Calvin College - Prism Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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our permanent campaign nited in Faithnxmotto of the two-million dollar Calvin Expansion Cam- paign, is a phrase we have all heard a great deal of this year. But Calvin College also has another sort of expansion campaign-a permanent campaign-a campaign which began with its birth, which has grown steadily until the present, and which must continue, with your help and mine, until it has fully achieved the goals of its tremendous vision. s foundation for this comprehensive vision the founding fathers of Calvin established principles-fcertain spiritual and intellectual principles. They said that spiritually Calvin was to be different. They said that among the shifting sands of the modern world Calvin was to be founded on the Roclc of Life. They said that among the turbulent slceptical minds of a world at sea Calvin was to loolf upon the Christ and walk upon the waves. hey said more. They said that Calvin was not to be a place to get rid of parents' supervision and conduct a nightly curfew battle with the dor- mitory matron, They said it was not to be a place for playboys. Rather, they said it was to be a place for training leaders. Well they lcnew that goals could not be achieved with fumbling hands and muddled heads. Well they lcnew that intelligence consists mainly of hard worlc. Therefore they gave us professorssprofessors to train us in the hard art of thinking, professors to guide us to that gleam of comprehensive wisdom. hese things, then, constitute the foundation of Calvin's great expansion campaign. These two principlesfspiritual and intellectual-form the spirit, the atmosphere, of the education which you here receive, hat is that school spirit of Calvin? It is, naturally, a good many things to a good many different people. But if there is anything at all for all of us together it is the atmosphere of trained bodies, saved hearts, and educated heads in which all of us together live. his, then, is the permanent expansion campaign of Calvin College. Why expansion campaign? Because that is precisely the aim of the education which Calvin offerswexpansion: Expansion of the student spiritually by deepening his faith in the Christ. Expansion of the student intellectually by deepening his insight into truth.

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The new Commons Building is a symbol of vision and progress. It is the evidence, of the founders vision-a vision stemming from the Reformation, developed by John Calvin, perpetuated by the Christian Reformed Church. It is the material progress of an educational structure, whose cornerstone is Christ and whose chief end is the glory of God. From a modest beginning in a Grand Rapids parsonage our college has grown to a campus of five large buildings. But progress was possible only because of loyalty to the ideals of Christian education. There was the loyalty of the ideal of Christian education. There was the loyalty of our own school, of our individ- ual churches, and of our denomination at large. We gave because we lcnew there was a need. And there was a need because we wanted ade- quate facilities for our expanding college. We gave of our material means in order to reap spirit- ual and cultural benefits. The Commons Building signifies the integration of the various phases of college life. Housing a spa- cious student lounge, club offices, a snaclt bar, and a dining hall, it is the social and recreational center of our bustling life. l-lere we meet old friends and malce new ones. It is here that we reminisce about the memories of the past and project our ideals for the future. At coffee-time we engage in lively chats or in profound discussions. The Commons Building is the expression of stu- dent living, an expression unified, yet diverse. It provides the balance of the collegiate many-sided life. igr ' - j, .X

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palgn C3 This campaign was an achievement in organization. Many are to be con- gratulated for their help and the whole denomination is to be thanked for its generous response, I UK The students did their share by pledg ing 536,341.00 during the campaign