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Three Different Music Degrees Proposed B y J o h n M. M u l d e r A controversial p r o p o s a l which w o u l d e n a b l e H o p e s t u d e n t s to o b t a i n a m u s i c d e g r e e in t h r e e different f o r m s will be v o t e d o n b y the f a c u l t y at t h e i r m e e t i n g M o n d a y night. T h e p r o p o s a l , if p a s s e d , w o u l d be the first recent b r o a d c u r r i c u l u m c h a n g e at H o p e in a p p r o x i m a t e l y the l a s t 3 0 y e a r s . U p to the p r e s e n t time, all g r a d u a t e s h a v e received a b a c h e l o r of a r t s d e g r e e r e g a r d l e s s of their m a j o r . T h e new p l a n w o u l d o f f e r stud e n t s the o p p o r t u n i t y to r e c e i v e a n A.B. in m u s i c l i t e r a t u r e a n d hist o r y o r a n A . B . in m u s i c t h e o r y . In a d d i t i o n , t h r e e new d e g r e e s w o u l d be a w a r d e d : A b a c h e l o r of m u s i c in p e r f o r m a n c e , a H.Mus. in v o c a l m u s i c e d u c a t i o n , a n d a H.Mus. in i n s t r u m e n t a l m u s i c education. T H K N E W E S T a n d most cont r o v e r s i a l i d e a c o n t a i n e d in the p r o p o s a l is its r e d u c t i o n of the n u m b e r of c o u r s e s w h i c h a stu-
dent m u s t t a k e o u t s i d e of his dep a r t m e n t . B r o a d l y classified as l i b e r a l a r t s c o u r s e s , these s u b j e c t s i n c l u d e E n g l i s h , science a n d fore i g n l a n g u a g e s , a n d the m u s i c dep a H m e n t p r o p o s e s to r e d u c e the "core" requirement from 75 hours to 4 6 o r 4 9 h o u r s , d e p e n d i n g o n the B . M u s . p u r s u e d . Dr. R o b e r t C a v a n a u g h , c h a i r m a n of the m u s i c d e p a r t m e n t , exp l a i n e d t h a t the new p r o g r a m w a s n e c e s s a r y b e c a u s e H o p e , he s a i d , w a s l o s i n g s o m e of its best m u s i c s t u d e n t s to o t h e r c o l l e g e s b e c a u s e it did n o t o f f e r e n o u g h t r a i n i n g to s t u d e n t s w h o w i s h e d to m a k e m u sic their p r o f e s s i o n .
A C C O R D I N G to him, the curr i c u l u m c h a n g e w o u l d be directed m o r e t o w a r d the p r e - p r o f e s s ional p e r f o r m e r or music teacher. A B . M u s . in i n s t r u m e n t a l o r vocal m u s i c e d u c a t i o n , f o r e x a m p l e , w o u l d e n a b l e a s t u d e n t to t e a c h m u s i c in all g r a d e s t h r o u g h the twelfth. T h e o r e t i c a l l y , he s a i d , the p r o g r a m a i m s to r e a l i z e m o r e
Homecoming Week Offers Lectures, Debates, Seminars H o p e C o l l e g e h a s c o m p l e t e d its first c e n t u r y a s a n i n s t i t u t i o n of higher learning. To commemor a t e this m i l e s t o n e , the c o l l e g e h a s planned a Centennial Homecoming C e l e b r a t i o n r u n n i n g next T u e s d a y t h r o u g h S u n d a y with the t h e m e of " E d u c a t i o n f o r Responsible Leadership." D u r i n g the e n t i r e week of h o m e c o m i n g , t h e r e will be a s e r i e s of lectures, debates a n d s e m i n a r s on a v a r i e t y of t o p i c s , all r e v o l v i n g a r o u n d the g e n e r a l t h e m e . N e x t T u e s d a y n i g h t , at 8 : 1 5 t h e r e will be a d e b a t e o n I ' n i t e d S t a t e s policy in V i e t n a m b e t w e e n K e n n e t h Crawford and N o r m a n 'Thomas in D i m n e n t C h a p e l . N E X T W E D N E S D A Y t h e r e will be a r e c e p t i o n f o r G o v . a n d Mrs. R o m n e y at the P r e s i d e n t ' s h o u s e
See Page 3 for stories on speakers, Page 4 for complete calendar. at 7 p . m . f o l l o w e d b y a n a d d r e s s b y the g o v e r n o r at t h e H o l l a n d Civic Center. The a n n u a l C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e d i n n e r next T h u r s d a y at 8 : 1 5 p . m . will f e a t u r e Merrill Mueller, N B C r a d i o a n d TV comm e n t a t o r , w h o will s p e a k o n the t o p i c " N o t h i n g to F e a r b u t Ourselves." N e x t F r i d a y t h e r e will be a series of f o u r C e n t e n n i a l s e m i n a r s . 1.ester T r i m b l e , f o r m e r m u s i c critic of the N e w Y o r k H e r a l d ' T r i b u n e will h o l d a s e m i n a r r e l a t i n g the fine a r t s a n d e d u c a t i o n .
DR. M O R T I M E R ADLER, author, philosopher, and professor at the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o will c o n d u c t a s e m i n a r o n the r e l a t i o n s h i p of p h i l o s o p h y a n d e d u c a t i o n . Col. J o h n " S h o r t y " P o w e r s of N A S A will s p e a k o n science a n d e d u c a t i o n in a n o t h e r s e m i n a r . T h e f o u r t h s e m i n a r will d e a l with e c o n o m i c s a n d b u s i n e s s a s r e l a t e d to e d u c a t i o n . T h i s will be led b y Dr. Y a l e B r o z e n , p r o f e s s o r of b u s i n e s s e c o n o m i c s at the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o . All semin a r s will be c o n d u c t e d in P h e l p s Hall. FOLLOWING the seminars t h e r e will be a p a n e l d i s c u s s i o n b y all f o u r g u e s t s m o d e r a t e d b y Dr. William Mathis. The entire student b o d y is u r g e d to a t t e n d the seminars and panel discussion along with a l u m n i a n d o t h e r g u e s t s , acc o r d i n g to M r . T y s s e . At 11 a . m . o n F r i d a y , the a n n u a l m e e t i n g of the W o m e n ' s L e a g u e f o r H o p e C o l l e g e will be held in D u r f e e H a l l . Guest s p e a k e r s will be M r s . C a l v i n V a n d e r W e r f a n d D e a n of W o m e n Isla V a n Eenenaam.
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SAT U RDAY'S EV E N TS wil 1 be led b y the H o m e c o m i n g P a r a d e o n E i g h t h Street. 'The q u e e n ' s float, the f l o a t s of t h e v a r i o u s f r a t e r n i ties a n d s o r o r i t i e s a n d m a r c h i n g b a n d s will h i g h l i g h t the p a r a d e . At n o o n o n S a t u r d a y the HC l u b a n d the H i s t o r y C l u b will hold luncheons. 'The H C l u b l u n c h e o n will h o n o r the 1 9 3 4 footb a l l t e a m , H o p e ' s first M1AA c h a m p i o n . 'The g u e s t s p e a k e r will be C h i c a g o White S o x p r e s i d e n t A r t h u r A l l y n . T h e s p e a k e r at the H i s t o r y C l u b l u n c h e o n will be Dr. R o b e r t Peters, a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r of h i s t o r y at H o p e . THE HOMECOMING footb a l l g a m e will pit the D u t c h m e n a g a i n s t the A l b i o n B r i t o n s at 2 : 3 0 p . m . in R i v e r v i e w P a r k . M r . ' T y s s e s a i d t h a t t h e r e w o u l d be u n u s u a l p r e - g a m e a n d half-time entertainment. At 6 p . m . o n S a t u r d a y t h e Cent e n n i a l A w a r d s B a n q u e t will be held in P h e l p s H a l l . A c c o r d i n g to Mr. 'Tysse, this b a n q u e t of recogn i t i o n will be a sellout. At the dinner the s e c o n d c e n t u r y m a s t e r plan by architect C h a r l e s Stade will be u n v e i l e d , m a j o r gifts will be a n n o u n c e d a n d s p e c i a l a l u m n i g u e s t s will be h o n o r e d . S a t u r d a y n i g h t at 9 will find the Civic C e n t e r the site of the Centennial Ball, f e a t u r i n g Henry B r a n d o n a n d his O r c h e s t r a . Ent e r t a i n m e n t will be p r o v i d e d b y comedian Barclay Shaw. During the b a l l the h o m e c o m i n g c o u r t a n d Q u e e n will be p r e s e n t e d . T H E C E N T E N N I A L worship s e r v i c e o n S u n d a y in D i m n e n t C h a p e l will b e g i n at 10 a . m . 'The s e r m o n will be g i v e n b y Dr. Ernest 'T. C a m p b e l l , m i n i s t e r of the F i r s t P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h in A n n Arbor. 'The f i n a l e v e n t of h o m e c o m i n g will be the C e n t e n n i a l C o n c e r t at 2 p . m . in D i m n e n t C h a p e l , f e a t u r i n g Dr. A n t h o n y K o o i k e r , p r o f e s s o r of m u s i c at H o p e .
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pects of h a v i n g it p a s s e d b y the f a c u l t y . T e c h n i c a l l y , it need n o t be a p p r o v e d b y the f a c u l t y b e f o r e it is sent to the B o a r d of T r u s tees, b u t a s Dr. R i d e r e x p l a i n e d , " W e c o n s i d e r e d this m a t t e r a s u b ject f o r t h e e n t i r e f a c u l t y . " T H E F A C U L T Y is often u n p r e d i c t a b l e , a n d a l t h o u g h the m u sic d e p a r t m e n t h a s w o n wides p r e a d s u p p o r t f o r the p r o p o s a l , the o p p o s i t i o n is v o c a l . T h e o p p o sition centers a r o u n d three m a i n a s p e c t s of the new p r o g r a m : Its r e d u c t i o n in the n u m b e r of c o u r s es in the l i b e r a l a r t s , a f e a r of " l o s i n g " the m u s i c d e p a r t m e n t , a n d increased costs which would e n a b l e t h e d e p a r t m e n t to d e m a n d a g r e a t e r p o r t i o n of the c o l l e g e budget. R e d u c e d f r o m the r e q u i r e d liberal a r t s " c o r e " of the B . M u s . deg r e e s a r e c o u r s e s in the s o c i a l sciences. F a c u l t y m e m b e r s in these d e p a r t m e n t s are concerned that " t h i s c o u l d be o n l y the b e g i n n i n g of m a n y s u c h p r o p o s a l s , " a s Al-
v i n V a n d e r b u s h , c h a i r m a n of the p o l i t i c a l science d e p a r t m e n t , p u t it. " T h i s c o u l d c o m p l e t e l y c h a n g e the n a t u r e of this c o l l e g e . " He q u i p p e d , " 1 g u e s s o n this p o i n t I become a conservative." O U T S I D E O F t h e p o l i t i c a l scie n c e s t h e r e is a l s o o p p o s i t i o n . Dr. H a r r y F r i s s e l , c h a i r m a n of the p h y s i c s d e p a r t m e n t , s t a t e d , " I n the c o n t e x t of a l i b e r a l a r t s c o l l e g e I ' m o p p o s e d to it. It w o u l d open a n entirely new a r e a a n d 1 t h i n k a n u m b e r of f a c u l t y m e m b e r s feel this w a y . " On the o t h e r s i d e of the c a m p u s a n d the fence a r e t w o m e m b e r s of the b i o l o g y d e p a r t m e n t . Dr. N o r man N o r t o n a n d Dr. Phillip C r o o k . Dr. C r o o k s e r v e d o n the E d u c a t i o n a l Policies C o m m i t t e e l a s t y e a r w h e n it a p p r o v e d the p r o g r a m , a l t h o u g h at the time he d i s s e n t e d . His o p p o s i t i o n w a s b a s ed o n h i s o p i n i o n t h a t t h e p r o g r a m s h o u l d n o t r e q u i r e m o r e t h a n the (Continued on P a g e 7)
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the athletic field u n d e r t h e a u s pices of the city of H o l l a n d . 'This b a r b e c u e will be free to all b o a r d ing students. At 4 p . m . o n F r i d a y , H o p e ' s soccer a n d cross c o u n t r y teams will c o m p e t e with C a l v i n a n d Albion, respectively. 'That n i g h t at 8, the a n n u a l Kletz C o n c e r t will be p r e s e n t e d at t h e Civic C e n t e r . 'The c o n c e r t , at $ . 5 0 a s t u d e n t , will f e a t u r e m y s tery c o n d u c t o r s , the c o l l e g e b a n d and various alumni.
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c o m p l e t e l y w h a t he c a l l s the " t w o p r o n g e d " or " d o u b l e - b a r r e l " nat u r e of m u s i c - t h e o r y a n d p e r f o r m a nee. Dr. M o r r e t t e R i d e r , c h a i r m a n of the m u s i c d e p a r t m e n t ' s c u r r i c u lum committee, e x p l a i n e d that H o p e w o u l d not be the first college to initiate s u c h a d e g r e e . In fact, he s t a t e d , o u t of 4 6 colleges c o m p a r a b l e to H o p e in size a n d s t a t u r e , 4 0 of t h e m a l r e a d y offer p r o f e s s i o n a l d e g r e e in m u s i c . D R . R I D E R a l s o p o i n t e d out that the p r o p o s e d c u r r i c u l u m c h a n g e is not a h a s t i l y c o n c e i v e d i d e a b u t is the p r o d u c t of five y e a r s of p r e p a r a t i o n , with special a t t e n t i o n b e i n g g i v e n to it d u r i n g the last t w o y e a r s . L a s t y e a r it w a s p a s s e d u n a n i m o u s l y b y the H u m a n i t i e s C o u n c i l a n d w a s later p a s s e d with o n e d i s s e n t i n g v o t e b y the E d u c a t i o n a l Policies C o m mittee. F a c u l t y m e m b e r s in f a v o r of the new p r o g r a m h a v e v o i c e d q u i e t o p t i m i s m a b o u t the p r o s -
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OLLAND, MICHIGAN
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Hope College, Holland, Michigan
October 7, 1966
Karl Van Marx:
Class Struggles Inevitable " A s p e c t r e is h a u n t i n g the c a m p u s — the s p e c t r e of the p u l l . " 'These w o r d s w e r e written b y K a r l V a n M a r x in p r e p a r a t i o n f o r the a n n u a l e v e n t t h a t will a g a i n t a k e p l a c e a l o n g t h e b a n k s of the B l a c k River this a f t e r n o o n . 'Time h a s c h a n g e d the c l a s h f r o m a simple c o n t e s t to a scientific e n d e a v o r . 'The p h i l o s o p h e r k n e w n o t h i n g of pits o r the full h e a v e . Yet his w r i t i n g s still cut to the h e a r t of the matter. " T H E H I S T O R Y of all h i t h e r t o e x i s t i n g s o c i e t y " he w r o t e , " i s the h i s t o r y of c l a s s s t r u g g l e s . Freem a n a n d s l a v e , l o r d a n d serf, s o p h o m o r e a n d f r e s h m a n , in a word; oppressor and oppressed, s t o o d in c o n s t a n t o p p o s i t i o n to one a n o t h e r , carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight." With this n o n e of us c a n a r g u e . The f r i c t i o n b e t w e e n c l a s s e s h a s b e e n e v i d e n t in K a n g a r o o c o u r t , rallies, s n a k e d a n c e s a n d waterf i g h t s since the first p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r the pull w e r e m a d e t h r e e w e e k s a g o . 'These, h o w e v e r , h a v e o n l y b e e n a p r e l u d e to the g r e a t b a t t l e for which twenty men f r o m each s i d e a n d their f e m a l e s u p p o r t e r s h a v e p r e p a r e d in secret. V A N M A R X c a l l e d f o r the opp r e s s e d of the w o r l d to u n i t e a n d s t r i v e f o r v i c t o r y . T h i s h a s bec o m e m o r e essential as time goes o n . A c c o r d i n g to R o n K r o n e m e y er, s o p h o m o r e p u l l c o a c h , the p u l l will be a p r e t t y e v e n m a t c h . " B o t h teams are very strong, there h a v e been no techniques developed, a n d t h e s i g h t of t h e pull is insignificant. Spirit a n d determinat i o n will m a k e the d i f f e r e n c e . " T h i s , he feels is the s o p h o m o r e s ' a d v a n t a g e . " I ' v e b e e n told t h a t the f r e s h m e n h a v e m o r e s p i r i t t h a n we d o , b u t I d o n ' t b e l i e v e it. 'This is o u r l a s t c h a n c e t o win, a n d t h e t e a m k n o w s it. T h e i r d e s i r e a n d their e x p e r i e n c e will g i v e u s a great psychological a d v a n t a g e . " He cited the f r e s h m e n ' s i n e x p e r ience a s a g r e a t d r a w b a c k . F R E S H M E N coach Denny Farm e r h a d m u c h the s a m e o p i n i o n . B a s i c d e s i r e , he feels, is his t e a m ' s m a j o r a d v a n t a g e . He also commented that the f r e s h m e n a r e a better b a l a n c e d t e a m , a n d w e r e s h a r p e r in t h e e x e c u t i o n of the various maneuvers.
LOCK IN! — F r e s h m a n Bob Kidd protects the precious rope with all his strength a s he and his t e a m m a t e s prepare to battle the sophomores. The Pull, which this year is being covered by Sports Illustrated, will take place ioday over the cold, muddy Black River. F a r m e r a d m i t s t h a t tl^e f r e s h m e n h a v e a few o b s t a c l e s to o v e r come. " T h e s o p h o m o r e s ' greatest s t r e n g t h is t h e i r s t r e n g t h , " he s a i d . " T h e b e s t p u l l e r is a b i g b o y w h o c a n p u t lots of l e v e r a g e o n the r o p e a n d t h e y h a v e m o r e of t h e m t h a n we d o . T h e y ' r e a l s o a well c o o r d i n a t e d t e a m with m o r e e x p e r i e n c e . " H o w e v e r , the f r e s h m e n a r e f a s t e r a n d e x c u t e the m o v e s w i t h m o r e p r e c i s i o n t h a n d o the s o p h o m o r e s . Y o u c a n n e v e r tell w h a t will h a p p e n at a pull. But 1 c a n a s s a r e y o u t h a t it w o n ' t be a s h o r t affair o n F r i d a y . We've got w h a t it t a k e s to w i n . " O N E P R O B L E M r e m a i n s to be s o l v e d b y the m o d e r n s t u d e n t of t h e p a r t i c u l a r c l a s s s t r u g g l e with w h i c h we a r e d e a l i n g . T h e b o u r geoisie a n d the proletariat were well d e f i n e d g r o u p s to V a n M a r x . It is difficult to d i s t i n g u i s h between t h e t w o p r e s e n t c o m b a t a n t s in t h e s e t e r m s a n d t h e r e f o r e t h e y go unlabeled. F o r the f r e s h m e n D a v e A l l y n , N a t e Bowles, B o b Beishuizen, G a r y C o o k , Din Currie, Jim Den
Herder, Don F a r m e r , Dave Folkert, D e W a y n e H e l l i n g a , B r u c e Huestis, Bob K i d d , D o u g Laph a m , D o n M a r e m a , B r u c e Mc C r e a r y , F r e d Muller, D a v e Pruim, R o n Rector, Gil Seevers, Bill V a n A u k e n a n d S t e v e W a r d will pull. T h e s o p h o m o r e s will h a v e Lee Bolt, L a r r y B o n e , R i c h a r d B o n t , K e n t C a n d e l o r a , J o h n Coffenb e r g . Bill C u r r i e , P a u l C u t i c c h i a , B o b E s s i n k , Willie J a c k s o n , R u s h Johnson, John Kallemyn, Tom M a r a t e a , L a d Mac Queen, Rod Maxwell, J o h n Maxwell, T r u m a n , Bill W a r n e r , D a v e Westerhoff a n d T i m W o o d b y in the pits. L a b e l s c a n o n l y be a p p l i e d a f t e r the e v e n t . B Y N I G H T F A L L t o d a y , the i s s u e will be d e c i d e d f o r a n o t h e r y e a r . A n o t h e r dialectic in the c e a s e l e s s c l a s s s t r u g g l e is a b o u t to be r e s o l v e d . T h e a n s w e r is to be f o u n d o n the b a n k s of t h e m u d d y B l a c k a t 4 p . m . this a f t e r n o o n w h e n the d i g g i n g of pits b e g i n s . P u l l e r s of t h e w o r l d unite! Y o u h a v e n o t h i n g t o l o s e b u t the w o r l d . Y o u h a v e the r o p e to w i n .