Eastern Academy - Echoes Yearbook (Paterson, NJ)

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1937———EASTERN ACADEMY==== 1937 Alumne Notes Four of our Alumni are working in New York City. John De Leeuw is working in the National Trust Bank, and George De Boer is employed by the Cress Co. Wilham Huizing is working in the Chase National Bank and William Bush for the Firestone Rubber Co. 1 Sadie Bangma has entered the Passaic General Hospital. I After many weeks of hard work the Alumni Music Club presented the Operetta “Pirates of Penzance.” The program was a great success. 7 In the Special Issue of the Envoy (October, 1936) we reported on a num- ber of our 1936 graduates. Regarding the rest of our 1936 Alumni: What a line up: Karl De Waal Malefyt, Jewel Belanus, Philip (Flip) Band- stra and Jacob Vander Meulen are all employed by their fathers. I guess it’s much easier to work for your father. 7 Petronella Haagsma is employed as assistant bookkeeper by the Lont Overkamp Pub. Co., of Paterson, N. J. 7 Henrietta Soodsma has entered St. Joseph’s Hospital and enjoys it very much. Her pal, Cornelia Vanden Bosch, is at present staying home. 7 John Veenstra works in the Little Falls Laundry. I Jeanette Sikkema was quite fortunate in securing work and has joined Jeanette Greydanus in the Radburn Bank. I Rena Damsma is at present doing domestic work and Andrew Jeltes is working for his uncle. 1 James Greydanus works for the D. 8. Silk Co. in Clifton, and Margaret Huizer is occupied in a packing factory. Don’t be discouraged, Margaret! There’s plenty time ahead for improvement. 7 Ruth Verblaauw is employed by the Aetna Insurance Co. of New York City. Time to sign off now, With Love, Seribe ’38 Athletics Since this is the only issue of the “Envoy” that has appeared this semester I will give you a brief resumé of the 1937 baseball team. Our team had a good season this year winning 6 and losing 2. First I will give you the list of regulars: L.F.—N. Bruining Ss.—R. Veenema C.F.—P. De Vries C.—C. La Fleur 1b —W. Eelman P.—Bush, Meima and De Vries 2b.—C. Buis R.F.—B. Steen 3b.— J. Zuidema nineteen

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1937 = EASTERN ACADEMY=——= 1937 evening will be Professor R. B. Kuiper of Philadelphia. Several of the above pupils have signified their intention of enrolling in the Eastern Academy this fall. Why not all? Parents, do not break the chain unnecessarily to the detri- ment of your child. ‘Do not these links belong together, viz.: Christian home, Christian church, Christian school, and Eastern Academy? Remember the High school age is a very dangerous age. We must be doubly on our guard, and behold what a blessing of God that we have Christian institutions built for the express purpose of aiding you in the training of the children whom the Lord entrusted to your care. In the day of judgment can you meet ‘your Saviour with a clear conscience? Have you done all you could? G. Bos IU RIVERSIDE SCHOOL NEWS A few more weeks of testing and program drilling and another school year will be ended. The question has been asked how many more years will we be fable to continue our school. During the last seven years the enrollment has decreased from 104 to 82 children. A few years ago it has been as low as 76 children. It’s the old story, not all that could send their children. Sometimes I fear that mere tradition instead of principle is carrying us along. ‘Whither Bound” might indeed be prayerfully considered. A few weeks ago it did indeed look like a small school when many pupils were quarantined on account of mumps and scarlet fever. Most of them are again back in the ranks. One of our pupils, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Van Dyke has been confined to her bed since last September. Her trouble is, epi- thesis of the hips which is being corrected by weights. It’s a very long process. At my weekly visits I receive an inspiration. Her gallant, patient spirit is a marvelous thing to behold. About two weeks ago a fifth and eight grade pupil met with an accident while riding a bicycle together. One of them received minor bruises while the other is still confined to the hospital with a splintered arm. A warning not to ride tandem on a single seated bicycle. Some time ago I was invited to visit the new school on East 18th Street. What a building and what equipment! A gym. second to none. On one of the floors three successive small rooms were fully equipped representing a kitchen, dining room and bedroom. Obviously these rooms are used to teach domestic science. Each room was equipped with a loud speaker. What a poor outfit we have compared with such a school. Fortunately there can be teaching with a teacher on one end of the log and the pupil on the other. Did this visit dis- courage me? Not at all. In fact it gave me added courage. To think that our parents are willing to sacrifice these luxuries for their children in order that they may obtain a training which under the guidance of the Holy Spirit might make their souls beautiful and most glorious, is to see faith in action. May this faith of ours be strengthened so that we will gladly continue this important phase of Kingdom work until the end of time. During the last seven years less than 50% of our graduates go to Eastern Academy. That’s a pity. Let’s be sincere about this business. Let our faith be tested, put it squarely (reverently speaking) up to our Heavenly Father and tell Him about our financial difficulties if that be the reason. If that be not the reason, then ... then, make your own conclusions. R. Hommes. eighteen

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1937 ——— EASTERN ACADEMY=———= 1937 On April 28 E. A. traveled to Pennington Park to play St. Joe’s. This game was Academy’s first win and proved to be St. Joe’s third setback. Our whole team played fine ball throughout the game. Besides limiting them to only three hits and fanning eleven, Doug Bush also hit out two singles and batted home three runs. The only time our team was in trouble was in the fourth when two of St. Joe’s men hit safely and a pair of errors permitted two runs to come across. The final score was 4—3 in favor of E. A. On May 3 E. A. dropped a heartbreaker to St. Mary’s at Totowa Oval, the score being 12—5. We had three different pitchers in the box, namely, Doug Bush, Bob Meima and Pete De Vries. Between the three of them they managed to hold St. Mary’s pretty well. In this game our second baseman, Neil Buis, hit a three base hit. In spite of the score our team was determined to give them a better game in the near future. On May 7 E. A. captured its second victory of the season when it scored a 2—0O shutout triumph over St. Luke’s at Haledon Recreation Field. Doug Bush and Johnny Krupinski hooked up in a pitching duel, but Doug came out the winning pitcher. He allowed only three safeties and fanned ten men. In ‘the second inning Zuidema’s single produced both runs, Steen and Eelman com- ing across after getting on previously with hits. Our veteran mound ace also starred at the plate with a double and single to his credit in three trips. In fact our whole team hit well in this game. On May 13 E. A. traveled to Montclair to play Montclair High. Our boys got off to an early lead and maintained it throughout the entire game. Eelman’s timely hitting, three out of three times at bat, was one of the biggest factors in winning the game. He also batted two runs across. Our pitcher, Doug. Bush, was not up to his usual form, however, he struck out five men. He had good backing by the entire team. E. A. chalked up a well earned victory by a score of 38—2. On May 21 E. A. met St. Joe’s again at the Haledon Recreation Field. It was a nip and tuck game. The batters of both teams made well placed hits and at the right time. The score was 4—4 until the last inning when an error by one of our men caused the winning run to come across for the benefit of St. Joe’s. Our pitcher, Doug Bush, again pitched the entire game striking out five men. Eh. A. played a fine brand of ball throughout the entire game and gave the pitcher good support. The game ended with the heartbreaking score of 5—4 with E. A. on the wrong end. On May 25 E. A. again broke back into their winning streak by defeating St. Luke’s 6—4 at Allendale. Throughout the game our team had well placed hits. Although the umpire was against our team very frequently, this did not daunt our players. Instead of giving up they went into the game and showed their sportsmanship. In this game our other pitcher, namely, Bob Meima, pitched the entire game. He came through very well and struck out 6 men. Both our infield and out- field showed some very good playing and managed to take care of the few scattered hits. On June 4 E. A. played Montclair at the Pennington Park Field. Again in this game Meima pitched the entire game. Meima allowed only five hits and struck out eight men. Besides having a good day in the pitcher’s box, Meima also did well at bat and batted in a run. In the third inning E. A. really went to town. We scored all our five runs in this inning. Steen led the batting attack with two singles. This game was EK. A.’s second shutout game of the season. The final score was 5—O in favor of E. A. twenty