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HOPE C0LLE6E ANCHOR LXVII—6 Hope College — Hol land, Michigan December 15, 1954

MERRY CHRISTMAS. . .

When a col lege student , In a hurry, passes a car recklessly, he ga ins app rox ima te l y ten seconds. The average l i fe expectancy of a col lege you th of twen ty is f i f t y years or 1 , 5 4 6 , 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 seconds. In other

words he is g a m b l i n g ten seconds aga ins t a l i fe t ime at odds of one to 1 5 4 , 6 8 0 , 0 0 0 . Wha t gamb le r , no matter how reckless, wou ld take odds l ike tha t?

ANTHONY KOOIKER

Critics Applaud

Kooiker Recital Anthony Kooiker recently re-

turned f rom his New York debut a t Town Hall on November 26. The following a r e critical excerpts f r o m leading New York news-pape r s which covered the concert .

The New York Times s ta ted "Mr . Kooiker showed evidence of refined musical tas te and in terpre t ive in-s ight , a l though these admirable quali t ies are somewhat hampered by the pianist ' s shor tcomings as a technician." In cont ras t to t h e Times, t h e Journal American's crit icism was "As a p ianis t he im-

pressed as a capable technician." The Herald Tribune criticized Mr

Kooiker as fo l lows: "Mr . Kooiker 's in te rpre ta t ions of music are ful l of b r igh t colors and of c la r i ty ; so firmly is his over-all concept held within his mind tha t even when his fingers f a l t e r . . . . i t does not by any means des t roy an accom-

plished per formance .

"The warm rich resonances in P is ton ' s c raggy Passa Caglia were resoundingly rendered, a s were t h e cr isp d ry sentences of Lessard ' s nea t neo-classicism.

" F o u r pieces of B r a h m s and t h r ee of Debussy showed a deeper mood, a subt ler s t a t emen t when

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Hinga To Attend

Danforth Meeting Dean Hinga will a t t end a meet-

ing of the Danfor th Advisory Council in St. Louis dur ing the holiday season, J a n u a r y 1-3. He is one of the advisors of the educa-tional t r u s t fund . Al though the Council will survey the ent i re Dan-fo r th p r o g r a m , ta lks will be held concerning the development of the Danfor th Meditat ion Chapel f o r Hope's campus .

The Foundat ion has made a g ran t to Hope College f o r the con-s t ruct ion of the chapel. The archi-tect of the new men's dormitory , Ralph R. Calder of Detroit , has also been given the responsibil i ty for d r a w i n g the specifications f o r the chapel and Elzinga-Volkers , local cont rac tors , will construct the Danfo r th Chapel .

One of the la rges t t a sks of the Council mee t ing in St. Louis will be p lanning f o r the Danfo r th sum-mer conference at Camp Miniwanca in Michigan, to be held the last week in Ju ly . At th is conference 250 educa tors f r o m all over the United S ta t e s will s tudy ways in which Chr is t ian education can be advanced on the i r campus .

Also presen t a t the meet ing will be 25-going "Dan-e -g rads . " They will discuss problems they have encountered a s counselors of re-ligious g roups and p ro jec t s on the i r chosen campus . The Foundat ion sponsored " D a n - e - g r a d s " spent one year on a campus located in a d i f ferent a r ea than t he i r own a lma mate r . The " D a n - e - g r a d " p rogram is also avai lable to in teres ted Hope women. Complete deta i ls and f u r -the r in fo rmat ion f r o m Dean Hinga .

Second Concert Held The P ro Musica Trio, the second

in the Hope College Concert Series, presented a concert in the Hope Memorial Chapel on December 2, 1954. Members of the tr io were

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Campus Santa Presides Over Christmas Party

" S a n t a ' s Toyshop in Toyland" came to life a t the W.A.L. Annual Chr i s tmas P a r t y last Fr iday eve-ning. Carnegie Gymnasium was

the scene of mer ry activity as San-t a Stan Har r ing ton presided as m a s t e r of ceremonies.

The p rogram included the Toy Trumpe te r s , the Arkie Trio, The S tory of Chr i s tmas Mice, Dance of the Dolls, and the Nat iv i ty Scene. Helen H a r t o n of the Speech Depa r tmen t offered a Chr i s tmas reading by Cornelia Otis Skinner.

The Minors, jun ior girl songsters , b rought Santa Claus le t te rs and serenaded him with "Si lver Bells."

San ta l e f t with his bag bulging with li t t le g i f t s f o r all of the small facul ty children.

A f t e r leaving the gymnas ium,

the Chr i s tmas pa r ty gues ts caroled on Dur fee Ter race around a large

Chr i s tmas tree. J i m Neevil led the singing, while Nick Pool ac-companied on the piano. Refresh-ments w e r e served in Dur fee lounge.

Ethel Ann Peelen and Elaine Vrugg ink served as co-chairmen f o r the fes t ive event . They were aided by a capable commit tee of Valerie Church, Tom Harr i s , Ben Le Fevre , Carol Matheis , Penny Ramaker , Kay Rynbrandt , and Gene Stoddard.

De Vries Wins Speech Prize

The annual F r e s h m a n Speech Contest was held Thursday , No-vember 18th, a t 4:00 in vr302. Pa r t i c ipa t ing was one represen ta -t ive f r o m each section of f r e s h m a n speech t a u g h t by ins t ruc tors Ha r -ton, Van Ha i t sma , and Brand. F i r s t and second pr izes were won re-spect ively by Minard De Vries and Ca thy Voelker. The prizes consist

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Annual 'Messiah' Production

Offers Stirring Performance Last n ight the voices of two

hundred s tudents chorused the im-mortal s t r a i n s of George Freder ick Handel 's " T h e Messiah" in a s t i r-r ing pe r fo rmance at the Hope Col-lege Memorial Chapel. Soloists fo r th is year, under the baton of Dr. Robert W. Cavanaugh, were Maude Nosier, soprano, Ruth Slater , con-t ra l to , Will iam Miller, tenor, and John Macdonald, bass .

"The Messiah", which is cele-b ra t ing i ts two hundred twe l f th yea r of popular i ty since it was wri t ten by German born George Handel, required only twenty- th ree

Seasonal Music

Featured On

Radio Hope Radio Hope College will present

its fifth broadcast of the year to-morrow evening over W H T C at 7:30. In line with the "Sp i r i t of C h r i s t m a s " theme, the broadcast will include seasonal musical selec-tions by a double quar t e t and a special Chr i s tmas na r ra t ive wri t ten by Cathy Voelker. The p rog ram is under the direction of Pete Dirkee. The musical g roup will be directed by Roger Rei tberg and will f e a t u r e J im Kranendonk and Ellie Casper as soloists.

Radio Hope College presen ts a bi-monthly ha l f -hour broadcast on WHTC. Broadcasts scheduled fo r December 30 and J a n u a r y 13 will continue the holiday theme. As in ear l ier p rograms , the themes will emphasize s tudent par t ic ipat ion and some of the activit ies a t Hope College.

The p r o g r a m m i n g of Radio Hope College this year has s t ressed s tudents and their activit ies. Re-cent broadcas ts have included mus-ical selections b y independent campus groups , a preview of the jus t concluded P & M production of the "Glass Menager ie" and an interview a t the beginning of the basketball season with Coach John Visser and team captain Bob Hen-drickson. The p rog rams are direc-ted by individual members of Radio Hope College under the general supervision of the s tudent produc-tion s taff .

The second broadcast of s tudent music is planned f o r the near fu tu re . These broadcasts f e a t u r e independent musical groups p laying o r s inging selections o f thei r choice. In teres ted s tudent g roups a re requested to contact e i ther Ted Polhemus or Cathy Voelker if they a re in teres ted in appear ing on Radio Hope College.

days to compose and fou r and one half hours to sing, if produced in its en t i re ty .

The Hope College presenta t ion of "The Messiah" has been heard by more than 30,000 music lovers in Western Michigan since it was organized twenty-five years ago by the la te W. Curt is Snow, f o r m e r cha i rman of the college music de-pa r tmen t .

Associate conductor f o r the pro-duction was Morre t te Rider, while Roger Rietberg, college organis t , played with the pe r fo rmers . An-

thony Kooiker accompanied on the piano. The college Chapel and Chancel Choirs made up the two hundred voice chorus, which was

accompanied by the college th i r ty -five piece orchest ra .

Soloist soprano fo r the event Maude Nosier, who is a r egu l a r soloist with the Chicago Sunday Evening Club at Orches t ra Hall, is widely known as an ora tor io specialist and Bach in te rp re te r . Ruth Slater , contral to , who s ings on the Chicago Thea te r of the Air, has achieved success on some of radio 's top broadcasts .

William Miller, tenor , has gained a good reputat ion at Chicago's Grant Park Summer Concerts and as a member of the voice facu l ty at the Universi ty of Illinois, while

John Macdonald, bass, has achieved notoriety with Dean Lutkin ' s f a m -ous a capella choir.

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Mission Drive Pledges Materialize

A total of $1600 was pledged f o r the annual Mission Drive fund . A lit t le over half of the amoun t was paid a t the Student Council Office dur ing the two collection days . The balance will be collected by selected individuals. Co-chairmen Mary J a n e Adams and Bob Bedingfield an-nounced.

The f u n d is to be sent to the Wor th ing ton Memorial Hea l th Cen-t e r a t Annville, Kentucky.

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PENELOPE RAMAKER

Ramaker Wins

State Contest Hope contes tant Penny R a m a k e r

won first place in the women's di-vision of the S ta te Ex tempore Con-tes t held at Calvin College, on

Sa tu rday , December 4th. D o n Kroes was el iminated in the pre-l iminary round by a f o u r t h place, a s only the first th ree a re eligible to compete in finals.

Miss Helen Har ton , ac t ing chair-man of the Speech Depa r tmen t , coached the successful Hope team. Dr. Lotus Snow and Miss H a r t o n also served as judges of the con-test , represent ing Hope College. A luncheon was provided by Calvin College f o r con tes tan t s and coaches in the i r Union Building.

Represented a t th is s ta tewide contes t were Hope, Albion, Wayne , Univers i ty of Detroi t , Detroi t In-s t i tu te of Technology, Kalamazoo, Wes te rn Michigan, Centra l Michi-gan , Olivet, Calvin, and Michigan S ta te .

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HOPE COLLEGE ANCHOR EDITORIAL S T A F F

At* P R E S S

Editor-in-Chief Robert Muilenburg

Associate Editor Donna Raymer

Sports Editors David Kempers, Jerold Veldman

Feature Editor Frances Frye

Society Editors Dot Lindahl, Robert Winter

Rewrite Editors Harvey Mulder, Ernestine Brummeler

Photographers Richard Wieseger, Stanley Yin

Typists Margaret Cramer, Virginia Hartsema, Mary Jane Rietveld

Cartoonist Bill Coventry

BUSINESS S T A F F

Business Manager Eugene Ouderkirk

Assistant Business Manager Herbert Morgan

Advertising Manager Harold Ritsema

Circulation Manager John Soeter

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at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103 of Act of

Congress, October 3, 1917, and authorized October 19, 1918.

Subscription Rate: $1.00 per year.

Published every other week by the students of Hope College except

during holidays or examination periods.

From the

EDITOR'S DESK Don't Become A Statistic !

Tomorrow eight hundred s tudents will be dismissed f r o m Hope f o r the Chr is tmas recess. Many of these will drive over a hundred miles to reach the i r homes. Some will r e tu rn over the same route in

J a n u a r y . Some may not live to r e tu rn . For of the 38,300 motor vehicle f a t a l i t i e s las t year in the nat ion,

4.95%, or 1,896, were in Michigan. In the Holland a rea in the last two yea r s six people were killed out of 735 fa ta l i t i e s in small towns across

the nation. This is one of the highest r a t e s recorded. Boiled down to common terms, th is means five people a day die in Michigan in t ra f f ic accidents. And dur ing the two or th ree days Hope s tuden t s a re t ravel ing, it is very possible t ha t they will be among the daily toll.

F a r f rom being idle speculation, these s ta t is t ics , computed by the National Safe ty Council, a re based on insurance and dr ivers ' regis-

t ra t ion reports . Students dr iv ing to the E a s t e r n S ta tes will have the law of

averages in thei r f avor , according to the Sa fe ty Council. But t r ave le r s

to the West or South will he crossing s t a t e s with high percen tages of fa ta l i t ies , such as Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky.

It is a na tura l tendency to be opt imist ic and depend on r e s t ing on the credit side of the ledger in any computa t ion of fac ts . And un-doubtedly such though t s were r iding with five Hope s tudents two years ago when they smashed head-on into an oncoming car, and in a second

closed the book in the red. In a moment , they become jus t s ta t is t ics in a ledger.

Last Spr ing two Hope s tudents were r e tu rn ing to the campus to a t tend graduat ion ceremonies the fol lowing day. They were thinking, living humans one moment , and figures in a book the next. A blinding flash and they were jus t numera ls to be counted, tallied, and published.

In my hand, as I write this, I have the tal ly of 38,300 people who

splashed thei r blood and smashed the i r bra ins on h ighways across the United States . It is an in teres t ing pamphle t with clever g r a p h s and cartoons, the b r igh t obi tuary of thousands .

Personally I don' t care to see any of my f r i ends and c lassmates in next year ' s edition. Drive careful ly and don' t become a s ta t i s t ic !

All This Controversy . . . and More During recent weeks news articles, opinionated columns, and "let-

ters-to-the-editor" in this newspaper have raised considerable con-troversy on our campus. The specific issues refer to the attitudes to be taken towards certain (disputed) sociological mores of our college community. Student opinion has been expressed in a number of shades from the ultra-conservative to the liberal. In some cases the student voice has expressed "solutions" that were without the realm of reality on our campus. In other instances this voice has become quite dogmatic, and seemingly without respect for other views.

To meet the questions raised requires much more than a simple "aye" or "nay" ballot, by any minority group, or mere legislation. In meeting these problems there is no one "true" answer, rather any solution must be a developed synthesis of social climate and realistic approach. It is believed that when a student becomes part of Hope College his basic attitudes have been established, the result of his past association with his home, church, and environment. Further, it is supposed — or hoped — that this individual is a "thinking" being that is capable to give and take, respect and evaluate. This "pre-molded" individual has expressed himself. And it is fe l t that this opinion — if honestly concluded — should be respected, and evaluated, by his fel low students and the administration.

What's Past

Is Prologue by Larry Siedentop

Probably the most controversial , exhaus t ing , and sickening issue in pos t -war American politics was temporar i ly resolved w h e n t h e United Sta tes Senate voted re-cently to censure the conduct of Sena to r Joseph McCarthy of Wis-consin. Yet however g r a t i f y i n g the 67 to 22 vote aga ins t Mc-Ca r thy in the Senate may be, it is f a r f r o m sa t i s fy ing .

N e a r l y in terminable debates, postponements , and excuses charac-terized proceedings which were mechanically concerned only with the act ions of McCarthy as a sena-tor, wi th his abus ing and p rofan ing the senator ia l method of invest iga-tion. In only one respect does the resolution of this a f fa i r seem im-pressive. Viewing the numerous obstacles placed in the way of a censure, and the obvious unwilling-ness of senators to t ake such a

s tep, one must conclude tha t only an overwhelming accumulat ion of gr ievances could have forced such a decision. Wha t remains to dis-courage, however, is the t empora ry and inconclusive na tu re of this se t t lement concerning a par t i cu la r phenomenon which is merely the sign of a f a r broader t h r ea t . Tha t is, the personal power of Joseph McCarthy may be declining, but what of the fact ion tha t ins t igated him ?

Dur ing the d e b a t e r on censure, the u l t ra-conservat ives a n d re-act ionaries invoked the perennial bogus of " the Communis t t h r ea t , " main ta in ing tha t a vote aga ins t McCarthy would amount to the

same as a vote in f avo r of allow-ing the Communist movement to spread unchecked. By mak ing the emotional bull of public opinion

see red, they hoped to immunize McCarthy and his methods . Indeed, a f t e r the censure resolution was passed, the Sena tor f r o m Wiscon-sin displayed his t rue colors by summar i ly main ta in ing t h a t Pres i -

dent Eisenhower is now aiding the Communist cause. No one seems to be above suspicion!

The amaz ing f a c t becomes, then, tha t the American people have re-peatedly fal len f o r such f renzied rel igious invocations and will prob-ably do so again . Tha t there is a t h rea t of Communist subversion in this nation, one must cer tainly recognize. I t may well be also t h a t cer ta in liberals have been uncon-cerned and even blind to any t h r ea t f rom the lef t . To t h a t degree they may be cas t iga ted . But the f ac t remains , and one is a t a loss to see

how it can be denied, t ha t the g r e a t e r danger is f r o m the r igh t !

The United S ta t e s seems basic-ally and u l t imate ly to be a r a t h e r conservat ive nation. I t has privi-leges and possessions to main ta in . His to ry can demons t r a t e t h a t such a nation, when even superficially threa tened f r o m the l e f t , tends to embrace the diametr ical opposite, in th i s case, a t y r anny of the r igh t . If th i s country ever swings f r o m the mean to an " e x t r e m e " fo rm of

government , i t would be, one f e a r s , to a neo-fascism. T h a t this has a l ready occurred to some degree is appa ren t . Our republ ican democ-racy has become identified wi th one par t i cu la r economic sys tem, capi-ta l i sm, and it is cus tomary to brand any other sys tem as necessari ly in-fe r io r , regard less of c i rcumstances . More pointedly, even a mild Social-ism is denounced as immoral and unAmerican.

The evidence that the faction be-hind McCarthy embraces even fur-ther advanced doctrines is both obvious and convincing. They in-voke the Communist issue not be-cause they fear Communism, but

E D I T O R S NOTE

Because of recent controversy, the ANCHOR intended to pub-lish the Student Council minutes in un abbreviated form. Hut at press time we hare not received our copy of the minutes from the Council Secretary. Whether there was a meeting, or whether there was anything recorded in it. we do not know. We only wish to express our good intentions.

The Critical Angle by R. P. Brown

A f t e r th ree fu l l years a t Hope College, I was informed th is fall , considerably to my surpr ise , t h a t S tudent Council meet ings a re open to a t tendance by any or all mem-bers of the s tuden t body. Evident ly to encourage th i s a t tendance , regu-lar meet ings have been held re-cently in the lounges of both Dur-fee and Voorhees Halls. To the best of my knowledge, the resul ts were negligible: no one came ex-pressly to view the event, those who happened in tiptoed quietly out leaving th i s repor te r with the impression t h a t they fel t they were in t rud ing upon a meet ing a t which they were not welcome.

It has been my thesis f o r some t ime tha t the p rogress and success o f s tudent government o n o u r campus, a cause behind which we all might well mobilize, is hamp-ered not so much by any deficiency in the leadership or the mechanical se tup as it is by a widespread lack of active par t ic ipa t ion , act ive in-

teres t , and ser ious considerat ion of the problems involved on the pa r t of the general s tudent group. To d raw a para l le l : the responsibil i ty of the public in the government of a democrat ic nat ion does not cease with the election of the prescribed representa t ives , but immediate ly devolves u p o n t h e represented group to keep itself well informed in order t h a t the government may adequately legis la te the needs and desires of the populace, the wel-f a r e of the ma jo r i ty . One might ,

perhaps , a r g u e tha t the paral lel breaks down a t th is point by reason of the fac t t h a t the nat ional gov-ernment is much more impor tan t than the government on the campus of one out of the large number of colleges and univers i t ies in our country. This is undoubtedly t rue, but I would counter t h a t our Stu-dent Council can legi t imately be,

and indeed should be, as impor tan t to life on our campus as is the Congress of the United S ta t e s to life in our nat ion.

It is difficult to lay the blame f o r th is s i tuat ion.- The s tudent body may hard ly be expected to

spontaneously exude brea th less in-

t e res t ; yet it is t ha t g roup tha t is, of the face of it, sh i rk ing its re-sponsibility. As I see it , an equal or g r e a t e r a m o u n t of the blame is due the S tuden t Council i tself . A lit t le publici ty campaign to let the school know t h a t Council mee t ings are open, a public invitat ion to meet ings, would not be a t all out of order. In f ac t , it may be t h a t

Chewing The Rag with Ophelia Gagmutz

because it furnishes a convenient and potent lever on public opinion. A f ew of McCarthy's strongest supporters had pronounced pro-fascist sympathies before the Sec-ond World War; indeed, their pres-ent methods and propaganda bear striking resemblance to those of Hitler and Goebbels. Is it not ob-vious that they would take delight in placing their opponents in a position where they could oppose no longer?

We may and must fight the challenge of world Communism. But shall we lose our most basic liberties in the process?

Dear Mom and Dad :

Ju s t finished s tudy ing Biology

and am jus t ge t t ing ready to s tudy Engl ish f o r exams tomorrow. I don't think my p ro fes so r s have ever heard of "Good Will Toward Men". Dickens had a name f o r " p r o f s " who assign exams the last

week before Chr i s tmas and I cer-tainly hope some of mine have thei r th ree visions between now and the t ime we ge t back!

Joe and I went to the nicest con-

cert last week. There were j u s t three people — a pianis t , a violinist and a cellist — and it was most romantic . E v e r y t h i n g was by can-dlelight . . . even the gi r ls who ushered carr ied candles. I took one so I could read the p rogram only

when I set it down it fell over and burned a hole in Joe ' s overcoat and he took it away f r o m me. Even though I couldn't read the p ro-g ram, I still enjoyed it because it was all so cozy. Only r i g h t in the

middle of the concert t he Dean came in and insisted t h a t we t u r n on all the l ights. They even took the candle labra away f r o m t h e pe r fo rmers . I though t it was j u s t unforgivable!

We had the Chr i s tmas Vesper Service Sunday before last and there were so many people t h e r e tha t the Glee Club had to sit in the balcony! It was a shame too, because they had all bought new ha ts jus t f o r the occasion.

The W A L Chr i s tmas P a r t y was Fr iday night and it was so good.

They had songs and readings and ski ts and all kinds of real wonder-ful th ings . I th ink we have j u s t the mos t talented s tuden t s of a n y college in the whole world! They didn' t ask me to do anyth ing .

Oh, by the way, I don ' t have to worry about Joe ' s Chr i s tmas p res -ent anymore . I t m a y seem a l i t t le personal , but, honest ly, do you

know t h a t tha t poor boy has been wear ing bur lap f o r the last w e e k ? And personal or not, I 'm going to ge t him what he obviously needs most f o r Chr i s tmas ! It makes me jus t sick when I think wha t he must be sacrif icing jus t to take me out f o r coffee, and to think I ju s t took it f o r g ran ted . I think he 's

the most noble boy I've ever known!

Well, I'd be t t e r get back to the exams. Can' t wa i t to see you all and don' t t r im the t ree or any th ing 'til I ge t home! !

Your daugh te r ,

Ophelia

OPUS Contributions to Opus, the col-

lege literary magazine, may be

turned in to Bob Lubbers or Jon

Hinkamp anytime before January

30.

all that is needed is this type of push from the Council to ge t a snowball of more effective and dynamic student government mov-ing down the hill. It's inconceivable to me that the majority of the student body doesn't care what happens in the Student Council.

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IN REVIEW By Jon Hinkamp

Fi r s t of all I should say t h a t not only is "The Glass Menager ie" a be t te r play than is " M r s . Mc-Thing" , but also the P&M produc-tion of it was be t te r t h a n was thei r first. Par t icu lar ly praise-wor thy were the l ight ing and sets. Both were all tha t can be hoped for in a small college production.

"The Glass Menager ie" is not jus t a good play; it may be said conservatively tha t a t the very least it comes dangerous ly close to being a g rea t play. Al though

it is not high t ragedy , it is d r a m a ; it is unheavy without being light, pathet ic wi thout being p i t i fu l , and sad without being maudl in . It might be called d r a m a in a low key. Its purpose is not ca thar t ic .

The audience is not intended to ex-perience purga t ion th rough te r ror , passion, or pity. The ta le itself is of an incident of compara t ive ly minor consequence, seen th rough the wis t fu l veil of reminiscence, symbolized by the gauze cur ta ins . The opening monologue se t s this

tone, and Mr. Ten Hoeve seemed to have caugh t this flavor, but it did not ca r ry through.

Some of the reasons t h a t the production fell shor t of wha t it should have been are implied in the descript ions of the cha rac t e r s given in the playbill . I do not know the

source of these descript ions, for , a l though they a re in quotes, no

credi t is given, but it may nonethe-less prove in teres t ing to compare them with those wr i t t en by Mr. Will iams and contained in the pub-lished tex t of the play.

The playbill describes Amanda as "an addled Southern belle har-rassed by the present and haunted by the pas t . " Tennessee Wil l iam's r a t h e r lengthly descript ion contains

such s t a t emen t s as "There is much to admire in A m a n d a " and " there is tenderness in he r s l ight person."

The playbill describes Tom as "a f r u s t r a t e d weakl ing" while Mr. Williams speaks of him as " a poet with a job in a warehouse . His na tu re is not remorseless , but to escape f r o m a t r a p he has to act without p i ty ." Hard ly a description of a weakling.

J i m O'Connor is described in the playbill as "a hea r ty but somewhat touching ex t rove r t " and Will iam's descript ion is plain as well a s short , "a nice, ordinary, young man . "

The descriptions of L a u r a coin-cide fa i r ly well.

Tom Ten Hoeve gave, all in all, a good per formance . The pacing and ges tu res of his monologues

were at t imes artificial , and a t his entrance in the sixth scene when he br ings J im home, he was r a the r too sarcas t ic and sha rp f o r Tom, who despi te his impat ience with his Mother 's plot t ing, loves Laura and certainly does not wish J im to receive a bad impression. These defects a re , however, minor in overall per formance , in which Mr.

Ten Hoeve displayed a sound g rasp of his pa r t .

J i m Neevel, who played J im O'Connor, a compara t ive ly minor pa r t , luckily did not in te rpre t O'Connor as " touching" bu t as he

was intended to be: a r a t h e r con-ceited mediocrity.

Dawn Phill ips is a ta lented young lady, and adequate ly ethe-real f o r the pa r t . H e r in t e rp re ta -tion, which was genera l ly good, was, however, mar red by two scenes in which she - sobbed both unres t ra inedly and loudly f o r long periods of t ime. I do no t know why she chose t o do this , a s there is no implication of such behavior in the s t a g e directions. I do not wish to imply t h a t s t a g e directions mus t be followed to the le t te r , but if the au thor ' s in ten t is changed or modified, deviat ions a re un jus t i -fiable. L a u r a is a t imid, quie t gir l

who lakes no pa r t in the fami ly quar re l s except to make t imid, in-effectual a t t e m p t s a t harmony. She has a lways dealt with her wounds and f r u s t r a t i o n s by r e t r ea t ing into the pr iva te world of her g lass menager ie and phonograph; and the s t age direct ions sugges t t h a t she meets the s i tuat ions of which I speak in the same way. It seems out of cha rac t e r t h a t she should find solace in fits of weeping. On the whole, however, Miss Phill ips made an adequa te in te rpre ta t ion of her role and communicated tha t in te rpre ta t ion to the audience.

F rances Rietveld played Amanda ,

which is by f a r the most difficult , as well as the most impor tan t role in the play. A m a n d a is a complex cha rac te r and it is a complexity exceptionally difficult to deal with. She must be both addled, ha r rassed ,

and nagg ing , and admirable , ten-der, and a bit pathet ic . Al though Mrs. Rietveld is both energet ic and ta lented, the more subt le aspec t of Amanda ' s c h a r a c t e r w a s over-

whelmed and drowned by the sur -f ace charac ter is t ics . She drove her-self and he r children so hard and so incessant ly t ha t she was not a very sympa the t i c charac te r . When, in the f o u r t h scene, Amanda , choked wi th self reproach, says,

" M y devotion has made me a witch and so I make myself ha t e fu l to my chi ldren," the p laygoer is ap t to feel t h a t t h a t ju s t about sums up her cha rac te r . The admirable and tender s ide of her charac te r was so overshadowed by nagg ing t h a t she seemed a lmost a villain. She could be pitied but not sym-pathized wi th .

Mrs. Rietveld, however, remains a ta lented and promis ing actress , and her pe r fo rmance , a l though f r e -quent ly s t ra ined , displayed impres-sive d rama t i c abil i ty.

The imperfec t ion which mar red the product ion may be summed up as an a t t e m p t to exagge ra t e the emotional pitch and overdramat ize the s tory. The production seemed to a t t e m p t to ma in ta in an ex-t remely tense pi tch of emotion t h roughou t the en t i re play. Re-su l tan t ly , the crises lost effective-ness by lack of cont ras t . In an a t t e m p t to provide the lost con-t r a s t , t he climactic scenes were played a t a r a t h e r violent emo-tional level, thereby coming danger -ously close to an appearance of

parody. Thus the final scene, which should sum up the play 's emotional impor t — being tender , sad, and

pathet ic , was not as moving as it should have been. As the gauze cur ta in came down, with both wo-men sobbing and wail ing, the effect bordered on the maudlin, and the s i tuat ion r a t h e r ta in ted with the ridiculous.

"The Glass Menager ie" is not adap tab le to high pitched, u l t ra -emotional t r e a t m e n t . It is not high t r agedy . I t s s tory is not ca ta-

clysmic nor a re the charac te r s powerfu l and noble enough to be described as hav ing t rue t r ag ic s t a tu re . Wil l iams descr ibes his ma-ter ia l in his product ion notes as "del icate and tenuous ." Thus he has woven into w h a t he calls in the exp lana to ry note in the playbill a memory play, centered around t h e g lass o rnamen t s which repre-sent " the smal l and tender t h ings" in life and keyed to "all the s o f t e s t emotions t h a t belong to the recol-lection of th ings pas t . " All of which does no t m a k e crashing, in-tense d r a m a . This product ion fa i l ed inasmuch a s i t did not main ta in t h e delicate and tenuous mood set by the musica l score and the quiet tenderness of Tom's reminiscenses of the l i t t le incidents which hap -pened long ago.

Most of t h e numerous and, a t t imes, l e n g t h y cu ts made in the

Messiah Soloists

RUTH SLATER MAUDE NOSLER

W I L L I A M MILLER

J O H N MacDONALD

The Contagion Spreads . . . I t was bad enough when Anna-

polis midshipmen and Wes t Poin t cadets were forbidden to debate it. But now the contagion of caut ion is spread ing to other ins t i tu t ions which a r e war i ly s ides tepping the quest ion of U.S. recognit ion of Red China.

Four t eachers colleges in Nebras -k a have re fused to debate this

original scr ipt a re un impor t an t d ramat ica l ly and bother no one ex-

cept those who are f a m i l i a r with the play. The loss of the con-versa t ion b e t w e e n Tom a n d L a u r a a t the beginning of the f o u r t h scene is d a m a g i n g inas-much as the scene is intr insic to the development of Tom's decision to leave home. A good play is a work of a r t ; each line is there f o r a reason and cannot be cut out

wi thout d a m a g e to the play as a wrhole anymore than a piece can be cut f r o m a pa in t ing wi thout dam-

age to the composition. Of course, cer ta in smal l cuts can be made

wi thout real ly serious damage . The scene in quest ion, however, is vi tal , and the d a m a g e to the p lay ' s logic and uni ty was serious. In it Tom's t hough t processes head ing to his

(Continued on page 6)

topic, which was des ignated by the Speech Association of America . F u r t h e r m o r e , deba te rs at Roanoke college in Virginia will t ake only

the negat ive side of this quest ion — t h e side aga ins t recognit ion. The

pres ident of the college. Dr. Sher-man Oberly, has warned them t h a t m a n y persons migh t misunders tand it if the a f f i rmat ive position were t aken . They might even call f o r an inves t igat ion of the school!

So the t h r e a t of adverse cri t i-cism, the possibil i ty of an invest i-gat ion, the f e a r of championing an unpopula r point of view even fo r purposes of debate, de te rmines

w h a t shall be debated. There is something sad about all

th is — sad and f r i gh t en ing . I t is sad because the glory of the Amer -ican campus has a lways been i ts f r e edom to consider controversial ideas, weighing each in the balance of t r u th , subjec t ing each to scholar-ly examinat ion, coming to informed

conclusions. And it is a l i t t le f r i g h t e n i n g because this caut ious d r a w i n g away f r o m a controvers ia l topic is only one phase of a g r e a t f e a r t ha t has increasingly possessed

the nation. This is the f e a r of speak ing one's mind and conscience on a wide r ange of public issues lest one's loyal ty be impugned .

The adminis t ra t ion is not unaware of the s tudent voice. College policy t owards one of these problems has, is, and m u s t r emain a delicate balance between the church on one hand and the s tuden t on the o ther . I t is diff icult to s a t i s f y both elements, even impossible a t t imes. The official s t a t u s quo in r e g a r d s to social dancing has been one of l imited "superv i sed" acceptance. Al though this h a s main ta ined the equil ibrium it does not indicate t h a t the present policy will cont inue to s a t i s f y the essential approaches , a s suming they a r e in conflict. Ra ther , to keep this essent ial balance i t m u s t be necessary f o r the admin is t ra t ion to cons tant ly rees tabl ish i t s position. And this includes more t h a n a passive e a r to the voice of t h e s tudent .

As s t a ted above, the re is no one " t r u e " answer t o the problems raised. W h a t is necessary by the s tuden t is a de termined and unified voice wi th real is t ic concrete proposa ls ; while the adminis t ra t ion m u s t l isten to th i s voice and then j u s t i f y t he i r s tand. Only then can th i s delicate and essential balance be resolved.

H a r v e y Mulder

W H Y ? by Carl Reisig

"Bud was a g r e a t guy . "

"Yeh, too bad, isn ' t i t ? What h a p p e n e d ? "

"Don' t know f o r sure. There wasn ' t much le f t . You couldn' t tell which car was which."

"The breaks , I guess . . . Who's your date f o r t o n i g h t ? "

* * •

Or was it jus t " the b r eaks"? I've driven with Bud, and he wasn' t much different f r o m the res t of the g a n g ; be t te r , even than most . He could handle wheels.

But, come to think of it, there ' s tha t bill on my desk. The Insur-ance Company cer ta inly doesn' t think it is the " b r e a k s " when they charge us half again as much as they charge others . Why . . . ?

* * *

Bud was a go-ge t te r . He did a lot more "go ing" t h a n " g e t t i n g "

though, or a t least it seemed tha t way. He worried about himself a little, too . . . but never when he

was driving. He even smiled a little a f t e r the close-one we had with tha t t ruck last winter . Come to think of it, I wasn ' t much both-ered, e i ther . You jus t don ' t think about the "maybe ' s " . Anyway , Bud doesn't .

They say the o ther guy will live. He may not wan t to when he finds out his f ami ly is gone. W h a t if Bud had liver, t oo?

Wonder whose f a u l t i t really was? The other guy had a sharp car. He migh t not have been watching out f o r Bud.

* * *

But if they had both been watch-ing out f o r each other . . .

"Consider they neighbor . . ." But somet imes you have to get

someplace in a big h u r r y . . . or do

you? And some of these biddies dr iving today a r e hopeless . . . bu t should t h a t make a d i f ference? Anyhow, they wouldn ' t r e t u rn the f avo r . . . so?

* * *

IT WOULD W O R K !

How can I let the res t of the gang know? Wish Bud were here.

one's r epu ta t ion blackened, one's motives twis ted and mis- repre-sented.

We hold no brief f o r th i s par-t icular subject . Yet the question of recognizing Communis t China is

a pa r t of the controversial world in which we live. If our present policy of non-recognit ion is a wise

one, it can sure ly wi ths tand the ba t t e r ing a s sau l t s of a college de-ba te r a rgu ing aga ins t it, and we shall be even su re r of our ground because it is being mainta ined in an a tmosphere of f r e e discussion.

If our colleges once begin a ful l r e t rea t f r o m controvers ia l topics, where will it e n d ? If Amer icans become increasingly f e a r f u l of speaking out on controvers ia l mat -ters , in wha t d a r k cul-de-sac of ignorance and suspicion will they ul t imately find themse lves? How

can we make p rogress as a nat ion unless we ca re fu l ly examine — and

debate — every issue bea r ing on the public w e l f a r e ?

Controversy is inheren t in prog-ress, whe the r i t is cont roversy over segrega t ion in the public schools, or the Dixon-Yates contract , or reciprocal t r ade ag reement s , or ant i -Communis t legis lat ion or any other m a t t e r . And when a nation stifles controversy, i t h a s no choice — it m igh t st if le the f r e e mind as w e l l a n d wi th it , inevitably, progress .

A g r e a t m a n y dis t inguished Amer icans have benefi t ted f r o m the vigorous g ive-and- take of college debate t eams . And t h e y did not debate t h e re la t ive mer i t s of petunias and gladiolas , e i ther .

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Traces Development Of College A f o r m e r Hope s tudent

has just published a histori-

cal nar ra t ive of Hope Col-lege. "Anchor of Hope" by Pres ton J . S tegenga is now on the Blue Key bookstand and is being offered to s tu-dents at a special reduced

ra te . The foreword has been wr i t ten by President I. J .

Lubbers . The book is not a chono-

logical history of events but is a description of the forces t h a t worked to fo rm Hope College and mold it into the inst i tut ion tha t it is today. Al though "Anchor of Hope" concerns the development of Hope College, in its wider

sense it is the history of church-related colleges in America . The au thor has divided his work into six par t s , covering the period of the conception of Hope College to its present period

of intellectual ma tu r i ty . In his foreword. Pres ident

I. J . Lubbers s ta tes , " . . . the au tho r has a deep interes t in the college and an almost first-hand knowledge of its development. His in te rpre ta t ion of the s t rugg le f o r financial suppor t ; of the causes , fo r g rowing pres t ige in the educational world; of the influence of the church in molding the g rowing inst i tu-t ion; of the patr iot ic zeal tha t identified the college with the American cause in times of crisis, is character ized by objective scholarship and sympathe t ic unders tanding ."

The book is an outgrowth of Professor S tegenga ' s doctoral dis-se r ta t ion on "Hope College in Dutch-American Li fe" and continued research and revision. He g radua ted f r o m Hope in 1947 and received his Ph.D f rom the Univers i ty of Michigan in 1952. Present ly Professor S tegenga holds an associate professorsh ip of his tory and political science at Berea College, Berea, Kentucky.

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Ann Bloodgood, o rgan is t , played a solo "Lo, How a Rose 'e r Bloom-ing" by Johannes Brahms . Carole Hoffs and Eleanor Casper sang a

duet , "Gesu Bambino" by Pie t ro A. Yon.

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direction of Roger Rietberg, s ang "The Saviour of the World is Born" by Gustav Hoist, "Cradle Carol" by Searle Wr igh t , and "The Holly and the Ivy" by R. Boughton. The

Women's Glee Club, under the direction of Anthony Kooiker, s ang " 0 Come Emmanue l " , a t radi t ional plainsong, "Carol of the Birds" a r r anged by Lewis Horton, and "Ah Deares t J e s u s " f r o m "Von Himmel Hoch." A vocal ensemble,

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th roughout the worship service. A s t r i ng ensemble played two

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Bustehude. The two ensembles

were directed by More t te Rider. Dr. Henry Voogd read the scrip-

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Future Teachers

Celebrate Christmas Approx imate ly f o r t y members of

the F u t u r e Teachers of America Club met a t the home of Mr. John Ver Beek on Monday, December 7 f o r the i r annual Chr i s tmas pa r ty .

The f u t u r e teachers played some Chr i s tmas games , followed by a

ski t put on by J a n Gravink, Dar-lyne De Tuncq, Marcia Smith, and Marge Mac Ewan . " S a n t a " Van

F a r o w e dis t r ibuted the g rab bag g i f t s . The g roup then sang Chris t -m a s Carols and had r e f r e shmen t s . Suzie Van Slageren was in charge of the pa r ty .

Tri Beta Holds Initiation Banquet

Hope's chap te r of Tri Beta, the Nat ional Honora ry Biology F r a t e r -nity, had the i r initiation banquet in the Chat terhook on December (>. Mary Tervel t and Joan Kilian planned the banquet and Don Hey-boer, pres ident , presided a t the af fa i r . New members initiated into the f r a t e r n i t y were Ba rba ra Gras-m a n , Charmaine Vandermyde,

Suzie Van Slageren, Joe Sentker-es ty , and J e r r y Veldman. Dr. Alice Ell iot t and Mr. Oscar Thompson, sponsors of the groups, also at-tended the banquet .

Sororities Hold

Formal Initiation Sorosi te a n d Delphi pledges

officially became soror i ty members a t the sorori ty fo rma l ini t ia t ions

recently. The Sorosis candlel ight ini t iat ion was held in thei r soror i ty room on December 3 with Char lo t te

H a m m e r in charge of the event. Twenty-one Delphi pledges were fo rmal ly initiated in the Ju l i ana

Room last Thursday night . Barb Brooks t ra and Carol Kuyper were co-chairmen of the init iat ion.

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contes ts to be held in March.

Contests will also be run off immediately fol lowing the Chris t -mas holidays to de termine the speakers who will represent Hope in the MISL Peace Ora tory and

Alcor Christmas Dinner Alcor, the senior women's hon-

orary society, had a Chr i s tmas d inner pa r ty at the home of Be t ty Schepers last n ight . The gir ls cooked the dinner themselves and t rea ted the i r sponsors . Miss Reev-er t s . Dr. Elliot and Miss De Pree.

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decision to leave home and his real izat ion of the consequences of the act a re stated. Wi thout th is scene his decision seems impulsive

and even callous. I realize both the college's posi-

tion on cer ta in questions, and i ts r i gh t to uphold tha t position. I t is, however, painful to see a g r ea t p lay mangled. If a play cannot be produced here without cu t t ing it seriously, it would pe rhaps be pre-fe rab le to choose a di f ferent play.

* * *

On December second, the Pro Musica Trio presented a concert composed of three classical num-bers : a sona ta by Vivaldi-Casella, Haydn ' s f i rs t trio, and Dvorak 's

" D u m k y Trio." Vivaldi 's "Sonata a Tre ," ar-

ranged by Casella, is a chamber piece in the classic mode. I can-not say t h a t it was moving, f o r it is intr insically unemotional, bu t it was both in teres t ing and pleasant .

Haydn ' s "Trio No. 1 in G M a j o r "

is wr i t ten in typical classic style. Tr ipp ing gypsy mot i f s provide a

fitting theme for Haydn ' s clipped, a lmost br i t t le classical style. I t was, however, pe rhaps an unfor -tuna te choice, since the cello does

l i t t le but provide basic accompani-ment in this early s t age of Haydn ' s development of the Trio. I say un-f o r t u n a t e because, a l though the

Trio may be in teres t ing to s tudents of music his tory, it seemed a was te of the t a len t s of the g roup ' s ex-cellent cellist, Carl F ruh , who is, I think, the finest musician of the three .

A f t e r the intermission, the Trio presented the m a j o r work of the evening, Dvorak's "Trio in E

French Meeting

Features Lecture The last two meet ings of the

French Club have been held a t the home of Miss Nella Meyer. The November meet ing was led by Dave De Long, who introduced J a n Van Hoeve, Sheryl Yntema, and Ed Coon, each of whom spoke on various aspects of Provence, a province in Southern France . Miss Meyer showed some slides of the beaut i fu l Provence countryside and

scenes of the city l ife. The December meet ing l as t Sun-

day a f t e rnoon was a vesper service conducted in French. A Chr i s tmas selection was sung by Rosalind Smith and carols were led by Dorothea Essebagge r s . Alice Ga-briels spoke on Chr i s tmas in Provence and readings f r o m Paul Claudel 's "Chanson Marchan t de Noel" were given a t var ious t imes

dur ing the p r o g r a m .

Minor." This piece is character ized

by a melodic romant ic ism which contras ted wi th the classic tone of t h e two ear l ie r works. This Trio has the spir i ted, rhapsodic qual i ty typical of Centra l European music, a l t e rna t ing spr igh t ly , f lowing lyric

passages wi th t r emors of Bohemian

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The Pro Musica Trio is cer ta inly a competent chamber g r o u p al-though the highly musical p laying of the cellist had to offset a s l ight lack of in tegra t ion , especially on the par t of the violinist , who tended to push the tempo a t t imes.

The overall effect was, however , good, providing a highly sa t i s fac-

to ry in te rpre ta t ion of the chamber music presented.

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The newly elected Delphi leaders a r e : Joan Kilian, p res iden t ; Peggy Prentice, vice pres ident ; and Bet ty Jacks te i t , secre ta ry .

The new Dorian officers a r e : Dorothea Lindahl, pres ident ; Glen-

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Latin Club Meeting The Lat in Club had its December

mee t ing at t he home of Mr. Wol-t e r s last Wednesday evening. Ar-t h u r J e n t z led the group in a dis-cussion on Cicero. They also played a t ape recording of Cicero's f i rs t speech to Catal ina. The group then s a n g Chr i s tmas carols in Lat in and had r e f r e shmen t s .

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Fraternities Hold

Informal Initiations "The honeymoon is over!" This

seemed to be the theme of f r a t e r -nity life on Hope 's campus the past two weeks. With the resu l t s of bidding known, Hope 's five f r a t s proceeded to ini t ia te their new members in the usual fashion, with a f ew new twis t s but all of the t radi t ional gus to .

The Arcad ians were the first to commence ini t iat ion activit ies th i s year , with Bill Hall a r r a n g i n g the details , and Pledge Dick Kelly represen t ing the pledges, and mak-ing sure t h a t the regula t ions were bein^ obeyed. A f t e r the days of

informal ini t iat ion, a fo rmal init ia-tion was held last Monday in the Ju l i ana Room, complete with wha t

one of the i r pledges described a s a "good t u rkey d inner ," and a speech

by Dr. Simon Blocker of the Sem-inary. Arkie pledges also cleaned out the basement of the i r house, and began plans f o r a complete re juvenat ion .

The Cosmopoli tan " i n f o r m a l " in-i tat ion was held last Thursday , with ques t n igh t being held Fr iday . The da te f o r the Cosmo f o r m a l ini t iat ion had not yet been set by deadline t ime.

The F r a t e r s wound up their initi-at ion week las t F r i d a y with fo rma l

init iation a t the F r a t e r house. Dur ing the previous week. F r a -ternal p ledges were taken on the annual gues t n ight and t rea ted to the annual F r a t e r banquet on Wed-nesday and Thur sday respectively. J im Buys was in cha rge of the in-

formal ini t iat ion week, and Dave Huff headed the commit tee f o r the formal ini t iat ion. Pledge capta in was Carl De Vree.

With the win te r te rm now a t hand, p lans f o r fo rma l par t ies have also occuppied m a j o r in teres t in many of our f r a t e rn i t i e s . Those who have made plans to da te in-clude the Arkies , who will hold thei r Win te r Fo rma l in the Mocha Room of the Pant l ind Hotel in Grand Rapids on J a n u a r y 14, and

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Presents Concerts The Women ' s Chorus f r o m the

Chapel Choir under the direction

of Mr. An thony Kooiker has re-

cently presented or par t ic ipated in

several Chr i s tmas concerts. On

November 30 the g roup t raveled to

Zeeland where they presented a

joint concert with Roger Rei tberg

in 2nd Reformed Church f o r the

Women's L i t e ra ry Club. The pro-g r a m was divided into two p a r t s with the choir present ing the first and Mr. Rei tberg the second.

On December 3 the g roup t rave l -ed to Muskegon where they pre-sented a musical p rogram a t Cen-t r a l Methodist Church f o r the Muskegon Ladies L i t e ra ry Club. On December 5 they par t ic ipated in the Chr i s tmas Vesper and on December 10 the morning chapel service.

Included in thei r p rog ram were "O Come, 0 Come Emmanue l , Ah, Deares t J e s u s " , "The Carol of the Bird", by J o h n Jacob Niles, Caril-lon" by Mary Briel and "This Li t t le Babe" by Benjamin Br i t ten .

For the i r concerts t h roughou t t h e year The Women's Chorus has added new blue four -po in t choir caps and whi te stoles to replace the o range used in pas t years .

F e b r u a r y 4th as the date, and The Louis XIV Room of the Rowe Hotel in Grand Rapids as the place f o r the i r win te r pa r ty , which is in cha rge of Dan Meeuwsen and Gene Westerhoff th i s year .

The Emersonian f r a t e r n i t y has recent ly elected the i r officers f o r the winter te rm. Bill Coventry is pres ident ; J o h n Mongin, vice-presi-dent ; Fred Birdsall , sec re ta ry ; and Sherwood Hazelson, s e rgean t a t a rms .

They also will hold thei r f o r m a l ini t iat ion immedia te ly a f t e r Chris t -m a s vacat ion. The Emmie fo rma l on F e b r u a r y 4 is in charge of J a n Smith, and A1 Kooyers.

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min is te r s a fund f o r the Advance-ment of Educat ion, last year , awarded Hope a g r a n t to release facul ty t ime f o r the s tudy of the purposes and p r o g r a m s of the col-lege in fol lowing up this problem.

The s tudy involves 11 members of the college s taff , seven members of the curr iculum s tudy commit tee and f o u r o ther members of the f acu l ty to a t t a in a well rounded cross-section of the facu l ty .

These members of the s tudy g roup began by keeping a d iary-record of his class room a ims and procedures in one course, in as minu te an account as possible, of t ha t port ion of the class act ivi ty which required var ious cri t ical th ink ing abilit ies or which led to an unders tand ing of the th ink ing process.

Six weeks of intensive s tudy followed in which the g roup hoped to discover the methods used in the var ious classes to a t t a i n the reflective thinking, and an effective

p a t t e r n of instruct ion. The s tudy has a l ready led to

Second Concert (Continued f r o m page 1 ) ^

N i n a Mesirow-Minchin, pianis t , Hugo Kolberg, violinist , and Carl F r u h , cellist. The t r io played " S o n a t a a T r e " by Vivaldi-Casella, the "Gypsy Rondo" by Haydn, and Dvorak ' s "Tr io in E Minor". The next concert in the series will be the Vienna Boys Choir concert on J a n u a r y 21.

The Chicago Daily News carr ied the fol lowing comment on the Pro Musica Trio concert in "The Town Cr i e r " by Tony Weitzel . "Chicago 's longha i r Pro Musica Trio f e l t like Liberace up in Holland, Michigan the o ther night . J u s t before the i r concert a t Hope College chapel , a f u s e blew. And onto the pi tch-dark s t a g e marched half a dozen stu-dents . . . c a r ry ing C A N D E L A -BRA."

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one specific recommendat ion tha t will if it secures f acu l ty approval , lead to a cur r icu la r change. Tha t recommendat ion is t ha t clear un-ders tand ing of t h e th ink ing pro-cesses, the principles of sound, logical reasoning, the genera l s teps impor tan t f o r problem solving, and the m a j o r blocks to effective think-ing is not only impor t an t but essential .

The s tudy group has come to the decision, on ihe basis of these f a c t s t h a t the college s tuden t s should have a guided experience aimed squarely a t the development of these unders tand ings and a t the development of skil ls in employing them in var ious s i tuat ions .

Kooiker Recital (Continued f r o m page 1)

the music was such as to d raw it f o r t h f rom this imper fec t , but in-te res t ing , young a r t i s t . "

Reviews a re still expected f r o m the Musical America, and Musical Courier, New York music maga-zines which had crit ics covering the concert .

Approximate ly f i v e hundred people a t tended, among whom were many alumni of Hope College and

s tudents f r o m New Brunswick Seminary .

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Yearly r epor t s a re sent by the Association of Amer ican Medical Colleges to u n d e r g r a d u a t e colleges concerning the i r s tuden t s who have entered the s tudy of medicine. The repor t indicates the medical school a t tended, the length of t ime the s tuden t has studied t he r e and the s tuden t ' s rank , whe the r in the upper , middle or lower third of his class.

In brief , t he repor t showed t h a t of 44 recent Hope g r a d u a t e s enter-ing medical schools, 42 have re-mained. The s ta t i s t ics concerning rank in class of 107 previous Hope s tudents showed: 52—grades not yet avai lable

23—ranked in 1st, 3rd of class 21—ranked in middle 3rd of class 11—ranked in lowest 3rd of class

Gradua tes of Hope College rank very high in relat ion to o ther schools covered by t h e survey.

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Dutch Split In League Openers i .

Four Hope Gridders Named To All-MIAA Team

KUYERS — A l l M I A A Tackle

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Hope (84)

FG F T P F TP Riemersma, f 4 5 2 13 Adams, f 5 3 5 13 Hendrickson, c, f 8 5 4 21 Molenaar, g 8 7 3 23 Rink, g 1 4 5 6 Kramer , c 3 2 4 8

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Davis, f 7 0 4 14

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The release of the 1955 All-MIAA saw Hope score heavily as the Dutch placed fou r men on the honor squad. Named to this year ' s team were Bill Heydorn, senior f rom Pleasantvil le , New York; John Adams, junior f r o m Saginaw; Don Van Hoeven, junior f rom Wyoming P a r k ; and Dave Kuyers , sophomore f rom Zeeland. T h e champion Hillsdale team placed five men on the team while Adrian had two and Olivet one. The twelve man team was selected in order to accommodate a th ree way tie f o r two backfield posts.

John A d a m s was awarded a ha l f -back slot fo r the second t ime in his career . Besides being named to the All-MIAA squad, Adams re-ceived an ou ts tand ing award as he was selected to the fifty-five man Al l -American team announced by the Nat ional Intercol legiate Ath-letic Association. Each season the N I A A selects a squad of ten ends, ten tackles, ten guards , five centers , and twen ty backfield men f rom its 425 member schools. This year 48 of the 425 were represented on the team. Only one o ther MIAA player was chosen as Oilman f rom Kala-mazoo was named to a tackle posi-tion.

A d a m s added more laurels a s he was the leading MIAA ground gainer . In 64 t r ies he gained 444 ya rds f o r a 6.9 average . Adams outgained his neares t rival, Na le Clark of Hillsdale, by 100 yards . Clark gained 357 in 77 tries.

Bill Heydorn, a long with Adams, was also named f o r the second t ime to this honor squad. A tackle last year , Heydorn was listed this yea r a t the r igh t guard position

on the honor squad. At the close of the season, Co-Captain Heydorn was selected as Hope 's most valu-able p l aye r f o r th is year . Always known f o r his rugged, hard charg-ing type of footbal l , Heydorn well deserves these awards given him.

Named to the le f t tackle slot was Don Van Hoeven, a junior . Hampered all yea r by knee trouble. Doc came on to establish himself as one of the league 's leading line-men.

Dave Kuyers , Hope 's sophomore ful lback, was chosen as the leading man a t this position in the MIAA. Kuyers was the th i rd top ground ga iner in the MIAA as he rushed f o r 351 yards in 60 t r i es f o r a 5.8

average . His t remendous drive and power should g rea t ly aid in making

next season a most successful one.

Officers Elected

At the last W.A.A. board meet-ing, s t a t e officers were elected f o r the A.F.M.C.W. (Athlet ic Federa-tion of Michigan College Women.) Those elected were Suzie Van Slageren , vice pres ident ; Mary Hessel ink, s ec re t a ry ; a n d Jean Kromann, t r ea su re r . J a n Gravink was elected pres ident of the s ta te organiza t ion ear l ie r in the year.

Also elected a t the board meet ing w a s Shirley Bouwman, Heal th Commit tee Representa t ive .

The W.A.A. volleyball season is coming to a close with jus t a few g a m e s l e f t to be played. At the t ime the paper went to press , the Jun io r B team was in first place

while the Frosh B team was in second place.

The basketbal l t ou rnamen t will s t a r t shor t ly a f t e r Chr i s tmas vaca-tion. A g i r l ' s basketbal l team is also being organized to play o ther M.I.A.A. schools.

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Won Lost F r a t e r s 2 0

Cosmos 2 0 Emmies 2 0 Knicks 0 2 Sem 0 2 Arkies 0 2 Emmies 25 — Sem 22 Cosmos 34 — Arkies 29 F r a t e r s 61 — Knicks 32 F r a t e r s 51 — Sem 47 Cosmos 34 — Knicks 26 • Emmies 43 — Arkies 24

Total Points Heydorn — Cosmos 37 Veldman — F r a t e r s 35 Nelson — F r a t e r s 31 Mart in — Knicks 27 Ri tsema — Emmies 24

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Won Lost Indies 2 0 F r a t e r s 1 1 Emmies 1 1 Cosmos 1 1 Arkies 1 1 Knicks 0 2 Indies 31 — F r a t e r s 24 Cosmos 43 — Knicks 30 Emmies 38 — Arkies 36 Indies 44 — E m m i e s 25 F r a t e r s 39 — Knicks 35 Arkies 45 — Cosmos 37

Total Points Hondorp — Arkies 33 Bieri — Arkies 25 Keizer — F r a t e r s 22 Galer — Knicks 22 Ri tsema, H. — Emmies 22

Succumb To Adrian

In Overtime Loss In the first MIAA contest of the

year , the Hope College Dutchmen were handed a 91-84 over t ime loss by the Adrian Bulldogs. With play ex t remely e v e n th roughout the game, Hope held its la rges t mar-gin, a 6 point spread with about six minutes left in the game . Up to this t ime the lead exchanged hands many t imes as the contest was fought on very even t e rms . Midway in the first q u a r t e r the score was tied at 9 all, and the qua r t e r ended with each team add-ing 11 points to make it 20-20. With six minutes le f t in the half Henry Hughes, Adr ian ' s leading

scorer lef t the game with f o u r per-sonal fouls and Adrian managed to mainta in a tie at 34 all with 3 minutes to go in the half . The half ended as Adrian ga thered a 42-40 lead.

Two quick buckets by Hope at the outset of the third q u a r t e r put them ahead 44-42, but a f t e r 5 minutes of play it was tied again at 50 apiece. Hope then began to move more effectively and went

into a 74-68 lead as the four th q u a r t e r got underway. With six

minutes le f t the Dutch changed their pa t t e rn of offense and went into a stal l , going for dog or noth-ing, but Adrian playing under pressure whitt led the Hope lead down to 76-74 with a minute to go and then added ano ther deuce to throw the game into a overt ime.

In the last fou r and a half minutes Hope scored only one basket and this in the end cost them the win.

In the over t ime it was all Adrian as Hughes and Swiosh combined to produce 13 of the 15 points scored by Adrian in the overt ime, and with this a Adrian victory by a 91-84 count.

23 Point Rally

Stops Dale Five Hope's Dutchmen rebounded f r o m

the i r de fea t aga ins t Adr ian to s top

the Hillsdale College basketbal l

squad, 79-70. The Dutch came f rom

behind to score 23 points in the

closing minutes , holding the Dales

to but one field goal.

Behind 64-56 with seven minutes remaining, Hope's vaunted f a s t

break began to opera te smoothly. Willie Rink s ta r ted the rally by dropping in a set shot and f r o m then on the run-and-shoot offense clicked. Norm Kramer tied the score

a t 66-all on a f r ee th row with f o u r

minutes remaining.

Hope opened the scoring as Whitey Riemersma hi t the hoop f o r a two pointer . A f t e r t ak ing a sl ight lead, Coach Visser sent in

his f r e shmen subs t i tu tes , but the i r inexperience showed as the Dales came back to tie the score at the qua r t e r mark , 20-all. The r egu l a r s

took over a t this point and pu t Hope back into the lead, holding a 41-28 ha l f t ime advan tage .

Hillsdale bounced back and took the lead ear ly in the second half with Rog Davies on the scor ing end of the Dales f a s t break. Diag-nosing Hope's fu l l court press , Hillsdale worked the i r f a s t break around the Dutch subs t i tu te de-

fense.

Coach Visser was called on to

subs t i tu te f r equen t ly as the par -t icularly " r o u g h " play under the

boards kept the Dutch in the foul column. The squad worked t oge the r smoothly only in the final ral ly , ne t t ing 23 points to Hil lsdale 's 6 points in the final minutes . P a r -t icularly impressive among the

subs t i tu tes was John Je l tes who sparkled in defense.

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Over the Chr is tmas holidays, the Hope basketbal l squad will see

action in fou r non-league contests . The Dutch will open the vacat ion session by boarding the t ra in today and t ravel ing to Pella, Iowa, where they will meet the F ly ing Dutch of Central College. Hope, a l ready owning a 65-56 win over the lowans this season, a re favored to dupli-

cate this win as they invade the fore ign court . The highlight of the vacation will be the Holiday Basketbal l

Classic which will be played on the 29th and 30th of December a t the Civic Center . This t ou rnamen t m a r k s a new idea in Hope basketbal l as the Dutch are sponsoring this type of invi tat ional play f o r the first t ime. Invi ta t ionals of this sort have become popula r th roughout the nation at Chr i s tmas t ime, and this year Hope has invited Beloit, Lake Fores t , and Albion to par t ic ipa te in the i r 1955 session.

These games a re not to be considered as normal t o u r n a m e n t play because no winner will be declared. On the 29th Hope will meet Lake Fores t , and Albion will encounter Beloit. With no bea r ing put on the outcome of these games , the fo l lowing night will see Hope mee t ing Beloit, while Albion t ang les with Lake Fores t . U nder this se tup ,

ne i ther of the MIAA schools, Hope or Albion, will p lay each o the r as they both have the oppor tuni ty of playing Lake F o r e s t and Beloit. The purpose of this type of t ou rnamen t is to provide top-f l ight baske t -ball f o r the Holland a rea f ans , and such an a t t e m p t a t th i s new set -up should receive high pra i se f r o m local basketbal l en thus ias t s .

Beloit and Lake Fores t , both powerhouses in the mid-West , will b r ing highly rated squads this year , and will provide Hope and Albion with valuable experience f o r fo r thcoming league play.

On J a n u a r y 3rd Michigan Normal will meet the Dutch a t the Civic Center . In the two contes ts with the Hurons last yea r the Dutch won one and lost one. Michigan Normal is a g a i n s t rong this year , and should provide a rugged encounter f o r the Dutch previous to the resuming of the league schedule a t Albion on the 8th of J a n u a r y .