Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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 Consent water, shower with a friend! It’s a Man s World According to my schedule. I should finish by Christ mas. When the Bethel male wanders in Edgren dorm at the first of the year, he conveys many emotional thoughts and feelings. There is the fear of being accepted, caused by confusion and anticipation of the upcoming year. But soon the mixed up emotions melt into the warmth and friendliness that Edgren is dedicated to. As a college student one has not lived until he has been through the trials of dorm life. One has to keep his temper when he is doused with water and is set on edge when completely covered with shaving cream. A person's nerves go to pieces when his roommate screams. Can wear your sports coat? One may get up to cold showers and go to class in shock or f ind the washers are not working when there is only one clean sock left. Dorm life goes beyond the limits of the building when it comes to Homecoming andSno-Daz. Then there is a rush for the girls, every man for himself. Rut at Nik-Dag everyone sticks together to get the one he wants. Everything is fair in love and war! A t Edgren great learning is taking place or so the professors think. As a student sits at his desk he feels crowded and beat, not being able to concentrate or think. But soon the answer comes to him and he goes to bed happy because he has written that last line. It is through the experience of getting and giving that makes dorm life necessary for the growth of the man. His fellow students depend on him just as he needs their friendship. Here he meets the friends that he may call his throughout the rest of his life.

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Dreams Approach Reality A woman's hw is never clone To enter or not — that is the question. Backed by controversy and impatience, the construction of Bethel's new dormitory continued on Arden Hill campus. The completion date was initially set for September, but due to weather and labor complications it was moved to November. Coeds scattered from South Minneapolis, the State Fairgrounds motel. Edgren Dorm. Eagle Manor and even-daily Seminary Village waited apprehensively for the move-in signal. Despite crowded conditions and lack of facilities, especially for the mote! residents, life settled down to a resemblance of routine by October. Routine consisted of such things as this overheard comment from a motel resident. I feel like I'm coming down with arthritis today. studied until three A.M. in the bathroom so wouldn't disturb my roommates.” Hopes would rise with each new notice from the administration stating that D-day had arrived. At last can unpack my suitcases and boxes.” Eve been wearing these two shirts for almost three months.” Then following each notice would be another notice with regrets that the construction company had encountered more complications. Meanwhile the Administrative Council was reviewing and discussing rents and rebates. Initially the new rent was to be higher than the other college residences. Reasons cited by Burton Wessman. vice-president of business affairs, were the difference in facilities” and bus service provided to the new residents. The reasons were promptly debated by the Clarion which staled: First, the majority of its future occupants did not ask to live there. Most students assigned to the new dorm requested housing on or near the campus. Secondly. it slated the inconvenience of living four miles off-campus should be taken into consideration. Consequently, the council reconsidered and the dormitory rents were set uniform with other college residents. Dr. Goodman. Director of Public Affairs, stated that the coed living encouraged a more normal social life with its common lounge as opposed to the formal and rigid life of separate dorms.' The fact that it is an experiment and something new for Bethel adds to the excitement of the new dorm. 18

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On the Outside Looking in Ask. and it shall be given you: seek, and ye shall find. A quiet night at home. A woman's dorm should be classified as one of the seven wonders of the modern world! Where else can the short, the tall, the skinny, the fat, the good, the bad and the uglies be sandwiched into matchbox rooms by twos, threes, and fours and learn to live in relative peace and harmony ? Dorm life is made up of gallons of giggles, tons of tears, and rugged R.A.s. Mad dashes to find free phones, roommates noisy alarm clocks, first to the sink races, and callers who always bu2Z when you are at your worst — dirty jeans, faded sweatshirts. borrowed knee socks, and the cherished safely pin. The gossip corners of did ya know? or the timid knocks that always bring the question do you have any ...? Friendships, mirrors, prayer meetings, pressed roses, mid-terms, hair spray, popcorn parties, snowballs, guitars, typewriters, and constant pranks. And of course, the cry of Mom. have you got some change? Each room is a conglomeration of The Louvre. Grand Central Station. and Time Square on New Years Eve! Pictures, old dolls, apple cores, perfume bottles, stuffed animals, broken heaters, wet nylons, curlers, love letters and wall to wall girls. This is a time of growth and sharing. Giving of yourself to every problem. Always being ready to listen and lend a shoulder. Learning to live with other people s idiosyncrasies. Tests of patience and honesty. Remembering the Golden Rule and also God's eternal love. 20