Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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THE BETHEL HERALD 31 tone high and the atmosphere pure seeking to hold high ideals before our students and assist them toward building sturdy, strong characters. We honor, uphold and teach the Bible and principles of Bible Study. We have a course of daily Bible reading prepared for students and also encourage others to follow the same. Our teachers are Christians with positive character and influence who aim to impress the students with life as well as instruction. Our Theological Seminary aims to train young men for the ministry and for missionary work, fitting them to preach in both the Swedish and English languages. Its course of study leads up to Th. G., Th. B. and D. B., and is equivalent to the standard Theological Seminaries. Its Faculty stands for the belief in the inspiration of the Bible and the orthodox interpretation of the Scriptural truths. Every young Christian should consider seriously and conscientously the question as to whether God has called him to work of the Christian ministry or missionary service. Ask yourself, “Does God want me? Has He need of me? Can He use me in His service?” Seek in the prayer-closet the light and guidance of the Holy Spirit oil this matter. Read, Isaili 6; Matt. 4:18—22 and 9:35— 38; 2 Tim. 2:15, and cease not to pray, meditate and study upon this problem until you are satisfied in your own mind what God would have you do, for there is no greater call than the divine call for missionary service and the work of the Christian ministry. There is no greater work in which mortal beings can invest their lives than in the service of the King of kings. Our educational standards are kept high and our aim is that students going from us to higher institutions of learning shall be a credit to the school they leave as well as that to which they go. The following words of our President emphasize the needs of education in our day as never before: “The White House, Washington. After the war there will be urgent need not only for trained leadership in all lines of industrial, commercial, social and civic life, but for a very high average of intelligence and preparation on the part of the people. I would therefore urge that the people continue to give generous support to their schools of all grades and that the schools adjust themselves as wisely as possible to the new conditions to the end that no boy or girl shall have less opportunity for education because of the war and that the Nation may be strengthened as it can only be through the right education of all its people. WOODROW WILSON.” Our safe guards assure parents and guardians of young people that ours is a school in which it is safe and helpful to train young people in this important period of their life. Our tuition and other charges are most reasonable. Our needs of course, are many. We need equipment for the Physics Department, Chemistry, Manual Training and Aitliletic Departments, Domestic Science and Music Department. We

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30 THE BETHEL HERALD THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER B.V DR. G. ARVID HAGSTROM It is quite evident that since the beginning of the Christian era there has been no more eventful year than this present year. This is not only true for Bethel Academy and Theological Seminary but for every educational institution as well as other institutions. When the school year opened last September our country together with almost the entire civilized world was still in the throe of the world’s greatest war, and our boys in increasing numbers were going over seas and “over the top” doing heroic and valiant service for the cause of Liberty, safety and democracy, with the natural consequence that the enrollment of boys at school was less than before. The tide which had already begun to turn against the Huns was increasing and gaining momentum with each contingent of boys in khaki sent over, and was rapidly moving on toward the end of hostilities. We, therefore, suspected, though not quite so soon, what happened on November 11, 1918, viz., the signing of the armistice which was undoubtedly one of the most epocmaking events in human history. What a relief it brought from the intense strain and heavy pressure under which the intire human family was laboring. Little wonder that the celebration of the event took on phases of the pandemonium and confusion worse confounded. It was quite to be expected that it would be impossible to confine the jubilee within reasonable limits. In view of all this it was hardly to be expected that our school work should grow and, yet, we are pleased to note that the enrollment of the year has been larger than ever before. The signs of progress, such as added equipment in several departments of the school, viz. the Commercial Department, Music Department, Library, Office and several interesting and valuable souvenirs from over seas added to Museum, also contribute to the encouragement and development. By reason of the intensive and painstaking teaching on the part of the instructors, persistent application on the part of the students we have succeeded in overcoming the encroachment and interruption caused by the enforced “flu” vacation, even to a greater degree than in many other schools. For this we are devoutly grateful to God and greatly appreciate the co-operative efforts on the part of all who have contributed to this happy result. This, therefore, is no time to cease our efforts for the building-up and developing of our school, in fact, we should exert even more vigorous efforts than ever before to boost for a BIGGER, BETTER BETHEL. Let each student lay himself out to induce at least five new students to plan enroll for next term. Let each student interest his friends to become loyal and liberal supporters of our school. We purpose to keep the spiritual

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32 THE BETHEL HERALD need Scholarships to encourage worthy students in all departments. We need endowment for various purposes and for the maintenance of the school. We need dormitories, especially a girls’ dormitory. Who will memorize their names or the name of a loved one by building such a dormitory? Better than a will is to be your own executor, the Swedish Baptist General Conference of America will receive at any time such sums as you may wish to give, and pay a reasonable interest during life. For those who wish their money to go finally to the educational cause this is one of the best means of securing a safe income during life. The bond of the Conference has been paid and always will be as long as the Baptist denomination exists. There is no trouble about reinvestment. The rate of income is fixed according to the age of the donor at the time the bond is given, and is never reduced, whatever may be the financial condition of the stock or of business enterprises. Wills are often broken and bequests to missionary societies lost. Give your money to the General Conference for this educational purpose while you live, and if you need it, take a bond insuring you an income during life. A copy of such a bond may be had upon application. Let us all co-operate for an ever growing, better equipped and more useful school than ever before. Let us aim to have at least three hundred students next year. We can do it if we will for this is the day of great achievements when doing the impossible is made possible. Therefore, let us agree upon the following: WE CAN DO IT AND WE WILL WELCOME to BETHEL ACADEMY and THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. si- «: Tre ganger kallad Av PROF. C. G. LAGERGREN, D.D. Trettio ar hava flytt, sedan under-tccknad overtog befattningen sasom Seminariefdrest ndare och larare, och n gon har satt i fraga, om vi ic-ke gjort nagra iakttagelser under tre decennier, som med fordel knn-de meddelas allmanheten. Visser-ligen, men vi anse icke detta nu vara riitta tillfallet. Vi inskranka oss darfor denna gang till en kort redo- gorelse for de forhallaivden, som led-de till uppbrottet ifran Sverige och forbindelsen med vart Tcologiska Seminarium. I den “Minnesskrift”, som utgavs 1914 av den sist graduerade klassen fran Morgan Park, ar intaget en “historisk aterblick”, skriven av Eric Sandell, i vilken i forbigaende med nagra ord min kallelse omnam-