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This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Anchor: 1970-1979 at Hope College Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Anchor: 1973 by an authorized administrator of Hope College Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Proposal to diminish core curriculum meets protest A proposal to ease the college's PROF£SSOR OF Religion Dr. ••Ml*** core requirements encountered ve- Robert Coughenour said, "Aca- hement opposition last week at an demic decisions should not be open forum session of the Aca- made for expedient reasons." Bill demic Affairs Board. The proposal Vandenberg, eastern representa- was submitted by Dean of Aca- tive for the admissions office, demic Affairs Dr. Morrette Rider described the recruiting difficul- and Dr. Irwin Brink, professor of ties that arise because of the chemistry. language requirement. Vanden- SPEAKING TO the committee berg said, "1 have had students and over 30 guest professors and walk right out of the room when 1 students. President Gordon Van told them we had a language Wylen appealed for a resolution of requirement." the problem "within two Dr. J. Cotter Tharin, associate PE COLLEGE months." Rider termed the admis- professor ol geology, said. "No sions picture as "serious" and decision should be made before while admitting the core require- we have some more data about ment as only one of the crisis' the situation in other colleges. It causes, called for rapid approval. seems as if you are basing charges v The proposal called for a re- on hearsay ynd not evidence. duction in the number of hours There m^y be additional avenues for the math and science require- we can pursue to help the admis- ment, while altering the foreign sions problem." language requirement. BRINK STATED that the situ- ation is very serious. "Colleges in or IF PASSED, a single three or similar situations have had drastic four hour course in math and OLLAND, MICHIGAN reductions in enrollment, whole- science would fulfill the respective sale reductions in faculty, and requirements. Three units of high scrapping and in-fighting in the Volume 86—1 Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423 school math would fulfill the September 7, 1973 administration," he said. math requirement, and four units Professor of Physics Dr. James of high school science would suf- VanPutten expressed strong dis- To appear with Bloodrock, Flavor fice for the science requirement. approval of the proposal and the The proposal for altering the assertions on the part of the ad- language requirement is lengthy; a missions office that the "strin- two and one half page statement. gent" core curriculum is hamper- Freddie King to give concert Basically, it allows more flexibili- ing recruiting efforts. Van Putten ty in opting courses outside the stated that the admissions office Urban blues guitarist Freddie elementary level, and also allows a offered few statements about the King will highlight Saturday's student to select from linguistive college's academic excellence for 8; 15 p.m. concert in the Civic courses in fulfillment of the re- prospective students. "You might Center along with Bloodrock and quirement. as well look at some differences Flavor. between last year and this year, PROFESSOR OF Spanish Hu- Texas-born King is an acknow- for example, the different calen- bert Weller asked Brink if there ledged leader in blues music with dar," he said. much of his style influenced by were any supportive data for pro- such early Chicago greats as Mud- posing such a major alteration in VANDENBERG added, "The dy Waters and T-Bone Walker. the core requirement. Brink said 16 percent decrease in enrollment King's tunes have been performed there was none. Rider explained looks particularly bad because the by such notables as Jimmy Page, that there is "no partic- preceding year was so good. 1 Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. Other ular pattern . . . some schools with don't think we should push the contemporary musicians believe strong requirements grow in en- panic button. Perhaps the growth King to be an artist who has rollment, others don't." rate the college is pursuing is un- realistic." bridged the gap between hard Associate Professor of History rock and blues. Dr. Earl Curry stated that "our "Perhaps we should be more Bloodrock has recently concern should be with maintain- logical in terms of the number of changed its style from a somewhat ing a high quality of education." students we can expect," con- depressing, negative style to more Brink admitted that the proposal cluded Vandenberg. Discussion vibrant musical quality. Two of was based on expediency and not then ended and the proposal was the original members of the group academic considerations. tabled. quit enabling Warren Hamm, who sings and also plays flute, sax and harmonica, to join the band ANCHORED INSIDE and help produce the new sound. Flavor, a group from New Or- leans, has "a sound somewhere Fall of Phelps explained between the Allman Brothers and Thompson on Superstar film Savoy Brown," according to con- cert promoter Mark McLean. Peale Science Center debuts . pages 6-7 Advance tickets may be pur- Kids in the wilderness chased for $3.50 at the student activities office or for $4.50 at the Return to the fifties: an essay door. BluesJguitarist Freddie King Sound diet promised; meat rationing to continue

"We at Saga will continue to is lifted Sept. 12 many of the while the Japanese are paying $12 become so much a part of our the Food Service Committee and do our best to provide a nutri- nation's largest meat packers, such to $14 a pound for American lives." the decor was chosen by Saga's tionally balanced diet," stated as Iowa Beef Packer (the company sirloin and Lake Erie fisheries are NEWKIRK calculates that it Dave Van Dellen. The project was Jess L. Newkirk, director of food that supplies Saga), will be re- finding their best marketing in will be at least a year or two financed by the Village Square services at Hope. However, he opened after a three to four week northern Europe." before the food crisis is alleviated. Association from the proceeds of explained that due to the meat shutdown, and prices are expected "I've lost 25 pounds this sum- Saga has also acquired some their annual bazaar held on supply shortage Saga can't offer to soar. Newkirk estimated that to mer while eating at our food colorful re-decorating in the form Hope's campus every summer steaks on Saturday night or meat supply the meat we enjoyed last service by just watching calories," of modern furniture, bright wall Newkirk added, "The redeco- in general as often as in the past. year board costs would have to be boasted Newkirk. "We as Ameri- paper and paneling, and a new rating will be completed as soon SAGA has filled the protein raised at least 15 to 20 percent. cans are going to have to tighten doorway for improving tray de- as the loading dock workers strike gap with General Mills' "Bontrae" He pointed out that Michigan our belts for a time and do pository efficiency. The redecora- in Detroit that is preventing the texture vegetable protein in the State University raised their food without a few niceties that have tion was advised last semester by shipment of the paneling is over." form of chicken, ham and ground service costs 25 percent this year. beef. According to Newkirk this "RIGHT NOW," said Newkirk, provides more protein and less "flour, sugar, tomato products undesirables such as cholesterol- and all greases (used to produce linked fats, than sirloin pound for salad oils, etc.) are being rationed; pound. a nation-wide milk and dairy When the price freeze on meat product shortage is on the way. Due to Supply Applications for positions on all standing committees due No Seconds

Student Congress is still accept- tomorrow, Sept. 8. Posthuma in- ing applications for student posi- dicated that interviews with those tions on all standing committees. seeking positions will be sched- V Application blanks are available uled soon. in the Kletz area of the DeWitt The following committees have ( jltural Center and should be at least one or more openings: returned to either Ron Posthuma, Curriculum, International Educa- Kurt Avery, Terry Robinson or tion, Cultural Affairs, Religious the Dean of Students Office. Post- Life and Student Conduct. Also huma has announced that the the Student Communications Me- applications may also be placed in dia, Extra-Curricular Activities, a specially designated container in Admissions and Financial Aids, the DWCC. Student Standing and Appeals and Deadline for all applications is Athletic Committees. Due to soaring meat costs, Saga has had to alter this year's menu and unlimited seconds policy. Two Hope College anchor September 7,1973

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With the aid of a few thousand pounds of microorga- (At Kodak, we were working on environmental improvement nisms, we're helping to solve the water pollution problem in long before it made headlines.) And the pilot project worked Rochester. Maybe the solution can help others. so well, we built a ten-million-dollar plant that can purify What we did was to combine two processes in a way 36-million gallons of water a day. that gives us one of the most efficient water-purifying sys- Governor Rockefeller called this "the biggest volun- tems private industry has ever developed. tary project undertaken by private industry in support of One process is called "activated sludge," developed New York State's pure-water program." by man to accelerate nature's microorganism adsorption. Why did we do it? Partly because we're in business to What this means is that for the majority of wastes man can make a profit-and clean water is vital to our business. But in produce, there is an organism waiting somewhere that will furthering our own needs, we have helped further society's. happily assimilate it. And thrive on it. And our business depends on society. The breakthrough came when Kodak scientists found We hope our efforts to cope with water pollution will a way to combine the activated sludge process with a trickling inspire others to do the same. And, we'd be happy to share filter process and optimized the combination. our water-purifying information with them. We all need clean W^e tested our system in a pilot plant for five years. water. So we all have to work together. Kodak Morethan a business. September 7,1973 Hope College anchor Three To head Hope SAVE NOW on Schipper appointed director Vernon Schipper has recently which, he adds, hopefully will been appointed director of the garner $1 million toward the pro- Build Hope fundraising drive. posed new physical education cen- SCHIPPER, A 1951 Hope grad- ter. uate, will supervise the efforts to "I'M CONVINCED a sizeable attain the program's long range part of the future of this college goal of $8,850,000. He replaces depends on this drive," he said, Robert Pierpont, Build Hope's adding, "if we have $ 1 million in original director. support, it's conceivable we can The change is in part the result obtain a matching gift from foun- of an expanding development of- dations and individuals." fice, Schipper said. Pierpont was Schipper hopes contacts will be 10% OFF ON ALL retained through Brakely and established with Reformed Company, a consulting firm which churches across the country as did a study on the financial condi- well as with Hope alumni, "Whose SCHOOL SUPPLIES tion of the college in 1971 and loyalty to the institution has been helped set up Build Hope. found to be unusually high." FIFTY-TWO PERCENT of the "SUCCESSFUL alumni must fund was. collected under Pier- be made aware of the needs here," pont's direction. This money was Schipper said. "These include not VERNON SCHIPPER spent on such projects as the only projects such as the construc- tribution to make. If we could DeWitt Cultural Center and the tion of new buildings and the increase our endowment we Peale Science Center. renovation of old ones, but also would not be as student fee ori- Schipper says he will com- the endowment area of the bud- ented." mence work soon on

Pencil sharpeners Phelps dormitory goes coed electrical, battery, hand

by Barb Wrigley ed. This implementation allows climb to the third floor and the men to reside on the second floor increased noise. To facilitate the ever-changing of Phelps, while women remain on IN OTHER changes around the housing needs of Hope students, the third floor. The decision dis- campus, Gerrie hoped to better several modifications have been placed 17 returning upper- balance the number of cottages Colored pencils and sets made this year in living accommo- classmen who already had dorm available for men and women. dations on campus. assignments in Phelps. Last year men occupied 12 cot- Drafting sets & ACCORDING TO Associate THIS CHANGE is patterned tages, and women, seven. Beck Ring Books instruments boards, Dean of Students Michael Gerrie, it after the successful arrangement Cottage was torn down leaving Ring book papers In T-Squares, etc. was necessary for Hope to provide of Kollen Hall, made coed last women with only six cottages. In year, and has brought little oppo- every size, rulings more housing for men. In past response. Van Dreser was changed and colors years female enrollment has been sition from students or faculty. to house women instead of men, greater than male enrollment, con- According to Gerrie, "The staff and the old biology annex was ffi sequently Hope provided more seemed excited about making remodeled. housing for women than for men. Phelps co-ed once they were Gerrie seemed satisfied with Now, male enrollment is on the aware of the new enrollment sta- the present housing situation increase, almost balancing with tistics and understood why it was which accommodates 1500 stu- the women. being done." dents. He believes that Hope has In response, Gerrie proposed Most of the men at Phelps taken another right step towards that Phelps Hall, traditionally a seem satisfied with the large the integration of our campus. t4l rooms (with the exception of the women's dormitory, be made co- wanted to recommend some of Report Covers, > pink ones) and the close prox- these changes last year, but the ; imity of the cafeteria. The women enrollment statistics weren't sup- Portfolios IM MGCP presents on the other hand, enjoy the male portive enough until this sum- Markers for every use company, yet generally dislike the mer. Staplers of ail kinds singer Jim Bolden from 98c in chapel tonight Grau to present recital Yes, we have Singer Jim Bolden will perform in concert in Dimnent Memorial Chapel today at 8 p.m. The con- of Bach and Beethoven POCKET cert, sponsored by the Ministry of Renowned pianist Irene Rosen- Grau's recital will include Christ's People, is free of charge. berg Grau will present a recital Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue by Bolden has enjoyed a distin- Thursday at 8:15 p.m. in Wichers Bach, Three Sonatas by Scarlatti, guished career. Campus Life, a Auditorium. and Beethoven's Sonata in G Ma- youth religious organization, Grau has studied at Julliard jor, Opus 14, No. 2. She will also Bowmar Calculators chose him to solo on its first Teen School of Music, Mannes College, perform Chopin's Three Etudes, Team to tour across Africa and Berkshire Music Center, Marlboro Nocturne in E Minor and Ballade $99.95 and $119.95 Europe. Returning to the United Summer School, and the Univer- in G Minor, The Maiden and the States, he was chosen by Thurlow sity of Chicago where she was Nightingale by Granados and Bar- Spurr to be featured with his granted a Master's Degree in Music tok's Six Dances in Bulgarian Spurrlows in their Music for Mod- History and Theory in 1966. Rhythm. ern Americans Show. She has appeared with various Ball & They sang for three million major orchestras and has taught at Fountain high school and college students Rutgers University, New York Pens & across the nation. Bolden has rep- State University at Potsdam, Pencils of all resented the U.S. in an Easter Jamestown College, N.D., and Music Festival in Helsinki, Finland Alma College. She is presently PRINCE'S Kinds returning through Sweden, Den- associated with Delta College, mark, Switzerland, France and Mich., and its Summer Festival of Large Selection of Italy. Arts. Dictionaries Largest selection of PIZZA Spiral notebooks VanderWel appointed new in the area 1 JUST $4.25 Director of Campus Life BUYS YOU AND by Betsy Emdin ing students with their activities. He doesn't see himself as planning 3 FRIENDS... Slide Rules, Scales, Dave Vanderwel has been ap- events, but rather working with Rulers Largest selection of pointed the Director of Campus groups on their ideas for activities. jWffWFIWWl globes in this area I Life, a new position which in- He believes that students know 1 4" 1-ltem Pizza (basement) volves advising student groups what their wishes are, and views his such as the Student Activities job as more of an advisor on col- Pitcher of Pop Holland's School Supply Committee, Student Congress, lege resources and activities -co- Make your own salad! and fraternities and sororities on ordination. Headquarters for 73 Years ideas for campus activities. He also hopes to act as a Vanderwel is a Hope graduate catalyst, by helping to assess what On* of Th» Largest StUctient of School Supplies and has served in several capacities In Woslorn Michigan the needs are on campus and 174 RIVER AVENUE since graduation. During his 1 advising the organization on these We Cash Personal Checks undergraduate years here, he needs. Vanderwel stated that cam- PHONE served as a Resident Advisor. Upon pus activities are important to graduation he was Head Resident help keep students interested in AHEAD FOR Downtown of Kollen Hall for three years, and the campus and thus help main- Money Back during the past two years he has TAKE-OUT tain the residential flavor of Hope. Noxt to Guarantto worked in the admissions office. Some of the activities planned Stationers ORDERS Vanderwel expressed enthusi- include the upcoming Freddie Ponnoys On All Wt StN asm about his new job and said, Hollond, Michigan King Concert, plus the film series 396-8193 "It gives me more of an opportu- which will feature Dr. Zhivago, Sorving Wottorn Michigan nity to work directly with stu- Torat Tora, Tora, Catch 22, Gone dents/' According to Vanderwel With the Wind, The Poseidon Ad- Sinco IfOO his job essentially involves assist- venture, Sleuth and others. 1

September 7,1973 Four Hope College tnchor Shooting blind

"This college is in a crisis situation," sion of the school's assets as a nationally- says Dean for Academic Affairs Morrette known, academically-rigorous institution in Rider, "and we must move on all fronts to favor of platitudes including such nebulous remedy our problem." statements as, "It's not the value of matter The crisis centers around a sharp and but a matter of values." One could count unexpected drop in enrollment and an the number of sentences substantively de- associated shortage of operating monies. scribing our program and life at Hope on The move elected to stem the dirth of his two hands. bodies and bucks is a proposal which we It seems too obvious to assert that we believe to be indefensible, based on scanty must give our prospects an accurate repre- evidence and slap dash methodology. sentation of life at Hope. Else how can 0 * * 9 /// •*/»/ The measure prescribes large changes in they make a reasoned decision concerning It Vv / ^ ' / * / // # J A f. ' W •:Af //•//>/.•• s the school's math, science and foreign our merits? How can they use the wisdom language requirements and met with nearly generously, though intrinsically ascribed to unanimous faculty disapproval at the Aug- them by the dean's proposal? ust 29 meeting of the Academic Affairs We believe that an apologetic, less than Board. There, profs called into question aggressive appraisal of our product does no W both the measure's effectiveness as an aid good. If the college insists on veiling its ' 'r'/k to recruitment and its propriety as an rigor, indeed, its true nature in toto, in '// M JM,vv, ' ' ' \ ' academic policy. hopes of offending none it will succeed in . • y Jr ?' We interpret Wednesday's discussion as convincing few. an examination of, on the one hand the The anchor looks to the upper eschelons / // r/M Not weak intuition, but only the beam of the administration to formulate pur- poseful, positive policies, taking as their of reason can penetrate the darkness base a formula of excellence which has stood the college in good stead for many of confusion . . . anchor editorial years. lii• ' . . • v.-: • • Instead of blindly casting about for a solution to our problems, the anchor chal- lenges those who have the power to shape art buchwald salability of the product which is Hope the academic climate here to first attest to College and on the other, the effectiveness our fundamental soundness yet at the same with which the college is being sold to time be sensitive to flaws which may spoil ^ prospective students. the whole. We would offer as such possible A tennis fantasy As an assertion a priori, the anchor calls flaws, the exclusion from our brochures of into question the advisability of relying on long hair, contemporary dress and other by Art Buchwald the limited knowledge of high schoolers as evidence of popular modes of life as Copyright © 1973, Los Angeles Times Syndicate a paradigm for directing academe. This we practiced here but never included in college Most men of my age have fantasies the base line. He returns it and I'm already think, is precisely what the dean would propaganda. about women. But I'm happy to say that I at the net. I go plop and it drops just over. have us do, as the entire raison d'etre of A false veil of Victorianism has screened am different. All my fantasies have to do He serves and I hit back to the base line. the proposal is data gleaned from some many from Hope. Admitting our rather with tennis. No matter where I am or what He returns it and I'm already at the net. It prospective freshmen who indicated that conservative stance, the college may still Fm doing I dream of tennis. go plop and it drops just over. perhaps our core is too rigorous and boast of a hip segment able to pursue their MY FAVORITE tennis fantasy is that He serves again, and this time I lob it. irrelevant for them. life-style relatively unencumbered. At the Fm watching the Billie Jean King-Bobby He raises his racket to return it when an Riggs match at Houston. Bobby Riggs is airplane flies over and he misses the ball. (I Should academe-those who are engaged same time a new Christian radicalism na- beating Billie Jean King 5-1, and she is practiced this shot for days. The trick is to in instructing that uninitiated group in the tionwide is looking for open, sensitive worn to a frazzle and in tears. complexities of various disciplines and the lob the ball in such a way that the plane campuses aligned with the ideals of free- I can't stand it any longer, and I rush covers it so the opponent can't see it.) need to know them-be directed by that dom and brotherhood. out on the court with my Pancho Segura TWO MORE double faults and the score same naive group? Life at Hope is relevant to national racket. is 6-5 my serve. That the esoteric nature, especially of trends in life styles. By portraying a 1973, "WHY DONT you pick on someone of Riggs says he has a cramp in his leg and math and science, precludes those who not a 1953 image of the college, we will your own sex?" I shout at Riggs. wants to continue the game on the next know little about them from realizing their reinforce our relevance. "What's it to you?" Riggs demands. day. value and relevance we hold to be self- And, of course, in a critical analysis "I can't stand anyone who takes ad- "You never seemed to get a cramp when evident. We contend that such a program some features of the school may be found vantage of a woman," I reply. "If you're you were playing a girl." really such a big shot, why don't we have a "Give me a break," he begs. would endanger the integrity (i.e., salabili- untenable. Certainly a deplorable dorma- match?" ty) of any institution attempting to turn tory situation would be one example. "GET BACK on the court, Riggs. It's "Please," Billie Jean begs me, "you'll my serve." I ace him four serves in a row. out well-rounded, effective scholars. In sum, we urge only a reasoned ap- only get hurt." Riggs is on his knees holding his head in his Most would agree that requirements proach to the administration's attempts at "DONT WORRY about me, Billy hands. reduced to high school provide less than problem solving. If something nas changed, Jean," I reply. "I can take him." Billie Jean King rushes out on the court optimum preparation for a B.A. degree. either in the national mood or in our Riggs is grinning his cruel grin. "Okay, and hugs me. "I don't know how to thank However, if the community concurs that a institutional program, let's try to isolate wise guy, I'll play you for $100,000 - one you," she cries. trade-off must be engendered, the anchor those changes in a straight-forward, logical set." "I can't stand tennis bullies," I tell her. would only hope, that it be to an observ- manner. "I'll pick up where Billie Jean left off," "I'm sorry my game was so lousy, but I I say. able and substantiable purpose. We might point to two obvious hadn't warmed up." "You mean with me leading 5-1?" However, substantive evidence that this changes-our earlier starting date and the THE PROMOTERS ask me to get into a convertible and drive around the field so expedient will help has not been offered inauguration of a new president. Has a "WHAT'S THE matter, Bobby? You the spectators can give me the ovation I and furthermore, anomalies exist between knowledgeable committee looked over losing your nerve?" the measure's stated purpose and its design Riggs seems flustered. Billie Jean is deserve. Riggs is being helped off the court these variables in relation to the other by his handlers. He's groggy and can't features. For example, the proposal waives crying, and the crowd is roaring. aspects of the college? remember where he is. college math for those who elected three "Rough or smooth?" I say to Riggs, as 1 The Rider-Brink proposal presupposes take off my mauve sweat suit. Howard Cosell shoves a microphone in years of high school math. However, it that our problems may be traced to a Riggs says nervously, "Smooth." front of my face. continues to invoke the three hour require- cause. This is implicit in their prescription "Art," he says, "since Bobby Riggs beat ment for those who took less. The plan, of a treatment If we're going to take that IT'S ROUGH and he has the serve. He Margaret Court and you beat Bobby Riggs, loses his serve and it is 5-2.1 win mine 5-3. then, perpetuates the requirement for approach let's gather the data which will that makes you the greatest woman player those who would most likely hope to waive He double faults his next four points and in the world." furnish the real symptoms of our disease. it's 5-4. The crowd is going crazy. As we a course of study they have already found "HOWARD, I don't want the title. I did Can the administration turn the mirror on change courts, Billie Jean whispers to me, aversive. The proposal, therefore, affords this for Billie Jean King. All I wanted to do itself in a no-holds-barred appraisal of its "I love you." was teach Riggs a lesson." admissions no new, viable tools. effectiveness? I ace him four times in a row and it's "What are you going to do with the Let's back off (as we wish the dean had Included in our evaluation should be an 5-5. Riggs is perspiring and his face is red: $100,000?" done) and approach all the variables we can on-going evaluation of our expectations in "Maybe we can talk this over." "I'm going to give it to the Women's Lib isolate at work in the college's functioning. terms of faculty to student ratio, the "WE HAVE nothing to talk over, Riggs. Movement to make sure something like this It's your serve." He serves and I hit back to Let's first assume our institutional product number of students available to college's doesn't happen again.". is sound and turn to a variable active in the such as Hope, etc. | OPE COLLEGE school's dynamic but outside its academic Specifically, perhaps expectations structure. formed in the 60's years of prosperity may Hope's admissions procedures if found not be applicable today. Perhaps in the ineffective could be easily changed. Yet present climate Hope may not be able to ancnor |OLLAND, MCMGAMM N this variable, one which does not effect the pull the number of students it used to. totality of the institution as do other It may be naive to think that the college Published during the college year except vacation, holiday and examination periods aspects was not the primary target of can escape the kind of belt tightening every by and for the students of Hope College, Holland, Michigan, under the authority of moves to meet the so-called crisis. enterprise in America is experiencing. At the Student Communications Media Committee. Subscription price: $7 per year. The anchor, in an admittedly superficial any rate, let's not cast in the dark for Printed by the Composing Room, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Member, Associated examination of materials sent to prospec- answers and in doing so jeopardize the hard tive freshmen, questions the value of litera- thinking of many whose programs have Collegiate Press, United States Student Press Association. Office located on ground ture which gives over a substantive discus- brought the college success in past years. floor of Graves Hall. Telephone 392-5111, Extension 2301 and 2285. The opinions on this page are not necessarily those of the student body, faculty or administration of Hope College.

Letter policy explained Editor Peter Brown Subscription Manager .... Beverly Bache Associate Editor Dave DeKok Cartoonist Dan Dykstra Associate Editor Paul Timmer Advertising Manager Gary Gray News Editor Tom O'Brien Columnists Dirk Bloemendaal, Paul Baddy, The anchor welcomes letters from all signed letters but names will be withheld if Copy Editor and Layouts . Robert Eckert Chad Busk, Boh Van Voorst interested persons. All letters received will sufficient reason is given. Letters should be Sports Editor Chris Liggett be printed, providing space permits and the submitted to the anchor office, located in Reporters ;... Janet Buelow, letter is not judged by the staff to be the basement of Graves Hall, before 7 P.M. Editorial Assistants Marcy Darin, Betsy Emdin, Lynn Gruenwald, obscene or libelous. on Tuesday. Some light editing for style Gary Gray Bruce Martin, Kate Sohns, No consideration will be given to un- and space may be done by the staff. Critiques Editor Bud Thompson Kaye Stephens, Barb Wrigley Photography Editor John Jensen Photographers Don Lee Davis, Business Manager Linda GeasUn John Beahm, Julie Storkey September 7,1973 Hope College anchor Fire anchor review J.C. Superstar: a powerful Christian experience

Editor's note: this week's anchor The bus comes to a halt and AND ALL that begat the character, but shows his strength ple, the flogging of Jesus as Mary review is written by anchor cri- out they pour, a rabble of men movie. The producers, Norman beginning with "The Last Supper" screamed helplessly in the crowd, tiques editor G. M. Thompson. and women, many with long hair Jewison and Robert Stigwood and finishes the performance as and the ending when Jesus neither He reviews Jesus Christ Superstar and "hippie" clothes, of all races (Stigwood had produced the only the most powerful Jesus to ever re-boards the bus nor is on the from an artistic and theological and parts of the world. They legal concert versions and the cross the silver screen. In the light cross; all are scenes I'll recall point of view. The film stars Ted unload the bus. They don uni- Broadway production) have de- of the conclusion, his beginning vividly for years. u Neely as Jesus Christ, Carl Ander- forms and costumes, distribute cided to interpret ... the origi- performance becomes that of a BUT THE FACT that Jesus son as Judas Iscariot, Yvonne Elli- props, exchange smiles. Then, in a nal music rather than the various Jesus who is trying desperately to (Neely) does not board the bus man as Mary Magdalene and Barry circle tribal dance, they ritually stage productions." The film is keep his cool in the face of ruins the idea that this was simply dress their star. Their superstar. Dennen as Pontius Pilate. Super- shot on location in Israel and opposition even from his own a play. Who are these young peop- Jesus Christ Superstar. star is produced by Norman Jewl- director Jewison has utilized the men. le? Why can't they leave us alone? THE ROCK OPERA by An- son and Robert Stigwood and is landscape beautifully. Why must they continually (for directed by Norman Jewison. drew Lloyd Webber and Tim Yvonne Elliman as Mary Mag- He employs everything from the bus will move on and stop Rice had endured much since its dalene has stayed with the opera the heat waves on the sand to the somewhere else) crucify Jesus be- Somewhere in the vast, original release in October of from the beginning and does even vastness of the hills and valleys in fore our very eyes? Why must parched, sandy, hilly Israeli land- 1970. Although excellent in pro- a better job in the movie than on presenting a visual image of the they mix tanks, army uniforms, scape there are some ruins. Worn duction and performance, the the record or on Broadway. She is work. There are no sets save one modern slang and embroodered by years, perhaps centuries of original recording suffered a hail- more confident in her singing and piece of scaffolding that serves as clothes with a story of ancient existence, dirty from the blowing storm of theological condemna- sounds very professional. Along the vantage point of the priests Israel? And what do we do when of sand and dust by the Mideast tion, mostly centered around the with, her has traveled Barry Den- and scribes. The rest is natural the bus stops here? wind, covered with bugs and wild fact that Jesus was left on the nen as Pontius Pilate. He plays his landscape and ruins. plants, one set of ruins sits on a cross. That was followed by a part masterfully, achieving a level For it is not until after the hill and overlooks a road. Romans montage of stagings and concert THE MUSIC, directed by An- of performance above both his movie is over that the real power might have marched that road performances, some legal some dre Previn, emphasizes more the original and Broadway roles. Bob and message come through. The once long ago, but this time, with not so legal; some good some not orchestration rather than the rock Bingham as Caiaphas is the only crucifixion of Jesus Christ was the sound of an orchestra and so good. although that is used mostly as other Broadway veteran. never over, nor is it over, nor can rock band coming from some- it ever be over. For once it is, then Finally, Jesus made it to scene transition. There are two THE ONLY role that does not where, it is a bus. the bus stops moving and the Broadway in a stage concept by new songs: "Then We Are De- come off well is that of Herod. ON IT'S SIDE are some He- whole thing becomes something "Hair" 's director Tom O'Horgan cided," a little pre-plotting by The idea of Herod being gay was brew letters and lots of dust. This that happened once, something to that would make Ziegfeld take Caiaphas and Annas that shows originated on Broadway, but this bus has been traveling for a long look back on. note. This impressive staging feat more clearly that they're out to Herod comes off as a human time. This is hardly the first trip was a theological disaster. Over- save their own skins, and "Could teddy bear. His vocal performance Jesus Christ Superstar will not or stop it's made. Nor is it the done at best, gaudy at worst and, We Start Again Please," which was is hardly impressive and his child- let us escape from the fact that we last. For amid the cargo strapped for the Christian, em harassing written for the Broadway version ishness combined with his gayness all, from Judas to Pilate, to Peter, to the top of the vehicle is a cross. everywhere in between. and is Mary and Peter's wish to do is just short of repulsive. to the men who make the crosses, the whole thing over. Jesus Christ Superstar is, with- to the men who use the crosses, to Judas is played by Carl Ander- out a doubt, one of the most the men who make the guns and $380,000 Lilly grant son, a black man and the second powerful Christian experiences tanks, to the men who use the to assume the role. He is excellent I've witnessed. There are a few guns and tanks, to Richard Nixon, in the most demanding role of the changes in and additions to the to Norman Vincent Peale, to this opera and enhances the music by lyrics that give the opera a more college, to you and I, have our to expand Asian studies putting his own touch of soul into positive spiritual overtone. One blood stained hands elbow deep his vocal performance. A grant of $380,000 from Lilly tion, both in-service and at the wonders what's been happening to into the daily crucifixion of Jesus TED NEELY is Christ, seeming Endowment, Inc. to the Great undergraduate level. Finally, the Webber and Rice since 1970. Je- Christ. And that may be why you at first to be a weak, stagnate Lakes Colleges Association Center will also address itself to sus turning the tables in the tem- don't like Jesus Christ Superstar. (GLCA) in support of an ex- providing seminars and informa- panded East Asian Studies Pro- tional programs for the general gram for the next three years was public. * & # + announced this summer by Dr. The GLCA pioneered in inter- Henry A. Acres, president of the national education, Bailey points consortium. out, and since 1961 has provided PRESIDENT ACRES further undergraduate programs of consis- announced the appointment of tently high quality to add to the Jackson Bailey, professor pf his- knowledge and understanding of tory at Earlham College, Rich- areas other than North America That's politics? mond, Ind., to become director of and Western Europe. The ex- the new GLCA Center and to panded Center should, he believes, administer the East Asian Studies reach more people both inside and by Chad Busk ^ ^ Program. outside the consortium and No politician who was not out for himself, A July Gallup poll indicated the serious extent of Bailey has for the past 12 years should provide stimulation for and for himself alone, has ever drawn the this adherence by revealing figures that bode ill for headed a non-western studies pro- still more innovative curricula. breath of life in the United States. the maintenance of representative government in gram in which Earlham acted as -H. L. Mencken, 1924 this country. These statistics showed that less than the agent for the GLCA. Ralph's new play one adult in four would like to have a son go into THE OBJECTIVES of the new One of the most unfortunate results of a Water- politics as a career. The chief reason given for GLCA Center are concerned with gate summer has been the resurrection of the the opposition was the belief that politics is "too undergraduate liberal arts educa- to be published traditional American compulsion to brand politics corrupt" and that "it is difficult for a politician to tion. Faculty development will be and members of the political profession as hope- stay honest." encouraged and assistance will be this month lessly corrupt. IN^ THIS CLIMATE, it is surprising that we provided to individuals both with- INDEED, the typical American response to the haven't had more Watergates in the past and quite in and outside the GLCA faculties A new play by George Ralph, Watergate fiasco begins with shock, then blending inevitable that we will have many in the future. For who wish to broaden their know- chairman of the theatre depart- into the realization that because L.B.J, had Bobby if 77% of the nation's adults discourage their ledge of East Asia. ment, will be published in the Baker, Eisenhower had Sherman Adams, and children from entering politics and working to Secondly, the GLCA Center September issue of For the Time Harding had a greedy Secretary of the Interior, it is govern America, U.S. government in the years ahead will produce materials for instruc- Being. will become a catch-all for mediocre, intellectually Ralph's one-act verse drama not all that surprising that Nixon would be blessed tion. A third part of the Center's with Ehrlichman and Haldeman. dormant people, permeated by corruption and work deals with teacher educa- Drink Ye and Charlie was written Most Americans are content to simply shrug their scandals that will make Watergate look like child's as a dramatic reflection on death play. shoulders and explain, "That's politics," and go on and its relation to the Christian their merry way, having the same regard for politics Our political system has always demanded a great sacrament of communion. The Faculty to exhibit as a barefoot person looks upon hot pavement he degree of committment on the part of public setting is simultaneously the scene must walk across, i.e., a "necessary evil." officials. Men and women of high intelligence and of the accidental death of a con- moral strength are vital if the nation's welfare is not original art works struction worker and a burial ser- HOWEVER, to imprison politics in the category to be compromised by mindless consent to or vice. of necessary evils is a reckless act that entirely participation in dirty political tactics. Watergate in Cultural Center Ralph has previously written ignores the reality that politics and politicians are points out the deficiency in the scheme to be sure, plays for church production and the sole means of running this country. but it also leads to hope, the hope that an era of v Works by the Hope art faculty for professional experimental If what Mencken said about politicians in 1924, clean politics will be ushered in, befitting the will be on exhibit during Septem- acting companies. A one-act play after the Teapot Dome scandal, is accurate, if what greatest democracy in the world. ber in the gallery of the DeWitt entitled Well Here We Are was the majority of Americans are saying about poli- TO MOVE toward this goal, more people than Cultural Center. A wide variety of commissioned by the Church ticians in 1973 after Watergate is the truth, then we ever must become involved in the political process. media is revealed in the works of Federation of Greater Chicago can only conclude that Americans do not have the Political participation must be regarded as one of Associate Professor of Art Delbert and televised nationally over the moral capacity to govern themselves. Then we might the highest contributions a person can make to his Michel, Bruce McCombs, assistant National Broadcasting Company better abolish the "corrupt" Congress, Executive country, rather than the lowest. To have it any professor of art, David G. Smith, network in 1962. and Judiciary (remember, judges are merely ap- different is to give the Haldemans, Ehrlichmans and assistant professor of art, and Pro- For the Time Being, a quar- pointed politicians). In fact, why not remove every Bobby Bakers a place they do not deserve in public fessor of Art Robert Vickers. terly magazine published by the last vestige of government? life, a place they should not be permitted to A reception will be held Fri- Fine Arts Fellowship, is devoted THIS SOUNDS absurd; nevertheless, it is the occupy. day, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. in the to encouraging innovation in the natural extension of the "politicians are corrupt; Clearly, Americans must see that the old stereo- gaUery. The public is invited to arts and to furthering the relation politicians govern; therefore government is corrupt" type of "corrupt politics" is not the way to attend. between art and society. syllogism that so many Americans today adhere to. perpetuate a government in which the people rule.

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$3.8 million science structure opens on Hope's campus

by Gary Gray increasingly important segment of its on-going research. The opening of the Peale Science Center marks BIOLOGY HAS also settled into greatly ex- the attainment of the sixth rung in the college's panded facilities. Experimental opportunities will be ambitious ten-year physical plant development plan. enhanced by a huge greenhouse located at the rear THE BUILDING boasts 82,000 square feet of of the building and a new aviary. Ken Meussen, classroom, office and laboratory space and was senior research assistant, notes, "These new teaching erected at a cost of $3.8 million. aids (which include temperature, humidity and Named for Dr. and Ms. Norman Vincent Peale of light-controlled rooms) will help us observe and \ New York's Marble Collegiate Church, the building, experiment much as if we were in the field." according to President Gordon Van Wylen, is The college's electron microscope, in virtual cold representative of the college's allegience to the storage for several years, stands in its own room on notion that science and faith are not only com- the ground floor, ready for new experimentation. patible but complementary. Darkroom facilities as well as ample storage space and student work rooms are available to each t4HOPE AFFIRMS that while other institutions department. may carry on a dialogue between faith and the A BIRD MUSEUM will allow Associate Professor various fields of knowledge, Hope must engage in of Biology Dr. Eldon Greij and students to continue such dialogue guided by both an openly avowed their accumulation of birds bagged in the field for Christian purpose and the rigorous demands of mounting and observation. This display was for- i academic disciplines," explains Van Wylen. merly housed in the fourth floor "attic" of the old To that end, private donors and industry pledged science building. nearly $800,000 to fund the building, the remaining The Department of Geology, located on the monies provided by a $500,000 Kresge matching building's ground level boasts new office and lab grant, a $1.5 million federal loan and a federal grant space including areas for specimen display and f. in the amount of $1 million. analysis. \ SITUATED ON the second floor is the chemistiy department, its laboratories and offices encompas- {DARKROOB2 M sing the lion's share of floor space on that level. ROCK STORAGE Eight faculty offices with attached labs for student r\ BIOLOGY GEOLOGY B 11 ANIMAL MAP MECHANIC WORKSHOP GENERAL STORAGE MECHANICAL research under each professor's direction offer a B-i X RAY ROOM B-9a ROOM B 10 B 15 81? ROOM B-16 new and integrated approach to experimentation. ROOM B 3 PREP " ROCK ROOM B 12 A chemical storage closet stretches across the k breadth of the building between pairs of labonJ STAIRS PSYCHOLOGY tories. According to Associate Professor of Chemis-( WORKROOM B 18 try Dr. Lynn Hoepfinger, little new instrumentation has been added since last year. However, new ELEVATOR STORAGE EXPERIMENIAL ROOW 29 B 22 II B 21 II B 20 II B 19 fixtures, exhaust hoods, jets for air, gas and even GENERAL GENERAL GEOLOGY SEDIMENT0L0GY MINER0L0GY distilled water give the impression of a meta- GEOLOGY B 44 LABORATORY B 41 LABORATORY B 35 CONTROL ROOM MECHANICAL LABORATORY B 34 morphoses in the department's features. B48 B 23 (r= LABORATORIES are arranged in cluster worirj OBSERVATION OBSERVATION JANITOR areas providing more intimate faculty-student orien-' B 30 B 24 ^ =(( B 25 LECTURE ROOM B 50 tation. UTILITY PREP (Capacity 1001 B47 ROOM B 42 2 Large instruments which form the center for OBSERVATION W'l various research projects stand in rooms isolated 8 26 ^1 from the corrosive laboratory atmosphere. JANITOR B46 J Hoepfinger commented on his department's new! look: "We've got a great new capability, one whici^] GEOLOGY may bring new research opportunities in grants and STUDENT BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY CLASSROOM B 27 RESEARCH LABORATORY B 39 LABORATORY B 37 LABORATORY B 33 general outside interest in our work." MEN'S ROOM WOMEN'S FISH ROOMS ESTROQM RESTR00M CONTRIBUTING to the unified nature of the] B-43 B 53 8 45 B 32 new center, common facilities abound in the PSC. Foremost of these design features is the Kleinhek- EXPERIMENTAL ROOMS B57> -^B-S4 sel-Van Zyl library, named for two distinguishec professors emeriti. When completed, this studjf] BIOPOTENTIAL RECORDING reference resource will accommodate nearly 30,000 JBW EXPERIMENT ROOMS PREP B65 IU 066 ROOM B 69 volumes using moveable shelves invented by the RAT Remington Rand corporation. Study carrels and a MONKEY CAGES WASH ROOM ROOM B 72 RIMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL ROOMS ANIMAL B 68 B-70 seminar room complement the center which wilij SURGERY serve all the college's sciences. PHYS MONKEY TEST RAT PREP B 59 AB 860 EXP ROOM 861 ROOM B 62 ROOM B-71 In addition, three classrooms located on ttyfj second floor offer seating for 40, or 120 whe/ GROUND FLOOR moveable partitions are folded to make a large conference room. THE BUILDING was designed by Tarapata- Mahon Paulsen Corporation of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Built by Pioneer Construction of Grand Rap- ids, the structure's design features include func- tional, up-to-date laboratory facilities, integrated mini-lab — office spaces, an all-science library and spacious lecture and seminar rooms. Fully air conditioned, the building boasts a unique and particularly efficient heating-ventila- ting-airconditioning system. Four departments are housed in the new building, bringing all but one of Hope's sciences under one roof. THE DEPARTMENTS of chemistry and biology have moved from cramped and outmoded quarters in the old science building on Tenth Street while geology has moved from Voorhees. Psychology, after an interim move during the '72-'73 year to the basement of Van Raalte has come a long way from their former tiny den at 284 College Ave. Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Patrick Harrison appraised his department's new experimen- tal potential in expanded quarters as a four-fold increase in expectations for learning and research. QUARTERED ON the first floor of the new building, the departm-ent's behavior labs on both the ground and first levels offer anechoic and reverbera- tive rooms, a large observation laboratory with the essential one-way mirrors and intercom links. Animal research may be carried out in several rooms outfitted with Skinner boxes and the like and animal maintenance rooms will allow the depart- ment to expand its stock of rhesus monkeys - an I September 7, 1973 Hope College anchor Seven

HOPE PROJECT Manager Henry Boersma terms the building's shape and design "functional" and, indeed, it appears much more box-like than its sister project, the DeWitt Student and Cultural Center. LIGHT Unlike the DWCC, however, its construction was CONTROL SPECIAL BIOLOGY ROOM 111 LAB & OFFICE 116 LAB & OFFICE 120 GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB & OFFICE 123 RECEIVING facilitated in the predicrted time, built in less than Prof Ockerse Prof McBnde LAB 122 Prof Ousseau LAB & OFFICE 126 ROOM 110 18 months at a cost considerably less than might be incurred if begun today. Boersma, who expressed unguarded approval of every phase of the construction, explained why the building represents a good buy. STORAGE "First, if we had built the center today we would Prof. (LEVATOR 141 Reinhing BIOLOGY be paying much higher costs for steel structure LAB 149 166 KHLP which is practically unavailable. Secondly, design S Prof ROOM 155 MUSEUM ISO MICROSCOPE LAB I MECHANICAL BIOLOGY BIOLOGY UTILITY Harrison features of the building gives us an efficient, LABORATORY 160 LABORATORY 154 167 L 168 163 130—] functional facility." ONE OF THESE unique features is the revolu- TESTING Prof 131 S tionary air recirculating-conditioning system. Com- Anderson ^ AQUARIUM 147 posed of a modern and conservatively rated air 170 conditioner housed in the machinery penthouse, the JANITO GENERAL GEOLOGY LAB JANITOR system includes two large air recovery wheels. These 143 CONFERENCE Reymerse 171 1—. 172 133 r n. nine foot tall devices are coupled to large frames PPEP PREP ROOM 146 filled with an air-cooling, drying and freshening DIRECTOR ROOM 15/ BIOLOGY OF BIOLOGY BIOLOGY chemical which allows much of the conditioned air LABORATORY 159 LABORATORY 153 LABORATORY 151 MENS WOMEN'S to be recirculated while concurrently filtering out RESTROOM STROOM HERBERIUM PSYCHOLOGY objectionable oders engendered in the chemistry GEOLOGY 161 ENVIRONMENTAL • DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT ROOM 14S and biology laboratories. OFFICE 138 OFFICE 175 158 LANDSCAPING BY L. J. Bakker Contractors of Holland features shrubbery bounded by railroad STAIRS ties and soon-to-be-installed rough wood benches. Six entrances are provided. A ramp for the handi- PREP w capped with snow-melting apparatus is provided at ROOM 188 ASSISTANT OFFICE 189 the building's south portal. The two north entrances BIOLOGY LAB & OFFICE 180 LAB & OFFICE 183 LAB & OFFICE 184 LAB & OFFICE 176 LAB & OFFICE 179 DEPARTMENT also have the snow melting devices. Prof Ervm Prof Rieck Prof Van Faasen Prof BradY Prof Greii LAB & OFFICE 187 DEPT Pro' Norton OFFICE 191 A parking lot accommodating 50 cars is nearly 181 CHAIRMAN OFFICE 19 completed. A six foot high cedar fence and a four and one-half foot high brick wall will hide the parked vehicles from the street and from neighbor's view. FIRST FLOOR

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SEMINAR CHEMISTRY LAB & OFFICE 205 LAB & OFFICE 206 LAB & OFFICE 210 LAB & OFFICE 211 CHEMISTRY INSTRUMENI Prof Doyle ROOMS ROOM 201 OFFICE 202 Prof Jekel Prof Hoepfinger Prof Mungali NUCLEAR MAGNETIC 216 LAB 213 V r\

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CLASSROOM 219 GENERAL CHEMISTRY ORGANIC ADVANCED BIOCHEMISTRY UTILITY Capacity 40 UTILITY CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 235 LABORATORY 229 LABORATORY 227 240 LABORATORY 236 1 CLASSROOM 220 KLEINHEKSEL VAN ZYL Capacity 40 MEMORIAL LIBRARY 242 JANITOR 239

WOMENS PHYSICAL GENERAL CHEMISTRY ORGANIC .J SPECTROSCOPY RESIROOM CHEMISTRY LABORATORY LABORATORY 230 LABORATORY 226 224 LABORATORY 237 CLASSROOM 221 MEN'S Capacity 40 RESTROOM 238

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RESERVE OFFICE 246 GENERAL LAB & OFFICE 249 LAB & OFFICE 252 LAB & OFFICE 253 LAB & OFFICE 256 SEMINAR LAB & OFFICE 245 CHEMISTRY Prof Klein Prof. Brink Prof Barker Prof Williams ROOM 243 Prof. Wettack LABORATORY 248

SECOND FLOOR Eight Hope College anchor September 7,1973 '73 March to Hope: Beaver Island and back

Editor's note: The 1973 March to miseries, many had been drenched Hope was held on Beaver Island in when they failed to heed a warn- northern Lake Michigan last ing by the captain to go below month. Anchor associate editor before the ship got out of the Dave DeKok participated and harbor and were cold as well as wrote this feature about it. sick. It was sunny and calm, though, when the ferry arrived in the When 53 professors, college harbor of St. James, Beaver Is- students, and schoolchildren from land. The town dates from the the Holland area go on a week- mid-1 SOO's when the island was long backpacking venture into the settled by Mormons and ruled by wilderness of Beaver Island, one a king, James Strang. might reasonably expect them to THE KIDS could have cared run into all sorts of problems, the less about the island's history, least of which would be sore feet. though, only being anxious to get FORTUNATELY, that was the going. Their energy came in peaks group's only big problem, with a that first day, the peaks being little seasickness, poison ivy, and when they had their packs off. rain thrown In to keep the trip For some reason, a kid can drag interesting. along at the end of the line of The trip, called the March to hikers, complain about his sore Hope, is not intended to be a feet and his heavy pack, and still picnic, however. It was conceived run circles around you at the rest in 1970 by Carl Schackow, an stop with his pack off. associate professor of education at The road out of St. James led Hope, as a self-concept-building past crumbling log farm houses, experience for the children in- long since abandoned and now volved. overgrown with weeds. The soil is THE CHILDREN are selected poor on the island, as poor as the by their teachers (though they are people who farmed it. After about not told this) on the basis of their three miles of farms and patches inability to start and finish things. of woods, the wilderness began. This can include being unable to THE GROUP walked close to keep friendships with their fellow 14 miles the first day. However, students, Schackow indicated. after about the eighth mile, the the beach route were forced at know each other better at IT WAS a 22 mile walk back to The child is then matched with supply van came by and relieved times to cut through a cedar French's Bay. St. James the next day, and it a student from Hope who is re- all but two people of their packs. forest where the trees grew within The kids did more things to- rained periodically till about sponsible for outfitting his young This was a radical departure from one and one half feet of each gether, whether it was swimming, noon. Two of the young marchers partner for the march and playing the previous march, when packs other with the dead branches of boating, eating, or whatever. .were slightly sick and rode most the role of big brother or sister were carried all the way, once the each adding to the difficulties. Camping skills were put to the of the trip in the supply van. during it. group was in the woods. It was at French's Bay that the test Wednesday night as everyone Only a small group of people THIS YEAR'S march pre- This caused some grumbling group grew together as a cohesive prepared for the forecasted storm walked the entire way, but this sented a different set of problems among some of the marchers, who unit. One entire day was spent (it only rained for an hour, in the included both old and young. One than previous marches. In past felt that since the march was here, and most of the day was early morning, which sort of dis- young girl named Denise was de- years the march had taken place designed as a physical experience. spent in recreation. People got to appointed a lot of people). termined to walk the entire way at Wilderness State Park, near the and kept up with the lead group, Straits of Mackinac. even if it meant running a block But a new ruling by the De- once in a while, something she partment of Natural Resources in had not previously done. Lansing had outlawed open fires THE DAY'S walk ended, ironi- in state parks such as Wilderness cally, at Sucker's Point, where a and since this would have greatly recently abandoned Coast Guard restricted the group's mobility. station was located and the group Beaver Island was chosen as an had permission to camp for the alternate site. night. The second part of the MUCH OF the southern half of psychological test was taken the island, especially the western there. coastal area, is state forest land The trip back to the mainland which was not covered by as strict was smooth and uneventful, as a rule concerning open fires as was the bus ride to Holland. were state parks. THE NEXT morning the mar- Also, Schackow stated, "The chers walked into Holland from island is a lot more primitive (than Fellowship Reformed Church. As Wilderness State Park) and we felt they passed Beechwood Ele- it would be a better place to stage mentary School, a young boy the march." rode up on his bicycle who had THE MARCHERS left Holland been on the 1972 march and had the evening of Aug. 19 on Hope's been considered for participation Flying Dutchman bus. The scene again this year but had not been of departure was one of happy chosen by anybody. confusion, with kids running He wasn't mad though. He just around trying to find a way down waved hello and smiled at the the Voorhees Hall fire escape (or group. It was a friendly day, it up it), mothers kissing their kids had been a fairly friendly week. goodbye (if they could find them), college students filling jars everyone should carry their packs with peanut butter and jelly and all the way. loading the bus with backpacks, AFTER THE 14th mile, all but the kids getting physicals and five people were picked up in suc- taking tests, with all finally cessive trips by the van and were leaving. bused the final five miles down to The psychological tests to mea- Iron Ore Bay at the southern end sure any rise in self-concept were of the island. a new feature of the march and Just say hi were administered by psychology Schackow explained later that major Ron Bultema, as an inde- it would have been physically pendent study. impossible for the young marchers by Paul Boddy THE KIDS were excited on the to have gone the entire distance Greeting a person in America is usually easy. The busride to Charlevoix, as young on foot, though ideally it would greeter just says "Hi" and adds the greetee's name kids starting a trip usually are. have been better. The final day of "Hi Soandso." But when a greeter does not know Problems did arise, like finding walking on the island would see the greetee's name, initial verbal contact becomes a seats for everyone, but this was even the most diehard tradi- difficult and unpleasant chore. quickly solved when several peo- tionalist agreeing that walking the THE GREETER must choose among several ple decided they liked being jam- distance without packs was physi- unattractive alternatives. He can say plain t4Hi" but med three to a seat or sitting on cal enough. that sounds short and saccharine and has drug the floor. related overtones. He might say "Hi" and mumble THE NIGHT at Iron OFC Bay The boys and girls at the back something that sounds like a name. He can say "Hi was mostly spent in swimming, of the bus quickly made friends John" because there is an eight percent chance that a recuperation and eating. There with one another and engaged in a guy's name is John, or "Hi Bob" (six percent) or for a was, however, a tense moment perpetual round of seat-switching, girl, "Hi Mary" (3.2 percent). In the greater Holland when it was discovered that three crawling under seats, telling jokes, area "Hi Dutch" (nine percent) is a good bet. tickling and generally keeping of the group, Doug Kidd, Donna The greeter can hope someone will join an their collegiate partners awake. Drake, and Perry, Kidd's young unknown name so he can say "Hi guys" or "Hi partner, had not reported in yet. THE BUS arrived in Charlevois gang." in the early morning hours and As it turned out, they had taken a wrong turn and gone to French's HE CAN hit the greetee with a quick question everyone bedded down on a like, "How are you"? or "What do you think of grassy area next to the dock. Bay, the original choice for the evening campsite. those Mets?", or he can pretend he's in a daze and The two and one half hour ride walk by the greetee without saying anything. to the island was the low point of The three had to walk the the trip for most of the marchers. beach in the dark down to Iron The group was party to what was Ore Bay and reported when they called the roughest crossing of the arrived that the beach was nearly summer, according to one of the impassible at points because the reply but 1 was stricken by amnesia stupidia. 1 crewman, and no one doubted forest grew down to the water's As lousy as the above greetings sound, the "Hi couldn't remember this guy's name or the four him for an instant. edge. uh . . . wait ... I know it . . . don't tell me . . . uh nicknames he uses. Quick thinkingly I faked a heart LAKE MICHIGAN had eight . . . give me a hint ... oh I give up" sequence is by attack and didn't have to reply. foot waves that day and two- BECAUSE OF this, several of far the worst. Many other Hope students face similar problems. thirds of the passengers, adults, the group took the inland route to ON MY FIRST day back at Hope a friend ran We should have a week where each student calls the students, and children alike, were French's Bay in the morning, the towards me and said, "My number one buddy is others by his own name. We'd eliminate a lot of seasick. To compound their next campsite. Those that took back! Hi Peabod. Great to see you." I started to embarrasment. September 7, 1973 Hope College anchor Nine SPONSORED Science building renovation BY THE Doctrine and life MINISTRY could begin this semester OF CHRIST'S The press for classroom space Van Wylen estimated that the which began last semester with actual construction will take four the collapse of a ceiling in Van months and could begin this by Bob Van Voorst PEOPLE Raalte Hall will be alleviated as semester if the necessary funds are rollprtpfi Several misconceptions have recently surfaced how Christian doctrine was (and still is) formed. To soon as the college's old science WHEN ASKED what would concerning the relationship of the doctrine of the many, the creeds and confessions of the church building is converted for use by happen to Van Raalte, Van Wylen Christian faith and the Christian life of believers. No were drafted by committees of aged, cloistered the humanities and social sciences, and Werkman agreed that Voor- longer do most Christians suppose an immediate and churchmen who sought nothing more than a restate- according to President Gordon hees Hall will become the adminis- necessary link between what they believe - the ment of their faith in an extra-Biblical format. Van Wylen and Barry Werkman, tration center and that Van Raalte doctrine they confess - and how they live. The task The remedy for this problem lies in placing the business manager. A lack of funds would be razed. They also stated of this week's column is to work toward an creeds and confessions of the church in their proper precludes an immediate solution understanding of how Christian doctrine and Chris- historical context. Doctrine is bom, not in the calm to the problem. that no building is planned for the tian life depend on and nourish each other. of dispassionate thinking, but rather in the raging PLANS approved by represen- vacated area. THE CLIMATE of modern life, firstly, is general- heat of soul-searching controversy and debate. Far tatives of the humanities and so- Van Wylen suggested con- ly adverse to doctrine. This unfavorable attitude from being a product of some calm caucus, the cial sciences, have been drawn up structing an outdoor amphitheater toward doctrine can be seen in the label often given doctrine of orthodoxy is hammered out on the anvil for the renovation of the old on the slope from the Pine Grove to doctrine - "dull dogma." To many Christians, of heresy. science building. The plans are to 12th Street, with the eventual the study and appreciation of the truths of creation, now being reviewed by several closing of 12th Street from Co- incarnation and redemption seem too boring to be THE EARLY Christian Church viewed doctrine state agencies, including the Fire lumbia Ave. to College Ave. to worthwhile. as the revelation of the Lord of all life, and Marshall's office. form a mall. The epithet "dogmatic" is also indicative of the therefore as something which must reach out to Tentatively, the classrooms will way many view Christian doctrine. That the tenets touch all areas of life. It did not divorce doctrine be located on the first and second of revelation should become a byword for beliefs from deed, but rather sought to relate it to the floors. They will vary from semi- ALLEN'S BARBER SHOP which are arbitrary, authoritarian and immune to necessary facts of human nature and life, so that nar rooms for ten to twelve stu- criticism is an indication of how doctrine suffers doctrine would be a dynamic power for Christian dents to large lecture rooms for when it is divorced from the dynamic, vital concerns living. 50 students. Several classrooms RAZOR CUTTING of human life. To the Christian whose obedience to God issues will be designed for the specific FINALLY, church leaders themselves often be- from his creed, doctrine, as one British writer put it, need of freshman classes. The AND STYLING tray the role of doctrine in the Christian faith. is drama. To understand with mind and heart the third floor will hold 35 faculty Centuries of doctrinal difference between denomi- doctrine of the faith is to participate in the total offices and Werkman said, "Most work in the building will consist nations are now being soft-pedaled in the interest of drama of the encounter between God and man - APPOINTMENTS DAILY ecumenical "advance," thereby losing the grip of creation, fall, and redemption - by living as one of moving walls to facilitate small- creed and confession on the lift of the church. created by God, trusting in Jesus Christ to redeem er classrooms and much cosmetic This is not to say, of course, that there should be from the corruption of sin and to sanctify by His work, such as retiling the floors." CLOSED WED. doctrinal division in the body of Christ, or that Spirit. THE GREATEST holdup will ecumenical relationships are of themselves wrong; In sum. Christian doctrine must be, in a sense, be raising the estimated $300,000 but to skirt the doctrinal issues which produced both the cause and the effect of Christian living. necessary for the renovation. A drive will begin shortly, as part of division is not a genuine, realistic way to heal the When the truth of God's revelation to man is 17 W.16Th bitter fruits of division. incorporated into our lives, when man is true to the Build Hope Fund to finance ALL OF THESE prejudices and misconceptions God's truth, every Christian will come to under- initial remodeling by the first of PHONE 396-5095 can be traced to one basic problem: most Christians, stand and appreciate the twin roles of doctrine and next year. not to mention non-believers, do not understand life. MOCP announces new staff; outlines year's purposes In an effort to incorporate Crusade for Christ. The aim of the Christianity into the college ex- evangelism ministry according to perience, the Ministry of Christ's Hillegonds is to infuse the campus People will again be dividing its with "the thought that no night work into four main areas. of the woul is so dark that there RON Sanford and Marge Bar- can't be a new dawning." rowman are coordinating the TO AID in the development of MOCP's ministry of worship this Hope students as persons, Jeff year. According to Chaplain Wil- Gray will be organizing the mi- liam Hillegonds, "Worship helps nistry of personal-interpersonal us remember and provides the growth. The MOCP intends to vehicle for celebrating the aston- assist in student maturation ishing things God does in our through Bible study and other lives." The goal of the MOCP's discussion groups. ministry of worship is to organize Involvement with the Hope events and services which will and Holland communities is ef- keep those remembrances and cel- fected through the MOCP's social ebrations alive. ministries staffed by Mary Meade, Ron Reeverts will head the Rich Williams and Deb Gordon. MOCP's ministry of evangelism, Hillegonds calls this the MOCP's working closely with the Campus "bowl and towel ministry."

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Editor's note: this week's anchor to forget the ruthless tactics of Surveys have shown a major swing THE LANGUAGE requirement self in far less of an intellectual essay is written by anchor editor the Communist purge days of in interest away from the humani- was particularly singled out by way. Peter Brown. He examines emerg- Senator Joe McCarthy, while to- ties toward such subjects as law, admissions as having a negative LYRICAL music questioned ing trends in life-styles among day the most prevalent attitude medicine, business and engineer- effect upon potential students. social, political, and moral issues, college students. toward Watergate and political ing. Practical, financially reward- The one apparent fact is that while rock V roll and other sen- corruption is one of apathy. ing careers are fast becoming the there is a strong reluctance among sate music is geared toward enjoy- "BACK TO BOOZE" reads the Today, as in the SO's, students target of students. students to take courses from ing the moment - sort of "groov- billboard which is located on the which they can gain no immediate in' and forgetting it all." road somewhere between Holland reward. Students are seeking job Columbia Broadcasting System and the night life in Saugatuck. oriented specialization and shying journalist Eric Sevareid summed And indeed the slogan "back to away from the traditional liberal up his interpretations of the booze" seems to typify a move- arts education. emerging life-style as follows: ment underway among college With this new shift in emphasis "Students rather derided social students around the country. Al- it is understandable why students action then (students of the SO's) though the trend is just emerging, are downplaying the importance and looked for personal, very pri- this movement seems to be a of a curriculum designed to pro- vate answers to the living of life. social reaction to the frustrations mote penetration in a wide area of And now they are back to it." of the protest-ridden 60*8. subjects. — "MAYBE THEY concluded FOR MANY people the idealis- MONEY IS again the goal, and they couldn't change society by tic protests of the 60^ produced in a specialized economy it is the mass action; maybe they decided few concrete changes, and now technician, not the historian, who life in America isn't all that bad many students simply want to is going to reap the monetary anyway, and they may as well wrestle with their own immediate benefits. enjoy both while they can." problems. Even at Hope differ- Looking at the musical trends As in any transitional stage ences in values and even physical among youth, one can detect there are many exceptions to gen- appearances are noticeable be- changes taking place. eral observations. On our campus tween this year's freshmen and the Many superheroes of the 60's there are still many "long-haired freshmen of only two years ago. are dead (Janis Joplin, Jimi Hen- straights," and if one looks hard Today shorthaired males drix, Jim Morrison), while others enough he might even find some abound, while girls are once again seem to be eager to focus their According to many job coun- have faded into obscurity. Bob acid or mescaline. But there is deeming it fashionable to wear attention inward, and away from selors, today's students are more Dylan is still singing, but has given little doubt that a new personal, skirts and dresses. Whereas two the large scale problems which interested in making money, and up his protest style of the 60's. introverted trend in thinking and years ago "higher consciousness were previously occupying much less concerned with changing the Acid rock faded after a short life, living is emerging. drugs" were easily accessible, to- of their time and energy. Present- world as they were only a few and many of the once popular ITS SIMILARITIES to the SO's day there is plenty of beer, but ly, college is being reevaluated, years ago. The era of large scale protest singers have found smaller are striking, as are the similarities little or no "awareness" drugs. but not in terms of its benefit questioning of political and social and more apathetic audiences. in the motivating catalysts. It is a The similarities of this new value for the student's intellectual issues has certainly faded. personal, system-oriented, aloof, THE NEW direction in rock is system with that of the SO's is growth. Rather academia is being apathetic orientation to viewing MAJOR concern on campus clearly away from the political striking, as are many of the cata- questioned with regards to its the world. It centers on imme- has begun to shift back to imme- and more toward the bizarre. Wit- lysts which are perhaps propelling ability to provide the student with diate fun and fulfillment and ne- diate problems (such as the "gotta ness the popularity of the Alice this life style. a marketable vocation. glects the problems of the world IN THE SO's it was the end of get a girl" syndrome), while the Cooper group and David Bowie CLEARLY, the emphasis is on viewed in its entirety, it is defi- the unpopular Korean War, while secret Cambodian bombing and among the youth. When the Sha- a saleable occupation and the nitely conservative in that it sup- today the even more unpopular Watergate issues provoke little in- na-na group yells that "Rock 'n' growth of the college placement ports the basic power structure. Vietnam War has just ended. The terest. Many universities are re- Roll is here to stay" they prob- office in colleges throughout the To many people the attitudinal country in the 19S0's was trying porting renewed interest in frater- ably don't realize how right their country supports this hypothesis. change is a blessing, for it rein- nities and sororities, while nation- assertion is. Partly a nostalgic rem- forces support of the system. But al enrollment in ROTC is up. iniscing among the post 25 crowd, looking deeper it appears more of but also a real desire of teenagers, Recent requests by the admis- a tragedy. rock 'n' roll is fast regaining prom- sions office at Hope to reduce the Any life-style geared toward inence in musical circles. number of requirements in the money and self-centered fulfill- core curriculum, on the basis of One must not overlook the ment, and away from the injus- high schoolers' opinions is particu- striking difference in emphasis be- tices surrounding us is hardly larly interesting. Although the tween the predominance of lyrical praiseworthy. But even more con- data is sketchy, it appears that music in the 60's and the emerg- temptible is the abandoning of the Barnes incoming students are becoming ing sensate sound. aesthetic value of a liberal arts increasingly more reluctant to en- The former emphasizes listen- education in favor of a narrow, roll in an institution with strin- ing and thinking, while the latter hardly intellectual, vocational gent core requirements. is for dancing and involving one- education.

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by Dirk Bloemendaal The trial begins anew. Hope has once again laid If this college is to advertise itself as a liberal arts iiritius open its doors to the studious, conservative and just institution and not a pre-professional battleground plain bewildered. Last year's dust has been swept for the sciences, Hope should direct additional away under the blue-and-orange rug of Victorian funds into the starved humanities and social science isolationism, leaving a most deceptive slate upon fields. Inklings of the definite possibility of a new, which to write. bigger computer lend credence to this statement. ALL THIS occurs at a time when several profs IT WOULD BE an act of extreme foolishness to have been issued terminal contracts and Dean of attempt to predict the year's events and any Academic Affairs Morette Rider refuses to even endeavor leading in that direction would merely be disclose the names of several of the affected. papers contemplative gibberish. However, it may prove Wisps of the pilgrim-like basis upon which the wise to take stock of our situation as students in the college was founded continue to float above this Great Hope Machine. Just where do we stand? center of learning, frequently darting down and Another herd of freshmen have been enticed to at releasing their odiferous fumes. Parietal hours ex- least try the college for a semester, spurred on by emplify the childish attitude held by the administra- the avalanche of one-sided material dropped upon tion and alumni. Under the guise of "caring for the their heads by the Admissions Office. AND good of all," the administrative staff has imposed They and their numbers have enabled the Admin- and continues to impose "these hours of curfew." istration to facilitate a baroque change in housing INSTEAD OF offering each college residence the plans. Phelps Hall has been transformed from a option of choosing its own hours, the college once-chastitical girl's dorm into another dubious persistently imposes its own moral guidelines upon MUCH MORE experiment with "co-ed" housing. Hope now boasts the students. two such bizarre residences, the other being the Strict rules governing drinking on campus lend to "Zoo"-Kollen Hall. Hope a very dry, very frustrating image. Doggedly at UPON WATCHING the scene from afar, one gets hanging on to the very end, the faculty on the the impression that a sort of futile battle is being Campus Life Board continue to cast their vetoes, played out upon the pawns. And it continues. But overriding the views of students. what of changes, what of progress, what of liberali- DISCONTENT arises everywhere on campus zation of an all too prudish college? Alas, unheeded these days. The college food service is quickly losing go the bitter cries. There is no Arthur in the court ground in its battle to provide the student with a to overthrow the tyrannical reign of alumni, admin- decent meal. Superficial attempts to disguise the istration and zealous donors. apparent failure of the service have fallen miserably To be sure, minor alterations have been made in short of their goals. Decorations and appearances the campus layout, and perhaps a small change in seem to take precedence over the quality of the parietal hours has been enacted. But like the food. tortoise trying to keep pace with the hare, Hope To illustrate the entire situation very graphically, s invariably continues far behind the pacesetter. consider this example-last week the food service CARD LET'S TAKE A look at the race we're running. offered a ham casserole. Instead of a genuine ham The college still possesses umpteen hours of require- casserole, the mix consisted of filler coupled with HIADQUARTIRS ments; some are valid, others doubtfully so. Under some ham flavoring. In other words, no ham. the auspices of offering a liberal arts education, Hope College is walking a very thin line. While DOWNTOWN - NEXT TO PENNEY'S Hope continues to methodically grind out the costs continue to rise, enrollment at the institution science majors for which it is so well known. Monies is on a tight basis. This year, only a last minute rush which could be well used for the humanities and by freshmen and transfer students enabled the social sciences are seemingly always used to feed the Admissions Office to come gear their goal. Next enormous appetite of the science program. year's enrollment may spell a saaaer tune. September 7,1973 Hope College anchor Eleven Enrollment down 88 Budget cuts total $35,000

Waves made by a decrease in keep and preventive maintenance tees. Department heads were noti- student enrollment this year are services will not be hurt by the fied in July. rocking the boat in the business cut, although $12,000 earmarked No complaints from faculty, office. But the administration has for such expenditures as cottage administrators or students have made a four percent cut in the and dorm lobby improvements been reported, Anderson said, but budget without serious ramifica- was cut from the maintenance this came as no surprise as the tions and is weathering the storm department's budget. administration has known since fairly well. January that enrollment would THE CUTBACK necessitated THIS YEAR'S student body, probably be down this semester. no personnel reductions among in numbering 88 fewer than ex- regular Hope college employees, pected, has forced all academic but students employed by the departments, administrative de- individual departments could be Hope hires new partments and college-funded stu- affected if the department head dent organizations to make bud- decides to cut funds for students' profs, others gel get cutbacks totaling $35,000, ac- salaries in the department. cording to Controller William Anderson. Anderson hopes many of the terminal contracts However, the adjustments items eliminated from the budget made due to this lost of expected can be restored. "Our endowment The 1973-74 academic year income will not affect the quality will probably be higher than ex- opened this year with the addition of a Hope education or deny pected due to increased interest of several staff and faculty mem- students any of Hope's other ben- rates," Anderson noted. Other bers. efits. The new budgeting is being than that, he said, the only solu- Included in the additions are done in the area of variable oper- tion to the shortage in funds is to Dr. Barbara Barker, assistant pro- ating costs, which includes such "take a serious look at the admis- fessor of chemistry; Dr. Peter things as instructional materials sions program" in order to in- Chereson, post-doctoral research and equipment. crease enrollment without drop- fellow in chemistry; Antonio THIS MEANS since 88 fewer ping admission standards. Flores, director of the Upward Bound program; Phillip Green- . w. . ... r 4 r., • u* students will be here, the various ANDERSON recommended A Laurel and Hardy film festival w.ll present films every mghtnex d tments will j that much the budget cuts to President Gor- berg, assistant professor of music; week begmmng Sunday at 8 p.m in the DCC. Comedy classu* such as on educational aids don Van Wylen in June, who then Ms. Karen Gritzmacher, instructor Way Out Wes, and ^ Cftum at Oxford are among the 17 f.lms to be Teacher salari ds reported it to the Board of Trus- in communication; Ms. Nona shown. Admission is $3 for the entire series, or $.75 an evening. Kipp, instructor in sociology; Dr. Barrie Richardson, professor of economics and business adminis- Creates own home tration; David Utzinger, instructor in business administration; Dr. Ed- win Van Bruggen, assistant pro- Hope grad Packard erects geodesic domes fessor of political science; and Dr. Glenn Van Wieren, assistant pro- by Paul Timmer fessor of physical education. Several professors were given Hope alumnus Russ Packard one-year terminal contracts. Dean dons a chefs cap for his daily of Academic Affairs Morette Ri- bread, but unlike many college der declined to list the names grads who find work outside of stating that "several of the in- volved professors fear a situation their field of study, three geodesic domes attest to this art major's similar to the Ervin-McBnde mat- fulfillment within his collegiate ter of last year." academic endeavor. PACKARD IS presently the N head chef at the Hatch and enjoys his work. But his art background and ingenuity have afforded him a dwelling and a life style vastly different from others who opt for the daily grind. Instead, Packard goes home to three imerconnecl- ing geodesic domes which he is designing and building on an 11-acre wooded site a mile from Lake Michigan. The domes are still unfinished, but one of them is presently Barber and inhabited by Packard and a friend, BIS** Ed Parsekian. The domes are 22 Styling feet high and 32 feet in diameter. Packard, who designed Shop the plans for the domes with the the project and they agreed," THE WESTERNMOST dome is a bathroom. "A catwalk will con- help of an architect, explained Packard continued. closest to being completed. Pack- nect lofts in each dome," Packard STYLING ard and Parsekian live in it accom- said. He hopes to complete the that "a sphere has great advan- HE AND Parsekian have been RAZOR CUTTING panied by two big dogs and a project, which he estimates will tages for living because it offers working on the three intercon- couple of cats. Presently, the fur- cost $12,000, within the next COLORING greater volume with less surface necting domes for almost a year nishings consist of a picnic table, four years. WIGS area. Heating is also more effi- now. The actual construction be- some chairs, kitchen cabinets, two Packard's wilderness garden has cient," he added. gin with pouring a four to eight PACKARD took a lot of phys- well-stocked refrigerators and yielded a crop of corn, squash, Located at 331 College inch concrete base. Next wooden ics and mathematics his first beds. Packard said that it would tomatoes and watermelon. The two by four inch struts linked by (2-blocks so of chapel) couple of years at Hope, hut he contain, upon completion, a din- property still remains in a wild, cylindrical hubs provide the 392-1112 finally decided to obtain an art ing room, kitchen, bathroom, unspoiled condition. "Every so framework for the dome's exte- major. Obviously, his experience darkroom and an art studio up- often we see deer roaming Randall Driesenga, Owner i rior. A cover material-clear plas- in science has aided him in design- stairs. through. 1 just hope we can keep tic or burlap, for example-is then ing and constructing his new The east dome will be finished hunters out of the area," he said. draped over the frame. house. Packard got the idea for after the west dome's completion, undertaking the project when Packard explained, "Then we according to Packard. Accom- some Earlham College students spray an orange foam called poly- panied by Sir, a half Great Dane built a small model in the Pine urethane (similar to styrofoam in and half Labrador, Packard Holiday Inn j Grove last year. texture) which serves as an excel- pointed out the projected conver- "After 1 saw the potential of lent insulating material. Eventual- sation pit and fireplace that will such a design I became seriously ly I hope to paint the domes with complete living area of the dome interested in the idea of a dome as colors that blend in with the complex. a place to live," he said. "I talked surrounding country," Packard THE SOUTH dome is sched- Welcomes to the art department about the said. He also indicated that plexi- uled to be erected last and will possibility of obtaining credit for glas windows will be installed. contain four bedrooms, a loft and Hopeites... Now serving your favorite cocktails

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MO. U I »*I.on Twelve Hope College anchor September 7,1973 Defense and untested line are keys to football season by Chris Liggett early games I feel that they might A strong, veteran defense and get a little confused by a stunting an untested offensive line should defense." be the key to the outcome of the Smith is impressed by a num- 1973 Hope football season. ber of new players on the HEAD COACH Ray Smith will team. Freshmen Dave Teeter and be fielding a defensive team en- Duff DeZwaan have looked pro- tirely composed of letter-winners. mising, while sophomore Tim Proven performers such as Mark Mamroe has, according to Smith, Bolthouse and co-captain Gerrit Idoked particularly impressive. I Crandall at linebackers, Jeff THE TEAM'S depth has been Stewart, Dave Yeiter and Ron greatly improved over last year Posthuma on the line, and Jim due to the number of outstanding Bosscher and Bob Carlson in the freshmen. Veterans Ed Sanders defensive secondary will help and Paul Cornell have moved to anchor the defensive squad. tailback and offensive tackle res- A strong offensive backfield pectively where both are expected will be centered around co-captain to see a great deal of action. Bob Lamer at tailback. Lamer, an Hope has lost the enviable po- All-MIAA pick and third in the sition it had last year. Chosen to nation in rushing in the small finish in the cellar, the Flying college division last season, will be Dutchmen were able to act as a counting on the blocking talent of spoiler to many teams with their fullback Chuck Brooks. The quar- 6-2-1 record. This year Smith be- terbacking position is still up for lieves that most teams will be grabs between Carlson and sopho- gearing up for their game with more Tim Van Heest. Hope. A YOUNG offensive line could Hope's first game will be Sept. prove to be the weak point in the 15 at Manchester. The first home Dutch attack. Smith believes the contest will be Sept. 22, against potential is there but, "In the Concordia. Hope's gridders prepare for their opening game with Manchester College tomorrow at Manchester, Ind. "ALL WE SELL IS FUN Seven lettermen look toward cross country title

-12 USED MOTORCYCLES— After losing only one dual tomed to the collegiate five-mile meet in the last two years, Hope's distance. $200. AND UP harriers are looking toward an- Kalamazoo should be strong other strong season. once again this year after winning Seven returning lettermen will the MIAA last season. Hope has be the mainstay of this year's been hurt by the extreme weather -USED BICYCLES— HONDA cross country team. Seniors Nick of late, but they have until the Kramer and Captain Marty Stark, Hope Invitational on Sept. 25 to $10.—$15.-$20. AND UP See the NEW 74's! SCHWINN juniors Phil Ceeley, Randy Law- finish preparing for the opener. Vile have them rence, Glenn Powers, and sopho- in stock now! mores Dave Whitehouse and Stu- art Scholl will be running for Fall intramurals Hope. Scholl will be counted on to commence ReliaJde CYCLE & Sti mus heavily after placing second in the conference last year. September 17 OPEN MON. AND FRI. 'TIL 9 PM Closed All Day Wednesday Coach Bill Vanderbilt has five frosh running for him this year. Dr. William Vanderbilt, associ- Scott Bradley, Doug Irons, Tom ate professor of physical educa- Van Tassle, Jack Harris and Kim tion, has set Sept. 12 as the date Spolsberry should add depth to for an organizational meeting for the team once they get accus- the fall intramural sports. Men's and women's gym- JODV TOE ANCHOR nastics, Softball, tennis and touch football will begin competition on we need: Sept. 17. Ken Hoesch and Rick Smith will be the men's student reporters directors, and Elyce DeVries, Barb Bassnet, Mary Davis and Diane artists Coral Gables Vannette will direct the women's photographers intramurals. To participate in any of the or sfiu&Aruio^- typists intramural sports interested stu- dents should contact their resi- interested students should call dent advisor or intramural man- 2285 or contact any staff ager and make sure that someone member is present at each organizational THEOU) CROW BAR meeting.

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