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c a m p u s , c o m m e n d i n g s t u d e n t e n t h u s i a s m for t h e p r o j e c t a n d a c k n o w l e d g i n g with " h e a r t f e l t a p p r e c i a t i o n " t h e gi.t by a n a n o n y m o u s d o n o r of $35,000 t o w a r d t h e c e n t e r w a s u n a n i m o u s l y p a s s e d by t h e H o p e C o l l e g e B o a r d of T r u s t e e s last F r i d a y . A S t u d e n t S e n a t e d e l e g a t i o n und e r t h e d i r e c t i o n of s e n a t e p r e s i dent Bruce N e c k e r s met with the b o a r d ' s Student Life C o m m i t t e e h e a d e d by R e v . C h e s t e r M e e n g s of C h i c a g o , t h e p r e c e d i n g n i g h t . Rob e r t Donia p r e s e n t e d the s e n a t e ' s i c q u e s t lor a cultural-social c e n t e r to the c o m m i t t e e , noting successf u l e f f o r t s of t h e s t u d e n t b o d y to a m a s s a s u m of-$3500 for t h e p r o -
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Dutch Treat Week Begins This y e a r the traditional Dutch T r e a t w e e k will b e held f r o m Nov. 16 t h r o u g h N o v . 21. M o n d a y is B a c h e l o r B a n k N i g h t T h e n a m e s of 18 H o p e w o m e n will b e d r a w n a t 7 p . m . in P h e l p s D i n i n g H a l l , a n d t h e s e g i r l s will I k ? a b l e to d a t e t h e m o s t e l i g i b l e b a c h e l o r s on c a m p u s . On T u e s d a y , g i r l s m a y t a k e adv a n t a g e of B o w s e r ' s P i z z a N i g h t w h e n e v e r y f i f t h pizza will b e s o l d at half p r i c e .
Wednesday is Kletz Day. T h r o u g h o u t t h e d a y . rolls a n d coff e e will b e sold at half price--if t h e girl p a y s t h e bill. At 9:30 p . m . W e d n e s d a y n i g h t , t h e f i r s t 13 coup l e s will g e t f r e e ice c r e a m at Mills. On F r i d a y at t h e b o w l i n g ' a l l e y f r o m 10 a . m . to p.m . the price of g a m e s will b e i v d u c e d t o 35 c e n t s a n d s h o e s will b e f r e e . At n i g h t t h e S t u d e n t Union " N i g h t c l u b " will b e o p e n for r e f r e s h m e n t s and entertainment.
T h e f i n a l r e s o l u t i o n , p a s s e d by the entire board F r i d a y noted that " n e v e r b e f o r e in t h e h i s t o r y of t h e c o l l e g e h a s o u r s t u d e n t body responded to a challenge with such e n t h u s i a s m , e n t e r p r i s e a n d constructive effort. The projected Student Cultural-Social Center has s i e z e d t h e i m a g i n a t i o n of o u r students and our p r e s i d e n t . " R e f e r r i n g to t h e $35,000 g i f t , t h e b o a r d resolved to convey to the d o n o r " a p p r e c a t i o n for h i s f i n a n cial c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e ' S C S C proj e c t . but in g r e a t e r m e a s u r e f o r h i s r o l e in g i v i n g o u r c a m p u s a v i b r a n t a t m o s p h e r e of v i t a l i t y a n d i n i t i a t i v e a n d h e l p i n g to c r e a t e mi e d u c a t i o n a l c o m m u n i t y 'on t h e move ' " T h e b o a r d also u n a n i m o u s l y app r o v e d a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n , called a " v e n t u r e in f a i t h . " by t h e
N y k e r k to Be H e l d T o m o r r o w T o m m o r r o w night the f r e s h m a n a n d s o p h o m o r e w o m e n will e n g a g e in t h e a n n u a l N y k e r k C u p C o m p e tition. T h e past few w e e k s h a v e been s p e n t in p r e p a r a t i o n for t h i s c o m petition. Rivalry between the classes has intensified as the date of t h e c o m p e t i t i o n h a s d r a w n n e a r er.
play are Carol Mesoures. J o a n Jedder, Ginny Loudermilk. Karen R e k m e i r . Carol Rowe and Renee Zeigler. T h o s e f e a t u r e d in t h e s o p h o m o r e play are Marcia Newhouse. Sharon Blum. Leslie Bruggemyer. Bonnie Abbott. Ailene Zeller, B a r b Brunson and Diane Joldersma.
T h e N y k e r k C o m p e t i t i o n will be h e l d in t h e H o l l a n d Civic C e n t e r . Bill C a t h c a r t a n d Ken Walz will p r o v i d e e n t e r t a i n m e n t d u r i n g the judging. S t u d e n t s will b e a d m i t t e d f r e e by .showing t h e i r s t u d e n t i n d e n t if ic a t i o n c a r d s . A d m i s s i o n f o r all o t h e r s is 50 c e n t s .
Ruth Slysma. a junior and c h a i r m a n of t h e f r e s h m a n c l a s s c o m m e n t e d . " T h e s p i r i t a n d ent h u s i a s m is at a high p o i n t . 1 w o u l d n ' t be s u r p r i s e d if t h e f r e s h m a n w i n . As a m a t t e r of f a c t I ' m s u r e they'll win."
^ G H ! ' — F r e s h m a n Ginny L o w d e r m i l k is c a u g h t in o n e of the m o r e u n c o m f o r t a b l e m o m e n t s of t h e f r e s h m a n play with Irene M a t t m a n sitting on her.
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'Galaxies, Mankind' Topic For Shapley Discussion Dr. Harlow Shapley. worldr e n o w n e d a s t r o n o m e r , will p r e s e n t " G a l a x i e s a n d . M a n k i n d , " a n illustrated Cultural Affairs prog r a m . at 8 p . m . n e x t F r i d a y in Dimnent Memorial Chapel. D r . S h a p l e y is s a i d by a s t r o n o m e r Otto S t r u v e to h a v e " c r e a t e d a r e v o l u t i o n in s c i e n t i f i c t h o u g h t , a n a l o g o u s t o t h e r e v o l u t i o n s e t off by C o p e r n i c u s . " E s p e c i a l l y n o t e d f o r h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n s in t h e f i e l d s of C e p h e i d v a r i a b l e s a n d g l o b u l a r c l u s t e r s . Dr. Shapley has inspired a n e w u n d e r s t a n d i n g of t h e s t r u c t u r e s of t h e u n i v e r s e . F r o m 1921 t o 1951 D r . S h a p l e y w a s p r o f e s s o r of a s t r o n o m y a t H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y , d i r e c t o r of the H a r v a r d College O b s e r v a t o r y a n d s u p e r v i s o r of o b s e r v a t o r i e s in C a m b r i d g e a n d Oak R i d g e , M a s s . . in New Mexico, Colorado and S o u t h A f r i c a . N o w e n g a g e d in res e a r c h and teaching, the astronom e r is well k n o w n f o r h i s s t r e s s on international cooperation in politics, science and culture.
A c t i v e in l e c t u r i n g in t h e U n i t e d ' S t a t e s and other countries. Dr. Shapley has been called " a witty, articulate, sometimes impassioned s p e a k e r . " H o l d i n g o f f i c e s in scientific associations has required h i m to t r a v e l a b r o a d f r e q u e n t l y a n d w h i l e in f o r e i g n c o u n t r i e s , h e h a s helped to set up o b s e r v a t o r i e s and libraries.
The- f r e s h m a n song will be "While We're Young", the play will be, " B u s i n e s s is B a d f o r F a i r y G o d M o t h e r " a n d t h e o r a t i o n will b e d e l i v e r e d by K a r e n S w e t s .
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T h e N y k e r k c o m p e t i t i o n i s divid e d i n t o t h r e e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s : an oration, a song, and a play.
S o p h o m o r e w o m e n will s i n g " I H a v e D e c i d e d t o b e a n Old M a i d " , " C o n s t a n t i a " will b e t h e i r p l a y a n d t h e i r o r a t i o n will b e p r e s e n t e d by D i a n e D y k s t r a .
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On t h e o t h e r s i d e of t h e c o n t e s t . .Joyce D e K o r v e r . a s e n i o r a n d t h e sophomore c h a i r m a n said, "The p u r p o s e of N y k e r k is t o p r o m o t e a h e a l t h y c o m p e t i t i o n b e t w e e n the sophomore and f r e s h m a n classes. T h e s o p h o m o r e c l a s s is v e r y unit e d a n d will e n t e r t h e c o m p e t i t i o n tommorrow night confident of winning.*'
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e x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e to s t a b i l i z e t h e c o l l e g e t u i t i o n r a t e . In t h e last t h r e e y e a r s , the r e c o m m e n dation s t a t e d . H o p e ' s tuition h a s i n c r e a s e d 36 p e r c e n t , f r o m $700 in 1960-61 to t h e " c u r r e n t f i g u r e of $950 p e r y e a r . " C u r r e n t l y , in 1964-65, t h e y e a r of t h e big b u l g e , w h e n c o l l e g e e n
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and the United Nations Educational. Scientific, and Cultural Organization which he w a s i n s t u m e n t a l in o r g a n i z i n g . He h o l d s h o n o r a r y d e g r e e s f r o m A m e r i c a n a n d foreign universities. Upon discussing religion, Shapley s a i d . " M o s t a s t r o n o m e r s a r e agnostics....Scientists cannot have f a i t h . O u r s is a p e r p e t u a l i n q u i r y : a n y a c c e p t a n c e of f a i t h in a s c i e n t i f i c o r a m e t a p h y s i c a l or a n a e s t h e t i c s e n s e b r i n g s inquiry to a halt." .
Study Session Program Passed By Committee A proposal for supervised study sessions for f r e s h m e n with a g r a d e p o i n t a v e r a g e of 1.6 o r l o w e r h a s b e e n a p p r o v e d by t h e A d m i u s t r a tive c o m m i t t e e . The p r o g r a m , to be r u n d u r i n g t h e f i r s t s e m e s t e r of e a c h c o l l e g e y e a r , would require the s t u d e n t s t o a t t e n d t h r e e o u t of f o u r s e s s i o n s per week. The study periods are expected to be held e a c h M o n d a y t h r o u g h T h u r s d a y e v e n n g f r o m 7 t o 10 p . m . b e g i n n i n g Nov.30. At t h e e n d of t h r e e w e e k s s t u d e n t s could volunt a r i l y s u b m i t t h e m s e l v e s to similar study sessions for the balance of t h e s e m e s t e r . . A c c o r d i n g t o D e a n of S t u d e n t s . l a m e s H a r v e y , p a r e n t s of all s t u d e n t s with a v e r a g e s below 2.0 w o u l d be n o t i f i e d of t h e p r o g r a m a n d " a s k e d to e n c o u r a g e t h e student's cooperation." P a r e n t s and the Academic Dean u o u l d b e n o t i f i e d of a l l s t u d e n t s f a i l i n g to p a r t i c i p a t e a s p e r r e quirements. Dr. H a r v e y i n t e n d s to c o n d u c t special research through his office in o r d e r t o a s c e r t a i n t h e m e r i t of t h e p r o g r a m .