Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Friday evening musicale retraced melodies of the past four decades. Blue Skies and “01 Man River” contrasted with I Got Plenty of Nothing,” and blended with the haunting strains of Exodus and the colorful tones of Hole In My Bucket.” The motif of Only Yesterday continued through the Saturday evening banquet. Rev. H. Kenneth Nelson, pastor of the Dean Street Baptist Church in Brooklyn, presented the dilemma of contemporary man, struggling for permanent values in a fluctuating society. 0 God Our Help in Ages Past was a fitting benediction to the weekend. 22

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Marilynne Anderson strikes the name of her date from the list of eligible Bethel bachelors. Nickolinas Dag . . . Swedish Sadie Hawkins Day . . . venerable custom at Bethel . . . once casual. informal . . . now sophisticated . . . girls scheme and plot their plans for weeks . . . fellows fret for fear they will be asked and for fear they won't . . . eking out a bit of ingenuity girls fashion corsages . . . fancy restaurants, excitement of dining . . . Sophomores present original play, There's Nothing Like a Dean . . . more food and entertainment . . . bowling, watching a fire and reading poetry, singing, laughing ... a singular tradition. 24