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TheDordtDiamond~~ .-i ~ 'Lm ,._J.! i i"I Ir r.. DL- ~i"'rr-, ' I I"',!l:' '. u...'-'" ~:"\'Oi"1o !! I, ,0 1\ I IStudent Publication of Dordt College,Sioux Center, IowaVolume II Friday, October 3, 19~8 Number 3Teachers Institute Now InSessionDordt Drama Club FormedThe Dr-ama Club recently held itsfirst meeting for the purpose of elect-ing officers. The results:James Heynen, PresidentElinor Vander Veen, Vice-Pres.Vernon Pol lema, Business ManagerJanice Van Schepen, SecretaryUnder the direction of ProfessorVan Till, the Drama Club has al-ready made preparations for the pre-sentation of a thr-ee-act play "TheMiser". It is a play requir-ing muchskillful preparation in memor-ization'and characterization. The plot cen-ters 'around an elderly miser. In aseries of comical and closely knitevents, "The Miser" proves to beboth interesting and entertaining.The presentation of "The Miser" willno doubt be one of the major eventsin the College entertainment worldthis year.Yesterday the cast was selected asfoHows:Valere-Mr. PrangerElsie-Miss Van SchepenCleante-Mr. PollemeHar-pagcne-c-Mr. AddinkLe Fleche-Mr. Van zarstenMaster Simon-e-Mr. AlonsFrosive-Miss VersteegLst Servarrt-c-Miss Graves2nd Servant-Miss De VriesMar.ianne-c-Miss WiersmaJustice-Mr. FeenstraClerk to Justice-Mr. Vander ZielSigneur Anselm-Mr. HeynenThree Dordt ProfessorsInvolved Directly InThis EventThe 'I'r i-State Crmettan Teacher'sInstitute began yesterday and con-tinues .today at Western ChristianHigh School. The main speaker atthe Institute lis Dr. John Dal irrg, pro-feasor of psychology at Galvin Col-lege, Grand Rapids, Michigan.During registration and coffee the250 teachers became ecquadnted withthe activities of the day. The open-ing session began with an Inspire--tlonal address given by Rev. Ells-worth Dykstra of Sioux Falls, SouthDakota.Thursday aoternoon the teachersattended sectional meetings of inter-est to them. Dr. .Iohn Zdnkand spokeat one of these sectional meetings onthe topic of "High School Language."The Hull ladies served a soup sup-per to the teachers.The mass meeting began with aspirited song ser-vice under the direc-tion of Professor Peter De Boer. Mr.Ivan Zylstra, chairman of the even-ing, introduced the speaker, Dr. JohnDaling. He spoke on the topic "HowGrown Up Are You?" Special. musicconsisted of a solo by M-iss JeanFolkerts, music teacher in (PellaChristian Hagih School and an instru-mental number !by Mr. Hazen Brum-mel and Mr. Francis Bulthuis.This morning Professor !Mar-vin DeJong is chairman of tne meeting.Dr. Dal.ing is speaking on the topic"Young Adolescence:' Special mu-sic and sectional meeting'S this aiiter-noon will bring the institute to aclose.Page Two THE DORDT DIAMOND Friday, October 3, 1958--EDITORIAL--Few young men ha";e had higher standards of good-ness, beauty, truth for life and art than John Milton.Alfhough he took life seriously, he was sufficiently af-fable to be a pleasant companion. His ability and know-ledge beyond wisdom ,brought him many admiring visi-tors whom he cheerfully -and courteously received, HenryLawes wanted verses to set to mustc, Samuel Hartlibcame for ideas on education. Thomas Ellwood came forassistance in Latin: Dryden to get permission to trans-form PARADISE LOST into an opera: Roger Williams :todiscuss the subject of liberty; and sons of leading Eng.lishmen came to be taught. The politeness of Milton les-sened the difficulfy of approach in the event that anycaller felt ill at ease in fhe presence of :the scholar andpoef,This affifude displayed by one of history'S finedmen is pertinently applicable. .fc campus'·- life here atDordt. The 1958-59 school year has now bequn, Thereare dozens of new students waiting fa be accepted as apart of :the body. waiting to be welcomed as one of thegroup. ,Many are here' with untertaintyand dread intheir minds. The new term looms large in their path.The assignments become heavier. lectures become moreinvolved.There are also those students here at Dordt whomwe might classify as conditioned. They are aware of thesfress and strain. they have faced the challenge. theyare "masters".Some time ago. Dr. Zinkand expounded in chapelon the well-known text: "Bear ye one another's burdens:'Certainly the force of this truth warrants repetition.Herein lies the challenge for those equipped to providemoral support to those yet unstable: upon this a suc-cessful college life hinges. A spirit of cooperation andunity is essential for stalwart action. This requires thebigger person to bend a bit.The Firth of Forth bridge in ScoUand is one of thelongest in the world. The men who paint this bridgehave a lifetime job. Starting at one end. they work forthree years to reach the other side: they then start allover again. This crew has formed a very tight clan andonly sons of present members are eligible for member-ship. Each skilled painter has the duty to train someoneto take his place. They must get accustomed to thedizzy heights and the grueling demands. Those whoknow must assist those who are desirous of knowing.For those who yet are struggling in discouragementand doubt. it would be well to remember that a journeyof a thousand ~iles begins with one step. - If only wewould realize that that one step may be initiated by aknd word of encouragement or cheer. that kind deedwhich means so much. All that the Declaration guaran-tees is the pursuif of happiness: you. have to catch upwith it yourself.Sydney Smith once asserted: "Life is to _be fortifiedby friendship. To love. and to be loved. is the greatesthappiness of existence." Believing this .. Dordt studentsmerit an award of commendation. Past action has bee-nnoteworthy. Complacency resulting from' a job 1"e11done must not reign. however.In short. be thoughtful, kind and considerate one toanother. Let a friendly spirit prevail. Lessen each oth-er's burdens. for cooperation breeds results. C.C.Library GrowsThe Temper of.the Timesby Myrlle SinkeyHere it is, October 3, 1958, andhere we are again, divulging and di-gesting the nation's affairs.Last week another event occurredwhich will go down in the pagesof history. Mr. Sherman Adams, thepresidential asslstant to PresidentEisenhower, resigned.IMany speculations followed hisresignation. Why be resigned seem-ed to be the biggest speculation of'all. But most polftical uhhikers a-gree that .Mr. Adams resigned be-cause of the fo'Ilowdng reasons:He resigned because of the scandalcreated a few months ago when oneof the senate investigating commit-ltees unearthed some of Mr. Adam'squestionable dealings with million-aire, Bernard Goldfine, 'and his un-wdse acceptance of gifts from hisfriend, Mr. Goldfine.Per-haps dhe main reason for Mr.Adam's resignation was because ofpressure from his fellow Republ{c1ansdue to ,the fact of the shaI'1p defeatssuffered by several Republican can-didates in sta'te prim'aries and ~n theelec'tion in M'aine. Alrbhough iPresi-dent Eisenhower was not convinced,that ·the Republioan defeats weredue ,to Mr. Adam's questionable deal-lings, many prominent Repub.licansfelt that he was at faullt and there-fore Mr. Adams, was forced, not byDemocrats, but by his fellow Repub-licans, to resign from hi'S office.Due to .the Adam's scandal, andother factors such as the recession,the Democrats are 'assured of sizeablegains and one 'Of the biggest victoriesin voting history.But the Democr-ats should not lettheir power go to their heads. Theywill most likely again control bothhouse and senate, and will probabty'Win in 1960 rw ith the right candidate.'Dhey should, however, beware ofcer-tain dangers such as th'at statedby Ar.thur Bchleslnger, Jr. in theSeptember 15, 195-8 issue cf the NewRepublic.~ that unless the It;.OP partyintellectuals such '3S Paul Butler, andhis 'associates realize that state aswe 11 as national 'elections are impor-tant and tbat some of the "knoiwnothings" elected to the state Icgfs-Iatures in New York be erased fromthe party. the victory of the Dem-ocrats will seem shallow indeed.But senate Democratic leaders'such as Hubert Humphery, JohnKennedy, Joseph Clark, Paul Doug-las, and Lyndon Johnson have notIforgotten this danger. Let's hopethat the Democra'tic party remainsthe intellectual parity it now is, and.that men of wisdom 'and intelligencesuch as the above mentioned willremain as leaders of this great par-ty.The Dordt College library is"bursting at its seams!" 'Ilhe amountof periodicals has been doubled sincelast year. $1800 is being spent eachsemester on increasing the numberof books.Some of .the magazines appearingon the shelves this year are: Schcf-astic Teacher. Natural History. Avia-tion Week. Coronet. Parents. UnitedNations Report. Christian Century.Vital Speeches. Science Digest. andThe Writer. These are just a ferw ofthe 100 perdodicals that now popu-late the magazine shelves and thereading rODID.As indicated before, tL.l-tenumberof books is increasing rapidly. Pro-gress last year was made especiallyin the fields of English, biographicalmaterial, and psychology. This yearemphasis is being put into the fieldof scien.ce. Six new book shelveshave been added bhds year alone, andeach shelf holds approx imadely 120books!One of the must lmnortanu par-tsof any library is, of course, the car-dcatalog. The Ilbr-ar-lan, Mr. IRlibb2ns,and the assistant librarian, Mrs. JackV,anden Berg, are currently chang-ing and completing ;the Dordt cardcatalog. Also a new one is to bepurohased neXlt year.Thus greater strides are beingtaken in an a·ttempt to m'ake Dord,tCollege a finer !institution.P.A.Friday,Qstober 3, 1958 THE DORDT DIAMOND Page Threeby Jack Vanden BergOf B~6ks- and MenIn reviewing The Old Man and :theSea, 1 'Would like to acquaint youwith the author Earnest Hemingway.Born in Chicago in 1898, Hemingwayis noted in ldter-ary circles for his"gutty" writing, and for his preoc-cupation with blood, guts, end im-moral love scenes.Hemingway, or "Papa" a'S he isalso known, fougih't on the ItalianFront during World War I. He wasseverely wounded and returned tocivilian life. He married Anne Had-ley in 1919, divorced her and wentto Paris.While at Parts he fell under theinfluenceo! Gertrude Stein and EzraPound. Here he began to write. Hisfirst 'book was The Sun Also Rises.a satire on the aenorajjty of the col-ony of expatriates living in France.He 'Was accepted 'as a major spokes-man of the "lost generation," agroup of young men wU10 were thor-oughly disillusioned by "high sound-ing rhetoric and idealistic concepts."Haying~.fowMt, in "the-war toe.savedemocracy," they were dismayed tos~e Communism land Fnscdsm makegreat advances in Europe. In lateryears Hemingway wr-ote severalworks' that were somewhat sympa-thetic to Communism. One of theoutstanding works of this era wasFor Whom the Bell Tolls.Hemingway's style I3.S a writer isvery good. He Is 'a master of a"severely arttculated midwesternprose." His style emphasizes sim-plicity and keeps description at anapproprta'te minimum. His dialogueis very -spare, "clean and unexces-sdve.""Papa's" latest book is The OldMan and the Sea. The story is slm-ple, Most 'of the action takes placein a small boat in dhe open sea. Theold man, a Cuban fisher-man, hasgone 84 days without a tfiSfh. On the85.th day he goes beyond his usuallimit and catches a tremendous fish.Hour after hour for two days he pitshis strength, skill. endurance andintelligence against .the strength ofthe great mer.lin. Art the dawn ofthe second day the fish sounds forthe first time and reveals h-imselftn be greater .than zhe small boae.Slowly 'and tirelessly it pulls theboat out rosea. On the 3'rd day itleans un again, suffers itself to bepulled Ito ,the boat and is killed. Theold man ihas wortBut it is an empty victory. Short-ly arfter he :ties the hu~e fiSh to theb'lat the sharks begin t'O 'altitack. Theold man <fights the sharks wHh har-po,on, 'knife and rudder, but the re~turn voyage is a sleepless nightmareand when he arrives' at the shore't!he~fish is stripped to a skeleton.The old man is grieved but not de-feated. The next morning the vil-lagers gaze in awe at the huge skele-ton while he lies sleeping in hiscabin, dreaming .the old dreams ofhis youth.Using an extended metaphor ofman's struggle against 1:ihe naturalworld Hemingway creates an alleg-cry: he shows his hero, a simple un-heroic figure, struggling against oldage, -agairrst his own Instincts and a~galnst defeat, and emerging fromthe 'Conflict with no more 'than bdghhuman dlgnity and unexhaustedcourage.In closing I would say that thisbook is Hemingway's master-piece.YOUTH RALLYTHURSDAY NIGHTThe 'Rev. C. Vander iPlate of Doonwill be guest speaker at a YouthLeague rally, sponsored by the Haw-keye League of the Northwest IowaOhr.istian Reformed Churches, which!Will be held at the First ChristianReformed Church in Orange City at8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9. The Rev.M. Doornbos of Rock Valley willpreside. H. Brummel will leadgroup singing and special instru-mental and vocal music will be pre-sented. Vander Plate's topic will be"For Such a Time as This". Thisrally is one of many which will beheld throughout the U.S. and Cana-da during October. All Dordt stu-dents are hear-tily welcomed to at-tend.CHOIR OFFICERSPresident, Jack Vanden Berg; Secretary, Adeline Hav-erhals; Vice-president, Harlan Vanden Einde.CHAPEL SPEAKERSMonday _Tuesday _Thursday _Friday _Monday _Tuesday _Thursday _Friday _October 6October 7October 9October 10Ootober 13October 14October 16October 17--------- Dr. P. VanBeek____________ Harlan Vanden Einde- Jack Vanden BeogRev. Vander Pla!te---------- Professor Van Til____________ Elinor V,ander Veen________________ Rev. R. De Haan-------- Sandra Vande BergPage Four THE DORDT DIAMOND Friday, October 3, 1958The Sports Sceneby Donna Schu:t::t"Ooh! I'm stiff!" "I'm, sore ,inplaces I never knew I had muscles!"These were some of the commentsheard as Physical Education (or"Physical Pain" as some call it) be-gan at Dordt last week.Actually, though, it isn't so bad.I think most students can say with aclear conscience that they enjoy atleast part of Phys. Ed.'Did you ever wonder just what Isso important about Plays. Ed.? Ofcourse, we all know that a healthybody adds immeasurably to an op-timistic outlook on life. And doesn'tLt give you a feeling of satisfactionwhen Y<9U can touch your toes bet-ter than your fellow "sufferers" orMr. Sjoerdsma? Besides, if tbe exer-cise doesn't do anything else, it cer-tainly takes your mind away fromyour studies. And your mind needsrecreation just as well as your body.Physical Education is required ofyou for a good 'reason. By keepndgphysioallyand mentally fit, you areprepared to do a better job in yourchosen vocation.It is interesting to 'note that thoughthe United States clttzens usuallyoutrank their European counterpartsthey are inferdor in physical cultur~and abilities. Isn't it about time westar-ted to remedy the sbtuation?P. S. - Not only wtll Phys. Ed.help to make you a well-rounded in-dividual, H will even round you outin the s-Ight places!Attention All StudentsIn just 'a few .weeks a programsponsored 'by the Student AotivityCommittee of the Faculty will bepresented in our gymnasium.This program is to be one of avery dignified, serious nature, andtherefore should include musical andforensfc celent expressing i.tsebf insuch a manner. More specifically,those students who can do solo workon the piano, or with voice 'and in-strument, or those twho can partici-pate in- a small group, either vocalor instrumental, or rtfuose who, hav-ing had forensic experience on thehigh 'School level and who have donewell in competition, can present apoem or reading, or shod speech,are inVlUed to' audition wibh Mr. DeBoer.The best talent will be 'chosen toperform. The public is to be invit-ed. If .there is a feeling of real sa,t-isfaction with Ithe outcome of th.istrial ,attempt, iMr. De Boer announcesthat other pro'grams 'of ,the is'arne typewill be 'Scheduled, ei,tJher :flOT Sioux·Center or other towns where fu,ereis a concentration of 1D0rdt suppor-ters.Diamond Staff for 1958-59Not Pictured: Howard Faber, Business Manager.REFORMATION DAYMASS MEETINGOn Friday, October 31. the FiffhAnnual Reformation nay Mass meet-ing will be held in the Sioux CenterHigh School Auditorium. The ad-dress will be .given Iby Dr. iRalph J.Danihof of Grand Rap ids, Michigan.Dr. Danhof received ihis Doctor'sdegree in the iFree University ofAmsterdam. His :6irS'tcharge was in.the First Christian Reforrned Churchof Pella, Iowa. From Pella he wentto Holland, 'Michigan. During hislast charge in Grand Rapids, Mich-lgan, Dr. Danhof became the Denom-inational Stated Clerk.Dordt College A cappel la Choir,under the direction of Mr. De Boer,will sing four numbers.Plans are being made to have asmany seats on the main floor aspossible. In this way so many peoplewill not have to 51t on the bleachers.Students are asked to inform the.publdc of this and therefore arvoidunnecessary confusion.ALUMNI CHAPTER TO MEETAT DORDTAttention all sophomores /Who are-considering rthe possibility of at-tending Calvin College: Mr. De Boer,president of the oNor:th!west IowaGalvin Aluunni Ohapter, announc-ed ,this week that you are in-vited to its regular fall meeting,which will be held on Thursday,November 13, in Ithe Dordt Com-mons beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thegroup will enjoy their evening din-ner together after which an eveningof entertainment has been planned.Feature attraction of the eveningwill be Mr. Sydney T. Youngsma,Development Secretary of CalvinCollege, who will speak and showa film on life at Calvin. Throughthis means those who are interestedmay bebter know what it lis Like toattend Calvin. You will 'also havean opportunity to ask Mr. Youngsrnaany questions which you may have.Unfortunately, since the N.I.C.A.C.is not a wealthy organization, thosewho come and do not have regularDordt meal tickets will be requdredto pay for their meal at a nomin-alcharge.Rep, Den Herder To SpeakAttention 'all Dordt College stu-dents and friends!Reserve the evening of October 7for the opportunity to increase yourpolitical knowledge.Hepreserrtlati'Ve Elmer Den iHer-der has graciously 'consented to eometo Dordt and rela.te some of the ex-perience 'Of ibis recent trip to Russi,a.The meeting will begin at 7:30P.M. right here at .the college. Therewill .be no admission charge.This lis another project sponsoredthrough the elifor.ts od' the StudentActivity Committee.

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