Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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THE ACORN 15 CLASS When on the path of life we onward tread And meet its pleasures, share its sorrows, woes, A place reach where you one moment stop And there consider what you gained, what lost. Thus man is prone by ups and downs to know What destiny the morrow gives to share. A group, I know, who thus their tools layed down To recollect their years of pleasure, joy That they in Bethel will this year conclude: A worthy band, eleven numbered strong. If you with patience listen to my words I’ll introduce the “11)15” class. Let me present now first to you Our steward, loyal, honest, true; Debate he can with might and main Thus Frank Er'ckson e’er will remain. A lass with smiling, genial face With prophets great does keep apace; In physics she oft won her fame Ruth Swanson is this maiden's name. A Minne’politan did come Last year to make our Beth'l his home. On violin he surely can play That’s what friends of Fred Johnson say. A calm, sincere lad have we A second German shark is he; In future years you well may hear Of Reuben Allen. The business seer. To the foreign fields this Fall First graduate will answer call To service noble, calling dear; Olivia Johnson, may thy way be clear! Wc speak of executives great Of men of words, of their known fate. Let me put no less a name When I describe Pete Oquist's fame. Among fair co-eds, happy, bright One stands for suffrage, wrong or right. In loud debate defends her cause Thus Esther Lundberg gets applause. OF 1913. But who is that debater, clear That athlete musician to fear? 'Tis Oscar Peterson whose aim Is work on foreign fields to claim. Once president of S. P. B., Who paths of roses likes to see, Was Milton Lind, our senior true, Our editor who makes things new. A youth we have with thoughtrul looks Whose talents are not bound in books, Since Mozart Second he is named; 'Tis Clarence Erickson, scholar famed. One senior still we wish record Let modesty his name bring forth; The conductor of this great band Is Rudolph Crook, thus ’leven stand. Thus ’leven strong we are now advancing From Bethel most beloved school we know. “May e’er your light shine bright for many youth Who needs thy help, thy soothing care, thy warmth To well prepare for trials and fights to com© As he thru life must make his ’portant run. Dear class, our colors fly of brown and gold Reminding slumbering world that years of work Are like the Autumn’s brown gain crowned with gold. Let not the power lie untouched, unused. That knowledge which you these years derived, But let a thirsting world these blessings share. Adieu, dear school, schoolmates, most beloved friends, We thank you heartily for comfort, cheer That you in Bethel many years have shown. We thank you, teachers patient, loyal, true For timely word of cheer when defeat was near We thank you all, may you prosper, farewell »

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GRADUATING CLASS OK 1913

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JG THE ACORN CLASS HISTORY (Continued from page 13) Esther Lundberg.—Miss Esther bund-berg, the jolly orator and debater, is said to have begun playing jokes on her sisters in Minneapolis, the 9th of May, 1391. After graduating from the Longfellow school of Minneapolis in 1910. Esther entered South High School the following fall. But having heard the good reports emanating from Bethel, she remained in Hight school but one year, and entered Bethel in 1911. Here Miss Lundberg at once distinguished hersedf as an English student, and Society worker. Her favorite study, however has been Swedish, which seems to have had a remarkable fascination for her studious mind. The A. B. A. and Alpha Beta societies have profited by her literary contributions. While attending Bethel, Miss Lundberg has been asserting her pedagogical inclinations by teaching a Sunday School class in the Bethel church of which she is an enthusiastic member. She has chosen the violet as her favorite flower, and as her motto she has chosen. “Virtue is the health of the soul.” Fred Johnson.—The musical circles of Minneapolis, sat up and took notice, on Nov. 29, 1S93, and they have remained in that position ever since. Looking for the reason ye find it revealed on the recorder of the Cradle Koll Department of the Elim Sunday School. The date referred to is the alleged birthday of U. Fred Johnson, who as a violinist puts even Ole Bull in tlio shade. “Ferdie,” as he is usually known, attend, ed the Holland School, of Minneapolis until he reached the fourth grade, then he went to Sheridan School, and thence back to Holland after one year Having graduated from the Holland School in 1905), he felt the need of further education, and so entered East High School of Minneapolis in the fall of 1909. He decided to come to Bethel in 1913, ana joined the Senior class. Mr. Johnson, aside from favoring the Alpha Beta, and S. P. B. societies with violin solos has also taught violin as' well as played in various orchestras. He has been a hard working student. The Rose is his favorite flower, while the words most frequently rolling over his lips are: “Oh, we should worry.” Mr. Johnson expects to take up the study of medicine. Clarence Erickson.—The Socialist party suffered a severe set-back, and the cause of Municipal Ownership received a fresh stimulus when Clarence Erickson, pianist, mysteriologlst. and economist, began to philisophize and lay plans for the amelioration of social evils and political corruption on the 18th of April, 1S95. Clarence was born in Minneapolis where he has resided up to the present day. He received his early education in the Prescot School in Minneapolis. Realizing that he could never accomplish much without a high school education, he went to East High School in Minneapolis. He came to Bethel in the fall of 1912. His favorite subjects have been Civics and Physiology. In regard to his future occupation Clarence feels inclined to think that it is nobody’s concern but we understand that his highest ambition is to be a Sky Pilot, and we wish him success in this venture. His favorite flower is the white Carnation, and his “most choicest” expression is “Do you suppose you will ever be of any consequence in the struggle tor existence?” Olivia Johnson.—Miss Olivia Johnson began her eloquent orations in Str ngm la, Sweden, some time during the nineteenth