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EUROPEAN EDITION HOPE COLLEGE VIENNA SUMMER SCHOOL VIENNA, AUSTRIA, AUGUST, 1960

American Under Secretary Hope Students Received Discusses Foreign Policy by Parliament President U. S. — Austrian Relations Highlighting the warm welcome which students of the Hope College Vienna Summer School have enjoyed On July 15 the American Under Secretary of State, ever since their arrival in the Austrian capital three Douglas Dillon, visited Vienna. Through the generous- - weeks ago, was an audience with the President of the ity of the Austrian Society for Foreign Policy and Austrian National Assembly, Dr. Leopold Figl, on International Relations all students enrolled in Dr. Dud- July 28. The special meeting, arranged for the Hope, ley's course Europe in the Atomic Age received invi- tations to a meeting of the Society where Mr. Dillon group through the Institute of European Studies, took place in the imposing building of the Austrian Parlia- delivered a major address on American policy in Europe. ment. This is the fourth consecutive year that Vienna / Summer School participants have been received by a The American diplomat began by saying: „You must leading member of the Austrian government. know that we Americans have a very warm place in our hearts for the Austrian people. We admire the Dr. Figl, who was Prime Minister of his country vigor and industry which have marked the resurgence from 1945 to 1953, served as Foreign Minister from t0 an of Austria as a free and independent nation. We rejoice ^53 d became the second highest official at your renewed prosperity. We respect your special of Austria last year, addressed the students for forty- position of neutrality, ^nd we fully recognize that five minutes. He expressed his pleasure that they had Austria is well able to make her own interpretation of come to Vienna to learn the language and to know the neutrality without assistance from the outside. people and to appreciate their history, art, and music. „Like you, we value individual liberty and freedom „Austria, and for that matter Europe, exist today as of thought above all else. parts of the free world, only and exclusively because „Like you, we do not erect barbed-wire barriers on of the United States" Dr. Figl told the fifty eight students. our frontiers to keep our people imprisoned and isolated from their brothers in the rest of the world. „Through UNRRA aid and the brilliantly conceived „Like you, we seek instead to improve international Marshall Plan you gave us the courage to work and understanding by facilitating the free flow of men and struggle and sacrifice to rebuild our country. ideas across national boundaries. „In 1955, when the State Treaty was signed and „Like you, we do not seek to bend other peoples to Dr. FIGL greet each ot the Hope visiters in Person. Austria was once again a free country we knew that our will, nor do we attempt to subvert their institutions we had contributed significantly towards the achieve- and undermine their liberties. ment of the basic idea which undcrgirded the Marshall Plan: to maintain the freedom of nations, the freedom „Like you, we do not believe that international re- Closing Convocafion Stresses Five Years lations should be conducted by intemperate threats, of the individual, and to protect the world from be- or that negotiations between nations should be reduced Role of Hope College in Growing Contact coming engulfed by collectivism. to the level of street brawls. Between Austrian and American Students „We have tried to express our gratuide to the „Like you, we treasure hospitality as a quality too American people through our struggle for freedom and precious to be abused. ... justice. Because Austria stands at the border between „Like you, we seek a world made bright by justice The convocation of the Hope College Vienna Summer East and West, between slavery and freedom, we for all —; a world of expanding opportunities for every • School on Friday August 19, i960 will mark the com- believe that our obligation is not only to guard our human being to pursue his legitimate aspirations in pletion of the fifth summer during which young Ameri- own country but to maintain this bastion of freedom peace and freedom. cans have studied European Art, Music, Literature, for all of the Western world. History and German under the auspices of Hope „In our mutual pursuit of this goal, we have wit- College in Vienna. „For more than a thousand years Austria has ful- nessed over the last ten years a series of sweeping Special guests on this occasion will be Sectionschef filled this mission", the President concluded, „and we changes which have opened a whole new vista of Dr. Swoboda, representing the Austrian Minister of Austrians will always fight against slavery and sup- opportunities. At the same time, these changes present Education; Dr. Eleanor-Wyllis Allen, Exchange Officer pression because for us freedom is the most precious us with new problems which may he ignored only at thing in the world." our peril." of the United States Embassy in Vienna, Dr. Gerald Stourzh, Secretary-General of the Austrian Society for Dr. Fried thanked Dr. Figl on behalf of students Mr. Dillon then dealt in some detail with the pro- Foreign Policy and International Relations, and Mr. Ge- and faculty for his warm and inspiring welcome. Bar- blems of European economic cooperation and the orge Robert Cook of Grosse Point, Michigan, who bara Bloemers and Alan De Braal then presented American desire to see a closer working relationship participated in the first Hope College Program in Dr. Figl with) a copy of the college history. Anchor of between the six nation European Economic Community Vienna in 1956. and the newer seven nation European Pree Trade Asso- Hope, by Dr._Preston JSteggenga and a copy of the Since 1956 almost two hundred students have corn^ ciation. He pointed out that the attainment of political first issue of this year's Anchor published in Vienna, to Vienna as" members of the Hope program. At the which came off the press that day. cohesion and sound economic growth and stability in same time, a number of Austrians including Professor Western Europe is essential to the prosperity of th: Dr. Hugo Hantsch, Academic Director of the Institute Dr. Figl reciprocated the gesture by presenting ihi entire Free World. of European Studies and then dean of the faculty of two students with copies of a book dealing with the Speaking of the importance of Africa and Asia, the Philosophy of the University of Vienna, have oome Austrian Parliament which he autographed and in- American Under Secretary said: Concentration on to the United States to visit the college. scribed for them with the words: „Freedom is man's most precious possession." immediate trade problems must not cause us to neglect Other Austrian visitors to the college were Dr. Wil- the vast difficulties facing the newly-developing areas helm Schlag, Cultural Affairs Officer at the Austrian of the Free World '— where the struggle is often not Consulate General in New York; Mr. Paul Koutny, merely for better living conditions, but for survival director of the Institute of European Studies, and itself! Mr. Hugo Bogensberger, coordinator of summer pro- ' ' r* ' kV, • „The nations of the Free World standi ready to do grams at the Institute. their share in this and other tasks associated with Two students from Austria studied at Hope College meeting the greatest challenge of our time: the pressing under scholarship and two Hope students spent a se- need to help more than a billion human beings enter mester each in Vienna during the regular school years. the Twentieth Century". A considerable number of Hope faculty members In his conclusion Mr. Dillon urged an awareness have come to Austria for shorter or longer visits to that this challenge is too huge to be met by govern- the Hope Summer Campus and the next academic mental action alone. A truly effective response, he said, year will bring to Hope College as guest professor, must reflect the energy and dedication of all elements Rolf Italiaander, one of the members of the 1959 of our societies. Vienna Summer School faculty. „If we all exert ourselves to the full, the challenge The interest in a growing contact between Austrian can and will be met. I have confidence in the outcome and American students in Vienna is best expressed by because I have confidence in the vitality of our free the repeated participation ol the Hope group in the societies and of the basic values which, they share. briefings arranged for the Austrian Fulbright students „Our goal is a world in which peace will prevail — who are selected to study in the United States Tor^ a not the peace of the tomb or of the prison, but a peace year. based upon recognition by all peoples of the right of Sylvia Fischer and Tom Boster represented the Hope of their brothers to equality of opportunity, to a just group this year on a panel held on July 25 at the share in the bounty of providence, and to respect as American Embassy for the departing scholarship free men." Alan DeBraal and Barbara Bloemers exchange publications with winners. Dr. Figl at the Austrian Parliament. -. - AUGUST i960 PAGE TWO HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR — EUROPEAN EDITION

dents will be convinced, as a few are now, that we are Letter to the Editor handmaidens of the American imperalists *. Because HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR these students will be the leaders of the Mali of It has been almost one full month since our group tomorrow, such an attitude on our part would be arrived in Senegal, and so much has happened in that tantamount to a disaster. If, on the other hand, we The European edition of the Hope College time that it is difficult to give an acute resume of my show too much favoritism for the students, the govern- ANCHOR is written and published in Vienna, experiences. But I would like to give you an idea of ment might very well throw us out of the country, and Austria, by the students enrolled in the Hope the sort of situation in which we find ourselves in the our purpose would be completely defeated. So we try College Vienna Summer School and is the newly-independent Federation of Mali. to walk the tightrope while hoping that at the same time we can be effective in explaining America to the summer edition of the ANCHOR, the student We arrived here on June 27, and the first three students, who tend to be either openly hostile or quite campus paper published in Hope College, weeks were spent at the University of Dakar and seven days were taken up with a trip into the much hss suspicious of our motives in Africa. Holland, Michigan, during the regular aca- civilized rain forest of extreme southern Senegal. Here, No one can deny the need for rapid progress here. demic year. in the northern part of the country we have a hot, dry One cannot imagine the filth and squalor which is The European edition of the ANCHOR is climate much like that of Mexico, but in southern found everywhere in Senegal! The students are very impressed with the example set by Communist China, intended to provide information on the activi- Senegal's jungles, we encountered intense humidity, scorpions, cobras, malaria, etc. Eight girls from our although many would like to build a Socialist state in ties, impressions, and reactions of the students group were, unfortunately, hospitalized for several days which both rapid economic progress and respect for for parents, relatives and friends. At the same with malaria. The rest of us have only suffered from human rights can exist side-by-side. It will be most time it is hoped that the paper will serve as such un-exotic maladies as colds and dysentery. interesting to follow developments here in the years a valuable reminder of their European ex- Since last Saturday, we have been situated in our to come. perience for all who have participated in the work-camp in Rufisque, a small, typically African town Meanwhile, we are making noticeable strides in Hope College Vienna Summer School program. located about 25 miles from Dakar on the coast. We are breaking down many of the myths which exist herd currently in the process of building a schoolhouse in concerning race relations in the U. S. at every turn. another village very near here, but we have gotten S3 I can see more clearly than ever the depth of our race much done in such a hurry that we are nearly finished problem, and the desperate need for progress in this EUROPEAN EDITION after only 5 days' work, and we are now ready to,begin area of human relations if America is to be able to another project. Just what that project will be is not have any influence for good in the non-white world ISSUE NUMBER TWO AUGUST 1960 yet certain, but we will know shortly. in years to come. Although a great challenge confronts The political situation here is most fascinating, but us in Africa, as elsewhere in the worlcfc, I feel that the it creates certain difficulties for us. We are here as challenge of the race question, and other social ques- EDITORIAL STAFF: guests of the government of Mali, but the students, tions in the U. S. is every bit as pressing! who are the people with whom we live and work and So much for Senegal at the moment. If possible, I Editor in Chief . . Howard O. Plaggemars have the closest contact, are unanimously opposed to would appreciate copies of the Vienna Summer School the government. They claim, and with a great deal of Anchor. Associate Editors . William Buice justification, that the government of Leopold Senghor Marilyn Kortenhoven Yours sincerely. Ron Chandler is too „bourgoiset< and has too many accords with the Managing Editor . Gary Hesser French government. In fact, it is true that the economy of Mali is still entirely dominated by French commer- Ed. Note. — Ron Chandhr who gradu- Layout Editors . . Douglas Japinga cial interests. The students are all Marxian Socialists, ated from Hope in ig6o, holds a Natio- Tom Klaasen and some are out-and-out Communists who admit that nal Defence Graduate Fellowship in they want to turn Mali into a Soviet state. So we are African Studies at Boston University. Typists . . . . Helen Hungerink Sybil Brown caught in between two opposing forces — if we show He is currently working in Africa with too much favoritism toward the government, the stu- the Operation Crossroads program. Rewrite . . . . Paul Armstrong Bill Connor

Advisor Dr. Paul G. Pried

on this first day. This promised to become an exciting proves that it is altogether possible in this worlld of and perhaps not an entirely agreeable safari. ours today, to come closer to each other whenever Contributors to this issue: But then, when I became accustomed to what I there is a will, and whenever it concerns a high aim. In my classes, I have stressed repeatedly that I was James Betke, Bonnie Beyer, Robert Bronk, thought to be American idiocyncrasies and outward appearances which I had not known heretofore, I not primarily concerned only with facts, but rather Greg Bryson, William Conner, Robert Fran- learned that my own students, and also the other with the intangibles of life. None of us, who have ken, Thomas Klassen, Lanah McNamara, students whom I met, had actually a great deal in taught here during these past weeks, know what our Janet Riemersma, Sidney Tiesenger, Bruce common with we Europeans and also with my African students have really learned and how much they will Van Leuwen. friends. retain. But I do believe that we may safely assume When I came here in July to teach, I had just re- that they have learned that Austrians, Germans, Dutch turned from Africa. Since then, I have had the pleasant — in short — Europeans, are related to and have experience of spending some busy weeks with young strong inner ties with Americans. This they have not only learned in their lessons, but also on their ex- A EUROPEAN TEACHER Americans. They still surprise me even now. But I welcome this, since I fully believe that there is nothing cursions and in dealing with their landladies. If this MEETS AMERICAN STUDENTS ' more stimulating than to learn to know new sentiments, conviction stays with them, they will have learned a new thoughts and new reactions. great deal in life. Ed. Note. — As a guest editorial we are Of course, America differs in many respects from Our statesmen and politicans, our teachers and min- priviliged to include the following address Europe and also from Africa. But the fact that it was isters may make ever so many speeches or may make

given by Rolf Italiaander at the ig$g ^7- possible for a European to speak about Africa to Ameri- ever so many announcements, these will not be of any commencement exercises . of the Hope cans in Vienna, and to learn so much from each other. avail, unless each and everyone of us stands up as an College Vienna Summer School. Mr. Ita- individual for his neighbors, his friends, as though they liaander is a distinguished authority on were his own brothers, sisters, or parents. To achieve African History who will come to Hope this we need to be tolerant towards each nation, each College as a visiting professor for the religion, each race. spring semester of ig6i. The Apostle Paul was unable to answer the question, „What is truth?" Why? Truth has many faces, just as During the past four years this summer school has there are many mansions in the House of God. This grown and increased in importance, and it is obvious has been confirmed anew to me personally by the that during the years to come, more and more Ameri- association with you, my young American friends. cans and Europeans will meet here in Vienna in order Moreover, I am convinced that my European colle- to learn from each other. I intentionally say — learn agues and you, our students, have had similar ex- from each other — since I know from many conver- periences and have gained the same conviction. This sations that we European instructors have learned at very fact to me appears to be the greatest success least as much from you, our American colleagues and of this summer school of Hope College presently in students, as vice-versa. This, in turn, appears to me, Vienna. is the greatest merit of this summer school of Hope College, and why it is in order to extend our best In the name of my colleagues as well as in my own, wishes for its future success. I extend to everyone of you students, as well as to our American colleagues, my sincere wishes for a very I shall never forget my first lecture which I was happy return journey. At the same time I would like permitted to give during this past summer course. to say; be sure to come back to us again and to send Many of my students took notes, writing with their more of your friends to us, just as we promise to visit left hands, holding their notebooks in a peculiar, you and to send many of our countrymen to you, who oblique position. Others stretched their legs all over, like you, are men and women of good will. or even placed their feet on another chair as though v VM they were on a sports field. * • This meeting of young people from many different I was often interrupted in the middle of sentences countries, who respect each other and their differences, which I had constructed, not altogether without effort is possible only in the free world. Therefore let us as far as the subject matter was concerned, and which make maximum use of this opportunity for our own caused difficulties in pronounciation. These strange V benefit, and for the benefit of our countries, and let us Americans seemed to me stranger than many bush pray to God that he may preserve this freedom of the Negroes in the deepest jungle, I thought to myself Mr. Rolf Italiaander mind and that he will guide and protect us all. AUGUST i960 HOPh COLLEGE ANCHOR — EUROPEAN EDITION PAGE THREE

- Charming, Sentemental Vienna Extends Musical Welcome

Vienna is generally acknowledged to be the musical Here immediately lies the ifirst difficulty for the capital of Europe, and as such, it presented us with a foreign visitor. Vienna is not a growing city; there host of opportunities to enjoy many musical events. "Ew/oy VoMf Sfay" are no spasms of a rapid development. In fact Although many of the musical groups were on summer the population has decreased considerably within the vacation, it was often necessary to choose between two last fifty years — a rather unusual feature of any city outstanding concerts scheduled for the same evening. Ed. Note — Tom Nowotny, lysy Hope today. Vienna, therefore, doesn't seize you with its movement or with its temperament as other cities do. Afternoon concerts performed in one of Vienna's graduate, has the jollowing advice to give many public parks provided an atmosphere filled with Vienna has to be looked for, has to be wooed, has to the combined beauty of music and nature. Hope his Hope classmates and friends. be discovered. Perhaps the people are friendly, but students could often be found in Stadt Park, seated in the society is close. There has been no nescessity for the outdoor cafe, eating pastry and enjoying one of change of friends, no necessity for adjustment to the these open-air performances. While 1 was in America 1 was often asked to ex- nicely constructed machine of higher bourgeois enter- plain some peculiar sentiment or feeling that I have tainment like concerts and balls of a new era. So con- It was not unusual to see many Hope students about Vienna. It was difficult for me to give a rea- sequently, the American student might be repelled by listening to the Vienna Symphony Orchestra giving an sonable answer except wishing rather whole heartedly what sometimes seems to be an insurmountable outdoor concert in the court yard of the Rathaus. that those people who were asking the question might obstacle in the way of a fuller integration into a foreign These concerts, so perfectly performed, were usually feel for themselves the vague moods, the atmosphere, society. of classical nature, with emphasis on the Viennese the mild embrace of this city in which I have been composers: Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, and Strauss as Nevertheless!, I think it is possible to feel very much raised. well as other renowned composers such as Bach, Men- like a Viennese in a rather short time. Here is my delssohn, and Rossini. 1 don't know if it is easy to get to know and love program: Vienna. Sometimes I have the feeling that the city is Organ concerts, such as those given in St. Stephen's 1) Since an American group will always carry with nothing but a village grown large. Sometimes it seems Cathedral, also proved to be popular musical events. it a good deal of America wherever it goes, never go to be the incarnation of a very human idea. Probably They presented us with an opportunity to hear some in groups which consist of more than two people. it is a combination of'these two extremes. of the great baroque organ music of the world, master- 2) It's a crime to study indoors if the weather is fully played on the huge cathedral organ. While listen- beautiful. One-can rent a charming old-fashioned chair ing to one of these concerts, I felt it was something for forty groschens in the Volksgarten or the Stadt- more than music. In a sense, a life was lived during .: -j t park and the scent of the roses and the noise of the these moments; a life of hopes and fears, joys and playing children is free of charge. sorrows, ecstasy and gloom. Likewise, my feelings 3) Once a day you have to drink what the Austrians after such a concert were mixed; part weariness, part call coffee. If the weather is fine take the first row in exaltation, but undoubtedly an overhelming sense of 'X-L ^ a sidewalk cafe. If it rains sip it at the „Hawelka" in the Dorotheergasse in a Bohemian environment, or t peacefulness. a... at the „Landtmann" near the Burgtheater in the atmo- The excellent quality of the Viennese music was a sphere of a civil-service pensionist. standard for all of the Vienna concerts, and they have 4) Cultural life is not very vigorous during the made a significant, contribution to our appreciation of 1 summer months, but try to attend one of the concerts 1 Viennese way of life. in the Viennese palaces. Wherever you go sightseeing try to avoid guided tours. 5) Try to start a long conversation with the following people: the lady from the milk shop, the man who sits Everyone Who is Anyone in Munic on the same bench with you in the park, the pretty girl from whom you ask directions which you knew Travels to Salzburg — So Do We! before asking. 1 • I am a little bit nervous — like somebody who has For thousands of music lovers from all over the bought a present and is anxious for the reaction of world Salzburg, the city where Mozart was born, has the receiver. I would like you to appreciate this city become a Mecca. The Salzburg Festival, begun just very much — this old and charming, sentimental lady. *• forty years ago by Arturo Toscanini and Max Rein- Having been so very much a part of you, I wish that hardt, has come to be regarded as Europe's outstanding you might also, for a short time at least, become a musical attraction in the summer. ST. STEPHENS CATHEDRAL is Vienna's most famous landmark. part of Vienna. As in the past four years, students of the Hope t* College group are taking time out from their studies to travel to Salzburg and to attend some of the Festival events. The program for our week-end includes a Mozart Symphony concert, a performance of the Delightful Melodies, Gracious Ballet, Royal Setting «• famous morality play Jedermann by Huge von Hof- mannsthal, which is performed outdoors, on the steps Mark Gala Performance of Lehar's Immortal Operetta of the cathedral, and a production of the Richard Strauss opera Der Rosenkavalier in the newly com- pleted Festival Hall. The crystal-chandeliered banquet hall of the Hofburg Palace, where, for centuries, Hapsburg emperors and their royal guests had enjoyed the music of Mozart, Beethoven, and Strauss, was the setting for a thrilling performance of The Merry Widow, attended by stu- dents and faculty of the Vienna Summer School. ill!

Franz Lehar's famous operetta was first performed fifty five years ago, in the Theater an der Wien, at a time when the Viennese operetta was at a low ebb. The Merry Widow, with its memorable tunes, delight- ful melodies, and gracious ballet numbers was so well accepted that it marked the start of a new age of this most popular Viennese musical form. ' K 1 Since-the time it first opened in 1905, The Merry Widow has been a favorite both in Europe and in the United States. But in no other setting could it be pro- duced as succesfully as here, in the home of the Haps- burgs. As the beautiful music and romantic story % Lisa Delia Casa, Hilde Giiden, Sena Jurinac and Erich Kunz unfolded it was easy for us to visualize the brillant in the third act of DER ROSENKAVALIER at Salzburg opening. festivities of the Imperial court which where held in this hall during the centuries when Vienna was the center of a large empire. The entire atmosphere in this beautiful city is con- ducive to appreciation of the fine arts. Amid flowers, cathedrals, breath-taking views of lakes and mountains, Lehar's tuneful and charming music, an outstanding one gains added enjoyment of beautiful music, artisti- cast including Mimi Coertse and Johannes Heesters, cally performed. Visitors crowd into the Altes Fest- and the excellent staging of the operetta made this /i spielhaus, Neues Festspielhaus, Mozarteum and Cara- performance memorable indeed. It also made it a fitting binieri to listen to the best in music. Here one hears conclusion to the gala evening celebrating the thirty the Vienna State Opera, the Vienna Philharmonic as third wedding anniversary of Dr. and Mrs. Baker and well as orchestras, choirs, chamber-music groups, and the birthdays of Mrs. Snow and eighteen students outstanding vocal and instrumental soloists from all whose birthdays fall into the period when they are Dr. Fried explains plot of the Merry Widow during first inter- parts of the Old and New World. away from home. mission in the Redoutesaal of Imperial Palace. PAGE FOUR HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR - EUROPEAN EDITION AUGUST i960 . • • .... % Fifth Hope Vienna Summer School Excursions, Weekend Trips

July 22 (Fri) July 27 (Wed) 2:00 PM Visit to the Akademie der bildenden 11:00 AM Visit to the Kunsthistorisches Museum Kunste for members of the Art History (Paintings of the 16th Century) with Dr. class. Benesch for Art History class. 3:00 PM Visit to the Museum der Stadt Wien for 2:00 PM Field trip to the Cistercian Monastery members of the Viennese Drama Class. Heiligenkreuz for Art, Music, Medieval The Austrian Parliament Building, particularly impressive at night. History and Intermediate German classes. Leave by bus from Lueger Platz. July 11 (Mon) July 23 (Sat) 2:00 PM Visit to the Kapuzinergruft (burial place 9:00 AM All classes begin at Luegcr Platz No. 2. 8: 30 AM Bus trip to the Burgenland. Visit Roman of Hapsburg emperors) with Herr Schma!- 5:00 PM Attendance at the film Das Madchen Ro- camp at Carnuntum, Haydn birthplace in fuss. Leave from Lueger Platz. semarie for members of Dr. Fassbinder's Rohrau and Haydn Church in Eisenstadt; 8:00 PM German Conversation class and Viennese Literature and Drama classes at the K.ru- tour Medieval Forchtenstein fortress. Drama attends a performance of the play ger KJno. Lunch at Mattersburg. Im sechsten Stock at the Theater in der Josefstadt. July 12 (Tue) 2:45 PM Visit to the Imperial Treasury in the Hof- July 24 (Sun) July 28 (Thu) burg Palace for members of the Art 1:00 PM Lunch at Kruger Strasse. Special guests: 12:30 PM The President of the Austrian Parliament, History and Medieval History classes. Rev. Kenneth Ziebell, minister of the Dr. h. c. Dipl. Ing. Leopold Figl, receives Vienna Community Church, and Mrs. Zie- the students of Hope College in the Par- July 13 (Wed) bell. liament. 2:45 PM Visit to the Kunsthistorisches Museum 1:00 PM Modern History and German Conversation for members of the Art History and Me- class will have lunch in the restaurant of dieval History classes. Tour of section July 25 (Mon) the Parliament. „The Art of the Middle Ages" with 1:00 PM Field trip through the Inner 'City for 2:00 PM Modern History and German Conversation Dr. Benesch. Leave from Neuer Markt. Intermediate German group. class will attend lecture by Dr. Ludwig 8:00 PM Symphony Concert in the Arkadenhof by Weiss on State and Church in Austria. the Wiener Symphoniker, Kurt Woss, con- 2:00 PM Attendance of German Newsreel at OP This will be followed by a guided tour ductor. Music students receive tickets from Cinema on the Graben for German Con- through the Austrian Parliament. Dr. Nemeth free of charged versation. 2:00 PM Visit to the Austrian Gewerkschaftsbund July 14 (Thu) for lecture by Mr. Paul Blau on The Austrian Labor Movement. Modern Hi- 4:00 PM Guest lecture: Austrian Neutrality by story class meet with Dr. Dudley in front Dr. Gerald Stourzh, Secretary General of of the Gewerkschaftshaus. the Austrian Society for Foreign Policy and International Relations. Required for students in modern history. July 26 (Tue) July 15 (Fri) 2:00 PM Visit to the Heercsmuseum for Medieval 11:00 AM Visit to the Kunsthistorisches Museum History class. with Dr. Benesch. Art History class only. 2:00 PM Field trip for Intermediate German class 5:30 PM Lecture by the U.S. Under Secretary of to the „Geistliche und weltliche Schatz- State, the Hon. Douglas Dillon on The kammer". Great Challenge Before Us at the Aka- 5:30 PM Birthday dinner for Mrs. Snow and 18 demie der Wissenschaften. Special invi- others whose birthdays are during the tations lor members of the modern history tour. After dinner entire Hope College class available from Dr. Dudley. Vienna Summer School group attends 8:30 PM Belvedere Palace Sound and Light, a performance of the Lehar Operetta The plastic reenactment of Austrian history Merry Widow in the-Redoutensaal of the from the days of Prince Eugene to 1955 Hofburg Palace. in music, sound and light. Tickets will be made available for all students.

July 16 (Sat) Free day — Lunch at Kruger Strasse. Medieval Fortress Forchtenstcin overlooks Hungarian plains.

July 17 (Sun) Free day — Lunch will be at Kruger Strasse at 1: 00 PM. 5: 30 PM Midterm examination for Art History class at Neuer Markt 2. July 18 (Mon) 2:30 PM Medieval History class only — visit to the July 29 (Fri) Austrian State Archives. Morning Midterm examination for Modern. His- tory German Literature, Viennese Drama, July 19 (Tue) Music History and Medieval History. 12:45 Excursion to the Austrian Refugee Camp 2:00 PM Field trip through the Inner Stadt for at Traiskirchen with lecture on problem Beginning German with Mr. Schmalfuss of Hungarian refugees by Sectionschef and Mr. Strahammer. Dr. Hantschk of the Austrian Ministry of 3:30 PM Dr. Fassbinder will take members of his Interior. Required for Contemporary Hi- Viennese Drama class on a walk through story and German Conversation classes. „Alt Wien". Meet at Neuer Markt.

July 20 (Wed) July 30 (Sat) 3:00 PM Walk to Rupprecht Church and Maria am 12:00 noon Lunch at Kruger Strasse. Free day. Gestade for Medieval History class with Dr. Lehmann. Meet at Neuer Markt 2. July 31 (Sun) 3; 30 PM Guest lecture by Dozent Dr. Anton Macku on Breughel at the Kunsthistorisches Mu- 8:45 AM Meet at Westbahnhof for an Excursion seum. Meet with Dr. Benesch in front of to Melk Abbey. Lunch will be in Melk. Museum. Return Danube steamer through the Wachau past Durnstein and other historic castles. Dinner on shipboard. July 21 (Thu) 2:00 PM Guest Lecture by Dr. Walter Toman, As- sociate Professor of Psychology at Brandeis August 1 (Mon) University, on the „The Psychology of - 9: 30 AM Field trip to the Hofburgkapelle (Imperial Totalitarianism" for members of contem- Chapel) and the Imperial apartments for porary history class. The Schonbrunn Palace as seen from the formal gardens Intermediate German class. AUGUST i960 HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR — EUROPEAN EDITION PAGE FIVE Provides Variety of Cultural Activities Augment Class Room Studies

11:00 AM Visit to the Hapsburg tombs in the Ka- August 8 (Mon) puzinergruft for Elementary German class. 1: 30 PM Field trip to the Imperial Palace at Schon- 12:00 noon Following regular class, music students brunn for Intermediate German class. will visit the Music Manuscript Collec- tion in the Albertina with Dr. Nemeth. 2:00 PM Guest lecture on the activities of the 2: 30 PM Guest lecture by Professor Engel-Janosi on International Atomic Energy Agency for the history of the Hapsburg followed by members of the Comtemporary history a tour of the Austrian State Archives, course. Others invited. students only. * August 9 (Tue) August 2 (Tue) 2:00 PM Guest lecture on Austrian painters of the 2:00 PM Guest lecture by Professor Macku on art Biedermeier Period by Professor Macku and history of St. Stephen's Cathedral (in at the Belvedere Palace. German with translation by. Dr. Benesch). 2:00 PM Field trip to Heiligenkreuz and Mayer- Attendance required for Art History, Ele- ling for Elementary German class. mentary and Intermediate German stu- 4: 30 PM Visit to Museum of the City of Vienna, dents. Meet at 1: 50 in front of Cathedral. Medieval Section, for members of Medie- 3:30 PM Music class will meet for special lecture val history class. with Dr. Nemeth at Lueger Platz. 8:00 PM Attendance at modern play Hin und Her 8:00 PM Performance of film „Der Idiot" at the by Horvath in the Kammerspiele Theater Studio, on Mariahilferstrasse. for members of Intermediate German class. August 3 (Wed) 2:00 PM Dr. Brandtner, Press Secretary of the August 10 (Wed) Austrian Chamber of Commerce who accompanied the Russian Prime Minister 2:00 PM Art tour to examine paintings for the Students ot Art and History find the Monastery at Heiligenkreuz during his recent week-long visit in nineteenth and twentieth Century. Meet interesting. Austria, will talk on Personal Meeting with with Dr. Benesch at Neuer Markt. Krushchev.. Required for Modern History class, all others invited. 4: 15 PM Visit to the Karlskirche and Himmel- August 16 ( Tue) pforlgasse with Dr. Benesch. Art History 2:00 PM Guest lecture: Austria in the late Middle Ages by Dr. Hans Pflaumer, Research August 4 (Thu) Assistant at the University of Vienna. 1:00 PM Departure for Salzburg and Berchtesgaden Required for students in Medieval his- weekend. Buses will leave from Kruger tory others invited. Strasse. 2:30 PM Visit to the Austrian gallery in the Belve- 8: 30 PM Dinner at Hotel Konigsee. Evening free. dere Palace for Dr. Fassbinder's Viennese Drama class. Meet in front of Upp^r August 5 (Fri) Belvedere. 10:00 AM Leave Hotel for Salzburg. In Salzburg 8:00 PM Recital of Lieder and Operatic Arias by there will be two city tours, one, led by Paul Schoffler in the hall of the Austrian Dr. Benesch, for Art students only, the Academy of Sciences. other led by Mr. Grande. Lunch will be in Salzburg, followed by trip to Hallein, for visit to Saltmines. Return to Konigsee August 17 (Wed) for dinner. Evening free. 2:30 PM Special recording of Franz Schmidt's The Hook with Seven Seals and commentary August 6 (Sat) by Dr. Nemeth for Music class and guests Morning '?ree at Konigsee. Drive to at Lueger Platz. Obersalzberg to see remains of Hitler's home. Lunch at the Hotel Schwanenwirt The White Horse Inn on the shores ot beautiful St. Wolfgang lake near Salzburg. in Berchtesgaden. Afternoon boat trip on August 18 (Thu) the Konigsee to Obersee and St. Bartho- Morning Final examinations begin in all courses, lomew. Early supper at Hotel Konigsee. continue throughout the afternoon as One bus, with students who have tickets August 11 (Thu) scheduled by individual instructors. j to the Rosenkavalier^ will go to Salz- „2;QO PM —Visit to the Music Instrument collection burg and return after the performance. in the Imperial Palace with Dr. Nemeth. 7:30 PM Farewell Party for students and faculty of Hope College Vienna Summer School The other bus will go to Chiemsee for a Music students only. at the Palais Auersperg. candle light concert in the palace of Lud- wig II on Herrenchiemsee Island. 2:15 PM Intermediate German and German Con- versation classes visit University of Vienna August 19 (Fri) founded 1365) and Votiv Church with 10:00 AM Closing Convocation Hope College Vienna Mr. Grande and Dr. S. Lehmann. Summer School Session. With special 2:15 PM Field trip to medieval castle Kreuzen- guests from the Austrian Ministry of stein for members of Medieval History Education and the American Embassy. class. 11: 45 AM Lunch at Kruger Strasse. End of Vienna program. August 12 (Fri) Independent travel begins. Classes end at noon. Lunch at Kruger Strafie. Afternoon free. September 2 (Fri) August 13 (Sat) 6:00 PM Hope College Vienna Summer School Char- tered plane departs from Rome. Students Lunch at Kruger Strasse. Tickets for flying from Rome are asked to contact Symphony Concert at Arkadenhof avai- Dr. Fried at the hotel twenty-four hours lable for the evening. before departure. a ' • 8: 30 PM Alitalia charter stops in London to pick Gary Hcsscr practices his German with one of the natives, August 14 (Sun) up members of Hope College group. Stu- Free day. Lunch will not be served at dents leaving from London please contact Kruger Strasse. Refund will be made for Dr. or Mrs. Baker, or Mrs. Snow, twenty- August 7 (Sun) both lunch and supper. four hours before departure at Hotel Im- 9:30 AM Departure from Konigsee for Salzburg, perial, Russell Square, London. followed by attendance at Mozart Matinee. 1: 30 PM Lunch in Salzburg. Bus Jedermann will August 15 (Mon) remain in the city to take students home * Austrian National Holiday. No classes will September 3 (Sat) directly after the performance. The other be held. Refund for both lunch and supper 8:35 Approximate arrival time at Idlewild In- bus will return directly to Vienna. will be made. ternational Airport in New York. «

AUGUST i960 PAGE SIX HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR - EUROPEAN EDITION AUSTRIA PROVIDES HOME Guest Lecture Explains FOR REFUGEES Austria's Neutrality

Through barbed wire fences and mine fields, under „Austria's Neutrality" was the subject of a guest spot lights and machine gun watch towers, thousands lecture presented to students of the Contemporary Hi- of refugees have fled across the borders of Communist story class by Dr. Gerald Stourzh, General Secretary Czechoslovakia and Hungary to freedom and asylum of the Austrian Society for Foreign Relations. Dr. in Austria. Stouzh's address was the first in a series of guest lectures arranged by the Vienna Summer School to On July 19 the Hope College Vienna Summer School acquaint the students with the problems of Austria traveled to Traiskirchen to visit an Austrian Refugee past and present. Camp. As the journey progressed our minds reflected Dr. Stourzh defined two ideas of neutrality, pointing on the 186,000 Hungarians who fled to Austria after out that Austria is under permanent neutrality similar Krushchev had used tanks and machine guns to put to the neutrality of Switzerland. This concept of neu- down their insurrection against Russian oppression. trality means that Austria will not allow foreign troops or concentrations of arms within its borders, nor will We were greeted at the Refugee Camp by it allow air bases or military fortifications of any nation Dr. Hantschk, a high ranking official in the Austrian or organization of nations on Austrian soil. Department of the Interior, who has charge of the How this neutrality evolved is a very fascinating and refugee problem in Austria. In his opening address he ) amazing political story. emphasized the role Austria has played as a home for refugees from the Eastern nations. He also indicated, however, that the expense of supporting these refugees poses a considerable problem for the Austrian govern- A Political Story ment. Dr. Fried and students chat during the break between classes. Following the Second World War, Austria was occu- The camp personnel and Dr. Hantschk were very pied by the „Big Four" (Great Britain, France, Russia, hospitable and went out of their way to inform the and the U. S.) for a period of ten years. Many people group of the refugee problem — past and present. As felt that Austria would bccomle a divided nation just as we toured the camp we had an opportunity to speak Germany had since the Russians controlled the Eastern Historians Gain Insight to several of the refugees as best we could. The sector, while the Western Allies controlled the West. refugees are all protected, as communist sympathizers When West Germany joined NATO in 1955, how- sometimes infiltrate and attempt to persuade them to ever, Russia decided to move out of Austria if Austria to Into Totalitarianism return. As many of their families are unable to escape, would become a neutral nation. it increases the need for their protection. The refugees There was, of course, a reason for this decision. „Thc Psychology of Totalitarianism" was the topic are quick to feel at home as they are very well treated With a neutral state between West Germany and Italy bf a (guest lecture by Dr. Walter Thoman to the mem- by the camp personnel. (another member of NATO), the NATO troops could t f bers of Dr. Louise Dudley's contemporary history not move rapidly from Germany to Italy. All refugees must pass through an interrogation class. Dr. Thoman, who is residing in Vienna this The Western Allies reluctantly agreed to pull their period which lasts several weeks before they can be summer, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Brand- troops out of Austria, a treaty was signed by the „Big legally granted asylum under the rules of the Geneva eis University. Although Dr. Thoman explained that Four" and Austria pledged and guaranteed to uphold convention. After this period they are placed in the 99 he is not a student of history, the lecture proved to its neutrality. free portion of the camp where they may come and go have great value of those who study history. Austria, to date, has been very pleased with her role as they please until they are settled in different parts (as a jneutral nation. Only once has this neutrality been Dr. Thoman first presented a complete, yet concise of Austria. Many refugees, of course, seek to establish violated — by the United States. During the Lebanon explanation of the psychoanalitic theory of totalita- homes in other free countries and a large number crisis the United States flew troops across Austria to it rianism developing his lecture into the explanation of eventually settle in Australia and Canada. Italy, then moved them across to Lebanon. The power conflict and aspirations. He then proceeded to Russians have used this incident several times in discuss the nature of compulsive behaviour which is reminding the world that the U. S. has not upheld its caused by a neurosis and results in an intense desire pledge to the neutral nations. During Krushchev's to control and lead others. Why Refugees Flee recent visit to Vienna he again brought up this point. The totalitarian ruler, a compulsive neurotic, desires Austria has felt a strengthening of national confi- to conquer and subdue all resistance to his whims. Most of the refugees escape in order to establish dence and respect abroad as a result of becoming neu- Because of his fixation for power, he makes demands, themselves with the higher standard of living in the tral, and it is felt that Austria is a good example for 'i which, as we would consider them, are unreasonable. Western nations. The majority of the refugees now in other countries who wish to pursue a neutral policy. The diseased character, i. e. the compulsive neurotic, the camp are from Yugoslavia as it is relatively easy has no relationship with the opposite sex. In this for them to escape. While we were at the camp totaliarian stage he fosters a disregard for the other we also saw many Hungarians and Czechs who had escaped in the face of great danger because of political sex exaggerating, at the same time, the importance of The Empire Drawing Room in the Aueraperg Palace and moral reasons. In our discussion with them they his own sex. In the case of Hitler, for example, one teas scene of the Farewell Dinner on August 18, should remember that he did not marry until just seemed to be eagerly looking forward to their settle- before the end of his violent, destructive life. Der ment in Austria or another free nation. The reason Fuhrer of the Nazi state regarded women primarily as why the refugees seek asylum in Austria is easy to see bearers of potential soldiers with whom he could when one briefly examines the history of the area. conquer the world. Following the end of W. W. II Europe was in a state of almost complete physical and financial ruin. The Hitler's intense primitive power wish of conquering German speaking nations were particularly hard hit n the entire world resulted from his feeling that the during the latter years of the war and as a result were whole world was against him. Hence his goal of raising almost completely helpless. Germany, under his rule, to an all-powerful position in the world. Following the end of the war Austria was restored When faced with the prospect of defeat. Hitler tried as a republic. Although a large area was occupied by more than ever to find means to prevent the end. As Russian soldiers the earlier helpless Austria played an a result the cruelties of the Nazi rule showed a marked important role in the world freedom. As a result of its increase as the power of the regime declined. Hitler geographical borders and the changes brought about by refused to believe that the war could not be won. Communism in Eastern Europe, Austria became a Accepting the death of Roosevelt as a good omen, he refuge for people escaping totalilarianism and for intensified his lashing out against all opposition. In the German speaking people (Volksdeutsche), expelled from end Hitler concluded that the German people had the Communist East. betrayed him, that Germany was not worthy of his genius and ought to suffer destruction, just as he ended As a neutral nation and because of the rules laid his own existence by suicide. down by the Geneva Convention, Austria cannot en- courage escape from the Communist nations, but they To understand why a nation would follow the leader- do everything possible to help those who do cross the ship of a diseased mind one must remember that Hitler barbed wires to find a place in the free world. At one had, a remarkable ability both to persuade and to lead. time, following the war, 25% of the people living in The German people were under economic stress and Austria were not Austrian citizens. were in a position where they wanted to follow a leader. ' The Austrian government has provided thousands of In has conclusion Dr. Thoman reminded us that, flats for the refugees. The flats are so well constructed „the mind is not as unassailable as we tend to believe and furnished that the Austrians jokingly say that they when we are in comfortable circumstances". envy the refugees. However, there are 15,000 refugees While psychology and history are not directly related still living in camps and of this number 7,700 are fields, the psychological explanation of the totalitarian naturalized Austrian citizens awaiting settlement. It is mind brought the Nazi era into a clearer focus for all a responsibility of the free nations to help Austria, of us. Dr. Thoman gave us a vivid impression of just which is a world of hope in the minds of many behind how\ a sick genius may gather the power to control a the Iron Curtain, to continue to provide places of nation and gain the resources to destroy it and the refuge asylum as they have so adequately and willingly world. done since the end of the Second World War. AUGUST i960 HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR — EUROPEAN EDITION PAGE SEVEN

Austrian Labor Movement Explained by Lecturer

In line with their program of becoming acquainted with various aspects of present day Europe, and espec- ially of modern Austria, the students of the modem European history class heard a report given by Mr. Paul Blau, Director of the Labor Science Division of the Austrian Trade Union Federation. Mr. Blau gave a very lucid and informative description of the history of the labor movement in Austria and its present status. Labor's emergence as a power in Austria came about politically rather than economically. In 1880 the Social Democratic Party was formed by laborers and various other dissatisfied groups, including anarchists and Marx- ists. Only later were the trade unions founded. Since those times the labor movement has traditionally had three pillars of support: the political party, the co- operative movement, and the trade unions.

* • The power of labor grew through the years, but for a long time there was an overwhelming tendency toward a class movement. The Austrian Civil War of 1934, which pitted the conservative party against the Social > t Democrats, was actually a war between the agricultural population and the workers of the cities. The People's Pictured at a faculty meeting arc (r-1) Dr. Fried, Mrs. Snow, Dr. Fassbinder, Dr. Benesch, Dr. Nemeth, Dr. Dudley, Mr. Bogensberger, Party (conservative) was firmly allied with the Catholic Mr. Strahammer, Mr. Grande, Dr. S. Lehmann, Mr. Schmalfuss, Dr. H. Lehmann. Not pictured are Dr. and Mrs. Tunis Baker. Church, and the resulting differences between the Church and labor were not easily resolved. Their common fight against the German occupation, however, served to alleviate the situation to a great extent. In 1945, with the Russian occupation, labor was given 11 1960 Vienna Summer School Faculty a chance to seize power for the Russians. A Communist vote of 25—20% in the October elections would have been sufficient grounds for the Communists to stage a revolution. The Red Army had failed to endear itself Dr. H. LEHMANN (Instructor in Medieval ment of an official Austrian Music Institute. He also to the populace, and the Communists were able to win • • History, 1959, i960) went to the United States on a has had considerable experience as conductor of sym- a mere 5 % of the ballots. Since then Communist scholarship while still in high school and spent a year phony orchestras and operas and is scheduled to direct turnouts have steadily diminished, very sharp declines in Courtland, New York. He studied at the Universities the Wiener Kammeroper during the coming season. of Tubingen, Germany, and Bristol, England, before being observed at the time of the Russian withdrawal from Austria and after the Revolution in Hungary. l • coming to Vienna, where he earned his Ph. D. in Dr. BENESCH (Art instructor, i960) is the Today the Socialists of Austria includc themselves history. Since last fall he has been a member of the daughter of a highschool professor in Graz, Austria. among Communisms bitterest foes. No longer do they history staff at the University of Cologne, Germany. She attended the University of Graz and received her represent merely one class. As their relations with the doctorate in Art History there in 1954. The following Church have improved, they have grown stronger in t • Mr. SCHMALFUSS (Instructor in Elementary Ger- year she spent at the University of Chicago on a post- the rural areas. Differences between the city and the man, 1959, i960) is a teacher of German and English doctoral Fulbright fellowship. Since her return from rural workers have lessened tremendously since 1934. at a Vienna high school. He has done graduate work the United States Dr. Benesch has worked in museums at the University of Vienna, was a Fulbright student At present there are well over two million laborers in Germany% and Austria. During the past academic year »• at the University of Cincinnati, and hopes to teach in she became associated with the Institute of European in Austria. Of these nearly two-thirds are union mem- the United States after he has received' his Ph. D. here. Studies. bers. This is an amazing figure in a nation in which union shops and closed shops are nonexistent, and is Dr. S. LEHMANN (Tutor in Intermediate German, surpassed in the free world only by that of Sweden. Dr. FASSBINDER (Instructor in European Li- i960) is the wife of Dr. Hartmut Lehmann, and a terature and Viennese Drama, 1958, 1959, i960) holds In all there are sixteen trade unions in Austria, each historian in her own right who earned her Ph. D. from his doctorate from the University of Vienna. In addition incorporated within the Austrian Trade Union Federa- the University of Vienna last year. Her teaching ex- to teaching modern literature. Dr. Fassbinder is an tion. The lack of rivalry among the unions for mem- perience includes giving German instruction to Ameri- active writer who has produced plays, novels and short bership undoubtedly contributes a great deal to the can students at the American Dependent school in r# stories, as well as critical essays and reviews. efficiency of unionism in Austria. Mannheim, Germany. Probably the most surprising bit of information for the American students was the fact that white collar Mr. GRANDE Instructor in Intermediate German Mrs. SNOW (Assistant Professor of German at workers make up the second largest union in Austria. Conversation, i960) teaches German and English at a Hope College) is spending her third summer in Vienna. Thus the size of the white collar worker, a general Vienna high school during the regular school year. Her background as a music teacher and director of the trend everywhere, is expected to actually strengthen Before accepting his present position, he spent a number women's choir at Hope, and her experience as a teacher the labor movement. of years as instructor, tutor and prefect with the Vienna of German, enable her to assist in many phases of the Boys Choir traveling with his group throughout Europe, Vienna Summer School activities. Another unusual, arrangement concerns price and •• Latin America, and the United States. wage scales. Prices may not be increased without the consent of labor, and conversely, industry must agree Dr. FRIED (Associate Professor of History at to all wage boosts. Contrary to what labor had been Mr. STRAHAMMER (Tutor in Elementary German, Hope College) holds degrees from Hope College, Har- 1 warned by unionists from abroad, wages have not been 1959, 9^o) teachers mathematics at a Vienna public vard University, and the University of Erlangen. Before frozen since this agreement was put into effect, and school and is working on the completion of his doctoral coming to Hope College, where he was recently named labor at any rate seems quite happy with the agree- dissertation at the University of Vienna when he is not chairman of the History Department, Dr. Fried served ment. helping our German students in their work. as chief of translation during the Nurnberg Trials and The fact that the Austrian economy is rising from as Investigator General with the USAF Historical the ruins of the wars, in addition to the diminutive size Mr. BOGENSBERGER is a member of the staff of Research Division in Germany. As director of the Hope of the Austrian nation, has given labor a sense of the Institute of European Studies and serves as co- program in Europe, he is now spending his fifth responsibility and has served to tone down its financial ordinator of summer programs (Hope, Oberlin, and summer in Vienna. Wooster). He and his wife and infant son paid a brief demands. One is naturally quite hesitant about striking visit to Hope College and Holland during the past for a higher wage when such a strike and such a pay Dr. BAKER (Professor of Science Education at Hope winter. increase might'throttle the resurgence of the nation's College) is a graduate of Hop^ College, holds the economy. Thus Austria has had an enviable strike Dr. DUDLEY (Instructor in Modern History, M. A. degree from Columbia University and Ph.. D. record since the war. I i960) is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Wellesley from New York University. Before coming to Hope Another reason for labor's sense of responsibility is College and earned her Masters and Ph. D. degrees in College Dr. Baker was Chairman of the Department its active participation in the government. The Social- International Relations at Yale University. Dr. Dudley of Science at the New Jersey State Teachers College, ists control 78 of the 165 seats in the National Council spent a number of years in Austria following the Paterson, N. J. He has authored several textbooks and (Parliament), one less than do the conservatives. Fur- Second World War, first with the Friends Service has written numerous articles in the field of science thermore no less than 40 members of the Council are Committee and then working with the United States education. He is spending his first summer in Vienna as uhion members. With such representation it is incon- Embassy in Vienna. She recently became an Austrian Director of Publicity for the Hope College Vienna ceivable that anti-labor legislation could be passed in resident again when her husband joined the staff of the Summer School. Austria. International Atomic Energy Agency here. The Austrian labor picture (as seen through the Mrs. BAKER (Women's Counseller) is a graduate of eyes of a Socialist) is not that which the average Dr. NEMETH (Instructor in Music Literature, Hope College and for a number of years taught English American would expect from a Socialist movement. l957i l959i 19^0) IS now the senior member of and directed dramatics in an American high school. The Socialists and labor as a whole have been working Hope's European staff. He holds his Ph. D. from the She is the mother of a daughter and a son and has two together with the conservatives to restore Austria's University of Vienna, has written two books and grandchildren. This also her first summer in Vienna economy. Without this co-operation, Austria would have numerous articles, and was recently chosen by the and as counsellor for the women students she has been unable to stabilize her economy and indeed would Austrian Ministry of Education to direct the establish- enjoyed her many personal contacts with them. have had a hard time in maintaining a government f ! •• ^ 1 L i . nv';.vv •••-,•. i

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1 PICTURESQUE MELK ABBEY RECALLS SPLENDOR OF FORMER CENTURIES Mountain Climbing and Relaxation Mark Weekend Trip to Alps Ot Sunday, July 31. twenty-one members of the Hope College Vienna Summer School made an enjoyable ex- Eight adventuresome students left Wien last weekend cursion to the old abbey of Melk, located about 60 miles for Gaal, a small village in the southern part of from Vienna. This famous abbey, situated high upon a Austria, hoping lo find beautiful scenery, interesting rock overlooking the Danube River, has a long and Austrians, and no tourists. colorful history. Our Volkswagen bus, loaded with food and blankets, took us to the end of a mountain road in about five Melk was once the capital of Austria and the resi- hours. dence of the Bahenberg Dukes. In early Roman iim:s Upon arriving, we rrnet a seventy year old farmer wh3 it was used as a supply station on the Danube Riv:r. gladly allowed us to camp in his land. We learned In the eleventh century it became the home of the more about him while he willingly helped us build a Benedictine order under whose supervision it was com- fire. pletely reconstructed in the early 18th century. Today it is an important center of religion and learning in Rugged Wodsmen? Austria. We pitched camp with blankets, cooking utensils, and anything else we had been able to borrow from A Baroque Exhibit our Hausfrau, and started to make dinner in the chill of the mountain evening. 1 he abbey is unique as the exemplification of the It was interesting to meet hunters and woodsmen baroque style ol architecture. A special baroque 'ex- who slopped at our camp periodically while they were hibition honoring the 300th anniversary of the birth hunting the trails up the mountain. Conversing in of Jakob Prandtauer, the architect of Melk Abbey and German gave us a chance to try newly learned phrases other important buildings in Austria, is on display in and taught us more about Austria and life in the the abbey. Rare art treasures, baroque paintings and Austrian Alps. sculptures, jewelled altarpieces, robes embroidered with The muscle-building activity of the first day was a silver and gold thread and a collection of 18th century five hour climb to the top of the mountain. A substan- musical instruments are of special interest. tial meal, warm sun, and a breath taking view was the most welcome reward. StudentH and Faculty Riding in our little bus we were able to enjoy beauty An Impressive Library of the surrounding countryside more comfortably the next day. On the way back to Vienna we saw another of the I he library is one of the most impressive rooms in inviting mountain but, instead of having to climb it, we the abbey. The brown and gold in the leather bindings were able to take a thirty minute chair lift to the top of the books, the decorations on the walls and ihc Hope College where we chose a delightful scenic spot to munch our murals and sculptures all blend into a beautiful sym- lunch. phony of color and harmony. Rare books are to be Vienna Summer School seen in glass cases about the room, many of which Friendly Austrians are the product of important milestones in the spiritual and intellectual development of mankind. Our accommodations during the outing were a bit Extend Greetings Spartan. Sleeping on the ground, in the bus, and in a Following lunch in a small restaurant in town, the haystack was a bit chilly but nevertheless a lot of fun. students boarded a Danube steamer for the return trip to all The enjoyment of living in the fresh mountain air, to Vienna. Passing through the lovely Wachau region listening to the „babbling brooks", and smelling the where many famous old castles stand high on the freshly cut pines, as well as experiencing the friendli- Alumni and Friends. mountains overlooking the Danube, the students were ness of the Austrians we met will always bring back impressed anew with the beauty of Austria. fond remembrances.

*5?7 (t= 3 o o Austrian Hospitality Makes Students a to §n Ba 0 *3 CD CD CD ^ a Feel at Home in Vienna ?? ^ O o Ss? 5: fL 2. (6 B £ 5 03 3 (b PT5J 5J — a 0®0 CO ~ I - O5Q" T* , S ® One noon while at lunch in our college dining hall CD n ^ b is5 o -= » c on Krugerstrasse, we happily greeted Tom Nowotny, a o- S 9 — o ' a a graduate from Hope in 1959. Many students eagerly 2* ^ CD 3- ? S B < 3 0 began talking with him as we were very interested to g5 3 3 —T = find out more about his home town, Vienna, where we ^ i 2 CD 3 S g, =S' S— -1 CO m had just recently arrived. Some of the students who re = — TO 3" ® Q3 did not know -Tom were also interested in meeting -Oj c_ re b 3 o D3 e y"< ~ 3 ^ him since his sister Brigitta had spent the past semester CD 60 of CD o at Hope College. Together they had added much to our Q. (t f 5 CB3 »S enthusiasm of living in Vienna. !* c/5 m 2 w I O Q. In the evening Tom and Brigitta's parents. Dr. and '§1 11 -1 o — <5. ~ — O o Mrs. Franz Nowotny, hosted a group of students at re — 1 I Q) — 3 their home where we found the warm cordiality of friends abroad. Dr. and Mrs. Nowotny also invited some Austrian students from the University of Vienna along with the Hope students. As the evening progressed a seemingly innumerable amount of iancy sandwiches, cookies, delicious cake, and sweet breads disappeared amidst our chatter. As the tape recorder played the Viennese music, the Viennese students became our tutors for waltzing rather than practicing German. But the English language soon came to the forefront as the rock'n roll music brought a change in tutors. 3 0 As the evening rushed to midnight and with the exit 5 50 of Dr. Fried and Mrs. Snow, we became aware of the fact that the fun and gaiety would end with sleepy eyes in the morning classes. P^ (A As we made our departure the Hope girls were |o thrilled by a departing hand kiss from Tom and Dr. Nowotny, while the boys were hastily making plans m to walk the Viennese girls home to assure their safety. * This perfect evening of Austrian hospitality had shown more than ever the friendliness of the people and their way of life. After so many weeks of traveling and hotel living it was nice to be in the midst of a family aod home again. We are glad that Hope College has such a warm and close connection with these won- THE VOTIVKIRCHE built in Nco-Gothic Style, is one of the derful people. Main Attractions on the famous Ring-Street of Vienna