Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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22 THE BETHEL HERALD Det iir inte vilr mening att skriva en bio-grafi eller karaktoristlk over v r larare utan endast med n gra rader tillagna honom, som en erkansla och ett uttryck av tillgivenhet, detta skol rs sista nummer av v r tidning. Vi onska Eder. doktor Lagergren, ftniiu m nga fir av den h lsa och vigor, som hit-tilldags gjort det mojligt for Eder att fylla den viktiga plats, som v rt samfund om-betrott St Eder i nu snart trc decennicr. IN MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT AUG. SUM) V ALL (Died in France) Lieut. Sundvall is the first of the Bethel Academy boys to contribute his devotion to his country in the measure of a supreme sacrifice. Recent wires from France brought the sad news that Mr. Sundvall died of wounds sustained in action against the enemy. Air. Sundvall was a B. A. student in 190$ and 1909. He was a member of the famous B. A. football team of that year. At the time of death he was a member of the Eiim Swedish Baptist Church, Minneapolis, having joined that church soon after his conversion at the Eklund evangelistic meetings. Ilis folks still live in Minneapolis. To them we express our deep sympathy. How many more of our boys are to sacrifice their lives in this gigantic struggle for justice and freedom, the future alone can reveal. Lieut. Sundvall Is the first. —H. C. V. THE PATRIOTISM IN BETHEL So many ask us what attitude our school takes toward the present crisis of the world and toward the part our country plays in it. “Are you loyal?”—You bet we are! Most of us, being of Swedish descent, have inherited the peculiar characteristics of our Swedish forefathers. The Swedish people are very little inclined to shout and make noise about their inner feelings. They do not even go wild about their patriotism. They are quiet but sure and dependable as the deep fathomless waves which carry the uneasy and excited foam of the surface. The past history of our country shows the Swedish sons to have been patriotic to the very marrow, and the past is now repeating itself very satisfactorily. With reference to Bethel the patriotic sentiment has not broken out into wild demonstrations as it perhaps has at other schools, but rather into active doings. Figures below will show that we have to some extent tried to do our bit. During the winter months a class of Red Cross workers met every Wednesday afternoon for two hours work under the direction of Red Cross instructors. More than 50 of the students are members of the Red Cross. 150 dollars have been paid out for Saving Stamps and 1,750 dollars for Liverty Bonds. The Service Flag of Bethel Academy is decorated with 28 stars and one star in gold. Some are at present in France, others who are in training camps, are anxious to go across. They are a praying crowd and we at home follow them with our prayers and interest because we believe our country is fighting a just cause. Since being patriotic means to love one’s country and zealously support its authority and interests,” the spirit of Bethel is in lull harmony with the spirit that must fill every true and loyal citizen of this great country. The President’s cabinet itself cannot be more true Americans than our Faculty, and the two Houses of the Capitol cannot breathe patriotism with more loyal lungs than the students of the two schools of Bethel. God speed the day when right defeats wrong and the world is made safe for democracy, and democracy is made safe for the world! THE VISITORS’ DAY on May 1st surely was a success. The day could not have been more suitable. It was one of the most pleasant spring days so far this year. The people gathered from all parts of the Twin Cities, and we were also glad to see some out-of-town friends with us. The afternoon musical program was most interestingly carried out, revealing to us

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The Bethel Herald A monthly published during the School year by the students of Bethel Academy and Thoological Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 50c PER YEAR STAFF C. GEO. ERICSON—Editor-in-chief • Martin C. Hamlin—Business Manager SEMINARY : A. Lilicmark ..............Swedish Dept. Anton E. Sjolund................English Dept. G. A. Gustavson...............Rapportor D. A. Anderson ......Ass't Business Mgr. David Gustavson. A. B...........Faculty Ass’t. BETHEL HERALD Snclllng and Nebraska Avenues, St. Paul, Minnesota Entered as second-class matter April 29, 1915. at the Post Office at St. Paul, Minn., under the Act of March 3. 1S79. 0. Milton Lind—Circulating Manager ACADEMY: Conrad Carlson ............English Dept. A. L. Frcdrikson ...........Swedish Dept. Waif red G. Holmberg--Ass’t Business Mgr. Eric N. Lindholin---Ass’t Circulation Mgr. Fred Moberg........1 Olive Johnson......} .......School Items Esther Olander.....J Hc iiry Wingbladc, A. B....Faculty Ass’t TILL DEAN C. G. LAGERGREN, D.D. Det ar med hogsta aktning och tillgiven-het, vi tillagna detta nummer av Bethel Herald till doktor Lagergren. Hogst fi sjut-tioiringar kunna se tillbaka pi ett liv si lingt och mingsidigt i Ilerrens tjanst som denne vir hogt varderade larare. Dot ar nu snart femtio Sr sedan han blev pastor i Uppsala, Sverige, vilken forsamling han tja-nade i tolv ir. Under de pifoljande sex i-ren var ban pastor i Sundsvall, di han, 1SS0. kallades till professorsstolcn av divarande The Baptist Union Theological Seminary of Chicago”. I Sverige liar han gjort sitt namn odod-ligt icke allenast genom sin insats uti bap-tistsamfundet utan liven inom nykterhets-rorelson och pi det litterarar omridet. I Amerika har den nu dryga delen av ett verk-samt liv tillbringats. Sisom fbrestindare och larare for virt Seminarium i nu tjugo-nio r har dr Lagergren bidragit till utbikilling av faktiskt hola vir predikantkftr. Det inflytande, en teologie larare under si min- ga ir utovar pi ett samfund, kan val knap-past tillfullo beskrivas. Det kommer att overleva honom sjalv. Dr Lagergrens nobla karaktar och akt-ningsvarda umgange ibland oss, inom och utom klassrummot, har varit av den mest foradlande och karaktarsdanancle natur. Vi hava lart oss att hogakta ocli iilska honom som en hdgsint och varmhjartad van och la-rare. Med den gedigna bildning, som endast Uppsala universitet kunde giva, tillsammans med mer an ett halvsekels forskning och er-farenhet, kan man gott saga, att dr Lagergren stir framsl ibland virt folk ifraga om bildningsgrad. Som samfundsman har han haft den sjir-egna fdrminen att med sitt eget livs erfa-renliet fitt lanka tillsammans de svenska baptisternas utveckling i tvenne lander. Detta darfor, att han redan som aderton-ftring blev medlem av en baptistforsamling och, knappast lumnen over kvartssekelgriin-sen. pastor for baptistforsamllngen i sjalva lardomsstaden Uppsala.

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THE BETHEL HERALD 23 THE STAFF Standing, left to right—W. G. Holmberg, Conrad Carlson, O. M. Lind. A. Liliemark, Prof. D. Gustavs on, A. E. Sjolund, M. C. Hamlin, G. A. Gustavson. A. L. Fredrikson. Sitting—E. N. Lindholm, Olive Johnson, C. Geo. Ericson, Esther dander, D. A. Anderson. Prof. Henry Wingblade and Fred Moberg are missing. that Bethel is endowed with some very unusual talents. Between the afternoon and evening programs the visitors availed themselves of the opportunity to look over the splendid productions by the students exhibited on the third floor. An appetizing supper was served by the Twin Cities' Ladies Society, which aided greatly to the festivity of the day. The evening program was the climax to our festal day. The main number being the “Mock Presidential War Official Meeting,” when our great national officers Mr. Mc-Adoo, Mr. Garfield, Mr. Vanderlip, Mr. Hoover, Mr. Hurley and Mr. Baker reported to President Wilson concerning their progress in their official work assigned to them. The interest was kept up to the very last, giving us some verq valuable and appreciable informations concerning government activities. The presentations were composed and written by Prof. H. C. Wingblade. Long shall the day be remembered by all those present. —Con. C. “ESTHER TAN Q CIST IS DEAD” was the shocking message that reached us May sixth. After two years of study in Bethel Academy she entered Mounds Park Sanitarium last summer to take up nursing. She