Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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do not fold spindle oo mutilate At present we occupy eight acres in St. Paul but we spill over onto a new 214 acre campus where we have a dorm for 120 students. On the present campus there are three residence halls offering comfortable rooms plus recreational and lounging facilities. Two administrative-classroom buildings, a 65,000 volume library, and a gymnasium are also part of the present college complex which is located in the midway area near both Minneapolis and St. Paul. The Dining Hall in Bodien Residence is the principal food service for every meal except Sunday evening. All students in college residences participate in what we call a meal contract plan. There are general principles by which student behavior is guided at Bethel. Hopefully, legalism and negativism is avoided as much as possible in order to place primary stress upon personal vital relationship to Jesus Christ as Lord. At the same time, certain cautions have been highlighted in universal Biblical principles. The application of these principles has led to the identification of certain social practices which are detrimental to the common good at Bethel. These include immoral conduct, the possession or use of alcoholic beverages, infringing on the rights of others, gambling, the possession, or use of narcotics or hallucinogenic drugs, including marijuana, the improper use of substances broadly defined as stimulants and depressants, and the use of tobacco in any form. A student s disregard for—violation of—these social standards at Bethel will result in appropriate disciplinary action. Eight different sports are conductec on the varsity level, while hockey and soccer are offered on a club basis We have three touring choral groups, the Women’s Choir, the Male Chorus, and College Choir. In recent years, both the Male Chorus and the College Choir have toured Europe. A Newspaper (Clarion), a literary journal (Coeval), and a year book (Spire)are staffed by student writers and photographers. The Student Senate is the governing body which exercises a general control of student affairs. It coordinates activities of college life through a series of student committees and appoints representatives to serve on joint faculty-student committees. Many students find the opportunities for Christian service a very rewarding part of their Bethel experience. The number and variety of opportunities for Christian service is limitless. Financial assistance is available in the following areas: Scholarships. Grants, loans. Special Awards, and Employment. Freshman Scholarship-$200 to $900, a 3.0 honor point ratio: Ministerial Grant-$200; National Defense Student Loan; Minority Grant. The school employs about 300 students during the school year; they work in the food service, dormitories, etc. Starting pay is $1.65 per hour. No student who is regularly registered at Bethel College may take courses at other institutions, either in summer school or through extension or in residence, with out the permission of the Registrar. Graduation Honors. Honors will be awarded to graduating students on the following basis: Students who have completed 18 or more courses at Bethel College; Students who have completed less than 18 courses at Bethel College (scale will be the same). It gets very cold around here; in fact it's like ycupself that fact impressive? Facts and figures often appear more impressive than the realities we associate with them.

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Bethel is a four year accredited co educational Christian liberal arts college in St. Paul, Minnesota. It has a faculty of approximately 70. and more than 1,000 students. The college is owned and operated by the Baptist General Conference. The Board of Regents reserves the right to change any charges or regulations listed in this catalog. Tuition .. $900.00 per term. Application Fee. $10.00. Registration Fee . $50.00. Board.....$225.00 per term. Room rent, including linen rent- al .. .$155.00 to $197.00. The work load and schedule at Bethel follows the four-one-four plan. A total of 34 courses are required for graduation. Bethel College is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the American Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the American Association of University Women, the American Association for Teacher Education, and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. Bethel is certified by the State of Minnesota for Elementary and Secondary Education programs, and has unqualified recognition by the University of Minnesota. Bethel's philosophy of education is reflected in the profile of its teaching faculty. About 30% have earned doctorates and another 27% are Ph D. candidates. A normal load for each term is four courses, with one course during the January Interim. A course is expected to take one-fourth of a student's time in a forty-hour study week. In only exceptional instances. and that with permission of an advisor and the Registrar, will a student be alllowed to take five courses in any one term. The quality of work is evaluateC in terms of grades A.B.C.D. F. and in grade points. A student who earns less than 2.00 GPA during any given term is issued an academic warning. The following students will not be permitted to re-register unless the committee approves a request for Final Academic Probation: 1) regularly admitted freshmen who achieve a GPA of less than 1.75 at the end of the first year, 2) provisionally admitted freshmen who achieve a GPA of less than 2.00 at the end of the first year, and 3) sophomores with a GPA of less than 1.75 at the end of the second year. No change of registration is completed until a Change of Registration form has been properly completed and filed in the Registrar’s Office. Every student is accountable for all required work in each of his courses, including work missed because of absence, and as-such. he must assume full responsibility for class attendance in a way satisfactory to the instructor. At the close of the Fall and Spring terms, one week is provided for final examinations. Any student marrying during the school year must write his plans to the Student Services Office sixty days before marriage to clear past and future housing arrangements, scholarship eligibility, and any other appropriate planning. The official classification of students for the year is made at the beginning of the Fall term on the basis of a student's having completed courses according to the following schedule: Freshman; 1-8 courses. Sophomore; 9-16 courses. Junior; 17-24 courses. Senior; 25 or more courses. At present we occupy eight acres in St. Paul but we spill over onto a new 214-acre campus where we have a dorm for 120 students. On the present campus there are three residence halls offering comfortable rooms plus recreation-If you've read this far you’re doing a commendable job keep it up. this is probably the most unexciting copy in the whole book. But these are the facts, which are of course, necessary. The base of the pyramid of Khufu, more than 700 feet on a side, is larger than the Bethel campus. Isn’t

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Welcome Week is the arrival of new bulbs to the greenhouse We may be aware of some phenomenon but when we view it in numerical terms, we are often amazed. For example