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

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1937 CONTENTS DEDICATION APPRECIATION VIEWS IN MEMORIUM ADMINISTRATION GRADUATES CLASSES ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATIONS FEATURES 11 M

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--l-Violet and Maize SCHOOL LIFE f'Ay, note that Potter's wheel, That metaphor! and feel Why time spins fast, why passive lies our clay,- BROWNING The potter's wheel is that wheel upon which is placed the clay used to form a beautiful vase which is molded and shaped to suit the taste of the potter. Browning uses this figure of the potter's wheel to apply to the circumstances and environment which the great Potter uses to mold us, the clay, so that our lives may be used to the end of all things-the glory of God. Most of us who are about to graduate have spent the four years of our high school career in this the Chicago Christian High School. Our stay here was a part of the great wheel which God was using to mold us. Our high school years are during the most impressionate part of our life. Per- haps one may say that what happens in this period has more effect on one's later life than the circumstances of any other age. This age may well be called the strain and stress period. Therefore it is especially important that in the high school age, one be surrounded by the right kind of influences. We have spent four years in the Chicago Christian High School. During this time our minds were being developed so that we might have knowledge which might be useful throughout our lives. Perhaps even more important than the acquisition of knowledge is the learning of methods of work. We were taught to use good judgment and clear thinking. How should we cope with life's problems without such equipment? Our lives were greatly influenced by our Christian teachers. They did much more than to instruct us in the knowledge of the subjects they taught. They applied the lessons to practical life so that they began to live before us, and espec- ially we were made to see things from the point of view of a Christian. In history we were made to see the providence of God through which he directs the affairs of the nations to their ultimate end. In science we marveled at the wonders of God's hands and the beautiful order existing in every part of nature. In the study of literature we see something of the greatness of Man's mind. We learned what philosophies of life great men of this world have had, and the Christian philosophy of life was compared to it. All this and much more besides the regular Bible study was a part of that Christian education which was molding our lives. Our Christian teachers were interested in teaching their subjects well, but they were especially interested in each of us as individuals shaped with an immortal soul. Thus we see that our school life is one part of the wheel which the great Potter uses to mold us so that our lives may be of use to him. In this we as the clay are passive. Yet since life fleets, all is change 3 the Past gone, seize today! We must also be active to appropriate unto ourselves the good that we learn from the lessons of the present. We must be active to form philosophies for our individual lives which are in harmony with the teaching of God's word. We are thankful to Cod for the opportunities and privileges he gives us, and our prayer is that we may be used by the great Potter as vessels to his honor. DOROTHY WESTRA 10

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-lviolet and Maize DEDICATION OSCAR HOFSTRA To Oscar Hofstra with profound appreciation for his whole-hearted interest toward The Chicago Christian High School in general, and with sincerest gratitude for his services to the senior class in particular, we, the graduates of nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, with utmost respect dedicate this volume of the Violet and Maize. For he has been more than a teacher. With unending kindness and untiring energy he has assisted, counselled, and admonished, we seniors through four years of happy school life. For the joys we have experienced, for the obstacles encountered and overcome, and for the ample education received, We seniors give all recognition and apprecia- tion to Oscar Hofstra, and sincerely hope that this book will partly compensate him for his untiring efforts in our behalf. 12