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OLLAND, MICHIGAN
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Hope College, Holland. Michigan
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March 5. 1965
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t h e s e w o r d s by b e c o m i n g w h a t he c a l l e d a " p o s s i b i l i t y t h i n k e r . " A p o s s i b i l i t y t h i n k e r is a " d r e a m c h a s e r , a m i r a c l e believer, a gloriled as
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p e r i e n c e s a s a possibili y t h i n k e r About A PENNTY S A V E D . . .—Upon the a n n o u n c e m e n t of a salary i n c r e a s e for t h r faculty next y e a r , Dr. Henry Voogd (left) and Dr. D. Ivaii Dykstra ( c e n t e r ) c a c h e their new w e a l t h .
Ten Per Cent Salary Boost Approved For Hope Faculty A j o i n t c o m m i t e e of f a c u l t y , includ ng t h e S t a t u s C o m m i t t e e a n d board trustee m e m b e r s . Mr.
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P e l g r i m a n d M r . R a n d a l l B o s c h , h a s r e c o m m e n d e d to the Hope B o a r d of T r u s t e e s E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e that s a l a r i e s for t h e Wio-KH a c a d e m i c y e a r be i n c r e a s e d by 10 p e r cen! with a d d i t i o n a l m e r i t a n d p r o m o t i o n i n c e a s e s in s p e c i a l c a s e s . T h e e x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e h a s aptuition for next y e a r , a s a n n o u n c e d proved this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n , stipue a r l i e r . T h i s r e c e n ' a c t i o n of t h e lating however thai the "acrosse x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e , which w a s t h e - b o a r d " i n c r e a s e s be b a s e d in " e n d o r s e d h e a r t i l y " by the a d m i n e v e r y c a s e on t h e a v e r a g e s a l a r i e s i s t r a t i o n . p r e s e n t s the b o a r d a n d for the various r a n k s , ra her t h a n , the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n with he " i n on e a c h t e a c h e r ' s i n d i v i d u a l salt e r e s t i n g o p p o r t u n i t y of f i n d i n g a r y . T h u s f o r e v e r y a s s i s t a n t prow a y s to r a i s e t h e i n c r e a s e d f u n d s f e s s o r . f o r e x a m p l e , t h e b a s e inr e q u i r e d . " the newsletter s ated. c r e a s e will be K) p e r c e n t of t h e c u r r e n t a v e r a g e s a l a r y for assistant professors. in t h e past t h e c o l l e g e policy h a s b e e n *o b r i n g the s a l a r y r a n g e f o r e a c h r a n k to the m e d i n r a n g e f o r a s e l e c t e d g r o u p of q u a l i t y coll e g e s a c r o s s the n a t i o n . T h e s e adj u s t m e n t s w e r e m a d e e v e r y two years. T h e n e w r e c o m m e n d a t i o n will place Hope somewhat above these m e d i a n s for i n s t r u c o r s . a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r s , and a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r s . but s o m e w h a t below the m e d ian for t h e full p r o f e s s o r s , a c c o r d ing to a newslet e r sent to t h e facility. F o r t h i s r e a s o n , t h e e x e c u tive c o m m i t t e e s p e c i f i e d t h a t h e s a l a r y s c a l e wall be r e - e x a m i n e d next y e a r a t this t i m e . T h e r e wall be no i n c r e a s e in
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l a r g e s t c h u r c h e s in t h e c o u n t r y . " C o m e a s you a r e in the f a m i l y c a r . " were the words describing Dr. S c h i l l e r ' s f i r s t c h u r c h in the d r i v e - i n t h e a t e r . A l t h o u g h he w a s discouraged by contemporaries t h e s p e a k e r s a i d , this c h u r c h g r e w a n d within a s h o r t t i m e a n e w c h a p e l w a s built. H o w e v e r , a c c o r i ing to D r . S c h u l e r . m a n y p e o p l e in t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n r e a l i z e d w h a t t h e d r i v e - i n c h u r c h h a d m e a n t to shut-ins and o t h e r s who couldn't p o s s i b l y a t e n d c h u r c h ; so R e v . S c h u l e r g a v e t w o s e r v i c e s — o n e at !)..'U) a . m . in t h e c h a p e l and o n e at 11 a . m . m t h e t h e a t e r . T h e s e r v i c e s c o n t i n u e d for f o u r y e a r s until a n e w w a l k - i n d r i v e - i n c h u r c h w a s d e s i g n e d and built by D r . S c h u l e r a n d his fellow c h u r c h m e n . T h e n e w c h u r c h is in
A H 'V Speaker Scheduled The next T u e s d a y m o r n i n g a l l - c o l l e g e a s s ? m b l y wall p r e s e n t M r s H a r o l d ( . B r i n i g . s p o n s o r e d by AWS a n d s p e a k i n g on t h e topic. " Y o u a r e m o r e i m p o r t a n t t h a n you t h i n k . " M i s Bi inig g r a d u a t e d with a b a c h e l o r ul s c i e n c e d e g r e e f r o m Simm o n s C o l l e g e in B o s t o n , w h e r e s h e t a u g h t in he e d u c a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t for t h r e e y e a r s . D u r i n g that t i m e s h e w a s in c h a r g e of t h e " p r a c t i c e t e a c h i n g " p r o g r a m m Boston p u b l i c s c h o o l s . M r s . B r i n g h . s s e r v e d a s a v o l u n t e e r p a r o l e o f f i c e r in a P i f s b u r g M o r a l s C o u r t , a s a m e m b e r of the B o a r d of T r u s t e e s of Hope College, a n d wi h t h e h e l p of h e r h u s b a n d h a s led Nounu Adult g r o u p s in Ch c a g j a n d New Y o r k City O n e y o u n g adult g r o u p which s h e led in \ e w Y o r k City, at t h e M a r b l e Col'egia e C h u r c h , a t t r a c t e d o v e r 1.000 y o u n g p e o p l e y e a r l y a n d h a d a r e g u l a i m e m b e r s h i p of o v e r 500. In a d d i t i o n to h e r T u e s d a y m o r n i n g talk, M r s . B r i n i g wall l e a d a d i s c u s s i o n f o r all w o m e n s t u d e n t s at 7 p . m in W i n a n f s A u d i t o r i u m .
u s e t o d a y , the g l a s s , w o o d , and l a n d s c a p i n g g i v i n g t h e view of s e r e n i t y a n d f r e s h n e s s a s d e p i c ed in t h e 23rd P s a l m . Dr. S c h u l e r said Only t h r o u g h f a i t h in God a n d p o s s i b i l i t y t h i n k i n g w e r e t h e nece s s a r y f u n d s r a i s e d f o r t h i s building. M o n e y is he last t h i n g his c o n s i s t o r y or a n y p o s s i b i l i t y hinke r c o n s i d e r s , he s t a t e d , a n d prop o s a l s a r e w e i g h e d a c c o r d i n g to t h e i r m e r i t s a n d o b j e c t i v e s , not their costs. T h e m i n i s t e r of t h e now f a m o u s C a l i f o r n i a c h u r c h closed wi h t h e a d v i c e , " G i v e God a ch ance a n d he will work m i r a c l e s . "
T h e Ch pel c h o i r a n d O r c h e s t r a will p r e s e n t h e G a b r i e l F a u r e " R e q u i e m " S u n d a y at 3 p . m in Dimnent Memorial Chapel. U n d e r the d i r e c t on of D r . Morr t l l e R i d e r the o r c h e s r a will perform t h r e e movements from F a m e ' s s u i t e " P e l l a s and Melisande." Dr. R o b e r t C a v a n a u g h will conduet he c h o i r a n d o r c h e s t r a in t h e p e r f o r m a n c e of t h e ^ R e q u e m " ^ o p r a n o solist will be .Joyce Morr i s o n of t h e c o l l e g e m u s i c f a c u l t y . L a r r i e C l a r k e , d i r e c t o r of v o c a l m u s i c in t h e H o l l a n d P u b l i c School s y s t e m , will be t h e b a r i t o n e solois . Composed after the tragic death of his f a t h e r , t h e " R e q u i e m " h a s b e e n c a l l e d the t u r n i n g point in F lire's career, leading toward a m o r e " m a t u r e and c o h e s i v e s t y l e . " His m u s i c b e c a m e a blend of the best e l e m e n t s of he C l a s s i c a n d H o m a t i c e r a s , a c c o r d i n g to c r i t i c s . In addition, the "Requiem" r e p r e s e n t s a d e p a r t u r e f r o m the t h e m e s of f i r e a n d b r i m s t o n e in t h e last j u d g e m e n t a n d p l a c e s an
Fact and Faith"Seminars l o B< e r a l r e l a t i o n s h i p of p s y c h o l o g y to C h r i s t i a n i t y with s o m e i n v e s t i g a tion of t h e bad p s y c h o l o g i c a l ef feels some analysts have claimed lor r e l i g i o n . T h o s e i n t e r e s t e d in t h e philosophy s e m i n a r will m e e t in VR 303. T h i s g r o u p will first a t t e m p t to lay s o m e b a s i s f o r f u r h e r discussion by d e a l i n g with the q n o tion of w h e t h e r C h r i s t i a n i t y a n d philosophy a r e related or opposed. T h e q u e s t i o n s a r i s i n g out of t h i s d i s c u s s i o n will be p u r s u e d o n c e t h e b a s i s h a s been e s t a b l i s h e d . T h e m u s i c and a r t s e m i n a r , which will m e e t in VR 305, will be investig. ting t h e r o l e of m u s i c in t h e c h u r c h and t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of u s i n g s e c u l a r a r t f o r m s f o r conveying religious meanings. S o m e q u e s t i o n s which will be r a i s e d a r e : Can r e l i g i o u s i d e a s b e c o m b i n e d with s e c u l a r m u s i c outs i d e of t h e c h u r c h ? What const i i u t e s good a n d bad c h u r c h m u s ic? What is t h e r o l e of e m o t i o n in c h u r c h m u s i c ? T h e E n g l i s h s e m i n a r will be
d e a l i n g with t h e p r o b l e m of C h r i s tian i n t e r p r e t it ions of l i t e r a t u r e a n d i n t e l l e c ual h o n e s t y a s well a> s o m e C h r i s t i a n o u t l o o k s in t h e h s t o r y of d r a m a . T h i s s e m i n a r will m e e t in VR 30ti. T h e q u e s t i o n of G o d ' s a c t i v i t y in h i s t o r y will be t h e g e n e r a l t h e m e of t h e h i s t o r y s e m i n a r disc u s s i o n . S o m e q u e s t i o n s to be r a i s e d a r e : Is God o p e r a t i v e in h i s t o r y ? How c a n t h e s t u d e n t k n o w it? Is r e l i g i o n ;he o p i a t e of t h e people'.' W h a ! is t h e h i s t o r i c i t y of J e s u s ? T h i s g r o u p will m e e t in VR 201. The sociology s e m i n a r g r o u p will m e e t in VR 2()(). Its topic will c e n t e r a r o u n d t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p of C h r i s t i a n i t y to a c h a n g i n g c u l t u r e . T h e p r o b l e m of a u n i v e r s a l s o c i a l e t h i c , w o r l d l i n e s s a n d the prob l e m of e ' h i c s in a c u l t u r a l cont e x t will be i n c l u d e d . The political science s e m i n a r m e e t i n g in VR 304 will deal with t h e s e p a r a t i o n of c h u r c h and s t a t e . V a r i o u s c u r r e n t i s s u e s will be dis( C o n t i n u e d on p a g e 2)
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I m p a c t will begin its s e r i e s of s e m i n a r d i s c u s s i o n g r o u p s next T u e s d a y , at 4:30 p . m . in V a n Raalte. T h e p u r p o s e of the s e m i n a r s , acc o r d i n g to the g r o u p ' s c h a i r m a n . P a u l R a n s f o r d . is to s t i m u l a t e disc u s s i o n wi hin m a j o r fields conc e r n i n g t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p of Christ i a n i t y to a c a d e m i c s t u d y . " T h e g r o u p s a r o s e out of w h a t w e c o n s i d e r a n e e d on t h i s c a m p u s . We get a f i n e s e c u l a r e d u c a tion h e r e at H o p e , but r a r e l y is t h e r e t h e a t t e m p t by f a c u l t y or s t u d e n t to d i s c u s s s o m e of t h e i m p l i c a t i o n s of o u r l e a r n i n g in t h e light of t h e C h r i s t i a n g o s p e l , " R a n s f o r d said. T h e m a j o r i t y of the s e m i n a r s will be h e l d in V a n R a a l t e . M a n y of t h e g r o u p s will h a v e f a c u l y m e m b e r s s i t t i n g in on t h e disc u s s i o n s , but e a c h g r o u p will h a v e a student leader. T h e p s y c h o l o g y s e m i n a r will Ik* h e l d in t h e Kletz. T h e l e a d e r s of this group have announced that t h e d i s c u s s i o n will e x p l o r e t h e g e n -
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e m p h a s i s on t h e hope of h e a v e n . T h e " R e q u i e m " is c o m p o s e d of seven movements—"Introit and K y r i e . " " O f f e r t o r y . " " H o l y . Holy. H o l y . " " B l e s s e d J e s u s , " " L m b of God," "Deliver M e " and "In Paradise." " F a u r e ' s ' R e q u i e m ' Ls a cul u r a l a n d e d u c a t i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e not to be m i s s e d a n d o n e t h a t is s u r e to m o v e the a u d i e n c e with its d e e p and s e r e n e t o n e ; " s a i d D r . C a v a n :.U2h.
FINANCES Bill W i o h e r s w r a p s up his t h r e e - p a r t s e r i e s on c o l l e g e fin a n c e s this w e e k with an a r t icle d i s c u s s i n g the f u t u r e p l a n s a n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s of t h e c o l l e g e . Wichers' article is load d with f a c t s w h i c h h a v e m t b e f o r e b e e n r e l e a s e d to the arlent. T h e c o l l e g e p l a n s he es c r i b e s will r a d i c a l l y a f f e c t t h e s t u d e n t body in the f u t u r e . See p a g e t h r e e .
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