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P r e s i d e n t Calvin A. VanderWerf h a s announced t h a t Robert J . '(Bud) P r i n s , a s s i s t a n t to the P r e s i dent h a s r e s i g n e d , e f f e c t i v e on F e b . 1.

Mr. P r i n s is a s s u m i n g a position with C h e s a p e a k e and P o t o m a c Telephone Corp. of Washington, D.C. i m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r leaving Hope. P r i n s w a s an a d m i n i s t r a t i v e official of the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. in Detroit for 10 y e a r s before coming to Hope last M a r c h .

A native of G r a n d Rapids, he graduated f r o m Hope in 1954 with a d e g r e e in business and economics.

Mr. P r i n s served Michigan Bell as t r a f f i c e n g i n e e r , staff supervisor and c o m m e r c i a l m a n a g e r . In his new position he will serve as comm e r c i a l supervisor for the Washington a r e a .

P r i n s and his wife, the f o r m e r Ruth John, h a v e six children ranging in age f r o m four to 15. D u r m g his 10 m o n t h s at Hope he w a s vice president of the alumni board and director of the alumni fund drive. He was a m e m b e r of t h e L a k e s h o r e district c o m m i t t e e for the Boy Scouts and a t r e a s u r e r and deacon at the Faith R e f o r m e d C o m m u n i t y Church.

To fill the gap, the a d m i n i s t r a tion h a s been seeking a m a n for the position of director of development for s o m e time, according to P r e s i d e n t VanderWerf. A director of the a n n u a l fund is being sought to s e r v e under h i m . In addition.

Hope College, HoUand, Michigan

Linguist Expert on Africa

Wei mers to Speak Tuesday Dr. William E. W e l m e r s will be the s p e a k e r in the assembly next T u e s d a y at 10:30 a.m. in Dimnent M e m o r i a l Chapel. D r .

W e l m e r s pioneered the o r a l - a u r a l l a n g u a g e learning technique and is presently professor of A f r i c a n languages at U.C.L.A. A 1936 g r a d u a t e of Hope, D r .

Welmers had the highest g r a d e point a v e r a g e in the 70-year history of the college (a record t h a t stood until 1937, when Calvin VanderWerf g r a d u a t e d with a 4.0 a v e r age). Dr. Welmers continued his studies at Westminister S e m i n a r y and served a s a m i n i s t e r until 1942, when he supervised instruction in Chinese and J a p a n e s e f o r the A r m y Specialized T r a i n i n g P r o g r a m and worked on a dictionary of spoken Chinese for t h e A r m e d F o r c e s Institute.

Hope Receives

Student S e n a t e p r e s i d e n t Wes Michaeison announced t h a t a village h a s been selected for the Hope College V i e t n a m aid project. The n a m e of t h e h a m l e t is Le Loi. IL is located in the Southe a s t e r n region of Long K h a n h p r o v i n c e , e a s t of Saigon.

His e f f o r t s have been m a d e for the sake of " i m p r o v e d c o m m u n ication of the Gospel by Christian m i s s i o n a r i e s , " and in this connection several Bible t r a n s l a t i o n s a r e based on his work, including the e n t i r e Neiw T e s t a m e n t in Kpelle, the language of Liberia. His brother, Dr. E v e r e t t Welmers, s p o k e on c a m p u s earlier this s e m e s t e r .

The h a m l e t w a s selected in cooperation with the Michigan S t a t e People - To - P e o p l e Assn., w h o s e field r e p r e s e n t a t i v e in V i e t n a m is W. Den McCleary of t h e United S t a t e s O v e r s e a s Missions. Chosen for its especially g r e a t need for a s s i s t a n c e , Le Loi will be the sole b e n e f i c i a r y of a m a n y - f a c e t e d fund drive, including a c a m p u s wide c a n v a s by the S t u d e n t Sen-

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Passes Goal Alumni S e c r e t a r y Mrs. M a r i a n S t r y k e r h a s announced that the 1965 Alumni Fund Drive will h a v e received an estimated $250,000 by the J a n . 15 deadline. This g r a t i f y ing response f r o m the 8979 a l u m n i is in c o n t r a s t to Hope's previous s t a t u s , which was, w i t h respect to gifts, a m o n g t h e lowest 10 p e r c e n t of s m a l l colleges until r e c e n t y e a r s .

E a r l y in t h e c a m p a i g n this y e a r ' s established goal of $150,000 s e e m e d in d a n g e r of not being m e t , w h e n an a n o n y m o u s a l u m n u s challenged that if one third of the total could be raised by J u n e 1, he would m a t c h it with his personal g i f t of $50,000. T h i s challenge w a s accepted quickly and m a d e good.

Again, t o w a r d s the end of the drive, a g r o u p of concerned a l u m n i stated that if total contributions would attain the proposed $150,000 goal, they t h e m s e l v e s would donate a n additional s u m of $50,000.

The enthusiastic total r e s p o n s e f r o m an e s t i m a t e d 40 - 45 per c e n t of all ex-Hopites not only m a d e it possible to collect on this g e n e r o u s o f f e r , but m a d e it n e c e s s a r y to extend the d r i v e to J a n . 15. Consequently, t h e challenge gifts of

$100,000 and donations of m o r e than $150,000 give the 1965 Alumni F u n d Drive a total of o v e r $250,000.

This response tops the 1964 f i g u r e of $127,000 collected f r o m 34 p e r cent of all potential donors and the $104,000 response by 18 per c e n t of the alumni in 1963.

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President Calvin VanderWerf announced last week t h a t the S e a r s Roebuck F o u n d a t i o n h a s given Hope a $1,200 g r a n t which will be applied toward scholarships.

Hope h a s also been included a m o n g 213 colleges and universities s h a r i n g in the Du Pont Comp a n y ' s a n n u a l p r o g r a m of aid tow a r d education. P r e s i d e n t V a n d e r Werf s t a t e d . A gift of $20,000, to be applied toward the cost of the new P h y s i c s - Math Building, w a s a m o n g g r a n t s totaling $2.2 million.

Hope also s h a r e s in a $30,000 prog r a m a m o n g 10 schools to e n c o u r a g e students to u n d e r t a k e c a r e e r s in teaching science a n d m a t h e m a t i c s in high schools.

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Initiated In N o v e m b e r , 1964, Hope College initiated a C o m m u n i t y F u n d Drive in the cities of Holland and Zeeland. T h e p u r p o s e of the drive w a s to provide G e n e r a l O p e r a t i n g F u n d s for the school while stabilizing the tuition. In addition, it was hoped t h a t the c a m p a i g n would p r o m o t e a b e t t e r collegec o m m u n i t y relationship through an u n d e r s t a n d i n g of Hope's role in the c o m m u n i t y , and the c o m m u n ity's role at Hope.

P r o c e e d i n g the 1965 c a m p a i g n , m e e t i n g s were held to a c q u a i n t the b u s i n e s s m e n with Hope's role in both Holland and Zeeland. It w a s pointed out t h a t Hope students and a d m i n i s t r a t o r s p a r t i c i p a t e directly in the c o m m u n i t y as m e m ibers of n u m e r o u s local b o a r d s , in the " H i g h e r Horizons" p r o g r a m , and a s volunteer l e a d e r s in the YMCA, C a m p f i r e Girls, a n d Boy Scouts p r o g r a m s . In addition, in 1964 over 300 s t u d e n t s f r o m Holland and Zeeland w e r e enrolled at Hope. Almost 100 t e a c h e r s and adm i n i s t r a t o r s in the Holland P u b l i c School System a n d 29 physicians a r e Hope alumni. In Holland alone 1644 r e s i d e n t s attended Hope. M a n y

a new public relations director is needed.

C o m m e n t i n g on M r . P r i n s ' new post. P r e s i d e n t VanderWerf s a i d : " T h e new position r e p r e s e n t s a high honor and an outstanding opportunity and c h a l l e n g e for a competent young m a n in the bus ines s world. Hope College can n e v e r place itself in the way of the personal fulfillment and a d v a n c e m e n t of its faculty and s t a f f . " VanderWerf added that Mr. Prins' departure "represents a g r e a t loss to Hope College."

Vietnam Village Chosen; Aid Organized by Senate

F o r five y e a r s Dr. W e l m e r s did linguistic r e s e a r c h in F r e n c h West Africa, the Gold Coast, N i g e r i a and C r i t e r i a . He has done analysis in 50 of A f r i c a ' s 1000 l a n g u a g e s .

Before 1960 Dr. W e l m e r s w a s the only linguist in the U.S. specializing in analysis and t e a c h i n g of African languages. He is involved in the P e a c e Corps p r o g r a m and has supervised the t r a i n i n g of 500 volunteers bound f o r A f r i c a .

DR. WILLIAM E. WELMERS

ROBERT J. PRINS

of Hope's faculty work with Holland and Zeeland industries as consultants and t r a n s l a t o r s .

Economically, Hope a t t r a c t s new industries to the a r e a b e c a u s e it provides educational opportunities, a d e s i r a b l e cultural e l e m e n t and a y e a r l y flow of competent g r a d u a t e s into the c o m m u n i t y . M o r e directly, the college provides a sala r y for its m o r e than 200 employees and the students and school spend over $1,000,000 annually in the c o m m u n i t y .

T h e r e s p o n s e to Hope's request was i m m e d i a t e and a goal of $45,000 w a s set — $38,000 f r o m Holland and $8,000 f r o m Zeeland. A chairm a n was chosen for e a c h city. Mr. Becker, president of H o m e F u r n ace is in c h a r g e of Holland's c a m paign. Working with him a r e 32 t e a m s composed of a college repr e s e n t a t i v e and a local businessm a n . T h e s a m e a r r a n g e m e n t is used in Zeeland with Robert Den Herder, p r e s i d e n t of the F i r s t Michigan Bank and Trust C o m p a n y , a s chairman.

Thus f a r the d r i v e h a s ibeen successful. At p r e s e n t $9,080 h a s been solicited f r o m Zeeland and $34,597 f r o m Holland with 17 accounts outstanding. " W e a r e very p l e a s e d with the r e s u l t s , " stated Robert J . P r i n s , " a n d we hope o u r goal of $45,000 will be exceeded."

a t o r s on F e b . 9 and a town-wide c a n v a s by Hope Siudent volunteers on F e b . 12.

According to McCleary, Le Loi h a s a population of 2500, broken down into 350 f a m i l y units with 375 school children. It is a new h a m l e t of b a m b o o t h a t c h e d huts located in a cleared shallow valley. The i n h a b i t a n t s a r e r e f u g e e s f r o m two o t h e r villages w h i c h w e r e o v e r r u n by t h e Viet Cong in M a r c h 1965. Having fled their h o m e s to e s c a p e V.C. t e r r o r i s t tactics, the villagers a r e vigorously a n t i - c o m m u n i s t .

T h e r e s i d e n t s of L e Loi relocated t h e m s e l v e s without any help f r o m the province or the governm e n t of V i e t n a m . N o r m a l l y such aid is p r o v i d e d in t h e f o r m of f u n d s , but in order to r e c e i v e t h e s e funds, the r e f u g e e s m u s t wait f o r a p p r o v a l f r o m Saigon of the plot of ground or land on which they wish to settle. A f t e r fleeing their n a t i v e villages, the people of L e Loi w e r e anxious to resettle t h e m s e l v e s b e f o r e the beginning of t h e r a i n y season. T h e i r a n x i e t y , however, h a s penalized t h e i r e f f o r t s to get the h a m l e t on the r o a d to economic development. Government bureaucracy d e l a y e d the approval of t h e village site and the villagers decided to r e l o c a t e t h e m s e l v e s with only t h e p e r m i s s i o n of the province chief.

In doing this, they forfeited t h e i r c h a n c e s of receiving ' h e relocation p a y m e n t s . As a consequence, t h e people of this h a m l e t a r e e x t r e m e ly poor and h a v e e x h a u s t e d n e a r l y all t h e i r financial s a v i n g s .

This predominatelv Catholic c o m m u n i t y , under t h e able leade r s h i p of F a t h e r Dang-Duy-Hoa, is a v e r v closelv-kni f and coopera t i v e g r o u p of people. Until a h a m l e t council is o r g a n i z e d . F a t h er Hoa is serving in the c a n a c i t v of h a m l e t chief. It is larg^lv due to his s u p e r b l e a d e r s h i p t h a t the village h a s devploned at all. according 'o the r e p o r t f r o m Michigan S t a t e .

Working on their own. t h e oeople of L e Loi have m a d e s o m e p r o g r e s s toward thp i m p r o v e m e n t of t h e i r w a v of life. Thev h a v e c o n s t r u c t e d t h e i r houses, hand-dug a n u m b e r of de^n WPMS. h a v e bpgun c l e a r i n g and cnltivaMne land, and h a v e b e e n working on a small road through thp h a m l e t . T h ^ s e o r o j e c t s h a v e b a r d v bp^un to s c r a t c h t h e s u r f a c e of t h e nr^bi p m s farin*? t h e s e DPonle and w i t h t h e i r f i n a n c i a l resonr^oq a l m o s t (Continued on page 6)

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Christian Unity Sought Thru Week of Prayer

Student Attends Latin Conf.

Hope College w a s represented at a student conference on the Inter-American security system lield in San J u a n , Puerto Rico, during the C h r i s t m a s vacation.

it is hoped that p r a y e r groups f o r the s a m e purpose will grow out of the attendance of these services, as happened last y e a r .

Roy Justesen. SCCC c h a i r m a n , c o m m e n t e d : "Intercessory p r a y e r is the most powerful force in tfie world: it is the spirit of God, moving in the souls of m e n . Christ used p r a y e r to r a i s e the dead; the apostles used p r a y e r to give sight to the blind; and today we use p r a y e r to gather t h e souls of men to God, and to reconcile separated b r o t h e r s to each other and to Christ. Our p r a y e r is a continuation of Christ's p r a y e r before Gethsemane, ' . . . that they might be one, so the world m a y believe . . . ' "

Next week, Jan. 18-25, the National and World Councils of Churches and the Bishops' Commission for Ecumenical Affairs will sponsor a Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, as has been the custom in past years. In observance of this, the Student Christian Co-ordinating Committee will sponsor a 45-minute service of prayer and meditation at 9 p.m. in the meditation chapel on each of the eight evenings with the exception of Wednesday, Jan. 19, when the regular evening worship service in Dimnent Chapel will be dedicated to Christian Unity.

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Web Brower, the Hope student delegate, participated in the sixday annual pan-American student summit, which w a s sponsored by the Association of International Relations Clubs. Brower, a junior student, studied in Bogota Colombia last year as a participant in the GLCA p r o g r a m there. In a recent interview he told the anchor of his impressions of the confer ence and his interest in Latin America.

What were your general reactions toward the conference?

PERSONAL CONTACT—Web Brewer visited a Colombian village last year during his sophomore year training at the University ot Bogata in Bogata, Colombia.

I went down to P u e r t o Rico to get additional knowledge of Latin America, particularly on the collective security s y s t e m . To my dismay the conference was a let-down.

Although some of the s p e a k e r s were good, the p r o g r a m was poorly organized. An address on the Cuban missle crisis and the Dominican crisis was persented by Dr. Luther E v a n s of Colombia.

Canadian views of the OAS were given by Dr. Norman Alcock. A Latin view of collective security was offered by Enrique T e j e r a Paris, Venezuelan a m b a s s a d o r to the U.S.

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The conference part : c:p3nts felt f r e e to avoid the discussion groups and lectures. 160 students and professors went on the chartered flight to San J u a n . However, for the last day- of discussions there were only 35 people present, while the rest were "getting to know P u e r t o Rico a little bit b e t t e r , " at the beaches and the nightclubs.

Would you define "collective security" for us?

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I found that this constant identification with the Latins—in their parties, recreation and schools, by reading their n e w s p a p e r s listening to their music and going so far as to teach English in a high school and a university — contributed vastly to my understanding of the Colombian people. However, to really understand South A m e r i c a and the South American d e m a n d s an entire c a r e e r .

What sustains your attraction to Latin America?

To date, I h a v e traveled and lived in Mexico, Colombia and P u e r t o Rico. E a c h experience has been very positive. Moreover, I like the l a n g u a g e of the people.

Therefore I w a n t to r e t u r n to South America, to t r y to communicate the Christian faith to university students. As the continent h a s begun to revolutionize its way of life, a gap h a s (been left in the Latin American individual that I believe the Christian faith can fill. The a d v e n t u r e of being in South America h a s had a p e r m a n ent effect on m y life.

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Vietnamese Girl Enrolls at Hope; She Is Grateful for American Aid

By Neal Sobania B e c a u s e of a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n f r o m Dr. Wesley Fischel of Michig a n State during his trip to Vietn a m last August to Miss J a c k i e P h a m Thi Dung, she is now a f r e s h m a n at Hope. J a c k i e , who lives in Saigon, a r r i v e d at Hope following the C h r i s t m a s recess which she spent in Chicago. Miss P h a m h a s attended college about t h r e e months in V i e t n a m .

J a c k i e ' s first reaction to Holland was, "it is so very s m a l l , " but she thinks she will like Hope. Her m a j o r interest is in t h e area of j o u r n a l i s m . The g o v e r n m e n t of V i e t n a m allowed only 250 students to go to school a b r o a d this y e a r ; either in Belgium, Switberland or v e r y few in the United States with the stipulation t h a t t h e y study either ch emis tr y , linguistics or j o u r n a l i s m . She plans to write for either a m a g a z i n e or a n e w s p a p e r in the future.

J a c k i e c a m e to the United States by jet (which she didn't c a r e for) but during a three-day stop in Hawaii she quickly b e c a m e fond of pizza, h a m b u r g e r s and milkshakes. The thing which J a c k i e s a y s she misses the m o s t is the food of her land — o r a n g e s , bananas, coconuts, pineapples, grapefruit and rice. In V i e t n a m they e a t pork and very little beef.

J a c k i e explained that Vietnamese women a r e " v e r y shy, very very s h y . " She was a little shocked at the dating c u s t o m s of the Americans. Vietnamese don't kiss in the s t r e e t and v e r y seldom before they a r e engaged. A boy m a y ask

African Student Ngiva Awarded " F o r his general excellence, and p a r t i c u l a r l y for significant contributions to his college community," J a c o b Ngwa, a Hope senior f r o m the Cameroons, h a s been chosen as an A c h i e v e m e n t Award Winner by the African Scholarship P r o g r a m of A m e r i c a n Universities (ASPAU).

The a w a r d s w e r e p r e s e n t e d last fall at P r i n c e t o n University to 13 A f r i c a n s who a r e attending A m e r i c a n colleges and universities.

N g w a is a biology m a j o r and p i a n s to go on to g r a d u a t e school.

He will eventually r e t u r n to the C a m e r o o n s but h a s no definite plans r e g a r d i n g his f u t u r e there.

While at Hope he h a s also distinquished himself in the field of speech with a w a r d s f r o m the Int e r s t a t e and Michigan Intercollegiate Oratorical Contests.

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i A FIRST LESSON—Vietnamese student Jackie Pham receives some aid in understanding the concepts of philosophy and the American college from Sherry Medendorp. a girl to go to a show, dinner, dancing or a p a r t y but nothing like a basketball g a m e . The parents a r r a n g e the m a r r i a g e and very often the girl is forced to m a r r y a person s h e d o e s n ' t love. " V i e t n a m e s e w o m e n do m u c h m o r e for their h u s b a n d s than do American women."

The w a r in V i e t n a m is a great concern of J a c k i e ' s . She said, "It is impossible to tell who the Viet Cong a r e . They a r e f r o m the North and the South, and they look just like us. Sure I h a t e t h e m ; they don't let u s live in peace. They a l w a y s try to kill people."

J a c k i e likes the A m e r i c a n boy because " h e knows how to open a door for a girl, hold a chair, or help her on with her c o a t . " In Vietnam, "girls do everything, boys nothing."

J a c k i e said that " m o s t people feel t h e A m e r i c a n s a r e helping our c o u n t r y , but t h e r e a r e a few une d u c a t e d people who don't think so and believe what the Viet Cong say. The educated understaiKi the war and want them to help u s . "

DEMONSTRATION

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Granberg: Teacher as Moral Leader Has Eternal Influence' The a i m s and responsibilities of "The T e a c h e r as a P e r s o n " w a s the subject of the Centennial Lect u r e Series a d d r e s s given by Dr. L a r s G r a n b e r g , acting vice president for a c a d e m i c a f f a i r s .

With the h a z a r d s of discouragem e n t and unpredictability, Dr. O r a n b e r g believes the Christian t e a c h e r faces the t a s k of r e m a i n ing humble, m a t u r e and neutral as "his goal is to serve, r a t h e r than be s e r v e d . " G r a n b e r g f u r t h e r illustrates that a t e a c h e r seeks " t o be an agent of r e n e w a l ; that is, he m u s t be a l e a r n e r himself."

Likewise, " s t u d e n t s don't stop needing t e a c h e r s b e c a u s e they have graduated."

Dr. G r a n b e r g f u r t h e r considered the m o r a l influence of a Christian t e a c h e r saying that his ideal should be "To think without intelIcctualism, to r e l a t e without possessiveness, to act without antiinlellectualism, to belong without servility, and to love learning and r e m a i n a l e a r n e r all his life." The t e a c h e r of dedication and responsibility considers this challenge in working toward t h e goals of his profession. F o r it Is in seeking these goals that doors of creativity and u n d e r s t a n d i n g a r e opened for the student.

The t e a c h e r is a n agency of c o m m u n i t y d e v e l o p m e n t , i.e., he i^ responsible f o r a s t u d e n t ' s growth of c h a r a c t e r and achievement.

In conclusion, Dr. G r a n b e r g proposed this question to the college s t u d e n t s : " W h a t will our s t u d e n t s learn f r o m you as a person, a m a n of c h a r a c t e r ? "

EX 2 - 3 3 5 3

Campus Ministry

E M A S k m m P M ; 0151121 Open this Friday and Saturday 9-12

P.M.

CENTENNIAL LECTURES Dr. Lars Granberg emphasizes that the Christian teacher's goal is to serve rather than be served" in his address last Tuesday night.

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jim neufeld The word "demonstration" stands for a potent weapon to express concern, and a direct means to challenge the status quo.

But demonstration has another side; it's perhaps the most effective medium for communication. Professors use it in everything from physics labs to psych lectures because it uniquely catches our wave length.

Now suppose that God is our creator. Might he not tell us what He's like, and how we can know Him, by a demonstration?

Christians believe that this happens in human history, especially from about 4 B.C. to 3 0 A.D. through the life of a man, Jesus Christ, who was God in human form. One account of this demonstration was written by an eye witness named John, and you can find it in the Bible as the fourth book of the New Testament.

Perhaps your questions about God will be answered as you observe His demonstration of Himself.

Born in E g e r s u n d , N o r w a y , Dr. G r a n b e r g a t t e n d e d W h e a t o n College. Af er serving in the a r m e d forces d u r i n g the Second World W a r , h e studied psychology and p s y c h o t h e r a p y at t h e University of Chicago w h e r e h e e a r n e d his Ph.D. in 1954. G r a n b e r g initially joined the Hope faculty in 1947, w h e r e he soon b e c a m e c h a i r m a n of the psychology d e p a r t m e n t .

F r o m 1954 to 1960 h e was dean of students at Fuller Theological S e m i n a r y . He then re-joined the Hope faculty and b e c a m e acting vice-president last y e a r .

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Last w e e k Mr. J o h n D o n n e l l y i n i t i a t e d a series on the Catholic C h u r c h A f t e r Vatican II. H e e x c e l l e n t l y p r e s e n t e d t h e r o l e of t h e C a t h o l i c l a y m a n . T his week's m e e t i n g will be a f o l l o w - u p w i t h F a t h e r M o l e s k i , of t h e H o l l a n d P a r i s h disc u s s i n g t h e r o l e of t h e C a t h o l i c C l e r g y . T h i s m e e t i n g s h o u l d n o t b e o v e r l o o k e d as t h e decisi o n s of V a t i c a n I I a f f e c t a c h a l l e n g e t o e v e r y C h r i s t i a n to e x a m i n e their full implications.

D o n ' t m i s s it.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 16th - 7:00 P.M. at HOPE CHURCH ON

Dance (really dance) to the musk of Father Moleski

The Princetons ALIVE -

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The Role of the Catholic Clergy . All are welcome to attend

January l i , 1966

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anchor editorial

Vietnam: A Rebuttal I

N L A S T I S S U E a n d in this week's issue, s t u d e n t s h a v e w r i t t e n letters to this news-

so

logical

as t o e x p r e s s

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their

re-

they have raised some points w h i c h

war,

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last

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four readers

week

suggested

who that

wrote

the

waging

an

u n d e c l a r e d w a r is n o t w i t h o u t p r e c e d e n t .

T h e Korean " W a r , " which they mention-

Nations

the

which

authority

used

U.S.

of

the

troops

United

and

those

of o t h e r c o u n t r i e s i n o r d e r t o w a g e t h e w a r .

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Nagasaki and killed the p a g a n Indians.

In a n s w e r to M r . Kooi, I wish to p o i n t out

that

the

comes under

Rev.

Dr.

Martin

Luther

the same c o n d e m n a t i o n

couraging disdain

f o r all

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King

for en-

by a d v o c a t i n g

is

unjust.

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interpretations

of

c o n s t i t u t i o n s a n d l a w a r e d a n g e r o u s in t h e m s e l v e s , f o r t h e y l e a v e o p e n t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of perversion

and

distortion

of

that

same

law

distasteful

o u r actions in V i e t n a m .

made

necessity

1 h o p e that you are

for

not a d v o c a t i n g that the U.S. a d o p t a similar

existence

s t a n c e i n r e l a t i o n s w i t h its n e i g h b o r s . I f , o n the o t h e r h a n d , you ocer these e x a m p l e s for

as

condemnation,

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U.N.

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fundamental

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that

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become

but

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maintain

of that

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for

to

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be,

for

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be the

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N C O N C L U S I O N , I refer Mr. Shrier to t h e files of t h e N e w Y o r k T i m e s f o r s p e c ific e r a m p l e s

of

students

being

punished

b r e a k i n g t h i s l a w o r v i o l a t i n g a t r e a t y is n o t unconstitutional.

S o m e w h e r e , in t h e d e e p ,

with reclassification. In a very real way, I a m

dark past, I r e m e m b e r r e a d i n g that the func-

bearers, b u t

t i o n of t h e e x e c u t i v e b r a n c h g o v e r n m e n t , a n d especially the

r i g h t t o d i s a g r e e a n d e v e r y o n e ' s r i g h t t o set t h e m s e l v e s in v o c a l o p p o s i t i o n t o G o v e r n m e n t

a n d enforce

of t h e U . S .

P r e s i d e n t , is

t h e l a w , n o t b r e a k it.

not d e f e n d i n g the SDS or any other placard

policy.

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d e f e n d i n g myself

and

my

I n a d d i t i o n , M r . S h r i e r , I try to stay

i n f o r m e d a n d r e a d as m u c h a s I c a n , b u t a l l

engaging

in

a

policing

aggression of

to an

in

independent

whether

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action

Vietnam, our

action

against we

have

of

us

suffer

from

a

sparcity

of

knowledge

about the war, knowledge which perhaps only t h e P r e s i d e n t has. W e can o n l y act o n w h a t is m a d e k n o w n t o u s . . . .

tribunal in Viet-

—John

M.

Mulder

Out

L a s t s u m m e r Vice P r e s i d e n t Hubert H u m p h r e y , w h e n a d d r e s s i n g t h e NSA 18th N a . i o n a l C o n g r e s s , said, " O p p o r t u n i t y f o r dissent a n d protest e x i s t s in this country, howe v e r , the r i g h t to be h e a r d does not a u t o m a t i c a l l y include the r i g h t to be t a k e n seriously. To be t a k e n seriously d e p e n d s entirely upon w h a t is b e i n g s a i d . " H e a d d e d t h a t he s a l u t e d s t u d e n t s who " n o t only d i s s e n t b u t v o i c e c o n s t r u c t i v e c r i t i c i s m a n d w h o l e s o m e discuss i o n . " In w h i c h c a t e g o r y do you fit?

19, 1917.

Michigan

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HE FACT R E M A I N S b e f o r e us t h a t w h e t h e r we arc w a g i n g a w a r or simply1

FRIDAY. JANUARY 14 P e p Rally, Student Union, 8:30 p . m .

SATURDAY, JANUARY 15 £ T S Testing, Winants Auditorium.

Basketball — Calvin, Civic Center, 8 p . m .

TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 All-College A s s e m b l y , Dr. William W e l m e r s , C h a p e l , 10:30 a . m .

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 B a s k e t b a l l — K a l a m a z o o , Away-.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 Chapel Band Concert, 8:15 p . m .

SATURDAY, JANUARY 22 Basketball — Wooster, Civic C e n t e r , 8 p . m .

MONDAY, JANUARY 24 F i n a l E x a m i n a t i o n s Begin, 7:45 a . m .

THURSDAY, JANUARY 27 C o m m u n i t y Concert FRIDAY, JANUARY 28 Final Examinations End.

by and

convinced

which

under

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weekly

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fought

never submitted

periods

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ination

of t h e w o r l d

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declare war against G e r m a n y and Japan.

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Published

t h e n d o e s so m u c h

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Coming Events

If i n d e e d o u r c a u s e is j u s t ,

seem to d i s a g r e e w i t h us — w i t h us A m e r i c a n s

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paper expressing their disgust with my editorial stand concerning Vietnam.

They m a r k s c o u c h e d b e t w e e n argumenta

&

nam

Kouw

Aumann

Dick Shiels Archambeau Margo Hakken Dona Davidsmeyer Zelda Skagfang Muck Menning Dick Angitant Bob Summons Lynn

Reporters George Arwady, Darlene Bentz, Paul Bleau, Pat Canfield, Kiit\ Davis. Linda Den Besten, Rich Kniter, Donna Leech, Glen Looman, Marty Luther.

John Renwirk.

Mikr O'Riordan.

Mary Schakel, Bob Sonneveldt.

Florence Sova, Betie Verwey, Bill Wickers.

You s u g g e s t t h a t t h e r e is an " o r g a n i z e d , c o n c e r t e d e f f o r t by the g o v e r n m e n t to q u i e t a d v e r s a r ies and a n n i h i l a t e c r i t i c i s m , " t h a t " t h e d r a f t is being used by lovers of A m e r i c a a n d o p p o n e n t s of comm u n i s m , as a w a y of squelching d i s s e n t . " Do you really believe that? Is t h e r e any e v i d e n c e t h a t this is the c a s e ? You know, a s well as I, t h a t t h e r e is n o t ; o t h e r w i s e why w a s n ' t a n e x a m p l e quoted in your a r t i c l e ? T h e only " d i s s e n t e r s " who a r e being d r a f t e d a r e those who a r e d i r e c t l y violating your " s u p r e m e law of t h e l a n d " by b u r n i n g t h e i r d r a f t c a r d s , knowing full well t h a t t h e y a r e r e q u i r e d to h a v e t h e m in t h e i r possession.

W h i c h is b e t t e r , t o i m p r i s o n t h e m so t h a t t h e y b e c o m e a b u r d e n on society or p u t t h e m into the a r m y w h e r e they c a n h e l p d e f e n d t h e r i g h t s w h i c h t h e y h a v e so f l a g r a n t ly violated.

But, let u s s e e w h o m you a r e defending. Who a r e t h e l e a d e r s of the s t u d e n t d i s s e n t e r ? Two i m m e d iately c o m e to m n i d . T h e SDS and the F r e e Speech m o v e m e n t . T h e y violently o p p o s e o u r policies and a r e for the V i e t n a m e s e people. Y e t w h e n a g r o u p of s t u d e n t s f r o m TSVQ (South V i e t n a m e s e Union of Students) c a m e to the United S t a t e s l a t e l a s t s u m m e r and wished to talk to t h e s e " V i e t n a m e s e people s u p p o r t e r s , " t h e y r e c e i v e d the astounding n e w s that these two

g r o u p s w e r e too b u s y to s e e t h e m .

T h e y w e r e too busy to talk to t h e people they w e r e t r y i n g to h e l p !

I did talk to t h e s e s t u d e n t s and alt h o u g h c r i t i c a l of s o m e a s p e c t s of our policy, t h e y w e r e a g r e e d to a m a n t h a t they w a n t e d our p r e s e n c e .

Also, w h e n the p r e s i d e n t of S.D.S. went to V i e t n a m to " f i n d out the real feelings of t h e p e o p l e " h e m a d e no a t t e m p t to t r a v e l outside ot Saigon. F u r t h e r m o r e , when I i n t e r v i e w e d n u m e r o u s " G e t out of V i e t n a m " d e m o n s t r a t o r s last s u m m e r I found that very few had anyextensive knowledge concerning V i e t n a m . S u m m a r i z i n g m y evid e n c e , I a m f o r c e d to conclude t h a t t h e s e d e m o n s t r a t o r s , with s o m e exceptions, are demonstrating just to d e m o n s t r a t e a n d not b e c a u s e of any d e e p l y felt ideals or principles.

Again c o m e s t h e question, " W h e r e do you fit i n ? " In d e f e n d ing d i s s e n t e r s , do you r e a l l y know who t h e y a r e ? Do you know how much the Communists support the m o v e m e n t ? A r e you a d e q u a t e l y inf o r m e d on V i e t n a m ? Or, a r e you one of t h e a b o v e , . . . A d i s s e n t e r for t h e s a k e of d i s s e n t ? I w o n d e r .

J a c k L. S c h r i e r

B e i n g n a t u r a l l y inclined to r e m a i n aloof f r o m violent public d e b a t e o v e r highly e m o t i o n a l questions, I e n t e r t h e V i e t n a m cont r o v e r s y h e r e at H o p e College w i t h r e l u c t a n c e . I h a v e been p r o d d e d into a c t i o n , h o w e v e r , b y two lett e r s a d d r e s s e d t o t h e editor of t h e a n c h o r c a s t i g a t i n g h i m for his e d i t o r i a l logic.

H i e l e t t e r s i g n e d by f o u r stud e n t s is a s t u d y in c u r i o u s logic c o u c h e d in t h e b l u n t l a n g u a g e so handy to the military mentality.

A f t e r a s a l v o of e m o t i o n a l exclam a t i o n s , t h e s e f e l l o w s s e t t l e down to t h e i r f i r s t a t t a c k — this b u s i n e s s of w h e t h e r S. V i e t n a m is or is not a s t a t e . T h i s c o m m i t t e e of four

i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e position t h a t S. V i e t n a m ' s lack of s t a t e h o o d would i n v a l i d a t e M u l d e r ' s a p p e a l to t h e UN w h i c h t e c h n i c a l l y can d e a l only with a f f a i r s between s t a t e s .

My point h e r e would be t h i s : T h e r e a l question is not w h e t h e r S. V i e t n a m is or is not a s t a t e ; this is a question s u b j e c t to a m o t e l y array of conflicting definitions (none of which c a n c l a i m a u t h e n ticity- to t h e e x c l u s i o n of the o t h e r s ) a n d which in the final a n a l y s i s is quite i r r e l e v a n t . T h e thing to b e c o n c e r n e d about h e r e is t h a t the Saigon g o v e r n m e n t is m a i n t a i n i n g itself t h r o u g h f o r c e l a r g e l y as a result of W a s h i n g t o n ' s willingness to b e c o m e involved.

W h e t h e r o r not you a t t a c h t h e label " s t a t e " to Saigon, Hanoi or P e k i n g is s u p e r f l u o u s to t h e r e a l ity of an e x i s t i n g w a r . Why h a g g l e o v e r legal t e c h n i c a l i t i e s ? Why not be p r a g m a t i c a b o u t the s i t u a t i o n a n d be willing to g r a n t t h e U N a l a r g e r , m o r e f l e x i b l e r o l e in t h e a f f a i r ? . . . T h e f a c t t h a t t h e U.N. is i m p o t e n t in S o u t h e a s t Asia is an indication t h a t a p o w e r f u l p a r t i c i p a n t in the e v e n t s t h e r e — specifically, the U.S. — is d e t e r m i n e d to k e e p t h i n g s t h a t w a y , r e g a r d l e s s of all t h e b e l a t e d talk of p e a c e c u r r e n t l y in vogue.

T h e n , t h e s e f o u r fellows would h a v e u s believe t h a t t h e w a r is nothing m o r e t h a n a S. V i e t n a m e s e d o m e s t i c crisis? Tell t h a t to Ho Chi Minh, o r to R o b e r t S t r a n g e our e m u l a t i o n ? D o t h e y m e a n to s o l v e a difficult s i t u a t i o n in t h e g r a n d m a n n e r of h u n g r y i m p e r i a l ists a n d a n e u r o t i c c o r p o r a l ?

I can't help but ask why w e can't break out of the chains of legalism, p r e c e d e n c e and our o w n lack of imagination and begin to approach problems in a m o r e civilized manner. Is barbarism the only answer to a tough situation?

(Continued on p a g e 7)

January 14, 1966

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VanderWerf Attacks Problems As Hope Enters Second Century

By John M. Mulder anchor Editor-in-Chief O M E P E O P L E a l w a y s s e e m a s if they h a v e a n o t h e r m i l e to go b e f o r e t h e y sleep. Such a m a n is the eigh h p r e s i d e n t of H o p e College, D r . Calvin A. VanderWerf.

E v e r since h e set foot o n t h i s c a m p u s a s t h e p r e s ident e l e c t e d to s u c c e e d D r . I r w i n J . L u b b e r s , h e h a s exhibited a n i n t e n s i t y of f e e l i n g t h a t h a s b e e n i n f e c t i o u s for a n y o n e who h a s c o m e i n ' o c o n t a c t w i t h h i m . H e is a m a n who s e e m s as if h e just c a n n o t stop. H e w a n t s to know e v e r y t h i n g a n d e v e r y o n e ; h e feels u n e a s y w h e n he does not know t h e w o r k i n g s of e v e r y d e p a r t m e n t of t h e college; h e is d i s g u s t e d with m e d i o c r i t y ; he s t a n d s for nothing e l s e t h a n full d e v o t i o n a n d a c o n s t a n t striving f o r e x c e l l e n c e .

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His Outstanding A c a d e m i c Record All of his life h e h a s d e m a n d e d this—not only of o t h e r s , b u t p a r . i c u l a r l y of h i m s e l f . H e c o m e s , as m a n y Hope s t u d e n t s d o , f r o m a h o m e of a R e f o r m e d C h u r c h m i n i s t e r ' s f a m i l y . H o w e v e r , f r o m this o f t e n i n a u s p i c i o u s beginning, Calvin A. V a n d e r W e r f established a r e c o r d for a c a d e m i c a c h i e v e m e n t a n d p r o f i c i e n c y w h i c h w a s to b e c o m e k n o w n a c r o s s t h e e n t i r e nation.

It b e g a n w h e n h e g r a d u a t e d f r o m Holland H i g h School with a s t r a i g h t " A " a v e r a g e a n d w e n t on to Hope w h e r e h e b e c a m e t h e f i r s t Hope s t u d e n t to s u s t a i n a n " A " a v e r a g e t h r o u g h f o u r full y e a r s . While building this a c a d e m i c r e c o r d , he edited t h e a n c h o r a n d s e r v e d as p r e s i d e n t of the Student Council. Needless to s a y , h e w a s the v a l e d i c t o r i a n of his c l a s s of 1937.

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E L E F T H O P E to p u r s u e the field of study in w h i c h h e w a s to b e c o m e a n a t i o n a l l y known authority — c h e m i s t r y .

H e did d o c t o r a l w o r k at Ohio S t a t e , r e c e i v i n g t h a t d e g r e e in 1941, a n d i m m e d i ately e n t e r e d t h e d e p a r t m e n t of c h e m i s t r y a t the Univ e r s i t y of K a n s a s . T h e r e h e did r e s e a r c h , publishing o v e r 100 a r t i c l e s in c h e m i c a l j o u r n a l s and w r i t i n g seve r a l b o o k s ; t h e r e he t a u g h t and w a s p r o m o t e d to full p r o f e s s o r in 1949. In 1960 D r . V a n d e r W e r f w a s appointed t h e c h a i r m a n of t h e c h e m i s t r y d e p a r t m e n t .

Now why would s o m e o n e , a n d s p e c i f i c a l l y D r .

V a n d e r W e r f , l e a v e all t h i s , t h e c h a i r m a n s h i p of an outstanding chemistry d e p a r t m e n t at a well-respected u n i v e r s i t y — t h e field in w h i c h h e is an a u t h o r i t y — to a s s u m e the p r e s i d e n c y of a s m a l l , c h u r c h - r e l a t e d , Midw e s t e r n college?

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ISTEN TO HIM tell t h e s t o r y : " S c i e n c e j u s t d o e s n ' t h a v e all the a n s w e r s . 1 b e c a m e convinced t h a t the r e a l p r o b l e m s ot today exist between m a n and m a n and n o t in a t e s t t u b e . I s a w t h a t w h a t civilization n e e d s is w h a t t h e C h r i s t i a n , l i b e r a l a r t s college c a n o f t e r . My b u d g e t f o r the c h e m i s t r y d e p a r t m e n t a t K a n s a s w a s a p p r o x i m a t e l y e q u a l to t h a t of H o p e ' s e n t i r e b u d g e t , b u t t h e d i f f e r e n c e in w h a t w e p r o d u c e d t h e r e in t e r m s of v a l u e lo s o c i e t y c a n n o t b e c o m p a r e d . " A Young Man in an Old Position So, on J u l y 1, 1963, D r . V a n d e r W e r f a s s u m e d his d u t i e s full-time a n d o n Nov. 16 w a s i n a u g u r a t e d a s the p r e s i d e n t who would l e a d H o p e college into its s e c o n d c e n t u r y . H e c a m e to t h e position as a r e l a t i v e l y young m a n , j u s t 45 y e a r s old, a n d with abilities t h a t w e r e i m m e d i a t e l y r e c o g n i z e d . H e c a m e with t h e conviction t h a t the C h r i s t i a n , l i b e r a l a r t s college could be a n d m u s t b e s a v e d , a n d y e t a w a r e of the p o w e r f u l f o r c e s w h i c h a r e s e e k i n g to d e s t r o y it as a m e a n s of e d u c a t i o n .

And now, p r a c t i c a l l y t h r e e y e a r s l a t e r , % he is a little o l d e r a n d v e r y a w a r e of t h e o b s t a c l e s which prev e n t h i m f r o m m a k i n g H o p e w h a t h e w a n t s to m a k e it: " A C h r i s t i a n c o m m u n i t y of s c h o l a r s w h i c h , t h r o u g h l e a r n i n g t o g e t h e r , s e e k s to t r a n s f o r m m e n ' s lives a n d s o c i e t y . " " T h e r e a r e n ' t e n o u g h h o u r s in t h e d a y , " h e s a y s r e s i g n e d l y , " t o do e v e r y t h i n g t h a t you w a n t to do. T h e r e s u l t is t h a t you b e c o m e t e r r i b l y f r a g m e n t e d , b e c a u s e of all the t h i n g s y o u ' r e c a l l e d on to do. T h i s is f r u s t r a t i n g b u t also v e r y c h a l l e n g i n g . " LTHOUGH SOME OF T H E INITIAL ZEAL a n d e n t h u s i a s m m a y h a v e p a s s e d with t h e r i g o r s of e v e r y - d a y d e m a n d s a n d f r u s t r a t i o n , a n a i r of p e r s i s t e n t , m u l t i - d i r e c t e d d r i v e s u r r o u n d s h i m . His d a y b e g i n s e a r l y , 7 a . m . or e a r l i e r , w h e n he r e p o r t s to t h e office, a n d it does not e n d until 10 p . m . o r l a t e r . H e p u s h e s himself a n d o t h e r s all d a y a n d all y e a r to prod u c e the b e s t p o s s i b l e college within t h e i r o b v i o u s l i m i t a tions.

Popularity Is Waning And it is this d r i v e , this p u s h , this p r e s s u r e w h i c h h e e x e r t s w h i c h h a s e n d e a r e d h i m to s o m e a n d e m b i t t e r e d o t h e r s . T h e d i s a f f e c t i o n h a s b e e n slow in c o m i n g , h o w e v e r . It c a m e a c t u a l l y j u s t t h i s y e a r , a n d it is all

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t h e m o r e s u r p r i s i n g b e c a u s e it c a m e a f t e r l a s t y e a r v s a m a z i n g p o p u l a r i t y with H o p e s t u d e n t s . L a s t y e a r h e could do no w r o n g , but t h i s y e a r t h e b r i l l i a n c e of t h e i m a g e h a s been t a r n i s h e d . This y e a r s e v e r a l f a c u l t y m e m b e r s r e s e n t s o m e of t h e p r e s s u r e b e i n g e x e r t e d on t h e m , a n d c e r t a i n a d m i n i s t r a t o r s f e e l h e w o n ' t let t h e m alone so they c a n do t h e i r job.

One h e a r s t h e m c o m p l a i n : " I wish h e would l e a v e m e alone. H e ' s a l w a y s t r y i n g to tell m e how to do my j o b , " or ,4 I wish h e h a d m o r e i m p o r t a n t t h i n g s to w o r r y a b o u t , " or " I w i s h I k n e w how to s a t i s f y h i m .

The p r e s s u r e just n e v e r s e e m s to let u p . " T o d a y it is not u n c o m m o n to h e a r r u m o r s , a n d p e r h a p s t h a t is all they a r e , t h a t p r o m i n e n t f a c u l t y m e m b e r s and key a d m i n i s t r a t o r s a r e fed up a n d a r e t h i n k i n g of leaving or h a v e r e s i g n e d . They say t h e y ' v e h a d e n o u g h of the t r e m e n d o u s p r e s s u r e b e i n g e x e r t e d on t h e m .

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V A N D E R W E R F isn't oblivious to all this.

In fact, he s a y s that " t h i n g s wouldn't b e h e a l t h y if t h e r e w a s n ' t a little u n r e s t . " P a r t of t h e p r e s s u r e , he c l a i m s , is f r o m t h e u p h e a v a l t o d a y w i t h i n education and the s t r a n g e , new p r e s s u r e s it is f o r c i n g on e v e r y o n e . " T h e knowle dge e x p l o s i o n " is a t e r m f r e q u e n t l y on his lips, and h e s t r i v e s to k e e p o n e s t e p a h e a d of t h e explosion by d r i v i n g himself a n d o t h e r s h a r d and long.

C e r t a i n l y his point h e r e is well-founded, for t h e r e is little d o u b t t h a t the p r e s s u r e s f r o m t h e world on the college of t o d a y r e s u l t in d i s c o m f o r t i n g p r e s s u r e on the t e a c h e r s , a d m i n i s t r a t o r s and f a c u l t y . However, D r . VanderWerf feels t h a t Hope m u s t p r o v i d e a c l i m a t e t h a t will p e r m i t a m a x i m u m d e g r e e of self-fulfillment t h r o u g h c r e a t i v e w o r k , t h e r e b y e n a b l i n g s t u d e n t s and f a c u l t y to m e e t e f f e c t i v e l y the c h a l l e n g e to a liberal a r t s college in an a g e of specialization.

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H I L E HIS P R O B L E M S multiply. D r . V a n d e r Werf has set himself to the goal of " p r e s e r v i n g a n d a s s e m b l i n g a high quality f a c u l t y " and inc r e a s i n g the a m o u n t of f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t f r o m H o p e ' s c o n s t i t u e n c i e s : t h e c h u r c h , a l u m n i a n d o u t s i d e donors and f o u n d a t i o n s . In t h i s he h a s b e e n v e r y successful.

T h e p e r c e n t a g e of a l u m n i giving h a s r i s e n d r a m a t i c a l l y d u r i n g his p r e s i d e n c y f r o m 18 p e r c e n t in 1963 to o v e r 40 p e r c e n t this y e a r . In addition, c h u r c h s u p p o r t is being s o u g h t t h r o u g h a conscientious a n d b r o a d l y - b a s e d T r u s t e e visitation p r o g r a m , and g r a n t s f r o m f o u n d a t i o n s a n d f r i e n d s of t h e college a r e b e i n g r e c e i v e d in g r e a t e r n u m b e r s than before.

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So w h i l e the d i s a f f e c t i o n a n d d i s c o m f o r t is r e a l , it m a y be e x a g g e r a t e d . Consider one of t h e b o n e s of con e n t i o n : the old p r e s s u r e of " p u b l i s h o r p e r i s h . " Dr. V a n d e r W e r f h a s e n c o u r a g e d m o r e " r e s e a r c h and c r e a t i v e w o r k , " and thus i n c u r r e d the w r a t h of some faculty m e m b e r s . He a r g u e s , h o w e v e r , t h a t Hope falls short of the ideal of a c o m b i n a t i o n of s t i m u l a t i n g teaching and " r e s e a r c h and c r e a t i v e w o r k . " " W e a r e to one side of t h e i d e a l . " he says, " a n d we m u s t e n c o u r a g e m o r e c r e a t i v e w o r k in o r d e r to add m o r e honesty and integrity to the l e a r n i n g p r o c e s s . " H e concludes, t h e r e f o r e , t h a t Hope h a s a long w a y to go b e f o r e it r e a c h e s the e x t r e m e of publish or perish.

T h u s , as H o p e College e n t e r s its second c e n t u r y w i t h its eighth p r e s i d e n t , e v e r y t h i n g is not c a l m a n d s e r e n e , a n d t h e r e a r e s t o r m clouds on t h e horizon. D r .

V a n d e r W e r f is t h e f i r s t to r e a l i z e t h a t this is an unc o m f o r t a b l e period of t r a n s i t i o n , f o r he o b s e r v e s w r y l y , " W e ' v e sort of s t i r r e d things up without letting t h e m s i m m e r . " It would be n a i v e to t h i n k t h a t t h e f i r s t y e a r s of his p r e s i d e n c y would b e p a c i f i c o n e s , a n d p e r h a p s a f t e r t h e college a c q a i n t s itself w i t h a n e w m a n and his n e w w a y s and a f t e r t h e new m a n a c q u a i n t s himself with t h e new job a n d n e w r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , Hope College c a n look f o r w a r d to t h e s t e a d y g r o w t h it h a s e x p e r i e n c e d d u r i n g its f i r s t 100 y e a r s of e d u c a t i n g young people.

Review of the News A rumor which has been spreading a r o u n d the Hope College c a m p u s t h a t college s t u d e n t s will be d r a t t e d or will be a s k e d to t a k e a t e s t to det e r m i n e their c l a s s i f i c a t i o n , is " w i t h o u t g r o u n d s , " said D e a n C a r e y W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n .

A n o t h e r r u m o r t h a t d i s s e n t e r s to U.S. governm e n t policy will be s u b j e c t to r e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n is also without basis. T h e s e l e c t i v e S e r v i c e Act c a n ' t be used to stifle " c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l y p r o t e c t e d e x p r e s s i o n of v i e w s " on any p h a s e of U.S. policy in Vietnam or e l s e w h e r e , the J u s t i c e D e p a r t m e n t said T u e s d a y .

In V i e t n a m t h e VC p l a y e d hide and seek allied t r o o p s a n d lost only 84 m e n in t h e l a s t days. The allied losses w e r e m i n i m a l although h a d o v e r 8,000 m e n p a r t i c i p a t i n g in t h e s e a r c h destroy mission in t h e Iron T r i a n g l e a r e a . m

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H a n o i is Still silent a s to official a c c e p t a n c e or r e j e c t i o n of U.S. p e a c e o t f e r s . Although N o r t h Vietn a m h a s a c c u s e d t h e U.S. of being i n s i n c e r e a n d as disguising its a g g r e s s i o n s u n d e r the clock of p e a c e f e e l e r s , H a n o i h a s not only a c c e p t e d a n o t e d i r e c t l y f r o m a U.S. official b u t h a s h a d it s e v e r a l d a y s without a n s w e r i n g it.

A Viet Long s p o k e s m a n s a i d t h a t the VC m i g h t consider n e g o t i a t i n g with t h e U.S. if the U.S. would r e c o g n i z e the N a t i o n a l L i b e r a t i o n F r o n t . In t u r n t h e N . L . F . would w i t h d r a w its p r e - r e q u i s i t e t h a t all U.S. t r o o p s be pulled out of V i e t n a m b e f o r e a n y n e g o t i a tions could b e c o n s i d e r e d . N e i t h e r of t h e s e s e e m s highly p r o b a b l e a t t h e m o m e n t .

P r i m e Minister Lai Bahadur Shastri signed a limited p e a c e t r e a t y with A y u b Khan, P a k i s t a n i pres-

ident, which specified t h a t both c o u n t r i e s w e r e to w i t h d r a w to p r e - w a r b o u n d a r i e s , t h a t p r i s o n e r s w e r e to be r e t u r n e d , and t h a t n o r m a l r e l a t i o n s should b e re-established. Hours later, Indian p r i m e minister S h a s t r i died of a h e a r t a t t a c k . G u i z a r i l a l N a n d a , Indian home minister, was n a m e d the new p r i m e minister.

The place of S h a s t r i ' s d e a t h w a s T a s h k e n t , Rushsia. It w a s in this city t h a t Kosygin, R u s s i a n p r e m i e r , h a d b e e n the m e d i a t o r b e t w e e n P a k i s t a n a n d India.

Although the t r e a t y w a s a n o t a b l e s . e p t o w a r d p e a c e , it did n o t h i n g to solve t h e K a s h m i r p r o b l e m itself, w h i c h led to the conflict.

The New York transportation strike is in its t w e l f t h d a y with M a y o r L i n d s a y calling t h e union " l a w l e s s " and d e m a n d i n g t h a t t h e y s e t t l e t h e s t r i k e .

Although t h e T r a n s p o r t Union W o r k e r s U n i o n r e m a i n ed opposed to any i n t e r i m r e t u r n to w o r k , A.F.L.C.I.O. p r e s i d e n t G e o r g e M e a n y , said t h a t the union a n d t h e c i t y ' s t r a n s i t a u t h o r i t y " a r e n o t so f a r a p a r t " a n d t h a t t h e s t r i k e m i g h t be setled " i n a d a y or s o . " Communist China h a s denied t h a t s h e e v e r m a d e a n y p e r m a n e n t c o n t r a c t to supply r i c e to Cuba.

Castro claims that he received China's promise that this c o n t r a c t , C h i n a ' s r i c e f o r C a s t r o ' s s u g a r , w a s l o n g - t e r m . China s t a t e s t h a t all d i p l o m a t i c corresp o n d e n c e b e t w e e n t h e m s u p p o r t s h e r position.

Russia has a problem. It s e e m s t h a t too m a n y Russians are getting drunk.

T h e r e a s o n ? Vodka is sold only in l a r g e bottles, so t h e b u y e r guzzles it down all at once. T h e solution? Sell it in nip-size bottles t h a t hold only o n e d r i n k .

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Pacifism: A Problem?

Editor's note: Dr. Gerhard F. Megow is a native of Germany, where he received part of his education. He served in the German army during World War II. After coming to t h e United States in 1950 he studied at Indiana University, earning his Ph.D. in language and literature there in 1959. Dr. Megow is currently associate professor of German at Hope. This focus is the first of two installments written by him.

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death rather than inflicting them on others, nobody will ever have to die violently at all, because there won't be anybody to do the violence and the killing."

We should r e m e m b e r that politically speaking Christ could have had all the power of rebellious Israel at his command in a fight against Rome, and biblically speaking twelve legions of angels would have served Him in 'he place of P e t e r ' s rash sword, had He wished to make use of His so often demonstrated divine powers.

In the context of the current involvement of our country in w a r and violence and the accompanying confusing din of persuasive rhetoric unleashed with increasing success by a political machinery which has a practically unlimited leverage on the m e a n s of information and public communication and thus has all but stilled the insistent and concerned dissent of a small but qualified minority, especially in academic circles, the challenge of unconditional pacifism faces us once again with acute, if not desperate urgency. However, to write an elaborate treatise on this t h e m e would be useless, mainly for two reasons.

Yet. for the sake of some "sophisticated" ratiocinating minds who have a hard time relishing simple f a r e unless it is garnished with titillating bits of exotic interpretation. let us offer the thought that one hard-nosed down-to-earth lesson which Christ tried to give us through His death on the cross in the service of non-violence was the following: "If all of you some day be willing to follow m y example and to suffer violence and

So. if you dislike what you mi^ht call the traditional " H a l l e l u j a h " aspect of Christianity, why don't you try for a moment to look at Christ as a hard and fast political scientist and humanist. You still would have to come up with the answer that complete and unconditional pacifism in the long run is t h e one, only and inescapable formula for the survival of mankind. although most likely not of the magnificent, glorified and haloed socio-political community railed "United States of A m e r i c a " whose proud m e m b e r s we a r e and which we a r e strongly tempted to place higher than all of mankind together.

And since the challenge of pacifism is presented here in a type cf Christian context which pretty well may out-liberalize the theological liberalists, a translation of a modernized — we might say irreverent — rendition of the story of Noah with a contemporary moral — a moral for the U.S. citizen in the face of his government's problematical international c o m m i t m e n t s — m a y conclude and f u r t h e r s t i m u l a t e our thinking about pacifism.

One: Over the ages, many great minds have addressed themselves to the topic, and an extensive relevant literature does exist for anyone willing to inform himself and not afraid of finding out that this literature has no definitive answer except the one which the r eader , if he is a Christian, or at least knows the tenets of Christianity, had nagging his mind even before he turned to this literature, possibly for the very purpose of obliterating this persistent answer under a smoke screen of dialectical "intellectuale s e ; " which brings me to . . .

Two: For a Christian who is still willing in this age of "God is dead"—and "religionless Christianiiy"—theological faddists to accept the Bible as his ultimate authority, the answer is simple, straightf o r w a r d , clear and direct, so that any child knows what the score is.

The sixth c o m m a n d m e n t s a y s : "Thou shalt not kill " — and t h a t ' s that. No ifs and no buts!

largely ununderstood reasons dem a n d s them to consider as their enemy. But even this s t r a t a g e m of those in power our realistic Christ did anticipate and foil by His command to love our enemies.

Dwain Mitchell, flute soloist, will a p p e a r with the Hope College Band in a concert Next T h u r s d a y at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

Mr. Mitchell and the band will perform George T e l e m a n n ' s "Suite in A M i n o r . " This suite, composed for flute and strings, was adapted for flute and the wind band by Alfred Reed. Mr. Mitchell will also perform Kent Kennan's "Night Soliloquy."

A native of Grand Rapids, Mr. Mitchell holds b a c h e l o r ' s a n d master's degrees in music f r o m Michig a n Slate University. Presently ihe high school band director in Grandville and the flute instructor at Hope, he has served as principal flutist with the G r a n d Rapids and Lansing Symphonies.

The band, under the direction of Robert Cecil, will p e r f o r m varied selections, f r o m early b r a s s music through a new twelve-tone piece composed in 1965. First they will p e r f o r m Gordon J a c o b ' s "William Byrd Suite" in six p a r t s . Jacol? freely translated these pieces of the m a d r i g a l composer Byrd.

Other selections will be Howard Hanson's "Chorale and Alleluia," Hale Smfth's "Sommersault," written to d e m o n s t r a t e the twelvetone compositional technique, Purcell's " S y m p h o n y " f r o m the " F a e r i e Queene," Act IV, Ferdo Grofe's " M a r c h for A m e r i c a n s " and Sousa's " T h e Black Horse Troop."

The band will be making a spring tour the weekend of F e b . 18 to the Chicago a r e a .

Vietnam Village Selected As Part of Senate Project i Continued from page 1) entirely depleted, the h a m l e t of Le Loi could benefit enormously from financial support f r o m Hope College.

Among the most immediate hamlet needs r e p o r t e d by McClea r e : a p r i m a r y school (fro i t h r e e to seven r o o m s ) , cloth to nake clothing and a health sta en. McCleary r e p o r t s t h a t this list ^ould be extended indefinitely anr' 'ood use could be m a d e of an\ amount r a i s e d by the fund drive.

The coordinated effor of the Student Senate c o m m i t t e e for the village a r e being intensified as the final days before the canvassing approach. Transpor ation on Feb. 12 r e m a i n s a critical problem and any student who can pos^" 'v m a k e a car available on that is asked to contact Wes Michaelson. Other aspects of the c nnpaign a r e advancing also.

The You h Fellowthip of the Hope R e f o r m e d Church held a spaghetti dinner last night, with the proceeds going to the h a m l e t .

For a Change

By Rob Werge Or. as Christ said on another occasion: "Those who a r e willing to lose their life (in the service of non-violence and peace) will save it. while those who are trying to save their life (through violence and w a r ) will lose it." I know that in orthodox interpretation the words about "losing one's life" on this earth in the service of Christ mean "saving one's life" for the much m o r e important hereafter and eternity.

But let's transfer this to the level of the much espoused demythologized " l i b e r a l " theology of m a n y a potent pulpit orator of our times.

Then, Christ's words plainly mean nothing else but the simple logical truth that everybody's life will be safe here on this e a r t h as soon as all men are willing to lose their life rather than take the life of a fellow h u m a n whom their government for nefarious and

AT HOPE CHURCH THIS SUNDAY Morning Worship 9 : 3 0 A.M. —

11:00 A.M.

SERMON: "Will the Real Jesui Please Stand Up"

(The following anonymous essay appeared on m y desk Tuseday night. I am printing it in this column only for your a m u s e m e n t and in the hopes that its author may be discovered.) " T h e enlightening interview in the anchor last week, supplemented by two enlightening letters to the editor, leave little about the present war unanswered. We a r e es sured that we a r e fighting for freedom. religion and the Malaca Straits (through which our Asian shipping flows) and not for any base, selfish reason. We are assured that our actions a r e "totally legal." We are, in fact, assured that we a r e assuredly right — which is good. There is nothing more destructive than doubt.

"Legality is very important here. Where would we now be but for the legalists and dialectic hairsplitters . . . why people might appeal to a transcendent law of some sort and who knows w h a t chaos might result! It is, for example, a great relief to know that the struggle is a " d o m e s t i c " one; otherwise it might be thought to have international repercussions.

"Despite all this, however, the problem r e m a i n s of implementing the suggestions of the interviewed

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men. For exactly how do we punish the d e m o n s t r a t o r s , deport the d r a f t - c a r d burners and h a n g the professor from Yale who went to Hanoi? These problems m u s t not be left iup in the air; we m u s t immediately apply* our intelligence to them.

"As most of the d e m o n s t r a t o r s are college students, they could perhaps be publicly paddled. This traditional expedient of collegiate displeasure would be m o s t in keeping with their social status. One can imagine a line of bearded dissenters, bent over, being taught a lesson in the rigors of democracy. It would be a constructive avenging of the degradation suffered by patriotic A m e r i c a n s at their grubby hands. And it would save the trouble of having to draft such students right a w a y .

Paddling, however, might prove to be too mild. An exchange prog r a m , instead, could be implemented whereby demonstrators could m e e t some of the more angered soldiers who " w e r e going to get t h e m " anyway, in a boxing match. College students, used to little else than c i g a r e t t e s , shoddy food and sitting, would inevitably lose. Incidentally, the sport of boxing would be e n h a n c e d as a

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fair preoccupation. Tickets to the m a t c h e s could be sold and a s w i f t e r distribution of wealth would inevitably occur.

"Deporting the d r a f t - c a r d burners might be m o r e difficult. Where would we send them? We couldn't send t h e m to China or North Vietnam b e c a u s e we don't have relations with those countries. It might be best to export them to someplace inconsequential, like southern Texas. The monies saved on transportation thus could be used to pay the travel expenses of the various m e m b e r s of the P e a c e Offensive.

"1 a m confused, however, as to whether we a r e to hang the professor by a noose or merely by his thumbs. A suggestion not to be overlooked is the revival of the public execution; we h a v e been soft on these conspirators too long.

The only c e r t a i n w a y to end the v/ar is by the elimination of our enemies, both at home and abroad.

The professor must go if America's children a r e to be safe.

"•We, above all, m u s t be practical. As long as we a r e united in what we a r e doing and as long as what we a r e doing is legal, let us do it. And I add to the letters' choral r e f r a i n : it is unfortunate that Mr. Mulder is not concerned with the problems of combating negative, communistic and atheistic dissent instead of wasting t i m e on idealistic m e a n d e r i n g . " Sincerely, Anonymous

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January 14, 1966

Dear Editor . . .

Readers React to Vietnam War and Censorship Issue (Continued from page 4) The other letter I wish to comment on s p e a k s of " n e c e s s a r y evils" as if such c r e a t u r e s could in any w a y be morally justified.

The w r i t e r would have us give great military power to the federal executive for the sake of meeting " t h e challenge of a quick-moving and aggressive e n e m y that holds nothing s a c r e d , " identifying the " e n e m y " as "atheistic, international c o m m u n i s m . " . . .

I would like to c o m m e n t on this " a t h e i s t i c , i n t e r n a t i o n a l , communistic e n e m y " thing. I am of the opinion that this bogeyman which "holds nothing s a c r e d " is in large m e a s u r e a mythical motif of the cold war mentality (frozen M c N a m a r a for that m a t t e r . And then w h a t ' s this drawing of a big " l a w " and the U.S. constitution with little r e g a r d for all of the far reaching implications of such a rigid line?

Why c a n ' t we be rid of our bloated American patriotism which finds it so easy to e q u a t e the interests of the U.S. with the will of God? When will we stop crusading and begin the work of reconciliation • which is really what God is all about)? When will we e v e r grow tired of our old h u m a n approach to life's wretched perplexities and begin to explore God's answers through faith?

I suppose I view the w a r with a certain degree of disgust. Being

a student engaged in discovering the h u m a n e n t e r p r i s e of civilization, I find it annoying to find people still trying to solve problems with old-fashioned, out-dated methods — specifically, I ' m referring to war. Of course, w a r and all of its f r u s t r a t i n g futility must also be recognized as part of the h u m a n enterprise.

But thinking people — and especially people who place some significance on the life of Christ — must find something horribly incongruous about the p r a c t i c e of war and m a n ' s claim to be a civilized form of life. Professing something akin to Christianity myself in m y better m o m e n t s , I find the notion of a "righteous w a r " r a t h e r absurd. If w e ' r e going to fight a war, for Christ's s a k e let's leave Him out of it.

The biggest fear that I have is that this battlefield mentality will prove to be the most hideous infection of American society in this decade (especially since nuclear weapons could make such an infection fatal). But then, isn't f e a r what Christ claims to h a v e conquered? H m m , how about that?

Keith Taylor

Last week's article " N e w Morality" on page 1 of the anchor makes it clear that the title of the article on page 5 " I n t r i n s i c Values Bar Individual Choice" is a misnomer. It should read "Moral Values Bar Individual Choice." And it should be followed by a subtitle: " T h e r e f o r e , let's get rid of morality!"

If w e ' r e going to let our policy degenerate into b a r b a r i s m , let's at least recognize it as such and stop waxing pious over our wretched ways. If we think we can accomplish something of value through war, let's at least recognize the quite probable possibility that we are morally sick.

How? Very simple! Relativize it!

Give every individual his own morality! To quote the anchor critique editor: "One must first set up ? criterion of meaning, i.e. one must decide how a p a r t i c u l a r word is to be used. F r o m there he—(notice the singular!)—can proceed to m e a s u r e specific e x a m p l e s of content . . . etc., e t c . "

All I would ask for is a little honesty. For, quite honestly, I do indeed grow w e a r y of listening to excited people expressing the kind of nauseating sentiments uttered

by O'Grady, Bartin, Boruillette and Stone in the f r o n t p a g e article of the J a n . 7 issue of anchor.

But then, the author of the article "New Morality" who should know a little bit about ethics, since he just finished his Ph.D. with studies im this field, writes: " T h e term ' m o r a l i t y ' has primarily social significance: If each individual had its own unique moral-

und on the Campu*

Respectability and the Strike

By Dick Shiels

the present columnist, but the apAnd Mr. Quill knows just such a " I t is about time that someone, proach must be blamed on somemechanic — in fact he knows many somewhere ceases to 'be respectone else. of them. Certainly m a n y more able. Many generations of great than does John Lindsay or even the Americans before us have gone The individual transit worker city judge he talked to. He has on strike and if they didn't take does have a case and the facts hoard one say that "working underthis road, half of you would be presented above a r e verifiable. Mr. ground takes 15 or 20 y e a r s out home on relief."

Quill, when given the (benefit of of a guy's life." He knows another These words, obviously of great some doubts, can be seen as fightwho admits that he " j u s t c a n ' t historical significance, were spoken ing for a just cause. However, it keep (his) four kids in parochial by a m a n presently acting with seems somewhat unfortunate that schools on $104 a week." Mr. similar significance, Michael Quill, such ^ noble explication of the sitQuill knows these men; he is not the m a n responsible f u r the New uation should be m a d e in the issue merely working for an organizaYork subway stiike. that published the headline: "Justion — he is fighting for 33,000 inM r . Quill is one of the few g r e a t tice Department ignored two pleas dividuals who look to him to do so.

Americans of our age — and he to stop racist m u r d e r , " the editorWhat a Viewpotnt is not at all afraid of "ceasing to ial that Vietnam was a racistHad enough? Ready to elect be r e s p e c t a b l e . " Neither is he sponsored struggle, the eulogy of Michael Quill and put Lindsay in afraid of any city judge, city jail, J a c k Stachel, "devoted spokesman jail or the the other way around? or minor heart attack that might of the Communist p a r t y , " and the 0~ are you about to throw down happen his way as he defends the expose that big government conyour anchor and look for somerights of 33,000 transport workers. tracts a r e going to Johnson's favthing less sloppy in its characterHe is a w a r e of the fact that orite executives. presentation? he is responsible for m a k i n g it imIf the workers strike in New Before deciding to do just that, possible for New York's 7.4 milYork have a substantial case, it know that the above c h a r a c t e r lion regular subway p a s s e n g e r s to sketch was really presented by A1 would seem too bad that they travel t h e 790 miles of subway should voice it in a less-thanRichmond of the People's World, lines and bus routes. He knows respectable publication. But then a publication of the Socialist party how m u c h he is costing the city maybe it is about t i m e that "somein the United States.

Admittedly it and individual businesses everyone ceases to be respectable." w a s written as presented above by day. He fully realizes that his determination m a k e s John Lindsay, the m a n m a n y looked to to setAmerica-straight-again, look silly.

He r e m a i n s u n a f r a i d ; Michael Quul does not even quiver.

Protection of the Individual Mr. Quill can be this rock-like because he knows he is right. He knows for instance t h a t the average wage of a New York transport worker is $6,200, w h e n even the Community Council of G r e a t e r New York, a city-supported institution, declares t h a t an a d e q u a t e healthand-decency budget for a family of four in New York is $500 a year above that. He h a s watched the 3.2 per cent in the p a s t decade na ional a v e r a g e w a g e increase by and knows that for his union mem-bers, wages increased by only 2.7 OF H O L L A N D per cent. He has the figures which show wages for his followers below wages of transit w o r k e r s in Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and Washington and far below wages of (14-16 West Eighth Street) other New York employees. They show, for instance, that a mechanic USE YOUR COLLEGE CREDIT CARD employed by some city services are paid $4.40 an hour while those employed by the transit service get $3.46. ^

ity, the very meaning of the expression would be vitiated. Individual 'moralities', e a c h operative according to personal rationales • or fancies), would result in social chaos—the very thing t h a t morality seeks to avoid."

This should m a k e m i n c e m e a t of our scrappy anchor critique editor s "inuiviuuaiized nioraiity t h e o r y " and oi her line of detense for u n r e s m c t e d reading. But this is noi really the pomt I want to m a k e . What amuses m e is that our eager young lignter tor tne n g n t s of the individual to go to hen or neaven in his own way did not really m e a n to write about m o r a u t y at ail but about the right to read dirty books. She ought to have known that there a r e m a s t e r ful and elaborately devised theories of aesthetic j u d g m e n t which have been specifically set up to keep the bothersome problem of ethics and morality out of the "exa l t e d " field of art so t h a t nothing can " b a r the divine f r e e d o m of the a r t i s t ' s — a n d , of course, the art lover's — individual choice to m e e t dirt straight on. Had she stuck to one of these merely aesthetic theories, she would have been all right with her thesis, at least within that f r a m e w o r k of reference.

The very f a c t that s h e unknowingly skated onto the thin ice of drawing a parallel b e t w e e n principles of morality and principles of aesthetic judgment in literature shows that the alleged preoccupation with the f r e e d o m f r o m outside restrictions in aesthetics is in reality a subconscious preoccupation with f r e e d o m from externally imposed moral s t a n d a r d s and a struggle against hidden residues of feelings of guilt which the individual hopes to o v e r c o m e by convincing himself t h a t only he, and he alone, decides the moral r i g h . n e s s or w r o n g n e s s of his actions — a problem which is c h a r a c t e r i s t i c for quite a few young minds at our college who come f r o m t h e background of the t r a d i t i o n s which once were ins t r u m e n t a l in the founding of Hope College. Too bad t h a t the Ph.D. author of "New M or ality" does

not allow for any escape along t h e a t t e m p t e d avenue!

As to aesthetics, I would claim that notwithstanding the brilliantly intense efforts of highly gifted modern minds it cannot be s e p a r t e d f r o m ethics, and that under the definition of ethics as given in the article "New M or ality " the judgment on the quality of books is ultimately tied in with social standards and group-defined value concepts. But this would manifestly not be the thinking of the anchor critique editor, nor of quite a few fellow students, nor of some of m y distinguished coUeagues.

Yet, to my mind, the anchor critique editor somewhere along the line has gotten the signals mixed which she probably received in some of her courses in English literature, and she'll most likely e a r n raised eyebrows f r o m some of her m e n t o r s with a possible rejoinder: "Never mix morality with art and aesthetics, or your slip immediately will be showing a mile and you will find out t h a t 'the only way to cope with debatable thinking is for s o m e educators to meet it straight on.' " G e r h a r d F. Megow

Pep Rally In Union Slated For Tonight Tomorrow Hope's basketball t e a m plays what could be the most important g a m e of the season, against Calvin. Hope's cheerleaders, in order to build support for the game, have planned a d a n c e in the student union tonight f r o m 8 to 12 p.m. At this time the players and c h e e r l e a d e r s will be introduced by head c h e e r l e a d e r Laura Kupfrian, and coach Russ DeVette will say a few words.

Bob Schroeder and Gary Peiper will provide a lively program with their DynoVybe 425 set up. Admission for the dance is $.25 per person, with all proceeds going to kick off the Vietnam Village drive.

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. . . d o e s that matter? F a s h i o n s c o m e a n d go. P o p u l a r m o d e s of t h o u g h t a r e h e r e t o d a y , g o n e t o m o r r o w . T h i n g s t h a t a r e in t o d a y a r e out t o m o r r o w .

But in t h e m i d s t of all t h e c o n f u s i o n of c h a n g e , o n e m a n s t a n d s out f r o m t h e r e s t . When h e t a l k s , p e o p l e listen. He s p e a k s with q u i e t c o n f i d e n c e and a u t h o r i t y . He o c c u p i e s a p o s i t i o n of r e s p e c t a n d t r u s t . P e o p l e instinctively t u r n to him for help. They look to him for l e a d e r s h i p .

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Hope - Calvin Feud Enters 23rd Year

Traditional Rivalry Intensified Each Season

By J a m e s M a c e At t i m e s it looks m o r e like a F o u r t h C r u s a d e than a b a s k e t b a l l g a m e , but t h a t ' s the Hope-Calvin rivalry to a tee.

P r o f e s s o r s at both c a m p u s e s h a v e been known to utter in a m a z e m e n t , " I t ' s m o r e like a religious w a r f a r e than a g a m e " or " I ' m just waiting for the boys to t a k e the court in suits of mail and riding big white c h a r g e r s . " S t r a n g e as it m a y sound, t h a t is almost the t r u t h .

It is not only the ten men on the w a s splashed with gallons of o r a n g e b a s k e t b a l l court t h a t a r e involved and blue paint. in the friendly feud between the T h e s e a r e just a few of the things Flying D u t c h m e n and the Knights. t h a t go into m a k i n g the Hope Stolen signs, painted sidewalks, Calvin rivalry one of t h e g r e a t l e t t e r s burnt into the g r a s s and ones. But the big duel is on the similar misdemeanors are anb a s k e t b a l l floor and over the y e a r s o t h e r p a r t of the g r e a t r i v a l r y has been a s u p e r l a t i v e athletic that t a k e s place off the c o u r t . feud.

Now e n t e r i n g t h e i r 23rd y e a r In r e c e n t y e a r s s t u d e n t s f r o m ' t h e 45th g a m e of the s e r i e s will both the Holland and G r a n d R a p i d s be played tomorrow night), Hope c a m p u s e s have m a d e s o j o u r n s to and Calvin ha ve played s o m e of the opposite school with the sole the finest and m o s t exciting iball p u r p o s e of c r e a t i n g just a little g a m e s in MIAA a n n a l s o v e r the m o r e havoc. Calvin s t u d e n t s decpast 22 y e a r s . o r a t e d the Hope c a m p u s with a ,4 In checking b a c k only a few gigantic C " b u r n t into the g r a s s , y e a r s , we can s e e the closeness and they further complicated t h a t h a s been a p a r t of the r i v a l r y . t h i n g s by stealing t h e big sign Since the 1954-55 season Hope h a s with the n a m e s of the Hope frawon I h e MIAA title seven t i m e s , t e r n i t i e s f r o m the lawn on 13th and Calvin h a s won the honor four Street.

Of course, the Hope c o m m u n i t y t i m e s and that e x h a u s t s ail the y e a r s . In that s a m e s p a n Hope could not take such insults lying h a s won 12 of the 22 g a m e s t h a t down and s o m e of Hope's finest paid a visit to the Knollcrest c a m the Dutch and t h e Knights h a v e p layed. pus last y ear. The sign w a s reCalvin won the loop title in both gained and the new Calvin c a m p u s

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the '54-'55 and '55-'56 s e a s o n s while splitting the season s e r i e s with the F l y i n g Dutch both t i m e s . Hope finished third in '55 and f o u r t h in '56 and pulled a m a j o r u p s e t in 1956 when they broke a 10-game Calvin winning s t r e a k with a 89-73 t r i u m p h over the Knights. P a u l Benes, the leading s c o r e r in H o p e ' s history before the VanderHills, led the u p s e t win t h a t y e a r .

Hope c a p t u r e d the '56-'57 loop title with Calvin finishing t h i r d but once a g a i n the two t e a m s split their g a m e s . A f t e r d r o p p i n g a t h r e e - point decision at G r a n d R a p i d s . Hope b o m b e d the Knights in their second tilt. 89-62. to a n n e x the league title. F o r the f i r s t t i m e since '49-'50, Hope won t h e s e a s o n s e r i e s in '57-'58 with Ray- R i t s e m a and W a r r e n VanderHill l e a d i n g the Dutch to 92-77 and 70-62 t r i u m p h s .

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Hope won the title t h a t y e a r and r e p e a t e d the following y e a r with a 13-1 r e c o r d in the loop; the only loss, of course, c o m i n g at the h a n d s of Calvin, 66-62. T h a t y e a r t h e D u t c h , a g a i n led by B e n e e , VanderHill and Ritsema, were r a t e d the 19th s m a l l college in the country by the United P r e s s International.

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of Calvin's all-time g r e a t p e r f o r m e r s , and J i m Van E e r d e n led b o . h triumphs.

Last y e a r is r e c e n t history and m o s t e v e r y o n e knows how Hope d o u b l e - o v e r t i m e d the Knights into s u b m i s s i o n . 104-102 and won the MhAA c h a m p i o n s h i p . This y e a r alm o s t the s a m e c r e w s a r e back for a n o t h e r go at it. E x c e p t for Fletche r and Kim C a m p b e l l of Calvin and Dean Overman and Don K r o n e m e y e r of the D u t c h , ihe two t e a m s will p r o b a b l y d u p l i c a t e last y e a r ' s show.

the series in the next y e a r as they c o m p l e t e d their MIAA s e a s o n with a p e r f e c t 14-0 m a r k . V a n d e r H i l l , who led the league in s c o r i n g , led both the 86-71 and 84-80 t r i u m p h s o v e r the Knights. Calvin w a s the r u n n e r - u p for the third s t r a i g h t year.

T h e '63-'64 s e a s o n found the Dutch on the r e c e i v i n g line a n d t h e y took two b e a t i n g s at t h e h a n d s of t h e K n i g h l s , 90-82 and 105-71. T h e second loss w a s the worst f( r the Dutch in the h i s t o r y of t h e conflict. Ken F l e t c h e r , one

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" B o y , wTiat a g r e a t g a m e ! " This and other e x c l a m a t i o n s echoed t h r o u g h the Holland Civic C e n t e r W e d n e s d a y night, as Hope r a c e d to an 89-68 victory over Albion.

P e r h a p s it w a s the Olivet g a m e which caused the ho-hum a p p e a r a n c e of the a u d i e n c e when the Dutch e n t e r e d the a r e n a f o r t h e i r p r e - g a m e w a r m u p s . But when the g a m e s t a r t e d , e x u b e r a n c e filled the a u d i t o r i u m . It w a s plain to anyone a t t e n d i n g the g a m e that Hope's b a s k e t b a l l t e a m was again playing the kind of ball it played last y e a r while c a p t u r i n g the MIAA c h a m pionship.

ped in his t u r n - a r o u n d j u m p shot ting f r o m outside. Van Wieren popf r o m the top of the key and B r a d y c a n n e d shots f r o m a n y w h e r e on the c o u r t . F l o y d ' s best shot w a s a t r e m e n d o u s two h a n d s t u f f , which evoked oohs and a a h s f r o m the gallery.

With six m i n u t e s left in the g a m e .

DeVette pulled his f i r s t five playe r s and substituted f r e e l y . A stand-

ing ovation was given to the f i r s t five.

Following B r a d y in the s c o r i n g c o l u m n w e r e Van Wieren with 18 points, and W a l t e r s with 17. Albion w a s led by T o m B a l i s t r e r e and Roger Moliere. each n e t t i n g 10 points.

T h e victory, pushed Hope to second place in the MIAA s t a n d i n g s with a 3-1 r e c o r d .

Floyd Brady c a m e up with his finest p e r f o r m a n c e of the s e a s o n .

He rebounded e x t r e m e l y well, shot for 22 points, and played g u a r d f o r most of the g a m e . He t r i g g e r e d fast b r e a k s , d r i b b l e d through Albion's h a p l e s s p r e s s , and when the opportunity p r e s e n t e d itself, he scored.

C a r l Walters and C a p t a i n C l a r e Van Wieren played o u t s t a n d i n g floor g a m e s for the Dutch, besides shooting for high field goal perc e n t a g e s . Seldom w a s a m i s c u e c o m m i t t e d by either one of t h e s e men.

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Bill P o t t e r r e p l a c e d D a v e Utzinger in the first half and p r o v e d to be a w e l c o m e addition. Bill g r a b bed off vital r e b o u n d s besides tossing in eight points.

Roy Anker got in foul t r o u b l e e a r l y in the second half and w a s r e p l a c e d by J i m Klein. Both w e r e v e r y tough u n d e r the b o a r d s .

C o a c h R u s s DeVette e m p l o y e d a new o f f e n s e a g a i n s t the Britons.

He stationed P o t t e r , Anker and Van Wieren u n d e r the b o a r d s , with B r a d y and W a l t e r s s e r v i n g a s ba c k court m e n . Incidentially, this w a s the first t i m e in four y e a r s t h a t A n k e r and P o t t e r h a v e p l a y e d cn the court together. The e x p e r i m e n t worked out to a high rebounding m a r g i n for Hope's c a g e r s .

The defense was changed from a m a n to m a n to an air-tight zone d e f e n s e . The zone d e f e n s e held Albion e v e n tighter, p e r m i t t i n g t h e m only one shot at t h e b a s k e t e a c h t i m e they brought the ball u p c o u r t .

T h e beginning of the f i r s t half w a s slow, with both t e a m s cold f r o m t h e floor. Then about m i d w a y t h r o u g h the half, Hope c a u g h t f i r e behind Walters, B r a d y and Van Wieren and pulled to a 42-23 halftime margin.

T h e second half w a s a continuation of t h e f i r s t . W a l t e r s k e p t hit-

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crowd surged on to the court and hoisted Don Kronemeyer into the air last year following his successful free throw which beat Calvin after a double overtime period.

CMU Frosh Subdue Dutch Grapplers, 28-5

Hope Bounces Back; Downs Alma 88-69 T h e basketball f o r t u n e s of the Big Dutch a r e on the rise. Following a loss to Olivet College in a r a t h e r loosely played ball g a m e , Hope College's b a s k e t b a l l t e a m r e b o u n d e d with an 88-69 victory o v e r Alma College last S a t u r d a y night.

As it turned out, r e b o u n d i n g w a s one of the key f a c t o r s in the victory. Led by Floyd B r a d y , the Dutch peeled the b o a r d s 45 t i m e s to 18 for the Scots.

Behind Roy A n k e r , who s c o r e d 13 o' his 15 points in the first h a l f , Hope took a 49-31 lead at half t i m e . The Flying D u t c h m e n p l a y e d a set o f f e n s e a g a i n s t a zone defense. instead of using the f a s t break.

T h e Scots pulled to within n i n e points in the third q u a r t e r , but Hope shot the s c o r e up to a 22point lead. F r o m t h a t point t h e Dutch coasted to the 19-point win.

Carl Walters played his f i n e s t g a m e of the s e a s o n , hitting for 18 points. Van Wieren e q u a l e d h i s 18, A n k e r had 15, and B r a d y 14.

Last S a t u r d a y the Central Michig a n University f r e s h m e n wrestling s q u a d outclassed a v e r y inexperienced Dutch s q u a d with a 28-5 victory.

T h e C h i p p e w a s e n t e r e d a complete t e a m , and consequently gained a 10-point a d v a n t a g e . Since the Hope g r a p p l e r s could not supply m e n to wrestle in the 123 lb. and 137 lb. classes, they had to f o r f e i t t h e s e divisions.

In the 130 lb. class, the 145 lb. c l a s s and the h e a v y weight division, Hope g r a p p l e r s lost on pins.

C e n t r a l Michigan gained l k three points on decisions in the 152 lb. c l a s s , the 160 lb. c l a s s and the 177 lb. class, gaining the decision in the 177 lb. c l a s s only by riding time.

The only Hope points to be s c o r e d w e r e t h o s e gained by Rick V a n d e n b u r g , who pinned his m a n in the 167 lb. c l a s s . V a n d e n b e r g h a s been one of the o u t s t a n d i n g w r e s t l e r s f o r this y e a r ' s t e a m .

CRAMMING IT—Floyd Brady went the length of the c o u r t l a i t Wednesday to score for Hope on a two-handed stuff in Hope's victory over Albion.

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