-vance
contingent of God's Invasion Army has been working in Upper
Michigan. They will go to their homes for the Christmas holidays to re-convene
in Chicago on Jan. 5.
Although their primary objective is that of house to house wintness-ing,
the Army has been serving the Conference churches in a varied
program, including radio work, children's meetings, evening evangelistic
services, youth rallies, singspirations, Sunday school and church ser-vices.
Volunteers who have enlisted in the Army are young people,
who desired to give the Lord a year of their lives to serve Him in
the pattern of New Testament missions.
The Lord has blessed the ministry of the group with the salvation of
many precious souls even in the early days of the field work. Outside
of the director, there are no preachers in the Army. God has used the
simple testimony of young people who lives are yielded to Him. Many
have had the joy of leading a soul to Christ in their own homes.
In every place the Army has
seen souls saved and Christians
rededicated to the work of the
Lord. In some churches there
has been a real moving of the
Spirit of God, stirring up revival
fires that have continued to burn
after the Invasion Army has
gone on. At the present time
the total enrollment in child-
For the benefit of those who ren's meetings is close to 5,000.
aren't acquainted with the likable,
jolly president of Bethel's first
senior class, Roy Dalton is being
presented in this issue. The dis-tinct
honor of being the first Sen-ior
Class President has been well
placed.
Roy says he is looking for-ward
to graduation since he has
been working toward that end
for some eight years now. Three
years of that time was spent
traveling for Uncle Sam in the
Air Force, where. has was a gun-nery
instructor and a chaplain's
assistant.
Roy's home is in Seat Pleasant,
Maryland, and his first year and a
half of college work were complet-ed
at Western Maryland college.
After his hitch in the service, Roy
come to Bethel and here has map-gored
in history and minored in
literature. With a view toward be-coming
a teacher, Roy plans to
take graduate work at the Uni-versity.
Roy describes himself jokingly
as "bald, bifocals and bulges,"
but in reality he is a sturdy 5'
11", has curly dark brown hair
and merry blue eyes which his
glasses canflt hide.
His other activities at Bethel
include being past vice-president
of the French club, a Gospel team
pianist, and the social chairman
for the Lords.
One of the things Roy appreci-ates
most about Bethel is that it
is a Christian college in actuality
and not just in name. It is his
hope for Bethel that as it grows
it will never lose any of its spirit-uality,
nor slip from the rock,
Christ Jesus, upon which, it has
been founded.
Among the many unusual op-portunities
the Invasion Army has
had to present the Gospel was a
meeting under the auspices of the
Inter-Varsity Fellowship of the
Northern State Teacher's College
of Marquette,VIich. One of the
members of the Army lectured in
a class in Educational Phychology
at the school, here topic being that
of Psychiatric Nursing. She in-cluded
in her lecture a personal
testimony for the Lord Jesus
Christ. A trio from the group sang
in the foyer of the school between
classes on two different days.
Former Bethelites who are mem-bers
of the Army are as follows:
Rev. Edward Nelson, Mrs. Harold
Lidbom (Gertrude Westerdahl),
Eleanor Nelson, Dorothy Erickson,
Vivian Gaydosik, Shirley Delin,
Ellen Freeman, Marilyn Fernlund,
Lois Norberg, Lois Carlson, and
Miriam Swan.
New Missionaries
Accepted by Board
Misses Arlene Jensen, Leona
Larm, and B-Etta Meyer gave their
testimonies last Wednesday night
at a dedication service in Payne
Avenue church after being accept-ed
by the Candidate committee of
the Foriegn Mission Board Tues-day.
Miss Jensen, an instructor at
Mounds-Midway School of Nurs-ing,
who has a B.S. degree in
public health nursing, will be
leaving for the North Bank area
in Assam, India sometime next
fall. She and the other two ap
pointees will be commissioned at
Omaha the last week in June of
next year.
Both Miss Larm's and Miss
Meyer's appointments were made
pending designation. Miss Meyer is
at present attending Freemont col-lege
in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Swanson were also interviewed by
the Board.
Candidates must have a college
degree, be of unquestionable Chris-tian
character, and qualified to give
specialized service on the foreign
field.
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Dates of Coll.
Meeting Set
The coordinating committee of
the collegiate societies composed
of Robert Sandin, Mrs. Harold
Christenson, Robert Nelson, Mrs.
Kenneth Greenman, have set the
dates for society meetings for the
remainder of the year.
The dates are as follows: Jan.
7, 21 or 28 (not definite as yet) ;
Feb. 4, 25; March 4, 18; April 1,
22; May 5, 6 (Inter-society com-petition).
The areas for inter-society com-petition
have been designated as:
short story writing; oratory; ex-temporaneous
speaking; musical,
men voc•a l, woman vocal, piano,
organ; art; athletics, essay writ-ing,
and specialty, that is any par-ticular
field in which a student
wishes to express himself.
A German club has been organi-zed.
The following officers have
been elected: Pete Unruh, presi-dent;
Dennis Carlson, vice-presi-dent;
Ruth Ludeman, secretary-treasurer;
and Evelyn Christenson,
social chairman.
Palermos Feature
Converted Priest
At Youth Night
Bethelites were truly favored
last week at the Youth Fellowship
to have the Palermo brothers with
us again and also one of their con-verts,
Ugode Lucia, a converted
Catholic priest from Italy.
The meeting began as we sang
that challenging old hymn, "On-ward
Christian Soldiers," led by
Jim Rentz. Then the meeting was
turned over to the Palermo bro-thers.
They began with a testimony
in song, "I Love to Tell the Story"
with one stanza in their native
tongue, Italian; they sang and
played other numbers also.
Upon introducing Ugode Lucia,
Phil Palermo disclosed a portion
of his background, that he had
been a priest for twelve years
a n d the special propaganda
minister for the Pope of Rome.
As Mr. Lucia gave his testimony,
mostly in Italian, hearts were
thrilled and thoughts turned to II
Corinthians 5:17—"Old things are
passed away . . . all things are
become new;" truly the power of
Christ was manifest in his testi-mony.
Later, in his message, which
was interpreted by Phil Palermo,
the listeners were again challenged
and admonished to search their
hearts and lives anew.
Introducing:
Roy Dalton, First
Senior President
by Hazel
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While exams are a thing of the past, their results seemingly live
Gn forever. Therefore, Alice Ginther has proffered a new interpretation
of the marking system, which will doubtless be of benefit to all of us:
A for Awful; B for Bad; C for Confusing; D for Dandy and F _for Fine.
Really, it's all in the way you look at those letters, don't you think?
You have probably heard this one already, but it's incidents
such as these which make life interesting. Jim Rehnberg asked
Signe Anderson, upon seeing her emerge from a small, dark closet
with an armful of books: "What class do you have in there, Signe,
Abnormal Psych?"
Moat of the girls have been unable to study recently due to the fact
that they are planning their "Christmas Campaigns." One girl says she
is going to wear mistletoe in her hair all during vacation. Thanks for
the tip, Jane.
At a recent dormitory prayer meeting, Miss Steve, missionary
to French Equatorial Affrica, was asked to tell about Christmas in
Africa. It was shocking to hear that there is no Christmas in Africa
since the people there do not know of Christ and one day is the
same as the next. This revelation is hard to believe, when we take
- Christmas so much for granted.
If non- Christians all over America who sing the Christmas carols
so glibly would stop and think about the words in them, how could they
fail to comprehend the true meaning of Christmas? For instance, in "0
Little Town of Bethlehem" we sing: "But in this world of sin, where
meek souls will receive Him still the dear Christ enters in. 0 holy Child
of Bethlehem! Descend to us, we' pray. Cast out our sin and enter in.
Be born in us today . . 0 come to us, abide with us, Our Lord Em-manuel!"
What a beautiful Christmas prayer. 0.that it might be ours
always! Merry Christmas everyone!
—Haze
