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For more information, please contact [email protected]. f f >- Tuition Hiked $200 for Next Year The Hope College Board ning of the 1966 school year, Albion College, for example, crease in aid to students eligible fice. Said Mr. Rietberg, "In light of the new Michigan scholarship u of Trustees has approved a tui- and tuition was increased by the has a tuition of $1,500 this year. for such assistance. We trust that tion increase in the amount of same amount at the beginning of This will be increased to $1,650 no student will be denied the excel- programs, I would be very sur- f $200 beginning with the school this year. next year and $ 1,850 the follow- lent education Hope College af- prised if the tuition increase were j year 1968-69, announced Henry The letter states, "Our decision ing year. Kalamazoo College has fords because of lack of funds." a deterent to those students who > Steffens, Treasurer and Vice-Pre- is that Hope College must increase an annual rate of $1,480, accord- Mr. Steffens noted that the Col- want the kind of education that ll sident for Finance, in a letter to its operating funds if it is to con- ing to Mr. Steffens. lege subscribes to the College Hope College has to offer." parents of Hope students dated tinue its present educational stan- Other tuition rates for GLCA Scholarship Service. This service Mr. Steffens asserted in the let- v Nov. 1. dards and enlarge its offerings. colleges are DePauw University, makes stipend recommendations ter, which was mailed Wednesday / According to the letter, an The tuition rate also was compar- $1,650; Ohio Wesleyan, $1,700; by subtracting the amount the so that it would reach parents expanded faculty and greater edu- ed with other distinguished col- College of Wooster, $1,700; Wa- student's family can provide, before Parents' Weekend, "Dur- j cational offerings together with leges with whom we are academi- bash College, $1,750; Denison which is computed on the basis ing the course of the past several years, our efforts at fund raising 4 inflationary pressure make the cally associated and our tuition University, $1,800; Earlham Col- of a Parent's Confidential State- increase mandatory. rates are lower than any of them. lege, $1,830; Oberlin College, ment, from the fees of the college have been expanded and intensi- THE PRESENT tuition rate is The cost of educational opportun- $1,850; Kenyon College, $1,965. plus a cost of living factor. Con- fied and it is only the generosity $525 per semester, or $1,050 per ities on this campus are still rea- sequently, said Mr. Steffens, if a of our alumni and friends that year. Total collegefees are $1,910 sonably priced." THE LETTER continues, "At student's financial situation re- has kept the increases in tuition •/ per year, including the $10 Cul- WITH THE POSSIBLE excep the same time the Trustees of mains the same, he can expect from being even larger. Our Trus- tural Affairs fee. The increase will tions of Calvin and Olivet Col- Hope have reaffirmed their com- that his scholarship, coupled with tees are pledged to the policy of J bring tuition to $1,250 and the leges, for which Mr. Steffens had mitment to maintain the scholar- loans and campus employment, continuing their efforts to increase total cost of tuition, room and no statistics, Hope has the lowest ship-grant-work opportunity pro- will increase proportionately to the support of Hope College on board to $2,160. tuition rate of any college in the gram. This program will enable the increase in fees. an ever broadening base. Bytheir J This will be the third increase Great Lakes Colleges Association. qualified and deserving needy stu- DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS aggressive action in the fund rais- > in college fees in three years. The In fact, the increased tuition rates dents to receive a good education Roger Rietberg does not anticipate ing program, they are providing cost of room and board was in- are still lower than those charged at Hope College Accordingly, the that the increase will create any a firm foundation for the future creased by $100 at the begin- by other GLCA schools this year. Board approved a substantial in- problems for the Admissions Of- strength of the College." V i anc oCOLLEGrE OLLAND, MICHIGAN HOth ANNIVERSARY - S Hope CoIleKe. Holland. Michigan November 3. 1%7 Reports Are Conflicting Vietnam Money Still in Bank REHEARSAL - Barb Phail, Hope College senior is shown directing By Glenn Loo man Searson and Mr. Marks signed However, on July 4 he received the sophomore women during rehearsal for the annual Nykerk compe- anchor News Editor the note. a statement from the Saigon bank tition. The contest will be held tomorrow in the Civic Center as part THIS INFORMATION was which gave the balance in the ac- In February, 1966, the students of this year's Parent's Weekend. sent to Vietnam in a letter from count as being identical to the of Hope College raised over Mr. Michaelson on March 16. original deposit. He then wrote $6,000 to build a kindergarten After a conversation with Fa- to Mr. Searson asking about the Game, Nykerk Presented school, a hydraulic pump and new ther Dan-Duy-Hoa, parish priest status of the project and why the homes for the village of Le Loi in Le Loi, who asked about the money has not been touched. He in South Vietnam. Now, one year availability of the Hope funds, has received no answer so far. For Parents Tomorrow and eight months later, themoney Mr. Marks wrote to Mr. Michael- AT THIS SAME TIME, he is still in a bank. son on March 25 inquiring about wrote to Dr. Wesley R. Fischel, According to Craig Holleman, Today marks the beginning of Hope-Albion game, parents who the status of the project. Mr. Mi- advisor for a similar project at President of the Student Senate, the annual Parents.' Weekend at have traveled the farthest and chaelson explained that this letter Michigan State University, asking "the Saigon branch of the Chase Hope College. The yearly event sent the most students to Hope was probably written before his for advice. Dr. Fischel in turn Manhattan Bank reports that as will begin with a student-faculty will be recognized along with the letter of March 16 had been re- wrote to Daniel Whitfield, opera- of Sept. 29, our account shows a panel discussion tonight at 8 p.m. families who have had the great- ceived, and therefore Mr. Marks tions officer for the UN desk of balance of 771,888 piasters, or "Youth in the Sixties" will be est number of generations attend could not have known about the the United States Agency for In- about $6,000." the theme of the talk planned by Hope. new plan for obtaining the money. ternational Development in Wash- ington. Mr. Whitfield replied that the general chairmen of the week- There will be a buffet dinner INFORMATION concerning MR, MICHAELSON received progress was being made and end's events, Bonnie Brandsma from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. that whether construction has in fact his last communication from Mr. that the money is being used. This and Thom Bruggink. Refresh- evening. From 4 until 6:30 p.m. begun is conflicting. Wes Michael- Searson and Mr. Marks on April report, said Mr. Michaelson, con- ments will be served after the dis- President and Mrs. Calvin Van- son, President of the Student Sen- 12. Blueprints and a cost estimate flicts with the two bank statements cussion derWerf will have an open house. ate when the project was begun, for the kindergarden (approxi- received since Messrs. Searson Members of the panel are Dean Faculty members will attend in feels that something is wrong mately $2,085) had been received and Marks last wrote. of Students Robert De Young, order to become better acquaint- somewhere. He said, "The bank prior to the Feb. 14 letter. This instructor of speech Donald Finn, ed with both students and parents. statement which Holleman receiv- new letter insinuated that the only In light of the present situation, Mr. Michaelson plans to attempt College Chaplain William Hille- The annual Nykerk Cup com- ed seems to indicate that the money obstacle remaining was cutting correspondence again with Mess- gonds. Student Senate Vice-Presi- petition will be the highlight of the has not been touched at all and the red tape involved in transfer- rs. Searson and Marks in order dent Gretchen Vander Werf, Bob weekend. The freshmen will sing that either construction has not ing the funds. After this was com- to learn what is happening in Thompson, chairman of the "Match-maker" from "Fiddleron begun or money has yet to be pleted, Mr.