Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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the acorn 2i MINISTERIAL STUDENTS BETHEL ACADEMY T. M. S. A. This association commenced last September with twelve members and has been Increased during this year by five, making a total enrollment of seventeen. During the past year several of these students have held churches in the neighboring towns and cities. During the Christmas vacation, nearly all of them conducted meetings in some church in Minnesota, or in the neighboring states. Not only away from school, have they held meetings; but also one every other week at school Ir. the beginning of the school year, Dr. Lagergren and Dr. Sandell favored us with lectures at these meetings. The latter part of the year outlines of different texts in the Bible have been put on the blackboard by different students. These outlines have been criticized and rebuilt by our able teacher in Homiletics. Dr. E. Sandell. The society feels that it has a class, to which it can welcome any young man v ho is preparing for the ministry. The members feel greatly indebted to their beloved teacher. Dr. Sanded, for the ii'terest he has shown, for the loyal work he has done and for the encouraging remarks he has bestowed upon us as a class during the past school year. Each member hopes that God will give Dr. Sandell good health and a long life, that he may be able to be a source or inspiration to us and others, to follow us yet for many years to come.

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GROUP OF STUDENTS 1917—1918

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2-1 THE ACORN Principal’s Corner A. J W'ingblade. Freely ye have received, freely give. To us as students living in the twentieth century, these words have an added meaning. Heaven and earth are showering blessings upon us. Only the cureless pessimist fails to recognize how much we receive freely. The past and the present contribute with bountiful hands to the wealth of our environment and resources. What now we hold dearest,—liberty, freedom, security—for these men fought and died, women wept and suffered long before we were born. In the flag of freedom we find mingled the red and the blue, the suffering of the patriot and the kindness of heaven. All that the twentieth century boasts, ojf progress and convenience, has come 'down to us. the painful product of the slow revolving years. Now they are ours. The past asks no reward. It has labored. Ours is the joy. Our physical and mental makeup is the heritage of generations of human beings who have lived and loved and labored and fought and lost and won. Are you strong? Give to God thanks. Have you a strong will power, sturdy limbs, a soul that looks upward Use these blessings, they are the gifts of the ages. In these days of the high cost of living we are especially apt to forget what blessings are given to us every day, which have cost us no labor. Opportunities and facilities are everywhere. Education, growth, enjoyment are made possible to us by the wea.Uli and love of others. What has cost thousands is thrown open to us freely. (Educational facilities are especially numerous. We as Swedish Baptists are spending more money.eyery year for education. This money is coritributeci by our friends of progress and enlightenment. Our young people, who receive the benefit, should catch the vision of service. There is work to be done, there are burdens to be lifted, there are problems to be solved. May our young people not be found wanting when the opportunities come, but may they be prepared and willing to give of themselves that the next generation may be richer, freer, stronger than our own Freely we have received, let us also freely give. SVEA. Svenska Litterara Foreningen Svea, hade . sitt fdrsta mote detta skoiar den 7 oktober 1916. Foreningen har under detta ar haft stor framg ng. Motena hava va-rit val besokta av utomstAcnde vanner, vilka hava blivit mycket belfttna med sina besok. Programmen hava varit Yal utfor-da, och en svensk st mning har varit ra-dande dyer del hela. De deltagande stu-(letnerna hava inspirerats att uppodla det klingande svenska spr kct, och hoppas att detta adla arbete matte fortsatta det kommande skolaret. Den 19 maj hade foreningen sin arliga deklamationstavlan, vari fern av vara studenter deltogo. Den-na tavlan var akta svensk: ej mindre an tie av de deltagande deklamerade poem fran Faurik Stais Sagncr, av Runcbcrg. Besokarna vid denna tavlan voro val be-lonade for sin moda att kornrna till motet. A fdreningens vagnar onska vi tacka alia de, som liava deltagit och hjalpt till att foreningen under det gSngna aret haft s stor framgang. O. J., sekr.