Northwestern Bible School - Scroll Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Top ’o the Year Throughout the Spring season the Fine Arts Building is a bee-hive ol activity. 1 lie strains Mendelssohns Elijah can be heard rever¬ berating through the FAB from its leaky roof to its hollow catacombs. Practice is the pass¬ word for the choir as they work diligently on this great sacred classic until, finally, they combine with the voices of some alumni and a condensed version of the Minneapolis Symphony to present the Elijah to a packed house at the First Baptist Church auditorium. Meanwhile, the aspiring actors and actresses of Northwestern are filing the FAB audi¬ torium with memorized lines and, conse¬ quently, produce a week-long playing of “One Foot in Heaven” to a capacity audience. In the midst ol all this wc hear the sound of the concert hand ensemble striving for perfection in their last big event of the year, the spring concert. The sportsmen break out tennis rackets and golf clubs for a brief visit to the courts or links. But the visit is indeed brief for their spirits arc soon dampened with the dew of studies and the rain of exams. Of course, the tribulation of exams is endured bv all and the end result is in direct proportion to the previous preparation. Nevertheless, the tribu¬ lation is brief and is always climaxed by the all-school spring picnic. At long last the hair goes down and the spirits go up. Interested enthusiasts go swimming and water skiing while others play baseball an d volleyball, 1 he spring picnic is climaxed with a time of de¬ votion from God s Word, and last year there was an anti-climax of a freshman-senior water fight. The school year is over and the last major function is awaiting us: graduation. Tension in the anteroom off the choir foft of First Baptist Church as choir members prepare for their entrance to perform the “Elijah.

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Northwestern ' s famous acting guild always furnishes us with the finest of enter¬ tainment, and the Spring Banquet was no exception Liz Worgaard is joined at the piano by Judy Patton, Dotti Boyke, Wait Green, Al Widder, and Dick Erickson, who presented some [r Gld favorites. Mac Soderquist our director for the evening, led us through the symphony of life , . touching on gay childhood, the minor chords of love life, and our adult Christian responsibility Bethel College furnished the speaker for the evening in the form of its president. Dr. Lundquist has been a welcome rhetorician at many a school function Dick Erickson excites action on stage by overturning a bowl of popcorn — into the laps of three startled actors

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The Northwestern A Cappella choir, joined by selected alumni, joined members of the Minneapolis Symphony in presenting Mendelssohn ' s Elijah under the direction of Mr Berntsen. The First Baptist Church auditorium was filled for this performance. Soloists were Jan Graber Arthur Thom, Oliver Mogck and Judy Jones.