Dordt College - Signet Yearbook (Sioux Center, IA)

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i . I . 5 , , . . , ' 1 5 I Q ' 4 5 I 3 . f N -I ,ff Executive Board during the planning stage. Lobbes, Rev. G. Vander Plaats. THIRD L. to R., FIRST ROW: E. Fikse, J. Bon- ROW: S. Van Vliet, Rev. B. Haan, A. nema, Rev. M. Zylstra, E. Meyer. SECOND Christians, J. Geels, R. Dykstra. ROW: Rev. C. Van Schouwen, L. Haan, J. The founding of a college entails much time and effort. Many hours are spent first in studying and then in implementing plans. Thanks be to God, there are people who are willing to do this work and devote the necessary time for it. Although several classes of the churches and later the Western Alliance of Christian Schools had given considerable thought to the matter of having a jun- ior college in the Midwest, it was not until I an- uary 30, 1953, that a formal society was organized. The organization of this society took place in Rock Sponsor: SIOUX BODY SHOP Sioux Center, Iowa Auto body and front end work. Clarence Ver Hoef, Prop. Valley, Iowa, at a meeting of approximately six hundred men, representing Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Besides forming a society at this meeting, the group adopted a provisional constitution. Ac- cording to this constitution a Central Board and an Executive Board were to be elected. The Central Board was to meet twice a year, and the Executive Board would meet regularly each month in order to make preparations for the opening of the college. Sponsor: VAN'S RADIO and APPLIANCE SERVICE Sioux Center, Iowa. John G. and Richard G. Van Voorst, Props. 13 lb-J

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