Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Joe Zacharias watches as Angel Ruiz Lillo skillfully changes a lump of clay into a figure. DEPARTMENTS 22

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Getting Here Although each student at Bethel dimly remembers the seemingly voluminous amount of correspondence with the Director of Admissions prior to his acceptance, few realize all the work involved in processing all the applications. When the applicant’s matriculation file is complete, including application form, high school transcript, and character references, his eligibility for admission is determined. If accepted, he is assigned an advisor and may look forward to the entrance tests given at the beginning of the year to new students. Edna Schultz and Mr. Bloom check a prospective student’s folder for references before accepting his application. Director of Admissions, Royal F. Bloom, left, is responsible for determining a student’s eligibility for admission. He is also in charge of our testing and guidance-programs. Registrar, Robert Glaser, right, is in charge of registration, the making out of class schedules, determining classroom assignments, and scheduling final examinations. Bursar, Milford Carlson, is in charge of Bethel’s financial records, student payroll, and disbursements. As a sideline he frequently plays the organ for chapel services. Office Manager, F.dith Larson, supervises off-campus housing, Hagstrom apartments, and the office staff, and keeps the payroll, board of education, and alumni records. Executive Secretary, Edna Schultz, is kept busy all year with prospective student correspondence, applications for admission, registration, and final grade reports. 21

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FINE ARTS Appreciation Widened Playing and constructing instruments, sculpturing heads, painting, and marching in complicated rhythms are all a part of the freshman’s introduction to the Bethel fine arts department. This new program — a one-semester introductory course — provides for both lectures and studio experience in music and art. Also new are the Music Education course and the Art Methods course which provide training in collaboration with the education program for future high school art and music teachers. With more majors this year than ever before this department is proving to be at least as popular as most other major-offering fields. A visit to the art studio this fall might have revealed a friend sitting on the shelf looking almost as real as life — a product of the new sculpturing course offered. Also new was a course in graphic arts. Through outside activities such as the choirs and instrumental groups the music part of the department plays an important part in the total campus program. Many students take the opportunity of having individual training in voice, piano, or organ. The art students ably help in the fields of scenery and advertising. C. HOWARD SMITH B.R.E., M.Mus., Chairman Music, College Choir SHELDON FARDIG M.Mus. Music, Male Chorus EUGENE JOHNSON M.F.A. Art HELEN CHARLES BLANCHARD ERICKSON M.A. M.M.Ed. Music Hist., Lit., Band Theory RUTH FARDIG PHILLIP B. Mus. Ed. GUSTAFSON Piano M. Mus. Voice, Piano 23