Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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20 THE ACORN First Latin II. Algebra I. Eng. II. Ueom-etry I. A word of advice must be said as to their digestion. Doses should oe taken at intervals of one (I) hour, as soon after school hours as possible. Each dose should be thoroughly digested before any action can take place. Especially do I wish to emphasize upon their order for if inverted, serious results may follow next morning in recitation, for it must be remembered that Latin must be only spoken in Latin class and so on, concerning the rest. To the Sophomores we deem ourselves perfectly safe in assigning to them the following: English ill., German I.. Alga. II., Solid Geometry for the consideration ot the immense pleasure it affords us in finding them waking up to the fact that they know nothing and know of its truth. Next we have the most tender class in the school, a class that I warn the above to take mighty good care cf, since it is the most precious class, a class that lias so completely mastered the lower grades that scothing serins impossible. To them we have assigned the most precious books of our stay: English IV.. Civics A. His- tory, Commercial Law. These constitute the final program of our possession. In this state we will probably have the pleasure “If they are normal” to welcome them into the state of affairs where they realize they know something. How I wish to dispose of our personal traits or every day actions and posses- sions which I as appointed Notary have full power to do. Ruth Larson's smile, a smile which has many times uplifted the atmosphere or the school, I believe can find no better home than on the face of Adina Wescling. Esther Sundfelt’s worry or Dull Care l assign to Carl Dahistrom, a person who has completely mastered happiness and therefore is prepated to enter on the purifications of sorry. Anna Johnson's healthful, peaceable sleep “that noticed in Commercial Law preferred,” I assign to Albin Edlin-g, who must in some way be checked from raising ihe school from its foundations. Sitona Finden’s and Hannah Goranson’s systematic process of arranging their school studies will find perfect ease with Samuel Young. Dan Strandberg, Arthur and Axel Be!-strom. having no cast off smiles or chattels. assign all next year’s Biscuits, Doughnuts of Frar.ke Wallace to Smith 6 Larson, incorporated. I hope the rest of the members of the school will not feel slighted because or r-ot coming into prominence, because to those wi’l I assign ali Bananas, Uranses and waste paper about school. Banana peelings especially do I assign, for :t was rumored that a Freshman of this year's growth cured his flunking cjualicies with that remedy. This forms the legal title or will of the class. Signed and sealed this day within, the boundaries of the school campus. A. B.— 14 The Midnight Oil. The midnight oil is burning just before commencement day, A pallid female weariiy and slowly works away. What? Writing essays? No. you'd better have another guess. It is the woman finishing the sweet girl graduate's dress. Where to Find Content. Content sat spinning at my door. And when I asked her where she was before, Here all the time, she said, I never stirred: Too eager in your search you passed me o’er. And though I called, you neither saw nor hoard. —Alfred Austin. )

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THE ACORN helpful. So enthusiastic did I become that I decided to make the acquaintance or’ this very wise person. So one day 1 went up to the Journal building and was shown into the office of the person aforementioned, when to my surprise I found this wise person none other than my chum and old-time room-mate Annie Johnson. She gave me a great big bearhug, put up her sign, “No Visitors , locked the door and we settled down- for a nice long chat. She told me her work was very •gratifying and that she was receiving letters of gratitude every day from innocent young creatures who had escaped lifelong misery thru her timely advice. Altho my prediction- that she would eventually marry a millionaire, has not come true, she told me that she is to be married in- the fa!! to an old bachelor of fifty, who has a large dairvfarm in Eastern Minnesota. I had met all but one of the class and the time for my stay was nearing its close, but still I hoped chance would help me and T did not hope in vain. 1 had however given up most hope when I board-ed the Canadian Pacific for my home. I was walking up the aisie carrying a heavy suit case in my hand looking for a seat. 19 There wore none vacant, so I had finally to sit down- beside a pleasant faced gentleman, with long flowing hair, in the rear of the car. After a while we struck up a conversation and in the course of it he dropped a remark concerning the growth of St. Anthony Park. Then I asked him if he had ever heard of Bethel Academy. VVel!, I should say I have , he answered. “I graduated from that institution some twenty years ago.” “Not in the class or 191-1?” I asked. “Yes, of course,” he replied. Well. T was surprised! I never would have dreamt that I wouldn’t know Axel Bellstrom when I saw him but I did not, no more than he knew me. I found that Axel had been practically inclined ever since his leaving Bethel and that he was now with the Twin City Sapolio Company. There is some division of opinion as to who has received the most honor and praise, the poet or the Sapolio. However I am sure a great deai of credit can bo given them both. I must stop now as my letter is too long already. Sincerely Yours, Sitona Fiudeii—’14. CLASS WILL OF 1914. In the midst of happiness, joy and carefree life, we suddenly are confronted with that which all persons dread, a period of darkness,—one into which sight never seemes to penetrate. So are we, the members of class of 1914, feeling as we near the final goal of our happy sojourn in Bethel. Here is where we have spent the most happy moments of our life watching the progress of the different classes, especially that of the Freshmen, and because of these happy memories are we orccd to prepare a peaceable sojourn tor our successors. Sime it is always the custom for the elders to make their leavetaking as quiet an-d peaceable as possible, It lias dawned upon us as a class to dispose of our belongings in a just way so no dispute may arise as to the rightful owner. Our possessions are divided into two classes, that held by individual class and that held by persons. To the Honorable Freshmen Class, a class known- to be very cultured in the art of prying into our affairs, do we hereby as a class make it known that we absolve all claims to following articles which are now useless to us. For the considerations of having the pleasure of seeing their heads swell into a state of know everything ar.c! the painful operation of same:

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T H E A U O H N 21 S SEGERSaNG. Det var en varm eftermiddag i juni. Ofver hela landskapet lag en tystnad som om en tung sonin hade fallit ofver alia levamle varelser. Men stnnna och lyssna! Ett ljnd bryier den . heliga tystnaden. Vad ar det? Jo, det niftste vara nftgon som h«r taglt sig tid alt forstro sig. Se dar borta pa llo-den 1 en b.U ar en ensam man. Han- sy-nes icke hova sard el es brad tom att donia av sattet pa vilket ban lyfter sin Ara. Det spegelklara vattnet gor en silvervag otter bans bat. Stora och st tliga bjorkar sta pa vardera sidan av flotlen och spcgla sig i dess djup. Allt var sa stilla. Den t} sta vied som gick emellan iraden rorde knap past deras Idv. Skuile icke en sadan stillhet hava sitt inflytande uppa vilken manniska som hit 1st? Men sa var emellertid icke faliet med Fritiof Hektor. Hans eijest godinodi-ga ansikte var hoijdt med ett ftskmoln av vrede; ifr n bans ogon skoto bllxtar vi!ka kunde forfara den meat modiga person. ' Nu sail ban och tdnktc cell gav ringa akt uppa sin omgifning. Han hade arbetat troget for att hjalpa sir.-a fmaldrar att lor sorja de yn-gre b'arnen. Han hade upp-offrat bttde tid och nbjen for deras trev-nad. Att giva deni en god skolundervis-ning hade kostat honom stor fdrsakelse. Han hade ocksA sina framtidsdrommar och deras uppfyllelse hade syn-ts for he nom en omojlig sak. Att bliva lakare bade varit bans ambition sedan han var en liten gesse och hade Jagat den gam la gra battens ben. Ar hade forgatt, men hitin tills hade varken tid eller medel varit tillhaixia. Men nu syntes det deck som om bans framtidsdrom skuile ga » fullbor-dan. En yngre broder hade graduerat ifn en landtbruksskola och var nu ledig att hjalpa fadern med arbetet. Han hade haft ett l ngt sanual med fa-dein om saken och denne hade givit sitt bifall till hails planer med stor fdrdighet. Hail var glad att bans son hade satt ett sA stort mAl framfor sig; och annu mer. han bade lovat honom sA mycken hj lp som det stod i bans fbrmaga att giva honom. Glad som en fagel hade han med-delat denna plan till sin broder. Varfdr skuile a 11 tid Urban dampa bans gladje och hans ambitioner? Hvad ratlig-het hade han att kaila honom lat och sjalvisk? En tdlpig lantbrukarson som du ar, duger lute mer till lakare an? en gamma] gis. Du vill harifriin sa att jag skall fa gora allt arbetet medan du lig-ger och latar dig vid nagot lAroverk. Detta var mer an n gon manniska kunde utst . Han hade sagt brodern sin menlrg, och sli hade han lamnat honom. Dei flydda lftg som en mAlning framfor honom. alia fdrsakelser som han hade gjort for Urban. Han hade fdrsakat och arbetat for att giva honom den undervisning han oi 3kade. Och detta var det tack han tick. Urban, du ar den most oresonliga manniska som jag bar n gonsiu sett och jag bara dnskar att jag hade givit dig en rik-