The Anchor, Volume 80.11: December 1, 1967
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IOPOPIE COLLEGE A l^V anchor ^Ccch^ OLLAND, MICHIGAN 80th ANNIVERSARY — 11 Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423 December 1. 1967 Effective Jan. 1 Saga Food Service is Hired Saga P'ood Service of Michigan, According to the statement, the this will have to be worked out inc. has been engaged to provide terms of the contract are still bc^ with the new food service people." the food service for Hope College ing negotiated, and specific pro- Mr. Handlogten observed that beginning Jan. 1, announced Pre- grams cannot be announced un- when the College operated the sident Calvin A. VanderWerf yes- til this is completed. However, Kletz, it had to be concerned with terday. "it is possible to say at this time having the operation pay for it- In a statement prepared by Pre- that there will be no increase in self. "With Saga running it, the sident VanderWerf, Director of board charges." problem would not be quite the Business Affairs Clarence J. Han- same, and they may be able to dlogten and Dean of Students Ro- "ONE SIGNIFICANT depart coordinate their programs to off- bert De Young, it was noted that ure fromthe practice in the past set an initially poor response." "Students have for many months involves the operation of the Kof- The report concluded, "The Sa- raised questions about thequality fee Kletz, which will now be oper- ga management will shortly inter- of food and service, and for this ated as part of our food service view students and other employ- reason the College has been in agreement by the Saga organiza- ees now working at the dining i wv-y ^ the process of evaluating our pro- tion. It is expected that the hours halls and in the Kletz with the in- CHOIR REHEARSAL - - Roger Davis, conducting me College gram. of operation will be extended to tention and hope of retaining as chorus, coordinates the singing ot a carol by his group and the IT ADDED that "we have been meet the requests received from many of the present staff members deeply appreciative of the con- Chapel Choir, singing from the balcony. This number and others many of the students, however. as possible." structive, responsible and states- are part of the Christmas Vespersprogram to be presented Sunday. manlike action of the Student Sen- ate as the official organ of stu- dent opinion, reaction and expres- Rylaarsdam to Speak Christmas Vesper Program sion." The work that was done by the Senate, President VanderWerf ex- In College Church Sunday Will Be Presented Sunday plained, came primarily through the Senate dining hall committee, Rev. J. Court Rylaarsdam, pro- The Hope College music depart- Dr. Anthony Kooiker will lead which proposed a number ofchan- fessor of Old Testament theology ment will present its annual Christ- the Women's Choir in the sing- ges in the dining system last year at the University of Chicago, will mas Vesper program on Sunday ing of "Angelus ad pastores ait" and with whom the Administra- present a sermon entitled "Advent at 4 and 8:30 p.m. in Dimnent by Claudio Monteverdi, "Come, tion discussed the situation last 1967" in the College Church on Memorial Chapel. It is open to Hasten Ye Shepherds," by Emma spring. Sunda y. both students and townspeople, Lou Diemer. "Madonna and The statement continues, "Con- Rev. Rylaarsdam, a 1931 grad- and there is no admission charge. Child" by Anthony Donato,jiind sistent with our commitment to uate of Hope, holds a B.D. degree This is the first year that two "Deck the Halls," arranged by seek the best solution, we have from New Brunswick Theological performances have been given. .lames McKelvy. now made the decision to enter Seminary and a Ph.D. from the According to Roger Davis, gen- William Wilson will play "Pre- into a contract with Saga Food University of Chicago. eral chairman of the event, this lude on Silent Night" by Samuel Service. The conclusions of our Along with his professorship, is being done to accommodate Barber on the organ. The Men's study suggest this action to be in he has published articles in the the overflow crowds that have Choir, under the direction of Rog- the best interest of the entire col- "Journal of Religion" and "Wor- come in past years. er Rietberg, will also perform. lege community; in our opinion, ship in Scripture and Tradition." The program will open with The service has been an annual this step provides the finest in He has also written commentaries the performance of traditional car- event since Pearl Harbor Day, available food service." for the Interpreters Bible and the ols by the brass choir. The organ December 7, 1941. According to MR, HANDLOGTEN said the Layman's Bible Commentary. prelude will be "Es ist ein Ros' .lantina Holleman, the purpose of primary concern of the College Rev. Rylaarsdam, whom Cha- Entsprungen" by .lohann the program is to present good in making this change was to plain Hillegonds describes as Brahms, played by Ken N'ien- Christmas music to the College "provide a setting that stuuents "one of the great Old Testament huis. and Holland community. find acceptablefor thekind of com- scholars of our century," is con- The first group to sing will be Dimnent Memorial Chapel will munication and community we cretely concerned with the nature the College Chorus. Their selec- be decorated with evergreens and would like to have here. A sense of the relationship between Jewish tions include a Magnificat by C. candles designed by Joyce Mor- of community is closely related and Christian faiths, both histor- P.E. Bach, "This is the Record rison of the music faculty. to food service." ically and in the present. REV. J. RYLAARSDAM of .lohn" by Orlando Gibbons, "What is this Lovely Fragrance," by Healy Willan, and "There All in Humanities Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob" by Felix Mendelssohn. Mr. Davis will conduct. The Chapel Choir will sing "Coventry Carol" arranged by Four Disciplines Relatively Weak Thurston Dart and "HodieChris- tus Natus Est" by Francis Pou- lenc, under the direction of Dr. By George Arwady ulty members staffing each depart- puis a very large course ana he said. "We don't turn out many Robert W. Cavanaugh. anchor Associate Editor ment and the amount of graduate student load on both professors. theoretical economists and a Editor's Note: This Ls the last training these professors have Dr. Kenneth Weller, chairman school like this should." Student Vote of five articles dealing with the had. of the department of economics In political science, chairman relationship between the science THE PHILOSOPHY depart and business administration, also Alvin Vanderbush also empha- Tallies Against and humanities on the Hopecam- ment currently has just two mem- points to a personnel problem. sized the need for more people. pus. The series has probed the bers. The sociology department "What we're looking for is a sen- "What we are really lacking is a Chapel Policy educational standards of the Col- has only iwu lull time people. ior man to replace Dr. Yntema," (Continued on page 7) lege and has attempted to point The economics and political sci- "The results of the chapel ref- to various academic problems ence departments each have four professors. erendum indicate that the campus and challenges facing the school. is definitely against compulsory Both philosophy professors cnapei and is overwhelmingly in When the quality of the vari- have the Ph. D degree. Two doc- favor of the alternative plan," ous departments in the Hope Col- torates are held by economics stated Craig Holleman, President lege community is assessed, instructors, one by a political sci- of the Student Senate. certain disciplines are always cited ence professor, and there are no On Monday, November 20, 62 for excellence while others are Ph.D's in the sociology depart- per cent of the student body, or often considered weaker. ment. 1,135 students, voted on the All of the science departments The sociology department pre- chapel referendum as proposed by are considered to be in the former sently has no department head. the Student Senate. Students ex- category. Many areas of the hu- "We are looking for adepartment pressed their opinions on compul- manities, such as music and his- chairman; this is our first consi- sory chapel and on "Reverend tory, are also regarded as deration," said Robert Vander- Hillegonds' proposal" for an al- superior. There are, however, cer- ham, associate professor of socio- ternative schedule. tain areas in the humanities which logy. EIGHT HUNDRED STU- often draw criticism. Much of the slack in the de- DENTS opposed and 332 fav- "irtr.niL DEFINITELY is partment is filled by visiting pro- ored compulsory chapel. The al- need for improvement in philoso- fessors from other colleges.