Bethel Academy - Bethannual Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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1924 - T he Betlzamzual by 1924 OLIVIA JOHNSON VIEIVIORIAL 'VIISSIONARY MOVEMENT rl he fDllX13 oh11so11 XIen1or1al XIISSIOIIAIW Nlox eme11t w as begun III 1970 bx the facultx a11d students of Bethel Academx as the name 1nd1cates Th1s moxe 111e11t IS a 1nen1or1al to our dearlx belox ed alumna Olw 1a ohnson whose name and work as a n11ss1onerx 19 know II to all Swedlsh Baptlsts Xl1ss ohnson s eh1ldhood hon1e was Ill Bhkmge Sweden Here she was bor11 and here she grew up 1nto n1a1denhood Xt fourteen 1 ears of age she found esus as her Sax lor Two 1 ears later she w as baptxzed a11d JOIIICLI the church IX hlle xerx xoung, OIIXIH w as zealous IH the serx 1ee of the Lord telhngr others to a greater serwce a11d responded 1mn1ed1atelx Ohua set sall for Amemca to obta1n the neeessarx educat1o11 to equ1p herself for her God chosen xocat1o11 She entered tl1e XX ome11 s Baptlst XIISSIOIISIW Trammg School of Chrcago After the Corr1plet1on of her course she spent sex eral tears as a Home XIISSIOIIHFX Ill kansas Feehng more eertam than exer that the Lord was calhng her to the forelgn field OllXlE1 came to Bethel to complete her CLIUCHUOII Here she sur mounted 1nnun1erable d1ff1cult1es XXlI'lI11I1g the loxe and adm1rat1on of the CIIUTC Bethel famllw After graduatlng w1th the class of 1911 she apphed to the I.'OfC1gI1 XIISSIOIIHFX Board to be sent to Congo Xfr1ca But th1s she was refused for as xet tl1e board could not send unn1arr1ed won1en to that countrx She w as adused to go to the Ph1l1pp1nes rnstead I11 the fall of l9l3 UllXl3 set sa1l for her field XI1ss oh11son s field of labor w as the Plllllpp1!1C Islands where she worked 111o 1 lox allx III her Xlaster s seruce That l1er worlt was IIOI 111 Xiilll ls prox ed bx 64 ' 1 1 1 -t ig. J ' . ' .I F , ' - ' V V S in 'Y, L v Y I . v I Y Y Y IY, - v. v x . vm Q 1 7 A about the blessed story. During this stage of early activity, sl1e l1eard the call v ' , - 1 u v . - 1 - u I I , ,' ' , , K. , - , . Y ' - I Y. N 17 1 N . .Q - , , 1 I . .I I I .I 7 I -I ' s 1 1 . . 3 ' . . . ,

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1924 - T he Betlzannual - 1924 SILDI XI UDL XCII onlsl I nts Rm Ht XXILKSIRXND xlu Ulssox HR , 1 r Ill Srfrflarx THE STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Lounul ls Composed of represcntatlxes from Lath Llilss thru irom thc SCITIOIAS tno from the Jumor sophomore and freshman classes and ont from the LOTHIHLFCIHT department lhls bodx rs elcttcd bx the students to solxt matters ptrtalnlng to studcnt gmunment of thc Xtadcmx Thu are to ttltc nr and LllSLLlss thc Xc1IlULlb phases of attlxltx and to brxng ICLOI1lH1CllL.1'lII0llw for tht tclrntnt mf tht stlool h t btfcrt tm atultx 0 III t L C trc stutt npr UFILIIIIIX to xotc thur approxd s Ll nt 1 s mu to L slttcss u t untou vtct x tu mst I 1 3 Q c tn 1 in I' l, 1 ION Ql V ,Q C, , Q .Xu 'L 'I' l'lclu: l'rr,f1'1fr11l IU! I' rf'l'rr1 ' -' Tf'f'!lA'll7'f'f A . ' ' R- s -,- , x J s , -I ' , - 2 - 3 hcl ' ' Fl lf' ' V' I ' f ' Wh ' urn jix' I S l'nts N ' 1' ' ' f' 1, Thi: rn'l 11 lab pr '-1 h' CL l, ani 1 1 -ll,-, I -I sys cm uf glJYCI'l1H1Cl1I for s howl rf hs k'ntl.

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fb 192-l T he Betlzamzual 1924 f 1 the 1nan1 souls that were won and the test1n1on1es of her fellow workers Xfter h1e 1ears of hard 11orl1 111 the Ph1l1pp1ne Islands Xllss ohnson returned to tl1e L 111ted States to get more tra1n1ng 111 order that she Hlliglll better ser1e the lord It 11 as durmg th1s 11s1t th xt she became s1cl1 w1tl1 1nflue111a and Ill anuar1 1919 C11 d sa11 ht to tal1e llCI l1on1e Un her death bed Xl1ss ohnson uttered these 11o1ds e11 tl1ree II1 1111 plaee Her 1eart was st1 III the Ph11 p1nes 111 when she eould 11ot go l1e1self sl1e wanted otl1ers to to 111tl1 the gospel Illess xte XX1 llllljl to llOI1fJI tl1e INLIINJIX of Xhss cbllklii ohnson a11d w1sh1n5, to ll1NL a tltlllllfi. part III fo1e1g11 llll5NlUll 11orl1 11 hleh she l1'1N so 111terested 111 tl1e 1t11de11ts lllel f.1eult1 of Betl1el xl.dtlLIllX o1g1111leel tl1e Ol111a ohnson Xle1nor1alNl1ss1on111 Xlo1 en1ent Xt the present t1n1e tl1e Xlo1 en1e11t 18 plannmg to seleet a Cho1Ce I1UINlX.l of at proprlate bool1sfo1 tl1e l1brar1 III the Ph1l1pp1nes Sueh a l1brar1 111ll hll a g1eat 11eed and be the Qouree of rnueh blessmg at the san1e t1n1e, lt w1ll eer1e as a IULIHO Ildl for Xllss Ql111a oh11so11 ll1e ofhcers Llllflllg tl1e past 1ear ha1e been Roger ll1Cl1strand pres1dent lllel Cyertrude ll esterdahl seeretar1 treasurer THE CLARIGN pages tppear the 11e11s of genual lllltfest also the lUlpOI'fclIlt LXCIIIS ofthe 1 lIlOL1 elasses and OIQQIIILJIIOIIS lt Is tl1e reeord of what happens ll Bethel Xtnong the 1eade1s are patents of stuelents and other fr1e11ds ol the sehool l l1L1S The Qlar10n ser1 es as 3lT1CLllL1I'Il betw een the parents ofthe1nst1tut1on as 11e as a source of 111forn1at1o11 to prospeet11e students rl he Ql3.I'lOI1 18 the students paper It 1s edlted b1 students a11d 1ts eolurnns a1e open for tl1e1r best wo1l1 lhe or1g1nal humor and tl1e local 111t l1dXL tllell ou1ee 111 tl1e halls of Betl1el Helpful art1eles on 1 dlltbtls phases ol l1fe b1 fae11lt1 members add real 1 alue llltl LllLZIllIX to the pape1 SV EA et 1el 1 1 se 100 llll de1e ow 1ts stue e11t 1 11 lea l1 1ne11ta 1 an pllll lldllX hxlllllll tl1e IL3lIll of Bethel se1 eral l1terar1 NOLlLllLS l1a1e been org1.11111ed One of the outstanehng l1te1ar1 soe1et1es of Bethel 18 Sxea 'Ih1s SOCICIX was OFL!8I1llCLl 111 l9l7 a11d has made a ren1arl1able progress both as to growth of IHCIII l7LINll1p and l1terar1 worl1 l11 Q1 ea ls g,11 e11 the UPPOIILIIHIX to get a hrst hand aequamtance 111th the S11ed1sh lanfvuage and 1l o to de1elop o11e lI1ILllCLIL1dl ab1l1t1 lll l1terar1 11o1l1 LXK se100ls ean boast o sueh .1 prog1ess11e fOI'LlgIl spe1l1111g l1terar1 assoe1a 1011 as 1e'a 1'111 tc ULII lo1elat1ers ll1e prog1an1s tlllllllj., the pa t XCAT h11e been 11ell attended tl1e student l1 11e showed QZICAI 111terest and LIlIllL1Nl3NII1 lll tl1e 11orl1 put forth l11 the annual S1 ea lDLLldIU2lIOI'X Qontest e11denee X135 3511 e11 that the SRX ed1 l1 language st1ll l11 es lll the hearts ot our bweehsh XIHCYILHII 1outl1 Carl Xnelerson 11 ls a11arded hrst LlCLlblOI1 Dora Larlson eecond ll hen Bethel offer these 11tal opportunmes ls II 11ot our dut1 to tr11e a 11e1e1 before to 1nal1e S1 ea a ueeess 111 the future I :-11 X --n :Qi .1 Q .1 Q Illlllllllllllllll III I ll IllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIlIllllllIIIIIlllllIIllIllllllllIllIHUllllIllIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIllllIllIllIHIlllllIllIlllllllIllIllI1IIIIIIIIIIIlfT1lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII lllllllllllllllllllllll ' U5 d 1' l- J ll lp d ' 1 A' x ' I 'N' x . i- x x S y 'A I k' lk'.'2 y I, Tin' fjfflflrllll is thc lllflllllllf' school paper of Bethel 1Xeatle1n1'. cjll its tw'el1'e K 1x- 2 1 1 1 1 1 -I ' 1 1x- Q Ks 1 ' I 1 1 B- 1 'Z -' S B'l- 'sas-l l la -'-l1s':1 l- s1l s 'l , ' lli' ds'- t' S' . Tlf les 1 -A l ' ' 1 - L1 4' , 1 I S - - C - 1 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 w 1 A- 1 5