Calvin College - Prism Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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IDIUFITIHUOI1. please X-Ve be-ginhwilh chapel service Rcgislralion Our prolessors are wailing Dm LOFTY IDEALS AND FARFLUNG AMBITIONS WE BEGIN AN EVENTFUL YEAR Representative ol' the many difficulties of the college stuclent, especially of the freshman. are those patience-trying experiences ol registration. when we plunged into this worlc on September 4. at tirst things loolcecl rather complicated. Vvhat elective shall I talce? How about that required course? Ch, all of my courses seem to conllictl But through the never-failing aicl ol the faculty our courses soon began to talce shape ancl regular worlt began. Our school is lounclecl upon the Calvinistic system which places Coil above ancl in all. Accorolingly. no more appropriate manner for opening a new school year coulcl be lound than in our religious exercises helcl in the main auclitorium. Al these exercises Professor Johannes Broene retirecl as Acting Presiclenl. ln a few well-chosen worcls he thanlcecl the stuclents lor the cooperation they hacl given him cluring the past year, introclucecl his successor, and pleaclecl lor wholeheartecl support ol our new presiclenl. To Professor Broene we owe a great clebt ol' gratitucle. He has been an efficient aclministrator arxcl an excellent lriencl. President Henry Schultze cleliverecl his opening aclclress, clearly showing that he woulcl wholehearteclly support the true Christian objectives ot our institution, as well as seelc 16

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vgvg. gigatfgfgf Ait???'E'53r ' -time 55190 X kit? X o I I We , 5,523 ! Nikki I if L m Y A .. h X ' aw lima lp U bi Y . V V ' N X RQ ev 1 1 ..xXXXxxmXxxx,,,. F T H 9 L A N D in September the activity of the Calvin students life is n. For many of us the experiences of the first few days are just old stuff, while for others there is required a certain uhreaking-in period. One of the first things to strike our eye is the heautiful campus of our schooi. The huiidings have an ideal location in one of the hest residential districts of a city known for its well-kept homes. The school is itself a very fine example of harmonious architecture: every building is designed on the same beautiful plan, and erected on just the right spot. But Calvin is much more than just a collection of huiidings. Each nook and cranny has its own tradition and atmosphere. The honcis of friendship renewed, and the new ones formed are an important part of the students life at Calvin. Students may come from far and near, and yet there is immediately dis- cernihie that honci of fellowship which hinris true Christians. The tie of Christian love soon draws them together. Herein lies the secret of that spark of Calvin Friendship, that, if once caught, can never die again! it is the purpose of this hook to help recall something of the campus, of the traditions, of the friends, of the truly Christian atmosphere of the school, which we have grown to love so well.

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i, 1 5, to promote its scholastic slalus. lr is the purpose ol our school, he saici. lo present the Cnlvinislic philosophy ol' lile in all ol its phases anal lo place u clistinctively Christian emphasis upon all ol its teachings. There must he u 'unilicntion in all ol our lunclnmentnl ecluculional principles. enclenvors. nncl ohieclives. Since the time ol' this nclclress. Presiclent Schultze has hecome one ol the most respeclecl men on the campus. As Z1 lriencl. he is truly appre- ciutive ol the mzlny prohlems which young people musl lvuce. The Reverencl Vvilliam Kolc, chosen to Fill the newly crenlerl position lcnown as Ulixssistunt to the Presiclenlf' spolce of his conception ol' the worlc hellore him. May Goal bless him in his luslc ol malcing Calvin College real to every memlner ol our church so that lhey muy come to love our schooi still more nncl nllectionutely spenlc ol it as Our Own Colvin College. To nclcl the lvinishing touches to our liirst chnpel exercises, Dean Roolcs made his 'Innnounvements in his own inimitable manner. Anal so was hegun another year in Ihe history ol our laelovetl school. I7