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OLLAND, MICHIGAN October 18, 196S

H o p e College, H o l l a n d , M i c h i g a n

76th Year—6

Peking - Moscow Split Cause Topic for IRC Talks

Blanshard Sees Chance in Age for Healthy Life for Spirit by Susan Spring "I submit t h a t the conditions for the life of the spirit a r e the most favorable in history," stated Dr. Brand Blanshard in an address Thursday morning in Dimnent Chapel. Blanshard, now retired, has been c h a i r m a n of the department of philosophy at Yale. Beginning his discourse on " T h e Life of the Spirit in the Machine Age," Blanshard recalled the wood•box he filled as a boy in contrast with the "complicated gadget that feeds itself water and oil in m y cellar now." His f a t h e r ' s horse, "if f r i s k y , " would travel eight or nine miles per hour. Now, with " f a t h e r going 50 mph and junior going 70 m p h , " one can travel previously impossible distances. Our new dependence on machines has led to conflict, to "paralyzing c u r r e n t s " which we m u s t attempt to neutralize. No longer, in our noisy urban society, are we refreshed by " t h e morning dew and the evening q u i e t " of the green countryside. Midwestern f a r m machinery is turning New Englands f a r m s into s u m m e r houses. Blanshard described our mechanical city environment as producing "overfed, undermuscled bodies," and " g r e y flannel executives turning grey inside." What sense does it m a k e for an obese executive to I'i ~ ,"11:' take a 50 mile hike, questioned the philosopher, if he isn t going to

have daily exercise? He declared that m a n . to be like his delightfinding children, needs an overflow of physical energy before the mind, whose roots are in the physical being. can function. And what of the mind in the machine age? Blanshard f e a r s that they a r e becoming m a s s produced. "Traditionally, college has been the spit for turning the mind and exposing it" that a person might know himself and grow in originality. This originality, which Blanshard defined as an expression of ourselves f r o m within and not m a t t e r of "being different" from other people, is lacking in the m a s s mind developed today. Sadly reporting the impression of college-written papers he had read within this machine era. Blanshard noted that, although written in too intelligent a manner to be called a desert, the papers seemed to be of a plateau with none standing above the level to which the age has pressured individuality. There a r e two e x t r e m e roads available to escape this dehumanization: withdrawal or participation. Blanshard smiled as he noted Ghandi, who would have a woman fan him all day instead of purchasing an electric fan. On the other extreme, he noted the person who buys the very latest model of what salesmen call "homes"—on the insta]lment

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v. nparticipating a T f w i n a i m a in tthe h p ggregarious r ( , » f l r i f t l K Pextrovertism of the age. But, stopped Blanshard, " s o m e of the happiest parts of life a r e labeled 4 for the introvert only.' " " T h e good life," according to the scholar, "lies in being ourselves. Men must find what t h e y ' r e m a d e for. No two men a r e alike . . . Socrates, Spinoza, Keats, were all different, all stood above the plateau. "And yet all of thes m e n h a v e the s a m e qualities of an ordered life f r o m within. Things a r e their servants, not their m a s t e r s . They were lovers of beauty . . . truth . . . life . . . and inwardly r i c h . "

DR. BRAND BLANSHARD

T h e r e is no need to "swirl in the flood of formless a r t and meaningless verse and hedonistic morals, . . . there a r e islands." "To live right in this machine a g e , " he concluded, "one m u s t not be wholly of i t . "

"The Split Between Peking and Moscow" will be the topic of Ole Bjorn K r a f t Tuesday, Oct. 22, as he addresses the International Relations Club and students in Snow Auditorium at 7 p.m. K r a f t has been a m e m b e r of the Danish P a r l i a m e n t continuously since he was first elected in 1926. F r o m 1940-1945, he w a s a leader of the Danish Resistance Movement to Nazi occupation. In 1946. K r a f t participated in the first UN General Assembly. He h a s been a Danish Delegate to all subsequent General Assemblies and will serve in the 18th General Assembly beginning Nov. 1.

Linda Seiander, 20 y e a r old senior f r o m Chicago, w a s crowned Homecoming Queen last night at the pep rally in Kollen P a r k . Blond and blue-eyed, Linda is an English-Latin m a j o r and a m e m b e r of Alpha Phi.

Author of several books, K r a f t ' s most recent selection. Woe to the Vanquished!, deals with the communist takeover in E a s t e r n E u r ope.

Photo Schedule Queen Linda Selander for Milestone Presides Over Round-up Set Oct. 22-31 JL

Hundereds of Hopeites, p a s t and present, a r e being lassoed into the 1963 Homecoming Round-up this weekend. Queen Linda Selander was crowned last night under the shell in Kollen P a r k . With her court, Linda will lead t o m o r r o w ' s P a r a d e of Floats, preside at the football g a m e and the ball. Senior Jacquelyne Schrotenboer, juniors Sally Kooistra and Gail Grotenhuis, sophomores Anita Awad and Evonne Taylor, f r e s h m e n Susan Dampm a n and P a t M c E a c h r o n a r e serving on the court. This afternoon and tomorrow will find visitors and students swishing through leafy walks to taste each d o r m ' s touch of the Old West. Tomorrow's p a r a d e wil bring out the Greek cowboys and cowgirls, with the results of their efforts and the d o r m s ' to be announced at half-time of the game. An addition to the usual Homecoming roster, in keeping with

this y e a r ' s folksy theme, will be tonight's Hootenanny. Beginning at 8:00 in Phelps Dining Hall, Benton H a r b o r ' s Town Cryers will be singing along with three Hope groups: the New Word Minstrels, the Arkie T h r e e and P e t e r , P a u l and Mounds. O u s t will fly in Riverview P a r k tomorrow afternoon when the Dutchmen m e e t the Adrian Bulldogs in a football duel at 2:00 p.m. After the g a m e the new Alumni House at 112 E a s t 12th St. will h a v e an open house as will all of t h e dormitories and cottages. Alu m n i will g a t h e r in Phelps Hall f o r a reunion buffet between 5:00 and 7:00 p . m . U n d e r the golden moon of the Hope College desert couples will d a n c e at the "Gaslight Club." Band will begin at 8:30 in the Civic Center. C h a i r m a n for the week end a r e senior Arlene B e i m e r s and junior Ron Mulder.

Pir vote vnto nf By of fno the c^ninr senior class women, sweaters, instead of drapes, have been selected for Milestone pictures. All senior women a r e therefore asked to w e a r plain black or d a r k sweaters. All Milestone pictures will be taken in sweaters, but those women who desire to be photographed in d r a p e for personal pictures m a y do so. Senior men a r e asked to w e a r d a r k suits and ties.

All seniors are asked to keep their appointments promptly. The photographer will begin on Octobe r 22 and will continue through October 28. On October 30 and 31, underclass pictures will be taken. Nov. 1 will be reserved for m a k e u p pictures. Any senior who h a s not m a d e on appointment and desires to do so should see Gail Grotenhuis in Durfee. Seniors are reminded t h a t only those pictures taken b y the photographer f r o m Delma Studios will be included in the 1964 Milestone.


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