Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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m 1922 Blue Gray — 1922 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1922 We, the Senior Class of 1922 of Bethel Academy, and of the State of Minnesota, being of sound mind and of legal age, do hereby, in our last will and testament, bequeath, to wit: First: Wc bequeath to the Faculty our appreciation of the few zeros and failure slips they have given us, and also bequeath the right to show to the Juniors the same consideration that we have enjoyed as Seniors. Second: To the Freshman, our youthful ambitions. Third: To the Sophomores, our example of studiousness and good manners. Fourth: To the Juniors, our seats in the English IV room and to each individual Junior as follows: Bertha Rask’s “ studiousness ” to Vernon Baxter. Margaret Olson’s practice hours at the typewriter to Arthur Nyborg. Eleanor Bondc’s hope chest to Allan Munson. Williminc Thompson’s flashy eyes to “Ole” Anderson. Russel Palmquist’s “rambunctiousness” to Gunnar Nordquist. Adolph Johnson’s athletic championships to Elvera Edstam. Lester Mac Millan’s “robustness” to Elsie Wik. Carl Swanson’s unsolved geometry problems to Ellen Carlson. Sigfried Sandberg’s melodious voice, which must be kept in perfect repair, to Emma Mossbcrg. Clarence Hagstrom’s limberness to Inez Sundbcrg. Herbert L. Peterson’s humor to Lois Thompson. Edward Viren’s uneaten desserts to Elsie Hagberg. Roland Miller’s unbalanced account books to Gene Dolpli, Treasurer. Claus Hammarstrom’s tardiness to Jewell Torkclson. Henry Johnson’s managership to Marcus Fritzell. Esther Bod in’s oratory to Archie Vetter. Hanna Wiggmann’s vocalizing to Harold Lindblom. Dora Wallendorfs book knowledge to Oscar Johnson. Elvera Schcrling’s basket ball enthusiasm to Carl Carlson. Edith Larson’s good nature to Alvin Pearson. George Ferre’s argumentative talent to Thora Loman. Carol Taylor’s position as chief monitor in library to R. Bcrggrcn. Ernest Hassclblad’s “Pomade” to Minnie Carlson. Ernest Ellstrom’s necktie to Arvid Hedbcrg. Burriss Richardson’s “class” to Robert Wellivcr. Carl Ackerman’s “stage-fright” to Gladys Rundquist. Reuben Tanouist’s story-telling ability to Ecith Palm. Harold Martinson’s eloquence to Carmelytc Nordberg. Theodore Anderson’s love for Latin to Ernest Olson. Enoch Johnson’s unfinished cartoons to Carl Hogfclt. Evangeline Landbcrg’s smile to Alfred Stahnke. David Larson’s eloquence to Vinettc Carlson. Fifth: We give, devise, and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of our real and personal property of every kind, whatsoever and wheresoever situated, to the remaining Juniors: Ethel Skoglund, Philip Turnwall and Albert Sorenson. Lastly: We appoint Principal A. J. Wingblade, chief executor of this will. Subscribed, sealed, published, and declared by the Class of 1922, the testators, who have to this our will set our hands and seals this sixth day of April, Anno Domini, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Two. (Signed) THE CLASS OF ’22. Witnesses: The Clarion Staff. (Seal) 27

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1922 - Blue Gray - 1922 to be none other than George Ferre, formerly a minister of the Gospel, but at the request of his multitudinous friends, he consents to run for mayor’s office. The great auditorium rings as he announces his platform which is death to the tobacco industry and a strict Sky Blue Sunday. Next Miss Williminc Thompson is introduced as candidate for Police Commissioner’s office. With snapping eves, she denounces the present loose system, and offers a thorough clean-up and a white-washed town. “While in New York, I may as well visit the studio of Bertha Rask, sculptress. She has recently risen to prominence by her marvelous work, ‘The Schoolmaster,” immortalizing the great professor of Twentieth Century English of ’22. Odd, but true, as I look upon the statute the Bethel spirit radiates from that humanized countenance. “My attention is all at once caught by a scene I sec in an Omaha home. Here sits Eleanorc Bondc, my old friend, with her foot she rocks the cradle, and is queen of all the world, and with her pen she writes down thoughts that have raised the ideals of her sex to a level never before reached. “A great steamer is entering the harbor of Chicago from New York and Europe. Pacing the deck, I see an outstanding figure, evidently a statesman, judging from his frock-coat and tall hat. In his arms arc two dark-skinned babies. I recognize Claus Hammarstrom, United States minister to Turkey, coming home for a conference. It appears that he is a confirmed bachelor and that he has just adopted a pair of Turkish twins of whom he is very proud.” Next Father Time turns to Congo, Africa, where Bethel has her representative, Carl Ackerman and Ernest Ellstrom arc doing a great work as missionaries. He finds that Carl is called the “Second Livingstone” because of his and Earnest’s labors in this field. Back to New York City, to a great mass meeting, Father Time turns his gaze, Dr. R. 0. Palmquist is standing on a raised platform gasticulating as is his custom. His profusion of curls have miraculously disappeared from his head, and instead, have found a permanent abode upon his upper lip. The cause of his enthusiasm is the repeal of the Nineteenth Amendment: “Women of the world, I appeal to you to return to your desolate homes, and carry out the mission which was given to mothers.” “Far out on the steppes of Russia, I find a sandv-bcarded, gruff sea captain, whose occupation has sadly bowed his legs. He is sailing his small schooner under the flag of the Norwegian Soviet Government in quest of the lost bridge between the eastern and western hemispheres. The old salt is none other than Ernest Hassclblad. I hear a call from the cabin: ‘Oh, captain, I have found a new chord on the organ! IIow I bless Bethel for donating to us that pipe organ, and Providence for giving me little Jack to pump it!’ The voice is none other than that of Elvira Scherling, the wife of the captain's second mate.” Father Time now closes the chapter twenty-eight of the record book of the class of ’22 with the satisfaction that its members have contributed their share toward world progress thus fulfilling their class motto—“Simplicity, Sincerity and Service.” 26

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