Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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THE ACO R N 21 publication of ibis issue, but several games have been put off on account of rain. Bethel 14 — St. Paul College 4. The first game of the season was played on May t at Como against St. P. C. A good crowd was present and showed a great deal of spirit. Arthur Belstrom was in the box and he proved too good a man for the other side. St. P. C. was forced to use two pitchers and yet could not stop the heavy hitting done by our boys. Both teams played a clean game but the Bethel proved too strong and fast a team for St. Paul College. Bethel 15 — Minnehaha Academy 14. On the following Monday our boys hit it for S. E. Minneapolis and added another victory to our credit by defeating the M. A. team. This team proved to he more of a match than the one played Saturday before. The wind was very strong and it was almost impossible to do any fielding. .John Johnson pitched good ball, getting 11 strikeouts. Tennis has been scarce this spring yet one can see boys and girls hunting up their rachels and nets every day when there is no rain. No courts are secured on our grounds as yet but we arc looking forward to a large athletic field by next fall. E tutorials iContinued from page 13.) trying and we are often tempted to throw our books and give it up. But by the encouraging words from those who have gone before and conquered, and by words o’ regret from those who gave it lip before they had finished, we are spurred to go on and make the goal. When we leave school we step into the great realms of service. It is no longer a life of mere receiving but of giving, sacrificing our life, strength and energy to serve others. Seniors, we are ready to commence a new period and turn a new leaf in life's great book. Let us keep such record that on the last great commencement, when we step into the realms of life evedlasting. of which this life is a place of preparedness. wc can look back upon it with joy. The present Acorn staff wishes to express their appreciation to the faculty ana students for their cooperation in making this year’s Acorn a succe3S The New Staff W hop.- that our present subscribers vi!l l.ot fo.'g.t the Acorn next year. We are sure the next year's circulation manager will be glad to hear from you. Address all your subscriptions to the Acorn Circulation Manager, Bethel Academy, St. Paul, Minn. Our next year's staff is as follows: Editor-in-chief Fred Moberg: Asso. editor. Agnetta Sundfelt; Swedish editor. Linus Johnson: Bossiness mgr.. Alfred Bah!-us Johnson; Business mgr., Arthur Nelson; Cir. mgr., Edwin Tanquist; Religious Dept.. Gust Gustafson; Society editor. Grace Palm quist; Athletics. Paul Jacobson; Personal editors, Anna Larson, Esther Tanquist, Ger trade Eckman. The present Acorn staff wish you the best of success. QUobs ijistonj (Continued from page 17.) Alex Rexion:—John Alex Ericson wasan’s reason or the Apostle Paul's reason horn at Worcester, Mass.. Jan. 2, 15593. Heis left for him to explain. As early as was then called Ericson. but for excellentihe age or six months he was possessed of reasons of his own. he has changed his the spirit of navigation and sailed across name to Rexion; whether he has a worn-the ocean to Sweden. But the beautiful

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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.

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T II E ACORN land of the midnight sun did not have room for this ambitious personality; he returned at the age of seven years to Charleston., V Va., where he began to drink out of the fountain of education. The following year he moved to Cleveland. O., where he emptied the fountains of learning. During his school career he irritated the pedestrians on the street corners by his shrill cry, “Paper, sir? Paper!” As he developed into maturity he chose as his life’s calling, preaching. 1-Ie entered the Swedish Seminary, then at Morgan Park, Chicago, in the fall of 1912. After having spent out year there he realized his need of a high school education. His flower is the “Indian Paint Brush”; his favorite study, “Zoology”; his ambition and motto goes up in one word, “Russia.” Carl Eric Gustav Dahlstrom:—The great city ol' Stockholm. Sweden, was disturbed one morning in the first part of the liltli century, by the ringing of all the church bells. When the cause of the agitation was found, it revealed itself to be the mere birth of our hero Carl Dahlstrom. At the age of eleven he lost his parents. After a few years of ups and downs he wanted to go to that great land where there is no king and no cranky preachers. Having been In America a few years he was advised to enter Brandon College. After one year at Brandon he had received enough of the school spirit to enter Bethel Academy. Mr. Dahlstrom is preparing to become a doctor-preacher. He says that deeds arc not always visible to the human eyes, which is proven by his motto. “Cod secs nil thy deeds when nobody else does.” 11 is flower, ‘ Linnea Borealis.” His favorite study is not medicine, but the “Swedish Language.” Ida Ericson, who was born May 9. I SO I, in the woods of West Rock, Minn., is a person whose life history is a very short one. which is very natural, lor she is not yet very old. She, as all the rest of the Senior class, is a very ambitious person. She began to thirst for an education at a very eariy age. Being a good scholar she graduated early from the graded school. After having finished the grades she attended Business College. But life became too monotonous and she decided to move to Topeka, Kansas, in 1910. Now the life strings began to vibrate with sympathy for the needful world and she could no longer restrain her ambition. She became a stenographer for a year, but she felt the need of a better education and returned to Minnesota in the lull of 1913 tc attend Bethel. Her favorite study is “Swedish. C. Robert Anderson was born at Red Wing, Minn., Nov. 9. 18 JG. Since then he has been traveling all over the state ot Minnesota, because of the honor of being a preacher’s son. His first move was made when he was about six months old to Lanthrop, Minn. Here he remained long enough to enter the public school. But he had hardly begun when he had to pull up stakes and move to Alexandria, where iie finished the graded school. During these years of hard study and much worry, ho overworked his cranium so that he was obliged to change his occupation and work in a grocery store. After two and one-half years of experience as .grocery clerk he entered Bethel Academy as a treshman the fall of 1913. During these years at Bethel he has been persuaded to believe that he has a voice for singing. His aim is to develop his mus»cal talents so that he may become a “professional” singer. The Lily of the Valley” is his favorite flower; “mathematics” his favorite study and, because of his many trials in life, he has chosen as his motto. “Climb though the Rocks be Rugged.” Fred Norling:—On the 12th day of Dec., 1895. Fred Norling was born, on a farm, at Svea, Minn. After having been nursed and cared for, for a period of eight years, he was considered big enough to send to school. At the age of fifteen he graduated from the country school. When he had graduated he felt the need of instruction iu farming. The result was a course m the Minnesota State Agricultural School, from which he graduated in 1914. In 19In