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Volume XXX
HOPE COLLEGE. Hollabd, Miehipo, Wednesday,
Anchor Election PROSPECTS FOR VANDER MEDLEN Tomorrow Evening WINNING TEAM WARMLY WELCOMED War Five Vacaocles BRIGHTEN AT OAK PARK DemorallAa 8ta1r;
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Of 01: the nope organi1.l\tions hard Fqotball Stock Riae. Above Par; Many lIi t hy the war pcrholl.! the Allrllor Men Seek Bertha on Tea.m Stotl' sll lTer~d til" llIost. No les8 thnll five of tllo e l ~vell men who served on Pootbnll is ot last b~l~ning to look the slall' IS8t year have left HOlle to lik o a rcollt.... More inter~8t and en · take their tllrns at worrying t.he KaIs thl1 !J in ~1II hni! Itp(, 11 shown during till' er's (·ohorta. ~'ormer osso('into editor Peter 'ooper pn !tt wee k than nl nny time previous. At vr(,s~ lIt th ere RTf' nbout tweuty ·liv e i. stntlolled .omewhere ill the .unn~ Arthllr G. Mulder, wll" llI ell I ry i ll~ fur IJl~t th ~ J lIIur e IIlell (' u lIl · SOllthlolld. lubored so effteiellNy ns college report ill~ ont ~:w h lin,\'. Th r IIlfit crinl as :t wh ole look s \' (' r~' foir, :ulll os Soon n ~ cr, is nt CUIllP OU8ter, Battle )reek. t'un r h Ar holltrn i. 01010 to grt 011'( DIIII Micllignn. 08 n private ill the 8alli tary g i \'{~ th e l'Ollili lintt's SOUl l!' ren l eon C' hing deportlllont. JOlIIOS Muilcnhurg, ex·ex· th e t (l U11! wi:! begin to Jn nk RR tho it change editor, is gnining inspirntiorl ~ t nll.l ~ rllr Iolt}tnt'thing. Por !:lome tim (l fro m tho mountain fH'c nery around !'tl Mt B.·l!ollt en lIns heon nbsent bccBtl sr 'OIllP Colly, Deming, New ~:l:exico, On(1 II I hi . I'o ll nre t ioll with the 11011.1111 Fai r is illcidelltn:ly driving on ambulancc' Assol'i nt iull Oil.! his plnee hns b~ell fill · for Sallitary Train No.9. A forme, ,'11 "rr," r nJlllbl)' by Coptoin VnllHRzel. olullllli ediror, Harold E. Veldmnn, ha, T hl· t CRm has b{'(l 1I out and \\'orkinJ.! gOlle to Wasllillgton, D. C. as agoI" ('\"t'r,\' nlt eruoon . S(' rimmoges werr erllment clerk. The ex ·asSi8tRnt busi· lI t·l.) twit'c during the po!St week, renl lIess manager, SilllOIl O. Den Uyl, k form IJci ng showil by SO Il1 ~ ll1~n wh!: keepillg the ex·co:Iege reporter com· 1'011 IH"'rr h,,1 0 fo ot boll suit 011 b~· pUIlY at Bottle reek, \\'hil~ Charl ~s Dr f o r~. Sib'"n l I"oeti re nlld a scrimmago V,ies, tile fortller sllbseription mOllage·. or two with lI o:lalld Iligh npp~ nr s t · \\'as at ~'ort HUllt, Virgillia, wile II la.t lIenrd from. IJ~ 111(1 prlli:rtllll for next weck, We arc proud of tile Anchor's nllo Beenllse of the grc~lIl1ess of the mell :llltl n:Ro 011 Rrrollut of ln ck of mon e,\' repres~lIt Rt ion in the Rrmy and are rer ill th e trf'.3sur.v, the mnnngemrn t htH tnin thot theso men wi!: serve the government they love witb greot cred Iled d('tl to }lilt 011 a light sohedllie. Gnrnes nr(' be i lllr sought with the Knl it, both to themselves ond to Hope. WI' nnlnzoo 'olloge .ee ollti s, the M. A. ('. ore eonfident that, to nse the words of F rr shmclI 311 ft 11 f~ \\' oth l' r tenms in President Wilson, they will .. show all men everywhere not only wbot good 1I 0po's closs. On o glllllO will he plnyed at home soldiers they are, 'but also whot good nnd i f th e ~i.: h li ol shows thllt it wi: men thoy are, keepillg th cm8~lv es fit k ll'k 1Ii1 it .. I pRm filln IH' ill ; I~' n ~ \\'('11 n ond straight in eve~·t hing, and pu" i:1 nlh N \\'n y~ nnn thN w:1I pOfl'lihl,\' h, :11111 «(Inn thrn olul thru, " As it i. lIerrssnry immrcliRtely to fil: ~I' It I'dll h· , 1. TIt(> :\lhl('I :" ASSlwi nti oll i 1 m ill f UJt.l!( :l1l.1 it (' ust R n fillc :ittl, Ihe \'o ('ollri~s ('nused by th~ deporture .s 1l 1l1 t o )!r t n f(' filll tlllWII hNC', so it ' IIf tt1etw former rliitorB Aull mRllogen 111' t tl .""a, rt·adl'rs of Ih{' Aud ,or, I n moetillg of the Anchor A¥oeillition t ur:l Hnl , fill th t· g:lp ill th l' t n' :1 :l ll r~ \\'il l he helti tomorrow e"enlng, 'fhnrA :.1:1.1 l1Iuk .' foo th nll n sl nndi llg ill i'l l ill Iloy, 0 ,· t01)er II. Let every SUh.I·ribel he present. I,e! him obo"e nil he rend) t: n!1 :1 t H op{', to ,·n. t hi. vote Intelligelltly nlld 1111 o pro jud i,· cllly.
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Im\'(' mnli e thr fu :lowing nominntions : A!J ~i !4tnllt Editorl' (>fl'f G. Dnker, '19. ..1 :l1n r s J . BurggrnolT. '19. O"orge Dr Witt, '10. t '''lI ege Ilrpo,tor.J ohn Xil'llhuis, '1R. .Iolll es A. Strgemon, ' IR.
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Howe Travelog Here Today Motlnoe and Evening Perfol1JWl( es To Be G:ven In Ca.rnegle H&ll A 1..\'IlInll II. fl owe Trovel Festivn!
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Inter ill th e se080n. 1'ho,c wh o were at Hope la8t yeol will well remernher the wOlldertul pio . tur.s , hown here loot wiut er. Mr. 1I 0wo hns he'ome wor:d·'omoIl8 tor his high'I·los" reprollu r tioll! of tupelldoll TlAture S('('nes.
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Inaugural 8el'DlOll by Famous Hope
Graduate CaptlvaWl Large AUdlence Aa is doubt:e.s kn(}wn to all readen of the AII~ hor, the Rev. Dr. John M. VOllder Meulen, '91, t.he nlost noted pudpit ora tor ever graduated frolll Hope, a 1Il011 considered by 'many one of th~ few great preachers in th e COUll ' tr,\', rocenlly o.eeepted a call to th ~ t'lrst Presbyterian rhurch of Oak Park, Illinois. On Sunday, September 2, Dr. Van Ocr ~feulclI preached his Ilrst sermOIl to his lIew porishiollers. The follow· IlIg extraets fr.om "Our Ohureh Bell," th e official bulletin of the Oak Park , hutrh, go to show that Dr. Ynnder Menlen's nbility as on orator, seholor, and preoeher is' immediately recognized whetber he be West, Earl or Soutb: " fan 't Dr. V'nll<ler lo!eulen, a fin~ :ookillg milll' And he would pass for a brother of our Mr. Evon8." This eom· lII enlt was mode otter th e .nemora"le se r"i!'e Inst Sabboth nt which our new minister 1II0de his debut in Oak Park to 0 large congregatioo, including a nun.bor of visit.ors, and eome oft with flying colors, y~ t 'modestly withal, Q fine exnmple of poise and sel!t·command in a rather d~lieate situation, where so much of our religious enthu.ialm! is 01· :oyed with curiosity. Bllt to get down to the man and bis 1II0888ge: The keynot<l to the e.rvice was struek in fhe- prayer "" lbt a WOt· shillful spi rit in every act. Then we'll f~c'1 that we Dre always in the workshop of Oor! alld nrc oLways stnnding in His preson~e. " Thp ~leoutiful song by th ~ ,·hoir f,olll Gounod'. . . Redemption, " with Mr•. Bmidt '8 8010 giving emphasis to its OPlleol, wa. in harmony with the sermOIl ·based on Mil-it. !l4:2ft, "Heovpn nud earth shall pass AWaY, but"\L word. sha l: n Q~ ,po •• Away." W:hat wns remarkable about th is ,totement Df J esu., 6nt, was It. oudo · ,· ily, R:lifl the pr«-tU"her. But more reIIlnrkoble was It, truth, tor the osser tioll that honve ll and earth would POS" owo.'· hail "om e to pass litera'lIy, 1. Ge· ologica lly; 2. Astronomically; a. Bio:· ogi e.I1.'·. III these three rcolm. of "'ientiOe think ini 1I0W worlds had beell ..ento,1 aillee J .. us' time. But moro important, it wns trup of tho sO<'iologi ".1 olld .pol itloa: aape r ts of a",lety. Th p ,Ie' potism nlld repressions that fettered hum.llity hO"e heell swept away grad .10:1." ill oil th~ ages, olld Jesus, looking dowlI th e corridors of timp, evell to tho ;)rCJ\{lllt gigAn tic struggl~, ('Quid Stl~'J " lI pnHn olld eort.h sholl pns. owoy. " Anti 11I0rc remArknble waR the second pnrt of tho 1ext : "My word o .ho:1 not nwoy." The oll'ly truth that ho , ,tooll lhr te.t tor RgO' is fonnd in thp words of Jesus. AIIII thell the Bi'hle C:o... Here we li "'o"rred th e re.1 Dr. VOI"ler Meulen - the preoeher who ,. wouldn't dore to olTer advi .. about ~ho brillging up ot ehil,lrell, " but who ha(l the ·mothor - .'·es, and the fathers, too-fairly 19ope as he told of his experie1ltCei with hi8 threo,)·enr·old 80n, John, and hoI\' ' ho :od ulld er hi. instrur tlons had I~arn"d to defend his home territory agaillst foreign aggression. We forgot his p:en of lIervousness as he eaptivBted liS with hi. aile spirtual earue.tn~s8, hi. h","or an(l his genuine humanity. It was 8 great day In the lite of onr ehnreh. L~t us 'Pray Ihat It is Ille be· ginning of R great spiritual ministry for Oak Pork an (l the regions 'beyond .
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A wiM weAt feature will he on this .---0--yenr's program. The renl worklllgs o( Lyman H. Howe-Oct. 10. Matinee. nllt :itc will 0180 ~)e 8hown. o 3:46; evening, 7:4~Catnegle Hall. O!her fent\lr~A of the evenillg Ineltlll. L)'ID&II K. Ilowe '!'rani r.ttvll Tkketa on sale at Hnlzenga's &tid at Ihe following : 'Tkketa on ..... At HaiaeDla'. &lid at Hope Ten Book Agency. Hope !m Book AI-,. (Continued on Lilt Pale)
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llitffUry Itpurtmtnt The Two Johns
was always a chore for tbem to w,nch thsmselY88 away I,om the campus. The panic of 1907 had made It unposlibl. REV. M. VERNE OO<J.EL, PREP. '07 for me to get work In a loeal factory, lUI [ uSl1ally did In the summer, so late Tre edi tor of The Anchor visited me in June I went to Gr81ld Raplda on a at New Po:t. last summer lor a day canvasaing venture. (}r two.1 got to lalklng about Hope 81 Lavan W&8 al)ending his vacation it was in my day. He seemed Pll tieu. reltlng from his atrenuous stud)~ng of lorly illterested in what I bad to su)' the preYiolls sehool·yenr and I worked about John Lavan nod John Vrllwink , only three or four hOllr8 a (lny on an wbo he and T ngreed are the two out . average, so we sow n good deal of standing nth:etes FlOIIe h.s produced . Ho eneh other. Vruwink toiled lolth!ul. asked me to write somet,hing about Iy all summers, first in a fiy·paper lac. tbem for The AnNlo. I refused on tory and then at a carpen tering job. tbo ground that I was too busy, but It used to -all'ord Lnvan and me much lator, having sOllie semi-spore time at deligbt to assume an especially luxur. Illy disposal, I ehallged my mind. ious posture on Lovan '. front poroh as Hope's allol'lion of illtereoUcgiote Vruwin.k passed us OU tile trolloy wbieh athleti ~ s is going to bring out a fa~t was carrying bim home frOOI a day's which I bove always be~1I convinced of, hard work. We had it all planned that but which lark of proper training hlL< When we were rich, Vruwink should kept from being provetl, namely, that work lor us. We planned to pay bim Hope's oth :.ti. material is above tho starvation wages and to make hint ;in average. I cannot ~pcak for the oth. all the dirtiest jobs. letes b~fore my day or since, but while I recall the Fourth of July of tbot I was at Hope, there were certainly 11 summer witlb especial yividnellS. On nllmber of lIlen who with proper tra1n. Lovan's earnest insistence that most at ing woul<1 have qualified without dim. the ercitement Occurred early in the eulty for varsity'!eoms. Aug~st Veenker. morning, Vruwink, Harvey 0ltmon8 !lnd Frarvey Oltmons and Henry Vruwink I got up at four and walked wah him wOllld hn,·. starred on ollllost nny foot, to the bridge. We found one or two ball or basketball teom,-not to men . men sleepily shooLing 011' firs.crackers tlon Stegeman who did star at Chicago 8S tho from a senso of duty, ood dragOr Brooks who wos kept from winning god ourselves bock to tho voronda. of his" C" only by his studies. Nor have tho Hotel Cody and sOllk cross and I mentioned Ed DePree's, nnd Mort yer sleepy into deep chairs. Thereupon Burg 's sensa tional work as guards, or notbing -would do but we Olnst go ea. Pete Pleune's rOOlorkable jumping AS noeing. It tur~ed out that Hllrvey and conter, or a number of other players of I got into ono canoe and Vruwink and extoptional ability. PreltD~ ~tll But to come bal!.k to Hope's two out. LaJ~, i!~ another. beiIW\"t6' proclaim loudly tbat tbe otber ,tondihg st,rs, some noteworthy anal. was loafing on tho job. They stopped ogie. · should he drawn at tbe oulBet. paddling to debate the llOint more Roth were namo(l John. Both came careflllly, and then botb sluldenly com· frolll the same ehnrch, the Bot.hany Re . menced paddling agnin, each unfor. rorllled of Grund Rapids. They were tUllotely <lipping in his paddle vigorous. close friends, alth o a stranger would lyon th e same side of the cOlloe. Over 1I0"or hnvo guessod it for ~beir con tin · it went, with the IUncn and a pocket. 1101 rlrboting. They left Hope within a book fioating down tho river and Har· 'eor ot eoch othlv, starred at rival un i. vey and me splitting Our sidell-to keep versi tie., olld 'both beeomo physieians. up ~he hoy '8 spirits. Vruwink wu roar· I gness thp first tillle I met Lavan ing himself, as be stood on ~ho ·bottom wall ill Vruwink '!t room on the 11rst olld mo<le n grab for the lun'Ch and the Iloor of VallVlerk, the northwest eor· pocket· book, but for Lavou who was lIer. Lnl'all roo med on the oame floor, over a half·foot the shorter of the two Ihe southeast eorner. Vruwink had it WOB no laughing lI1Iatter, he having tD been at Hope for a YMr, ond Lavall swim desperately before be could stand hod .iust arrived to enter the Freshman with bis head above water. In the afl· I·lo.s, whicb was my doss. He wa ernoon Lnvan and 1 ventured out to· seventeen but ho rd:y looked that, was gether. As we returned to the sbore I ra thor timid, alld opporently desired a jumped out, olld not knowing too n...• <1111111. I ha ve nover k 1I0wn just bow it turo of 0 canoe I toid Lavan to atay in happened, bnt we were inseporabl,' while I pulled him OIIhore. Of course Irom the first. fie later developed into as soon RS the keel struck bottom be a rare humorist alld eu t·up, which made went into tho water again and had to him nil interesting companion, anll w< dry himself a socond time. 1 balieye were 1lb1h engrossed in othlet ics. My We wound up the day at Reed's 'Lake. pols of Prep. Se hool ,lay. were gone, The next sohool year, (1908·09) was '0 it Wos lip to Jne to eultlvate new ae· one of the best two buk et·bnll seasons qunintollres dosplte my great age. V·ru· Hopo ever hod. Vruwink broke in as willk, r ""ollid ·8RY, I had not h ere tofor~ center tbot yenr and Lavan made · a been illtimate with. I started to be· fo~w~rd position. The dlimox of tho co mo 80 nt obOllt Ihi. 8ame time, how· seatlon urne when Hope beat Detroit ever. "Y" 37·36, thereby winning the state Vruwink had made the basketball f hampionship. I recall one game which team the yenr b.fore os a gnard, and Hope won by about 120.11, wherein La· he played guard the year I alii writing \'an, oddly enough, failed to make a of-1907-19M. He wo. 110 great star nt buket. It was Vruwink's nineteenth this t ime, nor did Lovan sci Blnrk Lake birtMay, and when he had made nine· on fire by his ball·ploylng the following teen baskets he was going to slOp mak· spri.ng. His fielding was perfect, bul ing them, but his leam -mates kept pass· exoellt for a High Sehool game or two; ing him the ball and he firtished tbe ho failed 10 make a hit. I recall reo game with about thirty 1.0 bls cre<lit. marking olle ,lay to 'some of the fellow8 That was Ihe time the Cre9Cent Fi.ve that Lovan had all tbe Belding style of 'd . t d enjoyed one of its .most famous blow· · I a bIg eaguer. ...." I ea was aeou e • ., I d' Lavon even th en dreome,I 0f b·Ig Ieagu ~ 10Uh. One .of. VruwllIk S fema e a mu· • ball. Lavan pestered the ba!!eball Olan. en made hIm a b.lrthday cake, he h1m· ager far into the next winter {or the self fixed oysters in three. different bO!!eball "H" h. had eDrneli. Most of tityles, the rest of us ~ bipped In for tbe thp players considered it too nnimport· other grUb, and we ate &8 never beforo ant to 'botber with. LAnn &tid Vru· or since. But pONibly you h",e Ilever beard of the Ores~ent Five. Brook. wIIIk otMa IliA In &Iter JNnI UaM DO aw.tIc ~ ner ..... tlllllllO proud entered tbe Freshman claN that year. I roomed .with him tbe second term,-my U to lit tUU lint "K." famlly being out of town,-and we two After !lehool closed tbe boya f.Dally (OoDlirnd -;,; Last Pale)----. -I'd to let off to Grand RapidJ. It
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