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The College will increase its r o o m c h a r g e s b y $ 10 per semester b e g i n n i n g this fall to f i n a n c e the installment of telephones in each d o r m i t o r y r o o m , r a i s i n g the total basic fee to $ 2 , 3 7 0 per y e a r . Dean of Students Robert De Y o u n g s a i d that the A d m i n i s t r a tion h a d o r i g i n a l l y hoped to be able to a b s o r b the cost of the telephones in the present b u d g e t without a n increase in fees. The B o a r d of Trustees, however, decided t h a t this w o u l d not be possible, Dean De Y o u n g r e p o r t e d . T H E D E A N SAID that each d o r m i t o r y r o o m will h a v e a telep h o n e b y the o p e n i n g of school in the fall. T h e Student Senate and the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Relations Club h a v e a l r e a d y been m o v e d out of their office in the b a s e m e n t of G r a v e s Hall to m a k e r o o m for the s w i t c h b o a r d . The s w i t c h b o a r d will t a k e u p •he s p a c e now occupied b y these offices and the a d j o i n i n g class-
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Aid Eligibility Broadened By Garrett De Graff a n c h o r N e w s Editor The Administration Affairs B o a r d r e m o v e d academic requirements f o r aid eligibility and a p p r o v e d the principle that freshmen c a n serve on s t a n d i n g committees in n o n - v o t i n g positions Monday. T h e B o a r d also m a d e eligible for financial aid all full-time students a t t e n d i n g off-campus prog r a m s p r o v i d i n g that fees for the p r o g r a m are p a i d to the College a n d that the College g r a n t s credit for the c o u r s e s taken. The aid policy stated that only " s t u d e n t s a t t e n d i n g Great Lakes Colleges Association programs" were eligible f o r aid. T H E N E W P O L I C Y on a c a d e mic r e q u i r e m e n t s states that " a n y student w h o is allowed to enroll in the fall is eligible to receive financial aid c o n s i d e r a t i o n prov i d i n g he h a s submitted the proper a p p l i c a t i o n f o r n ^ s ) . " Students will be considered f o r aid in d e s c e n d i n g o r d e r of g r a d e point a v e r a g e for the previous two semesters. Previously a n y u p p e r c l a s s m a n w h o fell below a 2 . 0 g r a d e point a v e r a g e for a given school year and a n y f r e s h m a n who fell below a 1.9 for his f r e s h m a n y e a r were ineligible to receive financial aid f o r the f o l l o w i n g school y e a r . Both c h a n g e s c a m e b e f o r e the AAB f r o m the A d m i s s i o n s a n d E d u c a t i o n a l G r a n t s Committee. APPROVAL O F "the principle that f r e s h m a n students be allowed to serve on s t a n d i n g committees without a v o t e " came following consideration of a proposal
German Class Is To Present Three-Act Play K u r t Gotz's three-act p l a y , " D e r L a m p e n s c h i r m , " will be presented W e d n e s d a y at 2 p.m. a n d T h u r s d a y at 8 p.m. in the H o p e College Little T h e a t r e . The p l a y is a n a n n u a l production put on b y Werner Heine's G e r m a n C o n v e r s a t i o n class a n d this year is u n d e r the direction of t h e a t r e m a j o r K a r e n Woods. Mary Zandee, a German major, is assistant director. The action in this c o n t e m p o r a r y p l a y o r i g i n a t e s f r o m the attempt of H a n s K a r l , played b y D o u g B r a a t , a n d his friend E r f u r t , port r a y e d b y Mike Kucera, to write a play. They c a n n o t c o m e u p with a n idea, so they decide to create a p l a y f r o m the action of the next two d a y s of their lives. Other m e m b e r s of the cast include J e a n n e DeVette, T o m De Y o u n g , Bob Scott, N a n c y Walcott, N a n c y W a r n e r , M a r y Z u i d e m a , Peter ' t H o e n , M a r y V o o r h o r s t a n d Rich Reynen.
b o u g h t before the AAB by freshm a n class president Tim Seise. The p u r p o s e of his p r o p o s a l , said Seise, w a s to p r o v i d e a n opp o r t u n i t y to educate f r e s h m e n a s to the w o r k i n g s of the committee structure. Dr. v a n Putten s a i d that s o m e faculty m e m b e r s might object to f r e s h m e n being allowed to h o l d voting positions on committees since f r e s h m a n teachers a r e not permitted to sit on committees. T H E BOARD D I D not a d o p t his specific p r o p o s a l but noted that specific requests for nonv o t i n g f r e s h m e n m e m b e r s for specific committees m a y c o m e f r o m the student g o v e r n m e n t . A letter f r o m the Black Coalition requesting that a r o o m in the DeWitt C u l t u r a l Center be n a m e d in h o n o r of a n a t i o n a l l y k n o w n Black person w a s a l s o considered by the AAB. T H E L E T T E R suggested that the r o o m be used f o r s t u d y i n g , for a meeting place for a c a d e m i c , social, and culturally-related activities and as a center for b o o k s , art a n d other d i s p l a y s relevant to Black history. Dean for Academic Affairs Morrette Rider stated that to reserve a r o o m or b u i l d i n g for a partic u l a r ethnic g r o u p is unconstitutional and such action could lead to w i t h d r a w a l of f e d e r a l f u n d s for the building. FOLLOWING DON LUID E N S ' suggestion that the B o a r d request clarification of " h o w the r o o m is to be r e s e r v e d , " whether it is to be f o r the entire c a m p u s
or just for one g r o u p , the m o t i o n was tabled p e n d i n g such clarification. J a m e s B e k k e r i n g , Director of F i n a n c i a l Aid, stated that u n d e r the new a c a d e m i c s t a n d i n g s policy a n y o n e w h o is enrolled a n d p a y i n g fees is eligible for aid but is not g u a r a n t e e d aid. MR. BEKKERING ALSO stated that u n d e r the present policy there might be students with need w h o are invited to return but w h o can not because academic r e q u i r e m e n t s m a k e them ineligible for aid. Luidens s a i d he f a v o r e a the new policy b e c a u s e often people with a c a d e m i c t r o u b l e are w o r k i n g 2 0 2 5 h o u r s a week. Dr. William V a n d e r Lugt, Distinguished Professor at Large, questioned the w i s d o m of " u n d e r writing students on academic probation."
Marionette Show Here Thursday The Peter A r n o t t ' s Classical Marionette T h e a t e r will present " O e d i p u s Rex" this T h u r s d a y at 8 : 1 5 p.m. in Snow Auditorium. Mr. Arnott, a professor at the University of Iowa, is a n a u t h o r i t y on Greek d r a m a a n d h a s written a b o o k called " Introduction to Greek T h e a t e r . " The show is geared to a n adult audience. Children u n d e r 12 will not be admitted.
r o o m . The D e a n noted that this might c a u s e a slight squeeze in c l a s s r o o m space, " w h i c h is n o w not very a b u n d a n t . " IN THE N E W telephone system, each d o r m i t o r y r o o m a n d each floor in the cottages will b e equipped with a telephone h a v i n g a special college n u m b e r . E a c h phone will be a p r i v a t e line, not a p a r t y line. D e a n De Y o u n g said. O p e r a t o r s at this s w i t c h b o a r d will h a n d l e calls t h r o u g h o u t m o s t of the d a y , a n d a n a n s w e r i n g service will be e n g a g e d f o r the e a r l y m o r n i n g h o u r s , so that around-the-clock service can be maintained. E A C H T E L E P H O N E will be assigned a four-digit c a m p u s n u m b e r , and calls can be m a d e to a n y other c a m p u s telephone at a n y time. An out-side n u m b e r will permit local calls. N o l o n g distance calls will be possible, however.
Media Committee Views anchor Policy Statement The Communication Media Comrrittee h a s p r e p a r e d a d r a f t of a policy statement for the a n c h o r which it has circulated a m o n g students, faculty a n d administrators for comment and possible revision. T h e draft statement e m p h a s i z e s that the a n c h o r is " t h e weekly n e w s p a p e r of H o p e C o l l e g e " a n d that it is written and edited b y students and aimed p r i m a r i l y at a student audience. T h e p u r p o s e of the a n c h o r " i s to reflect student life a n d activity in its news c o v e r a g e , a n d to lead a n d m o d e r a t e student o p i n i o n in its editorial p a g e s . " F u r t h e r , the a n c h o r " i s not a n independent p a p e r in the sense that it is owned, m a n a g e d , a n d edited b y a g r o u p detached f r o m the College. It is an i n t r a m u r a l project financed p r i m a r i l y by College f u n d s . " A s such, it is subject to the s u p e r v i s i o n of the Student Communications Media Committee u n d e r the committee structure. The draft lists as duties of the a n c h o r t h a t " it provides its readers h i p with an accurate and b a l a n c e d picture of the College c o m m u n i t y a n d that " t h e c o n t e n t s and o p e r a t i o n " of the a n c h o r " a r e b o u n d by the j o u r n a l i s t i c code of ethics." The code of ethics listed s a y s a n e w s p a p e r h a s the right to discuss whatever is not explicitly forb i d d e n by law, including the wisd o m of a n y restrictive statute." " F r e e d o m f r o m all o b l i g a t i o n s except that of fidelity to the public interest is v i t a l , " it states. The code states that " p r o m o tion of a n y private interest cont r a r y to the general welfare, for whatever r e a s o n is not compatible with honest j o u r n a l i s m "
and " p a r t i s a n s h i p , in editorial c o m m e n t which k n o w i n g l y dep a r t s f r o m the truth, does violence to the best spirit of American j o u r n a l i s m ; in news c o l u m n s it is s u b v e r s i v e of a f u n d a m e n t a l principle of the p r o f e s s i o n . " News r e p o r t s a r e to " b e free f r o m o p i n i o n o r b i a s of a n y k i n d . " Under the code, a n e w s p a p e r should " m a k e p r o m p t a n d c o m plete correction of its own s e r i o u s mistakes of fact or opinion, whatever the o r i g i n . " The C o m m u n i c a t i o n s Media Committee is n o w accepting applications for the editorships of the a n c h o r , the Milestone and the Opus and for the position of station m a n a g e r of WTAS.
Dr. John Higham Speaks Tuesday On Urban Mind Dr. .lohn H i g h a m , c h a i r m a n of the history d e p a r t m e n t of the University of M i c h i g a n , will present a lecture T u e s d a y a f t e r n o o n a t 4 : 3 0 in W i n a n t s A u d i t o r i u m . Dr. H i g h a m will speak o n " T h e Rise of the U r b a n Mentality in A m e r i c a . " His lecture is s p o n sored b y the h i s t o r y d e p a r t m e n t . Assistant p r o f e s s o r of history J o h n Stewart, a student of Dr. H i g h a m , said that the lecture would be beneficial " t o a n y o n e interested in A m e r i c a n c u l t u r e . " Dr. H i g h a m is generally r e g a r d ed as one of the l e a d i n g A m e r i c a n intellectual and social h i s t o r i a n s . His m a j o r w o r k s include " S t r a n gers in the L a n d , " a study of A m e r i c a n i m m i g r a t i o n ; and " H i s t o r y , " a n a n a l y s i s of the writing of history in America.
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Chorus Presents Schuetz's 'Passion' "The Passion A c c o r d i n g to Saint Matthew," a n o r a t o r i o b y Heinrich Schuetz, will be p e r f o r m ed b y the College C h o r u s S u n d a y at 8 : 3 0 p.m. in D i m n e n t M e m o r i a l Chapel. Senior N o r m a n Mol, tenor, will sing the lead s o l o role of the E v a n gelist. Other soloists in the production will be b a r i t o n e Wayne V a n der Byl as Jesus, tenor Tim Liggett as Peter, b a s s J a m e s M o o r e a s Pontius Pilate, tenor Michael Oonk as J u d a s and s o p r a n o C a r ol Wilterdink as the wife of Pilate. T H E C H O I R W I L L sing u n d e r the direction of Roger Davis. C h a p l a i n William H i l l e g o n d s will be the w o r s h i p leader in the service. A c c o m p a n y i n g the choir will be G w y n n e Bailey a n d K6n Nienhuis p l a y i n g the o r g a n a n d Oonk p l a y i n g classical g u i t a r . The o r a t o r i o w a s written in 1666. The English t r a n s l a t i o n of the G e r m a n text, which follows
the K i n g J a m e s version of the Gospel According to Saint Matthew with few exceptions, w a s d o n e b y R ichar d T. Gore. T H E S C H U E T Z " P a s s i o n " is a f o r e r u n n e r of the m o r e f a m o u s o r a t o r i o s of George Frederick Handel a n d J o h a n n S e b a s t i a n Bach, a n d s t a n d s as a b r i d g e between medieval Mystery Plays a n d the m o r e h i g h l y developed o r a t o r ios of later c o m p o s e r s . In the Middle Ages, Mystery Plays were used to present stories of the Bible to the people, w h o f o r the most p a r t could not r e a d Biblical Latin. By the mid-sixteenth century, h o w e v e r , o r a t o r i o s such a s " T h e P a s s i o n " served this function. O N E O F S C H U E T Z ' S contrib u t i o n s to o r a t o r i o w a s the writing of a n u n a c c o m p a n i e d recitative to be s u n g a g a i n s t the b a c k g r o u n d of the choir. He w a s skillful at c r e a t i n g c o n t r a s t s between soloists a n d the choir in the dev e l o p m e n t of c h a r a c t e r voices.
P A S S I O N - R o g e r D a v i s directs the College C h o r u s d u r i n g y e s t e r d a y ' s r e h e a r s a l a s soloist N o r m a n Mol a n d a c c o m p a n i s t Mike Oonk l o o k on.