Bethel College - Graymaroon Yearbook (North Newton, KS)

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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Fall Festival at Bethel is always a big event, drawing thou- sands of alumni, students and thek families, and area community members to campus for five fun-filled days. This year ' s Celebra- tion ' 87 marked Betiiel ' s 100th anniversary. The events began on Thursday with registration and historical tours of the campus. A showcase of bands and food fair, Cele- brating a Partnership: Newton and Bethel, was held in downtown Newton. Friday was Thresher reunion Time with special ac- tivities for alumni. The all-day tennis tournament and alumni art exhibit were well-attended. Other activities in the afternoon in- cluded musical performances on the Green, a Bethel men ' s soccer match, a wheat weaving demonstration, and the special centennial drama, House of God, in Krehbiel Auditorium. Saturday ' s fall fair included craft demonstrations, exhibits by academic departments, the German Schmeck Haus, and a country store. Fall Fest provides a variety of entertainment, for music lovers and sports fans alike. A 500-voice oratorio chorus performed as part of the worship service, A host of witnesses, on Sunday morning. Two Bethel choirs and the community choral choir pre- sented the Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn. Special demonstrations are the highlight for many festival goers. The process of wheat weaving - making various crafts from straw - has been adopted as a Mennonite tradition. Lis- tening to good lecturers is a Be- thel trademark, and Dr. Earnest Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, disappointed no one as keynote speaker for Bethel ' s centennial program, Launching a second century. § Kazoo salespersons Linda Loflln and Kory Huebert raise monej at Fall Fest, for student senate. DaT« Goa Stayed cool behind his shades In the heat of a Thresher defeat. The Bethel football team lost to Friends, 14-3. Roy Frlesen and Fred Fransoa, sausage kings of the Bethel Bubble, make theh- debut as entrepreneurs in the bratwurst business. Vision 2

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ALMOST ANYTHING GOES The skies were blue, and the temperature was pleasantly in the 70 ' s on a windless October day. Students were excited; this was the perfect ending to fall fest weekend. Classes were cancelled and students were preparing for the 1987 Almost Anything Goes contest. Eleven teams were present for the competition. Class- mates, teachers, and admini- stration cheered on the side- lines. Each team competed in eight zany games. The first was the through the leg shuffle fol- lowed by the waddle-walk relay , the banana sharing relay , spoon on a string , the dizzy-izzy relay , the great chicken race and the balloon hug relay . Teams exhibited strategy and skill as they laughingly participated in the events. After all this exertion, stu- dents were tired; howevw, a huge mudpaddle was awaiting then. ItUa mud pa Mle was the site for the final game, the mud tug of war. Many unfor- tunate teams were pulled into the mud. While most people headed off to the Green for wa- termelon, a mud fight broke out between some teams and team- mates. The team that came out on top, and were still clean, were Ratz ' s Rats, consisting of James Ratzlaff, Karen Rice, Dalen Ziesch, Eric Holdeman, Vickie Hofer, Byron Riesen, Michelle Wicbe, and Jill Frie- sen. The Anything Goes com- petition is a traditional event at Fall Fest, anticipated by stu- dents eager to release the pent- up energy of the first month of school. Luckily, no one was in- ju red in the wild scramble of games, and the Bethel tradition of good clean fun continued into the second century. § Remember, Jan and Greg, cleanliness is next to godliness! Mnqr ttmS iHIKtmBd the through the legs shufne a tktw u !■ Mf lll ' tKy erience, as demonstrated here by LoriSdMirfA I wonder If It was the borscht? Vision 4