Foundation Gives Hope $375,000 Grant H o p e College h a s been a w a r d e d a $ 3 7 5 , 0 0 0 g r a n t b y the Alfred P. S l o a n F o u n d a t i o n a s p a r t of a p r o g r a m seeking to stem the decline of science e d u c a t i o n in the n a t i o n ' s small liberal arts colleges. Hope is one of 2 0 colleges n a m ed to s h a r e $7.5 million in g r a n t s r a n g i n g f r o m $250,000 to $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 . President C a l v i n VanderWerf flew to New York this week to accept H o p e ' s g r a n t . I N A N N O U N C I N G the g r a n t s , the f o u n d a t i o n pointed out that small liberal arts colleges are losing m a n y of their prospective sci-
ence m a j o r s to l a r g e r universities. The f o u n d a t i o n is seeking to initiate p r o g r a m s at each of the recipient colleges which would imp r o v e s c i e n c e c u r r i c u l u m s a n d faculty, a n d thus " d e m o n s t r a t e m e a n s by which other colleges m a y i m p r o v e theirs." X o n e of the m o n e y is to be used for buildings. M R . E V E R E T T C A S E , the f o u n d a t i o n ' s president, s t r e s s e d that the decline in science education in the s m a l l e r colleges is p a r t i c u l a r l y s e r i o u s because nearly half of all the high school science teachers a r e educated in them.
Rentier Will Present Recital Tuesday Morning Next T u e s d a y at 10:30 a.m. pianist David Kenner will present a recital in Dimnent Memorial Chapel. This will be a n all-college
a s s e m b l y for which classes will be dismissed. The p r o g r a m will include a Sonata by Beethoven, Op. 101, a n d " S y m p h o n i c F t u d e s " by Schuma nn. Mr. Kenner received his bachelor of music, m a s t e r of music, the p e r f o r m e r ' s certificate, a n d the artist d i p l o m a in p i a n o p e r f o r m ance f r o m F a s t e r n College. In 1962 he received a F u 1 b r i g h t (irant for two y e a r s ' study at the Hochschule f u r Musik in Munich, d e r m a n y , with p r o f e s s o r Friedrich Wuhrer. In 1963 he studied with Professor Curt N e u m u l l e r at the Mozarteum in S a l z b u r g , Austria.
DAVID RENNER
Mr. Kenner h a s given music concerts in F u r o p e and America. He is presently assistant p r o f e s s o r of p i a n o at Michigan State University.
Thus, inferior science e d u c a t i o n at these institutions would lead to depressed science e d u c a t i o n in the n a t i o n ' s school system. Mr. Case a l s o cited the s e p a r a tion between the sciences a n d the humanities which exists in colleges that t r a d i t i o n a l l y a r e dedicated to the a r t s a n d sciences. He also pointed to the high r a t i o of small college g r a d u a t e s w h o e a r n the Ph.D. degree.
without g r a d u a t e p r o g r a m s were considered. Dr. N o r m a n N o r t o n , c h a i r m a n of the faculty committee which p r e p a r e d Hope's p r o p o s a l , outlined the p l a n s for i m p r o v e m e n t of the science p r o g r a m at Hope. Of m a j o r i m p o r t a n c e , he said, i^ a new interdisciplinary studies p r o g r a m i n v o l v i n g the physics, chemistry, biology a n d math departments.
E A C H C O L L E G E submitted a p r o p o s a l s h o w i n g how it would c a r r y out a p r o g r a m a t t e m p t i n g to realize the g o a l s expressed by the f o u n d a t i o n . Only institutions
R E P R E S E N T I N G T H E S E de p a r t m e n t s on the committee will be Dr. H a r r y Frissel, Dr. Krwin Brink, Dr. D o u g l a s N o r t o n , a n d Dr. .lay Folkert.
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REV. M U S T E , b o r n in the Net h e r l a n d s , was g r a d u a t e d f r o m H o p e College in 1 9 0 5 a n d e a r n e d his B.D. f r o m I ' n i o n S e m i n a r y in 1913. O r d a i n e d as a minister of the Reformed C h u r c h in America, he b e g a n his w o r k of pacifism in 1916 by j o i n i n g the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a n o n - d e n o m i n a tional g r o u p of which he is now secretary emeritus. The last 50 y e a r s h a v e seen him g o m a n y places a n d b r a v e m a n y d a n g e r s for his cause. He protested a g a i n s t n u c l e a r testing in Moscow's Red S q u a r e , a g a i n s t the w a r in Vietnam o n the White H o u s e lawn, a n d a g a i n s t the a r m s race in New York City. He h a s been a r r e s t e d for climbing over a b a r b e d - w i r e fence into a United States missile b a s e a n d chased f r o m a press conference in S a i g o n by eggs, t o m a t o e s a n d curses hurled by a n g r y Vietnamese students.
Chapel w a s the p r i m e concern of the Religious Life Committee in its meeting b e f o r e the v a c a t i o n . Dr. Elton Bruins, c h a i r m a n of the committee, h a d asked each m e m b e r to p r e p a r e a statement outlining the p u r p o s e of m o r n i n g chapel services to be discussed at the meeting.
of r e t u r n i n g g o o d for evil, a n d 1 c a n n o t see the b a s i s for the line people d r a w between i n d i v i d u a l a n d collective action, s a y i n g that a m o r a l code is valid on one side and not on the o t h e r . " On the basis of what he o b s e r v e d in Vietnam, he a l s o feels that the Vietnamese people want to stop the w a r now. " F v e r y b o d y is sick of w a r . They h a v e no ideological interest. They just w a n t to live." He expressed the belief that the Viet C o n g feel the s a m e w a y .
H E S T I L L R E M A I N S active in the driVe for peace on earth. Beside his a s s o c i a t i o n with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, he is c h a i r m a n of the Committee f o r N o n v i o l e n t Action a n d c h a i r m a n o n the editorial b o a r d of Liberation m a g a z i n e . His office vividly illustrates the n a t u r e of his w o r k . Almost superi m p o s e d o n a s m a l l office b u i l d i n g in m i d t o w n M a n h a t t a n , the l a r g e , p a r t i a l l y s u b d i v i d e d r o o m is the h o m e of the Student Peace U n i o n ,
REV. A. J. MUSTE t h e War Registers League, t h e Catholic Peace l-'ellowship a n d the Teachers Committee for Peace in Vietnam. L O O S E P A P E R S A R E strewn on the b o o k s h e l v e s , a n d the b a r e wood floor is cluttered with b o x e s p a c k e d with b o o k s . U n k e m p t , b e a r d e d y o u n g w o r k e r s sit o n b r o k e n chairs. The walls a r e wallp a p e r e d with posters r e a d i n g : " S t o p U.S. Dirty War i n Vietn a m , " " M r . J o h n s o n Didn't Ask Us!" a n d " B l e s s e d are the Peacemakers." The last s l o g a n is the g u i d i n g principle of Rev. M u s t e ' s w o r k . He w o r k e d with Trotskyites d u r i n g the Depression, but was not politically s w a y e d by them. " 1 h a v e no i d e o l o g y , " he said. " M y general orientation is in p a r t socialist, but I b e l o n g to n o p a r t y a n d p a y no dues. I a m a pacifist." H I S S T A N D A G A I N S T the Vie t n a m w a r is in p a r t religious. " I c a n n o t reconcile it with the S e r m o n o n the Mount o r the idea
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Members State Chapel Purposes
Still Active Pacifist at 82 The p l a q u e on the wall describes him well: "Presented to A..I. Muste -- Disturber, C a t a l y s t a n d Stimul a t o r of the Peace Movement, Pioneer F x t r a o r d i n a r y . " Despite the fact that he is 82 y e a r s old, Kev. A b r a h a m J o h a n nes Muste is now in H a n o i , N o r t h Vietnam, t r y i n g to s h o w the Vietn a m e s e people that " t h e r e a r e a l s o Americans w h o h a v e g r e a t d o u b t s a b o u t the w a r and w a n t it s t o p p e d . "
Hope College, Holland, Michigan
Life Committee:
Alumnus A. J. Muste;
By T o m H i l d e b r a n d t
This p r o g r a m will include a section for science m a j o r s , a basicc u r r i c u l u m for non-science m a j o r s a n d a n i m p r o v e d s e c o n d a r y education c u r r i c u l u m . Dr. N o r t o n expressed e n t h u s i a s m with the possibilities of the p r o g r a m and its wide a n d l o n g r a n g e scope. AMONG T H E OTHERcolleges receiving a w a r d s were Antioch College, K a l a m a z o o College a n d Oberlin College, all m e m b e r s of the C.reat L a k e s Colleges Association. Other highly rated schools receiving g r a n t s were H a v e r f o r d C o l l e g e , Mt. H o l y o k e College, Smith College a n d W a s h i n g t o n a n d Lee t ' n i v e r s i t y .
H E G A V E E X A M P L E S of where A m e r i c a n r e a s o n i n g in reg a r d to Vietnam is w r o n g . First, the U.S. feels that it s h o u l d protect the c o u n t r y f r o m the C o m m u nists. " B u t w h y , " he a s k s , " s h o u l d we decide to w h a t they s h o u l d be e x p o s e d ? The C o m m u n i s t Vietc o n g a r e the natives while the A m e r i c a n s a r e the foreigners. We h a v e no right to p u s h them o u t . " His solution is for the United States to w i t h d r a w its s u p p o r t f r o m the Ky regime, a military dic tator s hip d e p e n d e n t on U.S. s u p p o r t which does not accurately represent the Vietnamese people, he said, a n d negotiate a peace settlement with the N a t i o n a l Liberation Front. REV. M U S T E D O E S N O T feel that a coalition f o r m e d in this w a y would be C o m m u n i s t controlled. " T h e people would be s t r o n g l y behind the n o n - C o m m u nist faction because it b r o u g h t peace where neither the Viet C o n g n o r the I nited States c o u l d . " liev. Muste's a d v i c e to the youth of t o d a y w o u l d be to follow the p a t h of pacifism he h a s walked. He refused to register for the d r a f t d u r i n g World W a r 1, for which he w a s not prosecuted. He pointed to the status of conscienscious objector as a m o v e the student should make. NOTING T H A T IN( OMEand excise taxes a r e used to finance (Continued on P a g e 3)
Before work was b e g u n , however, the committee delayed action on r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s by M i s s J a n tina H o l l e m a n a n d the Student Life Committee r e g a r d i n g S u n d a y activities on c a m p u s because the c o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s felt themselves u n p r e p a r e d to discuss the issue fully. Wes Michaelson rec o m m e n d e d that a subcommittee be a p p o i n t e d to s t u d y S u n d a y activities. This was a p p r o v e d . A L S O T A B L E D w a s a request by Dr. J o h n Barlow, b r o u g h t to the committee by Rev. William C. Hillegonds, that meetings conducted in the m a n n e r of t h e F r i e n d s be permitted in the chapel basement. The consistency of Quaker w o r s h i p in a Reformed Church institution and the o p i n i o n held by a few m e m b e r s that Q u a k e r ism is " o u t s i d e Protestant Christ i a n i t y " was b r o u g h t out. It bec a m e evident that m o r e study w a s needed. A n u m b e r of different points of view on chapel were b r o u g h t out in the statements. A c c o r d i n g to Priscilla I nkpen, " H a v i n g chapel is one of the w a y s in which the C h r i s t i a n school reminds students that its c o m m i t m e n t is not only to a c a d e m i c truth, but a l s o to truth as it is f o u n d in C h r i s t . " R E F L E C T I N G A different point of view, J a m e s Tallis wrote, " C h u r c h related colleges are m o r e and m o r e d i s c o v e r i n g that their church-relatedness implies m a n y other things -- a n d p e r h a p s m a n y m o r e i m p o r t a n t things -- than req u i r i n g all students to come a n d " w o r s h i p " a g a i n s t their will. . . It a l s o creates a n even m o r e likely possibility that a negative reaction will result -- a resentment
f r o m which he might never recover." S p e a k i n g of the m o r n i n g services, J e r r y P o o r t i n g a stated, "It s h o u l d be concerned with w o r s h i p a n d a d o r a t i o n of Cod, and with such ques tions as p e r s o n a l purpose, g o a l s a n d m a n n e r of living. It s h o u l d be a type o f ' e x p o s u r e ' -- e x p o s u r e t o s e r i o u s q u e s t i o n i n g , a n d then the a n s w e r of Christian ideas a n d w o r s h i p a n d the e x a m ple of C h r i s t i a n lives." "If t h r o u g h o u r teaching a n d e s p e c i a l l y t h r o u g h o u r daily e x a m p l e s we a r e d o i n g o u r j o b s p r o p e r l y , we will h a v e worshipers with us in c h a p e l . " COMMITTEE C H A I R M A N Bruins wrote, " A t t e n d i n g morning chapel at least twice a week, therefore, is the acceptance of one aspect of the m a n y disciplines involved in the e d u c a t i n g process in a C h r i s t i a n , church-related, liberal a r t s college. F v e r y m e m b e r of the college c o m m u n i t y is recognizing the necessity to g a t h e r in w o r s h i p in r e s p o n s e to the Word of C o d . " The other student m e m b e r , Wes Michaelson, expressed his opinion by s a y i n g , " C o n c e r n i n g chapel, then, the present a n d justifiable position is that required attend a n c e is at present necessary and does m o r e g o o d t h a n h a r m as the college attempts to provide, in concrete w a y s , a C h r i s t i a n liberal arts e d u c a t i o n . " The final m e m b e r , Russ Devette stated simply, " C h a p e l services s h o u l d attempt to constantly conf r o n t the student with the fact that k n o w l e d g e is set in the confines of o u r C h r i s t i a n f a i t h . "
Alumni Fund Receives Bequest of $10,000 A s 1 0 , 0 0 0 bequest f r o m the estate of Wilhelmina Bos H u g h e s h a s been received by Hope College for its 1966 A l u m n i F u n d a c c o r d i n g to a n n o u n c e m e n t m a d e by L a r r y Ter Molen, Director of the F u n d . Mrs. Hughes, a H o p e g r a d u a t e of the Class of 1926 a n d a n a t i v e of C h i c a g o , was c h a i r m a n for the N o r t h C h i c a g o a r e a 1965 Alumni F u n d at the time of her d e a t h a y e a r a g o . Mrs. H u g h e s h a d
p l a n n e d to continue as c h a i r m a n for this year. Her son, H o w a r d B. Hughes, of River Forest, 111., h a s taken o v e r in her stead a n d is currently c h a i r m a n of the 1966 Fund for the N o r t h C h i c a g o a r e a . A Hope g r a d u a t e , he is now associated with W a y n e H u m m e r & Company. So f a r the a l u m n i c a m p a i g n for f u n d s h a s netted $ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 of its $166,000 goal.