Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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BASKETBALL Another enviable athletic record has been compiled by Coach Bill Adam during the past season as his basketball team won ten of its fifteen games. Five leitcrmcn and a host of new candidates answered Adam s varsity basketball call, and from this aggregation emerged the best balanced team that has represented Bethel in many years. The Bethelites won seven of their ten games in the Southern Minnesota Junior College Conference play to finish in a tie for second place. The Adam-rr.en were dropped from the championship running only after they had lost a thrilling 45-43 struggle to Worthington Junior College, the conference champions. A fitting finale to the season’s play was produced when Glen Swanson was elected to a position on the all-conference first team. Swanson was also high scorer for the conference with one hundred and forty-six points in ten games. Tribute was also giver, to Gene Nyman when he was elected to an all conference second team position. Nyman and Truman Halvorscn acted as co-captains during the playing season. G. Johnson Swanson Anderson Gustafson E. Johnson Finke Halvorson Tlx mpson Hammerbcck Adam Lawrence Bcreerud Nyman

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I Second Rote: E. Anderson. D. Larson. G. Johnson, B. Trevaille. R Disch-ingcr. N. Friescnbor j. First Row: J. Lyche, L. Nyquisc. H. Hciczm.in. M. Peterson. Miss Enid Platts. FORENSICS To say rhar Bethel has a good speech department is to present the situation mildly. To say that the Bethel speech department under the supervision of Miss Enid Platts ranks among the best would perhaps be more exact. The forensics activities were started early last fall when the debaters travelled to St. Peter to participate in the Gustavus Adolphus College tournament. There the Bethel-ites won one contest from the Hihbing Junior College team and lost the other engagement to the St. Thomas College team. Other early season debates were held with Hamline University and at the Eau Claire College tournament. The Red River Valley speech tournament held at Concordia College in Moorhead during February proved to be the year’s outstanding achievement as the Bethel speakers took rhird place in debate in a field of thirty-three schools, only two of which were junior colleges (one of them being Bethel). An impressive climax to the season's record was provided when the two-day South ern Minnesota Junior College forensics meet was held at Bethel late in April. The calibre of the Bethel group was again demonstrated as they captured eleven ratings in the four divisions of interpretive reading, oratory, extemporaneous speaking, and group discussion.

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BASEBALL Second Row: Coach Adam, G. Nyman, D. Carlson, H Johnson. H. Nelson. First Ron : E. Johnson. W. Wcssman, V. Hauk, W. Lindblom. R. lkrgcrud, T. Halvorsen. TENNIS R. Mcntzer, W. Wcssman. B. Hammerbeck, G. Thompson, G. Nyman, A. Gustafson, R. Bvrgcrud. R. Dischinger. ! li {' 1 ll W GIRLS' BASKETBALL Second Row: Coach Adam. D. Nelson. M. Ericson. H. Sodcr, J. Lythc, J. Hcdman, M. Forslir.c. P. Karlson. First Row: A. Larson, V. Jorgenson. B. White. A. Schouwcilcr, G. Mitchell, R. Nelson. BASEBALL Coach Bill Adam was faced with a none too encouraging outlook for the 19-12 baseball season when he first called his team together in early April. The team responded quickly to Adam's coaching efforts, however, and enjoyed a rather successful season. The backbone of the team was the consistent pitching of Wesley Lindbloom and the steady play of Lettermcn Truman Halvorsen, Val Hauk, and Gene Nyman. TENNIS The 19 2 tennis season attracted as much interest as had any season in many years according to Coach Adam, with a dozen men answering the call for racquetmen. The team was badly handicapped by the fact that Bethel has no tennis facilities, and as a result the team's play was not of the calibre it should have been. The Bcthclitcs, however, gave a good account of themselves at the conference tourney held at Rochester on May 15. GIRLS' BASKETBALL The Bethel girls also held up their end of the Bethel athletic department when the girls’ basketball team came through with another successful season. The team was coached by Bill Adam while Betty White acted as team captain. Victims of the cagerctces’ fine play included several church teams, the University of Minnesota Farm School, and the Northwestern Bible School.