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May 17, 1971

Search to continue

Board fails to find president

by Gerald Swieringa "Unless the u n e x p e c t e d happens, Hope College will not have a president in S e p t e m b e r , " stated President of the Board of T r u s t e e s Hugh DePree following the b o a r d ' s May 7 meeting.

THE PRESIDENTIAL Search C o m m i t t e e was u n a b l e to present the b o a r d with the a n t i c i p a t e d five or six names which the b o a r d desired. A c c o r d i n g t o b o a r d m e m ber Dr. Bernard Brunsting, several names were s u b m i t t e d , and o n e " s t o o d head and shoulders above the r e s t . " T h e board decided, however, to c o n t i n u e its investigation rather t h a n accept this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n , Brunsting acknowledged.

Dr. Paul Fried, c h a i r m a n of t h e history d e p a r t m e n t and PSC faculty representative, stated t h a t t h e c o m m i t t e e ' s investigation would continue throughout the summer and into the fall term. He a d d e d that Mrs. N o r m a n V i n c e n t Peale, c h a i r m a n of the PSC, may step d o w n f r o m t h a t position because of responsibilities elsewhere.

THE COMMITTEE is planning to meet t o d a y to o u t l i n e f u r t h e r investigation p r o c e d u r e s .

In o t h e r action the b o a r d discussed possibilities of bolster-

ing the college's p l a c e m e n t capabilities. Dr. Willard Wickers, Secretary of the b o a r d , observed that the j o b p l a c e m e n t probabilities for g r a d u a t i n g senior are e x t r e m e l y low.

TO ASSIST the 1971 graduating class in finding j o b s , the b o a r d plans to c o n t a c t business men and Hope alumni. In a d d i t i o n , the board investigated the possibility of hiring a p l a c e m e n t o f f i c e r t o handle this responsibility in the f u t u r e . Wickers s t a t e d . T h e b o a r d a u t h o r i z e d the executive council to study t h e m a c h i n e r y of such a plan.

Presently, the responsibility of j o b p l a c e m e n t is c o n c e n t r a t e d in the individual d e p a r t m e n t s of the college. Wickers s t a t e d . Brunsting added that this y e a r ' s p l a c e m e n t squeeze is most a c u t e in t h e education department.

"OUT OF a p p r o x i m a t e l y 150 s t u d e n t s g r a d u a t i n g with t e a c h e r ' s certificates, 10 have so far been placed in p o s i t i o n s , " Brunsting said.

T h e b u d g e t of the college was also p r e s e n t e d t o the b o a r d , and a preliminary approval was granted with the s t i p u l a t i o n that a $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 r e d u c t i o n be m a d e . College Treasurer and Business Manager Clar-

ence H a n d l o g t e n said he had n o idea of what would be cut t o satisfy the b o a r d ' s d e m a n d s .

WICKERS STATED t h a t the reduction was necessary in o r d e r to present a balanced b u d g e t to the g o v e r n m e n t and b a n k s in loan bargaining c o n f r o n t a t i o n s . " A balanced budget impresses t h e gove r n m e n t and b a n k s , so the b o a r d decided to t a k e a little o u t of the budget and set it up as a c o n t i n g e n c y f u n d , " Wickers said.

T h e board also studied the possibilities of matching the Kresge G r a n t of $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 b e f o r e the S e p t e m b e r deadline. Wickers stated that b o a r d m e m b e r s and Michigan classis c h u r c h e s were being solicitied to m e e t t h e grant.

Currently, the college needs a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 t o m a t c h the grant.

Finally, t h e b o a r d elected o n e new m e m b e r and re-elected t w o others to t w o - y e a r t e r m s on t h e board.

Hope College will c o n f e r honorary degrees u p o n the Rev. Donald D e Y o u n g , p a s t o r of the E l m e n d o r f R e f o r m e d Church of New York City, and Miss D o r o t h y Maynor, executive d i r e c t o r of the Harlem School of the Arts, at its C o m m e n c e m e n t exercises J u n e 7.

REV. DE YOUNG will receive the H o n o r a r y D o c t o r of Divinity Degree, and Miss Maynor t h e D o c t o r of Letters for her work in the field of music and music education.

Rev. D e Y o u n g will also be the baccalaureate speaker on J u n e 6 and Dr. William V a n d e r L u g t , Chancellor of the College, will be the C o m m e n c e m e n t Speaker.

VANDER LUGT joined the Hope faculty as Dean for Academic Affairs in 1954, holding this position until 1966 when he was a p p o i n t e d H o p e ' s first Distinguished Professor-at-Large.

In 1970, he was a p p o i n t e d Chancellor of t h e College. T h e topic f o r his c o m m e n c e m e n t address is, " D o n ' t Look at M e . " Rev. De Y o u n g , a H o p e graduate, c o n t i n u e d his e d u c a t i o n at Western Theological Seminary and was o r d a i n e d i n t o the ministry of This is the last issue of the anchor for the 1970-71 school year. Next week the Opus w i l l be published and may be picked up Monday in Van Raalte Hall.

the R e f o r m e d C h u r c h in America.

Since 1957, he has served the E l m e n d o r f R e f o r m e d Church of the East Harlem P r o t e s t a n t Parish in New York City. T h e E l m e n d o r f Church is the oldest church in Harlem and has served the innercity c o m m u n i t y f o r over 3 0 0 years.

MISS MAYNOR, distinguished American s o p r a n o and music e d u c a t o r , was born in N o r f o l k , Va. in 1910. Her early musical experiences were in the choir of her f a t h e r ' s Methodist Church in Norfolk and were c o n t i n u e d with f o r m a l studies at the H a m p t o n Institute u n d e r N a t h a n i e l Dett and at t h e Westminister Choir College in P r i n c e t o n , N.J. Her distinguished career as s o p r a n o soloist includes n u m e r o u s p e r f o r m a n c e s with the m a j o r symphony orchestras of the United States, including the New York P h i l h a r m o n i c and the Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco and Los Angeles S y m p h o n y Orchestras.

In mid-career, her sustained interest in y o u n g p e o p l e of t h e g h e t t o and her c o n c e r n for their neglected p o t e n t i a l in the arts led to her f o u n d i n g of the Harlem School f o r the Arts in 1963. T h e school started with i n s t r u c t i o n in music f o r children in the black c o m m u n i t y and has now exp a n d e d t o include dance, d r a m a and the fine arts.

by Bob Roos T h e C a m p u s Life Board completed action on the revision of guest policies at its m e e t i n g May 5.

THE FINAL result was a slight liberalization of the policy in terms of the n u m b e r of h o u r s during which guests will b e p e r m i t t e d , and a new p r o c e d u r e for d e t e r m i n i n g t h e particular schedule in each living u n i t .

Barring a faculty o r Board of Trustees veto, the revised policy will t a k e e f f e c t in the fall.

T h e new p r o c e d u r e for setting schedules in individual units was passed by t h e CLB at its April 3 0 meeting. It stipulates t h a t , at the beginning of the fall semester, each unit will decide by vote on a schedule that fits within the limits of the present policy. Called " p l a n A , " this schedule will remain in effect for a m i n i m u m of f o u r weeks. Each unit will then vote on a new p o l i c y - " p l a n B " - t h e m a x i m u m limits of which were d e t e r m i n e d by t h e CLB at the May 5 meeting.

U N D E R PLAN B, units will be allowed a m a x i m u m w e e k e n d schedule of 1 p.m. t o 1 a.m. on Friday and S a t u r d a y and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on S u n d a y . During the week, all m e n ' s units will be allowed guest h o u r s for two e v e n i n g s - p r o b a b l y M o n d a y and W e d n e s d a y - a n d all w o m e n ' s units will have h o u r s on the evenings when the m e n ' s u n i t s are closed.

The o p e n i n g and closing times will be 7 p.m. and 11 p . m .

T h e decision on the precise regulations u n d e r plan B was reached a f t e r extensive d e b a t e on certain p o i n t s left u n d e c i d e d by the C L B ' s ad h o c c o m m i t t e e f o r guest policy revision. Particular c o n t r o v e r s y was aroused by the question w h e t h e r d o o r s should be " a j a r " or " u n l o c k e d " while guests are being e n t e r t a i n e d , and the p r o b l e m of the o p e n i n g times for w e e k d a y hours.

THE B O A R D finally voted that d o o r s must remain " a j a r , " and t h e 7 p.m. s t a r t i n g time on w e e k d a y s was retained following the d e f e a t of a m o t i o n that it be replaced by 1 p.m.

O p i n i o n on b o t h of these q u e s t i o n s was polarized b e t w e e n

the s t u d e n t b o a r d m e m b e r s on one h a n d and the f a c u l t y and administration m e m b e r s on the other. T h e s t u d e n t s ' position was w e a k e n e d by t h e absence of three of the six s t u d e n t CLB members.

ASSOCIATE DEAN of Students Michael Gerrie, w h o attended the meeting as a guest, opened the d e b a t e over the " a j a r " question by c o n t e n d i n g t h a t a d o o r which remains ajar acts as an " i n h i b i t a n t for the behavior nob o d y wants to talk a b o u t - d r u g s , alcohol and p r o m i s c u i t y . " He said also that a rule p e r m i t t i n g d o o r s to be "closed, but n o t l o c k e d " would in effect be u n e n f o r c e a b l e , because it would necessitate the RA checking each d o o r by h a n d .

S t u d e n t s Blake Prichard and Ron S a n f o r d , w h o a u t h o r e d the original proposal to revise guest policy, answered Gerrie's arguments. Sanf or d m a i n t a i n e d that " t h e degree of inhibition (of indiscreet behavior) doesn't change much b e t w e e n having doors " a j a r " and "closed but not locked."

REPLYING to the charge that a "closed but not l o c k e d " rule would be u n e n f o r c e a b l e , Prichard said, "If the evidence warrants a check on a r o o m , the RA can use a k e y , w h e t h e r t h e d o o r is unlocked or n o t . " He w e n t on to say that an " a j a r " rule would cause noise problems that would be avoided by a policy allowing doors t o be closed.

T h e d e b a t e eventually came to center on the q u e s t i o n of how far the college should assume responsibility for s t u d e n t s ' social and moral growth. There emerged a consensus t h a t the college is accountable t o at least some e x t e n t . Referring to a rule that would allow doors t o remain closed, CLB Chairman David Marker said, "We're not being responsible by just ignoring things." The vote endorsing the " a j a r " rule followed.

THE BOARD passed the ad hoc c o m m i t t e e ' s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n that for the final e x a m periods, semester break amd Thanksgiving vacation, "each unit will vote one week b e f o r e these begin to determine the specific plans to be followed'"

Considers alternatives

AdAB hears 4-1-4 report

by Mary Houting

Dr. V anderlugt to speak at 1971 commencement

CLB establishes new guest visitation hours for fall

" T h e traditional semester, the calendar system . . . with the inf a m o u s ' J a n u a r y r u m p session,' is experiencing rapid d e c l i n e . " THUS READS a r e p o r t dist r i b u t e d to all faculty m e m b e r s by Jon Huisken, registrar of the college, regarding n a t i o n a l trends in calendar revision and statistics on the 4-1-4 academic calendar.

F o r the past eight m o n t h s , the Administrative Affairs Board has been considering a p r o p o s a l t o replace the present traditional two-semester calendar with the 4-1-4.

HUISKEN'S s u m m a r y of national trends in calendar revision reports that prior to the 1970-71 academic year, 1753 i n s t i t u t i o n s in the U. S. e m p l o y e d the traditional semester system, but by the fall of 1971 there will be only 602, a decline of 1151 in one academic year.

Most of these i n s t i t u t i o n s , Huisken notes, have a d o p t e d one of three academic calendars: the "early s e m e s t e r " system in which the first s e m e s t e r e n d s b e f o r e Christmas, t h e q u a r t e r system or the 4-1-4. Presently 232 colleges e m p l o y the 4-1-4 and an additional 195 schools are considering its a d o p t i o n , Huisken reveals.

IN ITS ATTEMPT t o reach a conclusion o n the 4-1-4 calendar r e f o r m proposal, the A d A B has held a hearing, considered the responses of t h e various a c a d e m i c d e p a r t m e n t s to the p r o p o s a l and polled the f a c u l t y . At its m e e t i n g last Monday t h e b o a r d decided t o poll the s t u d e n t s by d i s t r i b u t i n g q u e s t i o n n a i r e s in the s o p h o m o r e world literature classes.

Dr. C o t t e r T h a r i n , c h a i r m a n of the geology d e p a r t m e n t , stated,

"We now have s o m e idea of what the faculty thinks. I would love to k n o w w h a t the s t u d e n t s t h i n k . " PRIMARILY, t h e A d A B is c o n c e r n e d with s t u d e n t response to w h a t it considers the only three feasible o p t i o n s f o r an academic calendar at H o p e : the present system, the 4-1-4 and the "early s e m e s t e r " system with the first semester ending b e f o r e Christmas.

Dean for Academic Affairs M o r r e t t e Rider voiced o b j e c t i o n s to the q u a r t e r system because of the extra cost involved in any program over t w o semesters. " T h e r e is also a n o t h e r built-in o p p o r t u n i t y for s t u d e n t s to withdraw f r o m the college," Rider n o t e d . T h e 4-1-4 involves the m i n i m u m additional cost of any of t h e proposals, he a d d e d .

DR. DAVID Myers, associate professor of p s y c h o l o g y , presented to the A d A B the results of a q u e s t i o n n a i r e d i s t r i b u t e d to the faculty regarding the p r o p o s e d academic calendar r e f o r m . The most significant faculty responses, Myers indicated, dealt with an overall reaction to several alternative academic c a l e n d a r systems.

Of 92 responses, only eight reacted positively to the present calendar system, while 61 reacted either negatively or very negatively, Myers r e p o r t e d . F i f t y - f o u r reacted positively t o the p r o p o s e d 4-1-4. Sixty-one reacted positively to t h e "early s e m e s t e r " plan.

RESPONSES TO a n o t h e r question regarding p r e f e r e n c e b e t w e e n the 4-1-4 and t h e "early s e m e s t e r " system showed t h a t 38 faculty m e m b e r s p r e f e r r e d t h e 4-1-4, while 4 6 p r e f e r r e d the "early s e m e s t e r " plan and eight were unsure.

Bob Scott, president of the S t u d e n t Congress, expressed what he felt to be general student opinion that " e v e r y o n e wants to get done before Christmas."

Tharin s u p p o r t e d S c o t t ' s statem e n t . "We must get the first semester over b e f o r e Christmas. I think this is f o r e m o s t in everyo n e ' s m i n d , " he said.

T H E B O A R D t h e n discussed the possibility of e m p l o y i n g an early semester system with the first semester ending just before Christmas. Classes would begin the first of S e p t e m b e r , dismiss in mid-May and Christmas vacation would be e x t e n d e d a week in January.

Several m e m b e r s voiced their approval of this plan. Scott c o m m e n t e d that m o s t students would rather get o u t earlier in the spring than they d o n o w . He also suggested that such a system could be a " h a l f w a y s t e p " toward i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of t h e 4-1-4.

HUISKEN STATES in his report on national trends in calendar r e f o r m , " W h e t h e r we a d o p t the early semester or the 4-1-4 at Hope, we certainly will not j e o p a r d i z e the possibility of s t u d e n t s transferring to us in February."

While only two schools in Michigan employ the 4-1-4, all b u t 16 have a calendar o t h e r than the traditional semester. Any of the o t h e r systems will mesh with either t h e 4-1-4 or the early semester, Huisken says.

Rider said the main o b j e c t i o n s to t h e early semester system would p r o b a b l y be the early starting date and t h e absence of any vacation break o t h e r t h a n Thanksgiving during the first semester.

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Last look One seldom lives his life as a logical progression of cause and effect relationships. One does not build his Babel, tier upon tier, stone upon stone, w i t h o u t making radical engineering accomodations, w i t h o u t casting out many useful bricks for others sculpted less finely.

Neither do the blocks of one's experience f i t so precisely that it is possible to praise the ediface w i t h o u t condemning the foundation. In Theodore Roethke's words, life is a "sequence, sometimes metaphysical," more often incongruous.

Still, the assessment must be made, the levels applied, the plumb lines dropped. It is the faculty of education that it serves both as the cornerstone of the structure and provides the tools whereby the structure is judged. It is in this way that I should like to examine four years of the Hope College educational experience: first, as to its value in and of itself, and second, as to its value as a critic concerned w i t h the edifaces of the day.

As an experience in and of itself, the most cogent value of education as it is administered by Hope College lies in the access it offers to a variety of disciplines.

Challenge, at Hope, is defined broadly; its terms spanning the confines of interest, ability and persuasion. The student has no recourse but to confront not only the acceptable, but the objectionable. He is made aware early that the only distinguishing faculty he possesses is that of critical judgment, and that that faculty, if he is to satisfactorily proceed through his chosen course of study, must be refined in a smelt so remotely associative that the transfer of the skills acquired in one subject to those demanded of another is, at best, negligible.

Usefulness has never been the boast of liberal education, but I k n o w of no other f o r m of education so well adapted to the sharpening of one's critical objectivity.

I cannot so acknowledge the value of liberal education at Hope College w i t h o u t voicing what I find to be the most imposing threat to it. That being, a complacent tolerance of the unacceptable in the name of "acceptance." I see this tolerance exposed in a rising number of courses where " f e e l i n g " has replaced intellectual inquiry. I see it exposed in the uncriticized rise of campus crime, and I fear to see it exposed in a lessening of the college's academic standards. T o remain objectively critical in its disciplines, a college must remain objectively critical of its fetishes. I see Hope being charmed into complacency.

A strong liberal arts tradition invariably lends its owner a guise distinctive, but not altogether unique. Uniqueness demands a further dimension, and this dimension is offered by the Christian tradition which Hope maintains. When one speaks of a Christian tradition, one speaks of a moral tradition, a tradition which answers the demands of judgment beyond i t s e l f - o f f e r ing a scale, a rule whereby all other judgements are ultimately judged.

In maintaining its Christian tradition, Hope maintains the only justifiably moral tradition accepted by the Western world.

In that limited sphere, it is a constant, a universal whose value is as striking in its severity as it is in its rewards. By participating in that tradition, Hope participates in the judgments made at Calvary, at Nuremburg, in Vietnam and indeed everywhere that the morals of Western culture have been employed to justify the actions of Western culture.

Christianity at Hope is not so much in danger of secularization as it is of becoming a narrow, personalized identity bracelet. Its scope is being minimized, its dimensions and functions as a moral standard are being lost behind the facade of a "personal c o m m i t m e n t to Jesus."

There is something very threatening in this joyous embrace o f Aquarius' latest deity, something that diminishes the profound magnitude of human suffering, something that denies even the possibility that Christ could weep. Christianity is no longer a demanding moral standard, it is become a prerequisite t o f r i v o l i t y .

It seems to me then, that the college fs approaching a period of academic and moral c r i s i s - and education being what it i s - t h e threat is poised before both the institution and the individual w i t h i n it.

Traditions are not sacred, but I w o u l d regret to see them destroyed by perfidy.

Gerald Swieringa

How to look The academic year that is now coming to an end has been a disappointing one in many ways to anyone concerned for the future of Hope College. It has not been so because evils have befallen the school, but rather largely because expectations for progress have not been fulfilled. This failure to achieve what seemed realistic goals can not be blamed on any one section of the college c o m m u n i t y ; it is the result of a nearly campus-wide absence of determined drive to reach the goals foreseen at the beginning of the year.

Foremost, of course, is the failure of the presidential search committee to find a new president for Hope College after nearly one full year of searching. From all outside appearances, this search has been distinguished only by footdragging and quite carefully guarded secrecy, the latter perhaps intended t o not expose the former.

Secondly, has been the failure t o achieve any meaningful curriculum reform.

The slight reduction in the total number of required hours and the liberalization of the foreign language requirement are a step in the right direction, but nonetheless seem of little import in the light of the major redesign of the curriculum requirements proposed by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and his cohorts on the ad hoc curriculum revision committee. Presently the more significant sections of this proposal are grounded in the Academic Affairs Board, w i t h what some faculty members consider objectionable sections holding up passage of the best. These would provide students w i t h greater freedom and yet maintain the college's high academic standards.

T h i r d l y , the much needed calendar reform may yet suffer a fate similar to that of the curriculum revision proposal. The proposed 4 - 1 4 still stands some chance of approval this year, though disagreement over the w o r t h of the one-month interim might delay calendar reform for another year.

Besides the disappointment accruing from the failure to achieve any of the above, the campus c o m m u n i t y has witnessed a growing disillusionment w i t h the efficacy and power of the so-called policy-making boards as the administration, wielding the power of the purse, has proven that it can effectively circumscribe them.

The chief cause of this disillusionment was a poorly written proposal for the restructuring of committees dealing w i t h extra-curricular activities. This proposal is in itself another manifestation of the slip-shod handling of many policy proposals this year.

The cause of all this inefficiency and carelessness is not easy t o pinpoint. It has been said that it resides in many faculty members' feeling that w i t h the recent changes in chapel regulations and housing rules it is now time to see where Hope College is before attempting further changes. It has also been attributed t o the lack of a president providing strong leadership.

A n d it has been explained by saying that the faculty are less willing to accept changes w h i c h strike home; that is, changes in the curriculum.

But these seem only partially satisfactory. There seems to be a general avoidance on campus of putting one's nose t o the grindstone; it is as if the introspective, hedonistic, love-everybody philosophy of the Pine Grove frisbee flippers has infected much of the faculty and administration producing widespread disinterest in things corporate, including Hope College.

Already the apathy of students has been seen in the election of student body officers and board memberships, when less than one-third of the student body voted.

The conservative leaning of both the students running for office and those elected reveal that what could be called the radical-liberals have already opted out o f the system. The fates of the curriculum revision show that the conservative faculty are doing more homework than their liberal colleagues.

For Hope College to w o r k well, and for it to grow, not as a physical plant, but as a c o m m u n i t y of scholars, it will take much hard w o r k w i t h i n the corporate structure; neither students nor faculty can choose t o opt out and not pay in terms of the quality of their college.

Garrett DeGraff

WASPs In the mess

by A r t Buchwald T h e r e was so m u c h publicity a t t a c h e d to t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t last week when t h e U.S. Navy p r o m o t e d its first black o f f i c e r to rear admiral t h a t little a t t e n t i o n was paid t o a n o t h e r b r e a k t h r o u g h in rigid Navy t r a d i t i o n . With n o little pride t h e Navy a n n o u n c e d that it had a p p o i n t e d its first w h i t e Anglo-Saxon P r o t e s t a n t waiter t o serve in a U.S. Navy o f f i c e r s ' mess.

T h e lucky s e a m a n was J o h n Paul J o n e s VII of A k r o n , O h i o .

UP UNTIL SEAMAN J o n e s ' a p p o i n t m e n t as mess b o y , o n l y Filipino and black sailors were p e r m i t t e d to serve naval o f f i c e r s . But a f t e r a secret Defense D e p a r t m e n t race relations r e p o r t , it was d e c i d e d that if the Navy was going to have black admirals it w o u l d have to have w h i t e mess b o y s t o even things o u t .

A l t h o u g h t h e U.S. A r m y , Air F o r c e and Marine C o r p s all use WASP mess a t t e n d a n t s , the Navy, according to t h e r e p o r t , had been dragging its feet. T h e Navy k e p t saying that it c o u l d n ' t find any qualified WASP seamen to wait on o f f i c e r s ' tables but t h e report f o u n d t h a t mess b o y s in t h e Navy were not being selected a c c o r d i n g t o q u a l i f i c a t i o n s , but a c c o r d i n g to race.

"THERE ARE MANY w h i t e sailors w h o are as good at serving o f f i c e r s as blacks and F i l i p i n o s , " t h e report s t a t e d . " T h e y have just not been given the o p p o r t u n i t y t o p r o v e it. It is our o p i n i o n that if t h e U.S. Navy hopes to recruit more m e m b e r s of the Anglo-Saxon race, it had b e t t e r o p e n u p its kitchen and pantries to Caucasian servicemen."

S t u n g by the r e p o r t , the Navy denied t h a t J o h n Paul J o n e s VII had b e e n a p p o i n t e d t o serve in an o f f i c e r s ' mess b e c a u s e he was white.

"JONES," A N A V Y s p o k e s m a n said, " w a s selected because he was t h e m o s t qualified waiter we could f i n d . " T h e public i n f o r m a t i o n o f f i c e r was q u e s t i o n e d a b o u t t h e fact t h a t J o n e s ' a p p o i n t m e n t came o n l y one week a f t e r t h e

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Defense D e p a r t m e n t r e p o r t was leaked t o the press.

"I'll a d m i t , " he said, " i t s o u n d s like a c o i n c i d e n c e , but the U.S. Navy, and y o u are going t o have t o t a k e m y word for this, has been l o o k i n g for qualified WASP mess b o y s f o r t h e last 192 years.

"I WOULD LIKE TO a d d , g e n t l e m e n , t h a t J o h n Paul J o n e s VII will not be t h e last WASP mess b o y to make it in the Navy. It is o u r policy t o see that o u r o f f i c e r s ' galleys are s t a f f e d by the best men available, regardless of race, creed or color."

The p u b l i c i n f o r m a t i o n officer then i n t r o d u c e d S e a m a n J o n e s to the press.

J o n e s read a s t a t e m e n t : "I am very p r o u d t o be t h e first o n e of my race to be selected by t h e U.S. Navy to serve in an o f f i c e r s ' mess. F o r m a n y years WASP seamen were only allowed to work in g u n n e r y , engines, aviation, navigation and radar. We were not p e r m i t t e d to work in the p a n t r y . I believe this policy, which has n o w b e e n c h a n g e d , will b e n e f i t not only my b r o t h e r WASPs, b u t the U.S. Navy as well."

S e a m a n J o n e s was asked if he e x p e c t e d to find a n y hostility a m o n g the o t h e r mess boys.

"PERHAPS AT FIRST but I'm going t o prove t h a t WASPs can do a n y t h i n g Filipinos c a n . I feel I r e p r e s e n t every white A n g l o - S a x o n P r o t e s t a n t w h o s e dream it has been for 192 years to serve in Navy o f f i c e r s ' messes on land as well as on sea.

This is a g o l d e n o p p o r t u n i t y , and I plan to make the most of i t . " A f t e r t h e press c o n f e r e n c e S e a m a n J o h n Paul J o n e s VII was t a k e n t o the White House, w h e r e President N i x o n presented him with a w h i t e mess j a c k e t and an a l u m i n u m t r a y . Witnessing t h e scene was J o n e s ' f a t h e r , a retired U.S. Navy admiral, w h o at t h e end of the c e r e m o n y b r o k e into tears.

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Tango: a humorous, horrifying glimpse at life Editor's Note: This week's aA7c/7or review is written by critiques editor Kay Hubbard. She reviews Vthe theatre department production of Tango, playing this week Wednesday through Saturday in the Little Theatre. (Admission: $1.50)

and t h e security of t h e conventions t h a t his p a r e n t s have f o u g h t so hard t o d e s t r o y . He enlists t h e aid of his w e a k and pitiful great-uncle, E u g e n e , and his attractive cousin, Ala, t o force his family to revere t r a d i t i o n ( e p i t o m i z e d in the w h i t e , c h u r c h w e d d i n g of Ala and A r t h u r ) .

"If y o u ' d lived in t h o s e days, y o u ' d k n o w how m u c h we've d o n e for y o u . You have n o idea what the world was like t h e n . Can you imagine h o w m u c h courage it took t o dance the tango? D o y o u realize that in t h o s e d a y s t h e r e were hardly any fallen w o m e n ?

That the only recognized style of painting was naturalism? T h a t the theater was u t t e r l y b o u r g e o i s ?

Stifling. I n s u f f e r a b l e . . . " " D O N T YOU see that y o u ' v e deprived me of every last c h a n c e to revolt? You've been n o n c o n formists so long t h a t t h e r e a r e n ' t any c o n v e n t i o n s left t o rebel against. You've left n o t h i n g f o r me... n o t h i n g ! Y o u r o n l y n o r m is the absence of all n o r m s . T h e only thing left for me t o rebel against is you... y o u and y o u r i m m o r a l i t y . " This exchange b e t w e e n S t o m i l , an eccentric artist always dressed in u n b u t t o n e d p a j a m a s and conducting theatrical e x p e r i m e n t s , and his straight son A r t h u r , a serious, fanatic y o u n g m a n searching f o r s o m e kind of o r d e r in t h e universe, established the s i t u a t i o n that is the f o c u s of M r o z e k ' s study of the n a t u r e and e f f e c t s of revolution. A r t h u r ' s need t o rebel drives him to seek the re-establishment of t h e old m o r a l c o d e

BUT A R T H U R f i n d s that he c a n n o t , in all h o n e s t y , r e t u r n to a moral c o d e that is n o longer viable. He searches f o r a new idea to j u s t i f y his revolt, c o n c l u d i n g that p o w e r over life and d e a t h is his u l t i m a t e j u s t i f i c a t i o n . If society has n o t h i n g else, it will have o r d e r , and b r u t e force precludes the shape that o r d e r will assume.

A r t h u r discovers t o o late that if b r u t e f o r c e is t o be all-powerful, it is t h e b r u t e s w h o will c o n t r o l t h e o r d e r . A r t h u r is finally d e s t r o y e d by t h e i n c a r n a t i o n of his ideal.

A l t h o u g h it is a d m i t t e d l y a play of ideas, Tango never bec o m e s a m e r e p h i l o s o p h i c a l treatise. T h e a b s u r d i t y of h u m a n e x i s t e n c e is revealed when an ironic twist of the plot keeps t h e c h a r a c t e r s f r o m ever t a k i n g themselves t o o seriously. When A r t h u r a n n o u n c e s his i n t e n t i o n of b e c o m ing a d o c t o r , E l e a n o r screams, " W h a t ? " A disgrace t o t h e whole f a m i l y ! I've always d r e a m e d of his b e c o m i n g an artist. When I was carrying him in m y w o m b , I ran t h r o u g h t h e w o o d s stark n a k e d singing Bach. All f o r n o t h i n g ! " T o which A r t h u r replies, " M a y b e you sang o u t of t u n e . " THE HOPE College p r o d u c t i o n of Tango is s o m e w h a t uneven

and r o u g h , but finally, e n j o y a b l e and t h o u g h t - p r o v o k i n g .

T h e l i m i t a t i o n s of the Little T h e a t e r have been dealt with effectively. T h e d e m a n d s of the script m a k e this a d i f f i c u l t set t o design for a small stage, b u t there are n o major problems that Michael G r i n d s t a f f has not t a k e n care o f . T h e lighting is s o m e w h a t d i s t u r b i n g as it is n e i t h e r subtle nor clear, and several e f f e c t s are distracting rather t h a n interpretive.

THE SMALL acting area causes d i f f i c u l t y in m o v e m e n t , especially in the m a n y chase sequences. J o h n T a m m i ' s direction is s m o o t h with only occasional m o m e n t s when the audience's credulity is strained. Especially well d o n e is the long scene b e t w e e n A r t h u r and S t o m i l as they discuss the possibility f o r tragedy in m o d e r n life. T h e scene, when read, is static and rhetorical, but G e o r g e R a l p h as S t o m i l and David O o s t i n g as A r t h u r build t o the illogical, absurd climax in one of t h e most exciting scenes of t h e play.

G e n e r a l l y , t h e acting p e r f o r m ances are a d e q u a t e , b u t s o m e t i m e s t w o - d i m e n s i o n a l and i n c o n s i s t e n t .

The a u d i e n c e is not really prepared for m a n y of the c h a r a c t e r c h a n g e s that h a p p e n , expecially in the third act.

OOSTING DOES e x c e p t i o n a l l y well as A r t h u r , c a p t u r i n g the f r a n t i c , intense spirit of the c h a r a c t e r . T h e r e is s o m e lack of variety in the i n t e r p r e t a t i o n , b u t O o s t i n g ' s flights of g e n u i n e e m o tional response carry him t h r o u g h .

R a l p h as Stomil and E d w a r d W h i t t a k e r as Uncle Eugene h a n d l e their p a r t s well. Paul Bach's i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of Eddie is disapp o i n t i n g ; s o m e h o w Bach never q u i t e achieves the strength necessary t o m a k e the end of the play believable.

SUE ELLEN WISE'S p o r t r a y a l of E l e a n o r is consistent and clear, a l t h o u g h s t e r e o t y p e d . T h e difficult a c t i n g p r o b l e m of playing an old w o m a n w i t h o u t t h e t e m p e r m e n t of an old w o m a n is a t t e m p t ed by Arlene Van S t e v e n i n c k .

Eugenia emerges as a s o m e t i m e s

spritely old lady, sometimes t r o u b l e s o m e y o u n g w o m a n . Barbara W a t t ' s i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of Ala lacks the e m o t i o n a l d e p t h of the c h a r a c t e r , but has s o m e good m o m e n t s ( f o r e x a m p l e , w h e n she hides u n d e r Uncle E u g e n e ' s d e r b y and p o u t s ) .

Tango has been called a parable of Western culture, a t w e n t i e t h c e n t u r y Hamlet and an e x p o s e of ' p o w e r ' s savage p a r o d y of logic."

Certainly it is not a simple play; it is humorous and horrifying.

You'll w a n t to talk a b o u t it.

Greening of America: a revolutionist's naivete Editor's Note: This week's aA7c/7or review is w r i t t e n by sophomore philosophy major, Neal Freedman. He reviews The Greening of America by Charles Reich (Random House, $8.95).

T h e r e is no b e t t e r p r o o f that all h i s t o r y is the h i s t o r y of r e p e t i t i o n , that new t h o u g h t s are really old t h o u g h t s dressed u p in c o n t e m p o r a r y language, t h a n the cyclic r e c u r r e n c e of t h o s e w h o deny this very process, w h o believe in the p e r f e c t a b i l i t y of man and the inevitability of progress. A f u r t h e r p r o o f is that standing directly next t o these great o p t i m i s t s of history are unavoidably t h o s e w h o cynically discount t h e m as w i s h f u l t h i n k e r s , fools of a grand sort, m y t h m a k e r s who have only to look at history to see t h a t the only t r u e enlighte n m e n t is that w h i c h d e n i e s t h e possibility of e n l i g h t e n m e n t .

NOW, SINCE THE fact t h a t history inevitably and identically repeats itself has been i r r e f u t a b l y established, it is a mere m a t t e r of d e d u c t i o n t o c o n c l u d e t h a t Charles Reich, a u t h o r of The Greening of Ameierica, is t h e historical r e i n c a r n a t i o n of A n t o i n e Nicolas de C o n d o r c e t , a u t h o r of The Progress of the Human Mind.

C o n d o r c e t , a c o n t r i b u t o r to t h e F r e n c h E n l i g h t e n m e n t , strongly o p p o s e d the Old R e g i m e : Reich o p p o s e s an old regime called the C o r p o r a t e S t a t e . C o n d o r c e t was a m o d e r a t e in regard to t h e m e a n s of the R e v o l u t i o n and f o r this

reason he was i m p r i s o n e d by the m o r e radical Reign of T e r r o r in 1794. Reich, t o o believes that the R e v o l u t i o n in this c o u n t r y will succeed w i t h o u t violence (so we already k n o w his f a t e ) .

C o n d o r c e t t h o u g h t he s t o o d on the t h r e s h o l d of t h e t e n t h and final stage of h u m a n history, the climax of m a n ' s progress, his liberation t h r o u g h Reason and Science ( E n l i g h t e n m e n t I: of the Mind); Reich believes that we in the United S t a t e s s t a n d on t h e t h r e s h o l d of the Age of Aquarius, t h e liberation of m a n from T e c h nology and the Technocratic S t a t e , t h r o u g h Love, I n n o c e n c e and Bell-Bottom Pants (Enlighte n m e n t II: of the Heart). It's as self-evident as my natural rights!

C o n d o r c e t , disguised as a Yale Law Professor and writing u n d e r an assumed n a m e , has r e t u r n e d to c o r r e c t his mistakes.

REICH PROCEEDS, just as his previous self d i d , historically to s h o w the t r u t h of his p r o p h e c y .

Since Science and R e a s o n have failed as t h e w e a p o n s of Liberat i o n , t h e y have b e e n replaced b y w h a t Reich calls C o n s c i o u s n e s s .

C o n s c i o u s n e s s is a p a t t e r n of m e a s u r e d r e s p o n s e s w h i c h characterize an age. T h u s C o n s c i o u s n e s s I is the old A m e r i c a n ideal of t h e rugged individual, the innerd i r e c t e d moralist sacrificing himself in his p e r s o n a l b a t t l e with n a t u r e . He is t h e p i o n e e r of t h e West and t h e r o b b e r b a r o n of t h e East.

C o n s c i o u s n e s s II, e p i t o m i z e d by the New Deal, is t h e spirit of t h e O r g a n i z a t i o n Man (a la W h y t e )

w h o s e e f f o r t s in life are f o r what he t h i n k s to be the c o m m o n g o o d .

He is obsessed with the principles of e f f i c i e n c y , c o n t r o l and order.

C o n s c i o u s n e s s I failed in its vision, which explains C o n s c i o u s n e s s H. Still, r e m n a n t s of C o n s c i o u s n e s s I have survived, and these diehards of b y g o n e d a y s struggle with C o n s c i o u s n e s s H. This is what we usually call politics.

R E I C H S E E S T H E flaw in Condorcet's p r e d i c t i o n s . Man's spirit of scientific inquiry combined with his t r e m e n d o u s prowess f o r a c t i o n s which p r o m o t e the good of all has p r o d u c e d a " m i n d l e s s j u g g e r n a u t " which, far f r o m liberating man f r o m injustice, ignorance and p o v e r t y , has m a d e him i n t o a powerless, o f t e n willing, slave to all t h r e e . T h e C o r p o r a t e S t a t e , a highly e f f e c t i v e and s t r u c t u r e d social m a c h i n e developed t h r o u g h the merger of Big Business and Big G o v e r n m e n t ( u n t i l one c a n n o t be distinguished f r o m the o t h e r ) , is d e d i c a t e d to the p e r p e t u a t i o n of t h e f r e e d o m of u n f r e e d o m . It insures this t h r o u g h repressive violence and t h r o u g h m o r e subtle, t h o u g h n o less violent, means.

T h e most a f f l u e n t citizens of the C o r p o r a t e S t a t e are its m o s t i m p o v e r i s h e d souls. T h e y lead r o u t i n e , s t a n d a r d i z e d existences.

T h e y b u y color televisions and d e o d o r a n t soap. Blindly h e d o n istic and materialistic, t h e y have lost the sensibilities and values w h i c h characterize real h u m a n beings. C o n s c i o u s n e s s II: t h e spirit of a u t o m a t i o n and c o n s u m p t i o n .

So, w h e r e lies l i b e r a t i o n ?

YOU G U E S S E D IT. Where t h e r e is a C o n s c i o u s n e s s II, t h e r e is a C o n s c i o u s n e s s HI waiting to be d e v e l o p e d . C o n s c i o u s n e s s 111 is " c h i l d l i k e , breathless, reverent, i n n o c e n t , " anti-materialistic, honest, loving, j o y f u l , o p t i m i s t i c , etc., all t h o s e qualities we associate w i t h the new hippie generation ( T h a t ' s you and I, b r o t h e r s !

Sing a song of y o u r s e l f ! ) C o n s c i o u s n e s s 111 has developed because s o m e t h i n g has gone w r o n g with the m a c h i n e . T h e circuits are being overloaded with c o n t r a d i c t i o n s . Middle-class f a t h e r s work hard at a tedious, meaningless e x i s t e n c e to provide their children with color televisions which e x p o s e the V i e t n a m war and t h e u r b a n g h e t t o . T h e system is j u s t beginning to self-destruct.

Artificiality, sterility, e x p l o i t a t i o n and death-dealing are being exposed!

T H E MIDDLE-CLASS youth of this c o u n t r y have received the divine illumination. Rock b a n d s , drugs, free love, tie-dyed shirts and b e l l - b o t t o m p a n t s ( R e i c h says the last m a k e y o u w a n t to d a n c e in t h e s t r e e t s ! ) are s h o w i n g the w a y . T h e R e v o l u t i o n is h e r e ! A new f r e e d o m is growing! T h i s will be a new n a t i o n , a new e x a m p l e for m a n k i n d to follow!

P o o r , p o o r Mr. Reich. He l o o k e d at his smiling, long-haired (rich) s t u d e n t s at Yale and got all e x c i t e d . He got so e x c i t e d t h a t he f o r g o t all a b o u t Janis J o p l i n , Jimi H e n d r i x , A l t a m o n t , h e r o i n c e addicts, t h e violent New L e f t and so on. P o o r Mr. Reich, he has b e e n t a k e n in.

UNCOMPREHENDING Mr. Reich. He s y m p a t h i z e s with Herbert Marcuse, but fails to understand Marcuse's stress on the ability of t h e S t a t e to i n c o r p o r a t e sub-cultures into the system and t h u s negating sub-cultures as subversive threats. Reich fails to u n d e r s t a n d that the news on television is i n t e f r r u p t e d periodically by c o m m e r c i a l s s h o w i n g b o s o m y b r o a d s in b u b b l e baths.

This m a k e s the " e x p o s e d " m u r d e r of V i e t n a m e s e villagers m u c h m o r e palatable.

Naive Mr. Reich. He is naive to believe t h a t Consciousness III is so very genuine and pure. More o f t e n t h a n not Consciousness III is negative c o n s c i o u s n e s s - c o n s c i o u s ness of escapism and retreat. A n d , even if this is not so; if Consciousness III is truly a revolutionary cons cious nes s (which 1 d o u b t ) , Reich is naive enough to believe that rebellion will be successful t h r o u g h cons cious nes s alone. He is wrong. R e v o l u t i o n in this c o u n t r y will require a radical force. T h e conversion of Consciousness I and Consciousness II will not h a p p e n p e a c e f u l l y , if at all.

C o n d o r c e t has r e t u r n e d t o h a u n t us. He is again popularizing the old m y t h of progress. The Greening of America, " t h e Establishment version of r e v o l u t i o n " (Marcuse), has a t t r a c t e d m u c h a t t e n t i o n as an enlightened w o r k .

E n l i g h t e n m e n t II, h o w e v e r , will prove as successful as Enlightenm e n t 1. I am regretfully recalcit r a n t . But n o a m o u n t of w i s h f u l t h i n k i n g can hide t h e t r u t h .

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1970-71: the ''Year of the Great Nothingness' b y Drew Hinderer Last S e p t e m b e r I w r o t e an essay a b o u t t h e " Y e a r of the Great M o r a t o r i u m s " and o u r response t o it, which I called " T h e Protest E x p e r i e n c e . " 1 claimed then that w e ' d drifted i n t o a certain way of living that d i d n ' t depend u p o n actually solving moral and political p r o b l e m s , but u p o n making o u r little cry of outrage and going on placidly with a life g r o w n c o m f o r t a b l e and familiar with b r u t a l i t y , cruelty and violence.

INSTEAD OF dealing with real political and social p r o b l e m s , I said, we dealt with ourselves, translating o u r political and social gestures into existential gestures, turning inward to self-examinations and personal " g r o w i n g " experiences. We lived o u r alienation as a sense of f u l f i l l m e n t , adjusting to the c o n c r e t e moral evils and actual violence b e n e a t h our society by o u r a d e p t n e s s with the a p p r o p r i a t e cliche; g r u m b l i n g righteously we did nothing.

T h e year n o w ending has not proven me m i s t a k e n : if it was a notable year, it must be called the " Y e a r of t h e Great N o t h i n g n e s s "

in which we learned to s u b s t i t u t e silence f o r our o u t c r i e s and p r o t e s t a t i o n s . It has not b e e n f o r lack of issues: the war has taken a new and ugly shape, widening in scope and narrowing in A m e r i c a n p a r t i c i p a t i o n simultaneously, and events closer t o h o m e have t h r o w n the legal system and o u r own e d u c a t i o n a l purposes up f o r view. But we have not r e s p o n d e d .

POLITICALLY, is o u r nonresponse a recognition t h a t we are a g r o u p w i t h o u t status, w i t h o u t power in t h e face of the A m e r i c a n amiability? Is it because o u r causes have been watered d o w n and u s u r p e d by t h e masses? Is it because we have lost a view of a n y t h i n g b e t t e r , truer, m o r e honest?

Certainly what we cried out f o r last year, when we cried o u t f o r it, has b e c o m e institutionalized, o r discredited. We saw that last m o n t h in Washington. T h e veterans' march was moving and influential ( t o the e x t e n t t h a t any protest can be influential); the s t u d e n t s ' march was disgusting and t i r e s o m e ; or worse, it was boring. The veterans are an

Garrett DeGraff selected to edit 'anchor;' Farrar to head Vpus' G a r r e t t DeGraff was named editor of the H o p e College anchor for the 1971-72 academic y e a r by the Student Communications Media C o m m i t t e e T u e s d a y .

T h e c o m m i t t e e also selected Steve Farrar to edit the Opus, Lynda Wiff to edit the Milestone and named D o u g Levine General Manager of WTAS. D e G r a f f , a senior, will be returning to H o p e to c o m p l e t e work on his English m a j o r . T h e S c h e n e c t a d y , New York resident has been a m e m b e r of the anchor since his f r e s h m a n year w h e n he worked as a reporter. T h e next year he served as news e d i t o r and as a j u n i o r he was assistant editor.

The first semester of the current year DeGraff studied at the University of Novi Sad,

Yugoslavia, and this semester he has w o r k e d as associate e d i t o r u n d e r e d i t o r Gerald Swieringa.

Farrar, w h o will be a senior next fall, has written for t h e O p u s for several years. The English major is being published this spring in an a n t h o l o g y of m o d e r n poetry.

T h e new e d i t o r of the Milestone, L y n d a Wiff, is a s o p h o more. She is currently assistant editor.

D o u g Levine, a j u n i o r , has served f o r two years as music d i r e c t o r of WTAS. DeGraff announced that junior Bob R o o s will assist him next y e a r as associate editor. T h e s t a f f s of the Opus, Milestone and WTAS have n o t yet been a n n o u n c e d .

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Ralph elected recipient of 71 H.O.P.E. award Assistant Professor of T h e a t r e and c h a i r m a n of the d e p a r t m e n t George Ralph has been n a m e d the 1971 recipient of the H.O.P.E. Award, it was a n n o u n c e d Thursday.

THE AWARD, which has been presented annually for the last f o u r years, is given at the discretion of m e m b e r s of the graduating class w h o vote f o r Hope's Outstanding ProfessorE d u c a t o r , t h e faculty m e m b e r who best typifies the distinctive qualities of the Hope college educator.

A m e m b e r of the faculty since 1966, Ralph was g r a d u a t e d by Stanford University in 1957, where he served as S t u d e n t Body President. He received the Bachelor of Divinity degree f r o m Union Theological Seminary in 1960, <ind earned his master's degree in theatre f r o m N o r t h w e s t e r n Uniw r s i t y in 1966.

R A L P H HAS been active in improvisational theatre, and has directed the Little T h e a t r e ' s prod u c t i o n s of Sign )f Jonah, and In White America.

He e n j o y s acting, and has participated extensively in m a n y Little T h e a t r e p r o d u c t i o n s in this capacity. R a l p h ' s p h i l o s o p h y is that any teacher w h o is t e a c h i n g acting should bi acting himself.

Currently, he s a p p e a r i n g in Tango.

RALPH IS also k n o w n f o r his "Religion and D r a m a " course, which bears the d i s t i n c t i o n of being " t h e only senior s e m i n a r course that is so p o p u l a r t h a t they've had t o open t w o sect i o n s , " a c c o r d i n g to j u n i o r t h e a t r e m a j o r Kay H u b b a r d .

When asked how he felt when he heard a b o u t the h o n o r , Ralph said s i m p l y , "1 was very surprised." " H e ' s just a fine m a n - a really fine m a n , " c o m m e n t e d one senior w o m a n . " H e d o e s n ' t flaunt his intelligence."

Neckers named Sloan Res. fellow Dr. Douglas C. Neckers, associate p r o f e s s o r of c h e m i s t r y , has been n a m e d a Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Fou n d a t i o n .

NECKERS WAS one of 77 y o u n g scientists selected f r o m 5 0 0 n o m i n e e s for their research p o t e n tial on the basis of n o m i n a t i o n s by senior colleagues.

Neckers is the only winner f r o m a Michigan college or university and is one of just t w o fellows f r o m private liberal arts colleges in the United States.

NECKERS AND the o t h e r Sloan Fellows will receive an average of $ 8 , 7 5 0 a year over a t w o year period beginning in S e p t e m b e r . Neckers said he will use a high p r o p o r t i o n of his grant for stipends f o r s t u d e n t research assistants.

T h e Sloan Fellowship program is designed to allow research latitude to its recipients. T h e Fellowship may be used for the purchase of e q u i p m e n t and supplies, s t u d e n t stipends, s u p p o r t of technical and scientific assistance, professional travel, s u m m e r support and o t h e r purposes.

expression of the institutionalization of o u r previous o u t r a g e ; t h e s t u d e n t s are an expression of t h e discreditation of c o n f r o n t a t i o n m e t h o d s , and of us by implication. But few of us are conscious of this d e v e l o p m e n t . It is not this consciousness that has b r o u g h t on our non-responsiveness.

WE H A V E F A C E D a crisis in law, even here. T h e f t has gone o n to ridiculous lengths. And we have complied with it, we have participated in it because we perceive our legal system as capricious when it deals with us. We have o f t e n k n o w n when a criminal action was a b o u t to h a p p e n , yet we have steadily refused to stop it, for we k n o w that t o invoke the police is to deny t h a t a s i t u a t i o n that s p a w n s crime exists, that it must be dealt with, and to suggest that it is only particular o f f e n d e r s that m u s t be punished. We k n o w that t h e situation involves m o r e t h a n particular o f f e n d e r s . We are all guilty, and we k n o w it.

T o invoke the law is t o establish hypocrisy and give u p any h o p e that the base p r o b l e m might be dealt with. We k n o w o u r guilt and we revel in it; it is a mark of o u r identity as s t u d e n t s , it is o u r character. Is it t h e n this guilt that prevents us f r o m acting in legally responsible ways? Or is it o u r p e r c e p t i o n that the legal system will move swiftly only to punish, never to alter social wrongs?

SOME O F US have reached t h e end of o u r educational e x p e r i e n c e at H o p e . It is a f r u s t r a t i n g end: we find t h a t we are worthless. Measured like all Americans as c o m modities, we find that we are u n w a n t e d and u n n e e d e d , even t h e best of us as we rank ourselves, in a society that calls its intelligensia a peripheral l u x u r y . S o m e of us, myself included, will go on t o p o s t p o n e o u r rejection to a later

time. But t h e rest of us - where are t h e jobs for we t h a t have d r e a m e d the great dream, w h o have w o r k e d hard and g o t t e n o u r degree? Is there a place in o u r society f o r us? Is there a place in o u r society where we can m a k e a significant c o n t r i b u t i o n ?

Again, to t h e e x t e n t that we r e s p o n d , we turn inward. We are told t h a t we have value, but society rejects us as c o m m o d i t i e s .

D o e s n ' t this suggest t h a t t h e college that seemed to be s o c i e t y ' s training ground has been w r o n g in m o l d i n g us, that we o u g h t to have o u r personal w o r t h recognized in courses per se? And we have begun to walk this road. We call i t " e x p e r i e n t i a l learning," w h e r e credits are given for our presence, f o r what we might c o n t r i b u t e f r o m o u r experience, and f o r w h a t we d o together. Three h o u r s f o r painting theatrical sets, t h r e e h o u r s f o r d e b u n k i n g what scholars d o , sixteen h o u r s for w a t c h i n g psychiatrists work in hospitals.

Why n o t three h o u r s for m a r c h i n g in Washington, three h o u r s f o r walking the dog, sixteen h o u r s f o r having a love affair.

THE COLLEGE has u n k n o w ingly acquiesed in this; we still have n o u n i f o r m e d u c a t i o n a l philo s o p h y , though it must be said that " e x p e r i e n t i a l learning" is yet the e x c e p t i o n rather t h a n the rule - t h a t is a credit to s o m e of t h e very faculty we have cursed for their implacable irrelevancy.

T h e r e is a second m a n i f e s t a t i o n of this inward turning in o u r e d u c a t i o n a l experience: to an unusually enlarged degree, we have ceased t o d i f f e r e n t i a t e bet w e e n what used to be called " a c a d e m i c s p e c u l a t i o n " and personal e x a m i n a t i o n . It seems n o longer possible to consider h y p o thetical cases: when we talk a b o u t G o d , for e x a m p l e , it is n o longer possible to do theology apart

f r o m threats to sundry personal rocks of faith. T h e a p p r o a c h is pervasive; it e x t e n d s to every conceivable question a b o u t values, any conceivable question a b o u t which one might have an o p i n i o n not directly a m a t t e r of f a c t .

When this h a p p e n s , inquiry stops.

SO WE have t u r n e d inward. We live o u r guilt, o u r distrust and o u r willing ignorance as f u l f i l l m e n t , and are absolved f r o m acting b y our very sense of f u l f i l l m e n t . T h e s u b s t i t u t i o n of ourselves in t h e place of every other possible value, the search for k n o w l e d g e , social or political issues or w h a t ever, has t u r n e d the e d u c a t i o n a l process into a search f o r health.

O n e easily gets the feeling that what most of us have in mind by a relevant college experience is mere acceptance.

HDICC warns II-S deferments may be ended T h e Holland Draft I n f o r m a t i o n and Counseling C e n t e r has acknowledged that new II-S s t u d e n t under-graduate d e f e r m e n t s may not be granted b e y o n d July 1, 1971.

However, it is possible t h a t those d e f e r m e n t s now held by s t u d e n t s may be renewable next fall, stated Martin Wessendorf, s t u d e n t advisor to the HDICC. Because of i m p e n d i n g changes in the draft law, the II-S deferm e n t may b e c o m e obsolete, Wessendorf p o i n t e d out. He urged s t u d e n t s w h o d o not n o w have a II-S to apply for the d e f e r m e n t b e f o r e the end of the c u r r e n t academic year. Only s t u d e n t s currently holding a II-S d e f e r m e n t will be eligible f o r a renewal next year, Wessendorf stated.

Grad students announced The

following 72 graduating seniors have

been accepted for graduate study. This year Hope

will

graduate

373

students

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the

c o m m e n c e m e n t exercises to be held June 7.

David Abell - University of Michigan - sociology J o h n Allen - Western Theological Seminary Rosezina Bard — City College of New York University — French Dan Bird — Univ. of Michigan School of Social Work George Bishop - Yale University - 3 year N S F Fellowship in social psychology J o a n n e Blank — Univ. of Wisconsin — M A T program in sociology J i m Brainard — Indiana University — graduate assistantship in chemistry T h o m a s Brown — Univ. of C o l o r a d o — tuition fellowship for study in the Classics Kira Burdick — Rutgers University — French J e n n i f e r C a n n o n — Montana State University — physical education Greg Conway — T e m p l e University — art Manuel Cuba — NEW School for Social Research R o b e r t Davis — Howard University — art Barbara DeHaan - Wayne State University sociology Loren DeHaan — Univ. of Michigan Dental School J u d y DeSchmidt - Appalachian State University graduate assistantship in psychology T i m DeVoogd - Univ. of Illionois - research assistantship in e x p e r i m e n t a l psychology T e u n i s D e Y o u n g - Western Theological Seminary J a c k Doorlag - Western Theologjcal Seminary Fred Ebeling Univ. of Illionis research assistantship in electrical engineering Bob Essink Univ. of Illionis Hospital administration Nancy Flier — Univ. of Indiana Bradley Floyd - Univ. of Bowling Green - biology Kwesi F u m e y - D u k e University — microbiology Ed Garder Western Michigan University economics T e r r y Gardner — Princeton Theological Seminary — grant Michael Grant - Univ. of Cinncinati - graduate assistantship in chemistry Philip G r a w b u r g — Western Theological Seminary Paul Hilbelink — University of Nevada — geology J a n e t Hildebrand — Univ. of Texas — research assistantship in G e r m a n D r e w Hinderer — Univ. of Michigan — D a n f o r t h T e a c h i n g Apprenticeship and tuition grant in philosophy Adelheid Holthuis — Univ. of Hawaii — graduate assistantship in G e r m a n Francis Hooper - Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs David Huang - M a r q u e t t e University - medical school Art H u d a k - Western Theological S e m i n a r y R o b e r t J a m i s o n - Loyola University - counseling psychology Lynn Jones S o u t h e r n Illinois University teaching assistantship in G e r m a n

J o h n K e m i n k — Univ. of Michigan — medical school Mark Kielhorn - Wayne State University - School of Social Work J a m e s Koert — Univ. of California, Berkeley — graduate assistantship in chemistry Brian K o o p — Univ. of Michigan — e c o n o m i c s Carolyn Krahe — Univ. of C o l o r a d o — international relations Alan Kuening — Western Michigan University — economics Natalie Larsen — Univ. of Minnesota — graduate assistantship in chemistry Barbara Michalak - Univ. of Michigan - teaching assistantship in chemistry Linda Morrison - Columbia University School of Social Work Virginia Mrizek — Univ. of Illinois — sociology Laura M u m f o r d - J o h n s Hopkins University Medical School J o y c e Newell — Michigan State University — 3 year N D E A fellowship in m a t h Pam Parker - Univ. of Ohio — e c o n o m i c s R u b e n Perez - Univ. of Notre Dame — graduate assistantship in chemistry Dan Powers - Wayne State University School of Medicine Linda Provo — Univ. of Illionis — fellowship in geology Mark Rockley - Cornell University — graduate assistantship in chemistry Carol R y n b r a n d t — New York University - physical education Barry Schreiber - Univ. of Washington - research assistantship in social psychology Ric Scott — Univ. of Illinois - Physical Ed. Alan S c r a f f o r d — Michigan State University Richard Shuren — Western Michigan University — biology Don Smeenge — Univ. of Illinois School of Social Work Fern Sterk — Michigan State University — b o t a n y D o u g T e p p e r — Michigan State University — m a t h P e t e r ' t Hoen — Calvin Theological Seminary Mark V a n d e B r a k e — Wayne State University - art Hendrika V a n d K a m p — Univ. of Massacnusetts — NIMH Fellowship in clinical psychology L y n n VanderByl — Syracuse University - teaching assistantship in b o t a n y Wayne VanderByl — Albany Law School Mark V a n D o r t — S t a n f o r d University — W o o d r o w Wilson Delegate and graduate assistantship in chemistry Calvin van Holland - University of Nevada — geology Gary V a n K e m p e n - Michigan State University — graduate assistantship in chemistry Steve VanPelt — E m o r y University Medical School T o m Vickrey — Texas Technological University — chemistry Linda Ward — George Peabody University — M A T in special e d u c a t i o n D o u g Westveer - Michigan State University College of H u m a n Medicine Chris Weurding — N o r t h w e s t e r n University — graduate assistantship in journalism Vivian Y e o - Cornell University - biology