News from Hope College, Volume 5.3: September-October, 1974" (1974)
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See page 76 for details news from Second Class Postage Paid at Holland, Michigan 49423 PUBLISHED BY THE HOPE COLLEGE OFFICE OF COLLEGE RELATIONS New Center Bears Dr. Lubber's Name The new Humanities and Social Sciences outside the confines of the Reformed Center will be named in honor of President church consistuency. Within the 18 years Emeritus Irwin J. Lubbers, seventh presi- of “the Lubbers era,” Hope was trans- dent of Hope College. formed into an accredited, confident col- A testimonial dinner honoring Irwin and lege boasting an efficient, modern campus. Margaret Lubbers will be held Friday, Oct. Through his courage, insight, and imagi- 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Phelps Hall dining native leadership,Dr. Lubbers proved him- room. self to be the man for that season of Renovation of the former science build- Hope’s history, for the post-war years were ing is expected to be completed in time for unmistakablydecisive ones for the college’s the second semester of the current year. future. The Center will house the Departments of The war years had left the college with a Communications, Economics and Business 1944-45 enrollmentof 312. Only through Administration, English, History, Political stringent economy measures was Hope able Science and Religion. to maintain even this small number of stu- The Center, renovatedat a cost of dents. In the fall of 1945, 401 students $360,000, will contain 11 classrooms in- enrolled. By the 1947-48 school year, en- cluding two outfitted for multi-mediaand rollment numbered more than 1200. In video purposes, three secretarialareas and three years the student body had increased offices for approximately48 faculty mem- 400 percent. The college was ill-prepared bers. The college’saudio visual department to handle such changes. But Dr. Lubbers, will be headquarteredthere. perhaps a result of his many sessions of When Dr. Lubbers assumed the presi- chess-playing but more probably stemming dency of Hope in 1945, he found himself from his strong religiousconviction that in charge of an institutionsuffering the men are placed on earth to serve, refused aftermaths of the years of war— an inade- to be overwhelmed and took up the chal- quate physical campus, a small student lenge with enthusiasm. body, and a limited endowment.In addi- Dr. Lubbers sensed quickly that if the tion, the college was virtuallyunknown continued on page 8 Enrollment at Alltime High The student body for the fall semester Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, France, climbed to an all-timehigh according to Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong, registrar Jon Huisken. Iran, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, The headcount of 2,198 includes 2,011 Micronesia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Nor- fulltime and 187 part-time students. En- way, Peru, Qatar, Rhodesia,Saudi Arabia, rollment a year ago was 2,105—1 ,900 as and Venezuela. General Fund Contributions fulltime students and 205 on a part-time The freshman class, second largest in the basis. history of the College, consists of 296 men The increase is a direct result of a vigor- and 289 women from 25 states. Fifty-four Increase by 18 Percent ous admissions program during 1973-74 percent of the class are from Michigan with after enrollmentlast fall dropped 19 stu- eight per cent each from New York and Contributions to Hope College for gen- contributed $283,935 as compared to dents from the previous year. New Jersey and nine per cent from Illinois. eral purposes during the 1973-74 fiscal $258,351. Approximately 30 per cent of the fresh- “Through the effectivework of the Ad- year increased 18% from the previous year Other contributions to the general fund men have some previous alumni connection missions Office and the involvementof fac- according to Kurt Van Genderefi, Director by category with the previous year’s giving while 37 per cent stated that their church ulty, students, alumni and friends,the of Development. in parentheses were parents and friends preference is the Reformed Church in enrollmentpicture is bright,” noted Presi- Gifts for general (unrestricted)purposes $59,373 ($44,395), business and industry America. dent Van Wylen. for the year ending June 30 totaled $85,992 ($46,115), and foundations The average high school grade point “We are thankful to all those who have $673,236 as compared to contributions of $74,773 ($84,254). average was 3.15 on a four point scale and worked to make the increase possible.We $571,412 during the previous year. • The College received $121,155 in 73-74 50 percent of the class ranked in the top are convinced that an increasing number of The goal for gifts to general purposes for the endowment increasing its book quarter of their class. The average College students seek an undergraduate, residential for 73-74 was $670,000. President Gordon value to $2,832,604. Entrance Examination Board scholastic college which emphasizes academic excel- J. Van Wylen noted that realizationof the Total gifts for all purposes (unrestricted aptitude test (S.A.T.) verbal score was 497 lence and also offers a personal, value- goal was the result of a commitment by and restricted)in 73-74 were $1,447,920 while the S.A.T. math average was 535. oriented education such as that at Hope.” alumni and friends of Hope College to a as compared to $2,324,993 in 72-73. The The average American College Testing personal involvementin the life and mis- decrease in total giving is attributed to two The breakdownby classes with last (A.C.T.) composite was 24. sion of the College. very large annuity agreements that were year’s total in parentheses are: freshmen The Admissions staff will visit approxi- The College’s Alumni Fund, headed by (575), (558), juniors written in 1972-73. 638 sophomores 556 mately 800 high schools during the fall and national chairman Jack DeWitt of Zeeland, During 73-74 $766,427 was received in 537 (487), seniors 307 (304) and special winter months. Alumni and friends who raised $169,163 during 73-74 as compared students 160 (181). gifts and pledges for the Build Hope Fund, wish to recommend potential Hope stu- to $139,297 the previous year. Congrega- bringing the total at the end of the year to There are 55 students from foreign dents are encouraged to contact die Office tions of the Reformed Church in America $5,244,612,59% of the $8,850,000 goal. countries representing Canada, Colombia, of Admissions. » EQUIPMENT GIFT AIDS PROGRAM Gerber Products Corporation of Fremont, Mich, has donated color televisionequipment valued The at over $14,000 to Hope for use by the communication depart- ment in its radio and television Campus courses. The addition of the color equipment to the college’sexist- Scene ing black and white televisionsys- tem will enable the communica- tion department to broaden its servicesto the campus and Hol- land community according to Dr. Jack Hopkins, chairman of the communication department. The equipment will also have potential in the use of program- ming for the proposed cable tele- vision system for Holland. The donation consists of two Hope College has been awarded color cameras and videotapere- a $28,100 grant by the National corders, 12 lighting instruments, Science Foundation to support monitors, and a special effects the research of David Myers, asso- generator. It became availableas a ciate professor of psychology,in result of reorganization of the the area of attitudinalstudies. Gerber audio-visual department. The project, “Attitudinal Ef- The equipment will be located fects of Exposure to Others’ Atti- in two multi-mediaclassrooms in tudes,” will begin with laboratory the Lubbers Hall for the Humani- experiments which investigatethe ties and Social Sciences. Pictured at Neuer Markt, Vienna are Lynn Bauer, Dr. Richard Sickinger . conditions under which people The multi-mediarooms will and Lester Hill. change their attitudes after learn- double as televisionstudios, since ing about other people’s attitudes. Dr. Sickinger commented that the rooms will be equipped with SNOW SCHOLARSHIP Present plans call for the research he regards the new Snow Scholar- overhead grids for the hanging of AWARDS GIVEN to culminate in experiments ships as important aspects of the lightinginstruments and micro- which explore the effects of being international exchange program of VAN GENDEREN DIRECTS phones. Between the rooms will The first Esther M. Snow schol- exposed to others’ attitudes in a college like Hope. He said that arship awards to be given to DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM be a control booth, which will Hope real life contexts, such as when he was pleased to see that this also house film and slide projec- students were presented by Dr. people read the results of public of scholarship The appointment Kurt Van Sickinger, Director of program would now tors. Richard the opinion polls. Genderen as Director of Develop- be a two-way street— helping Austrian Institute,at a special This hew project is an out- ment has been announced by Pres- Americans to study in Vienna, GRANT SUPPORTS ceremony in Vienna, Austria in growth of experiments on the ef- ident Gordon J.