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Pan-Hellenic Board Pushes for Spring Rush Questionnaire Evaluation to Help System by Linda Walvoord This s e a s o n Pan-Hellenic Board has been engaged in an extensive re-evaluation of the present sorority system and its capacity, based on a questionnaire circulated last month to all women on campus. During the last meeting of the Board on March 13, Dr. and Mrs. Lubbers were the special guests of the Board at a Phelps dinner meeting. At this meeting, a letter written by the sororities was read, which expressed a clear preference for spring rushing, and opposing the recent proposal for cancellation of sorority rushing this spring. After a thorough discussion of the ques-

tion, the Board voted to go ahead with spring rush this year. At the same time, a fifteenmember committee, consisting of five sorority members, five interested non-sorority members and .five adults was formed to begin a close study of questionnaires and report their suggestions this spring. A members' thorough re-evaluation of the entire sorority system is intended through these committee meetings. Dr. Lubbers gave the women several ideas as to the real purpose and function of sororities on Hope's campus and offered his assistance to the committee. Hope's present sorority system has been in effect for two

Campus Lecture Series Features Kalamazoo Orchestra Conductor Mr. Gregory Millar, newly appointed conductor of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, will be guest lecturer at Hope College on Monday, March 19, in the Dimnent Memorial Chapel. His lecture, on the topic "Music in American Culture" is scheduled for 10:30 that morning as a part of the All-Ompus Lecture Series for which classes will be dismissed. Mr. Millar came to Kalamazoo last September from his post as assistant to Leonard Bernstein, conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. His musical background and training have been mostly in Canada and on the West Coast of the United 1 States. He was founder of the San Francisco Orchestra and various other opera and instrumental groups. His activities with Mr. Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic were given a wide newspaper and magazine coverage during the past year and included a feature story in Time magazine. Since he was appointed the permanent conductor of the Kalamazoo orchestra, he has

years, replacing a system of "preferential bidding" in which girls were placed in a sorority for leadership distribution and preference matching. Used for many years before 1958, this system proved unsatisfactory as enrollment increased. Now the questions before the Board are 1) What should we expect from Hope College sororities? 2) How many are needed? 3) Are the sororities fulfilling their aims at present? 4) What is the best system for membership? Responses on the questionnaire were most encouraging, demonstrating concern and interest among Hope women for a good social system. O f ' 470 upperclass women, 311 returned their forms, while 108 freshmen returns were received. Generally, reactions to the present system were highly positive; fewer

programmed many unusual and Committee Formed significant compositions previously not heard in western To Investisate Michigan. Prior to his association with Curriculum Chanses the New York Philharmonic he At a recent meeting of the was conductor of the St. Louis University Orchestra and the -Educational Policies Committee Canadian Broadcasting Corpor- a motion was acted upon to form ation's serious music programs. a special Curriculum Committee to prepare a proposal for revising the general course requirements. This committee would formulate suggestions for course revisions for graduation and possible changes in the academic calendar. The steps which the committee are to take are 1) to solicit ideas and suggestions from the faculty members and students, 2) to prepare an initial proposal, 3) to present this proposal for comment and suggestion to representatives of various departments, 4) to prepare a second draft of the proposal, 5) to present this draft to faculty in small groups and as a whole for acceptance or rejection. "This procedure will take sometime," said Dr. Lubbers, "but will help to insure sound revisions in the present curriculGregory Millar um." •

than 50 women opposed the bidding system, though many offered suggestions for improvement. As a regulatory organ for all sororities, Pan-Hellenic Board recognizes responsibility for all Hope women, first of all to nonsorority women who desire membership. Included on the sorority letter at the recent meeting was a strongly supported recommendation that at least one new sorority be formed, modeled after the existing ones, next fall. At present, sorority facilities at Hope are inadequate. (Continued on Page 4)

Highlights Local season Concerts The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, the list continues; all have mentioned appreciatively the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. A sample taken from the Galveston News, "The ensemble has been shaped into a cohesive balance that speaks as one instrument — perfectly tuned precision instrument." The possessors of Civic Concert Series tickets will have the privilege of hearing this orchestra, the second oldest in our country, this Saturday night at 8:00 in the Civic Center. Founded in 1880, the orchestra is now under the conduction of Edouard Van Remoortel, a 35-year-old Belgian who began his reknowned career at 17 and is himself a famed violoncellist. He has, since then, furthered his career by conducting 50 orchestras on six continents. "His conducting repertory includes acquaintance with some 400 works, classical and modern." The orchestra has been conducted by such men as Max Zach, "principal violist of the Boston Symphony and conductor of the famed Boston Pops from 1887 to 1897." Rudolph Gang followed and then Vladimir Golschmann of Paris. The concertmaster is Melvin Ritter, famed musician in his own right. Leslie Parnas, ' who in 1957 won the Pablo Casals International Competition, is the principal 'cellist. He has been named the "outstanding young 'cellist in the United States" by the violoncello Society of New York.

Lubbers Attacks Federal A i d Grants President Irwin Lubbers along with 28 other small college presidents has spoken against legislation now pending in Congress on federal construction grants to private colleges. Dr. Lubbers said, "This is not a statement for future college policy but this is a time to let Congress and President Kennedy know that private colleges want to remain free, strong, and independent." Representatives from Rockford, Franklin College, Hillsdale College, Wabash College, Wheaton College and DePauw University met in Chicago last week to compose a wire that was sent to President Kennedy. Twenty-three other college presidents including Dr. Lubbers, added their endorsement when informed of the protest. "Such provisions would embark this country upon a radically new program and policy of support of privately endowed institutions of higher education which will have devastating consequences to the individual institutions and therefore will prove inimical to the public interest," said the group. Dr. Lubbers explained how

this rejection of federal grant is consistent with the college borrowing federal money for the building of dormitories. "When the college builds dormitories and borrows money from the government, the college pays the government back with interest just as is done in a business transaction" said Dr. Lubbers. The college borrows from the government because the rate of interest is lower than elsewhere and because of the controls by expert government engineers which make sure the building is correct. The bill now pending in the House authorizes federal matching grants. This form of subsidy is a grant not requiring payment to the government. Under this new legislation, private colleges become "charity cases, lessening their freedom and independence," Lubbers went on to say. There are two bills pending in C o n g r e s s . The compromise House bill authorizes $1.5 billion over five years in grants and loans to public and private colleges for classroom construction. (Continued on Page 3)


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