Bismarck State College (BSC): Mystic Memories
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1974 Jay-Cee-An BJC--Page 141
No full textShort story (flash fiction) by Lon AbramsI
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p ople, whose ~".and customs
a fearfully, apprehe . "y, yet,
before school, and the entire weekend. Eventhough we rode
as much as possible, we found that one pasture had never been
visited by any of us. After a few questions we also found that
Midnight, an Arabian stallion was corraled there. Luckily
the weekend came fast and Dad, Mom and the family decided
to ride the horsesout to see Midnight. We took the paths
through the woods while Bozo with an overstuffed picnic
basket had to drive the back roads.
As we road into the pasture our chattering stopped, our
horsesstopped and all eyes were on Midnight. Afout fifty feet
from us, the most beautiful horse I'd ever seen pawed the
ground.with a qDiet, proud, arrogant air. It seemed to rne ,
that I i 109, if not the king, surely the prince of
Abrabian • Midnight acknowledged us by a fearless
snort a$' uscleer his shining skin rippled to
shale flies is h.' •
. e if ying to make friends with a horsethat
probably e been happier had we not entered his
real • B ed shortly after us. The only time Midnight
came clos when the; picnic basket was uncovered. He
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1975 Noun BJC--Page 17
No full textPhotographs of BJC music faculty and theater facultyFINE ARTS FACUL TV
Mrs. Jane Gray Stewart has been
a speech and drama instructor at
BJCsince 1959. She compares
BJCas equal to other colleges in
which she has taught, namely
Minot State College and St. Olaf
College. Mrs. Stewart received a
B.A.degree at Northwestern
University. She also graduated
from NBC Radio Institute and
attended the American Academy
of Dramatic Arts. Mrs. Stewart's
family includes her children,
Barbara and Michael, and their
poodle, Poco.
Erv Ely's Alma Mater is Montana
State University where he earned a
M.S.degree. While in Montana, he
taught at secondary schools for
six years. In 1969 he became the
director of instrumental music,
including the Symphonic Winds
andJazz Ensemble. In comparing
BJCto other colleges, Mr. Ely cited
it asan "excellent, growing
institution." Mr. and Mrs. Ely have
four children.
Piano and Music Theory are
taught by Mrs. Erma Garrity. Mrs.
Garrity holds a B.Ph. of Music
degree. A graduate from DePau I
University in Chicago, she did
post graduate work at the
University of Minnesota and the
Kli ndworth-Scha rwenka
Conservatory in Berlin, Germany.
Mrs. Garrity began her instruction
at BJC in 1973. She also gives
private piano lessons. Previously
she taught at the Mehus
Conservatory in Bismarck. In Mrs.
Garrity'sopinion, BJCisa "very
good school and within better
financial reach of students." Mrs.
Garrity has six children: Gayle,
Pat, Bill, Kathy, Ted, and Joe.
The newest member of the Fi ne
Arts faculty is Stan Engebretson,
director of choral activities, who
joined the department in 1973.
He isan alumni of UNO, where he
received both a Bachelor of
Science and a Master of Science
degree. Mr. Engebretson feels that
freshmen and sophomores are
more excited about school and
have more pride in themselves and
their work, which students lose
by the time they're juniors and
seniors.
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1975 Noun BJC--Page [20]
No full textPhotographs of BJC football games, and season summaryMystics, but they took an 18-6
lead only to see it disipate to 18-12
on the last play before the half.
A nightmare again took shape
as BJC lostthe lead and trailed
19-18. For the third time in the
'74 season, however, the Mystics
came back with less than three
minutes left and scored on a pass
from Eric King to Terry Freih.
With the two point conversion,
the Mystics took a 26-19 lead. The
defense put the game away on
Bruce Reidinger's interception.
The offensive star for this game
has to be given special note. Eric
Ki ng scored 2 touchdowns and
passed for the winning score. With
his effort leading the way, BJC's
record now stood at 4-2.
The last road game of '74 took
BJC to Wahpeton on Saturday,
October 26. The Mystics were
looking forward to their 5th win
which would have given them their
first winning season since the
football program was restored
several years ago. But the Wildcats
scored early and continued to
pound away and took a 28-0
halftime lead. They continued the
assault in the second half and
handed BJC a devastating 42-0
defeat.
The followi ng week on Satu rday,
November 2, the Mystics returned
ho me and tried to regrou p for the
tough Valley City State Vikings. The
weather didn't help much as it was
cold and snowy, but it was not
enough to cool the fired-up
Mystics. Valley City scored first
on a field goal, but BJC came back
on a TO by Robert Schafer and led
SCOREBOARD
BJC 7 Dickinson 28
BJC 6 Fergus Falls 0
BJC 12 Minot 7
BJC 0 Rocky Mountain 13
BJC 30 Northwestern 13
BJC 26 Pillsbury 19
BJC 0 Wahpeton 42
BJC 20 Valley City 37
A short quiet before the storm on the line
of scrimmage moments before a snap
against Valley City State. Tom Thompson
(70) was elected as the Mystics Best
Linemen and Best Blocker.
Jim Squires (49), Chuck Hauck (27), and
Wayne Monzelowsky (34) close in for the
Mystics
1975 Noun BJC--Page 35
No full textPhotographs of BJC art faculty and foreign language facultyART FACULTY
Ardyce Miller has taught art at
BJCfor 13 years. She is a graduate
of Drake University and has done
additional work at Moorhead State
College and the University of
Minnesota. Before coming to BJC
she taught in the Des Moines,
Iowa and Bismarck Public School
Systems. When asked to compare
BJC with other schools she finds
BJC ranks as an outstanding
junior college in our state. She is
married and has two daughters.
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LANGUAGE FACULTY
For the last three years, Mrs.
Barbara Egan has been teaching
her students at BJC to speak
Spanish as well as she does.
Besides teaching Spanish, Mrs.
Egan also teaches Communications.
A graduate of UNO, she fi nds "BJC
is much more student-centered
in the sense that the facu Ity
members-show concern for the
individual student." She has three
children.
At the year's end, Mrs. Egan prepared a
Spanish breakfast for her classes.
Another graduate from UNO, Mr.
Everett A. Schmeichel, has spent
the last seven years teaching
German at BJC. Previous to BJC
"BJC is a growing community
college with a great deal of vigor
and enthusiasm. It is part of the
trend toward two-year colleges
and I think Bismarck can be proud
of its growth", is how Anne Hjelle.
an art instructor at BJC, feels
about the college. She has a
Bachelor of Arts from the
University of Iowa and a Master of
Arts Degree from the University
of California. She is in her second
year of teaching at BJC.
he taught at Grafton, Casselton,
and Wheaton High Schools in
North Dakota. "The size of BJC
makes it preferable for me. It is
nice to see the students in more
places than the classroom and to
get to know them better. It makes
being an advisor easier."
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1975 Noun BJC--Page 39
No full textHumorous essay and drawings about student registration by Sandy PetersonUnlike "Musical Chairs", however,
there are only two chairs, and who
knows how many "players".
You learn a lot of things while
being compressed in the Business
Office. Important things, like, who
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uses Right Guard and who doesn't,
and that Fat Harriet IS as heavy as
she looks (it's too bad Herbie had
to find out the hard way). Last, but
not least, you learn that no one
works one minute after twelve in
the Business Office when it comes
time for Noon Break. What's really
disgusting is when you notice your
packet is the third one down, but
like everyone else, you have no
choice but to wait or come back
later. Nerve-wracking, isn't it?
Unfortunately, all good things
must come to an end sooner or
later. Likewise Registration. You
have to admit, it's a good feeling
when you're finally through with
the whole mess. You're mentally
and physically exhausted and
your checking account probably
is, too, but you are officially
enrolled and won't have to go
through this again-that is, until
next semester:
written and illustrated by Sandy Peterson
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1975 Noun BJC--Page 46
No full textArticle about Watergate, the resignation of President Richard Nixon, and the appointment of President Gerald FordWATERGATE On Monday, August 12,1974,
President Richard Milhous Nixon
resigned as the 37th President of
the United States, just 2,026 days
after his first term nomination
speech. The resignation of this
country's highest office holder was
brought about by the June 17,
1972 break-in in the Democratic
National Headquarters at the
Watergate complex in Washington
D.C.
Nixon was accused and later
named as an unindictable
co-conspirator in the cover-up of
political and public-espionage,
illegal wire tapping, tax evasion
and also the misuse of
governmental agencies, such as
the F.B.I., the C.I.A. and I.R.S.
Before Nixon resigned his post.
many of his top White House aides,
including Vice President Spiro T.
Agnew, resigned (Agnew was found
not involved in the Watergate
affair, but rather was in trouble
himself in Maryland on tax evasion
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charges, in which Agnew pleaded
"no contest" and was subsequently
convicted).
Nixon's downfall began with the
testimony of John W. Dean III,
who was chief counsel to the
President. Dean told a House
Judiciary Committee of his
knowledge of the tapping system
which recorded all Nixon
Conversations. From this point on,
court trials and numerous court
orders to the President, struck
down his attempt to conceal these
tapes under the invoked law of
executive privilege.
Still many of these tapes are yet
in "cold storage" by Nixon's
attorneys, who continue with the
arguments that they (tapes) are
the private property of Nixon.
A Grand Jury which listened to
the tapes and later named Nixon a
co-conspirator convicted 28 of
Nixon's aides and re-election
committee members along with
the actual break-in personnel.
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It's doubtfu I the President would
have resigned if these tapes had
not been issued as evidence by the
prosecution.
After Vice President Spiro Agnew
resigned on October 10, 1973,
Nixon released his choice as
Agnew's successor, Gerald R. Ford,
and later he was confirmed by
the Senate.
Upon Nixon's resignation,
August 12,1974, Ford was sworn
in as the country's first non-elected
President. Later on that
gloomy day, he gave his inaugural
address to the country and the
Congress and asked the people to
forget Watergate. But on Sunday
September 8,1974, Ford suddenly
pardoned Nixon and brought out a
large cry that he was involved or
told by Nixon to do so.
Many political questions and
legal (Nixon was not yet on
trial for any crime as of this time.)
issues were brought up.
Nixon, meanwhile, was admitted
to a hospital near his San Clemente
home for a blood clot in his upper
left thigh. The problem, a
Pulmonary Embolism, came to a
head when major surgery was
called for by his doctors. Before
hand, Nixon had been taking
anticoagu la nt d rugs and beca use
of this and the operation, Nixon
suffered severe internal bleeding
which in fact could have killed the
former President. Nixon spent two
long and painful weeks in the
intensive care unit of the hospital
where he was visited by both his
family and President Ford.
Even as Nixon lay, the steady
hounding by both Judge John J.
Sirica and the prosecution, called
for his presence at the trial of
his former aides as a witness.
Nixon did, however, have his
good points. He stopped the Viet
Nam war, brought about the return
of POW's and made the first
contact with the Peoples' Republic
of China in 25 years. Today citizen
Nixon is in seclusion at his San
Clemente home, keeping and
remembering his days of office
1975 Noun BJC--Page 50
No full textPhotographs of BJC faculty in the Hotel-Motel programHOTEL - MOTEL FACUL TV
Having been in the military
before coming to BJC in 1974,
Larry Mandigo now is involved
in teaching Hotel-Motel Restaurant
Management. When asked to
compare BJCto other schools, he
replied, "Concerning the Hotel-
Motel Restaurant Program and the
length our program has been in
existence, we are in excellent
condition!" Mr. Mandigo is a
graduate of the American Hotel
and Motel Association Educational
Institute, a school affiliated with
Michigan State University. His
family consists of his wife, Sheryl.
"I feel we have a very good
Hospitality Program and we will
be one of the best two-yea r
programs in the United States in
the very near future" is the opinion
of Jack Mills. Mr. Mills has been
here since 1972 teaching the
Hotel-Motel Restaurant Program.
Much of his life has been spent in
the Air Force as he is a graduate
of the Air University, Department
of the U.S. Air Force, Gunter AFB,
Alabama. He also taught while in
the Air Force and at the North
Dakota State Penitentiary. He and
his wife, Bernadine, have nine
children.
Students enrolled in the Hotel-Motel
Program prepare for an evening banquet.
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A newcomer to BJC's teaching
staff is Leroy Merkel. He is
responsible for the instruction of
the cook-chef trainees. A graduate
of the Devoy Technical Institute
in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Merkel
was in the service before coming
to BJC. He is married and has four
children
1975 Noun BJC--Page 73
No full textPhotographs and season summary of the BJC debate teamDEBATE TEAM Bloomington, Minnesota; Powell,
Wyoming; Bozeman and Billings,
Montana; and Fargo, North Dakota
were the sites of the tournaments
attended by the BJC Debate and
Forensics Team this year.
Debate, which was temporarily
inactive, began this year with Mrs.
Laura Orchard as advisor, and the
following students: Stephanie
Melstad, Wayne Holznagel, Ray
Sanders, Nick Aberle, Charles
Messmer, Bruce Hager, Ron Otto,
and George Berger.
Anactive Debate Team member was George
Berger,Mandan.
Adebate "team" consists of
two people. A debate round
consists of one team arguing for
the resolved change and one team
against. Each speaker gives two
speeches and has a chance to
cross-examine his opponent with
direct questions. Each round lasts
one hour, and the teams will switch
opponents and alternate sides of
the question.
This year's topic is resolved:
that the powers of the Presidency
be significantly curtailed. All of the
other colleges around the nation
use the same topic. Being very
general, this topic opened for
debatesuch areas as the CIA,
executive agreements, treaties,
the war powers, emergency
powers, elections, secrecy, and the
duties of the Vice-Presidents.
At tournaments, the debaters
were required to participate in at
least one other speech event, such
as Original Oratory, Humorous
Interpretation, Serious
Interpretation,lmpromtu
Speaking, Oral Book Review,
Extemporaneous Interpretation,
Great American Speeches,
Discussion, and Lincoln-Douglas
style debate (one to one). Kari Lee,
Joe Wolfeil, and Jane Hansen also
accompanied the team at various
tournaments, taking part in only
the individual speech events.
The team also assisted Erv Ely,
Fine Arts Chairman, during the
District Class B Speech Festival
as judges and in t~e tabulations
room.
The 1974-75 debate team had a
very successful year, although
they met tough opposition in many
four-year and professional schools
entering speech majors in
competition.
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Bruce Hager was another of the eight
students that constituted the Team.
Mrs. Laura Orchard, economics and
speech instructor, was the Advisor for
the Debate and Forensics Team
1975 Noun BJC--Page 74
No full textPhotographs and summary of the BJC Symphonic Winds (Band)January 7,1975, and members
performed selections at the
Governor's Council on Youth
at the Townhouse Motor Inn in
September, 1974.
The band members worked hard
all year, giving two home concerts,
at which they played selections
su re to please everyone's tastes,
such as classical, as in "Poet and
SYMPHONIC WINDS CHOSEN GOVERNOR'S BAND
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This year, approximately 50
BJC students made up the
Symphonic Winds. These students,
under the direction of Mr. Erv Ely,
had educational interests varying
from academic to vocational
programs; ranging from music
majors to engineering students,
to secretarial and liberal arts.
About the only thing they all had in
common was playing an
instrument of one kind or
another and enjoying music
enough to want to practice and
perform it.
The Symphonic Winds had the
honor of being chosen as the
Governor's Band for 1974-75. The
Governor's Band is chosen by the
Governor from a list of candidates
submitted through legislative
offices. BJC is the first community
college in North Dakota to be given
this honor. As the Governor's
Band, the Symphonic Winds
represent the Governor at official
functions for which he wishes to
have representation. The band
presented a Governor's Concert
on April 4, 1974, played at the
opening session of the 44th
Legislative Assembly on
Under the direction of Erv Ely, band
members practice their concert pieces.
Dennis Dockter, Keith Grotewold, and
Kevin Nathan concentrate on keeping a
steady beat.
Mr. Ely has been the Director of Instrumental
Music at BJe since 1969
1975 Noun BJC--Page 77
No full textPhotographs and summary of the BJC Alumni AssociationBJC'S ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The Bismarck Junior College
Alumni Association is primarily
comprised of persons who have
attended BJC, but also those who
have an interest in the college
itself. These people meet and
organize activities for former
students, and discuss proposals
for the betterment of the
college at various levels.
TwoAlumni Association members hold
pleasant conversation at their banquet.
The President of the
organization is Pat Higgins. Ms.
Higgins, a graduate of 1951. said
that there are about 45 to 50
members in the group, with 20 of
them elected to serve on the board
of d irecto rs.
Among recent projects are the
two college signs on campus, the
early work on the BJC bowl. the
creation of the Bismarck Junior
College Scholarship, and
numerous recognition awards for
Surrounded by other members, President
Pat Higgins (CENTER) conducts the
meeting.
faculty and student excellance at
the college. Last fall after the
Homecoming Game, they held a
open house at the Holiday Inn. The
most current project was the
creation of a fu nd drive for the
completed furnishing of the
Student Union.
After the meeting and banquet, everyone
took time to sit back and relax.