OPE COLLEGE

ranc or OLLAND, MICHIGAN

77th ANNIVERSARY - I Hope College, Holland. Michigan Fehruary 5, 1965

What A Line

IBM Computer Gets Cold Feet

UNRETOUCHED PHOTOGRAPH OF PHYSICS-MATH BUILDING IK)ORWAY TO REGISTRATION SITE.

R.A.'s Face Consequences

Of Administrations Inquiry All resident advisors were asked

this week to sign a pledge saying that they had not knowingly violat-ed any college regulation, s ta te or federal laws, the Ten Command-ments . or the ethical provisions of the Heidelburg Catechism.

The R.A.'s have until next Mon-day to consider the pledge. Two-thirds of them have already moved out of their rooms.

One administrat ion official, in explaining the action, said the t ime has come when "A Christian Col-lege must define the ethical con-duct by which its employees reg-ulate their lives. Other s tudents look up to the R.A. 's and we wouldn't want any of them to get a 'Holier-than-Thou' complex."

The comments of the R.A.'s were varied. Said one, "S ta te and federal laws, the Ten Command-ments and the Catechism I can see. It 's just the college regula-tions I can' t obey." Others balked at certain of the Ten Command-ments . part icularly the last nine. All expressed a strong desire to t ransfer to Calvin.

The adminis t ra t ive officials were hasty to add, however, tha t just because the R.A.'s could 'be fired if they did not sign, this did not necessarily mean they would lose their jobs. "We will gladly con-sider each case individually and re-think our initial decis.on in t e rms of our college policy. We desire mercy, not sacr i f ice , " said one official.

All resident advisors who signed the pledge a re to report to Shields

Cottage for a meeting at 9 a .m. Monday morning.

Asked for a comment on these developments, President Vander-Werf said. "1 admire, respect, and applaud the energy, initiative and en te rpr ies of the students, admin-istration and faculty in this ethical endeavor ."

Registration for second semes t e r classes was held last Tuesday. And Wednesday. And Thursday.

Long lines formed outside the Carnegie Gymnasium and inside the Physics-Math building as stu-dents waited for the IBM Comput-er to be repaired.

Asked to comment on the situa-tion. one reliable administrat ion .source said, "We've been wrest l ing with this problem for many years now. The time has come to reflect upon how far we have come in relation to our college commitment to fiscal responsibility. We believe the inconvenience caused s tudents is offset by money we save by us-ing the mach ine . "

Another administrat ion official said, "Sure the machine costs more. But we feel the additional cost is offset by the reduction in time required to go through the new procedure . "

The local college computer ex-pert added, "The machine, she don't work so good."

Students who complakied of s tanding in the cold for several hours c a m e face to face with some basic questions, such as the physi-cal f i tness of American youth. They c a m e through the tes t with flymg colors.

Technicians reported that a two-hour delay was Caused by a draf t under the door of the Math-Physics building door. Several key comput-er components froze due to the draf t . The technician said, "These machines can ' t take e x t r e m e changes in t empera ture . Remem-ber. they ' re not as rugged as h u m a n s ! "

Many students spent the long hours in the cold by engaging in heated discussions of campus is-sues. A survey taken in the line revealed that the most f requent topic of conversation was f r a t e r -

nity initiation procedures. Elsewhere, student leaders were

prepar ing a protest to the Admin-istration that the registration pro-cess constituted " a gross ind gnity to human beings." They claimed the computer-directed system was a violation of human dignity and physical welfare. They appealed to the adminis t rat ion to call off registration immediately.

Registrat ion began Tuesday and will hopefully be finished soon. A local survey of typical student re-actions to the new process proved to be unprintable.

A survey taken shortly af ter reg-

istration revealed the astounding fact that drinking had risen f rom HO to W per cent. This seems to be corre la ted by a sociologist 's recent report that drinking springs pri-mari ly from frus t ra t ion.

A par t icular ly high incidence of f rust ra t ion has been noted among resident advisors.

Asked for comment on this situa-tion, Pres ident VanderWerf said, "I admi re , respect and applaud the energy, in t iative and enthusiasm of the students, adminis t ra t ion and faculty in this deplorable endeav-

or ."

Grade Push Lessened

As IBM Learns System The administrat ion announced

last week that there would be no grades given this semester .

Members of the administrat ion issued a s t a tement saying that the new IBM machine was incapable of recording grades without a ted-ious p rogramming process that would take several years to com-plete. They expressed regre t that this unforeseen oversight has oc-curred but sa id they were sure the m a t t e r would be cleared up in time for the s u m m e r school session.

Said the s ta tement . "We are sure that s tudents are aware of the problems associated with the use of a new and inexperienced machine. We trust that students will continue to display patience and genuine sympathy until this problem is solved." The, s ta tement was mimeographed with the date

Be Rev ised

IMPORTANT! Informed sources reported to-

day that everything is going to be okay.

Highly placed spokesmen in-dicated that details would be forthcomiDg.

A revision of the entire chapel p rogram was announced this week by the Administration. Relig ous Life Commit tee . Student Christian Assn., Student Life Committee and the Student Senate.

"We have placed a severe s t rain on the existing s t ruc tu re , " said one m e m b e r of the 15-member Special Committee which produced the revision.

"The entire chapel sysCem has not been sufficiently well organi-zed. We hope that by incorporating a few more people in the planning and execution of the program, the s t ruc ture and organization can be greatly s implif ied."

The 22-p ge report emphasized that "simplici ty is the essence of a truly spir i tual chapel p r o g r a m . "

Sweeping changes were outlined in the report . "The coercive meth-od of having students sign chapel slips is not the best way to at-t rac t s tuden t s , " said the repor t . "We have failed to relate the more practical side of our life to Chris-tianity: our spirit of competition, desire for social status and finan-cial dr ives ."

Among the changes were a new list of speakers from which next semes te r ' s p rograms will be drawn. They include Bobby Baker speaking on "Christianity in Pol-itics," Harlow Shapley on "How I was Converted While at Hope College," and Billie Sol Es tes on

"The Meaning of True Conver-sion "

The revision included provisions for "g immicks des.gned to appeal to the deep spir i tual needs of the individual s tudent . " When funds permit , a closed circuit sys tem will be installed for use in the overflow room. Later , this m a y be turned into a campus-wide pay TV system, with each student being furnished with a chapel credit card.

Another reform will be the use of door prizes based on the chapel number system. These will include a complete expense-paid two week vacation in the chapel basement ; wall plaques read ng, " In your heart you know He 's r i g h t ; " Pon-tius Pilot hand soap bars, complete with washing bowls; " I 'm a Phar-isee and Proud of i t " buttons; a complete ten - minute interview with the college pastor; and a front-row seat in Friday chapel services.

F u r t h e r interest would be en-gendered by contests sponsored by the Chapel Committee, SCA, Re-ligious Life Committee and Admin-istrative C o m m i t t e e . Judging would be by the Inter-f ra terni ty Council, as a neut ra l and non-par t isan group.

One contest would be called " N a m e that Hymn , " whereby the winner can direct the chapel choir or sing a solo. The other contest

would involve writing the message for the Fr iday ch-pel service. It would be called "What ' s My Mes-s a g e ? " and the winner has to listen to it. The ground rules for such a contest will be very strict, laid down by the sponsoring organ-izations beforehand.

Each message must open with the phrase, "Le t us worship God. The hymn is number . . . " Mak-ing announcements before the serv-ice, such as the t ime and p L c e of registrat ion, would be expressly forbidden.

When as^ed for comment on the newly released plans. President VanderWerf said, "I admire, re-spect, and applaud the energy, in-itiative, and enterpr ise of the stu-dents, administrat ion, and faculty in this endeavor . "

typed in.

React ions to the new system

were noncommit tal . One student

stated, "They always told us not

to work for the g rades anyway.

Now we don't have any cho.ce."

Another frequently heard comment

was, "Now let's see them take

away my scholarship." Other stu-

dents were asking what would h .p-

pen when they applied to gradu-

ate schools, but they d.dn ' t real ly

care.

Facul ty reaction was also mixed.

One person, who for obvious rea-

sons wishes to remain anonymous,

said, "College should be much

more of a social experience. This

unnecessary pre-occupation with g rades was leading to ha rmfu l academic pressure and competi-tion. Now we can concentra te on the basis of human e x p e r i e n c e -living and getting along with people."

Another faculty m e m b e r spelled out the consequences of the de-cision: "This means covering all the required mater ia l in two 20-minute ch pel sessions a week. Stuuents won't cyme to the ordin-ary classes, so we'll have to drill it into them in chapel ."

One m e m b e r of the political science depar tment commented, "Academic freedom—at l as t . "

Three prominent facuity mem-bers revealed that they plan to raid the IBM machine and a t tempt to destroy its usefulness to the college community . They plan the raid for noontime some-time this week.

Asked for comment on this dras-tic change in policy. President VanderWerf stated, 1 admire , re-spect and applaud the energy, in-iative and enthusiasm of the IBM computer in this ridiculous en-deavor . "

IBM Machine Helps Robbers,

Responds To Marked Cards Three bandits staged a daring

daylight hold-up of the Hope Col-lege IBM student processing ma-chine just before noon yesterday in Van Raal te Hall.

The bandits fed punched cards into the machine demanding that it open its c a sh d rawer . One a r m

on the back of the machine grab-bed a nea-by telephone and t r ied to reach the police. It dialed the wrong number .

Puzzled Administration officials are still trying to discover why the mach ine worked for the thieves but not for them. .

Hope College ranchor February 5, 1965

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LAMENT—The tragic fate of a freshman last week saddened the festive semester break holidays. The boy, who suffered chronic nasal pains, somehow obtained a packet of pink pills (reliable sourc-es claim an "under-the-counter" deal was arranged). The lad quickly became addicted to the tablets, which are known throughout th«' medical world for their amazingly effective curative powers, but are known to the underground world for the instant sense of well-being and health they impart. Hounded by loan-sharks and pill-pushers to the end. the poor boy died of an overdose.

Clinic Cures All Sicknesses

With Efficiency, Confidence (Editors note: In an effort to

keep Hope students better in-formed on the services available to them, the anchor presents the following article on the Hope Col-lege Health Clinic.)

by Zelda Skagfang The Hope College Health Clinic,

located directly across f rom Dim-nent Memorial Chapel on the corn-e r of College and 12th Street, is one of the only college organiza-tions which can boast having a purpose of the care of the physical.

"We like to keep their bodies well ." said one of the nurses , "so that they can go to classes and learn ,"

The clinic is r e m a r k a b l e in its ability to handle a variety of cases with efficiency. Seldom " i s there wait ing at the clinic. The patient s t empera tu re is taken; he is given two packets of pills, one kind blue and the other being pink; and pronounced fit for class.

As one student said, limping out of the clinic on his broken ankle, "My ankle still bothers me but the tickle in my throat is gone ."

The college doctor is a general pract i t ioner , able to handle all cases which come before him. However, the rumor that he con-lined a patient suffering f rom ex-t r e m e d iar rhea to bed with the admonition "Stay in beu at ail l imes and drink lots of wate r , "

Off the Wall

What in the World? by Calvin Pcnbroke

may prove to be unfounded. Also, it is yet undecided whether a girl , who had fallen down three f l ights ol s ta i r s and was told to d i s regard her headache and to go to the th ree tests she had that day, really has any basis for complaint.

The college doctor complained. "Too often students come in he re with the craziest excuses for mis-sing class — brain concussions, broken bones, third degree burns, etc. What we need is a little Greek stoicism around here. The guy 1 really pity is the fellow with the open corn on his toe in the o the r room."

The patient in the other room, turning down his radio, TV and phonograph, and telling his t h ree girl f r iends to move away, sa id , "1 really feel terrible. 1 can ' t move the en t i re left side of my right foot without excruciat ing pain. But these nurses have been just g rea t to me."

Three y e a r s ago an investigation of the Clinic labeled it as "one of the most efficiently run, careful ly adminis tered organizations on the campus . Its help in mainta ining student well-being is immeasur -able."

Said Dr. Calvin VanderWerf , "1 admire , respect and applaud the energy, iniative and enthusiasm of the clinic in this physical endeav-or ."

This column usually pe r fo rms an in terpret ive function, assuming a basic famil iar i ty with political facts and world events. This t ime, perhaps we should review some of the basics, so that everyon? knows what ' s going on in the im-portant popul.ition centers of the world — Par is , London. Saigon. Washington. Hamilton, and West Olive.

Washington is the appropr ia te place to begin our survey. Policy-making is done by the two divi-sions of the Legislative Branch the Congress and the Supreme Court. The Court ' s function is to legalize everything that was de-clared unconsliiution;il in the l!)3()'s. Recently, however, the Court decided to improve its im-age amongst conservat ives by be-ing against something — they out-lawed .")() s ta te 1egis la , i , , ^s. the lT S Senate and Sta te ' s Rights.

Both houses of Congress meet to consider legislation of g rave im-por tance to the Democr tic Par ty . Occasionally the Democrats ui each house want to caucus: two or three people leave the chambe: and the caucus can begin.

Congress is run on the commit tee sys tem, which gives the cha i rman-ship to the people with the fewest new ideas and the least energy to deal with new problems. An interesting sidelight to serious

congression .1 del iberat ions is the Invest gating Commit tee , which gives Congressmen the chance to fulfill their childhood desi res to play Dick Tracy . One recent in-vestigation fea tured Bobby Baker . v\h() is one of the finest politicians

money can buy. The Bobby Baker scandal is cur-

icnt ly b o n g made into a movie exposing the whole a f fa i r . It fea hires a cast of thousands, with all of high off icialdom taking l ime off to par t ic ipate in the filming.

The executive branch of the Un-ited States Government is headed by Lyndon Johnson, whose chief responsibility is to p repa re mes-sages to be sent to Congress. Bar-ry Goldwaler at one t ime ran un-successfully for this high office, but his candidacy did prove one thing: 27 million Amer icans can be wrong.

Headquar te r s for the executive branch is the White House, wh.ch also double for the Poverty Head-quar te r s of \ m e r i c a . This organi-zation has been remarkab ly suc-cessful in c rea t ing poverty. Ksti-ma te s of the amount of poverty in America rose from 20 million to 40 and ')<) million people as more money was appropr ia ted for wip-

ing it out. Next on our review of world

events is the s. tuation in Saigon, Viet Nam. No one is quite sure who i> premier at the moment and fu r the rmore no one ca res ; even if they did. it is highly unlikely they could pronounce the name anyway.

Viet Nam is the subject of a hot ' jontroversy m this country, es-pecially between Huntley and Brinkley. Br.nkley calls it Viet Nam • " a " as in S a m 1 while Hunt ley pre fe rs the Asi .n version ' " a " as in pa lm 1 . Like the w a r itself, no one is par t icular ly enthusiast ic about winning this con t rove r sy

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Paris is the next capital to be

visited. General De Gaulle is presi-

dent of F rance because no one else

could l>e as stubborn and the ^

French like big noses. In desir ing

to iK'come a third force in world

politics. Mr. De Gaulle h is become

somewhat of a fifth wheel. He has

been one of the chief obs tac les

in the creat ion of an multi la tera l

force, a proposal which would

cause submar ine capta ins to shout

their o rders in five di f ferent lan-

guages.

F r a n c e recently beg-in t rad ing

with Red China. This will probably

only be a t empora ry a r r a n g e m e n t ,

however, since the Chinese a r e

unlikely to learn French just for

a couple of lousy Opels ami few F renchmen a re likely to learn C h nese just so they can own bamboo f.shing poles.

Of vital importance to the U.S. is the situat.o.i in Moscow. At on-4

t ime the rulers of ibis sm 11. pro-vincial country declared that all the steel mills belonged to all the people. They gave this idea up when a crowd appeared one day and everyone tok their sha re , leav-ing the commisa r w.th two buttons to push and enough steel to start imilding the first privately-owned dep . r lment store.

Comrade Khrushchev recently moved into a new house, one much closer to his new responsib.litic.-. which consist of raising wheat on a modest two-acre f a rm, l ie is an examp .e of the recently-developed unemploymenl problem of Russia today. wh.L'h P ravda c la ims is a result ol newly-instituied cap.talibl pract ices in industry.

Yes, the world is indeed chang-ing. In (. hina people line up to eai in Russia they line up to see Ixm-in: in Mississippi they line up to register to vole; in Holland we line up to register to learn so m a y be we can \o t e later on. Doubtlc.-by the l ime we as s tudents have taken our respective places in the world, many more changes will have occurred. The Ch.ne.se will have broad; Russians will h .ve iorgotten Lenin; Negroes will be voting n Mississippi. But you can bet they'll still be s tanding in line to icgiMer m Holland, uVhciiigan.

EXTENSIVE RESEARCH in college files failed in the effort to pro-vide "before" and "after" pictures of the Health Clinic for readers who may be aware of renovation work recently completed there. No "before" photographs could be found.

Resist ratioji Registration will begin Mon-

day tor tin' summer session.

Administration officials em-phas zed that this was made necessary by delays anticipated in the registration process. "We're aiming to finish by July 4, but it might be t.ght!"

B r a v e S e n a t o r s L a y I n l b r m a l i o n o n l a h k An inspired, determined Student

Senate aggressively dealt with sev-e ra l ma jo r campus issues at its regular meeting Tuesday night in the Student Senate room.

Women's at t i re first c ame to the Senate floor. Several concerned women students proposed that the informal dress regulation be changed. The sena tors agreed that the most powerful student organi-zation should take active measures to change the rule. A report was then made that the Association of Women Students board felt that this ma t te r was outside the juris-dicion of the Student Senate, ben.i-ment was strong that the rule needed to be changed.

Afte r thinking over the implica-tions of any action, the senators agreed that they should not act

too hastily on the m a t t e r lest the Senate offend the m e m b e r s of the AWS Board. Final decision on the mat te r was postponed until the next meet ing .

The next issue considered by the Senate was pink slips. Personnel associated with the clinic sent a message to the senate saying they favored an end to pink slips. Said the let ter , "We feel that p nk s l ips have been de t r imenta l to the mor-ale of the student body and that they have hindered the effect ive operation of the cl inic."

Several senators s tated they fav-ored continuing use of pink slips and that they actually encouraged class a t tendance even by s tudents who were not feeling too well. Others felt it discouraged class at-tendance, for those with pink slips

felt e m b a r r a s s e d when they had to walk into a c lass and present them to the teacher .

A motion was m a d e and seconded that p.nk slips be .used only in "ex tenuat ing c i r cums tances . " Af-ter thinking over the possible im-plications of this motion to other c a m p u s groups, such as AWS. the motion was tabled until the next meet ng.

Several senators asked about progress toward bringing a big-n a m e group to campus . It was s ta ted that J a c k i e Dunham w a s unavai lable for professional enter-taining, because this would mean a loss of b is welfare payments . Kate Smith was dropped f rom con-sederat ion on her own request , due to the illness of one member, of her rock-in-roll combo. Someone

suggested that Liberace has a swinging version of the last ounce of B ethoven's F i f th ; this was dis-carded because no one in the Sen-

( ale nau neurd oi LiDjrace. A motion was m a d e and second-

ed that the Senate postpone furth-er considerat on of this ma t t e r until a later meeting. That mot.on was then tabled in an unprecedent-ed move of pa r l i amen ary genius.

Bob Donia. NSA co-ordinator. then presented a buugel request for $618.95 to recover his expendit-ures in a recent t r ip to Chicago on NSA business. Wearing a new Har t . Schafner and Marx suit. Donia explained that such t r ips were necessary to mainta in a high student -morale in conducting the various activities of the NSA com-mit tee . , -

After considering this problem for several minutes , the Senate moved to let Donia handle this with the Adminis t ra t ion. Af te r consider ng the po'ential diff cul-lies the NSA coord ina to r could crea te , the s e n a t e muveu to labie this motion until a later t ime.

Pres ident Neckers asked if there was fu r the r business. Seeing there was none, a motion w^s made to ad journ . After considering the possible consequences of this mo-tion. the Senate decided to t ab .e it for two weeks and everyone left .

Asked for his comment on the work of the Senate so f a r this y e a r . President VanderWerf said. " I admire , respect , and applaud the energy, initiative, and en te rp r i se of the s tudents , adminis t ra t ion and faculty in this f ine endeavor . "

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The Shoulder to the Millstone

0N( i \ ( . \ i \ \ ( ; K r ( ; i \ L P R O I U . K M on om campns has leached a state of h i t he r to u n k n o u n p iopor t ions .

N o longei can the niemhcrs ol ou r cam

pus con i i i iun i tv n u n thei i hacks, ignore the

demands ol ical i tx and wh i le away the i r l ime

in idle 11 ivol i t ies.

l o a ims! The- hai t le chaws near! We are

called to c iad ica le the dep lo iah le state ol af-

la i is f nough t hv ignoiancc and ina in ta ined

hy h igo t i y . Ihe ravages of l ihera l ism in the

c x t i eme have taken thei r lo l l as a th ie l in the

night and those w h o so j i n i i w i t h i n the gates

ol om lai i c i ty, loundecl hy our stalwart lore-

latheis and u|)held hy thei r unshakahle con-

v ic t ions, must he awakened to the subtle

dangers wrought hy the lamentahle trends of

is mode

at every threshold heen so subt ly w o r m i n g

the i r way < in fo Out midst that we have let

sleeping dogs lie? Yes. to steal in as wolves in

sheep's c lo th ing? l ias i l been so l ong that we

have lot got te n what we must do? N o l A

ihousand times never!

So le t us never deceive one-another. W e

cannot h lame anyone hu t ourselves. T h e bur-

den lies upon ou r shoulders, the chains of

human bondage clang at every step. T h o u -

sands. m i l l i ons of the less fo r tuna te cry ou t

lot help.

A n d we? We must never lose sight of the

iransiency of this l i fe. Dust to dust , ashes to

age.

O h No. do not misunderstand me. the

task is not loo heavv lot men ol i ron-g i rded

cletei n i ina i ions. T o weaken now. when suc-

cess is so neai and staneling about al every

hand, is to l i n n awa\ I rom that one great

and g lo i i ous i^eial lo i wh ich we- have str iven

lo i sej long.

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A N D MOW ( i A N \VK soon lorget that to know leai is but to know the power ol the- forces against wh ich we once again

civ o u t ?

T o recapi tu la te : long had our lathers

and the i r ch i ld ren l ived in peace and .har-

m o m un t i l that la te lu l day when unpr inc i -

pled outsiders, jealous ol the cpiiet joy ol ou r

aneestors' l i le . began to p lunge f u l l deep the

tho rn in to those happy dwel lers ' sides.

O u r lathers, unshakable men of invu lner -

able op in ions but noneiheless possessing al l

the; passions and I ra i l i ies wh ich each -human

be ing must bear w i t h i n this vale ol tears, acted

.is we al l know on ly too wel l they d id . 1 heir

deeds must str ike w i t h i n our memories a sym-

pathetic chord . Ie)r a l l they handed down have

made us what we are t o d a y - p r o u d , courag-

eous. sellless. meek and con f iden t in the lace

ol any lool ish attac k - b u t we must never con-

clemn them lo i be inu human .

Foi had not envious hool igans sealed the

lo i t in those un lo rgo i t en years, we too cou ld

now l ive much as d i d those who gave us l i le.

HO W T A T R . T I I I SK F A C T S are known to any schoolboy; am] in the i r long-s tand ing l am i l i a i i ty we loo o l ten stray

in to tak ing them hu granted. Alas! Have

these dangers wh ich now we discover about

ashes, and al l the wh i l e s h u f f l i n g o f f this mor-

tal cod as the days ol our passage on the earth

march on in endless f i le. Say not to me, my

comrades, that we must face the set t ing sun

w i t h laces l i l t ed I rom the highest peak; say

but to me. my brethren, that we must endure l

We are un i ted , then, my fe l lows, and al l

w ho are not for us stand on the o ther side of

the lence. A n d w h o can deny the age-old t r u t h

that un i ted we stand, separated we are b u t a

d i v ided house, though Rome was not b u i l t in

a day? Toge the r , then, al l men of k ind red

spir i ts, raise the timeless song of bat t le, lest

the- dissonance of chaos cut to the bone the

silent w isdom of the centuries.

THK(; o f Y O U , do n o l let me stand alone in this l i gh t , lor the un lo rgo i t en imper-at ive ca l l i ng out to us al last is " O n e for

A l l and A l l lor One. " A n d I for one am shak-

en to the core by the enormi ty of ou r task.

Come. then. Let us speak w i t h one voice

the r ich melody of un i ted assurance. For the

answer is obv ious to anyone w h o w o u l d over-

t u rn the l i rst stone. We must have e d u c a t i o n -

only a more complete unders tand ing of this

f ie ld ol whea l and tares can reap success, lest

the ignorant sow their o w n oats.

We must hasten then, brothers, to take

an inch and use the yard l o wash our d i r t y

l inen A n d re jo ic ing shall re ign in this

sacred land.

Dear ranchor Editor: Readers Speak Out This may sound like sour grapes,

but we girls, the members of the Hope eheerleading squad, are the most f rus t ra ted girLs on the cam-pus.

Every home s a m e we get out on the Civic Center floor and implore our fellow dike-jumpers in the stands to exercise their dia-phragms and give a lusty bellow for those good old Flying Dutch-men. And every home game we end up with laryngitis trying to convince everyone to cheer. All we hear is "Bite 'em. Bite 'em.

In addition while we are cheer-ing for good old Hope, our best beaus are up in the stands laugh-ing and flirting. We cry on each other 's shoulders and swear re-venge. The rest of the evening is spent in breaking up and making

up. So come on everyone, make life

a litt 'e c s ' e r for those girls in the short white skirts out on tihe Civic Center floor. One cheer from you and we'll all be hapoy.

Hope Gollege Cheerlcading Squad

the primitive savagry to which our generation is decay-ing.

For example, at every game a bevy of scantily clad young ladies flounce out onto the floor and, with contortions thinly disguised as-

choreography .but actually rivaled only by the fertility rites of remote Ne Guinea, urge their compatriots to brawling with sc reams of "Let ' s have one big f ight!" The mind reels at the thought, sir, the mind

reels. Could not a special committee be

set up under the auspices of the Religious life Committee. Student Life Committee and SCA to study this deplorable situation The mind reels, s : r , it positively does.

Emily Van Gronkelnortscher

are mortal. Scientists nave the tools in their

hands to wipe out all of civiliza-tion, so looking at the hole thing realisticly, nobody has any cho ce: SCIENCE RAINS SUPREME! We dare anyone to doubt the force of our logic or the profundity of our truth.

Enough said on this indesput-able point. I remain respectfully yours til black ink decomposes,

Galileo Testublnga

I'd like to protest the tacit pa-ganism latent in the cheers we are asked to shout at Hooe sporting events. 1 may be old-fashioned, but I believe I am right in assert-ing that the barbarism inherent in those ghastly chants indicates

In recent weeks a student publi-cation at Hope slated with obvious rancor that science majors have not spent Enough time in broaden-ing their educational experiences with courses and other programs in the humanities.

I, fore one, would like to take excepshun to that point. A science student, especially one like myself investigating the endocrine system of the Congolese tapeworm, has no need for courses in English, history or sighkowlogy. In our lives things are not relative. We are men of logic and reason. We are mortal. Therefore logic and reason

Dear Editor: As a humanities major (com-

posite Music-Russian), I must say that all this demand for science courses for liberal arts studies is noth ng more than a subversive plot by the communists (mostly likely the Chinese) to foist an age of gimmickery upon us.

A little science is JOK, 1 suppose but I seriously believe that this matter of specialization is getting out of hand. After all, once we learn Einstein's Law of Thermo-dynamics and Boils Law for mak-ing steam, how much more must be shoved down our eustachion tubes?

Please, gentlemen, the quantity of mercy isn't changed a whole lot, so why not give us humanity schol-ars a break? Anyway. I know I'm no Galileo Testubinga, but you've got to admit I'm trying.

Jacob J. Jacobsma

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ranchor film review

February 5, 1965

Psych-Philosophy vs X by Clyve Brandwell A '<

LAVISH MUSICAL NUMBERS highlight the new smash hit movie ,4X And The Single Girl." The exotic themes portrayrd in these key scenes (here performed by the Xavier Malibu dancers and chorus) dramatically personify the evil forces included in the overpowering

symbolism of the mystic X.

Variety of Assemblies To Highlight Tuesdays

by Xavier Malibu

A weekly ppsembly program on Tuesdays marks a change in the second semes te r schedule. The change occurred out of a student demand for a g rea te r variety of speakers on the campus .

A student commit tee working with member s of the adminis t ra-tion and faculty has a t tempted to bring speakers to the campus . The purpose of this change, ac-cording to one of the adminis t ra t -ors on the commit tee , is " to sup-plement the daily chapel p rog ram with men of outstanding ability in ar t iculat ing t h e Christian Fa i th . "

Student m e m b e r s of the commit-tee were not avai lable for com-ment .

The commit tee felt tha t the hour set aside for the assembly would permit the speaker to develop his topic more fully. More time, they reasoned, also c rea tes a g rea te r possibility for awakening latent relig.on on the campus .

Plans for all the Tuesdays have not been formalized, but the com-mitte reported that it is scouring •he Reformed Church in western Michigan in order to obtain as many men from as many different kinds of churches as possible.

Next Tuesday, Rev. Menno

Hoogendoom from Byron Center . Mich, will deal with the power of the Gospel in his meditat ion "Christ ianity in the Celery Fie lds ."

Rev. Hoogendoom was born in Zeeland, Mich., and graduated f rom Hope in 1934. He received his B.D. at Western Theological Sem-inary in 1937 and has served par-ishes in Holland, Hamilton, Zee-land. Kalamazoo and most recent-ly. Byron Center .

The rest of the announced speak-ers for the new and broader pro-g ram a re :

Feb. 23—Rev. Albertus Hoovin-ga, Zeeland, Mich., speaking on the church ' s responsibility for in-ner-city work based on his ex-periences in Holland, Zeeland and

Hamilton. March ^—Rev. Hans Vander Flit,

Holland, Mich., s p e a k i n g on "Christianity and Sex: Are the

Two Incompat ib le?" March 9—Rev. Daniel Dyk-

huizen. South Holland. 111., "The Reformed Church and Its Mission to Catholics."

March 1&—Rev. Pieter Vander Bakersma, Overisel. Mich.. "Chris-tianity and the Business Ethic or Why You Should Join the Church ."

March 23—Rev. Dirck Van Our-glass. West Olive, Mich.. "A Sec-ond Look at Integration in a Small Dutch Communi ty . "

The student cha i rman of the commit tee said. "This p rogram gives the student an excellent chance to broaden his unders tand ing of the outside world. These p rog rams have been planned with the interest of every Hope student in mind. The success or fai lure of this program depends on the stu-dent. We hope that each person will take it upon himself to make these assemblies as meaningful as possible to h im."

Dr. Calvin VanderWerf said. "I admire , respect and applaud the energy, initiative and Enterprise of the s tudents , adminis t ra t ion and faculty in this fine endeavor . "

Local moviegoers last night were privileged to view one of the most scintillating Hollywood creat ions in veri table ages.

"X And The Single Gir l" will undoubtubly Ix' every responsible cr i t ic 's choice for this y e a r ' s Oscar. Based on Edna Hamil ton 's mercur ia l nation-wide bestsel ler . • Seduction In Math 15," the film is a scathing probe into the myr i ad complexities of the human spirit and undermining influences of mid-dle-class immoral i ty .

Set in a smal l mid-western col-lege town, the tortured story un-folds in the classroom of n in-troductory ma themat i c s course in a small mid-western college class-; oom. The camera is focused sym-bolically on the slender ankle of an unwary co-ed. (The psycho-philosophical ramif icat ions ol this alone are shat ter ing.) Throughout the mas te r fu l work angles l.ke this are continually utilized to produce many st irr ing effects.

The co-ed. a charming young math major , is Bette Davis at her most voluptuous. Although Miss Davis has affected some awesome and admirab le charac te r iza t ions during her r a the r prolific ca ree r , ihis one is by far the most astound-ing. Her soul-rending to rment begins with a seem ng.y innocent personal relationship with her fiercely a t t rac t ive instructor , play-ed with charac ter i s t ic dash and bravado by Bert Lahr .

While taking advan tage of the proverbial "excel lent opportunities for sound student-faculty relation-ships" Lahr leads the unwitting Davis into a deadly t rap of de-ception. cr ime, lust, passion, guilt, self - destruct ion and. ironically,

sin. The web of emotional and psy-

chological complications is streng-thened. if not created in totality, to say the least, by the superb abundance—or one might more ac-curately say. superabundance—of symbolism. This is fur ther en-hanced, if not completely and more than usually effectively projected, by a not loo inhibited application of various and quite ar t is t ic , one

Painting To Be Unveiled Sunday,

South Africa To Donate Artwork Sometime on Sunday, Feb . 7, in

Van Zoeren Library, an orginal sketch by the South Afr ican ar t is t Klaas Vander Wist will be un-veiled for public scrutiny, provided it can be sent through the mail .

The presentation will be made by a representat ive of the South Afr ican government who was pas-sing through Holland on his way to 'Miami Beach for a two-month

vacation.

The painting is all black and white, featur ing occasional splot-ches of yellow in the b j r e spots. The subject of the painting was not disclosed, but inside word has il that the ar t is t has given an im-

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might in ter ject , and highly skill-ful, if not superbly mas te r fu l , cam-era techniques.

The inherent symbolism in the ordinary classroom situation was one of the f i lm 's most shocking, if not totally comprehensible, pro-jections. The clean, untouched pieces of chalk—of di f ferent colors: the view of the chapel steeple through the window: the parabol is drawn with careful precision on the board: these all served to more dynamical ly and electr i fying un-derscore the underlying principle of the film.

And one cannot think too long on this principle. Yet. one cannot fail to think on it. It is an int ' insic par t of each of our daily existenc-es. It is that force which governs our most significant and far reach-ing actions. This principle, this " X . " this universal symbol of the passionate s t rugg 'o of mankind is the underlying principle of the fi lm; it is the underlying principle of our lives.

Therefore , any • movie thea t r e should not only be anxious but proud as well to fly this p ic ture ' s n a m e f rom its highest m a r q u e e .

Mortarboard's French Film

Utilizes Li^ht - Dark Symbols The next in the series of Mortar-

Board f i lms is the French f i lm. • "Aus Meinen Leben und Denken."

The film is unique in its pres-entation of the stream-of-conscious-ness of a F rench Foreign Legion soldier on the Algerian deser t . The English titles come through well against the background of the des-ert in contrast to other foreign movies.

The ent i re movie is set dur ing the scorching daylight and night is shown to be com.ng but never fully present . One cri t ic said con-cerning this. "The motif of the light of day and the darkness of night is util zed effectively to pro-claim the existential ist doctrine of meaning only in life and absolute absence of meaning in dea th . "

The cri t ic fur ther explicated the mountains on the horizons as being phallic symbols. "Autho1* B . r d o t . " he said, " s e e m s to be saying that all of life is sensual, aspiring towards a divine being which is essentially f ema le . "

The movie fea tu res an all-male cast of unknown actors. The entire cast was praised for its pe r formance al the Cannes F i lm Festival. Said the judges. "These men convey man ' s essentially ani-malistic and sensual nature . Pro-ducer Dureau. in spite of his c laim that he discovered these men at the Sorbonne. could only find men of such baseness in the bars of Pa r i s . "

Said the cha i rman of the Mortar-

Board film p rog ram. Carina Kim-tovitch. "I urge all s tudents to at-tend th 's film for its re levancy to m a n ' s contemporary situation and its message of profundi ty ."

The film will be shown in Snow And torium at 7 and 9 p.m. Said Dr. Calvin VanderWerf . " I admire , respect , and applaud the energy, init iative and en te rpr i se of the stu-dents. adminis t ra t ion and faculty in this cultural e n d e a v o r . "

Millstone Late

After Strikes

Editor Arslee Waxwing of the Hope College M llstone announced today that the Millstone will not be available for some lime yet.

"We hope lo receive them as soon as the p r in te r ' s s t r ike is ove r , " Waxwing said.

F o r m e r delays were the result of a photographers ' s str ike, a copy-readers ' str ike, failure of ad-equa te censoring supervision and the lack of a reason for publishing the thing at all.

"P roduc t on has been slow, but we have learned from our mis-t akes , " said the editor. "And we have really learned a lot."

Asked for a comment on the new-est development. Dr. VanderWerf s ta ted, "Tha i ' s loo bad ."

pressionistic interpretat ion of a city al night with all the lights off.

Litt le is known about the ar t is t except that he graduated f rom a fly-by-night ar t academy in the outskirts of Par is . He swept floors for three months in the Louvre and word has it he was inspired to become an art is t a f t e r resigning

f rom this job.

Asked for his opinion concerning the actions taken to bring the painting to campus, P'resident VanderWerf staled, "1 admire , respect , and applaud the energy, initative and en terpr i se of the s tudents , adminis t rat ion and fac-ulty in this cul tural endeavor . "

A Slip of the Tongue (ISothin^ Changed But Names

To Protect the Innocent) Several key members of the Religious Li e Commit tee were

late in arr iving al that group 's meet ing in the Pres iden t ' s room a week ago Thursday .

The cha i rman stated that there were several important i tems al the lop of the agenda and he opposed beginning until everyone

was there . "1 move we place the least important things on the top of the

agenda , " a fellow faculty m e m b e r said. The cha i rman replied, "All right WPl you open w ; lh p r a y e r ? " Dr. VanderWerf was nol available for comment .

Reprinted hy permission of the Chicago Tribune

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