1931 Bethany Daisy: The Junior Class pt. 1 (pg. 38-39)

This is part one of the Junior class photos and part five of my ongoing series of pictures and transcriptions of the 1931 Bethany Daisy that belonged to my great grandma Frances Elsie Caroline Gustafson.

Junior Class History

JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY 

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1928, there arrived on the campus of 

Bethany College a group of bashful, bewildered seekers of 

higher knowledge. After wandering through dark halls, climbing 

numerous stairways, and peering into a seemingly endless number 

of vacant rooms, we were finally directed to the library to go through 

the tedious process of enrolling. 

The next event was to appear before the august Miss Magnusson 

for our entrance examinations; everyone seemed to survive. Then 

we were received with malicious joy by the "Ruf Nex" and upper- 

classmen who for a few weeks would not let us forget that we were 

Freshmen. 

But it was not long until we became accustomed to the life at 

college including the visits to the dining hall during chapel exercises, 

cutting all unnecessary classes, and the duty of visiting the college 

library either with a studious intent or merely with the motive of 

creating some hilarity among the more studious upperclassmen. 

Our career as a class during the Freshmen and Sophomore years 

has been, with the exception of an occasional party, rather unevent- 

ful. However, as a Junior class, we are interested in publishing the 

best annual in the history of Bethany and also in entertaining the 

Seniors at the annual Junior-Senior banquet. 

Variety is recognized as the spice of life, and we endeavor as a 

class to follow this axiom. We range in mental ability from Lucille 

Holmberg to—no fair to tell a class secret; in height from Carl 

Larson to—we'll let you decide that; in athletic ability from Kenneth 

Monson, basket ball player de luxe to Floyd Peterson, "champion 

sleeper" ; and in musical ability from Pete Moline, whistler, to Harold 

Carlson, chief of the fourth-floor warblers. 

But from the beginning we have been imbued with the Bethany 

spirit and our loyalty has been shown by the number from our class 

who have been on forensic teams, athletic teams, and numerous other 

campus organizations. 

Now we are nearing the close of our third year in the halls of 

Bethany, and may we fully realize that from Bethany we receive the 

influence that is moulding our lives and characters and may we 

realize these benefits and express by our future lives in service to 

humanity our true esteem of the ideals given to us at Bethany.

1931 Bethany Daisy: The Senior Class pt. 3 (pg. 34-36)

This is part three of the senior class photos and part four of my ongoing series of pictures and transcriptions of the 1931 Bethany Daisy that belonged to my great grandma Frances Elsie Caroline Gustafson.Frances got notes from a significant portion of the students. Many students chose not to write their letters by their senior photograph, but instead by a photograph of them doing an activity they like, or they chose to use an entire blank sheet of paper for their note, so its entirely possible people who don't have notes showing yet will have them later on in the book.

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1931 Bethany Daisy: The Senior Class pt. 2 (pg. 32-33)

This is part two of the senior class photos and part four of my ongoing series of pictures and transcriptions of the 1931 Bethany Daisy  that belonged to my great grandma Frances Elsie Caroline Gustafson. Frances got notes from a significant portion of the students. Many students chose not to write their letters by their senior photograph, but instead by a photograph of them doing an activity they like, or they chose to use an entire blank sheet of paper for their note, so its entirely possible people who don't have notes showing yet will have them later on in the book.

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1931 Bethany Daisy: The Senior Class pt.1 (pg. 30-31)

This is part three of my ongoing series of pictures and transcriptions of the 1931 Bethany Daisy that belonged to my great grandma Frances Elsie Caroline Gustafson. This section includes the page "Senior Class History" as well as the first page of the senior photo section. Frances got notes from a significant portion of the students. Many students chose not to write their letters by their senior photograph, but instead by a photograph of them doing an activity they like, or they chose to use an entire blank sheet of paper for their note, so its entirely possible people who don't have notes showing yet will have them later on in the book.

SENIOR CLASS HISTORY 

1931 Bethany Daisy: Staff pages (pages 13-28)

This is part two of my ongoing series of pictures and transcriptions of the 1931 Bethany Daisy that belonged to my great grandma Frances Elsie Caroline Gustafson. This part will focus on the staff pages, and while my great grandma did not get signatures from all the staff or even most of the staff, she did get notes from a few.

1881---1931 

BETHANY College is fifty years old. From 

a small beginning the institution has de- 

veloped to what it is today ; two fully accredited 

colleges, the College of Arts and Sciences and 

the College of Fine Arts. 

The founder of the college was Rev. Carl 

Aaron Swensson who served as president from 

1881 until his untimely death in 1904.  

1931 Bethany Daisy: Pages 1-11

This is part of my series on the 1931 Bethany yearbook owned by my great grandma Frances Elsie Caroline Gustafson. These first 11 pages are mainly historical pictures of the scenery at Bethany and tributes to Birger Sandzen.

Frances E.C. Gustafson

1931