09-23-1966

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Evangelism Topic For Weekend Geneva Retreat Rev.

Press Assn. Gives anchor Highest Rank

Mulder Fills Role As Geneva Retreat Guest Speaker

The Mope College anchor h a s received a first class h o n o r r a t i n g for the first semester of last y e a r a n d a n All-American r a t i n g for the second semester f r o m the Associated Collegiate Press. T h e Ail-American r a t i n g is the highest a college p a p e r can achieve in the ACP r a t i n g service, a n d first class is the s e c o n d highest. The All-American r a t i n g is the first which the anchor h a s had since it first b e g a n s u b m i t t i n g the issues for j u d g i n g in 1959. Last y e a r ' s p a p e r , edited by J o h n Mulder, was described b y the ACP j u d g e as " a n e d u c a t i o n to r e a d , " and he a d d e d , " a l t o g e t h e r an excellent job. Y o u r p a p e r is distinctive." The a n c h o r received s u p e r ior r a t i n g s the second semester in the a r e a s of news, creativeness a n d e d i t o r i a l s . In nearly all other a r e a s it received " e x c e l l e n t " ratings. The anchor's first semester rating was also highest in the a r e a s of creativeness, editorials a n d features, a n d the j u d g e c o m m e n t e d , " A n alert staff - a m o n g the best I've s e e n . " The /.eel a n d Kecord, which prints the H o p e College e i g h t - p a g e weekly, c a m e in for p r a i s e a s well. J u d g e s a w a r d e d " e x c e l l e n t " ratings to the a n c h o r both s e m e s t e r s for its t y p o g r a p h y and p r i n t i n g . Anchor photography scored high both semesters a n d w a s h a n d l e d by s o p h o m o r e Dick Angstadt, w h o a l s o served s e c o n d semester as l a y o u t editor. During the second semester he w a s assisted in the p h o t o g r a p h y d e p a r t ment by Corliss Xelson. S p o r t s a l s o received special r e c o g n i t i o n a n d w a s h a n d l e d by s e n i o r Jim Mace lirst semester a n d s e n i o r C.lenn ( i o u w e n s second semester. A r e g u l a r f e a t u r e which i m p r o v e d the anchor's r a t i n g w a s Kob Werge's weekly c o l u m n , " T h e Changeling." Mulder, a s e n i o r this y e a r and anchor editor for a second y e a r , e x p r e s s e d his pleasure u p o n receiving the news but a d d e d that it raised the s t a n d a r d s for the p a p e r still higher. He attributed p a r t of the anchor's higher r a t i n g to the critical service which Clifford Beutell, m e m b e r of the staff of the Wall Street Journal, performed t h r o u g h o u t the year. Mr. Heutell r e a d e a c h week's issue, corrected m i s t a k e s , a n d sent back the m a r k e d up copies with suggestions for i m p r o v i n g the p a p e r .

T o n i g h t s t u d e n t s \vill l e a v e lor C a m p (leneva o n this y e a r ' s (ieneva Ketreat. lUises will begin l o a d i n g at 2 p . m . in front of r h u j p ' s Mall, a n d the kick-off dinner is scheduled for (> p . m . A n u m b e r of d i s c u s s i o n s rev o l v i n g a r o u n d the central theme of " C a m p u s K v a n g e l i s m " will be held. Kev. Kdwin Mulder, a Reformed C h u r c h e v a n g e l i s t , will open the retreat I ' r i d a y e v e n i n g with a n a d d r e s s entitled " K v a n gelism: What Is It?", followed 1)\' i n f o r m a l discussion a n d reIreshments in the c a m p d i n i n g hall. K o u n d i n g out the d a y ' s e\ e n t s will be a b o n f i r e o n the beach. S a t u r d a y , after b r e a k f a s t , will be the discussion, " Kvangelismllow We h o It."' headed b y Kev. W a r r e n Day of I nited C a m p u s Christian l ellowship. I ) a \ e ( i r i s scn of the XiU'igators. Miss C h a r lotte S i m p s o n of Inter-Varsity, a n d llev. Stan \ ' o t h s p e a k i n g on behalf of Y o u n g Life. I n f o r m a l discussions, p e r s o n a l conferences with Kev. Mulder a n d o t h e r s , a n d recreation lead u p to the d i n n e r on the b e a c h . A panel discussion, moderated by C h a p l a i n William Ilillegonds, is scheduled for S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g . Participants will include Kev. Day, Mr. (Irissen. Kev. Mulder. Miss S i m p s o n and Kev. Voth. T h e d a y will c o m e to a close with a worship service at 10 p.m. S u n d a y Kev. Mulder will close the retreat with a final m e d i t a t i o n . Students will then return to the H o p e camp u s in time for r e g u l a r S u n d a y worship.

79th ANNIVERSARY — 2

Hope College, Holland. Michigan

Whets Pull Spirit

Court Condemns Frosh T r a d i t i o n was the key w o r d on the H o p e c a m p u s this week as the c u s t o m a r y r i v a l r y between the f r e s h m a n a n d sophomore classes reached a fever pitch. Kang a r o o Court on W e d n e s d a y , the inception of pull practice t h e s a m e d a y . a n d the week-long water fights p r o v i d e d t r a d i t i o n a l fuel for the fires of the feud. The c r i m i n a l s t r a i n s in the ( lass of 197U were vividly b r o u g h t to

light by the K a n g a r o o C o u r t , which c o n v e n e d in the Pine d r o v e court r o o m o n W e d n e s d a y afternoon. Justice .1. Neuter ( a l s o k n o w n as .loel M o n s m a ) w a s presiding, assisted by a distinguished j u r y a n d a n u m b e r of well-trained bailiffs. I he offenses were of m a n y different types, r a n g i n g f r o m h a v i n g an u p p e r c l a s s sister to putting p o w d e r in u p p e r c l a s s m e n ' s s h o e s .

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Keflecting o n the ( l e n e v a Ketreat ol last y e a r . W ally Horschel, c o - c h a i r m a n of that retreat, s a i d , " This o c c a s i o n is really o n e ol the few o p p o r t u n i t i e s that we h a v e to get a w a y f r o m the c a m p u s and really t h i n k . " 1'ormer Dean of Men T h o m a s C a r e y a d d e d , " T h i s is a w o n d e r f u l o p p o r t u n i t y forstudents to g a i n f u r t h e r insight into their own spiritual c o n v i c t i o n s . " Students are r e m i n d e d to b r i n g s p o r t s w e a r , b a t h i n g suit, a Bible, a n d n o t e b o o k a n d pencil, said C h a p l a i n Ilillegonds.

September 23. 1966

ORDER IN THE COURT—Two defiant freshmen criminals stand before the bench of Kangaroo Court, Justice J. "Neuter" Monsma presiding. They, along with their classmates, were tried and convicted of being lowly freshmen during the court session Wednesday afternoon.

There were a l s o a host of defend a n t s w h o were tried a n d convicted of in s u b o r d i n a t i o n to seniors ( s o p h o m o r e s , of c o u r s e ) . The p u n i s h m e n t s meted out were as v a r i e d as the c h a r g e s . One f r o s h w a s sentenced to w e a r wooden s h o e s to c h a p e l for a week. ()thers h a d to s i n g s o n g s such as"W"e are C r a z y , " d e s c r i b i n g the C l a s s of 1970. T h e s e b r o u g h t special delight to the c r o w d . A n o t h e r luckless f r e s h m a n h a d to run backw a r d s to his place, potting as he went, a n d yet a n o t h e r was d o o m e d to a n a d d i t i o n a l week of w e a r i n g a beanie. H e f o r e c o u r t a d j o u r n e d , all f r o s h were b r o u g h t before the bench a n d o r d e r e d to sing the Alma Mater. As w a t e r b a l l o o n s flew in all directions, the m e n of the f r e s h m a n a n d s o p h o m o r e classes retired to their respective pull practices. This y e a r the g e n e r a l c h a i r m a n of the pull is C a r l Walters, who is assisted by K a n d y Miller. The s o p h o m o r e pull c o a c h e s are s e n i o r s Kon K r o n e m e y e r , Kick Kair a n d B r a d Klow. T h e frosh a r e coached by j u n i o r s J o h n Tysse, Dennis Karmer and Chris Plasman. On the first d a y of practice 3 5 s o p h s c a m e out for the pull. Most of last y e a r ' s team is b a c k but the p o s i t i o n s h a v e n ' t yet been assigned. In a g r e a t show of e n t h u s i a s m 81 f r e s h m e n , a l m o s t one-third of the m a l e s in the class, tried out for the team.

Fund Raising Motive for Increase?

Academic Standards Hicjh Despite Growth By G e o r g e A r w a d y H a s the r a p i d e x p a n s i o n ol Hope College c o m p r o m i s e d the a c a d e m i c s t a n d a r d s of H o p e College? In this y e a r ' s p u s h to a n all-time high e n r o l l m e n t of 1837, h a s q u a l i t y been sacrificed for quantity? A statistical a n a l y s i s of the last five f r e s h m a n classes s h o w s that the a n s w e r is no. " T h e class of 1970 is an a c a d e m i c e q u a l to the class of 1 9 6 9 , " a c c o r d i n g to Director of A d m i s s i o n s Koger Kietberg. The c o m b i n e d m e a n o n the verbal S.A.T. score w a s 5 1 4 for this y e a r ' s f r e s h m e n a n d 5 1 0 for the present s o p h o m o r e s . T h e m a t h a v e r a g e s were 5 4 1 a n d 5 4 6 respectfully. Over 9 6 per cent of both classes c a m e f r o m the u p p e r three-fifths of their high school g r a d u a t i n g class. The e n r o l l m e n t increases experienced b o t h this fall a n d last S e p t e m b e r a r e virtually eqjial. DESPITE ACADEMIC C A L I BER r e m a i n i n g h i g h a m o n g the new students, the g e n e r a l state of u n p r e p a r e d n e s s in all new housing, the rental of the fifth floow of the Hotel W a r m F r i e n d , a n d the utilization of the health clinic as a w o m e n ' s c o t t a g e all point to inade q u a t e h o u s i n g p r e p a r a t i o n s for the new a r r i v a l s . Mr. Rietlber^, when a s k e d w h y so m a n y students h a d been enrolled if the college w a s u n p r e p a r e d to a c c o m o -

date them, c o m m e n t e d that "it would be very difficult to b l a m e a n y o n e for the s i t u a t i o n . " He pointed to the A d m i n i s t r a tive c h a n g e o v e r d u r i n g the summer m o n t h s as o n e r e a s o n for the difficulties this September. " M u c h of the p r o b l e m resulted f r o m a g r e a t e r p e r c e n t a g e of upperclassmen r e t u r n i n g t h a n h a d been expected," he said. A n o t h e r significant factor was the increase of t r a n s f e r s into H o p e f r o m other schools, rising this y e a r f r o m 4 1 to 67, a c c o r d i n g to the Director of Admissions. MR. R I E T B E R G pointed out that a l t h o u g h the h o u s i n g situation a p p e a r s b a d at Hope, it is even w o r s e at other schools. He said that b e c a u s e of failures to complete c o n s t r u c t i o n of new d o r m i t o r i e s , s t u d e n t s at Calvin College were living f o u r to a r o o m a n d Albion College h a d been forced to postp o n e the o p e n i n g of classes for two weeks." Due to the l a r g e e n r o l l m e n t a n d the s h o r t c o m i n g s of college housing, s p e c u l a t i o n still circulates am o n g the student b o d y that a policy is in effect to e x p a n d the student b o d y b e y o n d the college's h o u s i n g c a p a c i t y in o r d e r to demo n s t r a t e a g r e a t need in that a r e a . This would greatly enhanct H o p e ' s c h a n c e s of receiving fin a n c i a l aid f r o m b o t h public a n d p r i v a t e s o u r c e s to build a new d o r m i t o r y . Mr. Kietberg a d m h w

ted that it is " m u c h easier for a school such as Hope to receive aid after it h a s d e m o n s t r a t e d considerable n e e d . " A N A L Y S I S of the a d m i s s i o n s data demonstrated several trends evident o v e r the five y e a r s p a n . The n u m b e r of a p p l i c a t i o n s h a s increased every y e a r , a l l o w i n g the a d m i s s i o n s office to b e c o m e m o r e and m o r e selective. At one time Hope accepted v i r t u a l l y all the students w h o applied. The past several y e a r s h a s seen this c h a n g e to the extent that now 2 3 per cent of all a p p l i c a t i o n s a r e rejected. With this increased discrimination, the q u a l i t y of student at Hope h a s risen with the enrollment. In 1963 o n l y 18 of the f r e s h m e n scored o v e r 7 0 0 o n the two S.A.T.'s as c o m p a r e d to 4 3 o n l y two y e a r s later. S i m i l a r i m p r o v e m e n t s h a v e occurred in o v e r a l l scores a n d in high school s t a n d i n g s . TODAY, A M U C H LARGER p r o p o r t i o n of the H o p e student b o d y c o m e s f r o m o u t s i d e Michig a n a n d for the first time less t h a n half a f r e s h m a n c l a s s belongs to the Keformed C h u r c h in America. Mr. Kietberg s a i d that " n o admission policies h a v e yet been established for the c o m i n g y e a r . " He expressed f e a r s that the d r a f t s i t u a t i o n w o u l d b e c o m e m uce critical -for H o p e m a l e s ' i n the lower halt ol their class, m a k i n g it difficult to a s s e s s h o w m a n y o p e n i n g s for new m e n will be a v a i l a b l e .

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UNITED GROUP—This crowd of jeering defendants, reacting to proceedings at Kangaroo Court, is but part of the 495 freshmen that have hiked Hope's enrollment to a record high of 1,837.


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