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Volumt XXXVII Hope College. Holland, Michigan, Dec. 12 1928 Number 71 Degree Is A TRUE KNIGHT NEW ANCHOR STAFF TO BE VIOLINS "Nature Talks" Conferred On "— And a knight came riding." ELECTED AFTER HOLIDAYS The Lyceum Course brought many to hear Harry Farbman. "He laughs by the summer stream. Only, as Mr. Brower said it wasn't T. Beaver There were, of course, hundreds Where the Lilies nod and dream; Our Guests on a horse. The glee club girls had NEW SYSTEM OF ELECTION Wilhelmina Walvoord who know little about the violin, As through the sheen of water quite a thrill when they discovered IS PLANNED Campus: but the audience was made up cold and clear. NETHERLANDS AMBASSADOR that the kindly old man sitting be- Suzanna Schoep mainly of violinists and musicians, He sees the chub and sunflsh AND OTHERS ENTERTAINED tween Mr. McLean and Rev. Ha- The following are the nomina- Evelyn Steketee both teachers and students. An darting sheer." AT BANQUET ger at Convocation was a full tions for the next Anchor Staff as Exchanges: • interesting incident called the at- I think I shall never forget the fledged Knight of Orange Nassau, it now stands: Donald Martin so made by no less than Queen Editor-in-chief: tention of many when a feeble old first time I read the delightful On Tuesday evening, December Louis Scudder Wilhelmina herself. A number of Earle Langeland man, a teacher, and a small pupil poem of Maurice Thompson's en- 4, Hope College was greatly Business Manager: the girls sought to learn something Russell Smith of seven years made their appear- titled "The Kingfisher," from which honored by having His Excellency, Lois De Wolfe of the cross which Dr. William Gordon Van Ark ance on the campus. Both were the above lines are taken. Perhaps Dr. Jan Herman van Roijen, am- Raymond McGilvra Leveredge Brower wore during the Henry Steffens bent on hearing the instrument because it represents associations bassador of the Netherlands to the Assistant: ceremonies, and uncovered a fairy Associate Editor: they loved well played by an art- so vivid and undying to me, per- United States, representing Queen L. Damstra tale come true. Sir Knight re- Alice Brunson ist. The older perhaps had once haps because the poet has voiced Wilhelmina of Netherlands at W. Meengs membered the visit of Hope's Glee Paul Brower held as much attention with his a bit of the unutterable felicity of Washington, D. €., as a guest. His Subscription Manager: Club to New York City a few years Leonard Willett precious well used instrument. The the woodsy unblighted freedom of Excellency was honored by an H. K. Smith ago and said he'd like to borrow young boy saw beautiful dreams of the hills and streams where the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws Myra Ten Cate R. Notier this year's club. Alth6ugh eighty- the time when he should hold great kingfisher dwells — perhaps, well, as were also William Leverich Donald Wade C. Van Leu wen two years old he is a youth in Sport Editor: audiences spell bound by his skill, as a Spanish would say with an Brower and Charles A. Hunk, eld- Further nominations can be made spirit. His smile is enough to indeed he longed for the day when eloquent shrug, "quien sabe?" (who ers of fhe consistory of the Colleg- Bernard Arendshorst by submitting a name whose nomi- belong to any maiden's gallant he would be large enough to dis- knows?). At any rate I learned iate Reformed Protestant Dutch Dorothy Haan nation is supported by twenty sub- card his miniature and play a reg- the poem and many, many times Church of New York City. Dr. hero. E. Vander Belt scribers. o ular size violin. Age was puzzled, I have repeated it to myself, al- Van Roijen delivered an address on Alumni: The election will occur immedi- had lost its way and the child was ways with the keenest exhilaration the League of Nations in which he Bemardine Sieber ately after the holidays. It has leading him to Carnegie Hall. of the spirits, for always I am car- praised the work of the League, Enthusiastic • Margaret Westveer been proposed that the* Student Which of the two appreciated the ried in memory to the hills and and hoped that the United States Humor: Council appoint the Staff, because music more in comparison to his valleys of New York State, where would join it soon. Rev. Dr. Mal- Crowd Greets Myron Leenhouts of former lack of support on elec- capacity is hard to say. But both flows the French Creek of histori- colm J. McCleod, President of the W. Kuiper tion night, but this has not been left that night with a smile on the cal fame, winding its way through General Synod of the Reformed Farbman L. Hogenboom decided upon. Consider well! lips and a tear in the eye. God the fertile farmlands toward the Church in America and Pastor of had given both a love for the beau- distant Allegheny river. the St. Nicholas Collegiate Church YOUNG VIOLINIST CARRIES tiful. The creek, as I have known it, of New York City, spoke on the CROWD TO ENCHANT- Dr. Nettinga A. D. D's. is not merely a stream of water, Christian College, which stands for MENT rough or smooth as the case may culture. Dr. Edward D. Dimnent CHRISTMAS CARDS Gives Lecture Don New be, but is a live, animated creature, presided at the meeting, and con- Carnegie Hall was well filled a thing of moods, of passions, and ferred the degrees before a gather- Sweaters when the music lovers of Holland Before you buy your Christ- so many of its qualities are so es- ing of over 1000 guests. To the Home Volunteer Group welcomed the return of Harry mas cards, be sure to look over sentially human that it well re- Before the evening meeting, a last Friday evening Dr. Nettinga The Athletic Debt Diggers after Farbman on December sixth. Mar- the supply carried by the Y. pays a careful study, not as one banquet was held at the Warm gave the first of two lectures on just having emerged from a most garet Engler accompanied the vio- the Reformed Church in America. would study a biological specimen, Friend Tavern at which the facul- successful football season have W. C. A. You will not be linist ably at the piano. The art- His subject was "The Origin and let us say, but as one studies un- ties of Hope College and Western plunged into the basketball sea- sony. ist's program consisted of three knowingly perhaps, a close and Theological Seminary, invited Growth of the Reformed Church in son with much enthusiasm. groups — the first, Ciaconna, by The "Y" girls are selling much loved friend. guests, and Council Members at- America." The history of our Through their untiring efforts Vitali and Bach's Prelude E Major, beautiful cards at reasonable There are stretches of water in tended. Charles M. McLean of Hol- church, while not spectacular, is during the past season they made for violin alone; second from Con- very interesting. The present Re- prices. the old creek that represent it in land, vice-president of the board of enough money to give amply to certo E Minor by Mendelssohn, formed church is the union of two a quietly pensive mood — when it Trustees of Hope College officiated the Athletic Association besides Allegro, molto appassionato and movements of immigration. The moves along with scarcely a rip- as toastmaster. The speakers in- buying sweaters for themselves. Andante and allegretto non troppo, first group of immigrants came in ple, lapping the blue flags and ar- ^clujled Dr. John Vander Vries, a Their plans for the coming sea- YNTEMA, Alkgio miilto-vlvaee; Oird, Noc- the flisi half of the 17lh ctniury ro# lemf «t it^ -mai^nt with un- Hope graduate" and now dfttrtct son are being laid along similar turne by Chopin, Guitarre by Mos- and the second group in the mid- TANIS HEAir conscious intimacy, reflecting the manager of the United States lines and with the aid and co-op- kowski-Sarasate, Achron's Hebrew dle of the 19th century. The first movements of the clouds in its Chamber of Commerce at Chicago, eration of the HOPE Basketeer PRATERS Melody, and Spanish Dance by Sar- group settled in New York and in depths like a serene mind taking Mr. John Vennema and Attorney fans, much HOPE is being held for asate. New Jersey and the second in cognizance of hallowed reflection Gelmer Kuiper of Chicago, former- the swelling of HOPE's Athletic F. S. SERENADES GIRLS' The fourth number on the Ly- western Michigan, Illinois, and a little of the intangible essence ly of Grand Rapids, all graduates Fund. DORMITORY AT ceum course will be on Thursday, Iowa. The churches of these two of life to guide when rougher ele- of Hope College. The Dining Hall The girls in their new orange LATE HOUR December 13, and will be presented groups were united by Dr. Van ments intrude and chafe the spirit. was very beautifully decorated with sweaters with blue "H's" looked by the Hungarian National Or- Raalte and the leaders in the East. Even so is it with my friendly old the American and Dutch flags. very becoming and prosperous at The annual "Fraternal" serenade chestra. Those who settled in the East came creek. Oh, I have lived with it About 150 guests were in attend- the game Monday nite, all will was made at Voorhees Dormitory mainly for economic reasons, while and loved it too long not to know ance. agree. last Friday, when the Fraters sang those who came to the West came — for again, leaving behind all of Other distinguished guests who The best wishes of the student fine romantic selections to the peer- seeking religious freedom. He its poise it takes a leap down- came from the east with Dr. Van "Eclectic Lights body is with you, "GIRLS," so "go ing heads above. Beneath the chilly also gave several reasons for the ward and flashes against a preci- Roijen and Dr. McCleod were Rev. to it!" stars rang out "Sweetheart of Sig- Albertus T. Broek, of Tarrytown, slow growth of our church. His pice in a sudden unrest of spirit — ALWAYS ma Chi," "Sonny Boy," and sim- lecture was one which brought the waters become turbid, they N. Y., President of the Board of ilar dramatic hits of the season. The directors of the College Glee much enjoyment and knowledge to Rev. Muste whirl about uncertainly, something Education of the Reformed Church The Tremolo on the violin was no Clubs were unfair in deciding there those who were present. This has upset the evenness of the way, in America, Dr. Willard Dayton exaggeration, for the temperature Brown, secretary of the Board of should be no State Glee Club con- week he will lecture on the char- Leads Chapel and if perchance a bowlder pro- was far better for radio broadcast- Education, and Rev. Cornelius B. test this year because "Hope Al- acter and accomplishment of the trude its head, the waves play over Rev. C. B. Muste, educational ing than for nocturnal vocalizing. Muste of New York City, educa- ways Wins." Who ever heard of Reformed church. it petulantly, as if seeking a defi- secretary of Hope College who is The event being celebrated was tional Secy, of Hope College in the such a ridiculous argument? Fol- o nite cause for their unrest, yet not 4 4 in charge of Hope's interests in the election of society officers for East. lowing this we could easily say: sure just where lies the snag that Y" the East, and pastor of the "Re- the second of the three terms. Hope was greatly honored by the "Here we won't play Football any- has caused the commotion. The formed Church on the Heights," of "Fraternals" new officials are: Otto presence of these distinguished more." However, there is one other precipice itself looms cold and un- That "Y" is a very active organ- Brooklyn, led in the chapel services Yntema, president; Nellis Tanis, guests and honorable graduates on scheme which will meet the ap- perturbable, a hundred feet of al- ization on Hope's Campus is very Wednesday morning. vice-president; Bernard Arends- her campus. Gov. Fred W. Green, proval of all thoughtful men. Why most perpendicular clay and bowl- much evidenced by the inviting an- Having read the chapter con- horst, secretary; and Henry Stef- Senator Arthur Vandenberg, and not have a Fall Football Festival der towering above the flood and nouncements that are given in re- cerning the rich young man who fens, treasurer. These will offici- Mayor E. C. Brooks of Holland, where each team can practice on looking down with calm indiffer- gard to the meetings as scheduled came to Christ and yet let one ate until the end of the next twelve sent their congratulations to Dr. the field, being restricted only by ence upon the turmoil below. Yes, for each week. thing keep him from entering the weeks. Titus Van Haitsma, a Hope- van Roijen which Dr. Dimnent read a time limit. After the practice the creek and the cliff have become Newcomers in a college often are Kingdom, he referred in a short ite who enrolled from the distant at the convocation Tuesday night. all the teams will go through one very real and quite human to me. land of Zeeland, now reigns in play in unison. The separate teams under the impression that Y. M. C. but very inspirational message, to But the mood changes again, and splendor as "Janitor." He ad- will then be given a written criti- A. and Y. W. C. A. are groups of Achan who, he said, measured by the creek slips quietly beneath the dressed the Dorm girls during the cism prepared by a single compe- "goody-goodies" who gather to dis- his beautiful garment and wedge of outspread branches of some giant "serenade, making a brief but force- tent critic and which will not desig- cuss some uninteresting topics of gold, not the value of his God, but sycamore to form a still, dark, ful speech. nate any superiority or inferiority the day. However,' after listening of himself; and to Judas whose pool, where the light is toned to a The "Fraternal Home" now has a because according to the other di- to the announcements as given in thirty pieces of silver was not his mellow gray effect, and the sun- candy store where members and rectors, "Hope Always ..." chapel one readily concludes that valuation of Christ, but of him- shine stealing through the broad visitors can procure all the well * * * Hope's "Y's" are not only very self. leaves of the sycamore, dapples the Wednesday, Dec. 12 known bars. active and alert, but also very up- Mr. Muste was also herd to give surface of the water and lends an Cosmopolitan "La- CHAPEL NOTES to-date in handling^modern youth's the convocation address at the be- atmosphere of misty enchantment dies' Night." From all appearances we are go- problems. ginning of the year. Emersonian Election to the place. The water is very ing to have a girls' Dormitory in dark and cool here and though it the tower of the Chapel, else why is apparently so quiet, yet the dark Thursday, Dec. 13 are they screening it in? Emersonian Literary Society held depths teem with life; there are 8 P. M., Lyceum * * * EASTERN STUDENT COMPARES its winter election Friday, and big yellow bass who waty for their Course: WE HOLLANDERS after the meeting had officers' HIS COUNTRY WITH MICHIGAN treat at the Green Mill Cafe. prey and waterboatmen ply their "Royal Hungarian were disappointed in one phase trade on the surface, or a solemn dates and grapes. Hundreds of New officers are: Orchestra." of the convocation. There were waterskater takes his way along people are seasonably occupied in President, Clarence Diephouse Hope Versus Kazoo many students of note present just MR. TOONIN FROM MESOPO- the margin of the pool. However, picking, sorting and packing dates, Vice-Pres., Herman Harms at Kazoo. itching for an excuse to "get their TAMIA NOTES NEW the world is too full of interest- one of the chief products of the Secretary, Earle E. Langeland y Dutch up." FREEDOM ing things to allow of too long or country. Treasurer, Elwin Van den Belt * * • deep brooding, and suddenly, with Mr. Toonin remarked about the Sergeant at Arms, Chas. E. Ro- Friday, Dec. 14 THE NEW YORKER a boisterous, carefree laugh the Mr. Kamil Toonin, Hope fresh- new freedom of the country in zema 7:30, Societies meet There are ladies left in this world stream springs from the cover into man from Basrah, Iraq (formerly many ways; he considered the bet- Keeper of Archives, Harry K. the sunlight, and such a rollicking, of bustling business women. One Mesopotamia) has some interest- ter educated classes much more Smith such was entering a subway train gushing old stream it now appears! Tuesday, Dec. 18 ing comparisons to make between tolerant of the Christians, and the other day when a guard shout- Seldom does one see a more spon- 7:00, Y. W. C. A.- Holland, Mich., and his native new customs, such as the Europe- ed in her ear, "Step lively!" She taneous gaiety, the whole tenor of MHow May Others country. Winter is not as cold as anizing of the Moslem women's Addisonian Election gave him a proud look. "I have no in Michigan there, and most of the its way is simply a buoyant. light Know I am a Chris- dress. He was greatly surprised wish to tarry, sir," she said, and people have never seen snow, but heartedness, as though it revelled in tian"—Martha Van here, however, at the remarkable At the Addisonian Society meet- entered with dignity. the weather is usually a disagree- its very wildness and freedom with Buren. • • « freedom of the women in the col- ing, Friday, officers for the second able damp cold. Once in a few lege. In his country coeducational term were elected. They are: an exultant gladness that knows Y. M. C. A.—"How MAURICE MARCUS years in a severe cold spell, people schools are unheard of, and women President, Donald Hicks no bounds, and at such times the Shall We End the wishes to announce through the will die from the cold, mainly due blue of the York State skies is re- Year"—H. Freeman never travel about in the evening, Vice-Pres., Sidney Hiersma columns of the Anchor that he will to lack of protection. even in groups, without escorts. Secretary, Henry Bast flected back with the warm rich- have his reply ready for the trium- At this season most of the peo- Incidentally, Mr. Toonin believes Treasurer, Jack Gulick ness of a- thousand sapphires, and virate next week he has ap- ple will have returned to the towns that the Eastern women in Euro- Custodian, Miles Peters .the water as it dances over the pointed Miss Heyboer as his Secre- and cities after the harvest season, pean garb compare most favorably Keeper of Archives, Edward L bowlders and pebbles that mark its tary. in September and October, for with the best of America, Swarthout way throws into the air tiny rain- (Continued on Pa«e 4) THE ANCHOR Page Twd ^ bit Gmmr mm-otor of W tjoijENn THE ANCHOR STAFF ,Eva Tysse * Editor ...Earle Langeland, Russell Smith W - AND i Associate F.ditor9 .Ida Townsend, Menry Steffens. 11 umor Evelyn Welmers ^ mq w & & m a & A Alumni - - — Eleanor Ver Wey Campus ——— John Nauta. Sports — Leonard Willett Exchanges Evelyn Steketee Current Kfents.— Husband: "I wonder when youH "Well, I've found a penny to- REPORTERS (revised) learn to make a cake like mother ward it," said the old man. Head ReporWr, GorJun V.n Ark; Reporters, Paul Brower, Alice used to make?" "Do you know," said a man on William Clough, H. K. Smith, Masselink, Cynthia Palmer, Margaret Beach^ Wife: "Probably about the time the train, "I'm beginning to be- artin. you make an income like father Heve in fortune telling?"

BUSINESS STAFF used to make." "Why," asked his companion, Herman Krui/enK". • • • "did something come true?" Business Manager "ZZZZ-ZZ Lois De Wolfe, Raymonmind McGilvra m w . f «m 0 Motor Cop: "Say, I've chased "Yes," was the reply, "the other Assistants— .Harman Lang © 'd Circulatioa Manager. Harry Smith you over a mile to tell you that 'hiy a fortune teller told me I Assistant you're going-over sixty." would have money left me, and to- AN HONOR CODE Motorist: "Bad news travels fast, day, after paying my wife s dress- doesn't it." maker's bill, I've just thirty-seven Had Diogenes visited Washington and Lee university in . . * cents left." search for an honest man, the Greek philosopher would have ended" his j^'and found delight in the confidence the ^AHttle boy, just -turning ho,ne »-raf ^ ^.^wear, students have in their fellow men. asked how he liked to go to school. »ut and I like 'lo<'s batteries, A midnight lunch table, well stocked and bearing a card He repiied: "I like to go with a schedule of prices, is maintained in a dormitory. In to come, but it's the stayinstayi g 1 don't One of the partners in a big Gems of Literature the morning the table is bare except for a cigar box of coins like." t Wal^ l Street banking house —- an which the student owner collects. It is all profit, for there "Say, old fellow, it's strange to investment banker worth many mil- (Continued from last issue) is no overhead. see you going around in that old lions — has a brother uptown in By 0. Y. Barrels of apples and boxes of peanuts are likewise sold light coat this chilly weather, while the cloak and suit trade. The two fWHpln vnnrsplf" clans bv students working their way your wife is wearing a swell new brothers see very little of each on the "help yourself" plans by ; othel. although the cloak aml After Shakespeare comes Bacon fu Francis Bacon — who did for through collegeo—. The owners repor- t , goo, d profi.tu wjthtfiocnn^ no |'-well1™e^", aUn I have to do is to suiter often calls at the office of . . losses, attributed to theft. Football badges worth $ « . llul1k of heherr fufur r coacoat t ananjd iImmedimmeai- - hihis s mormoree prosperouprosperous s brotherbrother. . ThThee knglarwigiuimm anunc u con men *T.". Coats were sold during one game and the money stood unattended atply l start pcrspiring." other day, annoyed by his brother's thought what ^ Vo a^irej^ ^ . • • • refusal to leave his private office France the first genuine scien ... u;.„ iK,, ,.i„nb nmi anitor tist — the first real exponent of foi many 0U1S. f oovprnl months Commercial Traveller (to propri- see him, the cloak and suiter , „ . , se An overcoat hung in a cloakroom for ^J ; etol. he found playing checkers insisted on Speaking to him on the reason following the dull, scholas- Furs it was taken down, dusted and replaced. Ihe ownei . . „ tic canonical superstition of the Each day it was laKen aowii, uuoccu aim — - - with frien(fr end1 inn bacbackk ooff sstore)tore):; -uDoo telephonle honee ; Middle Ages. Yet a man like would come for it some day. you know there are two customers "i that you, Sidney?" asked the s Bacon could write in his "Essay on That honor code was established at the school by Gen. i the store?" cloak and suiter. n Adversity," — "Virtue is like pre- Robt E Lee when he became president in 1869. Under it Merchant (who keeps right on .. j Mr came YeS| anl cious odors, most fragrant when students are left to themselves during examinations and can C, SS they are incensed or crushed, for prosperity doth best discover vice, come and go at will. Cheating on examinations is un nown. g0 away." "You may not remember me; Perhaps this is bringing up an old and discarded issue, * * * . , t this is your brother Nathan. I but adversity doth best discover virtue." but nevertheless there can be no ham in bringing this true J ™ "J Su(1. met you in our father's house." ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ How true it is as Lord Byron so and perfect example before the reading eyes of Hope s - denIy a coin w h d to drop An ^ ^ ^ not up musically expresses 5t in his .,stan. ROSE dpnt bodv old man stooped and picked it up. , . . n 7 as foorr Mimic" ueut uuuj'. . i , , ^ i n o» u to date these days. There was a ' i music, It is something well worth a few minutes of reading and "Has anyone lost a dollar, lie 8udden cry from lhe gar(ienf where "There's not a joy the earth can Cloak Store oondering. Can Hope be cited as an example of a perfectly inquired anxiously. .. . give like that it takes away, F 6 b was la in Mother Ger _j. ; i i Nine passengers hurriedly ' , ,,, T * j u- 11 , When the plow of early thought working Honor Code, or even though the code is verbal, of an sean•ched . their pockets and shouted; aid's crashed, shouted his older brother. declines in feelings dull decay, Honor and Code? "1 have." — Tis not on youth's smooth cheek, o the blush, alone which fades so fast, Basketball THOUGHT friendship that America had shown But the teiujer bioom 0f a heart Letter Tells of toward China in the past and, espe- j Kone »ere youth itself be past." The average American of today protests that the cares g Practice Has (^Vrin(rpH AttitllHPS cially, during the year which had How lacking we are in the ap- of ordinary subsistence take so much time that he has none V lull jus^ c|ose(j Then he asked the preciation of our comforts, our left for thought. And now we find the student, whose busi- whole audience to rise to show to friends, or our dear ones until they Started at ness it is to think, complaining that he, too, is overburdened Changsha, China, us who were Americans the grati- are gone and we can live up to with routine. In antithesis to these claims of busyness, there October 12, 1928. tU(je 0f china for these recent tok- them no more. How would it be Hope. Dear Friends: ens of friendship. After this one possible to enjoy happiness with- comes the statement published recently in a magazine of sci- This haS been a WCek of rathcr ^ ((rp ^ thp Qiirmlv nf avail- , of us was asked to make a brief, out first experiencing. ence that Today, Til the LrtlmFStates, the suppl> ot unusual events and I thought you resp0nse perhaps, this means lit- — Sorrow! ^ ^Outfit Yourself at able energy is equivalent to sixty man-power for every man, might be interested to know that tle to you^ but it meang much to "Comfort! Comfort scorned of

woman and child. There is now leisure for all to think, but October tenth of 1!>2S vsa.s far dif- ut{ w|10 g^|| remember the bitter devils! the millions prefer the movies." ferent from lhat of th.c u'0 p,ec('(1' attitude of the past months. This is the truth the poet sings. n(? ar8 hlle thi The sorrow's crown of sorrows How can we ever expect to maintain our rposition among ' ^ - ^ ''; " ^ I" the afternoon we were greatly day of the Chinese Republic, is ob- l,rivii<.„tHi to kg invited to a recen- Is remembering happier things." the nations as the foremost in the sciences, arts, and in gen- sel.veii cvol,y year throughout the [iHn .ft the governor.s yamell Such is Tennyson's interpretation eral civilization if we are too lazy to think? No really crea- iand, the nature of the festivities -phere, in the presence of thou- of sorrow — joy and happiness. Where All Sports- tive work has resulted from anything except the very hardest differs materially from time to san(js 0f pr0minent Chinese, all the One of the greatest lyricists of time Then t 00 thc kind of conscious thinking. And yet the American public - ' t » celebration is foreigners resident in this com- all time, with the exception pos- a ,, •« 11? i.u i •!. • 4- ; 4-u« <1/iViinovi* rvf different in different paits of the munitv were uubliclv received by sibly of Henrich Heine, is Thomas flatters itself that it can maintain the intricate machmery of country This was thc flrst time - ';>v£^or ^ ^ that > the author of ,.The Pruphet men Meet. civilization its hard-thinking ancestors have built up, with , had speni ihh holiday in Chang- was his (iesire that friendly rela- of the Khorassan," "Lalla Rookh,"

only eating, and drinking, and not working. sha, the capital of our province, tjons b(l restored and perpetuated and numerous other famous Per- It has been said that the "greatest thrill in the world and it was the most wonderful between our countries and China, sian lyrics.

comes with an inspiration." The American youth claims he is holiday eve. observed here in this |!e great,y deplored the fact that Here is a tale of love, of human clty 10 10 Kl was .• ,1 ... f. i:f0 unfi *uQf fViora i« no thrill Ipfi " the rise of Communism had led to devotion — free from superfluous satiated with the affairs of life, and that there is no thi HI lett. united un(lel. the Nationalist flag. much (lestruction of foreig]1 prop. paasion and ideal in its divine,

Perhaps if he tried a little conscious cieative thinking, he ^nd every effort was made to !?af? irty an(| ^hut many of us had been aesthetic blindness of the lover, might find the thrill he is seeking. the people to rejoice in the hope obliged to leave China for our "It was a scene of mirth that Arnolds f a rea and wonderful n or The reason we do not think more may be due to our in- ° * * 4 f f safety. But, now that war was drew a smile from even the Saint . . --I i• i • j umi • future. We Americans naturall\ over it was the desire of the Chi- Banou, herent laziness. Thomas Edison has said There is no expe- werc thinkinK o( our own Fourth ^/should work and live As through the hu.sh'd admiring Confectionery dient to which a man will not resort to obviate the necessity 0f July and various emotions bere in peace and quietness. I wisn throng she went with stately steps of hard thinking." Are we really as lazy as all that? thrilled our breasts. Rather than you couid have seen aii the (iecora. along. Try our

Without the dreamer the world would cease to exist as theorize about the importance of tjons an(| ^e thousands that came And counted o'er that all might the ,,a 1 am hot Fudge such. We speak not of the pure visionist but rather of the >\ 4 ^ ^omg to tell lo r;..cc. t!l0 new govt,nor. CCC the rubies of her rosary. dreamer with enough cold, logical thought behind his dreams ^ ^ ^Vlo'draw your Pt four oclock in th(? aftcrn()on ut none m,g 1 M'1' 1 e ^0, ( > we were present at a big union smile that lurked beneath her veil Sundaes to make them a reality. When he dreams things are created. „wn conclusions. But e these con a ;er meeting in the city church "' And dreaming is the most pleasant kind of thought. elusions will mean more if I remind wher. e al„l of, the ^Christian . T- s of^ AlllAlla'h forbidforbid! ! For who woul11 ou that for two ears th,s c y wait her The thinking man is happiest when alone, for solitude y > >' ^ Changsha met in a prayer and blessing at the temple's an(l t ls ,)r<) gat — Quality Shoe Reparag gives him time to think. Perhaps this explanation will serve ^ vni(.e have been t e pra;se service Thc prayer service ^ to indicate the reason whv the American oeonle prefer the ^ ^ . antl-f°re,Kn fcelinK a"d last d an hour and a half but there what hol>' man would ever run That's Oar Bnsiiess to indicate the leason whj the American people preter tnt that j t ar th fore.gners who we[ ; no emba assin Most to kiss the ground she knelt upon,

crowded places. He IS afraid to be alone With himself for were in the city found it wise to of the!,e pu, ese Christians have If once by luckless chance he "Dick" the Shoe Doctor fear that he might have to think. Of this, Aristotle has said, remain in hiding, so strong was seen rt ant di ys of i)ersecution and knew she lookt*(1 and smiled as he fee ,n othors (,o! "The man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy, and ^ j » against all the so-called the:. ar., (|L.epiy grateful to God for " Electric Shoe Hospital the qu: t 1,11(1 penco of these pres reall c M ore 18 in h s is afraid of solitude." Are you afraid of solitude? vl^'nmmini11^-nrkin^ " " 1 ^I ® ' year communism was still hoiking ent dayg Refreshments followed betrayal of blind, fanatic devout- D. Schaftenaar, Prop. havoc in many a Chinese home as the mect; ness. "Truth and Beauty—Beauty A LETTER well as in schools, ho.spitals, and . . " . . t. and Truth," as Keats savs, "that is Phone 5328 13 E. 8th St. Not so in 1928. Latl m the evcnin^ there were SEVEN—ANCHOR—W "I hardly know whether you would ..like my writing to churches. We Call For and Deliver vou* vet I feel stromrlv disposed so far to presume on the We were early ri8era on Octo- word®lfl-1. ,'!(' w°rks l{n{j th® all you know on earth, and all you you, yet i teel strong y disposea so iar to presume on me ber ^ an(i ^ ^ crowd8 thronged the streets that nced t0 know!„ Keat8 the rich

old relation which existed between us as to express my earn- groups of 8tudents hei.e on the wer2 sc gay with lanterns and col- l)oetic genius who compose(144Endy. est hope that you will not attach too much importance to campus in the ceremonies attend- oml fi SchoolR navc been mion," "Ode to a Nightingale," . .. c 0i3 your disappointment, whatever it may have been, at the re- ing the raising of the Nationalist ' d th/eo days and every- .«The same tjlat ofttimes hath cent examination. I believe that 1 attach qufte us much fla^ Then there was singing of 1of c!lar!r-ed maBic casemcnts 0Penin^ Hope College Fellows value as is reasonable to university distinctions; but it woudd natlonal anthcms an(l tliiee rousing p pie. Posters decorate all on the foam . . , . .. .. ,. • * , ^ T cheers for the new China, ending ine Pe0eoPie- uecorau, an Q p | i f eri ous seag| in fairy ands w be a grievous evil if the good of a man S reading for thr^e what was formerly reserved wal1^ and ^at€8' but no lon^r forlorn," those dreadful years were all to depend on the result of a single examination, for the Emperor, the "Wang Shui" - anti-foreign ones. , t , and the «0de to a Grecian Pul>lic .V affected as that result must ever in some degree be by causes "Wang Shui," which means "may "fat"" lecture on street Un^ ¥ independent of a man's intellectual excellence. I am saying the country flourish for ten thou- ^nltional sins dem.unced^n Pu" "Heard melodies are sweet, but it d e s l prl nc pal of t h c th se unhcar d nothing but what you know quite well already; still a momen- ^"4 J ®' i'' |J ^, , ' . , . He. Perhaps it is too early to con- ° l ' J uh-siang High school was in Lni- Ara e sweeter, therefore ye soft tary feeling of disappointment may tempt a man to do him- cag0 ,ast year as he led thc gratulate China, but those of us, on;„ We appreciate your patro- self great injustice, and to think that his efforts have been cheers with great enthusiasm, we who have experienced something Then we have Shell the great- ' T"", j "! attended by no proportionate fruit. I can only say, for one, 'night have imagined ourselves on of the hal^ ®J,S of t^e past 1 ree eat poet of English literature, to n.age l" ,?re [ea y tj that as far as the real honor of Rugby is concerned, it is the <" ">at American Uni- ^ ™ the of «"• P® .the Be8t ,n QuaI,ty and effort, a hundred times more than fte ^ ^ ^ ^^ M ^ SerV,'Ce- is in my judgment a credit to the school, inasmuch as it At nine o'clock there was a big of the. "e" rePubli^ "May divirfdeL'with"the most tatellec6- China floun8h for thoUBan<, Experts a Hat Cleaning shows that the men who go from here to the University do patriotic meeting at the church and M ^ tual vocabulary. We have his their duty there; and that is the real point which alone to my representatives of the school sang year8* , "Ozymandias," a marvelous satire and delivered mind reflects the honor either on individuals or on societies: "^dresses. Theipas- With sincere greetings and good ln ver84!j ..England of i819," his Colombia Hat-Suit ( * and if such a fruit is in any way traceable to Kugby, then I gaVe, ^^101 t ^ 1.1 i,r..i i. — I • j , .. „ sum^ of thehistor history y of China dur- g ' "Indian Serenade." But the most CLEANERS am proud and thankful to have had such a man as my pupil. ing the past eighteen and Yours truly, perfect^ allUsp^ms, the most H W. 8Ul St. PhODC 4656 Thomas Arnold (Letter to a Student.) then at some length the Nettie R. De THE ANCHOR Page Three CAMPUS Money may talk, but it nevei gives itself away. * * * We Cuf Your Hair the Way You Like It MORE AND MORE "That, my boy," said the forger of coins to his son as they passed FORTNEY'S BARBER SHOP Hope Students have proved to the Mint, "is my principal com- Rtir of Olll.t Call S704 lor Appolntmont themselves beyond their own petitor." First and foremost we congratu- expectations that "the Paris way" late the student body on its suc- cess with the faculty concerning offers a better cleaning service the matter of Christmas vacation. Seventeen whole days! — and we trust, they won't be wasted. « « * "Let Flick Do It" For the benefit of those kind people whose sympathy is contin- 10 ually being displayed toward Voor- heesites we wish to announce that the dorm indulged in two Thanks- PARIS DRV CLEANERS giving dinners. Two good meals a year, Mr. Diekema! EAST SIXTH STREET * * * Phone 2054 While we are at the subject of DHOFCLD PEN WE CALL FOR AND DEUVER the vacation that is past we will say also that Miss Essie Eerie of Cincinnati was the guest of Miss Gibson. A luncheon was given in DE LUXE her honor by Miss Gibson, and COLONIAL SWEET SHOP Miss Boyd entertained at dinner. theomarieol ivtiUnj J/wtrunie/vt youvyeeyerjee*. Candlts, Fancy Sundaes, Hot Fudge Sundaes, Hot Choco- • * • late, Toasted Sandwiches, Johnson's Chocolates Other guests at Voorhees Hall BLACkbPGiRL OPPOSITE TAVERN were Kay Mentink, '28, and Vio- • lette Koeppe. i Non-Breakable Barrel-— Pressureless Touch * * * and * Guaranteed Forever Against All Defects Oh yes! Voorhees Hall helped to Here's a new De Luxe Duofold Pen in Black-and- COLONIAL BARBER SHOP entertain about twenty of the fel- Pearl, offering the handsomest writing equipment Beauty Shop in Connection lows attending the older boy's con- any lady or gentleman can possess. ference. It is said that some of Call for Appointments 2071 Crystals of silvery pearl and Parker Permanite our younger dormites exhibited un- Material (Non-Breakable) must be delicately ar- usual interest. ranged to produce the modeme effect of this unique * * * design. Ruth Kennell has heard that she Costly to produce—though not high-priced to you —and very beautiful. is going to have a surprise for Christmas. She hopes it is a dog Not duplicated anywhere else. A masterly B. H. WILLIAMS but is afraid that it's a diamond. achievement in a pen. Senior size, $10; Junior Size, $8.50; Juniorette or Lady, $7.50. Pencils to JEWELER Everything considered we can't match, $3.50, $4 and $5. help but hope it's the latter for Dealers are showing the new pens and pencils (Successor to W. R. Stevenson) surely that would be the less harm- separately and in perfectly matched pairs, for the ful for the rest of us. first time this year. * * « Thi Paikik Pin Compamt, Jammvillb. WiacoMaiH Elgin Watches for Ladies and Gentlemen The men have had their turn, so omcis and luaaioiAaua i niw tou * aocroM • ciucaoo • atlamta now it is up to the girls to amuse. DALLA* • SAN PKAMCUCO • TOaONTO, CANADA • LONDON, f*T* A*"*

Yes, the girls' societies are holding •T'l o proorov' e Parker their initiations this week. Didn't Duofold it a pen of lifelong perfection, you enjoy that little added amuse- we oner to make good any defect, ment at the game Monday night? provided complete EAT AT THE • » • pen U Knt by the owner direct to thc Several students went to Grand factorr with 10c for Boston Restaurant return pottaac tod 'Eirker Rapids, Wednesday evening to hear Inmraoce. Tho Oldest and Best in the City Sousa's Band. 32 We t 8th St. » • » "Duofold DeLuxe An honored dinner guest at Voor- hees one evening last week was > Master Junior Lubbers. Come again, Bobby, maybe Grace will have another aeroplane then. HOPE1TES: • • » You are invited to use the Banking We are glad to see Miss De Pree ' * back again in the library. No, we facilities of can't get along without her. » • » We hope to see soon all the stu- THE FIRST STATE BANK dents who've been indulging in the This flu, too. The oldest and the largest State Bank in the County * «> • You didn't know some of our fa- culty were going on the stage, did Changing you? We are assured that if you TAVERN BARBER AND BEAUTY SHOP-Perraanent Waving I had seen Mr. Lubbers and Mr. Raymond at the last meeting of the Marcelling, Hot Oil Tretlmfntf, Bnbbipg, Shampooihg, Mrssaging, Century Club, you would believe it. World Manicuring and Finger Wavi a Specialty What will the constituency say? Call 5978 for Appaint .nents » • • Have you noticed the relieved To-day, you can see big build- and happy expressions on the faces of some of the Seniors recently, ings erected noiselessly—by The Race is not Always to the Swift and also quite the opposite in others? It is merely that the first electric welding. This age old fable has a modern application for twelve weeks of practice teaching the business man. Steady persistent common- is over and the second begun. • • • sense advertising will reach the goal quicker The structural steel worker is than a few swift and brilliant dashes. Let us We thought Voorhees wasn't go- ing to have any more serenades. dropping his clattering ham- help you make the most of your advertising lit- But the Fraters fooled us and mer for the elearic arc. Silently, erature printed right here in Holland. came around with a fine one Fri- day night. swiftly, rigidly, economically, STEKETEE-VAN HUIS PRINTING HOUSE • • « E. 10th St, Complete Printing Service Holland, Mich. Miyo Tase has received a gift buildings are being fabricated of one hundred beautiful Japanese •5» prints, copies of the old masters. by electric welding, which knits Of course, we envy her. • • » steel with joints as strong as "A Gift that Only You Can Give" Onions, onions, who wants the metal itself. an onion ? No, not one, but to the Portraits will give you the utmost value consumer of twenty goes the first I for the money expended. prize with twelve ranking second. Do your Christmas Shopping now at the This was the record set in Voor- Building silently! Nothing hees dining hall. seems impossible in this elec- The Laccy Studio trical age. 19 E. 8th St. [upstairs] Phone 5338 * Not only in building construc- * tion,but in every human activity, •4 we instinctively turn to electric- ity to add to the comforts of I 4^. % Not only industrial equipment, life and to eliminate the wastes but electric refrigerators, MAZDA of production—another evi- lamps, and litde motors chat add Green Mill Cafe Phones to the comforts of home, are dence that the electrical industry manufactured by the General 2652 For a Good Lunch after the Show is maintaining its leadership in Electric Company. All are identi- —5345 fied by the G-E monogram—a this changing world. symbol of service. CLEANUNESS, SERVICE, QUALITY

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A Few Suggestions for Your X-masGifts Fairbanks Gift Shoppe Any nun or young am will be proud of receiving any of ATHLETICS these useiul articles. Such as a 254 River Ave. Suit Sweater Shirt Overcoat Umbrella Ties The Gift Shoppe that is really one. Leather Coal Traveling Bag Muffler Full of gifts of every description. Bathrobe Suit Case Gloves or Socks PICK-UPS Raincoat Hal or Cap Handkerchiefs j Hope Wins Com and see, before you buy. Our Prices Always Right By Percy Kuted First Game YOU ARE WELCOME! VISSER & BAREMAN Our city correspondent has noti- of the Season fied us that the sport-writer of one of the city dailies has pub- MEN SHOW TEAMWORK AND lished an all-city team. We wonder SKILL in silent awe at his audacity; how- ever, we understand that he is a LET US HELP YOU In the first game of the 1928-29 College Freshman — that may ac- Holland Photo court season the Hope basketball count for his lack of convention. Solve your Problem of Select- teams defeated the Seventh Re- • • » ing Gifts for those back home formed Church of Grand Rapids by The cheering problem for the a score of 28-14. The game, al- year has been solved. One moment Shop from our large stock of special though not particularly closely con- of listening to the yelling of Hicks r X-mas goods. tested, was interesting enough to and Co. at the last game was watch. The Hope College squad had enough to convince anyone of the an immense advantage in that they superiority of that group. Boys, JOHN J. RUTGERS had available over twenty men, any the apple dumpling is yours. D. J. DU SAAR of whom could be substituted at * « * any time. It is a pleasure — a very great The first team that appeared for great pleasure — to note that two 10 East Eighth Street Hope was made up of Martin, Van members of our faculty are not Suits and Overcoats Lente, Klay, De Pree, and De Scotch. For further information Holland, - Michigan Velder. This proved to be the fast- see the Junior who put up chairs Smart Styles—Newest Shades est combination of the evening and or Mr. Laughlin. considerable of the scoring was * * «

d U done by this aggregation. How- Our representative in Copenha- $22,50 an P ever, in a short time a second team gen informs us that Nurmi has Kodaks and Kodak Finishing, consisting of Tigelaar, De Young, turned pro. This takes one of the Vanderbush, Becker and Cook, ap- best distance men out of the ama- Framing and Gifts peared and made a splendid effort teur field and we sure hate to see P. S. Boter & Co. to continue the fast work of the him go. Professionalism seems to former team; and they succeeded take the kick out of athletics be- in a very creditable manner. From cause we look down upon the fel- this time on the various combina- low that turns his athletic ability tions of men were tried. into money; and we admire the fel- "We want you to feel The first half was characterized low who turns his musical ability KEEPER'S by swift, smooth, steady playing by or any other ability into ready at home with us." the Hope squad, while the Grand cash. Is our attitude really fair? Rapids group seemed to be ut a • • • Restaurant loss to cope with the speed of thc "Heinie" Steffens was selected as Hope men. However, at the begin- center on the second M. I. A. A. For ning of the second half the Grand eleven. Martin, Japinga, Klay, Rapids group seemed to rally, and and Cook were given honorable PEOPLES STATE BANK Ladies & Gentlemen did some very clever, and rapid mention. There were some good «t scoring for several minutes. But in results of the past football sea- Holland Grand Haven a short time the Hope team sub- son, it seems. dued our visitors, and the game » • » ended as Indicated by the score. The basketball team will be leav- The Hope scoring was as follows: ing for their pre-Xmas trip in a You Must Visit Our Floor Shots Fouls few days. We certainly wish the Martin ? boys lots of luck and hope that Van Lente they won't be lost in the primitive "Gift Shoppe" •» TRY US De Velder wilds of Iowa. Cook For Becker = I De Pree 1 Hot Lunches Vanderbush 0 Huizinga's Jewelry "We serve either hot or cold" Jewelers since 1900 GEMS OF LITERATURE * # i ii C. » M „ College Sweet Shop (Continued from page 2) * ecstatic, the most beautifully con- Nature Talks structed of them all is the "Sensi- in the percentage of college students whom we are privileged tive Plant," a delicate, fragile de- (Continued from Pu^e I. to serve scription of human emotions. LAUCHLIN S RESTAURANT A Fresh Stock of all New Styles "And when evening descends from bows of an iridescence only match- "Where Food is most like Mothers'* the Heavens above. ed by the superb coloring on the In Winter Footwear. Buy now while our And the earth was all rest, and neck and back of the starlings that Stock is Complete the air was all love, search for food on the banks. We And delight though less bright wonder what we will find around —at— was far more deep, the next bend — see, — there GRUEN WATCHES And the day's veil fell from the where the pine tree to.wers — and world of sleep. we wonder as we turn away what Ladies and Men's Holland Boot Shop • • • it is that the stream whispers to the pine as it washes against its 232 River Ave., opp. Post Office Then the pied-wind flowers, and In a the tulip tall roots, something delightful I know And narcissi, the fairest of them — and next time we come for a LARGE ASSORTMENT all, hike, perhaps we shall have time Who gaze with their eyes on the to stop and listen and so learn the secret. SERVICE QUALITY stream's recess, SELLES JEWELRY STORE Till they die of their own sweet loveliness." ARTIC ... a superb and almost divine inspiration of twilight in a garden Ice Cream of Nature's own. What a wealth of beauty and power would Shelley have expe- [SERVE IT AND YOU PLEASE ALL] rienced had he lived at Nishapur M 28th W. 9th St. Phone 5470 with its hanging flower gardens and the splendor of the Oriental East! (To be continued) CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS For Fatl er, Brother For Mother. Sister or Friend or Friend Holland Shoes Arch Preserve I LADIES Neckwear Shoes Gloves Shoe Buckler Address envelopes at home. Spare Time. $15 — $25 Belts Hosiery Experience unnecessary. M * Dignified work. Send 2c. Merchandise of fine QUALITY lhat any man will consider a pleasure to own. stamp for particulars. k Mazelle, Dept. CS 247 And you can always choose at JERROLDS without the penalty of exorbitant B. & M. SHOE STORE Gary, Ind. prices. • 13 West 8th St. A few hints of what you may expect to find here: i* Suits Shirts Gloves Comfort Slippers Tie & Lighter Sets NickUnema ' Overcoats Ties Pajamas Pocket Handkerchiefs Garter & Armb. Seti For Things Musical Electric Sfaoe Repair Shop Oxfords Scarfs . Socks Belt & Buckle Sets etc. etc. Pianos and Yictrolas Rented 230 Rlv«r Opp. Pnt Offlct New Records Every Friday

"O. K." 60 E. 8th st 60 E. 8tli at MEYER MUSIC HOUSE That's what they all Holland Holland 17 West 8th St. Phone 5167 WHITE CROSS BARBER TIm Star* with the CkrlitMM Saving tpcrlt