09-16-1966

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OPE COLLEGE

anc or OLLAND, MICHIGAN 79th ANNIVERSARY -

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Hope College. Holland, Michigan

S e p t e m b e r 16, 1966

Five Fill Key Posts

Administration Is Expanded T h e H o p e College A d m i n i s t r a tion w a s r e p l e n i s h e d a n d e x p a n d ed with the a p p o i n t m e n t of five m e m b e r s to the A d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n n o u n c e d b y President C a l v i n A. V a n d e r W e r f d u r i n g the s u m m e r . C o m i n g to the p o s i t i o n of Director of B u s i n e s s A f f a i r s is C l a r e n c e .1. H a n d l o g t e n , a n d m o v e d f r o m his post in the a d m i s s i o n s office to Acting D e a n of Men is Robert De Y o u n g . T h e p o s i t i o n s of D e a n of the College a n d Vice President for A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s h a v e been m e r g e d into the p o s i t i o n of D e a n of A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s . President V a n d e r W e r f h a s a p p o i n t e d Dr. William S. M a t h i s to this newly created post. In a d d i t i o n , a n office of d e v e l o p ment h a s been e s t a b l i s h e d a n d

n a m e d a s Director of D e v e l o p m e n t is William H. l i e n d e r . S e r v i n g u n der him a r e the new Director of Public R e l a t i o n s , ( l e o r g e Wallace; Director of Public I n f o r m a t i o n , Mrs. Wilma B o u m a n ; Director of C h u r c h a n d C o m m u n i t y Relat i o n s , S t u a r t Post; Director of Al u m n i R e l a t i o n s , Mrs. M a r i a n S t r y k e r ; c h a i r m a n of the centennial I f o m e c o m i n g . J o h n T y s s e ; a n d Director of C a p i t a l F u n d s , L a r r y T e r Molen. Mr. H a n d l o g t e n c o m e s to Director of B u s i n e s s A f f a i r s at H o p e f r o m the De Witt Co. in Z e e l a n d . He g r a d u a t e d f r o m D a v e n p o r t College a n d h a s d o n e post g r a d u a t e w o r k at H o n e y w e l l , Inc., a n d C.rand R a p i d s Jr. College. Mr. De Y o u n g j o i n e d H o p e Col-

lege late last y e a r a s A s s o c i a t e Director of A d m i s s i o n s . Prior to t h a t he w o r k e d in the a d m i s s i o n s office of ( I r a n d Valley State College in A l l e n d a l e , Mich. H o p e ' s new d e a n . Dr. William S. M a t h i s , e a r n e d a b a c h e l o r of Music d e g r e e f r o m Stetson C n i v e r d t y , a m a s t e r ' s f r o m the C n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n , a n d a Ph.D. f r o m F l o r ida State C n i v e r s i t y . He h a s a l s o d o n e a d v a n c e d s t u d y at H a r v a r d C n i v e r s i t y a n d the C n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n . Before his a p p o i n t m e n t to the d e a n s h i p at H o p e he w a s d e a n of faculties of H a r d i n - S i m m o n s C n i v e r s i t y in Abilene, Texas, a n d a l s o served a s d e a n of the S c h o o l of Music there. ( C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 6)

F I R S T INSTRUCTION—Four terrifying sophomores and one unidentified c r e a t u r e give a frightened frosh his first " p o t t i n g " lesson a t the f r e s h m a n mixer in the Civic Center last Monday night.

495 Freshmen Are Welcomed; Enrollment at Ail-Time High H a s a n y b o d y seen a b u i l d i n g n a m e d Van Raalte? What kind of c o u r s e is V e s p e r s ? T h e s e a r e the type of q u e s t i o n s a s k e d this week by the 4 9 5 m e m bers of the ff£shrrtan c l a s s a s they were o r i e n t e d into H o p e College life. A l t h o u g h s o m e sixty fewer t h a n last y e a r ' s f r e s h m e n , t h e c l a s s of 1 9 7 0 , a d d e d to l a r g e n u m b e r s of r e t u r n i n g s t u d e n t s a n d 6 7 t r a n s fers, b r o u g h t H o p e ' s t o t a l enrollment t o a n all time h i g h of 1837.

DR. WILLIAM S. MATHIS

WILLIAM R. H E N D E R

CLARENCE J. HANDLOGTEN

Dean of A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s

Director of Development

Director of Buiineia A f f a t n

A s s i s t i n g the f r e s h m e n in their first week were 50 f a c u l t y a d v i s o r s a n d 100 v o l u n t e e r s t u d e n t advisors. The orientation prog r a m itself, u n d e r the l e a d e r s h i p of D a v e V a n d e r W e l , c o n s i s t e d of a series of events a i m e d b o t h at w e l d i n g the f r e s h m e n t o g e t h e r a n d i n t e g r a t i n g t h e m into the w h o l e s t u d e n t b o d y . A picnic, b e a c h p a r ty, s t u d e n t m i x e r a n d v a r i o u s

m e e t i n g s a n d d i s c u s s i o n s occupied the f r e s h m e n . Much of the s p a r e time a n d e n e r g y of the b e a n ied f r o s h w a s e x p e n d e d in w a t e r fights. A c c o r d i n g to D i r e c t o r of Admissions Roger Rietberg, the f r e s h m e n c o m e f r o m 2 6 states a n d six f o r e i g n c o u n t r i e s . T h i r t e e n a r e v a l e d i c t o r i a n s , 4 3 a t t e n d e d priv a t e s c h o o l s , 34 received r e c o g n i tion f r o m the N a t i o n a l Merit Prog r a m a n d one w a s a N a t i o n a l Merit w i n n e r . College Board s c o r e s a v e r a g e d 5 1 6 f o r the verb a l a n d 5 4 3 for the m a t h test. A r e l i g i o u s b r e a k d o w n of the new s t u d e n t s s h o w s t h a t 4 9 . 3 p e r cent b e l o n g to the R e f o r m e d C h u r c h , this m a r k i n g t h e first time t h a t less t h a n half of a c l a s s were affiliated with the RCA. T h i s is a c o n t i n u a t i o n of a t r e n d t o w a r d increased student c o s m o p o l i t a n ism evident in recent y e a r s .

Men Live in Hotel Warm Friend

New Enrollment Causes Housing Problem In o r d e r to a c c o m m o d a t e the 136 a d d i t i o n a l students attending H o p e this fall, the college h a s created a n u m b e r of new s t u d e n t residences. T h i s f a l l ' s e n r o l l m e n t is a r e c o r d 1 , 8 3 7 s t u d e n t s , u p f r o m 1 , 7 0 1 last fall. F o u r new w o m e n ' s cottages h a v e been o p e n e d , a c c o r d i n g to Mrs. Isla V a n F e n e n a a m , D e a n of W o m e n . In a d d i t i o n , the A d m i n i s t r a t i o n h a s l e a s e d the fifth f l o o r of the W a r m F r i e n d Hotel a n d is h o u s i n g 3 0 u p p e r c l a s s m e n in ren o v a t e d hotel r o o m s , a c c o r d i n g t o Robert De Y o u n g , D e a n of Men. P r e p a r a t i o n in these b u i l d i n g s w a s not fi n i sh e d b e f o r e s c h o o l o-

p e n e d f o r f r e s h m e n last S a t u r d a y , h o w e v e r . W o r k o n the hotel r o o m s a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n of s t u d y r o o m s t h e r e h a s n o t yet been c o m p l e t e d , a n d s t u d e n t s still sleep in the double b e d s b e l o n g i n g to the hotel i n s t e a d of b u n k s a s h a d been p l a n ned. T h i s w a s to h a v e been finished b e f o r e the f r e s h m e n a r r i v e d , s a i d Mr. De Y o u n g , a n d s h o u l d be f inishe d " a n y d a y . " N o r a r e the w o m e n ' s residences c o m p l e t e . T w o of the new w o m e n ' s c o t t a g e s , \ o o r n e e s A u u c a (recently r e n a m e d O g g l e C o t t a g e ) a n d B o u w m a C o t t a g e a b o v e the h e a l t h clinic, d o not h a v e e n o u g h f u r n i ture to a c c o m m o d a t e their occu-

F R E S H M E N BEDROOM—These mattresses are home to the ten residents of Voorhees Annex. The beds and other furniture for this and other cottages has been ordered and will arrive shortly.

p a n t s . A f r e s h m a n s a i d l i v i n g in V o o r h e e s A n n e x is " l i k e c a m p i n g out. It's not b a d , b u t it w o u l d be nice if we h a d s o m e of the c o m f o r t s of h o m e , like w i n d o w screens a n d mirrors." A t o u r of the b u i l d i n g r e v e a l s a l o u n g e with o n l y o n e s o f a a n d c h a i r , a vestibule t o t a l l y e m p t y except f o r a t e l e p h o n e o n the r u g , a n d o n l y o n e r o o m with a bed. T h e rest of the 10 r e s i d e n t s sleep o n m a t t r e s s e s which lie directly o n the floor. T h e f u r n i t u r e for these h o u s e s , s a i d Mrs. V a n F e n e n a a m , w o u l d be delivered s o o n . She a d d e d that the r e a s o n the e q u i p m e n t h a d not a r r i v e d w a s b e c a u s e it w a s o r d e r e d o n l y a few weeks a g o . The a d m i s s i o n s c o m mittee h a d o p e n e d u p the w a i t i n g list at" the last m i n u t e , a n d all p r e p a r a t i o n s for the a d d i t i o n a l w o m e n c o u l d not be m a d e in time. Mr. D e Y o u n g m a d e a s i m i l a r c o m m e n t . He s a i d t h a t the men w h o lived in the W a r m F r i e n d w e r e those w h o a p p l i e d late; r a t h e r t h a n d e n y t h e m a d m i s s i o n , the college s o u g h t new h o u s i n g f o r t h e m . A c c o r d i n g to Mr. R o g e r Rietb e r g , Director of A d m i s s i o n s , the admissions committee had never closed a d m i s s i o n s f o r m e n . It w a s c o n c e r n e d a b o u t t h e effect of the selective service o n the male-fem a l e r a t i o in the s t u d e n t b o d y , a n d since m e n w e r e p e r m i t t e d to live off c a m p u s , t h e y p l a n n e d to accept m o r e m e n to m a i n t a i n this r a t i o a n d h o u s e t h e m in p r i v a t e h o m e s . Mr. Rietberg s a i d t h a t a d v e r t i s e m e n t s p u b l i c i z i n g this w e r e p l a c e d in l o c a l n e w p a p e r s b y f o r -

m e r D e a n of Men T h o m a s C a r e y . T h e r e s p o n s e w a s less t h a n antic i p a t e d , a n d the a r r a n g e m e n t with the hotel b e c a m e n e c e s s a r y . Mr. Rietberg a l s o noted t h a t 24 w o m e n h a d been p u t o n a waiting list last s p r i n g . H o w e v e r , late in the s u m m e r , f a c u l t y m e m b e r s v a c a t e d two c o t t a g e s a n d c r e a t e d s p a c e for 10 m o r e s t u d e n t s . T h e s e a r e the p l a c e s w i t h o u t the f u r n i ture. T r i p l i n g in r o o m s is a l s o b e i n g d o n e in 2 5 r o o m s in P h e l p s Hall, s a i d Mrs. V a n F e n e n a a m . T h i s h a d been d o n e last y e a r a n d w a s f a i r l y well accepted, a c c o r d i n g to the D e a n , a n d n o a t t e m p t w a s m a d e to c h a n g e it this y e a r . One

w o m a n w a s a u u e a to e a c n c o t t a g e u s e d last y e a r , s h e a d d e d . S o m e of the p r o b l e m s in m e n ' s housing occurred during the c h a n g e of D e a n s . Mr. D e Y o u n g , w h o said, " I inherited a tough s i t u a t i o n , " w a s n o t told of all r o o m c o m m i t t m e n t s a n d did not p l a n o n the r e t u r n of a n u m b e r of s t u d e n t s . T h e s e were p u t in the W a r m F r i e n d a l s o , a c c o r d i n g to Mr. Rietberg. N e i t h e r of the D e a n s a n t i c i p a t e the p o s s i b i l i t y o r t h e need of findi n g new residences, a n d h o p e t h a t a f t e r the needed f u r n i t u r e a r r i v e s a n d the c o n s t r u c t i o n is c o m p l e t e , the h o u s i n g s i t u a t i o n will r e m a i n a s it is until the e n d of the y e a r .

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STUDY LOUNGE—When completed, this will be part of the facilities provided tor the students living on the fifth floor of the Warm Friend Hotel. Thirty Hope students will be housed in the hoteL


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