Bethel Academy - Bethannual Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

Page 34 text:

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

Page 33 text:

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'

Page 35 text:

IAN Oh I m so glad you ve come sard Dora eagerly Now you must tel' me all about the tr1D Yes replred Florence but flrsf you wlll want to hear about the mem bers of our class that yye met I had no 1dea that vye d hear of so many of them rn the trme rt took us to drrve down here from Mmnesota Frrst we stopped off rn th tw1n c1t1es of course We vrsrted Bethel on Frrday and found that two of our classmates are seryrng as teachers rn Bethel I suppose you know that the Baptrsts have a new college there now also Oh yes I know that answered Dora But yy ho are those teachers you spoke about, Rover Wrckstrand 1S a professor rr' Engllsh but has resrgned tor he IQ gomg as a mrssronary to I apland thls fall Viola Erickson IS a musrc mstructor as well as a teacher rn the Commercral Department Dont forget to tell that we went down to the St Paul audrtorxum to hear U S Senator Wallendorf speak lnterrupted Edrth Do you mean Paul questroned Dora NVell I shouldn t yvonder He was a real gemus rf anyone was Vvle talked over old trmes yyrth Paul and recerved news of several more Bethelltes Florence said eyecrtedly Davrd Grbney has charge of the Experr mental Farm near Excelsror Mmnesota Joe Frxberg rs a mrssron worker IH the slums of New York and IS dorng marvelous yvork there Hannah and T1ll1e Flood are teachers ln a school conducted by Walfred Damelsor' rn Assam Indra Ruth Palmqurst IS Secretary of Forexgn Mlsslons wrth her headquarters at Bos ton Selma Nelson rs a desrgner of gowns 1n a large dressmaklng establrshment rn Parls Now dld I forget anyone Oh yes Josephlne Hedberg added Edlth She s head of socral SQIVICP and actrve servrce rn the twrn cltres has gone to the Indran settlements of New Vlexlco to teach HUFSIHQ Well contrnued Florence after we left Paul we encountered Iourse Hedberg She yy as home on a vrsrt but has been act yely engaged rn educatronal work rn the Phrlrpprnes I understand she has full charge of a grrls school there and IS nnstruetor of musrc and drawlng as well Louxse told us that I aura I arson IS the vyrfe of the Mayor of Los Angeles and IS qulte a leader ID soclar serylce yy ork rn the crty In the ey enrng yye yy ent down to the Mrnneapolrs Audrtorlum to hear the Symphony Orchestra Imavrne our surprlse to find John Hedwall the drrector and Hannah Johnson the pranrst The next day we drd some necessary shop pmg dovy ntoyyn and drscovered that Hrldur Newman was head sales woman at Day ton s We passed a barber shop o N1 ollet bearrng the sxgn Frnest Lager strom Barber and I srmply had to go 1n to Hnd out 1f1t were he Sure enough rt yy as I yy as almost tempted to get mv han bobbed ha ha Vvlell yvhy dldn t you rnqurred Dora Thus neyy krnd of bob ns Noyy don t talk bobs to us laughed Florence Hoyy ever that re mrnds me I sayy a book the other day entrtled Bobs yy rrtten by Nlerrram Shell man Parker I hear she has become qurte famous through her books of fictron and her magafrne artrcles Yes I ve read several of Merrram s yvorks and they are yery oood Vera I 1nd too rs a contubutor to the best magazrres of Amerrca Dora added But I must contrnue wrth the story We had a lrttle accldent near Vw rnona yy hen Edmth bumped rnto the rear of another car that dxdn t have a tall lrght The rrght front fender got dented pretty much so be turned mto a garage IH Thx 15 n Q4 1925-'I'HlfIB1i'I'I- .'NL'AI,-l925 ,la e V 1 1 Y ' C l V . V' Y. . U 11. . Y Dv! ' T AA I Y . A . 1 1 - JY? work in Denver, Colo. And Grace Carter, after a long term of nurse's training l ' u ' R. LA 'lv . 3 V AA 1 Xl' , 4 -Ll g. e - , ir ' 1 ' I I l . H 1 L L I 1 -. e , 3 Y- 'A Y 1 I 1 ' Y. ll 17 I V5 7 I I . I . v lv L. hl I 1 ' L I . I A K 3 I V T I V V 1 A ' e C H - V lk. I 1 3 If: I 'X . 1 4 A 1 - . I .Y 1. D g l ll l X - K - a . 'L 1 'L T I v 1 1 AA Y1 V L A V -'V 1 .A II Q - I - if ei. V L ,Y I A 1' V T F Y A I 1 I. I - e ' . I I , . , ef' I I .H ' 1 l ' Y 1 Y E L If ' Y E 1 1 . 1 r 1 ,err 1- -0,