Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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18 THE ACORN We have learned that three members of our faculty ,. liss Elsa Norcleen. Miss Edith. Lindberg, and Mr. Albert Pearson, are to leave Dethel this spring. We regret the loss of our teachers and friends, whom we have learned to value and esteem during the years they have been with us. Our best regards will follow them to whatever fields of activity they enter, and our wish in parting is for their continual success. We understand that arrangements have already been made to fill the places thus vacated with competent instructors. The Acorn Staff of 1917-18 is as follows: Editor-in-Chief, Conrad Carlson; Asso. Editor, Olive Johnson; Swedish Editor, A. L. Fredrikson; Business Mgr., Martin Hamlin; Circ. Mgr., Erik Lindholm; Kel. Editor, W. Holmberg; Athletic Editor, Della Uoranson; Ex. Editor, Esther Tan-cjuist; Personal Editors, Esther Olander. Effie Lindblom, Ellys Chernlund, Emil Carlson, and F. Moberg. We hope that our present subscribers will not forget the Accorn in the year to come. The new Circulation Manager will be pleased to hear from you. As we, the present Acorn Staff, tender our responsibility to others, we wish to express a heartfelt “thank you” to all who have cooperated with us in the work and to all who have given us their loyal support. We especially feel our obligation to members of the Faculty, who have not spared time and effort to aid us. To the new Acorn Staff are extended our best wishes for a successful year. ©ur (Hmtntry Jenny Slcoglitnd Hail to the country that stands for the right, Honored and loved be the stars and the stripes! The eyes of the world look up to thy might. Hoping that thou wilt settle the strife, That has raged long Among the throng, Of foes across the sea. Heaven send thee help to do That which is just and kind and true, To save humanity. (0ur (Hmutlry Atliur Nelson Never was a time when our country so measured, Brawn of the young men who train for derense. Mountain tops seem to be all set in flashes, Tried-by the flame as of hell’s ugly lens. Millions waiting for a lift. Out afar from home, adrift. Humbly all nations are looking to us; Want has not found us yet. And surely we must not let All others starveV We must help! We must lead! {Jrmbfnt Siagstrum’s Amtiumsary (Continued from page 7.) master builder of that vast edifice.—St. Paul’s Cathedral. The whole magnificent structure is his epitaph. We stood a short time ago by the side of a deathbed. The name of Dr. Hag-strom was mentioned and the sufferer’s face lighted up and those dying lips pronounced a blessing over the absent friend. And I am sure that there arc hundreds and thousands in this and other lands whose lives Dr. Hagstrom has touched, that will rise up and call him blessed. The work which our School President has done and is doing will live not only in terms of brick and mortar and campus, but also in the hearts of his students and in the hearts of the Swedish Baptists of America and of the world. May he he spared for many long years to love and labor among us.

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TI1E ACORN 17 The Acorn Entered os second class matter October 20tb, 1900, at the Post Office of St. P. , Minn., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879. Subscription Price 50c per Year All articles contributed to the Literary Department should be addressed to the Editor-in-chief, and all business' commu ...ations to the Business Manager. Bethel Academy St. Paul, Minn, STAFr Linus Johnson Fred Mohkko Agneta Sundfelt Arthur Nelson Emil Carlson Conrad Carlson David S ohero Swedish Dept. .. Editor-in-Chlcf Associate Editor ...Asst. Bus. Mgr. Circulation Mgr. Gertrude Ekman Gust Gustafson Esther Tanquist ( Personals. herbertii Peterson... Vivian Peterson Ruth Johnson Martin Hamlin ... f By the time this issue of the Acorn is distributed the school year of 1916-17 will be a thing of the past. This is the day we have looked forward to, the day which seemed so far off when we started in the fall, but which perhaps seemed too near as the final Exams approached. However, now it is here. To most of us it spells freedom, to many it means home, and to all a feeling of irresponsibility and ease, like the feeling a day laborer has when the whistle blows on Saturday night. But, like all joys, it is tempered with sadness. As we see our friends, whom we have learned to know and esteem during the year, get ready to leave, and see them depart one by one. perhaps never to cross our path again, we cannot help experiencing a loss of something in our own lives. Those eyes will never meet ours again and that voice will never again ring in our ears. Perhaps we had just recently learned to value rightly our fellow students and take that deeper interest in them, which only friendship knows; and now we must part. It is like the breaking up of a home. This year this is brought home to us stronger than ever. It is not only the Graduating Class who leave, but it is certain that many others also will never see Bethel again. Still, we know that whatever meets us, we are better prepared because of the year or years we have spent in Bethel. We have gained something which we did not possess before, not only in intellect, but in a thousand pleasant memories, which will reawaken in our coming days, to make many a melancholy hour cheerful and bright.

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THE ACORN 15) S kolcUtB slut Conrad Carlson Vi nalkas nu ater virt skolhrs slut Med frdjd uti segrande leder. Vi kampat i striden med lansar och spjut Att hugga okunnigkct neder; Vi kanipat som karlar med vikingablod, Och hollo oss framme, d het striden stod. — Nu tiden vi n tt, liksom mangen forut. Till skoiarets slut. Kammando nu hors: “Bryten lager, 'stan opp! Er vilen fr n striden och noden; Bra haven I gjort under skoiarets lopp Att skaffa mang’ fiende doden.” Sa lydde de orden frftn harforar’n god, Dar han uppi faltet bland krigskampar stod. Vi striden ha vunnit; ej minuet dor ut, Da. skolan ar slut. Nu t ltpaiar lossas, som talt hollo fast. Da stormen slg tycktes regera; Vad sorl det nu bliver, allt gar i en hast, Och snart sta ej tiilten dar mera. De rullas i buntar och kastas i hog; Och sa kommer vagnen, pa skjuts han dem bjod. Det gick som en dans genom Iftgret nu ut, — Ty skolan var slut. Nu lades i l dor de krigssaker sma, Som forr uti striden man hade. Har spaden och yxan, dar kulorna gift, Av villcet v r ovan tog skada; Och dolken och svardet med blodet uppa, En plats uti l dan de alia ju fa. Ej vapen behoves, ej mer nhgot krut, Ty skolan ar slut. Xu bryta vi opp, allt ar redo, farval! Det hors med forenade krafter. Vi fara i gl dje, och det med stort skal, Till harliga vilopalatser. Ad jo! kampebroder, du stridsman ar god, Du var icke fcg, om det an giillde blod. Farval! goda systrar, Mathilda och Rut, Nu skolan ar slut. Nar olika platser i landet vi nittt, Till vanner bftd’ nara och kiira. Kom da ih g skolan och sag ndgot gott: Det mSnga tar bordan att bara.” Sag, yngling: Om man han den basta vill bli, Studera han bor vid viir akademi.’ Och lingra han aldrig skall detta beslut, Da skolan ar slut. 5n Bommantctitsbilb t Dalantr Albert E. Pearson Det ar juninatt vid Bergsangs backar. Ljumma vindar viska bland lovkronorna. En ljus himmel blickar milt ned bland de hoga asparna. Bergens toppar sta som stumnia skuggor, medan i fjarran skimrar svagt Siljans vida yta. Ner i de djupa dalarna skymta vita dimmor fram som stigande vatten. Skogens uv tutar nu och