Northwestern Bible School - Scroll Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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First bagger Denny Bragg goes into the dirt for a peg trying to catch the man leading off first 18 ivV Northwestern Baseball, Back row from left to right Coach Molkenthln, Walt Green, Bob Breen, Ralph Young, Jim Carlson, Denny Bragg, Bob Gardner, A! Ingals and Dale Johnson, Front row: Larry Moon, Al Elliot Don McIntosh, Dwayne Cole, Lee Judson and Don Trott.

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Versatile Memorial Hall auditorium has many uses. Students crowd its confines for the regular daily chapel (above) and ardent band members rehearse within Its walls, (below) Spring Is the Time Spuinc is a rather indefinable tiling. Nobody really hnows when it begins or ends. Hvery- one longs for it to come and then, when it is here, ll lev pine for summer. Some people identify spring with mud and slusli and rain. Others of more aesthetic quality choose to think of flowers and grass and sunshine. At Northwestern it is merely another season that forms part of another semester that combines with itself to form another school year. It is like the oilier seasons in that it is chock full of activity and different onlv in that it forms the welcome culmination of the school year, I he i Tonic missions conference occurs in the spring and is a welcome time of education for the students. It is under the influence of th is conference that manv of the students decide to work for the Lord in camps, schools and villages during the summer. Just before Easter vacation the choir takes off nn its an¬ nual choir tour which is labelled hv choir members as the wildest two weeks of the year. The choir has the opportunity to sing to the glory of the Lord as they travel all over the country. Last spring they traveled East through Niagara, New York, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and points East and West. The season seems to lend itself to outdoor activity. 1 lie juniors sponsor a canoe trip down the St. Croix river (or those who care to participate in wet clothes and sum hurn; ll ic seniors plan and execute a skip day that leaves the rest of the students “holding the school” for a day, while they silently and suddenly steal away for a rest from last min¬ ute cramming. As the old philosopher has so wisely stated, “Spring is sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where the students isL In the true spirit of spring house cleaning, Roto Jenkins removes winter ' s refuse from the windows of the administration building. 17

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3 Afternoon in the Sun ' Spring is the time of year when a young man ' s thoughts turn to baseball ’ Or at least the thoughts of those enthusiasts who steal away every spring afternoon to pit their skills against themselves in practice or another team in competition. Baseball is not publicized at Northwestern. Actually, the school doesn ' t have the facilities for the sport hut it is con¬ sidered important enough to merit the solici¬ tation of other ball fields to engage in physical activity in this manner. Last year seemed to he an adequate ex¬ ample of the lack of publicity received for the sport. But then, that ' s logical. Who wants to publicize a hall team that won two games, tied one, and lost seven? The team doesn’t exactly lack hatting power, for il displayed five hitters with a .300 or better hatting aver¬ age, topped off by Don Troll with a .429. What the team did lack was fielding power or coordination. Analysis of the team ' s plnv revealed that most of the opponents’ runs were gained on Northwestern’s errors. The problem of Northwestern baseball seems lo he one of rebuilding. The combina¬ tion of exams and graduation continually ere ales havoc with the size and talent of the team. The high spot of die season came when Northwestern lost to Marlin Luther 17-2. Well no, that wasn ' t really the high spot. It was merely a contributing factor. he climax came a few weeks later when Martin Luther returned and Northwestern won 3-2. Under the careful eye of the ump, Lee Judson con¬ centrates afl his training Into an attempt to belt the leather over the right field fence and ad infinatum. Ready at first base Denny Bragg keeps close watch on both the base and the Martin Luther runner lead¬ ing off.