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In Martin Scorsese's brilliant black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street, there is a scene where the film's antihero Jordan Belfort gives a masterclass in using the telephone.
Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is setting up a 'pump-and-dump' scheme flogging worthless penny shares. He recruits a crew of gormless sociopaths as his sales force and he needs to show them how to sell.
So he dials a complete stranger and first engages him, then charms him. He wins his trust, fires up his greed and after a couple of minutes, sells him $10,000 (about £6,000) worth of shares – all the while giving him the finger and mouthing "f*** you," down the phone.
In real life Belfort went on to make a (fraudulent) $200m (£118m) fortune, demonstrating that in the right hands there is virtually no limit to the power of the phone as a business tool.
It is certainly true in PR. The call to journalists is what you might term a moment of truth in the PR process. It is the point at which months of strategy development, weeks of planning and moments of brilliant creative insight stand or fall.
If it goes well, it can secure priceless coverage for your client. If it goes badly it can consign the client's campaign to the dustbin – along with your employer's fortunes and maybe your career
Yet if the experience of many journalists is anything to go by, the power and importance of the phone is something many PRs seem to have forgotten – or never learned in the first place.
"Every day I fume at the astonishingly poor quality of telephone pitches I get," is a fairly typical lament from one senior Fleet Street journalist.
"They call at the wrong time, they get my name wrong, they have often clearly never read my section, and worst of all they can't talk interestingly about their story and don't seem to know the answer to even basic questions. I just don't get it. Presumably it's important to them, yet some do it so badly."
There is a general assumption that some people can sell using the phone, some cannot. End of. But according to Belfort, who now runs seminars on the subject, almost anyone can improve their hit rate by mastering a few simple techniques.
In an echo of the journalist's complaint about PRs' "failure to know their subject", Belfort says the single most important thing in any situation where you are trying to sell or persuade is what he calls "establishing mastery".
"People buy on emotion, not logic. They buy you first, then your product," he said in a sales training webinar last month. "We want to do business with an expert… but you have just four seconds in a phone call to show that you are sharp, enthusiastic and knowledgeable in your field,"he warned.
You project this feeling of expertise partly through the energy you put into the conversation, partly through what he calls "tonality" and partly by knowing your subject and being able to talk about it in a lively, knowledgeable and interesting way.
Belfort may be a convicted fraudster with a track record of substance abuse, but he seems to have a point, says California-based psychologist Pamela Rutledge, chair of Division 46 of the American Psychological Association, which studies the intersection of technology and psychology.
"In the film we saw someone who is able to project their energy or human presence over the phone. That is a hard thing to do," she says. But there is a huge reward awaiting you if you can pull it off.
"Social connection is incredibly important to the human brain. One of the weaknesses of the phone is that you have to work hard to overcome the feeling that you are interrupting someone. But once you've done that, you can trigger a whole host of social behaviours in the receiver."
These behaviours, such as a sense of obligation and exchange, doing what everyone else does and loss aversion are not inevitable, but they are so powerful that we have to consciously resist them.
The upshot is that a message delivered verbally is far more likely to be believed than an email or a press release.
It is tempting to think that you can project your "energy or human presence" simply by bluster and charm.
But that, Belfort says, "will immediately mark you out as a salesman, as a bullshitter – and everyone hates a bullshitter".
Communications skills coach Nick Fitzherbert suspects the problem is partly generational: "Younger people seem to be developing a fear of the phone – they prefer to stay behind the protective barrier offered by email and text."
The particular strength of the phone is its ability to establish a two-way dialogue and even create a relationship, he says.
"The irony is of course that the sheer volume of emails means that despite its immediacy, email is becoming an ineffective way of reaching busy people."
But when PR people do finally pick up the phone, the main mistake is lack of basic preparation, says Alex Singleton, PR strategist and author of The PR Masterclass.
"Too often they approach it like a PPI mis-selling call, with no knowledge of the person they are ringing.
But if you are prepared, it gives you confidence and inspires confidence in the person you are calling."
So first make sure the story you are pitching is of reasonable quality and suited to the publication. "There is no point pitching a bad story," says Singleton.
"Bad stories are dangerous – they eat up the credibility of you and your clients. And Google now filters stories. You can find yourself blocked."
But a story is only good if it is relevant not only to the publication, but to the section in the publication to which you are pitching. A common error is to try to puff up a weak story with spurious topicality.
Now condense the story into one pithy sentence of no more than 25 words.
Journalists often do not have the time or inclination to have a long, waffly conversation.
Singleton suggests taking a few minutes before a call to research articles the journalist has written and to take a look at their tweets and LinkedIn entries.
"Never cold call or call a news desk. You are better off pitching to specialist writers who know their subject," he says.
As in any other area of life, timing is everything. "The more time you leave the journalist, the easier it is for them to get the story in," says Singleton.
So it is useful to find out the best time to pitch both during the course of the day and during the course of the title's production cycle.
So if you want to pitch a Friday for Monday story in a daily, Wednesday or Thursday is the best time. If you want to pitch to a Sunday, Tuesday is the best day.
Most of all, he advises "treat them as a peer". It is the same argument made by Belfort about "establishing mastery" and Rutledge's point when she talks of "triggering a host of social behaviours". It really works. You should try it.
A guide to using the phone as a selling tool, by Nick Fitzherbert
- Think about the name of the person you are calling before picking up the receiver – you are not going to engage the person you are calling if you pronounce their name wrong.
- In presentations, 'firsts and lasts' are the most important elements because people remember them. So engage the person you are calling upfront and wrap up with a call to action. Your opening and closing need to be carefully planned, if not actually scripted.
- Speak with a smile on your face – it raises the level and tone of the conversation. You can take this further by standing up to make a call – this raises energy levels and enables you to both breathe more deeply and use gestures that can't be seen but will add impact.
- Business communicators often talk around the subject rather than get to the point. Talk in headlines or what Hollywood calls 'high concept' ("Snakes on a plane" or "Giant shark terrorises holiday resort", for example ) so the other person gets your subject immediately.
- Observe basic courtesies, but focus on establishing whether the other person has a moment to speak rather than asking if they are having a good day.
- Forget about titles and politics. Not: "Hello, may I introduce myself. My name is Jill and I am an account manager at Jolly PR on the Haymarket account." Say: "Hello, this is Jill Smith calling for Haymarket." Then: "Have you got a couple of minutes?" Then the elevator pitch. Then you can relax into a conversation or get off the line.
- If the person you are calling starts to speak, listen; they are interested enough to start a conversation, so don't plough on with spiel.
- Think carefully about a suitable time to make your call. Put yourself in their shoes and consider how they will feel about receiving your call at that time.
Nick Fitzherbert is a communications skills coach and former PR consultant; he is author of Presentation Magic, published by Marshall Cavendish


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One. Sublime. Perfection. memoismoney's Karl Malone mix (which, by the way, should come with a warning: Watching this may make you despair over how soft the NBA has become):
Two. More happiness (from SI):
And while we're on the subject of Stock:
Three. Interesting quote from Ty Corbin:
"We want the players to respect what Jeff says [as] if I was saying it, or what Sidney says [as] if I was saying it. … So the guys understand that these are the coaches and they're to be treated respectfully, because we're going to respect the players." (Trib)
After what happened last season…yeah, I can see why [lack of] respect for coaches would be a point of concern.
Four. Speaking of Ty and points of concern–Ty on his assistant coaches:
Corbin also said he isn't going to give his assistants specific assignments to begin with, meaning Lowe, a former NBA point guard, will be working with Devin Harris as well as new center Enes Kanter, etc. Same for Layden and Hornacek, who's been Utah's part-time shooting coach since 2007.
"Everybody's coaching. Nobody's a defensive specialist–nobody's an offensive (specialist)," Corbin said. "We're all coaching everything on the floor, and we have all the responsibilities." (DN)
Reserving judgment for now and I'd be happy to proven wrong, but I can't help feeling that this recipe will put last season on a stagnant, fingernails-on-chalkboard loop…
Five. As we can see from this ESPN poll, NBA fans/ESPN readers in 45 out of 50 states and all over the world could care less about the NBA cancelling the first two weeks of the season.
It's been pointed out on Twitter that the Jazz fan base is one of only a few or maybe the only one that overwhelmingly blames the players for the lockout. What does it say about Utah here, though, that it's emotionally on the same level with the biggest bandwagon fan bases in the league (LAL, Miami, and OKC)?
Six. Devin Harris, Unintentional Dirty Quote Machine:
[Enes Kanter]'s physical down low. He's the type of guy to bang, do kind of the dirty work, which is what he specializes in. He's got a nice touch around the basket, and I look forward to playing with him again. (KZNS)
Seven. About the lockout: I fault both sides. I'm not more pro- one side than the other. However, the players' #LetUsPlay and #StandUnited hashtags really irked me.
Note the RT by Derrick Favors; RT'd by Alec Burks as well.
I'll bet a good percentage of the players that tweeted those aren't even informed about what's going on, and let's not pretend that either side wants to get the deal done more than getting the deal done on its terms. Tweeting #LetUsPlay, therefore, does nothing except alienate fans.
Oh, here's something new: Parents getting involved.
Honestly, I would feel much more kindly towards everyone if all of them would not speak until they agree to a deal or cancel the season.
Eight. CJ has been spending time in the recording studio. You can download the fruits of his labor here and here.
A line from one of them: "I was blessed with these impeccable vocal cords…"
Nine. AK made his debut for CSKA Moscow last night.
15 points (4-4 from floor; tied for game high), 5 rebounds (team high), 1 assist, 1 block, and drew 6 fouls (7-9 on FTs; team high) in 23 minutes. More on that in the future.
Ten. Finally, probably the best lockout-related post I've seen via SportsPickle:


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"Twilight" star Bronson Pelletier has been sentenced to two years probation after pleading no contest to a charge of public intoxication.
The Canadian actor was removed from a plane at Los Angeles International Airport in December after on-site police received a call about an unruly passenger, and he was alleged to have urinated by the gate as he waited for another flight.
He was arrested and charged with one count of being drunk in public, a misdemeanor.
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Global Irrigated Area at Record Levels, But Expansion Slowing
In 2009, the most recent year for which global data are available from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 311 million hectares in the world were equipped for irrigation but only 84 percent of that area was actually being irrigated, according to new research conducted for our Vital Signs Online service. As of 2010, the countries with the largest irrigated areas were India (39 million hectares), China (19 million), and the United States (17 million).
The irrigation sector claims about 70 percent of the freshwater withdrawals worldwide. Irrigation can offer crop yields that are two to four times greater than is possible with rainfed farming, and it currently provides 40 percent of the world's food from approximately 20 percent of all agricultural land.
Since the late 1970s, irrigation expansion has experienced a marked slowdown. The FAO attributes the decline in investment to the unsatisfactory performances of formal large canal systems, corruption in the construction process, and acknowledgement of the environmental impact of irrigation projects.
The increasing availability of inexpensive individual pumps and well construction methods has led to a shift from public to private investment in irrigation, and from larger to smaller-scale systems. The takeoff in individual groundwater irrigation has been concentrated in India, China, and much of Southeast Asia. The idea of affordable and effective irrigation is attractive to poor farmers worldwide, with rewards of higher outputs and incomes and better diets.
The option is often made even more appealing with offers of government subsidies for energy costs of running groundwater pumps and support prices of irrigated products. In India's Gujarat state, for example, energy subsidies are structured so that farmers pay a flat rate, no matter how much electricity they use. But with rising numbers of farmers tapping groundwater resources, more and more aquifers are in danger of overuse.
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If groundwater resources are overexploited, aquifers will be unable to recharge fast enough to keep pace with water withdrawals. It should be noted that not all aquifers are being pumped at unsustainable levels—in fact, 80 percent of aquifers worldwide could handle additional water withdrawals. One troubling aspect of groundwater withdrawals is that the world's major agricultural producers (particularly India, China, and the United States) are also the ones responsible for the highest levels of depletion.
Another problem with pumping water from aquifers and redirecting flows for irrigation is the impact on delicate environmental balances. Salinization occurs when water moves past plant roots to the water table due to inefficient irrigation and drainage systems; as the water table rises, it brings salts to the base of plant roots.Plants take in the water, and the salts are left behind, degrading soil quality and therefore the potential for growth.
A potentially better alternative is drip irrigation, a form of micro-irrigation that waters plants slowly and in small amounts either on the soil surface or directly on roots.Using these techniques has the potential to reduce water use by as much as 70 percent while increasing output by 20–90 percent. Within the last two decades, the area irrigated using drip and other micro-irrigation methods has increased 6.4-fold, from 1.6 million hectares to over 10.3 million hectares.
With predictions of a global population exceeding 9 billion by 2050, demand for higher agricultural output will put more strain on already fragile water reserves. Even without the effects of climate change, water withdrawals for irrigation will need to rise by 11 percent in the next three decades to meet crop production demands.Reconciling increasing food demands with decreasing water security requires efficient systems that produce more food with less water and that minimize water waste. Intelligent water management is crucial especially in the face of climate change, which will force the agriculture industry to compete with the environment for water.
Further highlights from the report:
- The share of the area equipped for irrigation that is actually under irrigation ranges from 77 to 87 percent in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and in Oceania, but is only 59 percent in Europe. More reliable rainfall allows farmers in northern and eastern Europe to rely less on existing irrigation infrastructure than is the case in drier or more variable climates.
- Worldwide, the most commonly used irrigation technique is flood irrigation, even though plants often use only about half the amount of water applied in that system.
- India claims the lead in irrigated area worldwide, irrigating almost 2 million hectares of its land using drip and micro-irrigation techniques.
|View the entire report here.
|Judith Renner | VITAL SIGNS ONLINE | November 27, 2012
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Not only does this second movie match the charm, wit, animation skill and intelligent storytelling of the original, I think it even exceeds it.
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Gleeful and smart, funny and serious, this sequel surpasses the endearing original with gorgeous animation — a dragon Eden, a dragon scourge, an infinitude of dragons — and one stirring human encounter after another.
The plot is needlessly busy, and much of the action is more manic and indistinct. But How to Train Your Dragon 2 cuts deeper than the first picture — it will be particularly resonant for anyone who has ever worked with or adopted rescue animals — and there are a few sequences of cartoon grandeur.
Clearly, these films are the work of people who love animals. More importantly though, going beyond the pat eco-conscious message that every kids' film has to have, HTTYD2 touches on how complex the emotional bond between a person and an animal can be.
While the original movie benefited from narrative simplicity and an admirable lack of villains, this one paints the screen with too many characters and frequent diversions from the main story, but nevertheless serves up a bountiful and sugary feast for the 3-D-bespectacled eyes.
Looks, feels and flows like a real movie. It's better than the last few Pixar features, among other things, and from where I sit that includes "Toy Story 3."
If necessity is the mother of invention, then DreamWorks' desire to extend the Dragon franchise has propelled the creative team in the most admirable of directions, resulting in what just may be the mother of all animated sequels.
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Epic, thrilling 3-D adventure sequel is outstanding.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a sequel to both 2010's How to Train Your Dragon and the popular Cartoon Network series. Like its big-screen predecessor, this is an epic 3-D adventure with dazzling visuals and gripping action sequences that will appeal to even older kids and teens. Very young fans may be upset by a significant character's death, the alpha-possession of the Berk dragons, the battles between the different groups of dragons, and several close calls for the story's protagonists. Expect more romance in this installment; it takes place five years after the first movie, which means the previously young-teen characters are now all around the marriageable age of 20 -- so it's no surprise there are a few suggestive jokes, especially with the addition of a hunky rogue. But thanks to its strong female characters, touching parent-child relationships, and positive messages about the bond between people and their animal companions, this is must-see for fans of the original and the show.
Educational value: The movie promotes the idea of diplomacy rather than war and of overcoming self doubt to rise to occasions.
Messages: Hiccup's actions prove that cooperation, diplomacy, and teamwork are better than animosity and war. The love and trust between Hiccup and Toothless is just as important as the love and trust between a parent and child. As in the first movie, there's also a strong message that girls and women like Valka, Astrid, and Ruffnut can be tough and fearless too. Even if they're in love, they don't need men to rescue them and are just as willing to help protect their people and dragons as the male Vikings.
Role models: Hiccup may not look as tough as other Vikings, but he's earned the respect of his chief/father and the citizens of Berk by being courageous, intelligent, and kind. He has leadership qualities, even if he doesn't show them at first. Astrid is a positive role model for girls: She's beautiful but tough and doesn't need to be saved. She challenges Hiccup, and they have a romantic relationship based on respect, not just attraction. Chief Stoick has mellowed out a lot since the first film, and he listens and is open minded this time around, even forgiving a long-held resentment. Hiccup's mother asks for forgiveness and wants to be a family again. Unfortunately, the villain is the only non-white character, though his ethnicity is ambiguous.
Violence and scariness: A major character dies by a dragon who's possessed by an evil alpha dragon. Although the Berk dragons are more like protectors and companions, the other dragons are still capable of harm, in particular the "dragon army" led by Drago Bludvist. The battle sequences between the "free" dragons and the dragon army may frighten younger viewers, especially when even Toothless turns while controlled by the alpha. A Viking funeral pyre is emotional to witness.
Sexy stuff: Now 20 and engaged, Hiccup and Astrid kiss and hug a few times. Both Fishlegs and Snotlout compete to pursue and prove with their worth to Ruffnut, who in turn has eyes only for Eret. Ruffnut makes comments about Eret's body and says suggestive things like "me likey" when she sees his biceps flexing or "take me" when she thinks he might capture her. There are close-ups of Eret's muscles as Ruffnut dazedly gazes at him. There's an emotional marital reunion and a lingering kiss and dance.
Language: Insults like "coward," "thief," "moron," and "useless."
Consumerism: There are plenty of How to Train Your Dragon tie-ins available, from video games and figurines to apparel to McDonald's Happy Meal toys.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not applicable
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Indian jewelers concerned by the rise of gold prices
Gold smuggling has led the Indian government to take several measures, including the plan to make PAN card mandatory for any transaction of gold exceeding the value of Rs. 1 lakh – which equals 100,000 troy ounces of gold.
This has raised concern among Indian jewelers who believe these PAN cards will be an obstacle for people to consume, mainly big gold purchases such as for weddings. That's why on 31 March, 10,000 jewelers of Bengal state have given a strike call and will keep their stores closed.
Retail business owners reported their worries to the Finance Minister, stating that a lot of gold purchases could be carried out "out of the books". Besides, they are aware that rural and semi-urban population do not have PAN cards, and the government measure will, therefore, hit them harder.
One more issue affects Indian jewelers. All eyes are on the next month's holy day Akshaya Tritiya – the Golden Day of Eternal Success. This celebration for Hindus and Jains is an important day that is considered to bring luck, prosperity and success, the most ideal day to start a new business. In other words, a key day for gold purchases.
Jewelers bear in mind the current conflict between Saudi Arabia – plus allies – and Yemen, which is already increasing gold prices; and the weakening of the Indian coin, the rupee against the dollar, closely related to gold prices. Nonetheless, not all is bad news. According to the managing director of Gadgil Jewellers Saurabh Gadgil - previous days of Akshaya Tritiya have experienced huge gold purchases – before and after this holy day - even when the price of gold had jumped quite high.
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Here and there in the midst of American society you meet with men full of a fanatical and almost wild spiritualism, which hardly exists in Europe. From time to time strange sects arise which en- deavor to strike out extraordinary paths to eternal happiness. Religious insanity is very common in the United States.
Nor ought these facts to surprise us. It was not man who implanted in himself the taste for what is infinite and the love of what is immortal; these lofty instincts are not the offspring of his capricious will; their steadfast foundation is fixed in human nature, and they exist in spite of his efforts. He may cross and distort them; destroy them he cannot.
The soul has wants which must be satisfied; and whatever pains are taken to divert it from itself, it soon grows weary, restless, and disquieted amid the enjoyments of sense. If ever the faculties of the great majority of mankind were exclusively bent upon the pursuit of material objects, it might be anticipated that an amazing reaction would take place in the souls of some men. They would drift at large in the world of spirits, for fear of remaining shackled by the close bondage of the body.
It is not, then, wonderful if in the midst of a community whose thoughts tend earthward a small number of individuals are to be found who turn their looks to heaven. I should be surprised if mysticism did not soon make some advance among a people solely engaged in promoting their own worldly welfare. It is said that the deserts of the Thebaid were peopled by the persecutions of the emperors and the massacres of the Circus; I should rather say that it was by the luxuries of Rome and the Epicurean philosophy of Greece. If their social condition, their present circumstances, and their laws did not confine the minds of the Americans so closely to the pursuit of worldly welfare, it is probable that they would display more reserve and more experience whenever their attention is turned to things immaterial, and that they would check themselves without difficulty. But they feel imprisoned within bounds, which they will apparently never be allowed to pass. As soon as they have passed these bounds, their minds do not know where to fix themselves and they often rush unrestrained beyond the range of common sense.


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When young attorney Becky Baldwin hires Cora Felton to make a blackmail payment drop, it couldn't go worse: she stumbles over a corpse and a puzzle, and someone steals the money. Becky
won't tell her who the client is, but the most likely suspect is Cora's least favorite ex-husband, Melvin, who claims he's being framed by a psychopath with a grudge. Soon Cora finds herself in a no-win situation. Solving the murder will either put Melvin's neck in the noose, or incur the wrath of a cunning, cold-blooded killer who delights in playing deadly mind games and may be targeting her niece Sherry and Sherry's new baby girl.
$10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles is another delightful entry in Parnell Hall's entertaining Puzzle Lady series, featuring new puzzles by Will Shortz that help readers solve the mystery!
"If sweet-looking, gray-haired Miss Marple cursed, smoked, and carried a gun in her purse, she'd be a ringer for Cora Felton."—Booklist
The Puzzle Lady couldn't be happier. Matt Greystone, the rookie sensation who just signed a huge contract with the Yankees after coming to the team as the player to be named later in a trade with the Diamondbacks, winning seventeen games as a starting pitcher, was coming to town to rehab from an arm injury. A diehard Yankee fan, Cora was delighted when Matt invited her to a weekend pool party.
On the plus side, she got to meet Derek Jeter.
On the minus side, she had to solve a puzzle (that was also named later), and a couple of the guests got killed.
Solving murders is right up the Puzzle Lady's alley. Unfortunately, someone has broken into the house of a local psychiatrist and rifled her patient files, and Chief Harper wants Cora to solve that, too.
Cora already knows who broke into the house.
She did!
Cora has no problem tracking hubby to his love nest, but when Brittany refuses to believe he's cheating on her, Cora has to blackmail him to prove the affair. Before she can, a car bomb rocks the quiet streets of Bakerhaven, and the stakes escalate to murder.
To save Becky's clueless client from the clutches of the law, Cora will manipulate a TV reporter, cast suspicion on an innocent man, crack crossword and Sudoku clues, solve the liquor store robbery, and enlist the aid of both Sergeant Crowley and his girlfriend in Parnell Hall's Puzzled Indemnity, this outrageous new entry in the Puzzle Lady Mystery series featuring Sudoku by Will Shortz.
Cora is eager to undo her Japanese counterpart---at least until the poor woman is arrested for murder and Cora realizes that she accidentally framed her for the crime. As if that weren't frustrating enough, the publicity of her arrest drives Minami's sales through the roof!
Now it's up to Cora to clear her rival's name, get her off the bestseller list, and trap the real killer, but she'd better do it fast, before the cops find out what Cora did, and she winds up facing more jail time than Minami.
Boasting an entertaining, fun-filled mystery, as well as several satisfying crossword and sudoku puzzles, The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku Lady from Parnell Hall's popular mystery series makes for a rollicking good read.


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Ogden • The City Council here got an earful about recent night-time warrants served by its police department and the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force, with many describing the police agencies as rogue and out of control.
More than a dozen critics from Ogden and elsewhere in the state spoke up Tuesday night. The often emotional pleas from the commenters repeatedly pointed to specific cases in Weber County where people were harmed or killed because of what they saw as overly aggressive tactics against people suspected of non-violent crimes.
Eric Hill was the subject of a botched search warrant served by Ogden police in December when officers came to his door at 2:30 a.m. with guns drawn, mistaking him for the wrong person.
Hill said the incident, in which he said he was handcuffed and his wife, Melanie, had a gun pointed in her face before police realized the mistake, has left his 4- and 10-year-old daughters traumatized. The 28-year-old electrician said that although he appreciated the apologies offered by police through newspaper articles, they were "a bit too late."
"The damage is done, the long-term effect on my children who knows what it's going to be," Hill said to the council.
Melanie Hill said she and her family had moved to Ogden, Eric's hometown, just six months before the warrant incident.
"I want to raise my kids in a safe environment, and to be victimized by the same people that you felt should have your back is horrific," she said.
"I know mistakes happen, but I have a 4-year-old and 10-year-old daughter, and they're traumatized."
Council members, who didn't offer any comment about the police issue, also heard from the family of Matthew David Stewart, an Ogden man who is on trial for the murder of Officer Jared Francom, a Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force agent who was killed in a shootout that ensued after officers served a "knock-and-announce" warrant on Stewart's residence on the night of Jan. 4, 2012. Stewart has since contended that he shot at the officers because he didn't know that the people storming his home after 8 p.m. that night were police. The U.S. Army veteran was suspected of growing marijuana plants in his home.
"It is not OK to bang on someone's door in the dark of night," said Sonja Stewart, Matthew David Stewart's mother. She blamed "sloppy investigations" by police for tragedies like the one that happened in her son's home.
"When government pushes too hard, the people push back," she said.
Michael Stewart, Matthew David Stewart's father, said his family has been "decimated" by what happened that night.
"We're still going through a lot of pain because of what happened to our son," he said. "We need the police, but we need police that are not so quick to use their weapons."
Some people urged the council to do away with serving the night-time warrants and to have the Ogden Police Department withdraw from the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force.
Matthew Stewart's brother-in-law, Jared Hone, said he was worried about the police in Ogden "running rogue," but also doubted that the council could or would do anything about it.
"I don't believe you have the power to change anything," he said. "As a father, I'm scared to defend my home now, because if the cops see me with anything in my hands, I could be shot."
The turnout at the council meeting was spurred in part by the Salt Lake City-based group, the Utah Liberty Institute, which took to Facebook in the days before the meeting to encourage people to attend and speak out. A handful of people who spoke drove up from Salt Lake, criticizing local police not only about the Eric Hill and Matthew David Stewart incidents, but about a 2010 case in Roy in which agents from the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Task Force shot and killed Todd Blair after they came inside a home on a "no-knock" drug-related warrant. Helmet-mounted camera footage of the shooting shows police gunning down Blair after he came out of a bedroom with a golf club raised over his head.
Patrick Powers, the president of the Utah Liberty Institute, told the council that these cases are making people afraid to defend their homes in the middle of the night.
"If someone comes to an individual's home at 2:30 in the morning, the reasonable thing to do … is to grab the nearest object, preferably a loaded gun," Powers said at the meeting. "Two-thirty in the morning is not the time that gentlemen come to knock."
Ogden Mayor Mike Caldwell said he appreciated hearing from those who spoke Tuesday night and said his office was having the police investigate the Eric Hill incident. In an interview the day before the meeting, Caldwell said his office had no direct authority over the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force and would not direct any investigation into the Stewart or Blair cases, which both involved the strike force.
"I, too, am the father of young daughters, and we take this very seriously," Caldwell said. "Nobody wants to see these things happen."
Outside the chambers, Eric and Melanie Hill said they doubted city officials would take any action on their concerns.
"I feel like it was false," Eric Hill said of Caldwell's comments. "I'm confident it's not going to change."
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The eternal triangle of a girl, a boy, and a telephone is portrayed by Ted Ludlow, Alice Huffman, and
the ol' black box, courtesy of Alexander Graham. The featured event under consideration is the banquet,
of course.
the CLARION
Volume XXXIV — No. 17
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, May 15, 1958
JC Honors
Six Seniors
Convo Set For 28th
Dvirnak, Otterness
Take Top Honors
Sems Elect Larson And Erickson-
Will Lead Classes Next Year
Peter Larson, middleman, and Ed Erickson, junior, will lead their
seminary classes next year.
Besides Peter next year's senior class officers will be Dick Westby,
vice-president; Dick Reed, secretary; and Clair Cable, treasurer.
Vice-president of the middlemen next year will be George Baxter.
Clyde Rogers will be secretary-treasurer.
Senior representative to semin-ary
council and therefore council
president will be Dick Ottoson.
Chosen middleman representative
is Glenn Ogren.
Warren Nelson and Bob Fryck-holm
were chosen to represent
their classes on the chapel com-mittee.
This committee works with
Dean Omark to plan the daily
Committee chairmen chosen in
the all-seminary election were:
Nils Friberg, chapel committee;
Bob Frykholm, social committee;
and Marvin Anderson, theological
discussion committee.
Bethel's six top graduates at-tended
the 21st Annual College
Court of Honor banquet sponsored
by the St. Paul Junior Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday evening.
George Dvirnak, Sylvia Jackson,
Betty Ohlin, Beverly Otterness,
June Sparling, and Phil Van De
Voorde attended this banquet at
the St. Paul hotel.
Val Bjornson, Minnesota's at-torney
general, was the speaker.
Graduates honored were fram
St. Paul's six major colleges:
Bethel, College of Law, Hamline,
Macalester, St. Catherine, and St.
Musical May
Five Recitals
To Be Given
Five recitals have been sched-uled
by the music department for
the remainder of May.
Tomorrow a voice recital will
be given by Wendy Wikholm, so-prano,
and William MacKinney,
Highlights during the program
will be "The Trumpet Shall Sound,"
from the Messiah, "My Journey's
End," "Hear Ye, Israel" from the
Elijah, and "Roll, Jordan, Roll."
A Piano recital will be present-ed
by John A. Anderson assisted
by Joyce Eagan and Roberta
Smith, duo-pianists, on Imlay 20.
John will play a group of Chopin
and selections by Rachmaninoff
and d'Falla.
Ron Eckert will present a senior
voice recital on May 26. His wife,
Carol, will accompany him.
Music students will give a gen-eral
piano, organ, and voice recital
on May 27.
Sylvia Jackson, contralto, will
present her senior recital May 29.
Bud Malmsten will assist.
has announced that cheerlead-ing
tryouts will be held in the
fieldhouse on the evening of
May 20.
Two cheerleaders will be
chosen at this time stated Don
Sension, chairman of the Ath-letic
council. The remaining
cheerleaders will be picked at
the beginning of next year.
Valedictorians of the college and
seminary will be giving their
valedictory addresses at the hon-ors
convocation on Wednesday,
May 28.
George Dvirnak and Beverly Ot-terness
are college valedictorian
and salutatorian, having attained
a 2.93 and a 2.58 honor point ratio,
Graduates of the senior college,
junior college, and seminary and
the faculty wearing academic
gowns will be included in the pro-cessional
preceding the convoca-tion.
Scholarships will be awarded at
the program.
Valedictorian, George Dvirnak,
has completed his senior college
work in three years and two quar-ters.
George has a history major,
a philosophy minor, and a soc-iology
teaching minor.
After seminary, he plans to be
a rural minister.
Lundquists To
Honor Seniors
Saturday evening, May 24th,
President Carl Lundquist and his
wife will serve as host and host-ess
to the 101 graduating seniors
of the college and seminary at
their home.
The informal, open house occas-ion
is scheduled for 7:30 to 9:30.
Guests will be served light refresh-ments
and have a social gathering
with the president and his wife
as well as other members on the
board of education.
This annual event is the Lund-quists'
way of extending congratu-lations
to the graduates.
At Bethel, George has sung in
the chapel choir, worked on the
Spire, been president of the pre-seminary
students association and
treasurer of the Student Senate.
In Killdeer, N. D., George was
valedictorian of his high school
He has a wife, Florence, and two
children, Paul and Mary Ruth.
Salutatorian of the college grad-uating
class is Beverly Otterness,
of St. Paul.
Beverly has a major in sociology
and a minor in anthropology and
social work.
According to Beverly her tenta-tive
future plans include graduate
work in social work at either the
University of Minnesota or the
University of Denver. She is also
considering a job as policewoman
or county welfare work.
Beverly has been a choir member
for three years. She has also been
the business manager of the Spire
for two years.
Senate Votes
On Bermuda
The big problem of bermudas
was one step closer to being re-solved
following- a Student SenaL.
meeting Tuesday evening.
The Senate passed a resolution
which should aid in the adoption
of a realistic policy towards ber-mudas.
The motion makes a dis-tinction
between "formal" ber-mudas
which can be worn at all
times and the playclothes - type
bermudas which should be treated
under the same ruling as girls
Gornitzka To Speak
A. Reuben Gornitzka, pastor of
Central Lutheran church of Min-neapolis,
will be main speaker at
the seminary spring banquet.
The semi-formal banquet honor-ing
graduating seniors will be held
at Brooklyn Center Baptist church,
on May 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Theme for the banquet will be
"The Heavenly Vision" taken from
Acts 26:19.
Bethel's top graduates gather for a group portrait in Bodien resi-dence.
Sylvia Jackson, Betty Ohlin, June Sparling, and Phil Van De
Voorde pause for the camera before hitting the books again. Missing
scholars are valedictorian, George Dvirnak, and salutatorian, Beverly
Faculty Adds Three Ph. D's
Will Teach In College, Sem
In chapel tomorrow there will
be announced three new faculty
members hired for the school year
1958-'59. They are Robert Mounce,
Olaf Olsen, and Lawrence H. Star-key
who will be teaching in the
fields of Bible, history, and phil-osophy
ROBERT MOUNCE received his
Ph.D. in New Testament language
and literature from the University
of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland.
He is also a graduate of the Uni-versity
of Washington and from
Fuller Theological seminary with
highest honors.
Dr. Mounce has had experience
teaching high school. He taught
Greek exegesis at Fuller Theologi-cal
seminary. He was formerly pro-gram
director of a radio station in
Guatemala City.
At Bethel his duties will consist
of teaching Bible in the college
and elementary Greek in the sem-inary.
OLAF OLSEN received his Ph.D.
in history from the University of
Colorado. He is also a graduate of
Eastern Baptist Theological semin-ary.
Dr. Olsen taught college for
seven years in West Virginia and
in the public schools in Colorado.
He has also been a Baptist pastor.
He will have charge of the fresh-men
history program at Bethel
and help in the senior independent
study prorgam. He will also teach
church history in the college.
LAWRENCE H. STARKEY will
receive his Ph.D. in philosophy of
science from the University of
Southern California this summer.
He received his B.A. with honors
from the University of Louisville
and also graduated from Southern
Baptist Theological seminary.
Mr. Starkey has taught philoso-phy
at Los Angeles Baptist sem-inary
and in the evening school at
the University of California. He
has been research specialist and
script writer for the Moody Insti-tute
of Science Films.
He will teach philosophy and a
course in astronomy and geology
at Bethel.
Banquets Set For Saturday
Promising Programs Slated
Both the Junior-Senior and Freshman-Sophomore banquets are
scheduled for this Saturday.
The Robert Anderson string quartet from the Minneapolis sym-phony
orchestra will provide a program of classical, semi-classical,
novelty, and sacred selections for the J. S.
Two violins, a viola, and cello compose the ensemble.
U.S. choice prime ribs of beef
head the menu for the banquet at
Lowell Inn, starting at 8 p.m. Jack
Tierney will M. C.
Turkey will be served at the F-S
in the Continental room of the
Normandy motel.
For the second consecutive year,
Rev. Peter Unruh, pastor at
Wooddale Baptist church in Min-neapolis,
will M. C.
Dick Anthony, the Soul's Har-bor
TV ensemble and harpist Mar-gorie
Lagerwelm will furnish the
music. George Wilson of the Billy
Graham Evangelistic association
will speak.
The banquet will begin at 7 p.m.
Miss Sabel ponders the Scriptures
Page 2
the CLARION
Thursday, May 15, 1958
Letters To The Editor
Why Not A Tomte For Bethel?
Dear Editor,
I want to help your college (and I want a master).
Bethel needs a creature. Across the country colleges have gophers,
badgers, bulldogs, cougars, razorbacks, cowboys, lumberjacks, etc. (I am
told Moscow students keep a dwarfish capitalist). Bethel has a name—
the Royals—respectable, pleasant and generally useful, but not inspir-ing
to student imaginations. Bethel has no symbolic creature that can
express a wide range of moods and aspirations for all manner of oc-casion.
In the old country, in the Scandinavian peninsula, there is a creature
that lives in the forests, in caves, and under bridges. It has unusual
powers. It rewards well doing and plays pranks on evil doers. It is in
turn fierce, kind, bluff, subtle, courageous, and impish. It dresses pic-turesquely
and has a characteristic physiagnomy. It is the TOMTE!
Bethelians, adopt this remarkable creature for your mascot! It will
symbolize the European background transplanted into the melting pot of
American education. It will proliferate in decor, themes, skits, picturi-zation,
and moods. It will be the most original, unimitative, and imagina-tive
mascot among American colleges. In deference to a respectable
title, it can be "the Royal Tomte," and Bethelians in general can be
"the Royal Tomtes" (or Tomtelians).
From under a big rock where I keep a collection of Vikings' ears,
I beg to be yours,
A (lonely) Tomte
Are Facilities Really To Blame?
Dear Editor:
The editorial in the last CLARION which accuses our auditorium
facilities of being tragic, deteriorating, ridiculous appearing, incon-gruous,
far-fetched, and unbelievable, is one of the most disgusting
dodges of reality I have ever read. I believe the real tragedy is not
our facilities, but rather in the brazen indifference of the student body.
We think it's all right to wait until the last minute to complete
plans for a program.
We think it's all right to come late or to completely miss rehearsals
for one inadequate reason or another.
We think it's all right to neglect fully memorizing our part be-cause
we can always count on the prompter.
We think it's all right to do away with at least two complete re-hearsals
with costumes, props, lighting, curtains, and makeup.
We dismiss all the above necessities and flippantly attack our
facilities. True, our facilities are not what we would like them to be.
We have much to desire. However, until our programs can reach up to
the caliber of our facilities, we have no cause to complain.
How long can we as a student body continue to piously drool, "And
whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the
Lord Jesus . . ." and then fail to do our best?
by John Decosse
Silence came, and fell
On the black-veiled group at the pit.
The coffin was lowered to rest.
The few turned and were gone.
Two gravediggers filled in the hole
And talked of final things.
"Alfred P. Donnelly, huh?
Too bad," said the first to his mate.
"Yeah! Who'll win the pennant this year."
NOW WE CAN GIVE THEMA REAL TES T, Mi56 FAI38—YESTR -"
Never has so much been done
by so few for so little to misquote
Sir Winston. This statement is an
allusion of sorts to the situation
of last week-end, specifically the
tremendous campus response to the
junior class play.
It was an interesting little pro-duction—
well-staged, well-coached,
and for an all-student production,
amazingly well-performed. In fact
the audience, if so few can be call-ed
"audience," responded through-out
the performance with great
spirit as though they were enjoy-ing
the play.
WHY THEN was the audience
so limited? The play was reason-ably
well-advertised: announce-ments
had been placed in churches,
posters were up on campus, and
there had even been a front-page
story in the CLARION.
Yet the total two-night atten-dance
did not exceed 150. And
many of these were people not in
any way connected with the col-lege.
It is entirely possible that
less than 100 students, faculty,
and staff members attended. This
seems appalling.
THE CAST sacrificed to learn
their parts, gave up other more
enjoyable pursuits in order to re-hearse
(twice-a-day during the
final week) and generally made a
total effort to perform creditably.
Others were involved in major
work-attempts; those who worked
on staging, lighting, prompting,
costuming, make-up, and advertis-ing
expended much energy in or-der
to complete their duties in
It appears that their efforts
were in vain. Few members of the
Bethel "family" had sufficient in-terest
to cross the campus to the
fieldhouse and view the proceed-ings.
keep off the grass we need pencil
sharpeners in the college building
A Statement
Of Purpose
(Ed. note : This statement was
submitted to the CLARION by
Gaynor Moline, president of next
year's senior class.)
If it is true that our colleges
and universities are our "chief
centers of propaganda" (and I
believe that it is), and that while
they abhor indoctrination, stress
teaching and talk much about ob-jectives
and open-mindedness, they
are in reality either explicitly or
implicitly propounding a partisan
point of view—usually opinions
and views formed in childhood and
youth or a reaction against such
opinions and views; then it is the
special responsibility of the Chris-tian
institution of higher educa-tion
to promote and sustain a
genius loci conducive to unhindered
propagation of the Biblical claims
of Jesus Christ as interpreted by
historic evangelical Christianity
and their relation to the social,
political, ethical and religious prob-lems
of our generation and all
succeeding generations.
With this belief and an acute
awareness of the confidence placed
in me by my fellow classmates, I
shall endeavor under the guidance
of God to do my part in leading
the senior class of 1959 into a full
realization of its unique mission-ary,
witness, example and leader-ship
2000 Students Later--
The afternoon sun shining in the west windows of the seminary
building adds its cheerfulness to that which is already in room 204.
Bright curtains frame the windows, a gay painting hangs on the wall
and African violets bloom on the window ledges. Over the desk a quiet
black and white picture of Christ is the focal point of the room. This
office reflects the personality of its occupant, Miss Esther Sabel, pro-fessor
of Religious Education in
the seminary and assistant pro-fessor
of Bible in the college.
when Miss Sabel first came to
Bethel, she wrote to a friend, "I
may not be in heaven yet, but I'm
right next door." Since that time
she has had over 2000 students in
her classes. Still she says that no
one is happier than she and Bethel
remains her first love.
Before coming to Bethel, Miss
Sabel had served as principal and
taught English at the public school
in Parker's Prairie, Minn.
At Bethel, Miss Sabel has taught
14 courses in areas of Bible, church
history, evangelism, Greek and re-ligious
education. She says that
the knowledge that she is giving
consecrated young people material and help that they will be using in
the Lord's work is very rewarding. Her great joy is working with these
WHEN DIPLOMAS ARE GIVEN out and degrees granted this
spring, Miss Sabel will be graduating, too. But she says that being
65 isn't such a horrible fate. At her home in Michigan which is now
called "Dunteachin" she plans to do some writing, read, entertain (all
Bethel people are welcome), spend much time in Bible study, and even
do some informal teaching.
Crisis In The Kingdom
by Ian Paterson
Once upon a time there was a happy kingdom in the beautiful land
of Latania. One day the wise old judge retired so the king appointed
a new young magistrate to take his place. The young man, however,
soon showed his inexperience when he handed out two mandates which
became known generally as the "Maladroit Mandates." These made the
people of this happy land restless.
The cold season was approaching, and to protect themselves better
from the cold the Latanians bought a new type of apparel introduced
from the neighboring kingdom of Boomadi. Since this innovation reached
to their feet it acquired the name—Boomadi longs. The citizens were
happy over this for it made them feel much more comfortable.
The young magistrate, who was steeped in the tradition of the
kingdom, had never seen such things before, and at once handed out
another mandate which read "No one shall be allowed to wear Boomadi
longs on the Common."
The Latanians were aroused by this. "I have to cross the Common
twice a day. This means I'll have to carry a pair of shorts around with
me." "This is a breach of the fourth freedom of the King's Law—freedom
to dress." "I eat my weekly ice cream cone there. It'll get awfully cold
without the longs."
A citizen's council was formed and met with some Royal Court
servants to ask their opinions.
"Well," said the economist, "I'm afraid that when the news gets
around there will be a decline in next year's tourist trade."
"Oh, we won't be putting this in our advertising brochure," put in a
printer from the Royal Chamber of Cammerce.
The Royal artist then spoke. "The longs are very beautiful because
they are not inhibited in their use of color as are the everyday shorts."
"Looking at this from a historical viewpoint it is not hard to see
that in a continuation of such judicial action can lead to revolution,"
said the historian.
"Yes," added the psychologist, "suppressed action will lead to
frustration, and frustration leads to aggression."
"Folks would wear them for spite," the Court parvenu bumbled.
The poet laureate also spoke. "Come rain or shine, at work or play,
long longs should be here to stay!"
Great applause greeted these words of wisdom administered with
such depth of feeling, but the chairman cut in, "Good people, there is
but one answer. We must petition, and when we have petitioned we
must maintain an effective lobby in the Court."
aa'ote 9teattated,
As I stand here, staring at my bookshelf, I see only one book. On
its cover is written, A HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
I despise this book. I would like very much to crush its cover in a
way that would leave it without the ability to be rigid again. I would
enjoy immensely striking a match and lighting each and every glossy
These two thoughts take me back to another book with a stiff
cover and glossy pages. This book contains some 3300 pictures of stu-dents,
It has pictures of happiness.
Something happens to me and a responsive chord is struck some-where
down deep. I'm reminded of the wonders of education and its
manifold possibilities. I am strengthened. I could do anything. I must
do something. In elation I clutch this book . . . this "despised" book.
Something wells up in my heart. I clutch this book to me, and throwing
caution to the wind, I run down the hallway shouting to the roof-tops!!!
. . . for a match.
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Page 3
Olson Leads / Captures 3
Cindermen In Hexagon
by Chuck Elven
As captain for the Royal cindermen, Ron Olson has proven to be
the apt leader and hard worker that his captaincy requires. Much of
the team success can be attributed to Ron, said Coach Fritz in a locker
room conflab.
In a recent intersquad hexagon (six events) Ron captured 52 points,
with firsts in the 880, 440, 100, and took seconds in the high jump and
broad jump.
When regular meets are being held Ron runs one leg of Bethel's
exceptionally fast mile-relay team.
Big Becker also took three firsts in the hexagon, winning the high
jump, broad jump, and shot put. Following on his heels were Al Carlson
and Ron Brisson with 42 1/2 and 41 points, respectively.
No Pitchee, No Hittee
As you all know, Les Borms has a fine grasp of the ridiculous. It
appeared ridiculous to him one day when he stood on the mound facing
B. A. Thorsen, a ferocious power hitter of Augsburg, whose bare arms
rippled as he squeezed sawdust out of his bat. Thorsen glared at Borms.
Jerry Oas, Mr. Borms' catcher, signaled for the fast ball. Les shook
his head. Curve ball ? Borms said no. Change of pace ? A solemn shake
of his head. Finally, Oas walked out to the mound.
"All right," he said, "what do you want to throw?" "Nothing,"
replied Mr. Borms. "Let's just stand here and maybe he'll get mad and
go away."
That battery should have camped on the mound for a night or
two. Mr. Thorsen sent the next pitch 310 feet on a line over the left
field fence to give he and eight others a 4-3 victory.
The Needle
It was a beautiful sight to see our mile-relay team out ahead by
40 yards at the finish last week at Gustavus Adolphus college . . . Bill
Halverson of River Falls, who heads their golf squad, turned in a 66
against the Royals at Como where par is 70. Bill won the pro-amateur
at Keller last summer. Still wonder why Bethel has dropped its two
matches to River Falls? ? ? . . . Most improved trackster over last year
is Al Carlson who has cut four seconds off the 440, his specialty .. .
Why did Silky Sullivan lose the derby? His jockey weighed in at 275
pounds. You don't believe me? ? ? . .. Coach Fritz ain't in shape! He
ran a 31 second 220 and nearly collapsed. Comparison: Jim Jackson
runs it in 23 seconds (he is in shape) . . Just wondering — after
leading in the 880 in an intersquad meet, he was passed in the final
few yards and after a bit of calculating decided to finish the race via
walking—that wasn't you, was it H. N.? ? ? . Any pole vaulter of
potentiality who reads this bit of nothingness—the spot is wide open
at ole Bethel—beings that we don't have one . . . Musial is hitting .500.
Last year Williams hit a paltry .399 and they both had broken shoulders
the season before. Also, a little fellow named Mantle flailed away at
.365 with two bum legs . . . Your boys are too healthy, Lundin . . . Will
R. N. Marion be busy the next few days? ? ? Art Erickson has changed
his mind about walking a mile for a camel, since turning out for track.
Who needs to ride camels when you're in shape, he says—Got that
one? ? ? The hydroplanes are on Lake Chelan (Washington).
On Friday, the 23rd, Bethel's track, tennis,
and golf teams will compete in a Badger-Gopher
series. Teams will leave at 1 p.m., Thursday, for
Lakeland in Sheboygan, Wis.
Racket Squad Tops Another
As Roylas Subdue Augsburg
by Chuck Adelsman
Bethel's improving tennis team defeated a always tough Augsburg
squad in a close 4 to 3 decision here last Friday.
Singles were won by number
one man Benert and Graham mov-ed
into number three position after
Tegenfeldt was unable to play be-cause
of an injured ankle.
Sension and Turnquist teamed
up with Benert and Graham re-spectively
for the winning matches
in doubles.
After losing their first match
of the season to Northwestern,
the Royal tennis men have come
back with three straight wins in-cluding
victories over Northwest-ern,
Concordia, and Augsburg.
With two meets left before the
May 23 conference meet at Lake
Co-captain Don Sension smashes land the prospects look good for a
serve in Northwestern match very successful tennis season.
Bethel Hosts In Dual Meet-
To Run Against Concordia
by Al Carlson
Bethel's next meet is with Con- in something new to him, the broad
cordia college. It is to start at 3 jump.
p.m. tomorrow at Alexander Ram- Jim Jackson made a 20 foot
sey high school. seven and one-half inch leap for a
Last Friday the Bethel track second in the broad jump (4
squad met their toughest competi- points).
tion, thus far, at Gustavus Adol- Another Bethel first was the
phus college in St. Peter. It was 100 yard dash with Jim Jackson
the second road trip for the squad out a tie with an Augsburg sprin-this
year. ter. Ron Olson nailed down a third
The host, Gustavus, racked up a behind the two first place fin-total
of 70 points, Augsburg col- ishers. "Beard" Purcell garnered
lected 52, St. Thomas (whom the a fifth in this event.
squad had previously beaten) to- The team was short two distance
taled 42 points and Bethel assem- men. Denny Nerstad stepped in
bled 37. and ran the grueling mile for a
Don Becker starred for the day fifth place.
with a 15 point personal total. He To wind up the 78 degree day
took the shot put at 43 feet two was the traditional mile relay.
inches (5 points) and the discus Four quarter milers, Ron Olson,
throw with a 132 foot toss (5 Neil Christenson, Al Carlson and
points). Big Don also took a sec- Jim Jackson clipped off a 3:42.9
and in the high jump (4 points) race for another victory in their
and wound up the day with a fifth favorite.
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Luther, Conc.
Tomorrow the Bethel nine leave
for their last game away. After
playing Luther they will return
to close the season in a contest
with Concordia. The Royals lost to
Concordia 14-13 in a previous ef-fort;
the game deciding run was
walked in after the sacks had been
loaded on an error and two passes.
The last tilt will be played at
MacMurray field in Como park
and will start at 3 p.m.
In past games the blue and gold
lost to Concordia, 14-13; lost to
River Falls, 13-5; lost to North-western,
6-5; beat Eau Claire, 9-2;
split with Bethany, losing, 7-6;
winning, 18-3.
Bethel 'Hogans
Capture 3 Of 5
Last Thursday Davies and com-pany
smothered their cross town
rival, Northwestern, on Como golf
course, 11 1/2 31/2.
Davies shot his usual fine game,
coming in this time with a 78.
Rounding out the contingent were
Stolte, Green, Samuelson, and El-ven.
This is the third victory in five
matches for the Royals. Luther,
Concordia, and Northwestern were
all decisively defeated while Beth-el's
two losses were both to an
exceptionally strong River Falls
In last year's encounter, the track squad was
nosed out of a league championship by a half point
by Lakeland..
Our sprint men have looked good all season
and should capture their share of
Don Becker, who holds the shot
put and discus records for the
league, is much improved and will
probably dominate these two
events again. Don has added the
broad jump and high jump to his
Bethel's mile-relay team which
won last year is expected to repeat.
Sension, Benert, Graham, and
Tegenfeldt, comprise our tennis
foursome. It is nearly the same
team that placed second last year
to Northwestern. In this year's
competition the two schools have
split their matches.
Dave Davies took a second in
last year's play behind a non-league
man. If the other three
men have good days along with
Davies' consistent play, the boys
could come out on top.
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Council Members Chosen
By 4 Senate Appointees
Positions on next year's coun-cils
have been partially filled. The
remaining members will be select-ed
next fall.
Athletic council chairman, Don
Sension, has picked Don Becker,
Sheila Compton, and Paul Hack-man
to serve on his council. A
cheerleader and a freshman will
be selected in the fall.
Ronn Veenker, chairman of the
cultural council, has selected
Thelma Fredrickson as secretary-treasurer
and has placed Terry
Benz and Ann Friberg in charge
of art-administration and co-or-dination.
An advisor and a repre-sentative
from the art, drama, and
music clubs will be chosen next
Bob Ricker, chairman of the re-ligious
council has chosen six coun-cil
members. They are Bruce Leaf-blad,
vice-chairman and treasurer;
Lynn Weaver, secretary; Dick Ol-son,
gospel team chairman; and
Lois Bradshaw and Clyde Thomas,
committee for Wednesday nights.
Roger Erickson, F.M.F. president,
is an automatic representative.
Chairman of the social council,
Stu Luckman has picked six peo-ple
to work with him. They are
Pam Everburg, Elaine Johnson,
Elloa Lenning, Denny Nerstad,
Phil Peterson, and Ginny Weisp-fenning.
Two additional members
will be chosen.
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Miss Nelson
To Give Tea
For Germans
An afternoon tea has been plan-ned
by Miss Effie Nelson, and will
be held at her home on Sunday,
May 18.
All members of the German club
and Miss Nelson's German classes
together with their friends or
families are invited to attend. The
new officers of the Bodien dorm
council and B.W.A. are also invited
to this tea.
Miss Nelson's home will be open-ed
for all invited to drop in and
chat from 2:30 to 5:30. Her ad-dress
is 407 N. Aldine.
Lawrence VanHeerden, seminary
senior, was ordained last Friday
at Central Baptist church in St.
Following the presentation of
his doctrinal statement and a per-iod
of questioning, Lawrence was
unanimously elected to the min-istry
by the ordination council.
This action grants him official
recognition by the church for the
rights and privileges of the min-istry.
President Carl Lundquist gave
the ordination sermon on the
meaning of the crucifixion and res-urrection
for the believer.
Dr. Anton Pearson, seminary
professor gave the charge to the
candidate, and Edwin Omark, dean
of the seminary, presented a dual
charge: to Central Baptist church
and to the church in Virginia,
Minn., to which Lawrence has ac-cepted
a call.
Rev. Walfred Johnson, pastor of
Bethany Baptist church in St.
Paul, prayed the ordination prayer.
Forty-three delegates represent-ing
21 churches composed the or-dination
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Thursday, May 15, 1958
Roger Erickson Moline, Graham, Linden
To Head FMF Voted Class Presidents
dent, Hi-C president, basketball,
and track.
His executive committee is made
up of Ed Tegenfeldt, vice-presi-dent;
Inez Welch, secretary; and
Ian Paterson, treasurer. Q. T.
Smith will be advisor.
CARL LINDEN, from Bremer-ton,
Washington, is the new sopho-more
class president. During this
school year, Carl has worked as a
member of the social council and
played on the football team.
In high school, Carl was student
body president, president of Hi-C,
and a football player.
Working with him in sophomore
class planning next year will be
Conrad Lundberg, vice-president;
Judith Goddard, secretary; and
JoAnne Hudson, treasurer.
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be president of Foreign Missions
Fellowship next year.
A son of missionaries under the
American Baptist Foreign Misssion
society, Roger has spent fourteen
years in India.
In high school in India Roger
was Christian Endeavor president
one semester and a church council
member for two semesters.
Other officers elected were John
Tyberg, vice-president; Gay Feiler,
secretary; and Jan Lindquist,
The final meeting of FMF will
be held Thursday, May 22, at 7
p.m. in the seminary chapel.
Gaynor Moline, Dick Graham,
and Carl - Linden have been elected
as presidents of the three return-ing
Gaynor Moline from Stanchfield,
Minn., is next year's senior class
president. His campus activities
include Greek club and Pre-semin-ary
AT PRESENT GAYNOR advises
the college age youth group at
Lake Park Baptist church. He has
directed a youth group in his home
church, Springvale Baptist, and
served as president of his high
school Christian Fellowship club.
Philosophy is his major.
Other senior class officers are
Roger Holm, vice-president; Carol
Leafblad, secretary; and John A.
Anderson, treasurer.
DICK GRAHAM will be presi-dent
of the junior class for the
coming year. Since attending
Bethel, Dick has participated in
basketball and tennis.
During his high school years in
Olympia Fields, Ill., Dick's activi-ties
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