Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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22 FOREIGN LANGUAGE Opportunity to participate in a culture somewhat unlike his own is afforded Bethel students through the offerings of the Foreign Languages Department. Elementary proficiency in speaking, reading, writing and understanding the foreign idiom develops through diligent study. Instruction is offered in Spanish, French, German and Greek. Miss Lillian Ryberg and Mr. Robert Swanson conduct classes in Espanol.” Conjugation of amore” combined with a study of history, culture and literature provide a basis for future contact with Spanish-speaking people. French requires a student to manipulate and control his tongue in patterns unfamiliar in English. A reading knowledge of German is indispensible for graduate study in the sciences, literature, and medicine. Miss Nelson’s students are exhorted to studieren fleissig’’ to master the rudiments of Deutsch.” Pre-seminarians, as well as others, labor over the

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21 as in Middle English and Renaissance literature. Mr. Wallace O. Nelson teaches journalism and advanced composition. He is working toward a doctorate in journalism. Miss Jeannine Bohlmeyer is also completing her doctorate at the University of Minnesota. Last spring Mr. Chris Weintz presented Bethel’s new ‘Freshman English program to the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English. Bethel is one of the first schools to introduce into the curriculum such a program which is based on the principles and theories resulting from the most recent research in linguistics. N

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23 beta’s and theta’s of Koine or Classical Greek. Beyond providing a background in grammar for later exegesis, courses are designed to develop some appreciation for the historical development of this language and some understanding of the cultural complex in which New Testament Greek is grounded. Because modern trends in language teaching theory strongly emphasize hearing and speaking the foreign language, a language laboratory is equipped for students to listen to tapes and respond orally. This year saw more recorders and a time clock for accurate analysis of use of the language lab augmenting the present thirty-booth building. Alta Jacobson and James Jordon continued their graduate studies at the University of Minnesota.