Dr. Rider resigns as academic dean by Paul Timmer Dean for Academic Affairs Dr. Morrette Rider announced his resignation last Monday, effective at the end of this academic year. IN A MEMORANDUM to the faculty and administration Rider stated: "It is essential that the President have the opportunity to make his own selection of a Dean and that this Dean be a person whose educational philosophy and administrative style are fully supportive of his objectives." Rider, a member of the Hope music faculty since 1947 and currently a full professor, has served as academic dean since 1967, when he was appointed by former President Calvin VanderWerf. VANWYLEN praised Rider's performance as Dean. "The present strength of Hope CoUege results, in a very significant measure, from the dedication, commitment, and effective work of Dean Rider," the President said. Since he became dean, the Hope faculty has grown to 144 fulltime members teaching in 20 departments. During this period the number of faculty holding doctorate degrees has grown from 37 percent to 67 percent. ACADEMIC accomplishments during his tenure have included
establishment of a bachelor of music degree program, creation of the department of geology, expanded off-campus foreign and domestic study programs and the addition of the contract curriculum concept. The college has received several grants for innovative educational projects including a scholarship program from the George F. Baker Trust of New York City for students desiring to pursue careers in business. The community board and committee structure wns created as well as a faculty evaluation plan that has since been used as a model by other colleges. RIDER HAS been asked by VanWylen to stay on as professor of music. He said, "I may continue as a member of the music faculty, with the possibility of sabbatical next year, but I want to leave my options open. 1 enjoy administrative work and I would cbnsider a post at another college." Commenting on Rider's memorandum, the President indicated that the difference of administrative styles between he and Rider was "the key factor" in the dean's resignation.. VANWYLEN explained, "When I came to Hope I asked him to stay for two years to en-
sure a sense of continuity. I have a tremendous appreciation for the job he did, but I would like to choose my own person whose administrative style would complement mine." The phrase "administrative style" which both VanWylen and Rider talked about is vague, but it essentially means the methods and channels an administrator uses in the organization to get his job done. RIDER TALKED about two extremes of administrative styles: one, where there is much controversy among the college administrators and the best ideas emerge out of the voicing of conflicting opinions and the other extreme alternative, where the administrators' only function is to carry our executive decisions. "Hope lies somewhere between these two extremes and that is good," Rider said. He emphasized the need for the President to have an academic dean whose administrative style is "fully supportive of his objectives." He declined to comment on whether such similar styles could lead to a stagnation or jdeas. VANWYLEN AND Rider each stressed that there was no bitterness in the resignation and that the decision was reached mutual-
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ly. Rider's memorandum stated: "This has been a difficult decision made only after many months of careful thought and conversation." The President stated that the
differences of educational philosophy which exist according to Rider are "minimal." VanWylen said, "We don't differ on fundamental educational goals, but our experiences and backgrounds are d i f f e r e n t - I ' m an engineer and he's a musician." RIDER perceived a difference in educational philosophy between he and VanWylen as he stated in his memorandum, but he would not elaborate. VanWylen also noted the importance of the position of dean of academic affairs. The new person must be capable of leading the academic programs of the college." The President added, "I truly appreciate the fine job Dean Rider has done in this direction." IN A memorandum sent to faculty last Wednesday, VanWylen stated: "1 am sure that I speak for the entire faculty in expressing to Dean Rider our great appreciation for all that he has done for Hope College while serving as Dean." With regard to the selection of a new academic dean, VanWylen said, "We need to establish a good procedure with input from the Board of Trustees, faculty and students. We should determine how we are going to evaluate candidates and what qualifications should be met."
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DeYoung heads Development by Robert Eckert In a memo to the Board of Trustees, faculty and staff last month, President Gordon VanWylen announced the appointment of Dean of Students Robert DeYoung to serve as interim director of development. This will be an additional responsibility for DeYoung as he will continue in his present capacity. THE DEVELOPMENT office coordinates the Annual Fund Drive, planned giving. Build Hope and special gifts. The office also handles what DeYoung called a "service end;" this includes the
public relations activities of tne alumni office and the information services. DeYoung stated that his major thrust as director will be "trying to bring a unity to the Development Office by centralizing the Development Office's activities." HE ADDED, "I plan to take the human resources that we have and try to develop a structure conducive to their abilities." DeYoung has no expectations of the job becoming permanent. He remarked, "I think President VanWylen chose the term interim' rather than 'acting' to make it clear that this is a temporary sit-
MOCP plans activities for celebration of Christian Unity National Christian Unity Week will begin Monday and Hope will be taking an active part, according to Ministry of Christ's People Worship Assistant Ron Santord. Sponsored by the MOCP, the week's activities will include films, music, speakers, role-playing and sharing of concerns. Worship will be celebrated at 9 p.m. Monday through Friday in Dimnent Memorial Chapel. Each night's program will concentrate on a certain theme: Monday"The Miracle of Celebration," Tuesday-"The Miracle of Becom-
ing," Wednesday-"The Miracle of Freedom," Thursday-"The Miracle of Living," F r i d a y - " T h e Miracle of Dialogue." Sanford said, "Hope's community has a dynamic Christian ministry through numerous organizations, Bible studies, other spiritual groups and individuals. The purpose of Christian Unity Week is to enhance these ministries by strengthening the spiritual bonds between them. All Christians are invited to come together for a week of celebration and worship as one body in Christ."
Two board positions open, election to be held Jan. 28 There are two student positions on the Campus Life Board open for interested individuals. A special election will be held on Jan. 28 to fill a vacancy student member. Jim Beran's dorm government proposal is one of the issues that the Board will consider this spring.
Also available is a position on the Student Appropriations Committee. This is an appointive role. People interested in serving on either committee should contact Ron Posthuma-392-495 5, Kurt Avery-335-9022, or Terry Robins o n - 2 3 5 3 . Interested students should apply by Jan. 21.
uation." He also said that he anticipated serving in the new capacity for the remainder of this semester and for the next full school year. THE NEW interim director said that "grooming" somebody for the job will also be one of his objectives. He called today a "significant time in the history of Hope" making it that much more important that a capable person is ready to take over after DeYoung. ALTHOUGH he will be forced to spend less time on his responsibilities as dean of students, he foresees no disruptions in Hope's administrative affairs. "Some other people will be getting more responsibilities to take up the slack," he said. "Michael Gerrie (associate dean of students) will take on added administrative duties." Gerrie, who is already deep in the extra load, found time to assess his role as "shoring up
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deren. VanGenderen will hold the title of assistant director of development and director of planned giving. The director's post had been offered to DeYoung earlier, but he declined as it was then intended as a permanent position. "I'm trained in and my life has been in student personnel," DeYoung said.
GERRIE SAID of DeYoung's appointment, " I ' m pleased for him that he's been given this opportunity." DeYoung will be aided in his director's role by an addition to the Hope staff, Kurt VanGen-
20% are late
Textbook deliveries delayed by Stew Galloway Many Hope students are having a difficult time buying their books this semester. Eighty percent of the books ordered by the Hope Geneva Bookstore are in stock. The approximate 20 percent, which are not in as of now, are expected to arrive today. Mark Cook, the new manager of the bookstore as of last semester, stated that the delay was due to two reasons. ONE REASON was a merger during the past year of two of their biggest suppliers. Prentice Hall and Appaleton-CenturyCrofts who supply about twenty major titles or approximately 400 books. Prentice Hall is the bookstore's best and biggest dealer, according to Cook. But in buying the other
company, with the process of moving, cataloging and the general reshuffling which naturally accompanies a merger, the shipment of books was greatly delayed. THE SECOND abnormal occurrence which led to delay was that the Christmas and New Year's vacations both happened to land on days when it was better business to shut down for a full four days for each vacation. Hence, the delay. The shelves were also lacking books from the New American Library, which handled mainly history and English paperbacks. Something which could have caused this problem is the warehouse's mislaying or wrongly addressing containers. COOK BELIEVES that the professors feel the delay more
than the students. "Their lesson plans will suffer more than anything else," said Cook. If some of the orders are very late, the bookstore may ultimately re-order the same ones. Other times they may pay for special handling of a shipment by the post office. This method is more expensive, but time would be cut down from two weeks, to four or five days. IN ONE CASE at present the Hope-Geneva has contacted not a publisher, but a "jobber." These "jobbers" usually handle paperbacks, but have much better and faster service. "This is not to say that the bookstore doesn't make some errors," stated Cook. Two order-rclated errors were made by the store this semester.