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Hope College Hope College Digital Commons News from Hope College Hope College Publications 1979 News from Hope College, Volume 11.3: December, 1979 Hope College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/news_from_hope_college Part of the Archival Science Commons Recommended Citation Hope College, "News from Hope College, Volume 11.3: December, 1979" (1979). News from Hope College. 27. https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/news_from_hope_college/27 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Hope College Publications at Hope College Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in News from Hope College by an authorized administrator of Hope College Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Nvkerk: Meet You in the Middle fPaoe T?,) DECEMBER 1979 PUBLISHED BY THE HOPE COLLEGE OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES Voorhees to Remain a Residence Hall The Board of Trustees of Hope College has 40 rooms, togetherwith music rooms, parlors hall. the brunt of many jokes as "the bachelorwho voted to restore Voorhees Hall as a residence and refectory, all under the control of a lady The 1907 senior class dinner was the first lived in the hen house." hall for women. superintendent who would be a worthy formal function to be held in Voorhees. At And of course, the front steps have pro- The action came during the Board's example of Christianculture and refinement that time, there were so few women on cam- vided the setting for literallyhundreds of pin- October meeting and ended several years of for the girls." pus that each could occupy a room alone and ning ceremonies for Hope couples. debate over the future of the 73-year-old "Today, Hope is equally dedicated to a still not nearly all the rooms were filled. The Specifications for renovating the building building. strong program of residential life for the stu- College was fearful that she had a white are being prepared by the College'sarchitect Voorhees has not been used as a residence . dent body," said PresidentVan Wylen. "We elephant on her hands. It was then decided to and a plan devised by the College administra- hall since early 1969 when it was deemed must give continued attentionto the physical •open the first floor to unmarriedfaculty tion for financing the project. unsafe by the state fire marshal. facilities, social life and overall quality of resi- members. It will be the second major renovation of a In recent years there had been talk of dential and community life in order to make One who took up residencein Voorhees building of historical importance to the Col- converting the buildinginto an administrative college living the finest possibleexperience was the late John B. Nykerk who taught at lege. Students moved back into Van Vleck center or even demolishing the structureto for our students. Hope for 50 yeais and was chairman of the residencehall in October after it underwenta make way for another facility. "Because Voorhees Hall has served as a English and music departments. For this fact $400,000 renovation. VanVleck is the oldest "Voorhees Hall is a reminder of Hope's women's residence,its renovation will be a he was in Ripley's "Believe It or Not," and building on campus. commitment to being a coeducationalinstitu- reminder of the important role women have tion," said President Van Wylen. had in the life of Hope College." Prior to the constructionof Voorhees Hall Voorhees was constructedin 1907 at a cost Hope was basically a school for men. During of $40,183. Its renovation is expected to cost Science Tradition Rates High the 1906-07 school year the College had only in excess of $1 million. 19 female students.President Kollen attrib- The building is named after Ralph and Hope College has emerged as top leader in a Categories in which Hope was ranked uted this small number to the lack of suitable ElizabethVoorhees of Clinton, N.J. They survey of chemical research activity at U.S. number one are: Number of Ph.D.s in housing for them. presented the College with a $100,000 an- liberal arts colleges during the past decade. chemistry earned by graduates, 1920-1976; He reported to the College'sTrustees that nuity of which $35,000 was designated to be The recently-releasedstudy gave Hope first- Number of faculty authors, 1970-1978; there was a need "to have a dormitory of 30 or used for construe,tion of a women's residence place ranking in seven of a total of nine Number of articlesin referred (most selective) categoriesused to measure research activity. journals,1970-1978; Amount of dollars re- Hope placed second in the remaining two ceived from the National Science Foundation All-American Football categories. UndergraduateResearch Participation grants The study is entitled "A Survey of Under- program, 1968-1977;Number of NSF/URP graduate Research Over the Past Decade" and grants received,1968-1977; Amount of dol- Honors to Hope Senior is authored by James N. Spencer of the de- lars received from the Research Corporation partment of chemistry at Lebanon Valley Col- grants program, 1968-1977; and. Number of Hope senior Craig Groendyk of Jenison, the Dutchmen posted an overall 22-8-1 record. lege and Claude H. Yoder of the department Grants received from Research Corporation, Mich, has, been elected to the Kodak All- They were 17-2-1 in the MIAA during that of chemistry at Franklin and Marshall Col- 1968-1977. American College Division football team. span. Hope led the MIAA in total offense lege. It will be published in a future issue of Hope placed second in the following Groendyk; a 6-3, 235-pound offensive three of his four years, while averaging The Journal of Chemical Education , according categories:Number of Ph.D.s in chemistry tackle, is the first Hope player to gain All- 25.9 points per game. to Hope Professor Donald Williams',chair- earned by graduates, 1967-1976;and, America status for athletic ability in over (continued on page 10) man of the department of chemistry. (continued on page 10) two decades. • The All-American team is selected by the American College GOD S BLESSINGS FootballCoaches Asso- cia tion . Groendyk was As Christmas, 1 97 9, approaches our prayer is that all of us in the the only Michigan player Hope College family may be given grace and courage to lift our to be honored this year. The last Hope player thoughts from the contemporary issues that press upon us, to the to achieve All- eternal truths so wonderfully expressed in the Event we now American status was Larry TerMolen '59, celebrate. May the God who came to us in love and humility another interior lineman through the Incarnation, come to you and to your home in very who went both ways at tackle for the 1958 M1AA champion Flying Dutch- meaningful ways in this Holiday Season. May Jesus Christ give us men. TerMolen is currently vice-president his grace and peace as we walk with him in the year ahead. for developmentof the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1973 Hope's Ron Posthuma 74, This Christmas brings us to the close of a decade in which we yet another tackle, received Academic All- have seen many evidences of God’s blessing and the fulfillment of America proclaim. Groendyk,21, earned MIAA first team all- his purposes. For this, and for each of you, we give thanks. May we conference honors three straight years. Hope be true and faithful to his calling for us in the decade ahead. won back-to-back MIAA championships in 1978-79 and during Groendyk’s four seasons Hope Is Liberal Arts 'Bargain' CaillpUSSCOIC79NFHCDec ._ Says Money Magazine Hope College was includedin a feature arti- freshmen, large numbers of graduates who cle in the November issue of Money have taken Ph.D.'s at leading universities, magazine which highlighted 10 liberal arts modest tuition and other costs, generous fi- colleges it considers to be "bargains" while nancial aid programs for students,a substan- offering"something special in atmosphere, tial out-of-state enrollment, and primarilyan academic commitment and extra-curricular on-campus (residential) student body. activities." "These colleges are by no means the only Money magazine has a national circulation ones to qualify," wrote Lament. "But these of nearly 800,000. 10 meet all of our criteriawhile offering some- Author of the article was Lansing Lament, thing special in atmosphere, academic com- who recentlywrote the book, "Campus mitment and extra-curricularactivities." Shock: A Firsthand Report on College Life Hope College was cited for its location Today." "away from the big-city distractions." The article noted that good, selective liberal The college's academic offeringsand com- arts collegeslike Hope abound for the hard mitment to a core curriculum drew praise. pressed middle-incomestudent. The college was also cited for its emphasis on "A lot of universities, from Berkley to pre-professionaltraining in such areas as en- Harvard, provide exceptionaleducations gineering and medicine, noting that 92 per- along with generous student aid. But the pri- cent of the college's premeds have been admit- vate liberal arts colleges, devoted almost ex- ted to the medical schools of their choice dur- clusively to undergraduates, offer an increas- ing the past five years. ingly rare experience — committed teaching An excellentprogram in intramural and by professors(not graduate students),small intercollegiate sports was cited. Also high- classes, imaginative special-studyprograms, lighted were the opportunitiesto participate and a deeper feeling of community." in a variety of off-campus study programs, Lament said his selection of the 10 colleges both in the U.S.