Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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THE ACORN S The Acorn Entered as second class matter October 20th. 1000, at the Post Office of St. Paul, Minn., under the Act of March 3rd. 1870. Subscription Price 50c per Year All articles contributed to the Literary Department should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chicf, and all business- comtm.....itions to the Business Manager, Bethel Academy St. Anthony Park. Minn STAFF. Daniel Strandbcrg 14.. .Editor-In-Chief Sitonn Findon 'l l..... .Associate Editor Victor Larson '16...Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Charles Themanson '15 Assist. Adv.Mgr. Victor Sword '15—Circulation Manager Prank Rhenstrom '15... Swedish Dept. Esther Sundl’elt ’ll Alumni . 1 Oust Larsor. '1 Annie Johnson '14 Theresa Tornblom 14... .Society Notes Dora Tornblom '15 Ruth Larson 'll Exchanges Rose Nordstrom '10 A WORD OF THANKS. With this issue the “Acorn” concludes its sixth year. During 1913-1914 great interest has been shown on the part of every member of the stafl and the students as a whole, in the work and betterment or the paper. We can without hesitation can it a year of financial success. In spite of the large sums of money our friends are subscribing toward the new school building, they have also been loyal in helping our paper on. We wish then to express our thanks to all the businessmen of the Twin Cities, who have advertised in The Acorn, and to all our friends, who have helped us in a direct or indirect way. We are also greatly indebted to our business and advertising managers, Victor Larson and Charles Themanson, for their good work in connection- with the paper. It is the wish of the present staff to extend to the next year's staff their best wishes for a successful year . — A.w. — VACATION. We are now nearing the close of the schooldays for 1913-1914. and are scon ready to leave our work at Bethel; many with the good hopes of again taking up the work next fall, others with that hope lacking. I am sure that we all feel that the year has passed very rapidly, which we probably did not expect at its beginning. The school has at this time a large number of students to represent it. bet us please remember as we take our vacation, to live so. that we will be good representatives of the school, because, keep in mind, the school is judged by the individuals that attend it. Bethel Academy needs every student’s cooperation. There are maiiy young men and young women, who would be greatly benefited by their coming here, so students, one and all, let us remember to BOOST our dear BETHEL, and to work in its interest by making it known to all whom .you meet during vaca-

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8 THE ACOKN es us a lesson worthy of consideration, nevertheless it shows the strength of evil on the other hand. We hold it as a nuisance and a detriment to the community. We may consider it analogous to the immorality and corruptness that is found all around us. such as the saloon, cigarettes, political graft, etc. The manner in- which the dandelion spreads is similar to that of evil. Only a little wind can carry it miles. When once in the air it keeps right on and we would find it quite a hard task to keep it in check after it once ripened and began floating about. So it is with evil, we must have it in our control before it reaches the stage of maturity, otherwise we will find our cities, homes and friends ruined by this curse, just as we find the most beautiful yards spoiled by dandelions. And so we as a Christian people ought to work earnestly and diligently before we find ourselves in the slough of despond where there seems to be no way of escape. Ruth Larson—'14. DISAPPOINTMENTS. For every victory there is a defeat. There is no gain- without a loss. For every conqueror there is a conquered one. For every gratified wish tnere must be some disappointment. Disappointments come to everybody, rich and poor, in one form or another. What is a disappointment to one is not so to another. We are always expecting them, and yet wo arc always hoping that they will never come. How often we sit down and think of how happy we would be on this little sphere, if there were no disappointments. If we could have everything that wc wanted, how happy it would mako us, at least that is what most of us think, but alas, that can- never be. Oh. the suffering, the sorrow and heartache that disappointments give us. We grit our teeth, clench our fists and some of us moan and groan, because we think that we are getting more than our share. We all seem to think that they are an unnecessary evil which is put in our path to make us stumble and life as a who!© miserable. Did you ever stop to think that most disappointments are blessings in disguise? The man who is a cheerful loser is a whole l°t bigger than the man who is always the winner. He has to fight a good deal harder to keep up courage than his opponent. He has the eyes of the world upon him and no one is afraid to say “there gees the man whom so-and-so beat.” Oh! how those words must rankle in his heart! Didn't he fight just as hard as anjone else would have fought? But he does not let himself stop at such remarks; he squares his shoulders, lifts his head and cheerfully goes forward to do the work before him in spite of the torture that is eating out his heart. That is the kind or men we want. On-e who is able to bear a disappointment cheerfully is also able to bear victory when that conies. It is the storms and blasts that beat against the pine on the hillside that help to make it strong and straight. It is the bearing up against the elements that will make it an honor to all the trees of the forest. Should there always be sunshine and fair weather the tree would grow up and have little chance against the storms when they did come. Disappointments are the blasts that try to uproot us. without them we could never grow up to be strong men and women. They are the refiners thru which we must pass to make perfect character. We find that one who has been disappointed and has stood the disappointments bravely ami cheerfully is a much stronger person as to character than the one who has not had any to contend with. Annie E. Johnson—’ll.

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TO-MORROW. THE ACORN 10 tion. May the attendance be the largest ever next fall. 1914-1915 STAFF. At the meeting held by the Alpha Beta Literary Society, May 15th, the following were chosen to serve on the Acorn staff for 1914-1915: Editor-In-Chief, Samuel Young: Associate Editor, Esther Larson; Business and Advertising Manager, Gust Larson; Circulation Manager, Paul Dahl-berg: Swedish Department. Gust Ham- mar: Athletics, Paul Loff: Alumni Notes, Rose Nordstrom; Society Notes, Dora Torn-blom: Exchanges, Ellen Gustafson; Per- sonals. Ida Billman, Lillian Stonestrom. Robert Anderson. One of the greatest faults of the people of today, is the putting off habit. of the do it tomorrow motto. Did you ever stop to think what a good thing it would be for many of us individuals if a day would ever come into existence which goes by the false name of to-morrow? How much would not be accomplished on such a day. But how many times is it not that we lose out, or become disappointed, because we rely upon some day other than the present one. Let us try to conquer that temptation more and more, and resolve to do the things which are to he dene to-day. CLASS HISTORY. DAN STRANDBERG—Our noble class president aroused the attention of the entire community of Isanti. Minn., by Ills cries one bright September mom in the year 1894. He was a quiet, good-natured, precious child, and it did not take much time nor energy to amuse him and keep him happy. He entered the public school of Isanti at the age of six and here he completed his eighth grade work. In 1910 he moved to Minneapolis and in the fall of that same year he was enrolled among other freshmen at Bethel Academy. Here he has been loyal and true to every task that has been placed before him. This past year lie has been Editor of the Acorn, President of the Alpha Beta Literary Society and the Senior Class. He does not speak unless he has something to say. His motto Don't think yourself great, is characteristic of him and speaks for itself. “That's all right. is his favorite saying and the Lily-of-the Valley his flower. We are not certain as to his future but we hope that he will continue his course or study at some College. RUTH LARSON—Four hundred years after Columbus discovered America. 1892, our happy-go-lucky Class Secretary looked out upon the world for the first time. She seemed pleased and happy then and has been so ever since. We have often wondered and questioned as to whether she was born laughing. She entered the Harrison school at the age of five years, but after several years she was transferred to the Cleveland where she continued her course of study until the year 1906. Circumstances did not. permit her to go ou, for this same year she changed her place of residence from St. Paul to Center, North Dakota, where she spent the three following years on a farm. This did not quite agree with her and she came back to St. Paul in 1909 and worked one year. During this year she met with many new and difficult experiences, and realized, as never before, the value of an education. Being a girl of strong determination, she went back to the Cleveland School and finished her eighth-grade work. The following year she entered the Johnson High