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The Dalton Caldwell blog post-inspired App.net has been hatching plans to take on Twitter with its pay-for model for weeks now. At last report, the platform was well short of its $500k goal, but over the last week, the hype and interest was enough to tip App.net over the edge ahead of its deadline.
"Thank you for believing," Caldwell wrote on Saturday. "I know in my heart that what made join.app.net succeed was your willingness and openness to give App.net the benefit of the doubt, to read our github documentation, to ask to participate in the alpha, to write blogposts in our support. Thank you."
Now, the alpha version is up and running.
App.net's interface is, to summarize, bare bones. You have a mere four landing pages you can check out: Your personal stream (posts from those you're following), your posts, mentions, and the global feed. It's certainly more sparse than Twitter, both in what and how you navigate, and its looks. While you have a Facebook-like profile page complete with a personal picture and cover photo, the rest of the site is quite stark.
And front and center, in big, bold, plain type, is a export tool for grabbing all of your App.net-posted data.
There's a lot of work to be done, clearly, so plenty is going to fall onto the "what's missing" list, but that's to be expected. That said, let's dive in.
Instead of 140 characters, you get 256. You can reply to other people's posts (which a small handful are referring to as "appdates"), but there are no "retweet" or favorite options. You can select and view individual posts for backlinking purposes, which is incredibly helpful when using content for news breaking reference.
It can probably go without saying that multimedia features like sharing photos and videos haven't been added to App.net, but the developer community is so enthused about the platform that the building is coming fast and furious.
In development
Which brings us to a quick note on all the building that's happening around App.net. Much of the reason for starting App.net in the first place revolved around how platforms exist and interact with their third-party developer ecosystems. Twitter's continued distancing between itself and outside developers was a big part of the inspiration. So it's only fitting that much of the discussion on the alpha site revolves around the third-party community.
Web and mobile apps are in the works, as are desktop and browser extensions. You can check out the in-progress catalogue over at Github. And there are a few fun tools already at your disposal, like this app that finds your Twitter friends already using App.net, and this one that shows an endless stream of posts as they're published, in real time.
There are a few problems that come with alternative social networks. The main one, of course, is building the userbase. As it can be assumed, Twitter's numbers are far greater than App.net's… obviously. And the fact that there's no native way to find people can make diving in a little intimidating. You're just sort of thrown in the mess, although you can use the aforementioned tool that helps you find Twitter users you know using the application to help out.
The other intimidating thing about jumping into App.net is the community – or rather, it can be intimidating. Think about the type of people interested in paying at least $50 to start using a real-time communication application – so yes, it's pretty tech-oriented. There's a lot of developer-speak and a lot of App.net-speak. It's pretty narrow.
To be fair, this means that the obnoxious drivel that Twitter often dissolves to hasn't hit the site (at least not yet). It's a relief not to be flooded with constant celebrity news and pictures of food, if we're being honest.
The other element that hasn't invaded App.net (again, yet) are spambots. The price gate is certainly helping, as is its just-launched status, although there's no chance the platform will be able to remain spam free. Regardless, it definitely shouldn't dissolve into the massive cesspool of fake users that has engulfed Twitter's basement.
App.net is ambitious and exciting, but it's not a solid bet quite yet. There are also already rumors that there will be a free tier of App.net, and I'd certainly suggest waiting until we hear more on that.
As it stands, it's interesting to be part of the early crew. And if you ever wished you could have been a part of the early Twitter machine and all the user-sourced development that happened way back when, then ante up that $50 and come on in. Otherwise, wait until there's more outside app integration and native built-in controls.
The larger question, of course, is: does App.net stand a chance? It's hard to say yes, but given Twitter's fickle heart these days, it actually seems possible. I don't want to beat a dead horse here, but Twitter isn't the company that it used to be; it's priorities are shifting. We can criticize and yell about it, but if Twitter wants to go ahead and become a media company (and it's in a really good position to do just that), then that's Twitter's prerogative — even if it frustrates core users in doing so.
That means the timing is right: We have this brief moment where real-time communication is important and popular and where the largest player to date appears to be creating some market space. Paying for apps is a hard hurdle to cross, but it could deliver us from many of the issues our social networks have trapped us into.


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Generous tribute
Your editorial in the May 10 issue of the Chestnut Hill Local ["An era ends at the Local"] was an act of true generosity. As a septuagenarian who has known many employers and countless bosses, I am hard-pressed to recall any paeans for outgoing regimes. Rather – the talk was hype for the new era.
I'm sure that all those talented, cheerful, congenial, industrious ladies who ran the Local will forgive your software encroachment and remember you with affection for appreciating who they are and what they did.
Horace Deacon
East Falls
'Amazing event' at area school
I can't express how grateful I am for your wonderful article and spread on the front page of Local Life ("Musical inspired by battle against anti-Semitism," May 10). Thank you for taking the time for writing such a wonderful account of the amazing event that happened in our little school.
Frumi Cohen
Resident playwright
Plymouth Meeting Friends School
Congress doesn't get Food Stamps
The current effort in Congress to eliminate the Food Stamp Program, presented as a "cut" of $33 billion, reveals a disturbing inability on the part of some of our elected representatives to grasp the inter-dependent dynamics of a complex economy.
The Food Stamp Program does not only benefit the recipients of the stamps but also the food producers or farmers and, through them, ultimately everyone. The program plays a role in securing an adequate food supply, and stabilizing food prices.
Food is a unique commodity, being on the one hand the single most essential commodity, while, on the other hand, demand for food cannot be significantly increased by aggressive huckstering.
You might be able to convince some people, Yes, we really do need that third car, that fourth computer, that fifth plasma, or – though they can take the time off their cell phones – that $1,000-dollar wristwatch would be nice, but everyone, within narrow limits, can only eat so much food, and if you are eating proportionately, the limits are not only narrow but fixed.
Consequently, it is impossible for food producers to survive without government assistance, as technology constantly increases the supply of food, while the demand, on a per capita basis, remains static or stable. This is not the case everywhere in the world, but has been so in America for over a century, and today also Europe.
Under an unalloyed market mechanism the supply of food will tend to outweigh the demand, almost inevitably, causing prices to drop to the point where food producers can no longer afford to produce. The correction for this is, that the government must act to reduce the supply of food on the market.
A number of methods have been tried, but the most sensible one is for the government to buy, store, and distribute some food to persons of low to modest income. It is simply a matter of matching up our large food supply and surplus, with our large supply of the economically distressed. This is what the Food Stamp Program accomplishes.
Jim Hunter
Center City
Forget me not
Forget me not: When you are lost in thought as you make it through the day.
Forget me not: I am one who fought and was scarred along the way.
Forget me not: For the freedom bought with lives one cannot repay.
Forget me not: When your child is taught to remember yesterday.
Forget me not: When the day is hot.
Forget me not: Yes, I heard the shot but I did not run away.
Forget me not: I'm a patriot. Please remember me not just today . . . Memorial Day . . . but each and every day.
Please, take a moment to silently thank all those who are serving our military today, who are preserving our freedom and liberty.
(From the Forget-Me-Not Flower Poem)
Tom Woodruff
New Voter ID law 'illegal, immoral'
A close look at the new requirements for voter ID in Pennsylvania has left me aghast. Whatever one's beliefs about the need for photo identification – Pennslyvania officials readily admit there has not been one documented case of voter impersonation in the last five years – this new law could prevent thousands of legitimate voters from participating in the November election.
First, because of the need for voter education, poll-worker training, extra judges and new provisional ballot procedures, most states have required at least two years to prepare for changes. Governor Corbett signed the law March 14, 2012, and our state is planning to enforce it in seven months.
Second, in order to qualify for a free state photo ID, one must provide an official birth certificate (with a raised seal; no copies allowed), an official Social Security card and proof of address. My official birth certificate would cost me $22 via money order or certified check mailed to Cincinnati, Ohio. I could charge it online for another $11. Many older African Americans born in the South never had a birth certificate.
Providing my Social Security card would mean spending several hours at their office, filling out a five-page form and providing a photo ID, which I don't have. If I managed to overcome this problem, it would still take 14 weeks to get to me.
I believe this law illegally, immorally and unjustly places both financial and operational barriers in the way of the 320,000 registered voters in our state estimated to be without photo IDs. It punishes voters in the cities who are less likely to have cars.
Because a survey by the Brennan Center found that Americans earning less than $35,000 were twice as likely to lack IDs as Americans who earned more, it punishes the poor. Because the steps to get an ID are complicated and time-consuming, it hurts the elderly, students and the working poor. I also have grave concern about our country's reaction to the election results in November if it is clear that many, many people who are legitimate voters are not permitted to have their votes counted.
The Session of my church, Summit Presbyterian Church, has voted to speak out against this law, and we will be inviting the Philadelphia Presbytery to join us. I urge all people of faith and good will to do what they can to prevent this injustice.
Peggy MacGregor
West Mt. Airy

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Tai languages, closely related family of languages, of which the Thai language of Thailand is the most important member. Because the word Thai has been designated as the official name of the language of Thailand, it would be confusing to use it for the various other languages of the family as well. Tai is therefore used to refer to the entire group.
The distribution and classification of Tai languages
Spoken in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Assam in northeastern India, northern Vietnam, and the southwestern part of China, the Tai languages together form an important group of languages in Southeast Asia. In some countries they are known by different tribal names or by designations used by other peoples. For example, there is Shan in Myanmar; Dai in Yunnan, China (includes languages known outside China as Nüa and Lü); Zhuang in Guangxi, China; Buyei in Guizhou, China; Tay, Nung, White Tai, Black Tai, Red Tai, and others in northern Vietnam; and Khün, Lü, and others in Thailand and Laos. Designations vary over time as well: older names include Pai-i (Dai); Chuang-chia (Zhuang); Chung-chia, Dioi, Jui, and Yai (Buyei); and Tho, which is still sometimes used for the language or languages now known in Vietnam as Tay. Ahom, an extinct language once spoken in Assam (India), has a considerable amount of literature. The Tai languages are divided into three linguistic groups—the Southwestern, the Central, and the Northern. Thai and Lao, the official languages of Thailand and Laos, respectively, are the best known of the languages.
The number of Tai speakers is estimated at 80 million. Of these, about 55 million are in Thailand, some 18 million in China, and about 7 million in Laos, northern Vietnam, and Myanmar. There are tremendous variations between several estimates, and these figures may serve as only rough indications of the Tai populations.
The relationship of Tai languages to other language families
Tai as a group is related to a number of other languages and groups of southern China, the most populous being the Kam-Sui languages, spoken mostly in Guizhou, China; and the Li, or Hlai, languages of Hainan. The entire language family containing Tai and all its relatives is called either Tai-Kadai or simply Kadai. The former assumption that Tai and its relatives belonged to the Sino-Tibetan family is now not widely accepted. The similarity between the Tai and Chinese phonological systems (especially tone) is no longer taken as criterial, and, although many lexical items are also shared with Chinese, many more are not, and the latter include much of the most basic vocabulary. A competing proposal links Tai and its relatives with Austronesian, but this connection has not yet been established to the satisfaction of most scholars.
Classification within the family
Criteria for classification
Classifications have been made according to the geographic location of the Tai speakers, social, political, and cultural criteria, and literacy versus nonliteracy. The classification used for this article is based on linguistic relationships proposed in 1959–60; the criteria for it are lexical (involving similarities in vocabulary) and phonological (involving similarities in sounds and systems of sounds). According to these features the Tai languages are divided into the three groups mentioned above (see map). Languages of the Southwestern group are spoken in Thailand, Laos, northern Vietnam, Myanmar, and Yunnan, China; they include Thai, Lao, Shan, Khün, Lü, White Tai, Black Tai, and others. The Southwestern division, which is geographically the most widespread group, consists of two-thirds of the Tai-speaking population and represents an expansion that has occurred in comparatively recent periods. To the Central group belong the Tay dialects that are spoken in northern Vietnam and the various dialects spoken in Guangxi, such as Longzhou. The Buyei dialects in Guizhou and the Zhuang dialects in Guangxi belong to the Northern group. Some of the Northern dialects are also spoken in Yunnan and Vietnam, and one, called Saek, is spoken as far south as Laos and Thailand.
Differences in vocabulary
The fairly large number of vocabulary items that are shared by languages of these three groups suggests their genetic relationship. In some instances, however, there are items that are shared by only two of the groups and are not found in the other. For instance, the word for 'sky' is shared by the Southwestern dialects (Thai fáa) and the Central dialects (Longzhou faa), but another word is used in the Northern dialects (Buyei mɯn). Similarly, the word for 'beard' is shared by the Central group (Longzhou mum) and the Northern group (Buyei mum) but is replaced by another word in the Southwestern group (Thai nùat). In another instance the term for 'knife' is shared by the Southwestern (Thai mîit) and the Northern groups (Buyei mit) but not by the Central dialects, which have various words such as Leibing taau and Ning Ming pjaa (Longzhou has both pja and taau). There are also vocabulary items that are found only in one of the three groups. The evidence seems to indicate that there are three groups of dialects in the Tai family.
Differences in phonology
Different phonological features may be reconstructed for the ancestral form of some words according to the dialect group. For instance, the Southwestern forms for the verb 'to be' (Thai pen) are derived from a protoform *pɛn (with the vowel pronounced as in English egg), whereas the Central dialect forms (Longzhou pin) and the Northern forms (Buyei pan) come from a protoform *bɛn. (A protoform is the presumed or reconstructed ancestral form of a word; an asterisk [*] indicates an unattested, reconstructed form.) Similarly, the Southwestern and the Central forms for the classifier for animals (Thai tua, Longzhou tuu) are derived from a protoform *tua, whereas the Northern forms (Buyei tuu) are attributed to a protoform *dua. (A classifier is a term that indicates the group to which a noun belongs [for example, 'animate object'] or designates countable objects or measurable quantities, such as 'yards [of cloth]' and 'head [of cattle]'.) Such words as the forms for 'to be' and the classifier for animals are good indications of dialect boundaries.
In phonological development, the Northern dialects differ from the rest in not maintaining the distinction between aspirated and unaspirated voiceless stops. That is, the dialects have lost the feature of aspiration, which sounds like a puff of breath accompanying a consonant. Aspiration may, however, be reintroduced in some dialects by later borrowing or secondary developments. The Central dialects differ from the other groups in the treatment of certain Proto-Tai consonant clusters, such as *tr- and *thr-. Although they have changed from the protoforms, these are usually kept distinct in the other groups—e.g., in Thai as taa ('eye') and haaŋ ('tail'), in Buyei as taa and lŋ. In the Central dialects, however, they have merged into a single sound—e.g., Tay thaa and thaaŋ, Longzhou haa and haaŋ.
Linguistic characteristics
Phonological characteristics
The sound system of the Tai languages may best be described in terms of its syllabic structure. Each syllable consists of an initial consonant or consonant cluster followed by a vowel or vowel cluster (long vowel or diphthong), which may be further followed by a final consonant, usually a nasal sound or an unreleased stop. (An unreleased stop is a consonant in which there is complete stoppage of the airstream from the lungs and in which the tongue or the lips maintain the position of the consonant without opening the stoppage.) In addition, each syllable has a tone (i.e., the syllable must be pronounced with a certain pitch level and contour in all contexts. This can be illustrated (seetable) by the five tones of Siamese, or Standard Thai, a national standard based on the language spoken in the Bangkok area.
The Thai tones are as follows: level (using no diacritic), low (using a grave accent), falling (using a circumflex), high (using an acute accent), and rising (using a wedge, or haček); for example, maa (with no diacritic) 'to come,' màak (with a grave accent) 'areca nut,' mâak (with a circumflex) 'much,' máa (with an acute accent) 'horse,' and mǎa (with a wedge) 'dog' are differentiated by various tones.
Grammatical characteristics
The statements about morphology and syntax refer particularly to the standard language of Thailand, though they are applicable in general to all the Tai languages.
Words or morphemes (word elements) are, for the most part, monosyllabic, but there are also many polysyllabic words, mainly compounds and loanwords from the Indic languages Sanskrit and Pali and from Khmer, an Austroasiatic language spoken mainly in Cambodia. There are no inflections in Tai comparable to -ed in English 'walked' or -s in 'dogs.' The chief Tai method of forming new words is compounding—e.g., nâa-taa 'countenance' (literally, 'face-eye'), kèp-kìaw 'to harvest' (literally, 'gather-cut with a sickle'). Reduplication, the repetition of a word or part of it, is also quite common—e.g., díi-dii 'very good' from dii 'good.' Partial reduplication is also found, such as sanùk-sanǎan 'to enjoy oneself' from sanùk 'to have fun.' Some Tai languages have developed prefixes by abbreviating forms that were once full words; prefixes and infixes are also common in the Indic and Khmer loans into the more southerly Tai languages—e.g., pra-thêet 'country' (from Sanskrit pradeśa) and d-amn-ɤɤn 'to proceed,' derived from dɤɤn 'walk' (from Khmer damnaɤ 'gait, bearing' and dae 'walk,' respectively). There also developed some native prefixes that are abbreviated forms of what once were full words. For example, ma-, a prefix used in many names of fruits, such as ma-phráaw 'coconut,' ma-mûaŋ 'mango,' is derived from màak 'areca nut' (originally 'fruit'). Similarly, in the word sa-dɯˇɯ 'navel,' sa- is the reduced form of sǎaj 'line, string,' which refers to the umbilical cord. Old processes of derivation involved using the alternation of consonants or tone or both, such as níi 'this' and nîi 'here,' nɔɔj 'small, little' and nɔɔj 'a little bit,' khiaw 'sickle' and kìaw 'to cut with a sickle.' Such processes are, however, no longer active.
Word order is generally subject–verb–object (SVO), and modifiers such as adjectives and possessive nouns follow the item they modify. The verb plus object (verb phrase) functions as predicate. Words translatable as English adjectives also commonly function as predicate and can be negated; hence, they are considered a type of verb. Nouns too may also function as predicate in certain contexts; an example is wan-níi wan-sǎḳ 'today (is) Friday.' A noun phrase consists of a noun, which may be followed by its modifiers (another noun, an adjective, or a verb phrase), which, in turn, are followed by a numeral with a classifier and, finally, by a demonstrative. For example, tûu 'cabinet' and náŋsɯˇɯ 'book' become tûu-náŋsɯˇɯ 'bookcase'; tûu-kèp náŋsɯˇɯ is also 'bookcase' ('cabinet-keep-book'); tûu-yen is 'icebox' ('cabinet-cool'); and tûu-kèp-náŋsɯˇɯ sɔɔŋ-baj níi is 'these two bookcases' ('cabinet-keep-book two-classifier these'). Numerals and demonstratives cannot be used directly with nouns but must be used with a classifier, a word similar in function to English head in the phrase fifty head of cattle.
A verb phrase may consist of an adjective or of a verb, often followed by its object or its complements or both. A common type of complement denotes the direction of action by using such words as paj 'to go,' maa 'to come,' khɯˆn 'to ascend,' loŋ 'to descend,' and so on. Examples are ʔaw náŋsɯˇɯ paj 'Take the book away!'; ʔaw náŋsɯˇɯ maa 'Bring the book (here)!'; aw náŋsɯˇɯ khɯˆn maa 'Bring the book up!'; and aw náŋsɯˇɯ loŋ paj 'Take the book down!'. Short words, known as particles and occurring mostly at the end of the sentence, indicate meanings such as completion or continuation of action, question or command, emphasis or uncertainty, and degree of politeness or intimacy. For example, kháw maa lεεw 'He has come'; kháw maa máj 'Is he coming?'; khun maa máj khráp 'Are you coming?' (man speaking, polite); khun maa máj khá 'Are you coming?' (woman speaking, polite).
The various Tai languages have been in contact with many different languages spoken in the same area of Southeast Asia, and it is inevitable that words from different sources have been adopted by them. There is a basic core of vocabulary that is shared by most of the Tai languages and may be considered as the native vocabulary of the protolanguage. Nevertheless, items in this list may be found to resemble forms in other languages, such as Chinese or Indonesian, and they have given rise to different interpretations of the relationship of the Tai languages to other linguistic families. Loanwords in later periods from the Khmer and Indic languages (Sanskrit and Pali) are particularly common in Thai and Lao, and loans from Chinese are abundant in the Central and the Northern dialects.
Two different types of writing have been used among the Tai languages. One, ultimately derived from Chinese, is used by the Central and the Northern dialects; the other comes from Indic sources and is used in many languages of the Southwestern group. The Chinese-based system, which is employed chiefly to write songs, consists of Chinese characters, some modified since the 18th century, but it may have been in use much earlier. The other type of writing system, first attested in the 13th century, derives from the Southern Indic type of script. The earliest known example of the Indic-based writing system is the inscription of Ramkhamhaeng in northern Thailand from ad 1293. There are many forms of this type of script, used by a number of languages in the Southwestern group as well as by neighbouring languages, such as Mon, Khmer, and Burmese.
The Modern Thai alphabet (see table) is a modified form of the original writing. It preserves the old distinction of voiced (low), voiceless aspirate (high), and voiceless unaspirate/glottalized (middle), a distinction now largely lost but one that nevertheless leaves its effects on the tone. This system also provides an unambiguous method for indicating the vowels and tones. Similar types of writing are used in Lao, Lü, White Tai, Black Tai, and other languages. Some scripts, such as those used by Shan, Ahom, and Nüa (Dehong Dai of Yunnan, China), have in their traditional forms insufficient vowel signs and few or no tone markers. The Shan and Nüa scripts now also exist in reformed and augmented versions that distinguish all vowels and tones.Fang Kuei Li David B. Solnit
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Recent snows and freezing temperatures made clearing this
sidewalk a chore for Borgeson - Hansen, and company, but success was
theirs and the trail was blazed and seminarians reached the library.
the CLARION Sno Daze Weekend Includes Banquet,
Volume X X XVI—No. 8 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.
J. S. Baxter Speaks
for Founders Week
C oronation, Game Thursday, January 14, 1960
"The Christian and the Life of
Devotion" is the theme for Found-ers
Week, Feb. 15-19. J. Sidlow
Baxter, Bible teacher from Edin-burgh,
Scotland, will be the main
speaker. He will give a Bible study
on "Aspects of Pentecost" from 2
to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
Anton Pearson, professor of
Old Testament Language and Lit-erature
in the seminary, will speak
at the historical banquet on Mon-day
at 6:30 p.m. This annual
event, which will be held in the
fieldhouse, is the first gathering
of Founders Week guests and the
Bethel faculty and student body.
Each evening at 7:30 there will
be a rally in the fieldhouse. Tues-day
Dr. Baxter will be speaking
and the male chorus will provide
Exam Conflict?
See Registrar
Any schedule conflict on final
examinations (two tests at the
same time or three tests in one
day) should be brought to the
attention of Dr. Roy Dalton, regis-trar.
In these cases permission will
be granted to reschedule an exam.
Ii rescheduling is desired for any
reason other than test conflict a
$5 charge will be made per test.
According to Dr. Dalton, any
changes of exam schedules must
be made by Monday, Jan. 18.
the special music. Lloyd Dahlquist,
general secretary of the Baptist
General conference, will bring the
message Wednesday evening. The
festival chorus will sing at this
Dr. W. Robert Smith, chairman
of the department of philosophy,
will speak; and a massed Twin
City choir will sing at the closing
service Friday night.
President Carl Lundquist will
lead a devotional study of "God
in the Psalms" from 8:30 to 9:30
each morning.
The all-campus worship service
will be held in the fieldhouse each
morning at 10. Leading these serv-ices
will be Dr. Smith; Edwin J.
Omark, dean of the seminary;
Clarence Bass, associate professor
of systematic theology in the sem-inary;
and Robert Mounce, assist-ant
professor of Biblical literature
in the college.
In addition to these sessions,
there will also be elective lectures
each morning and special interest
groups each afternoon.
Friday afternoon the annual
basketball game between Bethel
and Northwestern will be played
in Bethel's fieldhouse at 4 o'clock.
v eil iig~
Tuesday Sidlow Baxter
Wednesday ___ Lloyd Dahlquist
Thursday Sidlow Baxter
Friday W. Robert
by Sharon Dickau
Bethel students are destined to
wander around in a Sno Daze as
the big winter sports weekend
gets underv.- ay on J an. 15 and 16.
The highlf, h , g vent and first
on the grog in is Lhe coronation
and banquet at 6 p.m. Friday. The
scene of the occasion will be the
Hotel Normandy Continental room
in Minneapolis.
Coronation plans call for Tru-man
Turnquist, captain of the bas-ketball
team, to introduce final-ists
in the competition for 1960
Sno Princess. Carol Bausman, Sno
Princess for 1959, will place the
crown on the head of the winner.
Dave Davies, tenor soloist, is slat-ed
to serenade the newly-crowned
royalty at a pre-banquet reception,
with background music by organ-ist
Lyle Quam. During the recep-tion
hour, a photographer will be
present to take pictures of the
couples in black-and-white or
Mr. Gerald Healy, coach of the
Bethel Royals, will act as master
of ceremonies for the banquet.
Featured on the program will be
Paul Knowles, tenor soloist from
the University of Minnesota, pre-senting
several selections from the
operetta, "Song of Norway." Cliff
Bruncell's string trio from the
Twin Cites will be part of the en-tertainment,
as well as several
solo numbers by Mr. Quam.
Saturday morning will find the
Bethel campus buzzing with early
risers as everyone heads to Como
park for inter-class competition in
varied athletic events. Ice events
begin at 9 o'clock at Como lake.
Scheduled are speed skating, figure
skating, an obstacle race, broad
jumping, comedy acts on skates,
and a tug of war on ice with no
skates allowed. 1_1 a.m., the
scene will shift tc th , ' Como golf
course for snow such as
cross-country skiing, tobogganning
and traying. After lunch at Bethel,
inter-class ice hockey at Ramsey
high school will begin at 1:30, as
well as girls' broom ball.
During half-time at the Bethel
vs. Northland game, Saturday
night, the 1960 Sno Princess will
present a trophy to the class with
the highest number of points col-lected
during all the day's activi-ties.
All students are eligible to par-ticipate
in Saturday's athletic
events and may sign up with their
class representatives: freshman,
Jim Spiceland; sophomore, John
Carlson; junior, Phil Peterson; and
senior, Whitey Thomas.
or drag affair in the dining hall
after the Northland game. Dave
Stapp emcees the program of mu-sical
selections by soloist Dave
Davies and the Johnsonnaires
One of three Bethel girls
-rol..-ned, Snc Pr il1C.°° at
the Sno Daze banquet tomorrow
night in the Continental room of
the Normandy hotel. The finalists
are sophomore Joyce Martin,
freshman Sheila Volz, and sopho-more
Joyce Wessman.
Bethel Should Consider Drama and it's Usefulness to Church SDtiuvdideenst S$e5n8a0te0 B7u Wdgae st by Dr. Richard K. Curtis
Publishing of this article was
stimulated by the recent "Drama
and the Church" panel discus-sion.
Dr. Richard Curtis was a
panel member.—Editors.
Bethel, as a Christian college
with a traditionally evangelical
emphasis, should take time to for-mulate
carefully its policy of us-ing
drama. This is partly due to
its cost, in time and money, and
partly due to its controversial na-ture
as an effective tool for spread-ing
the message of the church.
Drama has been used, to a
greater or lesser degree, by re-ligion,
and, more particularly by
the church, for hundreds of years.
During the Middle Ages it was a
popular medium for the Church,
with its varied expressions in the
form of Miracle Plays, Mystery
Plays, and Passion Plays. But as
the Church lost favor with people,
especially with the onset of the
Renaissance, the Church was bur-lesqued
by means of the play,
continued on pg. 2
Jennie Lou Peterson and Liz
Stoop were recently appointed by
the student senate to serve as
Homecoming co-chairmen in 1960.
Both girls are now sophomores
and worked with the 1959 Home-coming
committee. Miss Peterson,
who is from Minneapolis, was in
charge of publicity; and Miss
Stoop, from Cleveland, Ohio, was
co-chairman of the Friday even-ing
Following is the proposed budget
of the 1959-60 student senate of
Bethel college and seminary as it
was presented at a recent student-administration
I. Income 5800.00
A. Balance from
previous year 400.00
B. Seminary inclusive
fee 240.00
C. College inclusive
fee 5160.00
II. Disbursements 5800.00
A. Athletic
Council 580.00
B. Cultural
Council 1070.00
C. Religious
Council 1070.00
D. Seminary
Council 190.00
E. Social Council 1200.00
F. Homecoming
Committee 450.00
G. Senate misc.
fund 1240.00
This budget is based upon an
average student enrollment of
96 Seminarians
Second quarter classes began in
the seminary on Jan. 5. There are
96 students enrolled this quarter.
In the senior class there are 24;
middlemen, 31; and 38 juniors.
There are two special students and
one auditor.
five hundred sixteen in the col-lege,
each student paying ten dol-lars
per year, and eighty in the
seminary, each student paying
three dollars per year. This yields
five thousand one hundred sixty
dollars from the college and two
hundred forty dollars from the
seminary, making an estimated
total of student senate income
from inclusive fees of five thou-sand
four hundred dollars.
Second semester registration for
the college is being held Tuesday
and Wednesday, Jan. 19, 20. Sched-ules
must be approved by advisors
before these dates.
Any tallied courses must also be
taken care of in the college office
before this time.
Fee statements may be obtain-ed
in the college office on Jan.
19 for students with last names
beginning with A-K. The remain-der
may get their statement on
Wednesday, Jan. 20.
the CLARION
Editors: Alice Huffman
Conrad Woodall
News Editor: Lois Bradshaw
Sports Editor: Dick Kreider
Business Manager:
Maureen Bronstein
Advisor: Roy C. Dalton, Ph.D.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Blbler
Former Dean, Minister
in Psychology Department
Page 2
the CLARION
Thursday, January 14, 1960
Church's Use of Drama
to the
(No letters today—Editors)
by Maurice Lawson
This is the first in a series of
articles by Mr. Lawson on his
European trip last summer. —
Last winter when I wrote to a
friend in Germany outlining our
proposed European trip—it was to
take two months, we would travel
by car through eleven countries
with the possibility of including
Egypt and the Holy Land—she re-sponded
caustically, "I see you are
"going to be typical American tour-ists."
This disturbed Muriel and me,
for we deliberately planned not to
be like all the other Americans. We
were not going to stay at expen-sive
hotels, tip lavishly, look down
our noses at European customs,
criticize the food.
Rather, we wanted to be one of
them, using their campgrounds,
putting up in their small hotels,
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creating a rift between drama and
the Church. This was accentuated
and perpetuated by the introduc-tion
of Elizabethan drama, with
its raw depicting of evil as well
as by the traditional licentiousness
that characterized, at least in the
public's mind, the actors them-selves.
In America the reaction of the
church against drama was inten-sified
by its twin pietistic and
Puritan heritages with their pro-nounced
emphases on separation
from the world.
With the advent of radio and
TV, there has come a new aware-ness
of the potentiality of drama
as a highly effective means of
propagating the gospel. The church
and its schools have had to re-examine
their position of tradi-tional
antipathy to drama. It is
worth noting that some few TV
programs of a religious nature
have been done that have been
highly effective. That the church
could utilize the legitimate stage,
apart from local church and cam-pus
productions is questionable in-deed.
But that the church can con-tribute
significantly to radio and
TV programming with some high-toned
dramatic productions is a
distinct challenge.
In regard to Bethel's unique po-sition,
there appears to be a dil-emma
needing a carefully worked
out (and dynamic) solution. On
the one hand, there is the drastic
need of evangelicals to face in
their literary creations and in their
preaching a life - like situation,
divorced of the mamby-pamby,
milk and water stereotype that
makes our testimony to appear
insipid to some, downright dis-honest
to others. On the other
hand, we need to remember that
Creative efforts of
members of the Bethel
community are enjoyed
and, if well done, will
likely be found in print.
( If submitted, of course)
shopping in their open markets,
eating in their "bistros." Now we
realize that the very fact that
we were planning to do so much
in such a short time was as dis-tinctly
American as the belt I was
wearing that an Italian pointed to
saying, "American! How I know?
Belt on pants."
Now that we have made the
trip, we know that we will never
do it that way again. Next time
we will make a more intensive
visit to a smaller area. On the
other hand, knowing what we know
now, if we were again planning
our first trip abroad, we would
do it just as we did. For travel-ing
is like reading a large and
difficult volume. First you scan
the whole work; then you read
the chapters one by one.
the church has a unique message
which, in the course of presenting
life as it is, must become evident.
Furthermore, secular drama is far
more capable than we of present-ing
the immorality of the seamy
side fo life—easily misinterpreted
as sanction by undiscriminating
members of our constituency.
Perhaps distinctions ought to be
made between plays produced for
our own limited campus fellow-ship,
and plays that are open to
the public, and which appear to
carry the imprimateur of the ad-ministration
and faculty.
We at Bethel should compare
what our own campus is offering
with what other church-related
colleges, especially those of an
evangelical tradition, are offering
in drama.
We ought to be discreet in select-
Coming to Bethel from Hunting-ton
college, Huntington, Ind. is
Webster C. Muck, associate pro-fessor
of psychology.
Mr. Muck, who teaches General
Psychology, Abnormal Psychology,
and Principles of Counselling, re-ceived
an B.A. from Wheaton col-lege,
a B.D. from Northern Bap-tist
seminary and an M.A. from
the University of Buffalo, Buffalo,
New York.
The topic of his doctoral dis-sertation,
which he is writing for
the Indiana University, is "The
Use of Dialectics in Plato, Hegel
and Marx."
While at Huntington for 10
years, Mr. Muck was dean of stu-dents
and taught philosophy and
psychology. Prior to this time he
held a Baptist pastorate in west-ern
New York for 10 years.
When asked about his impres-sion
of Bethel, he replied, "I have
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Important Events
Jan. 25—Final Examinations
Jan. 26—Final Examinations
Jan. 27—Final Examinations
Jan. 28—Finals
Jan. 29—Finals
Feb. 3—Classes Resume
ing only those plays which appear
as consistent as possible with the
written and unwritten traditions
of the school, recognizing that, to
some extent, these constitute a
dynamic situation.
We ought to encourage, as much
as possible, the writing of good
drama by our own people on cam-pus
(and by our constituency).
We ought to remember our posi-tion
as leader of our denomination,
combining zeal for legitimate pro-gress
with an acute sensitivity of
where our constituency, by and
large, think and live today. This
calls for both a high sense of
vision and open lines of communi-cation,
a working rapport between
school and supporters that neither
saddles the incentive of the school
nor disillusions the constituency.
enjoyed getting acquainted at
Bethel because of the spirit and
friendliness of the campus."
Married, Mr. Muck resides at
763 Fry St. with his four children,
aged 15, 12, 11, and 4.
Inez Welch,
Mortenson Win
Inez Welch, senior, and Cal
Mortensen, sophomore, were first
place winners in the oral interpre-tation
and oratory contests. They
were named last Friday night in
the final round of the contest.
Inez read an original writing
depicting Pilate's wife; and Cal
presented his original oration, a
picture of the Auca Indians.
Second and third place winners
in the oral interpretation contest
were Terry Benz and John Bohlen,
Al Penner was second place win-ner
in the oration contest.
Prizes for the annual contests
are sponsored by the Dr. Martin
Ericsson award and the Dr. Alford
Hanson award.
The Theatrical Barriers
Last weekend Bethelians interested in co-curricular activity were
treated to two programs in the area of speech and dramatics. The first
of these was an evening of competition in oral interpretation and ora-tion
attended by some twenty or thirty people. The other was a panel
discussion on "drama and the church" which drew approximately the
same crowd. It is not unlikely that some members of the audiences
were required to attend by certain professors.
Earlier in the school year the schedule called for the Royal Players
to present "Rebel Without a Cause," a play dealing with juvenile
delinquency, on those nights. But for fear of objection, internal and
external, the dramatics group "decided" not to do "Rebel." This is
unfortunate, for there is little doubt that the play would have at least
drawn a larger crowd.
But the contest and the panel were worth while. The panel discus-sion
was quite interesting in its discussion of some of the traditional
objections to dramatics among evangelicals. The three main objections
brought out by the panel (though not necessarily their own feeling)
were: a stream of puritanical influence still existent in evangelical
circles today, the hypocrisy of dramatics in that actors appear to be
what they are not, and the fact that "actors are evil."
Each of these arguments is rather easily debunked. Puritanical in-fluence
has been out of the evangelical system in most areas for quite
a while. To call dramatics illegitimate on the grounds of hypocrisy
could lead to dismissal of some important ministerial tactics which would
likely take much vitality from the pulpit today, and, as one spectator
whispered, "Ministers would have to stop imitating Billy Graham."
And to yell "actors are evil" is to deny that most, if not all people,
naturally are, and that all professions have some evil people in them.
Judgments of immorality have to be made, not in the light of
degrees of immorality, but in the amount of corrupting influence in
the profession.
The discussion, although not too well organized or pin-pointed,
was a healthy thing and similar ones in the future would be valuable.
But, the Bethel community has yet to see a dramatic production this
This, as explained before, is because the Royal Players "decided"
to drop "Rebel." And no other ideas appear to be flourishing. Apparent-ly
there is a lack of a play to perform. There are few worth while
Christian (in the evangelical sense of the word) plays, so the players
will probably have to draw from a secular source. It would be too bad
if the Players had to drop another play for someone's fear of stepping
out of our non-existent ivory tower.
A Note About Money
The student senate budget for the year 1959-60 appears on the
front page of this paper. It appears there to inform people in the
financial area of student government, the area in which student govern-ment
and its existence can be strongly questioned. One might say
"What are those activity-hungry people doing with all that money ?"
or, if one were of a different persuasion and perhaps a little better
informed, one might say, "how can student government be expected
to exist on such a meager sum ?"
Had we printed a more detailed account of the budget, the average
male would know that the expenses for Sno-Daze total approximately
$1,000 (the average male would then pay his seven dollars less grudg-ingly)
; the non-athletes, male and female, would know that $240 is
spent annually on intramural athletics; everyone would know that "The
Mikado" only cost the cultural council $35, the religious council is
allotting $250 for the Eureka Jubilee singers, and the poor seminary
council only gets $190 this year.
These facts help one to see more clearly the limitations or lack
of limitations placed on student leaders financially. And this short
presentation is by no means the entire picture. A quick look at the
detailed senate budget would likely surprise everyone in some way.
But, at least it is now possible for Bethelians to see generally the
financial picture, and complain intelligently about wasted money or
lack of activity depending on their complaint.
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Iranov, Kondrashin Conduct ; Feb. 2, 3 Mexico City Hams
Tchaikowsky Festival will be
performed by the Moscow State
symphony orchestra in Northrop
Memorial auditorium at the Uni-versity
of Minnesota on Feb. 2 and
3 at 8:30 p.m. The Festival is
part of the University Artists
The concert Tuesday evening,
Feb. 2, will be conducted by Kon-stantin
Ivanov and the soloist will
be the Russian pianist Emil Gileis.
The 120-piece orchestra will per-form
the Fifth Symphony and the
Capriccio Italien; and together
with Mr. Gileis, the Concerto num-ber
one for piano and orchestra.
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Madame Galina Vishnevskaya, so-prano,
in the letter Scene from
"Eugene Onegin" and a scene and
arioso of Liza from "Pique Dame"
(The Queen of Spades).
The selections chosen for these
two concerts give an overview of
the orchestral and operatic writ-ing
of Tchaikowsky during the
most productive years of his life.
That Tchaikowsky is Russia's most
widely known composer is reflect-ed
in the fact that the Mosccow
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During the past few weeks the
Bethel amateur radio club has
made several contacts with ham
operators in Mexico City. Accord-ing
to Walt Shearer, general
director of B.A.R.C., this could be
the beginning of an indirect but
regular contact with our mission-aries
in Mexico City.
In the interview with Mr.
Shearer it was discovered that dir-ect
contact could be made with
Rev. Virgil Hegle, who is a Bap-tist
General conference missionary
in Alaska, except that he lacks a
receiver. Mr. Shearer pointed out
that this direct contact is, of
course, preferred even though it
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The seminary junior class is
planning a New Year's fellowship
social on Monday, Jan. 18 at 7:30
p.m. Ray Hornsby, class president,
announced that the social will be
held at Joel Stolte's home, 5422
Edgewater Blvd., Minneapolis.
Students may invite their wives
and girl friends to the gathering
where there will be games, sing-ing
and refreshments. Recent slides
fo the Holy Land will be shown by
Charles Woehrle.
The planning committee in-cludes:
Ken Albright, Art Erick-son,
Paul Stenstrom, and Mr.
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Mr. Shearer also said that one
of the most needy places in terms
of radio equipment is the newly
acquired mission work on the Aleu-tian
Chain in the North Pacific.
The missionary here is Pearl
Wright, and at present her only
contact with the mainland is by
mail which is extremely infre-quent
and irregular. Radio equip-ment
adequate to give her con-tact
with the mainland was on dis-play
in the Bethel library during
Missions Week. The cost of this
equipment is $200, and a "side-band
adapter" which allows over-seas
contact, can be purchased for
an additional $70.
When asked whether this equip-ment
would see direct service in
evangelization, Mr. Shearer com-mented
that this is not so much
the purpose at the moment, and
that there is currently a great
deal of good missionary broad-casting
going on. The main object
in this program is to keep in touch
with the missionaries and to learn
their needs so that we may pray
intelligently for them. Placement
of such radio equipment in a mis-sion
station would be a tremend-ous
boost to over-all missionary
Mr. Shearer emphasized the
point that this is not an experi-ment
and that radio is being used
effectively by others. He said, "the
opportunity is there and is com-pletely
at our disposal to exploit."
Editor's note : This radio
equipment has been purchased
by the religious council. A spe-cial
offering for this will be re-ceived
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The cultural council has purchased a block of tickets for the Min-neapolis
Symphony concert on Friday, Feb. 5. These tickets will be
available to Bethel students at $1.25. This reduced price is possible be-cause
the council is underwriting part of the purchase price. Included
in the price of the ticket is transportation to and from Northrup audi-torium,
where the concert is to be held.
This concert will be featuring Eugene Istomin, pianist. Mr. Isto-min,
regarded by many as the greatest of the American-born-and-trained
pianists has given concerts on every continent. Since 1956 he
has circled the globe three times, appearing in major cities in Japan,
Australia, South Africa, Europe and the Americas.
In his own country, Istomin won early recognition. He has ap-peared
with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia orchestra.
He is a frequent guest artist with the Boston and Chicago symphonies
as with numerous other orchestras.
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easy win, and the league lead in by downing the Northwestern
Eagles of Minneapolis last Tues-day
night. On the Eagle's home
court the Royals, led by sharp
shooting guards Les Borms and
Mery Sheplee, won by a score of
Bethel Loses
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Welcome to
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Worship services 8:45 and 11 a.m .
Sunday school 9:45 a.m.
CYF 5:15 p.m.
Evening service 7:00 p.m.
Transportation provided
Lexington and Burke A. E. Ellison, pastor
Len Karlberg, youth director
We invite you to attend
Payne Avenue Baptist Church
9:45 a.m. . Bible school
11 a.m. Morning worship
6 p.m. Youth groups
7 p.m. Evening service
J. Leonard Carroll, pastor
Payne and Sims, St. Paul
bus leaves Bodien at 9:15 a.m.
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Thursday, January 14, 1960
Royals Drub NW, 86-69;
Take Conference Lead
2nd Guessers
Hear Healy's
BB Report
by Dan Anderson
The Second Guessers held their
second meeting on December 10,
1959, again in the president's din-ing
hall at 6:15 p.m. Here are
some of the high spots in the very
interesting and informative half
The discussion started on a
popular note—the dissecting of the
previous week's games. Of the
River Falls game, Coach Healy
had nothing but glowing reports
to give. He was particularly pleas-ed
with the good defense and the
forty percent shooting that the
boys rolled up in their 88-83 win.
Mr. Healy went so far as to say
that this was the best game that
a Royal squad has played for sev-eral
Mr. Healy contributed
the loss to Superior to what he
called "The Monday night blues."
The twenty-three percent shoot-ing,
the poor passing, and poor
defense were also big factors in
the Royal's second loss of the sea-son.
The Eau Claire game, the
last of a string of three games in
four days, was lost mainly be-cause
the boys were just too tired,
according to Coach Healy. How-ever,
he said that the Royal cag-er's
played a generally better game
than the previous night's tilt.
Mr. Healy was also asked about
our next two games, which were
Milwaukee Institute of Technology
on Dec. 16, and Lakeland on Dec.
17. About M.I.T., he said that even
though he doesn't know anything
about them this year, last year
they weren't too tough, and, in
his words, "we ought to rack 'em."
(We did too.) The Lakeland game,
he said, would be much tougher.
(Not so tough after all.)
The next Second Guessers meet-ing
will be held tonight at 6:15
p.m. in the president's dining
Intramural Standings
Counts 100
Barons 75
Dukes 75
Jesters 60
Squires 0
Knights 0
Peasants 0
Pages 0
Volleyball season, for boys intra-murals
anyway, is a thing of the
past and listed above are the re-sults
of the volleyball play-offs.
Entering the scene now is basket-ball.
Last Monday night the first
basketball games were played. The
Dukes, Counts, Peasants, and
Barons were the victors. The Dukes
nudged the Knights by a slim
margin, 56-55, while the Counts
were romping over the Pages by
a tune of 72 to 57. In the latter
games the Peasants rolled to an
easy win over the Jesters, 79-52,
while the Barons were defeating
the Squires by an impressing ten
points, 51-41.
The high scorers for the even-ing
were: Hagfeldt—Peasants, 27;
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A new opportunity presents it-self
to all Bethel students who
are looking for some place to
spend their off-time when the
books seem to get dull, the daily
routine feels monotonous, and they
The "Second Guessers"
Meet Tonight
6:15 p.m.
President's Dining Hall
Anyone interested in discussing
basketball is welcome to attend
Davison — Pages, 26; McKelvy —
Jesters, 21; and Blomberg —
Counts, 21.
Many men took part in Monday's
intramural program, and enjoyed
a lot of, good recreational fun as
they supported their team. Bas-ketball
will be continuing for the
next two months and each student
is urged to support his team.
Saturday night:
Bethel takes
on Northland,
only other
undefeated Badger-
Gopher team
Sno-Daze Game
8 p.m.
In the Fieldhouse
Eau Claire State topped Bethel
college 93-76 Tuesday, Dec. 8,
1959 after gaining a 46-37 lead in
the first half. Worden led the way
for the winners with 15 points
and three other Eau Claire players
broke into double figures. Truman
Turnquist paced Bethel with 20
points. Sheplee, Peterson, and
Kindall of Bethel also scored in
the double figures.
Wayne Kindall pictured here
taking one of his spectacular hook
shots has been a key player on
Bethel's team this year. His re-bounding,
fine shooting, and ball
handling from the pivot have
helped the Royals compile their
6-3 record thus far this year.
want to get away from everything
and enjoy themselves. The ath-letic
department has a program
that you should participate in.
The athletic department has
consented to make available the
Northwestern, Minn.
Northwestern, Wis.
Sheplee swished through the
first two points of the game and
Bethel took an early lead which
they never relinquished. With their
eyes focused on capturing the con-ference
lead Bethel played a fine
first quarter which ended 22-14
their favor.
The second quarter of play in-troduced
a new type of basketball.
A rough brand of play centered
around the object of stealing the
ball from the opposite team. Walt
Win Lakeland
Game by 17
While most of the fans were
home on vacation the Royals roll-ed
up their fifth victory of the
season. They defeated Lakeland
of Wisconsin on Dec. 17, 90-73.
The Royals built up a big lead in
the first half, 46-27 and then coast-ed
to the easy victory.
Five Bethel players placed in
double figures. Mery Sheplee scor-ed
15 for the individual scoring
honors. Lakeland's guard, Dick
Mulbs was high man for the losers
with 14.
4 12
Lindaman 3
2 8
Peterson 6
1 13
1 11
Sheplee 7
1 15
Nelson 1
0 2
Borms 2
4 8
3 3
Wahlstrom 2 0 4
1 0 2
Totals 35 20 90
Hammann 2 2 6
Vogt 1 4 6
Matches 2 4 8
Schultz 5 1 11
Strub 2 6 10
Ojnas 2 1 5
Mueller 5 4 14
Henschel 3 3 9
Klein 2 0 4
24 25 73
John Peterson lays up two
more points as our camera catches
him in action. John has proved
himself to be a very versatile
member of this year's basketball
team. Coach Healy has used him
at both the guard and forward
Green, of Northwestern, was fea-tured
as he continually swiped the
ball from a non-alert Bethel play-er.
The half ended, however, with
the Royals leading by nine points,
The first part of the third quar-ter
saw Northwestern rally to
within six points of the leading
Royals. Bethel soon turned the
tables as Wayne Kindall and Les
Borms ripped the nets to start
a drive which put the Bethel team
way out in front. With leads as
high as 16 points Bethel controlled
the third quarter and the quarter
ended 63-51.
In the final and clinching period
the Bethel five continued their
scoring splurge, with each player
contributing. With five minutes of
play remaining Coach Healy jerked
his starting five as the score stood
76 - 56. Substitutes Jim Ekblad,
Dick Larson, Dan Nelson, and Curt
Sanborn, carried the game to the
end. Northwestern was able to
put through four fast points in
the final seconds of the game and
as the buzzer sounded to end the
game with the score standing at
86-69, Bethel.
All five of Coach Healy's start-ing
players hit in the double fig-ures.
Les Borms led the scoring
for the Royals by ripping the
nets for 24 points. Mery Sheplee
followed close behind with 23, as
Kindall, Peterson, and Turnquist
hit for 14, 11, and 10 respectively.
In the first game between the
reserve squads of each team the
Bethel five defeated Northwestern,
Counts Volleyball Champs;
Win Basketball Opener, 72-57
Fieldhouse Opened
for Generous Hours
gymnasium to Bethel students. It was the fifth victory of the
Equipment will be issued by a stu- season against three losses for
dent assistant for every game or the Royals while Lakeland's record
sport for which the department is not as impressive, one and six.
has the equipment. The schedule
of days and hours the gym will
be open is as follows:
Sunday—closed all day
Monday—Boys' Intramurals;
6:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Tuesday—Girl's Intramurals;
6:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Wednesday-6:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Thursday-6:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Friday-6:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
*Saturday-8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
*NOTE: Church teams will have
the gym some Saturday mornings
for a few hours which will re-strict
the use of the gym floor for
students. If this is the case, the
hours will be posted on the bul-letin
board in the gym.
According to Lynn Lundin, in-structor
of physical education, the
gym will be available for both
girls and boys. He also stated that
if any person has some comments
or constructive suggestions as to
how the program can be bettered,
the person should see someone
from the athletic department.
Badger Gopher Conf.
Won Lost
3 0
2 0
3 1
1 1
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Anne Applebaum is the author of Gulag: A History and one very smart cookie, but this is stupid: "We should smile and embrace instability. And we should rejoice–because change, in repressive societies, is good." The counterexamples spring to mind.
Applebaum brings us the wisdom of Jimmy Carter and Andrew Young circa 1979. Thirty years later, should we really have to ask whether change was "good," or even for the better, in Iran in 1979, to take only one relevant counterexample? Readers trying to think through events in Egypt may wish to compare and contrast Applebaum's inanity with the comments of Barry Rubin to Kathryn Jean Lopez.
In his latest report on events in Egypt Rubin notes that Muhammed al-Baradei, seen as the leading "moderate, pro-democratic" leader in Egypt is negotiating with the Muslim Brotherhood to form a national unity government. Would a government under the thumb of the Muslim Brotherhood really be "good" for Egypt, let alone the United States?
Applebaum would do well to remember the cautionary note struck by Edmund Burke: "I must be tolerably sure, before I venture publicly to congratulate men upon a blessing, that they have really received one."
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Author Notes: While a leek quiche seems indisputably French, this recipe brings a Hellenic "Opa!" to your table with the addition of lemon, feta, and a hint of ouzo, the classic Greek aperitif. The ouzo is optional, but highly recommended. In a small dose, it brings a subtle sweet anise flavor that balances the sharp saltiness of the feta. With a fresh grating of lemon zest to brighten everything up, this quiche becomes light and cheerful, not at all heavy as some quiches can be. It's perfect for a casual celebration meal, a Sunday brunch, or lunch to go. If you're cooking just for one, make individual-size quiches and freeze some for later; you'll be glad to have them on hand. Variation for Omnivores: You may want to dice 1 package of Canadian bacon (about 8 slices) and add it to the quiche at the same time as the sauteed leeks. I've tried it this way, too, and it's just as nice. —Allison Cay Parker
Food52 Review: Feeding the Saints aptly describes these individual little quiches as "light and cheerful." We love the delicate flavor of leeks, and crisp, airy puff pastry is a nice change from a more traditional short crust; lemon zest and ouzo lend just the right mix of lift and fragrance. We especially love the slabs of feta that, instead of being crumbled into the egg mixture, are laid gently across the top of each quiche before baking. Chilling the quiches for about twenty minutes before baking will help the pastry puff nicely and get nice and crisp. - A&M —The Editors
Serves: 1 large quiche or 4 individual-size quiches
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
sheet frozen puff pastry
pound leeks
tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
cup half-and-half
teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
teaspoon kosher salt
pinch freshly ground black pepper
teaspoons ouzo (optional)
2 1/2
ounces feta cheese, cut into 4 (approx 1/2-inch) slices
- Preheat oven to 375F. Thaw puff pastry according to package directions.
- Prepare the leeks. Rise off any visible dirt and slice the roots from the end. Remove the dark green tops, leaving a couple inches of light green with the white portion of the leeks. (The dark trimmings can be reserved for another use, adding them to a vegetable or chicken stock, for example.) Halve the leeks lengthwise, then cut crosswise in 1/2-inch slices. Dump the slices in a colander or salad spinner and rinse thoroughly; if you don't, you risk having a gritty, sandy quiche, as leeks often hide dirt deep in their layers. Let the leeks drain well, or spin dry.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat until it shimmers. Add the leeks and cook until they are wilted; don't cook them so much that they give off liquid. Turn off the heat and let sit.
- In a mixing bowl or large measuring cup, using a whisk or fork, beat together the half-and-half, eggs, lemon zest, salt and pepper. Add the ouzo, if using.
- Prepare the pastry crusts. On a lightly floured surface, or between two layers of plastic wrap or parchment paper, roll out the thawed puff pastry to a thickness of about 1/4 inch. Line a shallow pie plate or cut the pastry into four circles to fill individual baking dishes. Press the pastry up the sides to make a nice edge.
- Fill the quiches. Distribute the leeks evenly across the bottom of the dish(es). Pour the milk mixture over the leeks. Top the quiche(s) with the slices of feta. (If you have feta that crumbles apart, don't worry, just sprinkle it on top.)
- Bake 30-40 minutes, depending on size of the quiche(s). The center should be solid and the crust and top nicely browned. Let the quiche cool for at least 10 minutes before serving. The quiches taste great hot, room temperature, even cold.
- Enjoy with a simple green salad and a glass of chilled assyrtiko from award-winning Domaine Sigalas (Santorini).
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Firstly thanks to @macc_explore who helped out with this, thanks mate
Visited with @hamtagger, it was a bitterly cold day. Minus 4 when we left Lincoln and headed over to Northwich. We had a few other bits to look at in the area but decided to do this first. Parking our car we had a little walk down to where it is. Trying to look like we were just walkers while early morning dog walkers were walking the same path and waiting for that split second to dash through the entry point in to the grounds had our adrenalin going already.
As most of you know that actually read my reports, most of the explores with me involved are rarely non eventful and this was no different with a near on hyperthermic experience because it was so bloody cold and mainly because I didn't dress properly for the weather. HT did look after me very well though Surprisingly easy getting in and started snapping basically. Parts of this place looked like it had been abandoned years which we know it has been but other areas looked like workmen were still using it. Had a good look around, the main turbine hall was real nice. Probably my favourite bit from the whole explore and the dialporn. I do like a nice dial. Everything was going quite well, we had been in there a few hours, walking around casually. No one else in sight at all. Lots of funny noises as I had read about in previous reports so nothing unexpected. Even got to the area where we could look out on to the live section. I really liked it, despite being filled with pigeon shit it had a lot of stuff to take pictures of and was very photogenic. Anyway... we had found the control room, Now I love a control room but this one was stripped of basically 90% which had no appeal to me at all. It was more the machinery, Dials etc that I had gone for.
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John Mungenast––steamboat mechanic, missile technician, power electronics pioneer/ engineer/marketer, manufacturing plant manager, magazine creator/publisher, tradeshow organizer, tennis player and raconteur extraordinaire––died peacefully in his sleep on May 3rd in Oxnard, California, after a decade-long battle with cancer. John was an active leader and passionate advocator of the power engineering industry for the last 52 years. He was a senior Life member of IEEE and his patent awards include motor drive protection and the light-activated SCR. In 1970, he was one of the early recipients of the President's "E for Export" award.
John was a generalist who thought in terms of systems. His love for hands-on problem solving started not with electricity but with steam. His early years were spent working on his father's Mississippi River steamboat where he would tend the steam engine for the privilege of running the ice cream counter where he would––as he laughingly put it––"eat the profits." John's passion for steam engines eventually led to an interest in gas turbines, generators, and high-power SCRs. But a love for steam engines remained John's avocation throughout his life. He was a member of the Historical Train Society and, in recent years, he worked with his friends on the short-line track in Fillmore, California. For years he compiled an extensive and unique library on historical trains.
John graduated from St. Louis U. High and Washington University and then served in the U.S. Army where he worked on guided missiles at White Sands. John's father co-founded the Junior Chamber of Commerce movement in 1915 to promote leadership and community service among young men and women. John followed his father's legacy by becoming president of the Lynchburg, Virginia, chapter. He remained active over the years as both a senator and charter member of the foundation. In the spirit of the foundation, John and his wife Alice "adopted" Hideo Shikata of Kyoto and formed personal ties with the entire Shataki family, prominent industrialists in the power electronics industry.
John's semiconductor career began with General Electric, at the birth of the power chip, where he employed the novelty of solid-state power conversion to motivate a generation of practical visionaries. In 1967, in collaboration with three General Electric colleagues, John Mungenast helped create Power Semiconductors Inc. (PSI), which quickly became the principle supplier of very large thyristors and diodes throughout the world. John also developed the first solid-state motor starter and G.E., his former employer, became PSI's largest customer.
John's knowledge and insight in product development and marketing during his PSI career contributed to the growth of the power capabilities of today. His high motivation and keen perception of market needs, both in the U.S. and internationally, brought together people and concepts advancing the approach of power reliability in system applications.
John joined Intertec International as Marketing Director in 1989 where he and Myron Miller founded the Power Quality magazine and conference. In 1994, the John Mungenast Power Quality Award was established by a leading utility, UtiliCorp United, to raise awareness of power quality as an important engineering discipline. The annual award was named for John in honor of his pioneering efforts in the industry and for making Power Quality magazine the leading "voice" of the industry.
After retiring from the magazine in 1999, John joined Myron Miller to help found the Gold Coast Innovation Center (GCIC), a non-profit organization devoted to planning, evaluating and testing new systems and strategies for tomorrow's electrical energy. At GCIC, located at the new Cal State Channel Islands University in Camarillo, John was participating in formalizing the "Silicon Seniors" global database. This group of retired senior engineers will be available for future GCIC collaboration projects. John served on the university's technology and science advisory board.
John was a person who enjoyed conversation on any subject, at any level, with anyone from CEOs to busboys. Anecdotes and jokes pulled from a bottomless reservoir of experience were interesting and funny, even when heard more than once (some a lot more than once). Throughout his life, John has encouraged retirees to remain active in inventing, completing and critiquing designs, while also recruiting and mentoring young engineers. His infectious enthusiasm and encouragement to everyone in the industry will be greatly missed.
John is survived and remembered as the beloved husband of Alice (Drees) Mungenast for over 50 years; loving father of Stephen J. (Yvette), of Albany, NY, David J. (Glenda), of Corte Madera, CA, Nancee C. (Rolf) Wirthgen of Hofheim, Germany, Diane M. (David) Crowley, of Arlington, MA, Timothy J. (Virginia) of Watertown, MA, Christian G. (Sharon) of Arlington, MA, and Robert M. (Alison) of Portland, OR. Son of the late Andrew G. and Charlotte Bokel Mungenast; grandfather of Alex, Jillian, Grace, Rami, and Anya: Brother of Andrew (Norma) of Montgomery, AL, the late Thomas (Virginia) of Ballwin, MO, the late Patricia Mungenast, David (Barbara) of St. Louis, MO, Carl (Mary) of Wildwood, MO: Dear uncle to 23 nieces and nephews and 23 great nieces and great nephews: Brother-in-law, cousin, godfather, and friend to many.
A memorial Service will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2002, at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Family Church, 4125 Humphrey St., St. Louis, MO. Private interment will be at Oak Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to the Kidney Cancer Assoc., 1234 Sherman Ave. Suite 203, Evanston, IL 60202-1375, or PANCAN (Pancreatic Cancer), P.O. Box 1010, Torrance, CA 90505. For additional information, contact Andy Van Sciver (805) 933-1969.
On June 1, at 2 p.m., there will be a memorial service at the Gold Coast Innovation Center located on the CSUCI campus in Camarillo, CA. For additional information, contact Myron Miller at (805) 383-1213.
A special thanks to Myron Miller for collecting and composing this piece.


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