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Applications drop 10%, critical future foreseen by Annetta Miller
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OLLAND, MICHIGA Volume 86—12
Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423
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December 7, 1973
Alumni support lauded
The number of applications for the 1974-75 academic year received by the Admissions Office to date is running 10.6 percent below last year's number. This was the report from Director of Admissions Tom LaBaugh to the Administrative Affairs Board Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid in its meeting last week. THE COMMITTEE met to discuss a recommendation by the Ad Hoc Enrollment Projections Committee, chaired by Dean Bryson, associate professor of education. The recommendation stated; "The projections on the size of the pool of college-age persons and the projected percentages of those attending private schools would very strongly suggest that the next five years are of rather critical importance." The recommendation suggested three steps designed to strengthen the number of applications from high school students. These in-
Hope fund-raising progress evaluated by Lynn Gruenwald Two organizations that regulate Hope finances and would feel an energy-crisis-caused economic squeeze before any other, are the Annual Fund and the Build Hope Drive. t4 WHAT THE economic picture shows in terms of giving is difficult to evaluate," commented Vernon Schipper, Build Hope director. He added, "We're pretty optimistic because of the traditional loyalties the Hope family has had to the college." Schipper reports that, as of Nov. 30, Build Hope has collected $4,834,437, and is expected to pass the five million mark by the first of the year. THE H-CLUB, an organization of alumni athletes, has garnered $406,000 for the proposed' physical education building. Schipper believes the million dollar goal will be achieved "hopefully, within the academic year." A newly undertaken project is the earning of $300,000 for the renovation of the science building into a social sciences and humanities center. The center will house the departments of economics and business administration, English, history and political science. SCHIPPER HOPES that sufficient funds will be raised through personal contacts, so that the project can be presented at the Board of Trustees meeting in February. Classroom space will hopefully be ready for use by fall of 1974.
HE SAID, "It appears that the College will operate within a balanced budget this fiscal year. But I'm concerned about next year. We'll have to try a little harder," he added. Timmer said Hope is one of few among comparable private schools with a continually balanced budget. He attributed this to the loyalty of alumni and friends, as well as to a sound business office. "ALUMNI and church support of Hope has just been fantastic. Percentage of alumni support is consistently around 29-30 percent, well over the national average of 17-18 percent," Timmer added. The Annual Fund Office maintains contact with alumni through NORMAN TIMMER The renovated building will contain classrooms, secretarial areas, spaces for departmental libraries, audio-visual equipment storage areas and offices for about 35 faculty members. Total cost of the project is estimated at $415,000. "THE RENOVATION will have an immediate effect on teachers and students," Schipper emphasized. "That's why I'm excited about it." Director of the Annual Fund Norman Timmer, expressed his concern over the effect of economic conditions and the energy crisis on the long-term progress of the annual fund.
OAR, Inc. will open halfway home in Jan. by Tom O'Brien A halfway house for alcoholic rehabilitation will be established in Holland, according to James Brooks, president of the Ottawa Alcoholic Rehabilitation, Inc. (OAR). "THE PURPOSE of the halfway house will be to help selected, recovering alcoholics that have voluntarily been through detoxification become working, contributing members of society," Brooks stated. "The halfway house will provide the necessary environment to allow for such a recovery," he affirmed. "There is a great need for a halfway house facility in the Ottawa County area. In the two years of OAR's existence we have served 279 clients from Ottawa County," Brooks said. THE HALFWAY house will be located on Ninth Street adjacent to college property and will be directed by Pauline Corb. A graduate of the Maryland Institute of Alcoholism Studies, Corb said that the house will service up to nine recovering male alcoholics while their adjustment time should average 60 days.
"Although the need is urgent, there are no specific plans for a facility to service female alcoholics as yet," Corb noted. "But hopefully we will be able to accommodate them sometime in the near future," she added. SPECIFICALLY, activities for the residents will center on group therapy and individual counseling. OAR will also help the people who have completed their stay at the halfway house through job placement, according to Brooks. " U p to this point we at OAR had to refer our clients to halfway houses in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Detroit," he noted. BROOKS SAID OAR also serves as an area-wide information agency on alcoholism. "Though OAR functions to prevent and curb alcoholism, we do not engage in any activity designed to publicly promote or prohibit the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages," he emphasized. The halfway house is scheduled to open in January and will be named for the late Judge Chester A. Ray.
class representatives for every graduating class as far back as 1902. Support is also given by churches, area businesses, parents and friends. "FACULTY members have been very helpful in t h e A n n u a l Fund Drive," Timmer sa6P "For example, this week the President and some faculty called on churches in Grand Rapids, Muskegon, and Kalamazoo." Should $7 million per year not be enough money to operate on without spending the endowment, would a tuition hike result? "The operating costs keep going up," replied Timmer. "If we have to raise tuition I hope it's just a small percentage. Too much ot our operational funds come from student tuition and fees," he concluded,
elude mailings to local high school students advising them of opportunities for pursuing college credits during their senior year in high school, expanding contact with churches and alumni with regard to potential students, and increasing involvements in the admissions program by individual faculty, departments and currently enrolled students. THE COMMITTEE also recommended that additional research be conducted dealing with the characteristics of presently enrolled Hope students, and students who applied, were accepted, but did not actually enroll. Some of the factors researched would include students' reasons for enrolling at Hope, the variables that influenced their decision to apply, the reasons why currently enrolled students are remaining, and the characteristics of Hope that they find most and least attractive. Several ways of enhancing the appeal of Hope to increase enrollment and possibly cut down on the student attrition rate was also considered in the recommendation. THESE INCLUDED a re-examination of the core curriculum and possible development of a twoyear associate degree or careeroriented program. The recommendation also stated: ''There should be an increase in the number and variety of courses available during the late afternoon and evening hours. Extensive exploration of tuitionincentive programs with area businesses and industries should be undertaken. It would seem that the entire service dimension of the college be studied for potential expansion." It also stated, "Consideration should be given to ways of enlarging financial aid available to students, to the possibility of graduate level courses, and to expansion of career placement services to students."
Participants intervieived
Urban semester offers change by Robert Eckert and Stew Galloway
If you're concerned about the practical possibilities in what you're learning here at Hope, you might consider the Philadelphia Urban Semester. The "Philly" semester is a joint Hope-Great Lakes College Association program that gives students a chance to do actual social work in a metropolitan environment. AS AN alternative to the standard on-campus routine of classrooms, studying and tests, the Philadelphia Semester places students in a situation where they must learn to work and operate in the big city, according to Dr. Wayne Boulfon, assistant professor of religion and Hope's faculty liason for the Philadelphia Urban Semester. The semester consists of work placement in any one of numerous areas of social work (student teaching in Philadelphia is also available) and seminars dealing with the nature of the city. The semester is equivalent to a 16 hour semester on campus. BOULTON emphasized that the program doesn't operate on specific goals, rather it "pushes the student to set his own goals." One of the student's duties is to get down on paper what he hopes to accomplish at the beginning of the semester. Then he or she make a comprehensive evaluation of himself at the end of the semester, determining how close he or she came to attaining those goals and the reasons behind his failure or success. Boulton stated that the semester costs the same as a semester at Hope, the only variable being board and r o o m - t h e student is left to his own devices in finding a roof to live under. "Securing one's own housing is important t o the development of the individual," 4 Boulton said.
"ONE OF THE things the semester is trying to accomplish is to help the student learn how to operate in the big city," he continued. "Finding one's own place to live is one of the experiences that we have every student write about," Boulton said. For many of them it's their first experience at an independent life in this environment." Student Gregg Mast is from the Midwest and said that the semester was his first contact with the big city. He stated, "The Philadelphia Urban Semester is worthwhile because the student can learn how to handle himself in the city." For Mast that meant such new experiences as close work with poor people and with the black community. MAST'S work placement was at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church. He worked in various church programs and helped set up an emergency school in the church during the Philadelphia teachers strike. He supported Boulton's statement on the value of being re-
sponsible for one's own housing. "Having to find housing on your own helps teach you how to handle responsibility," he said. SUE HEGEDUS was also in Philadelphia at the time of the teacher strike. Being placed as a student teacher put her in a unique position. Hegedus remarked that she felt the semester was valuable because "it was a chance to meet and work with more types of peoples than would be possible in Holland. I was exposed to a wider cross-section." Hegedus chose Philadelphia over Holland for her student teaching because the Holland system was not the type she wanted to experience. In Philadelphia she worked in a middle school with open classrooms. LINDA Robertson will be attending the Philadelphia Urban Semester in the spring and said she is looking forward to a break from the standard college routine. Jeanette Gaige plans to get practical experience in social studies and special education.
Theater students to stage 'Hot Cha' on Wednesday Nostalgia freaks in search of an evening of free entertainment take note; Wednesday marks the oncampus debut of the 30's musical revue. Hot Cha. The show will be presented at 8:00 p.m. in the DeWitt Cultural Center Main Theater. HOT CHA, directed by senior theater majors Ken Aitchison and Pavicdt « b e ^ Produced fo Sta e ' e D ' ^ t i o n Class in place 0 t w 0 one act ' P' a y s The name is borrowed from the title of the last Ziegfield Fol-
lies production Hot Cha which was presented in 1941. THE REVUE, which was compiled by Aitchison and Uekert, consists of sellections from various musicals of the 1930s. Donna Hampton is in charge of choreography. Her duties have included teaching tap dancing to people with virtually no dance experience. Another key figure in the production is Mrs. Barbara Timmer who has been providing "invaluable assistance as accompanist and musical arranger,*' according t o Aitchison.