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|Bethel Yearbook 1949
|Alternative Title
|Spire 1949
|Academic Year
|1948 - 1949
Bethel College and Seminary (Saint Paul, Minn.)
College yearbooks
|This volume documents the people, events, activities and ideas of the Bethel community during the 1948 - 1949 school year
|Date Published
|Digital Publisher
|Bethel University
|Lindstedt, L. Marwin
|Balian, John M. (Associate Editor); Stassen, J. Robert (Business Manager); Paney, Harry E. (Photgrapher); Lawson, Maurice (Faculty Adviser); Tierney, Sally (Secretary); French, Bernice; O)sterberg, David; Sandberg, LeRoy; Young, James; Erickson, Marilyn;
|Digital Collection
|Bethel Yearbook Collection (1909-1989)
United States
Saint Paul
|Time Span of Publication
|Published annually from 1909 to 1989 except for the years of 1933-36, 1982, 1984-87
|Original Publisher
|Bethel College and Seminary
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|'49 Ai re :-...) PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF BETHEL COLLEGE AND SEMINARY SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise. Psalm 100:4 Page 1 ?ARC L. MARWIN LINDSTEDT Editor-in-Chief • COLLEGE JOHN M. BALIAN Associate Editor • SEMINARY J. ROBERT STASSEN ..,_ Business Manager • ACTIVITIES HARRY E. PANEY Photographer MAURICE LAWSON Faculty Adviser • ATHLETICS Page 2 Page 3 TO the one who has just completed 42 years of faithful service to God at Bethel; TO the one who has given unstintingly of his time, talents, and energy to help make Bethel what it is today; TO the man who has piloted two genera-tions of students through the intricacies of Greek; TO the man who will ever hold a special place in the hearts of those who have known him; To Professor Alfred J. Wingblade, this book is respectfully dedicated. AUTHOR TEACHER FRIEND ALFRED J. WINGBLADE DEDICATION Page 5 DR. KARL J. KARLSON IN MEMORIAM Dr. Karl J. Karlson expressed his integrity and strength of character in the way he walked and talked and wrote; in the way he lectured and preached—in the way he lived. It was said of Thomas Carlyle that, just as faithfully as his unlearned stone mason father had laid the arches of Scotland's bridges, so Thomas Carlyle built his layers of truth into a philosophy of faith. Dr. Karlson as a boy learned the carpenter's and cabinet maker's trade, and he learned it well. But he was soon led into a higher calling, and then he was just, as faithful in the realm of thought and faith as he had been with his hammer and plane. He was a great preacher, but he loved almost more the pastoral work. He was a great scholar and teacher, but he delighted in intimate, personal student fellowship. He welcomed the opportunity to visit and counsel with churches near and far, but he was happiest at home in the bosom of his family. For twenty-six years he labored faithfully on the Bethel campus as professor and dean. He reached his three score and ten; and, after a life work well done, he was ready to present his successor. Then the Lord took him. We miss Dr. Karlson's quick step, his contagious smile, and his words of cheer. He is gone, but he seems not far away—at least to those who knew and loved him. His influence is still present in our midst—and strong for eternal good. We thank God for Dr. Karl J. Karlson. Page 6 Page 7 COLLEGE BUILDING SEMINARY BUILDING Page 8 Page 9 LIBRARY DORMITORY ROW The newest building on the campus, the new librar- y, has already seen much use this year. Carpenters were still on the job when willing hands began to haul books, and students be-gan using the facilities of the new building. Office space in the basement was likewise quickly taken over by the college professors, student publications, and the Student Activities Of-fice. Space vacated in the other two buildings by this move is now in use as classrooms. An essential part of the school plant are the three dormitory buildings fronting on Arona Street. In the foreground is the Edgren Residence for Men, directly beyond that is the Hag-strom Married Couples Apartment Building, and in the back-ground is the Bodien Residence for Women. Over 250 students make these buildings their college home. Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 "Expect great things from God, Attempt great things for God." —William Carey H. WYMAN MALMSTEN, B.A., G.Th. Assistant to the President G. ARVID HAGSTROM, D.D. President Emeritus PRESIDENT HENRY C. WINGBLADE, M.A., D.D. Page 14 A tl it 011111011100 1111.1. OM* Owe gir MOIVialrailMOr ''.4.01.11.1.1. aft • erit .4114.411111111111111 NM wow ma La.., ...ft. 40.04111* 4111/0 NMI OM/ 100/101111111 qt..41., *ft*. 11,0111.01111.1111.4111, 4, 110w ea sOMNIMP.W WiPOMPOSSP, MM. COLLEGE To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warn-ing every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom ; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. Colossians 1:27,28 Page 15 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture. John 10:9 FACULTY ADMINISTRATION C. EMMANUEL CARLSON, M.A. Dean of the College ROYAL F. BLOOM, M.A. Director of Personnel EDITH LARSON Office Manager EUGE L. JOHNSON, B.A., B.D. Director of Christian Activities EFFIE V. NELSON, M.A. Dean of Women Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 HAROLD BERNTSEN M.A. Speech State Teachers College, May-ville, N.D., B.A.; University of Minnesota, M. A.; Additional Graduate Studies, University of Minnesota. MAURICE LAWSON, M.A. TH.B. Literature and Freshman Com-position ton College, B.A.; University of Minnesota, M.A. WARREN MILD M.A. English University of Minnesota, B.A.; University of Minnesota, M.A.; Additional Graduate Studies, University of Minnesota CURTIS B. AKENSON B.A. Political Science University of Minnesota, B.A.; Graduate Studies, University of Minnesota C. EMMANUEL CAI4SON M.A. Dean of the College University of Alberta, B.A.; University of Minnesota, M.A.; Additional Graduate Studies, University of Minnesota DALPHY FAGERSTROM, M.A. History and Economics University of Minnesota, M.A. REYNOLD WIK, M.A. History Sioux Falls College, B.A.; Uni-versity of Minnesota, Addition-al Graduate Studies, Universi-ty of Minnesota, Harvard Uni-versity, University of Chicago, University of Harvard WALFRED PETERSON B.A. History and Economics University of Minnesota, B.A.; Graduate Studies, University of Minnesota Lawson burns the midnight oil. Result? M. A.! RUSSELL W. JOHNSON M.F. Botany and Biology University of Minnesota, B.S.; University of Minnesota, M.F. JOHN P. WOODS, M.A., B.Th. English Wheaton College, B.A.; Prince-ton Seminary, B.Th.; University of Minnesota, M.A. QUENTIN BOHNE, M.A. Mathematics and Physics University of Minnesota, M.A. ERNEST G. NORSTROM, M.S. Chemistry Macalaster College, B.S.; Uni-versity of Minnesota, M.S.; Additional Graduate Studies, University of North Dakota ELVING ANDERSON, B.S. Zoology and Biology University of Minnesota, B.S.; Bethel Seminary; Graduate Studies, University of Minne-sota 4f144'49-4-lvaAre\-,. What is it? Calyx? Petals? Pistils? MARINA AXEEN B.S. Librarian St. Cloud Teachers College B.S.; Graduate Studies, Uni-versity of Minnesota Page 20 ANTON T. PEARSON, B.A., TH.D. French and Bible Macalaster College, B.A.; Bethel Seminary, B.D.; Southern Bap-tist Theological Seminary, TH.D.; Graduate Studies, Uni-versity of Minnesota LILLIAN RYBERG, B.S. Spanish Augsburg College, University of Minnesota, SAMUEL J. SCHULTZ, B.A., TH.D. Bible and Ancient History Kletzing College, B.A.; Faith Theological Seminary, B.D.; Harvard University, S. T. M., Th.D. (To be conferred June 23, 1949). INGEBORG SJORDAL, B.S. Swedish and Physical Educa-tion University of Minnesota, B.S.; Bethel Seminary; Graduate Studies, University of Minne-sota EFFIE V. NELSON, M.A. German and Literature, Dean of Women Des Moines University, B.A.; University of Minnesota, M.A. THEODORE BERGMAN, B.M. Piano McPhail School of Music, B.M. GLORIA KARLSON, B.A. Music Lewis and Clark College, B.A. GUNVER OLSON, B.A. Voice Wheaton College, B.A.; Gradu-ate Studies, University of Minn-esota C. HOWARD SMITH, M. MUS.; B.R.E. Music, Choir and Organ Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, B.S.M., B.R.E.; Uni-versity of Southern California, B.M., M. MUS. NELS E. STJERNSTROM, B.M. Speech and Chorus McPhail School of Music, B.M.; Hamline University, B.A. PAUL EDWARDS, B.A. Bible and Athlectic Director Wheaton College, B.A.; North-ern Baptist Seminary; Gradu-ate Studies, University of Minn-esota. ALFRED J. WINGBLADE, M.A. Greek and Religious Education William Jewell College, B.A.; M.A.; Additional Graduate Studies, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota "Coach" gives the boys the word. "Lots of drive fellows, but quietly!" SWAN A. ENGWALL, M.A. Philosophy, Sociology, Bible Northwestern University; Wil-liam Jewell College; University of Chicago; University of Cal-ifornia, B.A., M.A.; Additional Graduate Studies, University of Minnesota ROYAL A. BLOOM, M.A. Psychology University of Minnesota, B.S., M.A.; Additional Graduate Studies, Graduate School U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, University of Minnesota. MRS. A. T. NORRIS, M.A., B.S. English and Psychology Bethel Jr. College; Bemidji State Teachers College, B.S.; MacMurray College, M.A. ROBERT OTTO, B.A. Philosophy Bethel Jr. College, University of Minnesota, B.A.; Additional Graduate Studies, University of Minnesota. So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm 90:12 "That reminds me of the time when . . . ." EUGENE JOHNSON, B.D., B.A. Director of Christian Activities Bethel Jr. College; Hamline University; University of South-ern California, B.A.; Bethel Theological Seminary, B.D.; Ad-ditional Graduate Studies, Uni-versity of Southern Califirnia, California Baptist Seminary CLARENCE HOLSTROM, B.S. Coach (Football) River Falls Teachers College STUDENTS Page 22 Page 23 TREASURER VICE-PRESIDENT CHARLES GERMANY, B.A. Chicago, Illnois Debate, 46, 47, 48, 49; Clarion, 46, (assist. ed.) 47 & 49; Student Council, 46, 47; Gospel Team 46, 47, 48; Dorm Council, 48; Student Pastor, 46; Sopholadians, 49 SECRETARY GEORGE S. JOHNSON, B.A. Rockford, Illinois Male Chorus, 45, 46; Gospel Team, 47, 48 SENIORS PRESIDENT SENIORS ROY C. DALTON, B.A. /Seat Pleasant, Maryland Le Cercle Francais (v. pres.), 48; Gospel Team 49; Arconians (pres.), 49 VERNON ANDERSON, B.A. Midole, Saskachewan, Canada Student Council (treas.), 47; Male Chorus, 47; B.M.C.A. (pres.), 48; Miss'y Band (pres.), 49; Rel. Council, 49; Sopholadians, 49 V. HENRY PETERSON, B.A. Ellendale, Minnesota Gospel Team, 46, 47, 48; Clarion 46, Debate, 49; tAT d'e. / --V-4--- IL`m'e cd tite_ --e_A-ckaey -6,4 Th- first Se ior Clarin the history of Bethel College was graduated this year. In many ways, this class represented much of what was envisioned when the senior col-lege program was set up over two years ago. With the exception of one student, all nine of the graduates spent their college el. T careers at Bethel. All of the students were prse members of Conference churches. The min- 1)1_ Spire 47, DAVID E. TUTT, B.A. St. Paul, Minnesota Student Council 49; Spanish Club, 48 (pres.), 49; Tennis, 47, 48, 49; Gymnastics 49; Arconians 49 istry and the mission field is claiming all but one of the class, the remaining one having chosen teaching as his calling in life. Over half of the class were high honor students. Most of the class intends to con-tinue wi heir seminary train!•g at Beth- Spire count n honor to, or C HAROLD CHRISTENSON, B.A. Muskegon Heights, Michigan Debate, 46, 47, 48, 49; Dini 48, 49; Gospel Team, 4;, 4 Arconians, 49 A teward, , 48; /I ROBERT SANDIN, B.A. Carney, Michigan Clarion (ed.), 46; Spire (ed.), 48; Miss'y Ban (v. pres.), 46; Student Council (pres.), 4; Student Field House Assoc. (pres.), 49; Basebal 45, 46, 47 (capt.); Basketball, 45 (capt.), 47 (capt.); Arconnians, 48 (pres.), 49 Page 24 . OLSON, B.A. M tro , South Dakota Swedi Club, 48, 49; P.D.G., 49; Gospel Team, 42, 47, 48 LEONARD SUTTON Saum, Minnesota Male Chorus, 48, 49; Sopholadians, 49 JUNIOR CLASS GERTRUDE LEHMAN Secretary Dennison, Minnesota JUNIORS BETTY ANDERSON Chicago, Illinois MARJORIE ANDERSON Saint Paul, Minnesota JOHN M. BALIAN Saint Paul, Minnesota GORDON BERG Worcester, Massachusetts DAVID N. OSTERBERG Vice-President Waukegan, Illinois JOHN SONESON Treasurer Cook, Minnesota ROBERT DALEY President Sioux City, Iowa LOWELL BERGESON Ogema, Wisconsin A. \ WALLACE BERKE I\-4) C ■>•*" Cambridge, Minnesota k,' z RA. \,..1944 ) 2 - 1-A,43( \I\Nw•-\ -4■1A, AA-4 13R7 YGGER Tyler, Minnesota , HARVEY DEVR1ES Orange City, Iowa VIRGIL DUNEER Alexandria, Minnesota Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 PHIL MCLAIN St. Paul, Minnesota WARREN MASON Worcester, Massachusetts DOROTHY E. NELSON Spicer, Minnesota HENRY NELSON Chicago, Illinois LOUIS NELSON St. Paul, Minnesota HELEN OLSON Elmhurst, New York JOHN H. PETERSON Dannebrog, Nebraska JUNIORS KENNETH GREENMAN San Diego, California PERRY 0. HEDBERG Davenport, Iowa LOWELL HENDRICKSON Montevideo, Minnesota BRUCE HERRSTROM Mankato, Minnesota ALOHA JOY INGALLS San Diego, California ELOISE JENSEN Kenosha, Wisconsin KARL LACHLER Pottsville, Pennsylvania VIOLET LAVEN Des Moines, Iowa PAUL LEAFBLAD Bayfield, Wisconsin /,jun,--4eg—k..-1' Z /6z-- °y` ,4-4-yett20424- ! /6. X-6103. H ROL LUNDBERG /7 Groton, South Dakota czc./. ' J. ROBERT NELSON Des Moines, Iowa JUNIORS Unpictured: JAY CURRY Windom, Minnesota J. WESLEY FORSLINE Cook, Minnesota Treasurer of Sophomore Class 49; Gospel Team 48, 49; Arconians JUNIORS SOPHOMORES MARILYN FREDRICKSON Strandburg, South Dakota Sec. of Sophomore Class 49; Gospel Team 48, 49; Girls' Chorus 48, 49, Vice Pres. 48; Ladocians HAROLD N. TANGMO St. Paul, Minnesota VERNON WALLIN St. Paul, Minnesota DAVID G. WASHBURN Schenectady, New York GORDON J. PLATT Minneapolis, Minnesota Pres. of Sophomore Class 49; Gospel Team 48, 49; Student Pastor 48, 49; Spire Staff 48; Clarion Staff 49; Arconi-ans Page 31 MYRTLE REHNBERG Bridgeport, Connecticut Vice Pres. of Sophomore Class 49; Gos-pel Team Committee 48; Religious Coun-cil 49, Devotional Chairman; French Club 48, 49; B. W. A. Cabinet 49; Alethilas-sians WALTER PETERSON Chicago, Illinois G. DEWEY SANDS Mayer, Minnesota OLGA E. SHENNING St. Paul, Minnesota RONALD F. SKOOG Brainerd, Minnesota KENNETH SKOV Westbrook, Minnesota Page 30 Page 32 Page 33 ■ SOPHOMORES JOHN ADAM Minneapolis, Minnesota Gospel Team 43; Clarion 48; Arconians LAWRENCE AHL Beatrice, Nebraska Sopholadians BEVERLY ANDERSON Altadena, California Alethilassians C. EVERET ANDERSON Lindsborg, Kansas CLIFFORD ANDERSON Muskegon, Michigan Gospel Team 48, 49; Commu-ters' Club 48 (Vice Pres.); Foot-ball 48; B Team Basketball 48, 49; Sopholadians GEORGENE ANDERSON Houston, Minnesota Gospel Team 48; Girls' Chorus 48, 49 (Secretary); Alethilas-sians KENNETH ANDERSON Carney, Michigan Arconians RUTH E. ANDERSON Minneapolis, Minnesota Girls' Chorus 44; 47; 'Clarion Staff 44; Spire Staff 44; Lado-cians DOUGLAS BALTZ Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Gospel Team 48, 49; Commu-ters' Club 48; Sopholadians RUSSELL J. BAUSTIAN Gordon, Wisconsin Gospel Team 48; Band 48; Chapel Choir 49; Sopholadians SOPHOMORES HAZEL E. BONDESON Terryville, Connecticut Girls' Chorus 48, 49 (Presi-dent); Clarion 48, 49; Swedish Club 48, 49; Chapel Choir 49; ladocians ROBERT BRUNKO Iron Mountain, Michigan Sopholadians ROGER BURKE Mora, Minnesota Arconians EDWARD E. CARLSON Evanston, Illinois Football 48; Baseball 49; Sopholadians HOWARD J. CARLSON Chicago, Illinois Gospel Team 49; Swedish Club 49; Male Chorus 49; Varsity Basketball 49; Sopholadians CARLTON BEARDSLEY Quamba, Minnesota Arconians FREDERICK BENKE St. Paul, Minnesota Sopholadians ROBERT M. BENNETT Skokie, Illinois Football 49; Arconians EDGAR BERGLUND Poplar, Wisconsin JANICE L. BIXBY Fergus Falls, Minnesota Ladocians SOPHOMORES SOPHOMORES Page 34 KENNETH CARLSON Bridgeport, Connecticut Gospel Team 48; Arconians ROBERT CARLSON Sister Bay, Wisconsin Arconians EVELYN CHRISTENSON Muskegon Hgts., Michigan Gospel Team 46, 48, 49; Ger-man Club 48, 49 (Social Chairman); Girls' Chorus 46, 47; Ladocians, (President 48, 49) EDWARD A. CLAY Stanchfield, Minnesota Student Pastor 45-49; Sopho-ladians DELMAR DAHL Powers Lake, North Dakota Gospel Team 46, 47; Clarion 46, 47; Sopholadians SHIRLEY DALEY Sioux City, Iowa Political Committee 49; Lado-cians RUSSELL DICKINSON Santa Ana, California Sopholadians FRANK DOTEN Chicago, Illinois Football 47, 48; Baseball 48; Sopholadians DONALD DYE Evergreen Park, Illinois Sopholadians ROBERT EARL New Milford, Connecticut French Club 49 (President); Sopholadians CALVIN EDLUND Sioux City, Iowa Arconians CHARLOTTE EKBERG Chicago, Illinois Gospel Team 48; Dorm Coun-cil 49 (Assist. Treas.); Student Field House Assoc. 49 (Secre-tary); Girls' Chorus 48, 49; Ladocians GLADYS EKLUND Brook Park, Minnesota Gospel Team 48; B.W.A. Cab-net 48, 49 (Treas.); Missionary Band Cabinet 48, 49 (Social Chairman); Ladocians GLEN ENOS St. Paul, Minnesota Sopholadians CALVIN FERNLUND Dorchester, Massachusetts Clarion 48; Male Chorus 48; B Team Basketball 48, 49; Swedish Club 48; French Club 48; Football 48; Sopholadians ROBERT FRYKENBERG Gardner, Massachusetts Gospel Team 48; Dorm Coun-cil 49; Chapel Choir 49 (Presi-dent); Arconians MARCIA GANGWISH Gibbon, Nebraska Gospel Team 48; Girls' Chorus 48; Womens' Dorm Council 49 (Treas.); Clarion 48, 49; Span-ish Club 48, 49 (Treas.); Girls' Softball Team 48; Alethilas-sians ROBERT GILLQUIST Minneapolis, Minnesota Commutors' Club 48; Debate 48, 49; Arconians ALICE GINTHER Franklin, Minnesota Ladocians BERNICE GLADER Cambridge, Minnesota Gospel Team 48, 49; Girls' Chorus 48; Alethilassians Page 35 ,, SOPHOMORES EARL GLADER Cambridge, Minnesota Gospel Team 48, 49; Arconians DENNIS GOODMAN Escanaba, Michigan Gospel Team 48; Arconians DWIGHT GOODRICH Traverse City, Michigan Sopholadians BETTY JO GREENMAN San Diego, California Gospel Team 46, 47, 48; Cheer Leader 46, 47, 48, 49 (Cap-tain); B.W.A. 49 (Ass. Treas.); Girls' Chorus 46, 47, (Vice President), 48 (President); Al-ethilassians VERONA GRIBBELL Tustin, Michigan Ladocians RUTH GUSTAFSON Deerwood, Minnesota Ladocians DONALD HALL Minneapolis, Minnesota Arconians JEAN HAMLETT San Francisco, California B.W.A. 47, 48 (Program Chair-man); Clarion 47, 48, 49; Alethilassians VIRGINIA HANSON Fergus Falls, Minnesota Spanish Club 49; Cheerleader 49; Clarion 48, 49; Debate 48; Girls' Basketball 48, 49; Alethi-lassians CAROLYN HEDBERG Davenport, Iowa Gospel Team 48; Spanish Club 48;, Clarion Staff 48 GLEN HEGSTED Powers Lake, Norh Dakota Sopholadians MARGARET HELGREN Chicago, Illinois Girls' Dorm Council 49 (Presi-dent); Clarion 48; Girls' Basket-ball 48; Freshman Class Officer Vice Pres. 48; B.W.A. 48, 49 (Vice President); Chapel Choir 49; Alethilassians FRANK HINEBAUGH St. Paul, Minnesota Arconians LLOYD HONEYWELL Swedeburg, Nebraska Gospel Team 48, 49; German Club 48, 49; Arconians EUGENE HOVDA St. Paul, Minnesota Arconians SOPHOMORES JAMES HUBBARD Omaha, Nebraska Chapel Choir 49 (Librarian); Sopholadians THELMA JACOBSON Los Angeles, California Alethilassians ELAINE JENSEN Dodge Center, Minnesota ALETA JEWELL Pine River, Minnesota Alethilassians ALICE JEWELL Pine River, Minnesota Ladocians Page 36 Page 37 AVIS JOHNSON Chicago, Illinois Girls Dorm Council 48, 49 (Sec-retary); B.W.A. 48, 49 (Chair-man); Clarion 48, 49; Girls Chorus 49 (Librarian); Swedish Club 49; Alethilassians JANE JOHNSON Stambaugh, Michigan Gospel Team 48; Spanish Club 48, 49; Girls Chorus 49; B.W.A. 48, 49 (Secretary); Alethilas-sians KATHERINE JOHNSON Burns, Oregon Alethilassians ROY JOHNSON Rockford, Illinois Gospel Team 47, 48, 49; Foot-ball 48, 49; B Team Basketball 49; Arconians RUEBEN JOHNSON Quamba, Minnesota Gospel Team 48; Sopholadians WALLACE JORGENSON Fosston, Minnesota Sopholadians DONALD KING Minneapolis, Minnesota Arconians GLADYS KLEINSASSER Frankfort, South Dakota Ladocians LAURA KOHLER Fairfield, Connecticutt Girls' Chorus 48, 49; Spanish Club 48; Alethilassians ERNEST LAUTT Harvey, North Dakota Arconians LOIS LEAF Muskegon, Michigan Clarion 48, 49; Girls Basket-ball 48, 49; Alethilassians CLARA LEGGETT Seattle, Washington Gospel Team 48; Dorm Coun-cil 48, 49 (Vice President); Chapel Choir 49;_ Religious Council 49 (Secretary); Girls Chorus 48; B.W.A. 49 (Corn-mittee_ Chairman);_ Alethilas-sians LEO LINDBERG Kiron, Iowa Arconians WILLIAM LINDROTH Belmont, Massachusetts Arconians RUTHE LUDEMAN Windom, Minnesota Gospel Team 46, 47; German Club 48, 49, (Sec.); Girls Chor-us 46 DELORES MACKEY Burlington, Iowa Girls Chorus 49; Alethilassians ROBERT MACKINNON St. Paul, Minnesota Tennis Team 48, 49; Sopho-ladians WILBUR MADSEN Karlstad, Minnesota Gospel Team 48; Spanish Club 48, 49; Commuters Club 48; Sopholadians ROBERT MALCOLM St. Paul, Minnesota Sopholadians ROBERT MANTZKE Minneapolis, Minnesota Arconians SOPHOMORES SOPHOMORES Page 38 Page 39 GRACE MEYER Chicago, Illinois Gospel Team 48; Alethilassians SOPHOMORES JAMES L. MASON St. Paul, Minnesota PAUL MILLER Rothsay, Minnesota Arconians STANLEY MOBERG Los Angeles, California Sopholadians MARIANNE E. OSTREM Boston, Massachusetts DOROTHY J. NELSON Mineapolis, Minnesota Girls Chorus 48, 49; Spanish Club 49; Ladocians EDWIN NELSON Minneapolis, Minnesota Arconians RONALD NELSON Omaha, Nebraska Gospel Team 48, 49; Male Chorus 48, 49; Spanish Club 48, 49; Football 48, 49; Sopho-ladians FLORENCE NORDSTROM Chicago, Illinois Gospel Team 48; Dorm Council 48, 49; B.W.A. Cabinet 49; Student Council 49, (Dorm Repres.); Girls Basketball 48, 49; Alethilassians BERTIL OLSON Sister Bay, Wisconsin Sopholadians LLOYD OLSON Denver, Colorado Chapel Choir 49; Arconians DELORES OLSON Rockford, Illinois Gospel Team 48; Girls Chorus 48, 49; Swedish Club 48, 49 STANLEY OLSON Cokato, Minnesota Political Committee 48; Sopho-ladians ROBERT OSGOOD Minneapolis, Minnesota Arconians HARLAN OSTROM St. Paul, Minnesota Gospel Team 48, 49; Cheer Leader 48; Arconians SOPHOMORES EINAR PALM Baudette, Minnesota Gospel Team 48, 49; Spanish Club 48; Sopholadians HARRY PANEY Los Angeles, California Gospel Team 48, 49; Student Pastor 48; Visual Education Staff 48, 49 (Chairman); Spire Photographer 48, 49; Clarion Photographer 48, 49; Student Council 48, 49; Sopholadians DONALD PATET St. Paul, Minnesota Male Chorus 47, 48, 49; Spire Staff 47; Vice Pres. Soph. Class 47; Male Quartet 47, 48, 49; Sopholadians ROBERT PETERSON Glen, Minnesota Sopholadians ROSE PETERSON Rockford, Ilinois Gospel Team 43, 47; Swedish Club 48, 49; Girls Chorus 43, 47; Alethilassians Page 40 Page 41 BILL P. PHILIPP St. Paul, Minnesota Gospel Team 48; Male Chorus 48, 49; German Club 48, 49; Arconians. PATRICIA POPE Carney, Michigan Gospel Team 48; Clarion Staff 48; Girls Chorus 48, 49; La-docians. MILTON REGIER Mountain Lake, Minnesota Sopholadians. LEROY SANDBERG St. Paul, Minnesota Football 47, 48, 49; Baseball 47, 48, 49; Basketball 46, 47, 48, 49; Arconians. WAYNE SANDBERG Minneapolis, Minnesota Sopholadians. DONALD SANDS Willmar, Minnesota Sopholadians. EILEEN SATHER St. Paul, Minnesota Girls Basketball 48, 49; Ale-thilassians. WINIFRED SCHMIDT Minneapolis, Minnesota Ladocians. WANDA SCHRUPP St. Paul, Minnesota Gospel Team 49; Girls Chorus 49; Alethilassians. EDNA SCHULTZ Herrick, Illinois Gospel Team 48; Spanish Club 48, (Secretary) 49; Alethilas-sians. DONALD SHELDON Twin Valley, Minnesota Arconians. ROGER SHOLD Grand Marias, Minnesota Arconians. RUTH SKOOG Chicago, Illinois Gospel Team 48, 49; Spanish Club 48, 49; Girls Chorus 48, 49; Alethilassians. EDWARD STAYTON Yucaipa, California Gospel Team 48, 48; Clarion Spanish Club 48, 49; Arconians. KENNETH STOLHAMMER Chicago, Illinois Gospel Team 48; Chapel Choir 49; Soph. Representative Men's Dorm Council 49; Sophola-dians. EARL SYNNES Clearbrook, Minnesota Sopholadians. MURIEL THOMPSON Stewartville, Minnesota Gospel Team 48; Clarion 48, 49, Alethilassians. PAUL THOMPSON Muskegon, Michigan Gospel Team 48, 49; Chapel Choir 49; Football 48. RONALD THOMPSON Long Lake, Minnesota Arconians. SALLY M. TIERNEY Meridan, Connecticut Gospel Team 48, 49; Girls Chorus 48, 49; Chapel Choir 49; Spanish Club 48, 49; Spire Secretary 49; Girls Basketball 48, 49; Alethilassians. SOPHOMORES SOPHOMORES Page 42 Page 43 SOPHOMORES FLOYD WELCH Puyallup, Washington Arconians. CARMEN WENSTAD Star Prairie, Wisconsin PAUL WICK Minneapolis, Minnesota Commuters' Club 48, 49; Swe-dish Club 48, 49; Sopholadians. JANET WIDEN Hopkins, Minnesota Gospel Team 48; Girls Chorus 49; Clarion 48, 49; Alethilas-sians. ELNA WINTERSTEEN St. Paul, Minnesota Ladocians. WARREN WINTHROW St. Paul, Minnesota Arconians. WILLIAM G. WRIGHT St. Paul, Minnesota Chapel Choir 49; Sophola-dians. LLOYD ZIMPEL St. Paul, Minnesota ARTHUR BERGESON Bristol, Connecticut L. EDWARD GAYLORD Los Angeles, California 4. Page 45 SOPHOMORES GUSTAVE TILLMAN Vancouver, B. C. Canada Gospel Team 48, 49; Swedish Club 48, 49 (President); Gen-eral Chairman of Soph. Retreat 49; Sopholadians. ALLEN TRAVAILLE Ocheyedan, Iowa Gospel Team 48, 49; Arcon-ians. DARRELL TUTT Minneapolis, Minnesota RICHARD UPTON Buena Vista, Georgia Gospel Team 48; Spanish Club 48, 49 (Pesident); B. Team Basketball 49; Baseball 48; Arconians. FORREST VANCE Chicago, Illinois Arconians. AUGUST WAAGE Omaha, Nebraska Arconians. LAVERNE WALL Minneapolis, Minnesota Alethilassians. FAYE WALTERS Manistee, Michigan ARLIE WEBER Spring Lake Park, Minnesota Ladocians. HARM WEBER Pekin, Illinois Arconians. Page 44 Page 46 Page 47 UNPICTURED 1. DONALD GORDON 2. EINAR OSTERBERRG 3. DEANE SHAFFFER 4. KURT JOHNSON 5. REUBEN PETERSON 6. ALVIN QUIRING 7. PHYLLIS RADSLIFF 8. DEANE ROBINSON 9. FRED WEILER 10. ROGER BERG FRESHMAN CLASS Secretary MARILYN EASTMAN Blomkest, Minnesota KENYON HARING Bark River, Michigan President JAMES YOUNG Youngstown, Ohio Vice-President EUGENE TUPPER Estherville, Iowa Treasurer KENNETH GULLMAN Newark, New Jersey BERT B. ADAMS Minneapolis, Minnesota DOROTHY M. ALLEN DOROTHY A. ALLSTON C. WAYNE ANDERSON DONALD P. ANDERSON Dearborn, Minnesota Brainerd, Minnesota Chicago, Illinois Cook, Minnesota JAMES E. ANDERSON JEROME W. ANDERSON JOHANNA ANDERSO S HAgriN Delavan, Minnesota Grantsburg, Wisconsin Miller, South Dakota I cdgo, If AROLD V. ANGELL Becker, Minnesota VIRGINIA BEER Marquette, Michigan MARTHA ARMSTRONG St. Paul, Minnesota RICHARD P. BANDY Chicago, Illinois ALBERT ANTHONY Waukegan, Illinois BENNETT A. ASPLUND Ferndale, Washington 7 I EVELYN BERG Bridgeport, Connecticut IRENE J. BERGLUND Fosst , Minnesota FRED P. BERNDT C. LAWRENCE BJORNDAHL St. Paul, Minnesota Chicago, Illinois RICHARD BLAKE Minneapolis, Minnesota Page 48 GORDON CARLSON HELEN CARLSON MARIAN CARLSON SHIRLEY CARLSON LUCY CASKEY Morton Grove, Illinois Riverside, California Marinette, Wisconsin Bridgeport, Connecticut Council Bluffs, Iowa RICHARD DAHLQUIST MARY JANE DALEY J. CLIFFORD DANIELSON PAUL DANIELSON RUSSELL DANSARE Kingsburg, California Sioux City, Iowa Minneapolis, Minnesota Warren, Pennsylvania Cambridge, Minnesota Page 49 CLARICE CAVALLIN JOYCE CAVALLIN BOBBE LOU COOPER Two Harbors, Minnesota Two Harbors, Minnesota Ludington, Michigan ARCHIE CUMMINGS Sparta, Michigan HELEN DAHL Highland Park, Illinois DAN BLOOM Chicago, Illinois ROY BORGESON St. Paul, Minnesota DAVID BROWN ARDYCE BUNESS DENNIS CARLSON Council Bluffs, Iowa Powers Lake, North Dakota Bellingham, Washington FRESHMEN FRESHMEN FRESHMEN FRESHMEN PAUL DUBUQUE Kingsford, Michigan THOMAS DRURY Minneapolis, Minnesota FRANCES DISCHINGER Chicago, Illinois LAVON DOMER Unity, Wisconsin C. MAX DUNN Pasadena, California EDGAR EKLOF Moline, Illinois EMILY EKLUND Aitkin, Minnesota RUTH ERBST St. Paul, Minnesota WILLIAM EBLING Minneapolis, Minnesota LOIS ELIASSEN Council Bluffs, Iowa IRENE FAFFLER St. Paul, Minnesota DOROTHY FINSTROM Cadillac, Michigan MARILYN ERICKSON Des Moines, Iowa DWIGHT ERICSSON San Diego, California ADELIA ERICKSON Chicago, Illinois IRIS FRANS Escanaba, Michigan WARREN FREDERICKS Chicago, Illinois ROBERT FRANZEN Minneapolis, Minnesota ELNERVA FORSSELL Estherville, Iowa HELEN FRANKLIN Bristol, Connecticut BERNIECE FRENCH HAZEL FRENCH Kingsburg, California VIOLET GERDLUND Warren, Oregon JOHN GULBRANSON Kingsburg, California Ferndale, Washington St. Paul, Minnesota MARGARET FRIBERG MARIAN GUSTAFSON Rockford, Illinois BYRON HAGSTROM Ashland, Wisconsin LORRAINE GUTSCHE St. Paul, Minnesota JUNE HALVERSON Roseau, Minnesota JONAS HAMMAR Tustin, Michigbn VERNON HANSON GERALDINE HASSELBLAD St. Paul, Minnesota ROGER HEDBERG Davenport, Iowa IRENE HENDRICKS St. Paul, Minnesota Two Harbors, Minnesota Spokane, Washington SHIRLEY HEDBERG BERNARD HOGAN Sioux Center, Iowa MARGERY HOLM Minneapolis, Minnesota AUDREY HOLSTEDT Chicago, Illinois CAROL JAOBSON Council Bluffs, Iowa i FLORENCE JACOBSON Los Angeles, California Page 51 Page 50 FRESHMEN FRESHMEN HAROLD LIND Minneapolis, Minnesota CHARLES LINDBERG Pasadena, California BETTY LINDBERG KERSTIN LINDER DONALD LINDGREN Los Angeles, California Long Island City, New York Akron, Ohio HANNA JANKE Barron Wisconsin ROBERT JOHN St. Paul, Minnesota M. JOANNE JENSEN Benson, Minnesota KURT JANKE Barron, Wisconsin LYDIA JANKE Barron, Wisconsin BARBARA KLINEFELTER Estherville, Iowa IRENE KLEY Hazelton, Pennsylvania RUTH JORGENSEN Newell, Iowa MARILYN KORTUM Chicago, Illinois THEODORE JOHNSON Chicago, Illinois JOANNE LARSEN ELWOOD LARSON MARILYN LARSON Newell, Iowa Minneapolis, Minnesota Worthington, Minnesota Page 52 DOROTHY JOHNSON San Diego, California , ELEANOR JOHNSON New Britain, CSnnecticut EUNICE JOHNSON Russell, Minnesota RAYMOND JOHNSON Elk Mound, Wisconsin RICHARD JOHNSON Worthington, Minnesota OLLIE MAE LANDEN Moline, Illinois VIRGINIA LARSON Omaha, Nebraska JAMES R. MASON LOIS MELLBOM St. Paul, Minnesota Western Springs, Illinois PHYLLIS MICH L LOIS MITCHELL Fairbault, Minneso ilwaukee, Wisconsin Aurora, Illinois IVAN LUDEMAN LESLIE LYNN Windom, Minnesota West Concord, Minnesota MARVIN MALONE Seattle, Washingr 1114M. • RUTH MARTINSON Manistique, Michigan 3-1 of, 1-44eigt RUDOLPH MUSKA St. Paul, Minnesota DOROTHY J. NELSON Soudan, Minnesota LAVONNE NELSON Powers Lake, North Dakota LOLA NELSON Stanchfield, Minnesota MARIE ANN NELSON Blomkest, Minnesota Page 53 LOIS REDIN Kewanee, Illinois MYRTLE REED St. Paul, Minnesota AUDREY SAMUELSON Kiron, Iowa RUTH RAYMETZ Cambridge, Minnesota LUCILLE RIEK Woodville, Wisconsin CLARYCE SKOOG ELEANOR SLACK JANET SODERBERG EUGENE STEFFEN SON HAROLD STEINBRON Brainerd, Minnesota Rush City, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Cavalier, North Dakota Jesup, Iowa HELEN PETERSON Moline, Illinois NEIL PIKE Medford, Minnesota PAUL PETERSON Chicago, Illinois DELORES RANDALL Chicago, Illinois CURTISS PETERSON Stanchfield, Minnesota DONALD OBBARIUS St. Paul, Minnesota LILLIAN OSTLUND Harris, Minnesota MARLIN NELSON Danville, Iowa CLARENCE OHMAN Minneapolis, Minnesota PHYLLIS NELSON Grantsburg, Wisconsin St. Paul, Minnesota Blooming Prairie, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Marinette, Wisconsin MARTHA PANEY RICHARD NELSON Stanchfield, Minnesota HARVEY OLSON Cokato, Minnesota GORDON PAULSON RICHARD PEARSON JOY OLSSON Omaha, Nebraska DANIEL NORDGREN PHYLLIS NYSTROM St. Paul, Minnesota Milton, Massachusetts NANCY OMAN Marquette, Michigan CAROL PETERSON HARVEY SWANBERG Minneapolis, Minnesota ARLEN SVARE Seattle, Washington C. FENNET SWANSON St. Paul, Nebraska WILMA SWANSON L'Anse, Michigan HAZEL SWARTZ Union, New Jersey Page 55 Page 54 LUVERNE SANDS Willmar, Minnesota EVERETT SCHLADER Green Bay, Wisconsin MARIE SCHULTZ Herrick, Illinois \' RACHEL SEAQUIST Gothenburg, Nebraska LOREN SKOGMAN Omaha, Nebraska FRESHMEN FRESHMEN PHYLLIS TIPPETT WARREN WEDAN Bridgeport, Connecticut Minneapolis, Minnesota DOROTHY TEATERS Grayslake, Illinois AUDREY WELDON St. Paul, Minnesota VIOLA WENNERMARK Portland, Oregon THE FORMAL SEASON FRESHMEN D. CURTIS WIK Sioux City, Iowa i. WARREN WILTSE Lisbon, North Dakota FLORENCE WINQUIST Kiron, Iowa DOLORES WINTER Lombard, Illinois PATRICIA' -WilOODHOUSE Sioux City, Iowa UNPICTURED 1. EASON, CLARENCE 2. GUNNARSON, MARVIN 3. GUSTAFSON, S. DONALD 4. HANSON, DONALD 5. HARING, AUDREY 6. JANKE, OTTO 7. JOHNSON, LEONARD 8. LITTLE, BARBARA 9. LUNDBERG, GUS 10. MICHEL, PHYLIS 11. NELSON, HAROLD 12. NELSON, RAYMOND 13. SHOLD, ERLAND 14. SODERSTROM, ARLEN 15. SOLOMONSON, GEORGE 16. TUTTLE, DAVID 17. VAGGALIS, ANGEL 18. VIREN, EDWARD 19. WESTBERG, LILA 20. WHITTAKER, MARVIN Page 56 SEMINARY Preaching the kingdom of God, and teach-ing those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. Acts 28:31 Page 58 Page 59 And he gave some, apostles; and some prophets; and some, evangelists; and some pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ; Ephesians 4:1 1,12 EDWIN J. OMARK, M.A., B.D. Dean of the Seminary Dean Omark has now completed his first year at the head of Bethel Theological Seminary. He was elected to this position at the 1948 annual meeting of the Baptist General Conference at Muskegon, Michi-gan. He assumed his new duties at the beginning of the 1948-49 academic year, retaining his regular pro-fessorial responsibilities held since 1944. Prior to corn-ing to Bethel Seminary, he served several churches on the West Coast. He is also a graduate of the sem-inary he now heads. FACULTY Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 EDWIN J. OMARK, M. A., B. D. Dean of the Seminary, Professor of Prac-tical Theology. University of Minnesota, B. A.; University of Southern' California, M. A.; Bethel Seminary, Th. B., B. D.; Additional Graduate Studies, University of Southern California. ADOLF OLSON, B. D. Professor of Systematic Theology Chicago University; Macalester College, B. A.; Bethel Seminary, B. D. FACULTY REUBEN E. OMARK, Th. M. Professor of Exegetical Theology. Univer-sity of Illinois, B. A.; Bethel Seminary, B. D.; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Th. M. FACULTY ANTON T. PEARSON, B. D. Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature. Macalester College, B. A.; Be-thel Seminary, B. D.; Graduate Studies, University of Minnesota, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Th.D. C. HOWARD SMITH, M. Mus., B. R. E. Professor of Religious Education. Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, B.S.M., B.R.E.; University of Southern California, B.M., M. Mus. SAMUEL J. SCHULTZ, B.A., Th.D. Professor of Ancient History and Bible Kletzing College, B.A.; Faith Theological Seminary, B.D.; Harvard University S.T.M., Th.D. (To be conferred June 23, 1949) ESTHER SABEL, Ph. B. Professor of Religious Education (On Sabbatical Leave) University of Chicago, Ph. B.; Moody Bible Institute; Newton Theological Institution; Graduate Studies, University of Chicago. Page 64 Page 65 0 Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoid profane and vain bab-blings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. I Timothy 6:20,21 KENNETH W. CARLSON, Th. B Chicago, Illinois Pastor of Highland Park Bap-tist Church of St. Paul, Minne-sota 48,49. EDWARD CLAY, B. D. Stanchfield, Minnesota EARL H. BYLEEN, B. D. St. Paul, Minnesota SENIORS RUEBEN L. DAHL, B. D. Isanti, Minnesota Senior Class President WALTON G. JOHNSON, B. D. Superior, Wisconsin Senior Class Treasurer; Student Pastor 48, 49; Seminary Mid-dleman, Vice President 48; Seminary Student Council 49; Dormitory Council 49; Devo-tional Committee 48. LEONARD J. CARROLL Minneapolis, Minnesota Senior Class Secretary STUDENTS PAUL EDWARDS St. Paul, Minnesota HARRIS N. JOHNSON, B. D. Seattle, Washington LEE MALCOLM KINGSLEY Dalbo, Minnesota RAYMOND A. LARSON, Th. B. Ashland, Wisconsin EARL C. MALM St. Paul, Minnesota EDWIN CARL NELSON, B. D. Minneapolis, Minnesota Student Pastor VERN SLATER Minneapolis, Minnesota ARLAN H. STOHRE, Th. B. Jesse Lake, Minnesota GLEN ERIC SWANSON Sioux Falls, South Dakota SENIORS ZACK A. KLEINSASSER, B. D. Huron, South Dakota Student Council 48; Student Pastorate, Rush, Wisconsin, 48. STANLEY J. PETERSON, B. D. Moline, Illinois Student Pastor 48; Married Couples' Assoc. 48; Student Council 49. RALPH WALTER LARSON KENNETH J. SAMUELSON, B.D. Eveleth, Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota SENIORS VICTOR H. YOUNGUIST, B. D. Argyle, Minnesota Student Council 42; Sopho-more Class Treasurer 43; Band 42, 43, 45; Baseball 42, 43, 44, 45; Basketball 43, 44. S. ALWAR SUNDELL Einasgrund 5, Vasa, Finland UNPICTURED 1. ANDERSON, GLEN DAVID, B. D. Minneapolis, Minnesota 2. CARLSON, VIOLET H., B. D. St. Paul, Minnesota 3. EDDY, WALTER BLAINE Des Moines, Iowa 4. NORLING, WALLACE GEORGE, B. D. Vice President of Senior Class Minneapolis, Minnesota 5. RAY, SHERBURNE St. Paul, Minnesota 6. SAHLIN, CLARENCE, B. D. Chicago, Illinois 7. TRAVAILLE, BERNARD Mora, Mninesota 8. WADA, YASUSHI, B. D. Seattle, Washington 9. KENYON, DON, B. D. Minneapolis, Minnesota 10. BROWN, RICHARD M., Th. B. Fargo, North Dakota Page 66 Page 67 EARL V. GRUBB River Falls, Wisconsin LESLIE B. KNEE LLOYD NORDSTROM St. Paul, Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota McKeesport, Pennsylvania H. OLIVER OHSBERG Cherry Grove, Oregon Clevelannd, Ohio WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS Minneapolis, Minnesota CHARLES A. ROUB Blue Earth, Minnesota JULIA PAULINE PEARSON WILBUR G. PETERSON MIDDLEMEN JAMES EDWARD RENTZ Mora, Minnesota Class President 0. ALLAN JOHNSON Los Angeles, California Class Vice President MARGERY MALM Gothenburg, Nebraska Class Secretary DOUGLAS H. STIMERS Toronto, Canada Class Treasurer UNPICTURED AVEY, EDWARD WM. JAMES Tower Hill, Sorking, Surrey England HARING, GERALD W. Bark River, Michigan LE YANG, RAYMOND KENNETH Minneapolis, Minnesota WESSMAN, WILLIS W. St. Paul, Minnesota PAUL D. ANDERSON HAROLD V. DARK ELLIS E. EKLOF GOLDIE ERICKSON Portland, Oregon Irwin, Iowa Moline, Illinois Pacoima, California Page 68 Page 69 E. ALEXANDER LAMBERT St. Paul, Minnesota JOHN A. KRAMER Springfield, Ohio RICHARD KELDERHOUSE St. Paul, Minnesota MERVIN ROY JOHNSON Rochester, Minnesota JUNIORS ARNOLD MARTIN OLSON St. Paul, Minnesota Class President J. MELBURN SONESON Cook, Minnesota Class Vice-President CAROL E. BERGSTEN Anoka, Minnesota Class Secretary DONALD LEROY GOLDSMITH Montevideo, Minnesota Class Treasurer JUNIORS MORRIS W. ENGSROM Muskegon, Michigan WM. MAHAR FLETCHER Minneapolis, Minnesota JOHN DISCHINGER Chicago, Illinois JUNE E. BRUCE Keyes, California ) RUDOLPH W. FORSMAN luth, Minnesota ROBERT LEE HAMLETT St. Paul, Minnesota RALPH G. JACOBSON Tyler, Minnesota DELMAR E. JOHNSON Chicaao, Illinois CLIFFORD E. ANDERSON GILBERT W. ANDERSON J. ANDERSON SIGNE A. ANDERSON St. Paul, Minnesota Carney, Michigan Idale, Sask., Can da Sister Bay, Wisconsin Page 70 Page 71 NELS A. NELSON Oakland, Nebraska RALPH E. OLSEN Minneapolis, Minnesota OLIVER F. OMANSON Winfred, South Dakota ROYAL F. PETERSON Henning, Minnesota VERNER R. STENBACK Duluth, Minnesota PETER D. UNRUH Mankato, Minnesota WILLIAM J. WRIGHT Vinton, Iowa JUNIORS JUNIORS CLARENCE 0. LARSON Sioux City, Iowa JOHN LEGGETT Seattle, Washington DONALD C. LEMASTER St. Paul, Minnesota LARS MARWIN LINDSTEDT Chicago, Illinois WALTER PETERSON Chicago, Illinois JAMES B. REHNBERG Bridgeport, Connecticut JEAN M. SINCLAIR St. Paul, Minnesota FAYE J. SEAQUIST Sister Bay, Wisconsin DONALD HAROLD MADVIG Minneapolis, Minnesota LELAND A. MILLER Sioux City, Iowa WILLIAM L. MURRAY Yucaipa, Californnia MARCELINE NELSON Soudan, Minesota E. JAMES SCHUBRING Wausau, Wisconsin MARGARET SHEFFLER Davenport, Iowa CLIFFORD A. SMITH Greeley, Colorado JAMES ROBERT STASSEN West St. Paul, Minnesota UNPICTURED DAY, DELFORD R. St. Paul, Minnesota GERLITZ, ERVIN A. Goodrich, North Dakota GILLBERT, BERTRAND St. Paul, Minnesota HARING, ROBERT B. St. Paul, Minnesota HARTZELL, JOHN A. Russell, Minnesota SHINDO, FRANK Seabrook, New Jersey VAN ARSDALE, HERMAN W. Geneseo, Kansas VAN DER VEER, EARL M. Stillwater, Minnesota WEKO, LESTER R. St. Paul, Minnesota WYMA, SYDNEY St. Paul, Minnesota Page 72 Page 73 SEND US One hundred at Bethel definitely commit-ted to foreign missions. Two hundred willing to go at the Lord's bidding. Scores of other young people throughout the General Con-ference join them in their consecration. Pogo 75 WEST CHINA Miss Esther Nelson Rev. and Mrs. Andrew Nelson " NORTH BANK ASSAM, INDIA Miss Dorothy Drotz Rev. and Mrs. K. Wm. Hagstrom Rev. and Mrs. J. Warren Johnson Rev. and Mrs. Dana M. Larson Miss Arlene Peterson Miss Joy Phillips Rev. and Mrs. Wilbur S. Sorley Miss Grace Swanson Miss Arlene Jensen * Dr. and Mrs. Charles Merchant Mr. George Johnson * Miss Helen Bergfalk " BURMA (Under A.B.F.M.S.) Rev. and Mrs. Franklin 0 Nelson Rev. and Mrs. Herman G. Tegenfeldt * In U.S.A. CHINA Rev. Sten Lindberg * Mrs. Sten Lindberg " Rev. Dale Bjork Mrs. Dale Bjork Rev. and Mrs. Irwin Bjelland * Miss Elsie Funk * Rev. and Mrs. ,August Lindstedt ** JAPAN Rev. and Mrs. Francis B. Sorley Mr. and Mrs. Glen Swanson PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Miss Agnes Erickson UN DESIGNATED APPOINTEES Miss Leona Larm Miss B-Etta Mayer Miss Maxine Olson * In U.S.A. "" Retired OUR FIELD Page 76 Page 77 ■ ATHLETICS 1 beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1 Page 78 Page 79 CLARENCE HOLSTROM FOOTBALL First Row: Dwight Goodrich, Warren Fredericks, Dan Bloom, Kurt Janke, Ronald Skoog, Donald Hanson, Al Anthony, Ivan Ludeman. Second Row: Coach Clarence Holstrom, Roy Johnson, David Osterberg, Don Goldsmith, LeRoy Sandberg, Bob Peterson, Vern Wallin, Eddie Carlson. Third Row: Robert Brunko, Lloyd Olson, Paul Dubuque, Tom Drury, C. Wayne Anderson, Bennett Asplund, Robert Mantzke. Fourth Row: Gil Anderson, Richard Bandy, Clifford Anderson, Ronald Nelson. COACH This year the gridmen were under the capable leadership of Coach Clarence Holstrom. Mr. Holstrom played a great deal of football in his college days and has seven successful years of high school coaching in North Dakota to his credit. Coach Holstrom has done fine work this year in building a small, inexperienced squad into a potentially strong team for next season. Page 80 Page 81 "Where do you think you're going?" ROY JOHNSON, back ROBERT BRUNKO, hack CAPTAIN CO-CAPTAIN ROBERT DALEY, back DON GOLDSMITH, tackle Page 83 LEROY SANDBERG, end The 1948 varsity season rang in the second year of football at Bethel. Forty eager aspirants, including ten lettermen, responded to the first call to practice. After a brief but intensive train-ing period the Indians opened the season against Sioux Falls College. Inexperience spelled disaster for the Bethelmen as they went down to a 25 to 12 defeat. Then came three conference games with Rochester, Austin, and Worthington. In the first two games the Indians outplayed their opponents in every department but the scoring column. In the Worthington and Gogebic games Bethelmen met opponents too strong for FOOTBALL TALLY Bethel 12 Sioux Falls 25 Bethel 7 Rochester 19 Bethel 12 Austin 26 Bethel 0 Worthington 27 Bethel 7 Gogebic 45 Bethel 20 Emmetsburg 6 Bethel 14 Estherville 24 Page 82 them, but they drew praise for their fine play. The high point of the season was reached in the Homecoming tilt with Emmetsburg. A large crowd was on hand to inspire the team to a 20 to 6 victory. The season's thriller came in the final game of the season with Estherville. Trailing at the half, 13 to 0, the Indians surged into a 14 to 13 lead in the third quarter, only to falter and go down to defeat in the .closing minutes of the game. Though the squad was small and inexperi-enced, injuries, which at mid-season sidelined a third of the team, proved to be the real check on the team's possibilities. Page 84 RONALD SKOOG, back THOMAS DRURY, tackle ROBERT IONTIKE, tackle RICHARD BANDY, end VWARD ' CARSON, guard CLIFFORD ANDERSON, end J wowc o, tackle v4 go" Page 85 VERNON WALLIN, back OSIERBERG, end DOD AL ANTHONY, always get there i tackle ROBERT FRANZEN, guard Page 86 Page 87 The 1948-49 Indian basketball team waded through a nineteen game season with a fair amount of success, winning eight events and losing eleven. Seven of the victories were against SMJCC teams, however, which earned Bethel third place in the Conference. All non-conference opponents were victorious except Waldorf who dropped under Indian power 46-45. At the opening of the season, fourteen players made up the varsity squad. However, by the middle of the season, the team had nar-rowed down to eight. Making up the first team were two new Bethelites—Pete Unruh, a Junior who claimed second scoring honors for the season at the for-ward position, and Frank Schlader, a Sophomore who smoothly controlled the ball in the back court at guard. Veterans Kenny Greenman, who totalled 296 points for the season receiving first scoring honors, Johnny Dischinger, and Le Roy Sandberg, made up the remainder of the starters. Howard Carlson, a Junior and also a new Bethelite, showed much skill substituting at the center position. Bud Waage and Elwood Larson comprised the rest of the team. First Row: John Dischinger, LeRoy Sandberg, Kenneth Greenman. Second Row: Elwood Larson, Howard Carlson, Paul Edwards, August Waage, Ted Johnson. BASKETBALL VARSITY Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Time Out CAPTAIN KENNETH GREENMAN HOWARD CARLSON ELWOOD LARSON FRANK SCHLADDER JOHN DISCHINGER COACH PAUL EDWARDS !1!".11S 1LK AUGUST WAAGE 1111 IIIII111 Sa SCOREBOARD Bethe 52 Northland 65 Bethe 42 Brainerd 50 Bethe 43 Sup. State 74 *Bethe 47 Rochester 42 Bethe 41 Wartburg 56 *Bethe 46 Bethany 39 *Bethe 45 Austin 58 *Bethe 40 Austin 41 *Bethe 56 Concordia 45 Bethe 53 Northland 64 *Bethe 54 Luther 27 *Bethe 48 Luther 30 *Bethe 58 Bethany 38 Bethe 45 N. W. Schools 49 Bethe 46 Waldorf 45 *Bethe 46 Worthington 58 *Bethe 70 Concordia 49 *Bethe 57 Rochester 61 Bethe 75 Sioux Falls 76 * Conference Games Nice Eye Open your eyes Page 92 Page 94 Page 95 "B" Squad Front Row: Ronald Skoog, Ted Johnson, Clifford Anderson. Back Row: Carl Bjorndahl, Richard Bandy, Robert Sandin, Fennet Swanson, Donald Lindgren. Coach "B" SCORES Bethe Bethe Bethe Bethe Bethe Bethe Bethe 23 9 19 38 59 22 38 4th Baptist Sup. State Rochester Bethlehem Bapt. Bethany "B" Bethlehem Bapt. Bethlehem Bapt. 34 29 24 22 13 19 22 Bethe 43 Chicago Ave. Stags 27 Bethe 28 Luther 31 Bethe 28 Luther 47 Bethe 40 Bethany "B" 27 Bethe 36 Chicago Ave. Stags 37 Bethe 31 Alumni 32 Bethe 46 Northcentral B. I. 30 Bethe 56 Calvary Baptist 30 DONALD LINDGREN ROBERT SAN DIN CLIFFORD ANDERSON TENNIS Talking it over. After a shaky start, the Bethel "B" squad, corn-posed of freshmen, several of whom promise to become important factors in varsity basket-ball plans in the next three years, proceeded through their fourteen game schedule to emerge with a record of seven victories and seven de-feats. Following three straight losses in the initial contests the junior squad came to life and at times gave evidence of real offensive power. The won-lost record is somewhat deceiving, for two of the defeats were by one point margins and a third was a three point decision. The Bethel-men accumulated a total of 478 points for the season for an average of 34 points per game, while holding the opposition to 401 points. Individual scoring honors were taken by Fennett Swanson, who scored a total of 90 points, even though he missed the first three games. Close on his heels were Bud Bjorn-dahl with 80 points, Ted Johnson with 79, and Dick Bandy with 73. Coach Bob Sandin expressed satisfaction with the team, saying that although there were tem-porary lapses, their displays of power indicated the boys' basketball ability, and spoke well for future basketball prospects. Left to right: Robert Frykenberg, Calvin Edlund, Roger Berg, Gordon Berg, Walter Eddy, Douglas Baltz, David Tutt, Robert Mac Kinnon. The members of this year's tennis team are eagerly awaiting the coming of good weather and the ensuing tennis season. Last year the team suffered but one loss inn conference play, and went on to win the SMJCC Championship, and prospects for an even better season this year are bright. Returning again will be Bob MacKinnon, the Berg brothers, Cal Edlund, Dave Tutt, Bob Fryk-enberg, Bob Gillquist, and Doug Baltz. Other potential team men have indicated their in-terest in the team and its activities ; these, to-gether with last year's team, should produce a strong, well-balanced team. Besides regular conference competition this year, all members are awaiting their anticipated matches with Minnesota College Conference teams such as Hamline and Macalester. Last year's team was hampered somewhat by the lack of sufficient practicing courts, but the spirits of the players were never dampened. The team's only conference loss was at the hands of Austin, 4 to 3, but the Indians vindi-cated themselves in the return match by whip-ping the same team, 6 to 1. SCOREBOARD Bethel 3 River Falls 3 Bethel 4 Bethany 1 Bethel 3 Austin 4 Bethel 4 Concordia 1 Bethel 6 Austin 1 Bethel 4 Concordia 1 Bethel 4 Bethany 2 Poge 96 Page 97 Battery The Bethel nine closed the season with a 17-6 win over Waldorf, J.C., which gave them third place in the Junior College Conference standing. During the season Bethel won six and lost four. Concordia proved a thorn in the Indians' side, beating them twice and winning the conference championship. Kenny Greenman, left-handed hurler, was the Indians' mound mainstay, and was aided by George Souchek. Captain and catcher Woody Larson, diminutive second baseman Jimmy Simms, and shortstop Bob Hamlett were the leading batsmen, all with averages above the .350 mark. The team batting average was .295. BASEBALL Pitch to me, big boy! "INTRA MURAL" Women's Sports Men's Sports Page 98 Page 99 Newly formed this year, the Intramural Sports com-mittee has worked long and hard pioneering in the formation of an Intramural Sports Program for Bethel which would offer interest-packed games, spirited competition and a chance to limber up those muscles lax from long hours of study. Tournaments have been run for fellows in horse-shoe and handball ; for fellows and girls in basketball, volleyball and softball; singles and doubles and mixed doubes as well, in ping pong and badminton. In the way of all-school events there was a splash party and a Track Field Day which was highlighted by the keen competition between the Collegiate Soci-eties. The Committee, ably headed by Clifford Anderson, plans a larger and more permanent program in Intra-mural Sports for next year, with promises of addition-al sports, laughs, thrills and spills. Men's Sports ACTIVITIES Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalted itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into cap-tivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. II Corinthians 10:5 Page 100 Page 101 STUDENT COUNCIL PERRY HEDBERG Page 102 RELIGIOUS COUNCIL All religious activities on the cam-pus are under the supervision of the Religious Council. By sponsoring a fall and spring "Deeper Life Week", and also three chapel services a month, the council coordinates the religious and devotional life of the students. One of the most important duties of this group is the organiza-tion and supervision of the gospel teams. Left to right: Gil Anderson, Dorothy Nelson, Wilbur Peterson, Vernon Anderson, Myrtle Rehnberg, Eugene Johnson (Faculty Advisor), Clara Leggett, Bud Eklof (Pres.). MISSIONARY BAND Missionary Band is composed of students who are planning to serve God on the mission field, either home or abroad. The purpose of the organi-zation is twofold. First, to keep inter-ested students posted on current mis-sionary happenings; and secondly, to give support to conference mission-aries, financially and otherwise. Mis-sionary Band is in charge of the Chapel service on the last Friday of every month, and also of the Thursday evening prayer meetings which are devoted entirely to mis-sions. +;. Left to right, Row 1: Vernon Anderson, President; Professor Adolf Olson, Faculty Adviser; Karl Lachler, Vice President. Row 2: Jim Young, Gladys Eklund, Marjorie Malm, Ralph Larson. Page 103 LEFT TO RIGHT: SEATED: Floyd Welch, Treasurer; John Dischinger, Vice President; Perry Hedberg, President; Carol Bergsten, Secretary; Dean C. E. Carlson, Faculty Advisor; David Tutt, College Seniors. STANDING: Gil Anderson, Religious Council; Raymond Levang, Seminary Middleman; Dorothy E. Nelson, Religious Council; Marvin Lindstedt, Seminary Juniors; August Waage, Sophomores; Clifford E. Anderson, Intramural Committee; Robert Sandin, Campus Organization Restudy Committee; David Osterberg, Politi-cal Interests Committee; John Balian, College Juniors; Robert Hamlett, Clarion; Dan Bloom, College Freshman; Florence Nordstrom, Women's Dormitory; Stanley Peterson, Married Couples Dormitory; Sherburne Ray, Seminary Seniors; Walton Johnson, Men's Dormitory. (Not Pictured: Harry Paney, Visual Education.) The Student Council busied itself with a flood of new ideas through its weekly meetings this year: new student's reception, Prospective Students Day, student index file-system, visual education hours, organized intro-mural sports program, political rally, student seminars, early elections. "Students encouraging students in leadership develop-ment during 'extra-hours' " is characteristic of the Student Council's purpose. —Jr Left to right. Rev. Walfred Danielson, Rev. H. Wyman Malmsten, Dr. Clyde Taylor. Deeper Life Weeks Missionary Emphasis Week Last fall Dr. Vance Havner, out-standing evangelistic speaker from Greensboro, N.C., brought the Deeper Life week messages. To his messages, which were devotional in nature, he added his well-known, unique humor to produce an effective challenge during his stay. In the spring Deeper Life Week campaign, Rev. Clarence Nelson, presi-dent of Minnehaha Academy, charged Bethelites to live in close fellowship with the Lord. His messages, both morning and evening, produced a thoughtful attitude on the part of most students as they viewed their lives in the light of Calvary. Missionary Emphasis Week was held February 8 through February 12. Rev. Walfred Danielson, secretary of Foreign Missions, aided by Missionary Band, planned the program which brought to the campus missionaries and missionary appointees. Mrs. Alma Blork related first-hand information on the China field. The importance of translation work was emphasized by veteran missionary from Assam, Rev. J. E. Tanquist. Appointees Irwin Blelland, Helen Bergfalk, Dr. and Mrs. Merchant, Arlene Jensen, and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Swanson told how God called them to the foreign field. Dr. Clyde Taylor, National Association of Evangelicals, presented the prac-tical qualifications of the missionary in his series of messages. Interviews with Rev. Danielson and other speakers were scheduled through-out the week, at which prospective missionaries could discuss their personal plans. Page 104 Page 105 1949 SPIRE STAFF 411111104,..._ '121411 L. MARWIN LINDSTEDT JOHN M. BALIAN Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor J. ROBERT STASSEN Business Manager Standing left to right: Bernice French, J. Robert Stassen, David Osterberg, LeRoy Sandberg, John Balian, James Young, Marilyn Erickson. Seated left to right: Sally Tierney, Professor Maurice Lawson, faculty adviser, L. Marwin Lindstedt. To portray as faithfully and completely as possi-ble the many sided picture of life at Bethel has been the prime objective of the 1949 Spire staff. There have been many obstacles along the way, but the fact that this book is in your hands proves that no obstacle can stand if assulted with a will. Special thanks are hereby extended to the many individuals besides the Spire staff who have lent a helping hand at various times. Most of them prefer anonymity, but we would like to mention our good neighbors, The Clarion. Without their help, and especially the timely assistance of editor Bob Hamlett, copy writing would have become very difficult indeed. It was a long, hard pull, but we enjoyed every minute of it. We hope you will read this book through many times. HARRY PANEY Photographer SALLY TIERNEY Secretary PROFESSOR MAURICE LAWSON, Faculty Adviser Staff makes inspection tour Page 106 Page 107 0a630P)Z Clarion Staff CHARLES GERMANY Assistant Editor ROBERT L. HAMLETT Editor-in-Chief JAMES REHNBERG Business Manager First row, left to right: Carol Peterson, Helen Dahl, Betty Lindberg, Avis Johnson, Lois Melibom, Hazel Bondeson, Marilyn Kortum. Second row: Lois Leaf, Virginia Hanson, Janet Widen, Lowell Hendrickson, Bob Hamlett, Charles Germany, Audrey Weldon, Wilma Swanson. Third row: Perry Hedberg, Roger Hedberg, Kurt Janke, Dave Osterberg, Bill Lindroth, Jim Hubbard, David Brown, John Balian. Undoubtedly the busiest student organization in the school is the Clarion. Issued this year on a bi-weekly schedule and in a larger format than pre-viously, the paper kept a finger on the student pulse and served as an ef-fective channel of information. Several regular features were continued from last year's paper, notably "Morrie's Glory" and "Hazie's Haze". On the more serious side, Patar and a regular political article were also continued. On the general campus scene, the Clarion sponsored the Coffee Cup game for the second straight year, donating the proceeds to the Bethel Field House Association. HARRY PANEY ROGER HEDBERG Photographer Sports Editor Page 109 Page 108 Page 110 Row I: June Bruce, Delores Mackey, Janet Widen, Patricia Pope, Eileen Sather, Avis Johnson, Carol Jacobsen, Virginia Larson, Delores Olson, Dorohy Nelson. Row 2: Joanne Jensen, Ruth Anderson, Rachel Seaquist, Ruth Martinson, Laura Kohler, Betty Anderson, Ardyce Buness, Marilyn Larson, Marilyn Erickson, Georgene Anderson, Lila Westberg, Ruth Gustafson, Bernice French, Virginia Beer. Row 3: Marie Ann Nelson, Marilyn Frederickson, Phyllis Nelson, Lucy Caskey, Phyllis Michel, Kerstin Linder, Lavonne Nelson, Lois Safstrom, Irene Berglund, Ruth Jorgenson, Lavonne Domer, Lois Eliassen, Hazel Bondeson, Charlotte Ekberg, Hazel Swartz, Wanda Schrupp. Dormitory Cduncils Girls' Chorus MR. AND MRS. MEYER (Supervisor of Men and Housemother) MRS. MAURICE LAWSON, housemother, Bodien Residence for Women. MEN'S DORMITORY COUNCIL Left to right: Row 1: Leonard Anderson, Mr. Meyer, Dean Edwin J. Omark, Gil Anderson, Dennis Carlson. Row 2: Kenneth Stolhammer, Warren Mason, Walton Johnson, Jim Rentz, Bob Frykenberg, Bernard Hogan, Harold Lundberg, Rudy Forsman. MARRIED COUPLES' ASSOCIATION Left to right: Walter Peterson, Louis Nel-son, Ruth Anderson, Paul Anderson. WOMEN'S DORMITORY COUCIL Left to right: Row 1: Mrs. Lawson (Housemother), Clara Leggett, Marge Hel-gren (President), Miss Nel-son (Dean of Women). Row 2: Avis Johnson, Lois Mell-bom, Thelma Jacobson, Charlotte Ekberg, Florence Nordstrom, Edna Schultz, Marcia Gangwish, Helen Franklin. Of the three choruses on the campus this year, The Girls' Chorus was by far the largest. It was also the first to go on tour. The tour began on April 3 and ended on April 9. The itinerary called for concerts in southern Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. As always, the chorus gave a well polished performance that drew commendation from many quarters. Prof. Nels Stjernstrom is the director of this chorus. Page 111 Left to right: John Soneson, Arnold Olson, Mel Soneson, Rudy Forsman. Male Quartets BETHEL MALE QUARTET: Left to right: James Rentz, Robert Sandin, Paul Leaf-blad, Donald Patet. Left to right: Gus Tillman, Bud Peterson, Len Anderson, Ronald Nelson. Left to right: Robert Frykenberg, Charles Lindberg, Gordon Berg, Bennett Asplund. Page 112 Page 113 Male Chorus First row: left to right: Wallace Berke, James Mason, Leonard Sutton, Dave Tutt, Paul Dubuque, Mel Soneson. Second row: Marlin Nelson, John Soneson, Bob Sandin, Jim Rentz, Don Patet, Paul Leafblad, Leonard Anderson. Third row: Lowell Hendrickson, Peter Unruh, Robert Mantzke, Robert Nelson, Robert John, Howard Carlson, Byron Hagstrom, Marwin Lindstedt. The high point of this year's activity for the Male Chorus was the annual spring concert tour. Extending over a ten-day period, the tour took the chorus through six states and twelve concerts. It began on Monday, April 25, in Worthington, Minnesota, and ended on Thursday, May 6, at Beth-lehem Baptist church in Minneapolis. In between these two dates, the chorus appeared in Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and South Dakota. Traveling with the chorus for the second straight year was the Bethel Male Quartet which has become well-known over a wide area. Other special talent in the chorus rounded out the program. Directing the chorus was Prof. Nels Stiernstrom, and accompanying was Marvin Lindstedt. Chapel Choir Left to right: Row 1: Hazel Swartz, Faye Seaquist, Clara Leggett, Sally Tierney, 011ie Mae Landen, Ruth Gustayson, Florence Jacobson, Margaret Miller, Helen Olson, Lois Mitchell, Hazel Bondeson, Marge Helgren, Kerstin Linder. Left to right: Row 2: Dennis Carlson, Harold Lundberg, Helen Peterson, Ruth Finstrom, Irene Berglund, Phyllis Nystrom, Audrey Holstedt, Claryce Skoog, Shirley Anderson, Warren Mason, Bennett Asplund, Jim Hubbard. Left to right: Row 3: Russell Baustian, Dean Shaffer, Kenneth Stolhammer, Gordon Berg, Paul Thompson, Charles Lindberg, Jim Young, Karl Lachler, Donald Lindgren, William Wright, Bob Frykenberg. Director: Howard C. Smith The Chapel Choir is Bethel's newest organization, being organized just last fall. The mixed group has made amazing progress since that time. The director, Professor C. Howard Smith, with the cooperation of each of the thirty-eight choir members, has given Bethel the thing long hoped for. The choir made its first appearance in a chapel service a week before Christmas vacation. Upon returning from vacation, the choir made up a schedule which enabled it to present programs in two Twin-City churches each month. Included in the schedule was a tour of Conference churches in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin during the week of May 6 to 13. Chapel Choir Octette Left to right: Helen Olson, Sally Tierney, Kerstin Linder, Hazel Swartz, Bob Frykenberg, Charles Lindberg, Gordon Berg, Bennett Asplund. Easternaires Trio Left to right: Kerstin Linder, Sally Tierney, Hazel Swartz. Page 114 Page 115 Alexis National Youth Fellowship Standing: left to right, Charles Roub, Vice President; Oliver Ohsberg, Treasurer; Signe Anderson, Social Chairman. Seated: left to right, Pauline Pearson, Secretary; Dean Edwin Omark, Faculty Advisor; Ralph Larson, Treasurer. STUDENT PASTORS Standing, left to right: William Wright, Raymond Larson, Howard Carlson, John Leggett, William Lindroth. Perry Hedberg, pointing to map. Seated: Betty Lindberg, Marjorie Maim. Theoretically separate from the officially supported organi-zations of the school, yet deeply rooted in the thinking of many students, the work of the organizational committee for a Gen-eral Conference Youth Fellowship is followed with interest at Bethel. Headed by Perry Hedberg of Davenport, Iowa, the committee is made up entirely of Bethel students who are representatives of the District Conferences. The Committee func-tions in conjunction with the Baptist General Conference Youth Department. The formal organizational meeting is to be held in Omaha in June during the annual conference. Seated, left to right, Row 1: Donald LeMaster, Lloyd Nordstrom, Ralph Larson, Rueben Dahl, Walter Eddy, Sidney Wyma, Stanley Peterson, Vern Slater. Seated, left to right, Row 2: Zack Kleinsasser, Earl Grubb, Arlan Storhe, Royal Peterson, Edward Clay, James Mason, Walter Peterson. Standing, left to right, Row 3: George Johnson, Douglas Stimers, Leslie Knee, Harris Youngquist, Wallace Norling, Sherburne Ray, J. Leonard Carroll, Earl Byleen, Edward Avey, Alfred Olson, Kenneth J. Samuelson, Walton Johnson, G. Dewey Sands. Page 116 Page 117 Comin' Through the Rye Organized at the end of the last year with the inception of the collegiate society program, these two companion societies, known popularly as the Lads and Lassies, have experienced many of the difficulties to be expected of the first year of any venture. However, a well-rounded pro-gram of activities was made possible. The year was begun with a skit on a Scottish theme. During the course of the year many re-ligious, social, artistic, and intellectual activities were promoted. The climax of the year's activi-ties was a semi-formal banquet on April 22. SOPHOLADIAN OFFICERS, 1949 Standing, left to right: Ronald Nelson, treasurer; William Wright; Henry Peterson, secretary; Donald Goldsmith, vice-president; Peter Unruh; Dan Bloom; Arthur Bergeson. Seated, left to right: John Soneson, vice-president; Leonard Anderson, president; Delmar Dahl. Page 118 ALETHILASSIAN OFFICERS, 1949 Standing, left to right: Ruth Martinson; Lois Leaf; Bobbe Lou Cooper; Signe Anderson; Janet Soderberg; Dorothy Johnson. Seated, left to right: Betty Lindberg, treasurer; Avis Johnson, vice-president; Helen Franklin, president; Jane Johnson, vice-president; Thelma Jacobson, secretary. SOPHOLADIAN OFFICERS, 1948 Standing, left to right: John Soneson, secretary; John Peter-son, treasurer; David Osterberg, vice-president; Perry Hedberg, vice-president. Seated, left td right: J. Robert Nelson, president; Prof. M. Lawson, faculty adviser. ALETHILASSIAN OFFICERS, 1948 Standing, left to right: Virginia Hanson; Sally Tierney; Lois Leaf; Florence Nordstrom, treasurer; Marge Helgren; Betty Lindberg; Helen Franklin. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Walter Peterson, secretary; Mrs. Kenneth Greenman, president; Violet Laven, vice-president. Sopholadians and Alethilassians "Home Sweet Home" "In the power of the Lord" "If a body, meet a body" Grandpa Rudy at the Bagpipe "I'll take the highroad" Page 119 The Lords and Ladies, the other set of collegi-ate societies on the campus, initiated their year's program with a portrayal of King Arthur's Court, giving a medieval accent to the evening. The activities that followed in the course of the year were very much up-to-date, however. Talent latent within the two groups expressed itself in short story writing, reading, extemporaneous speaking, debating, music, and athletics. The presence on campus of two distinct groups of collegiate societies has created much in the way of friendly competition. ARCONIAN OFFICERS, 1948 Standing, left to right: Gordon Platt, vice-president; Robert Mantzke, vice-president; Robert Daley, secretary. Seated: Robert Sandin, president. LADOCIANS OFFICERS, 1948 Standing, left to right: Dorothy Nelson, Mrs. Arlie Weber, Shirley Daley, Marceline Nelson. Seated: Marilyn Frederickson, treasurer; Charlotte Ekberg, vice-president; Mrs. Harold Christ-enson, president; Hazel Bondeson, vice-president; Faye Sea-quist, secretary. Arconians and Ladocians ARCONIAN OFFICERS, 1949 Standing, left to right: Ronald Skoog, Harold Lundberg, Lowell Hendrickson, secretary; Calvin Edlund, Wesley Forsline, treas-urer; Royal Peterson, Gus Lundberg. Seated: Wallace Berke, vice-president; Roy Dalton ,president; Prof. Samuel Schultz, adviser; Gordon Berg, vice-president. Page 120 LADOCIANS OFFICERS, 1949 Standing, left to right: Bernice French, Marceline Nelson, secret-ary; Alice Ginther, Wilma Swanson, Claryce Skoog, Shirley Daley, Dorothy Teaters, Helen Olson, treasurer. Seated: Charlotte Ekberg, vice-president; Mrs. Harold Christenson, president; Marilyn Fredrickson, vice-president. Knights of the Round Table "Royal roundtable" "Their majesties" Page 121 Swedish Club Standing, Left to Right: President, Gustave Tillman. Seated, Left to Right: Social Chair-man, Delores Ojson; Secretary-Treasurer, Hazel Bondeson; Vice-President, Helen Franklin. Progressive Discussion Group STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: Robert Sandin, Dave Carlson, Roger Hedberg (Recorder), John Soneson (Secretary), Perry Hedberg, Cliff Anderson. SITTING, LEFT TO RIGHT: John Balian (Moderator), David N. Osterberg (vice-Moderator), Vernon Anderson, Jim Rehnberg, Don Goldsmith, John Dischinger, Vernon Olson, Marwin Lindstedt, Bill Lindroth, Mel Soneson. Unpictured: Faculty Advisor, Walfred Peterson. German Club Standing, Left to Right: Social Chairman, Evelyn Christenson; Vice-President, Dennis Carlson; President, Peter Unruh; Secretary- Treasurer, Ruth Ludeman. Seated, Adviser, Miss Effie Nelson. As an outgrowth of the foreign language courses offered in the college, several language clubs have been active on the campus during the past few years. The only requirement for membership has been an active interest in a particular language. An effort was made to use English as little as pos-sible in the various activities of the clubs throughout the year. B.W.A. includes among its mem-bers all women students and faculty members, and students' and faculty wives. Monthly meetings are held in which programs pertinent to the season and special occasions of the year are given. The year is climaxed by a formal banquet, which was held this year on May 18th, featuring a traditional "Smorgasbord". The Progressive Discussion Group was organ-ized in January 1948: 1. To encourage keen scholarship. 2. To develop leadership. 3. To bring to light information on sub-jects of interests to students in a Christ-centered college and semin-ary. 4. To cultivate a mature outlook on contemporary thought. Following are some of the topics discussed during the 1948-49 school year: 1. The 1948 Presidential Election. 2. The case against the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. 3. Christian Philosophy of Education. 4. Problems of Academic Freedom. 5. Tolerance: What does it mean and entail for the Christian. Dean C. E. Carlson and Prof. Robert Otto were guest discussion leaders illucidating on problems of academic freedom and tolerance respectively. The Rev. Stanley Paulson was the main speak-er for the 1948 Progressive Discussion Group banquet, and the Rev. Curtis Akenson spoke to the group banquet in 1949. Bethel Woman's Ass'n Standing, Left to Right: Avis Johnson, Clara Leggett, Myrtle Rehnberg, Florence Nordstrom, Jane Johnson, Gladys Eklund, Marjorie Anderson. Seated, Left to Right: Marge Helgren, Faculty Adviser, Miss Effie Nelson, Marjorie Maim. Page 122 Page 123 Lee Kingsley and Harold Christenson have been debating together throughout their college career. They have repeatedly taken honors in various tournaments, be-ing consistently rated among the best teams. At the Cedar Falls tournament, Harold Christenson made the outstanding achievement by rating second among a hundred and sixty debaters. This year's record is a fitting climax to their college debating career. Bob Daley and Charles Germany have also earned an enviable record as a de-bating team. Together, they have debated their way through many contests for two years, and longer as members of other squads. Their work has been consistently above average, resulting in many valu-able points earned towards the high rat-ing given to the Bethel debate squads. Lee Kingsley is a gifted speaker. He proved this by winning first place in im-promptu speaking at the Red River Valley Debate Tournament. In this picture he is shown receiving the congratulation of Pro-fessor Allhyn Monson, director of the tournament. Forensics "Choice word and measured phrase, Above the reach of ordinary men." —Wordsworth Seated, left to right: Charles Germany, Robert Daley, Lee Kingsley, Harold Christenson. Standing: lohn Balian, V. Henry Peterson, Harold Lind, Donald Lindgren, Professors Samuel Schultz and Harold Bernsten (Faculty advisors), Louis Nelson, Delmer Dahl, Margaret Sheffler, Robert Gillquist. Resolved: "That Congress should adopt a policy of equalizing educational opportunity in tax-supported schools by means of annual grants," was the question for the current debate season. The forensic activities of the season included debate, discussion, extemporaneous and impromptu speaking, after dinner speaking, and news casting. Most members of the squad participated in at least three of the areas during the season. Bethel again engaged in the leading intercollegiate competition as represented by University of Wis-consin, DePauw, University of Chicago and Notre Dame. The squad success-fully participated in the following tournaments: Annual Invitational Tournament, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa Red River Valley Tournament, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota Annual Invitational Tournament, Eau Claire State Teachers Col., Eau Claire, Wis. Northwest Debate Tournament, St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Minnesota Delta Sigma Rho National, Un,•f"-sity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Invitational Tournament, River Falls -,,a Teachers College, River Falls, Wisconsin Minnesota State Tournament, Universii, of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Page 125 Page 124 Woods would if he could. Sand in the wheels. Faculty five takes "five." Bethel Student Field House Association Seated: Robert Sandin, President. Standing: Mel Soneson, Pledge Committee Chairman; Charlotte Ekberg, Secretary; David Osterberg, Follow-up Committee Chairman; LeRoy Sandberg, Publicity Com-mitee Chairman. Coffee Cup Game The victory (69-51) of the Second Annual. Coffee Cup Game went to the Intramural All-Stars; the proceeds ($130) to the Fieldhouse Fund; the surprise laughs (myrads) to the faculty and their tea-serving, formaled trainers. Sparked by Roy Johnson and Harold Nelson, the All-Stars handed the faculty team their second defeat. However, the evening's high scorer was Econ. Prof. Walfred Peterson, who piled up 15 points. In the preliminary game the Lords defeated the Lads, 58-51. 9 . • COFFEE CUP UnnioN'le INTRRngRgL Otto oughta practice. The Bethel Student Fieldhouse Association is an organization of Bethel students who recog-nize the need for an improved program of ath-letics on the campus. The group is pledged to do what it can to encourage that sort of im-provement, believing that the health of the school can not be maintained long if that part of its activity is neglected. The particular project to which the energies of the association are primarily directed is the raising of funds for a new fieldhouse. The in-adequacies of the present gymnasium have been obvious for some time, not only to the members of this group, but also to nearly every-one who is connected with the school. The field-house association aims to eliminate this defi-ciency as speedily as possible. The project has met with considerable success. Pledges amounting to approximately one-fifth of the goal of $125,000 had been received when the Spire went to press. The executive committee, which directs the program of the association, has expressed op-timism as to the date when construction of the athletic building can begin. Long-range pro-grams are being discarded in favor of drives that will bring in a larger supply of cash for immediate use. Service Royal. Page 126 Page 127 Library Housed in the new library building are 25,000 books, combining resources of the two old libraries. Circulation has about doubled since the new building was put to use. Recent additions to the facil-ities of the library are a re-cord collection and religious education materials. Comfortable armchairs lend themselves both to study and liesure reading. Miss Axeen, librarian-in-chief The facilities of a new, spacious, naturally lighted reading room challenges the quest for knowledge. Page 128 Roy Johnson checks out a book. Page 129 AI Alt 14 I 1 1 1144,1III Are you set 9 ox.koc` aec°( ci% OV \, c ID CC\ 1,W 5 a`t'Ic'(a Host and Hostess: Jim and Myrt Rehnberg Half-time snacks Married Couples' Dorm Page 131 Page 130 itilimmintrinati Homecoming Game e da ds can Vas51es1 loin th Easy as rolling off a log It isn't as hard as it looks. Senorita chaperone. Here we come! High finance Sophomore Retreat Camp Iduhapi provided the perfect setting for the third annual Sophomore retreat. The freshly fallen snow and the crisp cool weather made for wonderful weather for the outing. Tobogganing, skating and snow-ball fights led the outdoor events, while ping pong tour-naments and pillow fights held sway indoors. Along with the gayety of the retreat, precious and serious moments were also spent about the fire-side listening to Rev. Carroll as he expounded the Scrip-tures. Careful! I'm just learning. Page 134 ::"`±~:: Einer Osterberg .Helen Olson Bob Daley Shirley Hedberg .Ted Johnson Jim Hubbard .Danny Nordgren . .De Lores Olson Mary Jane Daley THE CAST Mr. Bostrom Pat Woodhouse y Daley, Barbara Klinefelter, eaf, tinny Hanson, Merilyn Eastman (Gloria) Janet Widen . Charlotte Ekberg .Nancy Oman Paul Thompson. . • Dick Nelson Neil Pike, 011ie Ohsberg, Merilyn Fredrickson Lois Mitchell d March 31 and April 2, 1949 Page 138 Special music by: The Bethel Qua ; Bob Sandin, Jim Rentz, Paul Leafblad, The Chapel Choir Octette Kerstin Under, Sally Tiern Gordon Berg, Bennet Asplun Scene I. The Bostrom living rc Scene II. The Bostrom living Young Women's Act. 11 Scene I. Scene II. A street. Scene III. The Auditorium. Scene IV. The Campus. Scene V. A Park. Dear Old Dad was written especially for t to present to the student body a picture of se culd to give them a glimpse of the spirit in whi as they attended school here. Many of the M n ectly out of historical record even ds kepts t t by th ae c flashbacks are woven aroun hat r not constituted to be authentic in any way. PRODUCTION STAF The Bethel College junior Class Presents DEAR OLD DAD Comedy sketches of the twenties Written and directed by Betty Anderson Hazel Swartz, Bob Frykenberg, Act I. Assistant to Scenery: . Lighting: Costumes: Makeup: .... . Music and soun Publicity: Tickets:. . Prompter: • • . • General Chairman: Bob Daley . David Osterberg • • Gertrude Lehman . John Soneson Mr. Samuel Schultz . • the director, . • 011ie Ohsberg, Gordon Carls .Janet Widen, Charlotte ber . . . . . . . . Bill Lindroth . . . . joy Engles . . . Marjorie Anderson Bob Nelson, Ronald Skoo.g ., GDionrnotyh yH Naenlssoo n Bud Weber JUNIOR CLASS . .President .Vice President . Secretary Treasurer . Adviser Page 139 Between classes This little pig went to Martha What, only one tray? Page 140 CAMPUS SCENES Eureka! 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FALCON HEIGHTS and MAYFLOWER PARK THE KELLER CORPORATION Real Estate - Mortgage Loans Insurance For that new home buy your lot in Mayflower Park Large lots sensibly restricted NEstor 2797 : 1539 Larpenteur Ave. YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING CENTER Falcon Heigh MEETS ALL YOUR SHOPPING NEEDS S Page 144 Page 145 AIR CONDITIONED CHAPEL an d PARLOR ROOMS DIAMONDS — WATCHES — BILLFOLDS SHAEFFER PENS — SILVERWARE 1592 University Avenue at Snelling Open day and night . . Closed Sundays . . 1174 Payne Ave. St. Paul 1, Minn. TOwer 1551 925 RICE STREET HUmboldt 1338 Cor. Snelling and Thomas NEstor 8621 Cor. Snelling and Thomas NEstor 8621 927 RICE STREET HUmboldt 1338 q, 7Viatet CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH SERVICE 233 Hamm Building ST. PAUL fifftdetdoa Pted,a .. EVERYTHING . . IN FINE PRINTING 4 2 1 0 East 34th Street Minneapolis, Minnesota Telephone DUmont 2011 Diamonds - Mountings - Watches Wedding and Stone Rings teary R. nee MANUFACTURING JEWELER 111\IEVH SPECIICH COMPANY MANUFACTURERS ••• CEdar 6011 510 Bremer Arcade HAMLINE CLEANERS REPAIRING — DRYCLEANING New Modern Equipment All work done on premises Special Service Available ROGER A. SHOLD YOUR SCHOOL AGENT 724 No. Snelling MI. 5885 * CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES Dairy Conveyors Conveyor Doors Page 149 6 6 6 East Third Street Saint Paul 6, Minnesota Telephone TOwer 6414 Vetite6 elire • iirt\IN[1., t[1111111E7 HINE1111 CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES We Sat 20cl-theta:I Near i\EXtkilln NOSE . . QUICK FREEZE SERVICE . . MEATS . . POULTRY . . DAIRY PRODUCTS a n d FROZEN FOODS Hi Page 148 DR. MARCUS LADUE D.D.S. 403 Bremer Arcade Building St. Paul CEdar 5352 General Practicioner DID YOU MISS BREAKFAST? Enjoy a snack between classes at BETHEL'S COFFEF SHOP Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lundberg Managers COMPLIMENTS OF NORTH WESTERN - HANNA FUEL CO. ST. PAUL 1, MINNESOTA BISON FREIGHT LINE 2173 Kasota Ave ST. PAUL 8, MINNESOTA ALLEN BROTHERS FAIRWAY MARKET 928 Raymond Avenue ST. PAUL MINNESOTA NE. 2858 THE HOUSE OF BETTER CLEANING Midtown Dry Cleaners OWNED AND OPERATED RIGHT IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD 1672 Hamline Avenue 1535 Como Avenue HU 7300 SERVICE TO NORTH DAKOTA POINTS Page 151 EAST SIDE FLORAL SHOP When you say it with flowers, say it with ours TELEGRAPH and CITY-WIDE DELIVERY Corner Mabel Rogalla Case & Payne Proprietor TOwer 1516 COMPLIMENTS OF ieOutd id 'a%e 1193 Payne Avenue TO 7114 ST. PAUL - MINNESOTA ••• JOHNSON - ANDERSON FUNERAL HOME Harold C. Anderson, Owner 932 Payne Avenue TOwer 2761 St. Paul, Minn. . . COMPLIMENTS OF RIVERVIEW CLEANING CO. Riverview 1111 531 Ohio Plant Jackson and Kellog Store Richard "Dick" Lundholm, Proprietor TOwer 6967 Transfer and Storage Long Distance Moving FRANK L. PETERSON g SON COAL - COKE - FUEL OIL Stokers and Timken Oil Burners 1087 Payne Ave. St. Paul, Minn. Sueeadaa otodeord •••••�� •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• .•.••• •.• FURNITURE . . HARDWARE . . . . . ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES TOwer 1514 990 Payne Ave. Midway 5873 Lloyd's Pharmacy RELIABLE PRESCRIPTIONS HALLMARK CARDS SCHOOL SUPPLIES •••••• ••••��• 720 N. Snelling •••••• •••••• •••• •• ••••••••• of Corner Minnehaha and Snelling •••••• •••••• •••••• Page 150 353 Robert Street • • • Vaadez Eeed CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW ALLEN ELECTRONIC ORGAN IN THE CHAPEL . . COMPLIMENTS OF THE . . AXEL A. OLSON, Executive Secretary Between Fourth and Fifth Streets SAINT PAUL ENJOY %octet geed NATURE PURE ICE CREAM MINNESOTA Vea2Veded ASLESEN CO. RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES 509 So. Washington Ave. MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA ZE. 2700 ST. PAUL FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ENJOY ICE CREAM . AAGAARD MUSIC COMPANY NATURE PURE ORGANS PIANOS RADIO-PHONOGRAPH TELEVISION 8th St. at LaSalle MINNEAPOLIS Johnson Hardware YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD HARDWARE and PAINT CENTER SHERWIN - WILLIAMS and PATTERSON - SARGENT PAINTS SNELLING NEAR COMO NE 6640 Page 152 Page 153 ELECTRIC WIRING - MOTOR REPAIRING Library Contractors STANDARD CONSTRUCTION CO. ••• INCORPORATED 250 BUILDERS EXCHANGE BLDG. MINNEAPOLIS 2, MINN. BR. 8703 COMMONWEALTH ELECTRIC CO. LI 0671 KNUTSON REALTY CO. KNUTSON INSURANCE AGENCY GROUND FLOOR, BUILDERS EXCHANGE BUILDING MINNEAPOLIS 2, MINNESOTA Page 154 SWITCHBOARDS - PANELBOARDS and CABINETS POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT 417 BROADWAY GA. 1836 ST. PAUL 1, MINNESOTA LIBRARY LIGHTING EUGENE D. CORWIN ARCHITECT E-818 1st NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ST. PAUL 1, MINNESOTA J. L. SHIELY CO. ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA NE. 8601 BUILDING AND VENEER STONE CRUSHED ROCK FOR DRIVEWAYS ARCHITECT FOR DORMS AND NEW LIBRARY BUILDING Page 155 Hi Hi 606 HAMM BUILDING Hi ST. PAUL 2, MINN. Hi Hi GA. 6584 INSURANCE - MORTGAGES - REAL ESTATE - BUILDING MANAGEMENT Conducting and sponsoring — Fellowship Luncheons Child Evangelism High School Fellowship Christian Tribes Singspirations Summer Camps D.V.B.S. Institute Evangelistic Meetings Pulpit Supply Gospel Teams Prayer Fellowship Teacher Training Religious Films Christian Literature Conventions Radio Servicemen Center Sunday Schools Juvenile Court Aid Counseling Recreation • • Headquarters for — Judson-Livingstone American Legion Post 488 Gideons The St. Paul Evangelical Ministerial Association Youth for Christ THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE . . . FOR YOUTH HIE CHRISTIAN efretie' eereeir 355 Robert Street Between Fourth and Fifth GARFIELD 7621 The "Center" is located at 355 Robert St., between Fourth and Fifth, with its facilitis for serving youth on a non-membership basis. Here within these two spacious floors now open to teen-agers and college kids they will find a lounge with a grand piano, radios, snack bar, fountain service, ping pong tables, game room and fun for all in an atmosphere where there is Christian supervision. The Youth Center is an inter-racial and inter-denom-inational city-wide project, open by appointment for your special groups and parties at no cost. Come and have a good time under expert supervision. The St. Paul Christian Youth Center is supported only by contributions. ERICKSON DECORATORS 4328 BRYANT AVE. SO . MINNEAPOLIS 2, MINN. COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENCE PAINTING AND DECORATING LO. 6426 PL. 7935 CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETION OF YOUR NEW LIBRARY BUILDING from Reuben L. Anderson INCORPORATED PLUMBING and HEATING CONTRACTORS 529 NO. CLEVELAND AVE BETHEL LIBRARY DECORATORS I ST. PAUL 4, MINNESOTA READY MIXED CONCRETE FACE BRICK — COMMON BRICK TILE — CEMENT — PLASTER ... ::: CORNING DONAHUE INC. S.T. PAUL, MINN. ...... ::: •••••• •••••• •••••• .•• COMPLIMENTS of PAPER CALMENSON CO. ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA T1LE-TEX AND WRIGHT RUBBER FLOORS COMPLETE LINE OF BUILDING MATERIALS Page 156 Page 157 GREETINGS FROM THE SCHOOL OF VISION, TRAINING, SERVICE ST. PAUL BIBLE INSTITUTE, ST. PAUL, MINN. MOMENTS 0 N T H E MOUNT Anton Cedarholm, Pastor ::.• CEDAR BOOK and RECORD SHOP CHRISTIAN LITERATURE - BIBLES - BOOKS - S.S. SUPPLIES iV OPPENHIEM BUILDING - 6TH and MINNESOTA STS. - ST. PAUL 1, MINNESOTA EVERY MORNING OF THE YEAR BY RADIO KEY STATION WLOL — 1330 ON THE DIAL ......... THE GREAT CHRISTIAN CENTER ... deAtit.:09 ae etebte Itfrftelt NeetWea CHRISTIAN TOWN HOUSE with banquet rooms and lounges available to cill church groups of all ages for dinners, meetings and Bible classes. 11: YOUTH CENTER known as a truly Christian haven where young people ... meet for food fun and fellowship. Game rooms Kanopy Kitchen and lounges. Young people not in the greater Twin Cities make this their "Big City" headquarters. PASTOR CONTACT AND INFORMATION CENTER where pastors and Christian leaders are receiving information on every phase of Christian activity and planning. RESTAURANT serving guests in a quiet dignified Christian atmosphere. Three ::: dining rooms where we are serving seven days a week. Every week day there is continuous service from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Sunday from 12 noon to 7 p.m. Private dining rooms for groups from a few individuals to as many as 175 people. Plan to have your next luncheon or dinner meeting at Hospitality House. EXTENSION DEPARTMENT which is constantly ministering with music messages and gospel films throughout this entire area. Contact us for talent for pulpit supply, area rallies, and other functions. JUVENILE COURT where Chaplain Peterson counsels needy young people ... in their problems, and under the supervision of the Court often places them in Christian homes throughout the state. Hospitality House is a Minn-esota state licensed placing agency. If you can help us in this program, please contact us immediately. GOSPEL SIGN on the roof 30 feet high and 50 feet long, illuminated, reaching a potential of 95,000 people with the Gospel every 24 hours. You can't miss the Hoitsap l ity House Building under the mammoth Gospel sign on the roof. HIGH SCHOOL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP brings strength and encouragement to Christian youth and wins other youth for Christ in the high schools throughout the area. RADIO BROADCAST over KEYD — 1440 on the dial — dvery Sunday at ... 8 a.m. reaches many thousands with the Gospel and a report on the latest at Hospitality House. THE CONSECRATED STAFF who minister long and faithfully seven days a week to thousands who use the Center. . . Ministered faithfully to over : 400,000 Service Men. ...... ::.: ... BOOK STORE in the basement of the Hospitality House Building operated by the :•: Lutheran Evangelistic Movement. ......... ::: ......... ::: HOSPITALITY HOUSE CHRISTIAN CENTER i . i. i. GEO. S. ENGLAND, Executive Director • Ninth & Hennepin, MINNEAPOLIS 3 ... — UNDER THE MAMMOTH GOSPEL SIGN ...... ii: ... ;: Page 158 Page 159 The Mounds-Midway School of Nursing, established in 1906, offers a three year course leading to a diploma and the title of Registered Nurse. It is operated in connection with Midway Hospital and Mounds Park Hospital with opportunity for affiliation in Pediatrics and Communicable Disease Nursing. Requirements for admission is Graduation from an accredited high school with rank in the upper third of the class, sound health, church membership and commendable character. Nursing offers you a career in any of many varied fields, including Public Health, Hospital Nursing, Veterans Administration and Missionary fields. Requests for information may be addressed to: Congratulations and Greetings from the MINNESOTA BAPTIST CONFERENCE JOHN G. JOHNSON, Executive Secretary HEADQUARTERS AT BETHEL COLLEGE AND SEMINARY 1480 No. Snelling Avenue St. Paul 4, Minnesota BAPTIST CITY HEADQUARTERS 122 West Franklin Avenue Minneapolis 4, Minnesota Telephone Lincoln 0723 MINNESOTA BOARD OF PROMOTION Mary E. Pratt, Secretary NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION Special Service Department John S. Holcomb, Area Director TWIN CITY BAPTIST UNION E. A. Finstrom, Executive Secretary Joseph I. Chapman, Christian Education WHEN IN OMAHA VISIT . . . Bemis Park Baptist Church DALE E. JESSUP, Pastor 34th and Burt Streets Director, Mounds-Midway School of Nursing, 200 Earl Street, St. Paul 6, Minnesota SERVICES at 9:45, 11:00, 6:45, 7:45 THE BLOOD THE BOOK THE BLESSED HOPE Page 160 Page 161 Be sure to visit our beautiful Bible Camp at Big Trout Lake We invite you to share in our and Home Missions in Minn-esota THE 1949 Aire EXTENDS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRADUATING CLASSES fab "Commit thy way unto the Lord" We preach Christ crucified, buried, risen and coming again. We exhort all Christ-ians to live a holy, separated life, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Rev. W. G. Backlund, Pastor Miss Madge Hill Church Missionary THE Baptist fienerat Conference OF AMERICA Conservative. True to historic Baptist interpretation of the Scriptures. First Conference church organized 1852. Conference organized 1879. Headquarters at 912 Belmont Avenue, Chicago 14, Illinois Seven Departmental Boards EDUCATION Bethel College and Seminary, 1480 North Snelling Avenue, St. Paul 4, Minnesota. 7 buildings, 600 students—many preparing for full-time Christian service in Home and Foreign Mission fields. Dr. H. C. Wingblade, President. C. E. Carlson, Dean of College. Edwin Omark, Dean of Seminary. PUBLICATION Baptist Conference Press, publishers of The Standard, S. S. papers, books. Dealers in church and • • • Sunday school supplies. • • • Rev. Martin Erikson, Editor of The Standard. Rev. Dave Olson, Editor of S. S. papers. • • • .• •• •• Rev. C. George Ericson, Business Manager. ••• ••• ••• • • • "God Is Able," II Cor. 9:8 EMERALD AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH FIFTY-NINTH STREET at EMERALD AVENUE CHICAGO 21, ILLINOIS VIRGIL A. OLSON, PASTOR FOREIGN MISSIONS Growing missionary work in Assam, North China, West China, Japan, the Philippines, and Burma. Forty-two missionaries under appointment, many others on active candidate list. Rev. Walfred Danielson, Secretary. Rev. A. J. Bergfalk, Associate Secretary. etebentb ��■■■•■., treet iSaptilg eburtb OP-HOME MISSIONS Missionary and evangelistic work in Alaska, Canada, and the United States. Cooperating with 15 District and State Conferences. Rev. William Turnwall, Secretary and Conference Executive Secretary. BIBLE SCHOOL AND YOUNG PEOPLE Promoting church Bible schools, Conference Youth Organization, Vacation Bible schools, Summer Bible camps, and other projects which aim to win, establish and train children and youth for Christ and Christian leadership. Rev. William C. Tapper, Secretary. Rev. Val E. Hauck, Youth Director. WOMEN'S WORK Sponsors of Penny-a-Meal, Conference Rose, White Cross, Girls' Missionary Guild, Reading Programs and other mission projects. Mrs. David Moberg, President. Miss Dorothy Erickson, President, G.M.G. CONFERENCE BROTHERHOOD Organized for the support of needed projects including Alaska Mission, juvenile work, etc. Dr. Ewald Chalberg, President. Milton Bloom, Secretary. For information write Baptist General Conference Headquarters, 912 Belmont Avenue, Chicago 14, Illinois Page 162 WEST ELEVENTH at BIXEL STREET LOS ANGELES 15, CALIFORNIA A sincere and cordial welcome to every visitor to California Page 163 Tbe outh Ti3apti5t WHEN IN TRI CITIES VISIT . . BETHANY BAPTIST IV CHURCH MOLINE, ILLINOIS eburtb COLES AVENUE AND CHELTENHAM PLACE CHICAGO 49, ILLINOIS C. EDWIN GRANHOLM, PASTOR "All Ways Proclaiming Christ" Col. 3:17. rate igapti5t eburtb BRISTOL - CONNECTICUT Rev. J. Stanley Rendhal, Pastor - 175 Goodwin, Bristol A HOUSE OF WORSHIP . A SCHOOL OF THE BIBLE . . Page 164 Page 165 REV. E. E. EKLOFF, Pastor WE BACK BETHEL A CENTER OF FELLOWSHIP . . 3ninlatittel. 1/3apti5t eburtb WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS J. GORDON PETERSON PASTOR Our Bethel Students this year are: DAVID N. OSTERBERG EINER A. OSTERBERG GREETINGS BELMONT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BELMONT and FOUNTAIN WORCESTER, MASS. C. ALAN OLSSON Student Pastor A HEARTY WELCOME TO ALL ••• Greets Bethel Students Victor Larson Pastor GREETINGS from . . . Emmanuel 3fiapti5t eburcb IRON MOUNTAIN, MICH. COMPLIMENTS OF . . latioibe T6apti5t eburtb Denmark at Miner 2129 Miner Ave. Phone 51-184 THE Cirri Tgapti5t eburcb SEATTLE WASHINGTON WELCOME to KIRON when you travel . . Located on the short route from Minneapo-lis to Omaha. Four-teen miles north of Highway 30 at Den-ison, Iowa. A General Conference Church with a General Conference Gospel Message . . Christ and Him Crucified. Rev. Orville Johnson, Pastor. GREETINGS FROM PENN. AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH Corner Pennsylvania and Small Streets DES MOINES, IOWA Rev Clayton Bolinder, Pastor Lois Sorley, Church Missionary REGULAR CHURCH SERVICES SUNDAY Sunday School 10:00 AM Morning Worship 10:50 AM Young People's Service 6:30 PM Evening Service 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY Prayer Service 7:30 PM WHEN IN DES MOINES WORSHIP WITH US Page 167 Office Phone 53-300 MUSKEGON MICHIGAN Lester E. Thompson, Pastor Arthur E. Ellison Pastor THE apti5t Temple 360 Colorado Avenue near Fairfield Avenue BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT S. Willard Samuelson, Pastor 101 Elmwood Place Phone 67-8439 Greetings and God's Blessing on Bethel. 3bbi5m `street 313apti5t eburtb 1242 Addison St. CHICAGO 13, ILLINOIS NORTHWEST BAPTIST CHURCH CHICAGO - ILLINOIS LLOYD DAHLQUIST, Pastor Now Meeting At . . . Budlong School, 2701 Foster Avenue New Church Building Under Construction At Francisco And Peterson Avenues "WE ARE SEEKING HIS BEST AT NORTHWEST!" John A. Wilcox, Pastor "We preach . . . Jesus Christ the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake." II Cor. 4:5 A WELCOME AWAITS YOU AT "THE CHURCH THAT CARES" TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH Corner 5th and 8th ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS G. A. GUSTAVSON PASTOR r. THE FRIENDLY CHURCH Page 166 5:30 pm Young People's Service 7:30 pm Gospel Service 10:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Radio Service 11:00 am Morning Worship Service MIDWEEK DEVOTIONAL SERVICE, 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY Page 168 Temple Tgapti5t eburrb N. E. 7th Avenue and Clackamas Street PORTLAND - OREGON Dr. Linus Johnson, Minister Miss Helen Tjernlund, Minister of Music SERVICES a5bington Abe. 113apti5t Ourtb WASHINGTON AVENUE and DANAHER STREET tubington, fiiirbigart Pastor - Warren R. Magnuson Assistant Pastor - Ivar F. Anderson SUNDAY MORNING BROADCAST, 11-12 AM OVER STATION WKLA (BRANCH STATIONS IN VICTORY, CUSTER, HAMLIN) "Holding for the Word of Life" Page 169 CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH 10th and Virginia Sts. SIOUX CITY, IOWA EARL D. SHERMAN, Pastor STUDENTS FROM CENTRAL AT BETHEL Patricia Woodhouse Robert Daley Clarence Larson Shirley Daley Leland Miller Mary Jane Daley Curtis Wik Calvin Edlund GOD BLESS BETHEL SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH ASHLAND, WISCONSIN MINISTERING TO THE SOULS OF MEN CHRISTIAN GREETINGS CONGRATULATIONS from the jfir5t jBapti5t Cburtb STANCHFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH S. BRUCE FLEMING MINISTER STANCHFIELD MINNESOTA DEERWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH PAUL EDWARDS, Pastor WORSHIP WITH US DURING YOUR VACATION Sunday School 10:00 Morning Worship 11:00 Evening Service 7:30 ••• SISTER BAY WISCONSIN Rev. Aymond Anderson Pastor "In the heart of vacation land" EDGAR W. KLATT Pastor HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE ON THE WEST SIDE Welcome to our Services "Behold the Lamb of God" RIVERVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH Cor. George St. and Styker Ave. WE INVITE YOU TO WORSHIP WITH US RONALD SKOOG GREETINGS *It apne Rim= jOaptifg eburcb Payne and Sims ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA Walter Olson Pastor ST. PAUL 7, MINNESOTA A LOYAL FRIEND OF BETHEL FOLKS . Temple 38aptt5t eburcb TRUMAN HALVERSON, PASTOR BRAINERD, MINNESOTA REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH CLARYCE SKOOG Bethel Baptist flack 24th St. and 28th Ave. So. MINNEAPOLIS - MINNESOTA Ministers Stanley F. Paulson Lloyd M. Nordstrom Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Young People's Meeting 5:30 PM Evening Fellowship Service 7:30 PM Mid-week Prayer and Bible Study. Wednesday 7:30 PM A FRIENDLY CHURCH COMPLIMENTS OF Tbe TBetbanp Tgapti5t eburcb One block northeast of University & Raymond ST. PAUL, MINN. We invite you to worship with us. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AT BETHEL FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FERGUS FALLS, MINN. VERN. A. WESSMAN Pastor Central. jgapti5t eburtb ekete% 74at elited ROY STREET AND SHIELDS AVENUE — ST PAUL, MINNESOTA L. E. PETERSEN, PASTOR . . WORSHIP WITH US REGULARLY Page 170 Page 171 Congratulations to BETHEL'S GRADUATES AND STUDENTS and greetings from BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH Eric N. Lindholm, Pastor 8th Street and 13th Avenue South Minneapolis 4, Minnesota • first Baptist Church GREETINGS TO of BETHEL GRADUATES FROM II k illmar ALWAYS A LOYAL FRIEND OF BETHEL A CHURCH WITH A PURPOSE — A MESSAGE — AND A MISSION A CHRIST - CENTERED CHURCH JAMES SELANDER, Pastor FOR CHRIST OUR MISSION IS HIS COMMISSION GREETINGS from the Seem igapti5t eburcb vi Thirteenth Ave. and Madison St. N. E. • MINNEAPOLIS John G. Johnson, Pastor 6iinp5on ffiemoriat (burr Vede 7,0edite.4 to 944d44te4 Page 172 J. C. WENNINGER MUSIC DIRECTOR PAUL KENYON PASTOR Page 173 WELCOME TO MINNEAPOLIS AND FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 1020 Harmon Place A FRIENDLY STAFF AT YOUR SERVICE • CURTIS AKENSON • NELS STJERNSTROM • GEORGE JENNINGS • EVALYN CAMP Jump ball Eric comes to light Klingberg Children's Home, New Britain, Conn. AltIlmoviNN MALE CHORUS TOUR 1 9 4 Finishing touches Eastern Baptist Seminary, Philadelphia A helping hand On the road Coach and Patsy Bridgeport, Connecticut Worcester, Massachusetts S We use 1pana Page 174 Getting ready to roll Page 175 Daydreaming? Studying? Listening? Dear Reader, Now that you have read through the 1949 Spire once, I hope that you enjoyed it. I also hope that you will read it through many more times, both now and in years to come. We have tried to present as faithful a pic-ture as possible of this past year at Bethel. I know that as you leaf through these pages, that many memories will come crowding back, and I pray that these memories will be of rich blessings and of God's dealing in your life while you were one of us. I want to extend special thanks here to all those who helped to pro-duce this book. I could never possibly list everyone by name, but I can men-tion them by group: the Spire staff, our advertisers, the printers, the binders, the cover maker, and all those of the Bethel family who have contributed in some way towards the completed book. Thank you one and all! As for myself, I can say that it has been a real privilege to edit the 1949 Spire. It was much more work than I bargained for, but I know that I have gained invaluable experience that I want the Lord to use to His honor nd glory. God bless you all. • Yours in Christ, MARWIN LINDSTEDT
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