Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Convocations, established that students might interact with the larger scope of the world, have brought to our campus distinguished men from many areas of academic and cultural life. History, publications, world missions, population explosion, international affairs, the Peace Corps, science span areas touched upon throughout the year. Dr. Peter Arnott, professor, playwright, and puppeteer from the University of Iowa, presented Greek drama, “Medea” and “Dr. Faustus,” through the medium of marionettes. Psychiatrist, Dr. F. Wilmer Larson, University of Minnesota, discussed the Christian and maturity. Bringing current politics to the fore, Peter Hayman, Director-General of British Information Service, lectured on the Common Market and answered audience questions. A strong devotional emphasis was given by Dr. A. W. Tozer, editor of the “Alliance Weekly. Bethel students have greatly enlarged their vision through contact with such men. Its function as a liberal arts college is partially fulfilled through convocations. Dr. Arnott deftly manipulates marionettes in “Medea.

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Study. The process of applying the mind in order to acquire knowledge, defines Webster. The treasures of wisdom found in books, stored in the archives of an ancient building are uncovered as an archaeologist excavates a tell. Knowledge is exercised in discussions premised on long-held suppositions or newly developed empirical truths. To study is to find truth, or perhaps only to learn answers for the professor. Each is an individual; his study depends on himself, for it is applying his mind attentively. Tennyson has said, Let knov ledge grow from more to more.

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Eddie Carlson, Barbara Carlson, and Jud Nelson scale background flats. 18