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Q VOLUME 89- ISSUE NO. 24

APRIL 29, 1977

Election results—.

S.C. set for fall 7 7 A w h o p p i n g t o t a l of 928 s t u d e n t s t u r n e d out to p a r t i c i p a t e in the elections for s t u d e n t council officers for t h e 1977-1978 school year.

Elected t o lead and r e p r e s e n t the s t u d e n t body a r e : BRIAN S T A U F F E R - P r e s i d e n t N A N B1AN - V.P. for P r o g r a m s , Polls, a n d Elections

BRIAN STAUFFER

NAN BIAN

D A V E LEENHOUTS - V.P. for Appropriations T h e anchor c o n g r a t u l a t e s t h e new r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s and wishes them a successful y e a r .

DAVE LEENHOUTS

National Spanish exam

Local winners announced T h e local w i n n e r s f o r t h e national Spanish examination of t h e A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) administered at H o p e r e c e n t l y h a v e b e e n announced. THE WINNER of t h e highest score in Level I without outside e x p e r i e n c e in S p a n i s h w a s S t e phen Baker, a s t u d e n t of William Nichols at Northview high school in Grand Rapids. T h e prize for t h e highest score with outside experie n c e in S p a n i s h w e n t t o A1 Rodriguez from W e s t O t t a w a high school and a s t u d e n t of Trinidad Perez. In Level II the prize for t h e

highest score without outside experience in Spanish was a w a r d e d to Jim W y s e , a s t u d e n t at Northview high school. T h e prize for the highest score with outside experience in Spanish w e n t to J o s e Mata, a s t u d e n t of Ms. B a r b a r a Fleming at Holland High. BRUCE STEELE, a s t u d e n t at Northview high school won the prize for a s t u d e n t without outs i d e e x p e r i e n c e in S p a n i s h in Level III. Ms. C a r m e n Longoria, a s t u d e n t at Holland high, won the prize for t h e highest score with outside ex p eri en ce in Spanish. T h e h i g h e s t s c o r i n g p r i z e in Level IV with outside experience in Spanish was a w a r d e d to Celia

Marta and t h e prize for t h e highest score without outside experience in Spanish in this level went to Christie Dillingham. Both are s t u d e n t s of Ms. C a t h e r i n e Kenworthy at Allegan high school. THE A A T S P National Spanish E x a m i n a t i o n is a s t a t e - w i d e contest in which s t u d e n t s currently enrolled in Spanish classes are able to compete for prizes on both the s t a t e and national level. Eighty-nine s t u d e n t s took the exam this y e a r a c c o r d i n g to O r e s t e s G. Pino, a s s i s t a n t professor of Spanish and coordinator of the Hope t e s t i n g c e n t e r .

Gillis gets Lee to publish in Harvard Journal summer their relationship t o t h e doctrines Dr. S a n g H. L e e , a s s o c i a t e grant of God a n d f a i t h . T h i s w o r k p r o f e s s o r of r e l i g i o n , h a s b e e n notified by t h e editors of Harvard Theological Review t h a t his article on J o n a t h a n E d w a r d s will b e published in t h a t journal early this summer. The essay, entitled "Mental Activity and t h e Percept i o n of B e a u t y in J o n a t h a n E d w a r d s , " was accepted for p u b l i c a t i o n by t h a t j o u r n a l l a s t s u m m e r , and has now been designated to a p p e a r in t h e forthcoming s u m m e r issue. The article deals with Lee's int e r p r e t a t i o n of E d w a r d s ' theories of imagination and knowledge and

r e p r e s e n t s p a r t of t h e writing Lee completed while he was on leave l a s t y e a r a s a F e l l o w of t h e A m e r i c a n C o u n c i l of L e a r n e d Societies. Lee has previously published an article on E d w a r d s in Michigan Academician and h a s acted as a convenor of t h e Consultation on E d w a r d s of t h e American Academy of Religion. Lee did his underg r a d u a t e w o r k at Wooster, and received his B.D. and P h . D . from H a r v a r d University. He has been on Hope Faculty since 1970.

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Dr. William Gillis is presently s e r v i n g as H o p e ' s j a c k - o f - a l l trades, in a r e a s from choir direct i o n t o t h e c h a l l e n g i n g t a s k of keeping D u r f e e in order. Things will be d i f f e r e n t for him this s u m m e r , as he will continue to study in t h e a r e a of b o t a n y . Gillis will be working, through a g r a n t from t h e American Philosophical Society (located in Philadelphia), in England and in Paris, F r a n c e . He describes this study as being u t o o complex to explain to the a v e r a g e person." Gillis did s t a t e t h a t t h e goal of his work is t o resolve t h e "problem of Taxonomic N o m e n c l a t u r e dealing with a group of W e s t Indian Plants." This r e l a t e s to his c u r r e n t work with plants of t h e Bahama islands. Planning to be gone a month, Gillis will n o t be in P a r i s o r England for t h e duration of his study. H e will visit Iceland and L u x e m b o u r g , and he will r e t u r n by way of t h e W e s t Indies.

Hope will confer d e g r e e s on 391 g r a d u a t i n g seniors during Comm e n c e m e n t e x e r c i s e s in t h e Holland Civic C e n t e r Sunday, May 8. H O N O R A R Y d e g r e e s will be b e s t o w e d on t h e K e v . M a r i o n deVelder, general s e c r e t a r y of t h e Reformed Church in America; Dr. Wilbur K. P i e r p o n t , professor of accounting at t h e University of Michigan; and H o w a r d R. Sluyter, an i n v e s t m e n t s e x e c u t i v e f r o m Dallas, Tex. Dr. D. Ivan D y k s t r a , professor of p h i l o s o p h y , will g i v e t h e commencement a d d r e s s . D y k s t r a was selected by a committee of g r a d u a t i n g seniors. T h e R e v . J o h n W. S t e w a r t , s e n i o r p a s t o r of W e s t m i n s t e r P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h of G r a n d R a p i d s , M i c h , will p r e a c h t h e baccalaureate sermon. Stewart was a m e m b e r of t h e Hope faculty from 1967-1974, serving as associate dean for academic affairs. D E VELDER will r e t i r e this fall a s g e n e r a l s e c r e t a r y of t h e R e f o r m e d Church in America, a post he has held since 1968. A native of Iowa, he g r a d u a t e d from Central College in 1934 and received t h e B.D. and M.Div. degrees from New Brunswick Theological S e m i n a r y . He has done g r a d u a t e work at t h e U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o D i v i n i t y School and received an honorary D.D. D e g r e e from Central College in 1950. H e h a s s e r v e d c h u r c h e s in Griggstown, N.J., Churchville, Pa., Holland, Mich., Albany, N.Y., and Grand Rapids, Mich. R e v . d e V e l d e r c u r r e n t l y appears in Who's W h o in America, Who's Who in t h e World and Men of Achievement 1977. P I E R P O N T s e r v e d a s vicep r e s i d e n t a n d chief f i n a n c i a l o f f i c e r a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Michigan from 1951-1976. Born in Winn, Mich., P i e r p o n t received his early education in t h e Mt. P l e a s a n t schools and e a r n e d his B . A . d e g r e e f r o m C e n t r a l Michigan University in 1934. In 1936 he enrolled at t h e University of Michigan, receiving his M.B.A. d e g r e e in 1938 a n d h i s P h . D . d e g r e e in 1942. In 1958, h e r e c e i v e d an h o n o r a r y LL.D. d e g r e e from Central Michigan University. P I E R P O N T is t h e a u t h o r of n u m e r o u s articles dealing with t h e fiscal m a n a g e m e n t of universities.

In 1972 he visited t h e National University of Zaire as one of five m e m b e r s of an advisory committee on university administration s p o n s o r e d by t h e R o c k e f e l l e r Foundation. He has been a consult a n t to other foundations and to s t a t e and national e d u c a t i o n a l groups on university fiscal affairs and administration. H e w a s p r e s i d e n t of t h e N a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n of C o l l e g e and University Business Officers from 1961 to 1963. He is a m e m b e r of t h e board of t r u s t e e s of t h e College R e t i r e m e n t E q u i t i e s F u n d and t h e K r e s g e Foundation and is a director of t h e A s s o c i a t i o n f o r U n i v e r s i t y Research in Astronomy. S L U Y T E R IS a 1928 H o p e College g r a d u a t e and has served on t h e college's board of t r u s t e e s since 1968. He played an instrumental role in t n e success of t h e college's recent Build Hope F u n d raising drive. In 1954 Sluyter joined Investm e n t s M a n a g e m e n t Corporation of Dallas, t h e operating organization for t h e i n v e s t m e n t s of t h e late Clinton Williams Murchison and his sons. Sluyter previously had been an executive with William Iselin & Company, a factoring organization whose Grand Rapids, Mich, branch was founded by Sluyter in 1937. While a s t u d e n t at Hope, S l u y t e r was active in d e b a t e and public speaking, journalism and t h e athletic board.

DR. D. IVAN DYKSTRA

Hope athletic recruiting For love or money? College r e c r u i t i n g of high school a t h l e t e s has come under careful. critical public scrutiny in recent years. The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) p r o b a t i o n of i t s m e m b e r s p o r t s powerhouses (for example Michigan S t a t e University) for recruiting violations has p u t this topic on the headlines of t h e s p o r t s pages week a f t e r week. When Hope claims to offer no financial aid to prospective sportsmen, many people a s s u m e hypocrisy: " t h e y ' r e paid u n d e r t h e table." R e v e l a t i o n of u n d e r t h e t a b l e payments, use of sex lures, grade manipulation and o t h e r ploys by overzealous university coaches has led to t h e a s s u m p t i o n things a r e t h e same at all levels of sport. Popular m y t h to t h e c o n t r a r y , Hope's athletic heroes are the same in t h e eyes of t h e financial aid d e p a r t m e n t as e v e r y o n e else. Hope Athletic Director Gordon B r e w e r noted t h a t , while a lot of athletes do get aid (as do a lot of non-athletes) " w e ' r e not in t h e bargaining business. We're happy t h a t t h e y ' r e a t h l e t e s , but t h e y ' r e not going t o get special t r e a t m e n t because t h e y high j u m p six foot eight." Brewer noted that the athletic d e p a r t m e n t is not involved with t h e giving of aid at any point, and likes it t h a t way. F i g u r e s r e l e a s e d by t h e Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) for 1976-1977, t h e most r e c e n t compiled, back up B r e w e r ' s assertions. Hope athletes without need receiving no financial a w a r d for t h e 1975-76 school y e a r totalled 81 persons, up f r o m 79 in t h e 1974-75

s u r v e y . On t h e a v e r a g e , a i d e d a t h l e t e s received $303 more t h a n t h e a v e r a g e aided non-athlete b u t no f i g u r e s w e r e a v a i l a b l e on w h e t h e r or not this w a s due t o g r e a t e r financial need. Only f o u r s t u d e n t a t h l e t e s without f i n a n c i a l n e e d r e c e i v e d a w a r d s from t h e college. T h e s e exceptions a r e accounted for by h o n o r a r y , or n o n - H o p e g i v e n scholarships. Hope had t h e smallest n u m b e r of t h e s e aided a t h l e t e s without need in the MIAA. J u n i o r J o h n Bonnette, a football player and track man a t Hope, confirmed Smith's and B r e w e r ' s claims. "People saying t h a t (about money passing under t h e table) aren't really involved with the p r o g r a m a t all. You h a v e t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e c h a r a c t e r of S m i t h , all of t h e m in t h e d e p a r t m e n t : t h e y wouldn't give money under t h e table. I r e s p e c t all those guys." If Hope isn't luring its young men to t h e c a m p u s with p r o m i s e s of goods and services for their t a l e n t s with a pigskin or roundball, how a r e t h e y g e t t i n g t h e m ? Smith says "our p u r p o s e is t o sell e d u c a t i o n . E i g h t y p e r c e n t (80%) of our a t h l e t e s come h e r e for educational i n t e r e s t s . T h e ones t h a t choose us for s p o r t s end up realizing t h e values of t h e educational process a t Hope." B r e w e r noted also t h a t " I t ' s t h e students they meet, more than anything, that brings people to Hope. T h e caliber of people t h a t become our s t u d e n t athletes...inspires t h e kids and us coaches. W e genuinely glow about it because we w a n t t h e m t o be a p a r t of it, too."


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