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WOUNDCHEK™ Protease Status Point of Care (POC) Diagnostic Test on DFU
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01537016
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified May 2013 by Systagenix Wound Management.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : February 22, 2012
Last Update Posted : July 8, 2013
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The purpose of this trial is to determine if wounds with elevated protease activity (EPA) treated with targeted interventions such as protease modulating therapies can improve clinical and economic outcomes.
It is hypothesized that protease modulating dressings may provide significantly better clinical outcomes on EPA wounds over current standard of care.
|Condition or disease
|Diabetic Foot Ulcers
|Device: PROMOGRAN Device: Tielle
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|250 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|WOUNDCHEK™ Protease Status Point of Care (POC) Diagnostic Test A Prospective, Multi Centre, Randomised, Clinical Study on Diabetic Foot Ulcers
|Study Start Date :
|July 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|August 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|August 2013
Experimental: Promogran and High EPA
Wound with high EPA will be treated with promogran and covered with a secondary dressing that is standard of care
Device: PROMOGRAN
PROMOGRAN® is a protease modulating dressing, formulated as a bioresorbable amorphous open-pored matrix constructed of 45% oxidised regenerated cellulose (ORC) and 55% bovine collagen
Experimental: Promogran and Low EPA
Wounds with low EPA will be treated with Promogran and covered with a secondary which is standard of care
Device: PROMOGRAN
PROMOGRAN® is a protease modulating dressing, formulated as a bioresorbable amorphous open-pored matrix constructed of 45% oxidised regenerated cellulose (ORC) and 55% bovine collagen
Active Comparator: High EPA and standrad of care
Wounds with high EPA will get standard of care as in line with current practice as they is no other test currently available for EPA
Device: Tielle
Tielle is a hydropolymer foam dressing that is designed to provide optimal wound healing
Active Comparator: Low EPA and standard of care
Low EPA wounds will be treated with the standard of care for diabetic foot ulcers.
Device: Tielle
Tielle is a hydropolymer foam dressing that is designed to provide optimal wound healing
- To identify EPA wounds using WOUNDCHEK™ Protease Status diagnostic test, and to compare the healing outcomes of two treatment regimes (PROMOGRAN®, a protease modulating therapy and current standard of care) on chronic wounds with EPA. [ Time Frame: 4 weeks ]An improved healing outcome for diabetic foot ulcers ulcers will be defined as the proportion of wounds which reach a minimum 50% percentage reduction in wound surface area over a four-week treatment period.
- Reduction in wound area and cost effectiveness [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The relative reductions in wound surface area from baseline over twelve weeks of treatment.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women aged ≥ 18 years old
- Patients with a diabetic foot ulcer as defined by Wagner grade 1 - 2
- ABPI of ≥0.6 to ensure ischemia will not impact healing
- No restriction on wound size or wound location
- Duration of ulcer ≥ 6 weeks ≤ 2 years
- The patient must be able to understand the trial and provide written informed consent
- No local or systemic signs of infection, with normal CRP and leukocyte levels below 10 000
- Wound has not been treated with PROMOGRAN® in 4 weeks prior to inclusion
Exclusion Criteria:
- Wound duration of less than 6 weeks or longer than 2 years
- Known hypersensitivity to any of the wound dressing used in the trial
- Current local or systemic antibiotics in the week prior to inclusion
- Patients with significant ischemia as defined by ABPI of ≤0.6
- Clinical infected wound as determined by the presence of 3 or more of the following clinical signs: perilesional erythema, pain between two dressing changes, malodorous wound, abundant exudate and oedema.
- Progressive neoplastic lesion treated by radiotherapy or chemotherapy
- Prolonged treatment with immunosuppressive agents or high dose corticosteroids
- Patients who have a current illness or condition which may interfere with wound healing in the last 30 days (carcinoma, connective tissue disease, autoimmune disease or alcohol or drug abuse)
- Patients with renal insufficiency (with eGFR values <30 or on RRT) Life expectancy of <6 months
- Patients with uncontrolled diabetes as determined by Hb-A1c ≥ 12% ( = Hb-1CIFCC ≥ 107.65 mmol/mol)
- Patients who have participated in a clinical trial on wound healing within the past month
- Patients who are unable to understand the aims and objectives of the trial
- Patients with a known history of non adherence with medical treatment
- Females who are pregnant
- Subject has Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or is known to be infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Subject has viral hepatitis
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01537016
|Contact: Breda Cullen, PHD
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Penn North Centers for advance wound care
|Eire, Pennsylvania, United States, 16544
|Contact: Dr Tom Serena, MD 814-452-7878 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Contact: Sharon McConnell (814) 452-7878 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Tom Serena, MD
|Diabetes Klinik Bad Mergentheim Gmbh&CO. KG
|Bad Mergentheim, Germany, 97980
|Contact: Karl Zink, MD 0049 (0)7931594139 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Karl Zink, MD
|University of Pisa
|Pisa, Italy, 56126
|Contact: Alberto Piaggesi, Prof 050992436 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Alberton Piaggesi, MD
|Clinica Universitaria de Podologia
|Madrid, Spain
|Contact: Yolanda Alvarez, MD 34 (91) 3942203 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Jose Luis Martinez, Prof
|United Kingdom
|Bradford Royal Infirmary
|Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, BD9 6RJ
|Contact: Wendy Jepson 01274383913 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Kath Vowden
|Principal Investigator:
|Keith Harding, Prof
|Cardiff University
|Responsible Party:
|Systagenix Wound Management
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01537016 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|February 22, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 8, 2013
|Last Verified:
|May 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetic Foot
Foot Ulcer
Diabetic Angiopathies
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Leg Ulcer
Skin Ulcer
Skin Diseases
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus
Endocrine System Diseases
Diabetic Neuropathies
Foot Diseases


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As we have the wonderful joy of thinking on the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ this morning I want you to turn in your Bible back to Matthew Chapter 2. There are of course many messages preached on Christmas, many books written, many songs written but it is infrequent that attention is directed to some of the most fascinating details around the birth of Christ that are included in this second chapter of Matthew. By the time we get to Matthew chapter 2 the birth of Christ is over.
The event itself has taken place and we are involved in what follows but this chapter is a remarkable chapter for a number of reasons. It is at first reading rather simple to understand and yet at a deeper reading extremely complex and somewhat challenging even to interpret. But the heart and soul of the second chapter of Matthew is to tell us that Jesus in the events around his birth fulfilled Old Testament prophesy.
Now that is very important for us to understand. The prophet Isaiah said that Jesus would be born of a virgin and he was. The prophet said it at least 600 years before Jesus was born. The prophet Micah said Jesus would be born in Bethlehem and he was. The prophet Hosea said that he would be called out of Egypt and he was. Many prophets said he would be from Nazareth and he was. Matthew assembles those specific prophesies starting at the end of chapter 1 and going through chapter 2 in order that he might strengthen his argument that this child is indeed the promised King.
In chapter 1 Matthew pointed out that the Child had the credentials of the King, that is he was born of the seed of Abraham and of the line of David, the royal line. That's why the genealogy of Jesus is given in Matthew 1 so that we might understand that the one that was to be the promised son of David, the King of the Davidic line, the King of Israel and the King of Kings and the King over an eternal kingdom was indeed Jesus Christ because he was in fact in the royal line. Then having established that this one is the promised king by virtue of His lineage Matthew then turns to the virgin birth and establishes that this one is indeed the promised King by virtue of his virgin birth. That is He had no earthly father. This is the God man because that which was conceived in Mary was conceived by the Holy Spirit and not by a man. It was the Holy Spirit who placed the seed in the egg of Mary that became the child that grew in her womb and was born Jesus, the Son of God.
So Matthew establishes His credentials by virtue of His lineage and by virtue of His virgin birth. Then Matthew further establishes the credentials of Jesus Christ as the promised King and the promised Messiah by seeing the fulfillment of prophesy. One very grand and exquisite and clear and precise prophesy appears at the end of chapter 1 where after presenting the virgin birth Matthew quotes from Isaiah chapter 7:14, "Behold the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son and they shall call his name Immanuel," which translated means God with us.
With that transition in the discussion of the credentials of being virgin born he moves to the next wave of credentials of the Messiah and that is that He fulfilled specific prophesy. The first of those prophesies, the very well-known one I just read, the prophesy of Isaiah 7 verse 14 that the Messiah would be born of a virgin. That is miraculous. No human being has ever been or will ever be born without a father, without a human source for the sperm that impregnates the egg. Only one person has ever been born with no contribution from a male and that is Jesus Christ, virgin born. He is man because he comes through Mary's womb. He is God because he was conceived by the Holy Spirit. We know that prophesy and know it well. It was fulfilled 600 years after Isaiah prophesied it.
But that brings us into this whole realm of prophesy. As we come into chapter 2 the prophesies are quite remarkable and usually overlooked. They have to do with locations. The first prophesy that Jesus fulfills has to do with Bethlehem. The second prophesy that He fulfills has to do with Egypt. The third prophesy that He fulfills has to do with a place called Rama and the fourth prophesy that He fulfills has to do with a town called Nazareth. This is a complex of prophesies that cause us to be certain that the birth of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, could not be somewhat coincidental. There are just too many prophetic components. It would have to be orchestrated by God and the fact that the birth of Christ was associated with Bethlehem as Micah said it would be, with Egypt as Hosea said it would be, with Rama as Jeremiah said it would be and with Nazareth as many prophets said it would be is proof enough that this in fact is the prophesied, predicted Messiah.
Now as we look at these prophesies they challenge our thinking. They challenge our interpretive skills to understand them and grasp them but they affirm for us that this Jesus is indeed the Son of God, the Messiah, the promised King and the Savior of the world. Let's begin with the first one, the birth at Bethlehem. Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king behold Magi or wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem saying, "Where is he who has been born King of the Jews for we saw his star in the east and have come to worship him?" And when Herod the king heard it he was troubled and all of Jerusalem with him. And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people he began to inquire of them where the Christ was to be born. And they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea for so it has been written by the prophet and you Bethlehem, land of Juda are by no means least among the leaders of Juda for out of you shall come forth a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel."
Now here is the first of these location elements in the birth of Christ. It comes from the prophet Micah and it says that he was to be born in Bethlehem. Now you all remember that the Magi were oriental king makers. They were the elite. They were the cultured. They were the leaders of the Middle Eastern society. They were the Persian king makers and philosophers and wise men and they had been influenced by the Old Testament because you remember that the southern kingdom of Juda was taken into captivity into Babylon and with that southern captivity came the Old Testament and came the prophet Daniel and even the prophet Ezekiel who spent time in captivity as well. So they were exposed to the Old Testament prophesies regarding Messiah and that grew into an expectation that there would come this great king that the Old Testament promised. These wise men were watching and waiting for that event to happen. Then they were given a sign, a star in the heavens. They followed that and came of course to Jerusalem seeking this king. The whole of the Middle East was waiting for a great monarch who could rise up and rule that part of the world. Well, of course that possibility was an immense threat to Herod. Herod, though he had a measure of power was a small minded and threatened and insecure and wicked and evil man who upon hearing that a king of the Jews had been born would do everything possible to make sure that that king was executed in his infancy.
So the wise men came and they come and they approach Herod the king, after all he is the important man in Jerusalem and they are the important people from the land of Persia. They ask him, "Where is this king to be born? We have seen his star. We have come this far. We want to find him." Herod calls together the elite, the scribes, the chief priests of the people and begins to ask them where this is to happen and they respond that he is to be born in Bethlehem of Judea for thus it has been written by the prophet. That leads to the fulfillment of that prophesy as recorded in Micah 5:2.
Now what was Micah all about? Let's go back to Micah for a moment. This prophet, one of what is called the Minor Prophets, not because their message was minor but because their book is short, small. Micah's prophesy comes right after Jonah. Micah like most of the Minor Prophets had a message of judgement. Micah's message is a message of destruction. Destruction is going to come upon Israel, the northern kingdom. Destruction is going to come upon Juda, the southern kingdom. Remember after Solomon the kingdom was split into two parts, north and south, and Micah pronounces judgement on both. In his pronunciations of judgement he directs much of his assault on the leaders in those two nations.
Chapter 2 of Micah. "Woe to those who scheme iniquity, who work out evil on their beds. When morning comes they do it for it is int eh power of their hands." In other words they're powerful people who can pretty much do whatever they want so they spend all their dark hours planning to do evil. They covet fields and seize them and houses and take them away. They rob a man in his house, a man and his inheritance. These are the people who have the power. These are the rulers and the chiefs and the leaders who are usurping the rights of the rest of the people.
In verse 3, "Therefore thus says the Lord, behold I am planning against this family calamity from which you cannot remove your necks and you will not walk haughtily for it will be an evil time." I'm going to break your pride. I'm going to bring judgement on you because of your corrupt leadership.
Chapter 3 follows something of the same emphasis. "And I said, Hear now heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?" In other words, shouldn't you be behaving in a way that is just? You're supposed to be executing justice as rulers. "You who hate good and love evil, who tear off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones and who eat the flesh of my people, strip off their skin from them, break their bones and chop them up as for the pot and as meat in a kettle." You treat the people as if they were stew meat. You hack them into bits as if to consume them. Not only were these leaders taking people's property but they were literally taking their lives. There is going to be judgement for such action.
Down in chapter 3 verse 9, again his talk is directed at leaders. "Hear this heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel who abhor justice and twist everything that is straight, who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with violent injustice. Her leaders pronounce judgement for a bribe, her priests instruct for a price and her prophets divine for money yet they lean on the Lord saying, 'Is not the Lord in our midst?'
Calamity will not come upon us. Therefore on account of you Zion will be plowed as a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins and the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest." He's going to destroy the land, the temple as well and the city of Jerusalem all because of corrupt leadership. So his message is a message that brings to the people the recognition again of how wretched their leadership is.
It's in that context that you come to chapter 5 verse 2. Here comes that prophesy regarding the ruler who is to be born in Bethlehem. "But as for you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though be little among the clans of Juda, from you will go forth for me to be a ruler in Israel, one whose goings forth are from long ago." In the midst of this terrible situation of corrupt leadership Micah says there will come a leader, a leader who will lead for God, for me, a leader who is just, a leader who is from eternity. This leader will come and he will come to Bethlehem, says Micah.
He's speaking of course of Messiah, the true ruler, the honorable king, the King of kings. So the message of Micah is a sad, weeping message and there is a sob in the nation for a true ruler and a true king and somebody who's fair and just and good and can save the people from their sins and from judgement. Micah says he will come and he will come to Bethlehem.
Now you can go back to Matthew chapter 2 and remind yourself that that is precisely what happened. "You Bethlehem, land of Juda, by no means least among the leaders of Juda for out of you shall come forth a ruler," and then Matthew adds this line, "Who will shepherd my people Israel." "Who will shepherd my people Israel." He says that the ruler will have the character of a shepherd, a gentle, pastoral, tender kind of ruler very much different than Herod who is known as the wolf, the absolute enemy of the sheep. So out of Bethlehem Jesus will come. Out of Bethlehem the Messiah will come. Clearly that is what happened. The child was born in Bethlehem. Thus you have an explicit Old Testament prophesy that says the Messiah will be born in Bethlehem and he was.
The second prophesy that is of note in Matthew chapter 2 regards the exodus to Egypt. First the birth at Bethlehem, secondly the exodus to Egypt. This is a fascinating one. Go down to verse 13. "Now when they had departed," and that is speaking of the Magi or the wise men you remember the wise men came to Jerusalem and they asked Herod where is the king to be born, he got his chief priests and scribes and they quoted to him from the prophet and at that particular point the wise men went and the star showed them where in Bethlehem the child was to be born.
The wise men went into the house, they worshipped the child. They gave him frankincense and gold and myrrh as gifts. Gifts by the way fit for a king. At that particular point they would've gone back and told Herod where the child was because Herod told them you come back, you tell me so I can worship him but the Lord sent them a message and you remember how that message came. Verse 12, they were warned by God in a what - in a dream - not to return to Herod. They departed for their own country by another way.
Now in ancient times God spoke to people through dreams. They aren't dreams like your dreams and my dreams which are the unbridled meanderings of a mind that is basically shut off and uncontrolled. I don't want you to go home and say, "I thought I had a dream last night. I actually had a prophesy." No, you didn't. You had a dream, a meandering of your own unbridled mind when it's not under control.
That is not what we're talking about here. What it's saying here is that there are occasions in God's history where he has in a person's sleep made a direct revelation to that person of His will and purpose and even clearly instructed them with regard to some specific conduct and that's what happened here and not just in their case but as we will see in the case of Joseph and Mary who were also warned in a dream.
Let's pick it up in verse 13. "And when they had departed," that is the wise men now have gone back and Herod still doesn't know where the child is, "Behold an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying, Arise and take he child and his mother and flee to Egypt and remain there until I tell you for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him. And he arose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt and was there until the death of Herod."
Now why does he have to go to Egypt? Can't he just go north to Galilee or can't he go east across the Valley of the Jordan and up the mountains and over to the land of Edom or somewhere like that or can't he just go out into the wilderness somewhere of can't he go down to the coast and tuck away some where at Jappa or something like that? Why does he have to go to Egypt? That's a long trip.
It's 75 miles walk to get to the border and it's another 100 miles to get into the land of Egypt, to the heart of the land where some population resides and that's a journey of many, many days and Mary and Joseph have a very young child that the note that they were in a house indicates that the child was not still in the manger, he's not still in his absolute infancy but somewhere between 1 and 2 years of age. That's why Herod slaughtered all the babies 2 and under. That's a long trek to make with a small child.
Why is it necessary? It tells you in verse 15. "In order that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son." Now here on the one had is a prophesy that has a very limited significance. It's only significant because it was prophesied. In other words there was nothing particularly important about going to Egypt in itself.
I might add there are some very, very weird and bizarre fabrications of the time that Jesus was in Egypt. They are lies. They are false documents. One of them is called the Gospel of the Infancy of our Lord. It's an old document and in it there are all kinds of fallacious statements. It's an interesting document to read. What it says is that when Jesus went to Egypt this is what happened: Idols shattered to pieces wherever he walked, a three year old child of an Egyptian priest who was possessed with demons put a swaddling cloth belonging to Jesus on his head and all the demons ran away, a woman with demons was healed by looking at Mary, robbers fled in terror at the sight of the child and all manner of diseases were healed wherever he went. That's not in the Biblical record and we know that to be a fallacious document.
We have no record of anything happening in Egypt. They went there and they stayed there for a prolonged period of time until Herod died. They went there, it says, explicitly in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled. Did they know that they were doing that? No, because the Scripture is very obscure. Here you have the quote of it, "Out of Egypt did I call my son." Makes a lot of sense there. The child goes to Egypt so that he can be called out of Egypt and fulfill the prophesy but if all you had was the prophesy and you didn't have Matthew's gospel and you were reading through Hosea you would say, "What does that have to do with Christ," because in Hosea's prophesy it doesn't appear to have anything to do with Christ.
Now you say, "Well, weren't there some other compelling reasons to go to Egypt?" If they didn't know about a prophesy why would they go there? Well, because the angel told them to go there. But they wouldn't have argued with the angel and I'll tell you why. Egypt had become a Jewish colony. They would find friendly environs there. Egypt was filled with Jewish refugees who had been migrating down there for a long time.
During the intertestamental period, that is the period of time at the conclusion of the writing of the Old Testament, the time of Ezra, the beginning of the writing of the New Testament 400 years elapsed. 400 years there was no Biblical writing. That's called the intertestamental period between the Old and the New Testament. During that 400 years of Biblical silence, revelatory silence broken by John the Baptist who finally came and God spoke after 400 years of silence, during that period of time there were some very, very serious things going on in the land of Israel, not the least of which by any means was the Maccabaean Revolt. There was a revolution going on at that particular time against the powers that were controlling Israel. The Jews always chafed against foreign oppressors and they did during that time. Because of those revolutions and terrorist activities and things like that some of the Jews had taken refuge in Egypt. They had migrated down there.
There was a community of people also in the land of Israel known as the Essenes. They were a nomadic, kind of a desert people who lived out in a kind of a primitive existence, somewhat monastic in their style of life, sort of an anti-social people. By the way they were the ones who apparently copied the Dead Sea Scrolls because the scrolls were found in an Essene area down by the Dead Sea.
But these people had also left Israel and migrated into Egypt for fear and didn't come back as well until Herod had died. So there were a number of Jews that had migrated into Egypt. To just let you know further about that Alexander the Great who lived in that intertestamental period of time established a new city in Egypt called Alexandria. In that city he assigned a portion of the city to the Jews who lived there, granting them special privilege along with the Macedonians of who he was one. So some Jews had come down there as refugees. Some Jews had been brought there by force after Alexander had conquered the area but many had migrated for more friendly reasons.
As much as 150 years before Christ there was a temple built by the Jews in Egypt. In a treatise written by Philo 40 years after the birth of Christ he says there were a million Jews in Egypt. So it was a place where there was a Jewish colony. I just say all of that to say it would make sense to Joseph and Mary to go there because they would find somebody to care for them and support them and maybe even somebody the knew or was related to people they knew. So the angel said to go there.
But it wasn't just for the fact that there would be some folks from home down there. It was because there was a prophesy to be fulfilled. Now what about that prophesy? How are we to understand the prophesy that is given by Hosea? Let me give you a little background.
If you're reading Hosea and you come to Hosea 11:1 where the words, "Out of Egypt have I called my son," are written you're not going to understand that that refers to Jesus Christ. You're not going to understand that. What you're going to understand is that that refers to Israel. That refers to Israel. In fact what it refers to is that God brought Israel out of the land of Egypt. Remember they were down there for 400 years in captivity?
God brought them, made them a nation and gave them the Promised Land. That's what it's referring to. It's referring to the time when God went into Egypt and delivered his people. Do you remember he sent 10 plagues and as a result of the 10 plagues finally Pharaoh got the message? Let my people go and let them go and then changed his mind and chased them and the Lord parted the Red Sea, they walked through and Pharaoh thought he could follow and his whole army was drowned at that spot. Then the children of Israel wandered for 40 years finally entering the Promised Land.
That is what is referred to in Hosea 11:1. "Out of Egypt have I called my son." In other words God had selected Israel to be his child while they were in Egypt and called them out, made them a nation and led them into the Promised Land. Do you remember? He apportioned all of the Promised Land to the various 12 tribes, he established the Levitical priesthood. Now the Levies and the priests, he did all of that and established them as a nation bringing them out of Egypt. That is the significance of Hosea 11:1.
What is behind that is the great love of God. It's very much like it says in Deuteronomy where Deuteronomy 32 talks about God has chosen Israel because of his great love. Now that's behind the significance of the statement in Hosea 11:1.
Let me give you a little background of the book of Hosea and this is going to take shape and it's a marvelous, marvelous prophesy. Here's the story of Hosea. Hosea preaches judgement. He deals with Israel's wickedness namely involvement in idolatry with all of its attendant sins. So the message of Hosea is the failure and the decadence of Israel. He preaches it again and again and again. But he does more than preach it. He illustrates it with his own life in a most graphic illustration. Hosea married a woman whose name was Gomer. I've always thought anybody who would marry a woman named Gomer was asking for some kind of trouble. But anyway, he married a woman named Gomer. Maybe it was a more significant name in ancient times. She turned out to be a prostitute. She turned out to be a prostitute. He calls her a wife of whoredom. She went after other lovers and in her prostitution even conceived and had illegitimate children. Hosea named them Not My Child. That was the name of one of them. But his heart was shattered because his wife had prostituted herself. But in spite of what she did he deeply loved her and instead of rejecting her he followed her around and made sure that all her needs were met while she was engaging in prostitution. It is not an illustration of tough love.
Finally instead of completely rejecting her he went to the haunts of her whoredom and took 15 pieces of silver and a homer and half of barley, a rather large amount of barley and he bought her back off of the market. She was literally on a black naked being sold and he bought her and took her back and honored her as his wife.
Now all of this is applied to Israel. That is a graphic illustration of God's relationship to Israel. The message of Hosea is this; just as Hosea had married Gomer God had taken Israel as his wife. Just as Gomer was unfaithful to Hosea so is Israel was unfaithful to God. Just as Gomer was enslaved by her lovers so Israel was enslaved by idolatrous nations in whom she had placed her love. Just as Hosea's tender love restored Gomer so Jehovah would restore Israel. That's the book of Hosea.
So when Hosea's heart was broken, when he had seen the idea of his dream wrecked before his eyes, when he had seen his beloved wife become a prostitute with illegitimate children, when he had suffered frankly the worst agony that ever comes to the human heart then God said to him, "Hosea, now you know how I feel." That's the message of Hosea. It is the message of heartbreak.
It is at that point that God says, "Do you understand that it was out of Egypt I called my son," and God goes back to that initiating love. Ezekiel has magnificent language when he describes this. He says, "I found you when you were a kicking, screaming baby that somebody had just delivered and left in blood, in the dirt and I cleaned you up and kept you. I love you and I chose you and I took you out of Egypt with tremendous effort and I redeemed you from the captivity and I led you through the wilderness and I brought you to the Promised Land."
"When Israel was a child," it says in Hosea 11:1, "When Israel was a child then I loved him and called my son out of Egypt." If you were reading through Hosea you would understand that but you wouldn't understand that it had anything to do with Jesus. But it did. In fact it was a prophesy of the fact that Jesus would be called out of Egypt.
You say, "Well, how can it be a prophesy?" It is a prophesy in this sense, in what it called type, T-Y-P-E, type. I don't know how much you know about that. There are two kinds of prophesies in the Old Testament. There are verbal prophesies and there are typical prophesies. For example, if you think about the Old Testament you will see a number of types of Christ. The sacrificial lamb is the most notable one, right? Now listen to what I say very carefully. Nothing in the Old Testament is a type of Christ until the New Testament says it is. Did you hear that? Nothing in the Old Testament is a type of Christ until the New Testament says it is. Because it is a non-verbal picture unless the New Testament explains it we can't see it there.
So don't go into the Old Testament like so many do and they're painting, for example, a picture of the tabernacle or something and they say, "Well, this piece of wood in the back corner of the tabernacle represents Jesus." Does the New Testament say it does? If the New Testament says it does it does. If the New Testament doesn't say it does then it doesn't. It's purely arbitrary. How can you make that conclusion? Who would ever read Hosea and conclude that that verse in verse 1 of chapter 11 had anything to do with Jesus? Nobody but it was a typical prophesy fulfilled in Jesus Christ as noted in the New Testament. Then it makes perfect sense because Israel is at that point a type of Christ. It's a magnificent thing.
"Israel is my son, my first born," God says in Exodus 4:22 and so is Jesus, his son, his first born. Christ is called in Isaiah the servant of the Lord and so is Israel. Israel is God's child. So is Christ. God has great love for Israel and so he has for Christ. Israel is called out of Egypt and so is Christ. Here is one of those magnificent Old Testament types clearly indicated in the New Testament to be a type. The whole wonderful story of Israel being called out of Egypt was a picture of God calling his child, his first born, Jesus out of Egypt.
So you have verbal prophesy in the first prophesy and you have typical prophesy in the second and both of them are fulfilled in the coming of Jesus Christ. If the Lord Jesus doesn't - well it couldn't happen - but if he doesn't go to Egypt and doesn't come out the prophesy never comes to pass. In some sense we say, "Well we would never know anyway," but it had to happen because that's how God intended it. It did happen. He went to Egypt, he came out of Egypt and we are told that Israel's exodus was a picture of Christ coming out of Egypt.
Why this? Why so much attention to this? Why do you have to go through all of this? Because it's just another important peg in the credentials of Jesus Christ. Some would be Messiah says, "Well, I was born in Bethlehem." Not enough. There's more.
Let's go to the third prophesy, the ravaging of Rama, verses 16 and following. Now we come to another location. We've got Bethlehem; we've got Egypt under our belt. Let's come to Rama. This too is - this is an amazing, amazing use of Scripture. When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the Magi who didn't of course tell him where the child was, he became very enraged and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its environs from 2 years old and under according to the time which he had ascertained from Magi. This man is paranoid to put it mildly. He slaughters every single child in the whole area to prevent one from growing up and being a threat to his throne.
Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled saying, "A voice was heard in Rama weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and she refused to be comforted because they were no more." This is amazing. This is absolutely amazing. Herod comes. Any child 2 years old and under - by the way a child was called two as soon as he entered his second year. We would still be saying they were 1 year old but the Jews did it right. The first year was the one year. The second year was the 2 year. So this would actually be children between what we say is the age of 1 and 2 and under. He slaughtered them all.
You can't even imagine the horror of that little village of Bethlehem and the area around it as Herod sent his soldiers to stab their swords through the hearts of those little ones or cut their heads off. You can't even fathom it and the weeping and the wailing and the people rushing to hide their little babies to save their precious lives. But this fulfilled the prophesy of Jeremiah.
In Jeremiah chapter 31, I'm going to read it to you in verse 15, "Thus says the Lord a voice is heard in Rama, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children because they are no more." Now there is a direct prophesy right out of Jeremiah but it's different than either of the first two. Let me tell you why. This is very fascinating to me.
Jeremiah was prophesying the captivity. He was prophesying before the people of Israel were carried away into captivity. He was predicting that when the captivity came there would be tremendous weeping and that that weeping would take place in Rama.
Where was Rama? Well, Rama was a very special place. Rama was a village, a small village about 5 miles or 6 miles north of Jerusalem on the high place, a raised place. In fact Rama means elevated place, high place. It was right on the border of the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom. It was where the people were gathered to be transported into captivity. It was really the village on the border. So it wept when the northern kingdom went and it wept when the southern kingdom went. It was right in the middle.
So the groups from both of those kingdoms were deported into captivity from the vicinity of Rama. That's what was going on. It was a heartbreaking situation. It was the place where the conquerors ordered the defeated multitude to be assembled and deported. By the way many had been slaughtered before the deportation. So death was already in the air and now deportation. Now they're no longer a nation. Now they're being taken away from the Promised Land.
So Rama represents both kingdoms. Rama represents the weeping and the sadness that Jeremiah says is going to come when you're taken captive for your sins. How is Rachel involved? Because it says here Rachel weeping for her children. Why Rachel?
Well Rachel was the mother in one sense of both kingdoms. One of her sons, Joseph, brought forth two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh and Ephraim was always the most often identified with the northern kingdom. In fact the norther kingdom is called Israel and Ephraim. But Rachel also was the mother of Benjamin who was part of the southern kingdom. So Rachel weeps when Israel goes and Rachel weeps when Juda goes because she has progeny in both. Though Rachel is long gone the picture here is of the weeping of Israel and its children are gone. Rachel is sort of the personification of Israel's weeping as she loses both lines that have come through her children. She's watching sort of figuratively or symbolically the multitudes gathered in Rama to be taken away. She listens to their weeping and she begins to weep as well.
You remember Rachel back in Genesis 30 and verse 1 said, "Give me children or I die." She thought she would die without having children. God gave her children and children who broke her heart. Assyria and Babylon had taken her children away. Jeremiah sees this in his prophesy but he sees more than that. Here is an illustration of another kind of prophesy. You have a direct verbal prophesy, you have a typi logical prophesy and now you have a double fulfillment prophesy.
There are throughout the Old Testament prophesies that have a double fulfillment. In fact if you're studying Scripture and if you're going through it we call it a near/far fulfillment. There is an element of it that is fulfilled near and an element of it fulfilled far. You find those all throughout the Old Testament. I note all of those by the way in the study Bible that we're involving in doing right now so that you'll be able to look at a prophesy and see that is has a near and a far intent.
The far intent takes us to the birth of Christ. This is a remarkable thing, a remarkable thing. Let me tell you why. How does this apply? "A voice was heard in Rama weeping in great mourning." Look, we understand the weeping and the great mourning don't we? We understand mothers weeping, sobbing as the little lives are ripped out of their arms and executed before their very eyes. We understand that she would refuse to be comforted because the child was no more. That we understand. But what about Rama and what about Rachel?
I'll give it to you very simply. One mile north of Bethlehem scholars tell us there was an area that had come be known as Rama. If you have ever driven from Jerusalem to Bethlehem you go out of Jerusalem up a little high place and then down a little into Bethlehem. At that high place, that's a Rama, that's a high place. You will notice and the tour guide will always point and say that is Rachel's tomb. So even today there is a Rachel at Rama. At the time of Christ the spot of Rachel's tomb was there as well. So there is a different Rama, not the high place north of Jerusalem but a new Rama south and there is there Rachel's tomb. How appropriate that God orchestrates all of that to bring together the near and far fulfillment. So in another Rama in the area of Rachel's tomb mothers weep again because their children are slaughtered.
Then there is fourth prophesy. The fourth prophesy is a different one yet and for quite remarkable reasons. When Herod was dead, verse 19, "An angel of the Lord appeared in a dream," this is the third time it's been mentioned that God spoke in a dream and he said to Joseph you can go back, take the child, his mother; go to the land of Israel. It's time to return. He rose, took the child and his mother, came to the land of Israel.
He had heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father. He was afraid to go there. He was afraid to stay in the southern part, in Judea because he thought maybe Archelaus being sired by Herod would have some of his traits and maybe carry on the same attitude toward the King and it was right. I think it was an accurate assessment because he was again warned by God in a dream and departed north to the regions of Galilee and came and resided in a city called Nazareth. Why? That what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled he shall be called a Nazarene.
It wasn't long after the family was in Egypt that Herod died. By the way he died, according to Josephus ulcerated entrails, putrefied and maggot filled organs, constant convulsions, foul breath and no physicians, Josephus writes, nor warm baths could lead to his recovery. After his death they came back but not wanting to come to an area where his influence was still existing by his son they went to Galilee as directed in the dream. He went to a place called Nazareth.
This was by the way Joseph's original home and he was to go back there because that's what the prophet's said. This is the interesting part. You say, "Where in the Old Testament did they say this?" Answer: No where. You say, "Well, wait a minute. It says the prophets said it." They did. It just wasn't recorded in the Old Testament. It is a statement by some of the Old Testament prophets apparently known, maybe even well-known. It needs no explanation. There's no defense of it. There's not even the names of the prophets but it was one among perhaps many prophesies that were not recorded or written down in the Old Testament.
When you read for example in the Old Testament about messages that were spoken about prophets you don't necessarily have every word they spoke. Sometimes you might have a summary of what they said even as you do of the sermons of Jesus in the Gospels. There is a reference in the book of Jude to the prophesy of Enoch which isn't recorded in the Old Testament either. But here the Holy Spirit refers to it. It was a prophesy.
As John said at the end of his Gospel if everything was written about the Lord Jesus Christ that could be written the books of the world couldn't contain it. Right? So there was much about Jesus Christ that was supernatural that is not recorded in the New Testament and there was much in the Old Testament that was done by God and spoken by God through prophets that was not recorded. This introduces us to yet another area of prophesy.
You have direct specific verbal prophesy, you have typi logical prophesy, you have double fulfillment, far and near prophesy and you have prophesy that is unrecorded in the Old Testament. You take it from any one of those venues of prophetic material it all focuses on Christ. Born in Bethlehem, out of Egypt, in Rama there was weeping and he went to Nazareth and became a Nazarene. All of this sovereignly orchestrated in the incredible mind of God and brought to pass in the person of Jesus Christ. Is he the King? Is he the Messiah? His credentials prove it. He is of the line of David. His virgin birth proves it. He was born without a human father. The prophesy of Isaiah said it. He would be born of a virgin and the place where he was born, the land from which he came, the town that wept and the city he dwelled in all indicate this is the Messiah. The argument in evidence is overwhelming, absolutely overwhelming. That's how Matthew closes his case. In the next scene John the Baptist comes preaching to introduce Christ.
Many years intervene between the end of chapter 2 and 3, the beginning of 3, many years. Jesus grows from being a toddler to his ministry and there's silence there except for two things, the occasion when he went to the temple at the age of 12 and confounded the learned theologians with his questions and the fact that he is stated to have grown in wisdom and stature and favor with God and man. That's all we know about those silent years until he embarks upon his ministry. But Matthew knew that the evidence was complete and satisfactory to anyone with a heart to believe.
Let's pray together. Lord, we continue to be amazed at the depth and detail to which you go to show us the truth. We are overwhelmed again to contemplate that this one who was born on Christmas as we call it, this one who came into the world in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago was in fact fulfilling every specific prophesy required to be the Messiah. You made it so abundantly clear. Lord, the implications of the fact that he is the Messiah touch our hearts. He came as King. He came as Redeemer. He came as Savior. He came to seek and to save that which was lost. He came to give his life, a ransom for many. He came to save his people from their sins. He came to establish a kingdom of peace and righteousness and salvation for all who believe. We believe. We commit our lives to him in faith. I pray that for every soul here that none will turn his back on the true savior, the King, the prophesied one who fulfilled every prophesy and is indeed the Savior sent from Heaven to save sinners, to fill their life with blessing and their eternity with bliss and joy. Thank you again for this great truth. We give you glory in your Son's name. Amen.
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
AR50 tips, and "Mind Over Patter"
Hopefully you got the e-mail about the minor course changes too. If not, e-mail Greg Soderlund.
Be ready to get wet! I'll see y'all there. If you recognize me, say hi and make sure I get a photo of you for the blog!
AR50 Write-Ups
Linda Hurd did a great write-up of her race in 2002, complete with pictures. She does a good job of explaining the trails, climbs before and after Last Gasp, and provides some telling photos of the last two miles. (here)
Ron Adams provides his account of his 1998 race. He also talks about the section between Manhattan Bar to Last Gasp. Also, bring your Technu poison oak wash. (here)
Ultra-regular Stan Jensen wrote up his 1997 run. Good detail on the last 2.5 miles. (here)
Jerry Bloom's race write-up lays out the overall course nicely. (here)
Mind Over Patter
Unrelated, you can also find a story on ultra-running called "Mind Over Patter" (Arizona Republic). Arizona ultrarunner Don Meyer summed up the ultra pacing strategy well - "Part of the strategy is to start slow, then go slower". I love it!
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Scott, thanks, this is awesome! I forgot to do any search before I left, and this should help (hopefully).ReplyDelete
May be I'll see you Sat.
Thanks Scott, especially for the tip about the course change. I hadn't checked that email account in some time and was unaware of the change. My crew thanks you! See you tomorrow!ReplyDelete
Hope you're out there having a great race. Looking forward to the race report.ReplyDelete
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Pitts wrote:Bhaw, the only opinion I can add here is that this particular game is a very special event. It isn't a normal Buffalo home game, even though is "technically" is. IMO, Buffalo and Penguins fans should have had a pre-sale dedicated solely to them. After that sale went off, and it could have been the next day, they open it to the general audience. One could argue that the NHL thought it might not sell out, but how would it have been any different with the botched system they had in place? With Buffalo being so close to Canada, everyone knew those tickets would go like hot-cakes. Maybe not 30 minute hot-cakes, but still, we knew they'd sell. It's not about Toronto fans, or Blue Jays fans or Bills fans. This is a very special event that many, many people just want to be a part of. To toss 1500 seats to Pittsburgh is pretty much a slap in the face. Sidney Crosby is selling this game, not Thomas Vanek.
I agree that it would have been nice if they gave Pittsburgh more tickets, but the Sabers and the NHL are running a business. Their goal is to sell the tickets. Again, also remember that this is the FIRST TIME EVER the NHL has put on an outdoor event in the United States. They had no idea what the best way to distribute tickets would be.
Bottom line is that there WILL BE 71,000 people at this game and it will be avialable on national TV. Seriously, what more do you want out of the NHL at this point for this game? Sorry they hurt your feelings in an attempt to make progress for the sport that EVERYONE here complains about being put down by ESPN and football and baseball fans. You can't have it all. I'm sure this tradition will continue, being it is looking to be successful, and the ticket distribution method will be refined.
Btw... the argument about Crosby selling the game out... that goes for almost any away game this year. When they go to play the Lightning or the Panthers, are those clubs expected to hold back tickets for Penguin fans to make sure they get a "fair shot" at tickets for that game? Crosby is selling out those arenas, so as a Pittsburgh fan, am I more deserving than a casual Florida fan?
The Super Bowl is a "special event." They don't hold back presale tickets for the teams that make it, right? And that is one of the most popular and successful sporting events in the world. Put yourself in the NHL's shoes. You would be dancing a jig right now knowing that you just sold this game out.


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Ph. D., University of Washington M.A., University of Washington B.A., Santa Clara University
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My book-in-progress, "Jane Eyre's Sisters: Women Missionaries and the Novel in the Age of Fundamentalism," demonstrates that novels about missionaries have participated in a pervasive forgetting of the liberal, humanitarian-service missionary tradition of orphanages, hospitals, and schools in favor of stressing a fundamentalist orientation to proselytizing. In particular, I show that Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (1847) was adapted by novelists of the 1930s, the Cold War, and the Reagan era to respond specifically not to foreign missionaries but to American fundamentalists at home. This project unites my interests in women writers, travel literature, and literary representation of religion and of relations between religions. The project has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
I edit the Keats-Shelley Journal, a periodical founded in 1952 by the Keats-Shelley Association of America and the journal of record for second-generation British Romantic writers.
My previous books are: Blake, Ethics, and Forgiveness (1994); an edition of Mary Shelley's travel writing for the standard scholarly edition of her work, The Novels and Selected Works of Mary Shelley (1996); and a collection, co-edited with Shannon R. Wooden, Teaching British Women Writers, 1750-1900 (2005).
The undergraduate courses I regularly teach are English 87 (Jane Austen Then and Now), English 145 (Travel Literature), English 437 (Chief British Romantic Writers); and English 438 (Nineteenth-Century Women Writers). For a sense of my undergraduate courses, see this blog post by Rachael Isom, who served as my Graduate Research Consultant for English 438, a position funded by the Office of Undergraduate Research: http://grc.web.unc.edu/2014/06/02/english-438-nineteenth-century-women-writers/
My dissertation students have come from South Africa, Hungary, the U.K., and Kuwait as well as the United States, and have written about such topics as: Mary Shelley and contemporary horror film; British travel writings about Continental spas; the British constitution in Regency novels, medicine, and law; Gothic novelists' engagement with obstetrics; Keats among the era's physician-poets; women religious controversialists; and "sympathy" as a pre-Marxist register for social class. I recently received the Carolina Women's Leadership Council's award for mentoring graduate students. Of the twelve dissertants I have advised to date (2014), four have earned tenure; three are on tenure-track; two have fixed-term appointments; and one has founded her own business.
Teaching Awards
Faculty Mentoring Award (faculty to graduate student), given by Women's Leadership Council, UNC-CH, 2013.
M.A. Mentoring Award, given by Association of Graduate English Students, UNC-CH, 2003.
Ph.D. Mentoring Award, given by Association of Graduate English Students, UNC-CH, 2001.
Mentioned as an outstanding UNC-CH faculty member (one of ten mentioned) in The Young Woman's Guide to the Top Colleges by Robert Mitchell (New York: John Wiley, 1998), p. 300.
Named a "Favorite Faculty" Member of the Senior Class of 1997, one of 57 among c. 3800 UNC-CH faculty, 1997.
Nomination for Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction, UNC-CH, 1997.
One of the UNC-CH's "Top Ten Professors" by Granville Towers, a dormitory with 1300 residents, 1987.


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If you're questioning why numerous wholesalers are currently running a profitable business, the answer is easy. The demand is growing and folks are buying. Obviously, you will need to note that when making your purchase, you must buy in bulk. Or else you will not get to take advantage of wholesale pricing.
Also, the best thing is that these wholesale dog products are going to be dropped right at your storefront or at your residence! You're certainly not going to need to drive to the other end of town and stuff your vehicle with a whole lot of items (and ending up breaking some of them along the way) and drive back! And the price is marginal for this door to door service.
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Author Kris Trudeau weaves a seamless story between four different time zones and more than 10 main characters. I absolutely loved all the attention to details in the story, including description of various "future" tools, cars, machines and equipment and the different way things are done in the future, including machine delivery pizza. The details give this book a very realistic feel even though quite a bit of the story is set in 2095 and 2097.
Another engaging part of this novel is the characters. Even though there are quite a few characters in this book, the author takes her time and does a wonderful job of developing a story line for each character, including a past history, believable story line and fascinating personalities to match. While reading this novel I felt connected to many of the characters both male and female and found myself rooting for them throughout the story.
While I am generally not a science fiction fan, I can honestly say I enjoyed this book thoroughly and had a hard time putting it down. There is enough in the book, with different relationships and different story lines that can draw in anyone who likes to read a good story with many twists and turns.
I highly recommend this book and looking forward to Kris Trudeau's future novels!
I was provided with a review copy of this novel.
Serious Health Concerns for Arash Sadeghi after a 42 day Hunger Strike!0 comments - published on Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Arash Sadeghi and his wife Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee must be freed immediately and unconditionally!
Arash Sadeghi is an Iranian human rights activist who is currently serving a 15 year prison sentence on trumped up charges of "spreading propaganda against the system" and "insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic." In reality Arash is a human rights activist who has been arrested, tortured and imprisoned for his peaceful human rights activities.
Aras Sadeghi's wife Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee is also a political prisoner who is serving a six year prison sentence at the notorious Evin prison for "insulting Islamic sanctities". Golrokh is a peaceful activist and a writer, and the true reason for her imprisonment is an unpublished story she wrote about stoning in Iran.
42 days ago Arash Sadeghi went on a hunger strike in protest to the arrest and imprisonment of his wife. There are some unconfirmed reports that Arash was able to hear Golrokh being tortured in a cell nearby. According to reports coming in from activists in Iran Arash's health is deteriorating at an alarming rate, and prison officials have had no choice but to transfer him to a hospital outside of the prison.
It is sad and disappointing to see this young and brave couple be sentenced to a combined 21 years of prison in the brutal Evin prison, for their peaceful human rights activities, while the Canadian Liberal Government turns a blind eye to this atrocity and considers re-establishing its political ties with the Islamic Regime in Iran.
Arash Sadeghi, Golrokh Ebrahimi and all other political prisoners in Iran must be released IMMEDIATELY and UNCONDITIONALLY. Canada must start to hold the Islamic Regime in Iran accountable for the violent human rights abuses it carries out on a systematic basis.
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H. C. White on Program Tonite
Electrical Progress Is Theme
Demonstrated By Human Dynamo
Vol. XXI No. 10 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) Feb. 11, 1942
Booster Club, Band to Accompany -ream
Debaters Place
Third at Fargo
Dischinger, Bjork
Head Bethelites
By winning five out of six de-bates
Dale Bjork and Robert Dis-chinger
won a third place rating
in the recent Red River Valley
Tournament at Moorhead-Fargo.
Two schools won a six-six debate
round, Bethel and a fourth school
won a five-six round, causing a two
way tie.
Bob placed third in extempor-aneous
argument, while Dale took
fourth place. Six states were re-presented:
North and South Da-kota,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Washing-ton,
and Minnesota.
Members of the team were selec-ted
last Tuesday in an elimina-tion
contest. Bernard Travaille
and Lorrraine Nyquist placed first
in the interpretative reading divi-sion-
Mr. Travaille read Carl Sand-burg's
The Prairie, and through
subtle overtoning and dramatic ap-peal
won the approval of Miss Mar-sha
Jean Trengrave, critic from
Hamline University.
The Four Preludes to the West-
Wind by Sandburg was presented
by 'Lorraine Nyquist. She adopt-ed
both her facial and vocal ex-pression
to the requirements of
the piece very readily.
Irwin Bjelland's interpretation of
Congo by Vachel Lindsay was
given second place in the men's
division. He read She Walks in
Beauty by Lord Byron with less
effect and less understanding.
Amy Lowell's Patterns as pre-sented
by Helen Heitzman took
second place in the women's divi-sion.
Joyce Johnson (reading The
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Cagesters Hold Meetings
Serving God in formal church
meetings was found by Bethel's
quintet to be as thrilling as serving
the interests of sport on the court.
During their recent itinerary the
team conducted meetings in Sioux
Falls and Worthington.
Arden Finke spoke in the Wor-thington
church Sunday morning;
the boys all aided the meetings
with their testimonies.
The Sunday evening meeting
was held in Sioux Falls. Gordon
Johnson spoke. Coach Adam pre-sented
short talks in each church
to publicize Bethel. Sixty or more
people attended a singspiration
Sunday evening in the home of
Glen Swanson.
A trip like this should prove
favorable publicity for the school.
For the last evening Chautau-quan_
program of the school year at
Bethel, Mr. Harry C. White, The
Human Dynamo, will lecture and
demonstrate man's electrical, me-chanical,
and scientific progress
this evening, February 11th, at
Mr. White has been a lecturer
for thirty years. He has lectured
in all principal cities of the United
States as well as in many European
countries. He was personally ac-quainted
with many famous scien-tists
including Charles Edison and
Charles Steinmetz,
The program begins in darkness,
and then Mr. White brings back
lights with lamps from his collec-tion,
which is regarded as one of
Kitchen Crew Members
Honor Mrs. Raier Olson
Thirty-one guests, all former
members of Boarding Club kitchen
crews of the past six years, gather-ed
last Tuesday to honor Mrs. Ra-ier
Stanley Paulson acted as master
of ceremonies. A corsage was
presented to Mrs. Olson by Carl
Dallas West, Henrietta DeCamp,
and Mrs. Ernest Larson, gave
toasts. Dallas' toast was an imita-tion
of Roosevelt's fireside-chat
style. The girls trio sang.
Among the guests were Mrs.
Raier Olson, Mrs. Ernest Larson,
Carl Holmberg, LaVerne Berglund,
Carol Jane Engwall, Ray Apple--
Paul Lundgren, Warren Johnson,
Ruth Olson, Stanley ,Paulson, An-nabelle
Sherman, Doris Moberg,
Ethel Tederman.
Francis McOlash, Gene Nyman,
Irwin Bjelland, Rawlin Johnson,
Kenneth Norquist, Esther Ostby,
Rosalaine Anderson, Glen Ander-son,
Henrietta DeCamp and Dallas
the rarest and best in the world.
He has lamps dating back as far
as 600 B. C., iron lamps, whale oil
lamps, and a lighthouse of early
Mr. White has the second largest
Edison lamp in the world. It has
the power of 100,000 candles,
30,000 watts.
In addition to antiques, Mr.
White will demonstrate some of
the latest findings of science. He
carries the smallest broadcasting
station ever made by man; it is
about the size of his hand. Another
interesting feature is his teleflash,
an instrument especially made for
this lecture. With the use of this
instrument the voice can be seen
as it travels on a light beam.
Band Hopes to Raise
Mission Fund of $125
In an intensive new-semester
drive, the Missionary Band is mak-ing
a valiant and commendable ef-fort
to raise $1215 for missionary
purposes. This sum is solicited
entirely from an offering of the
faculty and student body.
Interest in missions is running
high because of the unrest in the
world and great evangelistic op-portunity
offered by all quarters of
the globe.
Students have been appointed to
get in touch with members of the
faculty and student body for their
contributions. The envelopes pass-ed
out at a recent chapel meeting
should be returned March 1.
Helen Soder, Melvin Wyma, Mir-iam
Johanson, Irene Nelson, Joy
Phillips, Bob Hails, Bob Dischin-ger,
Dale Bjork, Herbert McDonald
and Helen Heitzman: (The above
is a list of those students who have
been selected to contact the school
Car Rate to Albert Lea
Is $1.20; To Be Feb. 13
Announcement has been officia-lly
made by Dury Miller, Student
Council president, that the annual
all school athletic trip will be made
to Albert Lea on February 13.
Bus transportation proved out of
order as priority agreements of the
bus companies to transport men
in uniform made it difficult to
secure a definite charter. The
price also was a trifle prohibitive.
The difficulty has been sur-mounted
by recruiting of private
cars for use in taking the students
to and from the game. So far,
between seventeen and twenty
cars have been secured.
The price for transportation has
been set at one dollar and twenty
cents. It is hoped a reduction may
be negotiated for Bethel students
on the tickets for the game itself.
Albert Lea is over a hundred
miles from St. Paul. Transporta-tion
facilities are difficult to ar-range.
It you would be sure of a
ride you are urged to sign the slip
on the bulletin board at once.
Delay may mean you cannot go.
Grant Samuelson and Dury Miller
are the committee working on ar-rangements
for the event. The
school band will accompany the ex-cursionists.
Koller to Speak at
Wingblade Inaugural
Plans for the inauguration of
President H. C. Wingblade have
been completed. The date set for
the occasion is Friday, May 15.
Dr. C. W. Koller of the Northern
Baptist Convention willl be the
The committee in charge of ar-rangements
is headed by Dr. G.
Arvid Hagstrom. Other members
are Dean Karlson, Dean Johnson,
J. G. Hedberg, Rev. J. G. Johnson,
and Rev. Marvin Samuelson.
Approximately fifty colleges and
seminaries have been invited to
send representatives. The inaug-uration
is held at this early date,
rather than in conjunction with
graduation services, because class-es
in most seminares have been
disbanded by June.
Football Pictures
Clearing a total profit of $40.00,
the Sophomore class announced
Monday that the Minnesota Foot-ball
program featuring "Pug" Lund
and the complete reels of the 1941
season, was enjoyed by 213 spec-tators
last Friday night.
Warren Magnuson, program
chairman, expressed appreciation
to all who aided in the event.
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
by Francis Otto
"Charity suffereth long and is
kind . . .is not easily provoked."
Prime - minister Gladstone arose
on one occasion to deliver a mes-sage
to Parliament. In his speech
he made use of figures drawn up
for him by one of London's statis-ticians.
The figures, however.
were erroneous by a considerable
margin and Gladstone was severe-ly
criticized both by the Parlia-ment
and the British Press. The
following day Gladstone called in
the statistician responsible.
"Sir," said Gladstone, "for forty
years you have been compiling fig-ures
and statistics for Parliament.
This is to thank you for your faith-ful
service and congratulate you
for your remarkable feat."
In the marvelous thirteenth chap-ter
of Paul's first letter to the
Corinthians, the Apostle states
three attributes of a Christian.
"And now abide faith, hope, char-ity.".
It is challenging to observe that
love is considered the great Christ-ian
virtue; the great cornerstore
of a Christian's character. How-ever,
a discouraging thing to per-ceive
about a majority of Christ-ians
is that they have • a faith unto
pardon and a hope unto eternal
life but few are characterized by
Gladstone's treatment • of the
statistician has always been to me
a vivid illustration of what charity
can mean as a dominating force in
a man's life. I'm think'ng mainly of
our reaction to those situations of
daily living that form our person-alities.
Life after life is made up
of vexing situations. Our attitudes
and behavior in the little crises
determines our outlook and reputa-tion.
The expression of Christ in the
small details of our everyday living
is woefully lacking. As Christians
we are rather backward about be-ing
charitable and considerate in
our relationships. When to for-give
a person means to humiliate
ourselves, we do not forgive.
Our tongues often fail as media-tors
of charitable action. Too often
instead of mollyfing word to an
erring associate, our tongue spits
out venom such as brands the soul.
The reality, the sincerity, the
depth of our experience with
Christ is measured by the manner
in which we respond in our rela-tions
with other individuals. Per-haps
if we who know Christ would
live Christ now, people might be
able to say of us, "You have some-thing
we would like to have. We
think you call it "Christ".
Mrs. H. Wyman Malmsten is in
charge of the B. W. A. meeting
scheduled for February 19. Mrs.
∎Frozerty of the St. Paul Juvenile
court will be the main speaker.
The meeting is sponsored by the
associate members of the organiza-tion.
This meeting promises to be
unique. Refreshments will be
In one of our earlier issues there
appeared a story boldly emblaz-oned
in heavy headlines. "Nyman
Sets Pace for Revitalized Club.
Well? What has happened to
that "revitalized" club, Gene? In
the fall you and your compatriots
spoke warmly of things to come.
". • • ambitious program of the
worthwhile program for the school
year. Men are asked to be on the
alert for future meetings and par-ties
. .." Need we quote more?
Today we speak caustically of
things (yet) to come. We have
two suggestions: Make an effort
to supply Bethel with "T" shirts;
add a women's chapter to your
* * *
In our Bethel catalog and Alexis
organization is described as one
designated to further good speech
and finer use of language. Fur-thermore,
Dury, it states that
Alexis shall be held twice Monthly,
not twice a semester!
Last year the Alexis club spon-sored
many unique and original
meetings. This year's student body
is as capable as last year's.
The students are interested in
this phase of Bethel social life—
as witnessed by the goodly atten-dance
at last semester's meetings.
Might we add a plea for activity,
on behalf of Alexis enthusiasts?
* * *
There are in this school home
many extra curricular groups.
There are not as many different
leaders as there are groups. Could
it be that lack of time due to over-developed
interest in other organiz-ations
on behalf of group leaders
has caused a slump in club activi-ties
. . . a slump that virtually af-fects
the whole social set-up of the
Wigwams are still in the moon-light.
All is deserted and wane,
Appearances here are deceiving
For fires enliven the plain.
Hatchets two weeks in the mold
Are brandished aloft in the air,
Bodies and tempers of Indian
Are alike with the fire's red
We hasten on with our story
A tale sped red-hot to you,
It is shot with a bow and arrow
By Chief Askme and Brave Ill-tell,
Rumors have it that 'Lundberg's
"bar" will splurge in the advertis-ing
field to avoid the income tax.
Brother McOlash needs a lock
for his handsome chair but, Mic-key,
don't forget— "Chair and
chair alike."
According to He-man West, the
H2S tale has not been ended.
"He who laughs last—best".
Personal to E. J.—Certain doors
in the girls' dorm are meant to be
closed. Right, Lydia?
From a reliable source we learn
that it has "dawned on" Alice S.
several times lately.
Dead-pan Wessman with Poker-face
Hails seek to consolate the
"stiffs"' at the mortuary.
The West-Coast "youngsters"
move from yon smoke-house to
parts unknown.
Travaille "boots" Elwood down
to "Gussie" and rules the roost
with bud "Pete."
Phyllis Karlson
Doris Fanberg
Lola Anderson, Elwood Anderson
Gunnar Hoglund
Harold Helsing
Miss Enid Platts
Dean Emery Johnson
Miss Enid Platts
Oh wonderous shells of the sea-shore
Oh myriad schools of the sea-
Ye cannot imagine for an hour
Our iwonderous fac-ul-ty
I Posters can talk!
Why does Miss Platts radiate so
much goodwill of late? A certain
good will ambassador, as is rumor-ed?
What with the shortening of ra-tions
and all Miss Johnson decided
Miss Platts ought to go patriotic
with shorted-sheets.
If my mother was a doe, and my
father was a buck, would I be small
The tomtom's beat
O'er hill and dale.
Carried in fear
The dolful tale - - -
We must retreat,
CHIEF ASKME and
Man "On Carpet" Describes
Fearful Moment of Approach
I was in a spot. I knew it when
I was summoned to Dean Karlson's
office. The new one, you know.
The carpets as I entered were
soft. My feet made not a sound.
It was my knees. The rug stretch-ed
long and barren in front of me.
On the far side in poised and sty-lish
grandeur was Dean Karlson's
It was a huge, highly polished
ominous desk. The paramount ob-ject
in the room. He sat behind
it. His head bent over some
I walked the length of the room
in the silence of chattering knees.
The moment of uncomfortable si-lence
lengthed. Became prolonged.
The man behind the desk looked
up. "Hah!" he said.
The Bethel Rouser
(Written by team members last
week. Not official.)
Stand up and cheer
Ye loyal friends and students of
our Alma Mater
Hold high - the torch
Of victors gone before Rah Rah
Give of your best
And do not rest but fight with zest
We'll never falter
Onward we go
To triumph now and ever more.
Does the "C" on manager Dick
Braun's sweater mean Cecilia as
"the chimes of" or "confidence" or
even "Concordia"? We loyal fans
of Bethel protest!
Come on, Dick. Rout for our
side ! The initial is "B".
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Reporters — Dave Moberg, Mary E. Hamline, Robert Christianson, Marilyn
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THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
(Continued from page 4)
Adam has six different names
starting with the initials Q, U,
V, X. Y, and Z.
Several of the Bethelites sang
the "Students Sangen". The num-ber
was well received as no good
Swedes were present. As the party
adjourned the fellows were assign-ed
to homes for the evening—some
with and some without.
Saturday we went back to Wor-thington
again and out into the
country for a big feed after the
basketball game... Bob Bergerud
was puzzled by the large display
of food and asked innocently "Are
those cookies or pancakes?"
Sunday morning we conducted
the church service at the Indian
Lake Baptist church. Truman
Halvorsen led the service while
Arden Finke was the speaker of
the morning.
In the afternoon we journeyed
back to Sioux Falls and had lunch
at the home of Ruth Johnson's
That evening we conducted ser-vices
in the Central Baptist Church.
Gene Nyman led; Gordie Johnson
presented the evening message.. An
interesting feature of the program
was an inspiring testimony given
by each of the fellows... Some of
the more ardent preachers-to-be
even insisted on giving three
By the way, did you know that
Gordie Thompson once lived by
Irene. Is that a city or a girl?
Following the service we went
out to Swanson's home for a Sing-spiration
program. One of the fea-tures
of the evening was a vocal
solo by Bill Adam (he sang all
seven verses, too). After the
Sioux Falls young people had left
(Gene Johnson and Gustie left for
some strange reason too—you
should have seen the "reasons")
the rest of the squad trouped down
to the basement for a little session
of ping pong.
Monday morning the fellows
went downtown for one last look
at the business district. When the
time came to return to Swanson's
home for dinner Bergerud was no-where
to be found, so the boys left
without him. The 'phone rang just
as the fellows entered the door,
and sure enough! it was Bergerud.
"Shine" was in a playful mood
however, and told him he had the
wrong number. After Bergerud
had phoned the "wrong number"
four times, he resorted to more
forceful methods and asked the
Sioux Falls telephone supervisor to
connect him with the Eric Swanson
residence. This brought Mrs.
Swanson to the phone who assured
"Bergie" that Gene Nyman was on
his way back to town to ipick up
our "morale-building" benchwar-mer.
The dinner was good too. We
even broke training rules (for
once) and ate pie. After dinner
Mrs. Swanson announced that we
had just eaten the last of the four
hundred cookies she had baked for
the weekend.
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You can't put biscuits in the
oven and take out kittens ; but
Lloyd put in 'cookies and pulled
out cup cakes.
To Lloyd "pour tour" is a free
cup of coffee. Some people want
theirs when the first cup is gone;
others later in the day; still others,
in a serparate cup.
Latest "don't". Refrain from
sneezing across the counter—it
might cost you some free pies.
(Oh, Coach!)
The trip back proved to be rather
uneventful as most of the boys
were rather "woozy" (to borrow
one of "Fish's" favorite expres-sions)
from the week-ends' activity.
We arrived in St. Paul about
seven o'clock in the evening. Ano-ther
chapter had been written in
the annuals of Bethel Basketball
history. We hope this will mark
the beginning of a pleasant athle-tic
relationship with the newly
formed Sioux Falls Junior College.
The fine sportsmanship and con-duct
between the two teams is cer-tainly
worthy of continuance.
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Miss Alice Anderson of Chicago
recently joined the office staff.
Hearty greetings.
Vernie Stoneberg has joined the
Army Air Corp. Best luck.
Mike Olson and Adeline Prescott
left school to seek full time em-ployment.
Herb McDonald. last week, was
nursing wee 'chicks.
Word from Vic Osterman, '40-'41,
carries information that he has
boarded a troop transport from
San Francisco Harbor. He asks
that Bethelites pray for him; he al-so
would appreciate mail. His ad-dress
Private V. Osterman 17026064.
19th Bomb. Squad. Group 22 (M)
c/o Postmaster, San Francisco,
We hear there is a sleigh ride
planned. Did anyone tell the wea-therman?
Between Robert and Jackson
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Day by Day
Iliatieloctue ifrt Alandepte
A Narrative
Friday morning, January 30th,
we dropped into the Boarding Club
for breakfast, believe it or not! A
half hour later we were happily
on our way, eagerly looking for-ward
to our first coffee stop ....
We pause here to pay tribute to
our two hitch-hiking boosters Har-old
Helsing and Francis Otto,
whom we passed near Fort Snel-ling.
Our first stop was at Mankato
(for coffee, of course). WE ALL
PAID OUR OWN BILLS, and Gene
Johnson and "Shine" got lacked in
the basement.
We stopped for lunch at Windom
after driving around the court
house three times looking for the
restaurant that Shine recommend-ed.
Haddon Anderson learned the
latest technique in donning an
overcoat from a little old man who
bounced like a ball and talked, like
a loon.
We arrived in Sioux Falls at 2:30
in the afternoon and drove out to
the college for a short shooting
drill. Afterwards we toured the
buildings on the campus (we still
like Bethel better EXCEPT FOR
Then we went out to Swanson's
for lunch and met "Shine's" two
brothers—"Cake" and "Lommen".
I guess "'Shine" isn't such a bad
name after all.
We had hardly stepped inside
the house when Bergerud whisper-ed
aspirately "They've even got
Within ten minutes after arriv-ing
home "Shine" had received
SOCIAL calls from every girl in
the block. (The gal next door
wasn't bad, either.)
After the ballgame that evening
the young people of the Central
Baptist Church invited us down to
their basement for a get-acquainted
party. Gene Johnson won the auto-graph
contest although we don't
exactly approve of his methods—
and we just can't believe that Bill
(Continued on page 3)
Indians Downed Twice During
Weekend Trip to Points West
Intramural Schedule Nears Playoff
Bethel's hoop warriors suffered
a double loss as a result of their
four day trip to WORTHINGTON
and SIOUX FALLS last week.
The Indians were downed 52-40 by
the SIOUX FALLS JC BRAVES
and took a close 45.43 count on the
chin at the hands of the WORTH-INGTON
The Sioux Falls contest proved
to be anything but a good ball-game
for the Bethelites who were
badly off form. Their defensive
formations were loose, their back-board
work was ineffective, and
their offense was plainly stale as a
result of their long trip during the
The first three periods of the
game were fought on even terms,
however, with the Sioux Falls
hoopers sporting a scant 20-17 lead
at the half. It was not until the
fourth quarter that the Dakotans
built up their convincing twelve
point lead. Coach Adam's quintet
had been battling hard to take
over the lead, but shortly after the
fourth quarter began the braves
from Sioux Falls opened with a
wild barrage of shots that found
the hemp.
Shorty Hammond hit from the
center and sides of the court;
Jerry Larson hit from the keyhole;
and Spud Eggelston slapped the re-bounds.
Before the Bethelites
could halt the scoring splurge the
contest had ended at the 52-40
High point honors for Bethel
went to Gene Nyman with fifteen
points and to Shine Swanson (mak-ing
an appearance before his home
town audience) with twelve.
The Worthington game was a
complete reversal of form for the
Bethelites as they fought furiously
for every counter. Worthington
opened first with a free throw fol-lowed
by a field goal, but Red and
White came back with two points
to open their scoring festivities
The lead changed several times in
the first half as the teams matched
each others point for point with
the Bethelittes holding a 19-17 lead
at halftime.
The third quarter found the
Worthington club surging back in-to
the lead as their fast breaking
system took effect. Gradually they
built up their lead until they held
a comfortable nine point margin
with just five minutes remaining
in the game.
At this point the Bethel attack
suddenly came to life... The In-dians
swished in a pair of baskets
while the Bluejackets were connect-ing
for only one to narrow the
margin to seven points...Then the
Indians hit with three shots. as
Gene Johnson caged a rebound,
Shine Swanson swished a onehan-der,
and Truman Halvorsen came
through with a long shot from far
out in the court, while the Worth-ington
club was held to one free
The Bluejackets gained posses-sion
of the ball, though, in the ex-citing
final sixty seconds of play
and managed to stall away the re-maining
seconds of playing time.
Pud Anderson led the Bethelites
with twelve hard earned points
while Shine Swanson and Gene
Nyman each collected ten. Also
outstanding in the tilt was the
fine defensive work displayed by
Coach Adam's two stellar guards,
Truman Halvorsen and Gene John-son.
Sioux Falls (52) (40) Bethel
Eggleston (17) (12) Swanson
Loddle (6 (6) Anderson
Larsen (12) (15) Nyman
Norberg (11) Halvorsen
Hommond (11) (3) E. Johnson
Substitutes- for Sioux Falls Han-son
(4); for Bethel Laurence(4).
Worthington (45) (43) Bethel
Barrett (6) (10) Swanson
Griffeth (8) (12i) Anderson
Thompson (12 (10) Nyman
Pluff (9) (4) Halvorsen
Helling (3) (7) E. Johnson
Substitutes- for Worthington,
Knuth (4), Trunk (3); for Bethel
Laurence, G. Johnson.
Paced by a powerful combination
of Mentzer and Lindberg, the Go-phers
hold a nine to seven advan-tage
over the valiant Huskies. In
a recent tilt, the two teams tied at
36- all and through their victory
at the next meeting, the Gophers
obtained their lead. Ben Ander-son
and Mattson take top-scoring
honors for the Huskies.
The formidable Trojans have
vanquished the valiant Wolves to
the tune of fourteen games to five
up to the present time. Paul Lar-son
and Helsing have scored rath-er
consistently to lead the victors
while Hails is high-point man for
the Wolves.
The all-Sophomore class is still
continuing its neck-to-neck race
for superiority. To date, theBad-gers
have eked out nine victories
while the Jack Rabbits have suc-ceeded
in winning eight. Starring
for the Badgers are Wessman and
Magnuson; with Brown, Widen
and Youngquist sparking the Jack
Rabbit attack.
The Seminary men have been re-cruiting
new members for their
class and today there are fourteen
who play on Monday afternoons.
The standings show that the
Bethel Wins
Bethany Game
With both teams playing a lax
first half, the Bethel Indians play-ed
host and victor to the Bethany
quintet last Saturday to the score
of 56-26.
The score at the half was 14-19
in favor of Bethel. In the third
quarter the Indians returned to the
floor in surer form and swiftly be-gan
advancing the score.
Glen Swanson scored sixteen
points, closely pressed by Gene Ny-man
who held a fourteen record
Top score man of the evening was
Hanson of Bethany who scored
nineteen points.
Greeks have won two of the three
games played. Otto and West lead
the Greeks in total points while
Tanyas paces the losers.
Losing the last two games, the
Sophomore girls still hold a deci-sive
lead of 13-2 over the Freshman
Tigers. The Freshmen have been
reinforced by Verna Jorgenson and
Marguerite Nelson.
Lily Olson and LaVerne Lind-berg
are high point men for their
The Bears lead the Cubs 9-7
games won. The Bears have re-cently
been reinforced by Alice
Larson, who shares high scoring
honors with Evelyn Dahlquist. The
Cubs are more evenly paced by
Sandin, Mitchell, Jennister, and
Muriel Carlson.
Holding the Hawkeyes at a one
game loss the Buckeyes must bat-tle
furiously to hold their precar-ious
lead. The Buckeyes are paced
by Alice Weaver who rarely fails
to garner high point honors. Irene
Nelson is score getter for the
close riding Hawkeyes.
With five weeks left in the cur-rent
basketball schedule, the teams
that are lagging will do some hard
work to try to overcome their op-ponents
and be able to play in the
all-school play-offs.
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Creation and Judgment Day by
James Weldon Johnson) and El-wood
Anderson (reading Chicago
and Skyscrapers by Sandburg)
were awarded third places.
Jesse Graber and Stamford Wi-den
also participated in the event.
Robert Dis.chinger and Dale Bjork
teamed for the debate round. They
took the affirinative in three de-bates
and the negative issue in
three others, thus proving their
Dana Larson was selected to re-present
Bethel in original oratory,
while Kenneth Norquist participa-ted
in extemporaneous speaking.
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"We will show some skin," said director Paul Hope. "I gave our costume designer Clair Hummel instructions to go slightly risqué with the wardrobe, and she came through."
"The Rocky Horror Show", a revival favorite, returns musicals to the Wortham Theatre. This will be the first song and dance show to be included in the school's performance season in more than a decade, said Hope. For audiences, "The Rocky Horror Show" will be worth the wait.
"There is a lot of excitement over here," said Hope, a UH alumnus. "The cast is certainly prepared to deliver a professional caliber show."
Joining Hope's capable cast will be a live six-piece band directed by UH alumnus and veteran conductor Art Yelton. Former Houston Ballet principal and esteemed dancer Krissy Richmond is overseeing the show's choreography.
Many audiences are familiar with the wildly popular film adaptation of the play, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." That movie's cult fan base grew from audiences' participation at midnight screenings (shouting during certain scenes, throwing confetti, wearing costumes). While the film became a side note to the antics in the aisles, the UH production will take center stage. Hope said that such raucous audience interactions will not be a part of this play, but the audience will be encouraged to participate on a smaller scale, lead by cue cards from the stage and a group of trained student hecklers. Participation kits will be sold at the box office for $5 and include the props necessary to take part in the onstage spectacle.
"If you've seen the film, expect something very different," Hope said. "There won't be wall to wall mayhem in the audience, but fans will definitely be energized by what's happening on stage."
Theatre-goers are encouraged to wear costumes during the play's Halloween performance. At 10:15 p.m., Oct. 31, a costume contest will take place in the Wortham Theatre (prior to that night's 11 p.m. show).
The play follows all-American couple Brad and Janet as they encounter transvestite mad scientist Frank N. Furter and a host of other eccentric and ghoulish, yet erotic, characters. With a rock-based score, the play pays homage to classic sci-fi and horror films while dissecting middle America's repressed sexuality.
Show times are 8 p.m., Oct. 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 and Nov. 1; 2 p.m., Oct. 25; and 11 p.m., Oct. 31 in UH's Wortham Theatre (inside the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - Entrance 16 off of Cullen Boulevard). Tickets are $20; $15 for faculty, staff and alumni; and $10 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets, call 713-743-2929. For more details, visit http://www.theatredance.uh.edu/.
Due to explicit language and sexuality, no one under the age of 14 will be admitted to this production.
Written by Richard O'Brien, the original production of "The Rocky Horror Show" premiered in London in 1973. A hit with U.K. fans, the musical came to America in 1974 for a two-night stint at the famed rock club The Roxy Theatre and an ill-fated run on Broadway in 1975.
In spite of a disastrous reaction from Broadway critics, the play was adapted as the 1975 film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." As a commercial release, the movie was a flop. When it began to run as a midnight movie, audience interest piqued. Ultimately, the film developed a massive following that continues to this day.
"When it first appeared on stage and on screen, 'Rocky' was shocking," Hope said. "The movie actually seems a little tame now, so my goal is not only to deliver a fantastic show, but to throw the audience for a loop. I want everyone to be just as stunned by our production as those early audiences were in London and at movie theaters."
The UH School of Theatre & Dance offers bachelor's and master's degrees in theater and teacher certifications in dance. Its graduate program consists of a master of arts in theater and masters of fine arts in theater with specializations in acting, directing and design. Each fall and spring, the school produces five plays performed in the Wortham Theatre and the Jose Quintero Theatre, two dance concerts, four graduate directing projects, two Theatre for Young Audiences plays and the Houston Shakespeare Festival each summer. The school has benefitted from notable star faculty such as Lanford Wilson, Sir Peter Hall and Jose Quintero. Among its faculty are Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee, Tony Award-winning playwright Mark Medoff, Tony Award-winning producer Stuart Ostrow and Broadway dramaturg Mark Bly. For details on UH's School of Theatre & Dance, visit www.theatredance.uh.edu.