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

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X ,A . r x IN SINCERE APPRECIATION... CLARENCE BOEBSMA ANGELYN KEEGSTRA KATHRYN SCHURINGA ELEANOR WEZEMAN With the departure of the class of l943, we regret that we must also say farewell to four grand members of our faculty. It isn't easy to convince them of our gratitude toward their work after we've been wearying them with our behaviour, plagueing them with our millions of excuses, tiring and trying them with our grumblings about homework. And yet it is our ambition to have them someday come to the realization that their whole-hearted efforts were not in vain, that their gui- dance, both spiritual and educational, was and ever will be appreciated by the alumni, graduates, and remaining stu- dents of C.C.H.S. We hope that those who will replace these four teachers will perform their duties as Well, but we know that their efforts could never surpass the quality which Miss Schuringa, Miss Wezeman, Mrs. Keegstra, and Mr. Boersma have attained in their years with us. To each of them we extend our heartfelt adieus, hoping that some day we can welcome them back within our portals: to Miss Schuringa who is abandoning her successful teaching career to explore new fields: to Miss Wezeman, who is answering our coun- try's call to arms in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps: to Mrs. Keegstra, who is to devote her life to housekeeping, every girl's ambition: to Mr. Boersema, who, after years of enriching the education of others, embarks upon the advanc- ing of his own already extensive learning. You will all be missed by both faculty and students, who remain and by those who leave. We extend our hopes and prayers for God's blessing in everything you do. Good-bye, and re- member us: we'll be thinking of you.

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ff if t A S i 311 T i . K . , It-,,,b,y,,i5,, - wif e TEACHER SCHOLAR LEADER SCIENTIST ADVISOR FRIEND la Ma. We, ot the high school world, judge a teacher by what the students say of him. Unhesitatingly, these severe young critics have given Mr. Huibregtse a place at the top. His reputation as a teacher is enviable. Students find his classes interesting and profitable. His willingness to be of service and his likeable personality win the friendship ot all his pupils. We seniors teel particularly akin to him for he entered the portals ot Christian High along with us just tour short years ago. It is with hope that this volume will be a permanent reminder ot our sincere appreciation and gratitude tor all that he has done to instill in us a clear understanding of Christian character, and in recognition of his wise guidance, that We, the seniors of Chicago Christian High School, dedicate this yearbook to Mr. Alvin Huibregtse.

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OUR ENTRANCE I am the Spirit of the Class of 43 . I had much to tell of my life at Christian High and so I Wrote a book and called it Violet cmd Maize. In the book you find me in the clothes of students: even camouflaged in each senior. I spent four years joking, playing, learning, studying-making my- self fit to do the bit God and humanity requires of me. I am a representative of many. First, I am the culmination of everything our faculty can do for a student in four years-be it good or bad. I am symbolic of youth-Christian youth. Finally, I am the product of every ounce of energy, work and inspiration given by teachers, parents and found- ers of Christian High School. But back to my book. Interwoven on the tapestry of education, are the binding threads of religion. Through the amal- gamation of the two, comes the balanced medium which is so vital to men and women of tomorrow. Such has been the sound-rock foundation of Chris- tian High- education taught in the light of the Scriptures. My book is the personification of this philoso- phy. 'It is laid out in four divisions: religious, mental, social, and physical-all revolving around the pivot of the Bible. In this manner, I achieve the purpose of the Christian School. Designed ex- clusively to fit this great ideal is this, my humble book- I remain, Spirit of the Class of '43'