Has S L C Approval
Sixth Fraternity Hopes to Be Established A group of 11 Hope men have received the permission of the Student Life Committee to proceed with preparations aimed at the establishment of a sixth social fraternity on the campus, according to the committee's decision at last Tuesday's meeting. If ultimately approved, this fraternity, would be "on the order of and on equal terms with Hope's five existing social fraternities," according to the statement submitted by the group. As such, it would be the first new fraternity on campus since the establishment of the Arcadian Fraternity in 1946. The eleven independents were re-
presented at the SLC meeting by their president, Paul Verduin, and their two - member constitutional committee; Nelson Murphy and Charles Lake. As a justification for an additional fraternity, they pointed out that due to the mushrooming enrollment at Hope, the five-fraternity system was no longer adequate. Out of approximately 250 male freshmen this year, only 111 were invited to join a fraternity. In addition, they felt that denial of the advantages of a fraternity at Hope where "the social atmosphere is rooted in the fraternity - sorority structure of student life would clear-
Fulbright Awarded to Cheryl Richardson for Organ Study Cheryl Richardson, a senior music major at Hope, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study
under Anton Heiller at the Acaderm of Music in Vienna this year. Mr. Heiller, who is one of the foremost European organists, recommended Miss Richardson for the scholarship after hearing her play when he c a m e to Hope in October. The grant, which is part of the Fulbright - Hays Act for Fine Arts Study and Cultural Exchange, includes tuition, room, bo^rd and travel expenses. Miss Richardson will be taking courses in composition. counterpoint, conHncHno and improvisation. She is interested in older organ music and will study primarily baroque music. The Fullbright Scholarship is awarded to approximately 50 outstanding American s t u d e n t of the arts each year. Miss Richardson plans to continue for her master's degree and teach organ or go into church music.
CHERYL RICHARDSON
She is presently studying with Roger Davis of Hope's music department.
ly hamper Hope's ideal of developing the whole person." With the approval of the committee, the group will now develop a constitution within the standards set up by the IFC constitution. If this is approved and the SLC gives final approval to the sixth fraternity concept, the nucleus of eleven would hopefully be expanded to 25 by the end of the year through personal invitation to independents. According to Verduin, they would then participate in the regular fall rush. For housing, they would hope to procure a place of their own next year, probably a cottage. Several members of the Admin-
As a candidate, I have felt obligated to r.resent some indication of the type of leadership I envision this office to entail, and thus the above discussion. These are by no means all of my ideas. I will present more of them on Tuesday. If vou have any questions as to my candidacy or platform, please call me.
Other members of the group thus far are: Don Damsteegt, Joe De Kok, Sid Disbrow, Mike Dillbeck, Paul Hartman, John McKenzie and Ernie Wilcox. In other business, the Student Life Committee commended the Arcadian Fraternity for their new pledging program, a copy of which was distributed to each member of the committee. The essential element of this program is the elimination of the "hell night" concept and the institution of various forms of group work and individual projects.
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Hope College, Holland, Michigan
April 22. 1966
Much Food Needed
Hope Students Collect Clothing Today and tomorrow Hope students will cooperate with the youth groups of Holland churches in a drive to collect clothing for Madras, India. The acquired clothing will then be sold on April 29 and 30 in the Holland Armory. Tonight students will be in front of Graves Hall from 6 to 10 p.m. to handle contributions from students and town people.
Van derivel, Pearson Give Views By Gene Pearson Prompted by a belief that almost any goal can be accomplished through student government, my candidacy for Student Senate president is based on a desire to achieve several proposals. More publicity should be given student organizations such as the Student Court, now understood by very few students. Non-senate members should also be placed on Student Senate committees. If more people are invoiveH in government, more enthusiasm will result, and more can be accomplished. The Senate should sponsor a benefit for charity. The college could cooperate with the community and the local churches, rent the Civic Center and charge admission. The necessary talent is certainly available, and often unused. The s t u d e n t body would be united, collegecommunity relations f u r t hered, and funds raised. S u c h topics GENE PEARSON as L. S. D., the New Morality, and God is dead should be presented through an organized combination of wellknown speakers, printed materials and planned discussions. A program such as this is basic to a constructive study of these important subjects. A period of time—perhaps a week—set aside for intensive concentration on a specific issue would make it more real to Hope students.
istration have expressed their support for the concept. Chaplain William Hillegonds has given the group his enthusiastic support. Reaction among the student body thus far, however, seems somwhat mixed, ^ v e Courtney, one of the men involved in the proposal, expressed his opinion on this matter. He felt that "at first there will probably be some negative attitudes, but J hope they won't be lasting." He emphasized that the new group would desire to "work with, not against, the established fraternities" and that they would be interested in the same type of "fraternity material."
By Dave Vanderwel The first question a candidate is often asked is, "What is your platform?" I think that this word has come to have some rather negative implications. We have tended to make this appear to be what the candidate expects or hopes to accomplish during his term of office. The Student Senate president is the person who often presents things for the Senate to decide. These should be things which you, the student body, want to be brought to the attention of the Senate. This is why I'm ?oncerned that the lines of communication between you a n d the Senate are so o f t e n broken down. In t a l k i n g with many of you during the past week, I've found that you have many ideas w h i c h are worthy of c o n sideration by the Senate. We n e e d to ?ive you a better means of communicating your ideas to the Senate. The first s t e p s in reb u i 1 d ing the communications between you DAVE VANDERWEL and the Senate are the establishment of regular Senate office hours to give you the chance to talk with the Senate president, and the use of more nonSenate members on student committees, both designed to give you a chance to express your ideas more directly. The continuation and expansion of such programs as the Student Church and the spring trips, along with new programs such as a trip emphasizing the fine arts, would give you the opportunity to become more involved in Hope College. By opening the doors of communication between you and the Senate, and involving you more in the activities of our campus, we will perhaps be able to come closer to the complete education which we seek.
Tomorrow Hope's freshmen and sophomores and the youth groups will canvass the area. According to Gary Gilmore, chairman of the drive, residents wishing to contribute are asked to have their porch lights lit that day. Those who are unable to give at these times may call Durfee Hall (396-7822) between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. from April 24 through 27. The sale of the clothing next weekend will be handled by the junior and senior classes. For every $100 sent to Madras, 300 pounds of grain food can be purchased, and
one water pump can be bought, shipped and delivered. The purpose of the drive is to help relieve the famine in Madras The need in India is so great that the World Council of Missions has estimated that 12 million people will die of starvation if India's food import is not doubled. This is the second project undertaken by Hope students this year. The first was the Hope - Holland Hamlet Drive, which contributed $6,SCO toward the building of a health clinic and an elementary school in Le Loi, South Vietnam.
STARVATION—The Miwlons Committee at Hope is working to allevi ate the conditions of starvation and poverty such as this in Madras, India, by collecting clothes and money.
Dr. Norton Becomes New Biology Department Head Dr. Norman J. Norton will replace Dr. Philip Crook as chairman of the biology department, beginning September 1966, President Calvin VanderWerf announced. Dr. Crook requested to be relieved of his administrative duties as chairman in order to devote full time to teaching and research as professor of biology. Before coming to Hope in 1964, Dr. Norton, who is an assistant professor of biology, was an assistant professor at the Univen?i f v of Minnesota and research palynologist at the Geologic Research Center of the Humble Oil and Refining
gree in 1958 from Southern Illinois University, his M.Sc. degree in 1960 and his Ph.D. degree in 1963 from the University of Minnesota. He previously served for four years in the United States Air Force. Dr. Norton, who has had several of his papers published in scientific journals, has been the recipient of three botany fellowshios and several research grants. He is also the faculty advisor to the honorary biological fraternity. Beta Beta Beta, and college representative to the botany section of the Michigan Scholars program.
Dr. Norton recently received a Company. Sigma Xi grant to study cretaceous Or. Norton received his A.B. de- sediments in Montana.