Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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It was fun to turn out on a sunshiny fall day to cheer our football team to what we hoped would be a victory. During these days the choir and male chorus slipped away for a weekend of practice. Everyone did his share of the work including the directors.

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The infirmary in the basement of the girls’ dorm was finished just in time for the Asian flu epidemic which hit our campus in mid-October. Even so, there just wasn’t room for everybody who was sick, and beds had to be set up in the auxiliary dining hall. Although it wasn’t a sickness unto death, patients were sick for at least a week. Through all this, of course, classes were going on and convalescents relapsed at the thought of makeup work. But the administration understanding provided us with a two day vacation. Mid semesters, however, still found many of us with a lot of reading to do. And then all of a sudden it was Christmas, and all we heard for days was who was going home and how and when. But before we left there was plenty to do. The choirs were busy preparing for the Festival of Christmas, while the bookstore overflowed with people buying cards, choosing gifts, or just looking. We were anxious to go home, but it was good to get back. By now everyone felt that this was home, too.