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THE ANCHOR vitcorfy Is none the less sweet. Why ' not have a spring foot-ball practice fer everybody? Let ua plan now for victories on the football field next fall Subacription |1.B0 Per Year Then i u c u we wc may m a j have a genuine celebra— tlon. I am disgusted because Hope x STAFF ^ u d e n t s went crazy In the celebration Edltor-ln-iChlef.^ .Bruno Bruns ^ d forensic victory and not because Associate Edltore:— fittingly celebrated. I am dis-
she teaching in the high school, on last Friday night. As she was returning to her boardlvig house thru a dark alley after dining 'downtown, she~ was on. *— fired — She was uninjured, but had a nervous collapse upon reaching her room. All Big Rnplds Is excHed about the "sniper", who has not yet been caught.
James Ten Brink g U 8 ^ e ^ because Hope students do not Arlyne Haan v o c a i i y 8U) pport their teams. Ask Jake • — — o r G e o r g e If this Is done at the games Department Editora look into your own experience Campus Pearle Leenhouta and see if It Is done before the game, Alumni Agnea Tysae There are very few students at Hope Sports Raymond Smith W ho come home hoarse from a game that -the team lost. I am disgusted beHumor— Corneliua Muilenberg, cause Hope students are all there Paul Hunter when victory seems to be .certain. Exchange Mary Crouch Then we compliment the coach. When Campusology Lillian Schmld materlal Is poor and Indifferent then Questions Lawrence Borst we give the coach the royal razz. If my statement regarding the coaches Reporters Is taken as a slur on the athletic Head Reporter Russell Damstra coach, I most sincerely retract it. Reporter William Bonnema However, it does reflect the attitude Reporter Hester Ossewaarde of laige 'mbera of the students on Reporter .Lester Kuyper our campus and it is with them that I am disgusted. So I remain, still, Bosincfls DISGUSTED. Buainoea Manager -Carl Bovenkerk o Aae't Bus. Manager-.-Peter De Rulter STUDENT FORUM Circulation Manager....William Tuttle
o Anne Voskull '25, has been engag ' Big Rapids e ( i a g a teacher In the High School, and has already ibegun ^er work. Three other Hope gradU ates, Jeanette Top, Mary Boer, and Edna Reeverts are also on the /teachlng staff there. . o Thomas De Vrles, '23, has been appointed to take charge of the departm e r 1 t 0 f physical chemistry at P u r -
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A little disagreement now and then; we all relish It. don't we? And that Is probably why the "battle ot words" between Digusted and Uncle Bim has '" 'been watched with Interest by the mamajority of Hope students. Mr. Hunter is disgusted, and instead of whisper. lng it to his friends, he broadcasts It to the world at large; It is printed In the Anchor." That was final. It does :_'~T"-our hearts good to find someone with 1 courage of his convictions; some—one ". wh6 Is willing to face the consequences; for of course, a statement like that Is bound to find opponents. So along came Uncle Blm, who. In a lengthy and more flowery flow of rhetoric, attempted to answer the charge made by Disgusted. And we say "attempted" because the general opl'nlon seems to be that the sick but optimistic Uncle missed the entire point of Disgusted's tirade. The plot thickens. Wihether the affair Is ended or not remains to be seen; but one thing la certain: there Is an Inslstant and growtng demand that athletics play a bigger part in our college life, and the demand is a worthy and laudable one. It is our opinion that Disgusted meant not so much to condemn our oratorlcal celebration as to convince us of the need of more "pep" and energy In our athletic activities. And who can deny that need? After coming from a high school where those who miss a football game are slackers, and where mass meetings with bonfires and all the other accompaniments are held before the big games (and this is a perfectly normal school), It is almost enough to disgust any one to see the delegation that watches Hope's football games. Our basketball games are better, but we could show a great deal more enthUsIasm without having a bit too much. Our chances for victory are bound to improve with the growth of our desire for victory. Perhaps we, too, have missed the point of Disgusted s argument. But we still maintain that, while it Is excellent to encourage our orators and to celebrate their victories. It Is just as essential for the reputation of our college that we show more Interest in athletics. TO T H E EDITOR Dear Editor:— .. Let me repeat the letter of March 17 that brought auch a storm from Uncle Blm. "Imagine a bunch of eupposed-lo-be-he-men going crazy because a lady and a gentleman rank high among the school orators of the state. la It normal or abnormal? Doea It take place In any of the other colleges of the state? Let ua use the same energy in talking up our athletic activities. Perhaps victory Is not as pertain or the coachingaa excellent, but
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added to Hope's chair a good-looking boy Is stationed. The latest book ww.. " — ^ good winkers strong e Horary Is very unique in character. y 111118 Attentive glrlg are an j s a necessary book, beginning a list ^ to ac . en g " ^ most desirable. Clever ones easily m 0Sl 0 of Proper Amusements for College «, , , II „ . , n A a a A fnrt- celude the clutch of the grasping male. Students.' The college Is Indeed fortslowjt t. . I • q,,nVi a When the game begins to go slowJ unate to be the * — recipient of -- -sucn a d 1 t t h e boys b® 8 K gift. The donors wish to be unknown, reverse, an e e . a,a. a Olrla being naturally fickle, let the but to give them proper credit modaway too easily w inked esty allows that all appreciation boys ^ ) e ^ n ^ r j e t a W y 0 U ^j r e should be given to the freshman and Women e ^ ^ the junior classes. It Is entitled, • "How game stop an e your eyee by gazing at the celling or the floor. to Play Wink." After two hours you will have spent In the preface to this book one a most successful and delightful evenlearns that in these days of pleasure ing. The only objection to the game seeking and ennui youth resorts to o anything. However, Wink is not anyWOMEN'S SOCIETIES ELECT thing. It is a most aucceasful iceDFTiPHl . i breaker, if Ice exists between college President—Lillian Schmld. ' " boys and girls. This condition may Vice President—Helen Van Eas. just be the n a t u r a l . f e a r of the male Secretary—Sandrene Schutt. for the wiles of women. Treasurer—Florence Dulmes. After two years of college life junK. of A.—J. Jeane Hlnken. s iors are tired of all amusements. The old cry of "Something New" Increases. Sorosis The "Frosh" are still new and in the President—Margaret Anderson. age when anything delights. This acVice President—Marthena Bayles. counts for resorting to primitive ways Secretary—Jeanette Veldman. of amusement, such as "Wink" and Treasurer—Mae Hadden. "Farmer-ln-the-Dell." The latter 13 Serg't at Arms—Ardean Van Arin the form of old fashioned dances, endonk. now being revived. To be beautifully o — executed, the participants must Indeed Fraternal Elections be graceful. The vocal cords are also President—Richard Mallery. given ample exercise In this splendid Vice-President—James Poppen. game. Secretary—Jay Wabeke.
due University. Mr. De Vrles, who Is only 24 years old, was a student In ^j i e j,hy S i c a i chemistry department of . ^ e university of Illinois when he r e c e | v e ( j ^he offer; He has already t a k o n over his new duties. He was v a i e j | c t o r i a n of his claos, and recelved his Master's degree at Illinois in 1924 a f t e r a year s'jent tnere- on a scholarship. During his two years there a scholarship and an assistant professorship In physical chemistry have also been granted him. • This I am thankful for a student forum year he has been working toward a in which to relieve myself of a few fellowship, an honor which was rethoughts. The first thing that hangs c e n t l y c o n f e r r e d o n h l m _ heavy upon me is the honor system. Freshmen usually feel greatly shock^ ^ ^ A ^ op_ ed the way It Is ab»sed. Sophomores p o r t l m I t I e g t h a n h c flnds._Beaeon8. The game of "Wink" calls for a are very apt to take advantage of it field. number of pretty girls. This Is esto the fullest and Juniors and Seniors seem to be absolutely oblivious to Its many faults. Probably at no college Is there such a thing as a perfect honor system but our" honor system Is abused to such an extent that it Is the same as none at all. It Is obviously unfair for the dishonest student to receive marks based not on his knowledge of the subject in hand but on his much vaunted ability to gyp. There is only one plausible solution since the present enforcement machinery has absolutely failed. Every one of our literary societies should adopt an honor code for Itself along similar and more stringent lines than the present college code. In signing the pledge the members should sign the name of their society together with the words "Student of Hope College.' This should prove an acid test for the society's loyalty to the college and of the Individual member a loyalty to the^ society. The second problem that fcapps . equally as heavy is t h e subject of abaences both unexcused and excused. This can be better stated in one questlon. Is It fair to cut tests and take a test when the questions are known ? This Is a common practice under our
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Alumni News
Dr. E. J. Blekklnk, D. D., has recently been elected a member-atlarge of the PI Gamma Nu, a national Social Science Honor Society. Dr. Blekklnk Willi celebrate the fortieth anniversary of his ordination this year. For the past fourteen years he has been on the faculty of the Westem Theological Seminary. Helene Van Kersen, '25, was unfortunate enough to have to undergo a serious operation for appendicitis white visiting In Pontlac, Michigan, .Fortunately she Is. recovering nicely, Jeanette Top, '24, had a most unpleaaant shock at Big Rapida, where
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Raymond Lull Zwemer, *23, has heen appointed to a national research fellowship at Harvard University for next year. For the past three years Zwemer ha^ been teaching and doing reaearch work at Yale Unlversity, where he received a scholargj^p a f t e r leaving Hope. The fellowand g h l p a m o u n t s to $2,300 a year, ^ f o r f u l l time effort In research o k W r o
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The electric light, the electric iron, the vacuum cleaner —the use of electricity on the farm fot- pumping water, for milking, and for the cream separator—are helping to make life happier. General Electric research and engineering have aided in making these conveniences possible. A new series of G E advertisements showing what electricity is doing in many fields will be sent on request. Ask for booklet GEK-18.
The American home has many conveniences. But many American women often work as hard as their Oriental sisters. They toil at the washtub, they carry water, they churn by hand—all tasks which electricity can do for them at small cost, in half the time. The labor-saving possibilities of electricity are constantly becoming more widely recognized. And the social significance of the release of the American woman from physical drudgery, through the increasing use of electricity in and about the home, will appeal instantly to every college man and woman. f.mw
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