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May 13, 1966
Hope Alumnus Lives Life Advocating Goals of Pacifism *M..u By John M. Mulder This m a n is 81 y e a r s old, a graduate of Hope College and one of the leading advocates of pacificism in the U.S. today. He h a s been arrested for climbing over a barbed-wire fence into a U.S. missile base, beaten for leading a picket line of striking textile workers, and most recently pelted with eggs and tomatoes by irate Saigon youths. This m a n is A. J. Muste, "the peace agitator," and last week he returned to New York a f t e r another a t t e m p t to convince people through peaceful demonstrations of the folly of war. He led a delegation of six men to Saigon to protest the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war. but before they could demonstrate before the U.S. embassy in Saigon, the group was arrested and expelled f r o m the country on the grounds that their visas were only good for one week. Mr. Muste returned to New York in time to receive the 1966 Gandhi P e a c e Award, given each year by Promoting Enduring P e a c e . Inc. In receiving the award he is among o ' h e r famous recipients; Eleanor Roosevelt. Rev. Edwin T. Dahlberg. f o r m e r president of the National Coucil of Churches, and Dr. Linus Pauling, 1954 winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry, and vocal advocate of various " p e a c e c a u s e s . " D . .
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These recent incidents a r e part of his active life, which began in the Netherlands in 1885. Mr. Muste c a m e to the U.S. when he was six, attended Hope College, where he was anchor editor in 1904, and New Brunswick Seminary, and has spent his entire life living and preaching his radical philosophy; "You do your revolutionary job, and if that lands you in jail, fine. You never compromise or 'chicken out' in order to keep out of jail." He has been a well-traveled minister in the denominations, serving Reformed, Presbyterian, Congregational and Quaker churches. However, since 1940 he has held no pastorate. He started on his radical road shortly before the outbreak of World War I when he b e c a m e a pacifist. However, between 1929 and 1936 he moved away from his emphasis on nonviolence and joined militant labor movements. One of these was the Conference for Progressive Labor Activities, which urged " a definitely anti-imperialist, anti-militarist and internationalist labor m o v e m e n t . " The minister found himself with s t r a n g e bedfellows during these years, since many of his agitator friends were Trotskyites. Mr. Muste says that nevertheless he never gave up his belief in God. Later he emphasized pacificism a^ the demands of labor began to be met. The sting of the Depression abated, but his conscience was once m o r e aroused by World War II. Since then he has been an untiring advocate of pacificism, but his diversion has led Reinhold Neibuhr to criticize him for being " a pacifist, then a revolutionary, and a pacifist once again and he hasn't learned a thing on the journey." Today he's the darling of all radicals, young and old. He is an inspiring figure with white hair and a f i r m voice but with hands that shake both with age and the vehemence with which he speaks. One admirer describes him as " a devastating reminder to young pacifists of what a real radical is." His contribution to the civil rights movement has been considerable, especially his influence upon Dr. Martin Luther King, who was (Continued on Page 2)
ROBERT DE YOUNG
LARRY TER MOLEN
JOHN TYSSE
De Young, Ter Molen, Tysse Recent Appointments to Administrative Posts Three m a j o r Administration appointments were announced this week by President Calvin A. VanderWerf. L a r r y Ter Molen, who has served as E a s t Coast Representative for the College during the past year, will be moving to the office of development where he will a s s u m e the new position of Director of Foundation and Business Relations. The other m e m b e r of the development office is Stuart Post, Director of Church and Community Relations. John Tysse, who c a m e to Hope last year as Administration counselor, has been appointed coordinator of the Centennial Homecoming celebration for next fall. After he fulfills his duties in this capacity, he will move to some other Administrative post, as yet undetermined, according to President VanderWerf. The newest m e m b e r of the Hope Administration is Robert De Young, who has been n a m e d to the position of Associate Director of Admissions. Mr. De Young comes to Hope f r o m G r a n d Valley State College in Allendale, Mich., where he served as associate director of admissions since 1964. Prior to his position at Grand Valley he was assistant director of admissions and financial aid for three years at Michigan State
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University. He is a graduate of Hope College '1956), and received his master's degree in counseling from Western Michigan University in 1959. He has also done work for a doctor's degree in administration at Michigan State. Mr. Ter Molen came to Hope from the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C. He is a 1959 graduate of Hope and received his M.A. in political science from the University of Michigan
in 1962. As Eastern Representative, he was responsible for contacting prospective students and working with alumni, churches and business in the East in connection with the development program. Mr. Tysse is also a graduate of Hope College (1960) and has done graduate work at Western Michigan University. His duties as admissions counselor included working with prospective students at Hope and traveling to their high schools.
Barlow, Carwell, Savage And Wegter Resign Posts Dean of the College William Vandej-Lugt announced that four more members of the Hope faculty will be leaving at the end of this year.
will be going to the University of Minnesota. He has held his position at Hope since 1961.
Announcing their resignations were Dr. William R. Barlow, Dr. Virginia A. Carwell, Dr. Edward B. Savage and Robert W. Wegter.
Dr. Carwell, who has been an assistant professor of English at Hope is leaving Hope to assume a position at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Barlow leaves a position as assistant professor of history which he has held since 1961. Next year he will fill a position at Nebraska's Wayne State Teacher's College. Dr. Savage is leaving his post as associate professor of English. He
Mr. Wegter, who has held the position of instructor of speech since 1964, plans to spend next year working for his Ph.D. degree before asuming a position that he has accepted at Central College in Pella, Iowa.
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Controversial Draft Test Given Tomorrow By John Renwlck Tomorrow at 9 a.m. the Selective Service College Qualification Test will be given in Winants Auditorium. According to Dr. F. Phillip Van Eyl, administrator of the test, 200 students will take the test in the auditorium, which seats 210, on each of the three test dates. Potential cheating in such a situation is considered dangerous. However, Dr. Van Eyl said that as a matter of professional integrity, students caught cheating on the test would be dealt with accordingly. The examination is being used as one criterion for draft deferment. Dean Thomas Carey said that a score of 70 per cent on the test
gives the local board the "option" of deferment. In other words, if a student does not make the mark of 70 per cent and is not of high enough academic standing, he is reclassified 1-A and, depending upon the number of voluntary enlistments and the course of the war, may be drafted. A passing score of 70 per cent or higher means that the draft board may, if it sees fit, choose to defer a student in spite of his academic standing or part-time enrollment. The validity and morality of the test have been sharply questioned. Newsweek, May 16, had this to say; "Far more moderate voices (than the SDS) have not only attacked
unfairness of the Selective Service System, but also specifically its deferment policies that militate against the poor: the dropouts, the boys from low-income families, who have to work and can only educate themselves on a part-time basis. "Others feel deeply that the deferment test itself is biased in favor of white, middle-class students because aptitude tests reflect the conditioning of their environment. Science Research Associates denies the charge, but one grading expert at Columbia's Teachers College says: 'Of course the test is culturally loaded. It has to be. Its function is to measure a student's adaptability to the middle-class environment of an American university.
What other point could there be to the test?' " Dr. Van Eyl remarked that the test is discriminatory in that it chooses for the draft those who are not intelligent. These people are not unintelligent by choice, he said. U.S. Representative Adam Clayton Powell said this week that the test will fail a great many Negroes because in this country Negroes are not as well educated as whites. Dr. Van Eyl expressed some concern over the quality of the job Science Research Associates has done in making up the test. It may be necessary to raise the 70 mark for passing if too many students pass, or lower it if too many fail.
Newsweek asked the question that is in the minds of most insecure college students: "Will I go if I flunk?" The outlook is hopeful, Newsweek seem to think. Enlistments have lately been holding steady at a high rate which leaves the number of draftees every month well below the established quota. Dr. Van Eyl was also hopeful. Most of the students who fail the test, he said, will be students from second-rate colleges and junior colleges, rather than from schools of high academic quality. Hope students tend to underestimate the quality of their college, he said. There is not cause for the fear of many students, he concluded.