News from Hope College, Volume 7.3: September-October, 1976" (1976)
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Hope College Hope College Digital Commons News from Hope College Hope College Publications 1976 News from Hope College, Volume 7.3: September- October, 1976 Hope College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/news_from_hope_college Part of the Archival Science Commons Recommended Citation Hope College, "News from Hope College, Volume 7.3: September-October, 1976" (1976). News from Hope College. 13. https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/news_from_hope_college/13 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Hope College Publications at Hope College Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in News from Hope College by an authorized administrator of Hope College Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Join Us for Homecoming on October 15-17! See page 5 for details I s i i t r»- Campus Facilities at Capacity; t Enrollment Up Enrollmentis again at the full capacity of the college'sphysical facilities. T There is a small increase in the total en- rollment with a headcount of 2,290, an alltime high. The enrollment includes 2,056 fulltime and 234 part-time students. En- rollment last year, which was the college's previous high, was 2,275. "In our long-range planning we have projected a stable enrollmentat the present 5 level," said President Van Wylen. "At this size we are small enough to maintain close personal ties and interactions between fa- culty members and students, yet large enough to offer considerable diversity in f our programs. At our present enrollment our physical plant is utilized at its full capac- ity. Further growth would require consid- erable capital for expansion of our facilities. There are many higher priorities for these resources which will contribute signifi- cantly to the strength of the College." I There are six less fulltimestudents than a year ago, but part-time enrollment has in- , creased by 23. There are 561 students en- rolled for the first time compared to 579 a year ago. The breakdown by classes with last year's i total in parentheses are: freshmen 620 (618), sophomores 570 (618), juniors 551 (532), P.E. Center A Reality! seniors 355 (328) and special students 194 (179). Included among the special students Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new • Intramuralsports for men and women this facility,which will be used by students, are 43 high school students who are taking Hope College Physical Education and • Intercollegiateathletic competition for staff, and the community,the focal point college-creditcourses. Health Center wil^be held Saturday, Oct. 16 men and women will be on developing a mature and whole- f Twenty-nine students are participatingin at 10:30 a.m. as part of Homecoming • Recreational and physical fitness activities some approach to capabilities, care, and use off-campus study programs during the fall Weekend. for students & staff of the body." semester. The building, estimatedto cost $3.2 mil- "At Hope College we seek to enable each In order to achieve effectivecoordination There are 51 students from 20 foreign lion, has approximately 80,000 square feet. student to develop, to the greatest extent of activities in physical fitness, health care, countries, including Canada, Chile, Co- The Center will be an activity-orientedfacil- possible, the whole person — body, soul, and nutrition, the Health Clinic has been lumbia, Cuba, Ethiopia, France, Germany, ity with an emphasis on the multiple use of and mind," said President Van Wylen. "In located in the Physical Education Center. Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Peru, space, flexibility and economy. Malaysia, Mexico, Qatar, Rhodesia, Saudi Architects of the Center are Alden B. Dow Arabia, Spain, Venezuela and Vietnam. Associates of Midland, Mich. Contracts will The freshman class consists of 285 men be awarded late this fall and constructipn is Build Hope Surpasses Its Goal 275 23 states. Sixty-four and women from expected to begin before the end of the year. percent of the class are from Michigan_with -The Center will be located on the south- 10 percent from New Jersey, 8 percent from east perimeterof the campus. It will be Build Hope, a multi-million dollar fund scholarships, according^ to President Van New York and 6 percent from Illinois. bounded by 13th and 14th streets between raising program to support capital,en- Wylen. Approximately 33 percent of the new Columbia avenue and the Chesapeake and dowment and academic programs at Hope Commitments to Build Hope already rep- freshmen have some previous alumni con- Ohio railroad tfacks. College, has surpassed its $8,850,000 goal. resent the largest amount of money ever nection while 39 percent stated that their James M. VerMeulen of Grand Rapids, contributed to a Hope College fund drive. church preference is the Reformed Church Mich., national chairman of the Build Hope The "Looking Ahead with Hope" cam- in America. P. E Center Closeup: Fund, announced that $9,334,627 has been paign in the 1950s, under the leadership of The average high school grade point av- contributed or pledged. President Emeritus Irwin J. Lubbers, raised erage was 3.17 on a four point scale and 50 See page 6 An appreciation dinner honoring those funds toward construction of the Van percent of the class ranked in the top fifth of persons who made the campaign a success Zoeren Library, the Nykerk Hall of Music, their class. The average College Entrance When the new Physical EducationCenter will be held Friday, Oct. 15. the Physics-MathematicsBuilding and sev- Examination Board scholastic aptitude test is completed in early 1978, Hope will have, Several major projects of the Build Hope eral residence halls. (S.A.T.) verbal score was 492 and the math for the first time in several decades, a facility Fund have been completed.These include a On its 100th birthday in 1966 the College was 547. The average American College which is adequate for the comprehensive new computer center and the renovationof launched the Centennial Decade Master Testing (A.C.T.) composite was 23.1. program in physical education, recreation, the former science building into a center for Plan under former President Calvin A. The Admissions staff will visit approxi- and athleticswhich has evolved over the the humanities and social sciences. Nearly Vander Werf. The campaign realized con- mately 800 high schools during the fall and years. This program includes: $3 million has been pledged toward con- struction of the DeWitt Student and Cul- winter months. Alumni and friends who • Degree programs in physical education struction of a new Physical Education and tural Center, the Wynand Wichers addition wish to recommend potential Hope stu- and recreation Health Center. There has also been a signif- to the Nykerk Hall of Music, two residence dents are encouraged to contact the Office • Instructionalprograms in physical fitness icant number of gifts for the college's en- halls, and the start of funding for the Peale of Admissions. and sports dowment fund including several endowed Science Center. Environmental Economics Studied at High School Summer Program What do non-returnablebottles and fac- professors. The tory by-products have in common? Obvi- Among the highlights of the program was ously, they both pose potential environ- a study of the question, "Who Should Use mental pollution problems. However, high our Rivers?" Included was a canoe trip on Campus school seniors involved in a study program the Pere Marquette River. According to at Hope College this summer learned to de- Prof. Cline, heavy canoe traffic on rivers is fine these and other environmental prob- prompting the Department of Natural Re- Scene lems in a broader way. sources to consider putting limits on this "We view a pollution problem as being activity, as it affects river pollution levels as essentiallythe problem of a misplaced re- well as the quality of the experiencefor source. Virtually all our studies attempted canoeists.The trip enabled students to view to measure the benefits and costs involved several aspects of the issue first-hand. in changing an existing situation,"said Dr. Another unusual learning opportunity Barrie Richardson,chairman of Hope's de- came about when Prof. Cline utilized the partment of economics and business admin- college's computer to simulate an operating istrationwho served as director of "Eco- factory located on a river. The simulation nomics and Environmental Problems," a allowed students to take on the respon- program for high-ability high school sibilitiesof plant manager, controllingboth REORGANIZE STUDENT for a laboratory in probability and statistics. seniors. AFFAIRS DIVISION The materials that he has developed are profits and the quality of the water system. Hope was one of only two colleges to now available for use at other colleges and Independent study projects focused on A reorganization of personnelwithin the receive a National Science Foundation grant universities. diverse areas, includinga study of who student affairs division has been an- for an economic-orientedstudy program would benefit from a clean-up of Holland's Attendance by Dr. Tanis at this institute nounced by Michael Gerrie, dean of stu- and the only college to receive a grant for Lake Macatawa and would pay for the was made possible in part because of a who dents. study of the economy and the environment, cost involved. Others looked at a generous bequest from the estate of Frank new form David Vanderwel has been named as- accordingto Dr. Richardson. of sewage use for soil enrichment in opera- D. Kleinheksel. This gift has been used to sociate dean of students with supervisory Seventeen high school seniors partici- tion near Muskegon. Other projects in- establisha memorial fund in the memory of * responsibilitiesfor the college'shealth clinic pated in the program, which featured an volved study of the costs and benefits of Ann S.