Bethel Academy - Bethannual Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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9 TI-IXY as Sophomores It seemed good to be a lrttle Sophomore Nothrng spectacular happened thrs year although we had our good trmes as a class and managed to retarn the laurels won whrle Freshmen Fall wrnter and sprrng passed ev amrnatrons were successful and thus the second year elapsed After many days of wrshrng our yacatron at an end we returned a thrrd trme but thrs trme as proud Junrors Thrs year we made close obseryatron of the Senrors actrons so we would know how to gauge our decorum durrng the long hoped for year Seemrngly amrdst our threshold explortatrons we reached the zenrth of our regrme not knowrng naturally what our Senror vear mrght unverl We started out by wrnnrng the Basket Ball Tournament Our Junror program took eyerybody by storm our call talent met the approval of every body Thrs was only a door to the gorgeous banquet we gave rn honor of the Senrors I rkewrse thrs year was punctuated wrth many class socrals the out standrng one berng a unrque slergh rrde party whrch we shall neyer forget The last socral event of our Junror year was an outdoor prcnrc grven rn apprecratron of our hrghly esteemed class advrser for her farthful servrce and wrse counsel ren dered durrng our I-reshman Sophomore and Junror years T he rext fall regrstratron recorded us as drgnrfaed Senrors The long antrc rpated year had at last arrryed rt was wrth great pleasure we commenced our studres Only those who have been Senrors know the joy of wearrng the Senror s eap at the get acquarnted socral the thrrlls of Fnglrsh IV the pleasure of berng honored guests at the socral event of the year the satrsfactron of a completed thesrs the ecstasy ot commencement and finally the rapture of clasprng the srg nrficart corl of paper whrch rmplres so much The Senror year rs packed full of work and Good trmes rt rs a busy year strll the most pleasant of all four years As we leaye our Alma Vlater we shall carry away happy recollectrons ot our class meetrng and socrals especrally from our Senror year 'I he Senror hard trme party the Junror Senror banquet the Alumnr banquet and the final prenrc wrll eyer rllumrne our memorres Wrth commencement drawrng nearer we realrze that our journey at Bethel rs approachrng completron and a despondent thought of hayrnv to leaye the cherrshed halls we have learned to loye echoes through our mrnds and hearts XVe seal the annals of our chapter at Bethel wrth gratrtude to the splenelrd and eompetent faculty for therr rnfluence and patrence manrfested tow arel us vue are also rndebteel to our fellow classmen for therr fellow shrp and rnfluenee In all we are thankful for the prryrleges of self deyelopment whreh the lrterrry socretres afford and the opportunrtres of seryrce w hreh Bethel makes possrble Bethel has erected a span rn the structure of our lrfe she has gryen us a new eon eeptron of lrle elevated our rdeas and made us better men and women Our only regret rs that we drdnt do better aceomplrsh more and leaye deeper rm pressrons behrnd I 1 'I' I 25-IHI' BP YIIXI 1995 -L 4 4 4 A A A I -4 V . ' V v 1 .- . I ' 1 1 L 1 , ' , ' I 1 X Y l A 1 1 x K 11 1 , , 1 - V! K ii Q l ' ' , , 1 - 1 1 , ' , ' 1 1 - 1 1 ' , ar : 1 1 1- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 ' , 4 1 1 L 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 y I . . x . I, . . 1 1 11 1 1 1 16 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 11 ,e .. 1 1 - 1 4 11 11 - 1 1 1 1 1 . - . . , , e , - . 1 1 1 - 1 I ' 1 3 5 - ' I g3 1 1 e. . 1 1 11 - 1 1 1- 11 c ' ' 3 3 v e . 'A 11 1 11 A 1 lr 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - e , . . . . . 1 .W . X g Y, X ' X 1 1 L I 1' 111 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 '1 11 1 1 ' ' , ' 1' 1 11 1 , k f, , ' , 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 A 1 1 r 1 1 1 . e e . e 1 1 A 1 1' I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . e . 1 .. V, ,, K 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t y 1 -14 1 1 ' ' 1 '1' 1 , 111 1 1 1 1 1 s 1 ', '1 1 ' .1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 L 1 - 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 K 1 1 1: 1 11 L .1 1 - - -1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , ' ' ' 1 1 - 1 1 11 11 14 - ' I , I' . 1 1 e 1 1 'rrp' I'-:err1!r .Nrm'

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9 SENIORS CARI OI ssox e I I xx H11 XIA AI3RAHAxIsox BRAINIRD CIIRIsIIr CARI Ol ssox PMI XXALIIxIuoRI IIO S I surf the oeeem CO1 ORS Szleer and Blue CI Ass P I om R Imk Rose HISTORY re szdenl e re s I e Slecrelezrtl reusurer aledze lorzan Sal Ilutorrun les before ez by Roc I R WIcRs rmxp OUR years ago prospectors from all parts of our land yye1e thrown Into Bethel s meltmg pot Because of the unexplored terrltory lymg before and back of thIs experxence thls group was molded Into a strong cast whleh has proy ed most elurable durlng the course of our journey at Bethel These adventurers moved slowly forward pracncallyf unnotlceel at first ageous explorers won dlstlnctlon In lIter1ry and athletlc lInes Y s It yy as an Illustrlous begmmng but not once was our paee slackened IH the race Our hlstory began wlth a demo ratlc busmess meetmg After eleetIon of officers We chocse for our classpnot lVl1ss Vxolet Wallendorf yy ho seryed most falthfully In thls capaclty Beyond a doubt If yy as because of her excellent lead ershlp that ue got such a noble start The most outstandmg adyenture durmg the first year yy as our Freshman soc1al Eyerythlnv was arranQed to perfectlon but the WISQ upper classmen lalel all our plans waste l ockmg ourselyes In one of the muslc rooms yuth our treasured feed by our slde and the prowlmv upper classmen outslde the door ue debated as to how we should consume our eats We found to our sorrow but rot to our d1sadvantage that our only eatlng utensrl was a pocket kmfe hoyyeyer our fingers dxd not constrtute a handrcap contest thanks to the upper classmen who made the eyemng so joy ous and successful Of course by the carryfmg of excessnye volumes of books and assumlng bewlldered countenances our Identltyf was la1d bare Who can COUCLIYL of a school wlthout Freshmen XVhy the Freshmen axe as necessary to a school as an engme IS to an automoblle No matter yy hat happens to a Freshman he neyet takes offense he IS passlye and green the goat of the school Regardless of what an be sa1d about Freshmen I m sure no one would fancy haylnv thls tItle erased from hls school CXPLFILUCC The fall of the second year found practlcally eyery member of our class back at the reglstrar s desk rone xx as refused entrance so yye resumed our studles I111 len II Il' l 25-'lllllf Bl'f'l'lnl.'XNNl'.AXl,-l975 I L , . A .e.u ..uV 1 1 . l.I, my .5f.'Ixra e7..V.. VI'-0 11 'qj1'nf . e,.u. Q . .' --,---,' l' I- ' ' I l . V . I ------ e e Mo' -fe Q 5 - t' Ie. V I 3. 3 'J nfl' .IA L 1 . . , e , l 1 , e I L D B 1 ' 1 '1 lv In 1 I gk Q I' in F F x C Fx - e , 4 I i L 1 as is the portion of all tenderfoots. However, it was not long before these cour- X 3 r . .... , K Y . . Q Q . YK I Y b H r' I ' 1 1 I 1 . 1 iA D 1 1 I I' I 1 . 1 V 1 Vx ' v ' ' ' v sv ' r 1 mf s s - e L ' Vx I 1 Y L YL.. F LL Al 11 'Y Y ' 3 I N 1 1 I 1 1 ' V 1 1 .A A.l' A V A I Q A V 1 Q ' Vgx 1 ' 3: V V V . 4 4 ' L 1 A c 1 V I I V 1k . 1' V 1 I 1 Y . V3 1 L LL' ' ,y I 3 . I 1- I P 1. 1. V1 ' 1 7 V 1 -n s s V I ' I . V 1 1 V ' S 1 I 1: xl 'vs ss ' L x . 1 m ' I C . v V 1 - v V 6 w y 1 Il. 1 1 1 '1 V1 ' I Y 1 V 1 K 1 1 I ' 1 I VK L 1 tv V 5 'XA 'II HT ily- 1-Irlhf

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SENIOR CLASS PROPI-IECY Bef FDITH Jfxcorssox ELI xxe re on our xxay The speaker xx avrng her hand at the group assembled near the gat from xx hence the car had just left turned toxx ards her companion at the xx heel I can scarcely realrLe she said that yxe re starting off on the trrp of which we used to dream so much years ago Yes rt rs wonderful replied her companion as she shifted a lever and settled back comfortably rn the seat I pinched myself this morning to see rf I xxere really awake And I couldn t help but think that we tvxo have been extremelx fortunate rn being together so much of the time srnce we left Bethel Our class of 25 seems to be scattered all over the vxorld 'I hat only goes to proxe that rt vxas a capable and distinguished class the other remarked smiling By the vxay did you see Emil Olen s name 1 the paper this morning I-Ie rs a candidate for governor of Iowa I-Ie s been rn the State legislature the last two years but I didnt see the morning paper I ast week when I motored up to Duluth I saw Ruth I-Ied qurst there She was preparing for her wedding xxhrch rs to take place next month I-Ier husband to be IS a prominent real estate man of Saskatchevx an Canada That s interesting I wonder xx here She stopped abruptly for they met another car and the drrx er hailed them xxrth 1 Well well Florence Bursman and Edith Jacobson T hrs rs a pleasant surprise I must say NVhy I thought you were rn China We were but are back on our furlough We re touring the Northxx es 'rovx rn behalf of foreign missions But where are you going By the looks of the baggage on your car you must be traveling a lonv distance NVe re on our way to Texas to see Dora Carlson Edith replied She rs the matron of a children s hospital in Austin We ve been reaching here rn Xflrnnesota for sexeral years and noyx vxe intend to see the country a bit I must tell you of some of the Bethelrtes xxe encountered on the vxay home from China Brainerd began Roy Dow was the pilot of the plane that took us over the Pacrfrc He s gone around the world tvxo trmes I-Ie had seen Arvrd Gordh rn France Arxrd rs a teacher of philosophy rn the French Aeademx and rs shaking all of Europe with hrs genius Then Roy had also seen Gunnar Lrndahl rn Russia I-Ie rs the head of the new Educational system they haxe establrshed there Earnest Nelson rs doing a xxonderful work as a missionary among tlae Russians I ve heard added Folke I had a letter from Carl Olsson not long ago I-Ie rs the principal of the nexx Baptist College rn Moscow and keeps rn touch with the mrssron xxorkers But I think we must move on as we re due to speak at Bemrdyr tonight and have strll oxer a hundred miles to go XVe must stop off rn the 'I vxrn Cities a fevx days don t you think asked Florence as they drove on oxer the smooth paxement We xx on t knovx many at Bethel I suppose but xxe ll surely run across some illustrious members of the class of 75 rn the crtres f'yTl1 I- 1925-TIII-I BlQ'I'HgXNNL',-XI.-l925 L- , .. H Y , Q 'I ' I 'I 1 1 .A Q 7 3 I Q 7 Y I 1 Y 13 ' x ' - . ' . ,, . V . . I Y ' . I L I I 'A 3 1 .lv 1 V K Yr i V ' ' UH 1 1 1 Y . . I I , . , V .. i 1 - - ' Y Tv' A J ' . 1 I Yi L. 8 MBrainerd Christie and Folke Ekbladfu the girls ejaculated simultaneously. nn A . xv ' H 7 3 1 , ' ' ' ' y , , 1 ' 3 V , . Y Y l . . .. . O g . A I 'A Y V L L 7 V l 3 K 5 5 Y ' 'v- AA L 'A 1 . XL YH I 1 h 7 ' 1 I lv . J A. I H 5 1 1 , 3' f I L. N N3 I I . Y' 'L 'A ' L . I ' ' 1 Y' . ' e .V . . V 1 , . I L L F ,, I . . Y. V. . Y V V , . ?,, 3 iv 7 7 V1 I . Y V Y Y 1 It 1 v Vx' j V L. . I L e . A- i X if Pk ur, lirx