11-23-1970

College is featured in 'Monitor' article H o p e College was given a welc o m e burst of nation-wide publicity in a f e a t u r e article printed in the Nov. 14 issue of The Christian Science Monitor.

Entitled " I s a small college t h e place for y o u ? " the article was devoted to the "smaller, less-familiar learning centers...which frequently offer educational opportunities b e y o n d their size."

T h e a u t h o r , Monitor E d u c a t i o n E d i t o r K e n n e t h G . G e h r e t , listed several advantages of small colleges that m a k e t h e m attractive t o s t u d e n t s : r e m o t e location, limited activities, conservative atmosphere, academic s t a n d a r d s and smaller classes.

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November 2 3 , 1970

Librarians speak out

i'Library must be expanded' Editor's Note: This is the first of two articles concerning the state ' and future of Van Zoeren Library. ^ T h e second article will appear in Ithe Dec. 7 issue.

by David Dustin S o m e w h e r e within all the plans for the new buildings that are needed on H o p e ' s c a m p u s , r o o m will have to be m a d e to include a new library facility, say Director of Libraries Edward Whittaker, and Assistant Director of Public Services L e R o y Lebbin.

THE P L A N S WILL have t o be t m a d e fairly soon. " I f we project j o u r present yearly acquisition rate, I give Van Zoeren Library a m a x i m u m of seven years b e f o r e we will have to start piling b o o k s on the tloor for lack of shelf wSpace," said Whittaker in a recent interview.

"We can a c c o m o d a t e 4 0 , 0 0 0 more b o o k s by adding shelving in existing space. Last year we acquired 6 , 5 0 0 b o o k s ; at this rate we'll have filled what space we jhave left in a b o u t six t o seven •years f r o m this S e p t e m b e r . " j "THERE HAS TO BE a balance b e t w e e n shelving space and seating s p a c e , " added Lebbin. " I f we reduce seating space so that we can add to o u r shelving area, we . jUpset this balance. A good library ! ^should have seating facilities f o r [10 to 20 per cent of the s t u d e n t b o d y . Van Z o e r e n ' s balance is being slowly lost. The next t i m e we have to add shelving, it will definitely hurt o u r seating cap| i c i t y , " he w a r n e d .

Whittaker stated his feeling •that the library should be adding at least 8 , 0 0 0 b o o k s alone to its collections each year. Lebbin, however, was a bit more liberal in

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'>// LEE LEBBIN his figures: "1 consider 15,000 to 2 0 , 0 0 0 a d d i t i o n s to the library each year to be a c o m f o r t a b l e rate of g r o w t h . Right now we are primarily adding things t h a t are directly related to H o p e ' s curricula. I would like to add things of a specialized research nature as well as selections of interest to the general reader. Right n o w Van Zoeren is not a general interest reader's l i b r a r y , " he added.

WHITTAKER POINTED o u t that Van Zoeren is deficient in its basic holdings. "We are a b o u t 16,000 t o 2 2 , 0 0 0 volumes short of w h a t w e should have, i n c l u d m g r e p l a c e m e n t s of b o o k s that have been lost. At 1 9 7 0 prices, this would mean a flat outlay of $ 1 8 0 , 0 0 0 to $ 2 4 0 , 0 0 0 just to bring us up to a low s t a n d a r d of basic holdings," he stated. " T h e t h e a t r e , sociology, e d u c a t i o n and

Vespers to mark advent of Christmas on Dec. 6 The annual Christmas Vespers I jconcert, a musical celebration marking the advent of the Christmas season, will be presented Dec. 6 in D i m n e n t Memorial Chapel at 4 and 8 : 3 0 p.m.

Presented by the music departm e n t , the vespers will f e a t u r e {performances by the Chapel Choir, the College Chorus, t h e Men's Choir and the W o m e n ' s Choir. Also participating will be selected m e m b e r s of the orchestra and the brass ensemble, which will i p e r f o r m a prelude 20 m i n u t e s {before the actual program.

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O n e of the highlights of the program will be a p e r f o r m a n c e of a 17th c e n t u r y choral work sung antiphonally by the Chapel Choir and the College Chorus. Roger Davis, director of the College C h o r u s and general chairman of the vespers service, said the " M a g n i f i c a t " by C. Pachelbel is a "jubilant choral w o r k " which made its U.S. premier in the first concert ever to be p e r f o r m e d in New York City.

T h e vespers c o n c e r t , which is always held on the first Sunday in December, originated in 1941 as a memorial service on the day of the b o m b i n g of Pearl Harbor. It eventually evolved into a program of Christmas music.

T h e concert is open to the public and there is no admission charge.

c o m m u n i c a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t s are all seriously lacking in basic source materials. Then there is also the c o n s i d e r a t i o n that book prices have risen 10 per cent over the last t w o y e a r s , " he added.

"We are trying to m a k e as m u c h use as we can of o t h e r libraries in o r d e r to s u p p l e m e n t o u r h o l d i n g s , " Whittaker continued. " ( l o p e is the heaviest user of the Inner-Library loan system, and we have also established borrowing privileges with the J o h n Crerar Library of Science and T e c h n o l o g y in Chicago. But most loan r e q u e s t s are for s t a n d a r d sources that any academic library would n o r m a l l y be e x p e c t e d to h a v e , " he said.

A C C O R D I N G T O Lebbin, Van Zoeren presently holds 1 3 0 , 0 0 0 volumes, but b o t h he and Whittaker agree that there should be at least twice the present n u m b e r of volumes.

"If we are serious a b o u t maintaining a s t a n d a r d of academic e x c e l l e n c e , " elaborated Whittaker, " o u r b o o k - t o - s t u d e n t ratio should be at least 1 50-to-one to provide any kind of s u p p o r t f o r a strong (Continued on page 4, column 3)

Individual articles^ in the section focused on Hope, as well as Iowa Wesleyan, New Mexico Instit u t e of Mining and T e c h n o l o g y , High Point College, Alaska Methodist University, Carthage College, K n o x College, Florida S o u t h e r n College, Fort Lewis College, F o r t Lauderdale University, C h a p m a n College and B e t h a n y College.

T h e H o p e article was p r e p a r e d by t h e college's O f f i c e of Development by Director of D e v e l o p m e n t William DeMeester. H o p e was listed as belonging to a g r o u p of

small colleges " w h o s e e n r o l l m e n t s fall short of c a p a c i t y " but which " a r e not necessarily behind the times in their p r o g r a m s . " The H o p e article said, " T h e college has placed heavy emphasis on training chemists and teachers, but it o f f e r s a broad range of liberal-arts courses. In recent years, it has established a d e p a r t ment of c i n e m a t o g r a p h y . "

Urban Semester director to be on campus T h e d i r e c t o r of t h e G r e a t Lakes Colleges Association's Philadelphia U r b a n S e m e s t e r Program, Dr. R o b e r t DeHaan, will be available f o r c o n s u l t a t i o n s with stud e n t s interested in the spring term program on Nov. 24.

S t u d e n t s having q u e s t i o n s or desiring i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e urban s e m e s t e r program should c o n t a c t either DeHaan or his wife in the Kletz b e t w e e n 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

DeHaan was a faculty m e m b e r in the H o p e e d u c a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t b e f o r e taking the position in Philadelphia.

Curator of New York Art Museum to speak Dec. 1 T h e C u r a t o r of C o n t e m p o r a r y Arts of the M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum of Art in New York City, Henry Geldzahler, will be visiting t h e Hope c a m p u s Dec. 1-3.

Geldzahler's visit is being coordinated by t h e art d e p a r t m e n t as part of t h e Cultural A f f a i r s C o m m i t tec's artist-in-residence program. During his three-day stay, Geldzahler will be speaking to various art and t h e a t r e classes.

He will give a slide lecture in Wichers A u d i t o r i u m Dec. 1 at 8 : 1 5 p.m. T h e lecture will be on the topic " N e w York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970."

The a u t h o r of American Painting in the Twentieth Century, Geldzahler was program d i r e c t o r f o r the visual arts of the National Council on t h e Arts and has also served as c o m m i s s i o n e r f o r the Venice Biennale in 1966.

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Choir sings at White House T h i r t y - t w o m e m b e r s of t h e Hope College ^ C h a p e l Choir traveled to Washington D.C. this past w e e k e n d and p e r f o r m e d for President Nixon and o t h e r dignitaries at a White House worship service y e s t e r d a y .

The choir m e m b e r s , accompanied by d i r e c t o r Dr. Robert Cavanaugh, left Holland at 6 a.m.

S a t u r d a y , traveled to Washington by bus and spent the night in a Washington hotel.

They perf o r m e d at an I 1:30 a.m. service in the Last R o o m of the White House and left Washington immediately a f t e r a t t e n d i n g a rec e p t i o n which followed the ser-

vice. Their bus was to r e t u r n to Holland early this morning.

A p p r o x i m a t e l y 4 0 0 guests, including all newly elected governors and c o n g r e s s m e n , had been invited to the worship service.

Selections sung by t h e choir were " P r a y e r f o r P e a c e " by Paul Fetler and " O h Clap Your H a n d s " by Ralph Vaughn Williams. T h e service was p e r f o r m e d by F a t h e r T h o m a s J. McCarthy of St. J o h n Fisher Parish in Palos Verdes, Cal. T h e invitation to p e r f o r m at the White House, which was received last M o n d a y , came as a result of earlier action by the When the White House

worship services were initiated last spring, Hope, along with m a n y o t h e r schools, s u b m i t t e d a request that its choir be considered for an a p p e a r a n c e . T h e college was told that . the . inyitation, if it came, would be s u d d e n . It was.

The p r o b l e m of limited space was responsible for the fact that only 3 2 choir m e m b e r s were allowed to go on the 1,400-mile round trip. These were chosen on the basis of seniority and by a vote within each section of the choir.

T h e trip was financed by the college with s o m e help f r o m local contributors.

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Revision... on-going process Tonight the faculty will "review" the proposal to revise the curriculum requirements of the college. This past week three pages-long reactions to the proposal were distributed by various faculty members. While some of the questions they raised were either insignificant or showed a lack of real knowledge of the proposal, it cannot be denied that several of their arguments carried considerable weight.

Among these was a three-page statement from Dr. Hubert Weller, professor of Spanish and chairman of the foreign language department, and Robert Vickers, associate professor

is reference to the rest of the document in the part of the proposal dealing with the contract program, the latter does not depend on the former. Rather, it is merely supported by it.

Secondly, the contract curriculum could be implemented without a massive revision of the present curriculum and at the same time without doing it injury. Also, later changes in the curriculum would not mean automatically ending the contract program if it is implemented before other changes.

There seems to be a feeling among the faculty that the proposal is not satisfactory in its entirety, and that passing on any part of it would be approving a "pig in a poke."

That reasoning is obviously fallacious, because it first presumes that of art and chairman of that departthe faculty can never again touch the ment, outlining the real changes the curriculum or change any part of it proposal would make in the core after approving the proposal. That's requirements. They pointed out that nonsense. Proper procedures will be while the sciences would gain in the followed in the future for any, even number of hours required, the the most insignificant, change. And courses commonly referred to as the that procedure clearly calls for fac"humanities" would lose hours. ulty review. If, for example, the Several other faculty members have faculty passes the portion of the questioned just how extensive the proposal entitled "Introduction to proposed changes really are. All Liberal Studies," it is passing an idea, these questions have merit and de- not a course. It would be like saying, serve to be discussed after careful " I ' m interested; tell me more," not reading of the proposal and with full " I ' l l buy it at any price." The final knowledge of its contents and mean- course, including structure, teaching ing. ' staff and so on, would all have to be Nevertheless, there is one aspect approved by both the Academic of the proposal that nearly everyone Affairs Board and the faculty before seems to be agreed upon, and which the course could be offered. And it students and faculty alike have called will be no problem for the faculty, as the most exciting part: the contract it pleases when the course is brought curriculum. We urge the faculty to before it, to say, "This isn't in pass at least this part of the proposal keeping with the objectives you gave tonight. No matter what objections me earlier; I don't like it," or, of there may be to other parts of the course, "Your plan is exactly what I proposal, there are several reasons for had in mind; I'll pass i t . " passing the contract curriculum We urge the faculty members to program immediately. keep themselves open to the fact First, the contract curriculum that the proposed curriculum revidoes not necessarily depend on the sion is an on-going process, not an rest of the proposed curriculum for overnight conversion to academic its ir.r'pr-'-'.co.ion. Although there perfection.

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November 2 3 , 1970

Activism needs clear plan to measure progress Editor's Note: This is the second part of a two-part essay by sophomore economics major Reginald Cohen. Last week he traced the history of the so-called political movement of students on American campuses.

This week he suggests some practicable plans of action for students concerned w i t h the radical transformation of social relations.

by Reginald Cohen Toward a Rational Program At t h e o u t s e t , I m a k e explicit certain key premises: 1. There is n o r e v o l u t i o n a r y situation in this c o u n t r y as y e t , and there is not likely to be one f o r as far ahead as it is useful to try to plan.

2. The colleges and universities are part of the system and will serve its p u r p o s e s as long as it exists.

3. Y o u n g p e o p l e w h o want to be effective in o p p o s i t i o n to this system m u s t get as g o o d an e d u c a t i o n as possible, and this m e a n s that t h e y have to m a k e the best of those colleges and universities available.

If these premises are a c c e p t e d , it follows that it m a k e s n o sense to aim at the rational goal o n l y in a r e v o l u t i o n a r y situation and as part of t h e m o r e c o m p r e h e n s i v e plan f o r the o v e r t h r o w of t h e system as a

anchor essay whole. However, this d o e s n o t mean that colleges and universities have t o be acc e p t e d as t h e y are, or t h a t s t u d e n t s m u s t passively s u b m i t t o t h e k i n d of "processi n g " to which t h e y are o f t e n s u b j e c t e d .

WHAT THE S T U D E N T S concerned for t h e social r e v o l u t i o n can d o is (a) work t o r e f o r m these i n s t i t u t i o n s and s u p p o r t t h o s e r e f o r m s c o n d u c i v e t o t h e liberalization of t h e i n s t i t u t i o n , a n d (b) use t h e facilities of these i n s t i t u t i o n s f o r r e v o l u t i o n a r y ends.

When I speak of r e f o r m i n g or liberalizing these i n s t i t u t i o n s , I am n o t implying t h a t t h e y can be r e f o r m e d i n t o anti-capitialist i n s t r u m e n t s . But t h e y d o n o t have to be the sink-holes of specialization, triviality and vocationalism t h a t m a n y of t h e m have become.

J. T H E O F T - P R O C L A I M E D ideals of a liberal e d u c a t i o n — to discover and teach

Dean Stewart isn't funny '1 tyi r*r\r\ 1 #* o • 1. am c o n c e rrr\ n er\d/A lest last w e e k ' s anchor r e p o r t of a bit of Dean S t e w a r t ' s h u m o r be responsible f o r graduating m i s i n f o r m e d Liberal Arts scholars f r o m H o p e College.

To avoid such a debacle, please advise y o u r readers t h a t scholars have (arbitrarily, to be sure) established 1 4 5 3 as the " o f f i c i a l " closing date of the Middle Ages because:

1) it represents the year of the Fall of C o n s t a n t i n o p l e t o the T u r k s and t h e s u b s e q u e n t flight of scholars to Italy with their precious Renaissance-causing m a n u scripts; 2) It

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I lead in d e n o u n c i n g - c o n c r e t e l y as well as generally - t h e e d u c a t i o n a l farce which is served them in o u r colleges arid universities.

3. S t u d e n t s c o n c e r n e d f o r the social r e v o l u t i o n in America m u s t d e m a n d t h a t e d u c a t o r s who p r o f e s s liberal ideals should live up t o t h e m . If t h e y ' d o not live u p to their p r o f e s s e d J ideals, then they should be r e j e c t e d i as t h e most blatant liberals and apologetic o p p o r t u n i s t s .

4. S t u d e n t s c o n c e r n e d f o r the social r e v o l u t i o n in America must strive t o impr ove teaching s t a f f , including the hiring of m o r e radicals.

5. S t u d e n t s c o n c e r n e d f o r the social r e v o l u t i o n in America m u s t d e m a n d strict respect f o r a c a d e m i c f r e e d o m .

(These previous t w o points - viz., f o u r and five - w o u l d be directed t o w a r d the u l t i m a t e goal of gaining complete facultys t u d e n t c o n t r o l of e d u c a t i o n a l m a t t e r s , c o n f i n i n g t r u s t e e s and a d m i n i s t r a t i o n s exclusively t o financial and h o u s e k e e p i n g functions).

6. S t u d e n t s c o n c e r n e d f o r the social r e v o l u t i o n in America must n o t exc l u d e themselves and their organiza- J t i o n s f r o m criticism. Afterall, self- f criticism will be the m e a n s of measuring the o r g a n i z a t i o n ' s seriousness of p u r p o s e .

P E R H A P S T H E MOST vital f a c t o r to recognize here is that t h e r e would be n o t h i n g i n c o m p a t i b l e b e t w e e n such a program (as previously p r o p o s e d ) on t h e one h a n d and activities directed to p r o b l e m s o u t s i d e of t h e i n s t i t u t i o n s o n the o t h e r d r a f t resistance, t h e wider struggle against war and imperialism, assistance to revolutionary m o v e m e n t s a b r o a d , c o m m u n i t y organizing, etc.

• This d o e s not p r e s u p p o s e t h a t s t u d e n t s c a n n o t be engaged in activities o u t s i d e of | the i n s t i t u t i o n , tor t h e y must at s o m e p o i n t or a n o t h e r d o so. However, since t h e s t u d e n t s are an integral part of the e d u c a tion .institutions,- t h e y can take o n t h e responsibility of creating a s i t u a t i o n in the < academic s p h e r e s of society which can facilitate to s o m e e x t e n t the bringing a b o u t ? oi a r e v o l u t i o n a r y s i t u a t i o n . Thus, w h a t I have e m p h a s i z e d here is t h e need f o r an internal p r o g r a m because it seems t o me that this is what has been most conspicuously lacking u p to n o w . l inally, the p o i n t here is that" t h e r e would be a clear program w h i c h e v e r y o n e could u n d e r s t a n d , to which the c o n f r o n t a tions could be related and by which t h e e x t e n t of victories or d e f e a t s co u ld be measured.

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concisely c o n v e y e d in the following general suggestions: 1. S t u d e n t s c o n c e r n e d f o r the social r e v o l u t i o n in America must strive f o r t h o s e r e f o r m s of the i n s t i t u t i o n s t h a t are c o n d u c i v e to their m a x i m u m liberalization. This f a c t o r would surely prove to be of s u p p l e m e n t a r y significance in the event that a revol u t i o n a r y situation is b r o u g h t i n t o being.

2. S t u d e n t s c o n c e r n e d f o r the social revolution in America must t a k e the

the t r u t h w i t h o u t fear o r favor - are not b a d ; in fact, c o m p a r e d with m o n o p o l y capitalist realities they turn out to be p r e t t y g o o d . T h a t is to say, a person w h o has really had a liberal e d u c a t i o n has a sense of h i s t o r y , u n d e r s t a n d s scientific m e t h o d and k n o w s that the great philosophers and social t h i n k e r s of the past have m a i n t a i n e d a q u e s t i o n i n g and critical attit u d e t o w a r d the world a r o u n d t h e m . Although such a person is not yet a revolut i o n a r y , he is a lot m o r e likely to b e c o m e one t h a n the semi-illiterates and high IQ idiots that the capitalist system of higher e d u c a t i o n turns out in such q u a n t i t y .

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All you wanted to know about the curriculum proposal... rQ: v The XV, part* of „ r the proposal dealing with the contract curriculum says t h a t program will have a "limited e n r o l l m e n t . " H o w m a n y s t u d e n t s will be involved?

A: A l t h o u g h the c o m m i t t e e c a n n o t predict the exact n u m b e r of s t u d e n t s , it feels that an average of 10 per cent of the s t u d e n t b o d y will be a d m i t t e d to the program. C o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s cite restrictions o n the program, including b o t h the desire and ability to write a good proposal and the e f f o r t and initiative involved in convincing a faculty m e m b e r to act as " m e n t o r " , as built in l i m i t a t i o n s to e n r o l l m e n t .

Q: Who will teach the " I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Liberal S t u d i e s "

course and what will the course be like?

A: No specific course o u t l i n e was p r e p a r e d by the c o m m i t t e e , but a general description of its objectives are w r i t t e n into the proposal. Actual i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of the course will be left in the h a n d s of a special c o m m i t t e e , which will r e p o r t t o the Academic Affairs Board. T h e AAB must rule on this course o f f e r i n g just as it does on all o t h e r courses at Hope.

The course will t h e n go to the faculty f o r approval. The teaching staff will be d r a w n f r o m the existing d e p a r t m e n t s .

0 : If a s t u d e n t chooses t h e c o n t r a c t c u r r i c u l u m , does he also need a m a j o r ?

A: A s t u d e n t may c h o o s e to study under the contract c u r r i c u l u m program r a t h e r than to m a j o r in a d e p a r t m e n t a l area.

However, he still must fulfill the objectives of the overall curriculum, which include the c o n c e p t s ol b o t h " b r o a d e n e d a w a r e n e s s " and "intensive s t u d y . " Q: I've heard the curriculum r e f o r m proposal would allow an u n g r a d e d system. Is that true?

A: S t u d e n t s taking the contract c u r r i c u l u m plan may develop and d e f i n e their own system of evaluation. This could be an ungraded system. O t h e r s t u d e n t s would be evaluated u n d e r the present system, unless there is a separate p r o p o s a l to change the

grading plan. T h e c o m m i t t e e did not e x p l o r e this idea.

Q: A lot of s t u d e n t s are unh a p p y with t h e present language r e q u i r e m e n t . Will there be such a r e q u i r e m e n t u n d e r the new plan?

A: Not if the s t u d e n t e n t e r s the college with the prescribed language b a c k g r o u n d ( t w o u n i t s equivalent to t w o years of a language in high school). However if he e n t e r s with a d e f i c i e n c y , he would have to make u p the deficiency. T h e course(s) t a k e n to m a k e u p such a deficiency could not be used to fulfill the area c u rr ic u 1 u m req u i re men t s.

Q: What h a p p e n s if I fail to c o m p l e t e the work 1 have contracted t o p e r f o r m ?

A: T h e r e are three possibilities: 1. You could be granted n o credit f o r t h e period you s t u d i e d ' u n d e r the c o n t r a c t degree program.

2. You could receive partial o r full c r e d i t , which would be applied to t h e area c u r r i c u l u m requirements.

3. You could receive partial o r J lull c r e d i t , which w o u l d be applied t o y o u r m a j o r .

Q. ( an I c o n t r a c t f o r o n l y part ot my s t u d i e s d u r i n g a p a r t i c u l a r / semester? i A: No. T h e m i n i m u m lime limit on t h e c o n t r a c t p r o g r a m is a full semester. I h e m a x i m u m is t h r e e years.

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D o n n i n g m y perpetually besmudgcd spectacles, I settled d o w n Tuesday night to indulge in the s t u d e n t ' s verhoten, an evening in f r o n t of the t u b e . As Julia's sugar smile faded into the tensionfree b a c k g r o u n d of her integrated social circle, c o r o n e t s and a c r o w n a n n o u n c e d that Hallmark was ready to present Richard Chamberlain in Hamlet.

ALTHOUGH THE INTENT may well have been " t o send the very b e s t , " the result was in fact a modification of Shakespeare's tragedy to suit the sensability of an audience long-ago acclimated to drama the caliber of " M o d S q u a d " or " T h e Edge of N i g h t , " an audience able t o c o m p r e h e n d tragedy only when translated i n t o heightened emotionalism, violence, and exaggerated characterization.

Hamlet has perplexed readers, viewers and scholars since Shakespear's era. O n e c a n n o t help but i d e n t i f y with this m a n so dedicated to idealistic i n t e n t i o n s and yet so unable t o act on t h o s e principles. "Why is Hamlet so caught in s t a g n a t i o n ? " has always been the d o m i n a n t q u e s t i o n involved, and scholars have att e m p t e d to explain t h e p r o b l e m away with m e t h o d s ranging f r o m the Elizabethian theory of humoral psychology (Hamlet's system b e c o m e s d o m i n a t e d by an o v e r a b u n d a n c e of black bile, causing m e l a n c h o l y ) t o a F r e u d i a n theorist's claim t h a t Hamlet is a "psychoneurotic suffering from manic-depressive hysteria combined with an abulia,-a\\ of which may be traced t o the h e r o ' s severly repressed Oedipal feelings."

However, n o n e of the m a n y e x p l a n a t i o n s c o m p l e t e l y suffices, and therein lies the fascination of the play, as each viewer a t t e m p t s to c o m e t o a w o r k a b l e t h e o r y f o r H a m l e t ' s inactivity.

T V . DRAMA D E M A N D S a defined p r o b l e m , and d i r e c t o r Peter Wood t h e r e f o r e c h o s e an u n a m b i g u o u s f o c u s - the T.V. Hamlet just d o e s n ' t k n o w w h e t h e r or not he can believe in his f a t h e r ' s ghost. He reacts only with fear to the spirit; there is n o indication that he identifies this semi-transparent figure with his once-living f a t h e r except on t h e basis of o u t e r a p p e a r a n c e .

Commercial-time is p r e c e d e d with H a m l e t ' s convinced words, " T h e spirit 1 have seen may be t h e devil; and the devil hath p o w e r t o assume a pleasing s h a p e , " leaving t h e audience with several m i n u t e s t o c o n t e m p l a t e the i m p o r t of these words. H a m l e t ' s p r o b l e m is thus clear and dramatically c o n vincing, yet diluted in terms of the c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n Shakespeare intended.

RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN, intent u p o n d e s t r o y i n g his Dr. Kildare image, e x c h a n g e d his flashy, Ultra-Brite smile f o r a mien etched with anger, fear and occasional tears but m o s t l y anger.

Whereas Shakespeare created a Hamlet whose introspection led to internal c o n f l i c t , C h a m b e r l a i n ' s Hamlet emerged as an intensely p e t u l a n t y o u t h w h o felt he had been dealt a bad h a n d in life but d i d n ' t really k n o w w h a t to d o with t h e cards.

His p r i m a r y reaction was an overt one of bitterness, c o n t e m p t and sarcasm, reflected immedi-

1971 Vienna Sum mer program New places and old friends are featured additions to the Vienna S u m m e r S c h o o l program this year. T e n t a t i v e plans call f o r a J u n e 13, 1971, d e p a r t u r e .

S t u d e n t s will visit nine cities in eight c o u n t r i e s on a s t u d y t o u r of Western E u r o p e b e f o r e the o p e n ing of t h e a c a d e m i c session in Vienna July 5. A f t e r t h e Vienna session s t u d e n t s are free t o travel i n d e p e n d e n t l y until t h e y r e t u r n t o New Y o r k Sept. 6.

A p p l i c a t i o n s f o r the p r o g r a m are due March 15, 1971. F u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n is available f r o m t h e O f f i c e of I n t e r n a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n , V o o r h e e s Hall, r o o m 20.

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T O B E L I E V E OR NOT T O B E L I E V E (IN G H O S T S ) - R i c h a r d C h a m berlain m a d e a d r a m a t i c H a m l e t , but lacked the i n t r o s p e c t i o n Shakespeare i n t e n d e d . ately as he snarled his first line, "A little m o r e t h a n kin, and less than k i n d . " C h a m b e r l a i n ' s Hamlet never convincingly t u r n e d i n t o himself, e x a m i n i n g his p r o b l e m in terms of his o w n n a t u r e : his problem was d e f i n e d by its interaction with externals, specifically, the Danish c o u r t and royal family.

EVEN T H E F A M O U S introspection soliloquy, " T o be or not to b e " was p e r f o r m e d in the presence of Ophelia, thereby diverting t h e a u d i e n c e ' s sense of the w o r d s ' inner focus. Lacking the possibility f o r a reaction modification as developed through meditation, Chamberlain's H a m l e t m a i n t a i n e d t h e same degree of bitter, outer-directed anger t h r o u g h o u t the p r o d u c t i o n .

Carian M a d d e n ' s fragile pink and white face, f r a m e d by pale tendrils, intensified the p a t h o s of her role as Ophelia, the childw o m a n w h o s e i n n o c e n c e fails to render h e r invulnerable to t h e

e f f e c t s of H a m l e t ' s behavior. Her madness scene, although altered f r o m t h e original script, successfully generated a u d i e n c e symp a t h y . T h e Shakespeare scholar could not help but flinch a little, however, as she s u c c u m b e d t h e d a y ' s d e m a n d s f o r a little sensualism to liven things u p and p l a n t e d a m o u t h - t o - m o u t h kiss on the unsuspecting Horatio.

R I C H A R D J O H N S O N played Claudius, the lustful and p o w e r hungry king w h o b e c o m e s the object of m o s t of H a m l e t ' s c o n t e m p t . He acted t h e part well, reacting with a slick assurance to H a m l e t ' s d e m e n t e d o u t b u r s t s . Although his r e m o r s e in the p r a y e r scene was a little d i f f i c u l t to correlate with t h e h e i g h t e n e d villanry d e m o n s t r a t e d elsewhere in t h e play, as a whole J o h n s o n came off well.

Margaret Leighton, cast as G e t r u d e , a d d e d an interesting sideline to Shakespeare's p o r t r a i t

of the q u e e n w h o finds it easier to i m p l a n t herself in the business of living t h a n t o consider the implications of d e a t h . Miss Leight o n ' s G e r t r u d e also bore taints of " t h e aging b i t c h " . T h e clos eu p s revealed wrinkles under the p o w d e r , an e f f e c t s t r e n g t h e n e d also by t h e fact of C l a u d i u s ' vir ility. and lesser years. In her r e b u k e scene with H a m l e t , she sobbed with the meaningless hysteria of c o n f r o n t a t i o n , a response so typical a m o n g w o m e n of this category.

SIR M I C H A E L R E D G R A V E deserves c o m m e n d a t i o n f o r his role as Polonius, a c h a r a c t e r identified by p o m p o u s n e s s , verbosity and a c o m p l e t e lack of mental stature.

Shakespeare's c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n is so o b v i o u s that in reading, P o l o n i u s easily slips i n t o the category of the s t e r e o t y p e d fool. Redgrave succeeded in individualizing the man, m a k i n g his stupidity a p p a r e n t and yet believeable. He was especially convincing in his f a m o u s " S i n c e brevity is the soul of wit. . . " scene, where he rambled o n , completely oblivious of the a b s u r d i t y of his w o r d s as c o m p a r e d to his actions.

Picking u p m y c o p y of t h e play again, I page t h r o u g h , a t t e m p t i n g to recall which lines and scenes were o m i t t e d f r o m the p r o d u c t i o n and asking w h y . I c o m e across t h e "What is m a n ? " passage and try t o c o n j u r e up the familiar image of Hamlet, sharp of f e a t u r e and garbed in a Renaissance r o b e of black, c o n t e m p l a t i n g m a n ' s divine possibilities in c o n t r a s t t o his beastial a c t u a l i t y . However, int r u d i n g c o n s t a n t l y is the p i c t u r e of Richard C h a m b e r l a i n ' s s m o o t h , r u f f l e - w r e a t h e d face, w h o s e main p r e o c c u p a t i o n is " C a n y o u trust a g h o s t ? " As I look back on t h e production, Fortinbras' words f r o m t h e final scene e c h o again and again in m y mind - " h e r e shows m u c h a m i s s . "

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academic p r o g r a m . " N o t i n g t h a t the average b o o k - t o - s t u d e n t ratio of three o t h e r G L ( A schools (Oberlin, Wabash and K e n y o n ) was 201 per s t u d e n t , he r e m a r k e d that Mope's figure was 59-to-one.

MVP'S NAMED—The Most Valuable Player in each of the three fall sports were named at the sports banquet last Monday night. In soccer, Most Valuable Player was Manuel Cuba (left), in cross country the honor went to Brian Claxton (center) and football's MVP was middle guard Ted Rycenga (right). Also announced at the banquet were next year's co-captains. Heading the soccer charge next year will be John White and T o m Grundvig. Cross country co-captains will be Claxton and Bob Scott. Elected to head the 1971 football team were Doug Nelson and Jim Lamer.

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"TO REACH a ratio of 201-too n e . Van Z o e r e n ' s holdings would have to be 4 0 8 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s and periodicals f o r its p r e s e n t enrollm e n t . I am not saying that we should actually have that many in o u r collection, but I d o feel t h a t 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s f o r an enrollm e n t of u n d e r 3 , 0 0 0 s t u d e n t s is a desirable g o a l , " he c o n c l u d e d .

When asked a b o u t his preference as to w h a t t y p e of new library s t r u c t u r e would be best, W h i t t a k e r replied t h a t his real inclination was "toward the cheapest facility t h a t would d o t h e j o b most e f f e c t i v e l y . I feel that y o u can get q u a l i t y service f r o m the stack t o w e r m e t h o d (such as used at the University of Michigan), but the r e m o d e l i n g of o u r present facility is also a possiblity. F o r instance, we could perhaps fill in the m e z z a n i n e . " WHITTAKER HAS a broad n o t i o n as t o the p u r p o s e of a library in the m o d e r n world.

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