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For more information, please contact [email protected]. * s i / v / 8 78th ANNIVERSARY - 27 Hope College, Holland, Michigan May 13, 1966 Hope Alumnus Lives Life Advocating Goals of Pacifism D.. *M..u mi .... By John M. Mulder These recent incidents are part This man is 81 years old, a grad- of his active life, which began in uate of Hope College and one of the the Netherlands in 1885. Mr. Muste leading advocates of pacificism in came to the U.S. when he was six, the U.S. today. He has been arrest- attended Hope College, where he ed for climbing over a barbed-wire was anchor editor in 1904, and New fence into a U.S. missile base, Brunswick Seminary, and has spent beaten for leading a picket line of his entire life living and preaching striking textile workers, and most his radical philosophy; "You do recently pelted with eggs and to- your revolutionary job, and if that matoes by irate Saigon youths. lands you in jail, fine. You never This man is A. J. Muste, "the compromise or 'chicken out' in or- peace agitator," and last week he der to keep out of jail." returned to New York after another He has been a well-traveled min- attempt to convince people through ister in the denominations, serving peaceful demonstrations of the folly Reformed, Presbyterian, Congrega- of war. He led a delegation of six tional and Quaker churches. How- men to Saigon to protest the U.S. ever, since 1940 he has held no pas- ROBERT DE YOUNG LARRY TER MOLEN involvement in the Vietnam war. torate. He started on his radical JOHN TYSSE but before they could demonstrate road shortly before the outbreak before the U.S. embassy in Saigon, of World War I when he became a the group was arrested and expelled pacifist. De Young, Ter Molen, Tysse Recent from the country on the grounds However, between 1929 and 1936 that their visas were only good for he moved away from his emphasis one week. on nonviolence and joined militant Mr. Muste returned to New York labor movements. One of these Appointments to Administrative Posts in time to receive the 1966 Gandhi was the Conference for Progressive Three major Administration ap- University. He is a graduate of Peace Award, given each year by Labor Activities, which urged "a in 1962. As Eastern Representative, pointments were announced this Hope College '1956), and received Promoting Enduring Peace. Inc. definitely anti-imperialist, anti-mil- he was responsible for contacting week by President Calvin A. Van- his master's degree in counseling In receiving the award he is among itarist and internationalist labor prospective students and working derWerf. from Western Michigan University o'her famous recipients; Eleanor movement." The minister found with alumni, churches and business Larry Ter Molen, who has served in 1959. He has also done work Roosevelt. Rev. Edwin T. Dahlberg. himself with strange bedfellows in the East in connection with the as East Coast Representative for for a doctor's degree in administra- former president of the National during these years, since many of development program. the College during the past year, tion at Michigan State. Coucil of Churches, and Dr. Linus Mr. Tysse is also a graduate of his agitator friends were Trotsky- will be moving to the office of Pauling, 1954 winner of the Nobel Mr. Ter Molen came to Hope Hope College (1960) and has done ites. Mr. Muste says that neverthe- development where he will assume from the Central Intelligence Ag- graduate work at Western Michigan Prize for chemistry, and vocal ad- less he never gave up his belief in the new position of Director of ency in Washington, D.C. He is a University. His duties as admissions vocate of various "peace causes." God. Foundation and Business Relations. 1959 graduate of Hope and receiv- counselor included working with Later he emphasized pacificism The other member of the develop- ed his M.A. in political science prospective students at Hope and a^ the demands of labor began to ment office is Stuart Post, Director from the University of Michigan traveling to their high schools. be met. The sting of the Depression of Church and Community Rela- abated, but his conscience was once tions. more aroused by World War II. John Tysse, who came to Hope Since then he has been an untiring last year as Administration coun- advocate of pacificism, but his di- selor, has been appointed coordin- Barlow, Carwell, Savage version has led Reinhold Neibuhr ator of the Centennial Homecoming to criticize him for being "a paci- celebration for next fall. After he fist, then a revolutionary, and a fulfills his duties in this capacity, And Wegter Resign Posts pacifist once again and he hasn't he will move to some other Admin- learned a thing on the journey." istrative post, as yet undetermined, Dean of the College William Van- will be going to the University of Today he's the darling of all rad- according to President VanderWerf. dej-Lugt announced that four more Minnesota. He has held his position icals, young and old. He is an in- The newest member of the Hope members of the Hope faculty will at Hope since 1961. spiring figure with white hair and be leaving at the end of this year. Administration is Robert De Young, Dr. Carwell, who has been an a firm voice but with hands that who has been named to the position Announcing their resignations assistant professor of English at shake both with age and the ve- of Associate Director of Admissions. were Dr. William R. Barlow, Dr. Hope is leaving Hope to assume a hemence with which he speaks. Mr. De Young comes to Hope from Virginia A. Carwell, Dr. Edward position at Trinity University in One admirer describes him as "a Grand Valley State College in Al- B. Savage and Robert W. Wegter. San Antonio, Texas. devastating reminder to young pac- lendale, Mich., where he served as Dr. Barlow leaves a position as Mr. Wegter, who has held the pos- ifists of what a real radical is." associate director of admissions assistant professor of history which ition of instructor of speech since His contribution to the civil since 1964. he has held since 1961. Next year 1964, plans to spend next year work- rights movement has been consid- Prior to his position at Grand he will fill a position at Nebraska's ing for his Ph.D. degree before erable, especially his influence upon Valley he was assistant director Wayne State Teacher's College. asuming a position that he has A. J. MUSTE Dr. Martin Luther King, who was of admissions and financial aid Dr. Savage is leaving his post as (Continued on Page 2) accepted at Central College in Pel- for three years at Michigan State associate professor of English. He la, Iowa. Will Guard Against Cheating Controversial Draft Test Given Tomorrow By John Renwlck gives the local board the "option" unfairness of the Selective Service What other point could there be to Newsweek asked the question Tomorrow at 9 a.m. the Selective of deferment. In other words, if a System, but also specifically its the test?' " Service College Qualification Test that is in the minds of most in- student does not make the mark of deferment policies that militate Dr. Van Eyl remarked that the will be given in Winants Auditor- secure college students: "Will I go 70 per cent and is not of high against the poor: the dropouts, the test is discriminatory in that it ium. if I flunk?" The outlook is hopeful, enough academic standing, he is boys from low-income families, who chooses for the draft those who are According to Dr. F. Phillip Van Newsweek seem to think. Enlist- reclassified 1-A and, depending upon have to work and can only educate not intelligent. These people are Eyl, administrator of the test, 200 ments have lately been holding the number of voluntary enlist- themselves on a part-time basis. not unintelligent by choice, he said. students will take the test in the steady at a high rate which leaves ments and the course of the war, "Others feel deeply that the de- U.S. Representative Adam Clay- auditorium, which seats 210, on each the number of draftees every month may be drafted. A passing score ferment test itself is biased in favor ton Powell said this week that the of the three test dates. Potential well below the established quota. of 70 per cent or higher means of white, middle-class students be- test will fail a great many Negroes cheating in such a situation is con- that the draft board may, if it cause aptitude tests reflect the con- because in this country Negroes Dr. Van Eyl was also hopeful.