Eastern Academy - Echoes Yearbook (Paterson, NJ)

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1937; SS PAS TERNEACADEMY === 119 37 our unity in this cause, and each one contributing of his time, energies, interests and material blessings, we as Calvinists can accomplish much with our Christian School System. “For God and unto God” we have dedicated our schools, let us go forward to His praise. Although there was $517.50 more raised in this campaign than the year before, we still were short about $2,000. This deficiency the Board of Directors is making efforts to cover. The preliminaries for the Campaign for 1937-38 to be held next fall, October 18 to 29, are well under way. Special attention has been given to the necessity of advertising our Eastern Academy and bringing its needs and activities before the attention of our people. On October 10 we hope to distribute about 2,000 copies of a special Campaign Issue of the Envoy to our Christian Reformed people. The entire Eastern Academy student ‘body is eagerly looking forward to the rendering of a cantata on October 13; this chorus will comprise about 150 voices. Friday, October 15, a parent-teacher meeting will be held. The faculty hopes that all parents will avail themselves of the opportunities afforded at such.a meeting. The athletic association of the school is also expecting to participate in the activities by sponsoring special athletic events. God’s blessing upon our institution is indispensable, and this is recognized by its faculty, students, board of directors, and supporters. Because of this deep rooted conviction, the various consistories and pastors will be asked to devote a special service to this phase of kingdom work. Ceaseless prayer for the cause of Christian education, and constant reminders of our duties as follow- ers of the Christ also in the sphere of education, with God’s divine blessing, will make our Eastern Academy an ever greater blessing to our boys and girls, our community, state, nation, and God’s church. Let us always take a keen interest in those things that are really worth while, and express our interest by giving liberally. God blesses us for it. H. Brasser CoMPARATIVE REPORT OF EASTERN ACADEMY CAMPAIGN Total Total Increase Chr. Ref. Church 1935-36 1936-37 Decrease i dl BEN [Reet nr ache ee a tee ee eke $ 185.50 $ 269.50 $ 84.00 De UGS ONT terse. ie chee et) iat ie 468.00 480.00 12.00 (MRE Ce SOTM eke ea a ee L 413,75 421.35 7.60 TV COT SO tele es aes ees ey eel a sy 366.50 325.00 mateo ES CU iG lang ences har dG spiel 5 as 949.00 1,240.20 291.20 AW GYE Wt SS Las SE OR FR rete 158.50 155.40 ro LO IWPACISOURPA VCIIIIG mi neeen to. 0 wet NL ee 21.00 21.00 VEG aT one or kop ale es et 106.00 241.00 135.00 ISU T Te NRSC UO eR ie a Eel gare as 22° 169.00 2aa OU 64.30 J Eee FEW Ade ce pe EN Ses Sn Oa 10.00 34.00 24.00 Frog pectreb ark vik 2 i ewe sta ss 109.70 104.20 5.50 SUE SUleel et a eee tl Tg Oh 228.50 157.00 Bez bibl) $ 639.10 121.60 $3,164.45 $3,681.95 $ 517.50 fifteen

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1937 ——— EASTERN ACADEMY 1937 nursing, and still others are undecided. Here at E. A. the Class of 1937 has learned much (?), been benefitted by good associates, and has been prepared for the future. We regret the necessity of leaving old E. A., but we can not help it—we studied too much. We are grateful to our teachers for all they have done for us. We have made their tasks hard at times, but they have borne it all and helped us in the bargain. Again we say, “Thanks a million” Lubbertus Bos Academy Ylowsettes The annual program of the Eastern Academy Clubs took place at the Prospect Park Public School Auditorium on Wednesday, May 5. The program included two plays by the Forum Club and several selections by the Glee Club. The day after the wreck of the Hindenburg Adrian Bakker, a member of the Senior class, gave us an interesting account of seeing the Hindenburg as an eye witness. He also brought several fragments of the zeppelin. Dr. Berkhout paid us a visit last month and continued his talk of last year on “Hmergency Treatment.” Friday, May 28, was one of the most enjoyable days of the school term for the teachers as well as the students. In the morning it was our good for- tune to have with us Mr. and Mrs. Ramiah, the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kruithof. Mr. Ramiah is an Indian (from India, not America) and has the misfortune of being blind. E. A. has never been honored with a more delightful speaker; the student body was truly impressed by this man from India’s highest class who has been converted to Christianity and now assists his wife in her missionary labors. In the afternoon of this same day our third annual Amateur Hour Program took place. We had no classes at all in the afternoon for the program took up all of our time. The program included recitations, dialogues, plays and bands. There was also a spelling bee conducted by Mr. Vanden Bosch which was won by Dick Van Halsema. The winners of the main program were Billy Pruiksma for a recitation, “Jest “Fore Christmas”, members of the Sophomore class, and “Uncle Bos’s Hill-Bilhes.” At the time of this writing the Juniors and Seniors are looking forward to the annual Junior-Senior Banquet which will be held on June 11 in our “ovm’?, Among interesting fe: te of this banquet are the “Class Will” given by the departing Seniors and the “Class Prophecy” given by the Juniors, the hosts at this banquet. A great event in the lives of some twenty-nine of thirty Seniors will take place on June 24 in the First Holland Reformed Church of Passaic. Have you guessed what this event will be? Yes, to be sure, graduation. This evening will mark for the Seniors the end of high school life and the beginning of work for some and continued schooling for others. é- 4. Campaign The enormous amount of work performed for this Campaign by the Cap- tains and Workers, and the financial support given by the advocates of Christian Secondary Education, is, to say the least, appreciated very much. By feeling fourteen

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1937 ——— EASTERN ACADEMY 1937 Chustian School News MIDLAND PARK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL We’ve missed your “Envoy” so far this year and hope we may see it more often next year. Ours has been a busy school this past term and many changes have taken place. Our staff for next year will be somewhat different. Helen Ruiter will again be in Room One, Martha Voorman will be in Room Two, Jessica Mierop will continue in Room Three, Jeannette Tanis will take the place of Wilma Te Slaa in Room Four, and Walter D. De Kock will again be in Room Five. The training of our teachérs for next year ranges between three and five years—a record we feel quite proud of considering the size of the school. All but one of our teachers have attended our own Normal School at Calvin for at least one year. All the teachers have not completed their plans for the summer but Miss Mierop is planning on leaving for New Mexico June 21 and hopes to ;visit there for the summer. Miss Te Slaa is again teaching for six weeks at West Sayville and may also spend some of her vacation visiting with relatives in the West. Mr. De Kock and family hope to leave the morning after the Commencement Program for a two or three weeks vacation with relatives and friends in Michigan after which he hopes to complete his first year of Graduate study at Columbia University. This year we are having a double graduation as there are fifteen graduating from grade nine as well as fifteen from grade eight. We hope that all or at least most of the ninth grade graduates will continue their high school work at Eastern Academy in September. They have worked hard and, in most cases, well during the past year and we certainly would like them to continue in this same spirit in the future. They need your encouragement teachers and upper classmen. Our school ground has undergone a major change in that we have had a large steam shovel excavate and level it. We feel quite well satisfied with the change and hope to continue the improvements. I would like to tell you about our newly-organized baseball team but am a little timid just now, your players will tell you why, but you will hear more of them later. Why couldn’t each of our schools have a team and then play each other occasionally? We are having our Twenty-Fifth Annual School Day at Lindbergh Park in North Haledon on July 5. Every effort is being made to make this picnic bigger and better than ever before—we’re even having, ponies there for the “kiddies” to ride on—and we hope that the Patersonians, ete. will give us the same cooperation we always give them at Idlewild on Labor Day. An inter- esting day of entertainment has been planned. All friends who are interested are cordially invited to enjoy themselves with us. W. De Kock It NORTH FOURTH STREET CHRISTIAN SCHOOL The school year is drawing to its close and its many activities will belong to the past. In January several grades visited the Industrial Exhibition in the Y. M. C. A. In order to encourage Mr. A. Vandewende with his projeet and to stimulate the interest we sent different classes to see his miniature village. A composi- tion writing project was started and prizes were earned by some pupils of dif- ferent grades. sixteen