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Hope Battles Calvin Tomorrow Afternoon

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By Glenn Gouwens With Albion's upset over Hope

last Wednesday, Calvin gained at least a co-championship for the MIAA crown. If Doth won or both lost Wednesday, it would have been winner take all tomorrow. But since Calvin was victorious over Alma, a Hope victory is essential if Hope is to end with more than a second place berth in the league standings.

Calvin's only MIAA loss this year was to Hope, 83-78, on Hope's court, while the Dutchmen's only league defeat, until last Wednes-day's loss, was at the hands of Olivet, 91-87, also played at Hope.

Hope has won or shared seven previous titles in the last nine years, all of those being under the coaching of Russ DeVette. Calvin has won or shared five MIAA titles, all under coach Barney Steen. In the last 14 season—from 1952 to 1965 inclusive—either Hope or Cal. vin has won or shared the title. Adrian, Albion and Kalamazoo have shared the crown with one of these leaders in that span, but the Hope-Calvin duo hasn't been shut out.

The Hope-Calvin game may also decide the individual scoring title

for 1966. Excluding last Wednes-day night's game, Calvin freshman Bill DeHorn had 221 points in 10 league games, with defending champion Clare Van Wieren of Hope a close second with 218 in 10 games.

Hope has won 13 of the 23 games the Dutch and the Knights have played.

What effect last Wednesday's loss will have upon the Dutch remains to be seen. It just might make the team hungry enough for vic-tory to hand Calvin their second loss of the season in league play. Hope will have to be up for the game to overcome the added Cal-vin advantage of playing on their own floor.

In recent years, the Hope-Cal-vin rivalry has resulted in students traveling to the opposing school's campus to decorate the buildings. This year was no exception. Early Thursday morning at approximate-ly 12:30 a.m., six Calvin students were caught in an attempt to spray red paint on the anchor in front of Graves. They were released, ac-cording to Holland Police, "af ter they had gotten a good talking to."

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THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH—Students stood, sat and climbed the walls last Tucfiday afternoon for over two hours in an attempt to obtain one of the 150 available tickets for the Hope-Calvin basketball game to be played Saturday at 4 p.m. in Grand Rapids.

Curtain Rises on Ibsen Play The final two performances of

Hendrik Ibsen's "The Master Builder" will be presented tonight and tomorrow night at 8:15 p.m. by the Hope College Little Theater on the fourth floor of the Science Building. Tickets for all perform-ances were sold out ear ly this week.

Set in Norway at the turn of the century, the Ilbsen play is "mysti-fyingly complex" in that a variety of interpretations of its meaning could be justified, according to director James Malcolm of the speech department. Basic to the play, however, is the emptiness of human relationships which exist without love, and the conflict that ensues from such situations of in-sensitivity. . ^ ^ »l<»^ - i l [ 1 1 | ^

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Middle-aged Halvard Solness is caught in a conflict between his attraction to the young, warm and impetuous Hilde Wangel and his guilt-provoked duty to his wife Aline. Hilde, representing the dar-ing and innovation of youth, holds tgreat appeal for Solness, since he wants to retain his youth as well as his cherished title of "master fbuilder," which is being challenged by Ragnov.

Solness' wife Aline is fearful of protracting the rising tension be-tween her impetuous husband and those around him, and provides a conservative influence on him. As the action progresses, it be-comes evident that Solness cannot have and cannot be both what his wife and Hilde symbolize for him. He must choose.

Members of the cast are: Mich-ael Vogas as Solness, Jennifer McGilvray as Hilde Wangel, Irene Maatman as Aline Solness, Rick Bietveld as Knute Brovik, Craig Holleman as Ragnov, Faith Swets as Solness' secretary Kaja and John Cox as Dr. Herdal.

Crew heads are: stage, Mark Menning; make-up, Ruth Hage-masy; lighting, Barbara Brunson: properties, Sue Boonstra; cos-tumes, Thelma Leenhouts; busi-ness, Rick Rietveld; and music, Robert Cecil.

IBSEN'S 'BUILDER'—Hilde Wangel, portrayed by Jennifer Mc-Gilvray, pleads with the Master Builder, Mike Vogas, to climb the tower he built and place a wreath on it. The play will be presented tonight and tomorrow in the Little Theater at 8:15 p.m.

Senate Views Honor Code, Starts Newsletter

Tuesday's Student Senate meet-ing discussion included the honor code and the newly instituted news-letter.

The Honor Code Committee re-ported after interviewing many members of the faculty that 58 per cent were interested in an honor code and 42 per cent were against it. The committee hopes to discuss this idea at a faculty meeting to see if further investi-gation is required. General stu-dent reaction was negative.

A new committee was formed to look into possible improvements for the Kletz. Suggestions included a television and a radio with speakers so that basketball games could be heard clearly.

A number of Student Senate newsletters were given to each sen-ator for distribution in the various living quarters. These are designed to promote better communications l)etween the Senate and the student body, according to Senate presi-dent Wes Michaelson.

Vietnam Policy Viewed

Scranton and Taft Visit Holland- GR Area, Attack Dems Vietnam policy and the future

of the Republican party dominat-ed discussion last Friday as Gov. William Scranton of Pennsylvania and Robert Taft , J r . of Ohio boosted Republican Lincoln Day celebrations in Kent and Ottawa counties.

Scranton, unsuccessful last-minute challenger to Barry Gold-water for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination, held a press conference in Grand Rap-ids before addressing the Kent County Republicans in their an-nual Lincoln Day dinner.

Arriving late at the press con-ference was former Congress-man Robert Taft of Ohio who is again seeking a seat in Congress in the November election. With Taft was Congressman Robert Griffin of Michigan, now seeking the Senate seat vacated by Senator Pa t McNamara. a Democrat.

When asked what his own poli-tical plans for the future were, Scranton said, " I haven' t given any thought to it—and I mean that — and I won't, until next year . "

On the subject of Vietnam, Scranton pointed to general Re-publican support of the Adminis-tration's policy, but expressed doubts on some of the particulars. "It is pretty clear that the major-ity of the Republicans a re pretty much in agreement. The Dem-ocrats seem to be having any-thing but unanimity."

Speaking of the Vietnam mil-itary effort, Scranton said, "We could do a better job of bombing the significant military targets of North Vietnam. We have not been as successful as we could be . "

Asked if he felt the Adminis-tration was doing all it could to

attain peace, Scranton, noting he had worked one year for the S fate Department, answered, " I wish I knew." From the response I got I would assume they are not do-ing the job they should. From the public relations standpoint I don't think we have done too well around the world."

Robert Taft, son of the late Sen-ator Robert Taft of Ohio, ad-dressed the Ottawa county Lin-coln Day b a n q u e t at Grand Valley State College on Friday eve-ning. He was introduced by Rob-ert Griffin and attacked the Dem-ocrats in the course of his ad-dress.

"The Republican Par ty is the nartv of princinle; the opposition has only the principle, or lack of principle, or political expediency."

Vie fnam dominated a large part of Taf t ' s address. "We should and do welcome the hearings (of the

Senate Foreign Relations Commit-tee) on Vietnam. But we should discuss this with restraint, as some Senators of the other party are not doing."

He defended the Republican pos-ition on Vietnam, as an "honor-able one," refusing to advocate a pull-out. "I t would be almost as easy to fall into the simple an-swer of all-out war , " a position Taft said the party has also avoid-ed. "Nor have we adopted the Pollyanna-ism of the Vice Pres-ident, who tells the people of Viet-nam that everything is well and will be well."

"We should not second-guess military decisions." said Taft in shifting into military problems. But he questionpd two points of present policy. "Why are we con-tinuing to permit the present build-up of arms for the Viet Cong—90 per cent of which comes

through the port of Haiphong?" He suggested a "Kennedy-type of embargo" of Haiphong to prevent other nations from indirectly sup-pos ing the Viet Cong.

Questioning further, Taft asked, "How wise is it to further commit land troops, and how much should we include toward more extensive use of air power and sea power?"

Taft concluded with an attack on the "guns and but te r" philosonhv of the Administration and present trends toward inflation. "We are not facing up to the basic .prob-lems, such as over-stimula fion of the economy bv methods of def-icit spending," he said. "Other political, economic or government-al aims, otherwise desirable, mieh* have to be deferred if thev would lead to inflation. Those fighting for us in Vietnam must not be frustrated by a loss of free-dom at home."

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Walsh: This Generation Unknowingly Religious

"The Changing Mood of the Campus" was the title of Dr. Chad Walsh's address to students attend-ing l a s t Tuesday's assembly. Speaking about the college students of the 40's, SO's and 60's, Dr. Walsh found the present generation to be the most rebellious in the last thirty years.

Commenting on college students from 1945-50, Walsh found the men to be serious and determined as a result of their wide range of experience in World War II. Along with this, the post-war students were very interested in God and religion, but on an intellectual lev-el and not as a categorical com-mand influencing and demanding one's whole self.

In contrast, the students of the 1950's were a conservative and silent group, not only afraid to voice an opinion but also afraid to have opinions. Conformity was stressed to an extreme and the church became a symbol of this conformity.

On the other hand, the genera-tion of the 60's appears to have an unknowingly religious concern for today's problems. Walsh found the civil rights movement to be instrumental in making today's student body actively engaged in a cause not always popular.

Dr. Walsh also called the rebel-lion a reaction against America's false sense of values and its hy-pocrisy. However, he found this new creative minority to be the wave of the future, the forecast of what is to come on the collejge c m -

puses and consequently represen-tative of new ideas which will diffuse into the Aimerican way of life.

Dr. Walsh pointed out that this rebellion is necessary to pave the

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way for the future American life, a life in which, due to automation, Americans will have to find values in life beyond the eight hour work-ing day.

In 1945 Dr. Walsh began studies in the Christian ministry and in 1948 he became an Episcopalian priest. He is the author of the book "Campus Gods on Trial."

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is a sophomore preparlsg for the Christian ministry in the fanier-city. Below is the story he wrote for the anchor about his recent ex-periences in Chicago's slum*.

By Nelsoo Murphy Once someone said, "I t ' s not

what conditions a man came from that matters ; it's what he's done with them that counts." Yet a considerable segment of our soci-ety exists in a world that would make the rest of us ask if life could possibly be any worse, a segment whose filthy rags betray its "status." From this environ-ment, one is almost forced to ask, "How could anybody become any-thing?"

Being sick of sleepless nights, wondering what it would be like to live this kind of life, I deter-mined to "take the plunge" into the depths of slum-life, play the role for a few days and see if I could better understand just what it's like to be a bum.

Immediately, I was faced with the reality of just existing. 1 started out with five dollars, left Holland on Wednesday afternoon of Sem-ester break, and headed for Chi-cago's famous "skid-row." Dressed in old clothes borrowed from the local City Mission, I hitch-hiked into the "loop" on one of the cold-est evenings of the year.

Being cold, tired and hungry, I grabbed a quiok supper and turned in for the night in a cheap one-mght hotel, a "flopper" in slum jargon. "Rooms — |.70" the sign said, but I'm sure a park bench would have been cleaner. My "room" was also occupied by a jillion crawling bugs and a dandy whistling steam-radiator (whicih made things terribly hot). The bed was so dirty I decided newspapers covering the sheets would be saf-est.

Rising late the next morning, I was unable to get a job anywhere. The "slave-markets" open at 5:30 a.m. and most of the available jobs are gone soon after 7:00 a.m. I walked around and looked around all day, ending up Thurs-

day night in a Bible-Rescue Mis-sion on West Madison Avenue. My first task there was to outlast the windy evangelist who kept tell-ing me I was Damned to Hell and needed his Jesus to do something about it.

The next ordeal was enduring the cold soup and hard floor where 1 was told to sleep. Somehow, from the evanglist's brusque commands and superior attitude, I just could not help but feel very worthless in front of him. I still wonder if he was really concerned about me or anybody else. In my condition at that moment I really couldn't care less about his Jesus; I wanted a job, some food and some sleep.

The next day, I worked on two different jobs: One in a small restaurant washing dishes, and then that night in the Campbell 's Soup Factory. When I finished, it was so late I spent the night at the Y.M.C.A. The next day 1 was fortunate enough to find work again in another restaurant. The rest of the time I just bummed around, making conversation where I could, and came home by train Sunday evening.

At times, the experience was ex-citing, but generally I felt very depressed. In this state, it was easy to feel like "going on a binge" for awhale. And in the bars there is real life: People talk to each other and are interested in each other. In the Mission no one dared say anything! Leaving was a very liberating experience. In the wait-ing rooms of the slave-markets, small talk was difficult to start

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(everyone's partially afraid of everyone else), but once it got rolling, the most interesting people emerged from their shells.

It wasn't hard to see that even in this pitiful, frustrating way of life, a deep sense of human dignity still existed. One couldn't help but be impressed with some of these so-called bums' stories. They are not all dumb and dirty-minded; each one is still a unique human being, even if he is running from reality. It seems to m e that a relevant presentation of God's "Good News" could be a most worthwhile and challenging task. After all, even the finest parch-ment is made from filthy rags.

Kletz Will Open Evenings Mon. • Fri., Senate Decides

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The Kletz had previously been open on Monday and Wednesday nights and had proved successful enough to warrant the present five night trial period. To help Dorothy Burt, its manager, Mrs. Jean Horn has been hired for the evening hours.

Mr. Wilson emphasized that "breaking even" would be suffi-cient to consider the project a success. The aim of keeping the Kletz open is that "it keeps the students on campus so that they can eat something and go straight back to their dorms again and study, whereas if they go down-town they are likely to meet some-one to keep them from their studies."

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Van Eyl Collects Books For Soldiers in Vietnam

Empathy with American soldi t r i fighting in the Vietnam war was put into action by faculty member, Dr. F. Phillip Van Eyl, chairman of the department of psychology.

Contributions of used paperback books, which Dr. Van Eyl collected from his fellow faculty members comprised a box which he sent to U.S. troopi.

He was able to send nearly 200 books to 173d Airborne Brigade

Aschbrenner Piano Recital Set for Sunday

Charles Aschbrenner, pianist, will present a faculty recital Sun-day, Feb. 27, at A p.m. in Sn®w Auditorium.

He will perform Beethoven's "Sonata in D Minor," Op. 31, No. 2 and then two selections by Chopin, "Berceuse" and "Fantas ia ." Mr. Aschbrenner will also perform De-bussy's "Pour le Piano" and con-clude with three numbers by Liszt, "La Campanella," "Valse Oub-liee" and "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6."

Aschbrenner received his bacli-elor's degree in music from the Unrversity of Illinois and his mas-ter 's in music f rom Yale. He has spent three summers studying with Nadia Boulanger in Fontaine-bleau, France. While there last summer on a faculty grant, he had the opportunity to play for the well-known pianists Clifford Curzon and Arthur Rubenstein.

Student Music Concert Slated For Thursday

Bari 'one soloist Alan Wilson, organists Gloria Langstraat and Carl Van Noord and pianists Zaide Pixley and Barbara Kollen will be featured in a student music recital Thursday evening in Dim-nent Chapel at 7 p.m.

Wilson, who is giving his senior performance, will sing four songs from Schubert's "Die Schoene Muellerin," as well as a number by the Italian lyricist Jacopo An-tonio Perti . He will be accom-panied by pianist Robert Forms-ma.

Miss Langstraat will play "P re -lude and Fugue in B Minor" by Bach. Van Noord will give his rendition of ' 'R icercar" by Jo-hann Pachelbel. Miss Pixley's pi-ano piece is a Beethoven sonata, and Miss Kollen's performance in-cludes two preludes by Debussy.

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Chaplain Major Frank 0 . Varvin, who distributed them. A letter "to my new friends at Hope College" expressed his appreciation and that of his troops, "for your thoughtfulness."

The Chaplain has stayed close to his troops and revealed that one of his assistants was killed just last month.

Dr. Van Eyl met Major Varvin during the Korean conflict when they went through jump training together. He said that during the next to the last qualifying jump, the Chaplain sprained his ankle. It was not until the next day, after he had successfully completed his final jump, that he sought medic-al attention. He explained that he didn't want the men to get the impression that chaplains chicken out at the first sign of trouble.

"I 'd like to think of Frank as typical of the kind of fine and courageous people we have fight-ing for us," stated Dr. Van Eyl.

He would like to send the Major and his troops some more books. Student contributions of any used paperback books are to be taken to the mailroom in Van Raalte.

Leslie Clark's Senior Recital

Is Tuesday Leslie Clark, violinist, will pre-

sent her senior recital Tuesday, March 1, at 8:15 p.m. in Snow Auditorium.

Miss Clark will devote her en-tire program to two major works of the violin repetoire opening with the "Concerto in D Major, Opus 61" by Beethoven. She will be accompanied by Dianne Hagle f rom Ripley, N.Y.

Charles Walvoord, pianist from Muskegon, will join Miss Clark in performing "Sonata N u m b e r Three in D Minor" by Johannes Brahms in which the violin and piano share an equal role.

'Miss Clark, a student of Dr. Morrette Rider for the past four years, has appeared as concert soloist on two occasions with the orchestra. In 1964 she won the Wes-tern Michigan area contest for the Congress of Strings and spent the summer studying with the Concert master of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Miss Hagle and Walvoord are from the class of Dr. Anthony Kooiker.

New Democratic Left Favors Leftist Ideals

The first meeting of the New Democratic Left, held Feb. 17, was attended by 35 students.

Leftist principles and ideals and the possibilities for their applica-tion to campus life at Hope, were stated by Daniel Georges, chair-man of the committee which first initiated the idea of the N.D.L. He presented the view that this is a world of despair and hate in which democratic principles are rarely applied. Leftist movements seek the greater realization of these ideals through the tool of political dissent, according to Georges, who expressed the hope that the N.D.L. would become such an instrument by being the "most militant" organization on campus.

Mr. Donald Clelland, faculty sponsor for the club, gave a few words of encouragement to the group and, noting the wide-spread student apathy, expressed the hope that the N.D.L. goal of "instilling a spirit of active and individual participation" of students would be successful here at Hope.

In response to several questions from the floor concerning the exact nature of the N.D.L., Georges re-iterated several times that the club would become what its mem-bers desired it to be and until a constitution is drawn up he can say nothing more than what was contained in a statement of gen-eral purpose distributed at the meeting. This document stated that the N.D.L. would "actively engage in all democratic movements of people for peace, freedom and human dignity in the tradition of non . communist, leftist move-ments ."

Following the distribution of the document, an opportunity was giv-en to those present to join the organization. Nineteen responded and organizational procedures were put into operation. Committees were formed to nominate candi-dates for offices and to draw up a constitution in which the aims of the club would be enumerated and the N.D.L. structured accord-ing to the wishes of the members.

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PREPARATIONS—Leslie Clark practices for her senior recital, to be given on Tuesday, March 1 at 8:15 in Snow Auditorium, as Dr. Morrette Rider and Dr. Anthony Kooiker listen and evaluate. Miss Clark will be accompanied by Dianne Hagle.

IFC Members Agree: Group Is Ineffective The Inter - Fraternity Council,

the governing body of Hope's five social fraternities, is composed of a president and two members of each fra ernity. Their job is to regulate the many activities of the fraternities, in both competi-tions and cooperations.

Exactly what has been accom-plished by IFC seems to be a dis-appointment to some of its mem-bers as observed by IFC Pres-ident Jim Klein, when he re-marked, "We haven't really done a heck of a lot this year ." So far this year IFC as a whole has co-operated in both the Blood Drive and the Muscular Dystrophy Drive. It is now reviewing the pledging and rushing procedures and is organizing the All-College Sing in cooperation with the Pan-Hellenic Board.

According to Klein, the council now is "attempting to take a more active part in campus activities." It is up to IFC "to lead the fra-ternities in showing their worth on campus," said Bob Thompson,

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Bob Bosman and Thompson all seem to think that problems with the administration have become less acute since Dean Carey be-gan working with 'he council, an additional positive fact as to coun-cil improvement. A good number of the members feel that the Dean's unders'anding of and re-spect for both the administration and fraternities will smooth over many rought spots, according to Thompson.

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A resolution by the American Bar Assn., stated that the U.S. position in Vietnam is "legal" under international law. This resolution was apparently a re-futation of S e n a t o r Wayne Morse's recent suggestion that international lawyers agreed the U.S. involvement there is illegal.

In other Vietnam news, the headlines read: U.S. military successes continue against the VC, South Korea is expected to send more troops soon, Philip-pines will probably send 2,000 engineer tfoops to Vietnam.

Secretary of State Dean Rusk's challenge to Congress that it vote on Vietnam "if there is doubt in Congress about the policy" ended the Senate For-eign Relations Committee's pub-lic inquiry into that policy.

President Jamal Abdul Nasser of the United Arab Republic stated that a preventive war againsts Israel is the only an-swer if she proceeds with pro-duction of an atomic bomb. The aim would be to wipe out her atomic capabilities. He added that Israel is getting arms sec-retly and the UAR must do the same.

Hungary is still faced with active political opposition to its communist regime. Recently a large number of Hungarians were arrested for conspiring, with Western help, to overthrow the government.

President Sukarno's ouster of General Abdul Haris Nasution

as defense minister may end in a civil war. Recent reports state that Nasution backed by the army and Sukarno backed by his special forces are rapidly approaching a showdown.

In Uganda, Pr ime Minister Obote said that he had assum-ed "all powers of the govern-ment" and arrested five Ugan-dan cabinet ministers. The min-isters were members of the "Bantu Group" of this East African nation and apparently had been challenging his author-ity.

Prime Minister Wilson was in Russia for three days this week on a state visit. He urged Rus-sia to help keep the Middle East peaceful and asked Kosygin to help end the Vietnam war. Ko-sygin's reactions were generally negative.

In the space "realm" the Soviet Union launched a satel-lite carrying two dogs into space to study various biological ef-fects. It is not known whether they will be brought back.

The first U.S. Apollo space-craft was scheduled to be launched Tuesday, but heavy cloud cover caused its delay.

In Birmingham, Ala., five Negroes were shot in front of a supermarket by a white man who claimed that they at-tempted to drag him from his car. One victim is in critical condition, two are in fair condi-tion and the other twr were treated and released.

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The Auditing Fiasco IN H E R E A R E M A N Y T H I N G S WHICH

myst i fy us. O n e of t h e m is h o w some p r o g r a m s of this col lege are o p e r a t e d .

I t ha s scarcely been a m o n t h since t h e o rdea l of r eg i s t r a t ion was forced u p o n us, a n d ling-e r i n g in the back of o u r m i n d , we r e m e m b e r s c a n n i n g the list of courses for which we h a d s igned up, t h e n the e n t i r e list of courses b e i n g o f t e red . W e r e m e m b e r h o p i n g tha t we m i g h t f i n d a way to a u d i t a course of p a r t i c u l a r in te res t ou t s ide o u r m a j o r field.

H a v i n g l ea rned o u r r eg i s t r a t ion lessons well, we consu l t ed t ha t m o n u m e n t a l s tudy of H o p e College, " T h e H o p e Col lege Bui l e t i n , " for a id in u n d e r s t a n d i n g the admin-is t ra t ive red t ape invo lved in a u d i t i n g . W e discovered t ha t to a u d i t o n e t h r ee -hou r course to s u p p l e m e n t o u r n o r m a l 16-hour load w o u l d cost us the t idy s u m of $90. T o a u d i t two courses w o u l d cost us $180, etc., ad n a u s e a m .

WE F I N D T H I S to be d e p l o r a b l e . W h y shou ld s t u d e n t s be asked to pay $90 for s i t t ing in a class, l i s ten ing to

the lectures, a n d b r i n g i n g n o work at all to t h e teacher? Since s t u d e n t s w h o a u d i t courses take n o tests, wr i te n o papers , d o n o reasearch excep t p e r h a p s on t h e i r own, it is a b s u r d to d e m a n d t h a t these s t u d e n t s pay e x t r a money . I n d e e d , some H o p e pro-

fessors w h o h a v e recogn ized t h e i n ju s t i c e of this system have e n c o u r a g e d s t u d e n t s to a u d i t courses w i t h o u t r eg i s t e r ing w i t h the records off ice . O n e o b v i o u s d r a w b a c k in th is at-

t e m p t to skir t t h e fee is t h a t a s t u d e n t ' s t r ansc r ip t never lists his p a r t i c i p a t i o n in f h a t a u d i t e d course .

F u r t h e r m o r e , the re a re t w o i m p l i c a t i o n s

of this A d m i n i s t r a t i o n pol icy wh ich b o t h e r us most of a l l . A u d i t i n g courses is gener-ally d o n e by t h e be t t e r s t u d e n t s of this college, those wi th an a c u t e des i re f o r the l ibera l arts, those wi th a g r e a t in te res t in areas ou t s ide of the i r f i e ld . As a resul t , by levying a fee of $90 or more , the A d m i n -i s t r a t ion is ac tua l ly p e n a l i z i n g the be t t e r s tuden t s .

IN A D D I T I O N , the ne t effect of all this is to d i scourage a c a d e m i c in te res t . M a n y

t imes s t u d e n t s s imply c a n n o t a f ford ex t r a expenses such as the a u d i t i n g of a course, b u t why this fee s h o u l d exist , pena l i z ing those w h o des i re m o r e k n o w l e d g e , is really q u i t e fa r b e y o n d o u r c o m p r e h e n s i o n . Sure-ly the college needs m o n e y . W e w o u l d be

the first to recognize t h a t . B u t we d o feel t ha t it is q u i t e u n f a i r to res t r ic t the b r e a d t h

of a s t u d e n t ' s e d u c a t i o n by i m p o s i n g a fee such as this.

Johnsonian Hypocrisy w H A T D O E S T H E A D M I N I S T R A -

T I O N m e a n by " u n c o n d i t i o n a l ne-go t i a t ions?"

A few m o n t h s ago we h a d the pr iv i lege

of h e a r i n g a c o m m u n i s t e x p o u n d his theory of th is J o h n s o n i a n phrase . His a r g u m e n t r an s o m e t h i n g l ike this:

1. T h e J o h n s o n pos i t i on is a con t rad ic -

tory one . J o h n s o n says, on the o n e h a n d , t ha t h e is eager to nego t ia te , b u t at t h e same

t ime he places such d e m a n d s on the n a t u r e of t h e confe rence itself t ha t the o t h e r side cou ld never accept t h e m .

2. For H a n o i to a t t e n d a c o n f e r e n c e w i t h o u t an i n d e p e n d e n t r ep r e sen t a t i ve of the N a t i o n a l L i b e r a t i o n F r o n t is to concede t ha t the Viet C o n g have n o i n d e p e n d e n t ex i s tence at all a n d t ha t H a n o i has t h e r igh t

to speak for t hem. T h i s m e a n s t ha t H a n o i w o u l d a d m i t tha t all the Viet C o n g are in fact on ly i n s t r u m e n t s of H a n o i ' s a m b i t i o n s a n d have n o i n d i g e n o u s q u a l i t y a b o u t t hem -clearly an u n a c c e p t a b l e c o n d i t i o n fo r H a n o i .

3. By m a k i n g his offer only t o H a n o i

in s t ead of to the Viet C o n g as well, J o h n s o n can rest assured t ha t n o e m b a r r a s s i n g ac-

c e p t a n c e of nego t i a t i ons will occur . H e can a f ford to m a k e all sorts of p ious s t a t emen t s t ha t we seek only peace, b u t his s incer i ty

is d o u b t f u l because of the " c o n d i t i o n s " at-t ached to the nego t i a t i on offer.

AT T H E T I M E W E H E A R D this argu-ment , it was easy to dismiss as a one-sided a n d d e l i b e r a t e m i s i n t e r p r e t a t i o n

of t h e Johnson offer of " u n c o n d i t i o n a l nego-t i a t i ons . " T h e t ragic i rony is tha t d u r i n g t h e past t w o weeks the fu l l i m p o r t of the A d m i n -i s t r a t ion policy has come i n t o the o p e n , w i th p r o d d i n g f r o m the Sena te Fore ign R e l a t i o n s C o m m i t t e e a n d Sena to r R o b e r t K e n n e d y . A n d the c o m m u n i s t view t u r n s o u t to be a

fa i r ly accura te p i c tu re of t h e ac tua l s i t ua t i on .

I t is no t o u r p u r p o s e to c o n d e m n e i ther the long- range goals or t h e mi l i t a ry activity of t h e U.S. i n v o l v e m e n t in V i e t n a m . N o r

is it t o advoca te a n e g o t i a t i o n wh ich would "sell o u t " the basic U.S. c o m m i t m e n t to a f ree a n d i n d e p e n d e n t S o u t h V i e t n a m . R a t h e r

the p u r p o s e is to show tha t , on t h e d ip lo-m a t i c f ron t , the U.S. has b e e n m a k i n g out-w a r d l y gene rous n e g o t i a t i o n offers a n d at the same t ime it is d i sgu i s ing large obstacles to n e g o t i a t i o n wh ich w o u l d "a p r i o r i " p r e v e n t the H a n o i g o v e r n m e n t f r o m c o m i n g to t h e c o n f e r e n c e table—regardless of its des i re o r

lack of des i re to ta lk .

T h i s , s imply s ta ted , is d i shones t diplo-

macy.

T h e u l t i m a t e goal , we a re to ld , is to

" c h a n g e the will of the e n e m y l e a d e r s h i p " so t ha t they a re wi l l ing t o nego t i a t e o n t h e

f u t u r e of S o u t h V i e t n a m . In o t h e r words , o u r leaders say t h a t the goal of p re sen t policy is to achieve a n e g o t i a t e d se t t l emen t . A n d

to t h a t e n d we are wi l l ing to engage in " u n c o n d i t i o n a l n e g o t i a t i o n s " - w h i c h w o u l d seem to m e a n wi l l ingness to ta lk a n y w h e r e ,

at any t ime to anyone . Excep t , of course, to the Viet C o n g .

It is i n t e r e s t i ng to w a t c h the Admin i s -t r a t i o n hedge as it is c o n f r o n t e d by Sena to r K e n n e d y a d v o c a t i n g " t h e h e a r t of the h o p e for a n e g o t i a t e d s e t t l e m e n t . . . to a d m i t

( the Viet C o n g ) to a sha re of p o w e r a n d r e spons ib i l i t y . " T h i s s t a t e m e n t a t first

b r o u g h t ant^ry r e b u t t a l s f r o m all sides, inc lud-ing b o t h pa r t i e s a n d a wide var ie ty of per-

sonal i t ies . T h e n , a n n o u n c e d t h e P r e s i d e n t on W e d n e s d a y even ing , " W e s t and fo r self-d e t e r m i n a t i o n , fo r f ree e lec t ions . A n d we will s t a n d by the i r resul ts ." T h e i m p l i c a t i o n ,

b r o u g h t ou t by W h i t e H o u s e press secretary Moyers some h o u r s ear l ie r , was t ha t the Pres-iden t did not disagree w i t h K e n n e d y , p rov id-ed tha t Bobby d i a n ' t m e a n coa l i t i on before an e lec t ion .

AM E R I C A N S A R E U S E D T O T H I S k i n d of y o h n s o n i a n flexibility bv now,

a n d alas, t h e same o ld p i c t u r e is b e i n g revea led .

T h e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n pos i t ion still begs the q u e s t i o n of the s t a tus of the N a t i o n a l L i b e r a t i o n F r o n t , for n o r e a s o n a b l e m a n

cou ld expec t t h e N o r t h t o agree t o a b i d e by an e lec t ion c o n d u c t e d by a g o v e r n m e n t which exc ludes the F r o n t .

T h e s e h i d d e n b a r r i e r s to n e g o t i a t i o n , wh ich cause even r e a s o n a b l e a n d m o d e r a t e c o m m u n i s t s to d o u b t o u r s incer i ty , speak to t h e b a n k r u p t c y of hones ty w h i c h has charac te r ized t h e State D e p a r t m e n t a n d Ad-m i n i s t r a t i o n in t he i r dea l ings w i t h t h e Viet-n a m s i t u a t i o n .

It is a sad c o m m e n t a r v on o u r d i p l o m a t i c hones ty as a n a t i o n t ha t a C o m m u n i s t ' s spec-u la t ive analvsis . m a d e w h e n h e c o u l d on ly see t h r o u g h t h e gloss darVly. is largely correct w h e n we see o u r ac t ions face to face.

CO M M E N T A T O R S H A V E N O T E D a g r o w i n g uneas iness in the last few weeks over J o h n s o n i a n policy in Viet-

n a m . P e r h a p s th is uneas iness is less o n e of r e g r e t t i n g the bas ic m i l i t a r y c o m m i t m e n t t h a n t h e h a u n t i n g awareness of a d i s p a r i t y b e t w e e n the p r o c l a i m e d a n d t h e p rac t i ced wi th wh ich t h e w h o l e pol icy is b e i n g con-d u c t e d .

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Coffee Anyone?

By Rob Werge It seems a shame not to expand

the rush system. The swift effici-ency with which fraternities separ-ate the good guys from "muckers and nurds" should be used in other areas where such discrim-ination is important. For instance, admissions procedures could be re-vamped by choosing future stu-dents at a huge annual coffee break. 'Then, at least, we could stop trying to sell them Hope by sending them pictures of students looking skyward in front of Dim-nent as if they were seeing the Second Coming.)

For 48 hours, a marathon break could be held in the library. Show-cases would hold the usual display of hairs from the beard of Van Raalte, a woolen sock worn for three weeks by Ezra van Eeeh while leading a team of oxen on a trek from Detroit to Holland in 1856, and a poem in Dutch written by someone about something. Sur-rounded by such glitter of the past, the prospective students would be plied with coffee, cakes, talk, laughter, rolls and smiling.

Not that that would be the only way of getting in. Those faculty and administration hosts would have small check lists for the grading of each rushee. Categories of: Smile, Personality, General Knowledge. Denomination and Mor-als would have ratings going from "excellent" to "uuugh." Anyone who drops the names Fellini, Key-nes. Morgenstern or Zwingli would be readily admitted. And anyone who could use alienation in the same sentence five times without ever defining what he means would be enrolled in the Freshman Hon-ors section.

On the other hand. Cecilia Cyni-cal would never get in if she was overheard saying, "Protestant Eth-

ic? I never knew they had one." Other ways of being rejected would come from trying to pinch the waitresses who would be dressed as tulips with bonnets shaped like huge, flapping petals.

Other diversions would be short speeches. Someone would give a talk on "Is Hope a Christian School?" which would be answered in the affirmative. Then someone would speak on "Is Hope a Pro-gressive Worldly School?" which would also be answered in the af-firmative. Then to make it a com-plete series, a speaker would give a lecture entitled "Schizophrenia at Hope or. Long Day's Journey into an Identity Crisis."

There would be short tours of Holland. The purpose of such ex-cursions would be to rid the rushee of obsolete pre-conceived biases against the town and replace them with fresh, first-hand prejudices. Also the rushess would become acquainted with the cultural life available, ranging from Thursday night dragging on Eighth Street to Monday night dragging on Eighth Street.

Needless to say, such an admis-sions system wouldn't be foolproof. The student who spends hours talk-ing to the clinic doctor whom he mistakes for a prof might decide there's more money in pushing black-market pills than in a liberal ar ts education. And the person who couldn't make the break might get a warped view of campus life if he came here during a "normal" school day. But besides the money saved by cutting down on mailings of admission material, a sound psychological attitude would be fostered by such breaks.

As Martha Washington said. "Life is just one long coffee break, anyway . . . ?"

Ibsen Play'is Moving, Gripping Performance'

By Gordy Korstanje and Mel Andringa Hope College's Palette and Masque is present-

ing its second production of the year, Henrik Ibsen's "The Master Builder" in the Little Theater this weekend. The play, one of Ibsen's last, has been titled a "symbolic masterpiece," and has many diverse elements and forces which often prove bewildering to the spectator.

Halvard Solness, the master-builder, is torn between psy-chological guilt and a feeling of duty toward his wife Aline on one hand, and need to fulfill what he feels to be his desLny personified by the youthful Hilde Wangel on the other hand. Around his powerful nature many forces and ideas con-verge: The mythological idea that youth must replace the aging leader when he weakens in the refusal of Solness to ac-knowledge the potential of Rag-nar Brovik; the extra-rational refusal to accepc Vnpossibiiity as So1ness believes he can overcome his acrophobia when he is urged on by Hilde's deter-mined idealism: and his over-powering absorption with ex-ternal powers seeking retribu-tion for his past actions. These are but three of the enigmatic elements which appear to bring about the masterbuilder's fall.

A play with such variety of complex ideas is of necessity difficult to stage. Because the actual situation points to the essentially unrealistic qualities of the drama, an extra burder. is placed upon the actors to produce an emotion capable of sustaining the production. The Little Theater's of-fering makes an admirable effort to overcome this pitfall.

Technically the play is well built (no pun intended'. The stage, well designed and outfitted in detail, provides a more than adequate acting area. Make-up, faced with the problem of aging

Jennifer McGilvray as Wangel.

several characters, and lighting, (with the pos sible exception of a gas lamp which glares in thr?

audience's eyes during the first act), is very well done.

The entire cast presented noteworthy perform-ances. Irene Maatman in the role of Solness' wife, Aline, gave an outstanding characterization of the partially demented w o m a n chained to the

past and enslaved to duty. Her scene with Jennifer McGil-vray (Hilde) is probably the high point of the play.

Miss McGilvray. in playing the role of the ingenue, displays a sensitive and feminine quality which has been restricted in previous roles.

Michael Vogas in the ex-tremely difficult role of Halvard Solness ga-ve life to the explos-ive force of the masterbuilder's character. If any criticism may be leveled at his performance, it would be at a certain lack of subtlety in portraying both a fear and attraction toward youth. H:s scenes with Ragnar and Hilde lack the fascination which give So^ess depth.

Richard Rietveld in the role of the aging architect, and John Cox as Doctor Herdal both gave convincing performances as old-er men. Cox, as the amusing and often astute doctor, anl Rietveld. as the man broken by the masterbuilder's ambition, added insight to the main char-ac'ers.

Faith Swets and Craig Holle-man gave adequate if not fully deve^ped performances as t tn young architect and the girl to

whcm h3 is engaged. As an overall performance, "The Master-

builder" is a moving and gripping production. The multiplicity of ideas and emotions clearly repre-sented by the different characters buiM up under Solness and reach a pinnacle in the third act to provide an intense climax to the play.

Hilde

Dear Editor . . .

Morality and the Pill: Reader's React to Megow's Attack I feel strongly, urged to reply to

the page in the Hope College anchor which devoted so much space to ovulation suppressant medication commonly known as "the Pill." Since Hope College totally educates individuals, it is not improper that this subject is discussed. The need for knowledge to control conception is increasing-ly important in this world where thoughtful persons admit the sig-nificance of the population ex-plosion.

Whether the Hope Health Clinic prescribes "the Pill" to students who consult the physician can cer-tainly be directed by the college administration. Since birth control is not countermanded by the teach-ings of the Reformed Church, it seems unnecessary for such ther-apy to be forbidden. If the physi-cian in charge has the time and ability to establish the need of the student and the medical ac-ceptability for the student, I see no reason why this medicine as well as any other should not be

prescribed. As a physician he has certain legal responsibilities to the parents of students under 21 years old. If there are many married students on the Hope campus, and if the clinic is providing a com-plete service, there should be some prescribing of "the Pill."

The title "The Pill Can Kill" is •unjustified. If it were a proven fact, there are many commonly used drugs which are more dan-gerous. Aspirin causes ten times more documented deaths, and no one suggests that its use be dis-continued. Since several million women are using this medicine, there are certain to be deaths of all kinds among the users. The in-creased incidents of deaths of any kind because of the use of the "Pi l l" has not been established and such an insinuation seems due to prejudice.

The disadvantages of "the Pill" are uncertain and unproved. The advantage is that it is effective to a degree not true of any other method of birth control. In a very

active obstetric and gynecologic practice, the emotional problems that 1 have seen associated with it were due to religious feelings of guilt or fear of the complications mentioned in the anchor discus-sion. The complications I have not seen. "The Pill" is, to date, the only near perfect known method of birth control.

Whether unmarried persons, col-lege students or otherwise, use the "Pill ," depends upon the mor-als of parents, physicians and druggists as well as their own values. If Hope College wishes, it may try to teach self-control, self-respect, respect for others and re-sponsibility for one's own conduct which some students do not learn from parents and even less from government. Since it is a Chris-tian college, it should try to teach the morality which students are not learning from their environ-ment. "The Pill" is not to blame for immorality and should not be refused to those for whom it is moral because of distorted facts.

Lest some be uncertain, I be-lieve in Hope College, in the teach-ing and practice of Christ's teach-ings in the strictest sense that I can conceive, in premarital con-tinence, in monogomy, in respon-sible parenthood, in an unselfish marr iage relationship to which "the Pill" has added rather than from which it has detracted.

H. R. Mooi, 'M.D. Coldwater, Michigan

1 was shocked and amazed to read the article "The Pill Can Kill" in last week's anchor.

The author presented seemingly sound scientific reasons for mis-trusting the long-term effects of contraceptive drugs, but lest any-one be deceived, the first few par-agraphs of the article clearly showed the underlying motive: an ethical notion about the possibil-ities of the pill.

When will our campus intellec-tuals learn that no scientific argu-ment can prove or disprove an ethical point? My disgust is not

with the ethical notion itself, but with the disguise of scientific proof.

By using the author's technique, one can "prove" the "evils" of water fluoridation, antiseptics, vac-cines and antibiotics.

The article could just as well have been titled "Penicillin Can Kill" or aspirin or just about any-thing else.

The fact remains, oral contra-ceptives are here to stay and have a place in our future. Christianity cannot ignore their presence but must learn to live with the ques-tion.

The author also disturbs me with his statement that he first heard of the existence of the pill in our society last year. Where has he been hiding?

I am a married man, one of the many married students at Hope College. My wife and I did not have to get married, nor are we "sex fiends," but the pill does en-able us to have a free and honest

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The Best of Peanuts Hepnnted hy permission of the Chicago Tribune

P I A M T S

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SCHOOL TOOAV THAT j THERE ARE SIXTEEN 0ZZE5 IN A Lie,.

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DlDMWKNOO) THERE ARE SIXTEEN OZZESIN ALI8?

V I NEVER KNOHJ HOd) m Af^K A C -t i o n LIKE THAT..

Page < Hape Callage aacfcar f February 25, 1966

Dutch Are Nosed by Albion; Lose Chance for Sole Title

The mathematics were simple. Coming into the Albion game both Hope and Calvin were tied for first place in the MIAA -with 9-1 records.

Now the mathematics are not so clear. In Wednesday night's games Hope lost 66-65. Calvin won. This Saturday's game can no longer de-cide whether Hope will be the out-right conference champs, but it can only determine whether Hope can become co-champ with Calvin.

The fans at Albion cheered wild-ly as their team jumped on Hope for a quick 17-9 lead. After Hope and Albion exchanged baskets for several minutes, Albion moved to its biggest lead of the game, an 11-point, 34-23 lead.

But Hope fought back. With the score 38-28, Roy Anker scored, Floyd Brady- stole the ball and put it in, and Cal Beltman made it three in a row for Hope and cut Albion's lead to four, 38-34. That lead was all that Albion carried to the dressing room at half-time, 41-37.

With just a little more than five minutes gone in the second half Gary Rypma sank a bucket

which put Hope in the lead for the first time. Hope barely hung on to its lead for 12 minutes and with 3:34 left to go, Albion caught up, 59-59. A basket by Patrick of Al-bion and another by Larry Downs with 1:49 remaining left Hope four back. Floyd Brady then leaped high to score twice and even the game, 63-63.

Joe Warner then scored his only bucket of the night putting Albion back in front with only 26 seconds remaining. Then, as Gary Rypma drove the baseline with seconds remaining, his foot brushed against the black line. It was Albion's ball and Albion's igame. After being fouled, Stevens made an all-import-ant free-throw and Albion was up by three with seven seconds left. Following a time out, Albion allow-ed Van Wieren to shoot, but this still left Hope one back. The buz-zer sounded and it was over.

Floyd Brady led Hope in scoring with 17 points, Claire Van Wieren had 16, but his shooting percent-age was far below his season's average. Larry Downs led both teams in scoring with 23, followed by Patrick with 21.

Hope Athlete Recruiting Program to be Increased Recruiting potential Hope Col-

lege athle'.es has always been kept to a minimum but an effort is now being made to increase the program, according to athletic di-rector Gordon Brewer.

Last Saturday 25 members of the Hope alumni H Club met to make provisions for such a pro-gram. Mr. Brewer s'ated that the purpose of the meeting was to set up the mechanics of ob-taining a'hletes and have these members agree to contact hi^h school athletes in their commun-ities and imerest them in Hope College.

The 25 members of the H Club alumni were chosen from an area of a 50-mile radius and were people for the most part not actively en-gaged in coaching or counseling. William Poppink, superintendent of schools at Muskegon Reeths-Puffer, is president of the alumni club and arranged the meeting in coordination with the Hope athletic staff.

It is hoped that many more po-tential athletes will be contacted and introduced to Hope College through this method. Athletic grants will not be available but academic scholarships will be given if students qualify, Mr. Brewer said.

Names of possible athletes will be sent through the athletic direc-tor and plans are being made to secure information data on each potential student.

Brewer stressed that this is just the start of the program in that they are first concentrating on the immediate area. All the alumni H Club members will be con acted and the program ex-plained through a letter sent to them by the athletic department.

Coach Brewer also stated that " the program is not a change in the philosophy that Hope wants athletes 'who will fit into the Hope situation both academically and a hletically, but rather an inten-sifying effort of what they have always believed in."

Readers Speak Out

Dear Editor... 'Continued from Page 5)

relationship with one another with-out fear of economic disaster.

Doctors prescribe the pill to cor-rect a host of functional disorders as well as its more common con-traceptive use. The pill is a medi-cine and can be attacked on med-ical grounds, especially since the various brands have their differ-ences. But would the author ap-prove of the pill if it were per-fectly safe? I sincerely doubt it.

The author wishes a return to the simple do's and don'ts of his boy-hood Christianity. May I remind him that these concepts did not prevent, but to a lange degree caused, such sorry historical events as the Inquisition, a long record of anti-Semitic horror, and persecu-tion of the Quakers. Neither did they prevent "civilized Christian" nations (like America and Ger-many* from long years of blood-shed in two world wars.

Perhaps what is needed is an honest admission that only God knows the final answers to our dif-ficulties t and that none of us can claim access to any store of in-finite wisdom.

The author has long shown a mistrust for the workings of sci-ence. Science and Christianity are NOT mutually* exclusive. If "the-ologians'* would pull their heads from the sand and use scientific revelations, instead of screaming

"evil" and "heresy," true Chris-tianity would not be in danger of fading into obscure formalism, but would remain a vital motive force in a future that no Christian need fear.

Frederick Oettle

The Hope College Student Sen-ate, as the formal voice of the students of Hope, would like to commend A.R.A. Slater Food Ser-vice for its continued attempts to improve the dining service it offers to Hope students.

Notable improvements this year have included the new continen-tal breakfast, the salad bar at lunch and the more convenient method of serving dinner. During final exam week, a studv break snack was served to roughly 400 students. The menus of Slater's meals are highly influenced by a yearly food preference poll.

The Senate would like to ac-knowledge Slater's contribution to the HHH Drive. The sum of $415, the total proceeds of the steak dinner opened to the public, fac-ulty and s udents who eat off-campus, on Sunday, Feb. 13, was donated to the Vietnam Village Drive.

For its in ferest in the activities, attitudes and suggestions of Hope studen s. the Student Senate com-mends A.R.A. Slater Food Service.

The Student Senate Editor's note: Ahem!

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STUFF—Hope's Clare Van Wieren (54) and Gary Rypma (24) and two Alma Scots watch as Floyd Brady pushes two points through the hoop in the opening minutes of the second half. Hope went on to beat Alma in a 109-55 whitewashing last Saturday in the Holland Civic Center.

Vaji Wieren, Anker Pace Dutch

Dutchmen Bury Alma, 109-55 It was all Hope College last

Saturday night as the Dutchmen downed .Alma 109-55 in their sea-son's best performance. It was Hope's ninth victory in 10 MIAA contests which tied Calvin Col-lege for the first place position in the league.

Captain Clare Van Wieren. Roy Anker and Bill Potter made their last appearance on Hope's court. They couldn't have ended better for they all registered extremely fine performances.

Van Wieren, who entered his 36th game of his Hope basketball career, connected on nine of 13 in the first half and hit six out of seven in the second half. He also made one free throw which gave him a total of 31 points when he left the game.

Van Wieren has scored 460 points this season for a 23-point average. In MIAA action he has scored 218 to just barely trail Bill DeHorn of Calvin who has 221. Van Wieren has 1,491 points in his four years of play.

His always fantastic shooting and aggressive rebounding spark-ed the team last Saturday as they have all season long.

Roy Anker continued in the double-figure column as, he too was outstanding. Anker hit 11 baskets in 13 attempts. He connect-ed on six of seven in the first half and five of six in the second half. It was his best scoring performance of the year, as he pumped in jump shots for the baseline as well as collecting them underneath. Pot-ter, who fed Anker well, hit four of six for eight points.

Floyd Brady was the third high point man putting in 17 points in the victory. Tom Pelon, Bruce Van Huis and Jim Thomas, coming in for the regulars in the closing ^ minutes, continued the scoring pace as they hit four, three and two baskets respectively. It was Tom Pelon who scored on a layup that brought Hope above the cen-tury mark at 101.

It was the highest point total of

the season that gave Hope it's 13th

win in 20 games. Hope won the re-

bounding 46-30 on the defensive boards.

Alma hit 35 per cent from the floor on 23 of 66 while Hope hit a fantastic 67 per cent of their shots with 52 baskets in 77 attempts.

In the first half of play the Dutchmen collected 24 baskets in 3.") tries and 28 for 42 in the second half.

The Hope-Calvin game, Hope's final MIAA game of the season, will be played Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Knollcrest gymnasium in Grand Rapids.

Forfeits Take Toll as Matmen Lose Last Meet

The Hope College wres'ling team lost its ninth match of the year to Grand Rapids Junior Col-lege last Saturday. In the indi-vidual matches, Larry Bone, wrestling at 137 lost his match, after leading throughout the first two periods. Bone made one mis-take and his opponent capitalized on it, getting three points for a near pin. he final score was 5-3. Winon Johnson at 147, wrestled to a 2-2 score coming from be-hind to tie. Veteran Dan Howe at 154 lost a 4-0 decision while Rick Vandenburg added still an-other victory to his personal re-cord. Wrestling at 160 Vanden-burg pinned his man easily in ihe first period of the contest. In the 167 lb. class Hal Huggins lost by a pin. Behind 13-2, Hug-gins was pinned in the last 30 seconds of the match. Hope's 177

lb. wrestler, Erwin Johnson, was pinned in the second period of his match.

Hope forfeited the 123 lb. class, the 130 lb. c l a s s and the h e a v y w e i ^ t class; forfeits ac-counted for 15 of J.C. 's 33 points. Hope could muster only 7 points. The young matmen now have a record of 0-7 in dual meets this year. The season's last match wi h Olivet had to be cancelled because of injuries to two of the grapplers. Dan Howe developed a contagious skin disease and was advised not to wrestle. In the match with J.C. Erwin Johnson suffered a cracked sternum and collapsed rib cage. The two in-juries lef' the team with only four men, not enough to field a team.

Michaelson Attends Presidential Breakfast

Student Senate President Wes Michaelson spent last Thursday and Friday in Washington, D.C., attending the annual Presidential Prayer Breakfast, participating in seminars and talking to national VIP's.

The Prayer Breakfast, held the morning of Feb. 17 in the Shore-ham Hotel, was attended by 60 selected students and by about 900 congressmen, presidential staff members and prominent businessmen. Following an ad-dress by evangelist Billy Graham, President Lyndon Johnson spoke, underlining his dependence uoon God and prayer in the decisions he has to make, said Michaelson.

Michaelson attended several seminars and meetings later dur-ing his Washington stav. Included were an educator's seminar explor-ing student unrest, a seminar on science which featured rocket- ex-pert Werner Von Braun, and a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

An unforeseen development in the Washington visit came when Michaelson told U.S. Senator Carl-son of Kansas about Hope's Viet-nam Hamlet Drive. ''Senator Carlson was impressed," said the Hope Senate President, "and he wants to give our Vietnam drive some recognition."

Announcement Information concerning "Sum-

mer Opportunities though Ec-umenical Voluntary Service" is available to all Hope students though the Student Christian Coordinating Committee's of-fice.

Some of these opportunities include work camps and service under the World Council of Churches in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa; do-mestic missions in Long Beach, Calif., Las Cruces and Roswell, New Mexico, and New York City; work in Vietnam under the National Council of Churches; and seminars in Bavaria, Eur-ope, and Southern Africa.

According to Roy Justesen of the SCOC, all interested students may pick up detailed informa-tion in the organization's office in the basement of Graves.

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