Eastern Academy - Echoes Yearbook (Paterson, NJ)

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U0 All OLU' Pea! tl'QCl,6bU 0 PHUPHEIIY Christian Evangelism p and Ioan Rypkema, authoress of the enlightening book entitled Reformed Principles Versus Modern Art. Then, noticing that the program was about to end, I prepared to leave. At the door I met Betty Lanting, the famous artist whose latest works were now being exhib- ited at the National Art Galleries. In the conversation which ensued she told me many interesting things about former class- mates of mine. She was most enthusiastic about the fact that a new Eastern Academy building had just been erected, and that Sam Van Der Wiele had been appointed principal. She also stated that several other appointments had been made after the con- struction of the new building. Frances Ruit and Angie Orbeck were appointed clerks and Ethel De Vries was appointed private secretary to the prinripal. Appointed janitor was Harvey Prins, while Herman Kuiken had received the position of grounds-keeper since the Academy now boasted of a beau- tiful campus. Serving as new teachers were Sylvia Machiela. charged with the com- mercial departmentp Marilyn Pelgrim, teach- er of mathematics, Bill Zuidema, German teacherg Mary Stam, new addition to the science staftp lean Wattez, introducing stud- ies in Arty Grace Van Dyk, teacher of Latin: and Lorraine Locker and Milo Veenstra, in- structors in girls' physical education and boys' physical education respectively. Taking leave of Miss Lanting, I walked downtown to my hotel. Passing a news- stand selling out-of-town newspapers, I bought a copy of the Paterson Morning Crier, which had been recently purchased by Sam Van Grouw. Glancing at the first page I saw that Edward Van Schepen, New Iersey Senator, was to speak in Paterson that evening. I also noticed that Passaic County was in the midst of a hot political reform headed by Sidney Vander Wert and Harry Hommes, both running for seats in the City Council. Turning to the editorial page. I saw that Walter Brolsma was now creat- ing cartoons for the Morning Crier and that Cornelius Bushoven was one ot the con- tributors to the editorial page. There was also an interesting account of the results of atomic research carried on by Florence Riemersma and Nick Vanderkooi. On the sports page I noticed a striking basketball picture taken by Lyman Van Winkle, sports photographer. The picture showed a tense moment in a game between Paterson's two new professional basketball teams-the Paterson Bombers, coached by A1 Smith, and the Paterson Eagles, Arriving at my hotel I was cheerily greeted by Richard Pontier, the hotel's man- ager. Passing through the lobby I noticed Marie Woudenberg sitting alone in an al- cove. Walking over, I sat down and started talking to her. She told me that she was on vacation from the bank where she was em- ployed. She told me that working at the bank with her were Radia Vieldhouse, Ruth Sikkema, Ioan Boonstra, and Ruth Faber. She also informed me that several of our former classmates, namely, Martha Fisher, Trina Gros, Iessie Hamersma, and Evelyn de Waal Malefyt-were employed at the Chris- tian Sanatorium and that they had all tian Sanatorium and that they had all received Nursing degrees. Asking Marie why she was alone I was told that she was waiting for her two companions-Marilyn Kievit, famous deititian, and Huberta Bakker, now a model-who were going to accom- pany her to the train, since she was about to leave for the West Coast. Taking leave ot her I went up to my room reminiscing on the happy occasions which had permitted me to either see or hear of all my former classmates, the 49ers.

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. . . jar if ia in flue fufur An outburst of applause greets Rever- end Van Staalduinen, dean of Calvin Sem- inary, as he rises to deliver his address on The Christian in a Non-Christian World. The scene is the new Calvin College Audi- torium, recently built by the A. Visbeen Construction Co., whose president and owner is A1 Visbeen. It is August 16, 1964. the final night of the Youth's Bible Confer- ence, which is held annually during the week of August 10-16, at Calvin College. Rev. Van Staalduinen is the main speaker, and his address embodies the theme of the conference. Looking over the audience from my seat in the balcony I notice many celebrities in the audience. On my left were Bernie De Leeuw, and Al De Roo, known to thousands of basketball fans as the mainstays of the great New York Knickerbocker team. Sit- ting directly in front of them was Stu Sisco, Knickerbocker coach, with his Mrs., the former Susan Sonderfan. Behind this group I saw Don Struyk, professor of inorganic chemistry at Calvin College, sitting beside Don Iongbloed, famous engineer. On my right I noticed Marilyn Drukker, Society Editor for the New York Times, sitting with Marjorie Van Kluyve, famous radio comedienne. Behind them were sit- ting Bernard Van Heemst, young president of the Van Heemst Publishing Co., and Richard Houskamp, famous horticulturist, noted for his experiments with flowers. Seeing no more people whom I recog- nized, I took out my copy of the program for the evening to see what I had missed by arriving late. The program this last eve- three selections by the Calvin College Choir under the direction of Garret Hage- dorn, noted choral director. Featured with the group as soloist was Elizabeth Van Dyk, the great singing star of the Metropolitan ning of the Conference had opened with 38 CLASS Opera House. Following the choir were two short dissertations: one, by Rev. Howard Rienstra, on Ministry as a Profession g the other by Henrietta Faber on Being a Mis- sionary. Next Agnes Van Ostenbridge, re- nown concert pianist, played two selections, both composed by Barney Kamp, who had recently come into the limelight with his delightful melodies. Suddenly there was a bright flash, and I became aware of Albert Vanden Berg tak- ing pictures for his paper, the Daily Bugle. Very near him was Nancy Pelgrim, hurriedly taking notes for her story in the same paper, which is owned by Helen Sikkema and has Marie Hoogenhuis as its Editor. Rev. Van Staalduinen having ended his talk, I took an opportunity to mentally re- view the past week's hurried activities. Monday and Tuesday had both been de- voted to discussing aspects of Christian medicine. The committee in charge of ob- taining speakers for the conference, com- posed of Eleanor De Vries, Russell Voor- man, Carolyn Vroon, and Arthur Hooger- hyde, all four figures noted in the literary world, presented several speakers on Christian medicine. Wendell Rooks spoke on Christian Psychiatry, Ivan Tanis spoke on The Doctor's Slant g Edward Gall spoke on Psychology: and Wilma Lamring spoke on Nursing. Wednesday and Thursday were devoted to Christian politics. Again there were four speakers: Henry Kort, on Na- tional Politicsg Ray Sisco, on Lawp Ann Sy- besma, on Women In Politics g and Ianet De See, on The Christian's Relation to Democracy. On Friday and Saturday, the Conference was the seat of discussion on current books. Among those discussed, were books by lack De long, author of Origin of Christian Philosophy p Bert Bysterbusch, au- thor of The German Anti-Christ g Henry Douma, writer of the series of volumes on

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