Chicago Christian High School - Violet and Maize Yearbook (Palos Heights, IL)

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SPRING TIME OF LIFE Of all the seasons of the year, Spring is the most beautiful and cheerful. The mild air which comes stealing from the West breathes the breath of life into nature, causing every bud and flower to burst out into fragrance and beauty. It is the time when the birds come and enjoy the balmy and inspiring spring weather. The lovers of nature enjoy their melodious songs and graceful manners, changing many a sorrowful heart into a happy one. The silvery rays of the warm sun are as rays of joy and love shining into the souls of men, healing the broken hearted and comforting the distressed. The season of spring has derived its name from the fact that every living thing springs up, and flora and fauna develop their most inspiring forms. There is also a spring time in man's life. It is from the time when his reason- ing powers awaken, until he enters upon his vocation, or let me express it in another way: The Golden Age of School Time. Thus we may say that the school age is the beautiful and inspiring spring time of life. At what time is ambition and interest shown forth more vividly than at school age? The world is startled at the ambitious attempts of hopeful youth. It is, also, the age when innocence exerts its power over all the evils about it, when it knows of no sorrow or weari- ness, but is cheered and charmed by the joys and beauties of life. It is the age when all sorts of ideas strike root, spring up and flourish. All of life depends upon the spring. If seed is planted in poor soil, and lacks proper sun light, the outcome will be a total failure. But if, on the contrary, seed is sown in rich soil, and where the sun sends forth its bright rays of light, the result will be good-the harvest will be abundant. It is very notable that the fruits of a plant depend upon the condition in which it grows. The fruits shall be determined by the quality of these conditions. Like- wise, if we as the seed of God's vineyard are planted in an educational realm where the atmosphere is filthy and vulgar, and where no true light exists, the results will be correspondingly poor. But if we are planted in an educational institution where the fundamentals are rich and sound, and in an environment which is lofty and wholesome, we, with G0d's blessing ,will grow up as strong, healthy plants in the vineyard of our Lord, free from the overpowering influences of the weeds of this world, supplied with the ability to oppose them. From this fact it is also obvious that our moral life' depends upon our early environment. For instance, if a child is sent to an institution where no Christian ideas are taught and the instruction is shot through with modernism, the child will be caught up in the spirit of these ideas. But if the child is educated in a Christian institution where the spirit of Christianity pervades the atmosphere, the child will be taken up into its bosom and will be actuated by motives corre- spondingly Christian. True, the spring time of life is the most important period in life. As one asks the question, What is life without spring? He cries out, Oh, nature! What a blessing spring is to us! And, further contemplating upon the importance the spring time of life, one cries out: Oh, God! What a joy that we may have an institution in which we may spend the spring of our life, where the funda- mentals of morals and Christian living are imparted as the prelude to a glorious future. ' And one concludes: He who plants a tree, Plants a hope, Rootlets up through fibers blindly grope, Leaves unfold unto horizon free: So man's life must climb From the clods of time Unto heavens sublimef' JACK ZANDSTRA gl 10 W rg

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5.1 E3 STAFF HENRY HOEKSEMA Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS ALICE VAN HATTEM GERALDINE DEKKER JENNIE BALL . BEN DE BOER . IDA KINGMA . HENRIETTA KRAMER BERNARD HAMSTRA RICHARD DE VRIES HENRY POSTEMA JOHN TER MAAT BUSINESS Literature Axsiftant Literature . . . Art . Photography . Wit and Humor . . Alumni . Athleticx . Club: Businefx Manager Advertising Manager JACOB VAN BRUGGEN Subscription Manager Anociatef GEORGE YFF-Roseland GEORGE SToB-Englewood LUCY WIERENGA-WCSt Side JACK ZANDSTRA-Suburban FACULTY SPONSORS MR. FAKKEMA - MR. DE BOER . Mlss HAMMEKOOL MR. SWETS . MR. SIETSEMA MR. SMITTER . . Head S ponfor Literature Art, Wit and Humor . . Athletic: . . Clubf . B ufinexy 'I 9 I o- +-- -4

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