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Frosh, sophs to meet
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by John Scholten
Ed Mackiewicz, last year's editor of the Milestone, stated, "On
September 30, 1,700 books are
scheduled to be shipped to Hope.
It will take approximately ten
days for them to get here, and
then they will be ready for immediate distribution."
MACKIEWICZ ALSO stated
that the books will be distributed
at a location to be announced
later.
Tom Renner, advisor of the
Milestone maintained, "No delivery date has been set as yet for
the delivery of the yearbooks. As
soon as they arrive, they will be
distributed from the bookstore."
THESE TWO CONFLICTING
reports characterize the confusion
surrounding the Milestone. Currently, no editor has been appointed for the 1974-75 Milestone, but Mackiewicz is acting as
a self-appointed caretaker until
this situation is remedied.
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"I'm not going to sell the
virtues of a yearbook to the student body," said Renner. "If the
students do decide they want a
yearbook, then I'll be more than
happy to advise a staff and get
one going for next year. But that
is the first step. Student Congress
hundreds of persons will
make their yearly pilgrimage to
the banks of the Black River. With
hours of planning and weeks of
toilsome practice completed, the
freshmen hope to accomplish the
task of pulling the sophomores
through the river.
SINCE THE TURN of the century this annual tug-of-war has
developed into a unique sporting
event. While it is true that many
colleges hold some form of annual
tug-of-war, the Pull has been
scientifically developed to the
point that it rivals more conventional athletics such as football
and basketball in attracting the
interest of the student body and
local populace.
The first Pull is believed to
have taken place in 1898. It began
as a simple tug-of-war across a
creek outside Holland. Dr. John
^an Zoren, benefactor of Hope's
library, remembered when he
pulled in 1907, "In my sopho-
nate sides of the rope the weight
would be more evenly distributed.
In 1913, the Pull rope brokt in
the middle from the strain. Each
side thought they had won and
rejoiced as they hauled in their
half of the rope.
IN 1934 the rhythm system of
pulling was introduced by the
sophomores. Using this method, it
took them only six minutes to
pull the freshmen through the
river. Yet, the shortest Pull on
record is the 1956 tug-of-war
which the sophomores won in two
minutes and forty seconds.
As nightfall approached, the
1962 Pull was about to be called a
draw. Seven minutes before the
gun was to sound signaling an end
to the deadlock, the sophomores
were finally victorious after straining on the rope for over two-anda-half hours. Since that time the
rules have been changed and under no circumstances may a draw
be called.
THE FRESHMEN have only
W on seven pulls since 1946. Earlier
more
. y e , a r v e v . e ^ ' b o y i n t h e c l a s | years provided the frosh with an
was in it, but there were only 18 e x t r a incentive to w i n - a victory
were
°f f outnumbered by w o u l d m e a n t h e y d i d n . t h a v e t 0
the freshmen two to one.
w e a r (jjgy. gj-een beanies for an
FLAGRANT
skullduggery extra week.
John Tysse wrapped the rope
around a tree. The 1935 tug-ofwar met similar fate when Ekdal
Buys, now an honorary member
of the Board of Trustees, tied the
rope to the axle of a nearby truck,
Eventually the Pull was moved
to its present site along the banks
of the Black River. During the
1940s contestants began digging
pits. Each man would brace his
feet in the front of the pit with
.the rope placed under his arms.
AROUND 1960 the idea to lie
on the rope was introduced. The
men would be able to place all
their weight on the rope making it
more difficult for the opposite
team to pull against the other
team's strength. By Iving on alter-
has to determine if the student
body really wants a yearbook."
RENNER ALSO EXPRESSED
concern that no plan of finance
has been established for the Milestone. "Last year's Student Congress made a decision not to finance the yearbook. Now we have
to determine an alternative method, if we want a yearbook."
To add to the confusion, the
Milestone was recently removed
from its office in the basement of
the DeWitt Cultural Center. Since
the art department needed a darkroom, and the Milestone office
was
hardly used first semester, the
art class will now use the office
and darkroom. If and when the
Milestone needs the space, they
will share the office with the art ^
department.
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RENNER SAID, "The art department needed the room and I
the Milestone didn't. It's as simple V
as that. It went through the right
channels and is no problem on a
semester to semester basis."
Mackiewicz said, "It's a real
problem."
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technical sport. The teams
^ave been limited to 18 members
pi u s t w o alternates. Each member
isencouragedbyhismoralegirl.lt
^ the duty of these girls to tape
the hands of the men to prevent
blisters and to quench their thirst
with fruit or drink. The morale
gjjis only recently gained a post of
great importance as they are now
responsible for telling their puller
the coach's signals.
COACHES ARE former members of the Pull, chosen by theprevious year's coaches. The freshmen are coached by the juniors
while the seniors coach the sophom ores. For three weeks the teams
practice developing leg, back and
shoulder muscles.
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Tasks outlined for year
Campus Life Board moves toward active role
In its first meeting last Tuesday, the Campus Life Board set a
tentative agenda including over 20
tasks to be dealt with by itself and
its four committees over the
course of the 1974-75 school
year.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of
Political Science Dr. Robert Elder,
who chairs the board, stated that
he would like to see the CLB
"initiate tasks from above." He
commented that the board in the
past had been a "passive recipient
board," adding that he would like
to make it active.
To accomplish that, he, along
with Associate Dean of Students
Michael Gerrie, Student Congress
President Jim Beran and Student
Congress Vice President Tom
O'Brien, has come up with a list
of tasks that will be delegated to
the various committees under the
CLB
' THE STUDENT Conduct Committee will be the busiest of the.
four, as the CLB has nine problem
areas for the SCC to consider. Included among these will be a look
at self-governance. The SCC will
be charged with examining selfgovernance in terms of how it can
be implemented with presently
standing limits on student life and
in terms of the possibility of future implementation without the
present
restrictions
currently
placed on drinking and parietals.
women on the board. All faculty
The SCC will also be given the will be considering changing the proved Kate Solms as a non-voting
member of the board. Solms's
appointmentees
and
studenttaks of investigating the concept chapel schedule.
appointment
is
due
to
the
lack
of
elected
representatives
are
men.
CLB
of an international house and disother action
cussing the establishment of a coop program of maintenance in
cottages. Such a program would
make students in cottages responsible for the upkeep of the houses,
thus eliminating the cost of college maintenance.
A COMPARISON of upkeep
costs of male and female housing
is also included in the list of items
to be considered by the SCC.
Elder mentioned that he would
encourage the SCC to appoint ad
hoc committees to deal with the
overload.
THE EXTRA Curricular Activities Committee will be asked to
look at utilization of the DeWitt
Cultural Center and to revise procedures for registering and maintaining student organizations.
The CLB is also calling on the
ECAC to look at the function of
the public safety department in
terms of money and time expended correlated with the effectiveness of the department.
THE STUDENT Communications and Media Committee will
be charged with determining the
future of the Milestone as well as
looking at the possibility of
awarding credit hours to students
who work for campus publicaMembers of the Campus Life Board discussed the delegation of various tasks to its four subordinate
tions.
The Religious Life Committee committees during Tuesday's meeting in the President's Room at Graves Hall.
Hope College anchor
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September 27,1974
Penrose finds contrasts in Russia's systems, peoples
by Kate Solms
When I arrived to interview
Larry Penrose, assistant professor
of history, about his year in Russia, my mind was full of alreadyformulated impressions.
MY
REMEMBRANCES of
Kruschev, a visiting relative's
travelogue, the range of cold war
to open-door views had come together to form a generalized idea.
In two hours, Penrose succeeded
in both confirming those views
ancf transcending them.
Penrose took a leave ot absence
last year to.do research in Russia.
Because of funding from the
International Research and Exchange Board, the Fulbright
Hayes division of HEW and the
Kellogg
Educational
Faculty
Development Grant, he was able
to take his family with'him.
August found him in Moscow
with his wife Arlene, daughter
Lisa and son Geoffrey.
IN MOSCOW, Penrose took an
intensive spoken Russian course
with forty other exchange researchers from America. During
the five weeks of their stay, he
and his family lived in one dormitory room. "But we had prepared
ourselves mentally for that kind
of thing," Penrose added.
The family next went to Tashkent, the capital of the Uzbek
Republic, near the Chinese border. They lived in the city for
seven and a half months, and it
was there that Penrose did the
largest portion of his research.
PENROSE was working with
17th century Turkish manuscripts. He was primarily concerned with finding the manuscripts of one important primary
source of Turkish history, called
The
Genealogy
Penrose
found
of
six
a
Turkman.
manuscripts
LARRY PENROSE
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and pieced together their political
importance.
"The study of Russian orientalism is based on this book," Penrose said, "but it was assumed it
was a compilation of other
sources."
HE WENT ON to explain that
the Soviet Union has a fantastic
system of collecting and preserving original manuscripts, but
many of them are untouched as
yet by scholars. This was the case
with the manuscripts Penrose
found in Tashkent and Ashkhabad, the capital of the Turkman
SSR.
Outside of his academic world,
Penrose was deeply involved with
life in Tashkent, as was his entire
family. The family, who lived in a
hotel suite, carried on with normal life. Geoffrey, age six, attended a nursery school where the
students spoke only Russian. Lisa,
who is nine, went to a school
where the language of instruction
after the fourth grade is English,
MRS. PENROSE worked at
this school, helping the teachers
with pronunciation and conversation and, supplying reading materials. Outside of working hours
the Penroses had a circle of
friends and took advantage of the
many cultural facilities of Tashkent.
Approximately
three-fourths
of the city is new, because it was
virtually destroyed by an earth-
WELCOME TO HOLLAND, HOPE STUDENTS.'
quake in 1966. The living units
are Russian high-rise apartments
and most of the architecture is
very modern. In contrast, there is
still an old bazaar on one side of
the city, "where the feeling is
thoroughly
Eastern," Penrose
said.
"IN ONE PART of Tashkent,
you feel you are in the Mid-East.
In other places, you could be in a
Soviet city."
After Penrose completed his
work in Tashkent, the family
went to Leningrad. "As. in Moscow, the living conditions were
grim, but the city was classically
beautiful," Penrose said.
IN
LENINGRAD,
Penrose
completed his research, working
with the man who had done the
critical text of The Genealogy of
the Turkman. "Besides being a
scholar, he was a gracious man,"
Penrose remarked.
Leningrad proved to be quite
different from the other Russian
cities the Penroses had visited.
"The people there are very proud
to be citizens of Leningrad. When
you think of all that city has been
through, to have been a citizen of
it for, say, 40 years is something
to be proud of.
AND IT IS a beautiful city,"
Penrose said. He added that the
sense of tradition there runs very
deep. "Some people still refer to
it as Petersburg," Penrose remarked.
He also discussed at length the
political and social conditions in
Russia today. The Communist
Party is firmly in power and,
although there are problems, there
is no job shortage and the average
Russian lives quite well. "He really has more money than he knows
what to do with," Penrose remarked, adding that a lack of
quantity of consumer goods has
much to do with this.
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THE PARTY still controls, a
great deal of internal migration
within the country. It is almost
impossible to move to a large city
like Moscow or even Tashkent
unless one has a priority job waiting for him. Half of the population at least is non-urban.
Penrose remarked on the selective view that the people of Russia
have of America. For example,
the average Russian does not
understand the resignation of
Nixon and does not know about
Watergate. "Because of the proNixon feeling in Russia, it is assumed he was forced to resign by
his enemies, who are seen as extreme conservatives."
RUSSIANS
ALSO
view
America as a zenith in the area of
quality material goods. A Mustang
in Moscow draws crowds. An
American denim suit (jacket and
pants) sells for $300.
Penrose explained that for
years the Russian people had as a
goal to surpass the United States
in quality of material goods.
"Now they've been told they
don't have to do that any more.
THERE REMAINS a feeling
that, although ideologically they
have reached a goal, materially
they have failed," Penrose explained. He described the people
as "proud and defensive about
this. It is a difficult attitude to
deal with."
Penrose remarked that all the
shortcomings that Americans cite
about Russia are probably true,
but that a personal experience
there goes far deeper than these
surface differences. The people
the Penroses encountered in Russia were friendly and helpful.
"THEY CITE all the expected
arguments against the United
States also," Penrose said. "1 suppose on an ideological level we
were enemies of socialism. But on
a person-to-person level, I never
felt any hostility."
The system in Russia, he concluded, would be an easy thing to
condemn. "But" the important
thing is that there are warm,
intelligent people who have survived," he said.
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Women's role discussed
by Sue Poppink
BLAM! As if re-enacting the Battle of Moscow, ca. 1812, Chaplain
William Hillegonds and Tom O'Brien fire off a small version of
Napoleon's cannons in time to the music of the Hope College Band
(who coincidentally were playing Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture"). The
Pine Grove audience included one startled baby, who began to wail
after the first boom.
Hope wins grant for
science lecture series
Hope has received a $1,930
grant to sponsor a series of lectures on "Man and the New Genetics."
The grant was awarded by the
S&H Foundation, a branch of The
Sperry and Hutchinson Company.
Hope is one of 32 colleges and
universities selected from among
369 to win an S&H lectureship
grant this year. Since the program
began in 1960, more than 460
grants have been made, with total
awards
exceeding
$825,000.
Hope also received a S&H lectureship grant in 1969-70.
Grant Kopetski, area manager
for S&H, said that the lectureship
program was designed to bring
prominent and thoughtful speakers to campus and to help
strengthen college and community
ties by opening the lectures to the
public.
The series will concern man's
ability to manipulate his gene
pool.
The first lecture will be presented Nov. 14 by Dr. Harvey
Bender, professor of biology at
University of Notre Dame.
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"I view my involvement with
the women's movement in two
ways. Generally, I explore my
relationship with society and the
forces it exerts on me, but more
specifically my involvement is
with the new Michigan rape law,"
stated Barbara MacQueen in a
discussion she led last Friday. A
former Hope student, MacQueen
was on campus to talk about
women going into law and
women's awareness.
AS A 1969 Hope graduate,
MacQueen sees her undergraduate
work at Hope as a very thorough
study and sees a liberal arts education as a positive experience for
anyone who plans to continue his
or her education.
After leaving Hope, MacQueen
entered the University of Carolina
for a year's graduate work in
history. She said she was "surprised" at how equipped she was
to continue her studies. She finds
the most valuable talent to devel-
op as an undergraduate is u.
"an
ability to read critically and to be
able to express your thoughts that
come out of this clearly and logically."
AFTER SPENDING two years
in California, MacQueen came
back to Michigan to attend the
University of Michigan law school.
Ever since leaving Hope, MacQueen sees her delay in deciding
to attend law school as necessary
in gaining more positive reinforcement and encouragement, as a
woman, to become an attorney.
She believes ^the way one is
viewed by others affects the way
one .views oneself. MacQueen
commented that women need to
view themselves as vital individuals and to see women in positions which play important roles
in society.
(t PRESENTLY WOMEN have a
lack of models" and the expectation of a woman's role is a hard
one to combat, she stated. Any
group of people in "inferior positions, take it out on each other in
the group. It is time women begin
to understand and support each
other," MacQueen asserted.
MacQueen is concerned that
women at Hope feel as if they
have to focus in on a permanent
career and life style. "But the
whole world is out there! Don't
let anyone push ybu into a pre-set
mold," she added.
She suggested such groups as
National Organization for Women
that are operating here in Holland
for the promotion of women's
awareness. She believes one way
women can help themselves is to
"organize, don't agonize."
The Men's H
Room
'Mother Courage'
cast list announced
uertolt Brecht's ballad-drama
"Mother Courage" will open the
Hope theater season with Cheri
Chenoweth in the lead role of
Mother Courage.
Running October 10-12 and
16-19, the play chronicles the
Thirty Years' War, centering
around one woman's struggle. The
original music by Paul Dessau is in
the form of ballads which aid in
telling the story and are sung by
the main characters.
Those featured in major roles
are Richard Hoeler as Eilif, Russell Kupfrian as Swiss Cheese and
Bill TeWinkle as the Chaplain.
Other main characters will be
portrayed by Julie Shorkey in the
role of Katrin, Kim Zimmer playing Yviette, Jerry Bevington as the
Cook.
The supporting cast includes
Joseph Policoro, Scott Snow,
Stephen Paffiath, Mark Leenhauts, Phil McCullough, Eva
Castle, Robert Niedt, Mike Smit,
John Vanderkoik, Dixie Fair and
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Four
On the right track
Without placing any blame or
pointing any fingers, it must be said
that the Campus Life Board's handling of Jim Beran's self-governance
proposal last year left much to be
step taken in a: long time to significantly increase the effectiveness of a
board.
Elder's methods of obtaining information deserve to be cited as well.
He has consulted with both administrative and student representatives
and he left the first meeting open to
suggestions from faculty board members.
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Perhaps the most encouraging
desired. Undoubtedly a number of thing is that this sense of action
factors were involved in the drawn- seems to be shared by all the memout consideration the proposal was bers of the board. Faculty, adminisgiven. But no matter how many valid tration and student members of the
excuses there are to explain the slow board were open and responsive,
process, it still left many of us with a indicating sincere desires to make the
sense of disillusionment in Hope's board a productive organ of campus
government.
policy-making system.
This year, however, things look
much more promising and Dr. Robert Elder, chairman of the CLB, is
to be commended. His decision to
make the CLB a task-initiating group
is probably the most constructive
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Maybe it's only a calm before a
storm-hopefully not. Nonetheless,
the CLB has the potential for resurrecting an otherwise sluggish, and
sometimes ineffective, governance
system.
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Letters
Teamsters defended
Many Hope students have declared support for a boycott of table grapes and
lettuce not harvested by UFW farmworkers. While their motives are sincere, we are
concerned that they have not examined the
issue from both sides. The issue is greatly
misunderstood and misrepresented, and we
are writing this letter to provide you with
information that might help you in taking
a position. We only ask that you read this
with an open mind an^l contact us if you
have any questions concerning our views.
The purpose of this letter is twofold:
first, we seek to answer questions raised by
those who support the boycott; second, we
wish to express some of our reasons for
opposing the boycott. When reading this
letter, please keep in mind that the UFW
has been repeatedly unable to document or
validate the evidence they present. However, we will be happy to provide the
sources of any information we include.
What is the reason for the boycott?
According to the UFW, the purpose of the
boycott is to insure the farm worker's
"right to have a voice in their own representation" through secret ballot elections.
In reality, the boycott forces the farmer to
either sign a UFW contract, or face the
possibility of not selling his harvest.
The fact is, the UFW has opposed the
inclusion of farm labor under the National
Labor Relations Act which would guarantee secret ballot elections. In addition,
less than one out of four UFW contracts
have been preceded by elections.
The UFW claims there are three million
migrant workers in this country making
inadequate wages, living in substandard
labor camps, with poor drinking water and
toilet facilities. Actually there are 184,000'
migrant workers living in America. Many of
these people live in poverty and their plight
certainly merits our concern.
The UFW, however, has shown no direct
efforts to help these people. They have
focused their boycotts on the lettuce and
grape industries of California, where migrant workers make up only nine percent
of the farmworkers. The average wage
among th^se workers is more than $3.00
per hour.
Work is available 12 months each year
and the average annual income varies between $6,000 and $8,000 per year. The
vast majority own their own homes and
drinking water and toilet facilities are
provided in fields due to strict government
regulations at the state and county levels.
If the primary concern of the UFW is
for the migrant workers, why are they
concentrating on California farm workers?
The UFW claims that farm work is the
third most dangerous occupation and the
farmworker's life expectancy is 49 years.
There is no evidence to support this.
Farmwork is not among the list of more
than a hundred jobs the Employment
Security Commission considers dangerous.
Furthermore, the actual tables of insurance
companies consider farmwork non-hazardous.
While the National Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to support the boycott
of California lettuce and grapes. Cardinal
Manning of Los Angeles and Bishop Donohoe of Fresno came out against the boycott. These are two of the bishops most
concerned with the issue.
The boycott is harming the workers that
it is supposed to help. The number of grape
growers in the Coachelle Valley has declined by more than 50 percent with small
farmers sharing most of the burden. Grape
producing acreage has fallen from 13,000
to 8,000. Unemployment has run as high as
40 percent and migrant workers are among
the first to lose their jobs.
Much more could and should be said
concerning this issue. In this letter we have
tried to summarize a couple, not all, of the
points. Have all groups and individuals on
this campus made a responsible effort to
get all the facts-from both sides?
All we've heard is the abuses of the
growers and the Teamsters. What about the
good points of the Teamsters and the
abuses of the UFW? For example, the fact
that Teamsters have unemployment insurance which costs them 3.9 percent of gross
wages, whereas the UFW doesn't.
The administration of the Teamsters is
also superior to the UFW (read Time, April
issue). On the other hand the UFW has
done much good to improve wages and
working conditions but they have done
several things to abuse the union.
Finally, we should remember that 9 0
percent of the Mexican Americans belong
to the Teamsters. Many of them are very .
happy and loyal to that union and resent 1
the fact that their union is being maligned.
(Reported by Rev. Richard Humphrys c/o
Our Lady of Soledad Church, Coachella,
Calif.)
Before we decide to use means such as a
secondary boycott to try to help others,
let's be very sure we aren't also hurting
someone else and are being morally responsible for our actions.
We will be happy to explain the other
side of the story or, if you prefer, we can
refer you to sources where you can find it.
Dan Boote
Glenn Pfeiffer
continued on page 7, column 1
WASHINGTON-Prof. Alan Greenspan,
chief presidential economic adviser, endeared himself last week to the country
with a remark he made to a group of
leaders representing the old, sick and handicapped. Greenspan said Wall Street stock
brokers have suffered the most from the
nation's economic decline.
WHEN 1 SAW Prof. Greenspan say this
deadpan on television, I broke into laughter and thought to myself, "The Ford
Administration does have humor after all."
A few minutes later I received a call
from a congressman friend asking me if I
had written the line for Greenspan.
"I WISH I had," I said. "It has to be one
of the funniest things I've ever seen on
television."
"Well, could you find out who his
writer is? I need some jokes for my
campaign this fall; and if Greenspan's man
can come up with any other one-liners as
good as this one, I'll be in clover."
I CALLED THE Council of Economic
Advisers and spoke to a man on the phone.
"I'm trying to find out who Prof.
Greenspan's gag writer is."
"What are you talking about?" the man
said.
"YOU KNOW, THE guy who wrote that
line about Wall Street brokers hurting the
most from inflation." I started laughing
again as I said it.
The man on the other line said frostily,
"Pipf. Greenspan meant every word he
said. Brokers have suffered the most."
I WAS LAUGHING so hard I couldn't
stop. "I didn't think you economists went
in for that kind of humor," I said. "Gosh
that's funny. Do you have any good ones?"
"You apparently believe that Prof.
Greenspan was joshing at his meeting with
the representatives of the old, sick and
handicapped. But inflation is no joking
matter. The professor was talking in terms
of percentages. Whether the old, the sick
and the handicapped want to believe it or
not, we have statistics to prove that
brokers have been hit the hardest."
" D O N T GO TOO fast," I said, trying to
contain myself. "I want to write this all
down."
"You must remember that, when inflation strikes, brokers' commissions, which
are fixed by law, are immediately affected.
When you have low turnover in Wall Street
stocks, the broker is the first one to feel it.
Who's hurt by high interest rates more than
anybody else?"
" D O N T TELL ME," I said chuckling.
"Let me guess."
"I'm not sure you're taking me seriously," the man said.
"OF COURSE I am. I think the most
important thing during a crisis is for people
to laugh at themselves. If Prof. Greenspan
can provide us with a line like he did about
the brokers every week, we can win the
war against inflation. Let me ask you
somethinR. Does Greenspan have any good
ones about people suffering in the oil
industry?"
The man hung up on me.
"I CALLED BACK my friend in Congress. "I know you're not going to believe
this," I said, "but Greenspan writes his
own jokes."
"I'll be damned," said my friend. You
mean the line about the brokers was his?"
"Yup. Greenspan's a fountain of mirth,
and he comes up with things like that all
the time. It must be great for the President
to have somebody like that around to take
his mind off the economy."
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Hope College anchor
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The following anchor review is
written by Robert Eckert. He
reviews Harry Nllsson's latest release Pussy Cats. The album is
produced by John Lennon.
If anyone has come close to
matching the talent of the Beatles,
it's Harry Nilsson. Nilsson has
demonstrated the same amazing
competency at many and varied
musical styles. '
JUST AS THE white album by
the Beatles contains songs representing nearly every musical
genre, Nilsson's two most successful albums, Nilsson Schmilsson
and Son of Schmilsson,
have
something for everyone. Nilsson
has done rock to be played loud,
ballads to be- played soft and
everything that comes in • between-and he does them all well.
Nilsson*s albums have also
shown a virtuosity rivaled only by
the Beatles. His vocals are in the
same category as Lennpn's and
McCartney's both in terms' of
quality and range.
FINALLY, Nilsson has shown
the same kind of wit that'has
characterized the Beatles. It's
especially prevalent on Son of
Schmilsson.
If they'd needed one, Nilsson
could have been a fifth Beatle.
ON PUSSY
CATS Nilsson
finally forms the kind of team
with an ex-Beatle that's been foreseeable since Ringo first appeared
as Richie Snare on Son of
Schmilsson four years ago.
Sharing top billing on the cover
with Nilsson is producer John
Lennon and his presence is as
noticeable on the product inside
the jacket.
THE FIRST TWO songs "Many
Rivers to Cross" and "Subterranean Homesick Blues".are arranged by Lennon and his style is
prominent.
The former could have been
taken straight from Mind Games.
It features the same full-bodied,
plodding sound that characterizes
that album. Nilsson's vocals, with
a driving intensity coming through
a slight echo, make the listener
ask more than once if it's really he
or if Lennon sat in for Nilsson
during the recording session.
"SUBTERRANEAN Homesick
Blues" is also distinctively Lennon, akin to "Well, Well, Well" on
Lennon's first solo LP.
Nilsson handles the arrange-
ments of three of the songs on the
disc. "Old Forgotten Soldier,"
"Don't Forget Me/' and "Black
Sails" are in the "Without You"
mode that has come to be the
sound people expect most from
Nilsson.
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THE MOST gratifying songs on
the album are those arranged by
Nilsson and Lennon together.
While the other songs sound like
serious work, there's a note of
frivolity in thi songs that find the
two as collaborators.
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A11 My Life," for example,
while not especially innovative,
does have a unique quality of
happiness about it.
NILSSON'S version of "Save
the Last Dance for Me," wavers
on the border line'between sincerity and sarcastic melodrama.
Considering the sources, I'd have
to say the latter is the intent.
"Loop de Loop" and "Rock
Around the Clock" are rollicking,
enjoyable renditions of songs that
probably have no excuse for their
existence in the first place.
. "LOOP DE Loop" features a
IN ADDITION, I will try to
12 member background chorus
meet regularly with the leaders of that adds to the party, good-time
the Student Congress, and for the feel of the song.
time being, let this take the place
"Rock Around the Clock" is
of the Student Advisory Commit- well-played, fast moving rock <n'
tee. I also plan to eat lunch roll. While others are trying to
frequently in Phelps Hall, and imitate a style, Nilsson has rehope that you will join me on created one. The difference is
these occasions for a time of significant.
informal conversation and discusAS FAR AS the individual
sion.
musicians' performances are conAs a result of all of these, I cemed, the most noticeable thing,
hope to be able to respond more -is that individual musicians' peraffirmatively the next time an formances aren't noticeable.
alumnus asks me this question.
Danny Kootch and Jesse Ed
President Gordon VanWylen Davis on guitars, Klaus Voorman
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These bi-weekly articles for the
anchor are, in one way, like term
papers-the due date comes so
quickly! This article is being written on Allegheny flight 405 between Albany and Detroit. We
have just finished the tour of
meeting with Alumni Clubs,
which I wrote about two weeks
ago.
DURING THIS period, I also
attended the annual meeting of
the MIAA college presidents (no
m^jor business), met with one
foundation, spoke at a men's retreat in the Cleveland area, spoke
last Sunday in the Reformed
Church in Syracuse, and had one
day in the office and at home.
The meetings with alumni have
been excellent, and we are grateful for the enthusiastic interest
and support of Hope College. But
it's always good to get back to the
campus.
ONE ALUMNUS asked me a
question which concerns a matter
I want to share with you. After 1
Boulton
publishes article
Dr. Wayne Boulton, assistant
professor of religion, published an
article in the September issue of
the Reformed Journal He claimed
that the biblical position of the
family is reflected in the dramatic
transformation of Patricia Hearst
after her kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
"Patty Hearst Tania and a
Theology of the Family" contends that the biblical position of
the family is also ambivalent; although it sees the family as an
arena of God's special grace, the
family itself is not sacred and
must not be idolized.
Boulton pointed out that the
New Testament views the natural
family as basically a community
of preparation for a new community where blood, sex and social
status are no longer the basis for
communion.
He concluded, "To be truly for
the family is at the same time to
be against it."
had spoken with considerable enthusiasm about the new year
which we are beginning, and
about our goals and the mission
which is before us, he said, "I
share your enthusiasm for Hope
College, for it was a great experience for me. But, do you share
these goals with students? Do
they understand the mission of
the College, and do they share
your enthusiasm?"
This was a very perceptive
question, and I had to confess
that I could not give'an unequivocal affirmative answer. And this
leads directly to a matter which
has been- of concern to me for
sometime-how I can more effectively meet and interact with students. During each of my first two
years at Hope College, I asked
seven students to serve on an
Advisory Committee which met
every two weeks. We had a very
profitable time, and I thoroughly
enjoyed coming to know, these
seven students very well.
I WAS ANXIOUS, however, to
have the opportunity to meet a
larger number of students. As a
step in this direction, we initiated
two things last spring. One was an
informal luncheon with students,
which Director of Campus Life
David Vanderwel arranged. We invited about twenty-five students,
chosen at random, to have lunch
with Mr. Vanderwel and myself.
We were prepared to discuss any
matter of interest and concern to
students. .
Although only about half of
the students who were invited
responded, these were pleasant
and profitable meetings. We will
soon initiate these again, and I
sincerely hope that students who
are invited will be able to attend,
THE OTHER ACTION which
we took last year was to invite
student groups, such as fratemities and residential hall units, to
our home for an informal hour in
the evening. These were most enjoyable, and we plan to begin
these meetings in the near future.
In this way, I hope to have the
opportunity to meet many of you
this year, and trust that in so
doing, we can effectively work
together to make Hope College an
even finer institution. I am looking forward to these occasions.
on bass, and Bobby Keys on sax
stand out only in their ability to
play as a well-integrated unit.
ONLY DRUMMERS Ringo
Starr and Ringo-influenced Jim
Keltner are exceptions with their
distinctive, steady beats.
The musicians, by playing so
well as a group, put the spotlight
on Nilsson's vocals. But disappointingly, that's the album's only
weak spot.
NILSSON'S usually clear voice
with its wide range is raspy and
stays within narrow limit?. It even
cracks a few times. •
Nonetheless the strength Nilsson's vocals do maintain, coupled
with the excellent arrangements
and performances of the musicians, makes a success of this
collaboration of two of music's
most innovative minds.
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President Gordon VanWylen's
office has announced the renaming of the former science
building. In honor of Dr. Irwin J.
Lubbers, seventh president of
Hope, the building will be known
as Lubbers Hall for Humanities
and Social Sciences.
Lubbers headed the college
from 1945 to 1963. He is currently an honorary member of the
Board of Trustees.
The building will house the
departments of communication,
economics and business administration, English, history, political
science and religion.
Titillation
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by Robert Kruse and Charles Pruim
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as the old
adage goes. But alas, to the consternation of many
there is oft too little beauty to behold on our
hallowed campus. When a man scopes out the
feminine garden at Hope, odds are he will spot a few
lilies of the field, but there are far too many
potatoes in this patch.
Once in a great while, however, a noticeable
change comes over the campus. You may have
noticed that on certain days there are some foxes
running around campus, smiling at everyone. You
exchange smiles with one and say to yourself,
"Wow, would I like her to align my wheels!" Only
to never see her again.
But what was the story on the lookers? Did they
get bummed out by Saga food and quit school? Was
their reserve unit called up to active service? Or is
there a fuller explanation, something a little more
obscure, a trifle less plausible, a tad more unbelievable? You bet your hinder there is, and we shall
relate it to you.
Hope is not allowed to give out scholarships to
the ignominious individuals we refer to as athletes,
What is it that draws the bold and brave to Hope?
Midnight hookah sessions in Gordon's basement . . . promises . of new cars and spending
m o n e y . . . a new home for ma and the kiddies?
Balderdash!!
Why would an end like Dave Teater decide to
come to Hope? Titillation, my good man; pure,
unadulterated titillation. Titillation turned Teat's
towering talents toward Hope. To the suspicion of
no one, the Hope athletic department has been
hiring generously endowed sirens to lure the avaricious athletes here.
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have begun to look on sodomy as a viable means of
social reform are easily induced to attend Hope by
this practice. However, once their tour of campus
has ended and their signatures are on the dotted
line, the girls are sent back to await the next batch
of prospective stars.
With a little luck and the right kind of girls, Hope
might set up a dynasty in the MIAA for years to
come.
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Pull tradition explained,
techniques defined
continued from page 7
There are four main techniques
or plays utilized by the two
teams: Most important is the
"lock-in." This is the basic holding position. In it, each man is
located in a shallow pit, in a
reclining position with his legs
wrapped around the rope and
braced on the front wall of the
pit. His back is parallel to the rope
and the only parts of his body
touching the ground are his shoulder and his feet. His hands serve
only to grip the rope.
NEXT THERE are two primary
offensive techniques. The "offthe-rope" heave is considered to
be the best way to gain rope
rapidly, but it is also the most
dangerous maneuver. In its execution, the men unwrap their leg
from the rope, come up to the top
of the front wall of their pit, grasp
the rope firmly and fall back
against it with a strain on their
back, shoulders and legs. It must
be executed with a "snap" to be
effective.
The "On-the-rope" heave is
simply a maneuver where the man
has the same position as in the
lock-in, comes only half way up
on the rope, flexes his legs slightly
and strains with his back to take
rope. This move enables them to
keep a better bracing with less
chances of loss.
THERE IS ONE primary defensive technique. The "strainback" is used when the other
team is attempting one of the
offensive plays and calls for a
simultaneous strain and release on
the part of the entire team. This
makes it more difficult for. the
opponents to gain rope.
Timing will play an essential
part in the Pull today. At 3:15 a
gun will sound signaling each team
to begin taping their hands and
strengthening the construction of
their pits (which will have been
dug the day before). A whistle
will sound beginning a one minute
rest period, then a gun will sound
and the rope stretching begins.
The ends of the rope have
previously come to the last (or
anchor man's) pit. The remainder
of the rope is run alongside the
pits and into a coil on the bottom
of the river. At the sound of the
gun each team hauls in the slack
of the rope and follows by "locking-in" to stretch the rope.
Fourteen minutes are allowed
for stretching during which time
no heaves may be executed. A
whistle will signify the end of the
stretch period and the beginning
of a one minute rest period.
The rest period is a time in
which no hands may be on the
rope. The actual Pull begins at the
4:16 fire of the starting gun.
Faculty judges this year will be
Dr. Robert Elder, associate professor of political science, on the
south side of the river and Dr. Joe
MacDoniels, assistant professor of
communication, on the north
side.
Seniors Lee Currie, John
Koeppe and Steve DeYoung have
coached the sophomores. Their
team and morale girls include:
Evertt Slentz/Deb Decker; Dave
Batts/Robin Lemmer; Phil Reed/
Beth Hines; Lee Bechtel/Diane
Gnade; Ray Bowers/Gayle Greenhalgh; A1 Evers/Sue Sweers; Ed
Jorae/Terry Graham; Dan Gallant/Lene
Marrone;
Kirby
Howard/Laurie
Klune;
Todd
Knecht/Jane VandeBunte; Paul
De^Weese/Diane
. VanPortfliet;
Marc Cormack/Lissa Cadmus; Bob
Sawyer/Cindy Bere; Larry Uitermarkt/Amy Ward; A1 Olthoff/
Barb Pyzanowski; Ross Lamb/
Carol VandenBerg;Tom Niles/Sue
VanDellen; Jeff Bremer/LouAnn
Mohr; Bill Dominelli/Jennifer
Bartel; Jud Omens/Carol Hurst.
Juniors Dave Kieffer, Walt
Kniowski and Brad Wehner are
coaching the freshmen team made
up of Scott Pointer/Meral Say lor;
Don Veenstra/Peggy Zeb; Bob
Namar/Debbie Hoffman; Gary
Rae/Mary Lynn; Jim Picht/Carol
Rivkin; Eric Bjiuegaard/Gail DeWitt; Brian Bradley/Ruth Stoepter; Brad Helmus/Diane Bussema;
Rich George/Jody
Mutschler;
Brad Boes/Ann North'lis; Paul
Stears/Gini Checkley; Ken Maxwell/Debby Doran; Doug Bums/
Martha Ratering; Dave Kragt/Julie
Raabe; Rick VanHassel/Deb Mulcahey; Brian Stauffer/Pat Zegers;
Scott Morey/Audrey Veldman;
Jim Weener/Margaret Mappes;
Rich Bryce/Debbie Gibson; Brian
Hip well/Sherry Visscher.
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IT ALL ENDS T O D A Y - l n preparation for the Pull, these freshmen morale girls assist their pullers with their
sit-ups as one coach looks on. The Pull commences this afternoon at 4:00.
Registration
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in the November 5 election
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by Dave DeKok
This year, 1974, is an election year, but unless
you fought your way past a stonewall of yawns,
you'd never know it. How many of you can name
the candidates for Governor of Michigan this year?
Or Congressman from the 9th District? Or Senator?
Whoops, caught you, neither Hart or Griffin is up
for reelection this year.
IF THIS WAS any election year other than this
one, my remarks would be meant as criticism. That's
not to say that this year political ignorance and
apathy is a virtue, it's just that this year I'm more
sympathetic since that old apathy has infected me
also.
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Back in 1972 many Hope students (including
me) were enthusiastic supporters of the Presidential
candidacy of Sen. George McGovem. We went
door-to-door throughout Holland, manned tables in
the Kletz, did time in the local campaign headquarters, and even made a foray to Muskegon to
help out there one Saturday. It was a lot of work,
and it was time-consuming, but it was worth it since
it was for a good cause.
. EVENTS OCCURING since the November, 1972,
election underscored just what a good cause it
was. There's no need to rehash the details of the
coverup, the impeachment inquiry, and Nixon's
subsequent resignation, but in all that is found the
reason for the sleeper-of-an-election we are faced
with this year.
In all fairness, campaign interest could pick up
between now and Nov. 5, but it probably won't.
Certain contests, such as the battle between Demo-
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In lieu of a term paper, eight
students from Political Science
341 are working on five to six
different types of projects involving the theory and practice of
self-governance.
Dr. Robert Elder, associate
professor of science, stated, "We
began with discussions to find out
where the students stood on the
concept of self-governance and
then they began their own
projects."
One student is working with
the Meyers-Briggs Test and the
psychology
department.
Two
other students are working with
Garry Demarest, head resident of
Durfee Hall, in observing life in
that dormitory.
Both Demarest and Elder
agreed that the students had differing views on the application of
the concept of self-governance.
cratic Congressman Richard VanderVeen and Republican Paul Goebels, Jr. for President Gerald
Ford's old Congressional seat will likely excite local
interest to the extent that area students might
volunteer their time to campaign. But on the whole,
my guess is that they'll stick to traditional Fall
activities and save their energy for 1976.
WHY? THE REASON is fairly simple. In the long
parade of crime after crime uncovered by the
probers of the Senate Watergate Committee, the
House Judiciary Committee, and the press, the spirit
of participation and activism left many Americans
for an extended vacation.
It wasn't any one thing which caused it to leave.
Rather, the ties between the spirit and the citizen
began to fray bit by bit at the edges as each crime
was uncovered and the Presidency of Richard Nixon
was revealed for the corrupt beast it was. Somewhere along the way, the tie snapped.
Perhaps instead of politicking, they'll be out
tramping the fields and woods of Michigan for deer
and pheasant, or backpacking somewhere. Either of
those two fine activities sound better to me right
now than tramping door-to-door in Holland stalking
the elusive Dutch Democrat. The fire just isn't
there.
Fortunately, for most people the Watergate blues
will be only a temporary malaise. The American
public forgets quickly, and by 1976 the old spirit
should be back, helped by the fact that it'll be a
Presidential election.
But as for now, forget it.
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Teacher focuses on 'acknowledgement of self
by Lynn Gruenwald
after a two hour meeting with
the board, he was still "dumped."
"I spoke in as honest a fashion as
I could," he explained.
AFTER THE BOARD'S decision, Achterhof requested that a
formal statement be drawn up
explaining his dismissal, otherwise
he would contact the press with
his story.
The resulting letter, dated
April 28, 1971, reads as follows:
the Civil Rights Commission. One
year later, after evidence of both
sides was reviewed, the commission decided they had no jurisdiction, because the case involved a
private school, for which there is
no legislation dealing with hiring
and firing.
ACHTERHOF WENT on to
say that the teacher's tenure act,
originally designed to protect innovative teachers from commu-
To reflect back on the period
of high school is to recall a time
when education was something
people "put up with." After the
struggle of socialization enduring
from kindergarten to junior high,
attitudes that prevail in the high
school system seem geared toward
the finishing off of a final product
as graduation nears.
THERE ARE, however, those
who challenge this system. In Holland, one such teacher to "break
the mold" is Robert Achterhof of
Holland High School.
Chairman of the English Department and coach of forensics
and debate, Achterhof firmly believes that "good education is
revolutionary, because it makes
you examine what you are. Then
you must change from what you
are to what you could be. This
can be discomforting," he added.
CERTAIN AREAS of inquiry
are necessarily more subjective
than others, Achterhof stated. His "After prayerful consideration
students in American Lit, World and serious deliberation, the
Lit, Speech and Discussion classes Board of Directors felt that to
deal with concepts and values, the reappoint Mr. Robert Achterhof
confrontation of which are "cru- was not in the best interest of
cial to the acknowledgment of
Unity. It has a high regard for his
self."
professional competence and does
He looks at his role as that of not question his Christian com"guide or stimulator, rather than mitment nor doubt tint he has
authority. Fraternization is a bug- the welfare of the students and
aboo in schools today, but 1 feel the school uppermost in mind.
that closeness to the students is
"HOWEVER, HIS practice and
important. It was Socrates who advocacy of a level of Christian
said, 'How can 1 teach anyone but liberty beyond that embraced or
my friends?' "
allowed by the parents of many
"HE REALLY DIGS chal- students has in numerous homes
lenge," said one student of Achproved to be divisive, particularly
terhof, "not clinical, stocial chal- since in some homes communicalenge, but sincere challenge."
tion between parehts and children
Achterhofs view of education
is often very difficult."
is, apparently, unpopular among
The letter goes on to say that
some. It cost him his position at
while education does involve an
Hudsonville
Unity
Christian
examination of the traditions and
beliefs as well as the mores and
School three years ago.
IN FEBRUARY of 1971, the
life style of the students' parents,
Hudsonville Board of Directors "it is very important that the
decided not to reappoint Achter- teacher consider the level of matuhof, who was labelled a "disrup- rity of the students and the clitive force in the school and com- mate of the homes from which
munity." Among those actions they come."
TOWARD THE END. of the
mentioned to justify his dismissal
was the fact that he was seen letter, the board states "Only in
unusual circumstances ought the
eating out on Sunday.
After an appeal by faculty teacher side with the child against
members, parents and 80 percent the parent. Close cooperation beof the student body, which signed tween home and school is most
a petition protesting the move, essential for a truly Christian eduthe Board of Directors voted to cation."
Achterhof took his case before
reconsider. Achterhof stated that
'Probably the bulk of students are
prematurely
grandparents.
Their spirits are dull, their minds are old,
they are no longer inquisitive/
nity censorship, does not apply in
a private school.
However, Achterhof contends
that the same community reaction
could occur in a public school in
1974. Often, he stated, tenure has
ended up "protecting incompetence." He cited the controversy
over textbooks which took place
in West Virginia as another example of "a type of witch-hunt."
AFTER A YEAR and a half.
You march against war.
You fight for clean air and clean
water. You eat natural foods. You
practice yoga. You are so much for
life. And you are so much against
killing.
It would be unthinkable for
you to kill another human being on
purpose.
So then, why is this
happening?
You don't mean to be. But
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1,380 died in combat. 3,420
State.
Zip.
1 City
committed suicide. 2,731 died of
cancer.
STOP DRIVING D R U ^ .
It's incredible, but one of the
STOP KIUING EACH OTHER, j f e t
most dangerous things you can do
is to have a few bottles of wine with
friends and drive home.
You can change it. You have to.
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Renner rebutted
The plan enabled Student Congress to divert publishing costs
from the Milestone budget to effect a Great Speaker's Series to
bring Ralph Nader and the Rev.
Philip Berrigan to Hope.
The problejn now is for students to speak up a little louder so
that the proper authorities will
take note that the Milestone is
still wanted. Speaking of the Milestone being wanted, the 1974
edition is expected to arrive here
shortly after fall break.
Ed Mackiewicz
Editor Milestone
during childhood . The high school
age is crucial, contends Achterhof,
because one can "catch the student when the readiness process is
there, and bring the student to the
awareness of his own potentiality."WHEN CONFLICTS arise between the student and the parent,
remarked Achterhof, it "almost
inevitably comes about because of
a lack of communication. The
parents do not understand the
students growth and change. They
don't
know
where
they're
headed." •. v . .
On the other hand, he says
there are an equal amount of
students who "speak highly of
favorable interaction rwith their
parents. Those who have felt
growth in themselves are especially eager to see their kids grow."
ACCORDING TO Achterhof,
most teachers as well are comfortable in the status quo, thus they
are reluctant to draw forth "that
tension" in the student's minds,
the result of which is change.
Perhaps a problem in any position within a bureaucracy is that
when one works and lives within
it, one learns to depend on it, and
eventually serves to perpetuate it.
It is rare to find someone who
transcends it.
"Security in jobs doesn't mean
much to him," evaluated one student. "He's an excellent teacherthat's what he wants to do."
THE NUMBER ONE KILLER
Of YOUNG AMERICANS
ISYOUNG AMERICANS.
Letters cont.
continued from page 4
Thomas Renner's statement in
the September 20 edition of the
anchor announcing that "I am not
looking for an editor for the
Milestone
because the student
body has not determined if it
wants a yearbook and the Student
Congress has not come up with a
plan to guarantee its financial
solvency," left me somewhat surprised.
During the 1974 fall registration, over 600 students indicated
interest in the Milestone by signing a list as they passed through
the registration lines. This figure
does not include faculty, seniors
and freshmen. Freshmen usually
purchase a sizeable amount of
books each year.
In regard to the statement
about finance, I personally suggested a plan which the Student
Congress adopted.
Under my plan each student
would indicate his or her desire to
purchase a Milestone during spring
registration. The cost of the book
would simply be placed on the
usual tuition bill.
I have consulted the proper
authorities on the feasibility of
doing this and I was told all they
needed was several weeks advance
notice in order to prepare the
computer program that would
handle the billing.
and having been appointed to the
position of English teacher at Holland High, Achterhof dropped the
case. Especially disturbing to him
was
the statement
"teacher
against parent."
"Education is dangerous to
those most comfortable under the
rules of the status quo. Those who
try to legislate morals become
perturbed at that which deviates
from their known system," he
remarked.
"THE CONFLICT IS perennial. I expect it. It has to happen.,
because the son or daughter has to
be his or her own person." He
went on to say that especially
"with religious people. When you
have this 'heaven-hell' thing hanging over your head," the parents
feel responsible for their son or
daughter's eternal destiny.
From the time a child is born,
said Achterhof, the institutions of
the church, school and family
work to converge and squeeze in
on him or her until he or she has
conformed to adult standards.
"BY THE TIME a person is 15,
the whole process has taken it's
toll," he declared. "Probably the
bulk of students are prematurely
grandparents. Their spirits are
dull, their minds are old, they are
no longer inquisitive."
If education is premised on
curiosity, he stated, then the job
of the educator is to retrieve the
curiosity that is lost somewhere
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Saturday
September 27,1974
Hope College anchor
Concordia defeated 20-0
Ho-hum attitude meets victory
by Jon Soderstrom
Maybe it was the lack of a
home crowd, or any crowd at all
for that matter. Maybe it was the
field itself, which looked inferior
even to Van Raalte.
MAYBE IT was the fact that
they were supposed to roll over
this team. Maybe it was a lot of
things. Whatever the reason, Hope
ho-hummed its way to a 20-0
victory over the Concordia Cougars, extending their winning
ftffK.'
streak to eight over the course of
the past two seasons.
The game was almost devoid of
spirit and life. There was no band,
very few fans (and they certainly
were not cheering), and even fewer stands. It was, as Hope tackle
Paul Cornell said afterwards, "as if
>•.. .
we were going out for a bump
MHmaB
scrimmage."
Aquinas was one of three victims that fell to the Hope soccer team as
THE TWO MOST exciting
they put themselves on the winning track with a record of three wins
events of the entire afternoon
against one loss.
included listening to the announ-
i m m t t e sSdtelme
fense had taken everything out of
Concordia's offense.
i Some very fine performances
were turned in by members of the
Hope team. Kurt Bennett was able
to break through for a couple of
long gains on his way to rushing
216 yards on 36 carries. Dave
Yeiter and Lewis Ten Have led a
charge which sacked the opposing
quarterback 11 times.
THE DEFENSE AS a . whole
completely dominated the Cougars, never once allowing them a
scoring opportunity and holding
them to two total offensive yards.
But these must be viewed in relation to the quality of team Concordia provided, which was somewhere below mediocre.
The Dutch meet Wheaton College at Riverview Park tomorrow.
Wheaton returns ten of 11 defensive starters, along with their entire offensive backfield, which
could prove bothersome. Head
Coach Ray Smith and his staff
have been working to prepare the
team mentally in anticipation of a
stiff challenge from Wheaton.
Hope takes fourth in
Olivet invitational meet
The Pull
by jon Soderstrom
By the time most of you read this, 36 men from
the freshman and sophomore classes will be squaring
off in that traditional event called The Pull. What
that means is a tug-of-war across the Black River,
the loser going for a swim or walk, depending on
how you view the pollution problem. What would
seem a relatively meaningless athletic contest has
become a source of class pride in a time when most
students around the country are attempting to
divorce themselves from the traditional class structure.
AS ONE WHO has never participated in this
event, all my opinions must come as the result of
conversations with former Pull men.
There seems to be no simple rationale for
engaging in this event; however, when something has
been around as long as this has, it seems ridiculous
to question it. It is here, it is expected to be
performed. It's as simple as that.
WHAT IS INTERESTING is the domination of
the sophomore class. It would not appear to be the
result of any advantage due to size and strength, for
both classes usually are fairly equal. The determining factor seems to be experience gained from
participation from one year to the next.
Former pullers agree that a large part of the
competition is the mental preparation; whoever can
hold their concentration and winning attitude longest emerges the winner. The sophomores have been
through it once and know the reality of this
statement. A prime concern of freshmen coaches is
likewise to instill this attitude in their men.
BOTH TEAMS HAVE worked hard since the
start of school to get into proper condition for
today's event. What transpires this afternoon will
show who worked the hardest, and who was better
cer make such astute comments
as, "That's a no-no," and "Look
at those pretty yellow flags,"
when penalty flags were dropped.
Stopping the game to retrieve a
football tossed onto the field
from a touch game going on behind the home bench was the
other high point of the contest.
Hope removed all doubt that
they would dominate the ball
game by scoring the first time
they had possession on a short run
by Kurt Bennett. Following that,
any enthusiasm previously mustered diminished. Ho()e continued
to move the ball, as evidenced by
over 300 yards total offense, but
poor execution resulted in several
failures to score. •
LATE IN THE fourth quarter
freshman tailback Bill Blacquiere
and - quarterback Bob Carlson
teamed for a scoring pass, followed by a short plunge by
Blacquiere for the conversion and
final points of the day. However,
by this time it was evident that
these points would be quite unnecessary, for the Dutchmen de-
mentally prepared.
Yes, Virginia . . . though Hope College must import their marching band for half-time, they have
their own cheerleading squad. In fact, if you look
on this page you will find a picture of them. They
are the people who are out there every Saturday
afternoon (except when Hope plays a non-league
away game) attempting to arouse our school spirits,
especially when they decide to throw those little
blue balls into the bleachers. So next time they go
into a cheer, lend a little support or at least a little
lung power.
THE PRATERS ARE in first place at the
halfway point of the intramural football season by
virtue .of a 6-0 defeat of the Arkies. Prater Rico
Martinus intercepted a Gordie Alderink pass, and
dashed into the end zone for the lone score before a
sizeable side line crowd. The Praters remain undefeated, while the Arkies suffered their first loss in
five starts.
Hope travelled to Olivet Saturday to compete in the Olivet
Invitational with 13 other teams.
Despite some strong teams and
good individual runners, including
three Ail-Americans, Hope took
fourth place in the meet losing
third by a mere point.
Phil Ceeley, Stu Scholl and
Glenn Powers finished 14, 15 and
Dutchmen
boost record
The Dutchmen boosted their
record to 3-1, with a 4-0 shutout
over Aquinas in a game played
Wednesday. John Clough led
Hope with two goals, while Jim
Van Nice and Van Voorst each
chipped in one. Bob Louidens was
credited with his second shutout
of the season.
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My apologies to those women athletes who feel
slighted in their lack of coverage. Because of
circumstances beyond my control, I haven't been
able to get the story I had anticipated. Coupled with
the fact that no games had been played as of this
writing, it makes it difficult to put together an
article.
16 respectively, while Jack Harris
and Lou Hoekstra rounded out
Hope's scoring.
Hope hosted its own invitational on Tuesday with a field of
11 teams. Ferris State won the
meet with a total of 40 points and
Hope took third with 54 points,
the same number of points that
won the meet last year.
Stu Scholl was the individual
winner in a record time of 24.22
minutes. Other Hope runners who
finished in the top ten were Powers and Ceeley, six and seven
respectively, while Harris finished
19 and Hoekstra 21.
Hope opens MIAA competition
next Wednesday at Alma.
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