Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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2 ay October 2.3. 1940 was set aside this year as Bethel's Prayer and Missionary Day in acknowledgment of the fact that prayer and missions are inseparable in the work of the Lord. On that day Mrs. Lera B. Friedemann of Central Europe; Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Armstrong of Congo. Africa; Miss Linnea Nelson of China,-and Rev. G. P. Schroeder, a Russian refugee now doing missionary work in South Dakota, brought to the students interesting and challenging messages of the work God is doing in the fields represented by them. Mrs. Emma Ekvall also brought a glimpse of her work in China. During the day a special topic for prayer was the work of Ruth and Herman Tegenfeldt who just recently left for Burma. Among other missionary couples that mean much to Bethel are Doris end Eric Fryck-enberg, now in India. It was Mr. Fryckenberg who started Bethel's prayer towers which continue to be a power in school life. Another man to whom we owe much is Dr. O. L. Swanson. Since his retirement from active service. Edna and Reuben Holm have been carrying on the work. These and c host of other missionaries were the objects of prayer throughout this Missionary Day. The one shadow cast upon this year's horizon was that caused by the death, in April, 1941, of our beloved Dr. Ahlquist. We pause in his memory to utter a silent prayer of thanksgiving for the life of this friend. XCOjEX a) 2 a L±$Lonazjj

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Indians freely stalked Bethel's campus one day last fall, and war-whoops rang through the air as the alumni gathered for their annual Homecormng celebration. Long before that time the student committees, under the direction of Virgil Olson, had carefully lcid plans for the great occasion. As the day approached, trcces of Indian life appeared here and there about the campus. With hard work and some pieces of chalk, Betty Danielson end Mrs. Fridolph Nelson completed a mural that covered the front of the chapel. And as the day finally arrived, the school hung out its sign of welcome for the returning alumni. To begin the day's activity, the alumni went back to their old routine—they attended classes. But this time even the teachers could visit the classes and see themselves portrayed by the students. Scratches, sore shins, and aching muscles were the only rewards for the freshman and sophomore men as they battled for the sandbag in the afternoon sandbag rush—but the sophomores won. At the annual banquet in the evening, the tepee menus and milkweed pod nut-cups rocked on the beard tables as the Indians became merry. Chief Carl Lundquist directed affairs from his tepee set on the platform among the rustling leaves end later introduced the speaker of the evening, Rev. Aymcnd Anderson. To close the day, the varsity braves emerged victorious over the alumni warriors in the annual alumni basketball game. Twenty-eight