Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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SENIOR CLASS SONG Ilark, Oh hark, to the song roe sing thee; Sad. so sad. get 'tis mingled with glee. When thinking of the past and of friends that we must leave. We are happy at heart and get we do grieve, do grieve, do grieve. Chorus: Farewell, dear Bethel, We mag no longer delag; Farewell! Farewell! We must away, away, away. Noxc at last we must leave this dear, old school True, so true, to the Master’s Hale. Graduation is here and we're ready at last to depart, But it's sad to leave the school so enshrined in our heart, in our heart. Each will go his separate way; Christ is our guide and Christ our stag. Our future's before us, and, though rugged the path mag seem, • IVe'll think of thee, dear Bethel, thou school of our dream, our dream. —Paul Wohlford. Seventeen ■

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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

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19 2 8 B E T II A N N U A L 19 2 8 Agnes Danielson Aggie” Vice President Student Volunteers; Matron Girls' Dormitory; Chorus. She stands a very woman, most iter feet and adored.” Gordon Johnson “Hunk' ” Clarion Staff. '27. 28; Hcthnnminl Staff. 28; Basketball. '27; '27. '38: President Alpha Beta. '27: Glee Club. ’- 7. '2s; President Student Council. '2m; Treasurer Athletic Association. '27; Chorus. The light that lies in. Iranian's eyes has keen my heart's undoing.” Harold Brygger Hrigadear Basketball. '27. 28: Track. ' 8; Baseball. ‘2S; Treasurer Alpha Beta, 'as; Chorus. “With a lady flirt a little; “fix manners so to do. Grace L. Bagne Smiles” Basketball; Chorus. irork with milenee. ichich is almost power. Edna Larson Ed Chorus. '• hold the t cor Id but as the icorld; a stage where every man must play his part. Marvin Samvelson Kitbla“ Debate. 20. 28; President Missionary Band. '27. '2s: dinner Oratorical Contest. '27: Pub-licity Committee. '25. '26. '27; Student Council. '25. '26. '27; Athletic Association. '23. '2«: Basketball, '25, '26; '36, '37 (Captain, '27, 28); Baseball. '26 (Captain. '27). '2s; I-'oot bad. '27; Business Manager Clarion, '26, '27; Business Manager Bcthannual. '27: Track. '26, 47. '28: President Sophomore Class; President 0. J. M. M. Mm ’26. '27. “Clean, simple, valiant, well-beloved.” Hoy S. Wexler “Dutch Puh|icity Committee. '26. '27; President Junior CInss: President Student Volunteers, '27. '28; President ). J. M. M. M.. '27. '2$; News Editor Clarion. '27. ‘28; News Editor Bcthannual. '2»; Delegate to Student Volunteer Convention at Detroit. ‘28; Debating Team. '28; Chorus. c spoke and exacted the truth, and the basest believed him. Eleanore Mae Sackett Mr Her blithesome laugh is welcome everywhere. Eighteen