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

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Class History ln February, 1933, a group of innocent, bashful Freshies came to Chris- tian High to be enrolled as students. After a few days of wanderings these children became better acquainted and were given an enthusiastic Wel- come by the student body in the session room. ln September a group of equally green Freshmen arrived. These, with those who arrived in February, joined to form the Class of '36, Our class was given its official welcome at an outing at the Garfield Park, at which both faculty and student body were present. Later in the month we organized to form the Sophomore Class. At this first class meeting we were introduced to our sponsor, Mr. B. Fridsma. William Huizingh, who graduated with the Class of '35, was chosen to be our first president. Our meetings throughout the year were very successful, since we managed to have an entertaining program every time we met. It was during this year that the Student Participation Council was organized. We are glad that we had a part in its formation. We have been represented at its meetings regularly by some of our able classmates. ln the fall of 1934, we gathered in the session room and elected Don Bouma to be our president during our Iunior year. He was our former Vice- Secretary-Treasurer and proved to be a very successful leader. Our monthly meetings this second year included much more business than those of the former year. We had short programs, but much of the time was devoted to preparations for the lunior-Senior Party. This was given as a farewell to the departing seniors on May 24, 1935, at the Central Reformed Church. It was the great and memorable feature of our Iunior year. Following this, of course, were the exams and then the much-needed summer vacation. The following September, we entered upon our last year at Christian High as dignified Seniors. We could hardly believe that we were Seniors, but soon almost unconsciously, we had assumed the responsibilities of the highest class in school. Don Bouma was re-elected president and the regular business was attended to in orderly fashion. The Memoir Staff was elected and began working at once. lt was at this time, too, that we took occasion to remember the marriage of our sponsor. The Senior class program was also a great event of this year. Toward the end of the semester We were bid fare- well by the Iunior Class at a very pleasant party. Although it was the busiest, we believe that this last year at Christian High was also the most enjoyable of the three. And now our work here is completed. We look forward with fond hopes and ambitions to the future, but we will always remember our Christian train- ing. May it be a foundation for true happiness in all our lives. We will ever hold in mind the days and companions at Christian High. We, the Class of '36, Wish to express our appreciation to all those who have been responsible for making our education a happy and successful one. We, especially, thank Mr. Fridsma for his patience with us, also the faculty and fellow-students. May God bless everyone! I IEAN GOULOOZE L 22 1

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Commencement Address Tonight we, the Class of 1936, are assembled for the last time as an organ- ized body. Tonight We receive the reward that is ours after three, and for some of us three and a half, years of diligent plodding along that stony yet pleasant road that is called High School Life. ' High school is considered to be the period in which our lives are molded and shaped according to the peculiar standards of the institution that we at- tend. How fortunate, then we are, that the institution from which we are about to be graduated is a Christian one and that we have therefore been molded according to Christian standards and principles. And let us sincerely hope that our newly-molded figure bears indelibly the impression of the Master. A Greek legend tells of a certain hero possessing two heads, one looking forward, the other backward. We high-school graduates can well be likened to this Grecian hero. As we stand on the threshold we at one time look for- ward and backward. We look back on our high-school career and while thus reminiscing make a two-fold resolution. First, we resolve to continue in past successes and to make our Christian education bear fruits. Secondly, we resolve to eradicate all bad habits and attempt to turn past failures into successes. We, as high-school graduates, also look forward. We have reached a turning point in our career. For some, graduation will mean the end of further systematic education. These will go out into the mad, whirling business world seeking positions hardly to be found. For others, graduation will mean a pro- motion from high-school training to a college education. So, tonight our paths divide. As we rapidly near the end of the road it is but natural that we look back with appreciative hearts for all those who have done so much for us during our stay at Christian High. First of all, we wish to express our deep apprecia- tion to those who have sacrificed so much to make our Christian education possible-our parents. Especially during the seven lean years has it been hard for them to provide so that their children could be educated the way they desired to have them trained. We would also express our hearty thanks to the faculty, who have constantly been not only our able instructors but also our friends and helpers. Undoubtedly we have been unappreciative of all that the teachers have done for us in molding our lives and steering us over the difficulties in our high-school career. But there will be a time when we will value their inestimable advice and friendship. Especially do we ap- preciate the friendly admonitions and leadership of Mr. Post, our genial prin- cipal, and Mr. Fridsma, our class sponsor, who have cooperated in every way for our good. We also wish to extend our thanks to the School Board for mak- ing possible a full school year even in the depths of the depression, and to the Ladies' Circle for its ever-willingness to work for the benefit of the school. Above all, however, our thanks are raised to God on high for giving us Chris- tian parents who will send us to a Christian school to be trained by staunch Christian teachers. . Now the curtain falls on our high-school days and it is with heavy hearts that we take leave of the many friends we have known among faculty and student body. But ahead of us lies a new road and each will travel his own course on that highway of life. Though we leave Christian High tonight as an organized class our hearts are ever with the school that molded our figure according to the standards of the greatest Teacher of all. DONALD BOUMA r 21 1

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Class Honors 0 1933-1934 Officers 1934-1935 William Huizingh President Don Bouma Robert Lamberts Vice-President Robert Lamberts Ruth Iurgens Secretary Iunette Idsinga Bud Hendrickson Treasurer Gordon Larnberts Don Bouma Vice-Sec'y-Treas. Ruth Iurgens Committees Motto and Text: George Smith, Stella Bel, Helen Van Eerden Flower and Colors: Ioan Dekker, llse Eerdmans, Bob Lamberts Outing: Dorothy Scholten, Clarissa De Hoag, Richard Steenstra Memorial: Ianice Van Haitsma, Edward Doezema, Henry Hekrnan Class Historian: lean Goulooze Class Text: 'Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wis- dom. -Proverbs 4:7a. Class Motto: Aim high, there's always room at the top. Class Colors: White and Orchid. Class Flower: Lily ot the Valley. Awards Bert Vanden Berg, Commercial Scholarship Medal Calvin College Freshman Scholarship All-round Girls' M. C. C. Cup All-round Boys' Alumni Cup 11231