Dordt Builds For The Future

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1 Dord Builds For The Fuure Noe: whowroe :c ORDT ::s::::::::n:o:e l::: 0) "';"';Ia\'''P,;;;(Q) Mavis Assink. his repor. is assis1anj: edior. a:::y will gree Dord sudens nex fall. The sudens will also noe a new focal poin on Dord's campus. New srees lscape will focus all campus 'aciviy around a plo ground locaed nor-as -MusicAdminisraion building souh new dining hall. Eigh eachers will join presen faculy welve. The English deparrnen will have wo new eachers. The deparmens o receive one added insrucor each are "Bible, hisory, educaion, physical educaion, music. Two new insrucors have already acceped, prospecs for filling or vacancies look very good, according o Rev. B. J. Haan, 'presiden Dord. Dr. Russell Maaman, who will each chemisry nex Iall, has augh for las five years a Universiy Mississippi. He has direced four men in gaining docoraes, six in gaining maser's degrees in science. Mr. James Velkamp will join educaion deparmen a Dord. He has his masers in edu- COLLEGE ) Suden Volume VI caion, in eaching ary presenly Publicaion Dord College, Tuesday, February addiion o many years experience on elemenhigh school level. He is working on his docorae. Dard 's campus now includes a main building conaining classrooms, library, audiorium, biology, chemisry, physics Iaboraorles, suden lounge, dining hall. There is also newly compleed Music-Admin israion "building heaing uni. Nex fall boh a new co-ed dormiory, housing one hundred sixy sudens, a new dining hall or commons will be included in campus layou. 'The dormiory will be residence eighy girls eighy boys. I will have suies wo rooms, wih.a bah separaing rooms. There will be wo sudens o a room four sudens o a Sioux Cener. Iowa Number Eigh _ suie. The wo housing dorms, College Hall end College Manor, now being 'Used, will coninue in use. The new dining hall will be locaed near dormiories. Rev. Haan said dining hall will be very aracive will accommodae four hundred o five hundred sudens. The -buard enaively plans o make presen dining hall ino a suden lounge presen suden lounge ino a reading room. The periodicals which are now in library will be moved ino reading room. In addiion o presen chemisry laboraory, anor chemisry lab will be provided in main classroom building. Rev. Haan saed, "The adminisraion has or developmens planned which have no ye been made final." Mr. Dale GI'oenhui3 Direcs Dord Male Chorus

2 Page Two THE Published Tuesday, February fornighly DORDT by Sudens Bible Sudy Groups -A Necessiy? DIAMOND Dord College. Sioux Cener. la. Edior Assisan Edior Faculy Advisor Cynhia Nibbelink Mavis Assink Merle Meeer Deparmenal Ediors Nolan Ver Ark "Diagonal" John Hilbelink. Marj Meyer "Noeworhy" Ken Ve Griend "Sclenfechrric" La Verne Rens "Specrum" Lee Plasier "Ahlees' Feas" Sra Williamson "Touchsone" Reporers: Harold De Jong. Jane Bueyn. Grea Ver Ziel, Joyce De Vries, Bill Vis. Deanna Ledeboer. Typiss: Joyce De Vries. Mary Hooper. Marcia Van Andel. Faye Schuurman Ediorial Noe: Cynhia Nibbelink, edior, is a sophomore Orange Ciy, Iowa. This issue Diamond is a promoional issue, which lierally means ha we are moving somehing forward. There will be no doub HS o wha we are moving forward. You may be smiling o yourself, hinking; propaga, enjoying your own wiicisms. Nsverless, we inend o make you more aware "cause Dord College." As high school college sudens, you mus be made aware because you, we, are reason for Dord College. When Dord College was esablished: some eigh years ago, inenion, consiuency was o erec a college for Chrisian young people who wan o learn under disincivclv Chrisian significanly culural influence. And Dord College is becoming wha she was purposed o be. Our College does no purpor o have bes educaional faciliies, bes academic se-up, bes college culure in Unied Saes. She does no claim cream---crop inelligensia. Bu wha she has done in eigh years is. excepional. I overheard 'an accrediaion agen remark in hall one day ha '(Compared o or young colleges, Dord's progress is amazing." Hearing his, we do no pa our own backs cheer for our bold play; we do, however, cheer our purpose. We have said ha as sudens we are reason for Dord College. Bu really we are secondary, God is primary Reason ha we have a college- His glory is chief end young people educaed o live winess in a world problem sin. Dord College, remember, does no exis for sake presiden; he is for sake College. Nor does Dord exis for sake faculy, Bu Dord exiss for you, who will learn o be bes scieniss. or musicians or pasors or eachers ha you can be. And as bes ha you can be, you are no an end in vourself, bu, showing humiliy obedience Chris, you are a medium hrough which God is glorified. -Cynhia NiblJe'1ink -Grea Ver Ziel Noe: Grea is a sophomore Edgeron. Minnesoa. She is also acive in SWIM. A his ime year one wonders abou religious amosphere Dord College. The chapels seem boring; one seems "oo busy" o read end sudy Bible; one has feeling ha he can do lile wrong a Dcrd College. Bu soon one realizes ha he is guily apahy: knows ha he has only been conforming o cusoms end rules. Then someone ges idea--why don' we have a special Bible sudy group or mission club? Why is Pre-Sem Club for 'pre-sems onlv? How can Rev. Haan Dean Ribbens alk abou excellen religious amosphere a Dord College when re are no special Bible sudy groups or mission clubs? As one coninues o hink along se lines, one realizes ha a special Bible sudy group or mission club does no necessarily change apahy o enhusesm: rouine meeings can become a paern conformiy also. Bu, basically, i is person's aiude oward God, chapel. his own devoions ha will deermine his person.al relaionship wih God. 'Furrmore, one realizes ha a special exra-curricular Bible sudy group or mission club is no a necessiy a Dord, for each suden is a Bible suden, each suden is a missionary, each suden serves Chris as prophe, pries. king. Or in or words, all us belong o Bible sudy group or mission club Dord College suden body. he r i I COMING EVENTS I ; Feb. 8-B.B.-Freeman_HulI. Feb. II-B.B.-Worhingon_A. ; Feb Jr. College B.B. ; Tourney i Feb. 18-B.B.-N.B.T. College-H. i Feb. 22-B.B.-Norhwesern "B" ;; -A. l'i Mar. 8-Travelogue-"Holiday i in Holl" ; Mar. 14 IS-Fine Ars Program Mar. IS-Communiy Concer Mar Play + Mar. 29-Travelogue "Sweden. Year Around'" April I-Communiy Concer. April 2-13-Choir Tour. April 5, 2 P.M.-Spring Vacaion' begins, April 16, 7:35 A.M.-Classes re- -; + sume April B Male'; + Chorus Program May 3-Choir Fesival May Final Exams.. i " i...

3 Page Three Tuesday, February THE ROLE OF CLUBS -Jane Bueyn -Marj "Noeworhy" discusses music or ar forms. Mari Jane are sophomores. Marj is Woden, e.. Jane. Sanborn, Iowa. Dord fers ample opporuniies for vocal experience in music deparmen. In addiion o sn-voce choir, re are wo quares, wo sexes, a number soloiss who are aking individual voice lessons. The men in choir sing in Male Chorus, which gave several concers las fall will give more soon. Nex year re will be wo choirs. A fory-voice choir will go on our, a larger choir, alhough no going on our, will fer choral experience o more sudens. This spring choir will our in Canada. Before our begins, several concers will be given in college area, The firs concer on our will be given Tuesday, April 2, in Prinsburg, Minnesoa. Following ha, concers will be given a Winnipeg, Manioba; Regina, Saskachewan; Red Deer, Neerlla, Edmonon, Calgary, Lehbridge in Albera; rmanhal3.n, Monana; in Holl Cener, Souh Dakoa. The buses will reurn o Sioux Cener on Sa urday, April 13. A day a half our will be spen in Banff Naional Park Lake Louise area, considered by some o be mos beauiful scenic area in Norh America. The school year ends wih Choir Fesival, which is held annuallv in Sioux Cener Audiorium. The- fesival feaures choirs bs Chrisian high schools in. several saes Dord. Dord's choir mees four days a week. The music is varied; his year i Includes "Gloria" by Vivaldi, Billing's "Easer Anm," edied by Rober Shaw, a Negro spiriual, "I Sood by River Jordan," familiar "Lamb God" by F. M1ius Chrisiansen. This year imr-. Groenhuis is experimening wih a quare syle arrangemen. Each secion alernaes wih opposie secion so ha each row fron o back forms a mixed quare. This arrangemen improves resonance blend. In addiion o 'being enjoyable, choir is educaional. Members learn much abou musical composiions qualiies a good choral singer. Consider vocal music deparmen ;:l.n-r- when choosing college y111 will aend. Th8 new sereo vldcs oppcruniies Iisfening room prono only for music Meyer sudens bu for all sudens a Dord. This room is equipped wih four urnables, sereo earphones, a limied bu growing record library. Besides lisening room, Music bul ldlng provides many or keynoes. The choral room, pained in shades yellow orange, has excellen acousics boh for pracicing recording; floor-lengh draperies on eir side room aid in obaining acousical variaion; b room fers similar musical faciliies. Six pracice rooms, eacher fices, ensemble rooms, choral b libraries, an insrumenal repair room, a classroom are also in, music wing Music-Adminisraion building. Comparmens in main enrance are provided for each suden's use. In se are kep books music during day or week. To lef main enrance is adminisraion wing building. Locaed here are fices. Presiden Haan, Dean Ribbens, Mr. Boersma, business manager, in his wing else ere general fice fice workroom. Noeworhy -John - The B Hilbelink John is a sophomore Cedar Grove. Wisconsin. In fll 1961, Dord College formed is own b. Alhough b was small, commens on is firs performance were laudaory. Under supervision Mr. Groenhuls, audiions were made quesionnaires were sen o prospecive sudens; hus anorgroup was formed o make up Dord's second concer b. This year b has performed music baroque o conemporary. B concers included selecions Sousa's reperory marches, an arrangemen for rumpe rio b, music Hel, Humperdink, Bach. A presen 'b is' rehearsing mighy "Maesoso" by Vierne r an "Organ Concero" by Hel. As a b member, a suden is no limied o b alone. A brass choir has performed arrangemens like "Gr 'March" Verdi's Aida. A new group, chamber b, 15 pres-enly pracicing e number which will be performed as an accompanimen o choir. In pas wo years, b has demons-raed noable progress. And as our m'l<::i; library or resources eoninue o grow. ' r',",d for mere insrumen aliss will incr1:)se. Chess Club members are encouraged in ar 'Of playing "game kings." Meeings are held every hree weeks in home 'Mr. Sanley Boerje. The Drama Club, recenly organized as Thalians. is sponsored by Mr. Lars, Insrucor in 'Speech. The cass for Dord dramaic producions are chosen club membership. Supervised by Pressor Ted Sjoerdsma, Mah Club mees biweekly o discuss peculiariies in field mamaics. The larges club in college, only service organizaion, is Pep Club, which aemps o engender espri de corps. The Pre-sem Club mees bi-weekly under leadership Presiden B. J. Haan. The Science Club works wih scienific problems, Lierary Club is presenly reading conemporary drama. Sclenechnlc -Ken Ve Griend Noe: "Scienechnic" reviews developmens in science. Ken is a freshman Sheldon. Iowa. In 1955 a small college by name Dord was born. Through gifs prayers many Chrisian communiies: his college grew, i is sill growing oday. Sudens who had fai h in Dord as a branch God's kingdom enabled i o presen God-cenered educaion - educaion ha links general special revelaion. The early science deparmen a Dord included courses in. biology, chemisry, physics, all which were augh by one man. Now Mr. 'Marvin De Young eaches courses in organic inorganic chemisry, physics; Mr. Sanley Boerje eaches biology, zoology, anaomy. Mr. Boerje ' 'Mr. De Young have also prepared a prospecus courses ha will allow sudens o major in sciences. There will 'be hiry or more hours fered in boh biology chemisry. Dr. Russell Maaman, who is coming o Dord Universiy Mississippi, will conduc several research seminars in addiion o some less highly specialized -courses. Wih consisen acquisiion cu alified insrucors. scienific equipm-n. sudens, sae-wide presiae, expansion presen faci liies Is ineviable imminen.

4 Tuesday, February Page Four My Firs Week A Dord -Deanna Noe: Deanna is a freshman Renville, Minnesoa. -La Verne Rens Noe: "Specrum" usually evaluafes an aspec poliical Si4 uaion. La Verne is a freshman Hull. Iowa. When you are sill a senior in high school, i is no maory for you o decide upon a definie vacaion. However, by ha ime you know quie well where your alens lie. You should also know wher college is necessary for fulfillmen 01 your plans, if so, you should projec a reas'ble program for yourself. For hose you who are undecided as o wha you wan, faculy a Dord will exend is services. We GTe insruced o call upon our God mediae abou such imporan maers as his, bu ha does no auhorize us o be physically passive. We should alk o parens, eachers, business pressional people on his onic. You need no necessarily see a p sychjarls, bu you could ake a Drp.crence es o see where yonr inclinai -ns poin, in wha fields your abiliies are dominan. The insrucors here a Dord are ineresed in your fuure. If you en- When I came o college, I fel ha no one could. be quie as scared or quie as green as 1. I encouraged me no a lile o discover ha my feelings were shared by many fellow freshmen. I had one disinc advanage over many ors, however. I lived wih sophomores: five 01 ha wise cunning breed. They gave me hy advice like "Everyhing will be all righ if you jus follow Insrucions y sen you," "Whaever you do, don' ake biology" I was during firs week ha I go my firs experience sing in line o ea. The food line proved o be a perfec place o ge acqualried 'wih kids al l over our hemisphere- places like Hull, Iowa; Orange Ciy, Iowa; Sheldon, Iowa; Sanborn, Iowa; Canada. This was also place where firs discus- joy oological sciences, Ior example, a discussion wih your insrucor may reveal. many vocaions available o you, floris o morician. If you can no solve problem choosing a career yourself, Dcrd will do much o help' you. Afer all, ha is one many specialized purposes a Chrisian college. Ledeboer sions were held. Main opics in conversaions were places one lived, courses one had, pressors. One bes hings abou college, I soon discovered, was greaer degree independence one has in comparison wih high school days. There were some resricions, such as curfew, some big assignmens, bu somehow y didn' seem so bad when everyone was doing, same. I was during my firs week, also, ha I decided 'I had been wise in choosing Dord. I had wondered before, bu n I knew. The campus was pleasing, amosphere was friendlies I had encounered anywhere, being away home wasn' quie as bad as I had Imagined. In shor, sociabiliy-no only or sudens, bu also people Sioux Cener- independence gained, new acquainances made ouweighed my homesickness, as well as my dislike for e ar.lv. early classes end lae, lae sudying.... :.... ;l.:.. Second Semeser Regisraion Proceeds T:Vi:i:::n:' Vi::ff our campus. '

5 Page Five -JoAnn Salomons Noe: "Diagonal" presens ligh. saires on campus life. Jo Ann is Lacombe, Albera. (Nolan Ver Ark, a sophomore Hull. Iowa, usually edis his col. umn.) Buz-z-z Buz-z-z The rude rasp an alarm abruply a woke Dar, an Illusrious college suden. Afer spleer lng oohpase, fighing over l ave cry, searching for "ha green sweaer you know which one I me-an," rying o shave an unruly heard, a mad dash, Dar hasily slid down saircase, sumbled ou ino biing air I'3.ndown icy avenue oward campus. Breakfas was superb: well-oased oas, hard cold cereal, hard-boiled eggs, one glass milk, a sip juice. Two minues le er was firshour class Dar was having dlfiieuly locaing his books. Spying a book in lounge, he hough, "This book looks like i could belong o me; I'll ake i" Wih ha he snached i rushed down hall o Room 12. Upon enering li room, he discovered a moion was being made "ha re be no class because absence pres- sor," Several sudens walked ou, upon encounering pr, were herded sheepishly back ino room. A end lecure, class was, dismissed. Dar moseyed over o lounge, li a mooched cigaree sprawled ou on a couch in an aemp o cach fory winks. Laer, his group claered down o Commons for unfrosed brownies, ( frosed ones come ou a 9:30, no 8:45), cfee, pop, end cy bars. Two hours laer, Dar had anor class- class in which he a buddy sa in back row shoved ir desks oger o play "word consrucflon." Afer successfully making 73 words ou anfidisesabfishmenfarfanism, he wen o dinnerpardon me, lunch. Afer lunch, Dar wen up o lounge for an afer-dinner snooze in a resful amosphere where no scheming, noisy boys confer, where no giggling girls chaer. A 3 PJM. he decided ha he migh as' well go o library o cach up on spors page, as musically inclined srued ou for choir pracice. Finally, finally, dinner. ime came. Afer sing in usual l-o-n-g line-up for hiry-hree minues, he had his ray filled. There was nohing o do afer suppar-e-dar couldn' play ping-pong, volley ball, or skae, so he wen over o Marv's o shoo a game pool. Shorly afer curfew he decided ha he migh as well urn in. So ended anor exciing, evenful, acion-packed dav. (Described above is one-year eliminaion course, which is an opion, which several sudens elec each year.) Tuesday, February -Sra L. Willamson Noe: "Touchsone" usually reviews significan books. Sra is a freshman Tiveron, R. I.: she is a member Orhodox Presbyerian Church. Only a shor ime ago I was a perplexed high school suden. _ Convinced ha I ough o coninue my educaion, I was equipped for such a sep wih only negligible funds, conversely, wih grea doubs concerning wha college o aend. Besides "an insiuion wih scholasic qualificaions, I 'was seeking a school ha was founded for God's glory upon Hls Word. A Chrisian banner a warm, friendly amosphere were prerequisies. A college so large ha eachers have no personal conac wih ir pupils, in which mos one's classmaes remain srangers, did no appeal o me. And le ors rus mselves o insrucion by wily aiss or suave liberals if y chose; as for me, I waned o be augh by God-fearing men. Ye i seemed nearly impossible o find a school ha would mee all se requiremens a same ime be wihin my financial means. Then one summer, during a visi o Iowa, I learned abou Dord College. God had no ignored my needs, nor hose or young Chrisians who were eager o learn, bu paricular abou source qualiy ir insrucion. This Reformed insiuion was answer o my prayers. Today I am a happy college suden. Dord has fulfilled every expecaion deming high-schocler I was; Dord has fered even more good hings. I have no regreed choice ha I made. Whereas I may someimes join ors in advocaing 'his or ha improvemen, as Dord exps maures, I do no cease o hink our college.as God's gracious provision for needs Chrisian young people like me. DORDT 'ART DISPLAYED Lunch Time in Commons Mrs. WilHam Lor s eaches ar courses a Dord. Those aking ar are mainly sophomore educaion sudens. During firs semeser ar classes concenraed on mehods echniques ar for elemenary eaching. There was recenly an ar display near library showing examples sudens' work. The display conained work in 'waer color, paper mosaics, paper sculpure, crayon eching, cray-on resis. Mrs. Lars said ha his semeser classes will concenrae more on crafs drawing. Nex spring she plan o have sudens do some side skeches.

6 Page Six Ahlees' Feas Noie: This column on Dcrdf spors is wrien by Leroy Plasier Sioux Cener. Wih season wo hirds gone, Dord Defenders are sporing a 8-6 record. In conference.play record ss a 3-3 afer eam dropped a one-poin decision o For Dodge on January Z2. Wih wo conference zames remaining, one wih Webser Ciy J. C. anor wih Waldorf J. C" Defenders mus ally one more, conference win o 'become eligible for conference ournamen a Webser Ciy. On January 18 Defenders raveled o Wesmar o playa preliminary eame wih Wesmar "B" squad. They eked ou a wo-poin vicory The Defenders displayed' a balanced aack agains Wesmar wih INorm Prins scoring 2'0 poins Alden Alena geing 16. Kuck Wesmar scored 18 o lead rival aack. Afer win over Wesmar 'Defenders suffered wo consecuive sebacks. The firs was a singing one-poin loss o For Dodge. The Defenders had possession ball wih six seconds o play, bu a sho by Prins wih hree seconds si Il showing on dock, did no go hrough, For Dodge gained final possessian. Prins headed scoring wih 18, followed by Alena wih 13. On January 28, Defenders dropped a second conference decision o Esrville ' Failure o conver one--one free hrow siuaions g-ain possession ball in las minues precluded a Defender vicory. Thursday January 31, Defenders played' hos o Wesmar HB" squad. Dcrd ook a close one 5655 on Aena's wo free hrows wih five seconds lef. Faber hi for 19. Tuesday, VARIED -Lee Everyone mus ener hr-ee eam evens wo individual evens o mee his physic-al educaion re quiremen. Also, each suden mus aend a minimum eign evening class sessions, which will rbe nsrucions in spors ha season. There will be a rack eam his spring. Pracice will begin as soon as wear permis. Dord has a sing inviaion o 'I'rojsn Relays, held a Worhingon. every spring, an aemp o schedule more compeiion will be made. This is an addiion o ahleic program ha will become a regular deparmen. There is also a proposal being considered o 'bring baseball o ' campus nex spring. The deciding facor will be wher. inercollegiae compeiion can be scheduled.. If a schedule can be esablished his spring, baseball will n become a par ahleic program. Wih se addiions 'Dord 'Will need men o fill ou e-am rosers.. In. coming year Dord College will become a four-year college. This SPORTS AT DORDT\ Archery Badminon Baskeball Bawling Chess Dear h urring FJ'ashbalI Golf Ice skaing Ping pong Polo Shuffleboard Tl'ack Volleyball l I presens a problem in ahleic dep armen: wher o coninue ahle ics on a junior college level for anor year, or o ener four-year college compeiion. The answer depends on wher Dord can gain a physical educaion insrucor o e-ach se courses. The adminisraion assures us ha we will have man for job. NEW P, E. PROGRAM Physical educaion will ake on a new form nex semeser-s-a form more desirable, perhaps, far hose who do no enjoy rouine regular physical educaion classes. Th-ere will be a number eam evens individual evens' which sudens can ener. Some e-am evens which will be sponsored are bowling, sballindoors or 'Oudoors, depending on wear volleyball-unmixed eams. There will also be baskeball, flash ball, polo. These are eam evens. 'The individual evens include badminon, ping-pong, able shuffleboard, ennis. (Tennis is enaively planned; cours ar-e in planning sage, o be laid ou near dormiories.) The bowling compeiion will be held a local bowling alley. Cos will be 25c a line wih" free shoes. February Prins Goes High for Rebound