Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Third rov: E Shorman. N. Holm-orcn. C. Lindmon, H. Tcgonlcldt, D. Anderson, S Larson. C. Young, T. Halvorson. M. Lawson. Socond row: J. Borgoson. C. Holrr.bcrg, V. Pearson. V. Olson, O. Johnson, R. Goodman. S. P.en-dchl, H. Henson, and K. Johnson. First row: W. Julion, A Bloom-quist, V. Slater, B. Fleming, E. Rull. B Friberg. G. Larson, and D. Miller. Student ftaAte'vi One of the foremost advantages o: the Seminary treining course lies in the fact that even while students are preparing for full-time service they are provided with actual church work through their student pastorates. Opportunities for pastoral experience were offered to approximately 25 young men from the school who, during the past year, served churches in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The training derived by the students was valuable in offering occasions for dealing with actual pastoral problems. Conducting services, performing visitation work, and, above all, dealing with the spiritual problems of men and women provided an excellent proving-ground for the future Baptist pasters. Most of the student pastorates consisted of small churches which were unable to support a full-time preacher. Most of the student pastors will continue in their fields during the coming summer, laboring in the work of the Lord. Permanent calls have been accepted by some of the seniors who graduated this spring and thus they will begin their first, full-time ministry. A list of the student pastors and the memberships of their churches are as follows: Church Membership David Anderson ......................Osceola, Wis. 12 Alrik Bloomquist ....................Husk, Wis. 30 Gustave JFerre ......................Glen Flora, Wis. 70 Bruce Fleming .......................Ebenezer, Duluth, Minn. 138 Bertil Friberg ......................Mido, Minn. 38 Rodger Goodman ......................Roseland, Chicago, 111. 170 Truman Halvorsen ....................Hillman, Minn. 84 Carl Holmberg .......................North Isanti, Minn. 177 Ned Holmgren ........................Isle, Minn. 86 Kermit Johnson ......................Lake City, Minn. 34 Orville Johnson .....................Clecr Lake, Gibbon, Minn. 35 Rawlin Johnson.......................Balsam Lake, Wis. 55 Walter julier. ......................Becker, Minn. 59 Gordon Larson .......................Hasty, Minn. 25 Sidney Larson .......................Long Lake, Minn. 15 Carl Lindman ........................Pillager, Minn. 40 Carl Lundquist ......................Harris, Minn. 33 Dury Miller .........................Wood River, Wis. 39 Falun, Wis. 30 Vernon Pearson ......................Hillsdale, Wis. 39 Stanley Rendahl .....................Eastern Heights, St. Paul, Minn. 40 Vern Slater .........................Grasston, Minn. 67 Brunswick 54 Herman Tegenfeldt ...................Spring Vale. Minn. 41 Vaclav Vojta ........................Slovak Baptist, Minneapolis 150

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CjoAfbel The live Bethel Gospel teams of 1939-40 have been under the leadership ol George Ohsberg, vice-president of the Religious Council. Each team has teken care of approximately three assignments in every four weeks. The purpose of the Gospel teams has been to spread the Word of God to the unsaved and to encourage Christians in their living. This objective has been accomplished by the distribution of tracts and by holding meetings in old people's homes, missions, young people's societies, country and city churches, hospitals, and by leading street meetings. Two thousand tracts were distributed during the first semester of school, and 3,000 the second semester. There were 72 Bethel students actively engaged in Gospel team endeavors up to the end of the school year. The teams served not only as ministering agents to the needs of outsiders, but provided opportunities for their own members to develop the talents which the Lord had bestowed upon them. The Gospel team leaders for the first semester were: Glenn Anderson, Francis Otto, Val Hauk, Robert Paulsen, and Donald Johnson. Leaders during the second semester were: Dalphy Fagerstrom, Dean Berry, Rodney Kephart, Olaf Nelson, and Leonard Hultgrem.

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Director. Prof. Hultgror.; M. Law-son. F. McOiash. C. Young. D Bjork. N. Holmgren, V . Johnson. S. Carlson. G. Poterson, G. Sou!«. V. Olson, A. Johnson. G. Larson, C. Hclmbcrg. T. Halvorsen, R Goodman, R Porrin, O. Johnson. H. Tcgcnioldt. C. Luncquisl. H. Han-con, J. Valine. A. Blcomquist. R. Paulson. Male. QUosimA. Yes, we had a wonderful tine.” echoed and re-echoed the halls cf the Seminary building on the evening of April 13 as the Bethel Male Chorus returned from its tour of the East. We were royally received everywhere, but after being gone for three weeks, it's good to be back again,” was the unanimous opinion. George Hultgren, the director of the Chorus, is or. outstanding soloist and voice instructor. During the summer of 1940 he will teach in the music department of the University of Southern California. At present, he is director of the Minneapolis A Cappella Choir. Clarence Oison, c former Bethel student who at present is organist of the Cambridge Baptist Church, accompanied the Chorus. Gordon Peterson was the student director The itinerary for this season included concerts in Illinois, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Apart from its spring excursion, the Male Chorus also gave concerts in the First Covenant Church and Central Baptist Church, St. Paul, and in Isle, Minnesota. During the fall semester the Male Chorus held a pow-wow at Hidden Falls where they played games and fried hamburgers over an open fireplace. In May the young men were invited to the home of Prof. Hultgren for an evening of singing and typical Male Chorus merry-making. With a restricted membership of from 20 to 25 students, the young men enjoy true Christian fellowship while they learn the finer points of musical interpretation and appreciation. The officers for the past year were: Virgil Olson, president; Maurice Lawson, vice-president; Orville Johnson, secretary; Francis McOiash, treasurer. and Sidney Carlson, librarian.