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Taylor, Panels Examine
Issues in World Missions
Volume XXXIX—No. 8
Information concerning the
availability of opportunities in the
Peace Corps can be obtained from
Mr. Sprinkel in the student af-fairs
Postions are open for dedicated
and qualified men and women in
the area of education. Workers
are needed to teach in elementary
and secondary schools as well as
teaching adult courses in English,
health and vocations.
Other opportunities are open
for farmers, home economists,
nurses, social workers, carpen-ters,
mechanics and health work-ers.
Underdeveloped countries like
Brazil, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Philip-
The national teacher examina-tions,
prepared and administered
annually by Education Testing ser-vice,
will be given at more than 300
testing centers throughout the Uni-ted
States on Saturday, Feb. 16,
At the one-day testing session
a candidate may take the common
examinations, which include tests
The critical service of the As-sociated
Collegiate Press awarded
the CLARION first class honor
rating for the second semester of
1961-62. Papers judged were edi-ted
by Sharon Rogers, Dean Dahl-quist
and Neva Rogers.
Also presented with a first-class
award was the 1962 SPIRE, sub-mitted
by co-editors Elizabeth Carl-son
and Karen Neslund.
pines, India and Nigeria have need
for aid from the Peace Corps.
A member of the Peace Corps
must meet certain standards and
qualifications. He must be a citi-zen
of the United States; at least
eighteen years of age; single un-less
the husband and wife can go
together; in good health; emotion-ally
mature; and exemplary in per-sonal
The applicant must also pos-sess
a background in education
and experience adequate for his
assignment. He must demon-strate
responsibility, interest in
the customs of the people with
in professional information, gen-eral
culture and English expres-sion,
designed to demonstrate mas-tery
of subject matter to be taught.
The college which a candidate
is attending, or the school system
in which he is seeking employ-ment,
will advise him whether he
should take the national teacher
examinations and which of the op-tional
examinations to select.
A bulletin of information, con-taining
an application and describ-ing
registration procedures, may
be obtained from college officials,
school superintendents or directly
from the National Teacher exami-nations,
Educational Testing ser-vice,
Princeton, N.J.
Completed applications, accom-panied
by proper examination fees,
will be accepted by Educational
Testing service from Nov. 1, 1962,
but in any case must be received
at Educational Testing service not
later than Jan. 18, 1963.
Rev. Clyde W. Taylor, featured
speaker, will explore the main
theme, "Crucial Issues in World
Missions" in chapel during World
Missions week Nov. 12-16.
Tuesday he will present "Modern
Methods in World Evangelism" and
will speak on "A Continent in
Revolution," "African Nationalism
on the March" and "Priorities in
World Missions" on the following
DR. TAYLOR is secretary of pub-lic
affairs of the National Associa-tion
of Evangelicals and executive
secretary of the Evangelical For-eign
Missions association. This
Washington office serves the in-terests
of more than 100 foreign
mission boards.
Before coming to Washing-ton,
Dr. Taylor was pastor of one
of the larger Baptist churches
of metropolitan Boston and
taught at Gordon College of
Theology and Missions.
He served three terms as a mis-sionary
in South America with the
Christian Missionary alliance, first
whom he works and a sensitivity
to the prejudices and problems
of others.
He must also show an ability
to get along with others and a suf-ficient
knowledge of the United
States to impart an understanding
to the peoples of other countries.
The volunteer must be willing
to serve without salary for at
least 24 months and to transfer
from one project to another taking
the courses prescribed for each
position as well as the discipline
of the Peace Corps.
Gary Scull, 1962 Bethel gra-duate
majoring in history, is now
serving the Peace Corp as a sec-dary
English teacher in Tunisia.
He applied for a position in the
Peace Corp last spring, receiving
final acceptance in April. He com-pleted
training at Indiana univer-sity
and sailed for Tunisia at the
end of July.
among the Inca and Campa Indians
of Peru and later in Colombia. His
travels in the interest of world
missions have taken him to 92
countries visiting mission fields.
AFTER EARNING his Th.B. at
Gordon college in 1931 and his
M.A. at Boston university in 1942,
Dr. Taylor was awarded his D.D.
at Western Baptist Theological
seminary and his LL.D. from
Hougton college in 1961 and 1960
In 1960 he published such
books as "Ecumenical Strategy
in Foreign Missions" and "A
Glimpse of World Missions." A-gain
dealing with missions he
co-edited "Protestant Missions in
Latin America, A Statistical Sur-vey"
in 1961 with the Bethany
Fellowship press.
Dr. Taylor will be interviewed
at a press conference at 1 p.m. for
a question and answer period open
to all students on Thursday, Oct.
representatives will be on campus
during World Missions week rep-resenting
the fields of Argentina,
Brazil, India, Japan, Philippine Is-lands,
Ethiopia and Mexico.
The prayer period at 7:30 a.m.
in the seminary chapel will
stress the prayer needs of the
different fields as presented by
the missionaries.
Representing the students, David
Sorley, president of WMF, will
lead the chapel services. On Mon-day
representatives of the Japan
field will speak on "The Bible basis
of missions."
AFTER CHAPEL, a fellowship
will be held in the seminary lounge
when the missionaries will be avail-able
for discussion and in the col-lcge
loungc on Monday to further
a reciprocal relationship between
the students and missionaries.
Students may interview the
guest representing the field of
interest from 1-3 p.m. throughout
the week to make inquiries of
an individual nature.
In the evening program the
speakers will consider various
topics elaborating on the theme
"Crucial Issues in World Missions"
at 7 p.m. in the college auditor-ium
on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday while the Monday ses-sion
will be turned over to small-group
discussions meeting in sev-eral
of the classrooms.
When asked why there should
be a World Missions week on cam-pus,
Clifford V. Anderson, chair-man
of the special weeks commit-tee
stated, "Christianity in its es-sential
nature is missionary, and
we are committed to participate
in a mission.
"It is our hope that the world
missions emphasis will result in
the members of the Bethel com-munity
becoming more aware of
contemporary conditions and that
this knowledge will lead to expres-sion
in caring and sharing."
Dr. Taylor
... a concern for world missions
Seminary Class
To Visit Chicago
Seminary seniors will travel to
Chicago for the annual orientation
at Baptist General conference
headquarters Nov. 9-12.
Purpose of the trip is to ac-quaint
the 21 seminary seniors
with the function and organization
of the various departments of the
conference, such as home and for-eign
missions and publications.
As part of the orientation, the
students will be assigned to par-ticipate
in the work of various
Chicago area churches on Sunday,
Nov. 11.
Dean Edwin Omark and Dr. An-ton
Pearson will accompany the
students. The group will travel by
train and reside at a motel near
the headquarters for the weekend.
mi.s s.i onary Helen Bergfalk from Assam, India, rep-resents
the missionaries on our mission fields as they present the gos-pel
of Jesus Christ to Ethiopians, Brazilians, Indians, Argentines, Philip-pinos,
Japanese and Mexicans.
Educational Testing Service
Announces Teaching Exam
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Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, November 6, 1962
Peace Corps Operates Aid Program ;
Scull Serves as Volunteer in Tunisia
Masquerading girls portray
at the Halloween Hobo party sponsored last Friday night by the social
committee. Events included a melodrama, games and stunts.
their version of the Bethel family
Board Tentatively Approves
Use of Government Loans
Meeting last month, the board of education tentatively approved the
use of government loans, if available, for the construction of income-producing
buildings on the new campus if it is decided that there is no
involvement of subsidy by the taxpayer.
The board rejected the idea that church colleges should accept gifts
from the federal government which would force the taxpayers to sub-sidize
religious institutions. This is considered inconsistent with the
Baptist principle regarding the segregation of church and state.
At a religious liberty conference in Washington, D.C., representa-tives
from the United States Office of Education reported that no finan-cial
subsidy is involved in the present long-term, low-interest loan pro-gram
but is still subject to closer cost-accounting by the government.
Research contracts were viewed in a different category and were
assumed to constitute service performed for the government on a con-tractual
wonder rather
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There are those,
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I was the First Mari.
Letters, to the Editor:
Students Congratulate, Question Peterson's Views
Conjecturing Accepts Possibility
Of Formosan-Red Chinese Pact
Where is COEVAL? Persons with any information re-garding
its whereabouts, who might possibly have observed
a small group of students working on it secretly, are invited to
share their knowledge with those concerned.
Theoretically it should be here, or at least there should
be some word about it. There is a $100 allocation for it sitting
unclaimed in the budget of the academic committee, and its
creation is listed as one of the responsibilities of the publica-tions
board, but still we must ask: Where is it?
For the uninitiated, COEVAL (translated contemporary)
was a journal of student work, artistic, literary and musical,
which appeared last year for the first time during Fine Arts
week. For an inaugural publication, it was impressive and
aroused great hopes for its future on this campus.
However, the future is now here and appears to be
quite devoid of any such special literary project. In consid-ering
this predicament and how it might best be met, the
CLARION has formulated a possible solution.
Under this plan of action, the COEVAL would be desig-nated
the literary supplement of the newspaper. A COEVAL
editor and literary board would be appointed as part of the
regular CLARION staff, and this literary journal would be
issued at stated intervals, perhaps once every six or eight
weeks, in place of that particular issue of the paper.
Advantages of this system are many. Not only does it
place full responsibility for publication with the newspaper
staff, but it also helps avoid duplication in personnel in tlti
areas of business management and general planning. In addi-tion,
it would enable the COEVAL to assume the budget of
the CLARION for its one week of substitution, and this, cou-pled
with senate, departmental and SPIRE assistance as given
last year would make the project financially feasible.
This then is our proposal. We present it for consideration.
There are innumerable details to work out, of course, but it
is our belief that this arrangement would best assure the school
that a student literary magazine would be published at definite
Editor's note : The following
letters are in reply to a letter
by Ted Peterson which appeared
in the previous issue of the
paper and in which he present-ed
an explanation of his views
of military service and the prob-lems
of war.
Dear Editor:
Although finding myself in al-most
total disagreement with the
rationale of Mr. Peterson's letter,
I would like to congratulate him
on at least facing up to the prob-lem
of war.
During the past week, many
students of our school have de-lighted
themselves with what ap-peared
to them to be political and
military justifications for war.
But any honest attempts to
square war in light of Christ's
love commandment were ridiculed
as "unrealistic." Until we all agree
that the responsibility for Chris-tian
justification of social acts
does exist, we cannot reason to-gether.
Whether or not Mr. Peterson
was right, whether or not there
was fallacious reasoning in his five
points, by stating his position he
at least recognized a need for
moral justification or moral re-jection
of war.
He attempted to reach beyond
temporal, political and military
ideals to develop a hard core
ethical base from which he could
judge the problem—a refreshing
step forward and indicative, I hope,
of our seminary's growing respect
for relevant social thinking.
Paul Carlson
Dear Editor:
Mr. Peterson exhorts us to "not
use the escape mechanism of not
relating your ideas of God to the
complex questions of this life."
He then presumably proceeds to
do this by presenting five reasons
for a Christian to enter military
training. However, I would like to
ask a few questions concerning
these reasons.
1. Certainly a man is obligated
to protect his family, but is he
justified in doing this by killing
other men's families or even
other men? Why is it right to
protect one family and extermin-ate
2. That young man in the armed
services need to hear of Christ
begs the question of whether there
should be men in the armed ser-vices
in the first place.
On the same principle, Chris-tians
should join gangs of thugs
because they of all people need
to know of Christ.
3. That "you do not have to
hate a man to kill him" raised a
number of problems. Why, then,
is it usually necessary in time of
war for a nation to maintain
morale by propaganda, much of
which is not only untrue but vio-lently
What would motivate a man to
kill another man if hate is not
by Sharon Rogers
"Conjecturing" has been a fav-orite
coffee-shop sport since coffee-shops
were instituted on college
campuses. But the last week or so
of world affairs has broadened
participation immeasurably.
In fact, "conjecturing" may even
replace horse-racing as "the sport
of kings" if the present rise in
popularity continues.
Charles A. Wells, champion
of insights on "Judaic-Christian
concepts" of "war and peace,
science, religion, education, ec-onomics,
race and industrial re-lations,"
pens a four-page bi-monthly
newsletter, "Between
the Lines."
In his Oct. 1, 1962, issue, Mr.
Wells chose to read "between the
lines" of a secret Formosa pact
which he claimed had been pub-lished
in London and ignored in
the United States, "no doubt to
avoid the political uproar it would
cause." His judgment of reaction
if the report is true may be some-what
According to Mr. Wells, "the
Chiang Kai-shek family, which con-trols
Formosa, has reached a sec-ret
agreement with the Commun-ist
leaders of Peking for the 'sta-bilization'
of Formosa's relation-ship
with the Mainland Communist
The content of the agreement?
"Neither side will launch a ser-ious
attack against the other dur-necessary?
You can indeed kill
"for the sake of what you believe
is right" but how do you know it
is right? This is well illustrated by
Mr. Peterson's example of two
Christians killing one another and
meeting in heaven.
Presumably, both Christians
were fighting not only for their
nations but for what they believed
was right. Obviously, one of them
must have been really fighting
against the right.
Or can it be said that either
side in an international conflict
is really right, that the issues
are morally clear-cut, that God
is fighting on the side of "my"
4. Certainly "temporal life is not
the most important value in this
universe." But it is nevertheless a
significant value and not to be
lightly disposed of.
Any human being who ends the
life of another man is eliminating
forever the possibilities of spirit-ual
growth and social usefulness
of that life — a rather momentous
decision to make about another
In view of the above, we should
still "not sacrifice righteousness
for physical life," but we must be
absolutely sure that our side and
our motives and the results of
our actions are truly and purely
righteous before we can presume
to violently shove another person
into eternity.
Annette Larson
ing Chiang Kai-shek's lifetime."
(The elderly dictator celebrated
his seventy-fifth birthday last
Furthermore, after Chiang's
death, "Formosa will remain un-der
control of Chiang's political
party . . . with the understanding
that Formosa will become an au-tonomous
region of Communist
China, enjoying status similar to
that of Tibet.
"In the meantime, Chiang's Na-tionalist
regime may safely reduce
its garrisons on the offshore is-lands,
Matsu and Quemoy, since
they will not be attacked."
One only laments the thou-sands
of wasted TV words in
the 1960 presidential election.
Reaction to this type of news is
difficult. And here experience pro-vides
insight and the skilled "con-by
Dan Martinez
Bethel college is privileged to
be located in one of the nation's
cultural centers. Every student
should attend some of the excellent
activities in the museums, theaters
and concert halls of our Twin
On exhibition in the Walker Art
center through Nov. 24 is the "Six
State Biennial of Painting and
-x- -x-
Dear Editor:
In response to Mr. Peterson's
letter, I have many objecions, but
I will limit my comments to the
last points.
The commandment God gave us
is that we love our fellow men.
Can we then conclude that it
means we can have any attitude
as long as it is not hate? (Shoot-ing
an enemy is a strange way to
show love.)
"To kill for the sake of what you
believe is right is not the same
as killing out of hate." Thus the
"Christian" militarist justifies him-self,
adding that the government
commands him to kill, giving
the government the responsibility.
But this kind of thinking carried
to its extreme is seen in the ap-palling
inhumanity of Eichmann's
killing of six million people.
He justified himself; he killed
for the sake of what he believed,
not out of his own interests or
out of hate. He gave the respon-sibility
to the government to which
he had given his conscience.
How can we look with horror
upon this man for using the same
justification a Christian militarist
(or any militarist) uses? Can the
demands of government be placed
above the explicit commands of
Minda Pearson
(more letters on p. 3)
jecturist" exclaims, "It's so biz-arre,
it may be true!"
That this pact, if signed, would
be a major blow to U.S. foreign
policy can hardly be denied. For-eign
aid knowledgeables blanch at
the thought of wasted billions.
Chester Bowles was recently
cited as saying that Chiang Kai-shek's
Formosa was one example
of a country that uses foreign
aid wisely. I suppose it all de-pends
on your point of view, and
Bowles may be grateful that
backing down from a stand is
now in vogue.
And Adlai Stevenson could also
expect to receive orders to call a
re-vote on Red China's admission
to the United Nations.
Pragmatically, declarations rate
a notch below actions in conveying
basic ideology. The Chinese people
may as well be represented by the
voice of the majority government.
Sculpture," a combined invitational
and juried competition for upper
midwest painters and sculptors.
The Minneapolis Institute of
Arts will exhibit "The Nabis and
Their Circle." It will be the first
exhibition in this country of this
group of French painters which
provides a link between post-impressionists,
fauves and cub-ists.
This exhibition will run
from Nov. 14 - Dec. 30.
Nov. 8-12 the Augsburg little
theater, 2415 Riverside ave., will
perform "Brand" by Ibsen, direct-ed
by Esther Olson.
A very popular musical, "Sound
of Music" by Rodgers and Ham-merstein,
will be performed in the
Orpheum theater, 910 Hennepin
ave., Minneapolis, Nov. 12-24. Even-ing
performances will begin at
8:30 p.m. and tickets range in price
from $2.50 to $6.50.
Richard Tucker, tenor of the
Metropolitan opera, will sing in
Northrup auditorium Nov. 12.
The program is sponsored by
the University Artists' series.
New Friends of Chamber music,
900 Mount Curve ave., Minneapolis,
will sponsor a program by the
Lenox quartet on Nov. 6. The pro-gram
will include the Pulitzer
prize-winning Carter quartet, a
Hadyn quartet and the Beethoven
"Rasumovsky" quartet Op. 59, No.
1. Single tickets are available for
Thi4 Itleeh . . .
Nov. 6
5:30 p.m. MENC. President's dining
7-9 p.m. Girls' intramurals.
8 p.m. College wives. Dining hall.
Nov. 7
7 p.m. YGOP
7-9 p.m. Boys intramurals.
Nov. 10
1:30 p.m. Football (Morris—away)
7:30 p.m. Co-rec. Fieldhouse.
Nov. 12
8 p.m. Seminary wives. Dining hall.
WMW begins.
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Volume XXXIX
No. 8
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Letters to the Editor:
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Dear Editor:
For several weeks I have pon-dered
over a question, and now I
ask you to give me an answer.
As part of a social program held
several weeks ago, a former re-cording
artist sang and played
popular music, accompanied by the
piano and bongo drums. The at-mosphere
was pleasing, but my
question is, "Is this necessary on a
Christian campus?"
When a college instructor was
questioned about this matter, his
reply was that all types of en-tertainment
introduced should
induce us to make our own
To me it seems that this atti-tude
defeats the purpose of a truly
Christian college. If I want to hear
rock and roll music to dance to,
all I have to do is go any place
off campus.
Then too, by having these kids
play popular music, how will it
affect their testimony, assuming
they're Christians? The young man
who sang and played the guitar
evidently had a change of heart
or he wouldn't be attending a
Christian college.
I went to that evening's pro-gram
with much enthusiasm, but
was keenly disappointed and sur-prised
to find that the college I
chose to attend, solely because
of its Christian fellowship, would
present a program such as this.
This type of entertainment I
could have found on the univer-sity's
As I don't know any of these
boys personally, I'll not hold any-thing
against them, but I would
appreciate any possible explana-tion.
Name withheld upon request
In answer:
Although we might not endorse
the specific type of entertainment
questioned, it is also difficult to
be dogmatic in proclaiming "popu-lar"
music as distinctly evil and
placing it on the "don't" side of
the Christian activity list.
One problem seems to be that
popular music does not fit into the
writer's concept of Christianity.
But does one individual have the
right to expect others to be limited
by his personal values?
Within this context, can it not
be said that one thing a Christian
should learn at a Christian college
is to be tolerant of the values, as
well as the likes and dislikes, of
A second and more basic prob-lem
which this letter presents in-volves
a limited definition of the
Christian college. Can it be that
many new students are disappoint-ed,
as was the writer, because they
have been indoctrinated with an
extremely inadequate concept of
what Bethel is?
The Editor
Dear Editor:
The political campaigns of the
freshman class parties were prob-ably
the most vigorous of any ever
staged at Bethel. But campaign
time is now over, and "vote-get-ting"
devices are no longer neces-sary.
The news sheet recently printed
for the cafeteria bulletin board
was informative and pointed up
the fact that the Wilduit party's
impetus has not worn off merely
because elections are over.
They are still keenly aware of
their duty to the school as a
political party and are intelli-gently
anticipating next year's
However, this duty can hardly
justify their choice of campaign
slogans. The signs which appeared
in the cafeteria show a lack of sin-cerity
and serious thought on the
part of the students who made
Perhaps people sometimes need
to be reminded to pray, but I
hardly think they need to be re-minded
of the spirituality of party
What if using these slogans
became a regular practice of
political parties on campus and
every time elections rolled a-round,
the campus was literally
covered with signs like these?
The idea would certainly appear
to be a sham. In fact, even now I
would be ashamed to have a non-
Christian read these signs which
use principles we believe in and
reverently love to endorse a poli-tical
Tuesday, November 6, 1962
by Karen Nelson
`The sophomore meets the sages'
might well be the appelative of one
reporter's experience of last Tues-day
night. The occasion was a lec-ture
on Karl Barth in a series,
"The Tension between Faith and
Reason," current at the University
of Minnesota.
The lecturer of this series was
the Dr. Brand Blanshard, profes-sor
emeritus of Yale university, a
Gifford lecturer. Blanshard con-sidered
Barth primarily on the basis
of Barth's own Gifford lectures,
"The Knowledge of God" and "The
Service of God."
Blanshard delivered an im-pressive
lecture—giving one the
impression that he had full com-mand.
He covered a great deal
of material quickly. The entire
hour seemed hardly longer than
20 minutes.
His total manner was one of fas-tidious
appropriateness. Perhaps
the best way to express the im-pression
one received of his per,
sonality is to quote a very simple
comment of this 70-year-old philo-sopher,
"I expect that I shall die
within the next ten years . . . and
I am looking forward to my death
with great interest . . ."
To begin Blanshard explained,
or at least alluded to, Barth's God
as the Unknowable, Holy Other,
who is not revealed in natural
beauty, natural science, or natural
theology, but only in the revelation
incarnate, the God "incognito" in
Jesus Christ, which revelation is
only known through immediate
personal experience.
Blanshard, a thorough-going
rationalist, attacked Barth's self-the
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contradictions. He charged Barth
with declaring the standard of
reason invalid in the achieve-ment
of his dogma, and then us-ing
natural reason in the formu-lation
of his theology.
As examples of Barth's irration-ality
Blanshard cited five para-doxes
— that, for some reason, a
segment of the audience found ex-tremely
amusing — paradoxes that
seemed hardly profound, or even
a fair rebuttal.
For example — "sickness, in-sanity
. . . afflictions of the Crea-tor
that deny his goodness, or his
omnipotence." And the incarna-tion:
"how can the omniscient
mind be limited?"
Blanshard seemed consistently
amazed and critical that Barth
can not communicate or describe
the revelationary experience.
Blanshard finds Barth's ethics
alien from humanity because
Barth's God is "disinterested in
man . . . his distasteful creation."
And, Blanshard questions, "how
can we 'act out the indwelling
Christ when Christ is distinct from
us,' God 'never present in the hu-man
The audience was a very inter-esting
composite of intense schol-ars,
disinterested undergraduates,
obviously on an assignment for
speech class, somber-faced gentle-men
in clerical collars, long-haired
atrocities and even a few Bethel
students and faculty members.
Coming from Bethel's often in-tellectually
casual atmosphere one
could feel distinctly out of place
in this atmosphere of furrow-browed
intellectuals with the in-evitable
pipe clenched in their
Blanshard Accuses Barth
Of Irrationality, Obscurity
Royals Finish
Grid Season
On Saturday
Saturday the Royals travel to
Morris, Minn., to close the foot-ball
season against the Morris
branch of the University of Min-nesota.
Bethel will be putting a 6-1
record on the line against a team
the coaches know very little about.
The athletic committee of the
student senate is sponsoring a trip
to the game. Details of reservation
costs and departure time will be
made available later in the week.
Morris branch is a new school,
part of the expansion program of
the university. Morris is located in
upper western Minnesota, near the
Dakota border.
Bethel Shocks Wahpeton 14-7,
Saves Perfect Home Record
Page 4 the CLARION Tuesday, November 6, 1962
(Photo by Starr)
Peterson carries for one of the 19 first downs in Saturday's vic-tory
over Wahpeton, 14 to 7. The Royals gained 287 yards rushing and
85 yards passing for a total of 372 yards in offensive.
jumped to an early 7-0 lead
Peterman scored 'the extra
and Peterman again scored
Bethel's Royals won their fifth
straight game last Saturday 14-7
over Wahpeton School of Science.
The victory ran Bethel's season
record to six and one.
Hustling offense was the key to
Bethel's 14-0 half-time lead. Cox
scored Bethel's first touchdown on
a 52-yard run around left end. Don
Peterson kicked the extra point.
Wahpeton, led by Bill Sturde-vant,
drove deep into Royal ter-ritory,
but had a 27-yard touch-down
run called back because
of a 15-yard penalty.
Bethel climaxed an 82 - yard
march with a 33-yard touchdown
pass from Cox to Duane Gibson.
Peterson again kicked the extra
Wahpeton's lone touchdown came
at the beginning of the fourth
quarter on a 66-yard pass from
Sturdevant to Ed Pflipson. The
kick was good, and Bethel's lead
was cut to 14-7.
Bethel Wahpeton
Yds. rushing 287 126
Yds. passing 85 156
Total offense 372 282
Rushing plays 48 43
Total plays 73 55
First downs 19 8
Passing 25 12
Completes 8 3
Had intercepted 0 1
Fumbles 3 2
Recovered by
opponents 0
Four times during the second
half Bethel penetrated to Wah-peton's
ten yard line, but muf-fed
two field goal attempts and
were held twice on rushes.
A 78-yard pass with 1:28 left in
the game put Wahpeton very much
in the ball game on the Royal's
18 yard line. Tough defense fore-ed
Wahpeton to relinquish the ball
Cox and Sam Minturn also ran
on downs after moving only four the ball very well.
yards. Dick Putnam played superb de,
Out-weighed by 10 pounds a man, fense, and blocked a punt in the
the Bethel line held Wahpeton to third quarter to keep Wahpeton
126 yards rushing and only eight in a hole.
first downs, four in the first quar- Coach Owen Halleen summed up
ter. the team's effort by saying "This
Larry Stair gained 102 yards was this season's most successful
for a six-yards-per-carry average. game."
Buck's Passing Leads Knights
Past Northwestern Stars 33-14
Bethel took the second championship in two years as the Knights
rolled past the Northwestern all-stars 33-14 last Saturday at McMurray
Led by Dave Buck's passing, the Knights
as Buck tossed a pass to Edgar Peterman.
point. Jim Stanley snared another Buck pass
the point after touchdown to make
the score 14-0.
Northwestern scored when Walt.
Green ran for a touchdown and
passed to Jim Carlson for the extra
point, making the score 14-7 at the
Early in the second half, the
Knights scored twice on two pass-es
from Buck to Dave Peterman
to make the score 26-7. With six
minutes remaining Green tossed a
long pass to Doug Sprague for the
second Northwestern touchdown.
Green passed to Willy Rosco for
the extra point.
The Knights scored once more
on a Buck to Bruce Erickson pass
with Peterman scoring the extra
Edgar Peterman intercepted four
Northwestern passes and Monte
Hansen one to spark the Knights
on defense. Bill Damberg, Dave
Peterson and Jerry Wahlstrom
were also valuable contributors in
the victory.
by Bob Beckstrom
One job I would not like to have at this time is choosing the foot-ball
team's most valuable player. The choice is a difficult one, and I
would have to end up giving the trophy to the whole team.
Team effort has been the story of Bethel's 1962 football squad and
the reason for their outstanding six and one record thus far. Taking
the schedule one game at a time, they have been able to generate tre-mendous
team spirit for each game and play that game to win.
Saturday's victory over Wahpeton showed just what kind of a
football team Bethel's is. Wahpeton carried into the game a 6-1
season record and as fine a runner as Bethel will face for a long
time, making them the Royals' toughest opponent this season. Pre-game
hopes for a victory were dimmed greatly by the fact that
three-fourths of Bethel's starting backfield was sidelined by injuries
and the other fourth was hampered by a sore shoulder.
In the face of such odds Bethel still went onto the field knowing
they could win, and they did. The credit for the victory would have to
go to the team as a whole, with particular mention to those players who
stepped into Larson's, Nelson's and Land's places. Dave Cox, Larry Stair
and Sam Minturn played a great game, and the rest of the team put out
the extra effort needed to win.
Stopping Wahpeton's Bill Sturdevant was no easy task, and the
extra effort of men like Vince Bloom, Jerry Kanerva, Dave Norman,
Don Peterson, Jack Buss, Dick Putnam and Gene Brunzell kept him off
the scoreboard. Playing inspired ball all the way, Bethel's defense con-tained
Wahpeton most of the game, enabling the Royal defense to con-trol
the ball as much as they did.
Injuries have plagued the team this year, and there is little
doubt that Oas, Larson, Land and Nelson are great losses. But
Bethel has still attained a winning record because there has al-ways
been somebody to step into the places of the injured men.
Playing their last game of college football Saturday are Dave Cox
and Bob Smith, who will be graduating in the spring. Both men have
made great contributions to the team. Smith has been starting at end
for the Royals, helping to make the passing offense very effective this
year. He also plays defensive halfback, keeping the effectiveness of
opposing pass offenses at a minimum. Due to good pursuit and tackling
by Bethel's line, he hasn't been as busy in the secondary as he was
last year.
Dave Cox has helped Bethel in a great many ways, his most out-standing
role being quarterback in Larson's absence. Coming from the
defensive secondary, where he played consistently outstanding ball, Cox
took over on offense and helped keep Bethel's winning streak alive.
Smith Directs
Intramural basketball will begin
tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the gymna-sium.
Each team will play a full
schedule of nine games.
"The Seminarians, directed by
Howie Rekstad, should retain their
crown this year," said Bob Smith,
student intramural director.
In the first round the Counts
will meet the Seminary, the Bar-ons
play the Peasants, the Faculty
play the Pages, the Squires face
the Knights and the Jesters play
the Dukes.
Tournament ping-pong also starts
tomorrow. Again this year it will
be played on a pyramid schedule.
Bob Sorley of the Knights is the
defending champion.
Bethel students are always welcome
Minnesota Baptist Conference
Extension Churches
For information call
John H. Bergeson
MI 4-9622 (Res. HU 9-1445)
Five Minutes from Bethel to
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9:30 a.m. College Class
10:45 a.m. Morning Worship
7:00 p.m. Evening Service
8:15 p.m. College Fellowship
Bus leaves Bodien at 9:15 and 6:45
Robert Frykholm, Pastor Paul Evan, Assistant
Planned strategy assisted the Knights, Bethel's intramural foot-ball
champions, defeat the Northwestern college team in the annual
intramural football game, Saturday, Nov. 3. Members of the Knights are:
Monte Hansen, Phil Bolinder, Dave Petersen, Edgar Peterman and Jim
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Some of you may know me from POTN, photography-on-the.net, I have a thread started over there because back in July I started a lens rental website. I asked permission to start a thread here, and was granted that permission.
So here I am, offering fellow NorthEastFoto.com members 25% on...
Found this in my jaunts around the web today...
Its free!
I am looking into buying lens pouches I can attach to my belt. I would like to use them to store my wide zoom and 24-70mm lens in them while shooting weddings.
I would like to have the ones which are easy to access and open to change lens during wedding ceremonies, etc. when time is short.
I am looking into buying a Canon Drop-in Type PL-C 52mm Filter for my 200mm lens.
What is the difference between the old version of this filter and the new version (WII) of it?
Is there any optical difference?
Thanks so much!
The pin inside the Shift Knob of my Canon Tilt Shift lens got lost...Is there a way I can find a store online which sells replacement parts for Canon cameras?
I have the knob I just need the pin to put it back...
I have looked at ebay, etc and so far I couldn't find any stores which sells small...
Boo, hiss... can't believe she's finally gone. I just wasn't using the 400mm to warrant keeping it around so she's off to a photog in Indiana that does a lot of football and soccer.
Is there anybody using the Hartblei Super Rotator 45mm/35mm, etc with Pentacon 6 adapter for any MF or 35mm camera?
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My son started racing motocross this year and I mainly used my Canon 75-300. Its not bad but I am looking for something better. Any suggestings would be great.
Never really did any real macro work, since I do not have a macro lens. I shoot Nikon. I am sort of kicking around the idea of getting a macro lens, but money is short. Anyone have and decent recommendations for a macro lens? I would certainly be open to the option of an older film lens if it would...
Here's my gear:
70-200 f/2.8 IS
85 f/1.8
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Author: MyGinevra
Story: Ginny's Owl
Part: Ginny's Owl
Rating: Young Teens
Setting: Pre-HBP
Status: Completed
Reviews: 18
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Updated: January 29, 2008, 1:17pm
Ginny's Owl
Ginny watched the Underground tunnel as it zipped by the windows of the train. She was uncomfortably conscious of Harry sitting next to her, and too conscious that he was barely aware of her. Whenever her mother leaned across to talk to Harry or the train swayed, her shoulder touched his. Whenever she glanced at him he was scowling. He answered her mother's questions in monosyllables or grunts, or not at all.
She tried distracting herself by looking around the car. The Muggles were all uninteresting and uninterested. George and Fred sat across from her and stared at Harry. She wished they wouldn't, and glared at them, trying to make them stop, but they ignored her. Ron was sitting on the other side of Harry and she couldn't see him. Mad-Eye and Tonks stood side by side in the aisle, holding onto the same pole, watching opposite ends of the car. Some of the Muggles were starting to notice Moody. His bowler had slipped, revealing part of his magical eye, but the eye was looking out the back of his head, not twirling around like it usually did, and he was oblivious to the hat.
Ginny wanted to say something to Harry, but he was obviously not in the mood for talking. And even if he wanted to talk, it would be foolish to say anything here in public about St. Mungo's or her father; Moody would just tell her to shut up. So rather than solicit grunts from Harry, she sat for an unhappy half–hour until they arrived at their station.
They filed off the train and up to the surface, and Harry lagged towards the back of the group as he had on the way into London. He was trailed by Moody, who had adjusted his bowler to hide his eye once again, now that it was rotating in every direction and he could tell that the hat had slipped. Twelve Grimmauld Place appeared from between its two neighbors, and Ginny trouped inside with the others. The house seemed even more dank, dark, and depressing than usual, even though Sirius was in a good mood. He tried to start a conversation with Harry, but he got the same response as Ginny's mum had on the Underground.
Ginny, Harry, and Ron followed the others down to the kitchen. After a few minutes Harry left, looking tired, angry, and dispirited. Ron sat down to eat a sandwich, and Ginny poked around for a few minutes trying to help her mother, but could not keep her mind on anything. She soon left and went upstairs to the dingy parlor, hoping not to encounter Kreacher or arouse Sirius's mother into another screaming fit.
She sat in one of the ancient, dusty, decrepit overstuffed armchairs, and stared into the fire that Sirius had lit as soon as they had returned from the hospital. She was depressed, probably not as much as Harry, but she felt the house and the circumstances getting the better of her. Too much had happened in a day and a half: awakened in the middle of the night by Professor McGonagall with news that her father had been attacked; Portkeyed from Hogwarts to Grimmauld Place; a sleepless night waiting for her mother to arrive; all the bizarreness of St. Mungo's; and Harry's foul mood. Now they would be spending Christmas in this dump, not at the Burrow. Ginny had spent every Christmas of her life either at home or at Hogwarts. She felt very sorry for herself.
There was a loud thump on the ceiling from the room above. The cobwebs on the chandelier fluttered and a haze of dust rose from it. Then came the sound of something quite heavy being dragged across the floor, and Ginny looked up. The room above was Ron's and Harry's. It sounded like a piece of furniture being moved, but why would Harry be moving furniture? Besides, there was hardly anything there except for the two beds. The only other heavy things would be... Ginny abruptly stood up. Harry must be dragging his trunk across the floor, and in the direction of the door. Why would he be doing that? She knew, with a sudden lurch of fear, that Harry was going to leave.
She put her hands on her temples as she stared up at the ceiling, biting her lip. What could he be thinking? If he walked out and started wandering around the city, he would be spotted by a Death Eater for sure. They must be on the lookout for him, for anyone connected to the Order. They would certainly know by now that Harry and the rest of them had been at St. Mungo's. Harry would be dead within hours if he went out without an escort. And if he used magic to fend off an attack, or a Patronus to ward off a dementor, the Ministry would haul him in for another hearing, and who knew what would happen then.
She moved toward the door, feeling panic. She would stop Harry from leaving, and even if she couldn't forcibly prevent him, at least she could make enough of a racket to bring Sirius and her mother.
The noise from above stopped. For a moment there was quiet, but then she heard Harry talking loudly. Then quiet again. Then Harry talking loudly. Then quiet. Then Harry shouting, and Ginny could make out a few words; one of them was "Dumbledore." After a moment, the trunk was dragged away from the door, and there was silence.
The silence went on. Ginny stood for several minutes in the middle of the room staring at the ceiling. When nothing happened, she went back to the chair and sat down. She had no idea what it all meant, but obviously Harry intended to leave Grimmauld Place. How did he think he could he get past Sirius, Mad-Eye, her mother, and, thank you, herself, carrying that ridiculous trunk? But what if he tried to sneak off without the trunk? He could easily slip out at night. Ginny jumped up and started to pace around the room. For as long as she had known him, Harry had always done exactly what he wanted to do, even if it was exactly what the adults around him did not want. But maybe he would listen to a friend.
There was still no sound from the room above. Ginny slipped out of the parlor, listened for anyone nearby, and quietly went up the stairs. Outside Harry's room she took a breath, and knocked on the door.
"What?" came from inside.
'Harry, it's me. Can I come in?" Ginny said in a low voice.
"What? I can't hear – oh, come on in." Harry sounded annoyed. Ginny opened the door. Harry was lying on the bed, and sat up when he saw her. Ginny stepped inside and closed the door.
"Harry, are you okay?" He just looked at her, and she realized what that must have sounded like. "No," she gestured and shook her head. "Stupid question. How could you be okay? I'm sorry." Now she was embarrassed and becoming nervous. She glanced around the room. There was no one else in it, and it was as rundown and sad as the rest of the house. The only unusual thing in it was an empty portrait frame on the wall. For some reason it looked familiar.
Ginny turned to Harry, who seemed just as annoyed as when she had come in. He was looking out the window, which showed, through cobwebs and grime, nothing but grey sky.
"I heard you shouting. Was anyone here?" Ginny said.
"No." Harry did not look at her.
Ginny stared at him for a moment. This was not a good idea, she thought, then said aloud, "Okay, I'll see you later." She walked out and closed the door. She paused with her hand on the door handle, wondering why she had done that.
She met Moody and Tonks coming up the stairs. "How's Harry?" said Tonks. Mad-Eye had his good eye on Ginny and the magical one staring at right angles at the wall to Harry's room.
Ginny did not want them to get involved with Harry's problem; it would only make it worse. "I think he's all right. I just asked if he needed anything." Mad-Eye grunted and looked at her with both eyes. "He's been through a lot, you know," Ginny added. Tonks stared at her with non-magical but decidedly female eyes. Ginny blushed, and was instantly furious with herself, and she pushed past them. A few steps down she turned. "Do you know where Ron is?" She tried to sound busy.
"In the kitchen with everyone else," Tonks answered, and they followed Ginny back to the basement.
Ginny knew that Moody had seen her go into Harry's room. She was angry that they had gone upstairs after her, but then thought that maybe they were afraid that she would help Harry leave. After all, they must have also heard the trunk being dragged across the floor.
In the kitchen the crowd was sitting around the large wooden table, except for Mrs. Weasley who was directing a brush cleaning pots in a tub of water with her wand. Everyone looked up as they entered.
"Where's Harry?" Sirius asked. "He needs to eat something." Ginny did not answer; she did not want any more adults wondering about her motives.
Moody spoke. "Up in his room, stewing. The boy needs to get over it. Doesn't he know he saved a man's life?"
"Give him a break," said Tonks, picking up a butterbeer from the table. "He's having a bad day." She looked at it and blinked, and the cork flew out, hit the ceiling, and dropped to the floor. She sat down.
'Why don't you pick up your trash?" said Sirius. "It's not like the elf does it." Tonks raised her eyebrows and gave him a smirk.
"Whatever you say. It's your house, and welcome to it." She blinked again and the cork flew off the floor and deposited itself on top of Sirius's head, where it burrowed into his hair. Sirius picked it out with a disgusted look and threw it at her, but, with another blink she made it vanish in mid–air. The twins and Ron hooted.
While this entertainment was happening, Ginny sat down between Ron and Fred. The adults started a conversation about magical possession and whether or not Harry would know if Lord Voldemort somehow did manage to take over his body. Ginny nudged Ron. "We need to talk," she said in a low voice. "Alone."
Ron indicated upstairs, and they left the room together; no one took notice except for Moody's magical eye. Ginny knew it was useless to hide from it, so she decided it was better to act openly. But no one seemed to care that they left. When they got upstairs Ginny steered Ron into the parlor. "What's up?' he asked.
"Harry. I tried to talk to him. He won't even look at me. He's just lying on his bed thinking that the world is about to end."
"Yeah, I know," Ron grimaced. "I tried talking to him, too. He just has to get over it."
That annoyed Ginny; Ron seemed much too casual about Harry. "What do you mean, 'get over it'? He may not get over it. He was up there talking to himself, yelling actually. He was dragging his trunk across the floor to the door. I don't know why he stopped, but I think he wants to get out of here and away from all of us."
"Well," Ron retorted, "I wouldn't blame him for going somewhere else. This place is depressing."
"Oh, for– Where on earth would he go? What would he do? The second he steps out the door without Tonks or Moody or someone guarding him, they'll pick him off like a pigeon. How can you just let him do that?"
"I'm not letting him do anything!" Ron snapped. But before he or Ginny could say more, something near the door caught their eyes. They both turned and saw two thin, flesh–colored strings snaking into the room. Ginny swore. She grabbed her wand from her pocket and pointed it at the Extendable Ears.
"Impedimenta!" she yelled. The strings froze. Ginny strode over to them and started stomping on them, swearing and shouting. "This is ridiculous! Get these stupid things out of here! Out, out! This house is wacko, and everyone in it's a nutter! Mad-Eye Moody sees everything you do, and Fred and George Weasley hear everything you say! Get these stinking things out now, and keep them out!"
She flung the door open and kicked the Ears into the hallway. She looked up the stairwell as the strings were pulled up to the landing above.
"If I ever see those things again," she yelled, pointing her wand at them, "I'll turn them into worms!" She heard sniggering from upstairs. "And you, too!" She shook her wand at the voices, swore again, and turned to go back. But Ron was standing just inside the door.
"You're a nutter yourself," he said, shaking his head and looking at her as though he had never seen her before. "Nice swearing, Sis, but what's wrong with you, anyway? Everyone here is looking out for Harry. It's not your job. Just leave the poor bloke alone. He has enough problems without having some ditzy girl trying to be his mum."
Ginny glared at him, fists clenched. "Best friend, huh? Just leave him be, he's a big boy?" She pushed past him into the parlor and then turned. "Harry is totally capable of doing something dumb, just like you. The only difference is that You–Know–Who isn't waiting to kill you."
Ron looked up at the room above, then at Ginny, who was still glaring. "How's Michael Corner?" he asked.
"Good God! What does that have to do with anything?" Ginny's face was the color of her hair. "All right, go! Go to your juvenile delinquent brothers and use those pathetic Ears to listen for Death Eaters hiding under your bed! That's all you're good for!" She walked over to the door and gestured Ron to leave. He left shaking his head and muttering about ditzy girls.
Ginny slammed the door so hard that dust fell from cracks in the ceiling. She covered her head with her arms, then decided that she had better leave before the ceiling fell in. She stormed upstairs to her room and flung herself on her bed, buried her face in the pillow, and pulled the ends of it over her head. Did everyone think that she was "interested" in Harry? She was pretty sure that even if Ron did, he wouldn't say anything; the last thing he would want is for Harry and Ginny to be an item. Besides, boys in general seemed to be fairly dense about things like that, Harry being a prime example. Tonks probably suspected something, but there was nothing Ginny could do about that now. Still, she didn't want people to start thinking about it; if her mum got ideas she would never hear the end of it.
So she could not talk about her worries to anyone else. She turned over on her back. When she put her head down she noticed that her pillow was damp; she had not even realized that she was crying. She sat up to get a towel to dry her face, and, looking at the empty bed next to hers, thought of Hermione.
Of course! Why hadn't she thought of Hermione before? Even if Ron would not help, at least she and Hermione could talk to Harry together, and they would both be able to keep an eye on him. Hermione would come, Ginny was sure of it. And what a relief it would be, to have someone to talk to.
Then Ginny paused. She had no idea how to contact Hermione; in fact she wasn't even sure where Hermione was. She was supposed to spend the holiday skiing with her parents. Then again, even if Ginny knew where she was, how could she contact her? Ginny started pacing around the room, trying to think. Hermione was probably still at Hogwarts. Maybe she could get someone from the Order to take a message. But she would have to tell them what was in the message, and then she might as well tell them everything, which was the last thing she wanted to do. The Floo network was out; even Dumbledore had not used it to get them out of the castle. A Portkey was a possibility, but Ginny had never made one, and although she knew the incantation, she could end up Porting Hermione anywhere, like into Lord Voldemort's hideout.
Ginny kept walking around the room, growing more and more desperate. What about the Knight Bus? Hermione would have to do it alone, and without anyone else knowing about it. Ginny had never ridden it, though, and was not even sure how to summon it. She knew that Harry had taken it from the Dursleys' to the Leaky Cauldron at the beginning of her second year, but she couldn't go up to his room and say, "Harry, by the way, how do you get the Knight Bus to come?"
She wandered over to the window and looked out at the grey sky. It was snowing lightly. A few birds flew by and disappeared into the fog. "Yes!" she said loudly, and slapped her hand over her mouth. "Yes," she whispered. Errol was in her mother's room. She could send Errol. But there were dangers there. Owls were being intercepted by the Ministry and by Umbridge. How could she summon Hermione without giving away any secrets? And she could not allow a return message; Moody or someone else would notice an owl approaching Grimmauld Place, and then the whole thing would blow up.
And what about Mad-Eye? He would certainly see her sneaking into her mother's room. Well, she would have to deal with that later. Maybe she could do the job openly and send Errol before Moody or anyone else could stop her. As long as they didn't know what was in the message, they wouldn't know that it concerned Harry.
She sat down on her bed, still thinking. Okay, she could probably get an owl to Hermione, but how would Hermione get to Grimmauld Place? Well, why not leave that to her? After all, if there was a way to do it, Hermione could figure it out better than Ginny, who was hundreds of miles away from Hogwarts and whatever atrocities Umbridge was committing now.
Then she thought of Fred and George, and groaned. She would also have to do something about those two snoops. But immediately she had another idea, and smiled. "Ginny," she said to herself, "you will be carrying on the Weasley tradition." Still smiling, she got a piece of parchment and a quill from her trunk, thought for a few moments and then wrote:
Instructor not doing well. Needs organizer. Bring owl.
She studied the message. She could not think of how to be less explicit and still convey to Hermione that Harry was in trouble. It would have to do. She folded the parchment as small as she could and put it into her jeans pocket. "Now for the fun part," she thought.
The morning passed and Ginny wandered down to the kitchen to help prepare the mid–day meal. The others trickled in, and when Fred and George showed up Ginny waited until their backs were turned and slipped out of the room. A short while later she returned and was able to move back to the fireplace near her mother without drawing attention. Soon the meal began. Most of the conversation concerned Arthur Weasley and speculation about how long he would have to stay in St. Mungo's. Moody began telling a story about a snake he had encountered while hunting a Death Eater in a swamp.
There was a loud crash from upstairs, followed by shrieks and screams from the hallway. Mad-Eye stopped in mid–sentence; both of his eyes were peering up at the ceiling. Lupin's wand was out. The screaming now became clearer, and it was obviously coming from the portrait of Sirius's mother. Sirius stood up and strode to the door, pulling out his wand and muttering a string of swear words that Ginny listened to with interest even as she also got up with everyone else.
Sirius was now out the door and heading upstairs. Behind him came Lupin, Moody, Tonks, and the rest. Mrs. Weasley tried to keep the children back, but Fred and George were already gone, and Ron was close behind; only Ginny held back. When she reached the hallway everyone was standing in front of Mrs. Black, looking at the flesh–colored string–like objects draped over the portrait and wrapped around the troll's–leg umbrella stand, which was lying on its side. Fred and George were staring at the scene, their faces white. The adults all turned to them at the same time. Sirius's mother had never stopped screaming.
Mrs. Weasley pushed her way through, took one look at the Extendable Ears, and rounded on Fred and George, who looked at her with real fear. As she began to yell at them in a voice even louder than the portrait's, Ginny sidled away down the hall, glanced back, turned the corner, and hurried up the stairs. She was certain that no one had noticed her; even Moody, whose back was turned, seemed to be concentrating completely on the twins.
Ginny opened the door to her mother's room and slipped inside. She took the parchment from her pocket. Errol was in his cage next to the window. When he saw the parchment he started to flap his wings excitedly and hopped out the cage's open door. Ginny hurried to him.
She whispered as Errol took the parchment in his beak. "To Hermione Granger. It's very important and very dangerous. Be careful. And don't fly back. Let Hermione bring you, or else go back to the Burrow." She opened the window. Errol hopped onto the sill, looked back at Ginny, and fell off, plunging to the ground with a loud squawk. Ginny looked down, her heart in her throat, expecting to see Errol smashed on the ground below. But as she leaned out the window Errol soared past her and into the sky, still clutching the parchment in his beak and hooting triumphantly. He soon vanished into the soupy gloom.
Ginny breathed a sigh. "Well," she thought, "now I'm in for it." She hurried out of the room and back downstairs. When she got to the first floor the whole crowd was still standing in a circle around the twins. Everyone was yelling at them at once, even Sirius's mother. Sirius was trying to pull the drapes closed over the portrait. No one seemed to have noticed that Ginny had left and come back, not even Mad-Eye. He was standing directly in front of the twins, his flask in one hand, the other wagging a finger in George's face. As Ginny came closer, Fred looked at her and gave a start. He nudged George who also looked up. They turned to each other, eyebrows raised. Fred mouthed at Ginny, "We will get you". They both glared at her.
Finally the adults had said their pieces, Mrs. Black was covered, and everyone went back down the narrow stairs to the basement. Ginny pushed ahead so that Sirius and her mother were between her and the twins. She knew there would be retaliation, but she didn't care. If she had to, she would sleep at the front door to make sure Harry stayed put. Hermione would come in the morning, she was sure of it.
Ginny hung around the basement after the meal. She wanted to avoid the twins, but she also knew that she would have to say something to her mother about Errol. Tempting as it had been to frame Fred and George for that transgression — she could have dropped a package of Skiving Skittles on the floor near Errol's cage — she did not want to get them into real trouble, not when they had actually done nothing. So when her mother finished the last Scourgify charm, Ginny followed her upstairs, and stopped her as she started to go into the parlor. "Mum, there's uh, something I need to talk to you about."
'Why, Ginny, of course. Do you want to talk here or upstairs?"
Looking past her mother, Ginny could see Fred and George sitting in the parlor. "Can we talk in your room?"
Upstairs, Molly closed the door and turned to Ginny, who took a deep breath.
"Mum," she began, "I did something I know I shouldn't have. But I really needed to. And I was afraid if I asked, you would stop me."
"Ginny, what in the world are you —" But Ginny was pointing at Errol's empty cage, and Molly turned to look. She stared at it thoughtfully for a long moment, then turned back to Ginny. She had a look that reminded Ginny of Tonks when Ginny had mentioned Harry.
"It's Harry, isn't it?" her mother said.
Ginny fought to keep her face blank and her voice calm. "Actually, Mum, no. I mean, yes. I mean, well, I am worried about him. Aren't you?"
"Of course. Everyone is." Molly looked at Errol's empty cage. "Then again," she said almost to herself, "I wasn't the one who jumped into the seat next to him on the Underground." She turned to Ginny and took her by the shoulders.
"I think I know where you sent Errol. To Hogwarts with a message for Hermione?" Ginny looked down and nodded. "Well, what did you put in the owl? Ginny, look at me. I'm not angry. Not yet. But I need to know what you wrote. I know you understand what is at stake here. I need to know." Her voice was quiet, but held a steeliness that Ginny had never heard before. She was holding Ginny firmly.
Ginny told her. Molly let her go and thought for a moment.
"I think it's probably all right," she finally said, "although I don't have any idea what you're talking about. Harry's 'the leader', but that's obvious only because I know why you sent it. But I don't know what he's the leader of. And I don't think anyone would have noticed a solitary owl flying over the city." She fell silent again, thinking. "Hermione's taking a risk by coming here," she went on, "but I know that Dumbledore wanted her to come, so he should be able to arrange it. He was going to ask her to skip her — what was it? — skinning trip with her parents and come on Christmas Eve." She smiled. "So, the only thing your owl will do is push up her arrival by a day. Which is good."
Ginny felt that a huge burden had lifted, but she was also embarrassed. Hermione was coming to Grimmauld Place anyway. All of her scheming had been a ridiculous, hair–brained plot. She grimaced, and her mother smiled at the face she was making.
"No, Ginny," she said, "it wasn't a waste of time. I think you did the right thing. The ones who are going to get through to Harry are his friends. Hermione and Ron. And you."
Now Ginny could not help herself; she blushed and looked away. Her mother took her face in her hands and made Ginny look at her. "Ginny, I don't know what you or Harry feel. I do know — you don't hide it very well from anyone who knows you — that he is special to you. How special, is for you to know. And I don't know if you are special to him. But Harry is important to all of us in a way that goes far beyond what two people feel for each other. So Harry's friends are also extremely important."
Ginny sighed. "Mum, can I sleep in here tonight? I kind of framed Fred and George and I figure they'll try something."
"Of course, darling. I understand."
Ginny wasn't sure if that meant her mother understood why she wanted to avoid the twins, or why she did not want to talk about Harry any more. But it was done. And as she thought about the conversation, she did not really mind what her mum had said about Harry.
She spent the rest of the day in either the kitchen or the parlor, wherever anyone else was besides Fred or George. Nobody talked about Harry except Tonks, who mentioned that he had gone up to Buckbeak's room.
Ginny slept soundly that night, and when she awoke it was still dark out. Her mother was not in bed. Ginny went as quietly as possible to her own room, pushed the door open with her wand, and carefully went inside. She looked for any hidden spells but found nothing; apparently the twins were planning a surprise for later. She hurriedly dressed and went downstairs. Her mother was in the basement supervising a knife peeling potatoes.
"Good morning, honey," she smiled. "Did you sleep well? I don't think you even moved all night. Oh, by the way, Fred and George have told me that they completely accept the blame for what happened yesterday."
"Sure they do," Ginny snorted. "That would be a first."
Molly hummed while she charmed another knife to start slicing vegetables on a large chopping block. They both looked up as Tonks came in. "Hey, Ginny. Morning, Molly." She flicked her wand and a mug flew from a shelf to the stove where a coffee pot filled it. She took it to the table at sat down.
"Um," Ginny said. "Is, uh, Harry still upstairs?"
Tonks's eyebrows raised and a small smile played around her mouth. "Yup, as far as I can tell, he's —"
There was a loud banging from the front door, and Sirius's mother began screaming. Ginny jumped and looked at the ceiling; it sounded like the front door had opened. Tonks quickly got up. "I expect that's her," she said. As she left the room, Ginny looked at her mother who was placidly collecting peeled and sliced potatoes and putting them into a large bowl.
"You'll want to go upstairs, dear," Mrs. Weasley said. "Dumbledore sent us word last night that Hermione would be here early —"
Ginny was out of the room before Molly could finish the sentence. When she got to the front hallway Hermione was helping Tonks cover the ranting portrait.
"Everyone else has a doorbell, but Sirius has his mother. I think she's getting worse," said Hermione as they finally closed the drapes. "Ginny!" she cried, going over and hugging her. "Come on, let's talk. I got here as quickly as Dumbledore could get me out of school. You wouldn't believe what Umbridge is trying to do to him. It's just outrageous. How can he let her get away with that stuff?" She started to pull Ginny down the hallway, but Ginny had spotted Errol. The exhausted owl was swaying precariously on a perch inside a small cage that Hermione had put on the floor.
"Oh, Errol! Are you all right?" She picked up the cage. Errol hooted softly, and puffed out his chest feathers.
"Here," said Tonks. "I'll take our hero downstairs. We can find something for him to eat."
Ginny handed her the cage, then followed Hermione. Tonks watched them go up the stairs before turning back to the basement with Errol's cage, smiling to herself.
They ran into Ron halfway up. He stopped, a surprised but pleased expression on his face. "Hermione! Wow! What are you doing here? Weren't you skinning with your folks?"
"It's skiing, Ron. And I came because Ginny asked me to. Now listen," she dropped her voice. "We've got to do something about Harry. Ginny says that —"
"Harry?" interrupted Ron. "What's wrong with Harry? Yeah, he's a little upset, but you actually gave up a holiday skiing just to come to this hole and do something about Harry?"
"Look," Hermione glanced up and down the stairs, "just talk to us for a minute. Please, Ron? I did give up a holiday for Harry, so what does that tell you?"
Ron frowned, then nodded. "Okay, but just for a minute. I haven't eaten breakfast yet." He led the way back upstairs to his and Harry's room. He sat on his bed and Ginny sat on Harry's.
"So what happened?" Hermione asked. Ginny told her about the past twenty-four hours.
"Whoa!" said Ron. "That was you that set those Ears off? Good one, Ginny." He chuckled. "But, hey, what about Errol? Mum must have noticed him missing."
"Don't worry about it," Ginny said. "It's all sorted out. And Hermione brought him back."
"Huh," Ron said. "My little sister's mind has become devious."
Ginny scowled, but before she could say anything, Hermione went on. "Okay, what about Harry? And even if you don't think he's likely to do something stupid," she said to Ron, "don't you want him to enjoy as much of the holiday as he can? I mean, there's so much happening to him that's miserable. Your father, Umbridge, Quidditch, O.W.L.s, ..." She frowned. "He's got to do some studying over the holiday, or else he'll —"
"Okay, okay!" Ron put his hand up to stop her. "I'll talk to him. Just lay off the homework guilt, will you? It's bad enough that it's hanging over us without you nagging about it all the time."
There was a knock on the door, and Mrs. Weasley came in carrying a tray of sandwiches. "Here you go, dears. Tonks and I thought you might be hungry." She beamed at them, looked at Ginny for a moment, then left, closing the door behind her.
"Right you are," said Ron, grabbing a sandwich and stuffing it into his mouth. Hermione's eyes rolled to the ceiling. Ron continued to eat, taking another sandwich and starting on it before he had finished the first.
Ginny took a deep breath and said to Hermione, "I've been thinking about something, but I wanted to talk to you before I told Harry." She glanced at Ron, who was still stuffing the sandwich into his mouth.
Hermione nodded. "Go on. What was it?"
"Well, he thinks he's possessed by You–Know–Who. Or at least he thinks that we think he is. But," she hesitated, and then continued in a whisper, "but I was possessed."
Ron stopped chewing and looked at her. He swallowed a mouthful of bacon sandwich. "Ginny, that's right. God, I'll never forget that." He shook his head. "Hey, tell him that."
"That's what I was thinking I should do." She looked at Hermione. "You know, I really don't see how he could have been possessed. It left me totally blank about where I was or what I had done. You didn't see him look like that, did you?" she asked Ron.
"No," Ron shook his head. "He was thrashing around in his bed and the next minute he was wide awake talking about a snake and Dad..." Ron's voice trailed off. He put down his unfinished sandwich.
"Ron's right," Hermione said. You've got to tell him." She looked intently at Ginny. "You are the only one who can talk to Harry about that and have him believe you."
"Well," Ginny said, "I don't like to talk about it. Or think about it." She looked down, but Hermione reached out and lifted her chin up. There were tears in Ginny's eyes.
"Ginny, you should talk about it, and Harry is just the person you should talk to."
Ginny stared at her, then wiped her eyes and set her face. She looked at Ron who nodded and smiled.
"Okay," Ginny said to Hermione, "go get him."
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