Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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THE AUOKN The Acorn Knicivil ns second class a-.nttor October 20th. 1000, at the Post Office of St. Paul, Minn., under the Act of March 3rd, 1870. Subscription Price- SOc per Year AH articles contributed to the Literary Department should he addressed to theEditor-ir.-Chlcf, and all business communications to the Business Manager. Bethel Academy. St. Anthony Park. Winn. STAFF Rudolph Ij. Crook 13. .E lltor-lii-Ch.cf Oscar Peterson 13. . .Associate Editor Peter Oriuist ’13... Arthur Relstrom ’ll . .Advertising Mgr. Annie Johnson ’H... ..Religious Notes Ruth Swanson ’ll Henry Voting 'IS.... .Milton Lind '13 Axel Bclstrom ’15.... Andrew Skanse ’In.. . . Esther Sunfelt ’15... fS T c FT ? r 1(911 — . w. — This number of the Acorn concludes the work of the present Staff. During the year the first five issues were published exclusively by the A CLOSING Acorn Staff. The Fresh-WORD. men-Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors have assisted with the last three respectively. The Staff would have wished to publish a larger paper but have been forced to limit themselves to a comparatively small publication on account of financial deficits. We wish to thank our subscribers and advertisers for their cooperation and we entertain the hope that they will in the future patronize “The Acorn.” Thus when our friends have helped us to swell the subscription list to the one-thousand mark, the natural result will be a better and a larger Acorn. Bethel Academy's future is bright, it is with great appreciation that we notice the attitude our friends are taking toward our school. Our denomina-B ETHEL’S tion is more and more FUTURE. awakening up to the fact that schools similar to Bethel are today essential. We feel indebted to those who have labored and sacrificed for the school’s interest. What more, we are assured that with such loyal friends Bethel Academy is sure of a rapid growth in the near future. At a meeting of the school board held Monday evening, May 5, it was unanimously decided to immediately make arrangements for the opening of the next school year. This was in harmony with the decision of the Baptist Conference which gave the board power to arrange about.

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5 T HE ACORN ity. Mr. Low saw that gradually “The New York Star was losing its popularity. The members of the company were forced trom time. to time to draw up large amounts from their own personal savings. Mr. Low's face showed the same wearied expression that it had held berore. He had received little or no income l'or some time and his private expenses were accumulating fast. Meanwhile it become evident that the “New York Star was failing. The company met, but nothing could be accomplished. No one was willing to advance the payments which were needed. Mr. Low, Indignantly arose and left the room. He seated himself on the sill of one of the windows and looked down over the city. As he sat there recollecting all that had happened, he heard the other men coming down the hall, they were talking loud and fast. He heard Mr. Curtis say, “I was in hopes we could have gotten more from Mr. Low, but now that that has failed, we must let the paper fall. T myself am so poor that I soon expect the Curtis mansion will be taken from me. But I have tried to conceal my own state until after my son’s marriage.' Mr. Low had received enough information. If that was to lead a popular life then he cared nothing for it. He now saw what shame he had drawn over himself. Half of his wife's money was gone. He said nothing of his troubles at home, but Mrs. Low watched him carefully and seemed to see that all was not well. The next week there was no New York Star Issued, it was announced in THE AMERICAN BOV The American Boy is one who is surrounded with many opportunities. In the first place, if he is the son of a rich man. he is able with the financial aid of his father, to procure an education of wide range and which shall he of great benefit to him in the future. On the other hand, the other papers that it had fallen out of existence. Mrs. Low and Iris knew nothing of it bet'ere, because Mr. Low could not break the bad news. Mr. Curtis and his son- Arthur called in the evening. AH assembled in the parlor, liis took her usual place at the piano and Arthur stood at her side. Mr. Low and iMr. Curtis were conversing together. Finally their voices were raised and it was evident that they were quarreling. Mr. Low told him he had overheard his speech and that he did not need to hide his wretchedness from him any longer. Great excitement followed. iris was carried senseless from the room. Mrs. Low followed. .Mr. Curtis and his son Jett very much chagrined. When Mr. Low returned to his wife. Iris had recovered. She said. Father I am glad that you failed in the business and saved me rrom disgrace. Mr. Low said he was tired of leading a popular life and would gladly return to his former condition of living. Mrs. Low said she had never wished to leave it. she loved the simple, honest lire. The glad news was brought to the children, who like their mother never wished to leave it. Mr. Low cleared his bills in New York after which the Low family returned to their former home. Iris and her father had grown weary of leading a popular life. With the remainder cf Mrs. Low’s heir, he began a small printing business of his own. It was a costly lesson , he was often heard to say. but well worth it. —Esther Lundberg 13. S OPPORTUNITIES. if he is the son of poor parents, who have not the means by which he can get an education, he must work hard for what little knowledge he is able to get and make the best of it. But it is not always or.- account or Concluded page 32.

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l(j THE ACORN the school until further was decided about its future. We, as students, certainly appreciate this early move on the part of the school board. Last year when we left the school it was with dark forebodings: should we again be privileged to attend our beloved school; during the vacation, months the same feeling prevailed: some procured catalogues from other institutions to be prepared for the worst- But when the suspense was the greatest a friend. The Bethel Academy Catalogue, came as a relief. again welcoming us to school. It is the most sincere wish of the Editorial that many young men and women will make use ot this opportunity by coming to Bethel next Fall. “Ali is for the best, ' is the motto ot the optimist. “All is getting worst,” says the pessimist. The saying, As a man thinketh, so he is,” can THE TRUE with its full meaning be OPTIMIST. applied here. If a man views the world with his limited mental powers and then thinks he sees the evil conquering the good, he will naturally go down a step together with his thoughts. The true optimist instead will find that the creation of Cod is perfect for the final elevation of humanity. One who habitually looks upon the bright side of life and sees ultimate good in all things will strive to attain that end. He sees in- all trials, sufferings, sorrows, the means by which God helps man to renounce the evil and to think and do the good. It- is essential that we have optimistic views of the world, our surroundings, out-friends. yes. and even ourselves. We have no right whatever, and it is to our loss, to even in our thoughts harbor any evil concerning a friend, for who can judge a man? It is encouraging to see the various movements afoot today, that emphasize these facts in their work. We need true optimists, incurable optimists, who can rejoice over the fact that they are living and who can see thru the veil of time to an ultimate perfectness by Divine Help and Guidance. Wednesday, May 21st, the Alpha Beta Literary Society convened to elect officers for the next school year and at the same time the - following were NEW choosen to serve on the STAFF. Acorn Staff: Editor-in-chief. Darnel Strandberg '14; Associate editor. Silona Finden T4: Business and advertising manager, Victor Larson ’15; Assistant advertising manager, Chas. Themanson To; Circulation manager. Victor Sword To; Swedish department, Frank Rehnstrom To; Athletics, Oscar Dahi-strom TG; Society notes, Theresa Thorn blom T4; Alumni notes, Sigrid Hedberg T4; (the Alumni Association will also have a representative on the Staff); Exchanges, Ruth Larson T4; Personals. Anna Johnson T4, Henry Young T4 and Jenny Hedberg T6. May your work be crowned with success. SPECIAL NOTICE. The past year has been the most successful in the history of the Missionary Band. This has been true financially as well as otherwise. The band has taken in during the past year $25.SO. Not seeing where this money could be invested better, the band has decided to set this money aside as the beginning of a building fund for Bethel Academy. Who’ll he the next? We wish to express our most sincere thanks to faculty and students of Bethel Academy and friends for the beautiful floral offerings and sympathy given us during the bereavement of the death of wife and mother. Mr. Thornblom and family.