Bethel Academy - Bethannual Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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gy 1925-THli BIQTHANNC.-Xl,-1925 gf Top Rou, Ernc Sjolund Martm Errcsson lloyd lenmng Carl Olsson Lawrence Selm Pro fessor H C Wrngblade Second Rott Naomr Hultgren Bessie lelVlaster Grlbert Phlllrps Nels Stjernstrom Hrlma Abrahamson Paul Wallendorf Szmnq Ruth Palmqunst Frances Anderson Gordon Carlson THE CLARION HE officlal School Paper of Bethel Academy IS the Clarlon It rs a twelve page publlcatlon prmted on a good grade of glossy paper The purpose of the Clarlon rs to record the Important events of the school year to brmg the news to parents of students and frrends of the mstrtutlon to grve students practlcal espernence rn edltmg a newspaper and to grve space for the best llterary products from students pens Durmg the year Dr Hagstrom has contrrbuted a helpful message ln each Presldent s Corner ln the paper whale he was rn Callforma Essays have been selected from the Englrsh Classes for the paper Each lssue has had rts lass reports Now all that has been partly read whlle we thlnk that the sport se tlon has had the most readers except perhaps the Home Bakery column edlted by the assrstant edltor Although Professor H C Wlngblade staff advrser has scanned each artl cle to correct grammatlcal mistakes to replace xll chosen words wlth the ught ones to strarghten out bunglmg constructrons yet he has as far as posslble preserved the lndrvldualrty and the style of the wrrter The staff owes him much for hrs helpful and consrderate aduce Page Y nj? . vi' 1, . ' , , 4 ' , . . l . l . issue. Especially appreciated were the Notes by the Way, written for the r eve I '-. erin

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LQ- 1925-THE Bl1ITHANNL'.-Xl,--1925 ,Q- Lawrence Selm Jefford Loren Alun Johnson Arne Johnson Gxlbcrt Phmlllps Laura Rundqulst Hannah Flood Carl Olsson THE STUDENT COUNCIL HE Student Councll IS a group of students chosen by the student body as a whole to represent them IH all vltal matters concernlng the school or government Wlthlfl the school Each class has xts representatlves there The Senlor Class has three the Junlor Sophomore and Freshman classes have two each the Commerclal Department has one representative m th1s body The dut1es of thls body are man1fold although the1r power 1S of course l1m1ted The faculty when they deem It advxsable to do so present the suggestlons of the student councll to the student body wlth an opportunlty to vote their ap proval THE ATHENAEN SOCIETY HE Athenaen Soclety xs a soclal organxzatlon for gurls A g1rl on entermg Bethel automatically becomes a member of thxs Soclety Miss Jacobson has been our faculty advlser durmg the past year and deserves much credlt for her advlce and help ln all the act1v1t1es of the SOCICIY 1924 25 has been a year of acttvlty and lnterest On the afternoon of Oct 19th a large group of glrls met and went for a Pow Wow to Happy Hollow After refreshments had been served a short msplratxonal program was g1ven around the glowmg embers of the camp fire A red letter day durmg thxs season was November lst when the So xety gave a Lxterarv program Durmg the Fall of 1924 the SOCIBIY took an offerlng 1n chapel and this money went toward buylng toys whlch were sent to Mlsslonarles Damelson ln Indla and Gustafson m Chma On Feb 13th the SOCIGYY had a valentlne party whlch was enjoyed by a great number of glrls pgs lj . . , . 1 V - V , - V . . F. c . - , a e rfrrn '-Six

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9 OI IVIA JOHNSON MEMORIAL MISSIONARY MOVEMENT Send three 1n my place These were the words of a dylng woman stlll rn the pr1me of llfe Vlrss Ol1v1a Johnson was born 1n Blekmge Sweden w here she also found her Savrour when she was fourteen years of age Here too she was baptx7ed and jolned the church She soon felt the call for dehmte Chrrstlan work and came to the Unlted States where she entered the Woman s Baptlst Mlssronary Tralnmg School rn Chlcago After completlng her course she spent seyeral years as a Home MISSIODJYY rn Kansas She then entered Bethel Where she won the love and admrratlon of all After her graduatron IH 1913 she applled to the Eorergn MISSIODHYY Board to be sent to Congo Afrlca As the Board at that tune d1d not send unmarrled w oman to that country she was advlsed to go to the Phlllpprne Islands In the fall of 1913 she set sa1l After flve years of hard work IH the Phlllpplne Islands MISS Johnson re turned to the Umted States to get more tralnrng 1n order that she mlght better equxp herself It was durlng thrs VlS1f that she became slck Wlfh mfluenza and ln January l9l9 God saw Ht to take her Hls ways are not our ways nelther Hrs thoughts our thoughts Is lt any wonder then that the faculty and students of Bethel wlsh to per petuate the memory ofOl1v1a Johnson and stnmulate rnterest IH Home and For elgn MISSIONS The Ol1Vl3 Johnson Memorlal Mrssronary Movement was begun rn l920 by the faculty and students of Bethel Academy Its arm IS to select 1 cholce number of approprlate books for the lrbrary ln the Phrlrpplne Islands whrch wrll serve as a memorlal for Mlss Olrvra Johnson C IEQTHIFR I HNBONI lreszdenl ANNA JOHNSON Seerelarq and lreasurer THE MISSIONARY BAND HE Mlsslonary Band was organrzed for the purpose of promotxng the Sp1r rtual l1fe of the students who automatlcally become members upon regls tratlon From seyen thrrty untll the flrst bell whrch rrngs three mlnutes of erght each school day durlng the entrre year has been opened wlth prayer ses srons J hese meetrngs have been Well attended and have brought blesslngs and happlness lnto the school It has been a great joy to begln the day on our knees God has heard the prayers whrch have been offered up and souls haye been saved Ey ery other Frrday evenlng at slx o clock the Band has had charge of the prayer meetlngs rn the Semrnary Chapel Our meetmgs however are not lrmrted to the school as we extend the work to the varnous churehes IH the tW1n Cltles On Sunday afternoons these students have charge of the Young People s meetrngs Thus studerts are g1V6D the oppo1tun1ty to develop thexr talents by speak1ng smgrng etc Three of the students droye up to Larsmont Mlnnesota durlng Easter yacatron where four seryxces were held O F I- IC F R S O I: SWFDBI-RG Presrdent AI PHINI CONRAD Y :te Presrdent I 1 S Ijllff -1- l 25-THE BI'lTH'XNNL':Xl.-l925 I-' .1 - fini Ynirr A, . ., . . x - f . y v Y y A .A . . , I .A . 7 q V I ,. ' 4 . . . . X . . I 3 l . Y 'Y I I lx I Y . I I I . 1 I 'I 1 1 3 Y v ' ' ' Q s x 1 y . . .u . . . E a . . X . . , . V 1 V s ' I I . en 1 7 . .. . . - . . . . V . x . . . . I . i 1 . . . P . . . . , y . C D 1 I I A X C I 1 OIIIII ERS It . f .' , ----A-- A 1. 1 If SI I , .,,,.. A' I ,- C 6 Q s Q M . . V V . . 5 . w . . ' 7 . . - I XXI , I V I 3 Y I I . I 3 . I 3 1 V1 Il . I . T ll I 1 5 3 I . . x , 3 K . I , 53 71 I 3 7 Y! 7 . Y l V I I I A 3 V I I . K X . Y . A . , . . , . . I . D . V . . . . V ' Y v . v . 4 V l v 7 v. V . . . v '- ' ' ' V- D ,HK f A 4' 'Ffn l