Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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T H E 19 2 7 B E T H A N N U A L Looking into the veiled future, four years seems a long stretch, hut as we stand on the Bethel threshold ready to step out into the world, we feel that four years is a very, very short time. Still in this short time we derived many benefits at Bethel for which we thank her—for the interest every member of the Faculty had in us, and for the influence they have exerted over us. We also extend our appreciation to our fellow students for the comradeship we have enjoyed together. Owing to the training and atmosphere at Bethel we go out as Christian soldiers with welded weapons with which to fight for the good and great Cause. Xaomir Hultoren. Thirty

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T H E 19 2 7 B E T II A N N U A L it was safest to practice open fighting and where to lie in ambush. We not only retained the honors we had won the year before, but through exciting and thrilling adventures we won many more. Undoubtedly it was a strenuous but pleasant year. Very soon fall, winter, and spring had passed. Just when we felt that we were in trim the fighting season was over. So it was both with dismay and happiness that we were ordered home to rest and also to muster up a larger army for the coining year. III After many months of longing for Bethel fields, we finally returned as a company of brave Juniors. The Junior year is a year of hopes as well as of misgivings, hut. as a whole it is a glorious year. Hartley Grandin, our worthy Captain, resigned and Miss Frances May Anderson filled the place and with her skillful tactics led us through both calm and stormy weather. Frances V. Anderson also gave her best service as lieutenant. At the Junior program, no doubt, the audience was overwhelmed by the talent of the company which had come to Bethel so fresh only three years before. Another great event was a banquet given in honor of the Seniorites. They were soon leaving the Bethel arena so we wished to be on the very best of terms with them. We also take joy in looking back on the many happy gatherings within our own little company. In this way we became better acquainted, for how could we have learned to know each other if we had always stayed on the firing line. Yes, a firing line it was; a few of us even conquered the mighty Caesar. Hence it was with happy hearts that we left for the home country. We all promised to return in the fall upon receiving the good news from Headquarters—that if we could hold out just one more year we would be victors. IV So the next fall found us in Bethel with banners Hying high and aspirations higher still. We felt as though we could have conquered the world. However, a few weeks of Hallcck’s and Twelve Centuries’ cooled our ardor just a little bit. Realizing we were in for a good hard fight we began to look for a Captain. Prof. H. C. Wingbladc was, of course, the man for the hour and we certainly are grateful for his capable leadership and for his untiring service. Our success is also due to the efficient service rendered by our worthy soldier, Mr. V inkleman. We have many happy recollections from this final year. The night of our Hallowe'en Party was one crowded with thrills and throbs of various kinds. Later we were royally entertained in the home of our Captain, where we practised our skill at many a curious art. Other outstanding occasions were the Senior-Junior banquet, the Alumnae banquet and the final senioritc picnic. Certainly it was a busy, bustling year. Many a fight did we carry on with the Sandman in order to finish that thesis. But by “filling every unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run we managed to finish. The senior year is really a year when work itself offers recreation. I am sure we have all found it the most pleasant of all the years. Twtnts -Ninc

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T H E 19 2 7 B E T H ANNUAL PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 'll IT is a beautiful morning in the month of June. The sun has just risen over the eastern horizon but early as it is there arc signs of activity on the Aviation Field just outside St. Paul. As we approach the grounds we find the other members of our party already assembled, ready to set out on our expedition to the Holy Land. Our party consists of several religious workers and scientific men who are interested in the project that occupies the attention of so many at the present time, namely that of finding the lost Ark. Our expedition is under the leadership of the noted archeologist, Mr. Stanley Forsman, who graduated from Bethel Academy in 1927. The pilot who accompanies us on this journey to guide our machine through the air is the famous aviator Louis Ellis, a classmate of Mr. Forsman. It is an enjoyable sensation to feel ourselves lifted slowly upward until we reach the proper height and then to glide swiftly through the air looking down upon the tovlike towns, lakes and forests. For our own enjoyment we arc taking a very round-about route, visiting various countries and places on our way. We therefore first turn our machine toward the southwest as our pilot wishes, before leaving the country, to visit his sister Rosamund who is doing missionary work among the Mona Indians in southern California. After spending a few days with her we go on to San Francisco. Here we meet many friends, among them Martin Erickson, another member of the class of ’27 at Bethel. He is now a well known evangelist and is at present conducting evangelistic services in sunny California. Now we take our course northward along the coast and over the mountains toward South Dakota. Here we stop to attend commencement exercises at Sioux Falls College, of which Elvera Wik is now president. Here we also meet Phoebe Strom, who for several years has been teaching school in the Bad Lands of North Dakota. During our stay we also visit the Baptist Church, where services are being conducted by Rev. Joseph Carlson and Alpliin Conrad, who is known all over our land as the singing evangelist. From them we learn that their sturdy classmate Frank Anderson is working in Montana under the title of church invi-gorator.” He carries his tool chest with him and repairs broken down churches in which lie afterwards preaches the gospel. Again we turn our machine northward and arc carried forward over the vast expanse of western Canada to Alaska. One of the most interesting places we visit during our stay here is Kodiak Orphanage on Wood Island, of which Vivian Skog-man is matron. Now we turn our course across the ocean toward the Orient. We stop at Shanghai, China, to visit with our friend Erie Sjolund. who is in charge of the missionary work in the Shanghai province. After a brief stay, we continue on our way across the great country of Chinn and over Thibet to India. After stopping to visit several places of interest, we finally land at Ongolc, the place that is so memorable in the annals of Baptist Missions. Here we meet Elizabeth Anderson, who is Superintendent of Nurses at the Clough Memorial Hospital, and Esther Antonson, who is Assistant Superintendent. They are doing a much needed work among the women of India. From India we arc carried swiftly to Jerusalem, our destination. Almost two years have passed. We have finished the research work which we undertook to do during our stay in the Holy Land and arc ready to return home. Again we glide through the air as though borne on the powerful wings of a bird, over mountain and vale until we reach Switzerland and land at Geneva. While visiting the Y. M. C. A. we meet Rudolph Ehnhom and learn that lie is now Thirty-One