Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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TH E ACORN 23 Miss Haglund, 09, the little miss with the winsome way, has not as yet struck her calling. Dr. C. G. Johnson, ’09, has finished his first year at the University of Chicago. His greatest achievement during the past year has been the raising of a mustache. i Miss Clara Granbeck, ’09, at present with the West Publishing Co., will soon write a book on some interesting subject. Andrew Erickson, ’09, very studious and very bashful. Hits the nail on the head and sometimes his thumb. Is a whirlwind carpenter and an expert photographer. P. Hedblom, ’09, he of the quiet and studious nature, will send in a bid for the construction of the New Minneapolis post office, which will be his greatest work up to date. N. Soneson, '09, the man who likes Latin and Hebrew, is now finishing his first year at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. He will not take his B. D. this year. C. G. Tideman, ’08, who is finishing his second year at college in bed, would rather fish than eat. Has as yet done nothing worthy of note. Goes out to the country Sundays to keep himself out of trouble. We admire the Bethany Messenger, for the true Swedish spirit, which is revealed in it. The Life and Character of Cicero as Revealed in His Letters” in- the Volante is an interesting as well as an instructive article. We missed the exchange department in The Ray. Was it crowded out for more important matters? The Spud contains an excellent production entitled “The Lost Colony.” It should be the duty of the exchange editor to know, what exchanges he receives during the month, and not only what he may find on the exchange table at the end of the month. The Joshua Palm, Goldfield. Nev., is a neat little paper. You will always be received with a hearty welcome. The Criterion contains several good and interesting stories. My Trip to the North Pole” and The Autobiography of a Potato” deserves special notice. They are well worked out plots and show a great deal of work on the part of the authors. Resolutions of Condolence over a schoolmate or someone else should be given a place separate from the jokes, and not on the same page. Otherwise it will be deprived of its effectiveness and bring about a feeling that it was all a joke. We are glad to receive The Bulletin, Montclair, N. J. It is a paper o£ the highest rank.

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22 THE ACORN Mr. Ed wall has become a noted man among the students because of his marvelous English and his great ability to play the enthusiasm key” on the piano. Some of the students have recently been wont to go star gazing, etc., on the campus much to the vexation of some occupants of the dormitory. For a gentleman to use his fingers instead of a handkerchief is not a neat habit at any time, and is certainly not to he excused when in company with a lady. The following was taken from Waif red Anderson's essay on “How to Plant Potatoes”: “The usual distance between the potatoes is one in each corner of each three foot square.” i Mr. J. Anderson thinks that a smart woman is wiser than a foolish man. Mr. Osborn never goes out walking, especially after dark without his cane (Kane). Mr. Sundstruni has quit school and is now selling neckties at one of the large department stores in Minneapolis. ; Mr. Osborn must have become “sund-strumized” lately. One week he only came to school one day. Rev. Mr. Hagstrom delivered his last lecture on “Aliens or Americans” Wednesday evening, May 25th. The course has been very instructive and the members of the class have received information which will be of great use to them in their work on different fields. Never has a more enjoyable day been spent by the Bethel students and faculty than when the class of 1911 entertained at Bald Eagle Lake, May 1G. Having left the Union Depot in St. Paul on an early train, we soon arrived at Bald Eagle station. After an enjoyable walk ending with a boat-ride, we reached Mr. Skooglun's pretty little cottage on the opposite shore of the lake. That the Juniors are a live bunch was exhibited by the many “1911.” “Bethel Academy,” and “Alpha Beta” pennants that adorned the walls. From the first every one pitched in with the right spirit, and the morning passed so very rapidly that we felt nearly positive that our watches were in the wrong, when dinner was announced, but our appetites told a different story. Dinner over, the crowd dispersed, some to go fishing, others to visit Boy Island. On the island several pictures were taken, and shortly after five o'clock we again gathered at the cottage. After supper, when quality and quantity abounded, most of the company hurried along the lake shore or by boat to Bald Eagle’s picturesque railway station. We arrived safely at St. Paul, every one feeling like shouting, “Horray for the class of 1911, they’re all right!” WHAT OUR GRADUATES ARE DOING. (By one now attending the University of Minnesota.) L. Palmquist, ’08, has the reputation of being Nebraska’s greatest farmer, and wo soon expect him to put Wm. Jennings Bryan in the shade. Ernest Xorstrom, ’09, has been instructing the natives of Arizona in the use of that complicated piece of machinery called the telephone. He is at present taking the water cure in Nebraska at the Wasau artesian wells. S. Segcrstrom, alias Midget, ’09, Jim Hill’s right hand man.

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24 THE ACORN We wish to pay a high compliment to the author of the essay found in the Oracle entitled, “A Plea for Womanhood. ' We extend a hearty welcome to the “Owl,” Frcdcricktown, 0. It is in all ways a first class paper, but the school like the one it represents ought to be capable of sending it out once a month. According to the will of Charles Bots-ford. any Christian young man in Idaho or North Dakota, who will agree never to touch intoxicating liquor, tobacco in any form, or other narcotics, will have his full college expenses paid either at Fargo College. N. D., or at the Idaho Industrial Institute.—Ex. I thought I’d drop in and tell you what your hair-restorer did for a friend of mine ’ said the visitor. “When he started using your hair elixir there were only a few hairs on his head, but now it is completely covered.” ‘•Indeed?” exclaimed the patent medicine man. Yes, by six'feet of earth.” Teacher: “Tommy, next time you are late, bring an excuse from your father.” Tommy: “Who? Father? Why, he ain't no good at excuses, Ma always finds him out.” Lest you forget, and feel regret. Seek first the right and for it fight. Then for thee will spring the light Fraught with purer, clearer vision Of the triumph of true delight. SWEDISH DEPARTMENT BA PTI STERN AS MISSION I SVERIGE. Adolf Olson 10. Ett djupt andligt morker vilade over Sverige vid medlet av forra Arhundradet, som n ra nog kan jamfdras med den dystra natt, som vid Luthers framtradande bredde sin svarta sloja over kristendomens v rld. Morkret borjade dock s sm ningom att forsvinna och sakra teeken till en annal-kande dag forspordes bar och dar. Manga vaknade upp, sokte Gud ocli kommo till sinncsandrir.g och fro. Dessa samlades, trots forfoljelse frAn de andliga myndigke-terna, i iiemmen, laste Cuds ord, sjongo slna trosfriska singer samt frojdades i Guds barns harliga frihet. For deras ogon hangde likval en sloja, som gjorde, att de ej iinnu kunde urskilja skriftens lara ang -ende dop och forsamlingsgemenskap. Ar 1834 blev ett fartyg pa resa mellan New York och Charleston utsatt for en haf-tig stormby. sa att allt hopp till raddning syntes forlorat. Det var da. med dodens fruktan i sitt inre, som en ung man, sven-sken Fredrik Olaus Nilson, kastade Tomas Paines otrosskrift, “Fornuftets Tidcvarf,” som forut varit bans lcktvr, over bord och anropade den evige om n d och barmhar-tlghet. Fornyad till sitt sinne, a ter van de F. O. Nilson efter nAgon tid till sitt fader-nesland och verkade med framgAng i evan-gelium pA vastkusten, sarskilt i Goteborg. Ar IS 15 intraffade en handelse, som lade frOet, Atmfnstone det synliga, till baptist-samfundet i Sverige. En ung sjbkapteu, Gustav W. Schroder, som blivit oravand under sina resor till sjos och dopt i New York 1844. ankom till Sverige och sam-mantrftffade med F. O. Nilson. Foljden blev, att ljus over Nya Testamentets liiror gick upp i den f. d. sjomannens sjal, och tvanne Ar dareftcr. den 1 augusti, 1847, blev hail av J. G. Oncken dopt i floden Elbe. Darefter Atervande Nilson till Sverige och upptrAdde a sin Mastares v gnar med fullheten av bans fralsningsrAd. Litet over ett ar efter denna handelse, natten mellan den 20 och 21 September. ISIS, doptes i