Eastern Academy - Echoes Yearbook (Paterson, NJ)

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1937 == EAS BERNSACADEMY == — 1937 Envoy Staff EDItToR-IN-CHIEF = = = = - John BR. Bos ASSOCIATE Eprrors 2 cA = Lubbertus Bos Theresa Bushman Klazina Kuiken ACADEMY NEWSETTES - - - Dorothy Greydanus CHRISTIAN ScHooL News” - - - Wilma Soodsma ALUMNI NOTES - a = 2 . Ruth Luiken ATHLETICS - - - - - Charlotte Bruning John Lont HuMorR - - - - - Wilma Van Genderen Business MANAGER - = - - Peter De Vries ADVERTISING MANAGER- - - - - Douglas Bush CIRCULATION MANAGER - - - Adrian Bakker £ ie : To the Class of 1937 A few years back a graduating class chose the motto, “A thinking head and an industrious hand, are a great wealth.” If your training at Eastern Academy has stimulated and cultivated an appreciation of the value of a think- ing head and an industrious hand, then surely your education has not been in vain, and if you carry into life these two assets then indeed you possess a great wealth. Of all the benefits which one receives from a high school education— a store of knowledge, a widening of one’s intellectual horizon, an appreciation of the finer things,—none can compare with these two, a thinking head and an industrious hand. Both are essential to a ha ppy, fruitful life, to a life of ser- vice, and who can measure the worth of these two? Yet these two—a thinking mind and an industrious hand—are not enough. There is one thing lacking, and I trust you instinctively feel that one thing is missing. How many thinking minds and industrious hands are there not, which are directed in wrong channels, and thus defeat the very purpose for which man was created, namely, to think God’s thoughts after Him and to do His will— in brief, to live to the glory of God? Misdirected, a thinking head and an industrious hand are not a great wealth, a blessing,—but a curse, and they will lead to disappointment, disillusionment, and despair; directed and guided in the right path they are a blessing, and will bring joy, contentment, and satisfaction. The head and hand must be guided therefore and that by a consecrated heart, a heart dedicated to God. The one thing needful in addition to a thinking head and an industrious hand is a consecrated heart, and unless you have that, your training has been a failure, and Eastern Academy has not lived up to its high calling as a Christian school. For our system of Christian schools from the elementary school to the college is dedicated to the task of training and developing the whole man—not merely the head and the hand, but the heart as well. It is the aim of our Christian institutions, in distinction from the public schools, to influence the heart in order that our covenant youth may heed the injunction, “My son, give me thine heart.” Therefore, we prefer to say “A thinking head and an industrious hand are a great wealth” provided they are governed and directed by a consecrated heart. May the future reveal that you possess all three, for then indeed you have a treasure which neither moth nor rust can corrupt, nor thieves break through and steal, and it is with this hope that we send you forth from these halls. John R. Bos eleven

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1937- == EASTERNGAGADEM Ye = eee Eusig M. Van Horr (Commercial) “In silence there is many a good morsel.” Athletic Ass’n 732-’37, Glee Club ’33-’34, Girls’ Fellowship Club ’36-’37, Chorus 733. DonaLp VAN REKEN (College Preparatory) “No man is happy who does not think himself so.” Stamp Club ’34-’36, Hi-Y 735-37, Hi-Y Treas. 387, Athletic Ass’n ’35-’37. HELEN VAN VLANDREN (Coilege Preparatory) “Sincerity has a charm of its own.” Athletic Ass’n 733-37, Glee Club ’34-’87, Girls’ Fellowship Club 736-37. NIcHOLAS V. KrRoEzE (General) “T wish with the swift spheres and glow im joy and when I will, I sleep.” ten

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1937 = EASTERN ACADEMY 1937 Associate Editors Page Tempus Fugit” It seems such a short time since we first entered the portals of E. A., that it is almost impossible to realize that we have spent four happy years within its walls. During these four years we have progressed steadily upward through the various phases of school life—as “green” Freshmen, as “silly” Sophomores, as “Jolly” Juniors and now we have passed the period of being “dignified” Seniors. We have gone through the stage of being a part of E. A. and now E. A. has be- come a part of us. As we survey these years in retrospect we may well wonder where the time has flown. ; Our feelings at this time are a strange mixture of joy and sadness, of satis- faction and uncertainty. It is ike a sudden transition from hght to utter dark- ness. Here, at our beloved E. A. we have a knowledge that all our movements are guided by capable hands, giving us a sense of security and confidence in the present. What the future will hold in store, we do not know. From the beginning, we have known that our departure was inevitable. Yet now that the actual time has arrived, it comes with a suddenness that is appall- ing; socials—exams—speeches—awards—diplomas—and our school life at E. A. is ended. We pray that our future will be as beautiful as the scene described by Joseph Conrad in his story “The Lagoon”. We know that our future will come to us Just as suddenly as the night came to Tuan. “The white man came out of the hut in time to see the enormous conflagration of sunset put out by the swift and stealthy shadows that rising hke a black and impalpable vapour above the tree-tops, spread over the heaven, extinguishing the crimson glow of floating clouds and the red brilliance of departing daylight. In a few moments all the stars came out above the intense blackness of the earth, and the great lagoon, gleaming suddenly with reflected lghts, resembled an oval patch of night sky flung down into the hopeless and abysmal night of the wilderness.” Our life at E. A. has been as beautiful as the day which preceded the sunset. We hope and pray that our future will be as beautiful as the night and that we shall also shine as stars in the sky. And so thoughtfully, regretfully, hopefully, expectantly, we say farewell to dear E. A.—our “Alma Mater”’. Klazina D. Kwiken Farewell Fare-thee-well our dear Academy We shall now thy banners unfurl, We shall honor and uphold thee In this vast and changing world. We, the class of 1937, are ready to go forth from the halls of Eastern Academy. Although we are eager to find our place in the world, we dishke the twelve