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WHO'S WHERE IN ALUMNI — A new edition of the alumni directory is on the press! Jim Fonts (left), production superintendent at House of Printers, Grand Rapids, Mich., reviews directory proofs with alumni director Vern Schipper. The directory will be given free to those contributing to the 1982-83 Annual Fund Drive. The first directories were mailed to alumni donors early in December. New Computers Enhance Programs

Hope's Computer Center is in the process of living up for their research projects. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS to its name — and building a new reputation. The move of the Computer Center illustrates in a The College is in the final stages of moving its dramatic way a shift in computer use at Hope since the FROM HOPE COLLEGE computer facilitiesfrom the west edge of campus to first data processing equipment was purchased in 1966. expanded quarters in the center of campus. In addition to Then the computer was used primarily by the physics a new locationat the College's hub, the Computer Center and mathematicsdepartments, and hence was logically In this Christmas Season we turn from is acquiring new computersas part of a plan to strength- located in their campus quarters. en Hope's computer science program and expand use of During the past 16 years, however, computer functions the pressures of daily life, and the tensions the computer throughoutthe College. have expanded to serve virtually every area of campus, and difficultiesthat seem always to abound Funding for the improvement program has been re- and the Center's off-tracklocation became less and less in the world, to those things which endure ceived from The Pew Memorial Trust of Philadelphia, practical. Pa., which gave S200,000, and the SteelcaseFoundation This semester alone, Weber reports, there has been and make for peace. In doing so, we seek of Grand Rapids, Mich., which gave 510,000. In addition, more than a 40 per cent increasein student use of the to be renewed in the Source of these good Hope has received a $93,000 grant for the purchase of computer.Faculty use has also increased,encompassing word processing equipment. both research and computer-assisted instruction. Academ- gifts — the God who created us and visited "When these plans have been fully implemented, we ic use of the computer is no longer confined to the us in the Event we call the Incarnation, and will be at the forefrontamong liberal arts colleges in sciences. Use has particularly increased by the foreign overall computer resources and utilization," says Presi- languages department and the business administration thereby brought Life and Immortality into dent Gordon J. Van Wylen. and economicsdepartment. focus. Our prayer is that we may each The Computer Center, formerly in Vander Werf Hall Hope's computer science department, establishedin of Physics and Mathematics, is now relocatedin Durfee 1974, has increasedat a 20 per cent annual rate and experience this .renewal in our individual Hall. The former kitchen and dining areas of this dormi- presently two-thirds of the student body is taking at least situations and needs, and know something tory have been completely remodeledfor the new one course in computer science. Thanks to the work of Prof. Herbert Dershem and his colleague?,Hope's com- of what St. Paul had in mind when he function. Two of three Digital Equipment Corporation VAX puter science department is nationallyrecognized and wrote these words to his friends: 11/750 computershave been installed in the new loca- used as a model by other liberal arts colleges, Weber tion. The third computer will arrive later this year. reports. “May your spiritual experience become Computer power will be spread throughout campus via The computer has absorbed many business functions in terminal clusters in dormitories and academic buildings, recent years and its value as a records-keeperwas made richer as you see more and more fully plus two or three terminal centers which will offer vivid in 1980 when a fire destroyed the College'sadmin- God’s great secret, Christ Himself! For printersand at-hand computer consultants. istrative center. The College plans to expand use of the new system to include individualoffice management and it is in Him, and in Him alone, that you The purchase of the Digital equipment is the final sttp in a study which began in 1978 when it became apparent word processing needs. will find all the treasures of wisdom that the Xerox Sigma 6, purchased in 1973, would soon Hope's new hardware and the Computer Center staff and knowledge.” be inadequate. The College will sell the Sigma 6 when will be able to serve the campus community far more the new computers have been totally phased-in by the efficiently in the new central location, says Weber. The new Center also offers more roomy, pleasantquarters. A This has been a good yegr for Hope Col- spring of 1984. The multiple mini-computersystem offers advantages special feature is a viewing window, which allows the lege. To all who have been a part of our of maximum flexibility and increased "up time," since in staff to demonstrate the computersto visitors without having to talk above the hum of their operation. life as a college — students and parents, the event of mechanical difficulties one computer can provide back-up for another, reports George Weber, Weber predicts the new system will have longevity in alumni and friends, faculty and staff — we acting director of the Computer Center. an industry characterizedby "things turning around extend our gratitude and thanks. Moreover,says Weber, the Digital system is popular at about every two years." other colleges and universities, and in choosing it the "We will now be able to realize developmentsfar College has increased its attractivenessto prospective sooner than when we were tied to a main-frame comput- faculty members by offeringeasy "program portability er," he states. campus news NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1982

Senior Is Grid All-American

Senior Kurt Brinks has been named to the Tradition Kodak All-Americancollege divisionfootball team by the American FootballCoaches Association. Tried and true traditions Brinks is the only Michigan player on the live on. The Class of '85 team which is comprised of athletes from took the 85th annual Pull NCAA Divi- in October in a 2 hour, 9 sion III and minute match as well as NAIA Division the 46th annual Nykerk II colleges and Cup Competition. Pictured universities throughoutthe are the two Nykerk orators, country. Chris Peterson (left), a A native of freshman from La Porte,- Zeeland, Ind., and Melodic Beth Mich., Brinks Archer, a sophomore from was starting Marengo, III. center of the Dutchmen for three seasons. He was voted to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Asso- ciation (MIAA) all-conferenceteam as both a junior and a senior. "Kurt epitomizes the Hope student-ath- lete," said coach Ray Smith. "He is an excel- lent leader, an outstanding athlete and a fine God's Presence Felt by Astronaut student." Brinks was also voted the first team center lems, gives direction, plans lives, on the Great Lakes all-academicfootball team. Space travel presents opportunitiesto learn deepen his love of God, who directs the answers A math major, he carries a 3.9 GPA. more about God, astronaut Jack Lousma said universe'svastness and, at the same time, prayer and gives peace and happiness— but one must "make transaction"with him in This fall he keyed an offensiveline that led during a special visit to Hope on Oct. 28. focuses on individual human lives. the Dutchmen to a new MIAA total offense Bom in Grand Rapids, Mich., Lousma has Space travel affords the chance to see earth order to see these effects, Lousma stressed. The visiting astronaut presented Hope with record of over 400 yards per game. One of logged more than 1,600 hours in space flights, as it was created, without the boundaries a framed montage which included photo- Hope's tri-captains, he was a member of three first as a pilot for Skylab in 1973 and more nations have devised as separations,Lousma graphs of Columbia's third launch and land- MIAA championshipteams. Hope posted an recently as commander of the third orbital noted. While soaring in space', he said, he was ing plus a crew emblem and American flag 18-1-1 league record during his four years. test flight of the space shuttle Columbia. struck by the disparitybetween humans' were during that mission. He becomes the fifth Hope football player Cited as one of "a brave and adventure- technologicalsophistication which has resulted which unboard After his convocation address Lousma met to receive All-America honors. Previous re- some band of 20th century explorers/' in space exploration and their emotional, psy- cipients were Larry TerMolen, offensivetack- Lousma was awarded an honorary Doctor of chologicaland political underdevelopment with several groups and informally greeted le in 1958; Ron Posthuma,defensive tackle in Science degree during a formal convocation. which permits continuation of world hunger students and faculty. His visit also included a show of footage he personally filmed while in 1973; Craig Groendyk, offensivetackle in He is the second NASA astronaut to be and wars. 1979; and Paul Damon, tight end in 1980. honored by Hope. On February 19, 1970, "We in America have such a high standard space aboard the Columbia. Colonel Frank Borman, commander of the of living that we fail to appreciatewhat's first mission to circle the moon, visited Hope going on in the world. We've been protected and received an honorary degree. on our shores by the oceans. We have good all FACULTY POSITIONS food and medical attention — the advan- FOR A committed Christian, Lousma said his 16 years as a NASA astronaut have "reenforced tages of a high society.... We as Americans and reaffirmed" his beliefs. have to forget some of our little, trivial prob- 1983-1984 "It's impossible for me to view the creation lems and project ourselves out to other people to make this globe a better place. around us without a distinct feeling that it ACCOUNTING — Rank open. MBA a mini- ECONOMICS— Rank open. Ph.D: required. had to be created by a master engineer. "To me, the world is so small. It's unbe- mum requirement; CPA and Ph.D. desirable. Tenure track position. Teaching includes There's no room for chance, no room for lievable that we're divided into all these dif- Tenure track position. Teaching includes basic and advanced courses in economics. some of the theories that are widely held ferent languages and culturesand standards of basic and advanced courses in accounting. Leadership capabilities desirable. living." today." BIOLOGY — Assistant Professor, Botanist, FRENCH— Assistant Professor,tenure track. He observed that space travel has some-, Space travel enabled Lousma to "see the tenure track. Ph.D. required,post-doctoral Ph.D. required.Must be qualified to teach times been' regarded as "tampering"with Bible in a new light," he said, because he experience desired. Should show promise of language at all levels and post- 16th century God's sphere, but his own opinion is that God become newly aware of all its referencesto developing a vigorous grant-supported re- literature.Demonstrated excellence in teach- has provided humans with the intelligence, the universe beyond earth as part of God's search program involving undergraduates. ing, willingnessto use innovative methodol- curiosity and opportunitiesfor space travel in creation.He applauded his predecessor and Must be qualified to teach upper level botany ogy, and scholarlypromise are required. order that they can learn more about him and former colleague.Colonel Borman, for and general biology courses. GERMAN/DUTCH— (Possible position)— "bringing the Bible into space," by reading affirm his existence. CHEMISTRY — Assistant Professor,tenure Rank open. Ph.D. required.Must be qualified The earth's smallness is a lasting impres- portions of Genesis as he and his crew pi- track. Ph.D. required,post-doctoral experi- to teach German at all levels and 16th- 18th sion Lousma gleaned from his 59 days in oneered unknown vistas. ence desired. Background in Analytical century literature.Preference given to candi- Lousma concluded by stressingthat evi- space. At the moon, he said, an astronaut can Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, or Organic date who could also teach Dutch. Demon- hold up a thumb to the window of his space- dence of God can as easily be found in the Chemistry. Preference given to candidates strated excellence in teaching, willingnessto craft and totally blot out vision of the earth. inner space of one's personal life as in the with research experience in Organometallic use innovative methodology,and scholarly This perspective, said, has served to outerspace of the universe. God solves prob- Lousma Chemistry, Electrochemistry, or Analytical promise are required. Separations. Should show promise of devel- HISTORY— Assistant Professor,tenure track. oping a vigorous grant-supported research Ph.D. required.Modem Europeanist with program. strong preparation in English, French or Ger- COMMUNICATION— Rank open. Ph.D. re- man history. Quarttitative skills desirable. quired. Strong generalistbackground in con- MATHEMATICS— Rank open. Ph.D. re- temporary communication theory. Capable of quired. Must be qualified to teach advanced directingcommunication skills labs. courses in Operations Research, Numerical Vol. 14, No. December 1982 COMPUTER SCIENCE— Rank open. Mas- Analysis and/or MathematicalStatistics. Published, for Alumni, Friends and Parents of Hope College. Should you receive more than ter’s degree required,experience and further PHYSICS— Rank open. Ph. D. Required, one copy, please3 pass it on to someone in your community. An overlap of Hope College study desired. 10-12 credit teaching per se- post-doctoral experience desired.Experimen- constituenciesmakes duplicationsometimes unavoidable. mester, plus supervision of undergraduate tal physicist, capable of involvingunder- projects. Outside consulting encouraged. graduates in on-campusresearch. Editor: Tom Renner '67 DANCE— Rank open. Master’s degree re- RELIGION— Rank open. Ph.D. required, AssociateEditor: Eileen Verduin Beyer '70 quired, experience desired. Ballet and Jazz commitmentto Reformed theologicaltradi- Editorial Staff: Laurie Brown '84, Dick Hoekstra '84 essential, Folk and Square optional. tion is important. Old Testament Studies. Design: Richard Angstadt '69 Photo Staff: David Sundin '83, Heather Molnar '82, Kris Veldheer '84, Eric Hansen '85 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS— Commitment to quality undergraduateteaching and to

Official publication:news from Hope College USPS 785-720 is published during February, the character and goals of the College. RANK AND SALARY— Dependent upon qualifications and experience. April, June, August, October and December by Hope College, 85 East 12th Street, Holland, APPLICATION PROCEDURE— Submit curriculumuitae to: Provost David G. Marker, Michigan 49423 Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423, (616) 392-5111, Ext Second class postage paid at Holland, Michigan 49423 and additionaloffices of entry. 2010 Postmaster: Send address changes to New from Hope College,. Holland_Ml_49423_^^ faculty profile 3 NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1982 The Dean Who Puts Up His Dukes

by Eileen Beyer Overall, the grant dollars from humanities and arts agen- cies brought to Hope since Nyenhuis came in 1975 average From all appearances. Dr. Jacob Nyenhuis, Hope's dean nearly $50,000 per year and include the recent spangle of for the arts and humanities, is the perfect scholar/gentle- grants to support the exhibit of contemporaryDutch art man. Gracious in manner, always even voiced, obviously which inaugurated Hope's De Free Art Gallery this fall. saturatedwith learning and culture, tasteful in dress, neatly Moreover,a new consciousness has emerged on campus bearded and moustached. which recognizes the needs and roles of artists and human- But contrary to appearances, Nyenhuis is one who knows ists. This is most evident in more equalized budgeting. This how to fight a good fight. Since coming to Hope in 1975 he year, for example, the music department has top priority for has taken on wider and wider arenas for his defense of the equipment funds so that the College'smusical instruments arts and humanities. His methods, however, are always can be upgraded. more reasonable than rowdy and his appeal is directedto That dollars and cents animate has been amply proved what he considers to be a basic American quality:natural during Nyenhuis'tenure. But he's also shown that academic thoughtfulness.- vitality can come cheap. For instance,an annual humanities "1 am confident that no one would argue that the colloquium series which was founded at his encouragement preservationof our cultural heritage is less important than is now supplementedby colloquiawithin several individual our national defense. An intellectually and morally im- departments. Another developmenthas been the faculty- poverished nation is not worth defending,” Nyenhuis stated wide annual Colloquium on Classic Texts, organized by a last March while testifying to a U.S. House subcommittee group of humanities professorswith an interest in intense, regarding the National Endowment for the Humanities. His interdisciplinary discussion and learning.One more new appearance was hinged to his positionsas both chairman of tradition is the Arts & Humanities Fair which each year the Michigan Council for the Humanitiesand presidentof brings hundreds of high school students to campus in the hope of enticingthem to pursue these studies at Hope. In many respects, the arts and humanities have risen to ~ The humanities aren't a the top of academe's heap when it comes to faculty recruit- ment. Because supply in these fields greatly exceeds de- sacred cow, but neither mand, Hope has been able to attract some truly outstanding people to its ranks and to do so with relatively little fear are we going to become that they may be lured away with lucrative offers from business and industry,a practice which now plagues the a sacrificial lamb. sciencesand social sciences. But a lingeringproblem is that of attracting students and being able to provide reasonable assurance that their studies can lead to "appropriate" positions.Success in this effort the National Federation of State HumanitiesCouncils, posts has been uneven from departmentto department, from year to which he's risen during the last few years. While to year. Some departments have managed to hold their own testifying Nyenhuis also managed to get in the good word and even grow, while others no longer encourage graduate that he represented Hope College as well. school to majors since prospects in the field are decidedly Nyenhuis'articulate endorsementof the NEH to members of Congress was well grounded in his experiencesduring his grim. Nyenhuis,while recognizing the pressures students face, seven years at. Hope. When he arrived to fill the newly believesthey must be counseled to value the breadth and not only the traditional values but also the challenges to created positionof dean for the humanities (in 1975 there methodological skills gained by their studies. Students need traditional values. Just because someone is challenging an were four deans, each representing an academic division; to be flexible about job choices,he says, and come to realize idea, that doesn't mean the challenge is right any more than later the structurewas compressed to two deanships),he that poets have been insurance salesmen and novelists have to say that the initialconcept needs to be preserved. We found himself in charge of a divisionwhich, although far earned their keep washing dishes. Humanitiesand arts have to evaluate and learn to discriminateamong the from death's door, had begun to wheeze a little. studies have their risks in today's economy, but they different arguments that are offered.1 think the College can Nyenhuis early apprehendedthat the humanities faculty may also have their rewards, according to Nyenhuis. provide moral leadershipand intellectual leadership,but the was in general dispirited, fearing that the shadow of Peale "I realize it's somewhat heretical to say this, but 1 believe College also has the responsibility to perpetuate the intellec- Science Center was destined to loom larger and larger over that if a student has a passionate interest in a subject then tual and moral traditions of society — not to do so blindly, the other divisionsof the College. Generous funding from even if the jobs aren't there it will be but critically and constructively." the National Science Foundation during the 1960s and 1970s immediately worth the investment of obtaining additionaleducation in that ' Stoking the humanities' image on state and national levels had helped build a very strong program in the 'natural field. Even if that student never realizes the intentionof is, of course, time-consuming,intensifying what Nyenhuis sciences, while the humanities, the marble from which thi*- becoming let's say a history professor,1 believe that the regards as an administrator'sbiggest threat — "the tyranny liberal arts were originallycarved, seemed to have little additionalunderstanding and deeper background gained jus- of the urgent." Yet Nyenhuis teaches a Greek class each recourse but wait for. the chips to begin to fall. tifies the choice. At the same time I realize that this is very semester— partly for enjoyment ("1 personally can't under- Nyenhuis provided motivating leadershipand a voice for stand why everyone doesn't love Greek as I do,” he notes the division's concerns. A key in the revitalization which much a matter of individualchoice." While most of the student turn-off is a result of economic with still a touch of bewilderment), partly because he thinks ensued was a refutationof the mistaken notion that no concerns, some be a backlash of opinions recently it makes him a better dean by keeping him in touch with money was available for humanities studies. Two successive may made the rhythms of the academic year (helpful when setting grants in 1975 and 1976 from the Michigan Council for the faculty deadlines).Also, teaching what for him has been the Humanitieswere used to organize public forums in which best method of remaining intellectually alive. It's obvious Hope professorsprovided humanistic perspectiveson topics Humanities and arts that in his mind and practice, teaching and learning and of public interest— aging and the elderly, followed by the administering do not know distinct boundaries. Some days status of Holland's Hispanic minority. These programs went studies may have their he closes his office door at noon and brown-bagsluncn with a long way toward restoringthe humanities' sense of self- a book. He continues to engage in scholarlyresearch. His respect, Nyenhuis believes. risks in today's most recent project is an article on myths surrounding the With the divisionin the mood for future grant-garnering, figure of Daedalus, who has long held Nyenhuis' Nyenhuis focused attentionon the academic love that had also economy, but they fascination. been kindled during his undergraduate days at Calvin Col- And about every other year he and his wife Lee manage lege, honed with graduate study at Stanford and shared their rewards. have to accompany Hope students to Greece for May and June during 12 years of teaching at Detroit's Wayne State Uni- Terms. These trips Continue to inspire and inform. versity:foreign languages and literature, particularly the "To get a sense of the physicalenvironment in which the classics. He grabbed a $150,000 challenge grant and a pilot Greek culture arose is truly awesome and to be in the program grant from the NEH and applied them to rebuild- vocal through priorities set by the Reagan administration settings where Christianitybegan its spread throughout ing the departmentand strengthening Van Zoeren Library's and attacks from Moral Majority, Inc., and other conserva- Europe is to put you in touch with the Word in a new and humanities collection. These grants came at a crucial period tive ranks. While strongly opposed to the broad-brushed very special way," he notes. because there had been declining interest in foreign language criticisms of these factions, Nyenhuis also believesthat it's Like many travelers, Nyenhuis has picked up photography study and a nationwide trend toward reducing academic the business of humaniststo thoughtfully consider and as a hobby. Wood-working projects at home provide a sense requirements in this area. Under Nyenhuis'direction as debate the concerns which underlie. He indicates that the of tangibleaccomplishment and keep him in touch with a Jean — and for several years as department chairman, as humanities may have become little mushy during the 1960s family heritage of cabinet-making. well — programs in intensivelanguage study were launched, and 1970s when they were used by some college and But between these pleasures,there are many drives to the facilitieswere improved and integratedlanguage and culture university radicals as a means of undermining traditional state capital Lansing and plenty of planes to board for studies in two areas, German and Greek, were developed. social and moral values. Minneapolis, headquarters for the Federation of State Hu- The summer of 1981 was a landmark for Hope's human- But he stresses that humanistsmust be unflagging in manities Councils, and Washington,D.C., where the future ities. Nine of the division's professors— 20 per cent of the their efforts to assess developmentsin society.Humanities of humanities funding rests. total humanities faculty — were awarded NEH summer study outgrowths such as black studies and women's studies can be "The humanities aren't a sacred cow," he states, "but grants. Nyenhuis takes special pride in the fact that the valuable in coming to terms with the understanding of a just neither are we going to become a sacrificiallamb. " proposals behind the grants were all self-initiated by the society. Particularlynot with leaders such as Dean Nyenhuis professors.But as evidence of a widespread confidence,the "We at the College have not only an opportunity but a calendar of events 4 MEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1982 What's Happening at Hope?

The Arts Great Performance Series January Tickets available at the door for events to be held in 20 Music Department Student Recital; Wichers Aud.( 7 Dimnent Chapel. Tickets for the lohn Houseman program p.m. will go on sale during February. 26 Workshop: Jean- Yves, pianist; Wichers Aud., 3:30 For further information call 616-394-6996. p.m. 27 Jean-Yves, pianist. Young Concert Artist; Dimnent Chapel, 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, Dimnent Chapel, 8 p.m. February Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet of France, lust 20 years of age, 4 Luther College Nordic Choir, Weston Noble, conductor; Thibaudet has received rave reviews across Europe and this Dimnent Chapel, 8 p.m. country. He was a winner of the 1981 Young Concert 11 Senior Recital: Michael Schmucker, pianist; Dimnent Artists International Auditions and in the past year has Chapel, 8 p.m. presented recitals in Ja'pan, Italy and Romania. 12 Senior Recital: Thomas Barthel, pianist; Dimnent Chapel, 8 p.m. 13 Faculty Chamber Music Concert; Wichers Aud., 4 p.m. Friday & Saturday, 14 Hope Wind Ensemble Concert; Dimnent Chapel, 8 p in. . 16 Master Class: Central Michigan Music Faculty Mem- March 11-12, bers: Wichers Aud., 3:30 p.m. DeWitt Center, 16 Guest Recital: Central Michigan Music Faculty Mem- 8 p.m. bers: Wichers Aud., 8 p.m. Academy Award winning 17 Music Department Student Recital; Dimnent Chapel, 7 p.m. actor John Houseman has enjoyed careers as a pro- 25 Faculty Recital: Michael Votta Jr., clarinetist;Wichers Aud., 8 p.m. ducer, author, director, educator and actor. Most 26 Senior Recital: Sheryl Baar, mezzo-soprano; Wichers Aud., 8 p.m. recently he has starred in the role of Professor Kinsfield in the Paper Christmas Vespers on the Air Chase. More than 60 radio stations have indicated they will re- broadcast the 1981 Christmas Vespers service during the holiday season. Contact the station in your area for the day and time.

ARIZONA WHGR/WJGS— Houghton Lake KASA — Phoenix » WKLZ — Kalamazoo Wednesday, April 20, Dimnent Chapel, 8 WKPR — Kalamazoo p.m. CONNECTICUT WKZO — Kalamazoo WIHS — Middletown WILS — Lansing The EndellionString Quartet of England was formed in WMPC — Lapeer 1979. They were an immediate success at the International FLORIDA WKLA — Ludington String Quartet Competition by placing second among 20 WWBC— Cocoa WTIQ — Manistique quartets from around the world. WELL — Marshall GEORGIA WUNN— Mason Dutchman Classic WRAP — Toccoa Falls WAGN — Menominee Four college basketball teams with historic Dutch ties can be WKJR — Muskegon seen on the same night when Hope hosts the Dutchman Regional Meetings WQWQ — Muskegon ILLINOIS Classic Wednesday, Dec. 29 in the Holland Civic Center. The Alumni Office sponsors a series of nationwide regional — Newberry WETN— Wheaton WNBY meetings for alumni, parents and friends during the year. A WOVI— Novi Calvin College of Grand Rapids, Mich, will meet Central new slide-tape program about the college will be shown at INDIANA WOAM — Otsego College of Pella, Iowa in the 6 p.m. game followed by the WUEV— Evansville WOR W — Port Huron host Dutchmen against Dordt College of Sioux Center, Iowa meetings scheduled during January and February. Notre WPHM — Port Huron WSND — Dame at 8 p.m. JANUARY — 17 in Tucson, Ariz., 18 in Phoenix, Ariz., 19 WGVE— Cary WSAQ — Port Huron in Houston, Tex., 20 in Dallas, Tex., and 21 in Denver, WDEE— Reed City Twenty-fourhours later the action will shift to Calvin Colo. IOWA WMLM — St. Louis College with Hope meeting Central College and Calvin KDCR — Sioux Center WLXX — Sault Ste. Marie taking on Dordt. FEBRUARY — 20-23 in Florida (Lakeland, Clearwater and KVDB — Sioux Center WCSY — South Haven areas). There will be plenty of tickets available at the door for both Sarasota WSAE — Spring Arbor Fpr further information contact the Alumni Office (616) MICHIGAN WTCM — Traverse City nights. 392-5111, ext. 2060. - WVAC — Adrian WBMB— West Branch WUFN— Albion WZND— Zeeland WPAG — Ann Arbor Danforth Lecturer. OHIO Playbill WDFP — Battle Creek February 24-25 WBCM— Bay City WCDR— Cedarville The theatre department presents four productionsduring Dr. Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, professor of English at WG ED— Beaverton NEW JERSEY the school year in the DeWitt Student and Cultural Center. WAUS— Berrien Springs William Patterson College, Wayne, N.]., will be a guest of WKER — Pompton Lakes The box office opens approximately two weeks before each WITW— Cadillac the religion department. She present a public lecture on Feb. show. WGWY— Charlotte NORTH DAKOTA 24 at 3:30 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall on WNWN — Coldwater For information and reservations call (616) 392-1449. KEYA — Belcourt the topic "Feminine Images of God in the Bible — and WLQV — Detroit Why Friday & Saturday, Feb. 25-26 WOES— Elsie SOUTH CAROLINA They Matter." WBDN— Escanaba WMHK — Columbia For further information contact the' religion department, Wednesday thru Saturday, March 2-5 WDBC — Escanaba (616) 392-5111, ext. 3100. Matinees on Feb. 26 & March 5 — Frankfort WBNZ TENNESSEE Rodgers and Hammerstein s "Cinderella,"an enchanting WSHN — Fremont WSBM — Jefferson City musical filled with moonlight, magic and dance. WATC— Gaylord WNAZ— Nashville Eastern Bus Trips WJEB— Gladwin WGHN — Grand Haven VIRGINIA March 9-12 and April 6-9 Visitation Days WCSG — Grand Rapids WEMC — Harrisonburg Each year Hope sponsors trips for students from the East WFL’R — Grand Rapids January 14, February 25, March 11, April 8 Coast who are interested in visiting the campus. The first WMAX — Grand Rapids WEST VIRGINIA Designed for prospective Hope College students (transfers, WQON — Grayling WSCW — South Charleston trip scheduled March 9-12 will leaye from New Jersey. The high school juniors or seniors) who are interested in enroll- VVKKM — Harrison second trip scheduled April 6-9 will leave from New York. ing for the. fall of 1983. Students and their parents are WHIG— Holland WISCONSIN Cost for these trips will be between S75-S100 which in- WIQ/WJBL— Holland WKTS — rSheboygan invited to spend a day on campus meeting with students, cludes transportation, housing and meals. faculty and staff. Registration begins at 8:45 a.m. at Phelps For further information on the New Jersey trip contact Hall. ' Chemistry Department Seminars Admissions representative Janet Weisiger, 411 Hartung, Contact Office of Admissions for further information Weekly, normally Friday Afternoon Wyckoff, N.J. 07481, (201)891-2390 or for the New York (616)392-5111,ext. 2200. An extensive program of research seminars by academic and trip contact Admissions representative Kim Gnadc, Hope College, Holland, Ml 49423, (616)392-5111,ext. 2200. industrial scientists.If you would like to receive notification Young Authors’ Conference of these topical seminars write Hope College Chemistry Department Peale Science Center, Holland, Ml 49423. Off-Campus Programs Thursday, April 21 A brochure entitled "23 Good Reasons to Leave Holland A conference in which children, grades K-6, share books This Summer" lists the off-campus study opportunities they have written under the direction of their teachers. The Critical Issues Symposium available during the May, June and Summer terms. These conference is designed to encourage teachers to have chil- March 2-3 courses are offered in such places as Florida (biology field dren write, to motivate children to write and to demonstrate The theme of the fourth annual symposium will be Avenue studies), Australia (cross cultural communication), to children that others write and are interested in what they to Peace. Focus sessions will include topics such as The Yugoslavia (oral history study on the impact of wars on write. At the conference children participate in a variety of Control of Arms, International Arms Sales, Economic Devel- peoples' consciences) and Japan (a study of the major social creative/imaginative activities. Featured resource person will opment. Pacifism The Family as Peace-Makers and Why Do and economic issues confronting the Japanese). be author Phyllis Reynolds. We Fight5 Among the speakers will be Kenneth Boulding For a copy of this brochure write the Hope College Regis- For further information contact Prof. Nancy Miller and Ambassador Davidson Hepburn. trar, Holland MI 49423 or call (6161 392-5111. 2p20 (616^92-5111-ext. 3D 3.(4 Postmaster: Send address changes to New from Hope College. Holland Ml 49423 opinion MEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1982

Can ‘Old Dogs' Learn New Tricks?

by Thomas E. Ludwig

Should we expect words of wisdom or senile gibberishfrom our elders? The popularity of the play-turned-movie "On Golden Pond" and the age of the man currentlyoccupying the Oval Office have contributedto a lively discussion of the issue of aging and intelligence. Changes in retirement laws and schemes to save our Social Security system have inten- sified the debate about the capacities of those over 65. On the one hand, we find those whom 1 label "naive optimists,"Armed with plenty of pop-psychology, they argue that nothing of importance changes with old age, that the later years of life are the "Golden Years," filled with tran- quility and contentment. More impor- tant, say the optimists, the Golden Years offer boundless possibilitiesfor creative, productive work and play. When the op- timists are challenged with instances of forgetfulness, mental confusion,or poor job performance in those of advancing age, they attribute these slip-ups to "bad attitudes" or society's expectations, rather than to any changes intrinsic to the aging process itself.

On the other side are those whom 1 cultures may be equally intelligent but label "unrealistic pessimists," a group twenties, and then began a steady decline triggered a flurry of excitement. Both may have a different set of stored infor- more numerous than the optimists. The after age 30 or 35. researchers and senior citizens'advocates mation to draw upon. Since older people pessimists see old age as a period of total These findings were indirectly sup- were quick to jump on the bandwagon of have had time to accultu- disaster marked by the gradual loss of all ported by research on the quality of work optimism, declaring that the "old myth" more become rated, it is reasonableto predict that intellectualcapabilities. This group is re- produced across the life-span. Analyses of age-related decline in intelligence fi- crystallized intelligence would increase sponsiblefor the widely held belief that of the age at which people from all walks nally had been laid to rest. with age as well as with education. some form of mandatory retirement is of life made their most significant accom- Unfortunately,the data could not sup- In contrast, fluid intelligence is pre- necessary to protect the rest of us from plishments showed the same general pat- port such a sweeping generalization. The sumed to be culture-free, and is much the folly of aging workers. Proponents of tern as the IQ studies. The likelihood of longitudinal studies did not show an in- less associated with verbal ability or this view tend to joke about the "old creative, productive achievements in- crease on all IQ tasks, but only on a stored knowledge. Fluid intelligence is fogeys" in government and to bemo&n creased in the later teens and twenties, subset of the tasks. For the most part, based on the total efficiency of the cen- the fact that the "old fuddy-duddy"is reached a peak in the early thirties,and tests of vocabulary ability ("define the tral nervous system, the raw "brain still making the decisions for the then steadily declined. In two of the word belfry") and general world-knowl- power" that permits rapid flexible think- company. fields studied, mathematics and poetry, edge ("what is the capital city of ing and quick adaptationto unfamiliar Early research generallysupported the the peak period of creative output seemed France?") did show genuine increases tasks and surroundings. Since the brain more pessimistic view. In the 1930s, 40s, to occur in the early twenties! with age. But tests involving rapid, flexi- undergoes a small but noticeable decline and 50s most investigators employed the Taken together, this early research pre- ble thinking (such as solving pencil in physiological efficiency each decade "cross-sectional"research strategy, in sented a dismal view of the relationship mazes or matching unfamiliar shapes) or after age twenty, it is reasonableto pre- which people of various ages were given between age and intelligence. Unfortu- perceptual-motorskills (such as assem- dict that fluid intelligence scores would intelligence tests at the same point in nately, this view held sway during the bling geometric puzzles) showed clear de- drop with age or any medical condition time. When the performance of the dif- period when many corporationswere es- creases with age, even in the longitudinal (such as atherosclerosis) which interferes ferent age groups was corhp&red,the pic- tablishing their policies concerning man- studies. with the functional efficiency of the ture that emerged resembled the datory retirement and retirement So the controversy continues,with the brain. of studies have indeed trajectory of a stone tossed into the air, pensions.Companies became convinced two sides sharply divided. One group of A number found that performance on tasks of coinciding with the common sense notion that reinforcing mandatory retirement gerontologists holds that some decline in crystallized intelligence holds steady or that what goes up must come down. and/or making early retirement more at- general intelligence is a natural part of Intelligence test scores increased through- increases with age, while fluid intel- tractive would benefit the company by aging. Others argue that little or no ligence test scores drop sharply as people out childhood,leveled off in the early removing the older, less intelligentwork- intellectualdecline occurs in normal move into middle and later adulthood. ers to make room for younger, more able aging; in fact, some increases may be Although the interpretation is disputed, employees. expected.A third group of researchers the findings seem to be reliable T/ioimis bnlwis is But not all researchers were persuaded has proposed a compromise theory that assistantprofessor of Thus it appears that intelligence both by the pessimistic data. In the 1950s and may help explain the contradictoryfind- psyrfiology,Jiavittg increases and decreaseswith age; more 60s a number of studies began to employ ings. This theory, based on the work of joined the Hope fac- precisely, that certain types of intellectual ulty in 1977. A grad- the longitudinal'research strategy, in psychologist|ohn Horn, holds that hu- abilities increase, while other aspects of uate of Concordia which the same group of individuals was mans possess two quite different types of intelligence decrease Old dogs are not College and Christ tested several times over a period of intellectualprocesses, and that theses two Seminary Seniinexr dumb dogs; they're just smart in differ- years. A different pattern of performance types of intelligence are affected by age he holds' the rh.D. in different ways. ent ways than young dogs What this from Washington emerged. Even though some individuals Crystallized intelligence is basically the means is that you can feel fairly comfort- University. He teach- did show a decline with age, for most able challengingyour grandpa to a race es life-spandevelop- people IQ scores held stead\ or even use of stored information.This set of in solving Rubik s Cube But watch out mental psychology and has receivedgrants increasedwith age’ abilities is presumably enhanced by for- from the National Institute of Meufal Health at the Scrabble board that old E\en gerontological researchers are mal education and influencedby the ex- — dog and the National Science Foundation to eon- stands a good chance of out-smarting you afraid of growing old so it should come perience of living in a particular culture duet research on the ivav aging affects -- a.- ire a.U. update NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1982

Darlys Topp, director of career plan- ning and placement, says that there are still many women at Hope primarilyto obtain "the Mrs. degree" and Lynn Ken- X Y ears After Title IX nedy, director of the Academic Skills Center and advisor to the newly formed On June 23, 1972, Title IX of the because it's pretty farfetched .to think nel and College image-building.Not all Women's Issues Organization,agrees Education Amendment was enacted. The that we'll find a woman qualified to of the committee's recommendations that many Hope women students envi- statute bars sex bias in federally assisted coach a sport like football. have been translated into policy changes, sion traditional roles for themselves. education programs or colleges. "It's going to be hard to equalize our Dickie says. '.'My impression is that faculty atti- Much of the attention Title IX has department, but I hope we'll continue to "I think there still is a question about tudes have changed more than student attracted during the past decade has weigh this factor as an issue as we try to budget — are we actually budgeting to en- 1 attitudes," notes Kennedy. "Many of our focused on its application to intercollegi- hire the best person for any available sure that we're encouraging our women students come from conservativeback- ate athletics,but its impact has touched opening." to be the best that they can be? Some of grounds that don't foster feminism. But all aspects of campus life. Irwin says tliat Title IX absorbed all my colleagues say, 'Don't you care about through exposure some of them are be- I In fact, 10 years after Title IX, it her attention during her first three years encouraging men?' Of course I do. But I ginning to look more critically at them- appears that athletics at colleges like at Hope, but is no longer an issue in her believe that our budgets already do that. selves, their culture and the College.". Hope were probably no more discrimina- mind. She's not even threatened by dis- Surveys of our recent graduates show The observationsof Janet Swim, a se- tory than other area of campus life, says nior from Midland, Mich., and president Anne E. Irwin, who became the College's of the Women's Issues Organization, first athletic director for women in 1976. mesh with those of Kennedy and Topp. But athletics are by nature more visible. Swim indicates that Title IX may have Further, because of the fracas Title IX promoted a false sense of security. caused at Big 10 schools that pumped "Many students seem to believe that millions of dollars into men's athletics women are already liberated and that { every year, the public began to immedi- raising issues is putting things out of ately associate the new statute with i perspective," Swim notes. school sports. But the Women's Issues Group has Although Title IX caused little tension gained momentum this year, blessed with among administratorsof Hope's athletic an operating budget as an official campus program, it did call for plenty of diligent organizationas well as some strong stu- effort. During Irwin's early years most dent leadership. of her attention went toward bringing True, the Women's Issues Organiza- the women's program up to the same tion numbers only about 25, but there level as the men's. She reports that's was no such group a few years ago. And been essentially accomplished in terms of there was no Committee on the Status of both budget and available opportunities. Women. There was no director of wom- Just how dramatic the progress becomes en's athletics. Single-sexorganizations, apparent when one considersthat the such as Mortar Board and the H-Club, total 1976 budget for women's sports at went unchallenged. Title IX has changed Hope equals today's budget for women's -all that. And from the viewpoint of the basketball alone. The number of competi- ) Committee on the Status of Women, tive sports available to women has been whose continuing task is to monitor sex- increasedand now includes basketball, ual equality at Hope, it's not time to lay field hockey, softball, tennis, swimming, to rest the reforming zeal engendered track and volleyball. with the statute's passage 10 years ago. It's Irwin's impression that there has Jane Dickie, who notes with some been no intentional discrimination humor that many .think of her as Hope's against within Hope's athletic i women "token feminist" (in fact she arrived at program. Hope in 1972, along with Title IX), be- "In the past, female athletes just lieves that the greater awareness of gen- weren't aware of they could have. what der issues has been accompanied by That's just the way things were. . . . It's increased resistence, that the initial not that the were trying to hide men "locker-room" types of Title IX issues advantages or supress women athletes, were easier to work through than the it's just that no one had the overview to more basic issues of sexual equality. realize the discrepancies. "As people begin to look at the issue "I see Title IX at Hope as having been seriously, some — for important reasons mostly an eye-opener rather than a puni- within their own understanding— are tive measure." questioning what it means for women to Hope's pre-Title IX "horror stories"— be equal. Questions are being asked such things like women athletes being ex- as 'Are we going to ruin our families if pected to launder their own uniforms women' gain equality?' I understand that. while had that service provided men — cussions at the federal level to narrow tremendousdifferences in the jobs that I think that talk about anytime you , be interpreted in light of the facili- must Title IX's implications. our men and women get as they come changes, it's threatening." | ties available at that time, Irwin says. "I think Title IX was vital, absolutely out of Hope and in the salaries that they But Dickie maintains that Hope as a "Our real horror story is that all we necessary to get where we are today. But earn. community has a special mandate to had was Carnegie and everyone Gym was I'm not convinced we'd slide back with- "Maybe these findings are typical of thoughtfullyconfront all issues related to trying to use it at the time." same out it. Within Division III, if a school's women across the country, but I think sexual equality. With a new physical education center women's program isn't somewhere now, that's just excusing the status quo. The "Traditionally, within the mainline on the drawing boards when Irwin ar- it probably never will be. And those of question is. Are we at Hope going to be church . . . the emphasis has not been to rived in 1976, it was easy to build sexual us who are somewhere would, I think, different? Are we going to do better by encourage women to make choices, it's equality into the plans. When Dow maintain that level even without Title our women?" been to keep them in traditional roles. Health and Physical Education Center IX." „ , The most recent facts regarding alumni Within our constituencywe have a large opened in 1978, equal accomodations for Others are less confident. Jane Dickie, are contained in a survey of the class of number of people committed to the athletes of both sexes became a realized associate professorof psychology, states ' 1980. It reveals that 62 per cent of the Christian -faith, and I think that's one goal. her opinion that the statute is "still abso- male respondents were earning salaries reason why our women are not likely to Yet, even within the Title-IX-hallowed lutely essential" for sexual equality on exceeding $12,000 but only 39 per cent achieve in the traditional male sense of walls of Dow, little matters still linger. campus. Dickie says that although at of the female respondents were at this achievement— and, until recently, were Just a few weeks ago, for example, Irwin Hope there is "in general a greater level. Further, female respondents con- not even likely to be recognized for their distributed coaching evaluation forms as awareness that gender issues do impact tinued to dominate in the serving profes- achievements in the typical female usual — but this year a student pointed our lives as faculty, our students'lives sions of education and clericalwork while realm. ... i- } out that the forms referred to both ath- and the disciplines we teach," inadvertent male respondents had a decided edge in "I think we need to ask ourselves. Are letes and coaches as "he." sexual discriminationis still very much the agressivevocations of management we as a Christiancollege really contribut- Forms are easily reprinted. A larger, alive and sales. Another finding of interest is ing to the status quo or are we interpret- less easily solved matter is that of adding Dickie directed a special committee on that 8 per cent of the female respondents ing the Good News as a liberating more women to the faculty and coaching the status of women at Hope which in who were out of the job market at- influence in all our lives? staff. Irwin acknowledges that "it's not 1979 released a lengthy report. Included tributed this status to marriage and fami- "Maybe Title IX is needed even more something you can solve by just replac- were recommendationsregarding matters ly; no male respondent indicated this as a in a Christiancollege than anywhere ing as firtnr. men with women openings occur .of, c9IX‘£HiuJDo.O.O!deiuc.3d vi^rnp. ^ n^rcnn . . I IV-'p'V- V-, | “'***» w J'***^* *•% • *'»**»***'*/ \ ««- irvii-TA/ am crr\/ 1 a i r\ODr\OT( rrxAm rwcrp Imagine heading to class [ on a typical day at Hope Col- lege. Picture a confining dense mob of students, streaming continuously like ants to various academic buildings. Above the constant chatter and muffled footsteps, r the students are jostling books, backpacks and other assorted paraphernalia. To many students, heading to class is a simple routine, to others— a challenge.

“As I think back to my days at Hope College, I often wonder how 1 ever managed to get around," expressed Robert Tanis, an i independent businessmanand a paraplegic, ij who graduated from Hope with an English major in 1972. “Getting to class was a major obstacle and I'm not sure I could do it over again!" he said. However, all the major obstaclesTanis con- fronted are in the process of being removed. For the past four years, Hope College has made tremendous effort in campus improve- SEIGNER AND COMPANY — Sophomore ]oanne Seigner (left, back) is mobility-impaired but hasn't found that fact to be a hindrance to ment for the disabled.This includesproviding participatingin many aspects of campus life. She's pictured with friends in her room in Phelps Hall. Hope's campus is now essentially a "barrier-free"environment for themobili- barrier-freeand support services are availableto students with a wide variety of disabilities. ty-impaired and also "reasonable accommoda- tions" for the hearing and visually-impaired.

. There are five students on campus who are mobility-impaired. Others are less conspic- ous — including six visuallyimpaired or hear- ing-impaired. However these numbers do not A More Accessible Campus include the students who do not need or want any type of assistance. "When I was a student at Hope, I had two dystrophy, travels to and from her classes "It has been so handy to be able to do the disabledare not the disabilities themselves classes on the third floor of Van Raalte Hall. with the aid of an electric wheelchair. She some work on the enlarger — usually my math but the attitudes toward them. We want to be Everyday I would have to grab three or four does, however, walk in and around the dorm. homework and reviewing notes that I have treated like everyone else within an environ- guys to help hoist me and my chair up three Her wheelchair is for convenience and to save taken in class. It usually takes me three hours ment that is accessible"explained Topp. flights -of stairs," explained Tanis. time. to read a 20-page chapter." "The label of a 'disabled person' needs to If Van Raalte were still standing today, it "I also have a van that I bought from a The EVA's unique applicationshave been be deemphasizedwhile the label of 'person' would be equipped in much the same manner disabledman that is equipped with everything developed to go beyond just the reading of emphasized." as other existingand new academic buildings. from push-button doors to an electric lift that ink print. Some of these include typing, sol- "Until we start to handle handicaps openly, The addition of new ramps to old buildings reaches the ground." dering, draftingand even examiningliving the handicaps will be looked upon as a shady has been a steady process and includes the The van has a standard pedal system. "I things. With printed materials,a cursor part of our lives," says Don Luidens, assistant recent completion of a ramp for Graves Hall. did have a fun VW bug with hand controls moves underneatheach line and the white professorof sociology who recentlybecame An additionalramp also has been placed on but I wanted to be able to drive other people's backgroundcan be reversed to white letters. hearing-impaired. the east side of the DeWitt Center to provide cars so I bought the van." she said. "I use "The machine costs approximately $2,000 "Getting a hearing aid at the age of 35 accessibility to the theatre. the van a lot to run around town. Because of and I'm so glad that my parents could afford raised a lot of questions as to who I am and if

"As of right notv, 95 per cent of all aca- the many barriers that have been removed, I to get me one," Campbell expressed. I should perceive of myself as a little old demic buildings are accessible," said Bill An- really have no problem getting around." Most of her "reading," both homework man," he explained. "For me, my disability .derson, vice president for business and Seigner's intended major is psychology and and also leisure reading, is done through was easier to handle than some because mine finance. "Approximately5500,000 has been sociology,and she hopes to eventually work taped books. is not so apparent." spent on the removal of barriers in older with juvenile delinquents. "It's amazing the assortment of books they Sue Waters, a freshman from Grand buildingsand $300,000 on new buildings." One of the new campus improvements that have at the Library for the Blind and Phys-^ Rapids, Mich., has a handicap that is not "The changes that have been done at Hope will aid the disabledwill be the installation of ically Handicapped. They range from trashy easily concealed. "I don't want to be known have been fantastic," expressed Tanis. "Aes- an elevatorand a restroom in Dimnent Chap- love novels to mysteries," she explained. as 'the blind girl,' " explained Waters. thetically speaking and for all practical pur- el. The Board of Trustees recentlyapproved "Professionalreaders make the tapes with a "When people ask if they know 'Sue', I want poses, the campus is really beautifulnow." the plans for the $85,000 project and a lot of emotion and voice differencesfor each it to be because of me as an individualand The recent renovation of Durfee Hall and custom-built elevatorshould be completed in character. not because of my white cane." the conversion of outside sidewalk steps to a six months. "The tapes can be deliveredto your home Waters has always had the secret desire to simple decline would have made Tarris's life Within the last few years, Hope has also in one week and selections are made through go to Japan and this May her dream will simpler. The sidewalk now provides a improved "reasonable accommodations"for a monthly magazine.It's a neat service and come true as she spends May Term under smooth-sailing route across the central the visually and hearing-impaired. Jon it's free! My hearing awareness has really Professor Luidens' directionwith a group of increased since I started using the taped text Hope students in Japan. "One glorious week campus. ' Huisken, registrar, provides assistanceto the "Getting to and from classes by the way of disabledstudents with early registration prob- books, and so have my grades." of that trip will be spent in the resort area of the street was really time-consumingand the lems, and places orders for taped standard text Campbell's future ambitions lean toward Kyoto, Tokyo, living with Japanese families, ; winter was a real bummer, but now — the books for visuallyimpaired. These text books rehabilitation counseling. and learning their culture," she said. "I can't sidewalks ride so smooth!" are ordered six to eight weeks before each "My goal has always been to open a center wait! Nothing is going to stop me from Living accommodationsalso have improved. semester's start from the Library for the for the blind and visually-impaired.I want to going — with the exception of the $2,500! But First as a commuting student and later living Blind and Physically Handicappedin Lansing, help the disabledseek new directionsin their as far as I'm concerned. I'm ready to get on on campus, Tanis had no choice but to live in Mich. Huisken also supplies the disabledwith lives according to their individualneeds — the plane." first-floor Emersonian Hall "I could never paid student readers and note-takers,and whether it be through tape books, readers, In December, special classes will begin in- have done it without my friends,"he said. serves as a "middle man" between the pro- enlargersor just by experimentation." structingthe May Term students in the fun- Now, the new College East apartment com- fessors and students in setting up accom- "Implementingbarrier removal and reason- damentals of the Japanese language. "We will plex offers mobility-impaired facilitiesand modationsfor testing and difficult homework able access is in the process of being changed learn to say things like — please, thank you there is accessibility (by modified elevators) to assignments. (at Hope) and now the barriers from the mind and Where is the nearest MacDonalds?" said rooms in Durfee, Voorhees and Phelps Halls. Melinda Campbell, a sophomore from also need to be removed," expressed Darlys Waters. "We have a variety of dorm accommoda- North Muskegon, Mich., has a disability— but Topp, director of career planning and place- "What I really want to do is go back and tions to provide the handicapped with a nor- the only thing that gives it away is her ment and co-coordinator for students with study in Japan and be an interpreter, maybe mal living experience of their choice," Apollo EVA (ElectronicsVisual Aid) enlarger disabilities.Mobility-impaired herself, Topps' for a large corporation." explained Anderson. sitting on a table in her dorm room. Camp- time is spent serving the needs of the handi- She feels she will have no problems in Phelps Hall has provided Joanne Seigner, a bell is legally blind, the result of a rare retina capped by providing emotional and social sup- Japan, and her blindness will not be a burden. sophomore from Milwaukee,Wise., with all disease. port and advising the administration in "My blindness is not the affliaion.But one's the "comforts" of dorm living, including a "The only thing I miss is curling up in bed matters of barrier removal. She also informs attitude can become the affliction," she loft. Seigner, mobility-impaired by muscular with a good book; it's a little difficult to take the community-at-largeon how to effectively emphasized. the enlarger to bed" explained Campbell. The incorporatedisabled students as full partici- She and Hope's other disabledstudents get Author Laurie Brown is a junior from Hol- Apollo enlarger rests on an extra table along pants in campus life. a clean bill of health on that score. "r-lo-,rN< tK» mner imnnrfanr problems of llllMlirwa — *• •*«' — — - : — --- — -S £S? 8 campus scene <®1 NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1982

Students Working: Cause for At

College life is usually envisioned as far on campus. Studies show that the student removed from the 9-to-5 rhythm which who has shown a good job record in college moves most of America's adult population. enjoys an edge over the student who hasn't Students themselves, although knowing in worked — and that edge holds for those apply- their heart of hearts and in the bottom of ing to graduate schools as well as those apply- their No-Doze boxes that a campus is no ing for professionalpositions. Davis says it's utopia, neverthelessfrequently evoke the performance, not the nature of the job, that's term "the real world" to describe post-mor- considered to be an indicator. tarboard existence. Davis sees Hope students who have been But lately, as costs and loans go up and unable to get on-campus jobs as well as those grants struggle to stay put, some "real who want to supplementon-campus earnings. world," workaday reality is muscling its way In the past, students used the state-funded into student schedules. It's not that working service to locate jobs that were higher paying one's way through school is anything new. than those on campus — but that category of It's just that nowadays more students seem to job-seeker has all but disappeared this year be wanting the jobs more and pocketing the because those kinds of openings have dried rewards less. Increasingly,working is viewed up. as an important part of financing one's educa- The overall number of students registered tion rather than simply a means of assuring with Davis' office shows no increase over last that the right signature is on the back of year, but he's seeing a different attitude. one's blue jeans and the proper critter of "Students are much less choosy about the status covering one's heart. jobs they'll take. They aren't as likely to Are jobs regarded by students as necessary consider some jobs beneath them. Last year, evils? Is working a threat to their academic less than 50 per cent of our placements were and social lives? Is anything being gained in domestic jobs; the majority was in man- other than dollars? ufacturing or with downtown me'rchants.This From the viewpoint of Hope's financial aid year, about 90 per cent of our jobs are office, most students have ’very positive atti- domestic— things like house-cleaning, baby- tudes toward their jobs. Phyllis Kleder Hooy- sitting, yard work. Students are not only man, student employment counselor, has taking these jobs, but they're accepting very placed approximately 1,100 students in on- low pay in some instances. campus, part-time jobs this year. Salaries "Reality has broken the bubble of the stu- come from either Hope College or Uncle dents' world." / Sam's College Work-Study Program. Stu- dents whose campus jobs are written into their financial aid-packages are limited to working 10 hours per week and earning S1,000 per year. The limitationsare there to Ebony and Ivory insure that the in-demand financial aid re- sources are shared equitably.The on-campus Earnings earning power of students who don't need the Work is play for Deb Eggebeen, a senior jobs to complete financial aid packages is from Huntington,N.Y., who is a paid piano considerably less — $600 per year — and, in- accompanist, helping nine Hope voice stu- creasingly,priority in handing out the jobs is dents get through their weekly lessons. being given to students who need the earn- Although she's played the piano since she ings to meet college costs. The pay for on- was seven years old, Eggebeen says she still campus jobs varies dependingon the nature gets nervous every time she faces a new piece of the work — but not by much. Most salaries of music. 1! hover at or just above the minimum-wage "It scares me to death, but I enjoy the bottom line. IIP challenge. This is the only job I've had in a Dave Medendorp at the docks. Thus, many students take a pay-cut when long time that keeps me on my toes. The they leave their summer jobs and pick up singers select their music by looking at it for work at Hope. But on-campus jobs are in the voice part — they don't look to see if it has high demand. They're convenient and de- five sharps or seven flats for the accompanist. Grand Rapids, Mich., and now a Holland mand no transportation.Moreover, students' I've just got to adapt. It's exciting, and, resident, did just that when deregulation vacation schedules pose no hassle and most of fortunately,they forgive me if I make opened up the bus industry. A former bus^ the "bosses" are sympathetic to occasional mistakes." line employee and the son of a bus-business- needs to cram for an exam instead of showing A biology major and music minor, Egge- man, Conser certainlyknew the center-lineof up for work. been values all the keyboard experience she's the job. And, because he was already working Campus jobs offer the additionalbenefit of gaining, although her career goals are as a College bus driver, Conser had an "in" helping incorporatestudents into campus life, undecided. with a very good potentialcustomer. Hooyman claims. Student-employeessee "I don't know what kind of accompanying Hope College liked Conser's proposal and themselves as attached to a larger whole and there is to do in the real world, but I do agreed to leave the driving — and the mainte- get a different view of the campus — and ap- consider sometime teaching piano or accom- nance, scheduling, staffing and record-keep- parently that helps them feel at home. More- panying a church choir — or even directinga ing — to the newly formed Conser Coach over, jobs make friends.. Students meet other choir. With all my experience,I could proba- Service. students and studies show that most student bly even teach voice lessons by now!" she For almost two years, Conser and his older employees spend more time with their job says, with humor. brother have been tending the two diesel supervisors,many of whom are professors, Eggebeen has known several campus jobs coaches which provide service to Hope ath- than with any other adult on campus. during her years at Hope and this semester, letes, touring musical groups, professors and "Obviously, the employee-supervisor rela- in addition to her accompanyingwork, she students on field trip excursions,students off tionship carries weight and can be very also spends a few hours each week tending for recreation, secretaries in search of a Satur- important to the student'sdevelopment," the telephone of the philosophy department. day shopping adventure, et cetera, et cetera. Hooyman notes. It's a casual job, she says, and she enjoys the They also provide Hope and other customers Rather than hindering studies, jobs seem to contact with professorsand students. A fringe with smaller buses. help sometimes, says Hooyman, because they benefit is that a New York Times occasionally Because the diesel coaches are both of 20+- provide a change of pace from the eat- class- gets tossed her way with the friendlyinjunc- years vintage,Conser says "it takes a lot of study humdrum. National studies indicate tion, "Read it!" time to keep them together and keep them that having a part-time job is no detrementto Her advice to students is to seek out your going." He works with a staff of a half-dozen academic performance. own best job. Hope students and estimates he sometimes For some students, such as those who are "Get to know professorsso that if they puts close to 60 hours a week into his bus lab assistants or computer operators,campus have a need, they'll think of you. And if you business. jobs tie in directly with vocationalgoals, have a special talent or skill, let it be know.” For many students, that would mean in- offering the added plus of professionalexperi- stant academic disaster — and Conser admits Deb Eggebeen and her paying keyboard. ence. But what good is "spider feeder" or that he would probably fare better in grades "dishwasher"or "babysitterof the telephone without his buses. "But you have to put meat during lunch hour" to the resume of a college on the table," he points out, and so far he's Easy Driver tered Hope after completing service in the Air . Ira graduate? — maintaining respectablestanding. "For- Force. He looked beyond price-tag to the^^ ^ ,!|Tlo You’d be surprised,says Rick Davis, who John Conser believesthat the best way to tunately,I'm a very good test-taker. That College's strong science division and its Office < Jtio; directs the Michigan Employment Security get a job is to go out and create one of your helps." of FinancialAid He bones. yj been tbe ..... (> TT* ’-o i c ci o g .M FVv.a. ------Q, -irw-roc from Hnnp Cnllppp Holliinci MI 49423 I r * scene MEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1982 campus 9 Frosh Input "I can make anything with ice cream you can name!" Amy Cook's only previous expe- rience — as pharmacy soda jerk and cashier — seemed unlikely qualification for her on-cam- pus job as a student computer operator. But after only a few months, she's fast becoming one of the whiz kids of the campus-jobs set. A freshman from Montague, Mich., Cook got her job by answering a poster-ad slapped on her dorm-door the first week of school. With math and sciences her high-school forte, she plans to become an engineer. As a result of her job, she's beginning to consider a specialization in computer engineering. She's impressed with the opportunitiesher job has offered for learning the ins and outs of com- puter operation. "I really feel it was sort of a triumph for me to get a job in the Computer Center. People are always sort of awed when I tell them about my job and even I sometimes can't believe all the power for getting things done an operator has in one little finger.". But operators know that nothing can be instant: there are procedures wjiich must be followed. "Sometimes people get impatient if they have to wait more than five minutes to get a print-out.They don't realize that there's a lot of work involved with every request." Because the Computer Center, like the campus food service, employs many students, there's built-in flexibility in hours — a worker only has to arrange for a replacement. Cook finds that an advantage. She works anywhere from 4-8 hours each week, and believesher job has helped her manage her time. "If I have a lot of free time, I tend to put things off. Working has made me use my time to get things done." She pockets her earnings for spending money, and, particularlyfor freshmen, the latter always seems underbalanced to the former. "Watch your money," she advises."It slips fast. There's always a dorm shirt or a poster or somethingelse that you think you have to have." Slower Sailing /o/m Comer, ready to go. Finding a job has never posed much prob- lem for Dave Medendorp, a senior from Lan- nervous tension that builds in direct correla- ark, 111. Usually, one thing leads to another— tion to the number of trays piling up on — or when he transferredto Hope last year, for falling off of — the conveyor belt. "I always example, he took a job at a furniture com- try to keep a sense of humor," Cassell wisely pany which led to some home carpentry work notes. which led to a full-timesummer job at Hol- Cleaning up has become somewhat her spe- land's Anchorage Marina which led to his cialty. She's worked summers as a janitress, present part-time job as maintenance worker home care aid, chambermaid and house paint- there. er. This fall she expanded her repertoireto But because he has assumed almost total include a weekly housecleaning job, acquired responsibility for financing his education, Me- through the Off-Campus Jobs office operating dendorp has sometimes been forced to slow at Hope. Despite all her previous experience the pace of his educationalprogress to give (she explains that she's learned many tricks of his pocketbook a chance to catch up. It's been the cleaning trade — things .like "efficient body six years since he started college. Because he mechanics"and a keen eye for grime), Cas- began working in high school, he says he can sell's housecleaning job is low-paying, says only guess what it would be like to be a Off-Campus Jobs directorRick Davis who was student without also being someone'sem- surprisedshe took it. Cassell responds that ployee. But he thinks he would want a job the job fit her limited time requirements and even if money weren't the prime motivator. she's glad to have it, even though she wishes "With the kinds of jobs you usually get she were earning more. while you're in school, working gives you a "My choice was limited.I wanted that chance to reflect. You have a chance to get extra money for spending—and 1 wanted a away, to get off-campus. I like that aspect." weekend job. This was the only one available A business and communicationmajor, Me- at that time. So 1 said, 'Nothing is beneath dendorp says he's open in his career plans. But all his odd jobs over the years have made me, I'm going to go for it.' . . . "1 wanted this type of job because while him realize that he enjoys variety.He'll avoid WiKMKk I'm cleaning I can think. It gets me away a professionalposition which would lock him Amy Cook displays computer clout. from college, out of my house, away from into a single task. Real estate management, i I everything. I like being in a family home for purchasing, sales — all are possibilities,as long awhile." as they're with smaller companieswhere ex- will remain his life's work. And, with an eye for high returns,Conser Cassell will graduate this month with a treme specialization is precluded. But for now Conser Coach is a growing sees to it that he's one driver who never stays double major after just a S’/i-year college Although he's worked for years, Meden- enterprise. The College is his mainstay, Con- with the bus. career. She's hoping to secure an intershipin dorp says he's had little opportunity to prac- ser says, and growing awareness of his busi- West Michigan next semester so she can stick tice money management. ness sometimeshas amusing results, Clean Sweep around for the pomp and circumstance of "I've never had much, so I've always had k "Once in a while, people call with the idea to scrimp and save." of the things Cassell has learned May commencement. She's headed toward that we're Dial-a-Ride for Campus," he notes, One Mary missionary service or some other kind of That practice has generated a word of ad- quick to point out that several days' prior during her years of working while going to vice: "Don't carry any more money than you is that is a as free social-changeprofession and believes all her notice is essential. school there such thing a jobs have been worthwhile. absolutelyneed. If it's in your pocket, you The plus of his business is opportunity for lunch — provided you work for the campus "I've learned how to separate my personal tend to spend it." , gravel. He's taken Hope groups to Texas, food sendee. self from a job. . . . And all the things I've He believesit's important for working stu- '^Florida, New York, and many nearer destina- The senior from Niagara Falls, N.Y., who dents to make time for relaxation.. His own has worked during her entire Hope career in done have really been preparing me for what : »t>ons of interest— such as the Stratford Fes- I want to do because of all the different kinds first choice is walking — which reduces stress .if the dishwashing room, also knows the haz- ’^>1 thpayn in Canada and an exhibit of El • iiii . r.. ______— -U.-,. Inr The UicKSOn I ienn.1 loimrv rrrr i-rr?». 10 sports NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1982

tough Ohio Wesleyan in the first round, the season was a great one. Hope maintained its winning tradition by winning more than ten games for the sixth Fall Sports Great! straight,seasom They were 11-3-2 overall and 9-2-1 in the MIAA, good for second place behind Calvin. maximum overall contributionto the team. The Dutchmen tied powerhouse Wisconsin- Brinks was also voted to the Great Lakes Parkside for the Aurora, 111. Tournament title, All-Academicfootball team. and defeated some very tough opponents like The Dutchmen were unbeaten at home (4- Goshen, Ind. and Calvin.

0) asthey averaged over 4,000 fans per game Sophomore Dayna Beal of Saginaw, Mich. - in Holland Municipal stadium, a new record. was third in the MIAA with 19 points (eight The perfect season again eluded the Dutch- goals, three assists), and senior Todd Kamstra men whose eight victories tied the school of Farmington, Mich, was fourth with 17 (six record establishedby the teams of 1958, 1959, goals, five assists). 1974, 1975 and 1978. Three-time all-MIAA standouts Kamstra The 1983 season opens September 10 at and junior Al Crothers of Wheaton, 111. were home against Olivet Nazarene College, an selected co-most valuable players by their Illinois team that went 6-3 this fall. Other teammates.Beal and senior Tom Park of East home games will be Oct. 1 against Kenyon, Lansing, Mich, were also selected to the all- Ohio, Oct. 15 against Kalamazoo and Oct. 29 MIAA first team. against Alma. Freshmen Kevin Benham of Denver, Colo, Road games will be Sept. 17 at DePauw, and Doug Boonstra of Eagan, Minn, were Ind., Sept. 24 at Oberlin, Ohio, Oct. 7 at selected second team all-MIAA. . Albion, Oct. 22 at Adrian and Nov. 5 at Freshman Tom Kohl of Bloomfield Hills, Olivet. Mich, was voted the team's most improved player. Crothers, junior Kevin Rebhan of Flint, FIELD HOCKEY Mich., and sophomore Mike Brown of Sag- Nine seniors led the field hockey team to inaw were eleaed tri-captains of the 1983 its best record and first MIAA championship squad. ever. Hope establisheda new MIAA record for most goals scored in the league season as MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY they outscored the opposition' 38-4. Senior Mary Lou Ireland of Nashua, N.H., For the first time since 1972, the Flying Hope's and the MIAA's most valuable player Dutchmen were not MIAA champions, finish- and two-time leading scorer, led the league in ing second to Calvin. However, the season points with 33. Senior Polly Tamminga of had many bright spots. RECORD-BREAKER — Todd Holstege averaged a record 6.2 yards per carry to lead tire Flying Bozeman, Mont, was third with 27 points, The squad won the Hope Invitational for Dutchmen to a second consecutive MIAA crown. while junior Mary Gaffney of Union Springs, the fourth time, and, for the second straight N.Y. was fifth with 17. year, claimed the GLCA championshiptitle, by Dick Hoekstra '84 cent of their pass attempts. Hope's defense Ireland establisheda new MIAA record for held at Wooster, Ohio. backs establisheda school record for pass the most career assists with 15. They also finished a best-ever eighth place Hope is aiming for its- fourth consecutive interceptionsin a season with 22. Tamminga, Ireland, and Gaffney were at the Notre Dame, Ind. Invitational, and a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hope's dominationof their opponentswas elected to the all-MIAA first team. Junior very respectablefourth behind North Central, (MIAA) all-sports championship. best shown in the cumulative score by quar- Gwen Gerkey of Fraser, Mich., sophomore DePaul and Northwesternat the Carthage, The College holds an impressive 19-point ters. The Dutchmen outscored their oppo- Melanie Waite of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Wise. Invitational. early lead in the race for the trophy thanks to nents 88-9 in the first quarter and had an freshman Patty Gaffney of Union Springs, Senior Mark Southwell of Parma, Mich., an excellentfall sports season which saw no unblemished62-0 advantage in the third N.Y. were elected to the all-MIAA second junior Steve Underwood of East Lansing, team finish worse than third place in the quarter. team. Mich., and junior Brian Taylor of McBain, standings of any of the seven MIAA races. Senior tailback Todd Holstege of Grand Hope won their last eight games in a row, Mich, were selectedall-MIAA. Underwpod The nationally ranked football team and the Rapids,, Mich, establishedHope single season and, earlier in the year, claimed the GLCA was, selectedfor the third time in three years. field hockey team, behind their best record in and career records for average yardage per tournament championshipheld at Earlham Southwell and Underwood were elerted co- history (13-3), claimed MIAA champion- rushing carry. The 6-0, 200 pound Holstege College. most valuable runners. Southwell was voted ships. The soccer and men's cross country gained 6.1 yards per carry this season as he Freshman Annette VanEngen of Mattawan, the most improved runner by his teammates. teams finished second while the golf, wom- averaged 112 yards per game. He ended with Mich, was chosen as most improved, and Underwood qualifiedfor the NCAA Divi- en's cross country, and volleyboallteams a career average of 5.9 yards per carry. Mary Gaffney was selected captain for 1983. sion III nationalsby winning the regionals for were third. Holstege, who became only the third Hope the second time in three years. The all-sports standings, based on finishes player to rush for more than 2,000 career SOCCER Junior Scott VandeVorde, a respectable in both men's and women's sports, found yards, was voted the most valuable player in. sixth place finisher at the MIAA meet, and Hope with 68 points, Calvin 49, Alma 47, the MIAA, as well as Hope's MVP. The Flying Dutchmen were honored this junior Dick Hoekstra, both of Parchment, Albion 45, Kalamazoo 33, Adrian 26, and Sophomore quarterback Greg Heeres, also fall with a first-ever berth in the NCAA Mich., in addition to Underwood were elected Olivet 24 after fall competition. of Grand Rapids, Mich., establisheda Hope Division III Tournament. Despite the loss to tri-captains for the 1983 season.

* record for passing yardage in a season (1,328) • FOOTBALL and an MIAA mark for passing efficiency at 149.05 (100 considered "average"). Heeres The MIAA champion Flying Dutchmen will was ranked among the nation's top five go into the record books as the school'smost NCAA Division III quarterbacks all season. potent offensive football team in history. Sophomore Randy Smith of Holland, Mich, The nationally ranked (11th in the Division set a new single season record for extra point III final poll) Dutchmen captured their second conversion kicks with 34. He and freshman straight league championshipwith a perfect Doug Myers of Stevensvillecombined for a 5-0 record. Overall, the Dutchmen were 8-1 team record 37 conversion kicks; Smith with with the only loss coming in the season 34 of 38 and Myers three in-a-row. opener to Wabash which went unbeaten in 10 Sophomore fullbackJohn VanderStarre of games. Kentwood, Mich, tied a school record for The Dutchmen established14 school re- touchdowns in a single game with four cords, tied two more and broke the MIAA's against Oberlin. record for total offense in a season in claim- Testimony to the team's strength was the ing their sixth league crown since 1973. selection of 11 Hope players to the all-MIAA Hope scored a school-record 295 points, first team, most ever for the Dutchmen. Se- averaging 32.8 points per game to their oppo- lected were Holstege, Heeres, Smith, senior nents' 8.7. In the MIAA Hope outscored its defensive tackles Bob Carlson, a senior from league rivals 170-21, posting shutouts in Tekonsha,Mich., and Thurland Cole, a soph- three of five conference encounters. omore from Smyrna, Mich.; senior defensive Hope averaged a league-record 412 yards backs Art Klein of Coopersville,Mich, and per game total offense. They also established Mike Andrusiak of Caledonia, Mich.; tight a school record on total offense,becoming the end Warren Kooyers, a senior from Holland, first Hope team in the sport's 78-year history Mich.; tackle Bernie Bowhuis, a senior from to average over 400 yards per game. Grand Rapids, Mich.; guard Jim Behrenwald, Other team school records for a season a sophomore from Clarksville, Mich.; and were first downs, yards passing, passes at- center Kurt Brinks, a senior from Zeeland, tempted and completed, touchdowns and point Mich. Senior tackle Tipi Arnold of Con- after touchdown conversion kicks. stantinewas named to the second team all- The Dutchmen were also outstanding de- MIAA second team. fensively.Their opponentsaveraged only 2.7 Brinks was selectedrecipient of the Allen yards per rushing play and opposition, quar- C. Kinney Memorial Award which is given

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Hope won the first round of the MIAA tournaments, hosted at Clearbrook Countrv- MEET Club, to take an early lead in the league race for the title. The Flying Dutchmen eventually slipped to third place, an improvement from last season. THE Senior Craig Stevens of Plymouth, Mich, finishedthird place in the league with a 78.9 strokes per round average through seven rounds. Sophomore Paul DeBoer of Zeeland, CHALLENGE Mich, finishedninth with an 80.4 average. DeBoer was a co-medalist at the fifth round The eight reunion classes are challengingyou of MIAA golf tournaments, as he shot a 75 at and the rest of the alumni to increase giving to Tecumseh Country Club near Adrian. the Alumni Fund by $100,000 over last year. This Stevens, an all-MIAA golf selection, was means the goal for the 1982—83 Alumni Fund is elected the team's most valuable golfer, while $600,000. DeBoer and junior Tom Bohrer of Wyoming, of has Mich, were voted the most improved. The Joyce Foundation Chicago awarded Bohrer was selected captain for the 1983 Hope College a challenge grant of $50,000 to season. match all new and increased contributionsfrom the eight reunion classes to the Annual Alumni WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Fund. The reunion classes are challenging all alumni to match their $100,000. The Flying Dutch really establishedthem- selves as a foe to be reckoned with in the MIAA this season. They finishedthe dual NET ACTION— junior Cathy Fox (13) and sophomore Anne Hendrickson meet portion of the season tied for first place (11) go up for a block as first team all-leagueselection Linda Percy (7) looks with Albion and Alma. They registereda 4-1 overall dual record, on. 3-1 in the MIAA, a great improvement over 1981's 0-3. They took third place in the conference meet. Hope also claimed third place at the NCAA Division III regionals. New Coaches Are Named All-MIAA sophomore Diane Boughton of Three Rivers, Mich, and all-MIAA freshman Two coaching appointments of winter sports teams have been announced by Deb Heydenburg of Jenison, Mich, were Ray Smith, director of athletics for men. elected co-most valuable runners. Michael Landis has been appointed head of both the men's and women s Deborah Shy, a sophomore from Lancaster, swimming teams as well as director of aquatic activities.He replaces John Calif., was voted most improved while Wen- Patnott who was granted a leave of absence in order to pursue doctoralstudies. dy Schoenmaker,a junior from Spring Lake, Jamie Hosford is the new wrestling coach. He succeeds James DeHorn '70 Mich., atid Carla Johnson, a junior from who was appointed head football coach at Allendale (Mich.) High School. Escondido, Calif., were selected co-captainsof Landis, a former Holland (Mich.) High swimming standout, served for five Why did Hope receive the 1983 team. years as an instructor, coach, and supervisor at the Holland Community Pool. The Joyce Foundation grant? There he taught life-saving and swimming lessons to all ages. • Recognized academic excellence. The Joyce He earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Wisconsin at supports "those very few univer- VOLLEYBALL Stevens Point, where he was a member of the varsity swimming team. He also Foundation sities and colleges having the highest academic Hope finishedthird in the MIAA race this receiveda master's degree in physical education from Utah State University. In quality.” (The Joyce Foundation Annual Report, fall. The injury-riddledFlying Dutch finished 1978, Landis was a nationally ranked masters swimmer. with an 8-4 MIAA record. In 1979-80, he was men's swimming coach at Calvin College. Previously,he 1981) Junior Linda Percy of St. Joseph, Mich, was coached the Holland Junior High School boys swimming team from 1971-74 • Alumni participation. Forty percent of Hope's selected to the all-MIAA first team, and soph- and the Holland Community summer swimming team from 1971-76. alumni — twice the national average — contrib- omore Anne Hendrickspnwas selected to the Hosford was a college All-Americanin two sports and successfulhigh school uted over half a million dollars to Hope in all-MIAA second team. This marks the first varsity coach in Grand Rapids, Mich. 1981-82. The Joyce Foundationis interested He was the wrestling' coach at Creston High School the past five years. He year that women have been awarded all- in Hope because the alumni have proven their continues to teach in the Grand Rapids public school system. His teams won MIAA honors individually. concern and support Percy was voted the team's most valuable the league championshiptwice and over five seasons posted a 26-4 dual meet player as well as captain of the 1983 team. record in the city league. What must be done to receive Sophomore Kathy Kaehler of Troy, Mich, Hosford earned 12 letters in five sports at Grand Valley State Colleges.He was chosen as the most improved player by earned All-Americanrecognition twice in football at fullback and four times in the grant? her teammates. wrestling. • Reunion classes must raise $50,000 in new money. • Alumni must raise $100,000 in new money. • 650 new donors must give to the Annual Alum- ni Fund. The average gift last year was $95.3,3. (Included in this figure are gifts generated by contributions of Hope’s alumni who work for matching gift corporations. Bonus When you make your contributfonto the Annual Alumni Fund, you will receive the new Hope College Directory — FREE. 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by Eileen Beyer

"When I can do something with my voice in opera, I feel like I've given part of myself to the universe and said, 'Thank you for being alive.' I feel that I'm giving back some of the gifts that have been given to me." Gene Marie Callahan '73, a soprano with Chicago's Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, has certainlyproven she can "do something" with her voice. Reviews of her performances are pitched with superlatives — A Lady-in-waiting in “Macbeth" is one of many supporting roles sung by Gene Marie Callahan (far left] since she joined Chicago's Lyric "full voiced," "generous,*'and simply "beau- Opera Center for American Artists two years ago. tiful." This past year there was music for give up certain freedoms, such as being able was among those who found opera "rather Callahan's own ears when she got word that to leave town, even for a few hours, without boring, always done in those foreign lan- she was one of 10 finalists — out of 2,500 obtaining special release. And for Callahan, guages you can't understand, taking too long hopefuls — seleaed for Opera in America na- there's another sacrifice: although more girth and costing too much." But she's come to tional auditions.That meant flying to San is toleratedon the opera stage than in Holly- appreciateher craft from both sides of the Francisco to sing to an audience of the top wood, she must keep permanent siege against stage. Opera, she says, is an art form that has people in opera management today. The fact all those pounds she shed. 'a larger-than-itself quality. that she's a soprano made her recognitionall "I'm always on a diet," she notes, matter- "There's an element that surpasses the es- the more dear. of-factly. "Every day I get on the scale and sential quality of the words, what's happen- "Sopranosare a dime a dozen," she says, then take a look at what's going on in the ing. When the sound of a person's voice and without malice. "If you're one of them, it's clothes department. 1 have what I call my an orchestra soar into the air, there's a re- particularlyhard to make yourself stand out "danger" pair of pants — if they get too tight, sponse that people can get even though they as good and not do anything ridiculous." that's it. It's back to no wine, no snacks, no haven't the slightest idea what's going on. Standing out in a crowd posed few prob- extras." That, to me, is the thrill of opera — to watch lems for Callahan as a Hope student. What ' But probably the most weighty demand for yourself fill up with goosebumps because of she lacked in height, she made up for in other Callahan is that she can never forget her the sounds." ways — ampleness and. a full shot of Irish sass. work and take a day off in the complete sense Opera is also spectacle, says the young Callahan still holds on to her lively and of the term. She may not carry home a performer, "a form of entertainment that frequently irreverentsense of humor, but briefcase, but she is always carrying her touches on the visual and auditory senses at there have been changes too. voice. the same time for a kind of double-wham- Just a few years ago she was recently "All of us opera singers have to be very my." And it has something for everyone. divorced and teaching far too subjects many careful about the way we live because we are "If you're in a good mood and want to be at a small, private school in a rough section of our instruments. . . . That does make you entertained,there are lots of comedy operas. Jersey City. She continued voice studies in wary of certain things — like screaming at bas- If you want to weep your eyes out, look to New York City and in the spring of 1979 was bass-baritone.So I never sang in the finals," ketball games. You have to learn to protect Puccini and his incrediblysad, tragic stories — ready to audition for what was then the Lyric she recalls. yourself." "Madame Butterfly" and "Tosca." If you're Opera School in Chicago. Although she "slipped in" through less And yet, despite all the requirements, Call- looking for mystery and intrigue, try "Par- "The that heard sing said, 'Oh, man me than normal procedures, she's been spared ahan claims she's never been happier. Some- sifal." There's every element of drama in you have a lovely voice, but you need to go none of the company's demands since. Prima time after moving to Chicago, she went opera, every element of art, every element of home and lose 20 pounds,' " Callahan donnas may know certain luxuries,but Call- through est training, an experience which she human emotion." _ recounts. ahan's experience has been that success in says transformed her life and improved her Learning to love opera came easier for was gracious I really to "He — what needed opera is won only by extreme self-discipline craft. Callahan than learning to see herself as a lose was 60 pounds." and constant attention to one's craft. "I had gotten myself into a hole as far as professionalin the field. Only after her ex- Back in Jersey City, she clamped her mouth There is, for instance,the language study. seeing, feeling, sensing, understanding, not ceptionalshowing in the Opera America com- to nearly everything edible and kept on sing- Callahan is tutored two or three times each being afraid, being afraid — whatever. I had petition last December was she truly able to ing. When she returned to Chicago the fol- week in Italian, German and French. Mastery surpressed a lot of things that I didn't care to come to terms with the degree of her talent, lowing spring for auditions,she was 60 of both vocabulary and pronunciation must be deal with, and, as a result, my life as a which, she hastens to inform, is first of all lighter. her. pounds No one remembered flawlessand drilling is intense so that what performer was suffering.You simply must - God-given, not the end product of her years Again, response to her audition was gracious has been learned won't get blanked out in a have your head together in this business and of la-laing up and down the scales. The Lyric and complimentary — but noncommital. case of stage jitters. And, of course, there is your emotions under control.There are just Center for American Artists is an apprentice "I went home and decided. This is it — I'll the music study. Callahan must vocalize too many demands put on you to expect program, the beginning point of a career clean up act, forget about opera, go to my every day to keep her voice in shape. miracles of yourself if you're not all pulled which eventually could take one of two direc- for a a grad school master's and become "The voice is a muscle. Singing opera is together. It's hard not to get involved in the tions: either joining an American regional regular person." like running — you can't decide to take a week roles you're learning,and if you're going company or singing with a European house. That same day, a deus ex machina phone- off and then expect to go at it again full through an emotional or physical crisis, it's Either would provide good ascent to her call summoned her back to Chicago — as soon steam ahead," she informs. very hard to work. Plus, the competition in eventual goal of singing major roles in a as possible — to join the company as under- In addition to daily vocal warm-ups, Call- this business is so strong, such an integral major internationalopera house. study for, among several roles, Amelia in the ahan is coached on roles she is preparing to part of opera, that if you're not very confi- In the mean time, she's singing plenty of Italian opera, "Un Ballo in Maschera." Lead- perform and she also spends time on roles dent, you might as well forget it." minor roles and working on-stage with some ing roles were being sung by Renata Scotto which are hoped-for possibilities. Some roles For Callahan, the self and the song are of America's best performers in opera at one and Lucianno Pavarotti and there was tension are difficult musically, while others have pe- inseparable."You can have a beautifulvoice, of the country's major tiouses.From her to spare backstage. culiar demands — like having to lie on the but if you can't find some particularbit of present vantage point, Callahan is glad she "They were having their little feud at the floor for a half-hour and then be able to sing sparkle that comes from your soul to put into went to Hope instead of a music conservatory time and everyone was constantly afraid that without clearingone's throat. The members your music, you might just as well just sit or a large university,even though as an something might go wrong. As a result, there of the company also are given some instruc- down." undergraduate, she says> she was presented were a lot of understudies." tion in acting, especiallythose techniques Although opera-loving does not come easily with music more as avocation than career. At that short notice, Callahan joined the which will serve them well in the all-impor- for many Americans and there is still not a "I'm glad 1 went to a place where it was apprentice program of one of America's three tant auditions,which frame their developing single opera house in the country able to find safe for me to grow a little bit. . . .-, es- internationalopera houses. As it turned out, careers. enough audience support for year-round per- pecially for me to do my singing, to learn she never was put to the test of company There are many personal demands, as well. formances, Callahan observes that opera-ap- about my voice. ... audition finals. She had arrived in Chicago in Like most of America's artists, opera singers preciationis on the rise. "Although while in college, I didn't see early August and audition finals were later go through training periods of modest in- "These are trying times economically, and myself in opera, I knew I could sing loud — that month. Although she had been assured comes, irregularwork and. less than normal in such times the arts seem to flourish. Also, and that's half of what it takes." of a contract,protocol dictatedthat she go home-lives. Although apprenticeshippro- people are becoming very aware of historical And the other half? through the process,just like everyone else. grams such as that of the Lyric do offer a preservation — and some famous ol4 buildings "You have to be able to sing soft too — they "But on that day I was so sick that I kind of protectivenurturing, members must in America happen to be opera houses." pay a lot of money for a high, soft note." I. cqu l(j n.'r. .eyen. Jaa ve_?j i.nst— 0— .iT, v-' ^ V K I /~N / I /-\rjn/-\rvrv* IWITV FTMDI rWETD MEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1982 H-jieopk 13

Alum Returns What Hope Gave Him

Who says volimteerism is dead? Not Tom Houtman '40, retired Dow Chem- ical Company executive from Midland, Mich., who came back to Hope this semester to donate his 40 years of professionalexperience to studeilts. "I've always had~a warm spot for Hope and I felt I should return somethingof what I had been given," is his simple explanation. Houtman joined Dow as a research scientist soon after earning his master's degree from Louisiana State University. Eight years later he rose to research management and in 1962 became administrativedirector of Dow's chemical laboratory.Particularly pertinent to Hope students were Houtman's last five years School Boards Head at Dow as manager of employee relations. In this post he was responsiblefor 1,000 em- Harvey Scholten '34 of Grand Haven, ployees, handling hiring, salary matters, per- Mich., has been elected president of the sonnel planning, initiation programs and the Michigan Association of School Boards. developmentof company leadership. Scholten, an attorney with the firm Schol- Houtman's expertisewas channeled on ten, Fant & Marquis, has served the Ottawa cfampus through the Career Center. He gave Area Intermediate School District for 35 IN THE KNOW — Alumnus Tom Houtman passes along career advise to Alice Brechting, a several addresses and did some individualca- years, as president for the past six years. sophomore from Spring Lake, Mich. Recently retired, Houtman volunteered his services to reer counseling. His research interests were Committed to the cause of local control of Hope as a short-term consultant. put to good use, as well, as he conducted a school districts,Scholten believesthat funding chemistry lab group. One of the special pro- the-door, "a friend of a friend of a friend." community college there. Or it may be back of public education is at a criticalstage. jects Houtman. took on at Dow in recent years He was working in Alabama at the time. to the classroom to study computer science. "Ways must be found for the State to was a review of lab safety procedures and Unlike today's job candidates who are jetted He intends to purchase a home computer to commit its resources in a regular and ongoing standards and he made his knowledge in this from coast to coast, Houtman hitchhiked to "have some fun playing with." manner to insure an adequate financial sup- area available to Hope chemists during his Michigan for his interview and then back In any case, Houtman is one retiree who port of public education," he stated. envisions few dull moments ahead. He says A graduate of the University of Michigan, time on campus. v again. Although today's circumstances are Houtman says his main message to Hope usually different, Houtman' says employers that as a Christian exec he saw each step up Scholten has pratticedlaw for 45 years. He is students was that a good education alone still seek the same qualities in prospective the success ladder as a demand for greater a member of the Ottawa County Bar Associa- doesn't spell success. employees. Then, as now, a thumb-up ag- giving of one's self for the common good of tion and the Michigan and American Bar "Students need to know that there's more gressivenessenhances one's chances. other company employees. Retirement, as he Associations,and has been active in civic and to life than the technicalaspects. They need Houtman's report to alumni is that Hope sees it, is a chance to be near the pinnacle. business concerns in Grand Haven. to know their other skills and they must College has also been governed by constants know themselves." over the years. Successfulpeople, Houtman claims, know "I've been impressed that not all that much how to set goals and priorities and they has changed. Hope is still a place where European Study Tours possess abundant "people skills." students can see God — but not in a hothouse Young job-seekersmust learn to supple- environment. ment their educations with "upfront skills" — Serving as a short-term consultant to Hope Available this Summer relating to people, displaying motivation and is but one of Houtman's retirement projects. asking questions and finding out answers, he Last August he was in Washington,D.C., as This summer Hope College will offer spe- advises. one of 1,350 citizens working on President cial study tours in Europe for alumni and "We flushed out Ph.D.s in less than five Reagan's Private Sector Survey which investi- friends. The history departmentwill com- years at Dow because they had lost their gated government'scost-efficiency. Hout- memorate the 500th anniversary of Martin habit of examining things, of extending their man's special assignment was the Luther's birth with a study tour under the learning beyond their educations." EnvironmentalProtection Agency. He led one leadershipof Dr. Paul Fried, professor of Houtman's own entrance into Dow began of seven teams which evaluated the EPA's 14 . history and past director of InternationalEdu- not with a tie-and-briefcaseaffair at the per- research labs. cation and the Vienna Summer School. The sonnel office, but with a meeting on a back He and his wife winter in Florida and he's other study tour "Background of English Lit- porch, arranged by that proverbialfoot-in- considering doing some consulting work at a erature: The Land and the Culture" are of- fered through the English departmentand will be led jointly by Professors Charles Hut- National Conducting Finalist tap and William Reynolds. "The Age of Martin Luther: Germany from the Renaissance to the Reformation" Edith Rens '71 was a finalist in the ninth nonetheless thriving in many schools'. So it will begin in Vienna and will visit major cities National ConductingCompetition hel_d in Au- was my work with school orchestrasand associatedwith the Reformationincluding gust under the sponsorship of the Symphony bands, and numerous operas and musicals Prague, Czechoslovakia; Dresden, Leipzig, School of America. that really whetted my appetitefor Weimar, Wittenbergand Eisenach in East The competition required a long journey conducting." Germany; Nuerenberg,Worms, Speyer, for Rens who for the past nine years has been Following were conducting experiences for Konstanz and Augsburg in West Germany; working in Sydney, Australia,first as a high amateur musical societies, abundant in Syd- Basel, Zurich and Lucerne in Switzerland. school teacher, then as a state school music ney. "I feel that was really my apprenticeship Because of the Luther anniversary the gov- consultant and more recently also as conduc- period; if anything can go wrong to test a ernment of East Germany has eased travel tor of several orchestras there. conductor'sadaptability and nerves, it will be restrictions for tourists from the West and is Rens graduated from Hope with a degree in an amateur show," Rens informs. offering a number of special programs not piano performanceplus teacher certification. Next she began working with several or- normally availableto visitors. She recalls vividly the one opportunity she chestrasand ensembles. Highlights of this The visit to West Germany will provide had to conduct the College orchestra as part period^area concert tour of New Zealand and opportunity for personal contactswith friends of coursework. "Something definitely clicked numerous conducting appearances in Sydney's of Hope College and may include a weekend at that moment," she recalls, "but the idea of impressive Opera House. homestay with German families. There will actuallypursuing conducting as a career un- On leave of absence from her teaching post, also be a good deal of free timeTor indepen- fortunatelydidn't occur to me." for the past two years Rens has been musical dent exploration,shopping, etc. The June Term will cover areas of literary Opportunities to actuallylearn about con- director of a new but thriving community The 21-day program will include hotel and interest in mid and northern England: ducting came through Rens’ teaching in Aus- orchestra and also conductor of a youth or- breakfastsin Vienna and hotel and two meals Cambridge,Lincoln, York, Durham, the tralia which she took up after earning a chestra.She plans to spend next year in during the 15 days of the tour. Bronte Country, the Lake district,the Welsh master's degree in piano at the University of Europe. "Backgroundsof English Literature:The border, and Coventry. Arizona. Australian music education differs "As a musician, I feel a strong need to Land and the Culture" will be offered in May Both the May and the June Term will be 3 from the American system, Rens informs, in spend time in the areas which were the birth- Term and again — with a different itinerary — !A weeks in length, and both will include a that it is more geared to academic study and place of much of our musical culture.Beyond in June Term. One may enroll for either term visit to Stratford-upon-Avon(including at practical, creative classroom experiences rather that, I would dearly wish to make a full-time or (with a fee discount) both. least one Shakespeare play), an approximately r than large-group performance. career of conducting but that path is as yet The May Term will be concentrated in 10-day stay in London, and a road trip that "For example, students in the senior year unclear. I believe the real attraction of con- southern England and will include visits to will include a brief homestay. prepare for exhaustive,state-wide exams. ducting for me is that one is a performing Oxford, Salisbury Cathedral, Stonehenge, Any questions regarding the Luther or the They study music history and harmony at a musician, a re-creative interpreterwith a Plymouth, Devon, Cornwall, Bath, Canter- Literatureprograms may be directedto Dr. level of at least first-year college or beyond. whole world of symphonic music to explore, bury, and Tintern Abbey. Emphasis will be Neal Sobania, Director of InternationalEduca- - Bands, orchestras,choirs, musical productions, yet one also gains the very special joy of placed upon locationsassociated with King tion, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423

ftr \\g jill pYfra-rnrrinilaractivities but are creatingwith other people." Arthur, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkein. (Phone (616) 392-5111, ext. 2170). iOT cm wm for The Dickson H enn.) Loi/nrv tree rrn*. iiimiznciv»i 14 alumni news <£j\ MEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1982

Donald Hoffman '52, a pastoral counselor and Norman Hess '63 has been appointed directorof '40s conflictmanagement specialist at the Psychology developmentat the University of Tulsa (Okla.). class notes Center of Grand Rapids spoke at the Creative Harold Colenbrander '41 is serving the Central John Stapert '63, editor of The Church Herald. Growth meeting in Holland, Mich. Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., on a was one of the speakers at the birthday party in Raymond Milne '52 is vice president and real Class notes and other alumni information sections part-time basis as director of seniors' ministries. honor of the Christian Reformed Church hosted by estate manager for Security New York State Corpo- in News from Hope College are compiledby Harold has retired from the pastorate at the Christ the Reformed Churches of Holland, Mich. ration,a Rochester-based regional bank holding Mary Kempker and Marge Graves of the alumni Community Reformed Church in Denver, Colo. Charlene Van Houten '64 Brower is participating company. office. Deadlinefor receiving items for the next Ruth DeYoung '41 Potts has written a new super- in a work-studytourrin Honduras with the Mary VanHarn '52 retired from the army in issue is Jan. 15. romance to be published by HarlequinBooks in Nazarene Church. September.Mary was a colonel who worked as a April, 1983, entitled No Sweeter Song. Ruth writes Gerrit DeKoning '64 is in the oil busihess in physical therapist. under the name of Rachel Palmer. Texas. '20's Cornelius VanHeest '52 is the pastor of Aberdeen James Baar '42 is associate pastor for spiritual gifts Stephen Ditko '64 is the directorof human re- Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich. John M. Flikkema '22 has been retired for 20 at the Garfield Park Reformed Church in Grand sources at Sybron Corporation. Stephen is responsi- Lucille Tysse '55 Hoeksema represented Hope years from Taylor InstrumentCompany. Rapids, Mich. ble for directing corporate-wide human resource College at the Temple University (Penn.) presiden- Lois Brockmeier '26 Annis has returned to Mich- Henry Kik '42 earned a medal for the fifth straight planning and policy developmentand administering tial inauguration. igan after living in Florida for nine years. year in the 15,000 meters bike portion of the Hope compensationand fringe benefit programs. Robert '55 was a speaker at the fall College Run-Bike-Swim marathon. Nykamp Paul Eenigenburg '64 visitedthe Netherlandsthis conference of Zeeland Classis,Reformed Church Stuart Padnos '42 is the president of the National fall. Paul's wife won the trip in a contest. '30s Women. Association of Recycling Industries.Stuart spoke to Bob Mackay '64 is the new general manager of Vernon Hoffman '56, executive director of the Bemadine Siebers '30 DeValois was the guest the group about the implementationof specific the Berrien TeachersCredit Union located in South Grand Rapids Area Center for Ecumenism, has speaker for SouthwesternMichigan College's 18th steps to reinforce relationsbetween scrap generators Haven, Mich. accepted a call to become pastor of the Hope Re- Annual Capping Ceremony for the first year associ- and processors. ' Barbara Freggens '64 O'Brien was a delegate to formed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich. ate degree nursing students. John Visser '42, president of Emporia State Uni- the final Anglican-Roman Catholic Conferencein Robert Winter '57, rector of St. Thomas of Can- Arlington, Va. Ruth VanAlsburg '31 Cotts is a tour hostess for versity,was inducted into the Infantry Officer Can- terbury Episcopal Church in Greendale, Wis., was Holy Land Tours- from Coral Ridge Presbyterian didate School Hall of Fame. Timothy Miner '65 has opened his own law office named "Priest of the Year" for 1982 in the Episco- Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Calvin DeVries '43 is on the Board of Trustees of in Grand Rapids, Mich., for the general practiceof pal Diocese of Milwaukee. law. Ruth Hospers '32 Bohart lives in a villagelocated Presbyterian-relatedCoe College and is pastor of its Raymond DeDoes '58 is senior pastor of the on an active ranch in Paso Robles, Calif. Ruth is foundingcongregation. First Presbyterian Church in Patricia Elzerman '66 Eenigenburg won a trip to Coloney Reformed Church in Ripon, Calif. active in craft groups, playing cards and fishing. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. the Netherlandscourtesy of Queen Beatrix. The William Hoffman '59, pastor of the St. Thomas Watson Spoelstra'32, founder of Baseball Chapel Jan Clark '43 DeVries serves on Eastern Iowa contest was in honor of the queen's visit to the Reformed Church, has been elected to the Board of Inc., an organization designed to bring the Chris- United Way Board of Directors, its executive com- U.S. in April. Patriciaand her husband,along with Directors of the Council on Alcoholismfor the U.S. the 335 other American contest winners, attended a tian message to major leaguers, has retiredafter a mittee, and is chairperson of its “nominating Virgin Islands. decade as president. committee. reception with the queen. Thomas Lewis '59 is a national account manager Robert Hyink '36 is a retired teacher. Harvey Staal '43 has returned to Beirut, Lebanon Jack Schrier '66 is vice president for Saudi Arabia for Xerox Computer Systems in Arlington, Texas. Morris Folkert '38 is serving as visitationpastor at where he will assume the pastorate of the Commu- and the Arab Gulf at Bankers Trust Company in Don Scott '59 is general chairperson of the Somer- the Seventh Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, a nity Church, an English-speaking congregation New York. set (N.J.) Presbyterian Church's 1983 commitment church which he served as regular pastor from made up of expatriates from many nations. Ken Walz '66 worked with demolitions expert program, "Upward and Outward for Christ," which 1949-57. Kenneth Stickney '46 has been selected to the Gary Zeller on a new video-tape production of Pat he developed to help increase membership, mission Travers' new single "I'd Rather See You Dead." Kenneth Hesselink '38 has been named pastor honor roll of HistoricalPreservations of America giving, staff salariesand giving levels of its emeritus of the Church of the Savior in Niles, for outstanding service to community, state and Gary Holvick '67 is a general agent with North- members. Mich. nation. Kenneth also will be listed in the edition of western Mutual Life Insurance Company in Flint, Floyd Folkert '39 has been named manager of Community lenders of America under the Ameri- Mich. Gary received the chartered life underwriter Tulip Time, Inc. Floyd will coordinate the festival's can Biographical Instituteof Rawleigh,N.C. diploma and professionaldesignation by the Ameri- can College at Bryn Mawr, Pa. programs and will oversee printing of the Tulip Betty VanLente '47 Curti is self-publishinga book '60s Time tourist brochure. of poems, essays, anecdotes and illustrationsen- Nancy Seigman '67 Sheffieldis a substitute teacher in the Fairfax County (Va.) School system. Cornelius Steketee '39 received the Holland Ro- titled An Earthling Celebrates and Relays — The Ron Boeve.'60 was awarded the Michigan Associa- Terry Sheffield'67 is a navy commander assigned tary Club's Distinguished Service Award. Cornelius Lights of Home. tion of Realtors Community Service Award. Ron to the Pentagon working in the Office of the Joint also became a Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary's highest Marjorie Lucking '48 French represented Hope was also honored as the Holland (Mich.) Realtor of Chiefs of Staff. honor. College at the inauguration ceremony of the'eighth the Year. Bob Donnelly '68 is a sales representativewith president of Wayne State University. Ronald LaRose '60 is vice president for develop- Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone in Seattle,Wash. Betty Visscher '48 Rycenga is a hostess and ment at the U.S. Committee for UNICEF. acting manager at the Dansk Kro Restaurant in Bruce VanderMel '60 is a district manager for D. Ivan Writes Grand Haven, Mich. Betty retired from teaching Shell Oil Company based in Jericho, N.Y. this spring after 30 years in the Spring Lake School Winfield Burggraaf '61 is a professor of history Distria. and associatedirector of the Center for Interna- About B. D. Arthur VanEck '48 is the executive director for tional Programs, University of Missouri-Columbia. marriages Education, Christian Life and Mission in the Divi- Winfield was on sabbaticalleave in 1981 in New sion of Education and Ministryof the National York, Washington and South America. Brian Frederick Bauer and Deborah Lynn Warnaar Council of Churches.Arthur's work will include Priscilla Estell '61 received the highest award pin '81, July 31, 1982, Grand Haven, Mich. supervision of the Uniform Lesson Series, the for 8,000 volunteer hours given afthe Holland James Calvin Boerigter '82 and Letitia Jayne Carr '82, oldest, and most widely used Christian education (Mich.) Community Hospital in the past seven August 7, 1982, Whitehall, Mich. curriculumin the United States. years. Brion Brooks '80 and Elizabeth Becker 79, August 14, 1982, Holland, Mich. William Hillegonds '49 was guest preacher at Judith Zwemer '63 Benningtonis active in local Glenn Paul Eberhardt and Paula June Felker 78, Oc- Hope Reformed Church in Holland, Mich. William chapters of Physicians for Social Responsibility and tober 16, 1982 served this church from 1960-66 and was par- Citizens for a Sane World. Judith is also active with John Richard Gumpper '81 and CatherineBradford ticipatingin the celebration of a year of other anti-nuclear war, peace-oriented Surridge'82, August 21, 1982, Spring Lake, Mich. rededication. organizations. Karl Craig Hamann '80 and Marlene Joy Liu '80, Dennis DeWitt '63 was the primary speaker at the August 28, 1982, East Grand Rapids, Mich. '50s mini-workshop "Behaviorand Nutrition" held at Sel Harlow 76 and Judy Kmetz, March 27, 1982, the Ottawa Area Intermediate School DistrictOf- Schenectady,N.Y. Louis Harvey '50 is a pastor in Welland,Ontario, fice. Dennis is a school social worker in Holland, Jeffrey E. Holm '81 and Karena L. Breher '81, August Canada. Mich. 14, 1982, Waterford,Mich. Merrill Johnson and Lynn Thornburg 79, August 1982 John Lawrence Kemink 71 andjanetAnn Spilka,Au- D. B.D. IVAN births gust 21, 1982, Muskegon, Mich. John Emil Klanke 76 and Gretchen Ann Gabel, Sep- D. Ivan Dykstra '35, professor-emeritus of Richard '71 and JoAnn Bateman, Kelly, September 6, September 20, 1982 tember 25, 1982, South Haven, Mich. philosophy, has authored a biography of his 1978 and Ricky, March 26, 1981 Nelson !68 and Mrs. Murfey, Allison Faith, October John Korpi and Carey DeWitt '80, Septembers,1982, father which he titles B.D. William '75 and Claire Campbell '75 Boersma, David 20, 1982 Spring Lake, Mich. William, June 26, 1982 The book, published as part of the Histor- Norm and Linda Hawkins '75 Murray, Ian E., Sep- J. Rossman Lamb 77 and Lois Fouts, October 9, 1982, Rodney and Nancy Minor '68 Bohman, Bret K., June tember 12, 1982 ical Series of the Reformed Church, provides Holland, Mich. 11, 1982 David and Judy Miersma '74 Phillips,Lori Anne, Jerome Mark Lasky and Jill Cronk 75, October 3, a fascinatingremembrance of the Rev. B. D. Roger and Jan Koop '75 Brondyke, Bradley Aaron, March 27, 1982 " 1982, Prattsville,N.Y. Dykstra; Hope readers will also appreciateits March 26, 1982, Holland, Mich. David and Cindy McOwen '79 Poole, Scott David, John A. Lawson and Carol Jones '81, September 18, insightsinto the background of one of the David '75 and Nancy Cluley, Nicholas David, October July 28, 1982 1982, San Jose, Calif. College'smost admired faculty members. 30, 1982 Samuel '74 and Martha Quiring, Caroline Eileen,Oc- David Leenhouts 79 and Nancy Yeager, July 17, C. John '74 and Kathy Curtis '76 Corstange, Whitney 3, B. D. was a Hope College graduate. Class tober 1982 1982, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Grace, February 15, 1982, Grand Rapids, Mich. Jim Rubins '71 and Ann Hallisey, Elizabeth Hallisey Michael McPoland and Debra Evenson, of '96, and his biography offers an intriguing H. 79 Lu Henry '69 and Mrs. Diggelmann,Jennifer Lynn, June Rubins, October 24, 1982, Napa, Calif. October 1, 1982, Grand Rapids, Mich. look at College life during this period. 7, 1982, Iowa City, Iowa Carl and Rhonda Driesenga77 Staat, Curtis Allen, James William Fancy 79 and KathleenSue Gillings, Dykstra writes; Tim and Nancy Culver '68 Dykstra, Mark Edwin, April 26, 1982 June 5, 1982 "He did live at least for part of that time in April 7, 1982 Douglas 71 and Mary Tepper, David Christopher, Randall Precious and Kristina Martinez79, July 10, a room in the college dormitory. Van Vlack Steve '73 and Lynda Boven '73 Farrar, Genevieve October 19, 1982, Wyoming, Mich. 1982 Elizabeth, August 16, 1982, Ithaca, N.Y. Steven and Renetta Dykstra '62 Tews, adopted Naomi Hall. There each room was equipped with its Ken Probst and Laura D. Earle 79, October 16. 1982, Thomas and Betsy Phillips'73 Grant, Michael Thom- Beth age two months, July 20, 1982 Three Rivers, Mich. own little pot-belliedstove but the students as, April 25, 1982, Guilford, Conn. Michael 72 and Lynn Berry 78 VanLente, Adam David Rehage and Marna M. Tellier73, October 23, responsiblefor providing their were own Thomas Hathaway and Julie Beretz '70, Andrew Michael, October 7, 1982, Holland, Mich. 1982, Cedar Rapids, Iowa wood to keep the stove going. I have no Thomas Hathaway, September 2, 1982, Princeton, Nick and Janet Hepler 73 VanRyswyk, Jonathan Jack Schrier '66 and Diane Lynn Turner, April 24, information as to how this was generally N.J. Neil, July 23, 1982 1982 managed but for my father it meant spending Robert '64 and Monica Jones, baby girl, August 9, Richard '69 and KathleenVeenstra, Krista Lynn, Oc- Ralph Schubert77 and Sandra A. Kottwitz, October 1982 tober 25, 1982 23, 1982 a good part of his weekends scrounging for Greg '73 and Carol Kalmbacher,Hannah Ruth, July Paul '64 and Cynthia Hill '64 Wackerbarth,Elizabeth Timothy Shaffer '82 and Terri Whitney '81, June 12, firewood, going out as far as a place called 19, 1982, Mulia Irian Jaya. Indonesia Ann, January 3, 1982, adopted July 1982, Te- 1982, Grand Rapids, Mich. Pine Creek, is still there, a four which good Robert and VirginiaReed '74 Kruisenga, Robert gucigalpa, Honduras Jeffrey Mark Spencer '82 and Kathleen Beth Kozelko miles out from the campus. Even so, and to Reed, May 5, 1979 and Cynthia Ann, February23, Daniel 75 and Zueilen Marshall 74 Wiersma, Joshua '82, July 3, 1982, Traverse City, Mich. conserve his energies and fuel, he generally 1982, Lake Odessa, Mich. Marshall, August 6, 1982, Oak Lawn, 111. Tim Starkey and Sue Gebhart 79, May 30, 1981 Keith and Lynn Cuti '78 Mast, Derek Neal, July 20, wrapped himself in blankets as he worked at Edwin and Amy Lusky 78 Wright, John Edwin, Sep- Glenn A. Toren 77 and Nancy Draine, October 9, 1982 tember 23, 1982 1982 his studies." Bill '76 and Barb Bobeng '76 Moreau, Stephen Jacob Steven 73 and Kathy Zonnebelt, Scott Steven, June Nick Van Ryswyk and Janet Hepler 73, July 28, 1979 Copies of B.D. are availablethrough the and Laura Elizabeth,April 23, 1982 29. 1982 Edward Vlcek and Catherine Bennett 77, October 16, Hope-Geneva Bookstore. Peter .'77. and. Mexi.Shima.'TA.Morse PKil;^ --- ,--i. -- alumni news 15 ' MEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1982 Matthew Fike '82 is teaching English at Sheldon vice manager with People Express Airlines living in Mary Van Dis '80 is the underwriting director for Bob Huizenga '68 is beginning a rion-denomina- Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska through the Pres- East Rutherford, N.J. WGVC TV 35 at Grand Valley State College. Mary tional, Christian counseling service for the White byterian Church’sVolunteers-in-Mission Program. Paul France '77 is an optometrist in Cutlerville, will be responsible for securing underwriting Lake (Mich.) MinisterialAssociation. Michael Fischer '82 is in dental school in Ann Mich. monies from local businesses and grants for pro- Linda Miller '68 is teaching in the Department of Arbor, Mich. Knecht '77 is a judicial law clerk in Bay gram underwriting. English at Pennsylvania State University, Berks Thomas Pam Matheson '82 is attending Hofstra University City, Mich. Lyn Van Eyl '80 is managing a yarn and craft Campus. Linda has been awarded a Lilly Founda- in Hemstead, N.Y. Pam was one of 18 applicants ElizabethElliott '77 McBride is the employee shop in Lexington, Mass. tion Post-Doctoral Fellowship for 1982-83. relationsmanager of Farm Bureau Insurance Group Brian Bauer '81 is in graduate school at Western accepted in the graduate program of applied re- Dale Grit '69 is on sabbaticalleave from Colorado search in psychology. in Lansing, Mich. Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich. State University. Dale is at Lawrence Livermore Paul Miedema '82 is employed at Illinois National Carl Schaftenaar'77 is a geophysicist for Chevron Deborah Warnaar '81 Bauer is in graduate school National Laboratory in Pleasanton, Calif. Bank in Springfield,111. U.S. A. in Denver, Colo at Notre Dame University, South Bend, ind. Lou Voskuil '69 Grit is taking a year's leave from Paul Miller '82 is an actuarialassistant in a Nancy Swinyard '77 Seites is an evaluation spe- Dave Driscoll '81 participatedin the America's teaching junior high. consulting firm in Rochester, N.Y. cialist at Harvard University Cancer Center in Marathon/Chicago,the ultimate race for runners. Camella Karsten '69 has entered private Serum Morier '82 is attending the University of Washington, D.C. Suzanne Galer '81 is a kindergarten teacher at the Dean practiceas a psychologist in Midland,Mich,, fol- Minnesota working on a Ph.D. in social David Smith '77 is a quality assurance specialist Crystal Cathedral Academy in Garden Grove, Calif. lowing eight years as a therapistat the Midland psychology. monitoringmilitary contracts and products for the Suzanne is a graduate student at California State Community Mental Health Center. Carol Anne Peterson '82 competed in the Amer- Department of Defense. Dadid is working on an University-Fullerton in voice performanceand is a James Slager '69 is the associatedirector of Miami industrial/mechanicalengineering degree from contemporaryChristian music composer/performer ica's Marathon/Chicago,the ultimate race for University Student CounselingService in Oxford, Western Michigan University and an electrical en- at the Crystal Cathedral. runners. Ohio. gineering degree from Michigan State University. Clark Coding '81 is the manager of Penny Timothy Shaffer '82 is in law school at the University of Michigan,Ann Arbor, Mich. David lives in Kentwood, Mich. Pincher Inn in Perrysburg, Ohio. Schrier '82 is doing graduate work at '70s Catherine Bennett '77 Vlcek is a teacher and Ronald Schut '81 has been admitted to the Medi- Mark the % College of Insurance, Manhattan, N.Y. coach at Chelsea (Mich.) Public Schools. cal School at the University of Minnesota,Twin Judith Cooper '70 is the directorof rehabilitation Mary Vosteen '82 VanVerst is in graduate school Paul Hansen '78 was ordained by the Classis of Cities. at the Hartford (Conn.) Hospital. in psychologyat Florida State University, Central California and is now serving Lincoln Ave- Kathy Stratton '81 is a student at the University '70 Deur gave a flute recital in Mary Knoper Tallahassee. nue Reformed Church in Pomona, Calif. of Indiana Law School and is a member of Law Wichers Auditorium at Hope College. Scott VanVerst '82 is in graduate school in nuclear Glenn Johnson '78 is teaching for the Interna- Review. Stanley Sterk '70, partner in the CPA firm of physics at Florida State University, Tallahassee. tional School of Prague. Dale Aggen '82 is a graduate teaching assistantat Ferris, -Busscher Lehman, P.C., has been elected & John Vassallo '82 is enrolled at Boston University Peggy Johnson '78 is an English teacher at the University of Oklahoma studying to the position of vice president of the Michigan graduate school in public communications. Onekama (Mich.) High School. communications. Associatin of Home Builders. David Visscher '82 is in computer science at Gary Oster '78 is a branch librarianof the Lorain Bryan Bigelow '82 is working in Chicago, 111. Richard Bateman '71 is a reading specialist for the Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich. (Ohio) Public Library, serving a predominantlyhis- Patti Bolman '82 is a teacher in San Jose (Calif.) - Louisiana Department of Education. panic population. Christian Schools. Jim Rubins '71 is the supervisor of the Communi- Mike Skelton '78 is teaching algebra, general Maureen Conaughton '82 is a specialeducation ty Services of Napa County (Calif.) Mental Health. math and consumer problems at West Ottawa High teacher in Kinsley, Kan. Jim and his wife also have an active private practice corrections School in Holland, Mich. David DeWitt '82 is attending Brandeis University in marriage and family counseling. Craig Smith '78 is a dentist in Holland, Mich. in Massachusetts. Douglas Tepper '71 is a product development Carol Anderson '79 Fryer is a seminarian at Laurie Vanderbeck'78 is teaching primary special Marshall Evans '82 is the athleticdirector at manager for Foremost Insurance Company and lives LutheranTheological Seminary in Gettysburg, Pa. education students at Woodside ElementarySchool , Onekama (Mich.) High School. in Wyoming, Mich. Jerry VandeWerken '71 is an attorney and princi- in Holland, Mich. Leann Fiet '82 is program coordinator at Bethshan Penny Morse '72 Winter is a teacher of special pal in the law firm of Shayne, Fein and Van- Mark Vredeveld '78 is pastor of the Casnovia Association/ElementaryChristian School, a residen- education in Greendale(Wis.) Public Schools. deWerken Co., in Columbus, Ohio. (Mich.) Reformed Church. tial facility for developmentallydisabled adults in Joe Courier '73 is a housepainter, humanist advo- Jayne Blemly '79 is working on her master's in Illinois. cate and volleyballfanatic in Gainesville,Fla. business administration at University of Michigan Kurt Loosenort '73 is working in Grand Rapids, Mich. /with the "Here's Life" community ministry in Ann Arbor. ElizabethBecker '79 Brooks is teaching fourth of Campus Crusade for Christ. Kurt's work in- deaths grade at the Alward Elementary School in Hudson- volves helping to equip churches and laymen to byterian churches in New York state prior to his v ville, Mich. The Alumni Office makes every effort to notify minister to others in their own spheres of retirement. Beth Ann Brows '79 is a medical technologist in readers of alumni deaths as soon as possible, influence. Among his survivors is his wife, Dorothy Hunt Brattleboro, - and, at the same time, to reflect as fully as William Munsell '73 is. a fourth grade teacher in Vt. '20 Giles. Gretchen Coffill '79 is manager of possible in our write-ups the achievements and the Houston (Texas) IndependentSchool District. Brundage accounts receivable for Selected Risks Insurance interests of each individual'slifetime. Some- Mama Tellier '73 Rehage is assistantdirector of Word has been received of the death of Cornelia Company in Branchville, N.J. times we have incomplete information as we the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Art Gallery. VanderMeer '19 Muilenburgon May 19, 1982, Sandy Busman '79 is working on her master's of go to press, since portions of our alumni re- Burt '73 is in private practicein VanderLaan in Alton, Iowa. social work at the University of Michigan. cords were destroyed in the Van Raalte Hall oncologyand internal medicinein Beloit, Wis. Paul Draper '79 is serving in the Peace Corp in fire of 1980 and other individual files are in- Clarence Burton '74 has establisheda law practice Miriam Gemmill '53' Van Eyl died in Grand Togo, West Africa. complete. We reprint death notices if more in Auburn Hills, Mich. Clarence was the former Rapids, Mich., following an extended illness. She Sye Gebhart '79 is the manager of Spaulding information becomes availableto us. We ap- assistantOakland County Prosecuting Attorney. was the wife of Hope Associate Professor of Psy- Racquetball Club in Bridgeton-St. Louis, Mo. preciate and encourage reader assistance in the Larry Hagberg '74 is undertakingmissionary chology PhillipVan Eyl '55. Karen '79 Johnson is teaching for the reportingof alumni deaths. Please include training with Wycliffe Translators. Handel newspaper clippingsand recent photographs, A former school teacher, Mrs. Van Eyl was InternationalSchool of Prague. , Kevin Neckers '74 is vice president of commercial employed by the State Department of Social Ser- Leenhouts '79 is a school psychologist for if available, plus information which might loans at First National Bank in Holland, Mich. David vices as a protective servicesday care and the SoutheasternColorado Board of Cooperative have special interest to Hope readers. em- Kevin is also president of the Holland Noon ployment worker since 1971. Educational Services. Kiwanis Club and is an active member of the Surviving in addition to her husband are three Sherry VanderWerp '79 McCarthy is teaching William G. Brink '21 died on Oct. 10, 1982, in Holland Area Chamber of Commerce. daughters, Evelyn '80, Christina '82 and Sonia '84; emotionally impaired students in Kentwood, Mich. Evanston,111. Michael VanBuren '74 is the pastor of the Ottawa Professor Emeritusof NorthwesternUniversity's a son, Paul; two brothers, Bryce Gemmill '57 and Reformed Church in West Olive, Mich. Lawrence McIntosh '79 is an account executive at James Gemmill; and a sister, Barbara Gemmill. ). Walter in Detroit, Mich. School of Education, Dr. Brink served for three Deborah Norg '75 Gillam is a lab technician in Thompson Company Lori Jo Medema '79 is a physical therapist as- years as superintendent of schools in Hudsonville, the PathogensLab at the Upjohn Company in John J. Ver Beek '26, Hope College professor sistantfor three hospitals and a clinic specializingin Mich., and three years in Whitehall, Mich., before Kalamazoo, Mich. emeritus, died on Oct. 26, 1982, in Holland, Mich., sports medicine in Iowa and Illinois. going to Northwestern. Thomas Hart '75 is an insurance agent in En- following a brief illness. I Robin Mitsos '79 is the branch manager of the He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from cinitas, Calif. Mr. Ver Beek was professor of education at Hope Standale Office of Mutual Home Federal Savings NorthwesternUniversity. Dr. Brink authored sev- Martha DeRose '76 is the regional children'sli- 1950-1971 and also served as director of student and Loan Association in Grand Rapids, Mich. eral books and articles on education. brarian for the Kent County (Mich.) Library teaching, placementand certification. Patricia Pulver '79 is an adjunct lecturer at Among his survivors are his wife, Doris; a System. He was active in promoting the accreditationfor DutchessCommunity College in Poughkeepsie, daughter, Dorothy Jones, and a brother, George. Robert '76 is an orthodoatis in Mid- Klomparens Hope College in 1960, had served as president of i land and Saginaw,Mich. N.Y. the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Steven Scott '79 is a research fishery biologist Allen B. Cook '37 died in Holland, Mich, on Nov. George Latzanich '76 is a counselor in Atlanta, 12, 1982, following a long illness. Education and also served as chairman of accredit- Ga. with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. ing teams for several colleges. Carol '79 is a third grade teacher at A resident of Coopersville, Mich., Rev. Cook was Miller '76 is a dentist in Albion, Mich. Warren Dennis A charter life member of the Michigan Education Country Club Hills (111.) School District. a former Hope College chaplain and former mem- Dennis has been in the U.S. Army in West Association, he president of both ber of the Hope College Board of Trustees. He had been Kent and i Germany. served as a Class Rep for the Class of 1937. He Muskegon County Teachers Associations. He also Beverly Kinoshita '76 Patton is a customer ser- '80s received his B.D. degree from Western Theological was a member of the National Education Associa- tion and the state and national associationsfor Cindy Fowler '80 worked last year as a dance Seminary. Student Teaching, serving as president of the state assistantfor preschoolers at the Linda Moon School He is survived by a son, David. organization in 1959-60. He headed the Michigan of Dance Arts in Wyoming, Mich. This fall Cindy New Teaching Rule Association for Higher Education as president in moved to Kansas and taught basic English skills to James F. De Free '26 died on Oct. 30, 1982, in 1966-1967. mentally and physically handicappedadults in a Seattle,Wash. He earned his master's degree at the University The State Board of Education has approved workshop setting in Valley Center, Kan. Dr. De Pree received his M.D. degree from Rush of Michigan and also did graduate work at Denver the adoption of a new reading rule which Delia Ganley '80 is an operations research analyst Medical College at the University of Chicago. He was assistantto the chief surgeon of the University. He taught in Hudsonville and Mus- effective July 1, 1983. cer- for Campbell Soup Company in Philadelphia,Pa. becomes The new kegon, Mich., and served as superintendent of Greg Holcombe '80 is conducting a project on Milwaukee Road, Lines East, 1931-1946, and held tification policy also affects candidates- who schools in Byron Center, Mich., before joining the Hope College's campus designing exterior signs the same position at the Milwaukee Road, Lines are working on their continuing certification. Hope faculty.He was active in community and identifyingdifferent campus locations.The signs West, 1946-1947. He also was district surgeon for The new rule will require that applicants church affairs in Holland. will be installedby the spring of 1983. the Milwaukee Hospital Association in Seattle until for elementary-level continuing certificates He is survived by one daughter, Jeanne Ritsema Mark Howard '80 is a Peace Corp volunteer serv- 1947, when he became chief surgeon',a position he '51; two sons, John '58 and Carl '59; a brother, have completed six semester hours in the ing in a fisheriesprogram in Cameroon, West held until his retirement in 1975. Gerrit; and a sister. Lucy Van Dam. . methods of teaching reading. Applicants for Africa. Dr. DePree was a member of the surgical fac- continuing certificates at the secondary level Mary Manahan '80 is a bank teller in Webster. ulties at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University and the University of Washington. Howard K. Zandbergen '47 died on Oct. 18, must have completed three semester hours in N..Y. 1982, in Grandville, ^ Sarah Manahan '80 is teaching general and instru- Survivors include his wife, Lou; two daughters, Mich. methods of teaching reading. Mr. Zlandbergen received his Master of Library mental music at Lansing (111.)Christian School. Suzanne Hulbert and Nicolette Welsh; two sons, The new requirement states that those who Science degree from the University of Illinois. Prior Michelle Martin '80 will portray a controversial James and Philip;a brother, Bernard '29; and a I completed these requirements prior to receiv- to his retirement, he was head of the catalog heroine in Henrik Ibsen's classic, "A Doll's sister, Lucille Manning. ing provisionalcertification need not repeat departmentat the Seattle (Wash) Public Library. House." This performancewill open the theater He had also been on the staff at Hope College. the coursework. season at Muskegon Community College. R. Mott Giles '20 died on Aug. 21, 1982, in Among his survivors are five sisters, Margaret m Further information is availablefrom La-- Lynne Maxwell '80 is teaching third grade in Albany, N.Y. Strohl, Verna North, Bonita Zandbergen '48, Vina mont Dirkse, Education Department, Hope South Haven, Mich. The Rev. Giles, a graduate of Rutgers University Helder and Rose Zandbergen;and a brother College, Holland, Mich. 49423, (616) Timothy Sousley '80 is a reporter/photographer and the University of Michigan, was a retired Donald. ----- for Tin- Dickson ITenn.) Comity Free Press. minister who served Reformed, Baptist,and Pres- 16 viewpoint NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1982

New Sculpture More than a Symbol

by Mark Holmes '83 reprinted from the anchor

There is a “big shiny thing" at the west end of the college'snew Van Raalte Com- mons, formerly 12th Street. While it may be a bit threatening, initially, it hasn't

moved since it was coaxed casually into position by a fifteen-toncrane and crew of four iron workers under the direction of Stuart Luckman, a Minnesota sculptor. Luckman's twenty-footsculpture was se- lected from the work of 591 artists from

the Great Lakes region. The commission is a commemorativework for Hope's founder Albertus C. VanRaalte. The installationof the piece on Oct. 23 marked the end of a process which began over a year ago with the formation of a faculty-administration committee to oversee the selection of a commemorativesculp- ture. The actual jurying was done by a group of professionals,selected by the com- mittee: Clement Meadmore, a New York sculptor of international repute; William Gilmore, an architect from Midland, Mich.; Corine Robins, a New York Art critic; and John Wilson, professor of art history at Hope. The primary criterion for the selec- tion of a work was that it be "good" sculpture. Although the piece is intended to fulfill a commemorativefunction, the aes- thetic validityought not to be contingent on specific symbolic references, the judges decided. This is Luckman's third major commis- sioned work. Last year he completed a large piece for the University of Minnesota, this piece is in some ways similar to our own; the two bear a family resemblance,which,

if examined even briefly,may prove en- lightening. This is, in fact, one trait of a matured artistic sensibility:as Mr. Luck- man is fond of saying, "You have roots and you have limbs." Roots in the past

provide a foundationfor change, and it is these roots which form consistent underly- ing artistic concerns, and which provide direction to variety. One recurring characteristicof Luckman's sculpture is an interest in what he dubs "situations". These are not highly charged ence to justify this sculpture here it is. A show recently in our own DePree Art Cen- dramatic situations but more often familiar: Platonist'sheyday "light the form-giver" ter Gallery. This all ought to be taken as "like a ladder, a chair, a broom and an old illumination ought to mean something to informative but superfluous to the enjoy- fishing pole, that you see used as a bar- the illuminated. ment of art. Luckman probably didn't "de- acade for a newly blacktopped driveway." On a similar note (the symbolic), it is of sign in" these Dutch hallmarks; Both Hope's new sculpture and Luckman's some interest that the piece turns its The intuitive mental process by which Minnesota piece might be seen as this sort "front" side toward the community.It artists work is one in which periods of of sculptural situation,in which objects rest seems to slide into place, like a kid learning fermentationare punctuated by deliberate casually against each other, mass flirting to skate, clumsily enough to remain vul- choices: digging around. The use of with gravity. These are sculptures which nerable, elegant enough to bear nobel wit- vaguely Dutch imagery is more likely a monumentalize the improvisational ness to the man and ideals by which the result of certain intuitivechoices than de- moment. college was founded. sign criteria. Luckman makes use of the characteristic Certain features of the sculpture might Keep in mind that what we have is a quality of stainlesssteel to allow variations be measured as references to specific tradi- sculpture, not a monument (the great in the surface — a chiseling effect by which tions in Dutch art and architecture. An Washington wand) nor a statue (our lady the light defines forms as if the pieces were emphasis on perpendicular relationships has of liberty on Staton). A sculpture fulfills its cleaved from large gems. We are given no been one trait of Dutch buildings in the commemorativeduty on a different level, it clues to the actual density of the object 18th and 19th centuries; the stepped facade must be more than a souvenier. Luckman because, unlike paint on a car which pro- of Voorhees Hall is one example as are puts it this way "Do you commemorate the vides a skin or a terminationto the form, checkerboardtiled floors of Dimnent Me- living or the dead?" Van Raalte's ideals, the liberatinginfluence of real education on- the marks in the steel are ambiguous. More morial Chapel. Dutch painters since Ver- the individual — be it religious,scientific, or like looking at one slice of bread; there is meer have emphasized the vertical- no way of knowing that you're not looking horizontal relationship,a trend which epit- aesthetic understanding — is an idea that is still kicking and worth at the end of a whole loaf. omized with Mondrian. More recently, commemorating.To Evening light falling into the box-like some contemporary Dutch artists have have such a relevant, challenging and evoc- ative reminder of that ideal is liberatingin openings is captured and transformed into shared Mr. Luckman's interest with light as itself. Like all good art, this piece is some- something like T.V. sized chunks of apricot a sculptural material. The painter-sculptor thing more than a symbol. It can change jelly. All sense of surface is lost, space is Schoonhoven is one example. In fact, we

inhabited by the substance of light. If ever had an outstandingopportunity to put Sculptor Stuart Luckman compares maquette our minds. one is in need of a specific symbolic refer- these observations to the test with the and his final creation.