Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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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.

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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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THE ACORN 11 CLASS PROPHECY. One morning in Hie latter part of May, the mail man handed me a letter which bore a St. Paul postmark. For years I had been away from the Saintly City and only now and then did I receive any news from the Twin Cities. When I opened the letter, out dropped an invitation to the annual alumni banquet of Bethel Academy. Not since 1913 had I attended an alumni banquet and now to my great joy I found it possible to journey back to my Alma Mater. In the northern part of Canada, news from my class mates had not reached ine often, and now while on the train 1 sat pondering about them and found to my great astonishment that I had lost track of the most of them. Suddenly my soliloquy was broken by someone calling close at my elbow, Peanuts, popcorn, peanuts. popcorn!” Oh, that voice. I would have known- it among a thousand. it could belong to no other than Milton Lind. For a while he ceased calling peanuts and popcorn, and we had quite a chat. ‘‘I never had this occupation in mind.” he said, but lately I discovered that I had quite a voice an-d so I chose this means of developing it. I am going to spend another year on the train and then I am going to enter a conservatory anil have it train-sd. 1 then asked Milton concerning the other members of the class and he said that he only corresponded with Mr. Crook and so he didn't know anything definite about the most of them. He then handed me a letter sent from Peking. China. Milton continued down the aisle and I began to peruse the letter. Mr. Crook was as droll as ever. One paragraph ran thus, toil ask me. why I ever went to China. Well you know that yellow was always my favorite color and so naturally I chose the yellow race to work amongst. At present I am teaching geography lo a large class of Chinese and they have become so enthusiastic about America that two of them are very desirous of sailing for U. S. and furthering their education at Bethel Academy. ’ The train sped cn. and ere long I found myself in the crowd pouring into the Union Depot at Minneapolis. I felt like Rip Van Winkle after his twenty years sleep. Everything was changed. 1 was at a loss where to take a car, and so l stepped up to ask a policeman. Car for Retliel Academy,” he said, that’s easy. They’re running special cars for the banquet to-night. Take any Bethel Academy car and you’ll get there. I'll be there as soon as I get off duty. I gasped, and just as I boarded the car 1 recognized the accomodating little policeman as Peter Cqulst. The car was packed with people, but l recognized no one. However, soon a penetrating voice reached my ear, “If 1 have to fight for this until I am a hundred years old, I will not give up. I have spent ten years in awakening the nation to the fact that the day is not far hence when women will arise and demand their rights. When I have gained my cause m America I am going to England to use my influence there. They have struggled—” Bethel Academy, called the conductor, and as the speaker arose from her seat I was not at all astonished to recognize Esther Lundberg. Bethel Academy , Oh! what a grand institution. We recognized it as the building in-reality which a former student once dreamed it to be. Soon we found ourselves in the dimly lighted banquet room. ”1913 class this way- called the usher. In a few moments I was seated with several of my classmates at the table. Soon the clatter of knives and forks ceased and the President of the Alumni Association arose and called for order. “The first speech this evening will be by