Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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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

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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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 Gonna wash that man right out of my hair. Id' really love to go out with you tonight but 21