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

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Il MR. E. R. POST Wit, like money, bears cm extra Value when it is rung down- - immediately it is wcmtedf' We Douglas lerrold

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The School Board Rev. H. Bel H. Broene S. Schaafsma I. Hekmcm H. Holtvluwer President Secretary Treasurer Dr. G. I. Broadman Prol. H. Dekker Prof. H. Ryskamp E. Fryling I. Vander Wal Vice-President Chairman CHGHYIIGU Educational Com Finance Com. Tempus fugit. lt seems but yesterday that the Class of l937 marched through the portals of Christian l-ligh into the world and here someone tells me that the editor of the Memoir is Waiting for a message from the Board to the Class of l938. Let me begin by assuring you that the Board rejoices with you and that we extend to you our heartiest congratulations as well as our sincere wishes for success. Youth is the time of hope and ideals, of vigor and ambition. Graduation time is one of the high spots that seems to bring the realization of our ambitions quite near. The panoramic View seems alluring. Your parents may face the future with misgiving but you are undaunted. This is as it ought to be. There is not a person in the world who has as much reason to be optimistic as a Christian young man or young Woman. God is on your side. The promises of God are your heritage. Why then should you feel discour- aged? lf you walk in Gods Way you cannot fail. On the other hand, youth also is the time of vanity. The danger of making snap judgment, of choosing wrong vocations, of accepting false standards of value, of being driven by impure motives into unchristian conduct is ever present. Your parents and your teachers have tried to condition you so that you might not be sidetracked. Christian High was established so that you might be thoroughly furnished unto every good work. Your teachers have worked for a mere stipend, the school board members have been willing to donate their services and your parents have been making great sacrifices so that you might live right in the sight of God and man. The school has served you, now is the time for you to serve your school. The best way to serve your school is to lead a life of service to God and man. The world counts those great who lord it over others. God calls those great who humble themselves and minister unto their fellowmen. Not what you get nor what you take from others counts but what you give. Remember the Words of Channing: i'The greatest man is he who chooses right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptation from within and from Without, who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menace and frowns, whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfalteringf' or better still, the Words of lesus: Whosoever will be great among you shall be your minister, for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. E101

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TOP ROW Miss Elizabeth Musselman, AB., Western State Teachers College. Shorthand, Typing. Mr. B. Fridsma. AB., Calvin College, Columbia University, University ot Michigan. German, Latin. Mr. Claus Beukema, A.B., University ot Michigan. Mr. Clarence Pott. AB., Calvin College, A.M., Uni- versity of Michigan, English, Debating. Mrs. Trena Haan, Western State Teachers College AB. Calvin College. Music, English, Arithmetic. Calvin College, A M, Inorganic Sciences, Mathematics. MIDDLE ROW Mr. I-'rank Vanden Berg, Michigan State Teachers College, B,Accts,, Davenport-Mclsaclilan lnstitute. Bookkeeping. Mr. Sidney Stuk. A B., Calvin College, University ol Michigan. Government, Economics, Commercial Geography. Miss Helen M. Zcrndstm, A.B., Western State Teachers College, University of Chicago. English, Art, Dean ot Girls. Mr. Renne I. Dornbush, AB., Western State Teachers College, A,M., University of Michigan. Shorthand, Commercial Law. Mr. M. H. De Vroome, AB., Calvin College, M.Sc., University of Michigan. Organic Sciences, Mathematics. Mr. I. I. Fles, Muskegon Commercial College. Salesmansliip, Librarian. BOTTOM ROW Miss Frances Vander Mey, AB, Calvin College, A.M., University oi Michigan. History, Latin, linglish. Rev. William Stuart, H.B.S., Netherlands, Calvin College, BD., Princeton Seminary, University ol Leipsig. Bible, Church History Mr. E. R. Post, Calvin College, A B , A M., University of Michigan, Principal. 12 Mr. Frank I. Driesens, Calvin College, AB, Mich' igan State Teachers College, University ol Michigan Modern Languages, History, Registrar: Mr. Iohn De Haan. Calvin College, AB., Western State Teachers College, A M., University ol Michigan. Mathematics, Physics, Latin. Miss Wilhelmincr Vertregt, AB Calvin College, Northwestern University. English.