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Choir Will Go to Europe T h e H o p e College C h o i r , u n d e r the direction of Dr. R o b e r t C a v a n a u g h , will e m b a r k u p o n its first E u r o p e a n t o u r next summer, a c c o r d i n g to Dr. Paul G. Fried, d i r e c t o r of H o p e ' s Office of International Education. Dr. C a v a n a u g h m a d e t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t of t h i s h i s t o r i c first to the c h o i r d u r i n g its c l a s s session this m o r n i n g . T h e c h o i r ' s t o u r will c o v e r s e v e n c o u n t r i e s o n t h e c o n t i n e n t in s l i g h t ly m o r e t h a n a m o n t h . A l t h o u g h t h e s c h e d u l e w a s d e s c r i b e d b y Dr. F r i e d a s " s o m e w h a t t e n t a t i v e at this p o i n t , " the seven c o u n t r i e s v i s i t e d b y the c h o i r will b e Belgium, The Netherlands, Westderm a n y , Switzerland, Italy, Yugoslavia and Austria. IN A D D I T I O N , concerts a r e b e i n g p l a n n e d f o r t h e cities of Hrugges, Belgium; I'trecht, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Leidens, The Netherlands; Bonn and Freiburg and possibly C o l o g n e , West ( l e r m a n y ; L u c e r n e a n d L u g g a n o , S w i t z e r l a n d ; Venice, I t a l y ; L j u b l j a n a , Y u g o s l a v i a ; and Vienna, Austria.
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T h e c o n c e r t p l a n n e d f o r Venice will b e h e l d in a V e n e t i a n p a l a c e on J u l y 4th, a n d a g a l a concert is b e i n g p l a n n e d f o r t h e c h o i r ' s a r r i v a l in V i e n n a , s a i d Dr. F r i e d . D R . F R I E D s a i d t h a t s i n c e the t o u r will e n d j u s t b e f o r e the beg i n n i n g of t h e H o p e C o l l e g e Vienna S u m m e r School, choir memb e r s w o u l d b e a b l e to s t a y o n in V i e n n a to o b t a i n a c a d e m i c credit in s u m m e r s e s s i o n t h e r e . Those choir members who do not w i s h t o a t t e n d the s u m m e r s c h o o l , s a i d Dr. F r i e d , h a v e e i g h t d a y s of f r e e t r a v e l b e f o r e a s s e m b l i n g in L o n d o n f o r a jet flight b a c k to t h e I '.S. If a c h o i r m e m b e r c h o o s e s to s t a y in V i e n n a , he will r e c e i v e a •S100 d e d u c t i o n f r o m t h e r e g u l a r p r i c e of t h e s u m m e r s e s s i o n , s t a t e d Dr. F r i e d .
T h e e s t i m a t e d cost of t h e t o u r will be $ 7 7 5 , w h i c h will be p a i d b y t h e c h o i r m e m b e r s . Dr. C a v a n a u g h estimated that a p p r o x i m a t e l y 4 0 s t u d e n t s will b e o n the tour. T H E D I R E C T O R of the c h o i r stated that the o n l y t h i n g which m a k e s the tour a possibility rather t h a n a p r o b a b i l i t y is the res p o n s e of t h e c h o i r m e m b e r s . H e s a i d he h o p e s t h a t b y Dec. 1 he will k n o w w h e t h e r 4 0 of the 6 9 m e m b e r s of t h i s y e a r ' s c h o i r will b e a b l e t o t r a v e l o n the t o u r . T h i s is t h e c h o i r ' s first E u r o p e a n t o u r . In p a s t y e a r s t h e g r o u p h a s m a d e t r i p s to the E a s t ern, S o u t h e r n a n d Western p a r t s of the C . S . Dr. C a v a n a u g h h a s b e e n d i r e c t o r of t h e c h o i r s i n c e 1940, with a brief p e r i o d o u t f o r s e r v i c e in the N a v y a n d w o r k o n his d o c torate. He is a g r a d u a t e of the U n i v e r s i t y of W i s c o n s i n , the A m e r i c a n C o n s e r v a t o r y of M u s i c in C h i c a g o a n d the U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n , w h e r e he e a r n e d his doctorate.
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The key D e m o c r a t i c victor w a s f o u n d in N e w H a m p s h i r e . R e p u b l i c a n K. T h y n g , w h o w a s c o n s i d e r e d to b e a " h a w k " in r e g a r d to V i e t n a m , w a s s u c c e s s f u l in h i s b i d to d e f e a t D e m o c r a t 1). McIntyre, w h o was a m o d e r a t e on the issue. In the h o t l y c o n t e s t e d r a c e s f o r the s t a t e h o u s e s a c r o s s the n a t i o n . R e p u b l i c a n s s c o r e d i m p o r t a n t vict o r i e s in N e w Y o r k , M i c h i g a n , a n d C a l i f o r n i a . (lov. N e l s o n Rockefeller of N e w Y o r k , w a s re-elected after f a c i n g the t o u g h e s t c h a l l e n g e of h i s p o l i t i c a l c a r e e r in h i s c a m paign against Democrat Frank O'Connor.
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at which Hope students will have the opportunity to study for the first in his p r e v i o u s c a m p a i g n s , p i l i n g u p m o r e t h a n 6 0 p e r cent of the vote.
In I l l i n o i s , v e t e r a n D e m o c r a t P a u l D o u g l a s w a s d e f e a t e d in his a t t e m p t to be re-elected b y Rep u b l i c a n C h u c k Percy, after a hard c a m p a i g n bv both candidates.
IN O R E G O N , Republican (lov. M a r k H a t f i e l d w a s s u c c e s s f u l in h i s b i d to b e re-elected to t h e f o r merly Democratic Senate seat, by defeating D e m o c r a t Robert Dunc a n . ( l o v . H a t f i e l d is c o n s i d e r e d to b e a " d o v e " o n the i s s u e of the V i e t n a m w a r , a n d this tended to h o l d d o w n t h e l a r g e r p l u r a l i t y t h a t he m i g h t h a v e r e c e i v e d in t h e election.
IN MICHIGAN, incumbent G o v . G e o r g e R o m n e y w o n reelection o v e r D e m o c r a t Z o l t o n Ferency by a larger majority than
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n u m e r o u s other Michigan Republicans, immediately thrusts him i n t o the field of p o s s i b i l i t i e s t h a t the R e p u b l i c a n s will c o n s i d e r f o r p r e s i d e n t i a l c a n d i d a t e s in 1 9 6 8 . In C a l i f o r n i a , a c t o r - t u r n e d - p o l itician R o n a l d R e a g a n s o u n d l y defeated incumbent Democratic Gov. Pat B r o w n . A bit of p o l i t i c a l i n c o n g r u i t y e x i s t e d in t h e e l e c t i o n s h e l d in K a n s a s a n d Maine, which a r e c o n s i d e r e d to b e b a s t i o n s of Rep u b l i c a n s t r e n g t h . In b o t h s t a t e s D e m o c r a t s u p s e t i n c u m b e n t Republican governors. .vlICHlGAN voters turned d o w n P r o p o s i t i o n N u m b e r One, b y a l m o s t a t w o to o n e m a j o r i t y , which w o u l d h a v e a m e n d e d the S t a t e c o n s t i t u t i o n t o set t h e v o t i n g a g e at 18. T h e p r o p o s a l w a s r e p u t e d l y def e a t e d b e c a u s e v o t e r s o b j e c t e d to the e s t e n s i o n of s u f f e r a g e to a g r o u p w h i c h t h e y felt w a s i m m a t u r e a n d u n w o r t h y of t h e f r a n chise.
time this s u m m e r . The modern building (center) is the largest acad e m i c building in Japan.
Summer School Program Established in Japan H o p e C o l l e g e will e x p a n d its international education p r o g r a m into the n o n - W e s t e r n w o r l d next s u m m e r with the e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a s u m m e r s c h o o l p r o g r a m in J a p a n . Dr. P a u l (1. F r i e d , director of t h e Office of I n t e r n a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n , m a d e the a n n o u n c e ment this week. Dr. F r i e d s t a t e d t h a t A d m i n i s t r a t i o n a p p r o v a l of the p r o g r a m w a s t e n t a t i v e at t h e p r e s e n t t i m e , but that p l a n s were r e a c h i n g the final stage. T h e n e w p r o g r a m is m o d e l e d a f t e r H o p e ' s p r o g r a m in V i e n n a w h i c h l a s t y e a r h e l d its e l e v e n t h s e s s i o n . C l a s s e s a n d a c t i v i t i e s will be held in c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h Meiji ( l a k u i n U n i v e r s i t y in T o k y o .
T h e s u m m e r s c h o o l will b e g i n a p p r o x i m a t e l y July 1 and end Sept. 1 w i t h a f i v e to six w e e k a c a d e m i c s e s s i o n at Meiji ( l a k u i n a n d a t w o o r t h r e e week s t u d y t o u r of J a p a n . S t u d e n t s will live w i t h A s i a n s t u d e n t s at t h e A s i a n C e n t e r in T o k y o . Dr. F r i e d s a i d t h a t H o p e h a s h a d s t u d e n t s f r o m Meiji ( l a k u i n U n i v e r s i t y f o r the l a s t few y e a r s , p a r t i c u l a r l y d u r i n g the s u m m e r s e s s i o n in I l o l l a n d . T h e H o p e C o l l e g e g r o u p will b e accompanied by a professor from H o p e w h o h a s n o t yet b e e n n a m ed. Dr. F r i e d u r g e d all i n t e r e s t e d s t u d e n t s to c o n t a c t h i m f o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t the p r o gram.
NSA Fast for Freedom Set for Next Thursday N e x t T h u r s d a y H o p e College s t u d e n t s will join a n e s t i m a t e d 75,000 s t u d e n t s a t o t h e r colleges and u n i v e r s i t i e s i h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y in a N a t i o n a l T h a n k s giving F a s t for F r e e d o m , s a i d Tim T r u m a n , F a s t Coordinator. S t u d e n t s a r e b e i n g a s k e d to give u p t h e e v e n i n g m e a l on T h u r s d a y so t h a t t h e m o n e y t h u s s a v e d c a n be u s e d to s u p p o r t p r o g r a m s of food d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d to a s s i s t self-help c o o p e r a t i v e s in t h e S o u t h . T r u m a n s t a t e d t h a t he h o p e d 1,000 H o p e s t u d e n t s would p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e F a s t . H e e s t i m a t ed t h a t s i n c e a S l a t e r m e a l c o s t s a p p r o x i m a t e l y o n e d o l l a r p e r stud e n t , t h i s would r a i s e r o u g h l y $1,000.
A c c o r d i n g to T r u m a n , sign-up s h e e t s will be c i r c u l a t e d in the d o r m i t o r i e s a n d be p o s t e d on c a m p u s . On t h e b a s i s of the s i g n a t u r e s on t h e s h e e t s . S l a t e r will r e d u c e t h e n u m b e r of m e a l s p r e p a r e d . In a d d i t i o n , s t u d e n t s w h o a r e e a t i n g o f f - c a m p u s will h a v e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y to p a r t i c i p a t e by p l a c i n g d o n a t i o n s in b o x e s in V a n R a a l t e . T h i s is t h e f i r s t t i m e this F a s t h a s b e e n held a t Hope, a l t h o u g h it is b e i n g h e l d f o r t h e fifth t i m e t h r o u g h o u t t h e nation. Coordinated by t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s N a t i o n a l S t u d e n t Assn., t h e F a s t last y e a r r a i s e d m o r e t h a n $26,000 f r o m t h e 120 d i f f e r e n t c o l l e g e s a n d universities participating.