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    • The Bethany Artist & the Bethany Scientist: Lydia & Emil >
      • ​"First Swedish Agricultural Company" Lindsborg Founders, 1868 >
        • Swedish Pastor Olof Olsson Immigrating to Lindsborg 1869, June 27th Arrival >
          • Church and Lindsborg Founder Pastor Olsson, 1869 - 1876 >
            • ​"He Gave God Glory" The Story of Olof Olsson, ​1841 - 1900
      • Their "Bethany Lutheran Church" 1869 >
        • Their "Augustana Lutheran Synod," 1860 - 1962 >
          • The Augustana Heritage Association, 2000 - 2016
        • Their "Augustana Women's Missionary Society," 1892
      • Their "Bethany Lutheran Home" Since 1907
      • Their Lindsborg's "First" Swedish Smoky Valley Community Chronicle 1909 and Their "Second" 1919 >
        • "Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas," 1965 >
          • "The Smoky Valley in The After Years," 1969
      • Their 1920s Coronado Heights Photographs and their Smoky Valley Historical Association (SVHA)
      • Their 1936 1873 Swedish Homestead, "The Old Deere Farm," The Peter J. Larson Farm, etc. >
        • Their 1873 Swede House
        • A Smoky Valley Swedish Virtual Memorial - ​"Dedicated to the Memory of the Smoky Valley Swedish Settlements" >
          • Recognizing & Thanking >
            • - Claude Koehn -- The Before and After
      • Their 1940 Deere Home >
        • Emil's and Nina's 1961 Thunderbird
      • 1943, After Lydia--The Building of the Lindsborg Hospital
    • Their Bethany College Handel's "Messiah" Performances, 1882 on... >
      • "Messiah" Performers, Venues & Audiences, Press and Broadcasts
    • Their Bethany College 1899 Swedish Artists' Midwest Art Exhibition
    • Their Bethany College 1902 "Terrible Swedes," Coach Bennie Owen, Their 1903 "Rockar Stockar"
    • Their Bethany College 1904 St. Louis World's Fair Swedish Pavilion
    • Their Bethany College Anniversary Celebrations: 15, 20, 25, 100 years >
      • Their Celebrating 15 Years of Bethany College, 1881-1896. The First Bethany Annual, 1895-96
      • Their Celebrating 20 Years of Bethany College, 1881-1901. The "Forget-Me-Not," 1902 >
        • The King of Sweden's Emissary, 1901
        • Yale University's Bethany Club
      • Their Celebrating 25 Years of Bethany College, 1881-1906, "Souvenir of Lindsborg and Bethany College"
      • Their Celebrating 100 Years of Bethany College, 1881-1981, "The Centennial of Bethany College"
    • Their "I WAS THERE" Coin ~ Bethany College Celebration, 1902
    • Their Bethany College's 1937 Introduction to New Sweden, founded in 1638 >
      • Deere's Introduction to New Sweden
    • Their friend, Emory Lindquist, and his 1975 "Bethany in Kansas, the history of a college" >
      • Their friend, Emory Lindquist, and his 1953, "Smoky Valley People, A History of Lindsborg, Kansas"
    • Their friend, Leon Lungstrom, and his 1990 "History of Natural Science and Mathematics at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas"
  • Swedish Immigration Story, 1854
    • "The Story of the Old Spoon" by Ingrid Anderson Sohlberg & Daughter Lydia Sohlberg Deere, 1937
    • Who They Left Behind
    • From Sweden with Love Collections >
      • The Swedish Sohlberg Kosta Portraits, 1867 >
        • The Swedish Sohlberg Kosta Glass
        • The Swedish Sohlberg Letters
      • The Swedish Sohlberg Royal Gold Thread Embroidery Sampler (c1890s)
      • The Swedish Sohlberg Post Cards (c1890s)
      • The Swedish Sohlberg Magazines, (c1940s)
      • The Swedish Sohlberg Books, 1819/1886 to 1899
      • The Swedish Sohlberg Albums, late 19th early 20th centuries
      • The Swedish Deere Coins -- 1801-1929
    • Lydia Sohlberg Deere's 1927 "Lindsborg Swedish Club's" Handwork >
      • Lydia's Signatured Black Book of Her Handwritten Sewing Instructions >
        • Nina Sohlberg's Child's Sewing "Little Dots" PICTURE BOOK >
          • The Lindsborg Swedish Club's "Allers Monster-Tidnings" magazine, 1940
  • Artist Lydia Sohlberg Deere
    • Lydia's Lindsborg Photography, 1900-1925 >
      • The Hats
      • The Smoky River
      • The Smoky Hill Bluffs
      • Coronado Heights -- One Winter's Day
      • In and Around Lindsborg
      • Sohlberg House with Parents >
        • Our Sohlberg Home and Neighbor Alma Luise Olson
      • Sohlberg House with Emil 1916 to 1920 >
        • Lydia's Travels with Deere 1916 - 1930s >
          • Lydia's California Photographs for Painting
          • Lydia's Palm Springs Pictorial Magazine, 1938-1939
          • Lydia's California Pressed Wild Flowers, c1930
      • "LYDIA'S WORLD" Photography Exhibitions in Lindsborg, 2005 - 2011
    • Lydia's Art, 1919-1938 >
      • Lydia's Art: The Kansas Collection >
        • The Sketches
      • Lydia's Art: The Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico Collection >
        • The Sketches
      • Lydia's Art: The California Collection >
        • The Sketches
    • Lydia's Art Professor Sven Birger Sandzén, 1871-1954 >
      • Lydia's Assignments for Professor Sandzén >
        • Students of Sandzén 2019 Exhibition
        • Bethany Home ~ Celebrating Artist Birger Sandzén through His Students' Paintings
    • Lydia's Art Professor Birger Sandzén's "Art Exhibitions" ... 1893-1940 >
      • Lydia's Art Professor Sandzén's Exhibition at the Babcock Gallery in New York, 1922
    • Lydia's Sandzén's Body of Work Reviewed by N.Y.C, 1984 "American Impressionism," author William H. Gerdts
    • Lydia's and Sandzén's Swedish Artist Friend Charles Edward Hallberg, 1855-1940
    • Lydia's and Sandzén's Swedish Artist Friend Oscar Brousse Jacobson, 1882-1966
    • Lydia’s Sohlberg Family Connection to Sandzén, 1880-1894-1993
  • Scientist Emil O. Deere
    • Deere's & Lydia's Bethany -- Lydia's Photography, 1906-1925 >
      • Bethany College "Campus from Above"
      • Bethany College "The Gateway" 1917 and "Bethany Campus Association" 1912
      • Bethany College "College Street," today's "North First Street"
      • Bethany College "Campus Life"
      • "Bethany College's Earliest Buildings" >
        • Bethany College "​Ladies Dormitory" / "Lane Hart Hall" 1883 - 1899 - 1983
        • Bethany College "Old Main" 1887-1968 >
          • Lydia's and Emil's Old Main Apartments, 1920 to 1940
          • Deere's Bethany College Classes in Old Main
        • Bethany College "Messiah Auditorium" / "Ling Auditorium" / "Ling Gymnasium" 1895 - 1946
        • Bethany College "Swedish Pavilion" 1904
        • Bethany College "​Carnegie Library" / "Bethany Library" 1908 - 1980
        • Bethany College "​Bethany Academy" 1882 -- Swensson's Bethany's Beginnings
    • Deere's 1959 Interview on Rev. Dr. Carl A. Swensson (On YouTube) >
      • Rev. Dr. Carl Aaron Swensson, 1857-1904 >
        • Swensson's "Bethany Lutheran Church" and the "Augustana Lutheran Synod"
        • Swensson's Bethany's Beginnings: "The Bethany Academy of 1882"
        • Swensson's Musicians' and Singers' "Messiah", 1882 on ... >
          • Thure Olof Jaderborg
        • Swensson's Swedish Artists of the 1890s
        • Swensson's "Bethany College Museum," 1882 - 1966
      • In Memorium**Dr. Carl Aaron Swensson, 1904
    • Deere's Rev. Dr. Ernst F. Pihlblad, 1873-1943 >
      • In Memoriam**Dr. Ernst F. Pihlblad, 1943
      • Rev. Dr. Pihlblad on Bethany College, 1904 - 1941
    • Deere's Swensson's "Bethany College Museum" 1882 - 1966 >
      • Bethany College Museum Collections' New Location,1966 >
        • Articles on the Bethany College Museum Collections Move of 1966
    • Deere's Bethany College Field Trips -- Lydia's Photography, 1906-1925 >
      • Deere's Swensson's Bethany College Museum Collections >
        • Cliff Dwellers' Pottery Collection
        • Fossils Collection, "The Find"
        • Taxidermy Collection
    • Deere's Dr. Leon Lungstrom on the "Bethany College Museum"
    • Deere's Dr. Leon Lungstrom on "Three Pioneer Scientists of Swedish Descent"
    • Deere's Smithsonian Institution's Souvenir, 1904
    • Deere's 1940 Presidential Address to the Kansas Academy of Science
    • Deere's 1955 Letter to President Eisenhower re Tuttle Creek
    • Deere's Service, 1901-1966 >
      • Deere's Education & Degrees
  • "The Other Swedes"
    • Honoring them and their works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \\/ >
      • Mrs. Alma Christina Lind Swensson ~ Remembering her as Mrs. Rev. Dr. Swensson, the First Lady of Lindsborg
      • Photographer B.G. Gröndal ~ Remembering him for visually documenting Lindsborg and Bethany College in their earliest days
      • Miss Alma Luise Olson ~ Remembering her as "First Honored American Woman by Sweden" by Mrs. Elizabeth Jaderborg >
        • Remembering Miss Alma Luise Olson and her most extraordinary life at home and abroad by Ms. Karen A. Humphrey
      • Artist Birger Sandzén ~ Remembering him for "sharing his art with the world," starting "first" at Lindsborg's Bethany College >
        • Dr. & Dr. Mrs. Charles Greenough III ~ Remembering them for their gift of the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery
      • Dr. William Holwerda ~Remembering him as "Doc Bill," his bedside manner and selfless contributions >
        • Dr. William Holwerda ~ Remembering him as "Svensk Hyllningsfest" founder
      • Artist Lester Raymer ~ Remembering him as the renown virtuoso artist and "behind the scenes" community supporter
      • Dr. Arvin W. Hahn ​​~ Remembering him for saving Bethany College from going under!​ >
        • Dr. Arvin W. Hahn (1923-2017) ~ Remembering him handing me my Bethany College Diploma on Sunday, May 26,1968
      • Dr. ​Elmer Copley ~ Remembering Bethany College's Oratorio Society Conductor who carried on "that" "Messiah" traditional excellence for 26 years, taking it to new levels >
        • Dr. Elmer Copley ~ Remembering him as the “Messiah” conductor for the Bethany College "Swedish King’s" performance, 1976 >
          • Dr. Elmer Copley ~ Remembering him as the "Messiah" conductor for the Bethany College "Centennial Celebration” performance, 1981
      • Mrs. Elizabeth Jaderborg ~ Remembering her as the founder of the "Lindsborg Swedish Folk Dancers"
      • Mr. & Mrs. Hilding Jaderborg ~ Remembering them and their “Swedish Crafts Shop” – 65 years and 50 trips to Sweden
      • The Swedish Lindsborg Builders ~ Remembering them for the lovely homes they built
      • Dr. Greta Swenson and Mr. & Mrs. Mark Esping ~ Honoring them for founding Lindsborg's “first” "Swedish-American Folklife Institute of Central Kansas." 1986 >
        • Recognizing their Folklife Institute's "Swedish-American Heritage Center," 1996
      • Ms. Rebecca Copley ~ Honoring her as Bethany College's “first” graduate to become an International Opera Singer
      • Mr. Bruce Karstadt ~ Honoring him as a Bethany College graduate for heading up a major national Swedish American institution
      • Mrs. Becky Anderson ~ Honoring her as Bethany College's “first” woman graduate to become mayor of "Little Sweden" USA
      • Dr. Mark Lucas ~ Messiah conductor bringing the Lindsborg “Oberammergau of the Plains" to a "new" world stage
    • The Smoky Valley Writers on "The Other Swedes" ​ ~ Their Swedish American Legacy Collection >
      • Mr. Bror Carlsson and Mr. Alf Brorson from Sweden ~ Chronicling Founder Pastor Olof Olsson's missionary journey to Lindsborg from Värmland, Sweden
      • Rev. Dr. Carl Aaron Swensson ~ An author of countless Swedish & English publications, newspapers, articles and books ...
      • Bethany Church, Bethany College, Augustana Synod Writers ​~ Remembering Rev. Dr. Carl Aaron Swensson and Rev. Dr. Ernst Frederick Pihlblad
      • Mrs. Margaret Dahlquist Eddy ~ Providing the only known history on Lindsborg and Bethany College's earliest Swedish photographer, B.G. Gröndal
      • Rev. Dr. Alfred Bergin ​~ Compiling foundational Swedish Smoky Valley Augustana Lutheran settlements' histories and more
      • Dr. Emory Lindquist ~ Chronicling Swedish Augustana Lutheran Lindsborg and Bethany College
      • Mrs. Elizabeth Jaderborg [Selma Lind] ​ ~ Chronicling the Lindsborg of her day, its early histories, and more
      • Dr. Leon Lungstrom ~ Chronicling college professors and providing the "only known written" account on the Bethany College Museum
      • Ms. Karen A. Humphrey ~ Chronicling highlights of Swedish Augustana Lutheran Lindsborg and Bethany College society and culture in the earliest years
      • Mr. A. John Pearson & Mr. Kenneth Sjogren ~ Chronicling the Bethany College Presidents
      • Mr. Bill Carlson ~ Chronicling Lindsborg's earliest and later histories with a personal connection
      • Mr. Chris Abercrombie ~ Remembering him as the "historian," the SVHA president and his body of work
      • Mr. Thomas N. Holmquist ~ Chronicling key Swedish Augustana Lutheran Smoky Valley settlements other than Lindsborg
      • Rev. Eugene K. Nelson and the Bethany Home Writers ~ Chronicling the "only known written" story on the beginnings of Bethany Home
      • Smoky Valley Historical Association Members ~ Researchers, compilers and writers of " Where Did They Live? "
    • ​Smoky Valley History Research Writers Website Designers ~ Their Swedish American Legacy Websites
    • Bethany College Swedish Knights and Honored Ladies ~ Their Royal Swedish Legacy Listings
    • His Majesty, Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden ~ Honoring him in Lindsborg and at Bethany College, 1976 >
      • Mr. Bill Carlson's Lindsborg's Bethany Home & the Swedish King's Visit
  • Contacts
    • For Lindsborg, 1869, CONTACT Today >
      • 2020 Christmas in Lindsborg ~ 'Welcome to Annandag Jul Worship from Sunnemo & Lindsborg"
      • 2020 Christmas in LIndsborg ~ the Ljuskröna and Apple Tree Exhibit" online presentation
    • ​For Bethany College, 1881, CONTACT Today
    • Closing Remarks & Traveling through SWEDES >
      • SWEDES' Swedish American Legacy Photographs >
        • ​Lydia's Lindsborg's Photography​, ​1900 - 1925
        • Lydia's Bethany's Photography, ​1906 - 1925
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"Coming directly to the [Bethany] campus from the "old country" were greatly esteemed [Swedish] professors --
Hugo Bedinger, Sigfrid Laurin, Birger Sandz
én, Hagbard Brase, Oscar Thorsen, and many others..."
"This imperative, “Forward!” is still valid. 
"Faith in God and in the Bethany idea will enable succeeding generations to write additional glorious chapters in Bethany’s history."

Their friend, Emory Lindquist,
and his
1975 "Bethany in Kansas, the history of a college"


This is the only comprehensive Bethany College history book.  No one will duplicate it!  It should be preserved for perpetuity by having it digitalized!

This is a "must read" for Smoky Valley educators and Bethany College professors interested in cultural sustainability curriculum development.


I cannot say that I ever met Dr. Lindquist formally, but I certainly heard his name at Deere House many times when I would stay over or have lunch there between classes at Bethany from August 1964 to January 1966.  I remember clearly one day before having lunch when my grandmother Nina Sohlberg Fry (Lydia's niece who she photographed as a child, and who became in charge of the Deere home after Lydia's passing) answering the telephone in the hall alcove, and in a loud voice that would carry to Emil's study on the first floor the words saying something like, "Uncle, its Emory."

​For sure Lydia and Emil knew Emory very well through their affiliation at Bethany College.  Emory Lindquist was a true friend and colleague of Emil O. Deere's, and was first his student, and, then, he eventually became his boss being inaugurated as fourth Swedish American President of Bethany College in 1943. 
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Swedish post card from Emory Lindquist to Emil O. Deere from Karlstadt, August 12, 1963
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To give one an idea about Dr. Lindquist's Bethany in Kansas, below are some verbatim highlights.  These are found in Chapter 5: "World War II Years and Later, 1941-1958;" the "Foreword;" the "Preface and Acknowledgements;" and his entire last chapter, Chapter 18:  "Retrospect and Prospect;" and the "Table of Contents."  
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The Words of Dr. Emory Lindquist
In Chapter 5:  "World War II Years and Later, 1941-1958," page 73, Dr. Lindquist writes of his background as he did in the previous pages on his predecessors: Bethany College Swedish American presidents Nelander, Swensson, and Pihlblad: 

     "Dr. Emory Lindquist, a graduate of Bethany with the class of 1930, was a native of Lindsborg.  After three years of study, 1930-33, at Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, he joined the Bethany faculty.  He was awarded the bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees from Oxford with major studies in history.  The doctor of philosophy degree was received by him from the University of Colorado in 1941. 


     "He was installed as the fourth president of Bethany at services presided over by Dr. Spong, president of the [Augustana Lutheran] Kansas Conference, at the Bethany Lutheran Church on September 21, 1943.  Lindquist's address was entitled:
“ Things Truly Believed ” 
     "In his address Dr. Lindquist declared his belief in Bethany College and Christian education because of 'The Christian doctrine of man which it affirms, the unique opportunity for a meaningful education which it provides, and for the gospel of salvation, the story of redemption, and the fellowship of reconciliation with which it is identified.'  A simple installation service seemed most appropriate at a time when America and most of the nations of the world were in the midst of the tragic conflict of World War II."
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​The Words of Dr. Arvin W. Hahn on Dr. Emory Lindquist's "Bethany in Kansas"
From eighth Bethany College President Dr. Arvin W. Hahn who handed me my Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1968, seven years later in 1975 we read his review on Dr. Lindquist's book, Bethany in Kansas:                                                         
"...Stated differently, age has not taken its toll on Bethany College; quite to the contrary, age has made it increasingly alive and vital.
His [Dr. Lindquist] vantage points of living “on the inside” for years and also observing “from the outside”
… has led to unusual perceptions and insightful descriptions. 
… of an unusually skillful analysis of the time that was Bethany’s to-date." 
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For his full review on Bethany in Kansas, Dr. Hahn wrote the following found on page v.

FOREWORD

     "Time leaves its marks on everything it touches.  There are no exceptions to this, and even institutions of higher education have experienced its imprints.  These may be imprints of recognized research, vastly expanded facilities, esteemed professors, and graduates who in turn leave their own marks on their period of civilization.

     "Bethany College also has not escaped the impact of the decades.  Time has strengthened it; time has given it distinctive form and function; time has aided it in establishing linkages with the people throughout the world and with those who share in its continuance.  Time seemingly has played an unusually significant role in developing the qualities for which Bethany College is known.  Stated differently, age has not taken its toll on Bethany College; quite to the contrary, age has made it increasingly alive and vital.

     "Thus it is now, after almost a century, that we relive its development and study the factors which seem most to have influenced its personality.  To rediscover in an orderly and meaningful way requires the talent of a highly skilled historian.  Dr. Emory Lindquist, a former Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, past student, professor, and president of Bethany College, has provided that quality.  His vantage points of living “on the inside” for years and also observing “from the outside” while professor and president at Wichita State University, has led to unusual perceptions and insightful descriptions.  Having mastered the discipline of authorship in several historical volumes, Dr. Lindquist has given us the fortunate happening of an unusually skillful analysis of the time that was Bethany’s to-date.

     "To Dr. Lindquist and to the dozens of others who ably assisted in this production, I express my most sincere gratitude.  ARVIN W. HAWN, President, Bethany College."

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​When this book was first published under the Dr. Arvin Hahn presidency, it became required reading for the faculty.
This practice continued only under the Hahn Administration from 1967 to 1983. **
Thus, succeeding administrations, faculty and their students were never to know the wonders of the institution they were part of!
For her ongoing generations, may Bethany in Kansas one day be read online like The Augustana Synod, 1860 - 1910.
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The Words of Dr. Emory Lindquist
Then, Dr. Lindquist writes the following found on pages vii - viii of his appreciation for the assistance he received from the "Other Swedes" within and outside the College while writing Bethany in Kansas:

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
"The author hopes that readers ... familiar with .. Bethany...
will recall happy remembrances …
and …  together…
 
will share...something of the Bethany spirit."


      "A college is an organism with a distinctive life that can be chronicled from the date of origin.  The time span of this history of Bethany College is from the founding by Dr. Carl Swensson in 1881 to the end of the academic year 1973-74.  It points to the Centennial Year of Jubilee in 1981.  This is the first attempt at a comprehensive history of the College.

     "Two sections identify the contents:  Part I describes developments chronologically.  Part II is topical.

     "Many aspects of Bethany’s history are recorded in the following pages.  The belief in Christian higher education by the Swedish American founders, their associates, and successors; the dedication of faculty; the vision of administrators and board members; the loyalty of the church constituency and the community, locally and also more broadly conceived; the aspirations and activities of students; the special distinction in music and art; the interest and achievement of graduates and former students; the support of friends; and the cooperation of various media sources form the basic content.  Faith, sacrifice, devotion, and dedication characterize the annals of Bethany's history.  Over and beyond these pages is the unwritten history of Bethany which is known best by those who shared it.

     "Two alternatives often confront an historian:  The responsibility may be to record the story of an institution or cause that has come to an end; or it may be the happier situation in which the past is a challenging prologue to the present and future.  The latter alternative prevails for the historian of Bethany College.  A cherished tradition has furnished vital resources for the lively present and the promise of a greater future.

     "The author had available a mass of primary and secondary sources although limitations of space required difficult choices.  It has been an exciting experience to read the documents, to review the printed materials, to share remembrances with alumni, and to observe the dedication of current personnel at the College as they fashion with wisdom and confidence the shape of things to come.

     "The author’s gratitude is great for generous assistance from many people.  Inadequacies of the volume are his responsibility.  Dr. Arvin W. Hahn, president of Bethany College, has been unfailing in his interest and support.  A. John Pearson, director of public relations, has rendered invaluable services as editor of the book.  Mrs. Richard Lofgren, secretary to the president of Bethany College, has not only typed the final manuscript with great care, but she also has served as a valuable consultant.  William H. Taylor, business manager, Mrs. Delmar Homan, head librarian, Professor Emerita Jen Jenkins, Professor Lambert Dahlsten, Kenneth Sjogren, director of public affairs, L. Stanley Talbott, director of alumni affairs, Ray D. Hahn, athletic director and coach emeritus, E. Keith Rasmussen, former athletic director and coach, and Mrs. Estred Schwantes, a member of the public relations staff, have given substantial support.

     "In addition to college personnel, several other people have shared their interest and knowledge with the author.  Included are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pedroja, Jr., Wichita, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Almquist, Tib Anderson, curator of the McPherson County Old Mill Museum and Park, Dr. Elmer R. Danielson, Dr. and Mrs. C. P. Greenough 3rd, and Mrs. Elizabeth Jaderborg, Lindsborg.  Jacquelyn Black, Wichita, has been an efficient research assistant throughout the preparation of the manuscript.  Bianca Ralston, Wichita, assisted in preparing the preliminary version.  Nyle H. Miller and his associates at the Kansas Historical Society, Topeka, have been cordial in making available materials.  Irma, my wife and a Bethany graduate, has given many constructive suggestions and criticism.  In addition a large number of alumni graciously responded with material for the chapter, “Alumni Remember.”

     "The author hopes that readers who are familiar with the Bethany story will recall happy remembrances of undergraduate years or other relationships with the College and that old and new friends will share together something of the Bethany spirit."
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Continuing in "his own words," Dr. Lindquist finishes his last chapter, Chapter 18, beginning on page 281.

 "Retrospect and Prospect"
"Coming directly to the [Bethany] campus from the "old country" were greatly esteemed [Swedish] professors
—Hugo Bedinger, Sigfrid Laurin, 
Birger Sandzén, Hagbard Brase, Oscar Thorsen,
and many others.
"
     "When the annuals of history have been read and the resources of memory recalled, it becomes apparent that a college operates in a dimension of space and within the changing forces of time.  The former is a specific factor and for Bethany College it is that area of good earth at Lindsborg in the Smoky Valley of Central Kansas known as the campus.  But that is not an adequate description.  Bethany is really wherever graduates and former students participate in the world’s life and work.  This dimension reaches beyond the boundaries of Kansas and the United States.  In faraway India there is another Bethany, a girl’s school, named to honor an alumna whose path of Christian service brought her to that country.  Elsewhere it is less tangible in the legacy of the Bethany spirit, fashioned in youthful years and enriched with the passing of time.  This broad concept of Bethany is valid in retrospect and increasingly so in prospect.

     "The time element in the life of a college has about it a continuous reality from the “then” to the “now” and beyond.  In retrospect the point of departure is that October day in 1881 when the Reverend Carl Swensson and J.A. Udden met in the sacristy of the Bethany Lutheran Church with a few students.  The future was heavy with the promise of greater things.  Ninety and more years have passed and the cumulative numbers have reached several thousands.  The prospect is for greater growth in service.

     "A glance backward to the time of origin brings the observer to a Swedish community in the early process of Americanization.  The Swedish settlers had lived there for only slightly more than a decade.  The common language in the homes, churches, business firms, and newspapers was Swedish.  In the early years a large majority of the college students was Swedish-born.

     "Although the college catalogue was always printed in the English language, the early promotional literature was in English and Swedish.   In 1883 the board of directors passed a resolution declaring that English and Swedish were to have equal status.  The report of the president of Bethany College to the [Augustana Lutheran] Church Conference was in Swedish until 1923.  Students with Swedish antecedents were expected to study the Swedish language until the middle 1920s.

     "When
yellow and blue became the college colors, the Swedish flag was the source.  When Rockar, Stockar was adopted as the college yell, the background and words were Swedish.  When the official college song, Hell Dig, Vårt Bethany, was designated in the early years, the lyrics were written by Jakob Bonggren, well-known Swedish American poet, and the music was from Hell Dig, Du Höga Nord, a Swedish patriotic song of the homeland.  An English translation, Hail Thee, Our Bethany
, was still sung in 1930.  Swedish festivals and Swedish clubs further identified the cultural origin of the College.

     "The Swedish antecedents brought important cultural resources to Bethany.  Coming directly to the campus from the old country were greatly esteemed professors—Hugo Bedinger, Sigfrid Laurin, Birger Sandz
é
n, Hagbard Brase, Oscar Thorsen, and many others.  Moreover, the Swedish culture of the community and of the church constituency in the Smoky Valley added elements that were unusual in the Plains area and in America generally.  Professor M. C. Hansen has written appropriately:  'The immigrant brought with him European culture . . . .  If they did not come in loaded with culture, at least they were plentifully supplied with the seeds of culture, that, scattered in a fertile soil, could flourish mightily.'

     "Although the Swedish character of the College and community was dominant, the result was not a closed, exclusive society.  Carl Swensson was American born and thoroughly conversant with the American ideas.  In July, 1887, in an article in
Lutersk Kvartalskrift
, he declared:  'We do not wish even if it were possible, which it is not, to build a little new Sweden in this country.  That would be as childish as it would be wrong, but on the other hand we do not wish to become Americanized at the turn of the hand.'  Two years later in a “Swedes Day” address at Chautauqua, New York, he emphasized:  'America is now our fatherland . . . . May we cherish that sense of gratitude that so well becomes us as the beneficiaries of this new and unexcelled civilization.'

     "Attempts were made early to overcome the language barriers for non-Swedish students and faculty.  English religious services were held in the Bethany Lutheran Church and in the college chapel.  In 1902 the Bethany congregation at the annual meeting passed a resolution affirming that non-Swedish speaking persons were welcome as members.  In 1908 the Messiah Lutheran Church was organized for the purpose of providing worship services in the English language for Bethany students, faculty, and Lindsborg residents.

     "The process of Americanization continued steadily.  In the 1920s it was completed.  World War I had been an important factor in moving forward the process.  The new generation of students was increasingly less bilingual than previously.  But a large residue of Swedish and Swedish American culture remained and has been cherished subsequently.  An interesting manifestation was the first
Svensk Hyllningsfest in October 1941.  The gala festival is a tribute to the Swedish immigrants by a new generation.  Swedish crafts, folk dances, music, food, and historical exhibits recall the early days.  It is interesting to observe that Dr. William Holwerda, M. D., who traced his ancestry to Holland, conceived the idea and purpose of the festival.  The College participates actively in the events of the Svensk Hyllningsfest
which is held in October of odd-numbered years.

     "In retrospect, Bethany College figuratively speaking has sunk roots deep in Kansas and American soil.  The rich Swedish heritage, which also has been cherished among the general American public, has witnessed the forces of change across the years.  The Swedish origins have become more of a reminiscence than the pervasive reality of earlier decades.  Bethany students in this era represent a cross section of American youth and are not basically different from collegians elsewhere.  The national origin of faculty members is scarcely different from other colleges in the area.  The curriculum contains no special marks of identification with the culture of the immigrant founders,  the pietistic background, which prohibited social dancing on the campus until the 1950s, is no longer an important factor.  There is nevertheless continuity with the past that provides distinctive resources for the present and future.  The College recognizes fully that the twin forces of tradition and innovation enrich student life and thought.

     "Since history deals principally with the resources of retrospect, it is understandable that the greatest emphasis in this volume has been upon that element.  But there is abiding truth in the familiar saying, “The past is but prologue.”  This emphasizes the future as the decisive legacy from history.  That prospect, reinforced by the magnificent progress of the last decade, which has produced the largest full-time enrollment, the greatest financial support, and the finest campus buildings and facilities in Bethany’s history, is indeed splendid. Moreover, the foundations for this hope-filled prospect have been wisely and firmly established.  The dual forces of a rich legacy and current vitality produce an encouraging prospect for the shape of things to come.

     "Legend has it that when Indians long ago viewed the Smoky Valley from the range of hills [Coronado Heights] northwest of Lindsborg and saw the mystic haze on spring and autumn days, they believed that the valley was endowed with some unusual quality.  Later, the Swedish residents described not the legendary but the real when they wrote to relatives and friends in the homeland that America and this area was indeed “
framtidslandet
,” “the land of the future.”  Legend and history, although so different, may join to describe and inspire.  There is much inspiration in Bethany’s history and there is great reason for confidence in the college’s future.

     "The founders often used the familiar Swedish word, “
Framåt!” “Forward!” to express their belief about the College in the world of tomorrow.  This imperative, “Forward!” is still valid.  Faith in God and in the Bethany idea will enable succeeding generations to write additional glorious chapters in Bethany’s history."
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Table of Contents
of
"Bethany in Kansas, the history of a college"


PART ONE

Foreword  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Preface and Acknowledgements
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Chapter  1:   Founding and Early Years, 1881-1891 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Chapter  2:   Struggle and Victory, 1891-1904  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Chapter  3:   Consolidation and Growth, 1904-1921 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter  4:   Academic Enrichment, 1921-1941 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Chapter  5:   World War II Years and Later, 1941-1958 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter  6:   A Decade of Change, 1958-1967 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Chapter  7:   A Miracle in the Making, 1967-1974. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 
Chapter  8:   New Horizons, 1967-1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123


PART TWO

 Chapter   9:  Colleagues and Co-workers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Chapter  10:  The Lindsborg “Messiah” Tradition  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Chapter  11:   Art and Artists  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Chapter  12:   Intercollegiate Athletics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Chapter  13:  Campus Life  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Chapter  14:  Campus Thought  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Chapter  15:  Campus Interests  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Chapter  16:  Alumni Achievement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Chapter  17:  Alumni Remember  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Chapter  18:  Retrospect and Prospect  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  281
 
NOTES
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INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

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The "Swedish Kansan"
Dr. Emory Kempton Lindquist
(1908-1992)
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​Found in the Swedes main section, "The Other Swedes'," "Bethany College Swedish Knights and Honored Ladies" the following is recorded:

     "Dr. Emory Kempton Lindquist (1908-1992) was born of Swedish parents in Lindsborg. He was the fourth Swedish American president of Bethany College, serving it from 1943-1953. He was one of Swedish America’s leading educators in higher education.  Most likely, he was "the" Swedish American historian on the Kansas Smoky Valley People, and on the early Lindsborg Bethany College leaders
and the College events of those days.  He received the "Order of the North Star" personally from the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, on the Bethany College Campus in 1976, during the American Bicentennial Celebrations."
For more information on this "Swedish Kansan," as he is referred to by a Swedish American Quarterly article, go HERE.
*   July 12, 2018 email from Bethany College staff person  close to this work. 
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July 23, 2018 email from Bethany College staff person  close to this work.
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