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HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR LXIX—5 Hope College — Holland, Michigan November 30, 1956 Christmas Vespers to Frosh Upset Sophs Be Renewed, Dec. 9 The first Christmas vesper serv- For Nykerk Victory ice took place on December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor day. The musical The suspense is over and the victor is acclaimed — the Freshmen arts club and Dr. Cavanaugh and have won the Nykerk Cup Contest for the year 1956. Mrs. Snow felt at the time that The curtain opened and the Toy Shop came to life as the Freshmen nothing should be changed. The presented their interpretation of "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers". program consisted of a string trio, The girls in their pajamas with their animals appeared on the scene to several vocal solos and choral make the atmosphere one of contentment and enjoyment. numbers. Jan Van Puersem in her oration "Act Well Your Part", presented There was an unusually large a well-constructed theme on honor. Her poise and charm were very gathering that first afternoon, per- im pressive. The freshmen play, The Wallflower, portrayed a recurring college haps due to the shocking world problem. The staging and setting situation. In the years that fol- were done very effectively, and the lowed the war, half the service was dedicated to the boys that died on girls were filled with the spirit of Dr. Mitchell Opens that day, and half was continued the occasion. Religious Emphisis as Christmas vespers. It has al- As the curtain opened for the ways been held on the closest Sun- fourth time, the sophomores step- Program day to the seventh, but four years ped forth for "A Real Nice Clam- Dr. Ralph Mitchell, Spiritual ago, occured a return to the origin- bake". The peasant girls and their Jubilant Frosh eye happily the fruit of their labor. Counselor for the Billy Graham al theme of Christmas. dates enjoyed a date at the beach Photo by Vic Ambellas Association, opened the Religious This year we are continuing the in the moonlight. Emphasis activities for the 1956-57 annual Vesper service under the "Branches Heavenward" was the school year. This year, as a result Science Students Fraternities Welcome direction of a committee composed title of Mary Ann Klaaren's sym- of additional funds made available of music faculty and students who bolic oration on trees and govern- New Pledges through the Danforth Foundation, Given Opportunity have set aside the closest Sunday ment. She presented this with the Religious Emphasis Committee Rushing being completed and to the seventh, which this year simplicity and evident sincerity. was able to expand its program for Study Abroad silent period ended Tuesday, No- will be the ninth, at four o'clock The final production was the to include additional speakers who vember 27, the Inter-Fraternity in the afternoon. will appear on campus prior to the Ed: (The following information was Council met to open the bids. sophomore's hilarious play entitled Mr. Hilmert will be in charge of speaker for the regular Religious taken from an advance IAESTE Angels of Mercy. They, making The following pledged Knicker- the program consisting of three Week. Dr. Mitchell opened our release sent through the courtesy the utmost use of a simple plot, bocker: Gary Bylsma, Ronald Sik- vocal groups, two soloists and an program with a one day stay on of Mr. Andre Varcherver to Dr. succeeded in releasing the tensions kema, Albert Kober, Ken Brown, instrumental ensemble, featuring a campus on November 8. He spoke Paul G. Fried. of the evening. Daryl Siendentop, Lloyd McPher- candle-light processional. in chapel in the morning, showed "American students of engineer- However, this tension ws quickly son, Joe Housenga, Dan De Young, The chancel choir will sing "Go the film "Eastward to Asia" later ing, science, agriculture and archi- built up again as the Minors and Dave Rickers, Don Cooper, Dave Tell It on the Mountain" a negro in the day, and addressed the joint tecture may apply for foreign on- Nat Vander Werf filled in the time White, Pete Wehneau, Stu Dorn, spiritual, a German carol, "Christ Y meeting that evening. Dr. the-job training during the 1957 between the judges huddle and the Ted Cook, Dave Clark, Jay Verhey, Was Born on Christmas Day," and Mitchell also spoke at the Western summer, according to an announce- final decision. Fnalty, Diane John- Bob Marshall, Chuck Lemmen, and "Today There Is Ringing" by Seminary chapel service. ment made today (November 13) Paul Fell. son, who very capably managed Christiansen. The chapel choir will Two other men have already by the U. S. Committee for the whole program, stepped forth Cosmopolitan acceptances are render "Angel Song," by Tchesno- been slated to spend a day on IAESTE, the International Associ- to announce that Elaine Dykhuizen, Harold Van't Hof, Jim Stringer, koff and "Who Seek Ye Shepherds" campus before Religious Emphasis ation for the Exchange of Students the freshman chairman, should step Cal Hays, Stan Bosker, Ken Brink, by Dering. "Noel" by d'Aquin will Week. On December 11, Rev. Ed- for Technical Experience. forth to accept the Nykerk Cup Daryl Wiersma, Don Piersma, Phil be an organ solo by Ann Blood- win D. MacLane from the First "During the 1957 summer Ameri- for 1956. Damstra, Wayne Van Swol, Don good. The Women's Choir will sing Reformed Church in Schnectedy, can engineering students will work She was greeted with a tremend- Lautenbach, Terry Hofmeyer, Jim the "Magnificat" by Vaughan Wil- New York, will be here, and on abroad and American industry will Evers, Bob Murphy, George Wor- liams. "Shepherds Are Watching" ous and unanimous applause as the January 8, Dr. John Olert, Jr., accept foreign engineering students den, Jim Bolthouse, Bob Huffine, by Peter Cornelius is the name of Freshmen became victors of Ny- from St. Joseph, Missouri, will be for training under lAESTE's uni- George Wheable, Rudy Einaar, the solo by Anita Van Lente. The kerk 1956. our guest. que program. Under this program Artel Newhouse and Sally De Wolf Dave Franken, Nicfl Vanderborgh, "Concerto for Tympani" by Wein- Climaxing the year's activities, college students in engineering and and Gerald Brouwer. berger, will be the instrumental the Religious Emphasis Week pro- other technical fields are sent Pledges of the Arkies are Joseph piece by four trombones, four gram will begin on Sunday after- abroad . during their summer School Gets Su, Paul Van Wyk, Phil Hook, Jim trumpets and typani. noon, February 17, with a medita- vacations for a minimum period of Mohr, John Klienheksel, Chuck This year promises to be one of Standard Oil Grant tion service in the chapel, and end eight weeks. In 1956, fifty-eight Vanden Berg, Bruce Matthews, on Thursday, February 22, with an U. S. students trained in thirteen the finest since the tradition of The Esso Education Foundation Rolland Schut, Marshall Elzinga, evening communion service. The European countries and seventy- Christmas Vespers was begun has made a grant of $2,000 to Hope Larry South, Ervian Vogel, Jack speaker for the week will be the five foreign students were em- fifteen years ago. College, with the specification that Van Oort, Rich Moore, Bob Vander Reverend Calvin De Vries from ployed in forty-two U. S. indus- it be used for undergraduate edu- Arde, Jim Cook, Adrain Tenhor, the Fourth Presbyterian Church of tries. In 1955 twenty Americans cation. Beside Hope, these Mich- Bob Andre, John Leestma, John Chicago, and the theme will be a took foreign training assignments igan schools received Esso grants: Meengs, James Hough, and Harold * ' W.A.L. continuation of last year's theme, and thirty-nine foreign engineering Calvin, Albion, Kalamazoo, and the Gezon. "God's Way Out". Mr. De Vries students came to the U. S. University of Detroit. Altogether, Fraternal pledges are Rowland Christmas Party Planned was the valedictorian of the Class "The Institute of International 297 schools received grants total- Van Es, Tim Vander Mel, Elwood The Women's Activity League of 1941 at Northwestern Junior Education, 1 East 67th Street, New ing $1,191,450. The Esso Education Tallman, Bruce Brink, Ray Ritse- will present it's annual Christmas College; he completed his under- York 21, New York is coordinating Foundation, which is supported by ma. Bill Huibregtse, Jack Krauss, Party, starting at eight o'clock in graduate work at Hope College, U. S. participation in the IAESTE the Standard Oil Company of New Ron Siebeling, Jim Menzer, Art Carnegie Gym. The program will graduating Magna Cum Laude in program. Mr. Maynard Boring, Jersey and a group of affiliates, Olson, Stu Post, Tom Zwemer, Pete be the story of "Silent Night, Holy 1943. While at Hope, Mr. De Vries Manpower Consultant for General was organized in 1955 to coordinate Watt, Gene Van Dongen, George Night", in pantomine, narrated by was one of the outstanding orators Electric and President of the and centralize the educational as- Peelen, Jack Hoogendoorn, Jim John Van Dam.