Northwestern Bible School - Scroll Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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.

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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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Senior to Alumnus ... in seconds A college graduation is probably one of the besl available examples of mixed emotions. 1 here is a distinct clash between the pleasure of having at last made the grade, and the de¬ gree of sadness involved in breaking friend¬ ships built up over four years. Generally though, the predominant feeling is one of joy. hour years ago it seemed like a long haul to that graduation date, and now you can ' t figure where those four years went. It seems like only yesterday that you were registering for the first time and singing little rhymes to the upperclassmen that were so often sting to vou in later years. But the day is finally here for the graduation exercises to begin. Before vou know it you ' re marching in a processional through boring Park with the rest of the seniors just prior to the Cap and Gown cere¬ monies in the chapel Dale Johnson, class president, uses this opportunity to present a beautiful card file for the new library to l)r. Akenson as the senior class memorial. You feel a slight surge of pride knowing that your eight dollars’ worth of class dues helped to buy that thing. Mr. Geier of the Speech de¬ partment challenges the senior class and all those in attendance with “ 1 he Curse of Me¬ diocrity.” You have so many things to do and time is a premium Sunday comes and brings with it the Baccalaureate service. The choir sings, there are a few special numbers, and Mr. Knuteson of the Bible department speaks on “Earthen Vessels.” School resumes for the next week as the commencement service isn ' t until Friday. You wish the day would hurry up and come and vet there are so manv things to do between now and then. Somehow, everything is taken care of and Friday follows Thursday in its usual pattern. I he service finally begins and Chuck Morrow, Glenda Gciszlcr and Paul Rergeson give testimonies interspersed with choir and trumpet trio numbers. Rev, Carrol Satre speaks on the theme of the graduation, Expanding Horizons and, at last, they be¬ gin bestowing degrees and diplomas. 1 he drone of names becomes monotonous until your own rings in your ears like a trumpet call. You take your diploma, smile nervously at Dr. look, the chairman of the college hoard, while he shakes your hand in congratu¬ lations and walk down the stairs at the side of the pl atform with the pride in your heart pushing its way out through your smile and a college diploma clasped tightly to your bosom like a long sought friend. Paul Bergeson gives the last minute polish to hts speech as seniors file into the First Baptist auditorium for the commencement excercises. Old hands at graduation processionals, fac¬ ulty members patiently await the signal for their entrance into the Cap and Gown day ceremonies in Memorial Hall.