02-28-1972

Pontier voted to head student body next year

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Hope College, Holland, Michigan 4 9 4 2 3

F e b r u a r y 28, 1972

Forms committee

CLB to examine bookstore

by Marjorie DeKam T h e C a m p u s Life Board initiated a study of the Hope-Geneva Bookstore and continued discussion of minority s t u d e n t s ' problems at its meeting Wednesday.

T H E BOARD passed a proposal by student Ron Posthuma to appoint an ad hoc c o m m i t t e e to review the operations of the book-

Bergman series to end Tuesday in DCC theater The Bergman Film Festival will conclude t o m o r r o w night with the showing of " T h e Devil's E y e . " The film will begin at 7 : 3 0 in the theater of the DeWitt Cultural Center.

Admission will be $1 or the presentation of a festival ticket.

Individual admission will be strictly on a space availability basis.

Sponsor of the series is the Society for the Educated Eye (S.E.E.), reorganized last fall by the late Dr. Robert Melka. S.E.E. hopes t o bring additional outstanding films t o Hope in the future.

store. T h e c o m m i t t e e will be composed of two s t u d e n t s and two faculty members.

It will study all aspects of the bookstore, including profit margin, hiring practices and the resale of books, and will compare HopeGeneva to other college bookstores, P o s t h u m a said.

POSTHUMA was chosen as chairman of the c o m m i t t e e . The other s t u d e n t post will be held by Nan Olmsted, with the faculty positions yet to be filled. The c o m m i t t e e will report back t o the CLB this spring.

The CLB began discussion of minority students on campus at its Feb. 9 meeting. Wednesday Dr. David Marker, associate professor of physics, suggested hiring an outside consultant t o study the minority situation in depth.

CLB CHAIRMAN Dr. Elizabeth Reedy proposed the hiring of a black woman counselor who could aid students socially as well as academically.

Dr. Reedy questioned w h e t h e r the goals of the college, as stated in the opening pages of the catalog, were presently being served.

THE CATALOG states that " H o p e ' s reason for being is each individual s t u d e n t ; its p u r p o s e is the growth and development of

each student as a c o m p e t e n t , creative, compassionate h u m a n being; its design is to provide full o p p o r t u n i t y for the fulfillment of each individual s t u d e n t . " Dr. Reedy remarked that while Hope has many talented black w o m e n , their " o p p o r t u n i t y for f u l f i l l m e n t " is being stifled by social pressures. A trained counselor could assist s t u d e n t s in dealing with these pressures, she said.

MARKER S T A T E D that this seemed more a white problem than a black p r o b l e m . Dr. Reedy replied that the a p p o i n t m e n t of a counselor would be at least a start toward improving the situation of black w o m e n on campus.

Dean of s t u d e n t s Robert DeY o u n g reported that there are presently no f u n d s available to hire a full time professional counselor. He added that a part time position as admissions counselor will be vacated this spring.

DE YOUNG expressed concern that the a p p o i n t m e n t of a black counselor might mistakenly be considered the whole solution t o the problems of blacks at Hope.

He said that improving the situation of blacks here could only be brought a b o u t by long range and wide sweeping programs, not by just one person.

Recruitment

J u n i o r Greg Pontier defeated Mark D e R o o in a run-off election Friday to b e c o m e s t u d e n t b o d y president for 1972-73.

T H E NEW Student Congress vice president will be Ron Post h u m a , who defeated Jerry Lauver in the primary election Wednesday. In the position of secretarytreasurer will be junior Lynn Walchenbach, w h o ran u n o p p o s e d .

The third presidential candidate, Bob Schellenberg, was eliminated in the primary election.

S T U D E N T S VOTING in the primary n u m b e r e d 618. The runoff drew 567 voters.

Present s t u d e n t body president Bob Scott refused to give the breakdown of votes, indicating that it was "against precedent t o reveal this i n f o r m a t i o n . " SCOTT SAID that Pontier, Posthuma and Walchenbach will not take office until September and will have no duties until t h e n except to n o m i n a t e Candidates for student members of the governing committees during the summer.

Pontier, an art major, has worked at the Holland Draft Inf o r m a t i o n and Counseling Center and is a member of the Collegium Musicum.

IN A PRE-ELECTION interview, he called for the adoption of

coed housing, liberalization of the college's alcohol regulations, and more minority studies courses. He also expressed a h o p e that Student Congress will " b e c o m e more of a sounding board for small g r o u p s " within the college.

He called for a change in Kollen Hall's present status as a dorm mainly for male freshmen.

G R E G PONTIER

Federal grant provides $22,232 for Dubrovnik summer study Financial aid t o students attending the GLCA's CavtatDubrovnik s u m m e r study program will be made possible by a recent federal grant of $22,232, according to director of international education Dr. Paul Fried.

THE DEPARTMENT of Health, Education and Welfare grant was awarded to the GLCA for its innovative four-week study session in one of Yugoslavia's most picturesque cities.

According to Fried, the award will enable the GLCA t o o f f e r 10 grants of $200, 10 of $ 5 0 0 and 10 of $ 8 0 0 t o the thirty participants in this s u m m e r ' s program. Total cost will be $ 1 3 2 5 , he added, not including transportation.

"WE HAVE in the past asked HEW for grant monies and invariably the a m o u n t awarded was cut considerably f r o m our req u e s t , " Fried said. This time we were given exactly the a m o u n t requested, which reveals great enthusiasm for the program and indicates the high regard the

GLCA and Hope have earned in their foreign study e f f o r t s , " he said.

The s u m m e r session in Yugoslavia will c o m m e n c e June 7 when students will fly t o Belgrade for a two day orientation. They will then travel f r o m Belgrade on a week-long i n t r o d u c t o r y bus tour of the eastern and southeastern parts of Yugoslavia.

S T U D E N T S WILL arrive in Cavtat June 17 and will be housed with private families for the duration of the academic session.

During the six weeks of study classes will meet daily Monday through Friday. T h e group will also take three field study trips to the republics of Bosnia, Herzegovina and Croatia.

Instruction will be in English and students are expected t o enroll in three courses, earning a total of seven semester hours credit. In addition, they will receive instruction in the Yugoslav language and history of the continued on page 8, column 4

difficult

Minority admissions up slightly from last year

by Bob Roos Admissions of minority stud e n t s for 1972-73 show no startling increase over previous years, but they are moderately ahead of last year, according to director of admissions T o m LaBaugh.

SO F A R 29 applications have been received f r o m black students; nine have been accepted, 15 are pending and five have been rejected, LaBaugh said in an interview Wednesday.

Seven Chicanos have submitted applications to this point; six have been accepted and one is pending, LaBaugh said. F o u r of the students have been accepted on condition of completing a summer course at Hope or participating in the Upward Bound program. " W E ' R E DOING better on applications f r o m black students now t h a n we were last year - we had a total of 32 last year," LaBaugh said.

"We got five applications just this past w e e k , " he added. "If we get three more we'll already equal our total for all of last year."

THE F I G U R E S f o r the total n u m b e r of black and Chicano students accepted last year are 14 and six respectively, LaBaugh said.

He indicated that he e x p e c t s a total of ten Chicanos to be accepted for '72-'73, b u t he d i d n ' t venture a prediction o n the n u m ber of blacks who will be admitted by September.

R E G A R D I N G r e c r u i t m e n t of minority students, LaBaugh said that the college n o w has a twofold program. Hector Burke, assistant professor of education and director of the Upward Bound program, has been working at local high schools t o attract Chicano students.

"We ask high school counselors which s t u d e n t s they think could make it at Hope, and this is how we've gotten most of the Chicano

ANCHORED INSIDE Vanderbush on Holland politics Hope debates alcohol issue Student political conference planned . . .

Friday to be Black Experience Day . . . .

'Reminiscences of Tchekhov'reviewed . .

Dr. Rivera to leave Hope at end of term .

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s t u d e n t s we've accepted so f a r , " LaBaugh said.

S T U D E N T R U D Y Howard has traveled to Chicago, Detroit, G r a n d Rapids, B e n t o n Harbor and Muskegon in his part-time e f f o r t s to recruit black students, LaBaugh indicated. So far Howard has talked t o about 150 students, he said.

Black Experience Day, scheduled for Friday, will also be part of the college's r e c r u i t m e n t efforts, LaBaugh c o n t i n u e d . The admissions office has invited black high school s t u d e n t s t o the campus to show them around and give t h e m a chance t o talk to black s t u d e n t s now attending Hope, he said.

THE D E V E L O P M E N T of a brochure designed t o a t t r a c t black s t u d e n t s to Hope is a n o t h e r part of the college's r e c r u i t m e n t efforts, LaBaugh said.

Students Joy Crawford, DeeDee Stewart and Howard are reviewing materials for the pamphlet while Tamara Cook will be doing the writing, LaBaugh indicated. The Black Coalition will review the brochure, he added.

F I N A N C I A L AID for minority s t u d e n t s comes f r o m a f u n d set aside by the college representing nine percent of its total financial aid resources, LaBaugh said. " T h e nine percent figure is a m i n i m u m a m o u n t , " he said. " N o less than nine percent of all aid f u n d s are to be used for minority s t u d e n t s . " In order to s u p p l e m e n t recruitm e n t efforts, LaBaugh has pro-

posed the development of "supportive services" for minority students on campus. Regarding t h e problems such s t u d e n t s face, he said, " I ' m not sure we need curriculum change, but we do need supportive counseling services."

"SUCH SERVICES could help, for example, the s t u d e n t with a weak background who gets five solid courses during his first semester at H o p e , " he said.

LaBaugh said he met with dean of s t u d e n t s Robert DeYoung Tuesday and roughed out a proposal for developing advising and tutoring services. " W E ' R E T A L K I N G about one person t o work with Chicanos and one for blacks," he said.

He added that such counselors " w o u l d n ' t have t o be full-time people; they could be interns.

There's evidence of the need f o r this kind of thing, but I d o n ' t know how m u c h time it would take."

T H E ADMISSIONS director also outlined the primary obstacles to recruitment of minority students.

Conventional methods don't work: " I ' v e visited 40 local high schools during my regular recruitment e f f o r t s so far this year, and I've talked to one black student and no Chicanos," he said.

He explained that this lack of response is why t h e admissions office hired Burke and Howard t o make special e f f o r t s t o talk t o minority students.

R E C R U I T M E N T is particularly difficult when competing with state schools " t h a t provide full rides, t u t o r i n g services and subsistence allowances," LaBaugh continued.

He m e n t i o n e d Central Michigan University in particular, where recruitment is facilitated by a strong minorities program including black counselors, black advisors, a black cultural center and a black activities week.

LA BAUGH NAMED other problems Hope faces in recruitment: "When we get an applicant with a marginal academic record, our lack of supportive services makes it difficult for us to accept him."

Black s t u d e n t s often have never heard of Hope; those in Detroit " d o n ' t even know where Grand Rapids is, let alone Holland."

P R E S S U R E TO increase admissions is a n o t h e r p r o b l e m . "This job is a survival situation - I have to put our m o n e y where the best returns a r e , " LaBaugh said. He added, however, t h a t "things are getting better n o w . " Asked a b o u t n e x t year's recruitment efforts, the admissions director said that if some personnel are hired for " s u p p o r t i v e services," they will d o some recruitment work in addition to their regular duties.

Otherwise, the admissions office will c o n t i n u e t o employ some students part-time, he indicated.

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Holland politics: a history of GOP hegemony E d i t o r ' s n o t e : T h i s is t h e f i r s t in a series of articles by anchor editor Bob R o o s e x a m i n i n g local politics. This week he interviews Dr. Alvin V a n d e r b u s h , who describes local p a r t y alignments a n d their historical b a c k g r o u n d .

" I t ' l l regularly r u n t w o t o o n e in O t t a w a C o u n t y as a w h o l e , " he said, speaking of t h e margin Republicans have over t h e Dems. " T H E D U T C H p e o p l e are j u s t overwhelmingly R e p u b l i c a n , " he c o n t i n u e d . " S o m e of these little Dutch townships are 80-90 percent G.O.P."

" T h e r a t i o of R e p u b l i c a n s to D e m o c r a t s is at least t h r e e t o one in Holland. If t h e d e m o c r a t s get 25 p e r c e n t of t h e vote, t h e y ' r e lucky."

H o l l a n d ' s election records correspond t o its political alignment: " I n r e c e n t years, I can only n a m e one D e m o c r a t i c c a n d i d a t e w h o won an election in H o l l a n d , " Vanderbush said. " H e was a sheriff during t h e t h i r t i e s . " WAS H O L L A N D always a Republican s t r o n g h o l d ? " A r o u n d the

T H A T ' S HOW Alvin Vanderbush, p r o f e s s o r of political science and long-time e x p e r t in local politics, sums u p Holland's political alignment. r

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A N N O U N C E M E N T of t h e new program was m a d e by Dr. Ronald S. Berman, NEH C h a i r m a n , who said t h a t t h e g r o u p is encouraging proposals for projects effective immediately.

Created in line with a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n m a d e last year by the National Council on the H u m a n ities, the n e w p r o g r a m , called " Y o u t h g r a n t s in t h e H u m a n i t i e s , " will consider applications f r o m b o t h s t u d e n t s and y o u n g p e r s o n s out of school.

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t i m e of t h e Civil War, this area was more D e m o c r a t i c , " V a n d e r b u s h said. However, b y 1 9 0 0 Holland had acquired t h e solidly Republican hue it has n o w , he indicated.

What a c c o u n t s f o r the area's Republicanism?

Vanderbush c o u l n ' t give a satisfying answer.

"Basically t h e people are not o n l y Republican but conservative, t h o u g h I d o n ' t k n o w which one d e p e n d s on t h e o t h e r , " he said. " I N E C O N O M I C m a t t e r s the people here are especially conservative," he c o n t i n u e d . " T h i s is not a s t r o n g u n i o n t d w n , and t h a t ' s a n o t h e r reason why the D e m o crats are w e a k . Most of the Demo c r a t s in the area are either unionists or C a t h o l i c s . " Vanderbush indicated that there seems t o be a correlation b e t w e e n R e p u b l i c a n i s m and rural life: " I t ' s a rural thing. T h e only places in Michigan where the Dems are s t r o n g are the u r b a n areas."

IT'S I M P O R T A N T to k n o w what h a p p e n e d during the Depression when discussing Michigan politics, V a n d e r b u s h went on.

"West of here - in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa - f a r m e r s b e c a m e disillusioned during t h e thirties and switched to t h e D e m s , " he said. " B u t this never h a p p e n e d in Michigan," he c o n t i n u e d . F a r m i n g h e r e is m o r e diversified, and as a result Michigan f a r m e r s d i d n ' t experience the poverty felt elsewhere, he said. T h e r e f o r e t h e y felt little desire t o change their political allegiance, he indicated.

HOLLAND'S Republicanism presents a c o n t r a s t t o c o m p a r a b l e small industrial areas, V a n d e r b u s h said. As an e x a m p l e he n a m e d G r a n d Haven, which is a " u n i o n t o w n " with s t r o n g D e m o c r a t i c representation.

V a n d e r b u s h cited a hostile attit u d e on t h e p a r t of t h e c h u r c h as

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C H A N G E S W I L L c o m e o n l y in the face of cons ider able obstacles, however, because " i t ' s n o t fashionable to be a D e m o c r a t in Holland - y o u ' r e l o o k e d u p o n as s o m e kind of n u t . " V a n d e r b u s h also e x a m i n e d the political role of Holland's minority groups: " F o r t h e most part t h e y ' v e been politically a p a t h e t i c . This is the f r u s t r a t i n g thing f r o m the s t a n d p o i n t of the D e m o c r a t s . If the Chicanos were active, y o u ' d

think t h e y ' d affiliate w i t h t h e Democrats. " I U S E D T O BE o n the city planning b o a r d . 1 w e n t t h r o u g h election r e c o r d s several times and t h e r ' d be only a h a n d f u l of Chicanos w h o had v o t e d .

H o w w o u l d V a n d e r b u s h explain t h e a p a t h y of H o l l a n d ' s minority group members?

"Political science s t u d i e s indicate t h a t p e o p l e w h o are uninf o r m e d a b o u t issues and a b o u t t h e e f f e c t elections will have on t h e m just d o n ' t vote. This is true of blacks as well as Chicanos. In Chicago, t h e D e m o c r a t s herd t h e blacks t o t h e polls, but t h e y a r e n ' t strong e n o u g h to d o t h a t here with t h e Chicanos. " E V E N C H I C A N O leaders are not politically active in a partisan sense, because if t h e y b e c o m e active f o r the D e m o c r a t s in Holland, they lose whatever i n f l u e n c e they might have had in nonpartisan affairs. " A n o t h e r reason why the Chicanos are apolitical is t h a t most of the factories are n o n - u n i o n . If t h e y ' r e in u n i o n s t h e y ' r e m o r e inclined to be active."

Judicial Board convicts three coeds of theft; two arraigned T w o H o p e s t u d e n t s were arraigned in Holland District C o u r t t o d a y on charges of simple larc e n y . The charges s t e m m e d f r o m a college judicial board hearing F e b . 18 in which t h r e e w o m e n s t u d e n t s were convicted of t h e f t .

T h e t h r e e w o m e n had pleaded guilty t o charges t h a t t h e y had stolen articles f r o m a r o o m in Gil m o r e Hall.

After hearing testimony from c h a r a c t e r witnesses o n t h e girls' behalf and a r e p o r t f r o m the arresting o f f i c e r , t h e board r e c o m m e n d e d a s e n t e n c e of s u s p e n d e d expulsion. T h e t e r m s of their two-semester p r o b a t i o n provide f o r regular counselling sessions.

A c c o r d i n g t o judicial board m e m b e r N a n c y N o r t o n , t h e stud e n t s were seen leaving G i l m o r e Hall t h e night of Feb, 12 carrying the articles. H o u s e m o t h e r Elaine Van Liere n o t i f i e d c a m p u s policeman Glen B a r e m a n .

later learned had helped t o hide the stolen articles. T h e three coeds a d m i t t e d t h e t h e f t when c o n f r o n t e d by Bareman.

Assistant p r o f e s s o r of e c o n o m ics Dr. R h o n d a Rivera r e p r e s e n t e d t h e s t u d e n t s b e f o r e t h e judicial b o a r d and e n t e r e d a plea of guilty.

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C h a r a c t e r witnesses o f f e r e d test i m o n y t h a t t h e girls were active in c h u r c h w o r k , and their previous good r e c o r d s were also considered.

After three hour's deliberation t h e b o a r d a n n o u n c e d t h e verdict of s u s p e n d e d expulsion.

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"THE R E F O R M E D and Christian R e f o r m e d C h u r c h e s have f r o w n e d o n u n i o n s because t h e y view t h e m as m a k i n g f o r divided loyalties," he said. " E v e n t h e Baptist Church has discouraged unions."

There is s o m e p r o s p e c t of change in t h e local political pictur e, V a n d e r b u s h i n d i c a t e d : " I n t h e last 15 o r 20 years Holland has b e c o m e m u c h m o r e c o s m o p o l itan. Unions are stronger here n o w t h a n t h e y were 2 0 years ago, and they'll get s t r o n g e r . "

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DR. DOUGLAS HEEREMA ponders an appropriate rebuttal as student Bob Schellenberg expounds on the merits of demon rum. Students and faculty attending Thursday night's discussion decided that Hope probably couldn't hold its liquor.

Hope students, faculty debate alcohol question The question " S h o u l d alcoholic beverages be allowed on Hope's c a m p u s ? " was answered negatively in a lively debate sponsored by Pi Kappa Delta Forensic Society Thursday.

B E F O R E T H E debate began Jack Hopkins, chairman of the c o m m u n i c a t i o n s d e p a r t m e n t , told the audience that the panel was not meeting to question the recent C a m p u s Life Board decision to retain the old drinking rules, but to explore the question of alcohol on c a m p u s "in the spirit of intellectual and rhetorical freedom."

Arguing for the affirmative were student Bob Schellenberg and chaplain William Hillegonds, and on the negative team were Dave Hill and Dr. Douglas Heerema, chairman of the economics department.

SCHELLENBERG argued three points. First, he said, alcohol should be allowed only in d o r m s and cottages, not in the student center. Second, the increase in s t u d e n t s ' rights does not mean less control over students.

"We have the proper controls on c a m p u s with the c o n f r o n t a t i o n system and the judicial b o a r d , " he said. Third, he stated that a reassessment of present policies was needed in view of the new age of majority.

Schellenberg argued that current facilities are inadequate, that there are no places in Holland to buy mixed drinks, that some people d o n ' t like the atmosphere of a bar, and that the college has become an enclave within the state.

B E F O R E T H E age of majority was changed, the college handbook stated t h a t the college upholds the state laws on alcohol, Schellenberg said. " H o p e College is quick to uphold the laws of the land as long as they are in the college's i n t e r e s t , " he added.

Dave Hill, arguing the negative, quoted statistics and reports which allegedly showed a relationship between drinkers and crimes such as murder and rape. He asserted that the majority of people at Hope d o n ' t like the a t m o s p h e r e created by student drinking.

"WE ARE HERE to learn how t o be adults and that does not mean learning h o w t o drink, but h o w t o follow the rules," he c o n t i n u e d . " O u r p a r e n t s have sent us here to enliven our minds, not deaden our livers."

He also questioned whether alcoholic beverages have any place within a Christian school and w h e t h e r s t u d e n t s can handle the responsibility drinking entails. He cited damage in Kollen Hall, which he a t t r i b u t e d t o individuals under t h e influence of alcohol.

CHAPLAIN HILLEGONDS argued n e x t f o r the affirmative. He first pointed o u t that t h e major sin of a Christian c o m m u n i t y is hypocrisy. Hillegonds said, " T h e

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present college policy is highly suspect. . . A rule which is erratically enforced and shows a hypocritical stance ought to g o . " Hillegonds also stated that students should have the option of drinking on campus. He also expressed a belief that on-campus s t u d e n t s should have the same rights as those off-campus. " M a n has the right to set the tone in his own house, but not in o t h e r s ' , " he concluded.

HEEREMA A S K E D that the drinkers on c a m p u s make a small sacrifice and walk the two blocks to the bars. " T h e issue is one of respect for o t h e r people," he said.

He said he felt that drinking is messy and creates an atmosphere unsuitable for maintaining good habits.

Heerema went on to question the reason for debating the drinking issue when more i m p o r t a n t problems such as Vietnam, the West Coast dock strike, and Bangla Desh are not solved.

WHEN A S K E D why he was present despite his objections to considering the issue, he replied, " I ' m here because I'm avoiding an address which is even more ridiculous than this o n e . "

In order t o give y o u t h "a larger voice in b o t h the Presidential selection process and in the internal a f f a i r s " of the political parties, the Michigan Y o u t h Politics Institute is sponsoring a statewide conference March 11 in East Lansing.

T h e c o n f e r e n c e is also sponsored by the Michigan Y o u t h Caucus.

ACCORDING TO a newsletter f r o m the Institute, the primary purpose of the conference is t o provide youth with comprehensive training in the dynamics of running for precinct delegate.

T h e recently passed Michigan presidential primary bill provides for a special precinct delegate election May 16.

"YOU C A N T afford not to run for precinct delegate," states an Institute brochure. The brochure also points out that Michigan a b o u n d s in precinct delegate slots for which n o one runs.

The pamphlet also says that because of the new enfranchise-

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head appointed Mrs. Myra Zuverink has been a p p o i n t e d director of Hope's new Career Planning and Placement Center.

The new center merges the services of the former teacher placement and vocational placement offices and will provide an e x p a n d e d program of assistance to Hope students in career choice and planning according to dean of s t u d e n t s Robert DeYoung.

T h e center will provide a centralized point for disseminating i n f o r m a t i o n t o students about emp l o y m e n t opportunities, provide career counseling and assist students in j o b placement.

Mrs. Zuverink, a member of the Hope staff since 1966, will continue to spend the majority of her time assisting Hope seniors seeking placement as elementary and secondary school teachers.

ment of 18-20-year-olds, this is y o u t h ' s first o p p o r t u n i t y t o run for the precinct delegate position.

"IT WOULD BE tragic if we didn't take advantage of this initial o p p o r t u n i t y t o enter the political process," it states.

The c o n f e r e n c e will also include w o r k s h o p s on voter registration, the convention system, campaigning and other topics germane t o effective political activity.

ACCORDING TO the Institute, precinct delegates serve as electors of delegates to the national presidential nominating conventions, and a t t e n d the state convention. At the state convention t h e y elect candidates for lieutenant governor, secretary of state and a t t o r n e y general.

They also elect candidates for the state board of education, state Supreme Court justices, and m e m bers of the boards of trustees of the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University.

PRECINCT delegates are also responsible t o elect b o t h the state

officers and state central c o m m i t tee of their party. Those w h o a t t e n d t h e state convention " w i t h an activist a t t i t u d e " will have the o p p o r t u n i t y t o influence b o t h p l a t f o r m issues and candidate choices, the brochure states.

T h e Institute's b r o c h u r e also lists the procedure f o r running for the precinct delegate position.

The candidate should first obtain a petition f r o m his c o u n t y clerk and a m a p f r o m his city or township clerk.

HE SHOULD t h e n coUect 20 signatures, have his petition notarized and return it t o the c o u n t y clerk by March 24. T h e Institute then urges the candidate t o talk personally with his neighbors a few days before the election.

"Tell them why you feel it is i m p o r t a n t to have y o u t h represented in your party, and stress the importance of the precinct delegate in the presidential selection process," the b r o c h u r e says.

Finally, on election day, the candidate is to call his supporters to remind them to vote.

Hope to offer Black Experience Day Fri. A Black Experience Day will be held this Friday on campus. The program, sponsored by the admissions office, was planned in order to bring black high school students f r o m Chicago and western Michigan to Hope.

"We are hoping that the program will bring black students to the c a m p u s to give them a more realistic picture of what college life is really like," said dean of students Robert DeYoung.

"We dents, special among

are doing this for all stubut we feel there is a need to p r o m o t e Hope black s t u d e n t s , " he added.

There will be 150 students attending, 40 of w h o m have enrolled for next year, according to assistant director of admissions Phil T o p p e n .

"When the visitors arrive here Friday, Hope's black s t u d e n t s will act as their hosts and hostesses by taking them to classes, helping them meet professors, other students and so o n , " DeYoung said.

The activities will begin at 1:30 when admissions, financial aid and courses will be discussed. The group will then move to the black house where an informal discussion will be held, DeYoung indicated.

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Survey shows few new voters enroll in school (CPS) Only 6.5 million of the estimated 25 million new voters attend college, says a recent Census Bureau report.

T H E OVERWHELMING maj o r i t y , 70 percent, of the 18-to-24 year olds are not enrolled in school. Of the 30 percent enrolled in school, 26 percent attend college.

According t o the report. Characteristics of New Voters: 1972, the typical y o u n g person voting for the first time in the Presidential election of 1972 will be white, single, living in a family, not going t o school but a high school graduate, holding a j o b , and living in a metropolitan area.

T H E 18-TO-24 year old is likely t o be in the labor force, says the report. Most recent figures show 63 percent of the men were in the labor force and not in school, and f o u r percent were neither in the labor force nor in school. F o r w o m e n , 47 percent were in the labor force and not in school, and 30 percent - primarily housewives - were not in the labor force and n o t attending school.

T h e majority ( 6 6 percent) of the 18-to-24 y e a r olds were living in m e t r o p o l i t a n areas - 30 per-

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cent in central cities, 35 percent in suburbs, and the rest in nonmetropolitan areas. This group is quite mobile the report notes.

Between March 1969 and March 1970, 36 percent had changed addresses, including 14 percent who migrated to a different c o u n t y and 7 percent to another state HOW MANY of these new voters will take part in the 1972 elections is, of course, u n k n o w n .

However, the Census Bureau points t o the fact that in the 1968 Presidential election, only 33 percent of those 18-to-20 who lived in states where they were eligible said t h e y voted.

In all states, 51 percent of the 21-to-24 year olds said they voted, compared with 70 percent of those 25 and older.

Even with the large n u m b e r of new y o u n g voters, the report notes, the median age of the electorate in November 1972 will be 43 years.

Hope and the Holland community will experience a week of chamber music from today through Friday when the Interaction Trio f r o m New York will be in Holland.

MEMBERS OF the trio are violinist Yuval Waldman, cellist Eric Wilson, and pianist Paul Posnak. Each is or has been a graduate student at the Juilliard School of Music and has distinguished himself as a concert artist and c h a m b e r music p e r f o r m e r .

T h e trio's stay is sponsored cooperatively by the Hope music d e p a r t m e n t , the Holland Council for the Arts, and the J u n i o r Welfare League.

THE MUSICAL group will spend two days at Hope and one day each at Holland High, Holland Christian, and West O t t a w a , att e m p t i n g to become involved with the musical life of s t u d e n t s at each school.

Their presentation will include open rehearsals, discussions, lectures, coaching ensembles, and personal contacts.

IN ADDITION, the trio will present two concerts open to t h e

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public, as well as a concert especially geared t o the elementaryage musicians of the c o m m u n i t y .

T h e public concerts will be held Tuesday at 8 : 1 5 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel and Friday at 8:15 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium. Both are free.

Hope debaters defeat Wabash, DePauw Univ.

The Hope College debate squad finished second in the Delta Sigma Rho t o u r n a m e n t at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. the weekend of Feb. 12.

Members of the Hope affirmative team were s o p h o m o r e Paul Christensen and s o p h o m o r e Chad Busk. They defeated teams f r o m Ball State University and Wabash College.

Members of t h e negative team were s o p h o m o r e Paul Bach and s o p h o m o r e Joan Lautenschleger.

They defeated teams from De Pauw and Wabash.

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On the election In a run-off election Friday Greg Pontier was voted president of Student Congress for next year. Though perhaps not a surprise t o most students, Pontier's victory does indicate some rather u n e x p e c t e d tendencies on the part of Hope's student body. First, students were willing to overlook his greatest handicap, his lack of experience, in favor of his liberal philosophy and voice of progressive reform.

Second, students are finally becoming disillusioned with the stereotyped big man on campus, frat man, all-around Mr. Popularity w h o only runs for Student Congress

of this year I f o u n d that it had accomplished very f e w of the things that I felt should have been d o n e . . . In order to e f f e c t changes on campus the Student Congress must have more power and this is something that I will push very hard to get." Pontier has a titanic task before him.

This task, however, will be well worth the effort if it can be accomplished. And in order for it t o be accomplished, several things are essential.

First, Pontier must recognize his own handicap and w o r k to overcome it. While there is no substitute for the experience Pontier lacks, he can at least familiarize himself w i t h the present community government system which Hope employs.

posts because he wants to perpetuate the myth on which he was nurtured in high school that winning an election to student government is an essential criterion of high social status.

Finally, Hope students, at least those who voted for Pontier. are fed up with an ineffective Student Congress which must always take a back seat to the administration and board of trustees and which represents the majority of students and their interests only nominally. Pontier, in spite of his inexperience, has come forward as a vanguard of those students.

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Second, he should know exactly what he would like to do next year, and what changes he w o u l d like to see effected on Hope's campus. The interview printed in last week's anchor indicates that Pontier has already accomplished this step.

Finally, Pontier should seriously consider overhauling the present Student Congress. Reform is necessary if Congress is to succeed in initiating and implementing much-needed changes such as coed housing, open guest hours, revision of the alcohol regulations, minority studies and counseling, and curriculum reform.

Such changes can be made if someone is willing to take the thought and e f f o r t required. We hope the new president is the man.

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The minorities dilemma The Campus Life Board's resumption of their needs thus makes it increasingly clear discussion on the problems of minority that Hope must seek out the logical implistudents and the report in this issue con- cations of its professed desire to accomcerning the progress of m i n o r i t y admission modate m i n o r i t y students. If the desire is have again brought into focus the complex sincere, preparation for a comprehensive minorities program should begin. questions surrounding the role of minority However, the inconclusive CLB discusstudents at Hope.

During the CLB proceedings various sions reveal that the college lacks the suggestions were made: that an outside essential precondition for such a program: consultant be hired " t o study the minority a real understanding of the major problems situation in d e p t h , " that the college hire a minority students encounter at Hope. Perblack woman to counsel students on social haps the CLB should exercise its propenand academic matters; that the whole issue sity for f o r m i n g committees by creating a centers around the need for attitude changes group to study the situation thoroughly; on the part of the WASP members of the perhaps a consultant should be hired to study the matter, as Dr. Marker suggested. college c o m m u n i t y .

In any case, the acknowledged problems The admissions report provides further documentation of the close connection should be more clearly defined.

In the meantime, such stop-gap meabetween problems faced by minority students on campus and difficulties in re- sures as part-time academic and social cruiting minority students. Hope's lack of counselors may be beneficial. However, special minority programs and supportive they must soon become part of a more services is a major reason for its failure to substantial program, for by themselves attract minority group members, especially they only help the student to cope with the college; they don't change the college blacks.

The reluctance of minority students to to make the minority student a needed enroll in a school that does not really meet part of it.

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Idylls of the dean A c o m m e n t on the 2 0 - m e m b e r Chairm e n ' s Council, over which Dean Rider presides, and which is c u r r e n t l y considering the c u r r i c u l u m r e f o r m proposals: While on a j o u r n e y f o r the T r u t h , Beaauty and t h e G o o d , f r o m which all heavenly visions descend, I c h a n c e d u p o n a

dear editor kingdom of fair and blonde people. But lo and behold, an ominous and foreboding cloud foreclosed a peculiar briney smell of pickled draught.

In t r u t h , t h e AAB would indeed see the p r o p o s a l , but only a f t e r the K n i g h t s had passed and given their s u p p o r t to t h e evil p o w e r of the Dark Rider. G r e a t z o u n d s , w h a t is h a p p e n i n g in t h i s k i n g d o m ? ! ! !

I cried o u t at such a m o c k e r y of t h e so-called p e a s a n t s ' p o w e r , b u t m y voice fell u p o n deaf ears. If only Merlin were here t o pass j u d g e m e n t o n t h e Dark Rider.

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Women of Hope, beware! Yes, y o u say y o u k n o w all the salesmen's pitches and you'll never fall for t h e m - 1 did too!

In this kingdom, a new king had been However, y o u can catch all the salesmen's proclaimed throughout the land by the trick phrases and false promises and still higher nobility, yet his tyranny had already get sucked in.

Hope usually gets a salesman or t w o been perceived. The people waited until the blossoming months w h e n he was to every semester w h o gets the name of a girl on campus, asking her to sponsor a housecome. hold party. He offers door prizes, specials, Meanwhile the Dark Rider, Duke of the and a beautiful display of goods all in a Castle Van Raalte, had been at work very h y p n o t i c manner. preparing evil concoctions. He had arHe doesn't allow y o u to leave the room ranged for all twenty knights to c o m e to before y o u decide about his "great offer," the Round Table to discuss his forth- but o n c e out of the room it doesn't take coming plans. The serfs throughout the y o u long t o realize what y o u have doneland had n o knowledge of the summoning - y o u can't believe y o u signed the contract. of the knights.

The best precaution is not t o go at all, Earlier at meetings of the All Allied no matter h o w strong you think y o u are.

Board, they had held parley with the Dark There are many of these "parties," for Rider, but unfortunately t h e sinsiter one example Sarah Coventry, Tupperware, and n o w held meetings in secret. N o serf was Classic Crafts. S o next time y o u are invited allowed at the Table of the T w e n t y t o something like this, say t o the person, Knights, and they had n o idea of what " N o thanks, I've been warned."

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W h e t h e r President N i x o n p l a n n e d it or n o t , his trip t o China has created a n elite White House press c o r p s t h a t has split the c o r r e s p o n d e n t s in Washington a s u n d e r .

BY C H O O S I N G 8 7 TV c o m m e n t a t o r s , technicians, n e w s p a p e r m e n and c o l u m n i s t s o u t of 2 , 0 0 0 applicants, Mr. N i x o n has c o n f e r r e d t h e nearest thing t o k n i g h t h o o d on t h e c o r r e s p o n d e n t s m a k i n g the trip.

F o r the past week t h e White House press r o o m has been divided b e t w e e n those w h o got their cholera s h o t s and t h o s e w h o didn't. " T H E R E D C H I N A L o b b y C r o w d , " as t h e y are bitterly r e f e r r e d t o by the newspap e r m e n w h o a r e n ' t going, were easy to i d e n t i f y because t h e y k e p t waving the Little Red B o o k s of Mao Tse-tung during last week's press briefings.

T h e y also could be f o u n d in the Executive O f f i c e Building cafeteria e a t i n g their chili and beans with c h o p s t i c k s .

IN F A I R N E S S T O T H E Red China L o b b y C r o w d , t h e y tried t o k e e p a low profile once t h e list of t h o s e w h o would a c c o m p a n y President N i x o n was p o s t e d .

Many w e n t out of their way to be nice to t h o s e w h o h a d n ' t been c h o s e n . O n e of t h e m gave o u t free f o r t u n e cookies during H e n r y Kissinger's briefings. A n o t h e r served j a s m i n e tea during a p o k e r game in the lounge. O t h e r s h a n d e d o u t bowls of rice to their news-hungry f e l l o w c o r r e s p o n d e n t s .

But despite this o u t w a r d display of f r i e n d s h i p , t h e r e was a feeling on t h e part of t h o s e w h o w e r e n ' t going with President N i x o n that t h e R e d China L o b b y C r o w d was p a t r o n i z i n g t h e m .

T H E R E WAS N O T H I N G a n y o n e could put his finger o n , b u t t h e r e w e r e little things t h a t a d d e d u p . O n e c o r r e s p o n d e n t w h o was m a k i n g t h e trip r e f u s e d t o take off his q u i l t e d Mao j a c k e t in t h e press r o o m . A n o t h e r had his n a m e in Chinese plastered on his p o r t a b l e t y p e w r i t e r , and still a n o t h e r m a n k e p t referring t o those

w h o w e r e n ' t going as " c o u n t e r - r e v o l u tionaries."

A d d i n g insult t o i n j u r y , t h e 87 elitists did exercises every m o r n i n g in f r o n t of a p o r t r a i t of Mao o n the White House lawn.

This was f o l l o w e d by a 10-mile swim d o w n t h e P o t o m a c , w h e r e t h e y s h o u t e d slogans of s u p p o r t f o r t h e C u l t u r a l Revolution.

AS IF T H I S W E R E N ' T e n o u g h , s o m e of the Red China L o b b y C r o w d started t o c o n f e s s their sins publicly in f r o n t of R o n Ziegler and asked t o be sent t o state f a r m s a f t e r their trip so t h e y could be "rehabilitated."

One White H o u s e c o r r e s p o n d e n t w h o had been t u r n e d d o w n said, "1 d o n ' t give a d a m n h o w the elitists behave n o w . But it's when t h e y c o m e back f r o m t h e trip t h a t they'll be i n s u f f e r a b l e . A f t e r eight days in China t h e y ' l l all be e x p e r t s , and God help us w h e n t h e y start spinning t h e i r tales of w h a t h a p p e n e d t o t h e m when t h e y visited a tire f a c t o r y in P e k i n g . " ANOTHER DISGRUNTLED White H o u s e c o r r e s p o n d e n t said, "I can just hear f u t u r e White H o u s e briefings when every q u e s t i o n by the elitists will be preceded by ' R o n , when C h o u Fn-lai told us . . .' or 'As y o u recall, R o n , y o u denied in Shanghai . .

It is obvious t h a t the White House press r o o m will never be t h e same again. By m a k i n g his trip t o China, Mr. Nixon has been able to d e s t r o y t h e m o r a l e of t h e press c o r p s f o r e v e r . Using divide-andc o n q u e r tactics, he has m a n a g e d to t u r n b r o t h e r c o r r e s p o n d e n t against b r o t h e r .

When t h e elitists r e t u r n f r o m their trip and start talking d o w n t o t h o s e w h o d i d n ' t go, there could be a lot of b l o o d spilled on t h e White H o u s e press l o u n g e floor. T h e President may n o t have resolved his diplom a t i c p r o b l e m s b y going t o Peking, b u t he has put t h e m e n covering him at the White H o u s e in disarray and t h a t , as Vice Presid e n t A g n e w w o u l d agree, is w o r t h all t h e tea in China.

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''Note-Books of Tchekhov : a tribute to simplicity Editor's note: This week's anchor review is written by critiques editor Kay Hubbard. She reviews The Note-Books of Anton Tchekhov together with Reminiscences of Tchekhov by Maxim Gorky, translated by S. S. Koteliansky and Leonard Woolf (The Hogarth Press, $ 4 . 9 5 ) .

friend w h o u n d e r s t a n d s everything."

G o r k y n o t e s t h a t in A n t o n Tchekhov's presence "everyone involuntarily felt in himself a desire t o be simpler, m o r e t r u t h f u l , more himself."

IT WAS IN t h o s e simple, h o n e s t , o f t e n banal e v e r y d a y incid e n t s that T c h e k h o v f o u n d the " I n f r o n t of that d r e a r y , grey material f o r his writing. His jourc r o w d of helpless people t h e r e nals are filled with observations, passed a great, wise, and o b s e r v a n t not of earth-shaking political or m a n ; he l o o k e d at all these d r e a r y spiritual crises, b u t of personal, i n h a b i t a n t s of his c o u n t r y , a n d , even trivial, a b s u r d i t i e s in h u m a n with a sad smile, with a t o n e of existence. gentle but deep r e p r o a c h , with T c h e k h o v d e s t r o y e d all of the anguish in his face and in his d r a f t s once he finished a piece of heart, in a b e a u t i f u l and sincere writing, so the Note-Books are voice, he said to t h e m ; brief sketches and ideas f o r things ' Y o u live badly, my friends. It T c h e k h o v never f o u n d t i m e to is s h a m e f u l t o live like t h a t . ' " develop. S o m e of t h e m m a k e the T h u s Maxim G o r k y characterreader wish T c h e k h o v had lived izes t h e art of A n t o n T c h e k h o v . forever. O n e e x a m p l e is a s k e t c h The Reminiscences are a f o n d for a short s t o r y . t r i b u t e to one of Russia's fore"Z. GOES to a doctor, who m o s t writers. No biographical data e x a m i n e s him and f i n d s t h a t he is is i n c l u d e d ; brief m o m e n t s are s u f f e r i n g f r o m h e a r t disease, and recalled instead. T c h e k h o v is reall t h e d o c t o r s w h o m he regularly m e m b e r e d as a man w h o always c o n s u l t s say t h a t he has heart w a n t e d people to talk a b o u t w h a t disease. they k n e w , n o t w h a t t h e y t h o u g h t " H e does not m a r r y , gives u p might interest a great writer. amateur theatricals, d o e s not G O R K Y R E C O U N T S the visit drink, and w h e n he walks does so of a p o o r teacher w h o tried t o slowly and h a r d l y b r e a t h e s . impress T c h e k h o v with his philo" E L E V E N Y E A R S later he has s o p h i c a l i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of existo go to Moscow, and t h e r e he tence. T c h e k h o v asked a b o u t a consults a specialist. T h e latter teacher he had heard was b e a t i n g finds t h a t his h e a r t is p e r f e c t l y children in the visitor's district. s o u n d . A. is o v e r j o y e d , b u t he can S u d d e n l y all of the u n c o m f o r n o longer r e t u r n to a n o r m a l life, tably c o m p l e x words d r o p p e d f o r he has got a c c u s t o m e d to f r o m t h e m a n ' s vocabulary and he going to bed early and t o walking began, with great sincerity t o exslowly, and he is b o r e d if he plain t h e situation a b o u t w h i c h c a n n o t speak of his disease. T h e T c h e k h o v asked. Leaving, the man only result is t h a t he gets t o h a t e said, " I w a n t e d to show y o u t h a t 1 d o c t o r s - t h a t is all." wps n o ordinary m o r t a l . . . and T h e Note-Books are full of I'm leaving you as a nice, close p i t h y and o f t e n very wise observa-

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E d i t o r ' s n o t e : This w e e k ' s W T A S record review is w r i t t e n by station music d i r e c t o r Bud T h o m p s o n . He reviews " P e t e r " by Peter Y a r r o w on Warner Bros. Records.

First, t h e r e was " M a r y . " T h e n there was " P a u l A n d . " N o w t h e r e is " P e t e r . " Put t h e m all t o g e t h e r and y o u get " M a r y , Paul and P e t e r " which is y o u - k n o w - w h o backwards.

IT WAS a sad thing w h e n Peter, Paul and Mary b r o k e u p .

T h e y had taken a large part in shaping m o d e r n folk music. T h e i r songs were and still are played endlessly by aspiring folk singers who long f o r t h a t g r o u p ' s greatness b u t o n l y have their songs.

G r e a t n e s s c o m e s f r o m the artist and the individual talent of Peter, Paul and Mary is w h a t m a d e t h e m a legend w h e n t h e y sang t o g e t h e r . N o w t h e y ' r e singing alone.

WHEN LISTENING to " P e t e r , " o n e can sense a lot of P, P and M style. Maybe it w o r k s the o t h e r way a r o u n d , enabling us t o sense m o r e of Peter w h e n listening to past P, P and M a l b u m s . " G o o d b y e J o s h , " a t r i b u t e to Josh White, r e m i n d s one very strongly of " K i n g Of N a m e s " f r o m t h e " P e t e r , Paul and Mary A l b u m . " But t h e r e are also n e w things, n e w styles.

T H E O P E N I N G C U T o n the a l b u m is " R i v e r Of J o r d a n , " a gospel f o l k - r o c k t u n e w i t h backing vocals by Lazarus. ( L a z a r u s is

a g r o u p Peter discovered and helped on their first record. If y o u can get a h o l d of a Lazarus a l b u m , do.) " M a r y B e t h " is a song to his wife; " P l a t o S o n g " is t a k e n f r o m a p o e m by P l a t o ; " G r e e n w o o d " is the musical a d a p t a t i o n of a verse f r o m Luke 23. All these are things P, P and M might have d o n e , yet t h e y all say " P e t e r , " as does t h e a l b u m cover.

T H E ALBUM cover says s o m e things a b o u t Y a r r o w also. T h e inside cover p i c t u r e s him playing to a vast hall which is e m p t y e x c e p t f o r a b a b y seated in the middle of the f l o o r .

U n d e r " S p e c i a l T h a n k s " he lists, a m o n g o t h e r s , Mary Beth Y a r r o w and Noel S t o o k e y (Paul's real n a m e ) . Yet t h e m o s t striking thing is t h a t in t h e lower left h a n d c o r n e r , in very small p r i n t , t h e w o r d s " R e g i s t e r t o v o t e . " Here is a m a n w h o cares. " P E T E R " IS a simple thing.

F r o m t h e cover t o the songs t o t h e feelings b e h i n d t h e songs.

T h e r e ' s a lot of b e a u t y in simplicity and here y o u have it. Separately Peter, Paul and Mary are carrying on t h e greatness t h e y c r e a t e d . It almost seems as if t h e y were still t o g e t h e r .

I s u p p o s e a f t e r m o r e t h a n 10 years it w o u l d b e h a r d f o r t h e m t o t a k e a clean b r e a k . A n d w h o w o u l d w a n t t h e m to. As long as t h e y t u r n o u t a l b u m s like " P e t e r , " w h o can help b u t smile.

tions on h u m a n triviality. Because t h e ideas are n o t f u l l y d e v e l o p e d , t h e reader f i n d s m a n y inconsistencies and trite images. This only serves t o m a k e T c h e k h o v himself m o r e absurdly and endearingly h u m a n . He writes, " T o d a y I can only m a k e feeble speeches; it m e a n s t h a t I am getting o l d . " T C H E K H O V ^ interest is clearly with h o w p e o p l e live r a t h e r than why t h e y live as t h e y do.

The Note-Books are observations of h u m a n behavior r a t h e r t h a n critical analyses of m o t i v a t i o n .

Even when t h e o b s e r v a t i o n s are absolutely devastating, T c h e k h o v never loses his sense of s y m p a t h y

and c o m p a s s i o n . O n e r e m e m b e r s t h a t he called his plays c o m e d i e s even when t h e y dealt w i t h people t r a p p e d in hopeless, e m p t y d r e a m worlds.

T H E S T Y L E of the NoteBooks, as with m o s t of Tchekhov's writing, is o n e of u n d e r s t a t e m e n t . He never explains f o r the reader the significance ( o r insignificance) of t h e action of his sketches. He lets the a c t i o n s speak f o r themselves.

One is r e m i n d e d t h a t T c h e k h o v did not like his plays to be c r o w d e d with w o r d y philosophical treatises. He stressed the imp o r t a n c e of t h e m o m e n t s when n o t h i n g was h a p p e n i n g o n stage.

" W H E R E A R E t h e sUences?" he asked C o n s t a n t i n Stanislavsky, w h o d i r e c t e d m a n y of T c h e k h o v ' s plays at t h e M o s c o w Art T h e a t e r . " T h e y are i m p o r t a n t . " T h e Koteliansky and Woolf translation is simple and direct, preserving the graceful, delicate qualities f o u n d in t h e best translations of T c h e k h o v ' s prose and drama.

T H E N O T E - B O O K S reveal a man w h o saw life's absurdities and felt it necessary t o smile. As he wrote: " I f y o u would be an optimist, I advise y o u to observe life and p a r t a k e of it. Even in its ugliest m o m e n t s , life has t h e material of h o p e . "

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by Neal Freedman If the m a j o r i t y of leftist intellectuals in the U.S. are correct in suggesting t h a t r e v o l u t i o n a r y political action must begin f r o m the g r o u n d up, must organize cohesive work-based collectives t h r o u g h o u t the c o u n t r y , t h e n the Black P a n t h e r Party is t h e only a u t h e n t i c r e v o l u t i o n a r y g r o u p in amerika today.

T H E P A R T Y IS C R E A T I N G " a n t i - s y s t e m s " in the major cities. In o r d e r to u n d e r s t a n d this c o n c e p t , it is first necessary to b r o a d l y i d e n t i f y the " s y s t e m . " The technologically organized s t r u c t u r e of amerikan society is based on the " e t h i c " of the f u n c t i o n a l i t y of the individual.

The system creates j o b s and needs individuals to fill t h e m . T h e system c r e a t e s p r o d u c t s and needs individuals to c o n s u m e t h e m . T h e system creates leisure time and needs individuals to fill that time.

F o r the system, these are e n d s in themselves.

ANY L A R G E N U M B E R O F local groups, all dedicated to the i m p r o v e m e n t of the community and the goal of group solidarity as ends in themselves, are, taken as a w h o l e , a potentially revolutionary force.

The groups represent the possibility for an " a n t i - s y s t e m , " f o u n d e d primarily on the value of c o m m u n i t y rather than of the individual. T h e y need not share the same ideological a s s u m p t i o n s , and the latrer are not first and f o r e m o s t what makes them a c o m m u n i t y . Who are " t h e y " ?

T H E Y A R E N O T T H E C L A S S of unionized labor, despite old Marxist claims. T h e y are not the class of professionals, despite Marcuse's idealism.

Unionism and professionalism are aimed at the b e t t e r m e n t of the e c o n o m i c s t a t u s of the e m p l o y e d individual - g r o u p solidarity, if not just a p p e a r a n c e , is secondary to this aim. Insofar as this is true, these t w o groups are in the s y s t e m , are welcomed by the system, f u n c t i o n according to the s y s t e m , profit by the system.

G r a n t e d the n u m b e r of dissident professionals (usually e d u c a t o r s ) and dissatisfied w o r k e r s (usually n o n - u n i o n i z e d ) w h o are o u t s i d e the s y s t e m , f o r t h e most part it can be said t h a t when the contradictions within t h e system reach the highly explosive level, the m e m b e r s of these t w o g r o u p s will be on the side of the g o v e r n m e n t , i.e., of fascism.

T H O U S A N D S O F C H I N E S E villages b e c a m e guerilla bases virtually overnight during the Revolution because C o m m u n i s t leaders were able to appeal to the c o m m o n values and c o m m o n e n e m y of the peasants. Ideology c a m e later. T h e N . L . F . has used this e x a m p l e , and it has enabled t h e m t o c o m m a n d the s u p p o r t of the V i e t n a m e s e wherever t h e y are, including S o u t h V i e t n a m ( t h e r e b y precluding, I should a d d , a U.S. or S o u t h V i e t n a m e s e victory).

What peoples in the U.S. parallel the villagers of Indo-China? T h e p o o r peoples, and in particular, t h e poor people of color, u n e m p l o y e d and p o o r w o r k e r s alike. In a system based on the " e t h i c " of f u n c tionality by which o p t i m u m p r o d u c t i o n and p r o f i t c o n d i t i o n s can only be m e t by t h e exclusion of a n u m b e r of p e o p l e f r o m t h e m e a n s of p r o d u c t i o n , the p o o r are t h e " u s e l e s s , " as F r a n z S c h u r m a n n calls t h e m , and these " u s e l e s s " are the n e w r e v o l u t i o n a r y class NOW T H I N K O F a m e r i k a ' s large cities, w h e r e blacks are increasingly t h e m a j o r i t y , as guerilla

bases. There are the Black P a n t h e r s t o d a y , not in " a r m e d struggle" but dedicated to the creation of an anti-system ( n o t a white-radical " c o u n t e r i n s t i t u t i o n " which Huey N e w t o n says is escapist) based on class solidarity pre-existent a m o n g poor blacks (see this week's Ramparts).

U n d e r tne leadership of N e w t o n and Bobby Seale, "survival p r o g r a m s " are taking shape in some cities, providing free f o o d ( " f o o d bags" and the traditional Party b r e a k f a s t program), free clothing (shoe factories in particular are u n d e r w a y ) , free medical care (especially the tracing d o w n of sickle cell s u f f e r e r s o r carriers) f r e e busing, etc.

T H E S E P R O G R A M S A R E possible primarily because of c o n t r i b u t i o n s f o r c e d o u t of black businessmen - who find themselves in a precarious p o s i t i o n ! - by the Black P a n t h e r Party (You are either with us or against us). J o b s are being taken over naturally; but we should s u b s t i t u t e f o r " j o b h o l d e r s " the term " c o m m u n i t y w o r k e r s . " T h e Panther program is revolutionary - geared to heighten the internal c o n t r a d i c t i o n of amerikan society. Seale: "We tell the people t h a t the politicians tell them things and lie. . . but we are the only vehicle of the p e o p l e . " T H I S P R O G R A M IS O F C O U R S E o u t s i d e the " r u l e s of the g a m e " set d o w n by capitalist-technological society, i.e., o u t s i d e the hierarchical power structure.

As t h e y prosper and grow in a n u m b e r of cities, the programs b e c o m e a t h r e a t , the c o n t r a d i c t i o n s reach their peak ( t h e g o v e r n m e n t is not helped m u c h by its s u p p o r t of right-wing regimes against Third-world peoples), and active repression becomes the s t a t e ' s answer. Thus, the Black P a n t h e r s are prepared for armed struggle, instead of artificially inducing it when the time is not right.

T H E R E A R E STILL MANY critical q u e s t i o n s to be asked of the P a n t h e r p r o g r a m (Are the Panthers always the " v e h i c l e " of t h e people? Will the Panther d o c t r i n e of the " s c i e n t i f i c inevitability" of armed struggle eventually pave the way for t h e senseless adventurism which characterized the old Panthers?).

Nevertheless, the Party has c a p t u r e d , it seems to me, t h e meaning of r e v o l u t i o n m o r e t h a n any group in this c o u n t r y . Oglesby calls it " r e v o l u t i o n a r y r e f o r m i s m . " I n d e e d , in certain aspects of its appearance t h e Panther p r o g r a m looks r e f o r m i s t . N e w t o n and Seale admit this - it is part of a strategy (a new strategy, by the way, which avoids cultural "jive."

This should be d i s a p p o i n t i n g t o m a n y , I imagine).

When pushed t o this f u r t h e s t e x t e n t of seeming r e f o r m i s t , political a c t i o n b e c o m e s revolutionary.

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has only a finite capacity for i n c o r p o r a t e a c o n t r a d i c t o r y sysbe s y n o n y m o u s with the ruling p o w e r and wealth.

O n e question should be considered: can all this h a p p e n w i t h o u t the involvement of white radicals? I d o n ' t think so. T h e Black Panthers have explicitly stated t h a t t h e y are willing to c o l l a b o r a t e with white radicals if t h e latter are o n l y willing t o finally organize, a talent which they have m o s t o f t e n lacked. The response of t h e revitalized S.D.S. and o t h e r groups is n o w of m a j o r i m p o r t a n c e .

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by Steve Wykstra "Ginsberg, he ended up a-dryin' so he t o o k a trip out E a s t . .

-Donovan ( S u n n y S o u t h Kensington) Donovan chooses a peculiar and striking phrase t o characterize what p r o d d e d Allen Ginsberg t o seek out the wisdom of the East. He says " h e ended up a - d r y i n ' . " T h e phrase, with its ring of perception, calls us t o examine a trend in our culture, perhaps in our very selves, which is t o o persistent and close to h o m e for us t o be careless in understanding. T h e trend is the yen for the Eastern Trip.

THE PHILOSOPHICAL, cultural, and spiritual factors behind this trend are t o o c o m p l e x and diverse t o explore here. Also, I d o not pretend to have a responsible, critical knowledge of the myriad facets of the many " W a y s " falling under the general term " E a s t e r n t h o u g h t . " Instead, 1 chose Donovan's line as a starting point. His phrase indicates the kind of factor I want to draw a t t e n t i o n to as one root of m a n y an Eastern Trip. This is the personal factor.

T H E QUESTION I INVITE you to consider is: What are the personal elements in our lives which give rise to the lure which Eastern wisdom (or folly, as the case may be) o f t e n has for many of us?

A d m i t t e d l y , this question is not sufficient in itself to guide any choice of a "spiritual framew o r k . " It is insufficient because it is basically introspective: It is concerned with the " s earch er, " rather than with the appraisal of the alternatives one would have to explore in trying to " f i n d one's w a y . " But insufficient as it is, I believe more and more it is a necessary preliminary.

IT IS NECESSARY because sooner or later one is c o n f r o n t e d with the task of evaluating the various possibilities, and this immediately poses the question: By what criteria are they to be evaluated? At least one such criteria is that of personal, pragmatic worth: Does c o m m i t t m e n t t o one " W a y " do what you expect it to do, better than any of the alternatives?

T h e articulation of our initially vague " e x p e c t a t i o n s , " whose practical satisfaction or frustration is one i m p o r t a n t test of our c o m m i t m e n t s , thus seems to be a necessary precondition for finding our religious way.

T H E SAME KIND O F consideration would hold for the evaluation of c o m m i t m e n t s which, though not c o m m o n l y called "spiritual," are in a very basic and broad sense religious c o m m i t m e n t s , livery man's life is ordered around c o m m i t m e n t s regarding what, in life, is " w o r t h y " of his c o m m i t m e n t .

T h e most sensual, atheistic hedonist, or the most Ayn Rand-ian self-server, has thus made a religious c o m m i t m e n t in this sense. And this c o m m i t m e n t is made on the basis of certain e x p e c t a t i o n s which the hedonist (or Zen Buddhist, or Marxist, or Christian) anticipates his c o m m i t m e n t will satisfy better than any o t h e r .

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a b o u t t h e m . He may, in short, m a k e these c o m m i t ments unconsciously and blindly. But the c o m m i t ments, the e x p e c t a t i o n s , and their f u n c t i o n a l l y religious n a t u r e are yet there.

What, t h en , are these personal elements which give the Eastern Trip its peculiar lure?

C E R T A I N L Y I C A N N O T answer this question for any of y o u . It is hard enough t o answer it f o r one's self. And this, of course, is all I can d o - a s a person w h o once had s o m e involvement in an Eastern Trip of sorts, with some supposedly psychedelic shortcuts.

I suggest one f a c t o r here, not t o pretend t o be " o n e u p " on a n y b o d y . I d o it because I have b e c o m e increasingly aware of one f a c t o r which has lured myself and others, which no o n e is i m m u n e to, and which strikes me as being a particularly dangerous force on our "religious" c o m m i t m e n t s , in the very broadest and most basic sense, whatever they might be.

PUT B R I E F L Y - p e r h a p s to the point of cliche the force is our need for a sense of identity. But it is more specific t h a n this; 1 do not think the need for a sense of identity is in itself a dangerous force, not even as an element in our religious c o m m i t m e n t s .

Then under what conditions might it be dangerous?

It becomes dangerous when it is not recognized for what it is, and when it drives us blindly to find identity in c o m m i t m e n t s which give us a "selfimage." This self-image compulsively boxes us in, and prevents us f r o m relating t o o t h e r s in ways which aid the g r o w t h of real identity.

C O N S I D E R , F O R EXAMPLE, the real Herman Hesse freak. Hesse portrays, again and again in his novels, images of the " s e a r c h e r , " and ultimately the searcher becomes more i m p o r t a n t than a n y t h i n g he might ever have been searching for.

It is a trap i n t o which we are all t o o prone t o fall; we become so enamoured of our questions, and the fact that it is we who are asking t h e m , that we w o u l d n ' t recognize an answer, or want it, if we woke up one morning with it staring us in the face.

T H I S SORT O F " L U R E , " this sort of expectation, loses s o m e of its dangerous compulsiveness when it is recognized for what it is. With slight variations, it can infect almost any kind of c o m m i t ment, and it can be seen in the p o p u l a r movement of existentialism, leftist radicalism, the Jesus movement in its e x t r e m e phases, as well as in many an Eastern trip.

Certainly, its presence is not itself an argument against the viability of any of the " f r a m e w o r k s " which are potential lures to " t r u e believers" with this kind of motive.

IT IS R A T H E R a call t o maturity, t o avoid being driven t o c o m m i t m e n t s by compulsive factors which trap us into finding our meaning in the fact that we are the c o m m i t t e d ones, rather than in the object of our c o m m i t m e n t .

There is, at times, nothing less at stake than our lives. " H e w h o seeks t o save his life will lose it, He w h o loses his life, for my sake, will find i t . "

Hope faculty salaries, fringe benefits improve $ 1 , 2 1 9 , 6 5 8 for t h e current school year.

EVEN THE library has not been left behind in Hope's most recent g r o w t h surge. Possessing a mere 9 7 o 0 0 0 b o o k s in 1966, the library now boasts 140,000 volumes.

The reasons for H o p e ' s physical g r o w t h and financial success are probably best explained in a special article a b o u t the college which appeared last m o n t h in The Christian Science Monitor.

"AT A TIME when other private colleges are tightening their belts," Hope is operating in the black, the article stated, crediting Hope's relatively u n i q u e financial success t o executive vice president Clarence Handlogten.

Since Handlogten came to Hope in 1966, the article said, the college has climbed steadily out of the red and now operates on a balanced budget. It also has erased a $ 2 8 5 , 0 0 0 deficit in less than three years.

THE ARTICLE reported that when Handlogten first came to Hope f r o m his industrial background, the primary problem of the college was that it "had not been basing its fiscal policies on economic planning."

Handlogten, the article continued, " i n t r o d u c e d the concept of a 10-year forecast, with all of the college d e p a r t m e n t s being held within their budgets, as is the practice in business."

"A college is a business," Handlogten is q u o t e d as saying.

"Tight controls are necessary."

N o t only have H o p e ' s s t u d e n t enrollment and tuition increased over t h e past five years, but the size of its faculty, their salaries and fringe benefits have increased as well, according t o some recently released statistics.

THE FIGURES also shed light on changes in the college's total operating budget, a m o u n t s of capital gifts and e n d o w m e n t s , and the n u m b e r of volumes in the library.

In 1966 the s t u d e n t b o d y n u m bered 1777 and t u i t i o n a m o u n t e d to $ 1 0 5 0 , the figures reveal. This year e n r o l l m e n t is u p t o 2101 and tuition has climbed t o $ 1 7 7 0 .

THE SIZE O F t h e faculty has expanded f r o m 90 five years ago to a full time staff of 148. Sixtythree percent of the faculty presently hold doctorates, whereas only 4 6 percent were Fh.D.'s five years ago.

Perhaps some of the most interesting revelations concern faculty salaries and fringe benefits. In 1966 the average H o p e faculty member brought h o m e nearly $8, 750. Today he earns a b o u t $11,260.

Total faculty salries are up from $ 7 8 8 , 0 0 0 to $ 1 , 5 8 7 , 6 5 0 .

A N O N - F U N D E D retirement program and major medical insurance with $ 5 0 0 deductible were the only faculty fringe benefits five years ago. T o d a y , however, faculty members are provided with a f u n d e d retirement program, major medical insurance with $ 1 0 0 deductible, and hospital insurance.

In addition, they are entitled to free tuition for any of their children attending Hope, and sabbatical leaves with salary.

TWENTY P E R C E N T of the college's operating budget is derived f r o m c o n t r i b u t i o n s , grants, e n d o w m e n t s and o t h e r sources.

This year's operating budget is approximately $5.7 million, as compared to $3.8 in 1966-67, the figures indicate.

Whereas e n d o w m e n t s have increased by only about $ 2 6 6 , 0 0 0 , to their present $ 2 , 2 6 7 , 0 0 0 , capital gifts have soared from $183,717 five years ago to

Choir to present church concerts on eastern tour Hope's Chapel Choir and director Dr. Robert Cavanaugh will o f f e r 13 concerts in New Jersey and New York during their annual spring concert tour.

The group will present concerts in churches t h r o u g h o u t the eastern states, staying in homes of church members. The itinerary for the 1972 tour includes a one-day stopover in the heart of metropolitan New York City.

The Chapel Choir will stop over in Flint and Grosse Pointe, Michigan, offering three concerts enroute to the eastern states. They will leave the campus Thursday, March 23, and will return Monday, April 10.

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AAB okays new courses for seven departments

by Molly Gates T h e Academic Affairs Board approved new course offerings for seven d i f f e r e n t d e p a r t m e n t s Friday. Their decisions resulted in six courses dropped f r o m the curriculum and seven courses added.

PHILOSOPHY 54, Oriental Philosophies, will replace current philosophy courses 54, 55 and 56, History of Chinese Thought 1 and II and Philosophies of India. Oriental Philosophies will incorporate the material of the three deleted courses.

The philosophy d e p a r t m e n t will also drop Philosophy 74, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, and change the current Philosophy 73, Philosophy of the Natural Sciences, to Philosophy of Science.

THE NEW Philosophy 73 will incorporate both the social sciences and the natural sciences.

Arthur Jentz, professor of philosophy, said the c o m b i n a t i o n was necessary for the d e p a r t m e n t to continue teaching both areas of philosophy.

The art department was granted a new upper level course entitled C o n t e m p o r a r y Art Movements. A second art d e p a r t m e n t proposal was not passed by the board. It called for a lower division studio course called Principles of Photographic Art. THE BOARD'S discussion centered on the role of a skilloriented course in a liberal arts college. Jentz pointed out that the

Christ's people begin fellowship meetings Thurs.

The Ministry of Christ's People is sponsoring the first in a series of fellowship gatherings Thursday at 8 : 3 0 in the ballroom of the De Witt Cultural Center.

Designed t o improve c o m m u n i cation and unity within the MOCP itself, the gatherings will also attempt t o p r o m o t e fellowship and create an awareness of MOCP's goals, activities, and needs concerning the entire Hope College c o m m u n i t y , according to participant Mark Convoy.

Guest speaker Thursday night will be Norman J. Kansfield, librarian at Western Theological Seminary. All interested people are invited to a t t e n d .

curriculum c o m m i t t e e has been faced with a c o n t i n u o u s controversy over " h o w - t o - d o - i t " courses.

He said that the question " c o m e s down to just what kind of an education does Hope want to o f f e r and is this t y p e of course the answer t o that q u e s t i o n . " JOHN HOLLENBACH, professor of English, suggested that there is presently a balance between skill-oriented courses and the liberal arts educational concern for discovering the nature of truth and value.

"By concerning ourselves with developing certain professional skills, we're moving away from that balance," he said.

JAMES REYN1ERSE, associate professor of psychology, comm e n t e d , "This is based on a false dichotomy.

We can't divide courses into t w o categories. Every course we o f f e r contains 'how-todo-it' alternatives."

After much discussion, board chairman Dr. Irwin Brink deferred action on the course, Principles of Photographic Art, until a later meeting. The board also agreed to discuss the skill versus liberal arts courses issue at a n o t h e r meeting.

IT WAS A G R E E D to move IDS 71, Christianity and Contemporary American Culture, to the religion d e p a r t m e n t and number to Religion 453. The course would then qualify as both an upper level religion course and a senior seminar.

A proposal was accepted from the c o m m u n i c a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t to combine Communication 65, Theories of Interpersonal Communication, and C o m m u n i c a t i o n 56, Theories of Mass Communication, into C o m m u n i c a t i o n 61, C o m m u n i c a t i o n T h e o r y , which would be a four h o u r course. The d e p a r t m e n t ' s rationale for this proposal was " t o streamline dep a r t m e n t a l offerings, to do away with arbitrary division in the existing courses, and t o increase the enrollment in the single course."

THE PHYSICS d e p a r t m e n t will eliminate several courses f r o m the curriculum and add new ones, " a t t e m p t i n g to develop the same topics in a d i f f e r e n t m o d e . " Physics 63, 81 and 82 will be dropped. T h e upper level courses.

Physics of the Optical Domain, States of Matter, Physics of Atoms, Nuclei and Particles, Q u a n t u m Theory and Q u a n t u m P h en o m en a will be added.

S o m e of these will be taught in alternating years. A lower division course. Control and Modeling of Systems, will be added and Physics 15, 16 and 18 ( i n t r o d u c t o r y courses for non-majors) will be revised.

HOLLENBACH questioned the fragmentation of some of the upper level courses proposed, but associate professor of physics Dr. Richard Brockmeier assured the board that the physics major will be able to take all of the department offerings.

In defense of the proposal he said, "These are significant areas in physics and are particularly necessary for the student going on to grad school and professional science. He is expected to be familiar with these areas of concentration."

AN IDS COURSE titled Before Skinner and Beyond was approved. The course is designed to give non-psychology students "an o p p o r t u n i t y to simultaneously acquire a background in behavioristic psychology while investigating the broader implications of these established principles for man and society," according to the course proposal.

T h e course is suggested for the intellectually superior student in many disciplines and consent of the i n s t r u c t o r is a prerequisite.

Reynierse noted that it is unlikely that this course will be taught next year.

THE BOARD AGREED to increase the credit hours for Math 27, I n t r o d u c t i o n to Digital Computers, to three hours. The course is currently o f f e r e d for only two hours credit.

T h e two h o u r large group lecture session will be retained and a two h o u r per week small group

laboratory session will be added.

This course expansion was deemed necessary "because of student and teacher requirements with respect t o c o m p u t e r program preparation."

THE MATH d e p a r t m e n t ' s proposal for a new one hour upper level course. History of Mathematics, was defeated. The department had planned to drop the historical emphasis f r o m Math 89 and o f f e r instead the one hour independent elective.

Senior Dean Gentel pointed out that a one hour course would help the student round out his schedule, but the board did not feel this was a good rationale for accepting the course. No one f r o m the math department was present to defend the course.

JOHN STEWART, associate dean for academic affairs, repre-

sented the curriculum c o m m i t t e e at the AAB meeting. He asked t h e AAB to clarify the c o m m i t t e e ' s tasks. Pointing out that the curriculum c o m m i t t e e was in a continual bind, he asked, "Are we to consider courses being composed in terms of the course itself, the d e p a r t m e n t ' s offerings, or the entire curriculum?"

Chairman Brink felt that the curriculum c o m m i t t e e should consider proposals "in light of a total program."

Jentz and Morrette Rider, dean for academic affairs, agreed and added that the departments should consider their course offerings and proposed courses in terms of their whole programs.

Reaching a general concensus, the board instructed the curriculum c o m m i t t e e to examine courses in light of an overall program.

Rhonda Rivera to leave Hope at semester's end Dr. Rhonda Rivera, assistant professor of economics, has resigned and will leave Hope at the end of the present semester to join the staff of William James College, a division of Grand Valley State College.

SHE WILL serve there as assistant professor of economics.

Dr. Rivera joined the staff of Hope College in 1968 and has been active on the Human Rights Council, as well as serving as a t t o r n e y for Hope students at various times.

SHE INDICATED she will still be available to students seeking legal assistance.

Stating that her prime reason for leaving Hope was financial. Dr. Rivera expressed regrets about leaving. "I like the students here and have enjoyed working with the faculty. I think a great deal of the type of liberal arts institution Hope is," she said.

THE ECONOMICS and business administration d e p a r t m e n t is now left with five i n s t r u c t o r s three economists and two specializing in business administration.

The d e p a r t m e n t has expressed some interest in having Dr. Rivera teach a course as a visiting professor next year, but plans are still extremely tentative.

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Hope trounces Lake Forest; loses to Calvin

by Merlin Whiteman This past week's basketball action saw Hope paste winless Lake Forest 81-41, and lose t o archrival Calvin 102-89. Hope has not beaten Calvin at Knollcrest Fieldhouse since the 1966-67 season.

THE DUTCH handed the hapless Foresters their 22nd straight loss of the season w i t h o u t a win in defeating the host team 81-41.

The victory evened Hope's season record at 10-10.

Hope quickly d o m i n a t e d the game, leading at halftime 36-13.

Lake Forest shot an incredible 11 percent f r o m the floor in the first half of play. They were able to connect on only three field goals in 20 minutes of action on their h o m e court.

SUBSTITUTION was plentiful in both halves for the visiting D u t c h m e n , and every Hope player p u m p e d in at least one field goal.

Doug Edema was the only Hope player t o record double figures Wednesday night. The 6 ' 3 , ' forward f r o m Byron Center scored a career high ten points to lead Hope.

Jack H a n k a m p collected nine points, and Marty Snoap and Jack Klunder had eight markers apiece.

H a n k a m p had a team high 14 r e b o u n d s to lead the Dutch to a 62-31 bulge in the loose-ball column.

MI A A wrestling meet here Wed. Hope will host the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association wrestling meet Wednesday in the Holland Civic Center.

The meet will begin at 1 2 noon and continue all day, with finals starting at 7:1 5 p.m.

Hope's grapplers will go into the season-ending tournament with a 6-4 league record. Their season record is 8-5.

DAN S H I N A B A R G E R , coming i n t o the game as only the f o u r t h man in MI A A history t o break 1000 points in a career, saw limited action. He scored six points, marking one of the few times in his career he has not scored double figures.

Only one player scored double figures for Lake Forest. Freshman Ed Cochran canned 18 points to claim that distinction. In a game between these same two teams earlier in the season he accounted for 36 points.

E L S E W H E R E in the M1AA Wednesday night, the Olivet C o m e t s won their 20th straight game of the campaign, edging Alma 76-71. The win clinched the c o n f e r e n c e title for the Comets, with t w o games yet to be played.

Last year Olivet tied with Calvin for the championship.

Playing before a large crowd in the spacious confines of Knollcrest Fieldhouse, the Flying D u t c h m e n bit the dust for the second time this season against Calvin.

HOPE DUG A deep grave in the first half, one f r o m which they could not escape in the second half. Despite a rally in the latter stages of the game, the Dutch could not stop Calvin f r o m winning their ninth game in nine outings at h o m e .

The contest was close during the first seven minutes of play, and the game was tied five times.

However, the passing, hotshooting, and fast-break leadership of f o r m e r Holland Christian s t a n d o u t Art Tuls broke the game wide open in the second part of the first half.

SENIOR Calvin guard T o m V e l t k a m p added 14 points to Tuls' 19, to form a f r o n t c o u r t tandem that led the Knights to a 52-38 h a l f t i m e lead.

Cold shooting (27 percent) by Hope was a n o t h e r reason for the Dutch deficit. While the visitors

tossed in two more free t h r o w s than Calvin, their floor performance paled next t o the Knights' 21 of 35 field goal shooting.

Shinabarger p u m p e d in 14 points t o highlight the dismal first half play of the Dutch, however.

HOPE PLAYED even with the host Knights in the second part of the tilt, outscoring Calvin 51-50.

The continued torrid shooting of Calvin, and the superb play of Tuls, forestalled a rally a t t e m p t by the Dutch in the closing minutes.

Calvin opened up as m u c h as a 17 point lead in the early going of the second half, hitting 70 percent of their floor shots. Tuls picked up where he left o f f , singeing the cords f o r seven quick points. He ended the game with 38 p o i n t s on 17 field goals and f o u r free throws.

S H I N A B A R G E R and Marty Snoap spearheaded a rally that started with 10 minutes left in the game, and saw Hope eventually cut the Calvin lead to seven with 2 : 3 8 remaining.

However, cool shooting and turnovers stymied additional eff o r t s to reduce the lead.

FIVE HOPE players scored in double figures. Shinabarger led Dutch scorers with 28 p o i n t s on 13 field goals and two charity tosses. This game marked t h e first time that Shinabarger has broken the 500 point barrier for a season.

The three other senior members on the team, playing their last away game and last Calvin game, each scored double figures.

Snoap, H a n k a m p and L o r e n z o Howard scored 17, 13 and 10 respectively. Junior Lee Brandsma picked u p 12 points.

Tuesday at the Civic Center, Hope closes out the 1971-72 basketball campaign against Kalamazoo. A win means a .500 season; a loss would mean only the 12th losing season in Hope College basketball history.

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DAN S H I N A B A R G E R leaps for a j u m p shot against Calvin d e f e n d e r s in Saturday s game as Jack H a n k a m p (35) stands ready to assist Calvin defeated the D u t c h 102-89.

HEW grant aids GLCA Cavtat study program continued from page 1 Byzantine Empire as it influenced the Balkans.

THEY MAY also participate in field work in drama, s t u d i o work in painting and sculpture, or undertake i n d e p e n d e n t study in a discipline of their choice.

The program will feature a p e r f o r m a n c e and study t o u r f r o m July 31 to August 14, when students will travel t o three or f o u r small communities in the interior of Yugoslavia.

HERE T H E Y will present an American drama in a bilingual p r o d u c t i o n , live with local families, and study c u s t o m s and cultural accomplishments.

Hopefully, Fried said, t h e program will give s t u d e n t s f u r t h e r insight into the historical traditions of the people in t h e region. " T H E F O R M A T of t h e GLCA Dubrovnik program o f f e r s a radical change f r o m programs cond u c t e d by other American colleges," Fried r e m a r k e d . " M a n y of the present programs available t o the American s t u d e n t desiring experience abroad closely parallel course offerings on the American c a m p u s , " he explained.

T h e Dubrovnik program combines applied theater, sculpture, and painting with language study and the study of the history of the area. Fried said.

THE D I F F I C U L T Y of coping with a new language h o p e f u l l y

will be overcome by intensive self-training before the trip and classes in the Yugoslav language held in Cavtat, Fried said.

"We are hoping that adequate orientation in language and culture will lead some participants to stay on in the c o u n t r y , studying there next fall," he added.

A COMMITTEE c o m p o s e d of Fried, assistant professor of history Michael Petrovich, professor of English J o h n Hollenbach, assistant professor of theater Donald Finn and Dr. Richard Stavig, director of international s t u d y at Kalamazoo College, will review applicants t o t h e program.

They will consider academic achievement and p o t e n t i a l for contributing t o the artistic and p e r f o r m a n c e e f f o r t s of the session, Fried said.

EACH O F T H E GLCA m e m b e r institutions will be asked t o rec o m m e n d at least one candidate recruited and screened by f a c u l t y members w h o have had experience in a recent GLCA f a c u l t y seminar in Yugoslavia, Fried said.

At least six highly qualified students f r o m non-GLCA schools will also be invited t o participate in the program.

The application date has been advanced f r o m March 1 t o March 20, Fried said. F u r t h e r i n f o r m a tion is available f r o m the O f f i c e of International Education, Voorhees Hall, R o o m 20.

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