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Beilteti Vaal Scitoal Papeit
Vol. XXVII—No. 24
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. May 28, 1948
Rev. Dahlquist
Speaker -thR &163CE@G',1 Rev Lloyd W. Dahlquist of Chic-ago
delivered the Baccalaureate
Sermon to college and seminary
graduates last Sunday afternoon.
The subject for his address was
"As He-So We".
Mr. Dahlquist is a former
graduate of Bethel Seminary,
having received his Bachelor
of Theology degree with the
class of 1928.
At the present time Rev. Dahl-quist
is pastor of the Northwest
Baptist Church in Chicago. He is
active in the Baptist General Con-ference
holding tthe position of
Vice-Moderator for the 1948 An-nual
Meeting; he also serves as re-cording-
secretary for the Board of
Trustees, and is a member of the
Board of Bible School _and Young
People's Work.
Coleman, Kuehl
Thomas Paul Coleman, this
year's college valedictorian, was
born in Springvale, Minnesota. He
has attended Bethel for two years.
He intends to continue his educa-tion
at the University of Minne-sota
next fall.
Tom spent 1 1/2 years in the U. S.
Submarine service where he attain-ed
the rank of Seaman First Class.
His home church is the Springvale
Baptist Church where he serves
as deacon, Young People's advisor,
and Sunday School teacher.
The seminary valedictorian, Del-bert
August Kuehl, hails from Alex-andria,
Minnesota. He graduated
from Bethel Junior College in 1939
after which he entered the Uni-versity
of Minnesota and graduat-ed
from there in 1941. Prior to his
coming to Bethel, he attended
Northwestern Bible School and
Seminary. ■
Delbert spent 1942 to 1947 in
the service as a paratrooper. He
is married, and besides taking a
full course in the Seminary, he has
been doing graduate work at the
Scholarships and Awards
Given at Class Day Rites
The annual class day exercises that were held this morning in the
College chapel, was marked by the scholarships and awards that were
given out. Seventeen scholarships, ranging in value from twenty-five
dollars to one hundred dollars were awarded to twenty five students.
Dr. Wingblade made the presentations. Bronze, silver and gold charms
were also given for extracurricular activity.
Presentation of Awards for Student Activities:
Presented by Coach Edwards
Cheer Leaders—Carl Holmgren, Beverly Magnus, Zella Mae McFarlin,
and J. Robert Nelson.
BasketballMinor Letters: Charlotte Ekberg, Margaret Ilelgren,
Elaine Jensen, Florence Nordstrom, Eileen Sather.
Major Letters: Goldie Erickson, Virginia Hansen, Helen Hoffman,
Lois Leaf, Zella Mae McFarlin, Doris Richert, Captain, Marjorie
Rundquist, LeVerne Van Meter.
Basketball—"B" Squad—Minor Letters: Clarence N. Anderson, Clifford.
D. Anderson, Russell Dickerson, Calvin Fernlund, Duane Johnson,
Captain, Roy Johnson, Alan Olsson, John Peterson, James Sims,
Ronald Skoog, Richard Upton, Forrest Vance, August Waage.
"Varsity" Squad—Minor Letters: Everett Johnson, Conwell Lind-strom.
Major Letters: Lowell Bergeson, John Dischinger, Edger Eklof,
Kenneth Greenman, Roy Nelson, Wayne Peterson, John Porcella,
James Rentz. LeRoy Sandberg, Captain.
Football—Minor Letters: Clifford Anderson, Frank Doten, Calvin -Edlund,
Berge Hoogasian, James Schubring, Paul Thompson, David Wash-burn.
Major Letters: Clarence N. Anderson, Robert Brunko, Robert Daley,
Douglas Garvey, Donald Goldsmith, Dwight Goodrich, Everett John-son,
Richard Johnson, Roy Johnson, Robert Mantzke, Nels Nelson,
Roy Nelson, Don Nepstad, Alan Olsson, David Osterberg, Warren
Palmquist, Leroy Sandberg, Ronald Skoog, Charles Starr, Vernon
Tennis—Walter Eddy, George Berg, Gordon Berg, Roger Berg, Robert
McKinnon, John Porcella.
Baseball—Minor Letter: Paul Peterson. Major Letters: Clarence N.
Anderson, Frank Doten, Robert Ginther, Kenneth Greenman, Clar-ence
Hagman, Robert Hamlett, Harlis Johnson, Elwood Larson,
Captain, Warren Palmquist, Leroy Sandberg, James Sims, George
Sweaters to Kenneth Greenman, Roy Nelson, LeRoy Sandberg.
Presented by Mr. Schultz
Bronze Charm for debate and discussion: John Balian, Virginia Hansen,
Victor Pearson, Doris Richert; and for debate, discussion, and
oratory, Robert Daley.
Silver Charm: Edward Avey, discussion and extempore speaking. Lee
Kingsley, debate, extempore speaking, discussion.
Gold Charms: Harold Christenson, debate, discussion, extempore, speak-ing.
Charles Germany—debate, discussion.
Presented by Mr. Anderson
Bronze Charms—Ruth E. Anderson, Carl Appelquist, Jean Butler, Harold
Christenson, Morris Engstrom, Calvin Fernlund, Rudolph Forsman,
Ted Hamlin, Virginia Hanson, Margaret Helgren, Muriel Keller,
Lois Leaf, John Leggett, William Lindroth, Alan Olsson, David
Osterberg, Harry Paney, Milton Regier, Edna Schultz, Byron Skal-man,
Kenneth Skov, John Soneson, Jeanne Swanson.
Silver Charms—Audrey Carlson, David Carlson, Marwin Lindstedt, Doris
Gold Charms—Perry Hedberg, Editor-in-chief, and Robert Hamlett, Busi-ness
Presented by Mr. Lawson
Bronze Charms—Audrey Carlson, Mae Fisher, Ted Hamlin, Harry Paney,
J. Gordon Platt, Tom Starr, Evelyn Stolhammer.
Silver Charm—Byron Skalman
Gold Charm—Robert Sandin, Editor-in-chief, J. Robert Nelson, Business
(Continued on Page 8)
Dr. Koller Speaks
At Commencement
Dr. Charles W. Koller will de-liver
the principal address at the
annual commencement exercises of
the college and seminary to be held
this evening in the Bethlehem Bap-tist
Church, Minneapolis. He will
speak on "An Adequate Faith for
a Broken World."
Dr. Koller is President of the
Northern Baptist Theological Sem-inary,
Chicago, Illinois, which in-stitution
he has served in the cap-acity
of President since March
Dr. Koller was born in Waco,
Texas. He entered the training for
the ministry at Baylor University
in Waco, and proceeded, upon
graduation in 1923, to his seminary
work at Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Fort
Worth, Texas. He graduated from
the latter institute with the degree
of Master of Theology and the fur-ther
degree of Doctor of Theology.
In 1944 Eastern Baptist Theologi-cal
Seminary, Philadelphia, Pen-nsylvania,
bestowed upon him the
honorary degree of Doctor of Divin-ity.
Besides his duties as President
of the largest seminary in the
Northern Baptist Convention, Dr.
Koller has been active in denomi-ational
matters, including member-ship
on the General Council of the
Convention for the past seven
Alexis Elects
New OFficeys
Officers elected by the seminary
to head the Alexis Society for next
year are Ralph Larson, President,
Richard Turnwall, Vice-President;
Pauline Pearson, Secretary, and
Oliver Ohsberg, Treasurer.
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4,1-20.0,63[E010)0 Editor Looks Back t1115 of Tbougbt
Editor-in-Chief Perry Hedberg
Assistant Editor & News Editor Marwin Lindstedt
Managing Editor Rudolph Forsman
Feature Editor David Carlson
Sports Editor David Osterberg
Art Editor , Ted Hamlin
Business Manager Robert Hamlett
Circulation Manager Margaret Helgren
Reporters: R. Anderson, E. Avey, Adelle Bavin,
C. Fernlund, V. Hanson, L. Leaf, J. Leggett, W.
Lindroth, A. Olsson, P. Pope, M. Regier, J. Sone-son.
Feature Writers: C. Appelquist, H. Bondeson, A.
Carlson, H. Christenson, S. Delin, M. Engstrom,
B. Madsen, Z. McFarlin, D. Olson.
Typists: Jeanne Swanson, Chief; E. Carlson, M.
Carlson, C. Hedberg, A. Johnson, M. Keller, E.
. Schultz, Muriel Thompson
Photographers H. Paney, B. Skalman
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Bacit and Bad*
Dear Buddy,
Well, it certainly has been a long time since
we have corresponded. About a month ago I
wrote you a newsy letter, but apparently the
censor (Herry Pedberg didn't like it, because
he put some political article in its place.) I
must admit that Applequist's contribution was
good, however.
Of course, there may have been some fifth-column
work close by, since I wrote about
our Fair Editor's roomate like this: "Dave .
Osterberg is back from Navy duty. He reports
a fine time, except for a bad case of insomnia.
It seems that the train wheels and his clock
kept beating time to the song "Helen, Helen,
Helen."....In the meantime, Helen Franklin,
believe it or not was making a map entitled,
"The Wandering of David"....for Life and Lit.
class, of course." Boy, am I going to get it
from my roommate now!
By the way, we had a nice time on our
Girls' Chorus Trip through Minnesota, Iowa,
Nebraska, and South Dakota. Most of us, of
course, complained of gaining weight, what
with bacon and eggs for breakfast every morn-ing
and cream puffs for dessert at night.
Marilyn Frederickson's Clarion remark was
that she had to put a bookmark among her
chins to find her pearls. Betty Jo Greenman
says she forgot to mention in her resume of
the trip that the most important thing each
day was the mail—the kind with stamps on
it. Though we will admit that the kind from
males was more interesting....slightly, that is.
I once heard Tiny Miller ask B-Etta IVieyars,
"Do you talk all the time?" "No", she giggled.
"sometimes people interrupt me."
In talking with Professor Bergman, I learned
that he intends to go on a Youth-for Christ
tour through England, Wales, Scotland, Nor-
Change has been the keynote on the campus
this past year.
"Through THE CLARION this year I have
sensed that a mild-revolution is taking place
on the campus." This remark was made to
me recently by one of the off-campus subscri-bers.
My first reaction was surprise. But I
believe it is true; I hope that it is so!
This subscriber went on to state that he
felt some of the students have begun to ques-tion
and test certain traditions at Bethel with
the purpose of progressive change in view.
A similar note of "change" has been voiced on
various occasions by Administration members
and visiting speakers who refer to the "grow-ing
pains experienced on the campus." These
indications of an expanding Bethel p.,re a
healthy diagnosis. I believe it is the founda-mental
desire from the students that our
school be delivered from the stigma of acad-emy
days, and from the limitations of a
junior college to a position of an outstanding
school of Christian higher education.
"Mild-revolution," "change," "growing pains",
as they are sensed objectively are but sym-bols
of a faster-moving subjective ideal. This
subjective ideal refers to the goal at which
these changes are aimed. The goal may be
defined as the spiritual, academic, and social
qualifications offered to graduates of the
rapidly forming senior college from their
student development at Bethel.
Several changes on the campus this year
have been noted in the introduction of foot-ball
-to the inter-collegiate sports competition,
a definitely shaping intramural sports pro-gram,
a growing interest in forensics, a de-veloping
interest in student publications, the
visual education program, and a greater par-ticipation
in student government.
The 1947-48 school-year has initiated several
new ideas. It will be one demand on the next
school-year to straighten these ideas and in-troduce
others as the senior college is ushered
into its infancy.
Change this past year is the beginning of
a richer, broader, educational and cultural
legacy which the new Bethel will offer as its
heritage to future students.
Perry 0. Hedberg
Editor 1947-48
way, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, and
France. He anticipates playing on some of
those great European cathedral organs that we
have heard so much about. Their first meeting
will be at the Royal Albert Hall in London,
England on October 2. As Professor Bergman
has often said, "You can't make footprints in
the sands of time by sitting still," and I guess
he believes ,in practising what he preaches.
You know, Mary Martin is taking a course
in Health. So Gus Tillman asked her, "Do you
think late hours are bad for one?" "Yes, but
they're all right for two", she answered.
So "Glory Maurie" is finally going over the
brink of destruction of May 29. That I will
have to see. But, in spite of all the ill-feel-ing(?)
and cutting remarks between us, I
certainly want to wish him and Ouida many
happy years together.
And, now that I am in a mellow mood, I
wish I could tell you what a wonderful year
this has been for me. But, maybe if you are
up around Connecticut some time, drop in at
80 Allen. Street, Terryville, where the welcome
mat is always out for Bethel students and the
coffee pot is always on, and I will say what
I mean. That goes for everyone at Bethel who
has not at one time or another called me
"Crazie-Hazie". Those Unmentionables will
have to sneak in by the back door when I'm
not looking.
by President Wingblade
We at Bethel are closing these days what is
no doubt one of the greatest years in all the
school's history. Progress has been made in
every way—physically, intellectually, and spiit-ually.
How much we do have to praise God
Now another summer lies before us—teem-ing
with sunshine and opportunities. In song
and poetry summer has always been associ-ated
with youth and future. We say, "a girl of
seventeen summers", but we say "a man
of seventy winters."
Whether we preach and teach the Word
this summer or work in offices and factories
or on farms, may we live out the life that
is Christ—in purity and prayer, and so truly
adorn the doctrine of God.
There is something thrilling about summer
days for a college or seminary student. No
matter how hot the sun or heavy the burden
or long and trying the day, he knows that it
will soon be over and that when the cooling
breezes of September come around he will be
back again in classroom and halls in happy
student fellowship.
We recall that in Christ's parable of the
talents it was not the gifts or the brilliancy
that was commended by the Lord of the ser-vants;
it was rather the faithfulness. And so
for these summer days, may we crowd each
unforgiving minute with sixty seconds of faith-fulness,
and the Lord of the harvest will take
care of the results,
We of the administration express deep ap-preciation
to the student body for beautiful
cooperation during the past year. Shall we
pray for even greater things in the year that
lies ahead. "Faithful is He who has promised."
Thanks Expressed
The members of the sophomore class see
themselves at the crossroads of life as they
complete their junior college work. •I n these
two years of contact with various fields of
human endeavor there are many members of
the class who have found the specific path
of service to which God has called them.
Nov tthey are aiming at college majors in
specific fields, feeling that there they have
much to learn and a ministry to perform. They
have come to see that Christians aren't all of
one type, but thatt God calls them into various
fields as witnesses for Christ. The cabinet of
the graduating class wishes to express to the
faculty of the school the sincere appreciation
of all the sophomores for the moulding in-fluence
these two years have been in their
Executive Committee
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Can it be true? The final issue of the Clar-ion
and, well, time to bid the farewells and
look back over the year to recall just what
has gone on around here. It's easy to remem-ber
the interesting things—and fun to forget
the boring, such as attending the classes.
Remember when???—You freshmen came to
Bethel and were so mixed up you came late
to every class? And after you got acquainted,
you still came 'late but not because you were
lost, but because you didn't have- the assign-ment
During Freshmen initation, several new
students had extra little duties for a week?
And how during the final evening the sophs
had a lot of eggs, catsup, limberger cheese etc.
left over, so took it out on John Klingberg
and others?
We attended the first football game of the
year, and saw our boys fight evenly with
Rochester until the final quarter? And how
Mantzke was all over the field at once?
The plaster started falling on the basket-ball
floor during one of the games?
The Clarion Team won the 'Ye ole Coffee
Cup' game, even though Dean Carlson brought
the Faculty team a Coffee Party? And how
the faculty wives cheered the losing cause?
Our baseball team woh a game?
We had so much snow and slop that it was
impossible to find the sidewalk from the
college to the girls dorm?
Memories go on and on. That's all a part of
the joys of Bethel. Here's hoping next year
will be as enjoyable for everyone. Ay, have
you noticed in the Spire that some of our in-structors
have changed a bit? The one that I
always thought was Schultz is now Wik, while
Wik is Fagerstrom, and Fagerstrom is Schultz.
Maybe I've been studying too hard for exams.
Would also like to use this space to thank
my teachers for the grades they will be giving
me this quarter, especially to Miss Nelson
for the C in German and to Russell Johnson
for the C in Botany that he is going to give
me. Hope they read this before the grades
go in.)
DEP'T: For the betterment of the school and
the enjoyment of the students, and (the main
reason) to enable the teachers to have an
easier last week in which to give their fare-wells
to the students, I hereby suggest that
in the years to come there will be no final
exams during the last quarter. The last
quarter will be graded by taking the grade
of the previous quarter and raising it one
or two grades, depending on the standing of
the individual. This will encourage happy sum-mers.
Thank You Dep't. To all you sweet kids that
so willingly told all the mean things about
fellow students, a hearty thanks muchly. May
you have many more happy years of succes-sful
gossiping. And be sure to drop around
again next year, with a first-week introduction
to next years Clarion editor....He'll give you
this job.
Acknowledgment Dep't.: Realizing the im-portance
of the Feature Editor of a paper I
do hereby state the Dave 'Harps' Carlson isn't
such a bad guy after all. He's tops! He's
super! The best ever! A brain! Wonderful!
OUCH! Stop choking –me Dave, I'm putting
down everything you're telling me.
And 'Crazey Hazey' isn't really crazy, even
though everyone thinks so. It has been a privi-lege
to take the back page and let 'Crazy'
and 'Harps' enjoy the Feature Page.
It isn't every day I can write this, but if
any of you happen to be around tomorrow
and don't have anything to do in the evening,
why not drop in at the Bethel Baptist Church
around 8 in the evening and see what's going
on there.
Joke of the Year: Morries Glory
P.S. Would the person that I lent my joke
book to please return it? It was lent, not
given. Thanks.
Bethel Bookstore
& Coffee Shop ,
—Where Students and Faculty
Meet Around the Coffee Cup
Morning, afternoon and evening
1583 No. Hamline Avenue
Campus Organizations
For some years Bethel has felt the need of
coordinated athletic activities, development of
leadership in more than just a few students,
and participation of all in the Bethel functions.
From this need has grown the organization
of two brother-sister societies. The purpose
of these societies is "to discover and develop
abilities of individual students in intellectual,
athletic, cultural, social and religious activi-ties."
The name "literary society" is misleading and
was used only in want of a better name until
the individual societies chose their respective
name. The real purpose is not literary, but
rather an all-inclusive program to coordinate
the activities on the campus, which at present
are in a confused state of affairs.
In.. order to secure orginal members, a list
of registrations was secured from the Dean's
office, and thus an arbitrary division was
made. This division is by no means compul-sory
or final. It was purely a move for ex-pediency.
One can go from one society to
the other or withdraw one's name completely.
At the present time there is absolutely no re-sponsibility
There are, no doubt, many inadequacies in
the present set-up. These inadequacies can
only be ironed out by the cooperation and con-structive
criticism of the students. Provision
will be made in the constitution for the so-cieties
for amendments to meet their changing
needs. These societies are only the bare
stuctures of what is hoped to be accomplished
in the future. They are not an end in them-selves,
but merely a means to an end.
Organization Committee
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PROGRESS! The 1948-49 Clarion staff will sincerely strive to
continue to increase the value, quality, and quantity of Bethel's
official publication under the divine direction of our Saviour and
The policy for the next year will be essentially the same as
that followed this year. The future staff will endeavor to achieve
the goals set by this year's staff in its long-range program.
—Bob Hamlett, Editor-elect
They Gave You the SPIRE
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Miss Axeen Joins
Sweden Visitors
Miss Axeen and her father,
Walter Axeen, of St. Cloud, Minne-sota,
plan to leave Wold Chamber-lain
Airfield on June 9, for a trip
to Sweden.
Stopping at New York, they will
board a Swedish-American Lines
plane which arrives in Stockhilm
26 hours later. From Stockholm
Miss Axeen will journey to Ore-born
where she will visit with her
grandmother and other relatives.
Miss Axeen plans to see the
principal points of interest in
Sweden while abroad. She will re-turn
to the Twin Cities about Aug-ust
NAS Replaced By
New Organizatcon
In order to increase the effec-tiveness
of its program to raise
funds for a field-house the student
council has been organizing in re-cent
weeks the Bethel Student
Field-house Association. The organi-zation
has its own constitution,
and while it is to some extent
responsible to the student council,
it is an independent body. The B
S F A takes the place of the for-mer
N A S (New Athletic Statium)
A sincere interest in a student-fostered
drive for a new gymnas-ium
is demanded of all members of
the association. Students become
members by signing membership
cards by which they pledge active
support to the program.
The chairman of the associa-tion,
the secretary, and the
chairman of the Committee on
Pledges, the Committee on
Publicity, and the Follow-up
Committee constitute the Ex-ecutive
Council of the associa-tion
and will take the initia-tive
in carrying out its func-tions.
The Executive Council
will also appoint a number of
specified committee members
to fill out the structure of the
The members of the Executive
Council are elected by the as-sociation
annually, but re-election
is encouraged as being valuable in
making the program continuous
from year to year.
Cash on hand for the field-house
fund amounted to $3,559.74 on
April 30, and in addition approxi-mately
$22,700 have been pledged,
to make a total of over $26,200. A
conservative estimate of the cost
of the project is $100,000.
Stassen Ahead
In Clarion Poll
The Campus Political Com-mittee
headed by Lee Kingsley
The Campus Political Com-mittee
headed by Lee Kingsley
reports that Harold E. Stassen
led the recent student Presiden-tial
Candidate Poll taken on the
Campus. A preference . for the
Republican Party was also in-dicated
on the same poll.
Pi Delta Gamma
Formed During Year
Unknown to many students, a
group known as the Progressive
Discussion Group has been in ex-istence
on campus since December
16 when the first meeting was held
in Edgren Hall. Spontaneously or-ganized
by fifteen interested fel-lows,
the group has held informal
meetings every two weeks in the
rooms of various members and in
the Edgren Library. The name of
the organization has been changed
by substituting Greek letters for
the initials and is thus known as
Pi Delta Gamma.
Discussion of the various topics
has been in the form of a study
group with two members doing
special research and leading the
discussion. Two faculty members,
Mr. Bloom and Mr. Peterson, were
present at one of the meetings.
Topics this year have been select-ed
at the preceding meeting and
have shown a variety of interests.
Among the subjects for discussion
have been "Stassen's Political
Views", "Christianity vs. Com-munism,"
"Principles of Baptist
Doctrine", "The Palestine Prob-lem"
"Universal Military Training"
and "Problems of Christian. Educa-tion".
Refreshments were served
following each meeting.
As the final meeting of the
group, a 'banquet was held at the
White Pine Inn in Bayport, Minn.
on Wednesday evening, May 19, to
which members invited their
special guests. The speaker of the
evening was Mr. Stanley Paulson,
graduate of Bethel and now on
the staff of the Speech Department
at the University of Minnesota. In
his challenging message, Mr. Paul-son
warned of the dangers of
stereotyped thinking and gullible
acceptance of statementts as fact
without sufficient proof. He also
recommended that the group con-tinue
its constructive program of
discussion and thought of present-day
world problems.
Plans are being made to con-tinue
the organization next year
with a nucleus of old members and
addtion of new members interested
in such a group.
Girls Hold Party,
Elect Officers
The last dorm meeting of the
school year was held Tuesday
night, May 18.
Jean Palmquist was in charge of
the meeting. Testimonies were
given by Zella Mae McFarlan, Avis
Johnson, and Beverly Thoren. The
Girls' trio, Beth Babcock, Sally
Tierney, and Edith Lovegren, sang,
and Marilyn Fredrickson sang.
"Jesus, Rose of Sharon".
The meeting concluded "Secret
Pal Week", and a few of the poems
written by the girls were read as
a special feature.
The new Dorm officers are as
follows : Marge Helgren, President;
Clara Leggett, Vice-President, Edna
Schultz, Secy; Marcia Gangwish,
Treasurer; Florence Nordstrom
and Thelma Jacobson, Sophmore
representatives; Avis Johnson and
Charlotte Ekberg, Dorm Council
The meeting was closed with
"Bless Be the Tie That Binds."
Gospel Teams Hold
90 Meetings in Year
As the school year of 1947 and
1948 becomes history, the Bethel
Gospel Teams are credited with
90 meetings and other meetingS
which were not assigned by the
Gospel Teams Committee. The 15
gospel teams held meetings in var-ious
types of places ranging from
street and mission meetings to
services among the conference
churches in and outside the cities.
The teams were all inclusive in
their membership, thus permitting
most of the students to participate.
Several of the teams had blessed
experiences of leading individuals
to the Lord and also a number of
consecrations were reported. The
Gospel Teams Committee formed
the teams from volunteer students
and assigned them to service as
requests came in.
150 Attracted to
Annual Outing
With the Greyhound Bus Com-pany
furnishing two of their large
buses, a large group of students
left the campus Thursday morning
for the beautiful and beckoning
tourist resort at Taylor Falls, Min-nesota,
situated on the scenic St.
Croix River. Other student groups
arrived by private automobile.
Recreational activities of the day
were supervised by Paul Thomp-son
and Carl Lachler. Softball,
volley-ball, badminton, and other
energy spending sports served to
relieve some of the reserves of
energy gathered during the Spring
Quarter. Some of the students,
wishing to drink in the wonders of
nature in full bloom, wandered off
in aimless directions, bent on rid-ding
themselves of the "intellect-ual
cobwebs" that had gathered
from nine months of pouring over
Mrs. Harold Christenson was the
"Mess Officer" of the day. Food
for the outing was prepared by
Mrs. Raier "Ma" Olson in the
school kitchen and delivered to
the picnic grounds fresh for each
A devotional service, under Ed
Eklof's charge, was the culminat-ing
event of the day. The girl's
sextette sang and Bob Daley
brought a devotional message.
William G. Wright served as
chairman in charge of the day's
Platt Chosen As
New Freshman Prexy
The Freshman class held its
last meeting Monday, May 17. The
following class officers were elect-ed
for the next year: Gordon Platt,
President; Myrt Rehnberg, Vice-
President; Marilyn Fredrickson,
Secretary; Charles Filmore, Trea-surer;
Bud Waage, Student Coun-cil
The money that was left over in
the treasury was voted to go to
the New Athletic Stadium.
B. W. A. Banquet
Honors Graduates
"Save to Serve, Serve to Save"
was the theme of the annual B. W.
A. banquet, held Wednesday night -
May 12. After the Smorgasbord,
prepared by "Ma" Olson, Toast-mistress
Marjorie Malm led the
testimonies of the graduating
Sophmores. Each honored guest
told what Bethel had meant to her.
Miss Nelson led in the installat-ion
of the following new officers:
Marjorie Maim, President; Marge
Helgren, Vice-President; Jane
Johnson, Secretary; Gladys Ek-lund,
Treasurer; Avis Johnson,
Clara Leggett, Florence Nord-strom,
Myrtle Rehnberg, Cabinet
Students Relax at Taylors Falls
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Schultz Wins Table
Tennis Tournament
The annual Bethel Table Tennis
Tournament came to a close last
week with Louis Schultz repeating
as the singles champ. This year's
finals were unusual because of the
conspicuous absence of most of
the generally conceded top flight
players. Of the four players in
the finals only Schultz was con-sidered
a pre-tourney favorite.
The results were as follows:
Singles, semi-finals: Len Andersbn
vs. Floberg, 3-1; Schultz vs. D.
Anderson, 3-0; finals, Schultz vs.
Anderson, 4-1. In the Doubles,
Schultz and Daley vs. Stearns and
C. Johnson, 3-1; Greenman and
Dischinger vs. Roy Nelson and Ed
Eklof, 3-1; finals, Schultz and
Daley vs. Greenman and Disching-er,
The Doubles final provided the
thrill of the tournament with a
very hottly contested finish.
Olson Places Third
In Golf Tourney
The Conference tennis and golf
match was held at Rochester on
May 22. Carl Olson of Bethel card-ed
a score of 116 in the 27 hole
medal play to place third. Ander-son
and Stark, both of Austin,
turned in scores of 114 and 115 re-spectively
to win first and second
place honors.
Comets Defeat
Indians 6 to 4
The Concordia Comets won their
second straight victory over the
Indians on May 12, by a 6 to 4
score. Kenny Greenman was on the
mound for Bethel, and once again
he was the victim of shaky field-ing
as the Indians committer five
Bich, of the Comets, drove in the
winning runs with a smashing trip-le
down the right field line in the
eighth inning. Panning was the
winning pitcher though he had to
call on Beck to retire the side in
the ninth.
Palmquist led in batting for the
day with three hits.
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Northwestern Bible Institute
evened the score with Bethel on
Monday, May 17, by coming from
behind to win 7 to 6. Trailing 6 to
5 going into the last of the ninth,
Northwestern took advantage of a
walk, a hit, and two errors to score
two runs and win the ball game.
The jittery Indians made ten errors
in all to contribute generously to
their defeat.
Softball Teams
Wind Up Slate
Team Won Lost
Team #1 4 1
Team #4 3 3
Team #3 3 3
Team #2 2 3
The Bethel Intramural Softball
League wound up its schedule last
week with team #1 winning the
championship. On Tuesday num-ber
three eked out a 6 to 5 win
over number, four, there by elimi-nating
them from any possible
share in the title. The final game
of the season was called off be-cause
of examinations and the fact
that it would have no bearing on
the final standings.
The important game, of course,
was the 8 to7 win for team #1
over team #4 the previous week.
This softball season was blessed
with good weather which enabled
it to become a very successful sea-son.
'The play in the first few
games were marked by many er-rors
and high scores, but in the
second round the play tightened up
and some very respectable ball
playing was witnessed.
Bethel Netmen
Named Champs
The Bethel tennis team won the
Conference championship this sea-son
with a record of four wins and
no losses. MacKinnon and Roger
Berg led the team to easy victories
over Concordia and Bethany.
Won Lost Tied
Bethel 4 0 0
Bethany 1 2 1
Concordia 0 3 1
Concordia Junior College captur-ed
the Conference baseball crown
with eight straight victories. In
winning their second title in sec-cession
the Comets played good
steady ball. The Bethel Indians
placed second with a four and four
Tennis Team Wins
Final Match 4-1
The Bethel tennis team closed a
very successful year on May 15 by
defeating Bethany Junior College,
four matches to one, in matches
played at Mankato. This victory
gave them a conference record of
four victories, and assured them
of a 'share in the conference title.
Earlier in that week Indian net-men
had scored victories over Aus-tin,
6 to 1, and Concordia, 4 to1.
In the Austin match MacKinnon,
Roger Berg, George Berg, and
Eddy won in the singles, while
MacKinnon and R. Berg, and Por-cella
and Greenman teamed up to
win tthe doubles.
In the Concordia match Bethel
won two singles and two doubles
matches to easily defeat the Co-mets
for the second time this year.
Bethel Nine Swamps
ConFerence Foe 17 -6
The Indians closed their 1948
baseball season closed their 1948
tory over Waldorf Junior College
in a game played last Saturday at
Como Park. This win gave the
Indians second place in the league
standings, and also helped them
break a jinx in which they had
failed to win a home game.
While his team mates were fat-tening
up their batting averages
at the expense of the opposing
pitcher, Kenny Greenman was able
to coast along to his fourth victory
of the year.
Sports Review
This has been a successful year
in sports for Bethel. Football made
its appearance on our campus this
year and though only four games
were played, the sport has gained
a firm foothold in our athletic pro-gram.
The climax of course, was
the well-earned 18 to 0 victory
over Estherville in the closing
Basketball, long the Bethel fav-orite,
proved particularly succes-sful
even though the team missed
a share in the Conference title
by a few percentage points. How-ever,
Greenman, Peterson, and
Sandberg were among the top ten
Conference players chosen by the
coaches, with Greenman receiv-ing
the top Conference vote.
The tennis team led the con-ference
this year, winning all their
matches except two. These were
tough losses suffered at the hands
of Austin and River Falls State
In golf the Bethel linksmen came
through with a .500 rating by win-ning
two of four matches played.
Baseball, as usual, suffered from
a short practice session and a
crowded schedule, but despite
these handicaps the Indians had
a fair season.
This year some very keen com-petition
was developed in intra-mural
sports. In 'basketball the
Unknowns waded through a 14
game schedule to win the champ-ionship
with 13 victories to their
credit. The softball teams played
a six game schedule with team
number One captained by Ev
Johnson, winning the title.
The "Unusual" in sports for the
year was the Coffee Cup Game
played between the Faculty and
the Clarion Staff in which the
future editors proved their superi-ority
on the basketball court.
The most encouraging event in
the sports year was the reformat-ion
of the NAS association into the
ASSOCIATION, with the
objective in view of providing a
more definitely concerted effort to
promote t h e construction of a
field house for our campus. We
have had a successful year in
sports, but our future success shall
be greater with the added facilities
that such a field house will pro-vide.
D. N. Osterberg
Indians Take
Two Wins Away
On Saturday, May 15, the Ind-ians
went on a road trip to Beth-any
and Luther and came back
with a double victory to their
credit. In the morning game they
outslugged Bethany, 17 to 10, and
in the afternoon encounter they
won a well-earned 4 to 2 victory
over Luther. This double victory
not only boosted their season's
average, but it kept their road
record perfect with no defeats.
At Mankato the Bethany team
proved every bit as generous as
hosts as the Indians had been in
their previous game in St. Paul.
Bethany took a one to nothing lead
in the first inning, but they quick-ly
amended this discourtesy by
helping the Indians to seven runs
in the second frame.
Souchek was on the mound for
Bethel while Hagen suffered the
defeat for Bethany. Harlis Johnson
led the batting with three hits in
four trips to the plate.
Simms 2b 5 3 2 0
Anderson ss 4 1 1 0
Johnson If 4 3 3 0
Greenman lb 2 2 1 0
Palmquist rf 5 1 2 0
Sandberg cf 3 2 2 0
Haman 3b 4 1 0 1
Souchek p 1 2 1 0
Doten 0 0 0 1
Peterson 2 0 0 2
Ginther 1 0 0 0
Larsen c 5 2 1 0
Totals 36
17 13 4
Peterson c 4 2 3 0
Erickson 2b 2 3 1 1
Bohrer ss 3 1 1 2
Hagen p 3 1 1 1
Runde cf 4 0 0 0
Heidorn If 3 0 0 1
Rognstad lb 3 1 2 1
Anderson 3b 3 1 0 1
Rebers rf 2 1 1 1
— —
9 8
321 4 17
500 4 10
Greenman Twirls Three-Hitter
Traveling to New Ulm in the
afternoon the Indians found the
opposition much tougher, but Ken-ny
Greenman hurled a fine ball
game, striking out seven men and
handcuffing Luther batsmen with
just three hits. This 4 to 2 win
avenged a defeat in the opening
game of the season.
The Indians scored their four runs
and half of their ten hits in the
first two innings to take the lead,
and then they played tight ball to
hold off Luther the rest of the way.
This was the Indians' third
league victory.
Simms 2b 3 1 2 0
Ginther lb 4 0 0 2
Larson c 5 1 2 0
Greenman p 5 0 2 0
Palmquist rf 3 0 0 0
Johnson If 3 0 0 0
Sandberg cf 4 0 2 0
Anderson ss 2 1 1 0
Hamlet ss 2 0 0 0
Hagman 3b 4 1 1 0
Totals 35 4 10 2
Voigt ss 5 1 0 1
Rosin 3b 3 0 1 2
Zimmerman If 4 0 0 0
Degner lb 4 0 0 1
Dorne p 4 0 1 0
Sievert c 4 0 1 0
Kolander 2b 3 0 0 0
Schwartz rf 2 1 0 0
Schultz, F. cf 2 0 0 0
Schultz, R. 1 0 0 0
— — — —
Totals 32 2 3 4
— —
Totals 28 10
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Student Opinion
Question: What are you planning
..to do this summer?
Jim Hubbard: I'll be at home in
Omaha working, and playing the
piano at Grace Baptist church
every Sunday.
Jane Johnson : Daily Vacation Bible
school during June. Planning to
take several Moody Correspond-ence
Clarence (Red) Anderson: I'm not
certain as to my plans for the sum-mer
but at the present, I plan to
work in my father's place.
Ronald Skoog: I don't know for
certain either. As far as I know,
I'll be selling vacuum cleaners.
(do you need one?) and working
where ever work can be found.
School next fall.
Eleanore Nelson: Bible school for
four weeks—then—Michigan, here
I come! Going to work somewhere
after that for the rest of the sum-mer.
Roland Reasoner: Most of the sum-mer
I will spend on our farm.
There's plenty to do there. How-ever,
part of the summer I shall
travel for the Far Eastern Gospel
Crusade in organizational work,
and then one week I shall be a
counsellor at a young people's
Neal Floberg: My brother and I
are touring the east coast for a
couple weeks holding evangelistic
services the first part of the sum-mer.
Then I'll come back to St.
Paul and continue work.
Elene Provis: I'm going to teach
Bible school at home. I will pro-bably
work the rest of the summer
and in Sept. I'm planning to enter
nurse's training.
Bill Lindroth: Might Work at
home in Massachusets in the paper
mill. I'll be going to our young
people's camp at Tispaquin. Get-ting
married in August and plan to
spend two weeks in the mountains
of New Hampshire.
B-Etta =Mayer: I'll be teaching
Bible Cchool all summer with
Marjorie Malm under the Platte
Valley Conference except for two
weeks of summer camp. I'm plan-ning
to enter Midland Bible School
in Omaha in the fall to further pre-pare
for the mission field.
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Presented by Mr. Stjernstrom
Girls Chorus—Bronze Charms: Georgene Anderson, Ruth E. Anderson,
A. Adelle Davin, Carol E. Bergsten, Hazel E. Bondeson, Grace By-lund,
Marilyn Cross, Bernice R. Dalstrom, Charlotte Ekberg, Marilyn
Fredrikson, Marcia Gangwich, Bernice Glader, Betty Jo Greenman,
Evangeline Hedstrcm, Helen Hoffman, Grace Johnson, Laura Kohler,
Clara Leggett, Edith Lovegren, Mary Martin, Dorothy J. Nelson, De
Lores L. Olson, Pearl Parten, Fern Peterson, Peggy Jo Pope, Patricia
Pope, Elene Provis, Faye Seaquist, Arleen Shogren, Evelyn Stolham-mer,
Doris Turnwall, Marilyn Westberg.
Male Chorus—Bronze Charms: Bertil Anderson, Leonard , Anderson,
Calvin Anderstrom, David Carlson, Willis Dahlman, Calvin Fernlund,
Donald Goldsmith, Lowell Hendrickson, Delmar Johns o n,
Clarence Larson, Paul Leafblad, Marwin Lindstedt, Olof
Lindstedt, Joel Lingensjo, Robert Mantzke, Paul Nebel, Phaeon
Nelson, Warren Palmquist, Donald Patet, William Phillips, James
Rehnberg, James Rentz, Robert Sandin, Leonard Sutton, David Tutt,
Vernon Voth.
Gordh Memorial Scholarship, twenty-five dollars, to Walton Johnson.
Fred Swedberg Memorial Scholarship, twenty-five dollars, given by the
Newport Church at Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, to J. Leonard Carroll.
Bethel Leadership Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to Perry Hed-berg,
Robert Sandin, and Mel Soneson.
Bethel Alumni Association Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to
Einar Palm and Stanley Peterson; thirty-five dollars each, to Thelma
Jacobson and , Ralph Larson.
Canadian Scholarship, given by the Women's Commission of the Central
Conference, twenty-five dollars each, to Vernon Anderson and
Garnet Jenkins.
The Oscar Berglund Encouragement Scholarships, twenty-five dollars
each to Marjorie Anderson, Jane Johnson, Myrtle Rehnberg, and
Edna Schultz.
Dr. Wilbert S. Port Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to Deane
Sheaffer and Ethel Nelson.
Boston Young People's Society Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Calvin Fern-lund.
The Dr. C. G. Emanuel Merit Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Edward Clay.
Signe Erickson Memorial Scholarship, fifty dollars, given by the Warren,
Pa. Baptist Church, to Helen Hone,
Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot Scholarship in Memoriam, given by Harold L.
Kerfoot, in memory of his father, Dr. Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot, fifty
dollars, to Beverly Jean Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold W. Peterson Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Lester
Lagerquist Memorial Scholarship given by the Iowa Young People's
Union, fifty dollars, to Robert Daley..
Freda Wall Encouragement Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Grace Johnson.
Earl Widen Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Charles Fillmore.
Klingberg Memorial Scholarship of the Baptist Historical Society, fifty
dollars, to Robert Swanson.
Lake Harriet Baptist Church Scholarship, seventy-five dollars, to Helen
-Esther Lundholm Memorial Scholarship, one hundred dollars, to Marian
Jean Stewart.
The Dr. and Mrs. Carl G. Burton Honor Scholarship, one hundred dollars
to Robert Sandin.
Prof. F. Schultz
To Study In
Mr. Ferdinand Schultz will be
travelling in Eurdpe this summer
with a group known as the San
Francisco State College Seminar
for study in Europe. This group Is
under the leadership of Dr. Alfred
G. Fisk, professor of Philosophy.
The group consists of about twenty
members, m o s tl y professional
people such as college professors,
lecturers, and writers.
The group will be sailing from
New York on the ocean liner
"Marine Shark". Plymouth, Eng-land
is their first stop and from
there they will visit London, Can-terbury,
and Shakespeare's home,
Next the group will travel
to France, by way of Dover and
Calais. They will spend a week
in Paris which will give Mr.
Schultz an opportunity to see
Jim Rehnberg who will be
studying there.
From Paris they will travel
to Northern Italy through
French Alpine mountain re-sorts.
They will spend about .a
week in Italy going through
Northern Italy by way of Milan
down to Rome.
From Rome the group will fly
to Geneva, Switzerland, after
which they hope to travel through
Southern Germany to Czechoslova-kia.
The group will continue on to
Denmark and from there to Swed-en
where the tour officially ends in
Stockholm on August 26.
Some of the members of the
group will start for home from
Norway or England, but Mr.
Schultz plans to go by way of
Their studies during the tour
will be through pre- arranged
interviews with government
officials, professional people,
labor leaders, and other pro-minent
individuals. Mr. Schultz
says, "The group will gather
information about European
conditions first-hand which to-gether
with our professional
training, experience, and spec-ial
study should give the group
a valuable understanding of
the present state of Europe."
Mr. Schultz also states that pos-sibly
some members of the group
will be 'writing books or articles
as a result of their studies during
this tour.
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- How many shows are in your "planning to watch" list?
- What shows are they? (Give a sample of shows on your list)
- How long have they been in your backlog?
- Why are you not watching them right now?
Right now, I have around 125 shows/OVAs/anime movies that I will watch...eventually haha
I have shows like the 2 seasons of Sora no Otoshimono that I have yet to watch (still mad at myself that I didn't watch it while it was still on CR)
Gotta watch K-On and Rosario + Vampire and Arakawa Under the Bridge and Sankarea
Shows like that
I am pretty sure some of these shows have been on my "will watch sooner or later" list for 2+ years lol
I mean I do really want to watch some of these shows but damn, I just cannot find the time or motivation to go through these marathons
How about the rest of you?
What even
I see titles of different shows around, but i try to focus on 1 show at a time. After i`ve finished it, or watched last episode currently out, i pick a new one.
If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick.
I don't really have a backlog, other then some dvd's I have ( a few episodes of steins;gate and Tokyo maijin). I look for and watch 1 show at a time, outside of current simulcasts
-> insert witty one liner here <-
I have approximately 20 shows on my "pending" list.
i.e. 2nd half of D.Gray Man, 2nd season of kore wa zombie desu ka, sankarea (loved the manga), and more. Ive also been planning on watching some older anime, like cowboy bebop.
These ones have been on the list from several months to a few weeks.
Reasons for not watching them: Time hates me, college full time, simulcasts, not always having a good source (ie dgray man), homework, etc.
Ill get to them, I promise!
I have quite a few in my back log. For an example, Shakugan no Shana season 2. I've only currently watched season 1 quite a long time ago, but still need to see season 2. There are a lot more, but I don't think I would be able to fit them all in this box
According to my "to watch" list in OpenOffice.org i've got something called PaniPoni Dash, Azumanga Daioh, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, something called Mnemosyne, and Excell Saga . I'm also supposed to be tracking down a copy of Shoujo Sect eventually.
PaniPoni Dash and Mnemosyne have been there so long that i've forgotten what they were even about. While i've been thinking about watching Madoka and Excell Saga for a year or so now. I don't remember when I put Azumanga Daioh on the list, although I assume it happened sometime around when I started watching Lucky Star . Shoujo Sect got put on when I was on a yuri kick, but since I haven't been feeling it lately i've lost interest in watching it.
I just don't have the motivation to watch any of them right now.
If I had a type it'd be you, fortunately I don't have a type so please stop.
Only a few, after I finish yuruyuri I will start watching Another then Madoka.
I still need to finish Binbougami ga! and Shuffle! though.
I've got 42 that I can watch entirely online legally, and 30 that are either exorbitantly expensive to get legally, out of print, or otherwise a bit of a chore to even find or watch. I'll work on the 42 first -- they're all on Hulu, CR, Funi, Anime Network, etc. Once I run out of those, I'll move on to the 30. That's stuff like Kaiji, Planetes, mostly older shows. I don't watch anything but simulcasts when I have school, so the only time I can make any sort of dent in the list is on my off-time. On the bright side though, I pretty much watch all the simulcasts that are interesting, so this list is very likely exhaustive, and will grow very slowly, if at all, while I'm working on it.
zero everything is on the watch list
His Holiness Optimus Maximus Decimus Meridius Colossus Nemesis Nexus Genesis
43 on my plan to watch list, although im quite behind on the shows that I'm watching at the momment.
Things on my list are Darker than Black Season 2 (saw season 1 years ago), Ergo Proxy, Chobits and Gurren Lagann.
I'm watching Steins;Gate, Sket Dance .. stuff thats airing like Hiiro no kakera season 2 and Sword Art Online, Tsubasa Resivoir Chronicle, Elfen Lied and GetBackers
Most of the shows are in my backlog because I plan to watch them (eventually) but usually I don't find the time and because I'm busy with school work a lot this year usually I just keep on top of whats airing as well as trying to watch a few series on top of that
Ehhh??? Ergo Proxys been in the backlog for about 1 year xD I think ive had Durarara for about 6 months too -_-.
I'm not watching them now because all my free time is spent in revision sessions or doing revision for my exams in January. Other than that I use my time to watch stuff thats streaming and a few dvds that have been backlogged for months I will watch them eventually ...
So much anime, so little time!!!
About 125.
Shows like Oku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo, Blue Seed. Mahoraba, Level E, Etc. The most famous on list is probably Madoka.
The longest has probably been on my list for more than a year now.
Not enough time in the day, unfortunately.
I'm the best in the world at being me;why would I give up such a great position?
I plan to watch a bunch of stuff just haven't gotten around to it.
Accel World is a big one. I'm just so into SAO right now that watching another game anime is distracting to me.
Durarara!!! I've watched two episodes so far and it looks great. I wanna finish it and I know it'll be good so I'm kinda putting it off just because I know it'll be good. (If that makes any sense)
Ergo Proxy. I gotta be in the right mood for that kind of Anime. It looks good though.
Inuyasha: The Final Act. For starters I never knew they made one until a year ago. Also I haven't seen the original Inuyasha since my high school days. I feel like I gotta get familiar with it again before I watch the last series.
The 2nd half of d gray man, Clannad, Accel World, Durarara and Cowboy Bebop to name a few.
If i actually had something planing to watch i would be happy...
Here's my List http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Hinagiku92
I have around 30 shows in my PTW list. (I try to keep the number low so that it doesn't get too overwhelming.) I've got a lot of shoujo classics and newer series like Fushigi Yuugi, Marmalade Boy, and Saiunkoku Monogatari. They seem like my type of thing, but they're just so long and I never find the time to watch them. Then I've got a whole bunch of magical girl shows like Fresh Precure and Splash Star, Magic Knight Rayearth, Tokyo Mew Mew, and Ojamajo Doremi, but these shows also tend to be very long, and I'm too busy marathoning the Yes! Precure 5 GoGo season right now.
Also have a lot of popular shows like the Kara no Kyoukai movies, Honey & Clover, and Kannagi. These have all probably been in my backlog for 2+ years too.

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Engineering student wins SWCA scholarship
Lamar University chemical engineering student Sarah Paine has received a prestigious scholarship sponsored by the Southwest Chemical Association (SWCA). She will receive this award on August 8 at the SWCA Scholarship Luncheon. The SWCA provides scholarships annually to outstanding undergraduate chemical engineering students attending schools in the gulf-southwest region. Students entering their junior or senior years are nominated by their school faculty.
"When I received the news that I had gotten the scholarship, I was thrilled to not have to worry about the extra expenses in my last year," Paine said.
The SWCA seeks to identify and honor individuals who demonstrate that they are valuable to their organizations, to the community, and to society as a whole. The selection criteria are based on leadership, experience, ambition, team skills, and extracurricular activities.
Paine graduated valedictorian from Vidor High School in 2009, after which she completed an internship with NASA before continuing her education at Lamar. Paine is a member of the honors program and is very active in the chemical engineering department. She is the secretary and treasurer of the Lamar chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. In addition, she is the treasurer of the Society of Women Engineers, having previously served as vice president for two years and president for one year. Paine is also involved with the co-op program. During her time at Lamar, she has completed three internships with ExxonMobil, working at the Beaumont Polyethylene Plant, the Beaumont Chemical Plant, and Chalmette Refinery.
"As far as my career is concerned, I'm open to locations and job positions because if the co-op program has taught me anything it's that the industry is challenging but rewarding," Paine said.
Paine is also active in her community and with education programs. She was instrumental in beginning Lamar's Discover Engineering event, and she organized Lamar's Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, sponsored by ExxonMobil. In addition, she works with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) outreach programs and with Junior Achievement USA, a program that teaches children about economics.
"Regardless of gender, race, or ethnicity, a child's eyes light up when they build a circuit or control a chemical reaction," Paine said. "It's amazing how easy it is to empower them and I want to help wherever I can."


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Ticketmaster and Live Nation forge unholy alliance
Because concert-going still isn't quite pricey enough for us
Concert scalper Ticketmaster and concert promoter Live Nation have agreed to merge.
Live Nation started life as a promoter of big concerts - Coldplay, Madonna, U2, Jay-Z are all signed to Live Nation. It does some business as a more traditional music label as well as running stadium gigs.
Ticketmaster scrapes a living by adding service charges, booking fees, handling charges and credit card fees to ticket prices for concerts and other live events. The company turned over $339m in the third quarter of 2008 and made a gross profit of $123m.
Neither company confirmed the deal, revealed by the Wall Street Journal. But it is likely to worry regular concert goers and could also worry regulators - the merger gives the new firm a stranglehold on certain kinds of live music.
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Such an entity could easily control prices and supply in the market, crowd out other promoters and stifle innovation in a sector that sits in the centre of the UK culture. This deal will most certainly mean that we will see increased prices on tickets and job cuts in both companies.
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My son (ASD, ADHD, Tourettes) is struggling at college and won't conginue past July. So we are considering a Supported Internship for a year.
From the information I've read the college would find a suitable placement and liaise with them to organise it. However, they are pretty useless and I know they won't put themselves out to find a placement that is relevant to his chose career and say it's just work experience.
I'm going to contact an independent company to see if they can source the placement instead.
According to information online the day in college each week should include training and support tailor made to his needs. His biggest problem is self motivation, planning and staying on track. Despite meds his attention span is so poor and he can't look at a blank page or screen and self start and then needs constant prompting to stay on task. So any relevant training would need to include help in this area.
What is really impeding his development is his crippling stutter. He is walking around feeling trapped in his body, unable to be sp9ntaneous and join in because he knows the words won't come out. Of course he is depressed and has low self esteem too.
Does anyone know, can I call an early review and try and get some targeted support in it? For example can I get a programme of speech therapy? Can I ensure he has targeted and relevant day in college instead of being lumped together with other students who are not as capable.
If I pursue an apprenticeship independently I'll lose his EHCP and If I can use that to get him soeach therapy I'd rather do that than go the private route because of the costs involved.
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Posted 01 April 2018 - 02:49 PM
Yes, you can request an early review at any time so long as you have good reason.
Ipsea provide information and a model letter here
You should ask for an updated speech therapy assessment to feed into the review. If the assessment says 'needs X program of speech therapy for stuttering' then it should be provided. Also mention that he is at risk of becoming a NEET as LEAs are targeted on the % of NEETs they end up with.
The plan should specify the 'target and relevant' day the college should provide. It is up to the college to actually do this. I suspect that as the college is pretty useless, they won't manage to do what the plan says, and will expect him to fit into whatever they do as standard. So you either accept this or find a more competent provider (easier said than done!)
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It seems to get harder as our youngsters get older and the gap between the theory of support and reality widens. It might be worth looking at reasonable adjustment and speaking to the Equality and Human Rights Commission https://www.equality...ce-and-guidanceif you are struggling to get what your son needs.
I've become cynical and can see that for too many it takes much less effort to make support fail than to make it work, not only that it saves some a lot of effort and money.
There is some excellent support out there, but no guarantee of first getting it, and secondly getting our youngsters to accept it.
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The DoD CIO open source Memo did MORE than put open source on an equal footing with commercial software. Read it carefully, please. The Memo ELEVATED open source to "Statutory Precedence" over all other "like" solutions.
As a network/systems admin, I deal with Army systems where, every time we have a problem and try to get some information to solve it, we run into "that's proprietary information", or "just send us the system and we'll fix it", or "just reimage it". I've sometimes resorted to using a packet sniffer to see what normal traffic looks like (we run a closed network) so I can better diagnose "they're not talking, and I've gone through the manual" problems. Using open standaeds (without non-standard extensions, as Coner suggests) and publishing data formats would, in my opinion, go a long way towards making these systems truly interoperable.
Conor I agree with you!
I do believe perhaps the author means also when he says "vendor lock in" is related to how a commercial product is implemented as related to interoperability with other external systems
In the simplest example, suppose a system implemented in a closed architecture and produces a data format that is proprietary to the vendor and not based on any "open standard" like XML,etc.. this can cause problems down the road if consumers are implementing solutions based on this to this proprietary standard..
All I can think of is 'about time'. The commercial world has made these decisions and assumptions years ago, and finally the govt comes around. Kind of scary on one hand, kind of expected on the other. At least the slow moving change of heart is in the right direction. It would be disheartening to quantify the amount of lost dollars and efficiencies with the decisions that were forced away from the direction of open source over the last several years based on previous 'guidance'.
While I fully support the use of Open Source in the DoD, I am a bit confused by the statement that open source will provide "the freedom from potential vendor-lock in".
The issue with vendor lock-in is that applications are architected, designed and coded to a specific platform. "Platform" is the problem with lock-in, not vendors.
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If the goal is to move away from lock-in, the DoD needs to mandate the use of standards without extensions.
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"Yes, it does seem to be a problem. Rafa can't run back and chase the full-back. Against the better teams it is a problem.
Rafa's best position is in the middle, playing just behind the front man. The only problem is that Jermain Defoe plays there too and Jermain is playing very, very well at the moment.
So, I guess I have got a decision to make, haven't I? I suppose it's now between Rafa and Jermain over who plays in the team.
Rafa is a terrific footballer. He has great skill. But if you're in the team and asked to do a job, really, you should just do it."
There were Harry Redknapp's comments this week in The Sun, after van der Vaart had questioned the logic of playing him on the right.
Of course football is a squad game, and players rarely play in every match anymore. It is also great to have these sorts of selections dilemmas – a player as good as Sandro would not be on many benches (he'd be in my starting XI nine times out of ten!), and Defoe would be a regular in the majority of Premier League teams.
Assuming that Adebayor is a mainstay in the side (and he certainly should be at the moment), Redknapp has two options when picking his strongest eleven – if he wants to play Defoe, he can play van der Vaart on the right, as against Arsenal. If he decides, as he seems to have in the comments above, that this not appropriate, he needs to choose between the two for the second striker role.
In this article I will compare van der Vaart and Defoe, but first I would like to look at van der Vaart's performance against Arsenal.
1. Rafael van der Vaart play on the right in a 4-4-2
Against Arsenal we almost played a combination of 4-4-2 and 4-2-3-1, but with Parker and Modric as the two "holding players". Clearly Modric is not a disciplined holder (and we wouldn't want him to be), so Parker was left doing a lot of the leg-work in midfield. Van der Vaart drifted from his starting position of right midfield (as we expected that he would), and did it to good effect in the attacking third – scoring once, feeding Parker for a one-on-one chance, and also being heavily involved in Adebayor's excellent one-on-one chance.
Defensively, though, he has been questioned by many. In my Analysis of the goal conceded against Arsenal (02/10) I point out that he is slow to close Song down. However, this goal essentially stemmed from a corner, and then our failure to re-organise as a team – van der Vaart actually chases Song from the other side of the penalty area, whilst no other players react or try to get close to him. To say, then, that this goal came about due to the nature of the formation is incredibly harsh. What is fair, though, is that Arsenal had a lot of possession, and could have used the ball better down our right, with Walker having little protection ahead of him.
My solution (and I pointed this out pre-match), would have been to play Sandro and Parker holding, as per the Wigan game. With Modric, Bale and van der Vaart inter-changing ahead of them we have plenty of offensive options, whilst with two dedicated holders, we are able to cover the central areas whilst also able to cover the full-back areas where necessary – this is often the case in 4-2-3-1 formations, where full-backs push forward to provide width. However, this would have involved dropping Defoe, which takes me on to my second point.
2. Defoe or van der Vaart?
Redknapp states that Defoe is playing "very, very well" at the moment. This could be a classic case of a manager talking up a player to help build his confidence, but it could be that Redknapp genuinely thinks that Defoe is in red hot form (as many fans also seem to think).
Looking at Defoe's contribution this season, it's firstly important to note that he has already scored two league goals – half of his contribution last season. It is good to see him scoring again, and long may it continue.
The minutes per goal or assist for Adebayor, van der Vaart and Defoe, however, is interesting:
Emmanuel Adebayor 355 total mins 3 goals 2 assists – 71.00
Rafael van der Vaart 367 total mins 2 goals 2 assists – 91.75
Jermain Defoe 390 total mins 2 goals 1 assist 130.0
The minutes per goal, where many would suspect that Defoe would have better stats, is also interesting:
Emmanuel Adebayor 355 total mins 3 goals 118.3
Rafael Van Der Vaart 367 total mins 2 goals 183.5
Jermain Defoe 390 total mins 2 goals 195.0
Obviously it is early days, but this follows the pattern from last year, where Defoe's "productivity" (to put it crudely) was well below that of van der Vaart and Pavlyuchenko.
In contrast to Redknapp's "very, very good" I have regularly been tweeting that Defoe has been on the periphery of games, albeit working hard to pressurise defenders (which should be a bear minimum). I thought it would be interesting to look at his involvement in our play in our league games so far – thanks to WhoScored.com there are stats available on the number of touches each player has in games.
- Against Manchester United, Defoe had the least number of touches of any player (from either team). NB: Walker and Corluka played 45 minutes each, so I combined their touches.
- Against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Defoe also had the least number of touches of any player (35 – the next least for Spurs was Friedel with 58).
- Against Liverpool, only Kranjcar (28) had less touches than Defoe (34), and he had 40 fewer minutes on the pitch.
- And finally, against Arsenal, Defoe had the least touches of the ball (36) of all of our outfield players (including van der Vaart (39), who played 26 minutes less).
I will not try to suggest that touches of the ball show the impact that a player has in a match, but it is certainly a valid criteria on which one can judge a player's involvement. A striker cannot always be expected to have constant involvement, but van der Vaart managed 81 touches in his 81 minutes against Wigan, playing just a little deeper than Defoe did against Arsenal (see image below). Clearly Arsenal and Wigan are very different teams, but 81 touches is more than twice Defoe's maximum number of touches in a game so far – van der Vaart gets far more involved when he plays the second striker role.
Taking into account all of the stats – goals, assists and involvement in play – Redknapp's summation makes me wonder – if Defoe is playing "very, very well", how does he think van der Vaart is doing?
Many will argue that it is too early in the season to start judging any of our players. I would therefore add that last year, when partnered with far inferior strikers to Adebayor, van der Vaart managed 13 goals and 8 assists in 28 starts in his first season in the Premier League.
Defoe has only bettered that Premier League goal tally once in his entire career, when he scored 18 goals two years ago (of course eight of those goals were scored in two games – against Wigan and Hull). He got 8 assists in 2002/3 his most in the last five years is 4.
Defoe certainly has a place in some games, but in games where we need to select our best eleven players it's a no-brainer for me – van der Vaart scores as many (or at least nearly as many), gets more assists, and has more influence on our play. He doesn't always have the stamina to last 90 minutes, and he isn't the most mobile but in my opinion he should be one of the first names on the team sheet.
Defoe everytime. Rafa's pony, and clearly wants out. Get rid ASAP.
Jermaine Defoe every time for me … He is a real natural goalscorer who fits into the 4-4-2 so much easier and who has added more to his game.
This is an arctile that makes you think "never thought of that!"
It's a real pleasure to find someone who can think like that
Although Defoe lacked goals last season, it was down to Harry not giving him a long run in the side. No good for his confidence. He could give us 15-20 goals on a long run
Has to be Defoe, not VDV
Compelling argument – and I too long for us to play three attacking midfielders in front of Parker/sandro. Not sure bale would fit in at this point, mind.
You must be (subconciously) cherry picking some stats here though otherwise Harry would have to be a complete idiot, and he isn't… What are you (and I) missing?
I wonder how this will change once Ade's loan spell comes to an end next year.
Look at the actualities: JD never or very rarely scores against the top sides, why? bescuse he is so predictable and easy to mark. He hardly ever gives assissts becasue he is one dimensional and very selfish. He drifts offside to much. Raffa offers a lot more than JD. JD would be a better impact sub than Raffa.
Not a dilemma at all. VdV's twice the player Defoe is. If Defoe took most of his chances, then you could forgive his lack of involvement, but he doesn't.
This is a very well written and well researched article. You should send it to HR. VdV acts like a spoiled brat, but he is clearly much better player. JD flatters to deceive season after season – I like him and will always support him in a Spurs shirt but he is simply not good enough.
The answer is simple, play 12, and hope no one notices.
Anon @ 16:28 – Rafa's pony?! I presume that's sarcasm!
Anon @ 16:39 – Really? What do you think he offers that VDV doesn't (given my comments about Defoe only have beaten VDV's tally of last year once in his career)?
Anon @ 16:42 – It went back to before last season tbh so I'm not sure it was just down to a lack of run. What makes you think he can get 15-20? He has only managed 15+ league goals once in his career!
Spang – I probably am without meaning to – I guess Redknapp would argue that Defoe pressures defenders, offers more mobility, and runs the channels. I'd argue that we don't need him to do that now that we have Adebayor.
Joel – I'm praying that we'll have snared Leandro Damiao by then…
Anon @ 16:50 – I agree with all of that!
TMWNN – Sums it up nicely I think.
Ben – Cheers, that's really kind of you. I agree with you – not good enough for where we are now (but a good enough impact sub). I think we have 14 or 15 better players than Defoe, personally.
Anon @ 17:11 – love it. So: Friedel, Walker, Dawson, King, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Modric, Parker, Sandro, Bale, VDV, Adebayor?
Best option. Play VDV first 60 mins. Then bring Defoe in for last 30 mins.His fresh legs and pace should trouble the defence more at that time.
play neither and paly lennon. Have we all forgotten him? Gives the side lovely balance and covers the full back.
Bale Sandro Modric Parker Lennon.
VDV all the way. Never seen Defoe chased by a top club, he's a good player, but a level below VDV.
vdv everytime. He is a much better player he scores and assists in goals. Jd is there only to score which he doesnt do enough.
VDV is the better player. Defoe can only score goals , he never gets his head up and can't track back any better than VDV. Probably better to play Defoe wide right if you play both because he is quicker. We should be forgetting about 4-4-2 and playing 4-2-3-1 like all the other top teams. With Sandro and Parker holding and Bale Modric and A.N Other supporting Adebayor.
Have a feeling some of these 'Anonymous' comments are from the same Defoe loving person. Nice article…VDV everytime!! Too much of a class act to leave out of the side. Modric-Sandro-Parker-Bale and VDV-Ade is one beautiful midfield/attack. Then with the option of Defoe/Lennon coming on to freshen things up – can't go wrong!
Also, if one of Defoe/VDV has to compromise to play on the right…why can't it be Defoe? He has proved he is more than able to track back, runs at players well, and will score if given the chance? Just a thought.
I SEE THE MODRIC BAITERS/OUT BRigade ARE BACK
AND ARRY LOOKING AT STATS U ARE AVIN A LAUGH .WE ALREADY KNOW HE DONT DO TATICS [BUT IF HE COULD!!!!!]its a crouch thing with defoe now i will play him no matter what ,i brought him so there!!ITS been said by pros,papers HARRY is biased towards players he buys !!!
Did ever see him slag of Keane,Defoe,Crouch especially the way he did BENT an now PAV[plays 1 in 5games]if lucky
Harry will pick DEFOE over VDV if he can ,because he is blatantly biased and does care about us ,he cares about his England prospects!!!
Yeah well pav is rubbish , should have been sold. Can't pass, can't control the ball, no vision, all he has is a decent shot
VDV every time and you don't need to have stats to prove it. Also, I don't think he is spoilt and too much is made of his comments: he gets asked questions and answers in a forthright Dutch manner. Defoe, frankly, does my head in: every bloody year there's some new training scheme that he has embarked upon to no obvious effect; every year he manages to get himself caught offside on a metronomic basis; every year he tells us how he has become more subtle, but then leathers the balls at a nice height for the goalkeeper as if he thinks he's from Planet Krypton. He should start on the bench and VDV should play as second striker behind Adebayor. With a midfield of Bale, Modric, Parker and Sandro and those two upfront as well as the present rearguard (Dawson's injury a blessing in disguise), I think that we will be threatening the top three. And I'm teetotal.
Playing with the 4-4-2 against Arsenal also decreased the involvement of Modric, so it's not just a simple case of vdV vs. Defoe and who is the better player but which set up allows the most effective use of our players overall. Having both Sandro and Parker on allows the front four more freedom and less opportunity for the opposition to double mark Modric out of the game.
Lots of Spurs fans still delusional about JD. JD is useless never scores against the top sides. He is rubbish and should never be picked ahead of VDV personally I would never pick him, doesnt link play up cant control the ball always offside the list goes on. But he his HR lovechild so will continue to be picked. This has been a no brainer for years we dont play the same quality football when JD plays we just dont was he even on the pitch against the goons?. I would sell him myself but sure hey I aint the manager.
Good points in column. Against better sides, the 4-2-3-1 with Bale, Modric and VdV across the top is probably our best side, especially as Sandro and Parker both get forward from time to time. Against weaker or slower teams, I'd expect 'Arry's biological fondness for width and 'getting behind the defense' with a tall guy and a short guy to be hard for the manager to resist.
I actually don't think this is the real issue. For me, the key issues are a)how can we start scoring from dead ball settings; b)where can we find cover for Ade if he goes down and c)when will Gallas be fit to provide cover for Ledders.
no competition.vdv has much more to offer.but its highly likely that vdv will not be with us come january.never been a fan of defoe.so hope for some new blood.podolsky of the german league would be a improvement..
I think you nailed it it your initial summary, 'Defoe would be a regular in the majority of Premier League teams' i.e. but not a top four one.
As said before, it's the HR lovechild business that gets in the way.
More of this please Windy, very good!
Windy, great article and i agreed with you on Twitter regarding this. I cant believe that anyone would ever pick Defoe over VDV. LemonadeMoney was bang on, he isnt a top four striker, otherwise he would surely be picked for England above average players like Zamora. VDV is a class footballer, who always wants the ball and makes things happen. Defoe, when he isnt offside, seems to think the best tactic is to try and shoot from anywhere on the pitch. Also rather than look where the goalkeeper is to try and get the ball past him to score, he just tries to hit it as hard as he can straight at him. I think he is a great option to come off the bench for the last 15 minutes or so but VDV must be number one choice. We must look to buy back up in January though as Pav is the worst striker i have seen down the Lane since the days off Colin Lee and Ian Moores.
is this the perfect post ?? – – honestly Windy, this is fracking genius mate, spot on, calm, rational and backed up by stats, even the most rabid of defoettes couldn't proffer an argument here. Climb a tall building, get on its roof and start reading very very loudly, i salute you.
It certainly is a no-brainer, and not because of number of touches etc etc. I am not a "Defoette" (nice word that) but I was impressed with his hard work in the NLD. He was continually dropping back to defend and help out. He also had a good shot on target that was saved and in the closing minutes he was unlucky with an angled chip to the far post that showed some vision. BUT his basically straightforward game and pace just cannot even be compared with the guile, control, vision and wit of Van der Vaart. The Dutchman for me every time.
I think the days where fielding the same 11 men in the same formation week in week out are long gone, having the right people available at the right time is now the managers main concern.
Just because I like to push alternative points of view to understand them: Defoe shouldnt play because he doesnt score against big teams… some skewed stats to say otherwise.
Season 08/09
Man Utd vs teams that finished in the bottom half 58/60 points (97%)
Spurs vs teams that finished in the bottom half 24/60 points (40%)
Man Utd vs teams that finished in the top 4 5/18 points (28%)
Spurs vs teams that finished in the top 4 10/24 points (42%)
Moral of story: Flat track bullies win you leagues (would still prefer to see vdV turn out if it were a cup final)
Just to add, my only real criticism of VDV is that sometimes he plays too deep, i find he gets the ball from behind the DM line and is looking to pass on the counter but theres no one in space because the person who should be filling that roll is him, where as Defoe is the opposite, if I ever hear the phrase 'late run from defoe' on commentary i stand to win a tenner, it's been two years now.
I think VdV's number of touches is misleading. Many times, especially when coming in from the right, he demands the ball from a central midfielder and then makes a short pass to someone slightly further over or slightly further forward. If he had not 'demanded' the ball, the central midfielder would most probably have made that pass himself.
Top draw as always Windy,
I for one, have always been a fan of JD. However the fact of the matter is that he is only considered to have had a good game when he scores. That one point being the problem. As previously stated above, his goal count is poor, and even when he does score and the crowd sing "He's a Yiddo" I always ask myself, apart from the goal, what has he contributed to the match. This may sound a little harsh and yes he did produce 18 league goals in the 09/10 season, but if I remember correctly 5 of those were against Wigan in the 9-1 drumming and a hat-trick against Hull City. He has scored a couple of goals in big games – anyone remember the overhead kick against Man Utd? Probably not as we lost 3-1!
The fact of the matter is that VDV produces more in every game he plays, he has a knack for scoring, making decisive passes and yes I know he is as slow as Charlie Corluka but at least that means he will never be caught offside.
For me its an easy decision for VDV to start ahead of JD in most games. He is pure class and Yes I have had my doubts regarding the system meaning an isolated striker in front of him but Bale and Modric should be supporting the forwards.
If fans need facts to prove each players worth. I like the following:
JD vs Woolwich Scum = 1 goal
VDV vs Woolwich Scum = 4 goals
Im a strong believer in playing two holding midfielders as have previously mentioned http://onetottenham.com/2011/09/04/talking-tactics/
Keep up the good work Windy!
Spurs are still blinded by the desire to prove that Pav and Gio are up to scratch so we end up realistically with one compulsory (Ade) and only two choices (Rafa/JD) as strike options.
Is a half fit VDV vs streaky Defoe really a good enough choice for a team aiming for the CL?
Worse than this we are up the creek with no paddle if Ade becomes injured and that is assuming he can be consistent all season even if he avoids injury.
Regarding the VDV vs Defoe question I would choose Defoe as he looks to have a better partnership so far with Ade and it is worth pursuing.
Harry saying that JD's playing "very, very well" is just an escape mechanism for when he chooses to bench VDV. From what we've seen, the man does not like to be benched.
If I had to choose, VDV is definitely miles ahead of Defoe. I love JD, but even the stats you highlighted above prove it.
Great post Windy!