Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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19 2 8 B K T II A N N U A I 19 2 8 A. M. Oi.sox Supreme t f Heroes—bravest, Noblest, best!” A. II. Obekc. Culm pleasures there abide.” Florkxcc Ahviu.a Price She is culm because she is the mistress of her subject—I he secret of self-possession.” GkORGi: FI. IiCLTCRKX ho. xoilh the ancient roots of man’s nature twines the eternal passion of song Edith L. I.ahsox Office Secretary Of all the sunbeams that (lid ever shine the very sweetest hath to thee been given” Fifteen

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19 2 8 B K T II A N N U A I 19 2 8 Bstiikr Saiu.b, PI). B. So didst thou travel on life's common xcay, in cheerful godliness, and yet thy heart the loxcliest duties on herself did lay.” Em»: Xki-sox. A. B. She is more precious than rubies, and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.” Fraxcks Mav A.mikhsox, A. B. 'They are cultured who enjoy the best things in life. Anna M. Swi:i ih:ro, B. S. She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness C. E. Carlson, A. B. Write me as one who loves his fellowmen. Dki.viia M. Jacoiison’, 1 . S. She can so inform the mind that is -within us, so impress with quietness and beauty, and so feed -with lofty thoughts, that the dreary intercourse of daily life shall ne'er prevail against us. Fourteen

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19 2 8 B K T II A X X U A I 19 2 8 GODSPEED TO THE CLASS OF ’28 By Henry Wingbladb WE arc told that a great president confessed that he felt more thrilled and honored when graduated from high school than when inaugurated to the presidency. And it was Lord Byron who sang: “Talk not to me'of a name great in story, The days of our youth are the days of our glory Ah, youth! That is the treasured possession of the high school graduate and of the class of 1928. When I was a high school boy, a great speaker stirred me with his address. On my going forward to thank him, his quick rejoinder was: I would give all that I possess for the youth that you possess.” Of course he would. And John D. Rockefeller would have done the same. Yet how fast youth flies. We are young, we arc young, we are young, and suddenly we are OLD. Four years in school seemed so long when you looked ahead. But, oh. how short when you look back! And the speed of your years will increase until they will fairly rush by. Now your years seem big like harvest moons. Soon, too soon, they will scorn like precious pearls. To the heart of ambitious youth, all things arc possible. “There is more beyond!” There are fields to conquer; there is a world to win. lint he who would be truly successful must take into consideration two worlds. There is the world all about us with its flowers and its stars. There is also the world within us with its mystic feelings and throbbing ideals. It is this world that makes us what we are. Jesus referred to it when He said, My Kingdom is not of this world.” That world includes love and sympathy; friendship and devotion; happiness and contentment; faith and truth. In this realm Christ is King. Wc may affirm our allegiance to Him and be the happy subjects. You have had many good times at Bethel. You have wrestled with many problems and won many victories. Remember that the real victories are the victories of the soul, of the spirit. He can make you more than conqueror over all the subtle and invisible enemies that beset your heart. My wish for you all is this: May no burden be so heavy, no temptation so strong, no problem so pussling, and no sorrow so poignant but that you shall rise triumphant above them all, with a stronger faith in the eternal verities and a clearer vision of the true meaning of life. You have been placed in this material world, but you need not be of this material world. “One ship sails east, another west, To the self same winds that blow; Tis the set of the sail and not the gale. That determines which way they go. Like the winds of the sec are the ways of fate. As wc journey on through life. Tis the set of the soul that determines the goal, And not the calm or strife. Sixteen