Grand Rapids Christian High School - Memoir Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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Class History It was in the same year that F. D. Roosevelt was elected President that Christian High School was enriched by the arrival of an imposing array of innocent new students. After we had developed such a degree of intelligence as to be able to distinguish teachers from students and to find our way about funder the condescending guidance of awe-inspiring upperclassmenl -we began to organize. After the September group of freshmen had arrived and inherited all of our greenness, we met under the genial guidance of our sponsor, Mr. Driesens, and elected officers. At Christmas that year, we proved that even freshmen could be used for a good purpose, by participating in the distribution of Christmas baskets for the poor. Our first class president, Ray Meyering, funder whose friendly leadership we prospered welll has since been taken away by death. We remember him with sorrow. After our first summer vacation from high school we came back in Septem- ber, l933, with all kinds of after-vacation health and enthusiasm. With Alfred Strikwerda as skipper, we Iuniors began to sail along right merrily. After our friendships had been renewed, and we had been initiated into the various organizations at school again, we undertook to welcome the Freshies at Gar- field Park with hot dogs, punch, games, and a real ripsnortin' good time. fMr. Post: No hazingl -Alas! lj Then a problem which lasted throughout that year began to annoy us - we had no money! But we resourceful Iuniors managed to scrape through somehow by resorting to innumerable money- raising schemes, such as sponsoring a husky magazine collecting committee, I. O. U.'s, promissory notes, rummage sales, pie sales, programs, dues-collect- ing committees, and what have you. The last of our activities that year was a farewell send-off to the Seniors by means of a Iunior-Senior Party - after which many blushing Iunior boys took certain equally blushing lunior girls home for the first time in their livesl Next September H9345 we woke up and found ourselves Seniors. What a grand and glorious feeling! This last year has been our busiest but most en- joyable year at Christian I-ligh as a class. Our election of Iulia Borgman Cand can she keep orderll as president was the first step in a general feminist move- ment in Christian High-which included girls as Senior class president, as editor of the Emblem, and editor-in-chief of the Memoir A little later we began our varied Senior activities in earnest. What with complicated Memoir supervision, class rings and pins, class flower, motto, text, and memorial com- mitteesha class song, Senior pictures, and much more red-tape - we managed to keep fairly busy. Then we began preparations for a Senior program. This also turned out very successfully. Toward the end of the semester the Iuniors extended their farewell to the Seniors at a very pleasant and entertaining party. In the midst of all this activity, however, we were saddened by tidings of two deaths. First, we received the news that one of our classmates, Ryven Ezinga, had lost his mother. lust a few weeks later Hay Meyering, after a very sudden and severe illness, passed away. We offer our sincere sympathy to their loved ones and trust that God has sanctified these experiences to their hearts and to ours. And now as to our feelings at graduation! Well, we can't conscientiously admit that we are tearful at the prospect of leaving school for awhile, but- sincerely - we certainly enjoyed many wholesome and happy experiences at Christian I-ligh. For the friendly and sympathetic atmosphere, for the loyalty and understanding of the faculty, and for all the practical as well as textbook lessons that we have learned here we are very grateful. Thus we bid adieul A. H. u no

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Commencement Address Our graduation day has arrived, we have passed the last milestone in our journey through high school, and are now ready to ascend that broad steep road of life. Our life at high school has been a period of molding of our characters and of erecting a firm foundation based on that immovable word of God. Now we have spanned that chasm between childhood and adulthood. From the sorrows and disappointments that have come to us, we have learned to face life more honestly and bravely. The thought expressed in our class motto we shall set as our goal, so that some day we may be able to say humbly, We have tried, trusted, and now we triumph. Q And as we meet here tonight for the last time as students of Christian High it is altogether fitting that we express our appreciation to those who have aided us in receiving our instruction. First of all, we are very grateful to our parents, who have so nobly sacrificed during these distressed times to aid us in build- ing that firm foundation, and it is our aim and desire that our future lives will be found worthy of this great sacrifice. We would also thank our teachers, who have given us instruction, the tools which we are to use in our future workg and who have by teaching us to understand the basic principles of life also taught us how to live, for in the words of our class text, Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it. Although at times we have appeared lax in our appreciation, I am sure that as the years go on, we will more and more value their friendship and admonitions. In this respect also we are grate- ful to Mr. Driesens, our sponsor, and to Mr. Post, our principal, who have shown so much human interest in us, and who were always ready to give us advice and to aid us over the rough spots in our career, not only as a class, but also as individuals. We are deeply appreciative also to the Board, the Ladies' Circle, and other organizations who have given their time and energies for the interest of the school. But above all, we are grateful to God, who makes all things possible and who gives us life itself. Our last year has given us a deeper insight into the seriousness of life. One of our classmates, Ray Meyering, was suddenly taken away by death. His passing made us pause to dwell upon the fact that life is transitory, that all things changep but also that God stands above the vicissitudes of life, protecting, or taking his children unto himself, according to his divine will. And now our high school days are over, and it is with sorrow that we part from friends among teachers and students, and leave behind us things we hold so dear, but we look forward to a glorious future where each in his own way will play his part. We hope that the ideals taught at Christian High will remain with us through the years, that we will dedicate our services to our fellow man, and always strive for the honor and glory of the Master of all. Iulia Borgman an 21 ms

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Class Honors 0 1932-1933 Officers 1933-1934 Raymond Meyering President Alfred Strikwerda Lois Boer Vice-President lay Baker Ioan Stevens Secretary Helen Mae Hoogsteen Peter Rickers Vice Sec'y-Treas. Ioan Stevens Committees Motto: Annette Streelman, Carolyn Smits, Henry Bosch Text: George Kuipers, Nellie Van Zwoll, Lawrence Hoekman Colors: Rose Groendal, Magdalene Cook, Stella Van Doorne Flower: Vivian Thomasma, Donald Boes, Etta Hoekstra Program: William Huizingh, Ioan Stevens, lean Rodenhouse Outing: Ernest Feenstra, Stella Dykstra, Hudson Holtvluwer Memorial: Andrew Hoekema, Theresa Boersma, Andrew DeVries sl- 'k it al' ir Class Text: Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it. -Proverbs 16:22 Class Motto: Try, Trust, and Triumph. Class Colors: Baby Blue and White. Class Flower: Gardenia 'lr Awards: Bert Vanden Berg, Commercial Scholarship Medal Calvin College Freshman Scholarship All-round Girls' M. C. C. Cup All-round Boys' Alumni Cup on n