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Hope College Bnchor Ofiicial Publication of the Students of Hope College at Holland Michigcm November 8 , 1 9 4 8

Frosk-Soph Girls To Hold

Annual Nykerk Cup Contest Burning of the Green Wil l Take Place at Ceremony on Hope's Athletic Field

On November 19 the Annual Ny-

kerk Cup Contest will be held in

the Holland High School Auditor-

ium. This will give the sophomore

girls an opportunity to vindicate

the defeat their opposite sex suf-

fered in the frosh-soph pull, or the

Frosh girls an opportunity to ac-

centuate the superiority of their

class.

Louise Ter Beek of the Student Council will act as general chair-man with J o h n n y Parsons in charge of the Burning of the Green, which will take place on Hope's athletic field immediately following the contest. At this time suitable penalties will be awarded to those freshmen who have erred.

For the contest, Ruth Hoffman will organize the sophomore girls under the direction of Senior Coach Alice Laughlin. Anne V a n d e r Veer, as junior coach, will guide the freshman girls, captained by Peggy Prins.

Each class will present a musi-cal number, an oration, and a one-act play. A certain number of points is assigned to each activity and the side with the highest total receives the cup with their class numerals inscribed on it. AI Stav-er. Student Council president, will present the cup.

Judges for the a f fa i r will be Dr. John Hollenbach, Dr. William Schier, and Mrs. W. Curtis Snow.

The contest originated in 1036 under Dr. T. B. Nykerk, Dean of Men at Hope, who donated the cup.

Prof. McLean Becomes New Business Manager

E. Paul McLean, professor of psychology and sociology, has been appointed business manager of Hope College by President Irwin J. Lubbers. Mr. McLean, who has been with the college for the past eighteen years, has served as busi-ness manager of the Athletic asso-ciation and has had valuable ex-perience as a successful manager of various business enterprises.

Mr. McLean will have charge of all kitchens, dining halls, buildings, grounds and campus employees. The major portion of his teaching will be taken over by Alvin Van-denbush, who was recently added to the faculty, although Mr. Mc-Lean will continue to teach a few of his advanced courses for the remainder of the year.

College Publication Receives News of First Class Rating

The Hope College publication, THK ANCHOR, received a ra t ing of 10 points below All-American from the Associated Collegiate Press for 1944-45.

The Associated Collegiate Press re turns with its ra t ing a score-book whereby the staff will know both its s trong and its weak points. T H E ANCHOR received very good scoring in news coverage, origin-ality in its feature stories, and in the organization of its news stor-ies. The editorials received an ex-cellent rat ing also. There were some weak parts and these were the lack of a page given entirely to sports; the over-use- of labels, and lack of color on the editorial page.

The staff of THE ANCHOR are to be congratulated on its high honor and its rating.

Education Majors Hear Speaker

Last Monday evening at 7:30 all Elementary Education majors and those interested in Elementary Education gathered at the Wash-ington School.

Mr. Moran, director of the physi-cal education program in the Hol-land s c h o o l s, illustrated many games for elementary school chil-dren and everyone joined in play-ing them.

Later in the evening Miss Hawes, the sponsor of the club, served frostbites for everyone.

Latin Institute Features B. Alvarez, Dr. Santos

Speakers Entertain Faculty, Students

With Vivid Pan-American Description Gertrude Vredeveld

What is more sure than death and taxes? The independ-ability of the railroads; for we waited patiently from 1:15 until 5:40 on Monday afternoon, when our two new friends, Miss Blanca Alvarez and Dr. E. Malta-Santos descended f rom their train to spend two days in Holland as Latin-American exchange students from the University of Michigan.

Dinner at the Tavern, given by Miss Metta J . Ross and Mrs. Peter Pr ins and entertaining the senior students of the Latin-American history class and the Spanish class, was their f i r s t meeting. Miss Alvarez, who spoke a very broken but charming English, talked about

P & M Cast Begins Practice for Plays

The newest Palette and Masque production is a missionary play now in rehearsal. It is entitled "If I Be His Disciple," and is going to be presented in various churches in the vicinity of Holland. The play is under the direction of Miss Helen Goff and Miss Jane t Huiz-enga.

The cast for this missionary play j includes the Misses Iris Vander ; Bunte, Marie Buttlar, Jean Mi-|haley, Alice Van Kempen, Arlene Wheaton, Mary Young, and Irene

i Heemstra.

"If I Be His Disciple" is to be i presented at the next meeting of | Palette and Masque so that the group may criticize the production from various aspects. By thus ana-lyzing its productions the club hopes ot be able to perfect this and future presentations.

The Palette and Masque stage crew under the direction of Dr. Hollenbach met on Tuesday eve-ning, October 30, to work on the sets for Palette and Masque pro-ductions. At that time the group was the guest of Dr. Hollenbach

1 at a party. They played various games pertaining to s tage work, and enjoyed refreshments.

her troubles with the language when she first arrived; telling that one very common word especially p u z z l e d her, and she looked through all the W's in the diction-ary for "watsamat ter ."

Introduced at Chapel

Their f irst public appearance was Tuesday morning when Miss Ross introduced them to the chapel as-sembly. Wearing a red hat perched jauntily over one eye. Miss Alvarez gave us an over-all picture of Ven-ezuela today. Seventy per cent of its small population is illiterate which accounts in part for the cur-rent revolution. In this mercenary age, the classes there are divided, not according to wealth, but are based upon the old aristocracy; the relatively large upper class being comprised of pure white (mostly Spanish). The middle class is very small, and the very large lower class is made up mostly of the mixed Indian and Negro races. Their women are still home-women and the r ights of the opposite sexes are distinctly different . This will bo the f i r s t year tha t both men and women voted.

Ate Brazilian Meal .

Dr. Malta-Santos, a handsome dashing cab&JIero, took us with him to his brother 's cocoa planta-tion in Bahia, where we arose a t seven to swim in the river, milked the cows, had a breakfas t of home-grown bananas, a t e Brazilian beans for lunch, read in Portuguese the jokes from a copy of the Reader 's Digest in a special Brazilian edi-tion, saw the cocoa beans as they are dried without benefit of ma-

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Alpha Chi to Hold Annual Pledge Night

The Alpha Chi will hold its

monthly meeting the evening of

November . 15th at 7:30 in the

chapel. It is to be a candlelight

sen*ice during which the new mem-

bers will sign their pledges.

The president. Warren Hietbrink,

will administer the pledge which

reads as follows: "Trust ing in the

Lord Jesus Christ for strength, I,

as a messenger of Christ, accept-ing the call of God for full time service, will constantly strive to live in such a way as to uphold the standard of the Christian ministry, for as much as lieth in me." All those present who plan to enter full time Christian service are urged to join the society.

The speaker for the evening is to be Prof. Eugene Osterhaven, and Alpha Chi is looking forward to i ts a n n u a l , most impressive meeting.

Attention Clubs A meeting of all organization

presidents, or their representatives,

will be held in the Anchor office

on Thursday, November 7, a t 2:00.

The purpose of this meeting is

to inaugurate a new system of

news gathering. The more promi-

nent organizations have received

much publicity, and others have received none. This is an e f fo r t to cover efficiently and fairly all phases of campus activities.

Rev. Hakken Addresses Joint Chapel Meeting

On Tuesday evening. November 6, the YVVCA and the YMCA of Hope college assembled at a joint meeting in the Chapel to hear an address by Rev. Bernard D. Hak-ken, of the United Mission of Meso-potamia.

In his very interesting and il-lustrative fashion. Rev. Hakken compared the life and religion of the Arabians to our American methods.

The devotions were in charge of members of the YMCA. A solo was given by Helen Van Dyk.

YM Hears Message on The Goal Posts of Life

"The Goal Posts of Li fe" was the topic for the evening given by Dr. Pyle at the YMCA on Oc-tober 30.

There is a place for each human in God's plan for man. Realization of ambitions and a t ta inment of the true mission of life is accomplish-ing the goal of life on earth in the Lord's name. However, those who do not attain this mission are not as successful and completely happy as those who do.

Special music was played by Bet-ty Fuller, popular harpis t on the campus. Bill Geiger led the hymn service and Bill Gee, the devotions.

Spanish Students Stage Informal Get-Together

Members of the Spanish Club assembled a t the home of Mrs. Peter Pr ins on November 8, 1945, at 7:30 fo r their monthly meeting.

The program was an informal get- together followed by a short business meeting which was con-ducted by the president,. Glenna Gore, and was carried on in Span-ish. I t was decided t ha t no dues will be required of members of the club.

L. Pyle Appoints Milestone Staff

The Milestone s taff has made seven new appointments this fall. Of the new appointees, one is t ransfer student.

Miss Gertrude Vredeveld and Miss Glenna- Gore will work on the Literary s ta f f . Miss Gore be-nig t ransferred f rom the Business s taff . Mr. Bill Geiger and Mr. Bill Gee will be working as s taff photographers with Miss Mary Alice Van Dyke assisting them in developing the pictures.

The Business Staff will now have

the help of Mr. Warren Hietbrink, while Misses Lois and Jean Meu-lendyke will aid Miss Phyllis Has-kin in a r ranging class portrai ts .

Miss Luella Pyle, as editor of the Milestone this year, is assisted by the associate editor. Miss Rosa-lind Scholton. The l i terary s t a f f , not including the new appointees, is composed of Miss Marion Kor-teling, Miss Ellene Bosland, Miss Barbara Bilkert, Miss Joanne Dec-ker, Miss Elaine Meeusen, Miss Betty Timmer, Miss Vivian Dyk-ema, and Miss Marion Dame.

Miss Phyllis Haskin is in charge of class portraits , Mr. Gene Van Tamelen is the art editor, and Mr. Bill Haak takes over the Business staff manager 's duties. Mr. Dick Vriesman will handle the circula-tion.

Those, helping with advertising are Mr. John Mooi, Miss Veda Efird, Miss Ann Fikse, Miss Louise Ter Beek, Miss Betty Van Lente, Mr. Bob Danhof, Mr. Harold Des Autels, and Miss Harriet Hains.

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Choirs to Present Handel's Messiah

Plans are being made for the annual presentation of Handel's "Messiah" on December 18 in the Hope M e m o r i a l Chapel. Miss Trixie Moore ' of Holland High School will be the conductor and Mrs. W. Curtis Snow of the college faculty will accompany on the or-gan.

The choir, composed of approxi-mately 300 voices, includes the col-lege choir, high school choir, stu-dents, and town people. The four soloists are from Chicago. There will be no admission charge, but a free-will offer ing will be taken.

On December 14 the college choir is invited to part icipate in the "Messiah" to be given a t Kala-mazoo by choirs of all Western Michigan. This will be under the auspices of Western State. This is a revival of similar presentations given in previous years.

French Club to Feature Style Show at Meeting

French Majors will view a pa-rade of fashions at the meeting to be held in the Sorosis Room on Thursday, November 18. Af ter Paris and New York styles are modeled by some of the girls in the club, a discussion of fashions will ensue. Comparison will be made between pre-war and post-war fashions.

Another vital par t of the pro-gram will consist of the playing of games in which all members must speak "en f rancaise ."

Phyllis Voss, secretary of the club, has planned the program and will preside at the meeting.

Scalpel Club Hears Lundberg, Koeman

President Marjorie Van Vranken welcomed the new members of the Scalpel Club on Tuesday, Novem-ber 6, in the science library. A brief business meeting was held.

Athlyn Lundberg presented a paper on the vital and increasingly important subject of "Penicillin." Francis Koeman gave a paper on the much publicized "R H Blood

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Senior Students Receive Who's Who Recognition

Character, Scholarship/ and Leadtrship Form Main Basis of Sdcction To National Society

The 1945-46 issue of Who's Who Among Students in Amer-

ican Universities and Colleges will contain the biographies of

nine Hope College students. Those named by the editor of

the publication, H. Pet tue Randall, for this outstanding honor

were Dorothy Atkins, New York; Elaine Bielefeld, Holland;

Natalie Bo sman, Holland; Wilbur Brandli, New Je r sey ; Ruth

Ellison, New York; Ruth Joldersma, New York; Elizabeth

Romaine, New Jersey ; Alan Staver, New York, and Joyce

Van Oss, Holland.

Reverend Mr. Hoogstra Speaks at YM Meeting

T h e Reverend Mr. Hoogstra Christian Reformed Minister in Holland, gave an inspiring talk on "Powerless Power," at the YM meeting held on Ocotber 23.

His theme was that no mat ter what devastation and power are .vrought against the Christian church, faith will always remain in the hearts of the true Christian. No force of any size can drive Christianity out of the heart of mankind. However, other powers, physical and mental, as s t rong as they may be do not have the power of Christianity.

Bill Hillegons lead in devotions and Bill Gee was in charge of the hymn service.

Majors in Education Begin Practice Teaching

Senior education students are again practice teaching in the ele-mentary and high schools of Hol-land.

The girls teaching in the high schools are : Miss Ruth Ann Pop-pen, teaching music under Miss Moore; Miss E l e a n o r Mulder, teaching physical education under Mr. Morgon; Miss Elaine Bielefeld, teaching English under Miss Van-derWerf ; Miss Natalie Bosnian, teaching English under Miss Brow-er; Miss Dorthea Dixon, teaching citizenship under Miss Denton; Miss Patricia Haskins, teaching English under Miss Shackson; Miss Sue Leestma, teaching Latin under Miss Gieger; Miss Joyce Van Oos, teaching English under Miss Van Dyke; Miss Dorothy Weyenberg, teaching English under Miss Mul-der and Miss Nelliemae Wezeman, teaching English under Mr. Velt-man.

The Hope College students teach-ing in the elementary schools a re : Mrs. Harr iet Van Donkelar, teach-ing at 'Washington School under Mrs. Henchaw; Miss Elsie Parsons, teaching at Van Raalte School un-der Mrs. M. Weaver; Miss Marian Mastenbrook, teaching at l^ongfel-low School under Miss Florence Kossen. Also, Miss Betty Van Ta-tenhove, teaching at Van Raalte School under Miss M. Kossen; Miss Betty DeVries, teaching a t Van Raalte School under Mrs. William Schrier; Miss Lucille Voss, teach-ing at Van Raalte under Miss Mil-dred Weaver; Miss Lena Hibma, teaching at Washington School un-der Mrs. Hencha; Miss Angeline Thurling, t e a c h i n g a t Lincoln School under Miss Zonneville, anA Miss Adeline Sybisma, teaching at Van Raalte School under Miss B. Gibbs.

Selections are based on charac-ter, scholarship, leadership in ex-tra-curricular activities, and po-tentiality for fu ture usefulness to business and society. A commit-tee composed of Hope College fac-ulty members makes the actual nomination. Those students grad-uating in 1946 were eligible for this honor.

Four main functions are per-formed by Who's Who Among Students. At the beginning of col-lege life it o f fe rs an incentive to Jo better work, and finally it acts as a compensation to students for what they have already achieved. Also, it acts as a s tandard of meas-urement for students comparable to other recognized scholastic and sen-ice organizations. The most important function of all is the recommendation of successful stu-dents to the business world. This publication is the only national means of recognition for students which is devoid of all fees and dues.

One of the main services per-formed by the editors of Who's Who is to aid students listed in their book to make contacts for employment immediately following their graduation. The student may-list his choice of f i rms, to which his complete record is sent by the replacement bureau. Although the book is not published until spring, copies of the s tudents ' biographies are sent to various companies and firms to be filed. The service also hopes to place re turning veterans, who have been listed previously in the publication, in desirable posi-tions.

Librarian Sponsors Current Display on American Painting

This week's library display, in keeping with American Ar t Week, features paintings and biographies of American art is ts . In the book "The Way of Western Art ," Ed-gar Preston Richardson presents the development of western a r t throughout the nineteenth century.

Also on display is Cuthbert Lee's "Early American Por t ra i t Paint-ers" in which the biographies of 14 early American painters are given. Par ts of the exhibit have been borrowed-from the S ta t e Li-brary and the Holland Public Li-brary.

All Hope students interested in a r t should sign the paper that has been placed on the display table and state what type of courses they would be interested in if a r t were offered at Hope. American Art week is sponsored by the A m e r i c a n Art is ts Professional league.

Project Remains Secret Generous Amounts Donated Each Year

Now tha t Thanksgiving is com-

ing near, we who have been on Hope's campus f o r a year or more know t h a t it 's time fo r another Mission Drive. J u s t when it is, only the Y cabinets know, but we're anxiously await ing the drive, because each year it br ings added excitement.

For the benefit of those who have not heard of Hope's annual Mission Drive, we are reprint ing a portion of an article which ap-

peared in the Church Herald, Feb-

ruary 16, 1946.

Project Inaugurated

"On February 6, 1917, the proj-

ect was inaugurated on an o f fe r

of Dr. Chamberlain, the Secretary

of the Board of Foreign Missions

a t tha t time, to name the High

School of Madanapelle, India 'Hope

High School' if the students of Hope would raise the salary of the principal. Mr. John D. Muyskens was the principal and continued until 1919. Dr. Irwin Lubbers was principal f rom 1919-22, and Mr. C.

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It There Individual Expression? "The purpose of th is society is to promote l i terary activity

on the campus." T h a t is a quotation f r o m the Consti tution

of a local sorori ty . Such l i terary activity consists of a seri-

ous paper , humor paper, music number, with thanks, or

apologies, to the Reader ' s Digest, Bob Hope or records. One

hour, hurr iedly-prepared, meetings are not ful f i l l ing the

func t ions to Which these societies have pledged themselves.

One of the main tenets of Greek letter societies is tha t

these organizat ions allow the individual to express h imsel f ;

to develop certain cultural and social graces. As they are

now constructed it is an impossibility for a society to per-

f o r m its purpose. Those gir ls who are outs tanding because

of their personali t ies and social amiabilit ies are pledged and

thus given an opportuni ty to intensify the i r talents. Those

presumably lacking such capabilities are ignored and subse-

quently deprived of any occasion to ampl i fy their latent po-

tent ial i ty .

The opportuni ty to develop close f r iendship is also em-

ployed in the defense of sororities and f ra te rn i t i es . Certain

elements of this a rgument are feasible. The ties of f r iend-

ship, however, a re formed on the basis of class or group

consciousness — another name for snobbery. Thus is ex-

cluded f i r m f r iendships with other society members under

the assumption the la t ter ' s s t andards are not quite up to par .

W. A. L. and Student Council a re ma jo r s tudent organiza-

tions. As such they are capable of planning all-college func-

tions. These organizat ions would funct ion more effectively

if they were not compelled to compete with the societies

mediocre a t t empts to absorb the social life of their member-ship.

It seems tha t the time is at hand for us to decide whether

we are to funct ion as a college or in separa te exclusive units.

Hope College Anchor

Letters To Editor Dear Editor:

All the letters received by the Edi tors have not been pub-

lished this week due to limited space. We appreciate s tudent

interest in this vital issue. We shall make every e f fo r t to

pr in t all let ters in subsequent issues.

We have included an excerpt opposing the abolition of

sororit ies. This inclusion does not mean tha t the Anchor is

deviat ing f rom its editorial policy. Our policy favors the

abolition of Greek^ letter societies — but olTTTuncTion as^a

newspaper necessitates thaTaTTopinions be reflected.

I am in entire agreement wit

the proposal to abolish sororities

as suggested in the last issue of

the Anchor.

After seeing them in operation

for a year a t Hope, I am more than

convinced tha t they are irreconcili

able with the Christian principles

which we profess to be Hope's

ideals. On Tuesday evenings we

are united in the spirit of brother

hood acknowledging our common

.ieed and equality in the sight of

God. On Friday, in contrast, we

jnite in the company of a "chosen

few who are content to fur ther our

own interests and supposedly de-

velop our own talents, excluding

those whom we deem inferior or

unable to contribute something

Can two sudh attitudes exist adja-

cently in sincere people?

The valuable contribution of the

sorority to its own group, I seri-jusly doubt. The enlightenment, Hification and entertainment do not attain to the college level of intelligence in most instances. This is not altogether a personal opin-ion but one which has been shared ay many who attend sorority meet-ings. The time, e f for t and money Ahich is given to sororities could •ontribute to a more worthy and ruitful cause. And, most impor-

.ant, we could approach more -'osely the reality of a Christian .•ampus ra ther than making it an jnattainable ideal.

Jean Watson.

Unlimited Destruction The Atomic Bomb has unleashed unlimited possibilities of

destruct ion. One of the most important problems before the world is the control of this unknown power.

Unless this control is international and effective, the Giea t Powers will be enveloped in a vain search for securi ty and dash madly into a war of complete annihilat ion. It is our problem to prevent the United States f rom leading the world in a catastrophic a rmament race.

"College s tudents should place the weight of their opinions behind the nat ion 's outstanding scientists who a re urg ing the United States to adopt an unprecedent measure for internat ional control of atomic energy.

As s tudents and faculty members we should d r a f t a series of proposals directed to Pres ident T r u m a n urg ing 1) tha t the United States propose an internat ional organization for the control of production and use of atomic energy; 2) t ha t the United States allow our production facilities to be in-spected and controlled by tha t commission on the condition tha t other countr ies do the same; 3) that this action be fol-lowed regardless of pressure for domestic control ; 4) that a domestic agency be appointed for research in the field of atomic energy.

Hope College Anchor Member

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Barbara Bilkert

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Dear Editor:

The problem of continuing or iisbanding sororities is a very :omplex one, and some of the is-•ues involved, such as cliquishness, ire too deeply rooted in human lature to be solved with a wave if the hand and a "good-bye" to sororities. Furthermore, in addi-tion to the very obvious evils of the sorority system there are some very valuable features.

We sorority members have had i great deal of fun in our sorori-ties. We have made friends in them which we would not otherwise have made, because they brought together girls of di f ferent classes and from campus and off-campus in one close circle. Through soror-ity we have had opportunities for leadership and activities which we would not have had without them. The sororities have had definite cultural and social values. They have been able to offer us much which could not be offered in a larger, more impersonal and more unwieldly organization. For these reasons many of us would be very-sorry to see sororities discarded.

There are many girls, of course, who are unhappy because they are not in sororities. Would they be measurably happier without them? Wouldn't we still have the cliques which are so prevalent in high schools and colleges and which have been worse in some non-soror-ity schools than in others with sororities? Perhaps there is a bet-ter way of solving this problem. Our sister college. Central, has a sorority system which has suc-ceeded in including every girl in the college. Couldn't we try to work out such a system at Hope before doing something as drastic as disbanding sororities?

Hard feelings between girls of

cilable to Christ 's teachings on our dealings with other people in love.

Dorothea Dixon.

To the Editor:

I should like to make a few

comments in regard to the excel-

lent editorial of last week's An-

chor issue. I am in thorough agree-

ment with the ideas expressed

therein concerning the abolishment

of sororities.

One of the major arguments against the presence of sororities is the fact that their exclusiveness is not a wholesome condition on our campus.

The system by which the organi-zations function is a direct anti-thesis of all democratic principles; specifically, their method of accept-ing new girls into their inner circle.

Such a movement as the aboli-tion of sororities on Hope's cam-pus is a definite reform, both worthwhile and necessary now and even more so for the future of the college.

Ruth Ellison.

Guns To HominghPidgeons Barbara Bilkert

All of us are glad to see the

"ve ts" slowly but definitely com-

ing back to our campus. Some have

been here before and even more

are going through the "indoctrina-

tion process" but it won't be long before they'll be "drilled, equipped

and maneuvered" for permanent

occupation at Hope. Unfortunate-

ly, a few have "special matrimon-

ial armor" which means "hands

off co-eds," but the majori ty of

them are still vulnerable — let's

not shove, girls. This is as good a

time as any to get acquainted.

Kothi

First we interview Ist Lt. Gene

Rothi — one of the "pram push-

ers." He has a sixteen-month-old

To the Editor:

I would like to commend you very highly for your editorial in the last Anchor. You have brought out into the open a question that few have dared to broach before for fear of treading on the toes of those who are steeped in sorority consciousness and sorority tradi-tions.

The majority of the girls on this campus belong to sororities because it is the thing to do. We meet in our exclusive little groups each Friday evening and pass up many more cultural and worthwhile ac-tivities because illness and church activities are the only excuses for not attending. Sororities are not ssential to the social life on this ampus when everyone cannot be ncluded. More time and money is

spent on sororities than can ever be gained from them.

And if the abolishment of soror-ities will do away with one ques-tion asked by every new Hopeite —What sorority does she belong to?—a great step in breaking down social barriers will have been taken. Why cannot Hope students be known for what they are, and not for the sorority they belong to?

This movement shows great fore-sight, not only for now, but for the future and its success will insure an even greater Hope.

Alice Laughlin.

Dear Editor:

In reply to the Editorial, "Do you want sororities," I would like to give briefly my opinion of the problem.

The complex way of living which now exists is full of competition in one way or another. This should not be considered unchristian. It is only right, that people should strive to accomplish their aims in life. We also have this same com-petition in entering sororities. It develops the person's personality and character, bringing out their good points of being truly friendly and thoughtful of others.

By facing this problem while still in college, we will be benefited in later life.

After the girl is in a sorority her artistic abilities are discovered and she has opportunity to develop these abilities.

to the tenets of Christianity." I am sincerely convinced that at

Hope College sorority organizations should cease to be, and that the Editor's proposal for good concert and lectures series be seriously-considered.

Nelliemae Wezeman.

Dear Editor:

All around me there are pro and con arguments about sororities. I have listened to, and participated in many of these and have come to the conclusion that the argu-ments against, make the arguments for, seem weak by comparison.

My one and only question is, "Are sororities, even at their best, basically Christian as we know Christianity through the teachings and principles of Chr is t?" I'm not going to speak of their social or cultural value, their ability to

bring out" or "tone down" a girl; that can be left to someone else.

I could never attend another black ball meeting and then on the next Friday and subsequent Fri-days listen to Scriptures being read and prayers being offered up, asking that we be more Christ-like in our thoughts, words, and deeds.

I have come to the conclusion that if I want to really live my Christianity, I cannot belong to a sorority, unless I care to be a hyp-ocrite. I want to make my Chris-tianity more purposeful and con-sistent. In view- of this, I cannot belong to a sorority and am defi-nitely in favor of abolishing them.

Rosemary Finlaw.

the past years, could not some-thing be done to change these rules without liquidating the whole idea of sororities?

Marge Karsiea.

Ruth Ruys Rachel Dykstra

Laura Johnson Grace Wagemaker Dick Vriesman Bob Stoppels Dave Karsten Ginny Hemmes

Jean Meulendyke

REPORTERS Marcie Westerman

, Gerry Scheerens Alida Kloosterman Betty Timmer Harriet Hains Peggy Prins Arkie Wieten Mary Vander Wege

Betty Vander Wege Carolyn Ingham Marian Hanna Ellene Bosland Phyllis Dietrich Ruth Bonga Joanne Decker Lois Meulendyke

Lois Van Wyck

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. I f so many of us feel that rush-different sororities have also been 1 ing has been a great problem in bemoaned — justifiably. .Couldn't " we work through the Pan-Hellenic board for better feeling? Perhaps the board would be able to work out a system of monthly joint sor-ority meetings on a rotation basis so that every sorority would have at least two meetings or parties with every other sorority in the course of the year. This would do much to establish friendly att i tudes between rival groups. Every sor-ority, too, should f igh t hard feeling on the par t of its members towards those not in their group. I'm all for improving the present sorority conditions, but I'm not at all sure I'd like to give sororities up.

Luella Pyle.

Dear Editor:

Having witnessed the sororities and their pa r t on this campus for three years and having been an active member fo r the f i r s t year and a half, I feel t ha t sororities have been the veiy antithesis of the high purpose of the campus — "Make Christ King of the Cam-pus." In fac t it has practically blotted this out. Such discrimina-tions and tear ing apar t that goes with the "black-ball" are irrecon-

Dear Editor:

I read with keen interest C.C.'s penetrating letter advocating the abolishment of sororities from our campus. Every thoughtful Chris-tian student must agree with the spirit of that fine letter.

I was especially In agreement with C.C.'s acknowledgment of the fact that the scholastic achieve-ments of a college suf fe r decidedly under the pressure of too many social activities. Hope College is an educational institution. Its aim as stated in the Hope College Bul-letin is to o f fe r education on a "distinctly Christian basis." Can sororities justifiably exist on a dis-tinctly Christian campus? Do they contribute sufficiently to the stim-ulation and growth of moral and intellectual integrity to warrant their existence in a Christian insti-tution of higher learning? The answer is obvious, fo r selected groups such as sororities are as C.C. succinctly stated, "antithetical

Dear Editor:

Do women have to be ca t ty? Does there have to be a black-ball system? Will the abolishment of sororities on this campus solve these problems? Several of us say "No," for we feel that the att i tude for and against sororities are quite balanced. Why then should there be hard feelings among sorority-sisters about these points, if a solution can be produced?

We have all seen how sororities help most girls. The weekly pro-grams prove excellent opportuni-ties for bringing out hidden talents in a co-ed. These small groups give each person a chance at being clever and original. Also, because they contain both upper and lower classmen, and have students inter-ested in all phases of education, we are stimulated to new interests beyond any central thought on French ways, dramatics or music, as a campus club would have. The competitive spirit which sororities provide help prepare us for the competition we will meet when we leave Hope.

Therefore, why do away with something which can be helpful? To combat the undemocratic and unchristian practices in a sorority, and to sat isfy those of us who are against these ideas, a Women's In-dependent club could be formed. This club might become a sister organization of Tri Alpha, which has proven very successful. The club would be open to all non-sor-ority members, and would hold regular meetings on Friday eve-nings. The black-ball system, catty remarks during elections and regu-lar m e e t i n g s , and any rushing would be omitted, and all girls would have an opportunity to prove their worth, and gain experience in planning programs, parties, etc.

There is a definite need for an organization of this kind on the campus, if sororities are to con-tinue. I t might not only prove to be helpful to those who join, but also the Independent /Club could give enough competition to the sor-orities, so that they would have to clean themselves out, and come up to the level of Hope College.

Bunny Goff.

daughter whom he'd never seen

•jntil this past November. A Mich-

igan boy, he hails from Grand

Haven but has has seen a lot of

.he world since he left Hope in '42

to join the Air Corps. He got his '.raining in the "Lone Star S ta te"

ind a f t e r receiving his commission

is a pilot from Lubboch Field, was

shipped overseas in June, '44.

England was home until the fol-'owing March, during which time he flew C-47's and C-46's across the channel with paratroopers for the Holland invasion and later in France for the Rhineland invasion. His unit also towed gliders to the battlefields, carried supplies, and 3vacuated the wounded.

In France he was stationed at Amiens, about 100 miles north of Paris. They were able to make very profitable trades with the French. Cigarettes, soap, etc., gut chem almost anywhere. His wife has enough perfume to last her forever.

V-E day he flew English occupa-tion troops to Norway- and later convoyed resorting infantrymen to he Riviera. Hubba, hubba!

He has 800 flying hours to his •redit, four battle stars, an air .iiedal, the oak leaf cluster, the residential citation and another •luster. He was discharged with >3 points and we'd say he deserved it. He flew his own plane back .o the U. S.

Back at Hope, he's taking up secondary education in social sci-ence and plans to coach too when 'ie gets a teaching job next fall. )h, to bt back in high school again.

Anderson

Tec. Sarg. Bill Anderson is one )f those New Joisey boys who "went west" and evidently likes it — vice versa — I might add.

Uncle Sam got him as a radio-uan in the Air Corps way back in '41. He was stationed at Mitchell Field, L. I., a year before he started his tour of the Pacific. His f ighter squadron, connected with the 5th Air Force, left the Sta tes in Feb-ruary- via Australia, then on to New Guinea, New- Britain, the Sol-omons, Biac, the Holomaharas, a few others and finally the Philip-pines.

We couldn't get "modest" Bill to talk about the battle but his furloughs in Sidney seemed to be better subject matter. The girls in Australia are wonderful — 'nuff said I!

He left the sen-ice September, '45, with 107 points, four battle stars, a presidential citation the outfit got for a special mission and incidently, a good conduct rib-bon.

Bill is taking a pre-med course at Hope and has four years ahead of him. For a man born in Scot-land, he sure gets around.

Van Zanten

The fellow- who drives around in that de luxe maroon convertible is Corp. Bob Van Zanten, Holland. He spent '41 through '42 a t Hope and was affil iated with the E.R.C. Until he went overseas he was bil-leted in California and Texas. From all verbal ejaculations we gathered the Louisiana maneuvers w-eren't a picnic —and in winter, too.

Overseas he was connected with the 5th Armored Division. His unit was stationed in England for five months get t ing equipped for the invasion. They entered Nor-mandy a month a f t e r the f i rs t landing, hit Gay Paree, (where there was "beaucoups" of every-thing) stayed a t modern Luxem-bourg for three weeks, then took part in the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of the Rhineland. V-E Day he was fox-holed near the Elbe River where he talked sign-language with the Russians until he left France for home in October, accredited with 74 points and five battle stars.

Bob is taking business adminis-tration and wants to be an ac-countant. He's got two more years at Hope and here's to more power to him.

Now our boys are coming back. Olive drab gives way to white shirts and gabardine slacks. A gun is exchanged fo r a "homing pigeon" — a symbol of peace. The stories behind the discharge buttons a r e varied and interesting. It is our Privilege to have them here a t Hope. Our best is none too good for them.

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chines, and a f t e r dinner tr ied in

vain to ge t a n American progran*.

on a self-installed radio.

Dr. Malta continued this discus-

sion in the morning history classes.

Appeal ing to the tas tes of the t rue

American touris ts , he brought us

several picture postcards of Bahia,

his "home town" and the oldest in

Brazil. I ts churches, of a beaut i ful

Baroque archi tecture and some as

old as 300 years , were made f rom

the marble stones brought over by

the Spaniards , who used them to

weigh down their empty ships. He

said with ju s t a small bit of re-

morse in his voice that al though

the ships came empty, they lef t

very full .

He very quickly adopted Ameri-

can s language, some of his com-

mon words being " J a " and "Gee,"

but he kept his exotic Por tuguese

accent with phrases like "Wha t do

you call zes z i n g s ? " Enjoying very

much the talk about women he told

us the most common name in Bra-

zil was Maria and that the gir ls

are quite independent, of ten living

alone in the big cities. Most of

the questions asked of him were

about the Brazilian dates and "ze

way ze women are."

In the Spanish classes. Miss Al-

varez said tha t only a few of the

schools were co-educational, and

that the prep schools were at tended

almost entirely by males. All of

the schools are free, except the

pr ivate schools, and a s tudent gains

a good background in everything

by the end of the sixth grade. Al-

though she lives alone and likes it,

she hasn't told her mother , who

would be grea t ly shocked by Amer-

ican s tandards for women.

Sis ter-Nat ions

The United States and Vene-

zuela, allies in this past war, do

have some great d i f ferences and

some similarities, for though Ven-

ezuela did not take an active par t

in the war, military conscription

was compulsory. A grea t s t ress is

placed on sports, but soror i t ies and

f ra t e rn i t i e s are non-existent. Ven-

ezuela respects the United Sta tes

as her sister-nation and Pan-Amer-

ican day there is a national holi-

day. Miss Alvarez was greatly-

shocked by the wages of the ser-

vants in the United States , for she

said they were paid more than

some of their professional people.

One boy in Ann Arbor, working as

a waiter, made as much as some of

her professors.

Brazilian music highlighted the

conversation at noon, for records

were played in four th hour music

class. These included pieces f rom

Brazilian opera and popular music,

including the Samba. To show the

t rue Brazilian aspect and applica-

tion, Dr. Malta asked fo r a volun-

teer to do the Samba with him.

The af ternoon movies of Brazil

showed it to be a rich agricultural

country and the four th largest cat-

tle-production country in the world

since the middle of the 16th cen-

tury . Their independence day is

spent on September 7th and their

love of country equals ours. The

rubber we began to appreciate in

the last few years was taken from

the Amazon valley, where the peo-

ple are poor and malar ia abounds.

Current Revolution

Miss Alvarez gave a f i rs t -hand

account of the current upris ings in

her native land. A f t e r the death of

Bolivar, the government of Vene-

zuela was lef t in a desolate posi-

tion, and g r a f t and politics were

prevalent . There were three par-

Page Three ties. Socialist, Communis t , and the

government par ty . Since 1935 there

nave been only th ree popular elec-

tions so the people desir ing to exer-

cise the i r f ranchise more of ten re-

volted. I t was planned, by the

young mili tarists , to last two or

chree hours, but in real i ty i t laste<

23, killing about 300 as a result of

Communist interference. This ac-

tion, however, assured Venezuelans

that the revolt was really demo-When they are not on vacations chey do go to school, s t a r t ing out .n each school as f reshmen, or Ca-loures. With no f ra te rn i t i es , they nave formed a S tudent Republic A-hich rented a house, shared ex-penses and made acquaintances A'ith the girls who lived next door, .le said they o f ten marry these jfirls, too, since they do not have i s many dates as we do nor are .hey so liberal. He said that con-. rary to the "moving-picture prop-aganda" they do not "keess" so i j f ten, but one consolation is tha t they do shake hands an awful lot.

T h e young s tudents "main inter-i s t " is in politics.

The movies on Tuesday evening about Brazil were about a Brazilian newspaper, in Sao Paulo, called the Agazeta remind us of the "Home-town Gazette" which resembled closely any American publication, A-ith newsboys much like our own kids named Joe" to deliver them.

The Agazeta is published with all ^he most recent equipment.

Holy week before Lent is Vene-luela's grea tes t fest ival . Miss Al-.-arez explained. It is similar to jur Halloween and the inhabitants •vear costumes and masks to the night clubs, teasing those without chem by being incognito and pre-.ending they are someone else. With a great amount of candy and jonfet t i , they have a Basao or pa-rade.

The girls there have no dates before they are married unless they are chaperoned by their moth-er, or their (she laughingly said) grandmothers. She said tha t the ?irls a re never alone with their husbands until they are actually marr ied; there they are really mar-ried the "hard way ."

To bid farewell to these new fr iends was a lmost impossible. This I ^ t in Ins t i tu te passed too soon. But coming up to t rue Hope style in tha t t rue Holland manner , Al Rypst ra gave them each a pair of wooden shoes, hoping it would induce them to re turn . Dr. Malta said tha t he surely would, for with his "kloompen" only about « sizes too big, he could easily float down the lake.

cratically inspired. Fight ing for an ideal, however, has inspired the people to join hands with the sol-diers. The re forms desired by the people are : L . F r e e elections for women as well as men; 2. Military organizations separa te f rom gov-ernment ; 3. A democratic consti-tution; 4. Reduced illiteracy; 5. Junto formed of seven men, none being allowed to run for president.

Love Politics At the evening meeting Dr. Mal-

ta told us that the vacation in Brazil was "St . Poa" last ing 20 days. Usually held in the interior, with balloons and f ireworks, the celebration is somewhat similar to our Christmas. Their other vaca-tion is in March, the Mardi-Gras.

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Delta Phi Gathers For Theatre Party

Prexy Joyce Van Oss, with a ret inue of gay Delphians, traveled southward Fr iday n igh t until they reached the home of their new pledge, Lil Meppelink, and a f t e r due " h e l l o s ," "congra tu la t ions" and "good-byes" the cars headed nor thward to the Center movies-house for the thrills and chills of "Bewitched."

A f t e r the show, Delphi members gathered in their room for the eve-ning program with devotions read by Pinx Mulder. J u s t to re f resh everyone's m e m o r y and sweep those "you-know-whats" out of the brain. Marge Gysbers dusted off the constitution and explained it to us. We'll change our ways next week.

With Indian summer giving us all a touch of spr ing fever, Mike Brouer sang "Indian Love Call," and Betty Van Lente made with a special piano rendition of " S t a r Dust ." Hope you liked it, Lil; we did.

Lue Voss read the Delta Phi creed and we adjourned to high point of the evening's enter ta in-ment. Ice cream, cookies, bridge, gabbing, and what have you.

Dorians Entertain With Fall Concert

"Kappa Beta Phi Presents Fall Concerts" was the theme of the f i rs t November meet ing of Dorian Sorority.

The program, in the shape of a musical note, was opened with the devotions, "An Even ing Prayer , " led by Irene Holt. Rosemary Fin-law sang that old favor i te "Alice Blue Gown." The serious paper "Polonaise" was about the life of Frederic Chopin and was read by-Mary Alice Van Dyke. Several of Chopin's records by Jose Iturbi were then played on the vie. Dor-ian passed f rom the sublime to the ridiculous as Ruth Probst then gave out with her inimitable ren-dition of "Gotta Be This Or T h a t " with piano accompaniment.

The program ended with the gir ls s inging the Dorian songs.

Congrats in Order A t Sorosis Meeting

Another week, and again the

Sorosites ga thered in their room,

but this t ime with two new pledges in their midst . Welcome to Bet ty J a n e Clemons and Jo Anne Stil l-well.

A vote of thanks to M ary Lou Hemmes for the fine job she du as chairman of the Sorosis Home-coming Luncheon was f i r s t on the business meet ing. Congratulat ions were in order to Joldy, Elaine Bielefeld, Dot Atkins and Na t Bos-man who will appear in Who's Who. A f t e r much planning and dreaming as to the redecoration oi the Sigma Sigma room, the busi-nes meting was adjourned to fun under the direction of Dorothy Boot.

The p rograms for the Sorosis Fall Frolic were gay colored maple leaves. Dottie Boot led the very appropr ia te devotions and then Betty D. read a paper concerned with the season this year as com-pared to last year. Elaine Biele-feld and Mary Lou Hemmes gave out with the "Pagan Love Song." The encore showed that it was really appreciated. Elsie Parson 's humor paper was t ruly the work of a vivid imaginat ion. You w-ould never recognize Voorhees Hall in her m a r v e l o u s Hope College Utopia. We can dream, can ' t we? The meeting closed with all voices joining in the Sigma Sigma songs.

Sibs Accept Two As New Pledges

Harriet Muyskins and Marge Voss are the two new Sibylline pledges. They were pinned anc welcomed by President Harr ie t Van Donkelaar at a meet ing in the Sib room, Thursday, October 25. The gir ls were also presented with a red rose and "S ib" dickey!

Viv Dykema was chairman for the meeting and her clever pro-gram did much for the impressive ceremony. Not to be ignored, how-ever, were the beautiful g i f t s in the room presented by the a lumnae on the sorori ty 's 25th anniversary .

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Devotions, under the ti t le "Medal of Honor," began the parade of gay colored service ribbons which served as p rog rams f o r the Sib meeting, F r iday , November 2. They were led by Isla Van der Heuvel, chairman of the meet ing.

"Spike" Sawitsky outlined in her serious paper the necessary but worthwhile s teps needed to qual i fy fo r a "Dist inguished Serv-ice M e d a I." Represent ing the "American Thea t re Ribbon" was Edna Mae Van Tatenhove with her s inging of two popular selections. She was accompanied by Helen Wagner .

Adding spice and humor to the occasion was "M u n c i e " Vande Wege with he r rendition of "Good Conduct" a t a baseball game. As is the custom the meet ing ended with group singing. Phyl Dietrich was in cha rge (and we feel she is quite capable of f i l l ing Spike's shoes—literally and elsewise!)

" Ike" Demian, mas t e r de luxe critic of the evening, asked for the "discharge r ibbon" a f t e r her report . Preceding the program, a business meeting was held with vice-prexy Sue Leestma tak ing over in Stegie 's absence to do "you know wha t ! "

For the next meeting the g roup has planned a potluck supper fol-lowed by a football game at River-view Park. Ike Vander Heuvel 's will be the location of the f eas t and Phyl Dietrich and Spike Saw-itsky are helping her with the ar -rangements .

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Dear Suzy Mouse: Well, they ' re all here again—

the s tudents , I mean, of course. I knew the peace and quiet of sum-mer was tob good to last. The lowly " F r o s h " (still p re t ty g reen) are wear ing that typical "I know it a l l" look. J u s t wait , a day of rec-ompense is coming. The Sophs — jus t a l i t t le seagreen—have r a the r calmed down somewhat , a l though their constant "Pot F rosh" is quite i r r i ta t ing to the Frosh. The noble Juniors — n o t ju s t a little b i t con-ce i ted— a re really s t ru t t i ng off their new tit le of "upper-class-men." The Seniors smiling toler-ant ly a t t he foolishness of the un-der-grads and stick to their mot to of "Silence is golden."

I decided to visit a few classes last week. Tha t is where one really ge t s an insight into the stu-dents themselves.

Miss Hawes was endeavoring to teach he r e lementary education s tudents manuscr ip t wri t ing, but looking over the class I was f i rm-ly convinced tha t one girl def ini te-y p re fe r red the P A L M E R method.

Then I scurried through the par -tition into Prof . Vandenborgh 's class. There stood the Prof , ask-ing Glenna Gore in wha t class she had drawn the lovely picture on her lab notes. Glenna is qui te an ar t i s t . If the Prof , had only seen the pictures she d rew the next day he'd apprecia te her talent.

You know, I j u s t can't under-stand why the Jun io r girls a re so never seen such an a t tent ive class. I t does seem f u n n y what some people do for a t tent ion. I would Kave sworn t h a t Viv Dykema dropped h e r pencil on purpose jus t to see whether Prof . Osterhaven would pick it up or not.

Oh, yes, I happened to pass through Prof . McLean's class and couldn't help overhear ing him say tha t the younger generat ion is bet-t e r than the last . Somehow I don ' t think he has any f r e shmen classes o r he wouldn' t say such a thing. Frosh such as Bill Miedema, Don ICvers, and Tony F rede r i cks cer-tainly don ' t show proper respect to the i r e lders (upper-c lassmen) .

His tory classes a lways seem to intr igue me somehow. One day last week, I heard iMiss Ross explain-ing to J u n e Dar ress about a Latin s tudent who didn ' t p repare his as-s ignment . I t seems the Prof , called on the fellow to read and the fel-ow not da r ing to admi t t h a t he

was "lessonless" s t a r t ed out . I - I - I put, I pu t—I pu t—I pu t my-my-my arms—I put my a rms—I p u t my

Thesaurian Society Adds Eight Pledges

Friday "evening Thesaur ian So-ciety welcomed e igh t new pledges into a charmingly decorated room. The program, under the direction of Marian Dame, centered about three points of the creed, "Serv-ice, Friendship, and Devotion."

Marian Slinn o f fe red a prayer , a f t e r which Lynn Lundberg spoke to us on the service we can do to others. The value of f r iendships was the theme of Mar tha Van Sauns impressive t a lk ; and Alida Kloosterman's short dissertat ion on our loyalty and devotion to our society, our college, our country, and our God will long be remem-bered by The ta Gamma Pi mem-bers. Marian Dame then sang "Oh Love, Tha t Wilt Not Let Me Go."

The president of the society, Marian Mastenbrook, pinned the new pledges; Phyllis Darrow, Bar-bara Archer, Ber tha Hellenga, Bonnie Zanbergen, Kathryn Lock, Freda Van Bergen, Edith Herline and Doris Opie. The Thesaur ians then sang their sorori ty song, a f t e r which a l ight lunch was served by Lillian Sikkema, Anne Fikse and Betty Timmer.

Mission Drive (Continued f r o m Page 1)

A. DpJonge followed. "The original plan was to raise

an endowment of |10,000 and over one hundred pledged one .hundred dollars, payable in ten years . In the meantime, money was raised each year to pay the current salary.

Drive Discontinued

"Due to the depression the mis-sion drive was discontinued for several years . When the school no longer functioned with a complete high school p rogram and curricu-lum, 'Hope Hostel, ' the dormitory for s tudents , became the recipient of the money raised.

"In 1938 the dr ive was resumed as par t of the 50th Anniversary of the Arabian Mission. One thousand dollars was raised for the work of Dr. John Van Ess in Arabia .

"Since then, t he projects have differed year by year for our mis-sionary work both domestic and foreign. Recent projects have been furnishings for a church in Chia-pas, Mexico, books for the library of Southern Normal School, Brew-ton, Alabama and the l ibrary of Annville Inst i tute .

Amounts Raised

"The average amount raised the last few years h a s been about $600. Last year , however, the amount for Brewton reached $737.50. This year the s tudents and facul ty out-did anything since the depression by ra is ing over $1,000 . fo r the Medical College."

a rms around — around her-her-her neck. Completely floored the stu-dent f inal ly admit ted he hadn ' t gone any f a r t he r . The Prof , re-plied, "Well, I th ink you went f a r enough." I wonder if t ha t ' s really what Prof . T immer teaches in Latin, if so maybe I'd be t te r en-roll. I could easily take the course f rom my f ron t doorway which is right behind his desk.

I also visited Prof . Hinga ' s An-cient History c lass—I always won-dered why s tudents enjoyed his classes so much. Now I know— it 's the Prof , himself . While I was there, Lt . Cavanaugh came in and asked if tha t was his Ancient His-tory class. Coach looked us all over and f inally asked, "Do they look anc ien t?"

Oh, dear , I m u s t stop, Suzy. The 12:00 whistle j u s t blew and now I can dash down to the Kof fee Kletz and g r a b up a f ew crumbs without being bothered.

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Famous Last Words Gert Vredeveld: Hi Kid!

Dick Vriesman: It 's really dis-gusting! My picture is plastered all over the Milestone.

Ann Fikse: Things are really "pcppen."

Ruth Bartholomew: 1 really don't like dates.

Luella Pyle: Now let's get be-hind this and give it some real pep.

Hill ()ee: Yes, she is quite pho-

togenic.

Ellene Bosland: This is a stupid

waste of time.

Bill Miedema: Haw, haw, haw.

Coach Hinga: Now you men who came in late can get the notes from any one of these pretty girls.

Dot Huizenga: I want to "War-ren" you about him.

Bill from Brooklyn: I'm psycho-

neurotic.

Marge and Joldy: We can't go to that movie, we have to save our

money for Mexico.

Jack I 'ontier: Now that Connie and 1 keep company, I'll make the basketball team for sure.

Al Rypstra: Now when my girl

graduated.

Joyce Sibly: It just takes all the

joy out of life.

Dean Lichty: Now, girls, if this were a mixed class.

Don Ingham: They did it this way at the University of Michigan.

Ruth Ellison: Oh. honey baby.

Johnny Parsons: This week I'm going steady with — ? —

Peg Bakelaar: I'm sorry, I can't go. I just haven't the time.

Roger Pat terson: Martha is now a Private in the WAC's but we're looking forward to her return soon

to Hope.

Dr. Dimnent: I don't like to use the phrase, "rank and file" because they're usually too rank and too

file.

Glenna Gore: This isn't being done according to Robert's Rule of Order.

Marian Hanna: Fingers were made before forks.

Bunny Goff: When are we going to have chocolate pie aga in?

Don Everse: You won't begrudge me this little water, I'm the speak-er for the evening.

Miss Ross: It 's a man's world.

Mary Young: I'll do that too,

yet, once a little minute.

Elsie Parsons: Oh kids, guess "who I have a date with.

Doris Opie: I'm forever blowing

bubbles.

Dick Van Doren: You're the only girl I've ever loved.

Bobby Bilkert: But, darling, this is only platonic.

Miss Nowlen: Are you asking me for a date, Mr. Rypstra?

Ruth Bonga: I never see my parents, they're in Florida.

Gus Levy: I don't like the taste of this lipstick.

Ess Bogart: Tonight I'll weah my fawthah's pajahmas.

Ralph Cornell: Now, 1 come from bluebloods.

Eddy: Why don't they sing the happy birthday song for me?

Lois Watkins: My, aren't men a problem, though ?

Dr. Hollenbach: "I can see you students have led too sheltered a life."

Mrs. Prins: Guess what girls — my boyfriend came home last night.

Pauline Viening: The only time a man ever chased me. and I would have to run away.

Harriet Haines: Personally, I prefer the Palmer method.

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Addresses Hopeifes

Dr. Santos certainly should get credit from the State Department for advancing Pan-American rela-tions l(H)'/f void and entertaining, he took Hope's campus by storm. Besides being a doctor he demon-strated the intricacies of the "sam-ba" to a very appreciative audi-ence. Ar thur Murray couldn't have done a better job. And f ree of jharge, too.

His home town is romantic Bahia in Brazil. The popular song writ-ten about Bahia gives one an ink-ling of Brazil's lure and Dr. San-tos recommended it — and Brazil, coo. He likes the United States very much although he has only been here since August. He'd like to stay here longer but his fellow-ship to Ann Arbor, gotten through the Institute of International Edu-cation of New York, terminates in a year. Then he is going to return to Bahia where professional duties await him.

He came to the United States to learn the English language and ac-quaint himself with our Public Health program and find out how

Venezuelan Scholar Visits on Campus

Vivacious and at t ract ive Miss Alvarez was born in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Here she was educated and taught Spanish g r ammar for seven years before she came to the United States.

An American librarian in Car-acas interested her in library work. She applied for a fellowship and received it. She calls it "luck," but we know better Af t e r studying library science at the University of North Carolina for a year, she chose to work at the University of Michigan for her masters which she will obtain in '-Ki.

She has a sister who teaches Spanish at Northwestern Univer-sity. When Miss Alvarez has re-ceived her Masters degree and has ioured the country to see our li-braries, she and her sister plan to return to Caracas to teach and emal-jamate library science with part of the national library.

She is a great progressive think-er, a realist and a dreamer . These it tributes, combined with her great .ove for Venezuela, make her high-v dvnamic and resourceful. Miss

iflj u a i r

we treat problems along said lines. Alvarez enjoys the freedom our He is the first one in his family who has come to the states.

He originally learned English

from-Dr. Baker, a Reformed mis-sionary to Brazil. He thought ht knew all about our language until he hit a southern accent. He's al-most completely Americanized now. He saw a football game in Ann Arbor the other day and thought it was great . If a few more men from Bahia come to Holland we'll want our own airline route to Brazil.

•ountry offers women and a f t e r ibis year in the s ta tes she thinks in English now. She happened to .•emark, "I 'm not perfect, but much )etter than when 1 first came and

could no', understand "llow-do-you -lo!"

Our small college is "lovely" and our President Luhbers and his Aife are "darl ings" to her. With her unlimited amount of enthusi-asm she invited us all to visit her beloved Venezuela. We accept with pleasure Senorita.

Varied Devotions Show Belter Chapel Att i tude

We should like to compliment

the members of the faculty who

led our morning devotions during

last week. It can be very easy to

let our services become routine af-

fairs. The presentation of excerpts

from the Book of Job by Dr. E.

Dimnent was especially fine.

Chapel attitude and attention

was noticeably better that day.

The unusual cannot always be ex-

pected, but we do appreciate some

variation.

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Scalped Club (Continued from Page 1)

Factor and Its Importance to Hu-

manity." Personal experiences were

related, thus bringing the topics

nearer to realization. A brief dis-

cussion followed the presentation

of each topic.

Plans for the future hold prom-

ises of interesting speakers, which

make it possible to hold open meet-

ings for any who wish to attend.

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Chapel Preview Monday, November lli. Professor

Wolters will lead us in morning

devotions, and Tuesday the YW

and YM will again have charge

with (Jertrude Maasen and Bill

(lee leading. Wednesday. Miss

Ross will speak to us, and Thurs-

day the Alpha Chi will lead us in

worship. Friday we will be privi-

leged to hear Dr. Richard Ouder-

sluys, who is professor of New

Testament Language and Stud*..

Monday, November II', Dr. Dim-

nent will be the speaker and on

Tuesday, Elaine Meeusen of the

YW and John DeVries of the YM

will lead us in morning worship.

Now that Homecoming is over

and the boys' (llee Club has made

its debut, we can look forward to

some singing from that organiza-

tion. Wasn't it comforting to hear

the fellows sing once again at a

Homecoming? Ah! Postwar days!

Girls' Glee Club s t a r t s on its

yearly travels in a few weeks with

an early morning date at the high

school. By the way, if anyone has

gypsy blood in his veins, we'd ap-

preciate a little assistance on one

number. The question is should we

yell "heyl" at the end — or not?

Mr. Chopin is enjoying great

popularity in Musical Arts Club.

The last meeting was very success-

ful and will be continued this

month. All music students on the

campus are urged to attend — it's

especially for you. The programs

are planned for fellows too, so let's

see more of you out in November.

Don't forget about the concert

series in (I. R. It is especially good

this year, and well worth the time

and effort. A series of organ re-

citals will start in November in-

including E. Power Biggs, Schrier-

er, and Fennings. If you're inter-

ested, see Mrs. Snow.

The first Vesper oi" the year —

a Christmas one—wi l l Ik- held in

December. It has become a tradi-

tion, since the first one was held

on December 7, I'.Ml. and the pro-

ceeds are donated to the Red Cross.

The choir has started rehearsals

for The Messiah. Anyone inter-

ested in singing ma\ join the choir

at -1 p. m. on Wednesdays. A

large ^roup w ill also sing this ora-

torio at Kalamazoo on December

14. If interested please sign up

now.

Did you know th:'.t Mr. Cavan-

augh will be back second semester?

It'll seem good to have Prof, around again. And wait'll the Freshmen see himIII

That 's the Music Box for now, kids. Mon- next time.

French Rehabilitation Center Provides

Medical Treatment For III Students

Student Service Fund Aids Program; Operation Is on Co-operative Basis

A "Chalet" for rundown and tu-

bercular s tudents from liberated

France has recently been opened

at Combloux in the Haute Savoie

region of France, according to re-

ports received by the World Stu-

dent Service Fund, student reliel

agency with off ices at 8 West 4()th

Street , New York 18, N. Y. Al-

ready 50 students, mostly from

Paris, are spending from one t(.

three months in the quiet, invigor-

a t ing mountain atmosphere.

During the German occupation

university life in France was ren-

dered nearly impossible. Curricu-

lum and professors were s t r ic t l j

regulated. The Vichy governmen;

called up a large proportion of t lu

student population for deportatior

to Germany. Many escaped am.

joined the French Forces of th«

Interior ( F T I ) . Others did forcec

labor in German work camps oi

received prison sentences. As a

result of such hardships and th<

severe food shortage, most stu

dents today are rundown in healtl

and suf fe r f rom nervous disorders

undernourishment and weakenec

resistance to infection.

The Combloux Chalet is able t(

provide proper medical t reatmeni

for students before they return t< their studies. Typical among th« ones already back in school af te i a stay at Combloux is a nineteen-year-old medical student, who while Caen was a center of f ight ing, shouldered the whole burdei of nursing 180 patients at the Caet hospital. Af t e r six weeks of un-ceasing labor, he contracted a pri mary tuberculosis infection that would have kept him from finish-ing his studies.

Life at Combloux is run directly by the students. A former student who served with distinction in the resistance forces is in charge of the Chalet, and a medical attend-

ant is responsible for the guests '

health. A rigid, self-imposed sched-

ule has been set up for the stu-

dents s t a r t ing at !» o'clock in the

morning and ending at 10 at night

with a two-hour rest period in the

af ternoon. All questions of com-

munal interest are settled by a

student committee of five members.

Student co-operation is also evi-

dent in the self-help association

formed by members of the house

to assist the less for tunate ones

either by financial contributions or

by aiding them in finding resources.

Also foraging expeditions have

been organized to supply certain

scarce foods like milk and eggs for ;hose needing special nourishment.

The French youths who come to

ihe Chalet get an opportunity to

recover from the terrible ordeals

of wart ime and to readapt them-

selves to normal life. A social and

cultural program is conducted to

avoid mental s tagnation and to

stimulate constructive thought for

the fu ture . A music group giving

weekly phonograph concerts, a

•hoir and a photography club have

been formed. In addition, study

groups discuss political issues and

the problems to be faced in re-

"orming university life.

The Combloux Rehabilitation

Jen ter has proved its worth by

liding in the physical recovery of

students and helping them through

jo-operative living to prepare for

ruture studies. It has also rn-

.•ichcd the lif»* of the region where it is located by serving as a cul-.ural center. Other Chalets pat-lerned a f t e r the one at Combloux urn being planned for European students. I his work is made partly possible by the generous giving of American students to the World Student Service Fund in drives on their respective campuses.

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Viewpoint of Albion Pleiad on Societies

Favors Abolishing Informal initiations In our e f fo r t to present various

viewpoints concerning the abolish-

ing of sororities we are reprinting

excerpts f rom the Albion Pleiad:

To us, the banning of Greek let-

ter groups f rom a campus solves

no problem. No matter what or

where the school, the absence of

fraterni t ies would only mean the

substitution of another type of or-

ganization, because students will naturally divide into groups of some sort, official or not.

So basically it's all the same difference, except that each type of group has certain advantages and disadvantages—which in our opin-ion more or less balance each other, and we could go on record as pick-ing the f ra tern i ty system as the Ipsser of two evils.

Hut all this is only leading up to the subject for the week: With informal and formal initiations scheduled soon, the more eager ac-tives are thinking in terms of "Boy will I get her (or him) dur-ing 'Heck week! ' "

. Did you ever wonder what the usual informal initiation practices on campus accomplished? We did, and use the following logic to ex-plain our doubts. If we have chosen some friends to be included in our Greek letter group, is it necessary to see them beat their heads against a wall for a whole week

before we feel them fi t to become an active?

In other words, by the time we are going to initiate a member, we know him well enough to tell that he is a good sport, so that justifi-cation of the hazing practiced by fraternit ies and sororities seems stretching the point. Besides, tak-ing some of the actives "little jokes" would prove the character of no one; in fact if the initiate re-belled, that would be more a sign of his worth, in our opinion.

• Along with these more gruelling

traditions are the comparatively harmless and silly parts of the ini-tiation. We cannot condemn these on any other grounds than that they are merely childish and, as we had the idea that college was \ place where parents sent their children with the hope that they tome home a little more grown up, we figure someone might be disil-lusioned.

If social fraternit ies are sup-posed, as their constitutions state, U) be organized to build better per-10ns and to promote friendships, where in this program does the informal initiation f i t ? It certain-ly doesn't endear the head hazers to any of their brothers or sisters >or does it show college profes-sors, parents and other thinking adults that we in school are pro-gressing to any sort of satisfactory naturity.

Unknowable!) cut capers a t All-College Mixer when the Frosh

received their green.

CONTEMPLATIONS

Should I be an Introvert A flower on the wall Watching life go by me And enter not at all?

Or should I be an extrovert In the center of the crowd And not see all life's teachings For they're covered with a shroud?

I guess I'll be a wallflower And try to recollect Then enter in the crowd With a larger intellect.

Ruth J . Quant.

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The Frosh-Soph pull was really wonderful. Congrats and liniment for the Frosh. My heart went out for Mr. TaniH when he gently de-scended the bank of Black River and slowly placed his foot in the tepid water. Sophomores, however, can claim one victory for the week-end. That gleam you see in Ruth Harmeling's eye is simply a reflection of the solitaire on her third finger left hand. He's at U. of M. now.

Congratulations are also in order for Ruth Talman. Her theme song is Caledonia since receiving the Red Cross telegram stating she was runner-up in a "pin-up girl" contest among the G.I.'s on New Caledonia.

Halloween has left us for an-other year. It was a beautiful night whether you viewed it a la Rollins Park — a s did Bill and Libby and Dick Wise and Tommy; a la Modele as did Johnny Parsons and Ivouise Rove or simply viewed

— 3 8 did I. Van Vleck has in-stalled a new shower system as re-sult of the evening. SYSTEM . . . Vou stand down below a window and some friend throws a couple of pails of water on you. It 's wet anyway, isn't it Midge and Trudy?

One of the most unique birth-day spreads of the year was held this past week. The party was first in Frieda \ an Bergen and Minnie Te Ronde's room for food and chatter, then to Alida Keizer and Bertha Helienga's room for food and chatter and finally to Dot Huizenga and Shirley Knowl's room for (you guessed it) food and chatter.

Marian Korteiing has scored

again. This time it's Irving Hei-

linga. (He used to go here but is

now under the employment of the

United States Army). He was

only home on a week-end leave too,

yet. Ike Demian was home by New

York for a few days. Did you no-

tice how sleepy she is? Reason?

She studies on the train in order

to keep her class work up. Now

that 's an intelligent girl.

Well, friends now that the Frosh

girls have named their club and

the Tri Alpha fellows have enjoyed

quest n i g h t , most of the im-

portant campus problems have been

solved. May 1 suggest that we all settle down to a long week of con-centration for mid-terms. Did you know that a f te r a course in Bio-logy you're able ot speak in two tongues. English and Biology.

By way ot ending this long epistle, what does Dartmouth have that Hope College doesn't? They don't have him now do they, Gene-vieve?

Vaminos, amigos.

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Page Five

INDIAN SUMMER

As the summer slowly fades away Before the cold sets in to stay There's a time called Indian summer And it might as well be spring.

When the leaves begin to lose their hold And the trees show for th uncovered souls I get what's called spring fever And it might as well be*spring.

When the sky above is blue and clear And even though the winter's near The air is warm as a summer breeze And it might as well be spring.

The earth and plants may turn to brown And then some folks begin to frown And say that winter 's almost here If there were no winter or fall-There never would be spring.

Ruth J . Quant.

IN • • • • DIGESTION By Elaine Bielefeld

"Gotta be this or tha t " — but Congress hasn't decided as yet. And John Q. Public hasn't stated his ayes or nays either. What is your opinion concerning the subject of Compulsory Military Training for 18-year-olds? Some think the plan will lead to militarism, others believe it will build strong moral as well as physical strength, and still others find it difficult to take a stand for fear that science may change fu ture warfare entirely. Then, too, the plan worked splendidly in Russia and even in Germany; but it failed in France. Perhaps a definite s tatement of the blue-print of the plan is needful at this point.

It is estimated that 1,200,000 youth in our country will reach the military age of 18 each yei r . Of this amount 225,000 are expected to be rejected because of complete physicaf or mental incapabilities. The army will claim approximately 700,000 men and the navy 275,000 men. Aptitude tests will be administered upon entrance to help placement problems. Each trainee will re-ceive excellent medical care during his service. Cadet uniforms will undoubtedly be issued to distinguish the trainees f rom those in the regular army and navy.

The f i rs t nine weeks of the program will be devoted to basic training. Specialized training will follow with stress placed on the technical aspects of modem warfare. Three hours each week will be spent on physical training. Af te r the one required year of training the cadets will have the opportunity to continue their training and to pass on to Officers' Candidate School a f t e r which they will become reserve Second Lieutenants. They also may re-ceive reserve commissions through college ROTC units which will be conducted a t a post-graduate military level.

For the f i rs t four or five year ; of the program equipment that is left over from this last war will be used. Thus the cost per trainee will be about $1,450. Af t e r these f i rs t years the cost will be increased to about $2,000 per trainee.

It sounds like conscription? President Truman believes i t is not conscription — merely universal miliUry training. Where does your vote lie concerning compulsory military t ra ining?

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Page Six Hope College Anchor

Varsity Basket Ball Begins

As Schouten, Hinga Start

Developing Athletic Talent Lt. Alvm Vandenbush Returns to Hope;

Replaces M. Hinga as Athletic Coach Two major events have taken place in Hope's sports de-

partment in the past weeks. The f irst of these is the fact

that after a lapse of two seasons, Hope is once again getting

a basketball squad together. Last week Carnegie gym was

a scene of activity as men from local and distant parts of

the country came together to develop into a team. Trainer

Jack Schouten will take the boys in hand for about three

weeks to get them in shape and then Coach Hinga will take

over. Talent Reports

Among the thirty fellows that turned out were Dick Van Doren, Ralph Cornell, Bill Brown, Milt Peterson, Gerard Van Heest, Dan Hakken, Dick Wise, Bill Hoekinga, Don Ingham, John Parsons, Gene Rothi, and James Yuk. Others were Paul Tanis, Bill Miedema, Jack Stegeman, Phil Meengs, John Smallegan and Charles Zeerip, all from outside of Holland.

Local talent included Simon Syb-esma, Clarence Hopkins, Bob Bur-ton, Don Rinkes, Clair Van Liere, Ken Zuverink, Collins Ottipoby, Lloyd Heneveld, Jay Pet ter , Roger Kempers, Jim Klomparens and Jay Weener. A schedule has not yet been set up but officials of the col-lege are working on a card for twelve games or more.

New Coach The second event in the sports

department was the announcement of Dr. Lubbers that Hope was to have a new coach. The new coach who will take Coach Hinga's place, is Lt. Alvin W. Vandenbush. Van-denbush will return to his Alma Mater which he left in 192f).

His life from 1929 on has been filled with sport work . He gradu-ated from Hope a f te r earning three letters in football, two in basket-ball and one in track. From Hope he went to Bessemer where he as-sisted the coach in football and coached junior high basketball. From 1930 until 1937 he was head

coqch at Grandville High school, and in 1938 and 1939 along with his football, baseball and basketball coaching at Grandville, he assisted the coach at Davis Tech in foot-ball. Then he went to South High in Grand Rapids and developed highly capable teams which won the city championship in 1939 and 1940.

In February, 1943, Lt. Vanden-bush entered into his Naval ca-reer. He saw active duty on mer-chant ships as a gunnery officer in the Atlantic. He received his discharge from the Navy on Oc-tober 10, 1945, and took up his duties here at Hope November 1. We of the Anchor Sports Depart-ment put out our best welcome mat and wish you, Coach Vanden-bush, the best of luck iiuthe fu ture sport activities.

In+ramural Basketball Begins Monday Evening

Jack Schouten announces that men's intramural basketball will and league standings will be com-begin Monday evening, 7:00-9:00.

Definite teams will be formed, piled and published. J immy Mud-del is the student member in charge.

All men on the campus are in-vited to try their luck at "swish-ers" and free throws.

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Well, hello there, here I am again, your loyal, little Kibitzer on the go as usual . . . You know I've really got a completely blank mind when it comes to telling you anything this week . . . But here goes anything . . . Speaking of anything, reminds me of a little something . . . We have our own fprm of Kamikaze on the campus . . . I t is in the form of dynamite called a "suicide Blonde" . . . I t is usually seen whizzing in the direction of the Commons Room or Zwemer Hall . . . For fur ther "info"* see Paul Tanis . . . Speaking of " in fo" reminds me of all the fellows "out fo" basketball this season . . . As you all know, but if you don't I'm telling you now, this year Hope is resuming basketball in its Sports program . . . There is quite a crowd of returned vets who are out fo r the team this year and although this is the f i rs t year in a long while tha t Hope has had a basketball team and we are all sure that it will make an excellent showing in the games to come . . . Speaking of things to come reminds me of things gone by . . . Ah blessed week tha t was . . . No "pots" . . . What a relief . . . Your reporter noticed that the Sophs didn't have much to say a f t e r Saturday 's dip . . . I have nothing but praise to offer to the Frosh team . . . Under Don Ingham's direc-tion and with help from Van Loo's Vamps the team did a record job in a record time . . . Speaking of time . . . did anyone notice the short time it took the Frosh to clean up the gym a f t e r the banquet? . . . Could be that most of the fellows had dates a f t e r ? . . . Well, it 's possible . . . Anyway the porch of Beach Cottage was mighty full a t about half a minute to twelve . . . Speaking of Beach reminds us of the other houses . . . As usual this year the thir ty-first of October was Halloween . . . Has been for some time now . . . Anyway Zwemer Hall looked like it had been hit by a cyclone . . . It seems some of the fellows were out celebrating in the old-fashioned method . . . Bicycles were found in trees or just not found, and you'd never know there is a soap shortage when you walked over to Van Raalte . . . Something overheard while listening creatively, as we are taught in speech, was that one girl was playing on the roof of one of the houses looking for an innocent victim to soak with a pail of water which seemed standard equipment with her . . . Don't ask me who . . . I didn't get the name . . . Speaking of standard equipment re-minds me of the little item that was put on the fire at the Pep Rally . . . Wherever did the Frosh get i t ? . . . It seems to me that someone would notice the loss but as yet no warrant has come out for the arrest of , . But tha t would be telling . . . Anyway the fire was still burnnig Saturday night 'cause when we were coming down the steps from Beach Cottage there was smoke still coming from the logs . . . What was I doing at Beach? . . . Well . . . I . . . But speaking of Beach Cottage . . . You know, girls live there . . . Was it ever clean during open house . . . When we went through one of the rooms though, there was some of that stuff over the door . . If the glove fits, put it on . . . Shakespooke . . . or some other long-hair . . . Speaking of long hair and stuff connected with, the other day in the Koffee Kletz, "Spike" had a great time telling us what logic was . . . Do you really know "Spike?" . . . Speaking of knowing . . . Does anyone know why "Zuvie" blushes and smiles shyly whenever he is called "ha rpe r?" . . . It 's an interesting case . . . One of the most interesting in our files . . . Not that that has anything to do with it . . . Speaking of anything reminds us of the drawn faces that appeared at the Tri-Alpha meeting last Friday night which shall go down in immortal pages as "Quest Night" . . . It wasn't too bad though and everyone got back safe . . . (One moment of silence for those departed) . . . and in their right minds . . . I t 's not myself I'm worried about Mr. Psychiatrist, it 's my wife Josephine, and couldn't I be Teddy Roosevelt this week, the institution is rather short of them and they've got so many Napoleons . . . This past week has been . . . You-know-what-Sher-man-said-war-was-week, and the prospective freshmen members of Tri-Alpha came through the seat of many a tweed and plaid . . . Well, well, imagine . . . All this from a blank mind . . . Think of what I could do if I had some grey matter . . . And speaking of matters reminds me of a little unfinished one . . . My French . . . And since I am supposed to, quote, "Study nights," end of quote, I shall retreat swiftly and bid you a dew.

Aw resivoir . . .

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And Autumn At Peace "Summer—that old Indian Sum-

mer—the tear that comes a f te r June-time laughter." You all know the song and you. all know the set-ting. I t ' s the t ime when it 's great to be living. . Most of the birds have taken their winter,tour.south, but a few are still left and you can hear them chattering in a high pitched soprano, over the lat-est gossip from their wooded hide-aways. The squirrels are taking their pre-winter outings and, hav-ing stripped the -trees of all pos-sible vitamins, they can find noth-ing better to do than play hide-and-seek around the piles of leaves.

Autumn — a time for wienie-roasts and hikes, football games, crowds and cheering, hay-rides and baseball in the empty lot, study and play. It's a season of colors— a mixture of the ethereal with the physical . . . red leaves . . . bright sweaters . ,. . f lared skirts . . . strolling couples . . . blue skies . . . crunching leaves . . . caressing breeze . . . and a beautiful vague feeling of happiness.

Autumn is the season the poets love to write about. And why not? I should think even a bookworm would want to turn nature loving when they hear the wind rustle softly through half-naked trees as the falling leaves wave a graceful good-bye to their summer home en route to Mother Earth.

Autumn was made for the art is ts too. I t ' s amazing to me that a swish of a brush, a dab here and there can make tangible an autumn scene with its varying green, and amber all merged into one hetero-geneous whole.

It doesn't take a painter or an artist to love nature in the fall — the subtle grandeur of white bil-lowy clouds moving slowly across the blue horizon like a herd of snow white sheep being guided by some unknown, unseen shepherd; the playful whirlpool of leaves caught in a wind current to fi-nally settle over the yet green

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.rass . . . the smell of twilight oonfires . . . the crisp cool air . . . i twinkling s tar . . . and a full noon. Autumn was made by God /or Love and Peace.

It 's hard to believe that last Autumn nations were f ighting na-tions at a time like this. Allied .roops were battling their way through scenic France and Italy. Foxholes nestled in the mountains jf Bavaria and homesick soldiers were forging toward the Rhine. The romantic moonlit isles of the Pacific were silent in war, and the jalm trees swayed to the music jf guns. Where there should have been songs there were groans, where there should have been life there was death.

Last Autumn leaves were fall-ing on Europe's battlefields . .. . the wind whistled through the sniper-infested trees of Okinawa . . . the azure skies were filled with birds of war . . . twinkling stars saw boys of every nation tense with fear, full of hate, and tired of war.

Now our boys a ie coming back and the world is breathing peace again. The smell of burning leaves is twice as sweet — laughter is twice as gay — and hearts are twice as light. But they have not forgotten the blood-stained soil of Guam and Tarawa, they have not forgotten the massacre a t Cassion, the strife at Dunkirk, the battle of the Rhin3, the conflict fo r Berlin. They have not forgotten the skies full of screaming planes, the air thick with bullets, the cold feel of the ground, the gnawing hunger, the last word of a dying soldier.

Autumn is just one of the things we've always had, but this year we should enjoy it and all it brings, once for ourselves and again for our dead and our brothers who fought to make it possible to live and laugh and love. Softly with' a summer breeze it sends a prom-ise and a prayer of thanks — lest we forget.

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