05-04-1962

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Hope College — Holland, Michigan

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Berghorst May Queen; Mortor Board Names 8

New Sorority For Hope Coeds For the past month and a half fifteen w o m e n representing sorority members, non-sorority members and faculty advisors have been meeting in an effort to solve the problems of the present sorority system on the Hope College campus. In their reevaluation of the present system the members are working with the idea that was set forth by Dr. Lubbers at a recent PanHellenic meeting: that all Hope women desiring to join a sorority may become members. The present system is felt to be unsatisfactory. With the recent growth in Hope College enrollment there has not been a corresponding growth of available sorority memberships. This problem has been especially felt due to the lack of other organizations or activities on campus offering similar opportunities. The first step the committee took was in the planning of a new sorority. The response to this idea by the girls of Hope College was encouraging. As a result the nucleus for this new sorority will be chosen this spring and will receive bids from the Pan-Hellenic Board some time before bids from the already established sororities are received. Another problem that has been explored by the committee is unrealistic rushing. There have been too many girls that have been rushing only the sororities they feel the majority are rushing and, as a result, places in other sororities aren't filled. To discourage having this happen in the future the Pan-Hellenic Board, by recommendation of the committee, is enforcing split rushing. The rushee is now re-

"Now where did we store that maypole last year? Is there still a hole in the P i n e Grove?" Questions like these came peppering at those who knew — or didn't know — this week in final preparations for the annual May Day festivities — "'Carousel in May." Now the day's activities are in full swing, with corination of the May Day Queen and court in the Pine Grove this afternoon. While all junior women gather for the event, and a d o z e n sophomore dancers pause around the maypole, surrounded by freshmen women in the Daisy Chain, Master of Ceremonies Jim Anderson and 1961 Queen Bobbie Russell present the crown to junior Mary Berghorst. The six members of the court include: Abla Antar, Sharon Cady, Maurine Haas, Mary Ann Iperlaan, Sakiko Kanamori and Marcia Spaan. Also "tapped" this afternoon are new members for Mortarboard, senior women's honor society. These women include: Lynne Adams, Kristin Blank,

Published by the American University at Cairo Press in 1961, The Rose and the Vine was written by Dr. Savage as his dissertation, qualifying him for the Ph.D. degree in comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota. For publication the work was revised and passages given originally in French and German were translated into English. The appendix contains the first English translation of the Isolt-auxBlanches-rMains episode in the Tristan romance from the Arabic language, done by Dr. Savage. The book considers the story of Tristan and Isolde as told by four writers. The twelfth century writer, Marie de France, wrote "Chevrefoil," translated, "The Honeysuckle," in the form of a minstrel's lay, telling the love story of Tristan and Isolde. Hans Sachs made of the tale an epic tragedy for his sixteenth century audience.

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MODERN THEATER—John Draper and Tom Werge recite Shakespeare in the Pine Grove collecting money at $1.00 an hour for the Mission Drive. The marathon has cleared over 100 hours and $350 so far. quired to attend two final teas. The committee is presently working on the bidding meeting itself and hope to see some improvements made before Sprng Rush is completed. Its big problem, however, is in finding a system whereby the fore-

On Origins of Tristan and Isolde The tale of Tristan and Isolde, a combination of Celtic -and Arabic folk legends, has been retold numerous times throughout the ages. The differences and similarities of the various treatments of the tale was the subject of the book, The Rose and the Vine, written by Dr. Edward B. Savage of the Hope College English Department.

Donna Davis, Barb Walvoord, Judy De Ryke, J e a n Louret, Marcia Meengs and Mary Peelen, The last four are honorary members of Queen's Court. Two parts of the May Day celebration remain tonight. At 6:30 in Phelps Hall, the queen and her court will preside over the annual May Day Banquet. Here the Queen will announce winners of the day's s p o r t s events, and reveal the winning fraternity for the yearly AllSports trophy. Jim Anderson will again act as Master of Ceremonies for the banquet. "Carousel" will be the theme of tonight's dance at the Civic

Pre-registration

Dr. Savage Writes Commentary by Kristin Blank

Friday, May 4, 1962

Perhaps most widely known of all treatments of the story is the nineteenth century opera, "Tristan Und Isolde,", by • Richard Wagner., The twentieth century "L'Eternel Retour," translated, version is Jean Cocteau's film, "The Eternal Return," which appeared in 1943. Each revelation of the tale is studied from the following three angles: what the social milieu demanded of the tale, how the author's unique personality and inherent artistry influenced the form the tale takes, and what influence the tale has upon the writer and the society. "The only constant aspect in the various works," concluded Dr. Savage recently, "is the tale itself."

mentioned objective may be met while still retaining the advantages of a selective group. With any new system, it is obvious that the sororities will have to absorb some of their second choices into their membership. Also, rushees will have to look further than just, "What can ^ae sorority do for me?" They must rather ask themselves, "Where may I best contribute my time and talents?"

Anchor ACP

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First Place

The Associated C o l l e g i a t e Press announced this week the award of First Class to the Anchor for the first semester of this school year. The last time the Anchor was ranked in the school year of <59-<60 it received a Second Class award. • • The ranking is based on typography, writing content and style, and phqtography,. The rating is in comparison with colleges of the same enrollment across the country. The ratings for the second semester will not be computed and released until fall the ACP (University of Minnesota School of Journalism) announced.

For Fall Term Begins Next Week Pre - registration has been scheduled to begin May 9 and end May 23. All students who plan to return to the college in September must pre-register; Commenting on the necessity of the operation. Dean Vander Lugt said, "One important reason for pre-registration is that we know what our staff needs are ahd how .many sections we should have in certain courses." Since no attempt is made at pre-registration to balance sections it -frequently happens that some popular hours have enrollments that are too large and late afternoon sections have light enrollments. Due to lack of plant space, 7 th and 8th hour classes cannot be eliminated. Regarding this problem, Vander Lugt states, "We have tried to reduce the number of 8th hour classes whenever this was possible, for 8th hour classes do interfere with such activities as football, basketball, band, and orchestra. We are trying to arrange schedules so that students who participate in the above activities will be free from 8th hour classes." Students are therefore asked to indicate on their pre-registration tentative schedules whether they plan to try out for any one of the above-named activities, so that sections may be balanced accordingly.

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CRANE SUCCUMBS—Construction • work on the new men's dormitories was halted for a few hours Tuesday following the upsetting of a crane by a tree which was being felled.

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Queen Mary Berghorst Center, beginning at 8:30. Again the gueen and court will be honored, while couples will dance to the music of "Socks Sabin." And there might even be a carousel there! General chairman of "Carousel in May," was senior Donna Ten Brink, with sophomore cochairman Judy Steegstra, who served also as coronation chairman. Election chairman was sophomore Karen Voskuil; in charge of maypole dancers was Judy De Ryke; Martha Faulk acted as banquet chairman. This evening's dance was planned by Student Council social chairmen Mary Ann Iperlaan and Rick Brandsma.

Blue Key Inducts Fourteen Members Announcement was m a d e Wednesday at the conclusion of Chapel exercises of the new members of Blue Key National Senior Honor Society. Chosen were Paul Lucas, B. J. Berghorst, Robert Koster, Jack Siebers, Jack Jenner, James Bultman, John Kieft, Paul Hyink, David Fugazzotto, Jeffery Christensen, Gerrit Wolf, Sam Tomlinson, Tom Werge and Richard Brandsma. Honorary memberships were awarded to Dr. Irwin J. Lubbers, president of the college, Mr. Oscar Thompson, head of the biology department, Dr. D. Ivan Dykstra, head of the philosophy department, and Dr. Paul G. Fried, head of the history department. The new Blue Key members will be. formally installed at a banquet on May 15 to be held at IL Forno's Restaurant in Saugatuck. Freshman Brian Warner was named recipient of the Blue Key scholarship. Paul Hesselink was named alternate.


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