Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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THE A C 0 RN 25 D. Aspass, Center; v. Bergfalk. su)»; A. Dahlnulst. Forward; B. Swanson, Coach. S. Olson. L 'or var l. M. Ackorstrom, Guard; P. Jacobson, Guard. confident that, with a new gym and better quarters, a better team will be developed. Hurrah for the girls! They were the first team lo initiate the new gym when on the evening of Mar. 6 they defeated the Sirls basket ball team from Bethel Church. S. E. Minneapolis. Although at the end of the first half the odds stood against oiir girls, we were glad when the dust settled and found the score 20—12 in l'avor or Bethel Academy girls. The girls played a c.’ean game thruout the entire game, it was the right way to open the new gym and we hope that in the future it will be the same. Miss Nordin has coached the girls and no doubt will be along next year, as they all hope. Baseball has been a success this season. The boys of Bethel decided to .go into a joint team together with the Seminary and call it the Bethel team. Three needy men were secured from the seminary, whereas the remaining six were from the Academy. Only two games have been played up to the

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THE ACORN 24 mod baten till nasta landstigningsplats. Mfinga hade, af cle nodrop de hdrt, samlats och vantade att fa hdr'a utgiUigcn. Fadern stalde emellertid sin lard mot 11011111101. ej vetande vad hail skulle svara sin maka. En stmul efterat bievo cle stirjande sa mycket mer overraskade, ty eu man Kom in ledande deras son i sin hand. En annan bat hade mimligen raddat ho-liom. Ocli sa forbyttes sorgen till gliidje i det trevna henimet. TRaGEN VINNER. Av Conrad Carlson. Den nya pastorn hade kommit till byn. Han var en snail ocli Uud h ngivcn man; oclt bans storsta Intrasse’ var att vinna sj i-lar for Herren. Kyrkan,' som ban nu stod fardig alt upptaga arbetet uti, var till en del fcirlailen. En del av bilnkarna voro trasiga, givande ett tydligt tecken pa att en slapphet, angaende (let som tillhorde Gud ocli Hans verksamliet. var r dande ibland folket. Danim och smuts la inis dar i myckennet. — och det s« g gaiiska trakigt ut for den nykomne pastorn. Men han var icke en man, som lat sma-saker hindra sig. Han flck nftgra fdrsarn lingsbor att hjalpa sig iordningstalla kyrkan for den tillstundancle sdndagen. Snart hade dc kyrkan rengjord. sa att nar folket kom till kyrkan pa sondagen. belidvde de icke fa damm pa sina klftder. nitr de satte sig pa bankama. Sondagen kom, da han skulle predika for forsta gangen diir pi piatscn. Dei var icke mycket folk forsamlade, for over lui- vud taget voro dc icke mycket evangeliskt sinnade i byn. Han predikade den ena sondagen efter den andra, men folket syn-tes icke bliva mycket tilltalade diirav. Det sag morkt ut for lionoin, ocli han var na-stan fardig att giva upp allt hopp. Men han kom d;i till den slutsatseii att htUla ut en tid annu. kanhanda kuncle det vara niojligt. att folket skulle bliva intresserade till sist. Nar ban hade predikat nara ett licit ar, borjade on vandning bliva fornimbar ibland folket. Den ena syndaren efter den andra vaknade till insikt om sin farliga spinning, och en stor v ckelse iigde rum. Eorsam-1 ingen forokades och blev stor. En stor ny kyrka byggdes. som gav sittplatser at fyra hundra personer. Pastorn var nu glad, att han hade hardat ut under den iskalla nadatideu, och att han hade varit trogen. da allt syntes ga trdgt och besvhrligt; och han fick diirmed ldra sig cien sauningen: ••Tragen vinner. 'J'he 1U15-1G school year has now neared its close, as we look back o er the different athletic achievments of which we have been partakers, we can say that, under the circumstances, we have made a successful year of it. We feel rather sorry that the new gym wasn't ready at the beginning of the basket ball season, yet we were fortunate in using the seminary .gym although it is very small. Bethel has been very fortunate in secur- ing as basket ball coach Mr. Eslie Swanson, from St. Paul. Mr. Swanson is a .good man for the position and. from the very lew boys that he had to choose from, lie has succeeded in making a good team. Although the team has lost some of the games played, they have gotten the right spirit and have fought the game to the finish. It is the wish of all the boys to have Mr. Swanson with us next year and we teei

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2G THE ACORN GVRl S BASKET BALI, TEAM. Top row: Clam Mattson; Carol Morin; .Miss Nordin, Coach; Lila Stono- strom; Gertrude JSIcnmn. Bottom row: Ha .el Paul.von: Rose Nordstrom; Kst.ter Olandor. Captain: Olive Martin. BETHEL AC A DEM V AX I) SEMINARY BASE BALL TEAM. Top: A. Nelson. C. F.: A. Sjolund, 1 B.: S. Olson. L. P.; A. Anderson. R F. Bottom row: Dr. Sandell: A. Bellstrom. p.; a. Dahlquisl. 2 B.; .1. Johnson. 3 M. II. Bjork. C.; R. Amlerson. s. S.; Prof. A. J. Wlngblade.