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i Iflnchor Official Publication oi the Students of Hope College crt Hollcmd, Michigan

COLLEGE TO SPONSOR FORUM Faculty, Students Enjoy Formal Christmas Party

Amid the Christmas trees, rooms oi silver and blue, and traditiona Christmas colors, all the college students and faculty gathered in the chapel basement last Saturday for a formal Christmas party.

Mary Lou Hemmes and Lois Meulendyke had a well plannec program in store for waiting guests with a Santa Claus, his gnomes working on last minute details for Christmas, and a real t reasure cheat full of presents.

Typically Engllfth carollers sang several Christmas carols, and a girls ' sextette voiced "Winter Won-derland" and "White Christmas. The Girls' Glee Club sang Christ-mas numbers, and the whole group sang carols under Mrs. Snow's di-rection for the musical side of the program. "Muncie" Vander Wege gave her troubles of going Christ-mas shopping and Joanne Decker seriously read from "The Other Wise Man," by Henry Van Dyke.

The climax of the evening was the food! Under Mr. McLean's di-rection turkey ala king, heart rolls, olives and pickles, cranberry tar ts and hot chocolate was served.

Armstrong of M.l.T. Discusses Debate Topic

Discussion groups from several colleges were gathered at Kalama-zoo on December 7, for an a f te r -noon of panel discussion followed by dinner.

The afternoon program consisted of two rounds of discussion, each lasting an hour and a half, on the season's topic. Resolved: That the foreign policy of the United States should be directed toward a policy of free trade. On each panel were a leader, a critic, and five mem-bers, each from a different college.

Mr. Floyd E. Armstrong, Pro-fessor Emeritus of economics and finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke a f te r the dinner and led a discussion on the current topic.

Attending the meeting from Hope College were Dr. Schrier, Joanne Decker, Ruth Ellison, Alice Laughlin, Bob Danhof, and Hob Schuller. The colleges sending dele-gates were Albion, Calvin, Central Michigan College of Education, Hillsdale, Hope, Kalamazoo, Michi-gan State, and Western Michigan College of Education.

Club Discusses New York Realism

New York writers, including nov-ilists, poets, short story writers, dramatists and historians, were discussed by the English Majors on December l.'l, 1945, in the Delphi Room. The program led by Ger-.rude Vredeveld, showed the New Vork authors of today as basically realists, who depended on imagery and sensationalism.

Theodore Dreiser, an Indianan who wrote about New York, was discussed in a paper prepared by Elaine Meeusen, and read by Bar-bara Bilkert. Dreiser was influ-enced by the satire and utter deso-lation of Lafcadio Hearn who thought New York a horror of ci-vilization, and in drawing a pic-ture of Wall Street this satiric Reeling is prevalent.

O'Henry is the greatest short story writer of the United States and ranks with Maupassant as a vvorld renowned author. He was discussed by Betty DeVries, who showed the disappointment of his early life, his life in prison, and then his life in New York, which brought him success. His stories, typical of New York, show human nature and everyday life in the metropolis. Especially his story Gift of the Magi, was taken as an example of his portrayal of New York.

As a poet, Lewis Untermeyer ranks as one of New York's best. His poems deal with deep subjects but are treated in a light, common manner. Poems, Calabin in a Coal Mine. Long Feud, and Prayer were read. A poem by Frederick M. Clapp, Brooklyn Bridge, was read to show realism in writing, with an imaginist overtone.

O'Niel's life and plays were dis-cussed by Elaine Bielefield with his using sensational feelings as the basis of the discussion. His plays Beyond the Horizon; the life of a poet who had to live like man, and found it impossible to overcome fate, and Emperor Jones, the play with the use of the beating of tom-toms for effect, were discussed in detail.

Guest Speakers To Discuss

Democracy In World Today "Is Democracy Workable Today" is the subjec t of the

fo rum which will be held J anua ry 14, 1946, a t 8:00 P . M., in

the Hope College Chapel. The co-chairmen. Peg Bakelaar and

A1 Uypstra , have selected men and women f r o m various fields

to discuss democracy in the light of each one's field. Dr.

Irwin J . Lubbers, president of Hope College, will act as chai rman of the forum.

Dale Van Lente, AI Rypntra, Dr. Lubbers and Peg Bakelaar formulate plans for democracy forum.

The club adjourned to cookies and coca-colas and discussion and short arguments.

Ldfidscapers To Submit

Plans For Better Campus

President Irwin J . Lubbers an-

nounces that surveyors from the

Grand Rapids branch of the Rob-

ert Bruce Harris landscape archi-

tectural firm have been on our

campus these past weeks.

The firm has been hired to make

a complete survey of every hill and dale on the campus. The plan, according to Dr. Lubbers, is to sub-mit preliminary sketches of an en-tirely beautified campus to stu-

dents, alumni and faculty.

The general opiinon will be tab-

ulated and final plans will be

drawn on that basis.

Hope Overseas Veteran

Merits Army Promotion

Word has been received f rom the Far East Air Forces, Manila, that George W. Hutchinson, of Muske-

gon, Michigan, squadron ad ju tan t

in General George C. Kenney's F a r

East Air Forces Headquarters, has

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German Club Holds "Yuletide" Program

"O Tannenbaum, 0 Tannenbaum, Wie treu sind diene Blatter!"

With the singinR: of this old

Christmas carol the German club opened its meeting at the home of Miss Boyd.

Rosemary Finlaw, accompanied by Paul Tanis on his violin, led in more carols a f te r which Gus Levey read the Christmas story in Ger-man.

A paper on the Christmas cus-toms of the German people, written by Trudy Maassen and Marjorie Voss, was then read. The Germans celebrate a series of feas ts of the Yuletide Season, beginning with the Feast of St. Nicolas on December 6 and concluding with the Feast of the Three Kings on January 6.

" T w a s the Night Before Christ-mas" was read in German by Wil-liam Geiger. The meeting closed with refreshments and the singing of more carols.

Spanish Club Enjoys

Christmas Program

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The members of the Spanish Club had a merry time taking part in "la /iesta espanol." The music and laughter came from the home of Mrs. Prins on Thursday eve-ning, December 13th.

The program of Christmas spirit was headed with a paper on Christmas in Spain and Peru,"

read by Kathryn Lock. This in-cluded a brief summary of the cus-toms and traditions practiced by these countries on Christmas and New Year's Day.

The group then enjoyed the sing-ing of Christmas carols in Spanish and English. Glenna Gore, presi-dent of the club, lead the members in some games, and refreshments were served. Everyone was wished "un feliz navidad" before leaving.

Dr. Mulder Speaks A t Joint Y Meeting

A joint \ M and YW meeting was held Tuesday evening, Decem-ber 11. The guest speaker was Dr. Bernard J. Mulder, secretary of the Board of Education of the Re formed church. His topic was "The Wisemen." He presented a chal-lenge to young Christians to spread the "joyous tidings of the Savior's birth" to the millions in the Far East who are waiting to receive the Word.

Wilbur Brandli opened the meet-ing by leading the group in the singing of a number of carols. Scripture consisted of Christmas texts read by Rev. Ostenhaven and Alan Staver.

Special music was rendered by Marian Ter Borg and Dick Vries-man who played as a prelude a duet of Christmas carols, and by Myiu Brower * who sang "Lead Kindly Light," accompanied by Harriet Muyskens.

Prins Entertains Alcor At Christmas Meeting

Hard-working "Koffee Kletz" operators were entertained at a Christmas party at the home of Elaine Prins on Wednesday, De-cember 5.

At the short business meeting it was decided to decorate the Kletz with special Christmas ornaments for the Yuletide season.

The remainder of the evening was spent in playing games, and refreshments were served.

French Club Centers

Theme On Christmas

French Club was entertained by Miss Nella Meyers at her home for the special Christmas meeting, held on December 13. The program be-gan with the singing of Christmas carols, and Ruth Ellison read the Christmas story from the Bible in French.

Marge Van Vranken gave a re-port on Christmas in France and other European countries. Christ-mas day in France is purely reli-gious, and presents are not ex-changed on that day. The mistle-toe custom is the same there as in the United States.

The program concluded with classical music by French com-posers, and refreshments were served.

Combined Choruses With Guest Artists Give "The Messiah"

"The Messiah" chorus composed of the Holland High School A Ca-Pella Choir, town people, and the chapel choir presented Handel's "Mesiah" on December 18 in the Hope Memorial Chapel.

The four guest soloists, who are from Chicago, were Miss Lucille Bauch, s o p r a n o ; Miss Norma Hetsch, contralto; Mr. John Toms, tenor; and Mr. David Austin, bass. They are all distinguished oratori-cal soloists. Mr. Austin has ap-peared in Holland previously, but this was the f i rs t time the other three had sung here.

The conductor of the chorus of three hundred voices was Miss Trixy Moore, Director of Vocal Music at the Holland High School. Mrs. W. Curtis Snow accompanie( the group with the organ, anc Alma Vander Hill with the piano

Debate Squad Adds Members For Year

As a result of the debate tryouts held here on December 11, the fol-lowing upperclassmen were added to the squad: Man-in De Young, R. Jim Bos, Betty Timmer, Jean Wat-son, Robert Danhof, and Robert Schuller.

The new freshmen members are Peggy Sullivan, Peter Breen, Irene Heemstra, Marion Hanna, and Le-ona Doorenbos.

The debate question for 1945-46 is: Resolved, that the foreign policy of the United States should be di-rected toward a policy of f ree trade

Hoffman, Nether land's Investigator,

Addresses College On Reconstruction Dr. M i l t o n J. Hoffman, an

alumnus of Hope, former president of Central College, and at present a professor at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, related his experiences and observations of his recent trip to the Netherlands, in a very interesting and picturesque way on Friday, December 7. This tr ip was made as an appointment of General Synod naming Dr. Hoff-man its Netherlands Investigator.

Dr. Hoffman portrayed in full detail the situation of the Nether-lands as it was during the war, and is a t present.

Beginning with the industry, he stated that production in the Neth-erlands was completely paralysed by the Germans, and in a compari-son of square miles of the Nether-lands and Michigan he presented the serious transportation situa-tion.

"All trains and canal boats, which are so vital, buses and mo-tor trucks were seized by the Ger-man invaders, all electric lines were destroyed, and there was no gas for their use. Due to the lack of transportation, there was a great hunger in the big cities, and in t

period of 7 months, 2800 people died of starvation in Amsterdam. The Netherlands," he said, "was one of the best fed, housed and clothed c o u n t r i e s before war struck."

Concentration Camps He also told of the great fear

the people had for the German con-centration camp, and even a con-stant fear of talking with fr iends and relatives against the Germans, never knowing whether the person with whom they were conversing was a German collaborator, s ta t ing that the freedom which we enjoy in America was not enjoyed in the Netherlands. There was also a fear , common among the men, of being used as German slaves, and in the course of the war there were 460,000 such slaves arrested.

Dr. Hoffman emphasized strong-ly that his purpose was not to arouse hatred or stir up the peo-ple, as there are millions of Chris-tians in Germany, and their con-duct during the war was absolutely correct

"The minds of the youth in the Netherlands were poisoned by the Germans, and if there was ever any

violence, it was answered by gun. Ninety per cent of the mis-ery was occasioned because the Dutch refused to give in to the German conquerors. The Germans expected the Dutch to be a push-over, and when pressure did not succeed, they used violence, and so the Dutch people had to learn the hard way."

He gave much credit to the Christian Church in the Nether-lands, and stated that the church was the only institution which re-fused to compromise.

Reconstruction "But now," continued Dr. Hoff-

man, "the war is over and the great reconstruction problem is with us. The major problem lies in reclaim-ing all the flooded land, as there was a great bomb destruction of the dikes. The Netherlands," he stated, "is a 'have-not' country, and all reconstruction goods will have to be imported. But there is much already being done. Twenty per cent of the railroads are run-ning again and bridges are being replaced."

Dr. Hoffman stated that the (Continued on Page 6)

Guest Speakers

Rev. Bastian Kruithof, pastor of

the First Reformed Church and a

member of the Hope College facul-

ty, will represent religion, with

Mrs. George Pelgrim an active

member of the A.A.U.W., discuss-

ing the woman's viewpoint. De-

mocracy in the light of the em-

ployer will be reviewed by Colonel

Henry Geerds, secretary-treasurer of the Holland Hitch Co., dis-charged from service with the 126th infantry; and labor, in gen-eral, by Mr. Thomas Parker, labor leader from the Holland Hitch Co.

Education will be presented by Mr. Carroll Crawford, superin-tendent of Holland Public schools, and that of the professional men by Lawyer Cornelius Vander Meu-len, director of the Netherlands Foundation and Veterans Councilor of Holland; Al Rypstra, senior at Hope College and veteran of World War II, will represent the students.

Student Committee

Publicity for the forum is being arranged by the co-chairmen, Mrs. Harriet Van Donkelaar and Dale Van Lente, assisted by Jean Wat-son, Louise Ter Beek, Elaine Biele-feld, Gene Rothi, Preston Stegenga, and Bill Hillegronds. Various means for extensive publicity are already under way. According to the chairmen and publicity people, the forum is expected to run only an hour and a half.

On December 11 the various speakers and the co-chairmen met for a luncheon in the Warm Friend Tavern to outline the ideas for the forum.

The project originated in the Student Council under the leader-ship of Al Rypstra.

Hope Students Hear Address On Surgery

Scalpel Club opened its meeting to all Hope students who were in-terested to hear Dr. Pielen, a Grand Rapids surgeon who has re-turned from active duty in Europe.

His address conveyed the im-portance of basic sciences to pre and post-operative cases. He also told briefly of the relationship that vitamins and chemical analysis have to surgery.

The talk was followed by a dis-cussion of the conditions of the German people.

A.D.D. Members Sell Hope College Stationery

With the beginning of the bas-cetball season, A.D.D. girls have assumed the pre-war role of selling candy and ice cream to Hope's sport fans.

Another project undertaken is the sale of Hope college stationery, t will make an excellent Christmas

g i f t for a Hope fr iend; and may be purchased a t the book store.

On Monday, December 10, the A.D.D. held a brief business meet-ng in Van Raal te Hall to discuss

these new projects.

Hope College To Be Featured

In Detroit Paper A sketch of Hope College will

>e featured in the Detroit Free Press in a future issue.

December 4th Mr. Kenyon, a re-porter from the Free Preaa, spent the day with President Irwin J.

•ubbers gathering material to write-up the characteristics of

bpe College.

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E d i t o r i a l s

F o r u m T o R e d e f i n e D e m o c r a c y

How many of us know what to reply when we are asked for a definition of democracy? Can we supply information other than abstract generalit ies? Are we, when we leave this campus, going: to be living exponents of a democratic citizenry ?

We will be living in a world of many ideologies, pet theories and notions. ^ et few of us can distinguish par ty platforms.

Our ideas are guided by pre-conceived notions handed down by our elders.

A few of us have learned something about democracy dur-ing these past four years. But those left behind — what have you done to renew your fai th in the democratic ideal — a n ideal tha t can become reality only through knowledge and work.

The Student Council is sponsoring a forum. The subject title is: "Is Democracy Workable Today?" The symposium is designed to redefine democracy and to stimulate our think-ing regarding our way of government.

An educator, minister , employer, labor leader, professional man, student and the feminine viewpoint have been selected to guide our thinking. A question period is also scheduled.

FROM THE CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT

Against Societies:

Blackballing Secret organizations Excludes the minority Only room for one allegiance

For Societies:

Churches have societies

Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. can be only functioning organi-zations if we put every organization on Christian basis.

Pitfalls in Christianity shouldn't be blamed on societies.

ON A SECULAR BASIS

Against Societies:

Campus at t i tude changing and societies unable to make those adjustments.

Incoming students won't have to fight against artificial social competition.

There are no compensations on highly specialized college campus if person excluded from societies.

Organizations have lost sight of their purpose as literary organizations.

Exclude those who need the help of societies. They control campus elections. Informal initiations degrading. Programs are valueless — time consuming. Sororities operated on selective basis.

For Societies:

Only social life in an intimate group. We should have freedom to organize. They have done more good than harm. College students have the intelligence to decide whether

or not to join. Disappointments result in individual's mistakes. More opportunity to develop intimate friendships. Certain amount of competition makes fo r growth. All-College functions generally poorly supported. P-"C—nl unrest due to abnormal campus conditions. If class groups formed only small group would benefit.

Undecided:

No better type of organization has been proposed as substitution.

Shouldn't consider the question at this time because most of the men are away and conditions are abnormal.

Dear Editor: p e a r Editor: When I f i rs t began to hear of a{ I t i 8 a p p a r e n t t h a t a r e . n

campaign at Hope against sorority I t e r e 8 t e d i n t h e v i e w p o i n t 8 o f t h e

co-eds concerning sororities here at Hope. I think that it is interesting

W e W o u l d L I I c e T o S u g g e s t

The student body is to be complimented on the manner

in which it has handled the evaluation of the sorori ty-fra-

ternity system. Any dispute involving venerated insti tutions

could quite humanly die at the threshold of sentimentalisms

and personalities. In the main this a t t i tude has l>een avoided. two major points. They claim the \\- k „ , , •! , r . method of selection of sorority We have seen the need fo r some correction of our society|members is unchristian. There is

organization, I dismissed it as one 1

of those things which stir a cam-pus every now and then. It ap-pears now to be a very definite campaign with the opponents scar-ing off the de.Vndii-s with their vehemence ai d o issionate protests. 1 was happy, however, to read the last Anchor and study the excel-lent letter written by Nat Bos-man. It seemed to me thr.t she an-swered the whole question very nicely and emphasized the long range view.

In debate work, we learned that there was a difference between "need for a change in policy" and "need for something to be done." 1 think this fine line of difference fi ts very aptly our present college situation. There is "need for some-thing to be done," but not need for completely abolishing the sta-tus quo. It 's the easy way to decry present evils in a system and call for abolishment of said system which contains the evils. However, it 's challenging though far more difficult to correct these present evils.

Opponents of the s tatus quo

sorority holds the fondest memo-ries.

College life is not complete with-out them. Hope men who have gone to the f a r corners of the earth remember their college days as ones of learning, of broadening their friendships, and above all, their grand f ra terni ty days.

Is it not possible to believe that the cruel war, f rom which we are now slowly emerging, could have been avoided if people in certain countries had been allowed the freedom of organization and other freedoms which our-men and boys, and yes, our women fought to pre-serve?

We live in the United States where we still possess the "four freedoms." Any individual who has the intelligence to be able to enter a college has the intelligence, we believe, to decide for himself whether or not to join a sorority or fraterni ty. If disappointment arises, it generally happens be-cause of some mistake on his or her own part.

How can sororities and f ra ter-nities be called "discriminating or-ganizations" when they have done hundreds, and even thousands of men and women who have gradu-ated from Hope College more good than they have harmed one, if it is one a year?

These are just a few of the rea-sons why we believe that before any steps are taken towards abol-ishing sororities and fraterni t ies on Hope's campus, contact should be made with all alumni. Perhaps a form letter or ballot would be satisfactory.

Sincerely, Mildred M. Scholten Mary Jane Raffenaud.

and just as necessary to consider the alumnae's opinion as to hear the present Hopeite's view.

I am taking the privilege, there-fore, of quoting a portion of a re-cent letter written to me by a Hope graduate:

"I 've heard about the new cam-paign to obliterate sororities at Hope. College isn't college without sororities. You know, it is a great part of social life and its activities are pure and wholesome. I agree that every girl should be able to belong to soiye sorority so as to stop 'hur t ' feelings, etc. But, if a few girls are opposed to sororities, their own societies must be insin-cere or unfair Ur produce such op-position.

"When the fellows return, there will be great fun in the exchange of f ra terni ty and sorority meetings and parties. Hope's sororities en-courage strong bonds of religious

feUowsbip. But at Hope, the girls | building of our Postwar World, do not limit their friendships to has a place sorority sisters. I feel that Hope's

seem to divide their protests into i • s o r o r ' t i e s a r e m o r e than pleasant, useful, and educating so-cieties. If you (Hope) do away with sororities, before long there will

system. Various ideas have been advanced in a genuine a t - ! n o r e a 8 o n w h y a method cannot be

tempi to erase some of the ills resulting f rom this system.

Other opinions view the discussion f rom a Christian view-

be a campaign to form new socie-

established on Hope's campus to | ̂ e s o r c ' u ^ s s o to have more include all college girls in socie-1 a c ^ v ' ^ ' e 8 o r P a r ^ ' e a o r f e " 0 W 8 h i p s . ties! Proponents of the present ' "Other colleges have them — I

point and, a f t e r serious consideration conclude that this svs ; 8 y 8 t e m h a v e a l r e a d .v suggested pos-|know that sounds trite — yet there

tem should not be a part of Hope College. ' ^ ^ ^ r e s p e c t i v e i a r e e x p e C t a n t s t u d e n t s w h o t a k e

It is with this a t t i tude ; tha t we are t rying to find the j Opponents further claim that the

best for our college, that we should approach the next step i n c l u s i v e n e a s ()f sorority groups i

in our discussion. Arguments, on either side of the issue. h a r n ' f " 1 a n d r e S U ' t 8 i n

that stem from a highly emotional viewpoint should be dis-

carded. What we personally gain should not characterize our

thinking. Our pr imary concern and objective should be to

achieve the greatest good fo r the greatest number.

A student-faculty-aiumni committee seems the most feas-ible method of conducting this probe on an impartial basis. The time element should not be considered in this proposition. The recommendations of the committee will ultimately reach the students and the Board of Trustees, where the final de-cision rests.

It is our opinion tha t an inquiry of this type cannot be limited to sororities and f ra te rn i t i es only. They have become such a wholesale par t of our college life. They have perme-ated the social organizations. The l i terary groups have been invaded by their influence. It seems to us t ha t eventually this s tudy will include a complete briefing of campus life, the study, and the extra-curricular programs.

There seem to be three choices before us: Societies should be totally abolished and replaced with a suitable substitution; society programs should be revitalized to insure meetings that are socially and culturally valuable; the societies are completely satisfactory so there is no need for any wholesale change.

In trying to reach our final decision let us not limit our-selves to an evaluation of the system as it prevails on this campus only. A new trend in education is developing. We at Hope should study these new ideas and make our college grow accordingly.

IS bad

feeling aiuong members of differ-ent sororities. I feel the best an-swer to this diminishing problem is a series and rotation of joint sorority meetings which has al-ready been carried on in a smaller scale with desirable results.

The opinion expressed by "Sev-enteen Freshmen, Beach Cottage," is hopeful. They show foresight in demanding for themselves either a better type of social organiza-tion or else a modified sorority organization as suggested by Luel-la Pyle. Their opinion should cer-tainly be a challenge and an eye-opener to the opponents of the present system that abolishment of sororities is a decidedly unsatisfac-tory solution of the situation. The enthusiasm and energy now ex-pended toward merely refut ing the s ta tus quo would be a God-sent g i f t applied toward correcting min-or faul ts in the otherwise satisfac-tory system of sororities.

As a very recent alumna of Hope College I hope and t rust that pres-ent students will see their way through this problem and decide to work on the faul ts in the pres-ent situation and maintain these organizations which mean more and more, as we pass f rom Hop«'« portals to other fields of endeavor.

Ev Everse.

that into consideration." Sincerely, a Freshman,

Shirley M. Leslie. o

Traverse City, Mich. To the Editor:

Af t e r reading the editorial and the open letter in the Homecoming issue of the ANCHOR, we feel it necessary to come to the defense of s o r o r i t i e s and fraternit ies on Hope's campus.

Yes, Christian colleges do have a grea t responsibility resting on their shoulders. But — is it neces-sary to accuse sororities and f ra -ternities of the pitfalls and dis-unity in Christianity? We a r e taught in the Scriptures to be tol-erant , love your neighbor, and do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Do such organi-zations bar an individual from carrying these ou t? Cannot a per-son live just as good a Christian life in a society as out of one? Why do we have societies in our churches ?

Girls have to cooperate, harmo-nize, and be tolerant in order to have a successful sorority. Inge-nuity, leadership and initiative are a few of the qualities developed in a society member's life during his or her years in college.

Is it for the minority to say so-

rorities and fraterni t ies should be abolished? No! Speaking as former sorority members we look back upon our college days and find our

Niagara Falls, N. V. Dear Dr. Lubbers:

^ ou and 1 have never met, so perhaps I would do well to intro-duce myself to you. 1 am a gradu-ate of Hope . . . In Absentia '44 . . . an ex-serviceman, and a con-stant admirer of the college, and all it embodies.

Through my years in the Naval service, and in these months since my release from active duty, I have managed to keep in touch with the activities of the sohool, and have prized the issues of The Anchor which have come my way. That information which has not been made my " f i r s t " has been passed on by those I have contacted in the farspread areas of the world. Until recently, I have been pleased; now, I wonder and am bewildered.

My last two available issues of The Anchor carry a sorry tale for me . . . and many, hany Hopeites of my correspondence. The issue; "Will the Societies Remain . . . or Go?" May 1 entertain you with my opinion ?

There is much discussion in terms of Christianity, and the place of Christian Education in the

It a very important

one, and only we who have had the wonderful advantage of such training can truthfully evaluate U. But it- apears, at this point, that the increase or decrease of the Christian influence at Hope is not dependent upon the Society, built or destroyed. When the first Lit-erary Society was brought to Hope's campus, it was brought as the answer to a need . . . a need for the outlet of thought, creative endeavor, and social desire. I must go back but two years to recall that we had just that . . . not at the ex-pense of Christianity, but with its promotion. Not every enrollee at Hope is a s trong Christian youth, and I may truthfully say that I have seen men more strongly set toward the Faith right in the lounge of our old Fraternity house I have participated in discussions on philosophy, ethics, and Christian teachings that have gone f a r int. the n i g h t . . . and never a deviation from the matter at hand. I have never been in such a closely knit fellowship, and many are the topics one will wrestle in the company of a friend . . . Dr. Phelps, long before the turn of the century, must have had this in mind . . . I hardly believe we have drifted from his plan.

There are those who are ex-cluded." There are . . . but they are few, and perhaps the problem is f a r too exaggerated. When I was a Sophomore, I attended my f i rs t membership meeting. The discussion was orderly, pledges chosen, and the group disbanded. Never, a f te r tha t meeting, was a man discussed pro or con on the basis of that meeting. The discus-sion was not . . . "What can he do fo r u s ? " . . . but "What can we do f o r each .o the r?" We accepted men into the membership of our group that contributed so little to the group that the addition num-

erically was not comparable to the subtraction of their lack of ability. At the end of the f i r s t year, some of these boys had increased in wisdom and s tature . . . an in-crease which would make them po-tential leaders. And this because of the guidance of their "broth-ers." On the day scheduled fo r the mailing of bids to potential mem-bers, the list was consulted by rep-resentatives of all societies, and those not immediately c h o s e n would receive fur ther consideration. Many, if not most of those not in fraternit ies, were Independent of their own choosing. My experi-ences with Hope's Societies were not of "exclusion" but "inclusion." LIKE will always find LIKE, but here was a real extension of the hand of fellowship.

"The cost of a society, and what good that money could do in other pursuits." Here is a question which I deem almost unworthy of con-sideration. Hope's collegiate press men have evaluated the situation in dollars and cents. I believe I am safe . . . very safe . . . in say-ing that most of my fellows worked while in college. Men who work know the value of the dollar, and as dollars are very hard to earn at school, there are few who are ready to throw them away. Every cent I placed in the custody of our society t reasurer was returned to me ten-fold in services and com-forts. Where could I have had as fine an evening . . . for so little . . . under any other circumstances. How else could an out-of-town stu-dent spend an evening in his own

home."

I was a member of Fraternal , but I cannot count the wonderful days I spent with Emersonians, Cosmopolitans, and Knickerbock-ers. I have visited with members of other societies in New York City. Miami, Seattle, Pearl Harbor and even in the black of night in a lonely atoll in the Carolines. There was no distinction. I have felt the loss in this past war, of many who were of other groups. This, sir, is not distinction . . . nor was it ever. There is no division in our house . . . Hope. This subject of socie-ties is grouping for efficiency in the attainment of a common goal. The curriculum of any school can-not answer the need of students for this fellowship , . . the greatest Collegiate Union would not do it. It is not a departure from the ideals of an institution, but a com-positor! of echelons striving to make their one body an outstanding be-ing.

We who have passed from Hope's harbor of memories do want that this be considered as a ballot cast in favor of the maintenance of the school's societies. There is, I as-sure you, more of scholarship . . . more of statesmanship . . . more of deep consideration at many a society meeting than in many a classroom. Here is the opportun-ity for friendly criticism on the thought, the composition, and the public presentation of a man's own work. Don't deprive the student of this vital evening's opportunity. Rather, champion the idea provide it with ample guidance . . . and witness its splendid re-sults. I'm sure you will find merit .

Sincerely, George J . Lumsden.

Dear Editor:

I have been following the letters and articles appearing recently in the AN'CHOR, and I should like to state that I am one hundred per-cent in support of the abolishment of sororities. In my opinion they have no r ightful place as organi-zations of Hope College.

I can echo all that has already been said for the abolishment- of sororities, and I should like to add one point that has, perhaps, not received enough attention; that is the fact that members are chosen by the society, and not the society chosen by the members. This very fact that sororities are not open to all violates our democratic r ight of f ree choice. In any other insti-tution of society we may choose the organization to which we wish to belong; but here, on the campus of a Christian college, we must wait to be looked over, measured, judged, and rejudged before we can become a par t of what has un-fortunately become the controlling organization of college activities. This method of choosing results in misfits and misjudgment of per-sonalities. Some students fai l to "measure up" when they are ver-bally torn apar t at Black Ball Meetings, and as a result all of them do not return to college the next year. Sororities have become an obstacle in the path of the de-velopment of Hope College, and should therefore be permanently eliminated f rom the list of college activities. Ellene Bosland

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Fraternities Are Abolished

In University Of Chicago Decision Ends Two-Year Investigation; Ruling Af fects Frats at College Level

From "The Chicago Maroon"

The University of Chicago climaxed a two-year probe on November 15 by disclosing tha t social f ra tern i t ies will be barred in the college a f t e r March, 1947. Fraterni t ies had been in existence fo r 54 years at the* undergraduate level a t U. of C.

The decision was handed down by President Ernes t C. Col-well following a two-year investigation by a faculty commit-tee and a University administrat ive ruling board, This new ruling does not af fec t fraterni t ies

IN . . DIGESTION By Elaine Bielefeld

in the graduate level, or women's clubs at the college level.

Board Decides

The report from the University Board said that this move was necessitated "by reorganization of the University's academic struc-ture and that a reorganization of the extra-curricular activities nec-essarily must follow the same lines." U. of C. inaugurated a new house plan in September designed to unify the college as a distinct segment of the University and all student activities will hereafter be centered in the dorms.

The action by the University Board was sharply criticized in the student paper "The Chicago Maroon." According to an editor-ial, published the day following the announcement, the action taken by the Board was indecisive.

End of An Era "The Maroon" editorial states,

"The University's decision to abol-ish fraternit ies in the college is as momentous as it is inevitable. That it is of striking significance in the saga of American education cannot be doubted for it marks the end of a chapter, the era of the ' roar ing '20's' in higher learning . . ."

"That it is a fundamentally wise and just decision, I believe cannot be doubted. The sharp, incisive logic of the Board of Trustees is incontrovertible. Conventional edu-ucation is dead at Chicago; conven-tional fraternit ies must also per-ish. In their day fraternit ies ful-filled a certain need. With the in-augural of the college program and its resident plan that need had dis-appeared. Therefore the fraterni-ties are no longer necessary. And since they are not only superfluous but actually menace the success of the program they must be elimi-nated. It may very well be asked if the same logic does not apply equally well to the w o m e n ' s c lubs?"

Board Ignores Innue "To education as a whole, how-

ever, the pronouncement of the board ignores a vital section of the issue. Its statement is singular in what omits as well as in what it says. It catalogs, quite justly, the noteworthy contributions which fraterni t ies have made to this Uni-versity. But it omits those salient points which constituted such a crushing indictment against the en-tire f ra terni ty system everywhere —the social schisms which it has generated, the bigotry and preju-dice which it has condoned, the appalling misemphasis which it has represented. It is true that in omitting such salient facts the board has spared itself the painful necessity of weighing the advan-tages and disadvantages of the system against each other in or-der to ^attain a verdict. By their absence,' however, the case history is notably incomplete and dis-torted; all the facts should have been pffesented."

"By I ts refusal to entertain these

considerations, the Board was en-abled . . . to countenance the sur-vival of fraternit ies at the divi-sional level . . ."

"It would have been far wiser for the Board, once and for all, to have eradicated all fraternit ies from the entire University . . ."

Should Be Ousted "In permitting fraternit ies to

continue until 1947, the Board sac-rifices principles on the altars of expediency. The administration cites the need for a 'transitional period' . . . If the abolition of f ra-ternities in the College is wise and necessary then the sooner they are ousted the better."

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arose such a clatter

I jumped to my window to see what was the mat ter ;

It was Toni and Tommy chat-ting with men

1 saw only two, but there must have been ten,

It would be nice to be popular.

Please, dear Santa, make me

beautiful, just for a year. Maybe not for a year but until a f te r 1 get a date for our sorority party anyway.

Sorority parties made their de-but with the gala Sib function. "The best chicken you ever tasted," wasn't it Mr. "t-.;. Mr. Ileneveld, and Mr. V.-,! I iOiitc. Thanks go to "Jack" lor !iis contributions in making il r su cessful evening.

We in c. : ; ;pt this series for more or less ( »n:)?.ted thoughts to bring you an ir. p n-tant news flash. Bob Boulkinr, a f ter 27(i dateless days (yes, he c.e.i counted them!) fi-nally ro. : to meet the demands of these days by d a t i n j a De Kline. Note to the freshmen: The succes-sive use of the one letter "d" is referred to as alliteration.

Christmas spirit is truly in the air — even the weatherman is giv-ing each and everyone of us a white Christmas, and if the Christ-

mas tree cutters don't strike and

demand higher trees and less

branches, there should be sufficient

supply of arboles (Spanish for

"trees") for every Hope guy or gal.

The various dorms have been load-

ed down with such tremendous

weights of cotton, tinsel, evergreen

and mistletoe (no, I haven't been lucky yet) that ye olde Van Vleck doesn't even shake when the train goes through. Betty Jane d e m o n s and Joe Palmer donated their time and supplies to decorate Mr. De Roc's tree over in Zwemer Hall. How do you get into that Sanc-tuary? Knock three times and buzz twice.

La Club Modele, at the corner

of River and Eighth is extremely busy during the Christmas rush. They sell everything from vitamin B complex tablets to ultra-violet rays and all wrapped in a box with Christmas seals too yet. Their hot chocolate is expensive but we got plentya money. Who's kidding? Oh, excuse me, I thought I was the joker. And the social hour — Isn't it worth the extra nickel. Marge Karsies and I la O'Donnel just to see all those big basketball boys?

Mike Brower was named the happiest spectator in the stands at the Percy Jones-Hope game last week. Kenny played a great game didn't he or maybe we're just pre-judiced.

"Peace on earth, good will to men" — tha t ' s what we fought this war for. The struggle was more than a mere holocaust; it was s t r i fe between r ight and wrong, love and hate. Fight ing has ceased but victory is not ours until we can prove our ability to practice good will in every phase of our lives. We are still bickering over an event which has aged

four years to the day, we have

trials for war criminals still on

our ha^ids, we have labor disputes

still to be settled, and we have

boys and more boys still to return

home. Christmas, 1945, finds Amer-

ica in such a state. However, we

are at tempting to move ahead.

Foreign ministers of the Big

Three are to meet this week in an

effort to pick up where they left

off earlier this Fall. The United

States anticipates discussion con-

cerning the atomic bomb, British

loans, foreign policies and our

participation in the United Nations organization.

Although President Truman's la-

bor proposal for a cooling-off per-

iod during strikes met with labor's

disapproval his aim to avoid "vi-cious" anti-labor laws meets with their approval. Illegal picketing is

From Hope G.H.Q. President Irwin J. Lubbers has

been speaking at alumni banquets.

Dr. Lubbers flew to Milwaukee,

December 1, to speak to an Alumni

group meeting in the Reformed Church. The Rev. Morris A. Mar-cus is the pastor.

Dr. Lubbers returned the same night by plane.

On December fi Dr. and Mrs.

Lubbers went to the Eighth An-

nual Bam uet of the Detroit Hope

College Club. The program was

led by Wallace Visscher, toastmas-ter; Henry A. Friesema, leader of group singing; Hazel Paa 'man, so-loist; the Rev. J. Hogenbo-.m and Mrs. Kenneth Yager.

Rev. Hogenboom and Mrs. Yager brought reports from the Wichers Memorial Fund and the Nominat-ing Committee. Or. Lubbers d e - 1 t h e f i r s t c h a r K e t h a t C , e n c r a l M o -livered the address, "The Message I t o r s b r n u K h t t o c < , u r t a ? a i n s t t h « From Hope."

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Clarie Van Liere

His official t i t le for two years

was, U. S. A r m y War Photograph-er. Once again he is known only as Clarie Van Liere a f t e r two and one-half years of globe t ro t t i ng fo r Uncle Sam. He left Hope on March 2!>, UM'!, and went f i rs t to Fort Warren , Wyoming. Then ho went to the Universi ty of Wyo-ming and Colorado S ta t e College under the auspices of the A.S.T.I'. A f t e r some t ime Clarie was sent to Fort Leonard Wood as a mem-ber of the in fan t ry . From here he went to Camp Crowder to the school a t r i a l and ground photog-raphy. Then in June, 1!)44, a f t e r two "swell" (and I quote) nights in New York, he left the U.S.A. via Camp Shanks and docked at Liver-pool where he began his one month s t ay in Kngland. Af t e r this he went to France and was "on the move." While moving around, by the way. Clarie photographed the Battle of Aachen. The next inci-dent of note came one day in Paris . Clarie was walking down the Champ Flysees and bumped smack bang into Art Slager . Dale Fris

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to Washington U. for Physical In-Htructor's School for two weeks and came back home in November. He was discharged the sixth of No-vember and s ta r t ed Hope the e ighth.

In closing Clarie added that while in Furope he t raveled 17,0(111 miles by jeep and about MOd by ai rplane. At any rate , i t 's good to se you back, Clar ie!

was on the scene and he and Clarie

took t ime off to fly over to Fng-land one day.

Next he was recalled f rom Par is for the Mulge. His i t inerary fol-lows: Dinant, Belgium to Cologne and Munchengladbach, Germany. Hack to Paris, through ( le rmany and then Dale Fr is again in France. C l a r i e was at Magdeburg, Ger-many when the war ended. He

I spent some time at Weissbaden | swimming, go l f ing and playing ten-i nis.

He returned to the S ta les for i redeployment to the initial inva-sion of Tokyo in the Para t roops . Fort Kenning. Georgia, claimed him up to \ -J Day. Then he went

Paul Fried enlisted in the a rmy

in the fall of 1942. He went to iCamp Carson, Colorado, and from j there was t r ans fe r r ed to Camp Ritchie. Maryland, where he was

I a s tudent at the Mili tary Intelli-gence Tra in ing Center. In Jan-uary of '4:! he landed at j i r i s t o l , Fngland, and spent the following ten months in Southern Fngland. He then went to Par is for two days and two days la ter he was at the f ron t in the Saa r Valley. He was with the Third Army a t tached to the .'{oth In fan t ry Division as an Intell igence Specialist . Chr i s tmas Day. 1!)44, he was alerted to the Bulge and New Year 's Day he spent visit ing in Hastogne. In the

middle of J a n u a r y '45 the 35th Di-

vision was sent to the 7th Army

for two weeks. Then to Mast rich,

Holland, the 9th Army and on

across the Roehr and Rhine rivers.

Paul worked in a team with four other men and in a two week per-iod these five accumulated nine dec-orat ions. Their off icer received the Silver S t a r and a Capta incy; three got Bronze S ta r s and two the Pur-ple Hear t .

A f t e r V-F Day he went to Han-over and then to the Rhineland for occupation. The Division was now in the 15th Army. Paul remembers this as the most enjoyable period overseas. Teams composed of two men each were assigned to a coun-ty as counter intelligence agents . Their job was to clear the county of Nazi "big-wigs ," and to look for saboteurs , etc. The Germans referred to them as the "Amer ican

[Gestapo." Paul said t ha t out of the th ree or four thousand people asked if they were convinced par ty members, only one woman an-swered a f f i rma t ive ly . Paul met Jeff Wiersnm about this time.

In June the Division was sent home but Paul stayed in Germany. He was reassixneri to a Detail In-terrogat ion Center near Heidel-burg where 250 general s t a f f of-ficers were interned. Paul s ta ted

that the in ter rogat ion of these

men will be the basis for text

books on World War IL About 10

of the ma jo r c r i m i n a l s went

through this center , Goering in-

cluded. Paul himself in ter rogated

Kessler.

"Everybody in Germany squeals

on someone else due to his Nazi

t r a in ing ." This is, of course, a help

to the Occupational Forces.

Paul said tha t the biggest prob-

lem in the Occupation Organiza-

iton is the German campaign to

spread dis t rus t among the Allies.

Paul is a senior this year and

even though he won't be with us

long, we are glad to have him back

at Hope.

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been promoted f rom second to first

l ieutenant .

A veteran of 20 months overseas

service, the 24-year-old l ieutenant

wears the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with two campaign s t a r s and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with

one campaign s tar .

Lieutenant Hutchinson gradu-ated in 194."'. f rom Hope College in

•Mulder, Alpha Chi, And Choir Present Inspiring Programs

Morning chapel services have been very inspir ing and in keeping with the Chr i s tmas Spir i t th is pas t week. On Wednesday, December 12, Alpha Chi led the service. Bill Brandli had the devotions and John De Vries played Au Clair de Lune. Thursday and Fr iday, December lit and 14, Dr. Bernard J . Mulder, sec-re ta ry of the Board of Education in the Reformed Church, spoke to us.

Monday morning, December 17, the choir rendered a p rogram of Chr i s tmas carols interspersed with Chr i s tmas passages f rom the Bible and concluded with a poem. Elaine Bielefeld read the Scr ip ture , and Dick Vriesman of fered the prayer . Tuesday and Wednesday, Decem-ber 18 and 19, Dr. Bernard J . Mul-der was with us again .

For our last service before the Chr is tmas vacation, chapel was un-der the direction of Mrs. Snow, di-rector of music, and Dr. Hollen-bach, professor of English.

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Hoffman Promotion | TH-Alpha ( M - — • . Continues from pa«e 1.)

people a r e much like ourselves, and

the big problem is a human prob-

lem, as there a re people in the

Nether lands , as well as in every

o the r country , who a re good, bad, o r ind i f fe ren t . "There is, - r igh t now, a g rea t shying away f r o m

work, due to the f ac t t ha t dur ing the w a r it was considered high pa-t r io t ism to do as little as you could, because all work was being d i n e fo r the Germans. And so, you cannot expect the people to ' r igh t about face* immediately ." He s ta ted also tha t honesty, in tegr i ty , and t h r i f t were not as high now, because s tea l ing was a v i r tue when

done f rom the Germans. People even had to hide ca rs and bicycles.

Dutch Church Dr. H o f f m a n informed us tha t

the church, school and s ta te a re co-opera t ing to bring back the high s t andards of pre-war days. Schools and universi t ies are now reopening, not discouraged, but with g rea t fo res igh t ; tha t spiri t is domina t ing of people and church. He s t rongly emphasized tha t the Dutch church has not lost its soul. The Dutch church s tands at the heart of the nation and its prob-lems, and nothing concerning na-tional life is alien f rom the church. "The youth movement in the Dutch church is the conscience of the peo-ple. We should not close our eyes to the problems, because they a re there. The Dutch people see it and a re doing something about it ."

He also said tha t the Universi-ties have been stormed by the young people, and the enrol lment

is up 4 0 ' ' . The Universi t ies have a commit tee on purif icat ion for the purpose of new appl icants and proving thei r allegiance to the Nether lands . No s tudents a re ac-cepted who in any way colaborated with the Germans in the course of the war ,

"The f i re of war which has gone th rough the Nether lands is a re-f in ing f i re which has purified

church and s ta te . The people value f r ee ci t izenship more today than i ever, and hold great contempt for fellow countrymen who gave way to the Germans , and who sold their ci t izenship for a mess of pot tage, " A n d , " he continued, " the re are 80,()()() such people in the concen-t ra t ion camps today."

Dr. H o f f m a n s ta ted his amaze-ment at the buoyancy and resili-ency of the people. "God is in the human soul, and the Nether lands will rise again . The spiri t of the people is directed toward the fu -1 tu re and not toward the pas t . "

" W e must not sell human na tu re shor t , " he s ta ted. "There is a t re-mendous desire for fellowship. They have discovered us and we must discover them."

In a g r ipp ing cl imax. Dr. Hoff-man concluded, "We must find a mutual Chris t and sing together , 'Hlest He the Tie That Hinds,' and th rough this there may be and can be the possibility for world peace. Let us cul t ivate one world mind, seeing it f rom the s tandpoint of in ternat ional co-operation. The sun- i r ise of peace will come to t h e ! world, but only in that way."

Good evening Mr. and Mrs. Hope College and all the Co-eds ready for vacation. This is your Tri-Alpha journal go ing to press . FLASH — The weekly meeting of the Tr i -Alpha convention was of-ficially opened last Fr iday n ight

with a short devotional period of p raye r led by Bill Haak. FLASH — The good brothers were led in boisterous s inging by Roger Kem-pers. This noise was made in order to lead the St. Bernard dogs through the snow to the rescue. St. Bernard dog S tegeman was the f i rs t to tunnel his way in. A f t e r emptying the f lask around his neck, he proceeded to hypnotize the brothers with a disser tat ion on .lypnotism. He was successful be-.•ause everyone was asleep when le finished. FLASH — Two ele-phants turned over in their g raves last Friday night when "Two-Ton" Geiger tickled their ivories on the piano . . . He played the Snow Storm Special and a f t e r d r i f t i ng th rough several melodies, had to be shoveled out. It was a very slippery s i tuat ion. FLASH — Phil Meengs, of the Zeeland Meengs, delivered a not too successful hu-mor paper. I say not too success-ful because "Horace Greely" Gee laughed only 4 , 8 ( 5 2 t i m e s . The >nly one left a f t e r th is with his l ower of speech was "Sunsh ine" Haak who delivered the cri t ic 's re-port . FLASH — Wilbur Brandli of Niblink, Notier and Brandli under-'.ook the job of pres iding over the Convention which was adjourned for lack of any th ing e lse . to do.

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Sibylline Presents "Whi te-Chr is tmas"

Sof t candlel ight and spotl ighted snow scenes gree ted the members of the Sibylline Soror i ty and the i r gues t s as they entered the Tul ip Room in the W a r m Friend Tavern fo r thei r fo rmal dinner Fr iday, De-cember 7. "Whi t e Chr i s tmas" was the theme of the pa r ty .

In the middle of the room was a largo snow man with a li t t le boy manikin dressed in colorful snow-togs on e i ther side. At one side of the room stood an enormous Chris t -mas tree. The window sills were bedecked with a layer of snow and a large candle, backed by ever-greens.

Above the ent rance was more evergreen with holly and snow balls mingled th rough it. Gay banners wishing everyone a happy holiday plus scenes of carol lers and Christ-mas shoppers made up wall decor-ations.

Table centerpieces were three br ight ly dressed wise men pro-ceeded by the " s t a r of the eas t . " Place cards and p rog rams were in the same theme. Complet ing the a r r a n g e m e n t s was dinner music.

Program Given

N a r r a t o r fo r the program which followed the dinner was Ann Van Derveer. She was accompanied by Helen Wagner at thd piano. Be-g inning the en te r ta inment was Marion Terborg , pianist , in her rendition of " J ing le Bells."

"Whi t e C h r i s t m a s " and "Win te r Wonder land" sung by a sextet was next. The sextet was composed of Harr ie t Hains, Edna Van Taten-hove, Phyll is Haskin, Marion Ter-borg, Helga Sawitsky and Pa t Haskin.

" T w a s the Night of White Chr i s tmas , " a poem using the names of all present , was recited by Ruth H o f f m a n and Isla Van der

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snow bank as they told of thei r

observat ions of the Sibs ge t t i ng

ready f o r the pa r ty .

"Si lent N i g h t " and o ther carols were then sung by t h e sex te t . Fol-lowing this " 0 Holy N i g h t " was sung which f ea tu red Har r i e t Muys-kens a s soloist. Background fo r Har r i e t ' s number was a church Rose Window.

Marcia De Young told the story of the birth of Chris t to Laura Johnson and Ruth H o f f m a n in a "mother-chi ldren" scene. The set-t ing was a living-room equipped with a f ireplace and rocking chair .

Chr i s tmas t hough t s were pre-sented by Sue L e e t s m a in her seri-ous paper . Spike Sawi tsky con-cluded the p rogram with her im-personation of San ta Claus. Candy-filled green and red s tockings were thrown to the group.

Anne Van Derveer and Veda Mae Ef i rd were co-chairmen of the a f fa i r . Their commit tees were dec-na t ions , Marge Kars ies and Phyl-

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It was j u s t a l i t t le box done up in brown p a p e r and cord. I could see my name in pr in t on the f r o n t , and in the corner a barely distin-guishable, A.P.O. 9 c / o P. M., N. Y. C., N. Y. On t h e back was wri t -ten, "Don ' t open till Chr i s tmas . " I'd had it since the la ter par t of November and my curiosi ty was killing me. I shook it, l istened, and smelled it for the millionth t ime, then lay it down on the windowsill in f ront of me, tu rned over on my stomach and contemplated the moon.

It was Chr i s tmas Eve and I had jus t f inished t r imming the Christ-mas t ree with Mom and Dad. I was a little bit lonely because Bruce had a lways been with us before. It was his job to put the s t a r on the top branch, but I did it this year . Yes, it was t rue he might come home soon but Ger-many was a long ways away. His laughter and his looks couldn't reach across t ha t many miles.

It was one of those quiet, calm nights—when the snow seems to muff le all sounds and you're a f ra id if you move you'll do something to break the sereni ty. A lamp light across the street cast a circular glow on the untrodden snow, and it looks like a carpet of diamonds as twinkl ing up at me. The brown trees with snow t r immed coats point the i r f i nge r s at the sky and 1 looked up just in t ime to see Mr. Moon wink at a s t a r . The s ta rs looked as though they were berries

ready to be plucked. I t hough t it would be f u n to be able to pull a moonbeam and have one come down. '* • • # •

Bruce and I hiad a lways wished on Venus toge ther , I began to won-der if he still did. I wondered if there were special dream-l iners t ha t take a wish to a s t a r and on to the "wished about . " It sounded kind of crazy, but I wished any-way.

The little brown package caught my eye again as I rolled over. I decided this was one Chr i s tmas I was going to beat Santa . It was a beautiful bracelet with ten little charms. The f i r s t one was a foot-ball—we met at a game. The sec-ond was a li t t le diploma—we grad-uated from high school tha t year. Next came a li t t le ca r—he bought one that summer , then a b o o k -that would mean college. A tennis racket—we played a lot of that toge ther : a record—that would be "All the Things You Are" ; a heart —he gave me his f r a t pin our sophomore year ; a little soldier— for when he enl is ted—a ship—when he went overseas—and finally a s tar . It swung lightly on the chain and I wanted to cry. Instead I turned to look up at Venus again who seemed to be winking quite secretively, whispered a "Merry Chris tmas , Bruce," hung the charm bracelet f rom the lamp and watched the moonlight play on the sur face

iof the s ta r 'til every th ing faded into darkness.

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MIAA Competition Begins As Hope, Hillsdale Clash PJH Takes Second Decisive Victory; Heneveld, Zuverinlc A re High Point Men

An overpowering Percy Jones Hospital quintet frortl For t Custer took another decisive victory over Hope College by the score of 58-34. The game was played in the Holland Amory last Wednesday, December 12. Although the score was lopsided, the a rmory was packed by a crowd" tha t seemed well satisfied with the f ight put up by the inexperienced locals.

Hope Never Led

Not once during the contest did

Hope gain the lead over the sol-

diers and the outcome was never

to be questioned. After being

handed a 10-point deficit the lo-cals began shooting longs and af ter

both Tirrell and Yuck connected

with long-toms Hope's spirit be-

gan climbing. The half ended with

the Dutchmen trailing 30-17.

Led by the brilliant, all-Ameri-can, Paul McCall, the G.I.'s were strictly hot in the second half. Their offensive was not to be stopped and their defense was re-markable. McCall led his team in scoring with 14 points while his teammate Bob Fosterling counted l.'L

Heneveld Led Score

Hope's attack was led by Lloyd Heneveld who in the last minutes of play fractured his nose in a col-lision. Ken Zuverink was second high with 9 tallies. Both Art Sla-ger and I'hil Meengs played cred-itable games under the basket and seemed to be controlling the back-boards well.

Chances of the Hopeites upset-t ing the soldiers were dimmed when Captain Don Mulder developed an infection in his foot and was unable to play. First line reserve. Dale Van Lente, was also out of the contest because of a knee injury. It is doubtful whether either of these boys or Heneveld will be in the lineup for tonight's game.

Play HilUtdale Tonight Tonight the locals will be away

from ail-Americans and all-stars when they meet Hillsdale in the armory. Hope will be fighting to keep a ten-year winning streak over this team. Tonight's game marks the beginning of the MIAA competition in which the Dutch have always been outstanding.

Student Council Selects

Team For Cheer leading

Hope is once more on the way

to being her ol' "cheering" self.

Helping the cause along are the

cheer-leaders in charge of leading

the students ' yelling. Ruth Hoff-

man and Isla Van der Heuvel were

appointed by the Student Council

as co-chairmen to organize a team.

Serving on the team besides Miss

Hoffman and Miss Van der Heuvel

are Irene Boer, Irene Heemstra,

Dave Karsten, John Smith and Ed

Tangenberg. The group was picked

from those who tried out at

meeting Thursday, December 6.

Judges were Marion Mastenbrook,

Elsie Parsons and Bill Brandli.

Their activities so far have been

mainly concerned with organizing

yells and motions to fit them. A

campaign to familiarize the stu-

dent body with the cheers is also part of their plans. In view of this a Pep-Rally was held Wed-nesday, December 13, and mimeo-graphed copies of the yells were given to the students.

Percy Jones (58) FG F TP Peters 2 0 4 Simmons .... 4 1 9 Rynstrand ... 1 3 5 McCall ... 5 4 14 Forstering ... 4 5 13 Graver ') 0 4 Scott 0 1 1 Phillips 0 2 2 Schwerin ... 1 0 2 Zacker 1 1 3 Carlton (1 1 1

Totals ...20 18 58 Hope (34) FG F TP Zuverink 2 5 9 Heneveld 3 4 10 Slager 3 1 7 Meengs 1 I) 2 Van Liere 0 2 2 Tirrell .. 1 0 2 Yuck 1 0 2

Totals ..11 12 34

Sports . . •

exams and returning to the cam-pus Dec. 18 to resume cage drills in preparation for three games to be played during the college's an-nual Yuletide vacation. On Christ-mas Eve the Spartans will playij host to Minnesota. On the 27thj Columbus, Ohio, will serve as t he site for the green and white cagers'; next contest when they bump into, Ohio State. The final tilt before,! classes are resumed will find Syra-cuse at East Lansing.

At A Glance Not content to have the mythical

national football crown plantec firmly on his head, the Army mule now has the distinction of having five of his gridders in the ranks of the Associated Press All-Amer-ican eleven. Gaining a virtual monopoly on the 1945 AP selec-tions, the Army squad gained the distinction of being the f i rs t team in 21 years to place that many members on the AP's star-studded eleven. Guard John Green and Tackles Al Nematz and DeWitt Coulter were the three army line-men that rated positions on the team. The Military Academy's two ace backfield men, Felix Blanch-ard and Glenn Davis, top the list of the nation's leading leather-lug-gers. Completing the backfield are Bob Fenimore of Oklahoma A & M and Herm Wedemeyer of St. Mary's. The remainder of the brawny forward wall, which aver-ages more than 200 pounds per man, consists of Ends Hubert Bech-tol of Texas and Dick Duden, Navy's sole representative; Guard Warren Amling of Ohio State, and Center Vaughn Mancha of Ala-bama.

Michigan State basketball play-ers will vacation early this year, leaving for short visits home after

According to officials of the: Shrine East-West grid classic to be held in San Francisco on New dear ' s Day, only collegiate players will participate in this year 's game. Although servicemen have played on the teams for the past three years, the officials said they were returning to the exclusive use of college players.

An announcement that the Big Ten has returned to its prewar eligibility standards tops the list of current news from that circuit. The only exception to the re-adop-tion of the former Western Con-ference code was a decision to al-low freshmen athletes to compete in varsity sports for another sea-son. Freshmen entering school next fall will be allowed to compete in varsity athletics, but a f te r that the frosh will be banned from inter-collegiate varsity competition.

University of Michigan cagers set a modern Wolverine scoring record recently when they over-powered Western Michigan, 69 to 49. The contest, reminiscent of the current grid season, was a rather wild a f fa i r and saw one Wolverine tossed out of the game for too vig-orous body contact.

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Boy, this weather gets me! How about you? Now is the t ime to really get out and do!!! So what if. you can 't ski—-it 's fun t ry ing — or if you find it isn't so much fun making a one-point landing the whole length of the hill you can take care of that by sett ing your-self down before you s ta r t out. Bobsleds, toboggans — even old tubs — make for some invigorating enjoyment.

Speaking of invigorating — the volleyball tournament has been just that . Viv Dykema, who has had charge of the games, has done

super job in running off the tournament. One more game af ter the New Year will end the contest.

Rating on top right now is team two captained by "Tons" Klooster-man. They have made good all three of there at tempts at winning. Other standings are as follows: Team one, won two, lost one, tied one; team three, lost three; team four, won one, lost two, tied one; I and team five, having played two games, has won one and lost one.

All of you sport enthusiasts have nothing to worry about though with the completion of volleyball for basketball playing will s tar t imme-diately afterwards. Es Bogart is

in charge of organization so get your name down pronto!!

I'm going to see what I can do about get t ing on a team with some of those tall gals. This playing against someone a head tal ler than I am isn't for me — u g ^ ! ! ! (Even if Dede did end'iip with all of the black and blue marks!)

"Friday a f t e r n o o n bowling" s tar ts r ight a f te r your return to school, too. Games will cost only 15 cents with the presentation of your activities ticket. What could be a better way to s tar t the New Year? (or do you bowl in the "50's" too?)

More activities to look forward to next year are the Play Day and Tennis match, at Adrian and Olivet respectively. Jack took Libby Ro-maine and Viv Dykema to a meet-ing of M.LA.A. representatives a t Albion, December 1st. At this meeting it was decided to have the IMay Day in March and the Tennis match in May for all member col-leges.

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