Bethel Academy - Bethannual Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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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,

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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

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9 I 1n W1nona and who should be the propr1etor of If but lVIelv1n Johnson? After that we turned off the Jefferson I-I1ghway 1n order to see Chlcago as Ed1th had neyer been there We went up to see Lloyd Lenn1ng You knoyy he s head of the Northwest Bapt1st Theologlcal Sem1nary He told us of the vyhereabout of several others Cnlbert Ph1ll1ps IS a successful lawyer IH Ph1ladelph1a Ruth Johnson IS a Domest1c SCICHCC teacher 1n Wellesley College I-I1lma Abraham son IS d1rector of educat1onal act1v1t1es 1n the 1nter1or of Afr1ca bes1des hay1ng charge of a g1rls school near Lake Nyambo Gordon Carlson IS ed1tor of the New York Sun and 1n add1t1on IS author and pr1nter of a large number of rel1g1ous tracts and pamphlets Esther Ehnbom IS head of Shangha1 College Lawrence Sel1n1s manager of a large clothmg concern 1n Seattle Wash We cer tamly had a n1ce t1me talklng over Sen1or days spent at Bethel Then we stayed for a few days at the home of Rose Mltchell Uorgensonj 1n southern MIS sour1 Rose 1S a wonderful homekeeper I must say We wanted her to go Wlfh us down here but she couldn t leaye now as she was expectlng her husband back from Europe any day She told us that Agnes L1ndeen IS marr1ed and l1y1ng ln West V1rg1n1a She has done a great deal there 1n promotmg summer yaeat1on B1ble School work L1ll1an W1nberg IS located lust a few mlles from Agnes I1ll1an s husband IS a doctor and Arnold W1cklund IS a dent1st 1n Kansas C1ty Ed1th You know we yvrote to you about meetmg Bramerd and Folke but we haven t been able to fmd out where Carl Anderson IS I happen to know that repl1ed Dora I-Ie s professor of Svy ed1sh 1n our L1n1vers1ty here ln AUSIID Is that so Well we can t deny that st1ll waters run deep as they say It surelv IS splend1d though to th1nk that all of the members of our class have 1ch1eved such h1gh and noble pos1t1ons 1n l1fe It shows that the h1gh pr1nc1ples taught us at dear old Bethel were not taught 1n ya1n CLASS SONG Partlng days are near at hand Bethel days noyy soon shall end I-Iave yye atta1ned atta1ned that looked for p11Le 'I he fru1t of toll the frult of SZICFIBCL of saerlice Bethel days are speedmg by Partmg ways are draw1ng h1gh But the lmpress 1mpress of our dear school Vy71ll folloyy on follovy us on beyond our goal I 1fe s 1ugged path before us Iles God s great loye doth us SUH-ICL And as yye yourney yourney along our vyay NVe know I-I1s hand HIS hand w1ll be our stay our stay Hear ue our SQYIOUI s gentle call Choose yye our I ord as all IU all VJe hasten onward orvyy ard 1n HIS employ And there yye find fmd yye our perfect our perfect 10N Fy11L O1 1 x P 11 11 le l 25--'I1I'I'I BIITI'1,'XNNL'gkI.-l925 gl.: v ' X , I I I I V 'I YB . I . . Y I X . x . . Q V S ,L 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . q 1 Y. - 1 j .1 1 - . . , . l 7 . y 1 1 1 1 Y. 1 That's quite a complete record of our class, Dora. isn't it? inquired .. '11 - . 41 3- I V V - 1 A' ? . ' 1 ' , ' . . . S! Q! -Q Y . 1 YH I l V I I 3 ' S - , . x . . y A . , H l Y 'I 3 I Y .A Y V. 7 V 3 Y A 4' !I ' I J .PN I E I YE I , D 7 3 7' 5 7 C 7 'D 1 l ' I 'A Y , . ,' .' , YH I J Y! I V Y 5 3 ' . V. .T-U AJ I 117 1' Thir U'-Tico