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Included among th^ many new experiences we have ANCHOR enjoyed so tar on our tour has been the opportunity to worship in different churches with people of other HOPE COLLEGE VIENNA SUMMER SCHOOL countries. Our first two Sundays were spent aboard the S. S. EUROPEAN EDITION VIENNA, AUSTRIA, JULY. 1959 Waterman, where both Protestant and Catholic services were provided for the passengers. The worshipers descended the stairs leading to the theater, from which came the sound of familiar hymns being played on the Sixty Students Join Hope in Europe piano The sermons were preached in English by Rev. Ftensira, a graduate of Calvin College.

For Fourth Vienna Summer Session pi

Since the Second World War, when large numbers which the Summer School program has had on the of our students were sent abroad and thus came into campus at home. It has increased interest in languages, contact with other people and cultures, there has be^n history, art, and music. But, even more significantly, a growing interest in various foreign study programs. it has stimulated concern for international relations. Last year's Vienna Summer School group helped to Like many other American institutions, Hope College select an Austrian student who received a year's scho- initially responded to this new student interest in super- larship to the USA. This year's group includes six vised travel and study by providing a European tour American students who were able to come to Vienna program, conducted by the language departments. By because Hope College students helped to raise the 1956, however, it had become apparent that the usual money needed to provide the necessary scholarships. tvpe of study tour program was too limited to meei the different needs ol" all the students interested in No account of the growth of the Vienna Summer broadening their international understanding in many School program would be complete without a sincere fields besides languages. tribute to the valuable services rendered by the Insti- tute of European Studies, which has been our host for the past three years, by the members of the teaching m Begun in 1956 staff, and particularly Mrs. Snow, who served as Women's adviser and supervisor of the German and With the establishment of the Hope College Vienna Music program in 1957 and 1958. The program also Summer School, on an experimental basis in 1956 and owes much to the enthusiasm, ingenuity, and interest in its present form in 1957, Hope College pioneeneid of the students themselves who contributed" many ideas the development of a program which provides all the and suggestions which have helped to make the Hope most important aspects of European travel, study, and College Vienna Summer School program what it is. living.

The main features of this program are: an extended study tour which introduces students to Europe, both old and new; six weeks of residence in Vienna for a Hope Alumns Visit Group full academic summer session, and a period of inde- pendent travel prior to the student's return to the Enroute To Vienna PROTESTANT SERVICES have been held in English here United States. since 1607.

Throughout our tour of Europe, we were met by Both Protestant and Catholic members of our group European Professors alumni of Hope College. The first of these was David Kinkema, who graduated from Hope in 1957. Dave, were given the opportunity to attend church services who was enrolled in the 1957 Vienna Summer School in English while we were in Amsterdam on our third The most unique part of the Hope College program program, has been in Germany as a U. S. soldier for is the nature and scope of its academic offerings. In Sunday. The Protestant service was held in the English some eighteen months. Last year he obtained leave and 1956, when the first experimental group spent part of Reformed Church of the Scotch-Reformed Presbyterian spent about a week in Vienna with the Hope gr^up. the summer in Vienna, students could enroll either in denomination. Part of the building in which we This year Kinkema, meanwhile advanced to a special a German or history course. Today, four years later, U. S. unit sent to Holland for NATO maneuvers, worshiped had been constructed about 1400 as a Dutch the enrollment has grown from fourteen to sixty stu- happened to spot the two large busses bearing the church. In 1607 the church was converted to the dents. Students have a choice of nine different courses, signs „Hope College Vienna Summer School" in front including Art, German, History, Literature, and Music. English language when used by the Pilgrims after their of a hotel in Amsterdam and excitedly stormed in to The staff now includes seven European professors, as Ilighl from England. join us there for a day. well as guest lecturers, two special tutors, and four We heard a message preached by a substitute pastor, members of the Hope College staff. When we reached Luxembourg, three days later, we Dr. John Primus, who spent four years as a student at In these four years the program has not only ex- were greeted by Gerrit Hoek who also groduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and three panded in numbers and in the scope of its offerings, Hope in 1957. He is stationed in Thionville, France, years at Calvin Seminary. He later did graduate work but has also enjoyed a growing reputation in the United which is near Luxembourg City. He, too, has been in States and in Europe. Hope College Vienna Summer the Army for some time and attended last year's Hope at the Free University in Amsterdam. School groups have been received in special briefings reunion in Heidelberg. It was interesting to note that in Axnsterdam, as in in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, many of our churches at home, the children were and Germany. The arrival of this year's Hope College Later, while we were in Heidelberg, two other gra- seated in the front and left before the sermon to have group was noted last week in four of the Vienna daily duates met us there. Charles Lindahl, '57, spent the day a special service in another part of the church. The papers, by the radio, and in a television program called with us and then continued with us to Nurnberg. „Welcome to Vienna". Chuck, too, had spent some time with last year's group deacons greeted visitors and friends at the door. in Heidelberg and Vienna. He is stationed in Darm- We were also the beneficiaries of a very nice custom stadt, Germany. Living With Families in Amsterdam, the serving of coffee after the service Ronald Kuiper, '58, also met us in Heidelberg and for visitors and members of the church. During this As in the past three years, students have already traveled on our bus to Nurnberg. Ron has only been coffee hour we met a number of young people, some settled in their respective homes, and started to work in Germany a few weeks. He is stationed in Heilbronn of whom ate dinner with us at our hotel and later on their various individual research projects which will and now looks forward to a possible pass or leave to guided us around their city. bring them into contact with a great number of Eu- spend some time with us in Vienna. ropeans during the next few weeks. Also begun has On June 28 in Nurnberg, Pastor Diez had planned the process by which these young Americans grow to Finally, in Nurnberg we met Captain Robert Japinga, to give a special service in English for the Hope group. understand and appreciate the values of a different his wife (the former Sally Schrier) and their two boys, However, due to the fact that Dr. Fried and Pastor culture and their own responsibility in the shaping of Ricky and Billy. Captain Japinga is stationed in Augs- Diez were unable to contact each other in time, many international relations in the future. burg at present. In Nurnberg, we were also met by Reverend and Mrs. Paul Diez. Rev. Diez graduated of us went instead to the Organ Concert at the from Western Theological Seminary in 1954 and now St. Lawrence Cathedral. The concert was one of a Impact On Campus is the pastor of the Lutheran Church in Nurnberg. Rev. series included in the International Organ Festival held Diez had three young men from his congregation with from June 20 to June 28 in Nurnberg. We all agreed Perhaps the most telling effect of this new experi- him who volunteered to serve as guides for those of as that the concert was, indeed, a worshipiul experience. ment in international living which Hope College has who wanted to see the city of Nurnberg. developed in the past few years has been the effect William lla*ms Loreita Plassche PAGE TWO HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR — EUROPEAN EDITION JULY .959

Study Tour Introduces Hope Students HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR To European Heritage, and Contemporary Affairs

The European edition of the Hope College June f) (Sat) June 24 (Wed) ANCHOR is wriuen, edited, and printed in Departure from New York on S. S. Waterman. • By bus from \ Bad Godesberg to Boppard where June 15.(tton) [ \ •* • ' '• , group errtbarked on Rhine River steamer for trip Vienna, Austria by the students enrolled in the Arrival in Le Havre, France, travel to Paris. Lunch to Lorelei and Bingcn. Lunch on shipboard and Hope College Vienna Summer School study- at hotel, brief afternoon tour through Louvre. lots of pictures of castles. Bus travel from Bingcn Evening sightseeing tour of Paris. to Luxembourg City, dinner at hotel, evening Iree tour program. June 16 (Tue) to listen to band concert or window shopping. This international summer edition of the Morning briefing at SHAPE Headquarters in St. June 25 (Thu) ANCHOR is designed to acquaint the reader Germaine on European defense policies and NA'FO Morning free. The group was the luncheon guest problems. Lunch at NA'FO officers' mess. After- of European Coal and Steel Community followed with the purpose and scope of the Hope noon tour through Versailles Palace and Gardens, by briefings on European economic progress, College Vienna Summer School program hy followed by reception at American Librarv in Pans. livening free. Talk on French colonial problems and French poli- providing information on the activities, im- June 2() (I'ri) tics by Dr. Ian Frazer, Library Director. Evening Travel to Heidelberg, Germany, arriving in lime pressions, and adventures of its students. free. for lunch. Afternoon free. Evening attendance at June 1 j (Wed) a performance of Verdi's ,,'Fhe Troubadour44 in Travel from Paris to Chartre for tour of Gothic Heidelberg, Opera House. cathedral there and lunch. On to Amiens for brief June 27 (Sal) ISSUE NUMBER ONE look at cathedral there and then to Bruges, Travel from Heidelberg to Nurnberg with stop in Belgium. Dinner at hotel upon arrival. ancient city of Schwabisch Hall. Lunch in historic EDI TORIAL STAN FOR THIS ISSUE: June /.S (Thu) hotel. Dinner in Nurnberg, evening seeing operetta, I rip to Brussels and brieling on European Common „Countess Maritza44, or listening to concerts of Market by Dr. Richard Mayne. Luncheon in down- International Organ Festival. Executive Editor Wilford A. Butler, Jr. town restaurant, followed by visit to Waterloo June 28 (Sun) Managning Editor Betty Jacksteit battlegrounds and viewing of film on Napoleon. Hope alumni luncheon. Return to Bruges for dinner. Evening free for canal June 2(j (Man) Editorial Assistants Richard Cook rides and exploring city. Travel to Munich. Late morning free for shopping. June kj (i'ri) Lunch at Rathaus Square followed by visit to Radio Albert Fassler Free morning in Bruges for picture-taking and Free Europe and briefing there. Late afternoon F. Robert Lehmeyer shopping. Departure for Amsterdam after lunch. travel to Pocking near Munich for audience with Dinner in Amsterdam, evening free. His Imperial Highness, Dr. Otto von Hapsburg Rewrite Charles Lemmen June 20 (Sal) (son of the late Emperor Charles of Austria and Carol VanderMeer Trip from Amsterdam to Hague for briefing in pretender to the Austrian throne). Return to Dutch Parliament by Mr. Scheppel, Secretarv of Munich for late dinner, followed by optional visit ypists Doris Marangelo the Dutch Lower house on government and policies to the well-known Flofbrauhaus, where Hitler got Terry Szold ol the Netherlands. Visit to the Peace Palace, his start in politics. June jo (Tue) Nicholas VanderBerg Travel from Munich to Innsbruck, Austria. Stop lor visit to Hohenschwangau Castle and pictures Layout Director Chris VandenBerg of Newschwanstein Castle. Lunch at Fussen, drive Advisor Dr. Paul G. Fried through Austrian mountain passes. Dinner and celebration ot the Hinga s 34th wedding anniversarv at hotel in Innsbruck. Jut] / (Wed) Morning free for shopping, sightseeing, or cable car trips in Innsbruck. Departure for Zell-am-See after Welcome to Vienna lunch. Dinner and rain at Zell-am-See. Evening free for movies, bridge, or Alpine entertainment.

We welcome you to the ever-increasing list of friends ol the Hope College Vienna Summer School who will be receiving the European edition of the Hope College ANCHOR.

This is the third consecutive year in which the European edition of the ANCHOR has been published, and we are most pleased to know of the continuing interest shown by former students of the Vienna

Summer School, some of whom have younger brothers THE HAGUE PF.ACE PALACH where the World Coun Meets. or sisters taking part in the program this year. We hope that you will enjoy reading about our an- meeting with Prof. Dr. Landherr, the librarian, and conducted tour through the seat of the World ventures among other cultures and peoples — our ex- Court. Lunch in Delft and visit to famous porce- periences in international living. And we hope that lain factory. Return to Amsterdam and dinner lollowed by visit to Concertgebouw Orchestra where this paper, sent to the parents and friends of Hope the group heard a special concert honoring Oskar College students, former participants in the program, Back, famous Dutch violin teacher, on his 80th ZELL-AM-SEE with a view of the Grossglockner. and friends ol the College, may make a small contri- birthday. Among those attending were Fler Majesty Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, grandmother of pre- bution towards furthering international understanding sent king, as well as many other dignitaries. July 2 (Thu) and cooperation. W'. A. H. June 21 (Sun) Morning free in Zell-am-See. Departure after lunch Group attended service at the English Reformed lor drive through picturesque mountain and lake Church in Amsterdam. A number of Dutch students country to Admont. Dinner at hotel followed by joined the Hope group for lunch and acted as slide lecture on Austrian Alps. guides in the afternoon for those who wanted to July j (I'ri) see the city. Also included in the afternoon's acti- Morning visit to Admont's famous baroque THE DIRECTOR AND STAFF vities was a visit to the Rijksmuseum, conducted monastary and library. Lunch at Leoben. Brief by Dr. Michael Fink. Evening free for canal rides. pastry shop stop on top of the Semmcring Moun- OF THE June 22 (Man) tain. Arrival in Vienna for dinner at Neuer Markt, Travel from Amsterdam to Bad Godesberg, Ger- meeting of landladies, and getting settled in private HOPE COLLEGE many with a stop for second breakfast (ham and homes. eggs) at Arnheim, and an extended stop at gothic July 4 (Sat) cathedral and modern pastry shop in Cologne. VIENNA SLIMMER SCHOOL Morning free. Lunch at Neuer Markt followed by Dinner in Park Hotel, Bad Godesberg. Evening free. extended bus tour through city and coffee stop on June 2j (Tue) top of the Kahlenberg Mountain. Evening, Inde- EXTEND GREETINGS Morning visit to German Parliament in Bonn for pendence Day Party at Auersperg Palace with other briefing on current Geman problems by. Dr. Mar- American and Austrian students. TO ALL tin of the Christian Democratic Union and Frau July 5 (Sun) Dr. Maxsein, delegate from Berlin to German Par- Protestant service at Vienna Community Church ALUMNI AND FRIENDS. liament. Lunch in Bundestag Restaurant. Stop in near Neuer Markt. Lunch at Institute. Afternoon downtown Bonn for shopping and look at Beet- and Evening free. hoven House. Afternoon briefing in American Em- July 6 (Mon) bassy in Mehlen. Evening free. 9.00 A.M. Vienna Summer School classes begin. JULY 1959 'HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR — EUROPEAN EDITION PAGE THREE

Look ... But Don't Touch' Shoppers Hunt Bargains, Find Wallets Shrinking

Europe is the placc for a person with a well-paclded wallet. Since our eyes are bigger than our pocket- books, we are becoming of necessity wise shoppers. Paris, city of fashions and perfumeries, opened her arms wide for our American dollars and travelers cheques. However, due to the prices, our American mademoiselles soon learned to try on S60 dresses, smile, and move on to try on other outfits. Yankee monsicurs, however, felt trapped when sprayed with exotic smelling scents, which the clerk insisted were „bont4 for mother, or some nice young lady back home. For the lover of lace, Bruges became a shopper's paradise. In every shop window one saw samples of the fine needlework... and young ladies thought of hope chests back home just waiting to be filled. Some went under the pretence of purchasing for mother, but within one hour ore honest shopper admitted that maybe she'd rather buy mother something else, and IOWER1NG HfCH ABOVE the rest of the city the Caihedral at Chartres symbolizes the devotion and civic pride of tuck this away for herself. Medieval Europeans. Turning an American shopper loose in the Delft factory in Holland is like releasing a bull in an arena. Naturally, those of us who hail from America's Tulip HOPEITES VISIT CATHEDRAL AT CHARTRES Time city were particularly enthused with the „unusuar4 blue pattern. However, few travelers left Delft without After leaving Paris, we looked forward to our visit adding to their gift collections some piece of pottery. the French if. hie style allows for a light, lifting to Chartres, the cathedral often considered to be the feeling. Anoi • characteristic of the Gothic arch is Immediately after crossing the German border, the most explicit example of French Gothic Architecture. that it liberat the architect from any necessity of traveler began to dream of cameras, clocks, china, The Gothic characteristics arc evident throughout the constructing the columns at equal distances in order to Hummels, and Dresden figurines. Dreams become a entire cathedral, except for the facade. As we walked establish a uniform height. With the Roman architec- terrible reality when one is faced with a window lull to the cathedral, we were confronted with a non- ture, unequal spacing of columns is impossible. of cuckoo clocks, each different and more intricate than symmetrical facade, consisting of two completely dif- the first. Camera bugs got shutter-happy at the prospect We were informed that a large iron screen had ferent spires. On our left we saw Gothic architecture previously been present between the altar and the nave. of saving a few hundred dollars on a Leica. Yet, the and on our right Romanesque. beautiful dream popped when the traveler became This screen was a symbol of the separation of the Upon entering the cathedral we were very impressed painfully aware that his book of traveler's cheques was priestly order and the worldly worshippers. However, with its structure and its consequent beauty. From the now half empty. the worshipper was permitted to walk around the back entrance our vision was immediately drawn through of the altar in the area which is called the ambulatory. Naturally good buys are always passed up, and the the nave to the altar. Because the columns bordering The ambulatory as well as the side aisles now house common expression hear is, „Well, I'll buy it in the nave converge at various points on the ceiling, the small chapels for individual worship, but they were Austria". Young ladies think of Bernard Altman cash- worshipper's attention is drawn upwards to heaven. We formerly used to house pilgrims who had been tra- meres lining store windows, and fellows turn their noted that the architect had succeeded in creating the velling all day. This is one of the reasons why the thoughts to beer mugs and Lcderhosen. feeling of being lifted rather than the feeling of hea- cathedrals were built so large. The tragedy becomes all too clear when the traveler viness which is so prevalent in Roman architecture. notes his empty pocketbook with visits still ahead. The The columns, spaced closely together, also draw the Our attention was then called to the buttresses which dreamed of items seem to vanish away... English worshipper down the length of the nave to the altar arc located on the outside of the cathedral. We were woolens and bone china, Swiss watches, Danish silver. without allowing him to be distracted by activity in the told that they support the enormous weight of the Letters and wires head to the States: „Send more side aisles. A rhythmic feeling of speeding toward the cathedral walls and ceiling. The flying buttress is a dollars44. altar is interrupted by the open expanse of the trans- characteristic part of the Gothic cathedral. With an empty wallet and a stuffed suitcase, the cept. The resulting deceleration creates an atmosphere As we looked again at the interior of the cathedral, American traveler heads home to display his purchases of # reverence and humbleness before entering the we noticed the beautiful stained glass windows. These from abroard. Will we ever learn to „just look and not sanctuary. windows contribute to the fame of Chartres, for it is touch44? We were told that the length of the cathedral cha- the only old French cathedral with all of its original Lynn Van't Hof racterizes the hope of eternal life. The architect pro- windows. Each side window portrays a unique scene moted this by placing the entrance to the cathedral in in beautiful colors. But it is the rose window above the the west and the altar in the east. The entrance is the entrance which is most effective. Looking at it, we What Lies Behind HerSmile? symbol of death and is therefore placed in the west lound our eyes again drawn upwards and we received where the sun sets. The altar is a symbol of eternal a feeling of reverence from its rich blue color. Whila A Look At The Louvre life and is therefore placed in the east where the sun leaving we saw again the great unity of the cathedral rises. of Chartres. For we remembered that we had been Another thing which is characterstic of Gothic archi- What does one think of when at last confronting the lifted upward spiritually as we entered, and as we were tecture is the pointed arch. Again this is in complete famed Mona Lisa? What does one think of her smile leaving the same feeling was created within us. Each contrast to Roman architecture. The Romans used a after hearing such possible explanations as she had bad of us left with a feeling of reverence and awe. round arch which creates a sense of bulkiness, whereas teeth and was embarrassed to smile completely, or Winona Keizer she was expecting a wee one soon and was oh-so- contented? What does one think when one stretches and strains to view over and through a myriad of Group Helps Hingas others who are stretching and straining? In answer to these questions, I can say, „Noi much, and yet-someth- Celebrate 34th Anniversary ing of value". 44 The Institute The Mona Lisa has gone the way of all too-well Strains of „Happy Anniversary filled the air at publisized masterpieces. It has been gaped and gawked dessert time in Innsbruck, Austria on June 30th, as at by throngs of tourists who have come to see what Hope College Vienna Summer School staffers Mr. and of European Studies all the fuss is about. The fuss has been made by various Mrs. Milton L. Hinga were honored by the group on artists, philosophers, and theologians who have copied their 34th wedding anniversary. A many-tiered Austrian and publicized this painting in every country of the Welcomes world. wedding cake was served for dessert as Mrs. Hinga was presented with a bouquet of roses. Standing in the Louvre, I could not help thinking that the many rounds of highly unlikely explanations Mr. Koutny, Director of the Institute of European Faculty and Students and the throngs of avid listeners were more like a Studies, was a special guest at the anniversary dinner. sideshow at the county fair than an audience truly Hinga, Dean of students at Hope College said that: of the appreciative of a great work of art. This particular „The most enjoyable anniversary of the thirty four was work of art would have to be almost other-worldly to celebrated with our sixty adopted children, two withstand the visual and oral stripping it has received 44 Fourth since it was painted. This perhaps is what can be „nephews (busdrivers Leopold and Gerhart) and carried away from the Mona Lisa and the Louvre — a „uncles44 Dr. Paul G. Fried and Dr. M. Fink.44 feeling that in spite of all that has been said about the Mr. and Mrs. Hinga have been married thirty four Hope College great painting, something of value is there. Despite years. Mr. Hinga has been at Hope College for twenty the obstructing crowds and the lack of time-approxima- eight years. During this times the Hingas have been tely twenty minutes to see the Winged Victory, Venus Vienna Summer School 44 de Milo, and the Mona Lisa —- most of the group had „Mother and Father to hundreds of Hope College stu- the desire to come back and look again. I know that I dents. Besides their „adopted44 children the Hingas have will be back very soon. two children of their own and five grandchildren. Terry Szold Anne UPiegennk PAGE FOUR HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR — EUROPEAN EDITION JULY .959 Austrian Emperor's Son Sounds and Color Of Parisian Market Receives Hope Group Enchant Early Rising Explorers In Special Audience Place: Right bank of Paris, just beyond the Louvre. amazement, we wandered for blocks and blocks through Our last scheduled briefing during the the study-tour Time: 2:00 a. m. to 6:00 a. m. mazes of fruit stalls, carts, trucks, and vegetable stands. look place in a small town near Munich. Dr. Fried had Here was a Paris about which one practically never In a sidewalk cafe in Paris we met some students told us that we were to be received in an audience by heard. from the Sorbonne who told us that if we wanted to Archduke Otto von Hapsburg and that according to see the real Paris and not just the sight-seer's Paris, protocol we ought to address him as „Your Imperial we ought to visit the Central Market. It is here that All That Lucious Food Majesty" since he is the son of the last Austrian the grocers and retail dealers come to purchase whole- emperor and the pretender to the Austrian throne. These Parisians know how to display merchandise in sale their fruits, vegetables, fish, and meat for the We therefore expected to find a pompous man, living an interesting fashion, even if it is only vegetables. For day. At 1 :^o a. m. we began winding our way towards in the past and concerned mainly with ettiquette and example, crates and crates of artichokes were stacked the Seine River, across the bridge, and to the Market titles. Instead, we were surprised to meet and extremely upon each other, and somehow the top crate was on the Right Bank of Paris. The part of the city charming and friendly young man, who can easily arranged on a slant so that the Kelly-green petals of through which we had been walking was relatively qualify as one of Europe's leading intellectuals. the artichokes would catch the attention of prospective quiet, until we began approaching the vicinity of the buyers. The dark, sweet cherries, big, lucious straw- Market. There all was bedlam! Archduke Otto received us in the study of his un- berries, petite yellow peaches, round yellow-green Big vans with gears grinding, pick-up trucks rattling, pretentious home near the Starnberg Lake. Speaking lettuce heads, and freshly dug potatoes were arranged people bustling here and there shouting instructions — in perfect English he referred to his many visits to the in a similar manner, and made a most colorful display. this was the scene that met us. As we walked further United States and to Michigan and to the importance We wandered through the dimly lit streets, dodging the city came more alive. With our eyes wide with he attributed to meeting with young Americans. His people while they unloaded their trucks and set up comments on Austrian politics showed that, though he their goods. has been exiled from his own country, he is very well informed on her affairs and has a real concern for Anyone For a Steak? her people. He commented on Austria's remarkable economic recovery during the past few years, which Summer Schoolers Find A new smell filled the air and upon following our is ail the more noteworthy since Austria is still saddled noses, we came to a large building in which rows and with heavy reparations payments to Russia. The Arch- Ten Day Ocean Trip rows of freshly butchered cows, sheep, hogs, and what- duke then commented on Austria's position between ever else Parisians eat for meat, hung upon hooks. East and West, expressing the opinion that she would Interesting and Relaxing Men in red-stained white aprons were unloading the either have to join the Common Market, or some kind meat. of similar arrangement with the West, or fall into the EDITOR'S NOTE: hi this article, tour membsr Soviet orbit. George Birdsong recounts some of the highlights One Small Box oj the voyage from New York to Le Harvre, Turning to the topic of the Cold War, Otto von France aboard the student ship, the S. S. Water- Walking on, our eyes lighted upon crates of per- Hapsburg made some rather helpful comments. He man. fectly formed deep red raspberries, and our mouths pointed to the signing of the Austrian State Treaty in watered. Attempting to buy one small box out of a complete crate was no easy feat, as the French seller '955, by which the Russians agreed to withdraw from The boat itself wasn't bad at all after one became Austria, as the turning point in favor of the West. accustomed to it. However, it took a couple of days wanted us to buy the whole crate. In spite of our History has demonstrated that Russia cannot fight before most of us got the feel of the ship. limited French, w> managed to get our point across and both East and West at the same time. In the period Our staterooms were crowded. There was room continued down the street eating the sweet raspberries. immediately after World War II Russia could expand enough for two people to stand between the beds, if in Europe because she was not endangered by any both weighed less than 150 pounds and stood sideways. French Onion Soup power in the East. But today, Russia faces the dilemma Everyone had two square feet of room and three cubic of both a strong East and a strong West. feet of air all to himself. By then it was about 3:00 a. m. and fashionable One of the interesting features of the trip was the young men and women, coming from the night clubs small Indonesian boys that served as cabin stewards. and operas, were beginning their nightly parade through The Archduke, who has not only travelled extensi- Some of us found Indonesian names hard to pronounce. the streets of the Market to the cafes for the traditional vely in China, India, and other parts of the Far East, For example: Moestemar became Montezuma, shor- custom of onion soup and red wine. Following their but has had political discussions with leaders in all tened further to „Mo". Indonesian men also served as example, we stopped at a cafe also. Steaming bowls of parts of the world, pointed out that though at present waiters on the ship. The dining hall stewards and cooks soup were set before us — onion soup with gooey China still depends on Russian aid, she will become were Dutch. cheese and chunks of French bread in it. Perhaps we self-sufficient by 1962. When this time comes, Russia Late one evening some of us visited the kitchen to were extra hungry or maybe it was the atmosphere, will no longer have any control over China, which raid the icebox. We found, to our amusement, that but we found it most delicious and filling! Finally already aspires to take over as leader of the Communist some of the cooks wore wooden shoes. Visiting the about 4:00 a. m. we decided we should begin to head World. In view of China's growing industrial, military, kitchens soon became a regular early morning habit. back to the hotel. and political power and prestige it is very possible that Since there were 800 of us on board we had to eat by 1971 she will succcd Russia. in three shifts. Most of us were fortunate enough to Tennis Shoes in Paris? eat during the third sitting, which the captain said was This is one of the real fears which the Russian the only „respeclable hour" for anyone to dine. To To find our way through the maze of fruits, vege- leaders have at present. How strongly the Russians feel announce each meal, a little Indonesian boy went tables, people, and trucks took some time. Passing a about excluding the Chinese from international dis- through the halls playing the chimes. He sounded like stand of small green onions, our attention was drawn cussions, and particularly from any Summit Meeting, Lionel Hampton. to two Frenchman who were standing with their berets may be illustrated by the current four power talks in Shipboard meals were extensive. We found it amusing jauntily placed on their heads. Pointing their hands at Geneva. According to Otto von Hapsburg the Russians to note the many different names for the same soup. our feet and exclaiming loudly, „Les souliers, les sou- chose to make Berlin the issue, because this is the only No matter what the menu said, one could always pre- liers", (the shoes), they appeared much amused by possible point of conflict between East and West which dict the flavor and consistency. what we were wearing on our feet. A couple of us had does not concern anyone except the War-time „Big Rough weather was in the offing, the captain an- on bobby socks and white tennis shoes, something never Four" so that the Chinese could have no legitimate nounced one evening. He requested that everyone go worn by Europeans. We laughed with them and con- claim to attend these discussions. to bed for the rest of the evening. This request was tinued on our way. received with cheers from everyone, except the seasick. We passed old, wrinkled-face men pulling their small Commenting on the prospects for peaceful co- The movement was directed not to the cabins, but to carts with various selections of fruits and vegetables. existance between Russia and the West, the Austrian the stern where singing was heard until after 3 a. m. Apparently they were on their way to different sections Archduke quoted a remark which Khruschev is said to Oddly enough, everyone's favorite song seemed to be of the city where to wander up and down streets have made to the British Prime Minister MacMillan about the sinking of the Titanic; „The Night when hawking their merchandise for the benefit of the house- recently: „We both wear silk shirts — sooner or later that Great Ship Went Down." It was raining and for wives. we will come to an agreement. The Russian leaders fun several passengers donned bathing suits. are old and they enjoy the comforts of „bourgeois" The weather turned out wet, but not very rough, Au Revoir life, threfore it is unlikely that they will risk a war. and that night proved to be one of the most enjoyable None the less, the West must drive a hard bargain and on board ship. Going by the doorways of churches, stores, and pen- can not relax its guard. A Dutch student organization, NBBS, ran the orien- sions, we saw men curled up, newspapers for a pillow tation program on the ship. In addition to movies and and their coats for a cover. Here and there on the For nearly two hours the man whom we were told programs for fun, they sponsored educational lectures sidewalks, rather inconveniently located, were old, gray- to address as „Your Imperial Majesty" talked and and discussions on such topics as „The European View haired women in black coats, hats, shoes, and stockings, answered our questions more frankly and openly than of Americans" and the Berlin Crisis. stretched out fast asleep. Found on every other step any of us had expected. He demonstrated such a broad Being on a student ship provided a wonderful leading down to the Metro, or subway, were men snoring, knowledge of world affairs, and so much poise and opportunity to make plans for meeting together with their faces covered with newspapers. We all shivered personal charm that even the most anti-monarchist fellow passengers while in Europe as well as in the with cold for these people, who were apparently only Republicans and Democrats among us came away with United States. concerned with the immediate prospect of getting sleep. a feeling that, given the opportunity to return to the After more than a week on the water it was good On through the streets, to the Seine River and out of throne of his father in Austria, Archduke Otto might to see land. We waited overnight in Le Havre for the traffic of people, vans and merchandise, we stopped well become a most popular enlightened monarch and French customs officers to inspect our baggage. The for a last look. Beyond the mass of confusion, the sky that, perhaps, there was something to be said for next morning we left the ship and boarded our was turning a golden pink. We regretfully turned our monarchy, after all. chartered busses to begin our travel in Europe. backs to a most intriguing experience in a Paris that is Ralph Wright George Birdsong almost unknown to tourists. Mary Hoffmyer JULY 1959 HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR — EUROPEAN EDITION PAGE FIVE Fourth of July Celebration In Historic Auersperg Palace Welcomes American Students To Vienna Summer Session

A beautiful Baroque palace more than two hundred and fifty years old, a huge ballroom with crystal chan- deliers, painted ceiling and shining parquet floors where Gluck and Mozart had once performed their musical masterpieces for Count Auersperg and his Imperial guests became the scene of a rather different celebration the day after our arrival in Vienna.

1 he Institute of European Studies, which provides the facilities used by the Hope College Summer School, had arranged a special Independence Day and Welcome to Vienna party for us on the evening of July Fourth. The formal arrangements of the buffet supper, the strains of Viennese walzes, and the palatial surround- ings made us feel that we might well have been trans- ported back into the period of Empress Maria Theresa. Soon the Austrian students, who had been invited to join with the Hope and Oberlin students for this s. occasion, were trying to teach the more daring of the Americans how to waltz.

Now and then, however, the music changed abruptly and the chandeliers looked down with surprise upon a $ group ol young Americans doing their more popular tribal dances and teaching them to their Austrian friends. Perhaps the Institute of European Studies could have found no better way of illustrating its own objec-' tives and those of our own stay in Vienna: to learn to appreciate the cultural heritage of Europe withojt forgetting our own tradition, so thai we mav be able to feel at home in both worlds.

Anway, our thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Koutny, Mr. and Mrs. Giese, and all the other members of the staff of the Institute of European Studies for a most delightful introduction to Vienna. This is an Independence Day THE FORMAL SETTING — celebration we will always remember. Ellen Schwarz and John Tysse add the informal touch. Radio Free Europe Broadcasts News and Truth European Unity Stressed Finds Eager Listeners In Communist Countries At Coal And Steel Briefing An ideal for eventual European economic and politi- Radio Free Europe is essentially what the name Continous tapes are made of every broadcast and cal unity was presented to the Hope College Vienna indicates — an extensive network of radio broadcasting these are stored indefinitely. After the Hungarian Summer School group when they visited the head- which spreads the true events of the world to the uprising in 1956, RFE was accused of inciting the quarters of the European Common Market in Brussels people living in the Communist-dominated countries Hungarians to riot, but a jury acquitted the station and the headquarters of the European Coal and Steel of Europe. To do this effectively is no small task, and alter listening to the tapes ol its broadcasts during the Community in Luxembourg. Dr. Richard Mayne, in consequently requires considerable planning and or- previous period. Brussels, and Mile. Sequin and Rene Renckens, in ganization. The programming of RFC is based on Perhaps the most outstanding feature of RFE is the Luxembourg, related many of the same facts and ex- hourly newscasts, with the remainder of the time fact that it is supported entirely by contributions from pressed many of the same ideas in their briefings. devoted to broadcasts of a cultural nature ranging from individuals and corporations. People all over the free In his presentation of the historical background of drama to popular music. General opinion has shown world are responsible for this spreading of truth to the Common Market and of the European community that the news broadcasts are the. most popular pro- their fellow men behind the Iron Curtain. as a whole, Dr. Mayne discussed four periods: that of grams, so special care is taken to provide the latest Charles Mantle complete economic disunity, the post-World War II up-to-the-minute news. reconstruction, the reconstruction from 1950, and the I he news staff of RFE is so thorough and efficient present transition period. The present period is marked that many times it has compiled coverage of events Rain Fails To Dampen Alps by the attempt to establish free and permanent arran- and had it on the air before the Communists have gement for the movement of goods among European Climbing over rocky mountain had a chance to prepare their propaganda concerning countries. Dr. Mayne also discussed the governmental Skipping rivulet and fountain the events. The newsroom of RFE in Munich handles organization and internal structure of the Common Passing where the willows quiver 250,000 words daily, which are edited, translated, and Market. His outlook was an optimistic one: he saw the By the ever-rolling river distributed to the various sections of RFE within the European community of nations as a second America, Swollen with the summer rain hour they are received. a strong bloc of free world states united in the fight The summer rain! RFE gleans its news from a wide variety of sources, against Communism. He felt that this unity would soon IP. S. Gilbert, Pirates of Penzance become political as well as economic. including the usual teletype services and a number of Sir W. S. Gilbert's words seem singularly appro- its own correspondents located throughout the worid. In Luxembourg, Mr. Rene Renckens, Director of the priate in describing the Hope College group's recent Thirty-live radio stations in the Communist countries Information Service of the Coal and Steel Community, Alpine journey in that the mountain streams so are monitored to pick up stories which originate behind spoke briefy again on the economic and political devel- dexterously traversed by those two redoubtable stal- the Iron Curtain. opment of the European community of nations, parti- warts Leopold and Gerhard were indeed swollen with cularly as it is emerging the European Coal and Steel In actuality. Radio Free Europe is five stations in the summer rain. Fortunately though, the generous Community. A different aspect of this new community one, as it broadcasts to five separate countries, to each precipitation which dogged the group like grim Nemesis — its social problems and goals — was discussed by in its own national language. Programs cover a range from Heidelberg all the way to Vienna did not succeed Mile. Sequin of the Labor Problems Division of the of subjects similar to any domestic radio station, in dampening the spirits of the students who enjoyed Community. She pointed to the aim of her organization: although the emphasis is placed on the fast and accu- the trip thoroughly. to increase production and wages and thus raise the rate presentation of news. The average broadcast day The trip from Innsbruck to Zell-am-See was parti- standard of living, and to decrease unemployment by runs about nineteen hours, but if events merit broad- cularly beautiful, the mountain peaks shrouded in making possible a free movement of labor among the casting for a longer period, as was the case during the clouds, while the more low-lying clouds nestling in the member countries. Better housing, accident prevention, Hungarian revolution, round-the-clock reporting is not valleys between two peaks gave the effect of great hospitalization, .and social security programs are part uncommon. The effectiveness of RFE as an organ of quantities ol smoke arising from the fir forest which of the way in which the Labor Problems Division is truth can be best measured by the efforts of the hugs the mountain sides. When we were graced with a beginning to raise the standard of living of workers in Communists to jam its broadcasts. It is estimated that sudden shaft of sunlight breaking through the cloud the six countries which have joined the Coal and Steel ihe Communists spend twice as much money attempt- curtain onto a peak or valley the scene was perhaps Community. ing to jam the broadcasts of RFE as RFE itself spends even more startling and effective than had we had con- The optimistic views of Mr. Renckens and Mile. in programming. In order to counter this jammi.ig, stant sunshine. Then too, the dense mountain forests, Sequin, like those of Dr. Mayne, included the hope that RFE broadcasts simultaneously on several different so thick that the sunlight did not penetrate directly the European community of nations would soon develop frequencies. For example, in Poland, a listener can get but rather pervaded them with a congenial gloom, a political unity as an outgrowth of its economic unity. RFE on eight different channels, thus making the task provided an admirable backdrop for the myriads of 1 hat this strengthening of the economic and political of jamming very difficult. Every day at midnight a little brown men scurrying merrily about on their daily unity of Europe will be the best means of defeating saturation effect" is achieved by beaming all 22 trans- tasks, tripping over their pointed shoes and swearing Communism is perhaps the most striking conclusion mitters at one area, usually an area which has been quaint old German imprecations. which we carried away from these interesting briefings jammed most consistently. F. Robert Lehmeyer in Belgium and Luxembourg. Doris Marangelo PAGE SIX HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR — EUROPEAN EDITION JULY 1959 Time Stands Still In Picturesque Bruges West Germany Makes

Bruges.fell by the wayside in world trade leaving only Startling Economic Gains a picturesque shell of the past glory. It is this death Free lime 10 shop is always a welcome break from as a world port that has left the village unmarred hy long hours of travel, and we spent much time admiring huge steel cranes and unslightly warehouses. the beautiful shopping districts of Germany though we soon realized that going into shops could do con- History surrounds the tourist who glides through siderable damage to our ever dwindling supply of tra- velers checks. the canals in a excursion boat. Buildings such as the As we strolled down the streets of Munich, Cologne, stately Belfry, built in 1282, and the weathered Gruut- Heidelberg and other German cities we found it almost house, which houses a 500 year old lace collection, impossible to believe that less than fifteen years ago Germany had been little more than a smoking heap are hut a few of the remains of greatness gone by. of rubble and desolation, brought on by Hitler's war. While on a boat tour, a sightseer passes under the Today, only a few back streets and outlying districts tattered St. Boniface bridge, over which passed some of show the scars of the Second World War. Most of the cities we visited show signs of alert and energetic the most noted kings of the time. Further down the prosperity, easily matching the life of any city in the canal one can see the „Lac d'Amour", which was the United States. center quay of Bruges; it is still surrounded hy its As late as 1948 Germany showed few signs of reco- very from the war. The country was split into four original fourteenth century wall. The swans give the zones, industry lay prostrate, exports were almost non- waterways a final touch of placid beauty, and they existent, and some ten million refugees from the East had to be housed in the West. Yet, the past decade CANALS OF BRUGES attract tourists and photographers. have their own peculiar legend. According to the has brought unprecedented prosperity back to the annals, the citizens of Bruges were condemned to care western part of Germany, now known as the German 'The ancient canals of Bruges, which were used for the swans following the murder in 1488 of Peter Federal Republic, so that today Western Germany has again become one of the wealthiest and strongest Longneck, collector of taxes, and advisor to Maxi- during the fourteenth century to carry the traffic of countries in Europe. milian of Austria. the world, haye become one of the few places where a 'This comeback has been called the Wirtscballswun- person can brood in a medieval atmosphere. During der, the economic miracle, and that it is. Many reasons When the canal trip ends, the tourist wanders down have been given for this miracle: a free economy, a this golden age the narrow channels were bustling with the cobblestone streets, alongside the meandering canal, sound currcny, the diligence and technical skill of the merchant ships of every flag. It is said that strangers looking at the yellow-lighted buildings — the buildings German worker, and last but not least, the Marshall used to flock to Bruges to hear the latest news from Plan aid given by the United States to help Germany which were once the marls of Western Europe, the back to her feet. Though we may explain the reasons all four corners of the globe. 'This great prosperity, assemblies of famous merchants, and the strongholds for this Wirtschaftswunder, no one who has not actually seen the thriving prosperity of Germany and the new however, depended on a small thread of a river called of Christendom. How fortunate it was that Bruges was pride the Germans have in their country can fully the Zwyn, and in the early part of the sixteenth cen- preserved From the ravages of progress by the sleeping appreciate the extent or significance of the mirack- tury a heavy sill formed in the river. Desperate efforts Zwyn. which has occured here in the past ten years. proved in vain against the crippling silt, and soon David Myers William Dean

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