Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 464 of the 1930 volume:

COVER DESIGN In tribute to Dr. a. C. Van Raalte and the Pilgrim Fathers OF THE West ive reproduced THE PROPOSED MEMORIAL modeled by Leonard Crunelle, Scidptor, Chicago and Exhibited by the Committee Van Schelven — Dr. J. B. Nykerk — Anthony Rosbach MILESFtNE QF iqio Colors used in this book were conceived and executed by the Service Art Studios, Detroit COPYRIGHT 1 1 9 ? 0 NILVARD WICHER CHKTER MEErNCr Z- JIfjif ' F ' — ' r 1 1 XT Foreword In this, the Alumni edition of the Mile- stone, the Staff has tried to inspire a greater love for and association with our Alma Mater and a deeper realization of its ideals; to recall to your memory some happy hours, S07ne tvorthy honor for tvhich you struggled, some friend ivhom you once held dear, or some lictory tvhich you helped to gain. If the hook is able to do this, our work will hare been a success. College Classes High School Activities Athletics Features Alumni Humor Ijoday We dedicate this book to our Alumni — steadfast in the long toil of life, with a spirit daunted by no obstacles, indomitable, yet modest in achieve- ment. We, the Yout h of to- day, charge that you continue to hold high the torch of human progress, that as Lead- ers of Mankiiid, you fail }iot the challenge of the future. Tomorrow We, wh 0 are the Youth of today, fear- less, but intensely earnest accept the challenge of your past and shall go forth into the future to contrib- ute our part to a world in which per- sonalities expand, not limited by station. race, or color, to a world in which men recognize purpose Oj ' the divine f life. The CCLLCGC ' ' It was the untiring energy of a man inspired by a great vision that made Dutch colonization of Michigan a reality. The Reverend Albertus Van Raalte had made his decision in the summer of 1846, and it ivas in September of that year that he and his family ivith fifty-three follouers set sail from Rotterdam on the brig ' Southerner. ' The voyage jvas given Godspeed in psahn and prayer. Brummelkamp, a brother-in- law of Van Raalte, thus describes the part- ing: ' We, my itife and I, accompanied him (Van Raalte) and his family to the ship that should carry them oi er. Upon that ship ue again sang and prayed and com- mitted oiirseli es unto the Lord. ' Many times the genius for leadership ii hich Van Raalte had icas taxed to the utmost as his people needed continual c n c o n r a g c n: c u t and guidance. ' ' IMPRESSIONS OF BY HAROLD FORGOSTEIN of New York City Mr. Forgostein, a graduate of Carnegie Tech, is a brilliant young artist who has won wide acclaim in art circles by reason of his adept versatility. During the summer of 1929, Mr. Forgostein spent several days on Hope ' s campus translating its enchanting beauty to his lovely pencil drawings which are portrayed in the following pages. He was most enthusiastic in his admiration and reiterated the sentiments of that famous sculptor Lorado Taft who exclaimed on his first visit to Hope, Hope ' s campus truly has a friendly look! OUR ART THEME An appropriate art motif was chosen to be representative of this alumni dedication. It was felt that the history of this community and us sturdv set- tlers who founded our college could be singularly honored in a book dedicated to its illustrious alumni. The style of the art is strikingly periodic and the engravings are imitations of old wood cuts. Accompanying the lUustranons are interesting excerpts taken entirely from accurate historical accounts ot the community. The Staff is deeply indebted to Miss Marjorie ' aiidervekk young Cirand Rapids artist whose inyahiable assistance to our art editor Miss l.ucille W ak voord m produL ing these splendid draw ings is gratetullv ackiuw ledged . ! k ' r spontaneous originality, persistent ellori ,ind t onsuent lous work is a sonrce ot pride to the Stall. Till- klMUlK, 12  g| ND heard once more in college fane The storm their high-built organs mal e. And thunder-music, rolling, shake The prophet blazoned on the pane.jS t ]|l|1|T i7 C ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men. c Be strong. I hus lice and locc and icork and teach. - - - - J hy prize, a croivn: thy guerdon, life: The applause, Well done! thou good and Juiihl ul one. .- e41BAIL, Pilgrim Fathers of the West! With ' Splendid purpose in your eyes, Ye rolled the psalm to wintry spies ' Though oft discouraged and distressed. fs — Firsl sung by Dutch emigrants in 1846 when sighting land. o HluRyiy stone arising tier on tier, imlo a tower. Cheerful coices echoing of youthful flower Winding ak s. a tossing tree ami shaJe. I has do the passing years shape num and nun ' tl. ' .- cof|A IVY VINE. Soon auhl laui syne Will thy fond memory enshrine With college hall anJ elm and pine. c ' e| £ £ dwelt an aura of romance, (j And it were surely safe to chance That many lovers on its step Played Romeo and Juliet, fd •-■ ' l l THING of heauly is a Joy forever; Its loneliness increases: it will never Pass into nothini ness: but still will keep A hotver quiet fo) us. and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet hreathin ' . - Admin iSTi iTicN ' ' Once in the vast new America with his little band, Van Raalte traveled for six weeks during 1 846-47, systematically at- tempting to locate the proper site for settle- ment. Sometimes the Indians indicated the more fertile localities. Accompanied by Judge Kellog of Allegan, he traversed the region between the Grand and the Kalama- zoo Rivers. Sometimes on horseback, often on foot, crossing the icy rivers or ploughing through the deep snow they tvent, investi- gating the trees, soil, and fresh water possi- bilities. Ofttimes they became lost in the wilderness. Dr. Edward D. Dimnent, President After spending three years in the prep school here, and four years in the college work. Dr. Dimnent was graduated with honors in 1896. He enrolled at Western Theological Seminary for two years, in 1898 was instructor in Greek at Hope. His official positions were first Treasurer of the College and later Registrar. In 1918 he was elected college president. This June (1930) he resigned from the presidency after twelve years of oflice. He has been working for Hope College for forty-one years. Rtv. Thomas E. Welmers. A.M., B.D. Our present Registrar has a history that tells of many busy years. Graduated in 1903 from Hope, he went to Princeton Seminary for four years. Then he went to Berlm University, Germany, on a scholarship, where he studied languages for a year and a half. After a tour of Europe he returned to America. He was principal for ten years of the Northwestern Classical Academy. In 1920 he came to Hope again as Professor of Languages. In 1925 he assumed the work of Registrar. Prof. John B. Nyki rk, A.M., l.itt.D. The present held of tht l:ii,i;hsh dep.ui ment has fen s(i long hecii ,i p.ui ol llopt Cdllfge thai his persoii.iht ' is now ,iii iiukstnu tihie t h.ir.KH ristn ol his Aliii.i M.inr. A fact hindeiml hiii.i;i.iphv ol Hi Nykcik ' s (.mil will h ' Imiiul in tlu ' sci. 11,111 1,1 this .iiiiui.il .liAokd 11 ' iM.iuuy. I lis lis, liKin llu i.iiik 1,1 llu ,niliii,uv to ihr iiiiiisii.il IV|H ' ol siikK 111 IS .111 mil u si iiii; l,iK ' . Tlu luM ol ,M.il.MV h.is IcMi.!: lnVii Ins pii hiihln, .iiul ii l ,1 liIlK ol ||,,p(s pus. Ill p.isiiioii IS dm lo his simcss ill tills piiisuil. Mks W, H. Oi kh 1 . A.M. nininu lu i M.iis lit lOiisiu lUunis ouk.i 01, OUl Ol.Ul ol WiMlUll ll.ld lU llld loi IriscII ,1 Lisiiii.C pl.nc 111 tlu lu.iils ol lui assoii.ues. . itoi ,uii lulni,!; Cllx ilin. Mis. Durfce oht.iuud lui . Iv .u tlu I iumi sitv of New oik At kuik.i ( ollc.uc siu v,is OiMii ol Wonin. ti.uliin.c l- ' reiuli ;uul I ' liglish . ;;.iiii, .u IKddinu ( olUgi, slu l.iught luiuli .uul w.is lu.i.l ol tlu 1-nglish dip.innunt llu . ,M slu u Ceived liom tlu I ni iisu ol is onsi ii. nnjoiini: 111 l uiuli, slu k.inu lo I l.ipo 111 lOO ' i. Prof. Egbert Winter. A.M. Graduating from Hope College in 1901, this instructor took his degree from the University of Michigan. His history also includes a period of two years at semi- nary, resulting in his being ordained a minister in 1923. He was a principal at Cedar Grove Academy, Wisconsin. He also taught in Shelbyville, Illinois, Shelby, Michigan, and in Spring Lake, Michigan. In 1919 he took up work at his present post. Prof. Albert E. Lampen, A. M. After being graduated from the prepara- tory department of Hope College in 1905, Professor Lampen taught in Overisel. Then he spent three years studying at Hope, taking his degree in 1911. Since then he has spent terms at Wesetrn State Teachers College and Ferris Institute. In 1913 he won the Regent ' s Scholarship from Hope to the University of Michigan. He has held head positions at Gladwin, Michigan, at Winona College, at Wash- burn College, and now at Hope, where he heads the Mathematics Department. Prof. Bruce M. Raymond, A.M. Humorous anecdotes, floods of facts stated in an easy conversational way, and the invigorating charm of Mr. Raymond ' s own personality make the history course a popular one. A man of wide travel and v.t utilized observational powers, he has besides, a thoroughgoing knowledge of his subject. His work with the college debat ' ing teams has met with marked succes:. and he is himself well-known for his fair- ness in judging debates. Miss Metta J. Ross, A.B. There are those who are so engrossed in matters pertaining to the past that events of current interest entirely escape their attention. Especially is this true of pro- ponents of history, but indeed not so of Miss Ross. She is vitally interested in modern trends and is far from being what is termed a dusty historian. Miss Ross ittended Western State Teachers ' College, the University of Wisconsin, taking her A.B. at Hope College. « 23  Prof. Garret Van Zyl, Ph.D. Prof. J. Harvey Kleinheksel. Ph.D. Hope College ' s history is filled with inci- dents concerning faculty members who have done more than merely fill their required duties. Often we find an instruc- tor who does a great deal to aid in advancing his school ' s reputation. So it has been with Dr. Van Zyl. Affection- ately known as Doc by his students, this energetic and compact individual has built up and maintained at high standard our science department. Hope students nov.- secure science scholarships almost at will, due to this record of excellence. Among the Hope College faculty ' s younger set we have Professor J. Harvey Kleinheksel, chemistry and zoology in- structor here since 1928. In 1922 he first touched fame as a Hope College graduate, winning a chemistry assistantship to the University of Illinois. He remained in Urbana until he had won his degree of Ph.D. In 1927 he won his Master of Philosophy rating. During his work in the Illinois laboratories. Prof. Kleinheksel was present at the discovery of the new metal, Illinium. Prof, Clari:n(.i- Ki.i-i.s, A.M. Having enrolled M Hope ( iillc.t;!. pnp.ii.i- tory department in 1911, oui pies.ni I ' m fessor Kleis continual in ili.ii school until completion of its work in . 1 luii lie took up the colleye work Inn, .ni l w.i ' - giaduateil in l ' )l ' ' . . miuc ' ilun Ik li.i ' - worked one siiiiiiiu i ,ii ilu ( liu.igo Uni- vrisiiv s siiiniiK i m smoii, ,iikI liki iSf liM siimnurs ,n ilu riii iiMi oi MiJii i;,iii, w Ik 11 In look Ins M, . , I ' loli --m ' I Kl, IS l.iiit;lil our 1 .11 ,11 I l.iiiiillon, ,in.l w .is Snpi I I iilc iiilc 111 ol SiliouK .11 .S.iii.U.i liK k .11 OIK lime. Prof. C). P. ' rtioMP.soN. A.M. This insiriKtoi IS ,1 ii.iiiNc ot Ohio. r,ik- iiii; Ills pnlinun.uN work ,u i.olKu .s in Ins own St, III-. Ml. I ' lionipson took up gr.ulu.iti. woik ,11 (oiikII, Itluu.i. Nc ' ' olk. lU w ,is oiKe .1 high si liool pniu i- p.il ,it . n,!;nsi,i, ( ' liio. ,iltci tcuhini; two vt.iis 111 ini.il siluuils. ,nul suvinj; ,is .in insiiiKloi .11 Ml. I nion ( oIKu ' , his .Mni.i M.ilc I In I ' ' lu I .niu to I lopi ( olKur ;i Ik.uI ol tin woik 111 liioloi; . wimh post lir now holds. « 24  Rev. Paul E. Hinkamp, A.M., B.D. Our college pastor has had a varied career previous to his coming to Hope ' s campus. At one time he was a pastor in a Wis- consin church. Afte r some time spent in this manner the college asked him to take over the instruction here in philosophy and kindred topics. With the passing of the years and the opening of the new- department of religious instruction, Rev. Hinkamp assumed the position of college pastor, at the same time teaching the Bible courses. This is his present field of labor. Rev. Edwin Paul McLean. A.M. Graduating from Hope College in 1918, this amiable instructor enrolled success- ively at the Chicago University Graduate School, the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, and Columbia University, New York City, the latter also in graduate work. After these terms he returned to the University of Chicago Graduate School and also took up work at Northwestern School of Education. With a term of teaching at Morgan Park Military Acad- emy, Chicago, Mr. McLean came to Hope College to teach Religious Education. John H. Schouten, Physical Director ■ Mr. Schouten is in charge of all athletic activities of the campus. To everyone he is known as Jack and because of his jolly good nature he is a pal to all his athletes. This year at the All College Banquet Jack was presented with a silver cup, the gift of the boys who because of their close contact with him wishetl to show their admiration. His own character is responsible for making the fellows clean, fair, good sports. Rev. Walter Van Saun, B.D., Ph.D. During the course of the school year a new face entered our Hope College faculty circle. Hailing from the wild and woolly East, Dr. Van Saun is a native of Ohio, winning his Ph. D. degree in 1928 from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Van Saun came during the first semester as the much awaited and expected addition to the physiology and philosophy courses. His precision and methodic accuracy im- mediately struck a responsive chord in the academic hearts of his new studentry. « 25  Fkof. Irwin J. Lubbt.rs, A.M. Well kiuiwn for his high quality of work in oi-atory and debating during his petiod of enrollment here as a student, Professor Irwin Lubbers caught up this same fine strain of conduct upon assuming his posi- tion here in the English department. Ever an unusually ambitious man, Prof. Lubbers left Hope College on a limited leave of absence a year ago to take up work ai Northwestern University, Evanston, III. At the time of release of this Milestone he will have earned his Doctor ' s degree in education. He has recently decided to take up work away from Hope. Prof. Roland P. Gray, a.M. A very human and affable professor and author is he, whose conversation we have always found of deep interest. Prof. Gray received his A.B. at Columbia University and his A.M. at the University of Roches- ter, where he later wa ; assist.int professor in the English department. At the Uni- versity of Maine he w.is htad ol llie I ' .ng lish department. Hi- look gi.idii.iK. work at Harvard, ' ,dc, ,nid Oxford. After some time al lilmira and Kenk.i ( olleges Ik t.nne lo Hope. Prof, DkWitt Clinton Spraciii;, A.M. Among the new people who joined the faculty with the opening of the 1929 fall term was Professor Sprague. As it hap- pens with every new instructor. Prof. Sprague gained more than a little fame among the studentry for his personal traits, among them being his willingness to conduct his courses along oral reading lines and his capacity of discoursing upon his wife ' s abilities as a painter of can- vases. It was always noted that his classes semed to have a jolly time, judging from their frequent outbursts of laughter. Prof. Deckaru Ritter, A.M, Ani)ther of Hope College ' s new faculty members this past year was Professor Deckard Ritter, instructor in English. His achievements of the year fall into three groups, his successful work as a teacher, his publication of the Pegasus ' Pony, and his taking unto himself a wife. Tem- porarily the unmarried state of Prof. Ritter causctl ,i subdued flurry among the more pl.iyfid of our (.o-eds, but this un- warrantecl stir soon ceased. ' VC ' ith the com- ing of Christmas, and later of Spring vacation, final proof of his matrimimial intentions were m.uk publii. So estab- lisheil, Ik ' augurs great things on Hope ' s 1. .impus. « 26  Miss Laura A. Boyd, A.M. Oft times recurrs that question, aLe in- structors people? With our mind ' s eye upon Miss Boyd we answer most emphati- cally Yes! Miss Boyd received her A.B. at Tarkio College in Missouri and her A.M. in the following year at the Uni- versity of Missouri. She then taught Latin and German in the preparatory depart- ment of Tarkio College. Next, at Sterling College in Kansas, she was head of the department of foreign language, instruct- ing in French, Spanish and German. Now she is one of Hope ' s best loved faculty members. Prof. Willard H. Robinson, Ph.D. The German department has had two dis- tinct divisions during recent years: to wit. Miss Laura Boyd ' s part which stayed, and the other part which shifted. Among the most recent of the changeables was Prof. Robinson, tall, amiable and humorous. When he was impressively introduced locally as the author of a volume on Bible stories, the students grew to expect less of a playful nature than they found in Prof. Robinson. However, he proved himself a thorough good sport in all student activities. Prof. Albert H. iimmhr, A.M. The foreign language department at our school is made up of several capable indi- viduals, among them being Prof. Timmer of the Latin department. Curly-haired, mild tempered, and pleasing, this long- time friend of Hope College has held sway over the advanced students in the realm of amo, amas, amat for several years. While not breaking into print as much as some of the other faculty mem- bers. Prof. Timmer has conducted his de- partment with the precision and firmness indicative of a ' Hope man. Miss Neli.a Mkyer, A.B. Our talented Miss Meyer of the School of Music and French department took her first two years at Hope. She received her A.B. at the University of Wisconsin and did graduate work at Berkeley, California and Columbia University. As to music, she had five years at Hope Conservatory, a period of study at the Ypsilanti con- servatory, and two years with Rosina Lhe- vinne in New York. She gave private in- struction in piano in both New York City and Searsdal. « 27  Pkof. W. Curtis Snow Mrs. Anna Mk.haI ' .lson Mr. Snow c.mic tn ljs from Moniiii .sidc, lowrt, and throu li lii.s charming person- ality and exceedingly generous use of his musical talent he has made himself an in- dispensable part of the college. During the year he instituted the bi-weekly vesper services enjoyed by town and gown alike. The brilliant beginnings of the chapel choir which he organized and directs is an example of what good will and fine train- ing can do in a short time. Mrs. Anna Michaelson, nur junior teacher in voice, studied under such well known teachers as Mrs. Wickstrom, Mrs. Aid- worth and Mrs. Fenton. For many years she has been director of Music in Soutli Congregational Church in Grand Rapids. Mrs. Michaelson is very well known as a concert and oratorio singer throughout the state of Michigan. She is a member of the Arion Trio which is much in de- mand by music-lovers in Grand Rapids. Mrs. H. J. Karsten Throughout the year, chapel services have been enriched by the artistic rendition of old masterpieces by Mrs. Karsten. She is a valued member of our School of Music and although she has not been with us long she has shown active interest in all college activities. Those who studied ■ under Mrs. Karsten have delighted us with their presentations and reflect much credit on their teacher. Mrs. Grach Dudley Fenton Mrs. Grace Dudley Fenton, head of the voice department, received her training in the American Conservatory in Chicago and in Germany. She studied under the famous Karelton Hackett, Gertrude Mur- dough, Adolph Weidig, Mine. Johannes Gadski, and Mine. Delia Valeri, and is well known both as a concert and oratorio singer throughout the Middle West. Many of her pupils have attained success in opera and concert. Under her direction the college Glee Clubs have made an enviable name for themselves. « 28  Miss Agnes Tysse, A.B. This year an assistant librarian was added to the staff in the person of Miss Agnes Tysse, who is a graduate of Hope College. Miss Tysse is characterized by her friend- liness, and readiness to help in all situa- tions. As a guide at reading either in re- cent literature or along classical lines, she is most valuable. Miss Magdaline De Free Ask Miss De Free. Questions no one- else can answer are referred to her. Keen, understanding, sympathetic, but firm, Miss De Free is a person on the campus, and has been ever since her advent about fif- teen years ago. She reads widely and in- telligently, and expresses herself with a succinctness Calvin Coolidge might envy. Although not trained m a library school. Miss De Free has done a remark- able piece of work in cataloguing, and arranging a library of some twenty-eight thousand volumes. Miss La Vada G. Fulmer. A.M. A vivid sense of humor and a depth of understanding has endeared her to us. Miss Fulmer obtained her A.B. at Findley college, and is also a graduate in violin from the Western Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific Conservatory. She received her A.M. at Grove City College in Eng- lish and History. She then took special work at the University of Fittsburgh and taught English for a period of two years in the public schools of Pennsylvania. After two years of teaching at Findley College she became one of us. Mrs. Edith Walvoord Mrs. Walvoord ' s pleasant countenance is best known to Voorhees girls and the young men who take their repast in the Hall, for she holds the position of matron and is responsible for the dining room. It is to her that girls turn in case of ill- ness and stress and her ready understand- ing has eased many a situation. « 29  The Board of Trustees of Hope College GENERAL SYNOD MEMBERS Hon. G. J. Diekema, LL.D United Sttites Embassy, Hague, Netherlands Rev. Daniel A. Poling, D.D., L.L.D 2i East 22nd Street, New York City Mr. C. M. McLean, L.L.D 191 West 12th Street, Holland, Michigan Mr. P. J. Kriekaard, M.D llOJi Alpine Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan Hon. C. J. Den Herder 43 East Central Avenue, ' Leeland, Michigan Rev. John A. Dykstra, D.D 2il Lyon Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan Rev. Edgar F. Romig, D.D 50 Seventh Street, New York City Rev. E. W. Thompson, D.D Hastings-on-Hudson, New York Ml. Herman Liesveld .529 Rosewood, S.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan Classis of Cascades Rev. B. T. Vander Woude Oak Harbor, X ' ashington Classis of Chicago Rev. ,H. Frieling Chicago, Illinois Rev. Fred Zandstra Chicago, Illinois Classis of Dakota Rev. B. Van Heuvelen Huron, South Dakota Mr. C. De Hoogh Monroe, South Dakota Classis of East Sioux Rev. J. A. Vis Sheldon, Iowa Rev. F. B. Mansens Orange City, Iowa Classis of Germania Rev. Fred Reeverts Lennox, South Dakota Rev. A. Linneman Scotland, South Dakota Classis of Grand Rapids Rev. N. Boer Grand Rapids. Michigan Rev. C. H. Spaan Grand Rapids. Michigan Classis of Holland Rev. William Pyle Overisel, Michigan Mr. Wynand Wichers, A.M .■ Holland, Michigan Classis of Kalamazoo Rev. Abraham De Young Kalamazoo, Michigan Mr. Peter H. Friesema Detroit. Michigan Classis of Illinois Mr. George Dalenberg Chicago. Illinois Prof. James Sterenberg, Ph.D Galeshurg, Illinois Classis of Muskegon Rev. Henry Schipper Grand Haven, Michigan Hon. C. A. Broek Muskegon, Michigan Classis of Pella Rev. B. Mulder Pella, Iowa Rev. George Hankamp Pella. Iowa Classis of Pleasant Prairie Rev. W. T. Janssen... Kings, Illinois Prof. H. E. Schoon German Valley, Illinois Classis of West Sioux Rev. J. De Jongh Rock Rapids, Iowa Mi. N. Balkema Sioux Center, Iowa Classis of Wisconsin Rev. C. Kuyper Cedar Grove, Wisconsin Rev. H. Maassen Sheboygan, Wisconsin Officers of the Board of Trustees President Mr. Wynand Wichers Vice-President Mr. C. M. McLean Secretary Prof. James Sterenberg Treasurer Mr. C. J. Dregman Executive Committee Mr. Edward D. Dimnent, Chairman Mr. C. M. McLean, Secretary Prof. James Sterenberg Rev. N. Boer Mr. Wynand Wicher;; iNvrsTMENT Committee Mr. Edward D. Dimnent Mr. Wynand Wichers Mr. C. M. McLean « 30  Top: Rev. W. Pyle, Rev. N. Boer, Rev. H. Fneling, Rev. H. Schipper. Center: Mr. E. A. Broek, Mr. G. Dalenberg, Mr. J. Sterenberg, Mr. H. Liesveld, Rev. J. Dykstra, Rev. A. De Young, Rev. H. Maassen, Rev. F. Zandstra. Lower; Mr. C. McLean, Mr. C. Den Herder, Mr. W. Wichers, Mr. P. Friesema, Rev. F. Mansens, Rev. C. Spaan, Mr. N. Balkema. Hope College Board of Trustees THIS revered body of men is elected and appointed by the various churches which sponsor the interests of Hope College. It is their trust to guide the policies and needs of the institution during their term of office. Their meetings occur on April 22 and June 16. Their aims are set forth admirably in this excerpt from the Forword to the College Bulletin of February, 1930: A fairly clear definition of the various types of educational institutions has developed in recent years. Colleges have come to be classed as small and large, with a general acceptance of the term ' small ' to indicate a school with a roll of less than one thousand students, while the ' large ' college exceeds this number, but this classification does not mark any limit in the nature or the value of the physical plant, the equipment, or the teaching force. It is understood that these must be adequate for the work undertaken. A special value attaches to the small college of this type that insures its permanence among the educational institutions of the land .... ' We mean a college that does not aspire to do the work of a university, that is not ambitious to number its studentry by thousands, but sets its own bounds and limitations, and places emphasis upon the quality rather than upon the quantity of the work it undertakes to do — a college that has a definite aim and purpose and adheres to it sacredly, no matter how alluring the present- day temptations may be to broaden its scope and exploit the whole field of study and research. There are such institutions, fortunately, and they will always be in demand. There are parents everywhere who will select such schools for their sons and daughters in preference to the popular educational centers. « 31  With the first rigors of frontier life con- quered, the sturdy Dntch thoughtfully provided for the future of their youth. An association was formed to which everyone of good Christian character, voluntarily binding himself to further the spiritual and physical welfare of all, might belong upon payment of one gulden. This Association agreed to make all necessary arrangements for the purchase of fifty acres of land for the community upon tvhich to erect a build- ing for both school and church purposes. It was their intention that any income from these acres would aid in providing for fu- ture needs of their school system. Much later the foresight of Van Raalte led to the founding of an academy, noiv knoivn after years of growth as Hope College. ' ' I. Johnson, M. Kuizenga, M. Meengs, H. De Windt, P. Brouwer. M. Klow, M. Klooster, M. De Kuiper, L. Maisilje. Student Council REGULATING student strikes, censuring faculty members, squelching impudent Freshmen, and requesting Van Vleckites to rake up campus leaves, the Student Council has put in many a weary year of unappreciated labor. The minutes of March 26, 1914, give an mteresting example of early Council activity. The suspension of the Varsity Basketball Team having caused the student body to strike, the Student Council called a mass meeting in the court room of the City Hall — as per- mission for further use of the Chapel for discussion was refused. By noon the Council representatives with their ultimatum had come to terms with the college president. Thus the strike was ended. This strike settlement was an outstanding event of the first five years of the Council work. To foster the growth of a healthy college spirit; to facilitate united action, and to encourage and enforce honorable conduct, the Student Council was formed. Regarding its duties, the Council was to assume general supervision of student affairs not directly vested in the faculty of Hope College, or any permanent student organization. One Freshman class — way back when — was asked to clean up the campus that Soring, to establish a precedent for other classes! Punishment of a different nature was also meted out to a self-appointed student barber. And so, in 1929 and ' 30, the Student Council planned Homecomings, solved prob- lems of library hours, financed oratory and debating, and hke their predecessors, at- tempted to regulate the Freshmen. OFFICERS President M.irfh Alee igs Secretary Mcir oii De K iiper Treasurer I ' .iii johiisoii « .M  ' ' Van Raalte had decided that the first company of Hollanders should settle near the head of Black Lake in Ottawa County, and had accordingly bought some land there even before leaving Detroit. Six men and one woman, with Judge Kellog and Mr. Harrington, were the first of the emigrants to reach this region; Reverend A. C. Van Raalte, Evert Sagers, W. Notting and tvife, J. Lankeet, J. Laarman, and Egbert Fred- ricks, together with Mr. and Mrs. Grooten- huis, who had preceded them. They found dense forests and many creeks and rivers. ' « 35  Myrtle Klooster, Student Council Marvin Kruizenga, Student Council; Arthur Oudemool, Vice-President Evelyn Steketee, Treasurer Herman Kruizenga, Treasurer; Marvin Meengs, President Verna Brower, Secretary Senior Class History ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1926, a heterogeneous group of students came upon the campus of Hope College. That morning we heard an inspirational address given by Dr. T. Sizoo on the value of education. The next day, September 16, our various classes met and we were sent off on our four-year voyage. As all graduates, we consider our class the best. However, proof of this may be found in the following chapters of our college career. It was soon found necessary in order to cope with the unruly Sophomores and the haughty upper classmen, to organize our class. To Paul Nettinga we gave the task of guiding us through the first semester. The annual Pull, scheduled for September 24, was postponed because of rain, but the classes held their parties in the evening just the same Our party was held at the Lakeside Inn at Jenison Park. A delicious supper was served a good program was enjoyed, and after several games were played we journeyed « 36  homeward, having had a dehghtful time at our first class party. However, the next Tuesday the pull was staged and we neither won nor lost — it resulted in a tie, an unusual event. On November 2 the Frosh Trial was held and we took our penalties in a sportsmanlike manner. The next day our ' Trosh Anchor was published and we showed thereby that we weren ' t so bad after all. After having tended to our studies for a time and having struggled through our first college exams, we entered the second semester and this time chose Clarence Howard as our leader. In a short time, it seemed, exams were again upon us, leaving us somewhat stunned, but we soon recuperated as summer vacation days set in. After three months of recuperation we again made our way to the college campus and at our first class meeting we elected Maurice Marcus as our guide through the first semester. We started our work diligently, but it was soon interrupted by the scrambles between the Frosh and Sophs. They thronged in the streets and finally we caught big game — Exo was captured. Even the girls were doing their bit as was evidenced by the green painted necks of the Frosh girls. At the annual pull we again showed our power over the Frosh by pulling them through with no effort whatsoever. This victorious day was closed with our annual party which was equally as successful as last year ' s. Again exams were upon us. At the opsnmg of the second semester we chose Donald Wade to steer us through. Under his direction we had a delightful time at a leap-year party held at the Literary Club rooms on Arbor Day. Then after some work and some play, we ended this chapter of our college career. This chapter of our college history proved to be an active one. We immediately had a class meeting at which we chose to place the presidency for the year on Carl Van Lente ' s shoulders. Several of our class took an active part in dramatics, glee club work, athletics and other activities. Our class party this year was an informal, peppy, and merry get-together, held in the gymnasium. Old friendships were renewed and new-comers were welcomed into this happy group of Juniors. This spirit of friendliness and good cheer continued throughout the year, and before we had realized it, this chapter was brought to a close. Again in the month of September we met — this time in the new Hope Memorial Chapel. Reverend Benjamin Bush gave an address which made us feel glad that we were back. Perhaps it was because of the realization of the fact that we were entering upon the last chapter of our college career that we made our Senior year such a success. Marvin Meengs was our president during this last, enjoyable year. The first important event of this year was the Senior Banquet, which was held at the Holland Country Club on Sep- tember 27, 1 929. After an entertaining program and the playing of games we adjourned, feeling that our last party had been one that would be carried among our cherished memories of our college days. Another party at which our class had a hilarious time was the St. Patrick ' s roller skating party at the Virginia Park rmk on March 17. Rather than casualties, a good time was reported by all. The Torch Bearers, our Senior Play, was successfully presented to the public on the night of May 7, 8 and 9- Marvin H. Kuizenga, having attained the highest average of our class, received the honor of being valedictorian, while John N. Warren De Pree, with the next highest average, was salutatorian. Now as an important chapter in our life is about to come to a close, we look back and say that we have spent four worthwhile years here. Next year we shall enter new fields of work in which we shall incorporate the knowledge and ideals which our college education has given us. As we leave to enter these various fields, we take with us the memories of our own dear old Hope . « 37  Mauricb Marcus One day Morrie went big-game hunt- ing. He shot a big bird called tiie Auk, which gave forth a peculiarly piercing cry. Like the naughty Ancient Mariner, Morrie had to do penance. As a mark of distinction he now cries, Auk, Auk! Marcus ' life falls into two eras: (1) be- fore he decided to be a minister, and (2) after he decided to be a minister. He is now trying to live down his reputation for ironic wit. To his friends he is al- ways refreshing, be his mood sober or subtle. Mable Essenburg An unusually talented and accomplished musician, she is at once idealistic antl practical. Her sense of humor is as de- pendable as her understanding and gener- osity. Her clearness of vision, amiability and readiness to respond to mood ami temperament will bring her assured sue cess in her chosen field — we all know what it is — Tea for two and all thai. By her virtues ye shall know her and iIk greatest of these is constancy. Anna May En(,i:i..sman With a ready smile and a greeting for everyone on the campus Anna May goes from class to class. In her four years at Hope Anna May has grown up and developed charmingly into the young woman-hood she gave promise of when she came to us. Sincere in the desire to live up to the highest ideals, she has made steady progress to her goal . Marvin Mi;i;ngs He who was our Council president brings to mind the time-proven adage; Still waters run deep. Qualities of friendship, mercy, and sterling worth radiate from Marvin ' s broad smile. As fleet as were his feet spurning the cinders of the track, so quick was his hand to obey the dictates of his heart. Conscious of his opportuni- ties to befriend his fellow men, Marv has dedicated his life to the pursuits of ,i medical missioii.uy. The .iinis of his Alm.i Mater arc perpcluated in liini. « 38  Harvey Woltman Myrtle Ten Have Vacations mean little to Harvey, for nii- mediately after graduation he goes to Co- lumbia University to study History. A Master ' s Degree is his goal, which no doubt means a teaching career. Harvey has often favored the ears of his friends with soul-satisfying melodies plucked from the piano ' s pleasing strings. His unassuming, be-specktacled air of modesty is refresh- ingly his own. An exponent of individuality and a girl of rare tastes. She prefers one perform- ance of grand opera to ten of Greta Gar- bo ' s slithering presentations and Victor Hugo to Anita Loos; she is very well read and chooses the best. Exceedingly generous, she is always eager to share, whether it be material things or things of the spirit. Her willingness to help others has ever been a marked trait. Janet Yonker Marked with a quiet reserve, a womanly dignity, she has tndeared herself to her class as is evidenced by the fact that she was chosen to be iiresident of the better half. Herself femrine to the core, she is tall and blond, of a fine appearance. She has that rare and most charming of all characteristics — that of being herself at all times. Bernard Arendshorst This man ' s college career has been highly valuable to him for it is said that we extract from life just the amount of good we put into it. So it has been with Mike, for in his religious interests, and in his executive ability, he has grown with the passing of four busy college years. To many he has been the Good Samaritan. « 39  Sidney Heersma Bertha Olgers Wlien Hiipe College decided to have an Intcrfraternity Basketball League it made a big opportunity for little Sid. His flashy work was a big help to the Addison team when it won victory after victory. In fact, Big Tig and Tiny Sid were triple threat men. All through his college career this man has made many friends by his quiet way and pleas- ing nature. Now he ' s gone and graduated. Through a marked ability along literary lines that has won recognition in both school and state contests, Bertha has made herself well known. Of a gentle nature with a remarkable ability for keeping peace, she has often by her tact brought in harmony opposing forces. Last, but nor least we would judge her as an example of Christian womanhood, one of the best found on our campus. Janet McKinley And ninety-two boxes of frost bites to be sent to the Armory — so orders Janet before the Calvin game and so before every game. What ' s more, she sees to it that they ' re sold. Thoroughly enthused about athletics, Janet has done much dur- ing her term of office as president of the Athletic Debt Diggers. A nonchalant atti- tude regarding everything else, and a dry humor, makes an interesting combination of outstanding traits. Walter Herring During the last few weeks of his college life ' Wally did a big thing. He bought a new Ford! After having been convinced by the fair sex that he was rather desir- able. Herring decided to be no fish, so he did the thing up in a big way and took unto himself a shiny new Lizzie. Result: Much scorched asphalt, many miles of blurred countryside, and increased popu- larity for our friend Herring. Of medium height, light hair, ,uid smiling disposition, X ' .illy ■ h.i been .i line, friendly man. « 40 Marvin Kuizenga His boyish face seemed ever to mask a mind intent on accomplishing some vital and interesting task. Marve has set an outstanding example for ambitious stu- dents. His great asset now is his interest and intent in the field of science. Politely turning aside the Regent Scholarship, he has turned to the University of Cincin- nati. He enjoyed a sudden sweep to pub- lic acclaim when he gained the Valedic- tory. Ruth Koster A bit of eccentricity, individualism, and a tendency toward dreaminess make Ruth outstanding. Added to this, an apprecia- tion of the artistic lends charm and grace to her character. Looking far beyond the scope of her immediate horizon toward a remote goal, she is constantly striving for that indefinable something. Anne Heyboer Can she shoot baskets? Oh myl Quick as a flash — ' she ' s here, now there, not only on the floor but in thought and conversa- tion. Her dexterity at basketball be- speaks her ability for teamwork in other fields. Essentially a good sport she is fair in her judgments, quick on the uptake, and sympathetic to the extreme. Her sweet voice is poignantly adapted to the ballad sort of thing and adds charm to her quicksilver personality. Earle Langland When you see Earl with his lips curled speculatively about a matchstick you are witnessing a man in contentment of vast depths. Sonny started wearing glasses, it IS said, because it made him look wiser. What could have prompted that but a desire to be poetic, learned, artistic, and perhaps even a bit philosophical? As editor of our paper Earle accomplished many good things. As a student he achieved commendable records. Some day he may be in the publishing field. « 41  Gerrit Nunhof of all the eccentric, kind-hearted individ- uals, this tops the list! Gerrit has accom- plished the performance of more comic stunts than most other more ordinary minded folks. He started his career by exploding the dignity of a freshman Bible class. Perhaps it is there that he learned to say, Amos 4:12! There ' s absolute mischief in his peering eye. And can he play the Harmonica! Harriht Baron A student of fine ability, she shows the same persevering spirit in everything she does as in her academic work. With an aptness for thinking out novel and origi- nal ways of entertaining, she is a by-word for hospitality to her friends. Shy, she never forces her presence upon anyone but she has that happy faculty of holding the friends she makes. Doris Brower There ' s a naughty twinkle m her eyes and laughter on her lips; so Doris has passed gaily through her four college years. Of a pleasing appearance she will be remem- bered as one of the best dressed girls on the campus. Far from lacking seriousness she observes with understanding the activi- ties of those about her, stores away what she sees and mulls it over. Hendrick Nobel Since in this day and age so many tall men are great men, Nobel lays claim to the first requisite of success. Noted among his friends as a debater of merit, a reader of quality, and a sailor in reality, Nobel pursues his nonchalant way, asking aught from no man save a cheery greeting. In his vacation days he heeds the call of the open water. Adventure and waiiderhist are the lifeblood of liis fancy. « 42  Paul Nettinga Having alternately been called everything from Swede to Big Boy during his college days, Paul graduates with a large number of lasting friendships to his credit. As freshman coach, and House-Manager of the Praters, he readily mixed light- hearted camardie with a respected order and discipline. His bold voice raised in song has encouraged thousands. The happy-go-lucky ring of his Das Plenty! will live with us forever. Georgianna Fredericks Voorhees girls know her as a most con- siderate house-president, her friends and associates recognize in her sterling quali- ties of fairness, good cheer, and amiabil- ity. Her love of fun makes her a welcome addition to any group; her reliability as a worker in all school activities makes her a co-ed of whom Hope is justly proud. ,4. Ruth Hieftje A pianist of marked ability, she has often delighted us with her talent along that line. Vigorous, never idle, quick to grasp an idea and to act upon it, she will go far in her chosen course — systematic, she accomplishes much without a great deal of apparent effort. John Nauta This dashing infielder ' s record is rather a conglomerate mass, for it includes such opposing activities as Koffee Kletzing. baseball, track, horseshoe championships, night-hawking, and dates with M. S. But now that four years of college life are back of him, Nauta, meaning sailor (ac- cording to an old Latin custom) sets sail on the bleary sea of life with a good fog- horn laugh to warn him of reefs. « 43  Harold Japincia Brute they have called him ever since his high school days. This threatens to be the last of the Japinga family on which to construct our athletic teams. It will be a few years before Brute ' s kid brother grows up to college age. Meanwhile we ' ll have to get along. Aside from starring in every branch of athletics, Jappie has partaken generously of Hope ' s thriving so- cial life. Now he wants to be a dentist, probably because four out of five ha — Marion Katte Du kleine Spitzbube — Katte ' s favorite epithet may be well applied to herself — full of fun and with a knack of putting the commonplace in a ludicrous light, she is a merry companion. There ' s nothing slow about Katte either, as her classmates and opponents on the basketball floor will gladly testify. Myrtle Klooster A laugh at every word in response Myrtle merits, for her subtle humor is a delight to all. Witty by nature and kind-hearted by instinct, she is more fun than a pic- nic. Her steadfastness and reliability, coupled with a readiness to enter into any undertaking have earned our admira- tion. If optimism is a factor Icadnig to success. Myrtle certainly will cam a great measure of it. Warren Kruenen Down at the Knickerbocker Hall Chris is referred to as that self-appointed good Samaritan who is always being a step- mother to some flea-bitten hound of the streets! It is his one great failing. Show Chris a homeless dog, and immediately he becomes consumed with a burning passion to give it a home and a proper rearing. In between times he fires the Knick furnaces and pays their hills. Warren says that at least he won t be a newspaper man because of the mitiation he had to that trade through the Anchor. « 44 V Paul Dvkstra The dust covered tomes of the law are due for a surprise! Dykstra ' s phtnning to shatter the serene calmness of the bar with a spectacular career as a lawyer. His capacity as a debater is destined to irk some hapless opposing lawyer in the days to come. He commenced his executive career on the campus as a chastiser of freshmen — good training for the pro- fession. Paul has attended more out-of- town games than any Hope rooter. Rose Whelan Wouldn ' t you like to meet a girl who dresses snappily, who sings well, who possesses great dramatic ability and jour- nalistic tendencies — not to forget a de- cided flair for mathematics? Here is your chance. Yet Rose is not super-human; she is a most lovable, friendly girl, cloak- ing her diverse abilities under genial good humor. Julia Van Dam When you chance upon a merry group sending forth sallies of laughter, you may rest assured that Jude is at it again. That girl is the funniest! How often haven ' t you heard that? Her ever-flowing unpremeditated quips are a constant source of enjoyment to her companions — just ask them. And that ' s just one good thing about her — among others let ' s not forget her ability at basketball — Anne can invariably count on Jude to secure her the elusive sphere to send through the ring. Richard Elzinga Here we have one of the mischievious boys from the heights of Van ' Vleck. To look at little Richar d you would suppose him to be the lad he declares himself to be — serious-minded, ambitious to be min- isterial, nothing to do with tomfoolery, etc. — but you are mistaken. He is the soul of the type made immortal by Huck Finn. Of course, he has been active in the Home Volunteers, and looks to enrolling at W. T. S., but as we have said, he is refreshingly nonchalant about it all. « 4  Carl Van Lhntf, Ruth Daani; Sailor Vnn Lcntc ' s cliicf pastime, ac- cording to his fraternity brothers, is to have someone else get his dates for him. After this year Carl ' s lanky form will be missed from the basketball court. He in- tends to coach in Cassopolis, Michigan. Aside from his many athletic honors Sailor is noted for long shots on the court and for dating women from Kala- mazoo. Every student has enjoyed his stellar niaying. A wholesome good cheer, a marked propensity for clowning that keeps hci friends in stitches, an unruffled gooil humor, cause Ruth to be much in demand. Modest and unassuming, she never plays to the grandstand but is ever ready to be of assistance to others. Alice Brunson A sparkling personality that immediately attracts associates, a keen sense of humor which misses nothing and has helped her through many a complicated situation, coupled with an unimpeachable sense of honor makes her one of the most re- spected and squarest-dealing students of the college. Her talents and capabilities along literary and musical Inies make her a valuable asset. Stanley Van Lare Some college students try to keep up a high average in their work from natural inclinations, others do it out of habit, while still others learn to reeard it as a form of amusement. We suppose that it has been a combination of all three to Stan. He has been a heart-breaking and persistent lady ' s man as well as a scholar. Lately he seems to be intent on learning how to act like a real prof. « 46 Arend Freyung Bub hadn ' t been on the campus long before he became a marked man. With a generous amount of leisure time, money, good looks, and sympathy for the fair sex, Freyling set out to woo himself a wife. In between times he did daytime landscaping for his father in G. R. Now, with a family to make him take life seri- ously, Bub plans attending Harvard immediately to take his degree in land- scape gardening. After that, woe betide the sprouting shrubs that feel the probing hand of the second renowned Freyling florist. Julia Van Oss Ever a loyal supporter of the movement on foot, whether it is a matter of class or college, Julia enthusiastically lends her aid. She sets her aims high and by dint of hard work and perseverance achieves her ends. An ardent believer in the theory that one gets what one wants if it ' s wanted badly enough, she has demonstrated it. Her quiet sunny nature and dependability are but a sample of her laudable qualities. Joan Vander Were Joan came to us from Central College with a record which she has splendidly equaled at Hope. We have known her as a level-headed, conscientious student and co-worker, putting forth her best, and holding tenaciously to her principles. Strong in her enthusiasms and persistent in her study of art as well as in the academic line, is Joan. William Henry Haken It is rumored that Henry intends to teach America ' s younger generation for the next few years. But by the time Summer has rolled by in all its majesty, and heat, he may have decided to partake of more education. You never can tell about Henry! Throughout his four years of col- lege this man has been quiet, reserved, and non-committal. The result is that, as far as we are concerned, he holds his des- tiny in his own hand. Anyway, we sup- pose that he ' s ' aken to get going. « 47  LAMbliKT OlGERS When we come across a man who is whole-heartedly interested in an unselfish project, we stand back and humbly offer our congratulations. Olgers has labored many long hours to do some charitable deed for his many church interests, or for his Christian Endeavor groups. Open- faced, honest-eyed, and precise, he has had a fine influence through his chosen chan- nel of work. Phyllis Dj; Jong The old adage says — The highest cul- ture is to speak no ill. Phyllis is the very embodiment of this ideal. Added to this, a sincere desire to be of service to all whf) need her has given our Phyllis a place of utmost respect in the minds of all. She has a character such as many have desired and to which few have attained. Ryna De Jonge Specializing in math? What does that tell you? That she is logical and methodi- cal. If she had the privilege of dividing her time she says she ' d work a problem, read a book and play the piano. She does read a great deal, mostly along the his- torical line, and music is one other of her enthusiasms. Add a delight in horse- back riding and you know what ' s what about Ryna. Arthur Oudemool One thing about Arthur, lie become more intensely serious lately. Perhaps his graduation day reminds him of the near approach of real life. But then he has had to decide whether or not he wants the Northwestern Scholarship, and that ' s a weighty topic. Art sang in the glee club, taught a Sunday School cl.iss, and — Oh! — By the way, girls, did you ever notice the color ot his eyes. ' Sueh modest orbs of blue! « 48  Henry Bast As an individual, Henry likes to argue. Now, that may be a virtue or a vice, depending on the stand he takes. Most of the time, however, we have been fortunate enough that he did like arguing, for de- bating was aided materially by Mr. Bast ' s blasts (that ' s a puny pun). Coming to Hope College from Fennville, two locali- ties which have been closely linked for decades, Henry ' s boyish smile has been a campus feature for several years. Geneva Van Den Brink ■With her ever-ready laughter bubbling out and her radiant smile she ' s a regular little cloud chaser. You ' ll never see her looking as though she ' d lost her last friend even if she might feel she had. But lest you think her one who merely skims the surface, be assured that she is a steady, dependable worker, as willing a co-opera- tor as any Californian and one who knows the value of friendship and good will. Dorothy Vander Schel Friendliness fairly radiates from her — the girl with the dimpled smile. Her blue eyes are expressive of a gaiety of spirit and a fun loving disposition. Attractive in appearance and tasteful in dress, she makes a pleasing picture. A genial good nature, together with a certain degree of reserve, form an interesting combination. John Berghorst Among the tall, handsome, and shy boys about the college, John ranks highly. Per- haps it isn ' t fair to say shy, though, for that trait may be commendable modesty instead. Many a feminine heart has thought — now, there ' s a man, Susie, who might — ■ but no, John is fair to them all. Being absorbed in the world of science and medicine, he anticipates a busy career starting with Rush Medical School. « 49  J. N, WARRliN Dh PrBE This fatherly, benign old character, dear to so many hearts and a friend to every- one on the campus, is familiarly known as the man who missed the valedictory by .02%. But, as Warren would say, Das plenty! At the Prater House he has won the title of the Efficiency Ex- pert. This resulted from his eternal preaching on the theme of study hours, a subject theoretically dear to J. N. ' s heart. He now threatens to become a doc- tor in the wilds of Iowa. May the old boy rest in peace. Wll.Hi:i,MlNA WaI.V(K)IU) l( w.is inevitable that she should be called ' Billie — she, so variable, petite, alert. In her are combined the happy fa- culties of living with her head above the clouds while keeping her feet firmly planted on the earth. Billie of the fan- tastic faerie dreams, can put things through in an expeditious manner. Eccen- tric, of varied tastes and with a teasing light in the eye not belied by her actions — Billie. Mildred Ver Hage Being the stuff as Hopeites are made of, you ' ve all heard about hiding the liglu under a bushel — well, that ' s Millie. A young lady of talent and varied abilities, it takes effort to persuade her to bring them forth. In high school she was one of the most brilliant stars of the basket- ball constellation, but you ' d never hear her mention it. A fine student, but never seeking or creating an opportunity to flaunt her knowledge — she ' s very well liked. Edwin De Jongh If there is competition in all fields, there will be some soon for Einstein. Here we have Mac, the all-wise solver of deep mathematical problems. His face has been a familiar one in all the math courses, where his generous advice has aided many a stumbling classmate to, attain a more cheerful outlook on his work. Mac can usually be counted on for some common sense opinion on any topic, and if not for that, tlun for some typically idiotic wise- crack. « 50  John Brink Would you care to witness an unusual spectacle? Aside from our cherubic Prof. A. Lampen, and the scholarly Prof. C. Kleis, we had not been aware of a good looking man who could do algebra well. But, folksl Johnny combines these elu- sive traits. And what with playing snappy baseball, or following Paul Dykstra through some weird antic, Brink is kept busy. Johnny always did know how to tie a bow-tie, though. Harriet Schurman Generous to a fault, always eager to share the good things of life and the good times of youth, Harriet is characterized as being a good sport. She is ever cheerful and ready to extend a helping hand wherever needed. Her skill and artistry in drawing the bow over the taut strings has often charmed us and we hope her hand will never lose its cunning. « 51  Suzanne Schoep Why study when you can sing? This seems to be Sue ' s carefree philosophy but ' neath the surface of the good cheer and gayety we find a steadfast perseverance to which she owes her achievements. These qualities, combined with a radiating friendliness and a sincerity of manner, have won her many friends, while her fine appreciation of the beautiful, whether ex- pressed in word, song, or stroke of the brush is but another trait that makes her outstanding. Berns Cook Because he had the job of taking care of other people ' s gas troubles, Coo-coo knew a great deal about the public cellars and back entrances. But did he break his trust? Never! To this day he will not utter a jot of information concerning this or that man about town. Such is greatness. Incidentally, Koekoek played in our strug- gling college band, dated town girls in preference to the campus brand, and wore glasses that made him look like Lenin. John WiNTHR His typical trait is his neat, erect posture. Lilce a soldier on parade he rides his finely groomed horse. Straight as an arrow he walks about his business. Many men have envied his physique which displays fine clothing so well. John is working ambitiously at a pre-medics course. In between classes and after school he talks about the League of Nations with Sadie. The students have cheered him willingh on court and gridiron. 0)RNi:lia Di-: Kleini; Endowed with a nature that transcends the trivial disturbances of every-day life, Casey has more concern for that which lies ' neath the surface. So in considering her, we must delve deeper to gather a more perfect comprehension. Casey has distinct leanings toward Greek — ever the mark of the scholar we hear, but she is never too busy with that or any other of her activities to pass a moment in pleasant discourse with all comers. Lois De Wolf With her magnetic personality and ener- getic interest in all the duties assigned her she has been a credit to her Alma Mater. Full of vim, vigor, and vitality, she makes short shrift of all the obstaclc in her path and never lets studies inter- fere with her education. Original to a high degree, generous in her admiration and loyal to the extreme is Loey. Martin Scholten He has always been a quiet fellow, mmd- ing his own business. Martin says that he likes very much the studies offered by the seminary schools, but whether or not he will take them up is not yet definite. Martin is best remembered for his faith- ful Ford which he drove to school for so long. Next fall will find this Senior re- turning for a bit of post-graduate study. That ' s showing .i regard for the Alma Mater. « 52  Leonard Hogenboom :. . Of all the intensely thorough minds on the campus, of the type you expect to see studying all the time or reciting most of the time, Len is an outstanding excep- tion. Not that he doesn ' t do well acad- emically, for he does. But here ' s the rub — he has a girl. And she is a Fresh- man. Folks say that things are progressing well for the minister in Hogenboom ' s neighborhood. Len out-talked debaters at Wichita, now he is considering the ministry. His honest, open face would go well behind a pulpit. Gertrude Leussenkamp Shy and reserved, but with that reserve that accords her companions a chance to give free rein to their fancies; friendly is she, given to praise and slow to cen- sure. Her quiet manner, kindliness toward her fellowmen and her perseverance will ever be great factors toward her happiness and success. Busy as she always is, her energy is expended in the capable man- agement of her many tasks. Ethelyn Koeppe The essence of femininity, with all the qualities that the phrase implies, Ethelyn is a bit more lady-like than some of her contemporaries. She is pleasing in appear- ance and gracious in manner. Individual in thought, she has the courage of her convictions and a stick-to-it-iveness that may be admired. Donald Hicks Here we have our tempestuous H. K. K. president. Hailing from the distant hills of Altoona, Penn., this aristocratic Hicks threatened to become a poet, an accordian- ist, half of the Amos n ' Andy combine, a preacher, and various other types too numerous to recall. But withal, his mien is kindly, tolerant, and grin-provoking. We always did maintain that he should have played more basketball, or at least posed for an oil painting portrait in his shorties. A cheerful lad, is Hicks! WlLLARD Dii JONCH Even though he is enrolled in the regular academic courses, Bill has managed to keep a pretty good eye on the School of Music. Tliere are things there that de- serve attention. With the initial recom- mendation of coming from Zeeland, De Jongh is intelligent and recognizes the advantages of having a steady girl. He wears two pairs of glasses so as not to miss anything in the world. EviiLYN Sti;ketee Add to a goodly measure of native ability, a large portion of hard work and you have what Evelyn is made of. Not spar- ing in using either her talents or energies, Evelyn has done much to further the Hope Spirit. Through her hospitality and friendliness she has made many a co-ed at home in Holland — but let it not be in- ferred that this has been limited to co-eds only. Bernadine Siebers Now we come to Bernie, the capable president of the Y.W.C.A. Let us consider her good characteristics. Purposeful is she, with a good deal of plain vigor in carrying out her plans; sociable to a high degree. For an example of enthusiasm we would direct you to her and leave you to be convinced in a moment ' s conversa- tion. We must not forget that terrible trait of hers of working so hard that others feel ashamed of themselves. Harold Dykhuizen With a wardrobe of neatly pressed brown suits that never seem to know the mean- ing of the term out-of-press, Bud Dykhuizen has long been one of the un- disputedly well dressed men on the cam- pus. Medium of stature, but possessed of sparkling dark eyes that seem to know how to tend to business as well as they know how to twinkle with merriment, this graduating Senior has aided with many of our pep meetings, has been a capable business manager of the Senior Pl.iy, and has hy now decided to be a doctor. Nicholas Lanning So many people try to do something lo brighten the lives of their fellow men, and find the doing difficult. But not so with friend Lanning. He sings as easily and as naturally as a skylark! When the echo of his care-free carolling dies away within the walls of Hope there is lost to the school a good, fine thing. Lanning is akin to Poe — for a long time he has been haunted by the beauties of Lenore. But Nick ' s raven says, Evermore, evermore! Ernestine Klerekoper Trite though the phrase may be, it applies to Ernie, She has a cute little way all her own. Thinking things through to the end, frank, ingenious, quick to offer the results of her thinking, often in a start- ling way — these characteristics rate her as a spicy conversationalist and intriguing companion. Aristocratic in ideals, gener- ous in praise is Ernie. Gladys Huizenga Gladie? She has skads of good quali- ties — besides a penchant for fishing. She sets out to put Ike Walton to shame, (but someone must warn the fish!) However, you know, that wouldn ' t ruffle her seren- ity any — she ' d merely go home and cook such a meal for her fellow-anglers as would exclude all thought of the shy scaled ones. Besides all this her countless acts of thoughtfulness and generosity have entrenched her in the affections of the class. Herman Kruizenga As the creator of a well-rounded college career, may we present our Herman. He has been in varsity tennis and basketball. He has been Cosmopolitan president and rated eighth on his class honor roll. Now Herm go:s to Michigan on the Regent Scholarship to study classical languages. Besides these attributes he plays bridge very well. Such an unassuming, com- radely, efficient fellow. 55 Arthur Michmi;rhliizf,n R(jxir: Hai.dani; Lefty seems ever to liave .something; deeply engfossing on his mind. The tall, serious youth with business-like gait has been a friend and helper of many along his path. With a real bent towards ora- torical interests, Arthur has devoted most of his time, however, to his own routine of classwork and outside activities. He bears the longest last name in the school, no small distinction in this Dutchman ' s paradise. Looking for fun.- Find Roxie. Sometliing troublesome on your mind.- Go to Roxie. With a clear vision ahead and a mind to follow through, Roxie gets there every time. One would have to go far to find a truer friend or more staunch comrade. Never at a loss for clever repartee, never shirking or seeking excuses she is easily one of the most lovable and popular girls on the campus. Grace Duhrkopf She has a graceful appearance, seated at the piano accompanying the Girls ' Glee Club, — for she shares in the distin- guished honor of that positit)n by virtue of the power to bring forth melodious sound from the instrument. A spirit of friendliness and an even disposition are characteristics of her pleasing personality. Earl Mosier Earl ' s failing is his habit of enjoying a gleeful giggle now and then. Also, he has a way of causing the fair sex to smile reassuringly, a trait which four out of five do not have. He intends to take up medicine. During his years on the campus Earl has pursueci his quiet way, offencfing none, and enji ying great sport with many of his friends. « 56  Franklin Rynbrandt Verna Browhr His swinging stride will grace the campus paths no longer. Rynbrandt ' s pet peeve during his days of education was the necessity of going to classes. His sensitive nature felt the pain of this procedure twice as heavily as the more hardened members of the student body. With the coming of Commencement Night, how- ever, a big smile spread over the face of Franklin, for now he was a free man. The Dresden Chma figure with its dainti- ness and exquisiteness may well be said to have found its rival in Verna. With the immaculateness that is characteristic of true femininity she makes a charming appearance. Never speaking ill of anyone, with no thought of ever harming her asso- ciates, Verna may be held up as an ex- ample in thought, word, and deed. Helene Broek • . Quietly going about her own business and achieving results with little ado, Helene gets what she goes after. Hard working, stoically adhering to her princi- ples, she has the excellent quality of never interfering with the affairs of others. Carl Postma They say Carl is interested in the various fields of literature. His friends even so so far as to brand him as being brainy. But despite it all, Carl is exceedingly human. He chews toothpicks like the best of us Dutchmen. With his long, angular features marking him as one capable of a philosophic turn, Postma can talk for hours with a pretty restaurant waitress. And a good share of the time he leaves them guessing, too. « 57  RussKLL Smith Btfoic the changing of Winants from chapel to library, Russ was wont to modify the severity of academic hours by playing current melodies on the piano there. Many a study period has been lazily spent by now older Hopeites as they lingered to absorb the lilt of this minstrel ' s glad refrain. Russ has been known for mysterious reasons as the Milwaukee Flash. Whether this label was gained by piano work, or by other means, is not clear. Hilda Aiki;n Firm as the rocks of her native .Scottish coast is Hilda ' s character, ever holding true to her purpose and unswerving from the path of duty. Her passions are swim- ming, skating, basketball, historical novels, and not the least music, for she has her- self a lovely soprano voice. Her pet peeve is mathematics. Howard Scholten No doubt Howard has long been moti- vated by a keen domestic insitnct. ' Where e ' er you see Howard, there will you see Gertrude, too. Hailing from the rolling plains of Iowa, this youth came to Hope, looked over its collegiate possibilities, and decided to send home for his big fur coat. Thereafter his huge moving shape was a well known campus sight. This spring he aided in the dissembling of the Senior Play publicity. Pardon, did we say dissembling? Henry Walthorn Henry is one of those busy Van Vleck- ites who is always hurrying from work to class and from cl.iss to work. ' When- ever you are on .i real big date, Henry is in on it, too, for he is head-waiter at Holland ' s on!)- night club. Aside from his uniqiu ' trait of wearing his li.it like a Swiss mountain climber, Henry is a fine, friendly young man of promise. « 58 Stanley Ver Hey When we inquired about this man from his friends they said, Oh, just call him the only red-headed, pigeon-toed, heart- breaker in the school! But they are care- ful to recall that Stan has a fine debat- ing and oratorical record. On his trip to Wichita, Kansas, this Spring he employed his talents to fine advantage. Red ' s curly locks and good-humor will be lacking on the campus next year, to our sorrow. Mildred Dh Free Always the same to everybody. Millie is the personification of consistency. If you want something done, ask her. you can depend on her to do it to the best of her ability. A talented lass as you all know who have seen and heard her accompany- ing the Girls ' Glee Club — she is a pi- anist of merit. Millie has won many friends through graciousness, loyalty and gentle consideration. Jl Donald Wade He saunters along so dignified, and yet so alluringly boyish that when he faces you and quizzically smiles, you feel friendly all over. Wade ' s genial sarcasm almost was the means of his attaining local prom- inence on several occasions. It will be a revealing experience to attend his church in a few years, for the happy lad intends to take up the ministry. Another nice thing about Wade is the way he can sign his name — such flourishes! Gertrude Benes B-r-r-r-r!! Voorhees Hall. Just a moment — I ' ll see if she ' s in. Gertrude can be counted upon to chase up those erratic fe- males who fail to answer their buzzers when their swains call. But for all her telephone activity she is not as talkative as one might think. Unassuming, she pur- sues her way with quiet determination and in all sincerity. « 59  Clarence Schipper He is a bit less than average heigiit, pos- sessed of a shock of corn-colored hair, smooth complexion, and wears light rimmed glasses. His small, almost fiery eyes, delight to dote on religious argu- ments. Schipper labors under the double handicap of coming from Zeeland and being studious. Such a combination is often explosive. Many a patient instructor has broken out in sweat to see little Clar- ence ' s hand go up, eager for argument. Myra Ten Gate Versatile. NX ell read? Charming. Yes, all these and more — Mike has taken a big part in her class, both in its activities and its affections, because of these qualities. A well poised actress, she delights the ear as well as the eye, whether as an Irish colleen or as Paula Ritter. She combines a capacity for actions with an admirable portion of common sense, winning her way with tact and affability. Marvin Shoemaker This man ' s honest Dutch face thoroughly expresses his personality. Marvin is the sort of person who, in a science lab, efficiently slips off his coat, rolls up his sleeves, and begins to collect his material while others pass the time of day. While not pretending to belong to the realm of either athletics or extra-curricular activi- ties, Marve has steadily hewn his way to a complete knowledge of pre-medics. Arthur Van Arendonk Arthur ' s characteristic pose is to stand on one foot, stare disinterestedly at you, while he steadily inhales his cigarette smoke and nervously flicks off the ashes. ■We could not think of Art without re- calling the various striking autos he has owned in his time. Being such an affec- tionate man he has already won the heart of his Joan. But seriously, this young gentleman has an inventive mind. May he win his goal! « 60  Jacob Tigelaar Jake had made a bit of a name for himself among the senior science students, not the least of his accomplishments being the winning of the Purdue Scholarship. Tigelaar ' s typical expression is a half- smile that krinkles the corners of his eye- lashes, if that is physiologically possible. He did well this last year with basketball and with the honor roll, rating fifth in his class. Anne De Young Generously supplied with the traits thai enable her to make friends wherever she goes, Anne has made a goodly number at Hope. Her irresistable laugh, her con- tagious good nature are an open sesame to any gathering. It ' s nice to be natural when you ' re naturally nice — as we have heard it said of her. Raymond Steketee Dutch has decided to try teaching next year. Wherever it is, he says it will at least be a long ways from Holland. Dutch ' s outstanding characteristic here has been his long and earnest battle against the rapid inroads of modern meth- ods. He likes literature, edited his class Milestone, and played the violin for the boys occasionally. The Praters always were tickled to see Dutch tickled. His mirth is catching. Henry Steffens Steve ' s favorite pastime is to snatch a little nap while he waits for Sue. Not that he has to wait long, but he can sleep refreshingly in brief spaces of time. His mirth-provoking humor becomes irresist- ible when uttered in his innocent, quiet voice. Steve ' s life from now on is to be one long song, for the humming lady known as Sue has whispered the happy word. 61 Alvin Cook. Anna Ruth Van Alsburg As old as his ptisonal history is iiis iahcl of Boo! In the rush and strain of games, or in the serious contemplation of busi- ness meetings, he has been steady and consistent — a firm quantity about which all action pivots. His wholesome fellow- ship has gladdened many a man ' s heart, as now it does that of a maid. Many a serious thought goes on behind that untroubled countenance, and her course of action as a consequence is al- ways wisely chosen. Her aesthetic sense is well developed as her likes and aver- sions testify. She has a deep appreciation of what is fine and beautiful in litera- ture and other fields of art. She is, more- over, modest and naive; sometimes amus- ingly direct in her questioning, ofte i pro- voking laughter. Margaret Stewart Hails from the sunny st)uth, from Ten- nessee in fact, she of the snappy brown eyes. A conscientious student who has never been known to shirk, she has been well up in her classes, but delights in a merry time and happy laughter withal. There is something about her intangible, that grows on one through further ac- quaintance with her. Soon ' twill be her lot to wear orange blossoms in her hair ' . and we wish her the happiest of futures. John Flikkema Flik likes to play tennis, baseball, and basketball, too. He served many a hot one over the net during the varsity matches this Spring, much to his oppt)- nent ' s discomfort. And when he sits down to a bridge table the die is cast, all hands go to Flik. For some unknown reason he has a great interest in Kalama- zoo; it may be because his home is there. And then again, it may not. « 62 Senior Activities HILDA MARY AIKEN Alexandria Bay.N. Y. History Course. Alethea, President 3; Glee Club 3, 4; S.G.A. BERNARD JOHN ARENDSHORST Holland, Mich. Science Course. Fraternal, Secretary 3, President 4; Class Basketball 1, 2, 3; Ath- letic Board 4; Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 3, Sec- retary 4; Gospel Team 3; Milestone Staff 3; Anchor Staff 3; Class Treasurer 3. HARRIET MAE BARON Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Dorian, Secretary 4; S.G.A. HENRY BAST Fennville, Mich. History Course. Addison; Debating 3, 4; Gospel Team; Pi Kappa Delta; H.K.K. GERTRUDE BENES Thayer, Ind. History Course. Alethea, Secretary 3; Stu- dent Volunteer; S.G.A. JOHN BERGHORST West Olive, Mich. Pre-Medic Course. Grand Rapids Junior College 1. JOHN BRINK, JR. Hamilton, Mich. History Course. Baseball 3, 4; H.K.K. HELENE MARIE BROEK Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Ale- thea; Chapel Choir 4; S.G.A. DORIS L. BROWER Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Delphi. Secretary 4; S.G.A. VERNA A. BROWER Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Delphi, Treasurer 3, Vice-president 4; Drama Class Play 3; Class Secretary 4; S.GA.. ALICE GERTRUDE BRUNSON Ganges, Mich. Latin Course. Dorian, Vice-president 4; Y.W.C.A. Cabinet 3, Vice-president 4; Gospel Team 3; Class Treasurer 2; An- chor Staff 3, 4; Adelaide Contest in Ora- tory 1st, 2, M.O.L. representative 3; Pi Kappa Delta; Glee Club 4; S.G.A. ALVIN J. COOK Holland, Mich. History Course. Fraternal, President 4; Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 1; Student Council 3; Football 1, 3, 4, Captain 4; Basketball 1, 3, 4; H.K.K. Captain 4; Basketball 1, 3, 4; H.K.K. BERNS WILLIAM COOK Waupun, Wis. Science-Mathematics Course. Band, 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2; H.K.K. RUTH DAANE Grand Rapids, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Sorosis, Vice-president 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; S.G.A. PHYLLIS HARRIET DE JONG Hospers, la. Latin Course. Grinnell College 1; Delphi, Treasurer 4, President 4; House Vice- president 4; S.G.A. RYNA ALYDA DE JONGE Muskegon, Mich Mathematics Course. Muskegon Junior College 1, 2; Alethea, Vice-president 4; Student Volunteer; S.G.A. WILLARD DE JONGE Zeeland, Mich. History Course. Cosmopolitan; Glee Club; Milestone Staff; Senior Play; H.K.K. EDWIN DE JONGH Holland, Mich. Mathematics Course. Fraternal; H.K.K. CORNELIA AGNES DE KLEINE Hudsonville, Mich. Modern Language English Course. West- ern State Teachers College; Ferris Insti- tute; Dorian, President 4; Basketball 4; Student Volunteer, Secretary and Treas- urer 4; Gospel Team 4. J. N. WARREN DE PREE Sioux Center, la. Science Course. Fraternal; Athletic Board 2; Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 2; Student Council 2; Science Club. MILDRED DE PREE Zeeland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Sorosis, Secretary 3; Girls ' Glee Club 3, 4; Presi- dent 4; S.G.A. LOIS ELIZABETH DE WOLF Rochester, N. Y. History Course. Sorosis, Treasurer 3, President 4; Class Treasurer 1, 3; Y.W.C.A. Cabinet 4; Gospel Team 3; ■ Anchor Staff 3; Chairman of Home Com- ing Committee 4; Senior Class Play; S.G.A. ANNE R. De YOUNG Chicago, 111. History Course. Sibylline, President 4; A.D.D. 3, 4; Milestone Staff; S.G.A. GRACE WORTH DUHRKOPF Holland, Mich. Modern Linguage English Course. Drama Class Play 3; Glee Club; S.G.A. HAROLD DYKHUIZEN Holland, Mich. Science Course. University of Southern California 1; Knickerbocker, President 4; Pre-Medic Club, Vice-president 4; Senior Play, Business Manager; Homecoming Committee 4; H.K.K. PAUL C. S. DYKSTRA Holland, Mich. History Course. 63 RICHARD G. ELZINGA Chicago, 111. H i cry Course. Home Volunteer, Vice - president 4; Gospel Team; H.K.K. ANNA MAY ENGELSMAN Randolph, Wis. History Course. Dorian, President 4; House Committee 4; Chapel Choir 4; Sen- ior Class Play; S.G.A. MABEL C. ESSENBURG Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Music Course. Delphi, Secretary 4; S.G.A. GEORGIANA MAE EREDRICKS Muskegon, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Mus- kegon Junior College 1; Sorosis, Secre- tary 4, Basketball 4; House President 4; A.D.D. 3, 4; S.G.A. AREND lOHN FREYLING Grand Rapids, Mich. tliuory Course. Fraternal; Football 2, 3; Basketball 1; Freshman B. B. Manager 2; Athletic Board 3. JOHN FLIKKEMA Kalamazoo, Mich. History Course. Cosmopolitan; Tennis Team. WILLIAM HENRY HAKEN Grant. Mich. History Course. Dickensian; H.K.K. ROXIE HALDANE Portland, Me. Modern Language English Course. Deni- son University 1; Sorosis, President 4, Vice-president 3; Y.W.C.A. Cabinet 3; Gospel Team; S.G.A. SIDNEY HEERSMA Oak Lawn, 111. Science Course. Addison, Basketball; Pre- Medic Club, President 4; Science Club; Milestone Staff; Athletic Board 3; Class Basketball Team; Hope Reserves. ANNE HEYBOER Hudsonville, Mich. Modern Language English Course: Delphi, Treasurer 4; Girls ' Glee Club 3, 4; Drama Class Play 3; Chapel Choir 4; S.G.A. DONALD EDGAR HICKS Altoona, Pa. Classical Course. Addison, President 3; Home Volunteers, President 4; House President, Van VIeck; Chapel Choir 4; H.K.K. President. RUTH JEANETH HIEFTJE Zeeland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. S.G.A. WALTER SATTERLEE HERRING Ulster Park, N. Y. History Course. Emersonian, President 4; Interfraternity Baseball 3, 4; H.K.K. LEONARD S. HOGENBOOM Clymer, N. Y. History Course. Cosmopolitan, President 4; Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 2, 3, President 4; Gospel Team 1, 2, 3, 4; Anchor Staff 2; Debate Team 2, 3, 4, Manager 3; Pi Kappa Delta, President 4; Student Volun- teer; Senior Class Play; H.K.K. GLADYS M. HUIZINGA Holland, Mich. History Course. Sorosis, Vice-president 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4, President 3; A.D.D. 2, 3, 4; Drama Class Play 3; Adelaide Ora- torical Contest 3; M.O.L. Representative 4; Pi Kappa Delta; Student Council 1; S.G.A. HAROLD JAPINGA Holland, Mich. Science Course. Fraternal; H Club; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 4; Base- ball 1, 2, 3, 4, Captain 4; H.K.K. MARION GERTRUDE KATTE Zeeland, Mich. Modern Langauge English Course. Soro- sis, Secretary 4; Drama Class Play 4; Sorority Basketball 4; S.G.A. ERNESTINE F. KLEREKOPER Friesland, Wis. History Course. Central College 1, 2; Del- phi, Vice-president 4; Drama Class Play 3; S.G.A. CORNELIA MYRTLE KLOOSTER Byron Center, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Delphi, Treasurer 3, President 4; Student Council 4; Y.W.C.A. Cabinet, Treasurer 4; S.G.A. ETHELYN CAROLYN KOEPPE Cedar Grove, Wis. History Course. Delphia; Drama Class Play 3; S.G.A. RUTH KOSTER E. Williamson, N. Y. Modern Language English Course: Cen- tral College -1; Sorosis, Treasurer 4; Glee Club; Senior Class Play; S.G.A. WARREN CHRISTIAN KREUNEN Oostburg, Wis. History Course. Knickerbocker; Glee Club; Anchor Staff 4; Band 2, 3, 4; Or- chestra 3; Senior Class Play. HERMAN A. KRUIZENGA Spring Lake, Mich. Classical Course. Cosmopolitan, President 4, House Manager 4; Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 3, 4; Anchor Business Manager 3; Mile- stone Association Editor 3; Basketball 4; Tennis 3, 4; Athletic Board 3; Class Treasurer 2, 4; H.K.K. MARVIN HENRY KUIZENGA Holland, Mich. Science Course. Cosmopolitan, Vice-presi- dent 4; Chemistry Club, President 4; Staff; Student Council, Vice-president 4; Science Club. « 64  EARLE E. LANGELAND Muskegon, Mich. Science Course. Emersonian, President 4; Science Club, President 4; Chemistry Club, Vice-president 4; Anchor Staff 2, Editor-in-Chief 3; Interfraternity Council, President 3; Student Guide Publisher 3, 4. NICHOLAS E. LANNING Zeeland, Mich. Science Course. Fraternal; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; President 3. GERTRUDE JANE LEUSSENKAMP Grand Rapids, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Senior Play; S.G.A. Secretary and Treasurer 4. JANET W. McKINLEY Hudson, N. Y. Modern Language English Course. Dor- ian, Secretary 4; A.D.D. President 4; Ath- letic Board 4; Home-Coming Committee 4; S.G.A. MAURICE MARCUS Holland, Mich. History Course. Fraternal; Class President 2; Drama Class Play 3; Senior Play 4. MARVIN BOGERD MEENGS Holland, Mich. Science Course. Knickerbocker; Seniiir Class President; Student Council Presi- dent; Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 2, Treasurer 3, Vice-president 4; Business Manager of Milestone 3; Varsity Track 1, 2, 3, 4, Captain 4; Pre-Medic Club, President 4; Gospel Team 3, 4; H Club; H.K.K. ARTHUR E. MICHMERSHUIZEN Holland, Mich. History Course. Pi Kappa Delta; College Orator 3; Senior Play. EARL E. MOSIER Fennville, Mich. Sci ence Course. Knickerbocker, Vice-presi- dent 4; Pre-Medic Club; Gospel Team 1. JOHN H. NAUTA Indianapolis, Ind. Science Course. Baseball 2, 3. 4; Track 1, 2; -H Club; All Stars 4; H.K.K. PAUL C. NETTINGA Holland, Mich. Science Course. Fraternal, President 4, House Manager 4; Football I, 2; Fresh- man Coach 3, 4; Basketball 1; Athletic Board 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4; Class President 1; H.K.K. HENDRIK G. NOBEL Holland, Mich. History Course. Milestone Staff 3; Debat- ing 3, 4; Pi Kappa Delta 4; Senior Play; Stage Manager 4. GARRETT NONHOF Prairie View, Kan. Science Course. Pre-Medic Club; H.K.K. BERTHA KLASINA OLGERS Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Ale- thea, President 4; Y.W.C.A. Cabinet, 4; Gospel Team 3, 4; S.G.A. LAMBERT OLGERS Holland, Mich. Classical Course. Emersonian, President, 4; Anchor Staff 1; Home Volunteers, Vice- president, 3; H.K.K. ARTHUR EDWIN OUDEMOOL Holland, Mich. Classical Course. Addison, President 4, Treasurer 2; Class Vice-president 4; Raven Contest in Oratory 2nd, 3; Glee Club 3, 4, Secretary 4; Home Volunteers; H.K.K. CARL CHRISTIAN POSTMA Alton, la. Modern Language English Course. Addi- son; Debating 4. FRANKLIN J. RYNBRANDT Jamestown, Mich. History Course. Addison; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 2, 3; Chapel Choir 4. CLARENCE H. SCHIPPER Zeeland, Mich. Classical Course. Dickensian; Home Vol- unteers 2, 3, 4; Ulfilas Club 2; Ulfilas Club Play 2; H.K.K. SUZANNE SCHOEP Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Delphi, President 4; Class Secretary 1, 3; Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Secretary 3; Chapel Choir, Secretary-Treasurer 4; House Committee 1; Milestone Staff ' 3; S.G.A. HOWARD BLISS SCHOLTEN Holland, Mich. Classical Course. Cosmopolitan, Vice- President 4; Home Volunteers, President 4; Band 1, 2, 3; Senior Play, Advertising Manager; H.K.K. MARTIN SCHOLTEN Holland, Mich. History-Classical Course. HARRIET FLORENCE SCHURMAN Holland, Mich. Latin Course. Sibylline; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, Secretary and Treasurer 2; Class Vice- president 3; S.G.A. MARVIN J. SHOEMAKER Holland, Mich. Science Course. Addison; Pre-Medic Club, Vice-president 4; Science Club; Interfra- ternity Basketball 4; H.K.K. BERNADINE I. SIEBERS Grand Rapids, Mich. Science Course. Grand Rapids Junior Col- lege 1; Dorian; Gospel Team 2, 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. Cabinet 3, President 4; Student Voluneer, Secretary-Treasurer 3, Presi- dent 4; Trumpet Quartet; Orchestra 2, 3; Milestone Assistant Editor; Dorian Basket- ball 4; Chairman Senior Music Commit- tee; S.G.A. RUSSELL H. SMITH Holland, Mich. Mathematics Course. Knickerbocker; Glee Club 3, 4; Cheer Leader 1; H.K.K. HENRY STEFFENS Holland, Mich. Science Course. Fraternal, Treasurer 2, Secretary 3, Vice-president 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; H Club; Class Vice-president 1; Anchor Staff 3; H.K.K. « 65  EVELYN LOUISE STEKETEE HoUand, Mich. History Course. Sibylline, President 4. Vice-president 3; A.D.D. Treasurer 2; Y.W.C.A. Cabinet 3, 4; Anchor Staff 3, 4; Milestone Staff 3; Class Treasurer 4; S.G.A. RAYMOND STEKETEE Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Fra- ternal, Treasurer 2; Student Council 1; Anchor Staff L 2, 3; Editor of Freshman and Sophomore Anchors; Milestone Edi- tor-in-Chief 3; Debating Team 2; Pi Kappa Delta, Secretary-Treasurer 3; Man- ager of Football 3; Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 2, 3; Drama Class Play 3; Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 2; Gos- pel Team 1, 2, 3; H Club; Class Treas- urer 1; H.K.K. MARGARET MARIE STEWART Washington College, Tenn. History Course. Dorian Secretary 1: S.G.A. MYRA ROSE TEN GATE Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Soro- sis, President 4; Drama Class Play 3; Senior Play 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Student Council 2; S.G.A. MYRTLE MAE TEN HAVE Zeeland, Mich. History Course. S.G.A. JACOB J. TIGELAAR Jamestown, Michigan Science Course. Addison; Chemistry Club; Science Club; H.K.K. A. RUTH VAN ALSBURG Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Sibyl- line, Secretary 3; Drama Class Play 3. ARTHUR M. VAN ARENDONK Wallkill, N. Y. Science Course. Fraternal; Science Club; Chemistry Club; Milestone Staff; Chem- istry Appointment; H.K.K. JULIA MAE VAN DAM Hudsonville, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Delphi. Secretary 4; Chapel Choir; S.G.A. GENEVA M. VANDEN BRINK Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Soro- sis, Treasurer 3; Harmony Glee Club 1; Sorority Basketball 4; S.G.A. DOROTHY VANDER SCHEL Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Drama Class Play 3; S.G.A. JOAN J. VANDER WERE Holland, Mich. Latin Course. Central College; Delphi, Vice-president 4; Milestone Staff; S.G.A. STANLEY E. VAN LARE Wolcott, N. Y. History Course. Emersonian, Vice-presi- dent 4; Class Basketball 2; Track 2; H. K.K. CARL F. VAN LENTE Holland, Mich. Science Course. Cosmopolitan; Football I, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Captain 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; H.K.K. JULIA MAE VAN OSS Holland, Mich. Latin Course. Dorian, Treasurer 4; Bas- ketball 4; Y.W.C.A. Cabinet 4; Adelaide Oratorical Contest 3rd Place 3; S.G.A. MILDRED J. VER HAGE Zeeland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Sibyl- line, Vice-president 4; Basketball 4; Chapel Choir 4; S.G.A. STANLEY J. VERHEY Holland, Mich. History Course. Cosmopolitan, President 4; Debating Team 2, 3, 4; Pi Kappa Delta, President 3; Manager of Oratory 4; Class Orator 4; H.K.K. DONALD MAC CLAIN WADE New Brunswick, N. J. History Course. Knickerbocker, President 4; House President 4; Class President 2; Pi Kappa Delta 4; Track 1; Anchor 2, 3, 4; Y.M.C.A. Secretary 2; Milestone Staff. WILHELMINA J. WALVOORD Holland, Mich. History Course. Sorosis, Vice-president 4; Glee Club 3,4; Milestone Staff; Drama Class Play 3; Senior Play; S.G.A. ROSE MARY WHELAN Holland, Mich. University of California 1, 2; Delphi, Chairman of Banquet Committee 4; Glee Club 3, 4, Treasurer 4; Anchor Staff; S.G.A. JOHN KOOLS WINTER Holland, Mich. Science Course. Knickerbocker, Secretary 3, President 4; Football 2, 3, 4; H Club; H.K.K. HENRY WOLTHORN Grand Rapids, Mich. Science Course. Addison, Treasurer 2, Secretary 4, President 4; Chemistry Club, Treasurer 3; Interfraternity Council, Sec- retary 3. HARVEY J. WOLTMAN Holland, Michigan History Course. Addison, Vice-president 3, President 4; Gospel Team 1, 2, 3, 4; Senior Class Play. JANET DOROTHY YONKER Holland, Mich. Modern Language English Course. Soro- sis; Student Council 3; Drama Class Play 3; S.G.A., President 4. 66 Even all the new industries fast devel- oping could not employ the large number of young people. They were urged to find work tvith American farmers living beyond Allegan and Kalamazoo. By this course the difficult food situation in the settlement would be relieved, money for the use of the settlers would be brought in, and all would become more accustomed to the tvays of the Americans, with whom they had cast their lot. So with tender farewells uttered, through the tvoods went the fortune-seek- ing young folks, later returning with ex- citing stories of adventure. ' ' Olga Bender. Treasurer. Raymond McGilvra, President; Clarence Becker, Vice-President Marian De Kuiper. Student Council Benjamin Vermeer, Treasurer, Paul Brouwer, Student Council Josephine Rodenberg, Secretary Junior Class History IN THE fall of 1927 a large group of High School graduates came to Hope College. They came either by choice, force, or chance — from all parts of the globe. Some came by steamer, some hitch-hiked, and some motored, bur by far the greater majority came via Pere Marquette. We were met at the various docks and stations by Big Sisters or other welcoming upper classmen who took us to our boarding houses. Then it began to rain. And it rained for days and days until it seemed that everyone had permanently donned the raincoat and umbrella mentioned in the Voorhees leaflets as necessary articles for the college wardrobe! It finally stopped raining, and on September 30 we poor Frosh looked at the sun for the first time since coming to Michigan. But this blessed dryness and comfort was of short duration, for on September 50 we gathered at the river! The pull was a success — for the Sophs. Some dozen or more of our biggest and best were pulled through Black River. That night we met for our first class party, which has since become a fond memory. This party was held at « 68  Macatawa Park and the main feature on the program a comedy The SOPHisticated Thing by the gentlemen of the class. In the meantime between big events, we had registered, had taken an EngHsh Placement Examination, and had been made to wear the green. Then came the annual Y. Mixes, from which we all returned doubtfully mixed, feeling that the Y. M. and Y. W. must be important organizations on the campus. On September 26 the first class election was held with Charles Rozema, ' 29, Student Council President, acting as temporary chairman. Lewis Scudder became our president, with Edward Tellman as vice-president. Our first Student Council representatives were also chosen. And so we came to take our first official stand on the campus. With this step upward came confidence and perhaps some cockiness. On October 3 pots and ties were not worn and Sophomore jaws set hard in the spirit of revenge. In the tussel which followed, one Freshman blundered greatly in mistaking President E. Dimnent for a Sophomore! The afternoon was a mixture of green paint, stacked rooms, and cherry noses. On October 4 pots and ties were again in order. On November 9 some half-dozen Seniors took on prematurely their Caps and Gowns and came to Winant ' s Chapel to act as judges at the Freshman Trial. About twenty guilty Frosh became victims of wanderlust and were nowhere to be found. A posse of Sophomores and Seniors proved quite capable and the wanders were returned. After much unjust overruling of objections, severe punishments were meeted out. The follow- ing day roller-skates, kiddy cars, baby cabs, long skirts, hip boots and fishing poles caused serious traffic congestion on Hope ' s campus. By this time we all had become acquainted with each other and our professors ' lessons became a serious matter and we settled down to hard work. The first fifteen weeks had passed and we were on our way home to spend a well-earned vacation. The second semester passed as rapidly, and after making our debut in oratory, debating, football, basketball, and the like, we put away our books and pencils and automatically became Sophomores. It was during the summer of 1928 that one of our members, Grace Wilterdink, passed away at her home east of Holland. She had been ill for some time during the Spring and early Summer. It is remembered as a said event in the history of our class. In the fall of 1928 many of our former number gathered again for a year of w ork, play, and development. ' We now told the Freshmen who they were and what was expected of them. Aged eggs, green paint, and dips in the fish pond were used as means to enforce the law. College now became a part of us and we became a part of it. Goals became definite and an active interest in all college activities grew within us. Paul Brower was chosen as Hope ' s representative to the M. O. L. contest to be held the following year. Besides this, many of our men had become varsity football, basketball, baseball, and track stars. Others had been chosen for debating and were holding positions of responsiblity in various organizations. June came again and after a week of severe examining we were given the name of Juniors. It was during the summer of 1928 that one of our members. Miss Dorothy Eyle, became the bride of Mr. Frank Brokaw, ' 29- Many others took their names from the class roll, either to enter other lines of training or to enter other colleges. At the beginning of our Junior year, 1929, our class still had a large enrollment of members. Raymond McGilvra was chosen as our class president for the year. More duties have come our way and as upper classmen we see privileges, hopes, and opportun- ities which we had overlooked during our first two years. It is with keen anticipation that we look forward to our final year at Hope as a last opportunity to give and to gain. 69 George Alfred Fell Holland, Mich. Gay Gregarious Game Frances Nell Dunkirk Zeeland, Mich. Fanciful Faithful Flippant Marion A. De Kuiper Fremont, Mich. Musical Moderate Musing Alvin Lubbers Fremont, Mich. Ambitious Adventurous Agile Raymond McGilvra Sioux City, la. Reliable Resolute Reasonable Ruth Everhart East Saugatuck, Mich. Retiring Responsive Resolute Josephine De Haan Zeeland, Mich. Jaunty Joyful Joking Myron A. Leenhouts Wiiluimson, N. Y. Mixing Miiiiicing Monkev-sliiiiing « 70  Edgar T. De Graaf Ulster Park, N. Y. Eccentric Easy-going Elusive Marguerite Rottschaefer Fremont, Mich. Managing Meticulous Alirthful Ruth Marian Bolhuis Holland, Mich. Reticent Romantic Rhythmical John Adam Eiskamp Richmond Hill, N. Y. Judicious Just Jumpy Raymond De Windt Jenison, Mich. Respectful Rhyming Rational Evelyn Albers Holland, Mich. Earnest Enthusiastic Ethical Daisy Zandstra Paterson, N. J. Decided Distinctive Dancing Martin Kloosterman Grand Rapids, Mich. Measured Moderate Motivated « 71  Bi;njamin Vermeer Sioux Center, la. Blase Bass Balanced Vanessa E.Boughter Greenmount, Md. Versed Vivid Veracious Mildred W. Schuppert Waupun, Wis. Modest Matchless Melodious Alva John Ebbers Oostburg, Wis. Accurate Acceptable Achieving Herman M. Janssen Zeeland, Mich. Hopeful Hardy Hustling Olga Anzenette Bender Benton Harbor, Mich. Observing Officious Orderly FuMi Watanabe Tokio, Japan Friendly Free Firm Karel Feenstra Zeeland, Mich. Kindly Keen Knowing « 72  John W. Schuiling Holland, Mich. Willing Wishful Worthy Eunice Irene Hyma Holland, Mich. Ecstatic Enraptured Engaging Lillian Henrietta Landhuis Boydon, la. Loyal Logical Literary Harry Kirkland Smith River Edge,N. J. Head-strong Hyper-critical Helpful Raymond Shoemaker Zeeland, Mich. Random Rangy Rational Marian Lordahl Holland, Mich. Merciful Methodical Mindful Evangeline Leora Horning Holland, Mich. Expeditious Even-tempered Earnest Lewis Scudder Worcester, Mass. Leading Laconic Laudable 73 Mi-LVIN OosTiNG Holland, Mich. Muscular Magnetic Manly Margaret Edna Beach Holland, Mich. Mannerly Meditative Maidenly Marian Anderson Kansas, Ohio Merry Modish Minute Glenn D. Nykerk Holland, Mich. Genuine Grave Good Catherinus Nettinga Hull, la. Careful Conscientious Considerate Bessie Schouten Holland, Mich. Busy Bright Bustling Julia Antoinette Hondelink Rochester, N. Y. Proper Prompt Practical Gordon Van Ark Holland, Mich. Genial Glib Gallant « 74 5 Fred Wyngarden Zeeland, Mich. Funny Forceful Frank Kathryn M. Ives White Plains, N. Y. Komical Ko-operative Korrupting Olivia Johnson Spring Valley, N. Y. Obliging Open-handed Optimistic Thomas Zandstra Paterson, N. J. Talented Taciturn Timid Edwin T. Tellman - Palmyra, N. Y. Enigmatic Energetic Engrossing Marguerite E. Kinkema Grand Rapids, Mich. Modest Mild Meritorious Anna Antonia Koeman Holland, Mich. Able Active Administrative Harry Ver Strate Grandville, Mich. Hasty Handy Head-strong « 75  Clarence John Becker Grand Rapids, Mich. Comical Canny Comradely Lenore Evelyn Nykamp Zealand, Mich. Lanningish Lady-like Lenient An ETTA Lois McGilvra Sioux City, la. Acquiescent Adept Amiable A. Marian Alday Clymer, N. Y. Academic Acute Adept John Coert Rylaarsdam Chandler, Minn. Clever Courteous Concise Tillie Mae Masselink Holland, Mich. Talkative Tall Tactful Sady Grace Masselink Zeeland, Mich. Sociable Seemly Sophisticated Abraham S. Antar Basrah, Arabia Adaptable Amiable Apt « 76  Stanley Yntema Hudsonville, Mich. Sane Sure Safe Helen Christine Van Eenenaam Zeeland, Mich. High-spinted Heady Harmonious Gertrude Mabel Hanson Freehold, N. J. Gracious Gentle Georgeous Everett Henry Poppink Rochester, N. Y. Easy Eligible Engaging John Henry Wyma Holland, Mich Just Joking Jocund Ruth L. Glerum Zeeland, Mich. Rational Reasonable Receptive Janet M. Kollen Holland, Mich. Just Justifiable Joyous Gerald G. Huenink Cedar Grove, Wis. Good-humored Genuine Gleeful « 77  Chester Meengs Zeeland, Mich. Clever Chatty Cheery Sarah Fox Williamson, N. Y. Serene Shy Sincere Evelyn A. Geerlings Fremont, Mich. Elfish Expressive Effervescent John G. Mulder Holland, Mich. Jarring Jolly Judicious Anthony A. Popma Orange City, la. Affable Aggressive Analytical Esther L.Glerum Zeeland, Mich. Endeavoring Encouraging Equable Dorothy Anne Haan Holland, Mich. Dating Dimpled Domestic Victor Maxam Hamilton, Mich. Vigi)rous Vital Visionary « 78  Ralph Bielema Fulton, 111 Red-headed Restless Roguish Hazel M. Paalman Grand Rapids, Mich. Happy Handy Harmonizing Esther Marian Mulder Spring Lake, Mich. Exhiierating Eager Excitable Harold William Boone Holland, Mich Hospitable Honest Histrionic Marene Boshka Macatawa, Mich. Mischievous Materialistic Mirthful Gertrude Korver Sheldon, la. Game Good-natured Generous Olive J. Peeke Holland, Mich. Original Observant Out-of-the-ordinary PURCEL L. ArENDSON Byron Center, Mich. Patient Phlegmatic Placid 79 ThI ' ODORE F. Knapp Zeeland, Mich. Trusting Tame Temperate Ann Marie Buth Grand Rapids, Mich. Animated Abeish Attractive Ethel Cunnagin Annville, Ky. Effective Efficient Enjoyable William Kuyper Cedar Grove, Wis. Winning Waggish Whoopeeaclitig Jacob Juist Fulton, III. Jovial Jibing Jocund Dorothy De Good Holland, Mich. Demure Deferential Delicate Josephine Rodenberg Strasburg, N. D. Jolly Jesting Jibing Harold Klaasen HoUand, Mich. Handy Hasty Helpful « 80 Allen E. Brunson Ganges, Mich. Amusing Admirable Accommodating Lucille Walvoord South Holland, III. Lovely Lissom Luxurious WiLLARD C. WiCHERS Zeeland, Mich. Willing Wakeful Week-ending Paul John Brouwer Grand Rapids, Mich. Personable, Perplexing Paradoxical Lawrence De Cook Orange City, la. Laughing Lavish Liberal Robert S. De Bruyn Zeeland, Mich. Ready Reserved Responsive Nicholas John Burggraaff Lodi, N. J. Natural Naive Non-committal Arnold E. Dykhuizen Holland, Mich. Altruistic Affable Agreeable 81 Donald Li;.STr,R Vandh Bunte Hudsonviile, Mich. Docile Dccenr Defensive Bhtty H. Smith Bay City, Mich. Breezy Brisk Brimming-over Jani;t Spyker Virginia Park, Mich. Jdaular Jumbled Joking Anthony Van Horn Holland, Mich, Attentive Assured Aspiring Justin W, Vander Kolk Vriesland, Mich. Judicious Jesting Joyful Marian Ruth Sluyter Grand Rapids, Mich. Merciful Meticulous Merry Mary Louise Stevenson Holland, Mich. Mild Mirthful Modest Cornelius M. Van Leeuwen Holland, Mich. Civil Candid Capable Lester Vander Were Holland, Mich. Lusty Love-lorn Locquacious Elizabeth Lilllan Smies Oostburg, Wis. Elusive Emulative Encouraging « 82  Fo? ' food the Dutch settlers had wheat, bran, and corn. The fare tvas not a tvell balanced ration, but hunger gave a keen edge to their appetite. It was during the Spring, when the lake and river xvere full of floating ice, and the roads to Allegan absolutely impassable, that for nearly six weeks the colonists had to live on corn pre- pared in this way. They went on with their task of cutting dotvn trees, building more cabins, and making roads. Mr. Harrington had an ox team tvhich they could hire for two dollars a day to drag logs. Louis Damstra, Vice-President; Howard Dalman, Vice-President Iva Klerk, Secretary. Lois Marsilje, Student Council; Loretta Schuiling, Secretary Geneva Dogger, Treasurer. Thomas Beaver, President; Ronald Fox, President. Sophomore Class History SCARCELY aware of the why and the wherefore, one hundred and ten high school graduates from the corn fields of Iowa, the hills of Kentucky, the cherry blossoms of Japan, and the subways of New York, found their way to Holland. Here, under the gentle zephyrs bearing odors of fifty-seven varieties, the new youth may have come in the quest for higher learning. In order to organize the Freshmen, the Student Council called a meeting of the class. A short address by Chuck Rozema made us aware that we had come to Hope for some purpose. Plans were made for the inter-class tussles and the annual Pull. A growing opposition to inter-class frays and the ability of the Sophomores to evade encounter with the Freshmen reduced the customary amusement to only sporadic outbursts. But the pull proved a test of each team ' s strength. After an extended period of pulling and holding, the rope slipped. Disputing every inch of the way, the Frosh followed the rope through the water. Society friendliness set us at ease. In extending our actjuaintances, our minds cleared of the fog which had previously enveloped them. A few of the men were privileged to 84 room in the first fraternity houses at Hope. With the opening, at the beginning of the following year, of two other fraternity houses, friendships were broadened. We came to feel during this year that we had become a part of Hope. While mentioning firsts, a last might be included. The Class of ' 32 was the last to be welcomed to Hope in Winant ' s Chapel. When the football season opened, a Freshman team was organized with Paul Nettinga as coach. Dalman, Wabeke, Spoelstra, Beaver, Bossenbroek, Cupery, Bouma, Van Haits- ma, Fox, Hoffman, and Steggerda composed the squad. Beaver, Dalman, and Fox showed varsity possibilities. The class basketball team demonstrated a snap and shooting which qualified them for the varsity. Spoelstra and Dalman worked a fine combination. Van Haitsma, Hoff- man, Fox, Steggerda, and Bouma were close behind the former Holland High stars. A deep loss was felt by the class and college when Russ Schermerhorn was fatally injured while at home for the Christmas holidays. Only on the campus three months, his jovial disposition had won for him a place with all the students. Several reporters for the Anchor were selected and have retained their positions. In some cases the reporters were rapidly promoted. Schade, Friesema, Potts, Austin, and Steketee won places with the Men ' s Glee Club. Friesema and Schade became soloists. As for the Girls ' Glee Club Miyo Tase, Iva Klerk, Gertrude and Margaret Rudd (the latter two now in the East) sang their way into the charming group. One of the most amusing events on the Freshman calendar was the Trial. Some students regarded the Trial as an imposition but most took it in the amusing manner in which it was intended. At the close of the first year, we were privileged to take part in the dedicatory exer- cise of the Hope Memorial Chapel. With the re-opening of college in September, 1929, we returned bearing the impres- sive distinction of being Sophomores. The membership of the class had fallen to ninety but we were delighted to have several new classmates, either by transfer or return to Hope after an absence. The general opinion of the student body concerning the detrimental effects of inter- class squabbles, which are essential for some people, prevented the inter-class feeling from running high. In the annual pull, the Sophomores quickly dragged the boys at the other end of the rope into the water. The short period required to win the contest disappointed the spectators. With the opening of the football season, Dalman and Fox earned regular berths while Beaver became a substitute. George Painter, who came to Hope from Worcester, N. Y., played with the Frosh due to M.I.A.A. rules. Next season he is expected to be a regular. His hard tackling and sturdy guarding helped us to win the M.I.A.A. cham- pionship. In basketball, Spoelstra brought an All-state position to Hope. His guarding, jumping, and shooting placed him on the M.I.A.A. team. Dalman performed admirably beside Spoelstra. Van Haitsma, Beaver, and Hoffman were held in reserve. More Sophomores took places on the Glee Clubs due to vacancies left by graduation. Ruth Van Dyke, Lois Keppel, and Elizabeth Arendshorst became members of the Girls ' Glee Club. Among the boys, Walvoord and Mooi were added to the Men ' s Glee Club. On the Eastern trip of the men, Nichols appeared as violinist and Van Dommelien as accompanist. A greater number of Sophomores now serve the Anchor than any other class. 85 In the oratorical try-outs of 1929, Theodore Schaap received the commendation of several judged. Because of the experience of last year, Schaap expects to do better this spring. Several members of the class have indicated that they are preparing for the con- tests this year. Between try-outs, Schaap has been using his forensic capacity with the debating team. The argumentative ability of the Near Eastern people is used for debate by Kamil Toonian. David Reardon adds the lowan views to the debates. In the two years on the campus we have shared a quickened interest of the students in the affairs of the college. Much of the credit for this activity is owed to the class of 1930. To them we pledge continued support of their program. But the laurels gathered during the first year at Hope were minute compared to those that came during the past year. First the presence of a group of the greenest Freshmen in the history of Hope forced the fully capable Sophomores to tame and train them. After a few unorganized skirmishes, the annual pull came along. In the shortest time in the history of the event, the Sophs came through victorious. But the Frosh were persistent in their efforts to best their superior opponents, and in the late fall between seasons, challenged the Sophs to a basketball game. Again the first year class was forced to submit to a stronger force. During this second year, the class of ' 32 began to contribute heavily toward the school activities. Societies and glee clubs found the Sophomores among the elite, the Anchor staff boasted of ten members of the class. Mary Kosegarten was head reporter, and Cornie Vander Naald won the silver loving cup in the race for ad sales. Five sophomores were members of the football squad. These fellows, Dalman, Beaver, Fox, Damstra, and Friesema, were mainstays of the team. A new member of the class. Painter, was the leading lineman on the crack Frosh team. The Sophs made their greatest contribution in basketball. On the squad of eleven men, five were Sophomores. Besides, Harold Hoover proved to be the best manager Coach Schouten has ever had. Spoelstra, Dalman, Beaver, Van Haitsma, and Hoffman were on the squad, and of this group, Spoelstra and Dalman were regulars. Spoelstra added more honors to his class colors by making the all M. I. A. A. first team, the first athlete to accomplish that in the history of the college. Baseball and track also found a goodly Soph representation. But the Class of ' 32 will not rest with these honors, they will be out to add to the already crowded crown of stars during the next two years in school. W. Spoelstra, M. Tase, J. Stryker, K. Skillern, H. Schade, H. Stroven « 86  p. BoL E. CuNNAGiN, N. Browhr, L. De Free, N. Cupery G. Dogger, L. Damstra, H. Dalman, J. De Vries, E. Drescher W. Clough, E. HiNKAMP, L. Ellerbroek, R. Hospers, H. Friesema M. Harper, J. De Witt, O. Dressel, R. Fox, R. Geerlings H. Hoffman, M. Kosegarten, H. Hoover, I. Klerk, R. Klaasen M. Kleis, R. Hoodema, I. Johnson, R. Johnson, L. Keppel J. C. Meyer, H. Lamet, R. Marcotte, G. MacLeod, R. Mooi B. Mollema, J. Meengs, A. Nienhuis, R. Nichols, L. Marsilje R. NiESSiNK, J. Reynolds, E. Potts, L. Schuiling, R. Schaap V. Blair, R. Notier, G. Painter, D. Reardon, L. Sabo S, Wabeke, H. Van Landegend, R. Voskuil, L. Zonnebelt, L. Wathen R. Aiken, T. Van Haitsma, E. Winter, C. Walvoord, N. Van Loo T. ScHAAP. A. Bos, C. Van Dommelen, V. Van Duren, K. Toonian R. Van Dyke, E. Welmers, M. Vanderberg, T. Umekichi, E. Winter ' ' Sometimes the settlers had to ivalk twenty miles through the tvoods to Grand Rapids to buy stores of provisions. In order to get them home they took them by flat boat dotvn the Grand River to Grand Haven; then by way of Lake Michigan to Black Lake. From Grand Haven on, the boat tvas drawn after the manner of a canal boat, by a horse rvalking along the shore. At Black Lake (due to a shalloiv channel) the goods were transferred to a flat boat going up the river. This required three weeks time. ' « 91  Helen Johnson, Secretary; Alma Cook, Treasurer; Mildred Klow, Student Council Margaret Steketee, Secretary; Berdean Welling, Treasurer; Harold De Windt, Student Council Clark Poling, President; Gerrit Wiegerink, Treasurer; John Muilenburg, Treasurer, Vice-President James Moran, Vice-President; Edward Damson, President Freshman Class Diary SEPT. 16, 1929 — I ' m starring Hope! It all seems so srrange now. The folks brought me here and you know how it is when they leave. There are only a few students here, but it really hasn ' t started yet. Sept. 17 — Today there has been more happening all around. The boys ' societies are rushing. Reports say that we ' re going to have a large Freshman class this year. Besides meeting our room mates and big sisters, we registered today. Sept. 18 — Our first chapel exercises were held this morning in the new Memorial Chapel. Dr. Bush of Detroit gave the opening address Traditions. The girls of our class received flowers from the Y. W. C. A. The girls experienced the thrill of serenades for the first time tonight. Sept. 19 — Classes were supposed to be found today, but we poor I cshies didn ' t know where to go or what to do. The other students told us not to botlicr, but we thought we ought to make a better start than that. « 92  Sept. 20 The first thing they want to know about us is how much we don ' t know. The whole class took an intelligence (placement) test. In the afternoon we had a mass meeting to elect a Pull Captain. Gradually we ' re beginning to learn who ' s in our class. Sept. 21 — A week full of new experiences and a bit of the Hope Spirit has been shown us. Sept. 23 — Most of us found at least one class today and feel that we aren ' t so green after all. We had a big mass meeeting and one of our class members (Harold De Windt) made his debut. The old traditional Soph-Frosh rivalry has begun. After the meeting we saw such things happen as a Frosh bashfully going home after a dipping in the fish pond. We don ' t mind — the Sophs had one of their members thrown in too. Rotten tomatoes and eggs! We viewed a bunch of Freshmen but the Sophomores evidently didn ' t have a bunch. The traditional Frosh rules were read and put into eflfect. Sept. 24 — Girls in Voorhees begin to lock doors due to advice of the sympathetic Junior about capers of Sophomores. Dorm rules are in effect we hear — and notice. The Y. M.-Y. W. gave us a splendid reception tonight. We met more people and heard so many things about Sophomores that we wonder if we will live through it. Besides the fun we had we received calendars from the Association Union. Sept. 25 — We really feel like Freshmen today with our greens. Lots of joking going on about the rules and trial to come. We have to study now, too. Our class has one hundred twenty-two members. Sept. 27 — Big pull today! Ole Man River gave our fellows a nice ducking, but we were good sports about it. We had our first social gathering at Castle Park and some more members made debuts. We had great fun, but we transacted business too when we elected class officers and council members. We thought it time to do something to the overbearing Sophomores so we declared a potless day for Monday. Sept. 30 — Potless day! Any ties seen in mid-air. ' Any green paint left in town. ' What did the H. K. K. do to some of our members? Are any of the girls necks sore from paint. Oct. 4 — Dean W. Durfee entertained the girls of our class at a tea and after tea they played (?) a questionaire game. Oct. 16 — Today is especially significant to the new members of one of the fraterni- ties. They carried out their initiation — some boys really can be quiet when they feel they ought to (maybe mints would help). The Sophomores and upper classmen still think we ought to be run. Oct. 28 — The list of Freshmen up for trial was posted and now to find a good lawyer. Really — it ' s fun to disobey at times but sooner or later you feel the result. The Sophomores would like to have us feel it before we get it. Girls societies are busy giving programs for new girls. Oct. 30 — The naughty ones of our class were punished tonight at trial. Some judges can be so mean! And the lawyers around this section don ' t lie! The dorm girls took their part as little kiddies very well. Some of the Seniors tried to look sedate in their robes. (Maybe they ' re practising for June already.) Oct. 31 — Frosh rules are over! We almost miss the green now. Nov. 1 — Some of our members were kept out of chapel this morning because of costumes. You see, we feel rather lowly today because we were punished. The dormi- tory girls are taking advantage of us too. Nov. 11 — Frosh are being picked on for Homecoming plans, but we ' re going lo show them we can work. Nov. 12 — The chapel choir has been organized and our class is well represented in it. Nov. 14 — Evidences of trial are still seen in and around the campus. Today the dorm girls had to make and wear posters advertising Homecoming. They were helped « 93 by Junior High students in the advertising. Nov. 13 — Hoiiiecoiii ng! We expected all the alumni and more but the weather must have held them up. Our team beat Kazoo! We also took part in the big parade with one float. Our fellows worked at finding wood for the bonfire and then someone spoiled all their efforts. Nov. 16 — Another day of Homecoming. At the game in the afternoon we snake- danced and sold programs. Voorheesites served tea. Nov. 23 — Girls are taken into societies today and were busy all day. Nov. 25 — Another mass meeting tonight, and a basketball game with the Sopho- mores. They won, but we had our good time when we buried our greens. Dec. 5 — Now the girls have their taste of initiation for a few days. They can keep still, too, if they must, but their silence isn ' t due to garlic. Dec. 9 — The Freshmen experienced their first prayer week at Hope and as a special treat we were allowed to sit anywhere in the chapel. Dec. 16 — Freshmen dorm girls entertained the rest of the inmates tonight. They actually told us we weren ' t such a bad bunch after all. Dec. 20 — Some of the members of our class seem homesick, but it won ' t be long now before they see Home Sweet Home. School closed at noon. Jan. 6 — It seems Santa was good to everyone and so far we ' ve all kept our resolu- tions. Of course, we were glad for the vacation, but we were anxious to get back. Jan. 22 — We displayed our journalistic ability today by editing the annual Fresh- man Anchor. But the Sophomores would still like to have us feel below them. Jan. 31 — Two of our fellows went on the Glee Club trip and we ' re proud of them. Tomorrow we send two girls off with the other club. Feb. — This month seems to be vacant of any Freshman doings, but we ' re still get- ting acquainted and learning things every day. March 27 — It seems there are so many first things for us. Tonight we had our first all-college banquet. Our frosh football team has the M.I. A. A. championship! March 28 — Another happy time for those who aren ' t so accustomed to being away from home. Old homesteads call us all. April 11 — Had another class meeting and decided to have a class party. April 23 — The Falling Frolic went off rather bumpily, but everyone had fun and plenty of it. May 16 — Alice Boter won the oratorical contest today! Another member to be proud of. May 26 — Some of our fellows were in contest tonight and Harold took second place. June 4 — Ethel Leestma gave her recital tonight and so you see we have a few illus- trious ones. Now we feel that most of our greenness is worn off and we are ready to become the Sophomores of 1931. C. NORLIN J. MUILENBURG D. MURPHY A. NORMAN A. Plakke J. Herman M. Oudemool C. Poling 94 J. Van Vessem, M. Repic, E. Waite, L. Rader, J. Tysse J. WiEGERiNK, J. Vanden Belt, N. Urick, M. Vanden Bosch, B. Van Leeuwen W. Senf, L. Scherpenisse, J. Somsen, S. Stegenga, M. Rigterink W. Ripley, R. Scholten, M. Vanden Berg, N. Toonian, C. Slighter 95 M. De Jonge, R. Foss, G. Fairbanks, A. Cook, G. De Jonge E. Boyd, I. Decker, N. De Haan, G. Gaillard, A. Boter I E. BiTTNER, M. Steketee, H. Bauhahn, T. Vanden Brink, E. Boer E. WiERDA, D. Boone, N. Van Eeuwen, B. Barden, J. Ten Brink « 97  H. Zeg£Rius, G. Scholten, a. Aradi, R. Schreiber, J. Zwemer M. ScHURMAN, G. Alexander, L. Schaeffer, G. WtEGERiNK, E. Roggen A. Kammeraad, L. Guigelaar, S. Havinga, G. Hudson, A. Holland E. HuiziNGA, H. Fairbanks, H. Johnson, J. Homkes, L. Kieft L. Janssen, C. Nettinga, H. Kieft, M. Klow, J. Hungerink C. Kooiker, L. Japinga, M. Kole, L. Meengs, J. Kaper 1 Hien Scn€CL ' ' It was while working at Arnheim in the Netherlands that Van Raalte became inter- ested in the plight of the poor Dutch peas- ants, suffering from both religious oppres- sion and economic depression. Theirs was a life of burdens. Because they had almost no escape from crushing loads of labor, their condition was the subject of much dis- cussion between Van Raalte and his friends. Various possibilities of going to Java or to America were investigated. In 1846 he de- cided to lead them to America. But only those physically and financially able were allowed to join the courageous band. Many, both young and old, bade grief -stricken farewells to loved ones they did not hope to see on this earth again. Miss Adklaidi; Dykhuizi;n, A.B. Miss Dykhuizen, head of the- history cli- partment in Hope High School, is an alumna of Hope College. After complel- ing her course here she took work at the University of Southern California, toward her Master ' s degree, then found her way back to that dear old town of Holland, Michigan. Prof. Clarence De Graaf. A.M. This instructor in English in our Hope High School has made many friends for himself during his per iod of professorship here. In constant contact with the varied problems of this preparatory department, Professor De Graaf has done much to make the work of his students and his fellow teachers a pleasant duty. He is still studying during summer sessions of the universities, striving to advance himself in his field of usefulness. Prof, Garriitt Vandi;r Bcjiu.h, A.M. For several years this amiable, honest- faced individual has headed the faculty of Hope High School as its principal. His regime has been a most pleasant one for both his co-workers and his srudentry, for with this soft-spoken but firm manager of affairs, the preparatory school has enjoyed an unusual era of advancement and growth. Professor Vander Borgh is a Hope trained man, finding his greatest pleasure in passing on the convincing value of his Alma Mater ' s principles. Prof. Edward J. Wolters, A.M. After attending the prep department of Hope College during 1912-16, Prof. Wt)l- ters entered the college proper and spent four years pursuing its courses, until 1920, when he was graduated with honors. Since then he has attended various summer sessions of the University of Michigan. He won his A. M. degree in 1927. He ' has taught in the .Holland Christian High School, and in the Hope High School. His subjects are Latin and Ger.iian. 102 3n ilemonam Nicholas Whelan came to our Hope High School during the winter of 1928-1929- He soon won a warm spot in the hearts of all. He was a boy among boys, possessed evident qualities of leadership, and proved a gentleman in all situations. As a student we found him interested, capable, willing, a youth with a promising future. Suffering found him submissive and patient, hi the fall of 1929 he developed a virulent type of infection against which he put up a noble but slowly losing fight. On the last day, even those at the bedside were struck by the tenacity with which he clung to life. And yet death had no fears for him because he firmly believed he was entering a better life. Our sympathies are with the parents and the sister whose happiness has been thus so sorely tried. May the Lord be their comfort and strength. « 103  Al.BliRT NiENHUIS Straight from North Holland Bert camt.- to us in his Star and, ever since, this mir- aculous velocipede has transported him hither and yon. He stands supreme among the happy-go-lucky of this world; never worries or troubles himself. His congen- ial disposition will not permit this. Bert gets a big kick out of life, and is an incurable optimist. The best type of nature in the world and exceptional sense of humor are his. Finally, his considera- tion for others makes him a good fellow to all. Cornelia Cook. Connie hails from Grand Rapids where she has made her home for several years. Before this she attended school at Cleve- land, Ohio, for two and one-half years. She then took up a business course and last fall entered Hope High as a senior. We admire the interest she shows in her school work and also her friendly dispo- sition. She is interested in tennis, swim- ming and riding. One of her favorite pastimes is writing letters; the bulk of her correspondence is addressed to one whose name begins with Mr. Julia Hoeve Julia Hoeve, a tall, slim girl, with chest- nut colored hair and laughing brown eyes, comes to us from Forest Grove, Michigan. She graduated from the James- town Junior High School, and spent the two remaining years of her High School life with us. In her senior year she was president of the Minerva Society, and took part in the Minerva-Meliphone play. Her sunny disposition and willingness to act has endeared her to us all. WlLLARD VaNDEN BeRG About mid-way between Holland and Zee- land is the residence of a certain snappy voung man possessing that something es- specially admired by girls. He has been on the basketball team two successive years, ' 29, ' 30, and was the pitcher for the Hope High team in ' 29. He is now pitcher for the Freshman College team. He has occupied various offices in Meli- phone, now being president. The young man comes to school in a contrivance for transportation known as a Buick. « 104  John Eckwielen In the fall of 1927 John enrolled at Hope High as a Sophomore. He came from the St. Francis School of Holland. He soon made many friends and in his quiet way gained the respect of all. By taking part in debating during his junior and senior years he tried to add glory to the name of Hope High. John played a roll in the Meliphone-Minerva play in his junior year. Underneath his calm ex- terior runs a vein of humor which has contributed many a wise crack to the life of the class. Willis Bosch Mr. Bosch, or as he is familiarly called around High School, Willis, was born in North Holland about eighteen years ago. He received his primary and junior high school education in the North Hol- land school, graduating from North Hol- land Junior High and entering Hope High School in 1928. He comes to school in a dilapidated vehicle inappropriately termed a Star. The only resemblance be- tween his five wheeled conveyance and a star is its immovability. G. Herbert Schneider When Herbert first came to the College High School in ' 28 we thought a cyclone had blown in from Morris High in New York. He had come here to study for the ministry, and hopes to continue school next year at Hope College. He has been class president, ' 29, ' 30; Meliphone presi- dent, ' 29; vice president, ' 28; Meliphone play ' 29, ' 30. Herbert ' s versatility knows no bounds, running from popular enter- tainer to waiter at the Green Mill, from tennis to tiddle-de-winks. Harold Veldheer The first five years of his life were spent teasing cats, chasing chickens, and arous- ing everyone ' s temper on an estate near North Holland. He attended primary school and junior high at North Holland. School life at Hope High is brightened by bis clever remarks, his humor, and his ability to manufacture excuses for not having prepared his lessons. His greatest interest outside the academic world lies in old cars and motorcycles. He hopes to become a professional autograph writer. « 105  Senior Class History In the fall of the year of ' 26, four freshmen enrolled in the Hope Preparatory School. They were Catherine Nettinga, Sartell Moore, John La Huis, and Wiliard Vanden Berg. The first few days we were all enthusiasm for our studies, but we had very irregular classes. Some of our enthusiasm died down when we settled to regular work. The faculty consisted of Mr. Vander Borgh, Mr. Wolters, Mrs. Ver Hulst, Miss Raymaker and Miss Dykhuizen. Of these five Mr. Wolters and Miss Dykhuizen were added that year. Shortly after school had commenced we were given a reception by the school. The girls and boys of the class were given invitations by Minerva and Meliphone respectively. The Sophomore year, 1927- ' 28 was a very eventful year in Hope High School. The year started out with its usual round of social functions, and everybody soon became well acquainted. The newcomers to the Sophomore class were Marian Sargent, John Eckwielen and Alberta Kingma. During this year student teaching by the seniors of Hope College was inaugurated, and the High School moved from all over the campus to the Columbia Avenue Building. Only two things mar an otherwise perfect year. Sartell Moore, a student in Hope High School, had to give up his studies because of failing eyesight, and Miss De Young of the faculty, returned to China to keep up her good work as a missionary of the Reformed Church to that country. School work of the Junior year began Sept. 17, 1928. The newcomers were given a hearty welcome. Among the objects of curiosity were the three musketeers from North Holland, and the lone wanderer from the wilds of New Yawk. A get-together recep- tion was held in the high school building, at which the newcomers were officially intro- duced to the society of the elite. October 15, the Juniors appeared with their class sweaters. Soon after Christmas vacation, Nicholas Whelan was welcomed into our midst as a Junior. On Arbor day we were given a party by the Seniors at Lake Michigan beach. The annual Junior-Senior banquet was held at Saugatuck, at which the Seniors were amply fed and entertained much to the financial detriment of the Juniors. During the year the physical surroundings of our high school changed considerably. The New Memorial Chapel was completed, the old Meliphone hall was torn down, and three new tennis courts were built adjacent to the high school building. Having passed through three valleys of the shadow of diligence, and having spent a whole summer for recuperation, a band of intelligent idealists returned to the House of Learning in September, 1929. They took upon themselves the name of Dignified Seniors. Herbert Schneider was chosen president of the class. The regular Seniors were glad to greet and receive as new members in the class Alberta Kingma, who had been elsewhere for one year, Cornelia Cook, Julia Hoeve, and Samuel Kole. The new college chapel having been finished, the Seniors were able to enjoy the exercises during this last year. The Senior Class experienced a great loss in November of 1929 in the death of one of its most active members, Nicholas Whelan. His qualities of leadership were greatly appreciated during the short time he was with our group. The Seniors have this year been active in all forms of school activity — societies, parties, school play, debating, and oratory. On Arbor Day a silver maple was planted in front of the High School building. Herbert Schneider made the presentation speech and Miss Dykhuizen accepted it for the faculty. After the ceremonies, a picnic in the form of a farewell was held by the whole school at the beach. 106  Top: H. Kuizenga, J. Schurman, M. Schaap Center: J. Van Ham, C. Everhart, M. Vanden Berg, K. Stephan, Prof G. Vander Borgh Lower: S. Hungerink, A. Kingma, S. Watsunobu, R. De Witt, T. Ito Junior Class History THE history of our class is much hke that of any other, meaning that it has exciting parts and other parts not so thrilling. It seems but a short time ago that we were green Freshmen walking for the first time upon the winding walks of Hope ' s Campus. It was easily detected by those of our class that the regular college students did not think us overly beautiful specimens. The first thmg that we learned to do was to go to chapel regularly. We had enrolled at a religious college, and the program of observance of this fact struck us immediately. As for the mdividuals making up the enrollment of our class, there is the brilliant Hungerink, and the romantic De Witt who would prefer being an eternal Romeo. Kuizenga is a bold speaker, while Melvin threatens to be a second Caruso. Van Harn is our star history student, but Everhart would thrill at a chance to be an engineer (railroad train) . Marvin Schaap is the quietest man in our class. Several of our co-eds left us this year to be married. Frying pan to the fire, we call it. Our teachers from the Senior Class of the college have been hard working, ambitious, and amusing. Many of us have enjoyed high marks for the first time in our life. In debating our team won one event this year. In oratory Kuizenga won the second place. Thus has our class history held both triumph and defeat. Not all our endeavors bespeak of excessive brain power, but as has been said, You never can telll « 107 Top: J. Bruisclwt, A. Alberts, M. Boeve, Prof. C. De Graaf Lower: W. Welmers, L. Aman, K. Benedict, F. Aman, W. Vanden Berg Sophomore Class History THE enrollment at the beginning of last year was considerably larger than the Sopho- more enrollment of today. Frances Wilterdink was with us one semester and then decided to remain at home. This, Ada Essenburg did also after being with us one term. Lucille Schoop continued with us for only two months. At the end of the first year, Alvin Van Asselt moved to Grand Rapids. The surviving group of Sophomores is interesting because of its variety, a variety which has given spice to the two years of prospecting they have done in Hope High. Frances Aman has always been ready to give and to receive socially, mentally, and materially. Some of her wares have been rated highly on the market of exchange in high school life. Lillian, her sister, has added many an encouraging word when the class was in the midst of a great trial. Kathryn Benedict, with her quiet ways and pleasant voice, has added life to many a party. Marjorie Bceve sometimes confused externalities with education, but gave her ready support to make any social function a success. Julia Bruischat, in her quiet manner, has shown us what regular application of effort can do. Wynand Vanden Berg is a devoted caddy who finds it easier to demonstrate the theorems of geometry than to prove them. His good nature and bushy head of hair have been great attractions. William Welmers is a fine student, but he will argue with his superiors. Fortunately, though he may be sometimes wrong, he is usually not far from right. The Sophomore Class has contributed generously to the activities of the school. Frances Aman took one of the leading parts in the annual Meliphone-Minerva play; Kathryn Benedict was a member of the debating team; Wynand Vanden Berg is known for his athletic abilities in basketball, baseball and golf. « 108  Top: L. Vanden Beig, J. Saggers, H. Schaap, C. Ludwig, G. Timmer, Miss A. Dykhuiztn Lower: H. Mulder, K. Boeve, M. Kragt, L. Boeve, P. Fairbanks Freshman Class History THE twelve members of the Class of 1933, although having been at the College High School only one year have had many interesting experiences. The subjects English, History, Algebra and Latin are becoming more interesting under the direction of the teachers who strive to make them so. Prof. G. Vander Borgh has often been the cause of much laughter in Algebra class. The students all seem to enjoy the classes very much, for they have all stayed with the exception of one, Leroy McCabe who enrolled later in the year. He was an inter- esting person to have in class, but stayed only a few weeks. Attending school only in the morning appeals to the Freshmen ; although the after- noon must be spent in study, much to the regret of some of the class. One of the great privileges which our class has is that of assembling with the entire student body and faculty of the College every morning in the new chapel. Generally the whole class is present, although a few of the members still enjoy sitting in the rear as if they were appointed doorkeepers. Mulder and Ludwig are the early birds; often they are in chapel three-quarters of an hour before time. The girls were invited to join the Minerva and the boys Meliphone. Although the members of the class have very different characters and methods they have all worked together with pleasure and hope that the upper classmen will come to value their abili- ties and ambitions in the life of the school. Harley Mulder considers it a great honor that he was born near Overisel, because Dr. J. B. Nykerk, Dean of Men at Hope College, was born in the same territory. The entire class of 1933 wish Harley much success. « 109  Top: J. Bruischat, A. Alberts, J. Hueve, L. Botve, S. Watsunobu Lower: L. Aman, F. Aman, M. Sargent, M. Boeve, K. Benedict, K. Boeve Minerva Society MINERVA is the oldest girls ' society on the campus. For more than a quarter of a century Minerva has been worshipped faithfully at her shrine. For those who organ- ized the society in 1896 the name Minerva suggested itself because it stands for wisdom, thought, and invention. It was the beginning, and there were many possibilities for those that would come after. Wisdom surely has been gained, thought and invention have gone into the meetings to make the society a success. For a time Minerva was the only society on the campus for both the college and Preparatory girls. Later as our college grew, Minerva ' s sister societies sprang up and flourished while Minerva became the pre- paratory society. The members of the society have for the past semester met once a month instead of for the usual weekly meetings. This permits the members to prepare a better program during the last busy months of the school year. The girls feel that they have benefitted greatly and enjoyed much the meetings of Minerva and hope for its continued success. OFFICERS First Term Second Term President Mayiaii Sargent President ] iHa Hoeve Vice-President Frances Aman Vice-President Kathryn Benedict Secretary Kathryn Be ied ' ict Secretary Frances An a Treasurer Anne Alberts Treasurer A i e Alberts Tup; A. Nienhuis, M. Vanden Berg, W. Vanden Berg Center: H. Schneider, J. Schurman, H. Kuizenga, W. Bosch, W. Vanden Berg, Prof. J. Welters Lower: H. Veldheer, J. Eckwielen, S. Hungerink, R. De Witt, L. Vanden Berg Meliphone Society TEN years after the first settlers reached Holland, and six years after Dr. Van Raalte established the Pioneer School, several students interested in literary work and fellow- ship, organized the Meliphone Society. Through these seventy-three years, Meliphone re- ceived many members, who brought talent and usefulness to the society, but they in turn received a store of wealth from the various meetings, the ever present friendship, and the loyalty that is always being striven for. Meliphone has tried to spread its usefulness and service by presenting a play to the public each year. This is keenly looked forward to and enjoyed by many. Our past has been a worthy one, it has inspired us to go on, to meet the coming obstacles, and to rejoice over our victories. The alumni have taken with them the true Meliphone spirit into their various occupations scattered about the universe. So along with the present members they always can sing: We always cheer whene ' er we hear That name known far and wide. The name alone of Meliphone With us will e ' er abide. OFFICERS Fall Term Winter Term Spring Term President Herbert Schneider John Eckwielen Willard Vanden Berg Vice-President Henry Kuizenga W illard Vanden Berg John Sch r nan Secretary .John Ecktvielen Richard De Witt WHlis Bosch Treasurer Albert Nienhuis Melvin Vanden Berg Melvin Vanden Berg « n 1  H. Kuizenga, L. Hoogenboom, (Coach) J. Eckwielen, K. Benedict, R. De Witt College High School Debating IT SEEMS particularly indicative of eventual success that in spite of our comparatively small enrollment, sufficient number of students have this year again given both time and honest eifort to debating. This, our second consecutive entrance into the Michigan Debating League, would appear, at first, unsuccessful. But we are greatly encouraged, in the midst of such depres- sion, with the fact that forensics presented itself as a new enterprize to most of our debaters and that strong competition along with the potent coaching of Leonard Hogen- boom of the Senior Class in Hope College has made of us a veteran group of experienced debaters with which to begin the next series of debates. The Coopersville three of the Coopersville High School were the cause of our first defeat which took place in their locality. Our first home debate was with the logicians of Grand Rapids Christian High School to whom, after an interesting, hardly fought debate, we also lost. Nothing daunted, we proceeded within a few week ' s time to Corn- stock only to meet again with opposition too strong for us, though judges and audience agreed that the teams were as evenly matched as possible but a decision had to be made. With enthusiasm greatly cooled, but still alive, we met the debaters of Hudsonville High School at our own school and proved the old proverb, Perseverance wins by emerging triumphant from the ' Smoke of the battle ' after another enthusiastic debate on the subject for the season: Resolved: That a judge or board of judges should be substituted for a jury in all the state and municipal courts of Michigan. « 1 1 2 Scenes of friendships Found and won. « 1 1 3  I ACTIVITIES The spinning wheel tvas a common ar- ticle of ftirnittire and no woman tvas a good houseivife who did not keep her family sup- plied with hosiery knit by her otvn hands. Weaving was not usually done in the home, but a village weaver in Holland supplied the settlers tvith tvoolen cloth until stores became common. Mothers of the large Dutch families tvere busy women, for their daily duties included knitting, sewing, cooking, baking, keeping the house spot- lessly clean, etc. Besides these household duties the tvomen undertook the care of the vegetable garden and chickens if there were any. It tvas not uncommon for them to milk the coivs if the family ivere well-to- do enough to oivn any, and in the busy sea- son the farmer ' s tvives even tvorked in the fields. Life tvas a hard and strenuous strug- gle for these people. ' ' THE CHANCEL WINDOW Christ Blessing the Children ' A present day biographer, speaking of the Middle West pioneer, says: In a pioneer medium men are if hat they are. Hypocrisy, dissembling, and all the subtler forms of pretending to be tvhat you are not, are comparatively ineffectual. Hotv can you conform where all is in flux} . . . Theologi- cal distinctions are a late product of human speculation. The rough-and-tumble fron- tiersman, deprived of every opportunity to be good in the traditional way, may, by a single act of heroism, exemplify the noblest ideals of any pulpit. ' Hope College Activities THE history of Journalism, Oratory, and Forensics at Hope College dates back to 1866, when the first class was graduated. Mr. W. A. Shields, a member of this class, became tutor in 1867, and founded The Excelsiora, the pioneer in journal- ism on Hope ' s campus, the editors and contributors all being members of the A class in the Preparatory school. This at first was a semi-monthly publication, but soon be- came a monthly, the Faculty advisors having been successively W. A. Shields, Henry Boers, and J. B. Nykerk. During the latter ' s regime, operations were suspended in 1893. The Excelsiora having been superseded after twenty-three years of ardent activity by The Anchor, which is still extant. It is interesting to note that The Excelsiora was never published in printed form, but that each monthly editor vied with his predecessor in making his issue the neatest in point of penmanship and pen-sketch embellishments. At the end of the year, in June, the files were collected into a leather-bound format and placed on the shelves of the College library. The following were the editors of Volume I of The Excelsiora: W. A. Shields, Douwe Yntema, John C. Post, Wm. T. Witveen, G. J. Bussemaker, John Visscher, T. Krijger, John Vennema, H. Baron, William V. Steele, L. Dykstra, Theodore Kemink, and John Kolvoord. The last named is still living at Hamilton, Michigan. In the early days, the Exhibition of the Preparatory Department of Hope College was a very important event, held in the old chapel-gymnasium, where Carnegie Gym. now stands. Here, in June, friends of Hope would forgather from every corner of De Kolonie and sit in rapt attention from early evening until nearly midnight, listening to speeches, declamations, music, etc., Polly, put the kettle on, and we ' ll all have tea being an early favorite. So the chronicles relate. Professor Shields was in charge. Later, under his successor. Prof. Henry Boers, owing to the growing size of the Prep, the Exhibition was confined to the members of the A class. Professor Boers was skilled in staging dialogues m which much histrionic skill was displayed. Professor Nykerk, following Professor Boers, had the temerity to stage even Shakespeare. Under the present administration, a play is given early in June, and during Commencement week the Com- mencement of Hope College High School is fitly observed. With the history of oratory at Hope all are quite familiar. The head of this depart- ment is the dean of the M.O.L., which was founded in 1897. The rest of the founders have departed from this state or from life. J. W. Beardslee, Jr., was Hope ' s first representative at Hillsdale in 1898. Beardslee was the youngest orator and took third place with six contestants in the field. Hope took first place at Olivet in 1903, Mr. A. J. Muste, the youngest of them all, being the orator. At the Inter-state contest held at Cleveland, a month later, Muste took first place in thought and style, and second in delivery. Since that time Hope has had all kinds of ranks in the M.O.L., until 1912, when Miss Staplekamp (now Mrs. John Dykstra of Grand Rapids Central church) took first place in the State Women ' s contest, and Mr. Hessel E. Yntema (later a Rhodes Scholar) took second place in the Men ' s con- test. In 1914, at Albion College, Mr. Henry Hoffs took second place, but won the National peace contest with this oration enlarged into an essay on Mars and Mad- ness. The prize amounted to $500. In 1915, C. R. Wierenga won the state contest. In 1916, Geo. Steinenger won not only the state contest, but also the national con- test. In 1917, Irvin J. Lubbers took first place in the Men ' s, and Miss Mary E. Geegh took second place in the Women ' s State contest. In 1918, Miss G. Schuurman took first place in the Women ' s contest and W.- A. Scholten first place in the Men ' s contest — a double state victory. In 1919, Roscoe Mott Giles took first place in the state. In 1920, Miss Tena Holkboer took first place in the state contest, and Harry J. Hager took first place in the Men ' s contest, taking second place later in the Inter-state. This second double victory made eight gold medals for Hope in immediate succession. « 118  Dr. J. B. Nykerk. Hope College ' s Friend DROFESSOR J. B. NYKERK, who has for many years been sponsor for the activities in Oratory and Forensics at Hope, was early endowed with a voice of excellent quality and unusual compass. As a mere boy in the little red school house on the hill, he was ambitious to become a good reader. The helps at hand were found in Town ' s and Sander ' s, and McGuffey ' s readers, which furnished valuable hints in elocution, so called. Later, at college, believing that a cultivated voice is essential for the speech arts, he threw himself into this work with added zest and spent a little fortune in the study of voice culture and singing with such eminent teachers and coaches as Francis Campbell of Detroit and Grand Rapids, Emilio Agremonte of New York City, Morow- sky of Boston, and later, while at Oxford University, with Frank Broadbent of London. This covered twelve years while he was teaching at Hope or studying English at Oxford. With this as a foundation, he sought to improve himself in the art of reading and oratory, studymg with such masters as Professor Thomas C. Trueblood of the University of Michigan, Professor S. H, Clark of the University of Chicago, and Dr. Emerson ofj the Emerson School of Oratory, Boston, and others. For a couple of summers Dr. Nykerk was a member of the Chautauqua Dramatic Club. ■While his major and preferred work has been teaching English Literature and Rhe- toric, he believes that fitness for this work is rather impossible without much skill in the art of vocal expression. His chief joy and vocation is the vocal and literary inter- pretation of poetry. He has recently devoted much curious care to the vocal interpreta- tion of the Bible. « 119  Paul John Brouwer Not Many, But Much PAUL J. BROUWER represented Hope m the annual Michigan Oratorical League contest. His oration, Not Many, But Much, stressed the problem in this Machine Age of Quality in living as opposed to Quantity. Materialism he conceded to be very prevalent; and its indirect cause, the Machine. But the venom that is poisoning the vitality of American living, he cited as our inappropriate use of the Machine, accom- panied by deficient appreciation of values, and a blindness to cultural achievement. He pointed out rarely recognized instances of cultural success in our country, and plead for a higher scale of life-values in which culture would be in a paramount position. The oration, being on such a staid, cultural subject, was almost of necessity heavy and philosophical. Every sentence packed a wallop. But unfortunately, such a steady patter- ing of oratorical blows failed to impress the judges as powerful. In the district preliminary Brouwer took a third and qualified to enter the finals at Calvin, Grand Rapids, where he was forced to trail with a fifth place. Dr. Nykerk and Brouwer spent long hours during previous weeks to prepare the manuscript and perfect the delivery. The Doctor ' s keen analytical sense penetrated to every flaw, and yet in all his minute corrections, the details combined in a harmonious synthetic unity. Brouwer worked arduously, with no limit of interest in his subject, although his background of experience may have been too restricted to handle such a grown-up subject. To make culture a living, dynamic reality demands the focusing of a vast number of experiences, and these Brouwer naturally did not have. « 120 ■ Gladys M. Huizinga From Slavery — Whither? GLADYS M. HUIZINGA represented Hope in the annual Michigan Oratorical League Contest. Her oration, entitled From Slavery — Whither? emphasized the value of leisure time. Because the new machine age in which we are now living tends to shorten the working hour we have more leisure time. But what to do with this time was her problem. She suggested many valuable uses for this time, stressing the value of the home, church and school. She concluded with a plea for worthwhile use of leisure time. In the district contest held at Lansing Miss Huizinga placed first, which qualified her for participation in the state finals at Calvin, Grand Rapids. With high hopes she entered the state contest but because of very keen competition, placed third in the finals. A large number of college students loyally attended the contest and confidently pre- dicted that Miss Huizinga was winning the coveted first place for old Hope which was captured so often in past years. However, it is difficult for mere students to regard various essential requirements of a perfect speech with the same mature judgment as the experienced judges. Gladys undoubtedly was vastly superior in several departments. Her engaging per- sonality and pleasant stage appearance gained the hearty admiration of judges and audi- ence alike. A lovely voice which had long been enjoyed by musical audiences became, with Dr. Nykerk ' s excellent knowledge and coaching, a splendid speaking voice. Miss Huizinga deserves every commendation that has come from every part of the state as a result of her work in oratory this year. « 121  Standing: K. Tuonian, Prof. B. Raymond (Coach), D. Reardon, Prof. D. Ritter (Coach). Seated: H. Nobel, S. Verhey, F. Wyngarden, H. Bast, K. Postma. The Men Who Said, No! REALIZING that the value of debate hes in the chance it gives students to learn extemporaneous thinking and speaking, rather than in winning decisions, the coaches this year innovated the highly successful plan of retaining a large squad of men throughout the season from which to pick their debaters. Under this plan a great deal of substitution was possible. It was possible to schedule a large number of debates with- out unduly overburdening any one student. Moreover, it brought the thrill of an inter- collegiate debate within the reach of a much larger number of students, consequently widening the interest taken in the activity. And of course, the benefits of debating were made possible for many more. The negative division of the squad was this year coached by Prof. B. Raymond, head of the Department of History. Prof. Raymond ' s acquaintance with historical precedent, and his thorough knowledge of Constitutional law, make him a coach of no mean ability. This group began its season in a non-decision meet with a team from Olivet College. They were forced to drop the two debates scheduled for them by the Michigan League. The first one was held at Kalamazoo with the debaters of Kalamazoo College. The other was held at Hope with a team from W.S.T.C. of Kalamazoo. The team made a trip to Battle Creek to engage in a practice debate with a team from the college there. Their work of this period was rewarded when they won a hard fought victory from Cal- vin in a debate held at Hope. This was Hope ' s second victory over Calvin within a week, and it gave her a 100 ' rating in forensics with that school for the season. The group successfully concluded its season by winning audience decisions in debates held with Purdue University and Grand Rapids Junior College. « 122  Standing: Prof. D. Ritter (Coach), C. Nettinga, N. Burggraaff, R. Schaap, T. Schaap. Prof. B. Raymond (Coach). Seated: L. Hogenboom, D. Wade, J. Vander Kolk, M. Alday. G. Huenink. The Men Who Said, ' ' Yes ! THE work of the Debating Club this year has been of the best in the history of Hope ' s Forensic activities. The actual aim of this work is to train young men m the difficult art of the extemporaneous presentation of argument. To be able to think on one ' s feet, and before an audience, is an invaluable asset for anyone. It is just this faculty that debating seeks to cultivate. The training is achieved through the study of topics of gen- eral national interest. Thus the debating activity, successfully pursued, achieves a double purpose. The debate squad was fortunate in having two members of the faculty to coach them this year, men who are extremely intelligent in the interpretation of the questions pre- sented by the State and National organizations, and who appreciate keenly the value of forensic training for the student. Prof. D. Ritter, associate professor of English, was the coach for the affirmative division of the squad. The affirmative debaters opened their season in a preliminary non-decision encounter with the debaters of Olivet College. A week later they won their first debate in the schedule of the Michigan League from Alma College. They next won an audience deci- sion debate from Albion College held at Hastings. Their next attempt proved to be too great a load for them to carry. They were forced to drop a decision to the debaters of Adrian College. However, this defeat was served well to whet the appetite for bigger game. A week later they came back strong by defeating their old rival, Calvin, at Grand Rapids in a three to one decision. They ended the season by taking an audience decision over the team of Grand Rapids Junior College. « 123  Standing: R. Steketee, L. Hogenboom, A. Michmershuizen, S. Verhey, H. Bast. Seated: Prof. W. Robinson, J. C. Rylaarsdam, A. Brunson, Dr. J. B. Nykerk. The Honors of Pi Kappa Delta ONE of the chief difficulties of the Michigan Gamma Chapter at Hope College of the national forensic fraternity, Pi Kappa Delta, has been that of membership. Due chiefly to lack of funds, our forensic activities have been so limited that few were able to qualify for membership in the fraternity. Because of the new policy of substitution innovated in debating this year, and because of the prospect of a better method of financ- i ng forensics it is hoped that this difficulty has been removed. This spring a total of thirteen new members were taken into the fraternity. This is the largest group to be received at one time in the history of the chapter. Most of these new members still have another year left at college. In connection with the initiation of the new members, the annual Spring Banquet was revived. Graduate members now active in the fields of teaching debate and oratory were invited. The problems and possibilities of forensic work were discussed. The crowning achievement of the chapter this year was the remarkable record made by its representatives, Messrs. Verhey and Hoogenboom, at the national convention of the debating fraternity at Wichita, Kansas. These delegates won three out of five debates in the national contest held there. In these debates they were pitted against some of the large universities of the country, and they were handicapped by debating on an issue new to them. This organization has many possibilities. Members are determined that it is to mean still more to them while they are on the campus. Moreover, membership has often been coveted chiefly as a recommendation m professional life. « 12-i CELiei€ ' During the summer the Sabbath ivor- ship had been held out of doors in the forest adjoining Dr. Van Raalte ' s cabin. The for- ests resounded tvith the psalms of ' lofty cheer. ' Here on a rude xvooden platform Van Raalte preached to his people ivith such eloquence that they, weary, discouraged , oftentimes ready to give up the struggle, and move to an easier place, ' ' were so cheered by the message that on Monday morning they again took up the task and struggled on .uith renewed zeal. ' ' ' ' « 125  Young Women ' s Christian Association FEBRUARY 14, 1901, is an important date in tiie history of the Young Women ' s Christian Association of Hope College. Since its organization at that time by a group of fourteen girls with Grace Hoekje, now Mrs. Garret Houdelink, as president, it has kept pace with the growth of the college and constitutes a vital part ot the students ' activities. One finds, in comparing the secretaries ' records of former years, that the purpose of the Y has been much the sam; through the past thirty years, namely, to have weekly meetings at which the members can come apart awhile for song, prayer and medita- tion on the higher values of life; to work with the men ' s organization in arrangmg fcr Prayer Week and various college functions in order that students may enjoy Christian fellowship, and be brought into closer relationship with Him whom is King of this Campus. This year has been a notable one for the association. The new room m the Hope Memorial Chapel has provided a distinctive place for meeting every Tuesday evening, Y night, and has been a great help in creating a worshipful atmosphere. Last fall an impressive candle-light service was held for the dedication of the new room and the recognition of the new members. In addition to this, special meetings were planned for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and the installation of the new officers. At Christmas tune many members contributed gifts, which were sent to Home Mis- sion stations. The Lenten season was also observed by the group this year. ' With the money given by those who admitted breaking their Lenten resolutions, a beautiful ban- ner, designed by Miss Ruth Kennel of the class of 1929, was purchased for the Y. W. room. To express actively the ideals of the association. Gospel Teams, composed of Y. ' W. members conducted religious services in Holland and its vicinity. Several projects undertaken in cooperation with the Young Men ' s Christian Asso- ciation were successful during the past year. Under the leadership of Dr. Daniel A. Poling, the students this year were awakened to a new realization of spiritual realities during the annual Prayer Week, which began December 6, 1929- Besides the daily meetings, the students had an opportunity to dis- cuss their problems with Dr. Poling personally. Since the endowment fund for Hope Hostel in India was completed last year, the Missionary drive this spring was devoted to raising the salary of Mr. Walter De Velder, alumnus of 1929, now in China. Not all of the activities were of such a serious nature. Among the outstanding social events of a lighter vein were the May Festival, Fall Reception and the All-College Ban- quet. The north-east corner of the campus, familiarly known as the Sunken Gardens, gayly decorated with Japanese lanterns, was the scene of much fun and laughter when the Y.W.C.A. inaugurated its annual May Festival. In the fall, the Reception or Cafe d ' Hope, under the managment of the Associa- tion Union was indeed the place where one could come to get acquainted with the best people. The menu of speeches, music and fun, with pop and pretzels, and ice-cream and cake, provided a means of renewing old friendships and of making new ones. The long-looked-for All College Banquet, held March 27th, aroused much enthusias- tic comment from the student body. The bancjuet marked the close of the basket-ball season. The athletes were presented with letters, sweaters and blankets, the gifts of Professor Paul E. McLean. A stirring address was given by Coach Judy Hymes, of Western State Teachers ' College. Judging from the smiles and enthusiasm displayed « 126 .t Top: E. Steketee, A. Koeman, B. Olgers. Center: J. Van Oss, M. Klooster, B. Siebers. H. Paalman, E. Hinkamp. Seated: A. Brunson, M. Lordahl, R. Haldane, L. De Wolfe. by the four hundred students present, the evening was a success. The alumni of the Young Women ' s Christian Association have had a significant part in making this year a memorable one. At the celebration on February 11, 1926, of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the association on Hope ' s Campus, an anniversary fund was begun in appreciation of the work done by the Y.W. during the past twenty-five years. ' With the help of a faculty advisor, the committee in charge this year chose a beautiful, hand-colored reproduction of Raphael ' s Sistine Madonna to be the fitting memorial in the new Y. ' W. room of the ideals of Christian Womanhood which the organization has stood for. It was pre- sented to the association by Mrs. Peter Van Ess, nee Henrietta Beyers, ' 27, on behalf of the alumni who had so generously contributed for it. Another gift, a picture of Thorwaldsen ' s sculptured Christ with outstretched arms saying Come Unto Me, was received from Mrs. George P. Hummer, a resident of Holland. Thus, with its many and varied activities, the Young Women ' s Christian Association plays an important part in the life of Hope College girls and sends them forth filled with the spirit of service and loyalty to the ideals of our college. 1930 OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer .....Anne Koeman Olive Peeke ...Ethel Cunncigin Alary Kosegaiten « 127  Young Men ' s Christian Association AS WE look back upon the beginning of any effort or organization, that which may have been bitterly realistic to the founders may appear to us, romantic or entertain- ing. The glamour of natural incident increases with the passage of time, just as the lure of travel increases with the thought of greater distances. Each thing must have its beginning, but the hallucinations which time imposes upon us makes us forget this fact. The beginning of the Y.M.C.A. at Hope was the natural result of trend and condi- tion. The spiritual atmosphere, a great factor which makes the institution unique, was especially strong on the campus at that time. The national Y.M.C.A. movement just was entering into its flourishing and vigorous career, and we can readily see how the two combined characteristics brought about the local organization, which has since been vitally connected with Hope ' s interests. In 1879, a State Y.M.C.A. convention was announced to be held at Ann Arbor and every college in the state was invited to send delegates. Mr. J. P. De Jong, a senior at the time, and Mr. Wesselius, a lower classman, volunteered and, consequently attended. They were excused from school during the assembly by the faculty, but were given no financial help of any sort. These two, depend- ing on their own initiative and resources, made the trip and returned inspired and en- thused. It was immediately decided that a chapter of the Y.M.C.A. should be organized, and a student mass meeting was called. Reports on the convention were given, and a business meeting followed. Mr. De Jong was elected to be the first president, Mr. Wes- selius became the first secretary. A committee to draw up the constitution was appointed and the meeting adjourned. The resulting constitution has never been radically changed since that time, from which we can conclude that the Y has not wavered from its original purpose. Tuesday nigh ts had always been reserved for College prayer meetings, so the religious gatherings of the new organization were substituted. Beside these regular weekly meetings, the organization conducted Sunday Schools at Beechwood and other points farther north of Holland. The original purpose of the organization was Bible study, but since it has broadened so that it now includes social, as well as spiritual objectives. During the past few years, practically all of the All College functions have been under the supervision or sponsor- ship of the Y. When the Y.W.C.A. was organized on the campus the two kindred associations co-operated in every way for the betterment of the student life. During the past term they conducted the first All College Banquet, at which student friendliness and spirit rose to a new level. Gospel teams are being sent out, mission funds raised, and student problems settled by the work of our Y. Development has taken place step by step, but we can follow back to a beginning that was brought about by two young men, who sacrificed and worked hard for a cause. Mr. De Jong now resides in Holland, after a life full of helpfulness and service in the Christian Ministry. Mr. Wesselius died soon after his graduation from law school, but his memory lives in the Hope Y.M.C.A., which he helped to found. The results of the efforts of these two men can never be judged by us with our limited field of vision, but undoubtedly they have reached to the far corners of the earth. The present day organization is functioning under the leadership of its president, assisted in the work by eleven associates who form his cabinet. Each cabinet member has his definite duties to perform, and on his activity depends the success of his department. One chairman takes care of the annual missionary drive of the college. Another has charge of personal work and evangelism and is especially busy in the activities of prayer week and follow up work. A third conducts the Sunday Schools sponsored by the college, while yet another takes charge of the gospel teams which are sent to communities « 128  Top: C. Becker, H. K. Smith, M. Meengs, A. Brunson. Center: L. Hogenboom, H. Kruizenga, M. Costing, R. McGilvra, Prof. P. Hinkamp. Seated: R. Mooi, W. Austin, B. Arendshorst, L. Damstra. surrounding Holland. One cabinet member cares for the ,«ocial side of the Y. M. C. A. work and at the same time conducts an employment bureau for students who need work. The next has charge of music at all Y. M. C. A. meetings, while another of his colleagues acts as publicity executive. The last cabinet member is known as the membership chair- man and it is his duty to see that every man at Hope has the definite chance to choose to be or not to be a Y member. The regular Tuesday evening meetings of the organization consist of a song service, followed by devotions and a talk or discussion by some leader, usually chosen from the student body. Many of the meetings are unique in content and presentation and their value to the student may be great if he carefully follows the trend of the ideas and opinions. Attendance at these meetings is usually about seventy-five students and to them there is no happier time than when joining in the Christian fellowship of the Y. New problems and difficulties are constantly arising. The Y.M.C.A. has, and will, continue to meet them. The spirit of the men who have willingly and faithfully served as Y supporters and leaders is too strong for any passing obstacle to erase. 1930 OFFICERS President Leonard Hogenboom Vice-President - Marvin Meengs Secretary - Bernard Arendshorst Treasurer — Raymond McGil vra « 129  Standing: L. Hogenboom. G. Benes, B. Siebers, S. Ynteina. Seated: B. Mollema, R. Schreiber, C. De Kleine, R. Groters. Student Volunteer Band THE Student Volunteer Band is not a new organization on our campus. A number of years ago a group of three men came together from week to week to discuss mission problems and interests. This group was not then formally known as the Student Volunteer Band. However, each member had as his purpose as every member has today God willing — to serve Christ in a foreign land. From this group, which had so small a beginning, has grown the Band as it is today. There have been t imes when its numbers were much larger than now, yet it is not so much the numbers in which they are interested as it is the sincerity of purpose. At the weekly meetings various missionaries home on furlough tell of the work abroad, and of opportunities for service in these foreign lands. Thus, from time to time, direct information concerning the needs of the particular mission fields is received. During this year the group has been very active. The members have been hosts to the delegates of the annual State Student Volunteer Convention. Occasionally two or three volunteers were called out to conduct mission meetings in neighboring churches for the purpose of further arousing interest in Christian service. Herein lies the challenge, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us. ' May the numbers of those who have courageously represented our college in the foreign countries be greatly increased as each succeeding class leaves the campus. « 130  First: J. Cotts, D. Reardon, E. Waite. Second: L. Olgers, E. De Graaf, A. Oudemool, R. Elzinga, J. Van Vessem. Third: C. Nettinga, H. De Windt, M. Scholten, H. Scholten, L. Schepenisse, C. Schipper. Fourth: N. Burggraaff, H. Ver Strate, M, Kloosterman, H. Hoffman, A. Holland. Seated: Prof. P. Hinkamp, H. Zegerius, D. Hicks, G. GaiUard, W. Austin, D. Murphy. Home Volunteers ALL the students in our college who intend to go into full time religious work in any home field are mvited to become members of the religious organization known as the Home Volunteers. About ten years ago a group of embryo-theologians, who, by the way, are fully mature at this writing, conceived the idea that if they would come together once a week and talk over the various problems of the ministry they would receive a great benefit for their future life work. Moreover, they realized, and the volunteers today realize, that this organization helps to create mterest in religious work among the students, and also that it gives to the members of the band a better appreciation of the gospel ministry. Until this year the members have had various men of some religious experience come in to speak to them. This has not been dispensed with but instead of having an indi- vidual speaker each week, the volunteers innovated discussion groups. In this way they learned about such sects as Christian Science, Mormonism, and Atheism. The college pastor, Rev. P. E. Hinkamp, shared his time by taking an active part in the discussion meetings. Among the prominent men who spoke to the Volunteers this year are Dr. M. J. Hoffman, Dr. J. R. Mulder, and President E. D. Dimnent. « 131  First: E. Cunnagin, B. Olgers, E. Mulder, C. De Kleine, G. Huizenga. Second: A. H(mdelink, A. McGilvra, L. Kieft, B. Siebers, A. Koeman, R. Groters. Third: E. Steketee, M. Tase, R. Schreiber, M. Schuppert, M. Vanderberg, M. Lordahl, R. Haldane. Seated: B. MoUema, L. Sabo, H. Van Eenenaam, M. Kosegarten, E. Albers. Women ' s Gospel Team As is stated in our Y.W.C.A. Constitution: The Young Women ' s Christian Asso- ciation of Hope College, unites in the desire to realize full and creative life through a growing knowledge of God. We determine to have a part in making this life possible for all people. Years ago the Hope girls iirst felt a strong desire to fulfill that purpose. As an outcome of that desire the Gospel Team was organized. This team was made up o_t about twenty members, divided into smaller groups, each taking their turn when called upon to lead meetings. The Women ' s Gospel Team concerns itself chiefly with the second part of the purpose. They are eager to make this full and creative life possible for all young people in the surrounding communities. To get a closer touch with others they go about taking charge of various meetings from time to time. Perhaps it is a Christian Endeavor Society, or a Girls ' Mission Band, or a group of older and younger folks together, that invite the girls to speak to them. We ' re glad of opportunities like this for, after all, we are anxious to share our experiences with others and if possible make them just a little more interested in Hope College and in our Master. This year services have been conducted in Caseo, Glenn, Overisel, Ganges, Ebenezer, four local Christian Endeavor Societies, and an Epworth League. The weeks of the College year offer many opportunities for service, and the girls are eager to comply with these requests. Each girl on the team finds real joy and happiness in the service of iier Master. « 1. 2 First: E. Potts, M. Meengs, L. Hogenboom. A. Brunson. Second: C. Meengs, D. Hicks, H. Woltinan, L. Vander Werf. Third: R. McGilvra, R. Voskuil, R. Mooi, J. Muilenberg. Men ' s Gospel Team NOT only the Glee Clubs had a chance to see the world this last year. The Men ' s Gospel Teams, too, had their tours. Among the places visited were Ganges, Zee- land, Middleville, Muskegon, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and other metropolises of the Middle West. Here were conducted every kind of meeting, Christian Endeavor, Prayer meetings, various young people ' s meetings and even Sunday school and church services. The purpose of the Gospel Teams has been varied. They often fulfilled a need by furnishing live church meetings for young people, showing the older people the type of religion which young people can enjoy and by broadening the views of people by telling them what others think. Moreover, the Gospel Teams have tried to represent Hope. The workers have done their best to leave a better impression of our college with those who may not have known the college. This they have done, not by direct expression of their ideals and standards, but by acting and speaking as men with the Hope ideals are expected to act and speak. From time to time the Teams have had a difficult time of it in their attempts to secure new material to carry their work. But there is always a willing and sympathetic heart attuned to the needs and opportunities presented to us by our immediately surrounding world. They are convinced that it is not necessary to go far afield to seek chances to do the Lord ' s service. A kind and generous contribution of time and effort in fields nearby has often yielded to Gospel Team members a wonderful sense of Surety and Confidence, for it is the giving spirit which intensifies our appreciation of the spiritual powers within us. « 133  chapel Window — from Women of Hope AMONG the several groups which presented the college with artistic memorials in the form of wmdows for the Memorial Chapel, the Women of Hope are outstand- ing. Although a few of the other gifts surpassed theirs in size and commercial value, the interest shown by these women, who did not have an active connection v ' ith the col- lege, is unusual. Represented by Mrs. F. P. Otte, this group sent m their individual contributions to swell the fund. Six hundred dollars was given to purchase the northern of the two windows known as the Narthex Panels. These panels are on the west side of the chapel, on either side of the front entrance. They depict seals and symbols taken from Hope ' s various student religious organizations. The In Memoriam dedication given with them is indicative of the spirit which prompted their origin. The spirit that prompted the giving is indicative of the splendid religious ideals in the lives of these women of Hope. 134 HL IC - DRAMA The calls of the ivild beasts were a fa- miliar serenade to the settlers. The lack of fresh meat tvas in part made good by the animals and fish with which the woods and lakes abounded. The settlers were not trained hunters and, with the exception of a few, were not successful with the gun. Some, however, were skillful marksmen. On one occasion Kronemeyer, a farmer living near Holland, killed seven tvolves and col- lected $126 bounty, a neat sum in those days. Hope College Girls ' Glee Club — A niiHjiie record HISTORY is made up of tragedy, and since the glee clubs to the year 1923 have left no written records, we must conclude that they lived happily ever after. How- ever, upon referring to Milestones which portray the times when hair was still a woman ' s glory, and when the detachable collar and high-top shoe were the marks of collegiate perfection, we see several pictures of maids with starched waists and narro skirts primly sitting in a row. The clubs of their days were not permaaent but organized for a definite performance, after which they disbanded. The only clubs which evidently would have their history known to posterity are those which were trained by Grace Dudley Fenton. Each of these groups have earned such an enviable reputation that Mrs. Fenton has come to be regarded as one of the oldest Glee Club directors of the Middle West and as an authority on chorus-singing. The best way in which to measure ability is by taking note of accomplishments. A short review of each club ' s activities is the best criterion of their worth. In 1922 a group of songsters from one of the campus societies met with Mrs. Fenton twice a week merely for their own enjoyment. Mrs. Fenton saw possibilities in their work, and so in 1923 she began a club with this group as a nucleus, enlarging it with girls from the College and Preparatory Departments. These sixteen girls of the B Natural Organization accompanied President E. D. Dimnent (or did he accompany them?) to nearby towns. At the end of that college year it was a recognized fact that the organization had come to stay. The club of 1924 decided to be still more natural than the previous club and adopted the name, Hope College Girls ' Glee Club, which has ever since been used. The sixteen members proudly record that they are now recognized officially and socially on the cam- pus, and that they have become, almost in a bound, the well-known, well-traveled Girls ' Glee Club of Hope College. They provided music for the then held evening service of Hope College once a month, and during their Christmas vacation made a trip through Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan which ended with a Radio Concert at Detroit. President Dimnent gave the club of 1925, in appreciation of the Glee Club who had taken him along on their trip, seventeen beautiful gowns of blue serge trimmed with orange silk, which remained the club costume until this year when the club membership was increased to thirty girls and new gowns were made for the whole group. The club of 1925 made a concert tour to New York and New Jersey and also earned first place m the State Glee Club Contest held on April 17, 1925, in Kalamazoo. Due to the graduation of many of the 1925 members, the 1926 club was an almost new organization. No trip was made that year, but concerts were given in local and neigh- boring churches. To prove that they were up and coming, the girls earned third place in the contest at Detroit. To the club of 1927 goes the distinction of having made an extended tour of six weeks duration to New York and to Washington where Mr. Calvin Coolidge, then President of these United States, kindly consented to appear on a picture with the girls. The girls brought the East nearer to Hope and added to this distinction by earning first place in the state contest held at Hillsdale. First honors in the last state contest held in Michigan were again taken by Hope. This contest was held at Albion and was judged by Dr. Hanson, who is the head of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N. Y. The club of 1928 was thrilled to hear the following words spoken by a fine, recognized musician: I have awarded the first prize to the club who performed the most extraordinary ensemble singing I have ever heard! Illinois and Michigan were again visited, this time by the club of 1929, which spent three successful and profitable days of the seven days tour in Chicago. « 136 ■ n. First: I. Klerk, L. Schuiling, R. Koster. M. De Free, S. Schosp, G. Huizenga. Second: R. Whale H. Aiken, R. Bolhuis, M. Beach, H. Paalman, E. Arendshorst. Third: M. Ten Gate, R. Daanc. E. Albers, Mrs. Fenton (Director), R. Van Dyke, A. Brunson, G. Duhrkopf, A. McGilvra. Seated: H. Van Eenenaam. L. Keppel, V. Walvoord. C. Kooiker. M. Tase, J. Herman. A. Heyboer. This year ' s club has a larger membership than the usual number, and has changed the old gowns for new with velvet caps. The outstandmg events of their two weeks ' tour through Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan were a visit to the ' Wisconsin State prison and the broadcast from ' WTMJ, the Milwaukee Journal station. The Milwaukee Women ' s Chorus attended the broadcast in a body and were amazed to hear such perfect singing without the help of a director. The fact that Hope ' s Glee Clubs have been exceptionally well trained and directed was evidenced this summer before the close of College when the Girl ' s Club was invited to sing before the State Convention of Musician ' s Clubs held at Grand Haven. This invitation in itself was an honor, for the clubs from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor (U. of M.), and several other outstanding talented organizations, appeared on the program devoted to choral singing. Hope College Glee Clubs have been a great influence on the campus and have been a credit to their college wherever they have appeared. The credit goes to Mrs. Fenton. without whom the girls could not have gained their trophies. OFFICERS OF 1929-30 SEASON President - Mildred De Free Treasurer - - Rose Whelaii Business Manager Myra Ten Gate . . {Grace D ihrkopf Accompanists [Mildred De Free Directoress.-... ' ' .f- 11 - Fenton « 137  Hope College Men ' s Glee Club ONE learns another ' s eccentricities when travehng with him. The Men ' s Glee Club found this to be true when they made their trip into the East and far East during the entire month of February. All of the members know now that some fellows are always late, and that certain persons make it a habit to stray and finally lose themselves. An- other thing learned about life in general is that you can read a man ' s character through the songs he sings, or in the way he sings them. On a day when more mail than usual was received by the club it was always noticed that a better concert was given. Some fellows sang as though it were blue Monday every day, especially if dress shirts were in uptown New York while they were in Hackensack. The Eastern trip was naturally the highlight of the whole season for the group. On Friday morning, January thirty-first, twenty-six fellows and a driver left Holland in a Safe- Way coach which was to be their home for the next month. Everyone was very sedate, having his overcoat buttoned very carefully and wearing the proper kind of protection upon his feet. Even the hats looked new. After Mrs. W. Fenton, our directress, had bidden us a fond farewell in Grand Rapids, the restraint left almost everyone and all seemed to act more natural. Cries demanding that windows be closed and ventilators be opened, that fans be started and heaters turned off were heard all through the bus. The first concert was to be in Detroit and we arrived there safely. Much credit for our safe arrival may be given to one of the members who is a native of the place. Canada was uneventful but almost all enjoyed the refreshing vigor which a shower underneath Niagara gives one on a cold day. Rcjchester was our goal, and it will be remembered by many, as will Albany and Mayor Walker. Albany was our next large stop after Rochester. Everyone started to gaze upward as soon as we glimpsed a New York city sign. When ■we saw the first tall building a Chicago booster who was making the trip maintained that his town had buildings as large as these and maybe a trifle larger. New York was so full of strange happenings that there is no room here to tell of them. New Brunswick was our headquarters for three days. While here we stayed with the seminarians in Hertzog Hall. There were many old Hope grads who gave us a good time here. Many new acquaintances were made here which seemingly flourished. Philadelphia was a place in which people thrive on historical spots and events. There are more interesting and historical spots in this quaint old city than in the state of Michigan. Washington, D. C. was our host for three glorious days. Washington ' s Birthday was spent in the Nation ' s Capitol and exercises were attended in both the Senate and the House commemorating this event. Many different things were seen in Washington, which included the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Mount Vernon, Arling- ton Cemetery, the Congressional Library, the White House and many other historical places. It was in Washington that we sang before our largest audience which numbered over a thousand people. This was at an evening service in the New York Avenue Pres- byterian Church which is served by a Hope graduate, Dr. J. Sizoo. When we started for Cleveland on a Monday noon the great controversy was whether or no we should keep on going to Cleveland, or should stop for the night. Finally it was decided that we would stop, and we did in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. Flere the town constable fell through the glass of the front door, for which he was duly repri- manded by the fellows, — under their breath. We left for Cleveland in the rain early Tuesday morning and arrived there, after a wet day, about ten minutes before concert lime. ' We left Cleveland for Holland as early Wednesday morning as everyone assembled. Then the bus pushed its nose into the West and we hurried for home. ' When vvt neared home in the early twilight we had our only serious mishap of the trip. This iiappeiicd « 138  First: C. Van Dommelen, J. Somsen. C. Walvoord, W. Kreunen, R. McGilvra (Manager). Second. H. Ver Strata, L. De Cook, C. Van Leeuwen, E. Potts, A. Oudemool, H. Schade. Third; R. Smith, W. Kuyper, N. Lanning, P. Nettinga, H. Janssen, W. Austin. Seated: H. Friesema, L. Vander Werf, B. Van Leeuwen, R. Mooi, R. Voskuil, G. Fell, B. Vermeer. in the nearby city of Zeeland. Here a police car stopped us and informed us that we were traveling at an excessive rate of speed. We did not stop to argue as we were too anxious to arrive home, but we did have a burning rancor in our hearts toward that particular policeman. We went past Voorhees Hall with all of the horns working at full blast. Here we were most genially welcomed. Our trip was over! The fellows took a few more trips into the surrounding localities which included concerts in Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Zeeland, Muskegon, and most of the churches m Holland. One of the concerts which brought the most honor to Hope College was an artist recital before the Saint Cecelia club of Grand Rapids. We believe that the student body as a whole has a new interest in organizations of this kind. The comments on the several renditions in chapel exercises and the home con- cert, all justify this belief. The clubs are actually getting more than moral support and this means a great deal. Viewing all things past, and surmising the future, the Men ' s Glee Club of Hope College should have another banner year in 1930-31. OFFICERS OF 1929-30 SEASON President Pa il Nettinga Treasurer Raymond AlcG lfera Business Manager Raymond AicGilt era Accompanists Russell Smith. Charles Van Dommelen Directress — Mrs. Grace Dudley Fenton « 1 39  Senior Class Play — ' ' The Torch Bearers AS IS the case in any college which lays rightful claim to teaching a well rounded course, Hope College had for many years a series of student plays put on by local talent and coached by both faculty and outside dramatic authorities. This fact was per- mitted to be true for only a short time, however, since such a procedure did not please certain powers to which the college was moral ly responsible. The result was that the plays were stopped on the grounds that the college threatened to become a terrible school of dramatics rather than anything else. Nevertheless, it was permitted as a consolation measure that the senior class of each current year would stage a comedy in battle-scarred Carnegie Hall during the latter weeks of their final semester. Thus these senior plays have come to be the sole dramatic opportunity open ro stage-minded Hopeites, if there be such. It is not the place to herein discuss whether or not this action of the college as re- gards its student dramatics was a justified or proper measure. If the institution benefitted by it in other ways, then the desired result was achieved. But meanwhile, another of the aids to student unity in play, work and recreation has disappeared. In the past years the more outstanding of the student plays have been valuable means of advertising the college ' s existence to local people. Student productions never fail to attract a fair attendance, despite the date or season of occurrence. The Hope College plays were frequently of such surpassing attraction that they came to be talked about and looked forward to by entire families for miles around. Recently, as was stated pre- viously, this state of affairs was brought to an end by authorized limitation of dramatics. The most recent of the senior plays was the 1930 comedy, The Torch Bearers, by George Kelly presented in Carnegie Hall May 7 and 8 by a select group of senior stars. The play was chosen as early as February by a play committee appointed by Class Presi- dent Marvin Meengs. This committee was comprised of Myra Ten Cate, Donald Wade, Maurice Marcus, and WiUard De Jonge, all of whom remained connected with the future of the production. As a coach the committee selected Miss Elaine Vaupell of Allegan, well known in her own town and elsewhere for her activities in connection with home talent theater movements. The play selected had been found desirable for its rolicking comedy, the committee having been convinced that life held enough woe anyway. The caste required six characters, three of each sex. These were Lois De Wolfe as Mrs. Pampinelli, Myra Ten Cate and Maurice Marcus — previously risen to fame in dramatics, Wilhelmina Wal- voord. Warren Kreunen, WiUard De Jonge, Arthur Michmershuizen, Harvey Woltman, Ruth Koster, Anna Mae Englesman, Gertrude Leussenkamp, and Leonard Hogenboom. These people immediately commenced rehearsals of a more or less regular occurrence, getting their stage faults pointed out to them by their observant directress. As for its plot, the play ' s action concerned itself with the experiences of a group of amateur actors who were determined to stage a hit. For two acts the play followed the movements of its characters as they proceeded to arrange for the staging of their play. With the opening of the third act, the audience was permitted to view a play from the back-stage angle, with all the hectic, nerve-wracking experiences of play production revealed to them. The result upon the laugh-muscles of the audiences was disastrous. Such a plot, fertile with mirthful possibilities, ditl not tall to inlcxt its two .UKlicncts « 14() L. De Wolf, H. Woltman, R. Koster, W. Kreunen, A. M. Englesman, L. Hogenboom, M. Ten Gate, A. Michmershuizen, M. Marcus, G. Leussenkamp, W. Walvoord. with ripples of chuckles. Due to its play within a play construction, The Torch Bearers was doubly diffi- cult to stage. Especial credit was voiced by the students for the performance of Lois De Wolf and Myra Ten Gate, while Billy Walvoord and Ruth Koster shared their applause in a like fashion. Among the outstanding male performances of the play were those of Maurice Marcus, Warren Kruenen, and Arthur Michmershuizen, the first and the last having previously acquitted themselves with outstanding credit upon a student stage. The two appearances of the caste were greeted by fair sized audiences for the time of year in which the play was presented. The business side of the production was in the hands of Harold Dykhuizen, assisted by Howard Scholten, John Brink, Willard De Jonge, and Donald Hicks. An extensive program booklet was planned and achieved by this business staff, many ads being solicited from local merchants who ever back the college affairs as much as they are physically and financially able. From a financial standpoint the play was a moderate success, a total of approximately $150.00 being saved over expenses of production. The stage work was done by Hendrick Noble, assisted by Edwin De Jongh. A pleasing arrangement of scen- ery was secured by these men from an out-of-town studio, thus enhancing the dramatic aspect of the all too familiar and prosaic hall, a fact which has seriously handicapped less well planned productions whose staffs neglected to secure professional advice upon their scenery needs. « 141  A. Hondelink, A. McGilvra, M. De KIcine M. Kinkema, B. Siebers Hope Trumpeters pIVE years ago, while on a visit to the East, Dr. E. Dimnent heard the Gloria Trumpeters of New York City. He was so much impressed by their music that he desired to have a similar organization at Hope College. There was a girl on the campus who played the trumpet, Margaret Hondelink, and under her direction three girls were trained and the organization known as the Hope Trumpeters ' was formed. Almost every year one or more of the girls has dropped out because of graduation, but new ones have been trained and have taken their place. This year the quartette worked hard, and by Christmas had begun to appear in public. The fourth trumpeter left school during the second semester because of illness and as a result, the other members did not play for a while. The quartette is practising and playing again, and is looking forward to next year, when Julia Hondelink, Marion De Kleine, Marguerite Kinkema, and Marguerite Oudemool, will be the members. The place occupied by the Trumpeters is unic|ue, for although we have a Chapel Choir of great talent, two Glee Clubs of statewide reputation, and even a struggling Band, still when programs occur which demand the aid of music of a strictly spiritual character, the Trumpeters are just the organization to fill the need. Their renditions ire always impressive and artistic. It is our hope that in future years tiiey will have no difficulty in filling their ranks from the classes of Hope students. « 142  First; E. Tellman, Prof. D. Ritter, J- Muilenberg, D. Reardon, J. Vancle Bunte, L. Ellerbri)ek. P. Arendson. Second: J. Wiegerink, D. Gryzen, H. Scholten, K. Feenstra, B. Cook, G. Wiegerink. Third: C. Walvoord, W. Kreunen, F. Rynbrandt, S. Yntema, E. Waite, A, Kammeraad, M. De Jongc. Fourth: R. Steketee, J. Stryker, G. Fairbank, M. Kinkema, A. Hondehnk, M. De Kleine, V. Maxam, B. Vermeer, N. Gossehnk (Director). Band IN PAST years Hope has had some good bands. Formerly it was the custom of the college to hire a director. During the past three years as competent a director as ever served the college has been working faithfully for almost no remuneration. Mr. Nicho- las Gosselink of the Western Theological Semmary has stood by the band through thick and thin. And it has been mostly thin. During the past season there was practically no support of this organization. There was no recognition provided for those who played. And no financial assistance was obtained from the college. Yet the band carried on, with nothing to motivate the mem- bers, except the Hope Spirit and the steadfastness of Edwin Tellman, President of the Band. Sometimes the harmony was not appreciated by the leader. Business men called the organization The Hungry Five. But our Band furnished music for Homecoming, without which that occasion would have been a quiet failure. Pep meetings were enliv- ened also by its stirring and robust strains. And music of some sort was furnished for the basketball games, with hardly an exception. That the Band was able to function at all was due to the able and fine-spirited asssit- ance of some of the Seminary men. These, with a handful of collegians, never quite gave up the ship. Compared with the well-uniformed organizations of some other colleges, our musicians make a poor showing. But better days may be ahead. « 143  I Top Row — R. Voskuil, D. Giyzen, P. Cupery, L. Janssen, K. Feenstra, E. Potts. N. Brower, L. Vander Werf, Second Row — E. Welmers, C. Nettinga, L. Ellerbroek, J. Schuiling, F. Rynbrandt, C. Van Leeuwen. Third Row — J. Muilenburg, D. Hicks, R. De Windt, A. Holland, M. Vanden Bosch, H. Zegerius, E. Waite. Fourth Row — C. Net- tinga, M. Ver Hage, N. Van Eeuwen, A. Engelsman, H. Broek, A. Van Peursem. Fifth Row — R. Grooters, L. De Free, R. Koster, A. Buth, M, De Kuiper, S. Schoep. Sixth Row— R. Schreiber, L. Marsilje, M. Lordahl, A. Hondelink, M. Steketee, H. Pelgrom, H. Paalman. Seventh Row — J. Van Dam, R. Weidner, C. Kooiker, M. Klow, M. Tase, A. Heyboer. Lower Row — M. Schuppert, L. Smies, E. Arendshorst, L. Sabo, E. Leestma, E. Geerlings. Hope College Chapel Choir EVEN as our Hope Memorial Chapel is the expression of the religious and spiritual thoughts of all those who are interested in Hope College, so is the Chapel Choir the expression of the desire on the part of the students to aid in making Hope College Chapel Services more worshipful and impressive. The Chapel Choir has a membership of sixty students and was organized in the fall of 1929 under the direction of Prof. W. C. Snow, instructor in organ. With two one- hour practices a week, the organization soon developed into a splendid choir which has contributed frequently to the various religious programs of the college. In spite of the fact that the majority of the voices are untrained. Prof. Snow and the singers have worked diligently until a choir resulted which may compete with the best for balance, beauty of tone, and finish of production. The choir specializes in unaccompanied singing, and is unusually deft in finding the pitch. Although its members receive no reward for their efforts as far as scholastic records are concerned, still their audiences have thus far been so thoroughly pleased by their perfect singing that the spontaneous congratulations of the student body have been honor and reward enough. Their finely modulated voices have become a ghostly requiem in the vistas of our memory. OFFICERS Director Prof. W. C. Sz ow President Hazel Paalman Secretary-Treasurer S izaiizie Schnep « 144  DUCLICATICNX ' The democratic aspect of young Amer- ica made a vast impression on Dr. A. C. Yan Raalte. He tvrote back homCy saying that everything here is done by steam and that people are too busy to be neat. Everyone does what he tuants to, he wrote, and they are unhampered by the government unless they harm another ' s property. The poorly dressed people are side-by-side tvith the rich. There is no slavish obedience which is so common in the Netherlands. Every one reads, and papers are read on the street corners ' GORDON VAN ARK Editor-in-Chiej. The Hope College Anchor Some people just naturally fall for a thing like newspaper work! It ' s rather difficult to picture, but we have seen it happen. Such a specimen is before us now. Ever since he was old enough to know which end of a pencil to chew on, Van Ark has been grabbing for scraps of paper on which to scribble his hastily gathered facts. Beginning with his earliest efforts, which consisted of scrawling a pathetic adventure novel while suffering from an attack of the mumps, he has continued to find the writing world an intriguing sphere of activity. In his high school days he took journalism in tasty morsels from the hand of Miss Hanna J. Hoekje of the Holland High School. The city paper, at that time the Hol- land Daily Sentinel, edited by Mr. Arnold Mulder who is now teaching in Kalamazoo College, gave Van a chance to be high school reporter if he could find aught to report. He did. ' And so the terrific ravages of the paper-bug took firmer and firmer grip upon an innocent soul. With his graduation from high school, Van Ark had a chance to edit a weekly resort paper in and about the Holland vacation centers. This he did for three summer vacation periods. During his Freshman year here he became an Anchor reporter. Since those days this lusty pounder of typewriter keys has done every sort of paper work. Now he ' s Editor of the Anchor, and Literary Editor of the Milestone. Next year Gordon will be at the School of Jt)urnalism of Columbia University, New York City, having been tendered a Residential Scholarship by that institution. Where ends this tale. Wc shall see. « 146  GERALD HUENINK Business Manager, The Hope College Anchor During his high school days Gerald Huenink, of Cedar Grove, Wis , began to collect experience which eventually aided him in his work as Business Manager of the Hope College Anchor. While enrolled at the Wisconsin Memorial Academy, he served as treasurer of his school ' s Athletic Association. This two year term of office in a business connection served Gerald well, for with his advent upon this campus, he became imme- diately connected with various organizations m a financial way. He offers the comment however, that these connections were honorary, and not obligatory. When the Anchor elections were held by the student body last January, Gerald was appointed to his office on the staff, succeeding Raymond McGilvra. Three candidates opposed him in the election. Gerald was instrumental in effecting several innovations to the Anchor ' s business schedule, including the raising of the advertising rate from 25c per column inch to 30c. This raise is small in itself, but has meant much to the paper over the course of a semester. Gerald has made a special point of mailing out bills regularly and promptly, a practice which has reflected favorably upon the reputation of the paper. The staff of 1930 is grateful to its cheerful Business Manager. With the coming of the fall of 1930 he retains the office of Business Manager to facilitate the operation of that department of our campus paper. Although the Editor- ship now falls to Coert Rylaarsdam, Gerald will aid in tiding over the first rough spots of the new semester. While it is often said that every branch of school paper work has its own reward, it is our opinion that the Business Manager earns his honors almost more than does the Editor. 147 The Hope College Anchor AS one sees the end of a semester approaching, and the thought comes that once again the college ' s publications must find capable new editors and business mana- gers, there arises a vague wonder that questions the possibility of finding new material so soon and so constantly. But never fear, for the crop of willing workers remains con- stant. Like armies of inspired soldiers, they continue to wheel into sight. Affairs pro- gress smoothly as each passmg regiment contributes its tiny share of thoughtful improve- ment. Thus it has been this year with the Hope College Anchor. After the well directed editorship of Earle E. Langeland, ' 30, and the able business work of Raymond McGilvra, ' 31, we looked about for new timber to carry on. The reigns of these noble offices fell into the hands of Gordon Van Ark, ' 31, and Gerald Huenink, ' 31, respectively. Being natives of Holland, Michigan, and Cedar Grove, ' Wis, this pair was looked upon with no little wonder and expectation. What would result from their conniving. Happily, their aims were just and their goals proportioned to their abilities. Obeying the dictates of their hearts, as it were, various changes were effectively wrought. With the sole desire of creating a campus paper which would be awaited with wholesome impatience each week by the studentry, these lads revamped the general appearance and make-up of the Anchor. A new name was substituted for the previous lonely label of simply The Anchor when the paper appeared labeled more inclusively Hope College Anchor. New varieties of type fonts were utilized, and new talent was uncovered among the student writers. The editorials were published according to their reasonable application to the college ' s problems. The circulation was greatly increased and im- proved. From its customary extended oblong shape, the paper was cut to more attractive proportions. However, not all the attention was concentrated on make-up and content. The adver- tising rate, heretofore never raised since the pre-war days of reasonable prices in all things, was increased to provide for the paper ' s proper existence in a business world of exacting tariflfs. The raise of rate caused no unfavorable comment. Efforts weie made to attract more national advertising, a move which will no doubt bear fruit by next semester. Expert placers of advertising are seeing more and more the close contact avail- able to them through college papers. Although they entered the work knowing that there was no academic reward in it, the staflf of 1930 proved a faithful medium of news collection. Each week they received their httle typed assignment slips, and each Saturday the various new stories were slipped into the Anchor box in Voorhees Hall. The heads of the staff are thoroughly appre- ciative of the service they have contributed. The business staff competed for a silver loving cup, which was awarded at commencement to C. Vander Naald. During the month of May a special fun issue was inaugurated, under the jesting caption of The Spoon Holder, so named in honor of the large stone bench at the side of Winants Library entrance. This twenty-four page magazine was mailed to more than 950 alumni. This total was attained by working through the literary society groups. This was the only college publication coming from this campus which reached anywhere near that total of alumni for several years past. Special talent contained in this isssue came from the hands of Fred Wyngarden, Ivan Johnson, Donald Hicks, Olive Peeke, Myron Leenhouts, Richard Niessink, Harri Zegerius, Ruth Hospers, Justin Vander Kolk, Esther Mulder, Jacob De Witt, and the editorial staff containing Coert Rylaarsdam, Harry K. Smith, and Gordon Van Ark, who planned and directed the work on this magazine. The cover drawing was the work of Margaret Steketee. All advertising was secured by Clarence Becker and Cornelius Vander Naald. « 148  Top: W. Austin, Reporter. Second: I. Johnson, Humor; C. Becker, Advertising; M. Kosegarten, Head Reporter; E. Cunnagin, Reporter; R. Geerlings, Advertising; R. Van Dyke, Campus. Third: R. Niessink, Humor. Fourth: K. Ives, Reporter; E. Mulder, Associate Editor; H. Smith, Associate Editor. Fifth: R. Voskuil, Reporter; C. Vander Naald, Advertising; L. Keppel, Campus; W. Spoelstra, Athletics; L. Sabo, Reporter. Sixth: R. Nichols, Reporter; H. Klaasen, Cartoonist; J. Somsen, Reporter; M. De Kuiper, Sorority; H. Zegerius, Features; B. Welling, Advertising; N. Burggraff, Reporter. Lower: R. Whelan, Reporter; J. De Witt, Fraternity; H. Hoover, Reporter; H. Ver Strate, Athletics; J. C. Rylaarsdam, Associate Editor. « 149  WiLLARD WiCHERS Editor-hi-Chiej, The 1930 Milestone THE one thing you especially remember about Bill is his very erect posture. Never a slouching moment in his life, for this man of great purposes must needs walk erectly if he is to attain the high goals he sets for himself. Then too, there is his oval-shaped, genially-featured face with its queer smile as he talks to you, emphasizing the end of each sentence with a sideways jerk of his head. Patient, long striving Wichers! His scholastic careers have never had a moment ' s peace, for at both high school and college he edited the annual of his class. It wasn ' t so much the fact that he was editor that made him busy, it was rather the way he mapped out the job that took so much work to perfect and make a reality. In short, when Bill sets out to organize an annual, there are few things he forgets to include. In 1927 he was editor of the Stepping Stone, annual of Senior class of the Zee- land High School of Zeeland, Michigan. This book set a precedent in its school, for it contained the first alumni section published there, and ran 200 copies short, even though a generous number had been ordered. It won an excellent honor rating in the contest conducted by the Art Craft Guild for schools of less than 300 enrollment through- out the entire nation, for it was listed among the twenty labeled as first class books. In the Spring of 1929 when Wichers was elected to the editorship of the Mile- stone, Junior class publication of Hope College, he again instituted the use of the alumni section. The present large volume stands as a monument to his capacities as a publisher of Grade A annuals. Protraying a pictorial history of Holland in wood- cuts, the art section of his book is alone worth the purchase price. The service which the herein contained alumni section will render to the college in years to come is inestimable. The 1930 Milestone has in all truuthfulness been a milestone in the annals of Hope College. « 1 50  Chester Meengs Business Manager, The 1930 Milestone SOMETIMES we see friends who seem to always get along well together. To mention one of such a combination means inevitably to mention the other. Their lives are in- terwoven. Only together are they complete. So it has been with Willard Wichers and Chester Meengs, for when Wichers was elected editor of the book, it followed almost automatically that Chester would be the business manager. They were so closely linked in friendship, mutual understanding, and ability. Together they had created a national prize winning annual at Zeeland High, and together it was readily apparent that they would create a prize winning annual for Hope College. We request your candid judg- ment in this matter. Have they not succeeded. Chester ' s sing-songy voice, a personal trait of his which endears him to his friends, seems to have been a perfect tool for sharpening the logic of convincing ad sales talks. With materials in hand, we have seen his lanky form stride from merchant to mer- chant, his purpose never failing because of his anxiety to make Bill ' s book a financial possibility. Ever since his high school days, when he was treasurer of his C. E., Meengs has handled other people ' s money. At college, during the management of this volume, he had the whole campus sold practically 100% on the book before the close of the first semester. The new method of selling through the literary societies was utilized, tTius making inevitable a rivalry to have a 100% record of sales in each group. Chester ' s work has not only included the strictly business side of the Milestone, for he has been a right-hand man to Editor Wichers throughout the entire program of assembling the volume. From photography to binding, together they have wrestled with the perplexities of the project. And now, with the coming of summer vacation, the business end of the book is still far from settled, for bills must be mailed and affairs balanced up. So goes the career of an ambitious business manager. 151  Evelyn Albers Assist an I BJ or- -Ch ej Hello! Could you tell me the address of Harm Veneklassen who graduated with the Class of ' 96? .... Oh, he ' s in Hawaii now? Thank you. Hello! Would you give me some information about your brother who is a doctor in Kansas? .... Oh, he ' s an engineer in Canada? No, it ' s not the recording angel, but rather Alumni Editor Albers, or one of her assistants, Marion De Kuiper or Nick Burggraaff. An alert ex- pression and capable mien testified out- wardly to a mental activeness. Evelyn has worked faithfully and well. ' We have learned that she is dependable, thorough, enthusias- tic, and that she looks before she leaps. John Mulder Assistant B zsiuess Manager This light-haired lad pursued with anxious argument the worthy fathers of our town who are engaged in the reputable business of merchandising. In other words, Johnny sold ads. Upstairs, downstairs, and in mi- lady ' s chamber, as the old poem goes, and so went the plodding assistant business man- ager, faithfully pursuing the intricate mazes of his ad-route. John ' s first experience of the publishing sort came in Holland High when he was editor of their paper. Just lately he has been occupied with the diffi- culties of the local science course. John says that there ' s one trouble with ad-selling and that is that it ' s hard to do. Amen, brother. Lucille Walvoord Art Ed it Of Brushes, drawing boards, and all the at- tendant paraphernaha assembled, plus a growing fund of ideas. Lucille, having vis- ualized a theme for our annual, set to work. That she has a well balanced mind which harmonizes with her philosophy of life is quite evident from the balance and symmetry of her work. Her patience, attention to detail and good taste — these characteristics of her every day life will continue to live for us in this an- nual of 1930. Harold Klaasen Associate Art Editor His one great ambition is to do a car- toon of the King of England picturing that dear old gent in a striped bathing suit. Cobby has labored mainly on this year ' s Feature Section, with other bits of art work thrown in here and there. His cleverness with the pen is only surpassed by his royal wit (see men who attended the Milestone staff houseparty). In the future the literary editor hopes that Klaasen will take his own blankets along. Every time he comes in sight it gives us a chill; that ' s the power of memory. Klaasen looks well on the tennis court, being on the varsity squad this year. More power to your backhand, you sketcher of funny pictures! « 153  Betty Smith Photo Ed ! lor By suggestion, coaxing, or as a final and desperate means, by coersion, Betty secured what the Milestone ' s Photograph Section needed. A firmness of character, and an energy that seems to be indefatigable, have made her invaluable as Photograph Editor. Efficiently she applied herself to her task and saw it through to the end. Lest you think her all work, be reminded of the fun she finds in life and the way she twinkles with it. Gordon Van Ark Literary Editor All that can be said for Van is that he had charge of the literary work on this here book. besides being Editor of our Anchor, and besides making a strong at- tempt at establishing an annual humor mag- azine on our campus — to wit, the Spoon Holder. W. Wichers, Editor of this vol- ume, requested his literary section to use the informal treatment throughout much of the book. That is why you see so many gay things printed here and there on these pages in the literary section. Anne Buth Associate Literary Editor This member of the Junior Class worked on our staff as Associate Literary Editor. She took over the responsibility of writing all the girl ' s biographies for the Senior sec- tion, and on top of that arranged for the writing of all the organization ' s histories for the Milestone. Ann volunteered an al- most endless store of energy with which we kept the literary section moving. But when A. P. finally came to town, Ann lost interest in more material tilings. « 1 54 - Esther Mulder Activity Editor It ' s great sport arranging to have group pictures of all the college organizations taken in the latter part of one morning! For a while we thought our Esther had turned traffic cop — directing the H.K.K. ' s here and the A.D.D. ' s there, but after a hectic session she reassumed her natural role. As a comrade you will find no one jollier and as a friend you must needs go far to find one more trustworthy or true. Allen Brunson Associate Athletic Editor Allen ' s job was to trace a part of the Athletic Section material. To do this he had to look up old Anchors, question athletes, use his imagination (to explain all the moral victories ), and chew his pencil. But the task was well done. Allen is the boy who was so rough with the opponent ' s line during football season. Likewise later, for he was generous with his line in his Milestone work. He has a great trait for humor. Mildred Schuppert Typist Click! Click! The response to Millie ' s nimble fingers drove her poor roommate to the verge of distraction. But on the other hand, that same accurate response saved the rest of the staff members many an anxious moment, for on her work, routine and drab as it was, depended in great part the suc- cess of the book. As private secretary to Editor W. Wichers and Business Manager C. Meengs, she proved to be ever cheerful and reliable. « 155  Tillie Masselink Snapshot Editor Oh, don ' t stand there Hke an old tin- type, act natural — you ' re supposed to be informal and not all posey like that! — Tillie strives to get some snap into the snap section as a crowd of eds and co-eds in an old flivver are her target. Any time you meet Tillie, you find her open handed — to receive snaps of all sorts. A joy of living and a sweeping zestfulness are outstanding characteristics of this dashing miss. Myron Leenhouts Humor Editor Mike has been a local source of humor for three years now, and with the comple- tion of his last year here he will have rounded out one busy college career, what with being Humor Editor of the Anchor once, and now the same on the Milestone staff. The nice thing about it is that the jokes he uses are always funny when he utters them, be they old or new. And is he built to be a jolly humorist! You ought to see him in one of his impromptu minstrel acts, with a feather in his hair. Bessie Schouten Associate Snapshot Editor Just drape yourself against that tree, or stand over there with the shrubbery as a background. Here, Les, we want one with the crutches so you ' ll avoid bringing life and climb into jeopardy hereafter. So Bes- sie goes bustling around the campus hunt- ing camera fodder. A straight little shooter she is too, as our snap section shows you. Straight shooting in more than one sense of the word, energetic, of a happy disposition and mindful of others. « 15( ' Marian Anderson Veatiire Editor Full of ideas which she insists she ac- quired by lying awake nights when the rest of the carefree populace outside the pale ot Milestonianism peacefully slept, Marian wins full credit for making the Feature Sec- tion so complete. Of course, the thrills ot a personal correspondence with John Held Jr., made up in great part for sleepless nights — and then some people do thrill more to the name of John than others. Lewis Scudder Athletic Editor Louie came to Hope with a romantic record behind him, for he had attended a big Eastern University, and had been to Eng- land with its track team. But we find that the most attractive thing about him is his genuine, natural personality. One minute with Louie and you have decided to be his firm friend. He performed well both in football and track, besides working hard on the Athletic Section of this book. He intends to maintain the tradition of his fam- ily, and will become a medical missionary. Sady Grace Masselink Moinitiii? Editor o Have I done anything yet? When you give me something to do Fll get busy. Well, she had plenty to do and she did it well. The mounting of snapshots and photographs called for accuracy, a keen sense of balance, and perseverance, all of which she was found to possess in an ample de- gree. Her quiet dignity, graciousness and friendliness are apparent to all who come in contact with her. She prefers snowy weather. 157 ATHLETICS The peculiar skill required of the axe- man ivho entered the hardtvood forests, together tvith the readiness to undergo the privations of the life, made the backtvoods- man in a sense an expert engaged in a spe- cial calling. Frequently he was the descend- ant of generations of people who had lived in the low lands of Europe, cleared a thou- sands years before. Skill for this work was thus lacking. Only a few poor tools, tvilling hands, and stout hearts, were their equip- ment. But strong in their faith in God, they offered a fervent prayer, and the first axe blow was struck and the first tree felled. In 1 847 there were but tivo log houses fin- ished. They were built on what ivas knoivn as the ' Van der Haar farm, ' a mile east of the present city of Holland. ' ' John Schouten COACH To those who know Coach Schouten, there is httle surprise that the student body regards him so affectionately. Always a friend, and yet strict and firm when necessity demands, he is the type of athletic director of which few colleges can boast. Those who realize what he is doing, and what he has been doing, for Hope, deeply appreciate the efforts and time he has put into his work. As the teacher of physical education and coach of all college athletics he is handicapped by too many duties, yet he cheerfully puts in long hours of instruction and training and is always ready to help and advise. His reputation is not only local, for he is known in athletic circles throughout the state as a clean sportsman and capable coach. Players on teams from neighboring schools speak familiarly of him as Jack, and often have been heard to express the wish that they, too, might have such a man to work under. No coach in the M.I. A. A. is more respected than John Schouten of Hope. At the All-College Banquet, as an expression of their appreciation, the athletes of 1929-1930 season presented Jack with a beautiful loving cup. Captain Cook of the football squad made the presentation and expressed, in behalf of his team-mates, his gratitude for Jack ' s work and related the good times he had enjoyed on Hope ' s teams. In Jack ' s acceptance of the gift, we find the secret of his success. He enjoys his work and, as a result, is willing to sacrifice much for Hope ' s athletics. « 1 60  Standing: B. Arendshorst, Dr. O. Vander Velde, G. Pelgrim, Prof. P. Hinkamp. Seated: P. Nettinga, J. McKinley, Prof. E. Winter. Athletic Board DURING the past school year, which has been marked by an increased interest in athletics at Hope, the newly reorganized Athletic Board of Control has had full charge of all intercollegiate sports. Up to this time athletic activities had been vaguely under the supervision of both the Board of Control and the Athletic Board, with the result that there was no definite organization or central power to direct the many and varied interests which arise from such a complete athletic program as Hope College carries out. Such executive, as well as financial impotency, finally brought about the change last year, and full power was vested in the newly compounded Athletic Board ot Control. This board consists of two alumni elected by the Alumni Association, two faculty members chosen by the faculty, two students elected from the student body, the coach, and the president of the Athletic Debt Diggers. During the past year, the Board ' s main contribution has been a stabilization of finances which at times have been in a rather precarious position. Young as the organization is, it has taken onto its shoulders many of the athletic burdens, and, as it will no doubt increase its scope of authority, v;e can expect in the future a highly efficient and systematized center of control. OFFICERS Prof. Winter Preside it Paul Nettinga Secretary George Pelgrim Treasurer George Damson Asst. Treasurer « 161  The ' H Club THE H Club is composed of those who have won their letter in athletic activity of some sort. These young men are the flower of young manhood, and Hope can justly be proud of them. Those who belong to the Class of 1930 are, and have been, mainstays of Hope athletics for four years, and our only regret is that they cannot remain longer with us. Arendshorst and Kruizenga have been graceful and capable performers on Hope ' s net teams, and many a maiden-sigh has arisen from co-ed spectators when these two dis- played their prowess on the court. Cook, Japinga, Nettinga, and Van Lente have been mainstays on the football and basketball teams, the last two also serving on the baseball squads. No finer quartet of all-around athletes will ever graduate from Hope with one class. Steffens and Winter, four-year men on the grid squad, have the ability to be either rough or tender, as the occasion demands. Meengs, a born track man, can be successful in any event which he enters. He is one to be remembered. Nauta, a baseball man, by his nonchalant manner, gave to Hope ' s team a big league appearance. The other holders of the coveted H still have chances to serve Hope for at least another season. In conclusion, a finer group of fellows cannot be found anywhere. « 162  Top: D. Haan, E. Steketee, A. De Young, K. Skillern, G. iHuizenga. Center: B. Schouten, A. Buth, V. Van Duren, M. Kosegarten, E. Albers, M. Tase. Seated: V. Blair, G. Fredericks, J. McKinley, M. Anderson. The Athletic Debt Diggers THERE is always a stir of interest and an audible clinking of small change in the pockets of the admiring audience when two by two the A.D.D. ' s glide onto the scene of action with their market baskets full of various delicacies and their faces radiant with the joy of conquest. We say joy of conquest, because any A.D.D. will tell you that there is nothing that takes quite so much tact or salesmanship as the job of trying to sell a Dutchman something that he can. see one minute and not the next. Consequently every sale represents a lot of energy lost to the ambitious A.D.D. in mental telepathy and a subconscious struggle with a masterful enemy. How any one in his right mind can refuse one of these glorious damsels even after he has indulged in an unusually copious Thanksgiving dinner is more than we comprehend. Don ' t you ever think that the A.D.D. ' s have a lot of fun trying to look pleasant at a standful of spectators; and don ' t try to fool yourself into believing that they are doing it because they want to get a drag with you personally. It ' s not true. They are doing it only for love of the college and not for any single undergraduate or personal gain. They get but one beach party out of the proceeds every year and the rest of their earnings goes to timely aid of a heretofore lame athletic association. So here ' s to the A.D.D. ' s! — a grand group of girls with grandly altruistic motives. « 163  J. Meengs, G. Wiegerink, W. Meengs. Cheer Leaders VERY early in the year the call was issued for all those who thought that they could make sufficiently engaging movements and crescendos to arouse a reputedly lethargic Hope crowd of rooters to paroxisms of patriotic (pronounced with a short a ) fervor. The try-outs clearly showed that there were among the small student body of Hope Col- lege several who were more than capable of the job as well as one who represented the opposite extreme. The name of the individual will go unmentioned but I think that W. Clough must have had a very good course in aesthetic dancing at some time during his life. Curley Wiegerink and Johnny Meengs were elected to the job, but a more compatible pair was soon unearthed in the two Meengs boys (cousins) and despite his athletic prowess, the great Wiegerink found it rather difficult to combine antics upon the field in the proper portions with antics on the side-lines, so the responsibility fell upon the ab le shoulders of the aforementioned cousins. And such a pair! They cooked up sky-rockets, locomotives, somersaults, and hairpin curves to the sheer delight of a crowd, who, contrary to expectations, proved to be rousingly responsive to the moving appeals of the Meengs boys. At first the similarity of the boys caused many to believe that they were suffering from an attack of the common ailment — cross-eyes — or that they had been imbibing unwittingly of a certain unmentionable fluid that has the repu- tation of producing a similar effect; but a closer acquaintance with the men in question dispelled the illusion and, once freed from worry, only the voiceless and those of the Glee Clubs remained silent to their ingenuous entreaties. « 1 64  r€€TCALL In such forests of fine trees as these Dutchmen tvorked, one of the greatest needs ivas a saivviill. At first the men cut their oivn logs into lumber by hand, but this 7vas tvastefjil of time and energy, and Dr. Van Raalte arranged to have the first satvmill built on Black River, three miles east of Holland, at Groningen. Neighbors banded together to build the dam and mill in the winter of 1847-48. Its busy hum must have been a ivelcome sound to the toiling lumbermen. ' Assistant Coach R. Jappinga, Captain A. Cook, Coach J. Schouten. « 166 - Top: C. Meengs, F. Wyngarden, E. Poppink, H. Dalman, T. Beaver, A. Freyling, J. Flikkema, R. Steketee (Manager). Center: R. Japinga (Ass ' t. Coach), A. Brunson, C. Van Lente, L. Vander Werf, J. Juist, L. Scudder, C. Becker, J. Schouten (Coach). Seated: M. Leenhouts, L. Damstra, H. Friesema, A. Cook (Captain), M. Costing, R. Fox, H Steffens, H. Japinga. M. Ocsting, R. Fox, H. Steffens. H. Japinga. Varsity Football OME week before the opening of school a group of fellows met in a little white house- northwest of Holland near old Lake Michigan. There, for seven days, they puffed and panted, and ate and slept, and worked and played, and, when they returned to civilization, each individual was changed — not all in the same way — but, never- theless, each was a different man on returning than he was on leaving. This one had a new and tender sunburn ; that one had firmer and more active muscles ; another had lost ten pounds but found new wind and endurance. They were prospects for Hope ' s varsity football team, invited to preseason training camp by Coach Schouten. Up early in the morning, the bravest scrambled over the hill for a cool dip, while the rest, unable to v ithstand the rigors of a morning plunge, laved their trembling limbs in the more niggardly but no less efficient waters of the pump. A half hour later the cook announced breakfast, and the whole squad, making use of every available chair and table, made away with a surprisingly large amount of food. Two hours later, dressed in various degrees of dishabille, they lined up for calisthenics and went through a stiff drill. Another trip to the beach ended the morning activities, and at noon a dinner, rich in vitamins, was ready to fill the empty void of each athlete. Another drill in funda- mentals took place in the afternoon, and a wholesome supper was ready when the players had cleaned up and dressed. After the meal, a hike down the beach completed the day, and every fellow was ready for an early visit by the sandman. The happy but strenuous week of training ended with the squad in excellent condition for the ensuing season. « 167  The Hillsdale Game I Melvin Melv Costing Back, One Year ' T IS a sad and woeful tale that must be told that the first beating that Hope has ever received at the hands of Hillsdale in football should have been to the tune of 42 to 0. It was lucky, however, that the drubbing was administered away from home, because what the fair co-eds didn ' t see didn ' t hurt them. Had it been here, the walls of Vorhees Hall might have rumbled to the sympathetic wails of the fair admirers. The only luck that seemed to come Hope ' s way was the winning of the toss and Cook elected to receive. Hope tried several thrusts at the line, but there was always some nuisance encased in a blue jersey that seemed to get right in the way of the runner and no yards were gained. On the attempted punt a phalanx of Hills- dale players scampered through the line. There was a double thud and a lanky Hillsdale man wrapped him- self around the ball on Hope ' s 20-yd. line. In two tries Reynolds took the ball over Hope ' s goal. The try for point was also successful and the score stood Hope 0, Hillsdale 7. Hope then kicked off and O ' Dell ' s first try at the line lost three yards, so Hillsdale punted. Dalman encountered a swarm of Hillsdaleites five yards back of the line and made no further progress. Considering discretion the better part of valor, Hope again attempted to kick and the attempt was rather disastrous. The ball bounced on the chest of one of the Hillsdale men and back into the end zone where Hillsdale recov- ered for a safety. Score: Hillsdale 9, Hope 0. Hope kicked from its 20-yd. line and there followed a series of exchanges in punts in which Hillsdale had the edge. Hope ' s last punt was especially poor because time was decidedly lacking to Johnny Winter for composing himself for the kick and opportunity knocked on the door of the Hillsdaleites again. They completed a nicely executed pass which brought the ball into dangerous proximity to the goal and then Reynolds went over the last marker for a touchdown, leaving the score at 15 to 0 at the quarter — a mean handicap to overcome. The second quarter was almost as sad to witness, but Hillsdale could find opportunity for but one touchdown. Hope realized the uselessness of its offensive and kicked whenever she got possession of the ball. Hillsdale, in the meantime, headed by O ' Dell and Reynolds, scampered around the field mak- ing yards almost at will. The only bright spot in the second frame came when Dalman slithered through the line and out into the open for twenty yards. The score at the end of this quarter was: Hillsdale 22, Hope 0. Reynolds and O ' Dell were still going strong in the third quarter with Hope sitting around doing little. Hope ' s bag of tricks was kept firmly tied at the neck by her inability to get the ball out of her own territory. Hope made a few small gains, showing that she could go provided the opportunity presented itself; but the team seemed too weak and inexperienced to make its own breaks. Hillsdale ' s scoring was limited to one touchdown during this quarter also, and the count stood with our opponents on the long end of a 29 to 0 score. Myron Mike Lccnhouts G i.iicl. One War « 168  The last quarter was played between the dark and the daylight when the night was beginning to lower, but there was no pause in the day ' s occupation, for the doughty ones on the field (apologies to Longfellow) . Hope started off with a rather futile aerial attack which was only short-lived, and Hillsdale countered with a march down the field for another touchdown. Hope received and it really looked for a minute as though the boys had taken a new lease on life for they started right out as if they meant business; but a wary blue-shirt was hog enough to grab a pass that wasn ' t even intended for him and run for still another score for the HiUies. That was enough — the boys really began to get mad then and Cook trudged down the field 25 yards, Dalman squirmed through for 20 more to Hillsdale ' s 28-yd. line, but then the pig-skin blimp, floating through the air, looke d too tempting to one of the Hillsdale men and he sucked it down with greedy hands to end Hope ' s most promising spurt of the game, and incidentally, closed the fray. The score, alas, was: Hillsdale 42, Hope 0. Allen Abie Brunson Tackle, Two Years, Captain-Elect The Detroit College Game The Detroit game was sad because it might easily have been won by the Hope war- riors had they been playing even a fairly good game of ball. Though the performance of the men was somewhat better than that displayed at Hillsdale, they were still suffering from an attack of can ' t do it. After the kick-off the two teams played see-saw in the middle of the field and each dutifully took its turn at fumbling. It was perfectly evident that Hope was not taking an interest in the game in the way they should and there were a number of loyal supporters on the side-lines that were in danger of submitting to the more persuasive and interesting wiles of the God Morpheus. It was not football that awoke their in- terest in the first frame but a very amusing incident which provoked a laugh at the expense of the De- troiters. A 25-yd. penalty had just been inilicted upon the Detroit team for clipping, and there seemed to be a dispute as to whom the ball should belong to after such a penalty. The thoughtful De- troit captain had fortified himself against just such an emergency, for he mysteriously produced a rule book from somewhere on his anatomy, couched himself comfortably on the ball, and began pen- sively to turn the pages of the little booklet. But try as he might he could not read into the book the rule he had expected to find there and the ball remained in Hope ' s possession, much to his dis- comfiture and the amusement of the grandstand. The second quarter saw no improvement in the manner of play of either team. The ball wabbled Jacob Jack Juist Guard, One Y ear « 169  back and forth in mid-field until Hope fumbled a punt, which Detroit recovered. Detroit crossed Hope all up on a trick play and went across for the only score of the game. Wide end runs that went very wide and futile line bucks were the program for the second half, and aside from the fact that a belligerent Detroiter tried to change the shape of Boo Cook ' s face, there was very little of interest. In the closing minutes of play Jack sent Scudder into the fray in place of Cos- ting in the hope that a fresh man might be able to go places and do things against a crew that was beginning to lag. Scudder ' s first attempt was very encouraging; his second brought the goal consider- ably nearer — but once again Hope ' s last minute spurt was mercilessly cut off by the final gun. The score: Detroit 6, Hope 0. The Olivet Game To the casual onlooker this was the first really interesting exhibition of football that the Hope war- riors put on. There were times that the Dutchies Lewis Lew Scudder Back, One Year Alvin Boo Cook dck. Three Yejr . Cap ah seemed almost irresistible as they swept down the field, but there were also times that showed that Hope had not yet fully overcome the jinx that had been following them through the season thus far. It is with pleasure that we can safely say that it was fumbles that accounted for the defeat of the blue-c lads and not any intrinsic weakness of the fighting qualities of the team. Olivet booted the ball down the field on the kick-off and Hope started right off on a rampage. Several line bucks were fairly successful and then a sweet pass from Cook to Dalman took the ball over the final marker for what should have been a touchdown. But the eagle-eyed referee had caught a well meaning Hope man trying to shovel the opposition to one side by means of his hands — a very unpardonable sin. Consequently, the ball was called back and a fifteen-yard penalty inflicted upon the too-eager Hope team. During the rest of the period neither team did much that was praise- worthy and the quarter ended with no score. The second quarter saw considerable action. The ball vacillated back and forth in mid-field with surprising rapidity; finally an Olivet punt was fumbled by Scudder on Hope ' s 30-yd. line and it seemed to be a signal for a general Olivet attack. They rushed the ball to Hope ' s 10-yd. line before a determined efl ort of the Hopeites halted the « 170 : Henry Heine Steffens Center, Four Y ean Spurt. The first play lost 8 yards and Winter dropped back of his goal line to punt. The eyes of all the rooters were eagerly anticipat- ing the course of the ball from the kicker ' s toe; but the pig-skin soared not. Instead, as though temporarily animated, it jumped out of Winter ' s hands and bounded along the ground with Winter in full cry. He at last succeeded in catching it but an Olivet man who also had his eye on the ball was forced to do the next best thing and seized Johnny Winter be- hind the line for a safety. The half ended with the score at 2 — 0 in Olivet ' s favor. The third quarter saw the Hope athletes getting into form and Olivet ' s chances began to look very dim. Hope received and walked right down the field seemingly with very little difficulty. Once, behind very nice interference on the part of his backfield mates, Scudder circled end, dodged the safety man and seemed in a fair way to make a score, but a chimeric snare caught his foot and he fell with nobody but the blades of grass near him. A nice pass from Cook to Japinga took JhB the ball to Olivet ' s 5-yd. line. Cook nosed his way for four I more, and then Japinga crawled between the legs of the cen- ter and laid the ball just on the other side of the last chalk line. On the try for point Dalman pulled a fooler and bucked across, bringing the score to 7-2 in Hope ' s favor. In the last few seconds of this quarter Scudder again fumbled an Olivet punt, which little mishap seemed to be the nemesis of the team ' s success. Olivet recovered but had only time for one play before the quarter ended. On the first play in the last frame Lyman, on a nice weak- side buck, speedily left fifteen yards of turf behind him and camped himself on the other side of Hope ' s goal. The rest of the quarter witnessed a vain struggle on Hope ' s part to pull the game out of the fire. But their success is demon- strated by the final score: Olivet 8, Hope 7. The Alma Game For the first time this season the Hope team showed a wealth of defensive power that held out a brighter outlook for the rest of the football year. There were no individual stars as should be the case in a good team, but every man played for all that was in him. Time and again the much-touted Alma backs were caught flat-footed behind the line before it had even entered their heads that it was time that they were on their way; time and again they made vicious attempts to circle our ends, but it was usually the case that their ball carrier was found several yards back of where he Carl Cox Van Lente End. Four Years 171  Ronald Ron Fox Guard. One Year should have been, grovehng among the grasshoppers, with the tentacles of a Hope man firmly wound around his ankles. It was sad that with such a show on the defensive end of the game the Hope warriors could not function offensively; but it is not sur- prising when the comparative experi- ence of the teams is taken into con- sideration. The Alma aggregation was made up almost entirely of veterans of several years experience, while Hope ' s team, crippled by the absence of Cap- tain Cook, Becker, Beaver, and Fox from the lineup, could hardly present a seasoned line. Gussin accounted for the first Alma score on a quarterback sneak after the ball had been advanced to the Hope goal line in the first few minutes of play. Not very long thereafter, Erick- son, the mountainous Alma fullback, got out into the open and ran 40 yards for Alma ' s second score. It was not till then that the game took on an interesting aspect for these two scores in such quick succession pricked the consciences of our team and aroused them to herculean efforts. The result was as has been stated — that Alma could gain but little ground. Alma ' s last score came late in the final period, after Gussin had gone for 65 yards on a trick play in which all the Alma players stood up straight to view the scenery. While they were looking nonchalantly around, the ball was snapped and the whole crew ran down the field like a grove of tree-trunks with Gussin behind them. The play was rather disconcerting to the green Hope line and Gussin would have gone for a touchdown on the spot had not one of the Hope men pulled him down from the rear. Two tries at the line by two of Gussin ' s companions yielded nothing and it remained for him to take the ball around end for the score. Very soon afterwards the game ended, with Hope fairly beaten but feeling a certain amount of pride in her accomplishments, nevertheless. It was indeed a moral victory. The score: Alma 19, Hope 0. The Kalamazoo Game We would not have been at all afraid of the outcome of the game had our boys played Notre Dame on the day that they took the meas- ure of our redoubtable rivals, Kalamazoo. The score hardly indicates the one-sidedness of the contest, because the two touchdowns made by Kazoo were brought about through the benign smile of Dame Fortune. The victory gave us John Johnny Winter End. Three Years « 172  Howard Howe Dalman Back, One Year a great deal of satisfaction because this same Kala- mazoo outfit held Hillsdale to a 6 to 0 score a couple of weeks previous. The scores came in the following manner: Dehr of Kazoo made a poor punt and Dalman placed his frame under it, caught it, and moved it overland to the Kazoo 20-yd. marker. Sailor Van Lente lost two yards on an end aroimd play, but Boo made up the loss and one yard to spare on the next attempt. Cook then tossed the oval to Scudder for seven more yards and then smashed over for a first down on Kazoo ' s 10-yd. line. The ball then de- scribed a neat arc in the air right into the waiting hands of Brute Japinga, who sidled leisurely over the goal for Hope ' s first counter. The try for point went wide. Late in the second quarter Winter thoughtfully got right in the way of a Kazoo punt and lay down on the ball on Kazoo ' s 25-yd. line. Hope ' s offense, which had already proved its worth during the game, advanced the ball to the l4-yd. Ime, whence Cook tossed it to Van Lente, who was thrown out of bounds on the 3-yd. line. On the next play Scudder drove through a wagon track for Hope ' s second score. Once again the try for point was unsuccessful. But all was not a bed of roses for the Hopeites, for during the same quarter Black snatched a Hope pass out of the ether and behind a very quickly formed but effective interference, ran for a touchdown. Becht plunged for the extra point. Another feature of the half was a 46-yd. run on another intercepted pass — this time by Captain Boo Cook. With the ball resting on the 3-yd. line and four downs to make goal, the fateful timer ' s pistol belched forth the news that the half was over. ■Winter seemed to have the habit of messing up punts, because in the second half he blocked one that led directly to Hope ' s third score. This time the try for point sailed squarely through the uprights and left Hope with a 19 to 7 advantage over their rivals. But once again the inconsiderate Dame Fortune frowned on Hope, and her thoughtlessness brought about a Hope fumble on her own 1-yd. line. Three vicious assaults on the Hope line were ably with- stood but a clever double cutback by Knight finally turned the trick for Kazoo; but many a Kazoo hair turned gray during those few minutes for fear that their team might be forced to forfeit their only real opportunity to score. Hope was still enjoying a six-point lead, but Kazoo was playing better ball than at any other stage of the game and there was plenty of time for radical changes. The last period saw the ball in Hope ' s territory but once, and that was through a 15-yd. penalty and loss of the ball; but the second of two of Kazoo ' s attempted passes was incomplete over the line and the ball was Hope ' s as the game ended, Hope 19, Kfllama7nn 1 2, Harold Brute Japinga Kalamazoo 13. . p ,. yean « 173 Fred Ajax Wyngarden Tackle. One Year The Albion Game The Homecoming game was not all that the Hope rooters might have wished. Albion was simply too good for our men, but you could not have told one of the players that till after the game without exposing yourself to a general assault. The boys fought hard and were wide awake to all the breaks that came their way. The first half was rather a thriller. Twice Albion was in Hope ' s danger zone and twice a timely fumble by Albion, and an even more timely recovery by Hope, saved an Albion score. Albion should not be so careless in the future. Once, too, Brute Japinga intercepted a very promising Albion pass to put the brakes on an- other spurt; but Albion retaliated a few minutes later by playing the part of a thief in regard to one of Hope ' s passes — so we were even. Fin- ally Albion secured the ball on Hope ' s 28-yd. line through an exchange of punts, and this time took it over without mishap. Osmun kicked the goal for extra point. Albion threatened once again during the half, but the timer ' s gun, which so many times dur- ing the season had come at rather inopportune moments, lopped off an Albion advance on the 18-yd. line. The second half started a punting duel with Lightbody having considerably the better of it. Thus Hope was gradually pushed back and late in the third quarter Osmun, the Samson of the Albion aggregation, pushed his way over the last white line for a score. The fourth quarter saw the only really dangerous Hope offensive. Dalman intercepted an Albion pass on his own 42-yd. line. Hope then threw passes all over the field and succeeded in gaining a first down on Albion ' s 25-yd. line. That was the extent of the advance, for on the next play Albion put her foot in the whole proceedings by pluck- ing a Hope pass out of the air and going for a touchdown via the aerial route. The game ended with no further scoring. Final count: Albion 19, Hope 0. Albion, with plenty of heavy material, showed to the home crowd the best exhibition of football that has appeared locally for some time. A majority of the players will return next year and the Methodists will make a strong bid for M.I. A. A. honors. This game brought - to a close the football careers of several well ' known Holland players. Captain Cook, an ath- letic figure to be remembered a long time, played his last game in a hope uniform as did also John Winter, Harold Japinga, Cox Van Lente, and Henry Steffens. AH of these men have gone through at least three strenuous M.I. A. A. seasons, and what they have done for Hope in bringing her honor and glory cannot be fully expressed. Tom Deacon Tjckh Beaver One Year « 174 Top: J. Tysse, G. Wiegennk, H. Marsilie. Ctnrtr: C. Ver Burg, L. Mccngs, C. Poling. P. Nettinga (Coach), C. Slighter, D. Boone. Seated: E. Dam,son, J. Zwemer, E. Bittner, L. Japinga, J. Wiegerink, G. Painter. Freshman Football OUTCLASSING all opposition, the 1929 Freshman Football Team broui ht to Hope the M.I. A. A. championship. When school opened in September a small squad of hopeful yearlings reported and began work under the direction of Coach Nettinga of the Senior Class. Most of the prospects had had some experience in their high school, and, although they were not especially husky, they developed into a fast and heady team. In scrimmage sessions with the Varsity they showed real ability, and it was not without some feeling of confidence that Hopeites awaited the outcome of their first game witli Hillsdale. The Down-staters had a heavy and nicely balanced Frosh aggregation and when they lined up for the opening whistle they appeared to be plenty potent. The play was rather slow and cautious at first, but, before the first quarter was over, Hope had shown unexpected power and drive. A series of passes by L. Japinga and open field running by J. Tysse led to the first touchdown of the game. Hillsdale came back strong, and time after time threatened with persistent drives. The game was warm and the play rough and furious. Frequent time-outs were called. Hope ' s line was tackling hard and low, and on offense Poling made consistent gains ofi the tackles and through center. Hillsdale finally pushed across the line for six points, but could not continue the fast pace they were setting. In the course of the afternoon, Hope made three touchdowns and one try after goal, making a total of 19 points to Hillsdale ' s six points. Hillsdale had expected her heavier team to win, but her light of victory grew darker as the game came « 175  closer to its end, and was finally blown out by the final whistle. Hope ' s defenders of the green, having only three games scheduled, now had a period of drill and training which put them in the pink of condition for the next game with the Alma College Frosh. A fair crowd of supporters gathered at Riverview Park to view the combat and came away thrilled and proud. Alma kicked off to Hope, who immedi- ately started a march down the field which was stopped only by the interception of a pass. Alma pushed the ball back into Hope ' s territory but lacked the drive to put it across. Japinga got away for a couple of long end runs, but the first quarter ended with no score. The second quarter showed plenty of power in both teams but neither developed that extra push necessary to accomplish definite results. The beginning of the second half was somewhat depressing for the home crowd, as Hope ' s first punt was blocked and the ball recovered by Alma. A score resulted from a long pass and the third quarter ended Alma 6, Hope 0. Then things began to happen. Tysse heaved a long pass to Japinga, who was down on Alma ' s 27-yard line. A trick play followed and a pass went to Poling, who fell across the goal line for six points. The extra point was made and the score stood Alma 6, Hope 7. But the Frosh of Dutch descent were not satisfied and scored again as the result of a fumble recovered by Marsilje. G. Painter, G. Wiegerink and J. Zwemer led in the line play, and the entire back- field functioned smoothly. The final score was Hope 1 3, Alma 6. The Freshman team played their last game with the Kazoo College yearlings at Holland on the week-end of Homecoming. The game decidedly belonged to Hope at all stages, but their brilliant offense was an interesting exhibition of football as it should be played. End runs by Tysse behind perfect interference featured the contest and the entire line played a smashing, driving gatne. At the end of the half, Hope had, by a series of drives, annexed a total of 25 points while their opponents were scoreless. The last half was somewhat slower with Kalamazoo coming to life a little during the last period. Substitutions were made frequently, each man on the Hope squad being given a chance to play. The final score was Hope 37, Kazoo 0. The Freshman season not only brought honor to Hope, but showed to Coach J. Schouten some real material for his varsity this fall. Line material will be especially abundant, and the entire backfield showed varsity quality. Coach P. Nettinga and his squad should be praised and commended for their work on the gridiron. Freshman teams have been a part of athletics at Hope for only three years, but in that short time great interest has been aroused in each new class of infant prodigies. Turning to each passing diversion like revelers overcome with ennui, the student body shifts its interest from the old stand-by athletes to the incoming exponents of supple- ness, brute strength, agility and smartness. A mist of romanticness hides the qualities of each individual; and the baseball, basketball, or football followers, as the case may be, awaits with pent breath to see the haze brushed aside at the first public appearances. As soon as the newcomers have displayed their wares, each is classified as to his ability and worth to his team, and one of the greatest joys of fandom is to prophecy the athletic future of the innocent. Football has, probably, the greatest number of followers when we consider all the branches of Freshman athletics at Hope. Crowds will always turn out to a Freshman game and the spectators at a practice scrimmage between the Varsity and the Frosh like to see the yearlings hold their stronger opponents. Whether the Freshman Rule is necessary in a small college or not is a debatable question, but it cer- tainly adds more interest in a sport within the school itself. « 176 During rigorous tvinter seasons the set- tlers could not always eat from a varied- menu. Their overworked bodies, sorely tried with everyday burdens and with their boisterous outdoor sports, felt the need of balanced rations in order to keep physically fit. Often they were forced to depend upon the non-perishable foods such as cornmeal, flour, and salt pork. Some of the Hollanders became so tired of corn meal Johnny cake ' during these years that many never wanted to see it again. Butter and eggs tvere saved for those in poor health. Varsity Basketball THE opening of the basketball season at Hope gave to the chronic campus pessimists a splendid opportunity for a real workout. To be sure, Captain Van Lente and Alvin Cook were back to act as officers in the Scxiety to Prevent Points for the Oppo- sition, and then Clarence Becker had had some experience in the Association for Garnering Field Goals; but, on the whole, the outlook was bad. A forward and center were needed, and it was necessary to pick them from those who had been Freshmen the previous season. Meanwhile, in Carnegie Gymnasium, an awkward and sweaty group of prospects dribbled and passed, and passed and dribbled, and then shot, and passed some more. A week later and the practiced eyes of Jack saw marked improvement. Another week, and some of the boys were actually becoming graceful although again it could be detected only by the practiced eye. More time passed and the memorable season ' s opener with the Hub Clothiers of Grand Rapids was played. The opponents set the style for the evening with long and accurate shots, and ended the session leading 27-22. The next game, a passive affair with the Seventh Reformed Team of Grand Rapids, expanded the mercury of Hope ' s spirit-thermometer by ending 39-19 in our favor. This game, although not important, marked the beginning of a notion that was proved time and again before the end of the season. Some supporters vaguely felt that we were to have a real team. The next week Hope, with Becker and Dalman at forwards, Spoelstra at center, and Cook and Van Lente at guards, started a combination that clearly out- classed the Raybestos Brakes outfit, again from the Furniture City. Although substi- tutions were frequent, the final score was Hope 31 Brakes 23. And now came the time for the opening of M. I. A. A. competition. Hope traveled to Olivet and the result was an epidemic of heart disease in that quiet little village. Hope started off at white heat with Van Lente as the main stoker. Just before the intermission Olivet tied the score. When play again started Olivet jumped into a lead that she managed to hold until the final gun. Hope held her veteran opponents to a score of 33 to 29. The next game, one with St. Marys, was held at home, and the plans for clearing up the athletic debt received a serious setback when it was necessary to hire two extra score- keepers to take care of the Polish names in the opposing lineup. That night St. Marys suffered the first defeat since she had opened her season, trailing by a wider margin than ever before in games with Hope. Hope emerged victorious 30-20. At Hillsdale a bitterly fought overtime game gave our opponents the edge 26-27. Hope led 18-9 at the half, but the opposition strengthened and tied the count in the last minutes. Our team needed a rest and so a game was scheduled with the Whozits from Where. They lost their local reputation to the tune of 76-11. Michigan State came next and, with the best team they have had in years swamped Hope 55-16. Now Albion came on the list and, before a large crowd that filled Carnegie to the brim, expressed a strong desire to win, but were sent home at the small end of a 24-21 score. Student spirit was high and some of the spectators had dates after the game. Hillsdale now came here for their return match, and Hope revenged her previous defeat in a highly satisfactory manner. The invaders led at the half, but fast floor work by Becker and Dalman coupled with splendid guarding by Cook swept them off their feet in the final period. Score, Hope 37, Hillsdale 24. Next, Hope traveled to Albion and lost a heart-breaker 22-21. Long shots by Van Lente kept Hope in the lead until the final seconds, when Densmore, Albion ' s star forward, hoiste d in two baskets to decide the game. The game here with Kalamazoo College showed to the home folks the reason why the Celery Eaters won the M. L A. A. championship. Murdock was the hot shot for Kazoo that night and he was ably assisted by his four friends of the court. Cook and Spoelstra shone for Hope, but our luminaries could not dispel the clouds of defeat and 178  Tup: W. Sp«elstra, T. Beaver. Center; J. Schuuten (Coach), C. Becker, J. Juist, H. Dalman, A. Cciok, H. Hof)ver (Manager). Seated: H. Kruizenga, H. Hofifman, C. Van Lente (Captain), T. Van Haitsma, H. Japinga. the final ratio was Hope, 19; Kazoo, 22. In a contest featured by horseplay and other muleishness, Hope easily defeated her bitter rival, Calvin College, 31-21 at Grand Rapids. It is useless to attempt to describe the function that occurred when Olivet visited us and went away sorrowing at the smallest end of a 26-24 score. The duel between Spoelstra and Cardwell of Olivet was only an incident in a chain which held the spec- tators spellbound. We will pass quietly over our next game, a defeat in the hands of Alma, 44 to 27. The game was rough and tumble and from the start Hope was entirely off her customary steady game. At Kalamazoo the next week our squad was innoculated with a double dose of good basketball. The result was a hot box in Kazoo ' s gym which spoiled Coach Barnard ' s ammunition. His howitzer refused to detonate, and the overtime period came very nearly being dispensed with. Be that as it may. Kazoo won 23-21 and the strongest of those on the sidelines were able only to slowly wend their way homeward. Calvin next appeared here and after the fracas quietly melted away. The Armory was the scene of this engagement and as the crowd left, the little sign on the wall read Hope 34, Calvin 17. At Orchard Lake our game with St. Marys was decided by the superior shooting of the natives. Dalman and Becker covered the floor in great shape, but their basket optics were absent and the final standing was Hope 26, St. Marys 33. Alma came here for the final game of Hope ' s season. Van Lente and Cook ended their basketball careers in a blaze of glory, and Spoelstra clearly demonstrated his superiority at center by collecting a total of 19 points. Alma won 36-29 but the game was a toss-up until the last few minutes. Hope held down fourth place in the M. I. A. A., but almost every game which was lost was unusually close. « 1 79  Carl Cox Van Lente Guard, Three Years, Captain CARL VAN LENTE. Alas and alack that such men as Cox must graduate! As captain he truly acted in the capacity of Napoleon to his forces. The din of battle disturbed him as little as the zephyrs of Spring would disturb the dermal plates of the mighty dmosaur. But he was not so calm that he was ineffectual — far from it — for he always washed through with the long basket that set the stands in an uproar, and kept high Hope ' s chances of victory. « 1 80  Alvin Boo Cook Guard, Three Years ALVIN COOK. To be the most striking in appearance of a team whose players were noted for handsomeness — this honor belonged to Boo Cook, big guard of Hope ' s varsity. He always sallied out onto the court with the eyes of all centered upon him, and flutterings and sighings arose from the feminine ranks. However, his ability and value to the team were in no way impaired by these natural attractions. A mountain of brawn with a dangerous windmill contrivance on his right side was Boo with the ball. If ever, in a scramble, the players of the opposite team who were unfortunate enough to be in the melee were seen to flee the spot with looks of terror on their faces, the more bold, to assume prone positions on the floor rather precipitately, Boo would emerge complacently bouncing the disputed sphere on his way toward the more appropriate basket. With agility and co-ordination unusual in a big man he kept his opponents in a state of constant uncertainty and bewilderment. Dashing hither and yon like destroyers impotently attempting to sink a dreadnaught, they time and again to no avail attempted to penetrate through this bulwark of Hope ' s defense. « 181  Clarence Boy Becker Forward. Two Years. Captain-Elect CLARENCE BECKER. Clarence really earned the title of Captain of next year ' s team. His opponents were scared into submission by his blood-thirsty stare when he was on the defensive, and were swept olf their feet by his whirlwind olTensive. His guardmg ability was far above that of the average forward. Sticking to his man like a leech, he was continually breaking up the opponent ' s scoring plays before they were well under way. His steady play in game after game gave confidence not only to his team-mates, but also to the followers of the game who wanted to see Hope come out on top ; for, no matter how hard he played the first half, he came back for the second looking as fresh as a rose. Boy ' s excellence on the basketball floor was only surpassed by his letter writmg ability. The postmaster of every foreign town in which the team stopped was sure to find a heavy portentious-looking special delivery letter with Holland, Mich. neatly written on the envelope. Boy composed his nerves and adjusted his shooting eye ' before each out-of-town fray by dashing otf lines of both prose and poetry which were ceremoniously sealed in a beautifully colored envelope and sent with all liastc to their destination. « 182  Watson Waddy Spoelstra Center, One Year ATSON SPOELSTRA. Waddy ' s close resemblance to a bean pole is hardly indicative of the fact that he can handle a basketball. It takes but one game to dis- illusion the ignorant. One has but to watch him reach out those long arms in pursuit of the ball and then when he has it to see him twist his length around his man and loop a clean basket with one hand to some precarious angle to realize that his title of all M.I. A. A. center is well deserved. In not one of the engagements of last season was Spoelstra outplayed by his opponent. He was not only Hope ' s high point man, but, on the defensive, he was highly troublesome to the enemy ' s attack. Miraculously stretch- ing and shifting, his big hands were everywhere, intercepting passes, knocking down shots, messing up dribbles, and pulling down long pops at the basket. His experience as a journalist and man of the world made him especially fitted for tasks that would embarrass his less sophisticated team mates. If any of them experienced a peculiar liking for some stranger, it was Waddy who transacted the business, smooth- ing things over, taking down the address, and making all the arrangements. « 183  Howard Howe Dalman Forivard. One Year HOWARD DALMAN. Care in one ' s personal appearance is a creditable trait, and, although it is not a necessity on the part of a basket ball player, Howie proved that well combed hair, neatly pressed shorts, and smoothly rolled sweat socks add much to a team ' s success. His argument was, Girls cheer louder and longer; objects of admiration play harder; Hope wins more ball games. The proof sounds logical, and Dalman ' s playing must have been the result of some such estimable cause. In every game, Howie had a queer habit of making trouble for the opposing team. He had the knack of looking out of the side of his head at his own man as he swooped down on some poor unsuspecting young player who stood innocently in the middle ot the floor trying to figure out something to do with the ball. The outcome of the whole affair would be that this mean Mr. Dalman would show very bad manners, snatch the ball away and make a basket. Howie was always a good player, and, if he had been consistent in the brilliance with which he whirled through some games, no critic could have kept him from the all M.I. A. A. team. Hope expects to hear more from him next year. « 184 Harold Brute Japinga Forivard, Three Years HAROLD JAPINGA. The name of Japinga has gone hand in hand with athletics at Hope fof a numbei of yeats, and no more able and courageous upholder of that name ever pivoted off a guard or sank a pot shot than Brute. He was a little handicapped by his lack of altitude, but, even at that, he was the only one outside of the five iron men to make his letter. Had the rules allowed it, we might have seen Brute taking a tip from Zacchaeus and ambitiously climbmg the leg of some tall opponent to gain control of the situation. As it was, he made up for his build, or lack of it, with fight and endurance. Every minute on the go, he was a constant scoring threat and kept his guards in a state of great concern as to where he was going and what he would do next. The only worry he had, and that v as always foremost in his mind, was that so many of his girl friends had more longitude than he could boast of. What couldn ' t he have done on the court if his head had not been so occupied? We feel that next year he might not have been so agitated over his problem but woe unto us, he too is a senior and will not return to the squad. « 185 Titus Tite Van Haitsma Forivdrd. One Year ' p ITUS VAN HAITSMA — The only J- reason that Tite wasn ' t a regular, lay in the fact that his experience on the court was somewhat incomplete. Alert, speedy, and aggressive, he possessed bas- ketball qualities that practice and training can bring out. His eye for the basket was above the average and next year we hope to see him one of the scoring aces of the squad. In his school life, Titus has diver- sions other than basketball, and we may imagine that he struggled much to force himself to be at all evening practice ses- sions. However, he was faithful to the team and never neglected an opportunity to add to and develop his own basketball talent. HAROLD HOOVER — Doc is the man who made the word manager, mean something at Hope. Eager to help whenever needed, he was Coach Schou- ten ' s right-hand man during the past sea- son. Versatile as he was willing, he could apply hot towels to a black eye as expertly as he could lace the boys ' shoes or help with the girls ' gym classes. The last mentioned duty was his special delight, and he often went out of his way to Harvey Harve Hoffman Forward, One Year coach the sorority basketball teams. The trips which the team made satisfied his lust for travel, and, after he became fa- miliar with squad etiquette, he enjoyed himself immensely. Next year, in all prob- ability, Herbie will be back at his old post running errands, inflating pump- kins, and making himself a general necessity. HARVEY HOFFMAN — Another eagle-eyed basketeer in the person of Harve broke into the running at Hope this past season. Those who watched him in practice and saw the meshes smoking after his shots, decided that he would be heard from before his college court ca- reer came to an end. The big obstacle in his path to a varsity letter is a case of high tension nerves in competition, but, as he has improved with every chance, undoubtedly he will overcome the jumpy nervousness and become as dependable and steady as Western Union time. Hoffman ' s nonchalant attitude on the campus belies the fire and heat within, and from him we learn the truth of the saying: Garde-toi, tant que tu vivnas, Dc juger des gens sun la mine. Harold Doc Hoover Manager « 186 Tom Deacon Bsava Guard, One Year Herman Herm Kruizens Guard, One Year Jacob Jack Juist Center, One Year TOM BEAVER — Tall and well-built, with dark smoothly combed hair, Tom IS a type of player which on the floor will attract a great deal of attention. His biggest opposition during the season also was inexperience, and, as it was, he showed glimpses of rare form when called into action. Beaver ' s guarding was good but he showed a slight weakness in the niceties of offensive play. These little de- fects have only to be molded by the hands of time into assets, and Hope will, after next season, have another player flaunt- ing a varsity H. The village of Carson City, from which Beaver hails, can well be proud of the athletic prowess of its native son. It may live in expectation of greater things in the future. HERMAN KRUIZENGA — In No- vember, when Coach Schouten ex- tended a call for basketball candidates, Herm, although a senior with no prev- ious varsity experience, came out as sea- soning for the other green material. Calm and sure in the hottest scrimmages, he made one of the best offensive guards on the squad. He had starred on class and independent teams throughout his college career, and those who knew his ability were not surprised to see him called upon to perform in not a few tight pinches. There is no doubt but that if Herm had come out in his first years of college he would have become a regular. It seems a shame that such talent should be left to bloom unseen until almost too late. JACOB JUIST — His radio is installed in a cabinet of the Queen Anne period, and he plans to purchase that style of furniture when he settles down. From whom he gets the inspiration in his play- ing we are quite sure, and we thank her for giving another varsity player to the cause of basketball at Hope. Jake was probably the most sincere individual on the squad last season — always willing to listen to and put into practice good advice. Lanky and yet heavy enough to stand plenty of rough play, he was an ideal reserve center. Juist knows the game thoroughly, and, if he can develop a little more speed, will offer plenty of fight for a guard or center posi- tion next year. « 187  Top: B. Siebers, H. Lamet. Center: M. Kosegarten (Manager), C. De Kleine, A. Bos, J. Van Oss. Seated: G. MacLeod, M. Tase, O. Johnson, L. Sabo, R. Foss. Inter-Sorority Basketball Champions THIS year marked the beginning of inter-sorority sports upon our campus. In the first tournament of the year, the Dorian team won the basketball championship. Olivia Johnson captained the team which won all of its games in the contest. Livy played guard for her team, and she followed her man well. Her partner on the de- fensive end of the court was Cassie De Kleine who played a ' steady, reliable game throughout the season. Henrietta Lamet was jump-center, and she usually made her jumps good. With Miyo Tase, side-center, to assist her, the ball was well cared for in the middle of the court. Ruth Foss and Annette Bos were the indomitable pair who played forward, and whose team-work was so perfect. Perhaps it would be well to leave the girls as individuals and talk of them as a group, for it was team play, rather than individual skill, that won them their silver-statuette trophy. Coach Jack Schouten was responsible for the scheduling tourney, and the teams appre- ciated his support and interest in their new venture . The final standings: Won Lost Dorian 4 0 Sorosis 3 1 Sybiline 2 2 Delphi 1 3 Alethean 0 4 « U Inter-Fraternity Basketball Champions AMONG the innovations of the year was an Inter-Fraternity Basketball League. Each fraternity answered to the schedule of ten games with a well balanced and heavy scoring combination. The Emersonians, after losing the opening tussle, marched on to victory after victory until at the close of the season they had lost but two games and had taken over the championship with an average of .800. The Cosmopolitans and Addisons finished in a tie for the runnerup position, each with an average of .700. Had not the Addisons forfeited one of their ga mes they might have furnished even more opposition. The Emersonians clearly showed their superiority, however, by running up a total of 209 points against a total of 145 for their opponents. Capt. Nick Cupery led the scorers but was hard pressed by Willie Ensfield. The others who played consistently, and were responsible for their team ' s victory, are Bert Bossenbrook, Russell and Harold Klassen, Albert Faasen, and Peter Cupery. The final standings: Won Lost Emersonians - -- 8 2 Cosmopolitans - -- 7 3 Addisonians - — - 7 3 Knickerbockers 3 7 Fraternals - 3 7 Independents -- - 2 -.- 8 « 189  Top: J. Tysse, G. Wiegerink. Center: E. Damson, J. Wiegerink, H. Hoover (Manager , H. Marsilje, J. Muiienberg. Seated: L. Japinga, J. Harms (Captain), G. Painter, J. Zwemer. Frosh Basketball ' T HE frosh basketball season this year, though not a rousing success, nevertheless J- served the purpose of increasing the probability of one of the best seasons Hope has ever had for next year. There are a number of freshmen that will cause a lot of trouble for each other as well as for any one else who will be out in the fall to see who best fits into the shoes of the two veteran guards, VanLente and Cook, whom we lose by graduation. Of the four major encounters the Frosh dropped two. Early in the season Olivet, under the competent guidance of Milanki, took them over the bumps to the tune of 23 to 18 in a very close encounter. Their next game they snatched out of the hands of a fairly strong Albion quintet by the score of 20 to 16. The two games, however, about which the interest of both player and spectator center with the greatest excitement are the Calvin games. The first of the two was played in the armory in Holland and after a Herculean struggle in which the score vacillated to and fro in a most disturbing manner Hope was finally victorious by the score of 25 to 21. The game at Grand Rapids was much on the same order but this time Calvin emerged the victor — 26 to 21. In the minor games the frosh were able to come out on top in all except the game with the All Stars. This they dropped by a 25 to 18 score. 190 It is not to be supposed that the Holland- ers neglected their native sports tvhen they were working so hard to gain a livelihood from the primitive forests. For many gener- ations one of the chief modes of transpor- tation and of recreation for the Dutch was the glassy surface of the frozen canal over which they glided on their long skates with graceful strides. Their new home had many rivers, too, on which to skate. To this day ice carnivals are held in Holland, at which the older generation of Dutch always skate the more gracefully. « 191 Everett Ev Bekken Harold Brute Japinga Captain 1929 Captain 1930 Outfield. Four Years Catcher, Three Years PVERETT BEKKEN was the man appointed to pilot the 1929 baseball team through its season of clout and catch. He was an outfielder of no mean ability and at the batting game which is so often a prerequisite to a fielding job he was no slouch. Bekken was not very heavy, as a matter of fact he was rather slight, but he took a swing that Hack Wilson would not be ashamed of. Nat- urally, whenever there was a solid connec- tion between pellet and stick there were results that quite often proved disastrous to the opposing team. About the campus Bekken was a quiet, unassuming and likeable boy, but a shock of red hair surmounting a rather hand- some face made it quite difficult for him. TJTAROLD (Brute) JAPINGA was a champion at heart, and although it is not customary to speak of champions in baseball we had in Brute an all-around player that as nearly reached that standard as any player we have had. He was small, quick and alert — an equally good catcher as infielder and the bane of the existence of the opposing pitchers. But though the pitchers found difficulty in throwing to a man of his stature let it not be supposed that Brute could not hit. He was never a slugger but if a ball presented itself fairly over the pan, it was unceremoni- ously knocked into some great open space and Brute would be camped safely on first. « 192 ; Top: J. Schouten (Coach), C. Van Lente, E. Poppink, B. Van Oss, J. Juist. Center: W. Kuyper, J. Mulder, H. Ver Strata, M. Leenhouts, E. Bekken, F. Kleinjan. Seated: H. Japinga, H. Steffens. 193 0 Baseball HOPE began the 1930 season under the spell of the cloud of last year ' s defeats. An infield, prone to make errors in ' 29, continued its discouraging work even though new blood was injected in the persons of Spoelstra and Nauta. Brink and Ver Strate failed to show the improvement that a season should produce. Of course, the team was handi- capped by an exceptionally short season. Coach John Schouten had a lot of trouble arranging games because many of the M. I. A. A. schools had discontinued the sport. Alma, Kazoo, and Albion failed to produce, this alone cutting the schedule six games. Then another game at Mt. Pleasant was rained out. On a six-game schedule a team hardly gets under way. This fact answers somewhat for the fact that Hope won but two of its six games. The opener, as have been all of Hope ' s openers in late years, was played in Kalama- zoo against the Normal organization. Flikkema, veteran outfielder, was slow in reporting to practice so Vander Werf and Mulder helped Poppink play the outfield. It was one of those games which are both good and very bad. Hope made 7 hits and 12 errors. Kazoo pounded Van Lente and Poppink for 12 hits and erred 4 times afield. The final score was 12 to 1, Ver Strate crossing the plate in the fourth for Hope ' s only score. After two weeks of intensive practice, Hope went to Hillsdale on April 25 and showed very little improvement. Brink, Nauta, and Ver Strate continued their loose play while Nast of Hillsdale went great guns allowing Hope just four hits and no runs. 193 Harry Ver Strate Shortstop, Three Years John Brink Second Base. Two Years Titus Van Haitsma Outfield, One Year Flikkema was back in the game but was impotent at bat. Poppink went the entire route for Hope and was pounded rather hard at times. Hillsdale made but 8 hits but all of them were bunched and advantage taken of the numerous errors. Hope showed in this game, which ended in a 9 to 0 shutout, that it needed some hitting very badly. Nast mixed a side arm throw with his speed balls and made Hope batters look very weak. Besides lack of base hits the infield inaccuracy hurt any chances of victory. On May 9 Hope tackled a team which was in its class. The Galewood Merchants came into town and departed the losers of a very well played ball game. The Merchants began rather auspiciously when Stace, the lead-off man banged a long drive into center field for a homerun. Van Lente at once settled down, however, and it was the last run they obtained. Hope did not wait long to assert its superiority. Jappinga and Brink got hits and Ver Strate drove them home with a double to right. Hope picked up a run apiece in the third, fifth and seventh innings, making the final score 5 to 1. Van Lente kept seven Grand Rapids hits well scattered while seven Hope hits were bunched effectively. The Galewood game proved good practice for the Michigan St ate game which was played at East Lansing on May 13. Hope played wonderful ball at times and then again was very mediocre. At least they gave State a scare when Ver Strate poled out a triple to score two runs in the first. Hope led only an inning and a half however, as State tied it at 2 all in the second. Then in the third three hits coupled with two walks and two errors scored five runs. Hope was beaten from that point on althougii tiicy did pick up « 194  John Nauta Third Base, Two Years John Mulder Outfield, Two Years Carl Van Lente Pitcher, Four Years three more runs to make the final score 13 to 5. Hope showed some hitting strength in this battle. Jappinga, Ver Strate, Nauta, and Brink erred extensively in a game played at Holland on May 24 against Hillsdale. Van Lente and Poppink were hit rather freely but the errors were the chief cause of the defeat. Odell, Hillsdale mound ace, breezed along easily, allowing only seven hits. Coach Schouten gave his men a fight talk just before they departed for St. Marys at Orchard Lake on Memorial Day. This talk and an infield change turned a disgruntled team into a glorious winner. Spoelstra was placed at third base and Nauta was placed in left field where, incidentally, he made five nice catches of fly balls. Poppink, versatile mound star, played the initial sack. St. Marys scored a run in the first inning on two hits before a man was out. Then Van Lente settled down and allowed just one hit the remainder of the game. Hope picked up a run in the sixth to tie the score. The game then went on without the semblance of a run by either team. Spoelstra and Ver Strate handled 15 chances and each had but one error. Neither of them were costly. Brink and Poppink guarded their side of the infield with equal skill. The regulation nine innings were played and the score was still knotted, 1 to 1. Then in the first of the tenth after Juist had fanned, Jappinga, Spoelstra, Brink, Ver Strate, and Van Lente hit in succession, scoring four runs. Hope held St. Marys easily in the last half of the tenth and the final was Hope 5, St. Marys 1. It was the last game for Capt. Jappinga, Van Lente, Brink, « 193  t Everett Poppink - Carl Feenstra Watson Spoelstra Pitcher, Three Years Manager First Base. One Year and Nauta, and each one of them ended their baseball career by playing a grea t game. This glorious victory, ending the season, should give Hope the impetus needed for next year ' s battles. Coach Schouten will have all but four of his regulars back and these will be strengthened by a promising crop of Freshmen. They include Louie Jappinga, Norlan, Slyter, Meengs, and Gryzen. Present plans call for a heavy schedule of about a dozen games for next year and Hope should win a great many of them. This record of batting averages emphasizes the lack of a definite batting punch in this year ' s team. Player At Bat Hits Pet. VER STRATE -- -- 26 8 .309 VAN LENTE 23 ' 6 • .261 POPPINK 25 6 .261 JAPPINGA 23 5 .212 BRINK 23 5 .212 NAUTA 24 5 .208 SPOELSTRA 20 ' 4 .200 MULDER 5 . 1 .200 DALMAN 11 I .091 VAN HAITSMA 17 1 .058 FLIKKEMA 6 0 .000 VANDER WERE 4 0 .000 jUlST 4 0 .000 MAXON 1 0 .000 196 Even as the individual settlers wrestled with the soul-trying problems of frontier life, so did the community as a whole tvres- tle with a great burden in October, 1871, when more than half of the then well built town was burned in a disastrous fire. The people were temporarily stunned by their loss. But before many days elapsed, still under the courageous leadership of Van Raalte, the people began at once to rebuild. Thus was established the wholesome city of Holland. Marvin Marve Meengs Four Years, Ca plain 1930 MARVIN MEENGS, captain of the green and not too brilliant 1930 track squad, was one of the most popular and talented followers of the cinder path ever to appear in Hope shorts. Marv ' s event was the high hurdles although he also highjumped and ran the low hurdles and relay. For the last two years he was by far the best high hurdler in M.I. A. A. competition, and it was a pleasure to see him sweep over the bars with the sure ease of an expert. Meengs was an excellent choice for captain as he is a natural leader. All through college he has been active in class, Y. M. C. A., athletic and fraternity aifairs, and his sound judgment coupled with ability to accomplish give him a delightful personality. He expects to enter medicine and we have every reason to be assured of his success. Walter Wally De Velder Four Years, Captain 1929 CAPTAIN DE VELDER of the 1929 track squad was a fitting leader for one of the best track teams in the history of the school. Hope won all her dual meets that year, and when she took seven men to Albion for Field Day, came back with second place by reason of 41 points, Albion gaining 52 points with a team of eighteen men. Hope ' s success was in part due to the ability of De Velder in keeping his men in the right spirit and training. As an all-around athlete Wally is rarely excelled. He ran the 440 and the relay, and entered in the discus, shotput, and javelin as well as being a forward on the basketball team and a halfback on the football squad. He came to college with very little athletic experience but Coach Sch(uiten by hard work groomed him to be a brilliant performer. « 198  D. Martin, R. De Young, L. Willets, W. De Velder. Champion Relay Team T T ANGING comfortably among numerous cups in Hope ' s trophy case is the first M. I. A. A. championship banner ever to be snatched off by Hope athletes. It represents a lot of hard work and conscientious training by its captors and it stands as a memorial to the greatest group of quarter milers ever to attend Hope. The lead-off man was Don Martin, a timber topper of no mean ability but, as it proved, an equally accomplished young man at the 440-yard dash. Ray De Young at post No. 2 ran only the relay, but, though he did not have a world of speed, he had staying power that made him the envy of many another aspirant to the relay team. Wally De Velder, track cap- tain and able all-around performer, had the unusual qualifications of speed and endurance with a truck-horse build. He was very capable of looking after the third lap. Len Willet ran wind-up man. He was just a bunch of wire and bones with a little meat stuck on for ballast, and the man that could get ahead and stay ahead of him was some man. Hope was rather fortunate in drawing the pole for the race. Martin, against stiff competition, held second to De Young. De Young edged up on his man and a very nice pass of baton enabled Wally De Velder to scoot out ahead. Willet held tenaciously on to the advantage that Wally gave him and the championship was Hope ' s. Much rejoicing! « 199  Standing: J. Mulder (Manager), E. Swartliout, A. Popma, M. Meengs. Seated: L. Willets, D. Martin, L. Scudder, W. De Velder, R. De Young, H. Laug. 1929 Track Season CONSIDERING the number of men that turned out for the 1929 Hope track team, the record made is quite remarkable. In their dual meets with Kazoo, Mount Pleasant, and Olivet, they were defeated only by Mount Pleasant, and then by the very close score of 57 to 56. Had Martin been in condition to run the hurdles with Meengs the story would undoubtedly have been different. The other two meets Hope won by the scores of 67 to 60 and 63 to 45, respectively. A team of four men was sent to Lansing to the state meet. Scudder took a second in the broad jump and De Velder qualified for the finals in both the Javelin and 440-yd. run. The relay team ran against some rather fast competition, as might be expected; and due in part to this fact and also to De Young ' s inability to take his regular place on the quartet, they failed to place. The culmination of the season came with the M.I. A. A. meet at Albion. Coach J. Schouten went down with eight stalwart young men and a lot of confidence and came back with a second place in the meet firmly tucked under his belt and a relay champion- ship banner to display to the curious and admiring public. These seven men did the un- precedented feat of piling up a total score of 41 points, only 11 5 6 points behind an Albion aggregation of 23 men and 9 1 6 points ahead of the much heralded Kalamazoo team. The success of the team lay in the versatility of some of the members. Captain S. De Velder ran the 440, 220, hurled the javelin and discus, and put the shot, besides being the main cog in the relay team. Meengs took care of both hurdle events. Martin ran the hurdles and acted as leadoff man in the relay. Willet ran the 100, 220, 440, and could be depended on to gain a lot of ground in the relay. Scudder usually accounted for places in the broad jump, discus, javelin, and shot put. Laug undertook to see that no one else won the high jump, Dunewald pegged around on the distances and De Young ran the 440 and relay. With this aggregation Hope could be counted on to make a good showing in all her meets — and she did. « 200 Back row: J. Schouten, coach, L. Scudder, F. Wyngarden, J. Juist, C. Meyer, R. Post- huma, M. Costing. Front row: D. Reardon, K. Toonian, A. Brunson, M. Meengs, captain. H. Hoover, I. Johnson, A. Antar 193 0 Track Season CRIPPLED by the loss of six of the eight men to win recognition at Albion last year, the Hope team was necessarily composed of inexperienced men for the most part. The two men to return were Meengs and Scudder, and it was around this nucleus that the new team was built. But as is generally the case a green team is a weak team, and Hope ' s success was not nearly as sparkling as it had been in the previous season. In a triangular meet at Kalamazoo with Kazoo, Olivet and Hope represented, the schools finished in the order named with the respective scores of 58, 48 and 29. Meengs crashed through with wins in both hurdles, Wyngarden grabbed off a first in the shot put, Scudder won the discus and placed second in the shot, and Van Lare tied for second in the pole vault. This was the extent of Hope ' s scoring, but the men in the running events should not feel discouraged because success only comes with an abundance of practice and experience. At the M.I.A.A. meet Meengs was the only one to come through as was expect ed of him. He won the high hurdles in easy fashion and placed third in the low hurdles to make him high point man among the Hope thinclads. Scudder fell to a third place in the broad jump which on the basis of past records should easily have been his, failed to defend his discus championship of the previous year by placing second to a throw of 121 ft., and though he qualified for both the javelin and the shot put, was unsuccess- ful in trying to place in either. ' Wyngarden, the powerful new recruit to the track team, by practicing too conscientiously with the shot put for weeks before the final meet, fell into a stale slump from which he had not yet emerged, and his throw lacked three feet of his standard; nevertheless, he placed fourth and garnered one point for Hope, bring- ing the grand total to 13 points, which qualified us for last place. « 201 ; C. Klaasen, J. Pelon, B. Arendshorst, L. Vander Poel. 1929 Tennis AS AN M.I. A. A. sport, tennis, more than any other, is on the increase. A coach at one of our sister colleges expressed this opinion: I think tennis will, within the next couple of years, take the place of baseball as a major sport. The student body will be as anxious to watch a tennis match as it now is to watch a football or a baseball game. The 1929 tennis team, laboring under the difficulty of no home courts, gained a repu- tation like that of Notre Dame ' s famous traveling football teams. Led by two lettermen, C. Klaasen and L. Vander Poel, the team visited our neighboring colleges and showed real skill and power. The first match with Kalamazoo College was lost 5-2 in a grue lling exhibition of the net game. Vander Poel was the only Hope winner in the singles and, paired with Klaasen, also won the doubles. The next week at Ohvet Hope again lost 6-1, being able to win only one doubles. The Olivet coach remarked after the playing that Hope furnished the stiffest opposition that they had met so far. The Central State Normal of Mount Pleasant furnished the next opposition and won 4-3. Klaasen and C. Van Leeuwen each won singles, and Kruiz- enga and Arendshorst won their doubles. In the last scheduled game Hope defeated Hillsdale 4-1. On account of rain the doubles were not played. Hope ' s season was really quite successful considering the tribulations and trials that our representatives had to go through in order to keep in practice. « 202 H. Ki-uizenga; N. Van Leeuwen, J. Flikkema, M. Arendshorst 1930 Tennis TENNIS, because of its nature, is probably the cleanest of all active physical sports. White clothing may be worn in participation without serious consequences. Students of both sexes can engage promiscuously without fear of unfavorable cominent. Seriously, tennis is a sport that yields unlimited exercise and fun. Hope has courts of her own now, and they are in constant use from the break of day until the fall of eventide. This spring our varsity tennis players could not only practice in their own back vard, but also could invite neighboring players over to indulge in a bit of interscholastic competition. The men on this year ' s team were largely new to tournament play, but after a bad start they became formidable racquet wielders. Kalamazoo College came here tu apply a 5-2 defeat in the first appearance of the season. Van Leeuwen and Klaasen won their matches while Captain Arendshorst forced his opponent to the limit. The next week brought the championship Olivet team, who copied the tactics of Kazoo, and went away with a 6-1 win. In the return match with Olivet, Hope again tasted the bitter hemlock with the ratio of 5-2. Verhey, a newcomer to the squad, easily won his sets. Our netmen presented the first win of the season to their school when they defeated Calvin here 4-3. The other contests with Alma, Hillsdale, and Albion were closely contested and made Hope more than ever a tennis-minded school. « 203  SeCIETIES In the short space of ttvo years this ever increasing body of tvhite men had spread themselves over a territory covering a ra- dius of twenty miles, all of which had been the hunting ground of the small band of Ottaiva Indians having a village on Black Lake. Relations between the two races were friendly, and the tvhites learned from the Ottatvas, among other things, hotv to make maple sugar. However, the Indians became uncomfortable under the pressure of in- creasing settlement. In 1 849 they sold their lands, took the bodies of their dead, and left Black Lake for the ivilder region of Trav- erse Bay, in the northern part of the south- ern peninsula of Michigan. The Reverend Smith, ivho ivas a missionary among the Indians, followed them to continue to min- ister to their spiritual needs. ' The Good Shepherd and Madonna « 206  LiTECAcy Societies When Reverend Philip Phelps, Jr., came in 1859 to the academy tvhich later became Hope College, he found thirty-three stu- dents, some of whom could do little else than read and ivrite, tvhile four tvere ready for the Freshman Class. There were hardly tivo who could be taught at the same time by the professors. In IS 62 the first class en- tered college tvork. By IS 66 the college with four regular classes was complete. Many young folks traveled great distances to school in the family buggy. ' ' Sorosis SOROSIS,the first girls ' society on Hope ' s Campus, was founded in 1905 by some of the college ' s fair co-eds for the purpose of literary development and social education. Since then this society has been growing, both in numbers and in the development of character in the girls. The first president was Elizabeth Grootenmat. Professor Huisenk- veld composed the music of the society song, and Irene Van Zanten and Esther Mulder wrote the words. On April 26, 1912, Sorosis entertained Delphi and a fr iendly spirit of rivalry has been carried on since then. For many years Sorosis had had joint meetings with the Fraternals. The biggest event of the year for Sorosis is their Spring Banquet. The present members of the society are proud of their loyal alumnae. There is an Alumnae Association which entertains the girls every year to show them how much Sorosis meant and still means to grads. Two years ago the active chapter started to earn money for a Sorority House fund, a move ably backed by many of its former mem- bers. The project was postponed by the faculty, but the girls are still working hard to earn money and some day their dream of a real society home may come true. At the Homecoming celebration last fall Sigma Sigm.a had more alumnae present than any society on the campus. This year the girls worked hard and earned enough money to fix up their room with drapes and furniture. With the lamps, the gift of the Freshman members, the room now looks like a real living room to which the girls can come and study. Sorosis has an honor code, which was voted on this year, by which the girls must atram certain marks to remain in the society. The girls are taken in as pledges until February, when their marks are examined. The present chapter entertained its mothers and Alumnae on JVIay 13, during Tulip Week. Many girls represented Sorosis in the Glee Club, Senior Play, the Oratorical contest, and in positions on the Milestone Staff. Its basketball team made a good showing in the inter-society games, and she also had baseball and tennis teams. As regards the outstanding social affairs which the Sorosite girls enjoyed during the 1929-30 season, there was the Alumnae Tea and Reception held at the Holland Country Club during the month of June, and the society ' s year-end banquet held aboard the South American, off the local piers. The former affair, sponsored annually by the active and interested group of Sorosite alumnae, underwent a marked improvement and change this year by reason of the fact that not only senior girls were invited, but the entire society was urged to attend. Needless to say, the girls were there. As for the bust aboard the Steamship South American — little can be said that does not smack of out- right praise for the work of Miss Marian Anderson and her committee. The very fact that they secured the use of the craft determined the immediate success of the affair. It has been many a moon since so cleverly planned a party was staged for the edification of Hope students. The entire personnel of the boat ' s crew made it their business that evening to please the guests of the Sorosites, as did the girls themselves. Many a male stepped giddily ashore with the termination of the event, inspired entirely and solely by the pure delight of the occasion. So ended another successful Sorosite season on and oft the campus. Sorosis girls are upholding the Sorosis ideals of love and honor, in college and through life. OFFICERS First Term Second Term Third Term President Lois De Wolf Roxie HalJdiie Myr.i Ten Cale Vice-President lY Hhelmhia W ' linorJ R th Ddaiie GLulys H z ziiiod Secretary Marion Katie Marian Anderson Lois Keppel Treasurer GenevaVanJen Brink Belty Smith LiiciUe W alroorJ « 208 M. Ten Gate W. Walvoord R. Koster R, Haldane G. Fredricks G. Vanden Brink R. Daane L. De Wolf M. Katte J. Yonker M. De Free G. Huizinga B. ScHouTEN O. Peeke L. Walvoord E. Cunnagin B. Smith L. Keppel M. Anderson R. Hospers E. Albers R. Bolhmis I. Klerk £. Arendshorst L. De Free M. Kleis R. Van Dyke V. Van Duren J. Herman E. Winter L. Bosman E. Drescher G. Hudson H. Johnson E. Huizinga H. Fellegrom E. Winter C. Kooiker A. Van Peursem A.Cook « 209  Fraternal THE value of a college organization lies not only in the fact that it may have inspired men to heights in tunes long gone by. It depends rather on whether or not it inspires us, its active members, to do our utmost in the work of life. The year 1863 was one of great importance for the Fraternal Society, for it was at this time that it was transferred to Hope College by the actions of Hope ' s first president, Dr. Philip Phelps. This occurred after the society had spent 29 years of organized life on the campus of Union College of Schenectady, New York. Fraternal thus becomes the oldest organization of its kind on this continent. Fraternal members are particularly proud of the fact that their group has been an organized body longer than has any other men ' s college society in America. They have long held claim to this distinction, and it has never been challenged. This is proven by the fact that Fraternal was founded in 1834, and has remained a unit until the present date. That our Society has performed a useful work is shown by the high calibre of men who have graduated from it. Mr. G. J. Diekema, Dr. J. Kuizinga and Dr. S. Zwemer being amoung our most noted alumni. Their positions are known to all. The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato — the only good belonging to him is underground. We do not want to speak of those who have graduated from active membership in Fraternal. We do want to keep them before us as examples; as inspirations to force us upward on the ladder of success. It may not be possible for all of us to achieve the success of a Kuizinga, or a Zwemer, but we all can climb the ladder to real manhood, and manhood, not scholarship, is the first aim of Education. Fraternal has a sacred meaning to the Fraters, a meaning which neither time nor space can sever, for Friendship, Love and Truth are inspired by it. Fraternal upholds the standards of Hope in the knowledge that the way of Hope is a right way. When thoughts of Fraternal enter our minds they strike a major chord in our hearts which leads us to sing: Old Time, thou shalt ne ' er dissever Prater ' s heart jrof i loyal Prater ' s heart. Dreary seas may roll betiveen. Yet shall love endure, I ween, ' Till Old Time himself shall depart. Heart and voice all unite in the chorus boys. ' Till our walls with melody resound. . Though old times go slipping by Love and Friendship never die, Vf hen born of Praternal joys. Our years here have indeed meant much to us, OFFICERS Fall Term Winter Term Spring Term President A. Cook B. ArendshorsI P. Nettinoa Vice-President P. Nettmga J. W. De Pree H. Steffens Secretary H.Steffei s E.Poppink W . W ' ichers Treasurer C. Meeiigs C. Meengs C. Aleengs House Treasurer G. Van Ark. G . I Ark G. ] ' an Ark « 210  E. De JoNGii W. Df, Prff a. FKrvLiN(, B. Arendshorst A.Cook H. Japinga H, Steepens R. Steketee M. Marcus N. Lanning A. Van Arendonk P. Nettinga C. Meengs E. Poppink G. Van Ark H. Boone J. Vander Kolk W. Wichers B. Vermeer T.VanHaitsma C.Becker R. Fox S. Yntema T.Beaver C. Van Dommelen C. Vander Naald R.Nichols H. Schade J. Meengs R. NoTiER J. Tysse H. Dalman J. Muilenburg E. Damson C. Walvoord G. Alexan.oer D.Boone I. Decker L. Meengs L. Japinga G.Fairbanks « 2 1 1  Delphi ELPHI is feeling handsome and gay in a newly decorated room. Not that we ' re Scotch, but it was thoughtful of our alumnae to so graciously wish us in more fitting surroundings; and now more than ever we hold, Once a Delphi, always a Delphi! But why all this beauty if we don ' t use it to more advantage! exclaimed one of our Juniors. Simple enough, said the Senior, Let ' s establish this custom, every two weeks a ' Delphi Tea ' . This being done, for tea is never amiss with the ladies; we have enjoyed many a social tea-time with our guests and friends. This custom was established, not so much for the sake of a cup of tea, as for more sociability, and a closer contact of all Delphi members. However, it has been observed that some of our Freshmen have taken advantage of this opportunity, and are looking decidedly better. Not so many Friday nights ago, Delphi was enjoying a Beethoven Sonnata, when sud- denly there was a rap at the door, and a friend informed us that our piano was entirely out of tune. Not being able to bear the thought of disturbing the general peace of Vorhees Hall any longer, it was decided to buy a new piano, and it seems that the friend whispered a piece of good advice in our ears, for no complaints have since been heard. Delphi has been active this year in taking part in the Inter-Sorority Basket Ball, Base Ball, and Tennis tournaments. It must be admitted that all our rivals were just too much for the Delphi team when it came to making baskets; and therefore, before another basket ball tournament, our team has decided to visit the optician, and then not miss the mark. But again, we pride ourselves in knowing that our rivals have had to fight more in order to make a showing when it comes to baseball and tennis. But a true Delphian seeks for something higher than the mere pursuit of pleasure: for as the Greeks consulted their ojracle many centuries ago, in pursuit of wisdom, so do the Delphi sisters gather today, to receive their inspiration from mutual contact and friendly gatherings; inculcating sobriety, knowledge, good-cheer and a positive useful- ness to humanity, thereby, producing a high standard for living. May the Delphi oracle live long after we have passed its portals, and may future generations draw from it their source of wisdom, truth, service, and loyalty! Happiest hours of college life. We have spent together: Friendship joined in Delphi ' s name Time can never sever. In honor, faith, and fellowship Our hearts are firmly hound And love glows like the stars of dawn Where Delphi friends are found. Repetition of this song has an added meaning when we recall our college song: Alma Mater, loyal, true We would ever he to you. When we ' re old our song will still he H-O-P-EI OFFICERS Fall Term Winter Term Spring Term President Suzanne Schoep Phyllis De Jong Myrtle Klooster Vice-President Joan Vander Werf Verna Brower Ernestine Klereko per Secretary JJia Van Dan Mahle Essenhurg Doris Broirer Treasurer Phyllis De Jong Anne Heyhoer H.izel Paahnaii « 2 1 2  M. ESSENBURG J. Van Dam P. Df. Jong A. BUTH E. Champion R. Weidnf.r A. Heybof.r D. Brower E. Mulder E. Hyma K. Skillern B. Welling R. Whelan V. Brower M. De Kuiper M. Sluyter A. Boter R. Schreiber M. Klooster E. Klerekoper E. Geerlings H. Paalman N. Van Eeuwen M. Klow E. Koeppe S. SCHOEP J. Vander WerI ' R. Geerlings H. BOSCHMA L. KlEFT Cosmopolitan WHETHER Polonius was a fool, or whether he was one of the sages of his century, we know not; but we must admire his advice to his son Laertes, when the latter left for France: The jiieiids thou hast, and their adoption tried. Grapple them to thy soul ivith hoops oj steel ... And with no less respect do we quote the words of Howard Walters: ivould be friend oj all — the joe, the jriendless . . . Although there seems to be an antithesis between the two statements, after a bit of reflection they will be found to overlap; the first referring to the inner circle, the second to not only the inner, but to the outer circle also. Cosmos believes that an inner circle is essential to the life of the individual, but she does not exclude the outer circle. Cosmos realizes the necessity of learning the reactions of a man ' s bosom friends to his thoughts and actions, but she does not forget the import- ance of the reactions of others — the foe, the friendless. Cosmos knows of the real thrill and sympathy that flows through a man-to-man hand-shake — and therefore she holds out a glad and welcome hand to the outer circle. Cosmos believes in the inner circle — that in this circle there is gained added zest to permeate the outer sphere with the ideas and ideals of Friendship, Truth, and Prog- ress. College life could never be complete without the type of close society life such as has marked our college days. Especially with our recent transfer to our new house, for one ' s rough edges are worn thin by the molding contacts with one ' s fellows day after day. We of Cosmos owe a great debt to our present leaders and our Alumni who have made our home a possibility. The Milestone Stai? this year has dedicated this book to the Alumni of Hope. Cosmos dedicates her part in it to her Alumni. You have given Cosmos a long and glorious history, and in you we have an ancestry filled with lofty and imperishable examples. Cosmos of today appreciates the tradition and prestige which you have made for her. To follow that tradition we shall try, for it is worthy; and to uphold that prestige we make our duty — we may not fail. No ocean can this hand dissever. Nor age destroy that sacred tie: Though we travel jar away, ■ . .- Though our hair he turning gray. We ivill give her our love ' till ire die! OFFICERS President Vice-President.... Secretary Treasurer House Treasurer Fall Term Winter Term Sprmg Term S. Verhey H. Kru ze iga L, Hogenhooni ..M. Kuizenga H. SchoUen N. Burggraajj . R. McGilrra G. Huenink R. Voskuil tVI. Oosting L. Vander Werf H. Kruizenga C. Van Lente « 214 L. HOGENBOO.M H, SCHOLTEN W. De JoNGE A. Ebbers M. Leenhouts N. Burggraaf D. Reardon L. Wathen T. L. Damstra W. Austin G. Wiegerink R. Scholton M. De Jonge H. Kieft J. Flikkema C. Van Lente A. Dykhuizen M. Alday F R. McGlLVRA W. KUYPER Zandstra M. Costing R. Vosk N. TooNiAN C. Meyer D. KoEPPE H. Zegerius H. De Mots J. Wiegerink H. Kruizenga S. Verhey G. HUENINK M. K UIZENGA A. Antar L. Vandek Were iL H. Friesema E. Welmers K. Toonian R. Johnson L. Serier E. Waite J. Moran H. Fairbanks « 215  Sibylline OUT of the dim recesses of the past comes to us the fra ' mentary history of a group of maidens who dwelled in cool grottoes beside clear springs of water on the coast of sunny Italy. The most ancient and famous of these Sibyls, our patroness, was the Sibyl who abode in Neapolis, in the cave of Cumae. Here it was that she prophesied, and here the beautiful young god Apollo sought her love. In Virgil ' s Aeneid she relates how she received from him infinite years of life, but forgetting to ask for enduring youth, only her voice remains. Within her cave, where many came to her for prophetic wisdom, she guarded her records of leaves, for on each leaf was inscribed the record of an individual life. The sayings, prophecies, and songs of these maidens were collected in the Sibylline books, of which three remained to the Romans who kept them secret in the Temple of Jupiter. Thus reads the ancient history of Sibylline. Its modern chapter opens with the re- vival of the Sibyl voice upon Hope ' s campus in the fall of 1919- Thirty girls organized a new society with Helen Mosier as president. Before the cave of Cumae rolled the deep blue sea, crested with silvery ripples, sun-dappled and moon-frosted, and from this beau- tiful picture were selected the Sibylline colors — royal blue and chaste silver. The Greek S was chosen as the sigma, and this, with a leaf representing one of the Sibyl leaves, made up the pins of the society. A constitution, pledge, and formal initiation rites were established. Great flexibility in regard to informal initiation ceremonies, however, has always been allowed, much to the discomforture of new members. Plans were immediately made for furnishing the room in the colors chosen. A piano presented by the father of one of the girls of the society came as a welcome item in the new room. New articles of furniture have been added from time to time, of which probably the smallest, but by no means the most insignificant, was a Chinese gong pre- sented by two of the members which serves as an effective instrument in subduing surplus ginger. Frequent sandwich and candy sales have rendered valuable additions to a receptive treasury. Our choristers, Margaret Steketee and Nella DeHaan, have contributed their share in swelling the volume of vocal expression along musical lines, while the sergeant-at- arms, Evelyn Steketee, has zealously maintained her office as collector of fines from those who indulge in conversational excesses. Keeping in mind the words of wisdom uttered by the Sibyls of old, the modern Sibyls have thus been guided along collegiate paths of scholarship as well as along so- ciety paths of literary and social activities. The harmonious relationships within the society extend also to its alumnae, who are our frequent and welcome visitors and with whom we enjoy the annual Alumnae Tea. The charter members of Sibylline initiated the practice of electing officers twice a year, and this system has been maintained. After reading over such a listing of memorable events as is chronicled above, one becomes convinced of the numerous total of things one can accomplish in one school year. During the moment of their occurrence they seem dwarfed by reason of their proximity. It is the polishing hand of passing time v. ' hich endears them twice over to us, making them seem worthy accomplishments indeed. OFFICERS First Semester President Evelyn Steketee Vice-President — - Mildred Ver Hage Secretary T ll e Masseliiik. Treasurer Helen Vji Bene , hi Second Semester A i e De Yn i g Gertrude Ha so Velda BLiir Esther Gler « 216 E. Steketei; T. Masselink G. Hanson J. De Haan V. Blair M. Ver Hage R. Glerum H L. Nykamp H. Van Landegend M. Schurman H. Schurman Van Eene naam D. Haan N. Van Loo L. Rader R, Van Alsburg D. Zandstra J. Spyker M. Harper M. Steketee A. Nienhuis E. LEESTiMA N. De Haan A. De Young E. Glerum S. G. Masselink M. Chornyei L. Schuiling E. Wierda « 217  Knickerbocker WITHIN the hearts of all college men is the desire to drink from the cup of com- panionship. The refreshing draughts awaken them to greater possibilities. After drinking from this cup they are men in search of nobler things in life, and no longer mere seekers after knowledge. By these companionships, the weak man is made strong and the strong even stronger. Dark clouds will always arise before us, but there is always the unspeakable joy which is found in the clasp of the uplifting hand, leading men onward, ever onward. We, the members of the Knickerbocker Society, strive to fulfill the principles for moral, social, and intellectual growth. This cup of companionship is ours. As a group of friends, it has made of each member a true brother sharing joy and sorrow. It has aided and uplifted each man, always with the object in view of bringing into play the best potentialities he possessed; of making of him a real Christian and a real man of work. It is in doing things together, in aspiring together, in finding in one another the joy of comradeship, that one experiences true happiness and satisfaction of spirit. The loyalty and teamwork which we enjoy in all our undertakings, has spurred us on to greater achievements. With every meeting a desire for greater knowledge and culture, for the best that life holds, deepens in our hearts. One ivbose grip is a little tighter, ■ - ■ ■ One whose smile is a little brighter, One whose deeds are a little whiter, That ' s what I call a friend. One who ' ll lend as quick as he ' ll borroir, One tvho ' s the same today as tomorrotv, One who tuill share your joy — and sorrow, That ' s what I call a friend. One whose thoughts are a little cleaner, One whose mind ' is a little keener, One who avoids those things that are meaner, That ' s what I call a friend. One when you ' re gone who ' ll miss you sadly. One ivho ' ll welcome you hack again gladly. One who. though angered, will not speak madly, That ' s what I call a friend. One who ' s been pie when life seemed rotten. One whose ideals you have not forgotten. One who has given you more than he s gotten. That ' s ivhat I call a friend. All for Hope a id Hope for All. 1930 OFFICERS Fall Term Winter Term Spring Term President H. Dykhuizen J. Winter D. Wade Vice-President D. W ade R. Smith E. Alosier Secretary E. Tell nan A. Brunson G. Eell Treasurer C. 11 . Kruenen House President D. Wade « 218  E. MosiF.R M. Meengs D. Wade W. Kreunen H. Dykhuizen A. Brunson G. Fell J. C. Rylaarsdam J. Winter R. Smith L. ScuDDER J. Harms F. Wyngarden E. Tellman A. Nienhuis P. Brouwer G. Painter I.Johnson W. Shoelstra J. Stryker H.Hoover R. Marcotte J. SoMSEN R. Mooi R. Niessink H. De Windt W. Sene C. Poling }, Zwemhr B. Van Leeuwen H. Marsilje E. Bittner « 219  Dorian IN 1921 an enthusiastic group of girls gathered to form the Dorian Society. After much cussion and discussion, a creed and constitution were drawn up. As a symbol, they chose the Doric column, symbolizing simplicity of manner, strength and truth of character. S ince then, each succeeding group has learned to live up to these ideals. This year when the Dorians came back to college they found a number of their members had left them — some because they had proudly earned their degree, others because they wished to attend a different college and one because the lure of matrimony was too strong to be resisted. These vacant chairs were not left vacant long for there was now a new class on the campus. In November came Dorian ' s turn to entertain these ' Trosh, so we all gathered with our guests at the Woman ' s Literary Club to board a pirate ship. Captain Bimbo gave us a royal evening and proved most congenial in spite of his reputed evil character. Several weeks later, new members from this group of guests were elected and the society roll resumed its usual length. Shortly came the time for the new girls to entertain their older sisters; and did they do it! We were much pleased with them all and spent a hilarious evening. At the close of the program, the girls presented the society with a cabinet victrola. As a result many an arm has grown weary cranking, especially when one has to play the favorite record and each girl has a different favorite. Of course, none of the older members have been very troubled with the duty of cleaning — that is a freshman task. In the winter, basketball season opened and for the first time, the athletic association sponsored inter-sorority basketball. Dorian elected Olivia Johnson, captain. She and her cohorts made a great impression — the black and blue impression was especially evident on some of rhem. But what are a few bumps and bruises — it ' s all in the game. Soon they decided they needed uniforms and many an hour was spent frantically cutting, sewing and fitting, so that they might make their debut before the end of the season. Manager Kosegarten was very proud of her team, while Kay Ives, who was yell master, and trainer believed their success was due entirely to her tough fight talks between the halves. They were enough to rouse up the weakest soul. The trophy for the season was awarded the society at the All College Banquet. With the arrival of the second semester elections, came a great surprise — Bernadine Siebers, a dignified senior, asked to be appointed janitor. This, you understand is an office much coveted (?) by freshmen; and the very idea of a senior applying for it, was appalling. Nevertheless she was unanimously appointed. We have reason to believe that there are many times she has regretted her generous offer. On St. Patrick ' s Day, the society looked greener than the greenest Frosh. St. Pat himself would have been astonished at the shades and shapes of green. Before the end of the evening, we knew all about Ireland we ever hope to know and some of our members were delighted to have their ancestral country so honored. The success of the program was completed with green ice cream and candy. And now with the year coming to a close — we are still planning. Through all our fun in Society, we have been trying to gain knowledge as well as a good time; and to live up to the highest ideals of our College and Society. OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester President Anna May Eugel.u)iaii Coniel a De Kle iie Vice-President Alice Bniiison joseph ne Rodeiiberg Secretary Harriet Baron Janet McKinley Treasurer Margaret Stewart Julia Van Oss Keeper of Archives Henrietta Laniet Henrietta Laniet « 220  A. M. Engels man A. Brunson J. RODENBF.RG H. Lamet G. Dogger C. Nettinga J. McKiNLr.y H, Baron J. Van Oss C. De Kleine D. DeGoed B. Siebers K. Ives M. Stewart O.Johnson M. Rottschaefer M. Lordahl G. Korver E. HiNKAMP M. Kosegarten a. Bos F.Dunkirk. E. Cunnagin G. MacLeod V. Brewer M. Tase L. Sabo R. Groters a. Plakke R. Fo.ss K. De Jongh « 221  Emersonian IT was in the Fall of 1919, a little less than eleven years ago, that a group of students felt the necessity of a new society on the campus of Hope, as several worthy men were being excluded from the privileges of society life. They joined together, talked the mat- ter over, and came to the decision that they would organize if the venture met with any sort of response. They secured for their meeting place a room in the Oggle House on the northeast corner of the campus. There Mr. Egbert Rozeboom was chosen as the first president. Then Ralph Waldo Emerson, the greatest of American philosophers, was chosen the Patron Saint of the society. The record of Emersonian from then up to the present time is a record of progress — not progress that is gained easily, but progress that is gained by the constant earnest effort of its members. When everything seemed to be going against them they did not turn their backs, craven-like, but pulled themselves together and became more unified. The society has had a glorious past, but the summit is still before it. Its ideals are Truth, Honor, and Success. Truth — which binds people together and with the binding unifies them. The weak- nesses of one ' s society brothers are more evident than those of other men. It is essential that each man have for his society brother that quality of love which bears with the short- comings and mistakes of his fellows. Honor is not something that can be sought and found. It comes to a man who works hard and puts forth honest effort in the things which he undertakes. Success — in order to get it we must believe in conquest — and the first conquest is the conquest of self. Although our contact with our college and with our fellows has been the same as that of hundreds of other Hope College students, we who have enjoyed the privilege of living at the new house during this year are positive in our belief that fraternity life is just as vital to one ' s education as is that of the classroom. The ability to make friends has made more joy in the world than has that of making theories. Just before the opening of the school-year 1929-30 the Emersonians decided to aban- don their society hall and have a proper home. This brought more work and many more difficulties. Now that the school-year is over, the members have decided that it was a success; the largest step ever taken by the society. The sixteen who stayed in the house during the year also affirm that the contact with the members; the education one gets from his books and also outside of them has increased; and the friendships one has in it are like those sung about in a verse of the society song: And though bright college years, shortest, best of our Jays Shall fade with the ebbing seas tide; ■ . Still shineth the light through our memo- ries ' haze Of our -friendships that ever abide. OFFICERS President Vice-President. Secretary Treasurer , « 222 Fall Term Winter Term Spring Term . L. Olgers 11 . Herring E. Langeland .H.fansse H. Ho nian C. ] in Lee nren . . Mulder H. Klaasen N. Cupery S. Van Lare li. Limieland J. Mulder W. Herrinc, S. Van Lauf L. De Cook L. Olgeks J. Juist E. Langeland R. De Windt H. Smith G. Nykerk C. Van Leeuwfn J. Mulder R. Bielema P. Cupery R. Klaasen H. Ver Strai t J. De Vries H, Janssen H. KoEFMAN J. DeWitt A. Bossenbroek N. Cupery W. Clough H. Klaasen L. Scherpenisse D. Gryzen L. Ellerbroek L. Janssen J. Vanden Bei i C. Slighter A. Bos S. Stenenga W. Enseield M. Rigterink M. VandenBosch « 223  Alethea ALETHEA was planted upon Hope s Campus not by the Senior Class on Arbor Day but by a group of enthusiastic Freshmen Co-eds in the fall of 1924. The seed was of the very best, and the soil was fertile and Alethea soon sprang up among her sister organizations not, however, without the dif?iculties which inevitably attend a new organi- zation. But the enthusiasm of the charter members and their indefatigable efforts proved their convictions that Alethea would become a vital force upon Hope ' s Campus. Shortly after the organization of Alethea, the society was given its own room which the girls furnished with a great deal of interest and pleasure. Alethea has proved her worth and has long since found her rightful place in the hearts of Hope ' s girls. Regular meetings with programs are held each week and special meetings are held on various occasions, testifying to the enthusiastic interest of the Alethean girls. In short, Alethea is continuing to flourish on the fertile soil of Hope. Just as every society has its ideals and its pledge, so has Alethea held honorably to the creed here given. Membership of a college society is doubly appeahng, perhaps, by reason of the bits of ceremony involved in its rituals. The mind of youth, even though bordering upon maturity, finds initiation rites to be continually alluring. So when our pledge has been uttered for the first time by the new member, she solemnly affirms with- in herself that another of the steps in her life has been taken, for she is now a college girl with all the responsibilities which accompany that station. It has often been said that each college has its distinct personality as an institution. We of Alethea have been appropriately sensitive of this during our contact with Hope ' s campus, set apart by its distinct air of refined spirituality. We have likewise been aware of a separate and unicjue personality within ourselves, which was to us our realization of our Aleathean ideals and hopes. Both the college and our society have thus blended to mold our humble clay into more useful adaptations. Alethea signifies truth, symbolized by the lighted torch. Her ideals are presented in the creed: ' ' I beliet e in the Bl e aiiJ the Rose, the symbol of ti th ami love. 1 beiieve in sincerity of character and earnestness of pz rpose. 1 believe in fostering good ivill and felloivship ivith all young people. I believe in the joy of living. I believe in ipholding faith and honor. I believe in service and fz rtherim a ivorthy cause. 1 believe in strength to meet defeat. I believe in playing life ' s game sij iarely and cheerfully. ' Therefore. I believe in Alethea. OFFICERS First Semester President Bertha Olgers Vice-President Ryna De fonge Secretary Rufh Everhart Treasurer Martha VanderBerg Second Semester Bertha Olgers Sarah Fox Lillian Sinies Mildred Sch i pperl « 224  B. Olgers M. Oudemooi. H. Aiken G. Benes H. Barre M. KiNKEMA J. HONDELINK R. EVERHART R. DE JONGE S. FOX A. KOEMAN A. McGiLVRA M. ScHUPPERT L. Smies L. Landhuis E. Horning J. Kollen B. Mollema F. Watanabe L. Marsilje R. Aiken M. Vanderberg y. Kaper M. Koi-E E. Roggen E. Den Uyl L. Schaeffer « 225  Addison IN the Oggel House, an historic old mansion situated in the heart of the Sunken Gardens — gardens where in the summer the grass is longest and greenest, the crickets the most chirpy, the squirrels the best-natured, and where, in the winter, the snow is piled in the deepest drifts — this is where the Addison Literary Society holds its weekly meetings. Ours is not an old society — no more than a youngster. But a youngster that ' s lively, growing, mischievous, and pink-cheeked. Seven years ago it was that the Addison Society had its birth. Early in April, in the year 1923, some college men belonging to the Ulfilas Club, having decided that another literary group would be of value to the col- lege, organized the society. It was fortunate that neither of the names first chosen for the new organization, the Metropolitans or the Platonists, was made a permanent attachment. The former would have been too broad for the Sunken Gardens; the latter a bit too weighty for the Oggel House. To be sure, to the illiterate the name Addi- son may sound a trifle rustic; but to those who are acquainted with the men of letters, what more suitable name for a literary society could have been chosen. ' ' We are proud of the family tree of Addison. Branched out it is with individuals decidedly capable of branching out — if they so chose — in many directions. The society ' s seven years of social and literary activities, especially those of the last college year, have been busy years. Under the capable leadership Addison has not only played and romped gleefully at social occasions, and held the front ranks of the Inter- Frateinity Basket Ball League — but has also worked purposefully, diligently, striving always to live up to the motto of Fidelity, Culture, and Leadership. The society is steadily growing, developing. It shall continue to do so as the years go by, for in the literary and social life of the college, the Purple and the White is meeting a real need and is ever supporting, staunch ' v and whole-heartedly, the Orange and the Blue. While our fraternity has not as yet blossomed out with a house of its own, still we feel that such a condition has its advantages. It has long been the contention of other fraternity groups that those societies meeting only once a week are in a position to enjoy much more fellowship and appreciation of membership in that particular society than are the groups which meet oftener. Those having homes of their own are subject to the testing trial of frequent meetings between the members. In fact, the members live together like brothers, meanwhile undergoing all the petty troubles of such a relation- ship. It is truly a great test of any fraternity ' s soul to have its career thus altered to meet new needs. Those who weather the test are the better for it. Those that fail in this are but comparable to shams that have been unmasked, for while they pretended to radiate good fellowship and genial goodwill, they were in reality mere pretenders, for the echo- ing voice of merriment and content merely hide a hollow heart. We of Addison are strong in our belief that our group has a unity which will for- ever remain unbroken. Like our great college, we trust in a Power which promises us ever renewing sources of strength. Thus do we look to the future. OFFICERS Fall Term President A. OiuleiiiOiA Vice-President H. W oil 111,111 Secretary H. Bj Treasurer H. Be l ; Ki Winter Term H. W ' ollhon! E. De Crjjf J. T i eLiar S. Heersi zj Spring Term H. ] )ltiii.vi C. PostiiiJ E. De Grjff « 226 •• S. Heersma D. Hicks A. Oudemool H. Bast H. WOLTMAN H. WOLTHORN F. RyNBRANDT J. TiGELAAR C. Nhttinga p. Arendsen M. Shoemaker C. Postma E. De Graff H. Bellingham E. Bauhahn A. Lubbers M. Kloosterman D. Murphy A. Norman J. Cotts A. Aradi « 227  Student Societies at Hope Are Unique STUDENT social life at Hope College has taken a unique trend, both in impromptu, more personal paths, and in the organized group activities. This comes as a result of the school ' s most firm standards, which have shaped and guided the development of her social tradition. Originally established by Dr. Albertus Van Raalte and his followers, the school has inherited a social outlook similar to that which marks the surrounding community. Its cast is of a conservative, apparently somber nature, demanding that the studentry conduct themselves along lines of conduct which have been tested by social classes for many centuries. It is an admitted and not a little boasted fact that Hope College students are of a moral level not often found in this day and age among the hectic younger generation. Whether this is a result of their contact with the school, or whether it is a direct result of their home training previous to their college days, is a mooted question. But the fact remains undenied that social activities upon the campus of this college possess an aspect which is as uncommon as is the integrity of her studentry. What connection there may be between these two distinctive characteristics we leave for discerning minds to discover. As one instance of this social situation, let us consider the student societies upon the campus, which are herein pictured and discussed. Contrary to the custom of innumerable other colleges, Hope ' s student societies are not fraternities and sororities in the incorporated sense of the word. They are not a part of a national organization which lists them as such-and-such a chapter. They are, rather, distinct bodies in themselves, born of common consent of the groups which tenderly sponsored their first days of existence. Known to their friends and rivals by such literary names as their sponsors selected for them, these societies meet weekly for programs of a musical and literary nature, the numbers given being created by the students themselves in the case of the literary papers. Thus, their original reason and excuse for existence remains paramount before them: to-wit, literary and cultural advancement of their members. Theirs is not a mere straw of social sham which draws new members into the fold under the guise of social glamour. Each new-comer finds himself indelibly impressed by the earnest friendli- ness which bids him to consider the immediate value to him of his presence at an institu- tion of higher learning. The irritating infection which has struck post-war America, known as collegiate youth, does not enter into their scheme of things. Upon this point the traditions of the school shelter the development of the student ' s social habits. He learns to consider affairs from a new and advanced perspective. And, fortunate for him, this perspective embodies certain primarily vital moral laws. These rapidly become a part of him during his months of student life here, and soon enough he is a Hope Man. The reason for taking the instance of Hope ' s student society groups as a point of dis- cussion is that in this medium the personalities and habits of the students assume the status in which they are most likely to appear after graduation from the institution. It is this post-graduation, this alumni stage, which makes or breaks a school. What college can convince the world that its standards are sincere, that its campus is clean, if the alumni of that college do not plainly reflect the most desirable of personal and public traits? Are not the products of the flour mill taken as an indication of the worth of its operator ' s skill? Are not products of industries bought and sold upon the market with entire confidence if they bear the stamp of a firm which is everywhere known to be reliable and trustworthy? The truth of this is plain. While the character of a school ' s alumni is not bought or sold on the market, still its worth directly affects the future of the school. At this particular time the future of the small college is usually uncertain. Power- ful tendencies are at work in the nation, subtly afl ecting the public ' s consideration of educational institutions. Hope College needs the staunch support of her alumni if she is to triumphantly weather the storm. « 228  CLU ' For furniture there were many make- shifts. Upon arrival the emigrants used their boxes for chairs and tables. Often the bare ground was their bed. Furniture was later made in nearby cities, or was made by hand by skilled tvorkmen in the settle- ments. Artificial light was mostly supplied by candles, but many settlers had the Old World open lamps in which wicks floating in any kind of oil available gave an uncer- tain light. It was after the Civil War days that coal oil lamps tvere first used. ' ' Senior Girls ' Association THE first Senior Girls ' Association was organized eight years ago at the annual tea for Senior Girls given by Dean W. Durfee. Since that time the Senior Girls have banded together each year for social contact. The majority of our number have been on our campus for four years, but it was not until our S. G. A. was organized last fall that we met as a group to have a jolly time. The meetings, which we have looked forward to each month, have been quite informal and filled with laughter and great merriment. We have enjoyed working on the committees, in preparation for our suppers and programs, and meeting at the homes of the different girls. We have allowed nothing to spoil our meetings. When the ice cream failed to appear at the April meeting we just gave the girls a second helping, By the time that was eaten the tardy dessert arrived. This year we are planning, as was formerly the custom, to entertain the Junior Girls We hope we can tell them how much we have enjoyed S. G. A. and teach them how to plan a successful organization for next year. Now as we are about to write finis to our days at Hope College, we are wondering how much truth there is in the prophecy given at the May meeting. If it is true, we are certainly destined to be unusually successful. It is general knowledge that Hope ' s campus is not noted for its social events for its young people. It is the hope of the senior organizations to bring about a cure for this sorely felt need. While certain standards must be adhered to if the quality of Hope ' s reputation is to be maintained, yet the situation has some solution which is now being sought by the senior clubs. The molding qualities of social contact need cultiva- tion here as well as elsewhere. « 230 ' The Hope Kurfew Klub WHEN that worthy and austere group, the Senior men, banded together last Fall for the purpose of organizing, a desire was evidenced from all quarters to have the group put on a program that was entirely social in character ; but, alas, scarcely had the officers been elected when it was found that a number of long-eared individuals had somehow survived the rigours of matriculation, and were proving themselves extremely detrimental to a salutary and proper condition of a tenderfoot, so it was found neces- sary, contrary to the preferred policy of the organization, to engage in the distasteful process of impressing the minds of the vermiculi with the necessity of due regard to their position in society. Thus, with the cheerful magnanimity which is characteristic of Hope Seniors, the club wielded its influence in this direction, and a deep impression was made. Imagine a circle of Seniors, with faces serious and intent, blatant tones of a saxophone emanating from the radio at the front of the room, a red light (not from the chapel) flashing intermittently in the hazy atmosphere to create the proper psychological background for an occasion of such solemn import ; thus was the stage set for the admis- sion of the first culprit. At these meetings some extraordmary talent in many lines was brought to light for the first time, and we can but feel that the performers will look back with gratitude to this patient audience of their first outbreaks of incipient genius. Many a person does not know of what he is capable until the exigency arises. If It were not for the natural modesty concomitant to our state of Seniorhood, we would point with pride to the fitness and uniqueness of the items of uniform dress adopted by the group, and the fine unity of effort brought about by the co-operation of the members. Held back, however, by this natural reticence, we can but casually mention these items. We are all hopeful that the H.K.K., may continue in the future. « 231 Scholarships at Hope P ERHAPS the feature advertisement for Hope College at this time is the highly favored position that it enjoys with the best universities and graduate schools of the country for its scholastic standards. Few schools of our size have as many of their gradu- ates rewarded with continuation scholarships as ours. Our Science Department has won nation-wide recognition for the fine places and opportunities that fail to its graduates. This year has again witnessed an increase in the number of scholarships granted as well as in the number of schools awarding them. The annual Regents ' scholarship, awarded by the University of Michigan, is an enviable prize. Herman Kruizenga of the Seniors has this year been elected by the Regents to receive it. The scholarship is equal to $500 plus tuition charges for one year. Mr. Kruizenga has chosen the classical languages as his field of study. Marvin Kuizenga has accepted the Baldwin Fellowship tendered him by the Uni- versity of Cincinnati. He will study biological chemistry under noted leaders in that field. His study will center about hippuric acid. Mary ' s scientific enthusiasm coupled with his winning personality insure him success in his new efforts. Jacob Tiegelaar is to study at Purdue University. He has received a graduate assistant- ship similar to the one given to Charles Rozema of the class of ' 29. This is a remunera- tive award to a school well known for its scientific attainments. Jacob Tiegelaar will study helium gas. Henry Wolthorn will be this year ' s representative from Hope at Ohio State Univer- sity. He will study some branch of organic chemistry. Earle Langeland will study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is one of the best schools of its type in the world. A certificate of admission to this school would in itself be an honor. Arthur Van Arendonk will attend Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst. He is planning to major in some form of organic chemistry. The Department of History is constantly receiving wider recognition with the gradu- ate schools, despite the keen competition in that field. This year Evelyn Steketee, through the influence of Prof. B. M. Raymond, head of the department, has been granted a scholarship to the University of Illinois. This award places at her disposal the sum of $300, besides the remission of all tuition charges. Evelyn Steketee has a fine record in her history work at Hope College, which augurs well for future honors. She is planning to specialize in the American History field. Stanley Van Lare was offered a similar award for work in history by the Northwestern University, but he was unable to accept it. Arthur Oudemool was offered a science schol- arship to Northwestern University. Gordon Van Ark, editor of the Anchor and literary editor of the Milestone, was awarded one of the few Residential Scholarships offered by the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York City. This prize was offered due to his wide range of practical experience in the newspaper field. Several other awards were still pending at the time this publication went to press, many of which will undoubtedly materialize. Thus do Hope College people participate in the prizes of the land. It has long been general knowledge that Hope College students are particularly fortunate in securing scholarships each year. This is only made possible by the dependa- bility of her studentry, who, while attending the larger colleges, leave favorable reputa- tions behind them which makes the coming of more Hopeites more desirable. « 232 ■ Top: E. Poppink, W. Wichers, Prof. H. Kleinheksel. Center: H. Wokhorn. J. Mulder, A. Van Arendonk, J. Tig ' elaar. Lower: L. EUerbroek, E. Langeland. O. Dressel, Prof. G. Van Zyl, M. Kuizenga. Chemistry Club ALTHOUGH chemistry is merely the Cinderella in the house of education, it is becoming a general view that an educated man must know something of the science of chemistry. So great is becoming the importance of chemistry and so fast its growth, that the world cannot keep apace with its development. All human existence depends upon chemical law ; now, as never before, the world is beginning to rely upon chemists to make the little atoms and their protons and electrons behave as they are wanted to behave. The world has passed from a primitive stone age, through the age of bronze and iron. Now we are living in an age of steel, which is rapidly emerging into an age of chemistry and electricity. One can realize the growing importance of chemistry when he considers the fact that shingles, perfume, antiseptics, paint, dyes, explosives, motor fuels and countless other substances used in daily life, may be prepared by chemical processes from one ordinary lump of coal. Paper is being made from corn stalks, and edible soup from sawdust. The members of Hope Chemistry Club have pledged themselves to the study of chemistry and meet every three weeks for the purpose of developing their knowledge of chemistry and to keep in step with the latest findings in their rapidly changing field. OFFICERS President - Man i i Kuizenga Vice-President...... - Earle Langeland Secretary -- - - John Alulder Treasurer -- - - W ' illayd W ' ichevs « 233  Top: M. Oosting, E. Tellman. Center: M. Shoemaker, G. Nonhof, R. McGilvra, H. Dykhuizen. Seated: P. Arendsen, E. Mosier, M. Meengs, S. Heersma. The Pre-medic Club THE Hope College Pre-medic Club was founded in 1924 by seventeen men especially interested in medicine and biology. The club was organized to promote good fellow- ship among all those students who were interested in science. The regular programs since that time have consisted of papers on some phase of medicine, after which informal discussion is held. It has been the annual custom to make visits to the several hospitals in the vicinity and thus familiarize the members with phases of hospital work. At different times during the club ' s existance it has been the good fortune of the members to attend meetings of the Ottawa County Branch of the American Medical Association, and much praise is due to Dr. Patterson for his interest and his loyalty to the club during its early years. Those members who were directly connected with the founding of the club were Dr. James Poppen, who is now interning at St. Luke ' s Hospital in Chicago, and Dr. Thomas ■Wier, who is continuing research work in the field of Biology in Belgium. The club ' s motto has always been — Progress ' Greatest Stride is Medicine. Since the first meeting of the organization, its aim has been to present a true outlook on subse- quent study and professional career of a doctor. OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester President Marvin B. Meengs President Sidney f. Heeisiiia Vice-President. Marvin G. Shoemaker Vice-President Harold ]. Dykhuizen Secretary Melvin H. Oosting Secretary Earl E. Mosier « 234  Top: W. De Free, M. Shoemaker, A. Van Arendonk. Lower: S. Heersma, E. Langeland, J. Tigelaar, M. Kuizenga. Science Club BY REASON of the fact that it was organized November second, nineteen hundred and ten, the Hope College Science club is the oldest organization of its kind upon the campus. In its development and in its present organization it has followed very closely the trend of science. Being born out of the realization of a need for a medium of greater freedom than the classroom in the work and play of science, it immediately fulfilled that great need in the life of the school at that time. Regular meetings were held, papers by members were read, and outside speakers of note were heard. However, the need for specialization soon became apparent, as it is becoming appar- ent more and more in the field of science today. As a result there was an outgrowth of two other groups, the Chemistry Club, and the Pre-medic Club, which took over the fields implicit in their names. Gradually these ofispring have usurped the old duties and purposes of the original Science club, until at the present time this organization has, to all practical purposes, ceased active participation in the life of the campus. It has now grown to become more or less of an honorary society, through the medium of which proper recognition of potentialities and accomplishments of a high order may be given recognition by membership. One or two meetings a year for organization purposes, and an occasional program make up the total activities of this club. 1930 OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer. Earle E. Langeland Jacob Tigelaar .Aithi y Van Arendonk « 235  Miich poor health and frequent deaths visited the brave band of early emigrants. During the first summer so many children were left parentless that it tvas deemed wise to build an orphanage to care for them. Dr. Yan Raalte suggested that a subscrip- tion list be started to provide funds. One young girl, having no money, offered her jewels. The mother objected. The Domine replied that the another should view it as a blessing that the Lord should put this will- ingness into the girl ' s heart to give away useless ornaments as an offering. He re- ceived these and many more. With other money collected a small house, long known as the orphanage, was built. But since the children were adopted into homes the build- ing became a school. For the most part, the children of the settlers tvere a hardy set, accustomed to the freedom of the out-of- doors. ' ' i ■■■ ■ ,„- ,. ' . HOW THl- FROSH CAME ACROSS All set? :-: Desperate Damson. ;-, Hold everythini;! :-: Hand em a lemon, Muddy waters ' round my feet. « 238  « 239  « 240  SOME SOCIAL SUCCESSES When good fellows get together — All College Banquet. Wow! :-: Al. :-: Ev. :-: Mrs. Olive ' s Tea — Senior girls annual attraction. « 241  GLEE CLUB GAn iES Some flew West. :-: Some flew East. :-; Restini; on his laurels. :-: Ride, Mister? Baggage smashers. ;-; Looking it over. :-: The Chaperone ' s Catch. :-; On the bus-t. 242 « 243  « 244  « 245  BLUES! you ' ve seen il .ill. Hi,iih Sucic ] Bl ies! Sure-crnui h Sibs. :-: Submissive Sorosities. :■: Dcli i Inhil Dclphians. :-: Amiable Aleathc-ans. :-: Demure Dorians. :-: Admirable Addisnniaiis. « 246  J ' SPARE THAT TREE — ARBOR DAY High School ' s Hope. :-: Pledging Allegiance. :-: The Norway Maple. :-: As the twigs entwine. :-: Senior Dignity. :-: Cute of Dimmy, isn ' t it? « 247  Geneva on the Brink. :-: Drink to thy eyes. :-: Voorhces Vamps. :-: Soniethiiit; ' s Budding. Wee Willie. :-: ' es. Bud. :■: I think yciu auto, Georijia. « 248 • « 249  A Friday p. m. Please, driver. Ann Arbor Special. Come hither —Les. But aren’t we all? Yer Out! A Musical Miss. « 250 wu Oh yeah, De Kuiper? Bright prospects — for a fall. Check and double check! Smilin’ Thru. Limping I.cs. Kozy Marygartcn. What a racket! « 251  250 Oh yeah, De Kuiper? ;-; Bright prospects — for a fall. :-: Check — and double check! Smilin ' Thru. :-: Limping Les. :-: Kozy Marygarten. :-: What a racket! « 251  Selections by Mr. John Held, Jr., Reiioii ' iied Artist and Illustrator of New York City A Tribute to Women By Washington Irving As the vine which has long tivined its graceful foliage about the oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine, tvill, when the hardy plant is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling ' round it ivith its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs, so it is beautifully ordered by Providence, that woman, who is the mere dependent and ornament of man in his hap- pier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with sudden calamity; winding herself into the rugged recesses of his nature, tenderly supporting the drooping head, and binding up the broken heart. ■ . The Milestone staff was particularly fortunate in securing so famous and splendid a judge as Mr. John Held, Jr. Of Mr. Held may we say that he is one of the most versatile men in the world of illustration today. He lightly turns from pen and ink draw- ing to water colors; from that to sculpture; from that to the making of masks; from that to wood carving, and when he is busiest filling commissions for the smarter type of periodical, he may be found within a wire screen enclosure breeding the wildest assort- ment of tame animals ever collected in one spot since Noah resigned in John ' s favor. Mr. Held wishes to congratulate the Student Body upon the type and spirit of Beauty which was representative, for he writes all entries revealed a richness and fine- ness of feature which could have been only the reflection of true womanhood. Choice was first of all, made entirely from photographs and much depended on their excellence; and secondly, of variety and type. All the pictures are a study in person- ality and they represent a development of type from the purely classical to the pert American. To define Beauty is to define feature and spirit and it lives within, a companion of the soul. Goodness will always supply the absence of beauty, but beauty cannot supply the absence of goodness. Virtue makes a woman truly lovely! The Editor. « 252 . 53  « 254  « 255  « 256  « 258  « 259  President Hoover receives the Men ' s Glee Club during their eastern invasion. Lives of Football Men Remind Us We Can Write Our Names In Blood; And Departing, Leave Behind Us Half Our Faces In The Mud. I Our Art l-ditcir. :-: The- DlucIi of it. :-; Yc Iklitiir Bill — .is was. :■: Conic Hciiiic! The Stholar. :-: Nitk. :-: Wet Ixhind the ears. :-: The Green Rihlnm. :■; When S. S. visiteci F. S. :-; Yes! Especially Consciiui. « 262  Chicago tourists. :-: Darwin was right. :-: Three Must — Get — Theirs. :-: Carnegie Van Vleck. :-: Nobody knows — Nobody cares. :-: Oh, the deuce! Robinson ' s Harem. :-: Oriental Ease. « 263  ' Two by two! ;-; Sci help me, M.iuricc-. Chocolate Soda. ;-: All husiiuss. Sent iS; Soins ' on, Ltd. :■: Pilini; ' em up. Dt. I ' ep. :-: ' es, we ' re just p.issiiit;. « 265  « 266  Meengs Twins, Yell Masters. :-: Janet Yonker, 1930 Senior Girls ' Association President. Georgiana Fredericks, House President of Vorhees. :-: Donald Hicks, President of H. K. K., House President of Van Vleck. :-: Oh how we love the woods! :-; Marie and Chuck. « 267  « 268  269  Paul Nettinga Men ' s Glee Club President Miss Laura Boyd Women ' s Glee Club Chaperone Raymond McGilvra Men ' s Glee Club Manager Myra Ten Gate Women ' s Glee Club Manager Mildred De Pree Women ' s Glee Club President Mr. Curtis Snow Men ' s Glee Club Chaperone « 270  Len Hogenboom 1929-30 Y. M. C. A. President Bernadine Siebers 1929-30 Y. W. C. A. President Marvin Kuizenga 1930 Salutatorian Bertha Olgers 1930 Valedictorian ' Bill X ichers 1930 Milestone Editor- in-Chief Janet McKinley 1930 A. D. D. President J. m « 271  ALUMNI Eighty-three years have elapsed since the first tree tvas cut down by Hollanders in the western part of Ottawa County. Dur- ing this time the grotvth of the community has been steady. From the first seven settlers in 1847 it has grown to 14,313 in the cen- sus of 193 0. From the first little log house school there has grown a fine system of six elementary schools, one large junior high building, and a modern high school. Hope College, developed from the early pioneer school of 1851, has graduated many hun- dreds of ministers, missionaries, and reli- gious tvorkers who now serve the Reformed Churches of America. It is appropriate that the late Minister to the Netherlands from these United States, Mr. G. J. Diekema, a native of this city, tvho returned to the Old Country ' to serve there because of his sympathetic knoivledge of Dutch tradi- tions. With these qualities of our City of Holland in mind, we see Van Raalte ' s pray- ers anstvered. I By Way of Introduction IN introducing to the reader this Alumni Section it may not be out of place to indulge in a few prefatory words relative to the general plan and scope of the work which has been so long in preparation. In a sense, this preface is the very essence and soul of the work itself, by which our sympathies are skillfully attuned and prepared for what is to follow. The mission of this work is to offer our alumni and undergraduate friends an accurate record of every graduate together with a fascinating account of student life from year to year. Student pictures of the earliest classes gathered from every part of the United States only after months of diligent effort are strikingly portrayed. In makmg a collection of such magnitude, and from so many diverse sources, care has been exercised to render the classification and general arrangement in a simple and logical order. This, we can modestly claim, has been successfully accomplished, and this work will be found, as a whole the most copious, comprehensive, and accurate compilation ever submitted for public appreciation. It should prove invaluable to all who cherish fond recollections of their campus days, both from the standpoint of the charming reminiscences and from the intimate personal glimpses of old school day chums. As a work of reference it gives close detail and a familiar acquaintance with its pages will of itself be a fascinating study. All the best class writers have contributed their efforts and here we have strains of poetry, bits of oratory, strong dramatic situations, and the brightest bon mots of the humorists. Words cannot express our sincere gratitude to Mrs. Frances Phelps Otte, our ever- present inspiration, for her invaluable assistance in making this section possible. She has given willingly all her time and energy to help make the following pages accurate and complete. In these progressive days we are often too absorbed with the present, thus failing to relive the beauty of the past. The glorious days of our college life fade swiftly and only in memories can we experience the joys we once knew. It is the duty of every Hope graduate to awaken to this need of a closer association between the college and its alumni. May this student publication be the first step in the progress for a permanent alumni office. We believe this Alumni Section should be interesting and gratifying to every taste. In these pages the reader will assuredly find the richest rewards of study, and will experience the satisfaction of accjuiring new friends and renewing old acc]uaintances. Thh Editor. « 274 class of 1866 Rev. Ale Buursma ' - Rev. William Moerdyke ' Rev. Gerrit Dangremond - ' Prof. William A. Shields ' - ' Rev. William B. Gilmore-- Rev. John W. Te Winkep:- Rev. Peter Moerdyke ' D.D. Rev. Harm Woltman ' - ' Class of 18 67 THE First Class of Hope College are all gone, and I am the only one left of the Second Class. I am eighty-eight years old ; and between me of this second class, ' 67, and the tenth class, ' 75, but one Alumnus remains — the Rev. J. Meulendyk, ' 73. We two are thus distinguished — both are in the eighties, but we are still holding on — Brother Meulendyk rather strongly; I, feebly. Yet, as of yore, still deeply inter- ested in affairs a-la-Hope. We of those early classes were strong, able-bodied men, and there were some ex- pert carpenters in our midst. No Athletic Association in those days, but it was felt that a gymnasium was needed. President Phelps, himself adept at tools, proposed we, our- selves, build one. So we all followed him out to the forests, felled the trees, rolled the logs to the river where they were floated down the stream to the old Pluggers Mills, thence sawed into lumber for our projected building. Those have been called the days of small things, but with our finished product which answered the purpose and lasted for many years, we felt this no small job. Then we assisted in making a huge chandelier — the frame work was of heavy tin, painted black. In this were inserted large letters spelling HOPE, illuminated by tiny kerosene lamps. This was suspended over the platform in our newly erected Gym — • which building was also used for some years as the Chapel and Assembly Hall. At that time no one dreamed of electric bulbs. Pioneer experiences, indeed, but withal a feeling of manly independence and self assurance, gained by discovering that — Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Our class numbered six. Three became ministers and of these one went as a mis- sionary to India. One flourished as a schoolmaster for many years. The remaining two held up the business ends of the class. And now life ' s curtain is falling fast upon many of us older graduates, and the illuminated HOPE of the past is a little dimmer as we look back, but our HOPE for and of the future, is brighter with a heavenly glow. At the end of my long life, I can still say, Hope is the College of Colleges. Gerrit Bolks. Gerrit Bolks Rev. Enne J. Heeren c-o Claus Ehlers a lu .u t -u- • Reinbeck, Iowa T. Huizenga- Business Man (Retired) Rev. John Huizenga ' Rev. James De Pree Dirk Blikman K. Van Raalte Class of 18 68 Rev. Harm Borgers ' ' - „ t v i •■  T u Tj 1 •■- Gerrit Vande Kreeke - ' Kev. John Broek- Gerrit John Kollen,-- LL.D. William Visscher- Class of 1869 Rev. Evart Vander Hart ' ' William Van Putten,==- M.D. Wilson Vander Veere ' ' « 275  H Woltman P. Moerdyke G. Dangremond A. Buursma W. Moerdyke W. B. Gilmore W. A. Shields J. W. Te Winkel Class of 1870 Rev. Henry K. Boer ' William De Bey,- M.D. Rev. Peter De Bruyn ' Rev. John Hoffman ' Simon Kuyper=- ' Rev. Nicholas Neerkin= ' Peter D. Schipperus ' Rev. John A. De Spelder=- Charles A. Jones, M.D. Rev. James F. Zwemer, ' - ' D.D. Class of 1871 Rev. Samuel Streng - James Ten Eyck ' - ' Rev. William Veenschoten= Class of 1872 Arend Visscher ' - Class of 1873 THE FOLLOWING was graciously contributed by the sole survivor of the class of 1873, John Meulendyke. THE GAY AND THE GRAVE AT HOPE SIXTY YEARS AGO The writer is one oj Diany irha List ereiiiiij reeleJ ivhat j (grizzled and l je-lo g ii eiiiher oj the Rejon eJ Church called ' ' j h iiich oj nice, clean, young jelloirs. They « 276  A. T. Huizenga E. J. Heeren G. Bolks D. B. K. VanRaalte J. Huizenga J. De Free reeled off a well chosen program of sacred songs and instrumental music. What renders the occasion of special significance for the writer is the fact that, as the Hope College Glee Club the young men are officially representatii es of his Alma Mater. It ' s a far cry from the occasion in cjuestion to the far-off day when the ivriter was enrolled a member of the B class in ivhat ivas then the Hope College Preparatory Department. The affair mentioned sets him musing. As he does so, reminiscenses trip into his consciousness like nymphs from his sub-conscious somewhere. Reminiscenses gay, and reminiscenses grave. For the mood to do so, ivhy not record one and another of them? Well, here goes! An incident that stands out as clear as any is associated with Dr. Van Raalte, who may be called the father of Hope College. On his way to visit the Netherlands the doctor stopped, en route, in the writer ' s native city. A stern elder took occasion to introduce me to him as a prospective student at de Hooge School in ' t Westen. Did I deserve it. ' Whether I did or not, he went over me as with a curry-comb. When he was through with me I cut a very diminutive figure. The next day though, when I met him again, he saw fit to change his tactics. He was all smiles, and patting me on the shoulder, hoped the Lord would yet make something of me. The following incident, connected with my maiden trip to the Far West, has the flavor of ancient history. Crossing the old suspension bridge over the Niagara, my way lay by train to Detroit and thence on to Grand Haven. On arrival, I found I must wait till next day to pick my way to Holland. As I had never put up at a hotel, I had to make a virtue of necessity. In these days the railroad terminus was on the north side of the 277 river. Seeing no chance to cross over to Grand Haven proper, I timidly applied for lodging at the bar of the hotel, connected as it was, with the Railroad Station. I was jostled aside by a burly son of Bacchus who clamored for a glass of beer. Trying again I was answered with a shake of the head and the restful declaration: No, we ' re full. ' Blinking upon the river, under the September stars, providence put me in charge of a good Samaritan who piloted me over the river and saw me cared for. The trip to Holland by stage took the larger part of the next day. The mid-day rest at Port Sheldon was a feature of the toilsome journey. We were served with coffee and bread by a Dutch auntie who had appropriated one of the melancholy buildings, much in evidence there in those days. Dumped upon the sand-hill before the three-story brick building now called Van Vleck Hall, I was taken in charge by a dapper, keen-eyed, white-haired gentlemen who proved to be the first president of Hope College — Dr. Philip Phelps, Jr. Along with three others as raw as myself, I was assigned a room in Van Vleck Hall. In subsequent years, I had the privilege of occupying one or another of its rooms alone. Furnishings and appearance, in general, were of a kind to agree with the prevalent poverty both of the students and of the institution. Bare floors with nails protruding from the white-wood boards. Walls bare, save as warmed by a picture cut from some magazine. Rising from his straw-filled tick-bed on a frosty morning, he would wrestle with the contents of the wood-box in the corner. A kerosene oil lamp helped him out in preparing for recitations next day. The severe economic restrictions under which the majority of the students found themselves was shared by the professors. With one exception, all had been ministers of the gospel when they came to Hope. As such they had little superfluous wealth with which to feather their nests. The payment of their salaries was often pitifully delayed. They were hard-worked men. The more so as the same professors taught, both in the college proper and in what was, in Auld Lang Syne, called the Theological Department. Nor did those men altogether overlook what is so commonly overlooked in our own times:— that the main object after all of a Christian College is the formation of Christian Character. And this part of their responsibility often brought forward harder nuts to crack than to make their pupils proficient in grammer, mathematics or the classics. For, though many of the lads came from their homes with the root of the matter m them, many of us labored under noticeable deficiencies in sainthood. Precept upon precept, line upon line did not always avail. And the faculty now and then felt obliged ' to serve on the Old Adam. That the Old Adam was occasionally a near match for the professors the following incident illustrates: One morning, after chapel prayers, a professor, a disciplinarian, on meeting his class could not find his chair. Of course there was a search. And lo— there it was— a straddle the chimney of the pro- fessor ' s house. Though in the main kindly and wisely, for those who had rooms in Van Vleck Hall, Dr. Phelps, our president, re-inforced the faculty discipline. And, as he lived on the ground floor of the building, he could the better do so. Accordingly, at 9:30, a tap of the bell summoned us to meet him for bed-time prayers. And there ' s where character was formed, for prexy as he was occasionally called, had the knack of rubbing it into us as to our besetting sins or miscarriages of conduct. At one time the boys got back on him in the person of a substitute, who for a while took the doctor ' s place at prayers. A tall full-bearded theologue, he yet lacked the dignity and tact of Dr. Phelps. Those deficiencies had their effect particularly upon some of the younger chaps. Pausing before him on the campus, they would perpetrate a pun upon his name. His name being Te Winkel, the pun ran thus: Twinkle, Twinkle! Little star, how I wonder what you are! Up above in heaven so high! Like a diamond in the sky. The following incident ;oes to show that the cunning of the boys was not always a match for the president ' Living with his family below, the occasional horse-play of the lads m some room overhead called for more than placid endurance. On one such occasion an omiiKuis « 278 rap was heard at the room. Blowing out the light, one of the two lads crawled under the bed, the other concluded openly to face, if need be, the irate doctor. Entering the doctor demanded a light. Then there was re-enacted a little drama of which a certain pastor was the vivid witness. Said pastor called on a parishoner and his wife. They saw him coming. Dreading the encounter, the man crawled under the only bed in the one-room house. In his hurry, he had left a tell-tale six inches of his nether extremities exposed to view. Meanwhile, the weaker vessel, in answer to the domine ' s inquiry had ventured to answer: My husband, O, he ' s gone away for today! That gave the domine fit material for his good-bye, when he smilingly answered: Aha! gone is he. ' My compliments to him! And tell him when he goes out again, to take his feet with him. The writer was stirr ed on the occasion referred to, when the Hope College Glee Club sang the college song. In auld lang syne Alma Mater had no Hope college song. Not even a college yell. So memory cannot serve in that direction. However, years before the days hereby recalled, the earnest Christian founders of Hope College adotped: Spera in deo as her motto. That motto, carried out in the spirit that prompted its adoption, will do for Hope ' s sons and daughters what it did for the founders gone before. Happy they who entrust the weaving of life ' s gay and grave to Him who when asked, giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not! And herewith the greetmgs of the sole survivor of the class of 1873 to the class of 1930! J. M. Edwin Bedell - Rev. John Hoekje Rev. Josias Meulendyke Rev. Helenus E. Nies ' =- 6 Beechwood Street u tj it- j wr Rochester, New York Vander Wart- Retired Jacob Van Halteren ' - Class of 1874 Henricus Baron, ' M.D. Rev. Harm Vander Ploeg- ' Rev. Cornelius Kriekaard ' ' Joseph G. MiUspaugh - v- Cornelius Wabeke-- Class of 1875 VT ' ES, YES SIR! My dear fellow Hopeite, I cheerfully comply with your kind request -L to cooperate with you in your splendid but stupendous task of preparing or rather assembling the 1930 Milestone by jotting down some reminiscences of the class of 1875. But, sir, to write some three or four hundred words anent this class will be to me, at least, not a small undertaking for it will draw heavily on the memory I have left. My memory is gradually turning its back on me and my forgetting is improving fast. Well, what else can you reasonably expect from one who is less than a year from being an octogenarian. Now for what I can recall of my class. As a class, compared with classes of today in our Hope, it was almost negligible in quantity but in quality — who knows! Let me tell you sub rosa there were some brains and considerable brawn in that class. Perhaps there was more brawn than brain, but I truly believe it was vice versa. Be it known to you and to all who may read these jottings that numbers do not always contribute most brains. As to numbers in the class of ' 75 and college equipment as compared with what the college has now, I must exclaim — ' What a difference between then and noiv! The classes in dear old Hope noiv crowd the hundred mark, in the class of ' 75 there « 279  •1 8 6 8 ' G.J.Kollen H. Borgers W. Visscher J. Broek G. Vande Kreeke were only five, and it was the largest class in college at that time. When one thinks of the number of buildings then and the college equipment, Hope could hardly be called a college, so meagre were these. The buildings were Van Vleck Hall, the Oggle house, a student-built gymnasium, a recitation hall, called the bee- hive, and a chemical laboratory. Now see to what the college has grown! We had to chop our fuel in the woods back of the seminary and carry it to our rooms. What a difference between then and now. But, sir, we got through creditably and so far as I know, every one of the five graduates of ' 75 have done their share for God and man. R. B. D. Simonson (not the son of the Biblical Simon, the magician) a man cut out of whole cloth, a man with a fine keen mind, a scholarly student, a Christian of fine parts, whose purpose in life was teaching. Poor duck! he married before he graduated, and such a thing as marrying before graduating was tabooed by students and faculty in those days. William Steele, sharp as any steel blade, was a hale fellow well met, a good sport and yet a bright student. He depended, however, quite largely on his wits in examina- tions. His purpose in life was to become a first class barrister. He located in Sumer- ville. New Jersey, was elected at one time— the Mayor, and gave a good account of him- self in his profession. Evert Smits, the Dutch for Smith, a Smith sharpening his mental tools to keen edges enabling him to ' become the outstanding philosopher of the class. He became a home missionary in the Presbyterian Church. Smits experienced many reverses in life and his was a stormy career. John Visscher, another of our class ministers, worked in different churches in the far West. ' r u , The fifth member of the class was the writer. He was the valedictorian of the class, which distinction should have gone to the scholarly Simonson. He became a preacher and his first charge was Fulton, Illinois. He retired from the active pastorate in his seventy-fourth year and then moved to Los Angeles where three of his five children live. Our class produced three preachers, one lawyer, and one teacher. The above is all I can recall of the class of 1875, whose motto was Non Nobis Solum. May dear old Hope steadily progress to higher heights and larger equipment and may she ever be true to her noteworthy motto Spem in Deo. That is my wish and prayer. Lawrence Dvkstra. Rev. Lawrence Dykstra- ev. William V. Steele- Robert B. D. Simonson ' - ' , . Rev. Evert Smi ts= R J Visscher - - c 280  W. Van Putten E. Vander Hart W. Vander Veere Class of 1876 Rev. Henry E, Dosker,-- D.D. Rev. C. Van Oostenbrugge ' ' Rev. Frank A. Force ' - ' Prof. Douwe B. Yntema - ' Rev. Albert A. Pfanstiehl,- ' D.D. Class of 1877 HE CLASS of ' 77 was composed of three members: Lambertus Hekhuis, Matthew Kolyn, and Johannes Visscher. Rev. L. Hekhuis died on the Mission Field in India. Dr. M. Kolyn after serving acceptably as pastor in different churches, entered his chosen work as Instructor of young men in the Seminary. After several years service, he was called home to his reward. Mr. Visscher, after following the teaching profession a number of years, retired. He is now the only one left of the Class of 1877. CLASS ROOM REMINISCENSES The members of the class were a sedate, studious lot with one exception, the youngest and tallest, — the scape goat of the class. Dr. Phelps teaching Mental and Moral Philosophy and Logic, had the class non- plussed when he told us that The exception proved the Rule. Evidently he had Johannes in mind. Dr. Scott ' s Ancient and Babylonian History was enjoyed by all especially when reciting on the subject of Shadrack, Mescheck, and Abed — bed — bed — bednego. We all delighted in the names. And when it came to dates the counter of our shoes and the cuffs on our wrists bore the impress of many a figure. ' We all enjoyed Dr. Bobby Crispell ' s class because of the hearty laughs in which we all hilariously joined when he repeated his time honored jokes. One was how the boys got even with the scolding washwoman. After the virago got fairly well started the boys told her she was a regular hexagon. No better than an obtuse triangle or parallelepipedon, and asked her if she knew she had the night before slept with an hypotanuse? Judging from Bobby ' s hearty laugh the woman was totally subdued. Another of his standbys was the story of Uncle Zeke ' s Ram — Uncle Zeke had a ram that would butt everyone that came into the orchard. Uncle Zeke wanted to cure it, so one day he hung a sledge hammer from an apple tree. The wind swung the hammer and the buck 281 true to nature started butting it. He was still at it at night fail. Uncle Zeke retired, and when in the morning he looked again the tail (all that was left) was still at it. The loud ha ha ha was enjoyed and heartily helped along by the boys. Prof. Romey Beck, good old soul, always prim and trim, but how he did complain of the writer ' s murdering his Latin and Greek. Then too he could not endure smoke One of the boys made a pipe with a long stem by taking a piece of hollow bamboo and fixing a bowl to the end. Filling the pipe and apparently using it as a cane, he walked into the class room. Occasionally he drew a few whiffs of smoke. Presently the Prof, asked Where does that smoke come from? A little later the smoke becoming thicker he still wondered and lowered the window. The smoke did not disappear till the tall boy did. In spite of it all memory recalls the fact that the boys of ' 77 spent four years both in Latin and Greek, French and German, English and Dutch, and were fully equipped to become Domines. W. Johannes Visscher. Rev. Lambertus Hekhuis= ' - Johannes W. Visscher 675 State Street Rev. Matthew Kolyn,- ' D.D. Holland, Michigan Retired Teacher Class of 1878 IT CERTAINLY would be interesting to review the seven years of academic and col- lege life of our class of 1878. It would be a long story to go over the trail and recount the incidents. So many fell by the wayside, afflicted with lazyitis that only five survived to enter the Freshmen class — One, Mella Veenboer was taken sick, dropped out before the end of the freshmen year, went to Indiana where he took a medical course, and before the class was graduated had established a lucrative practice in Grand Rapids. Well four of us carried on — Jan Hendrik Kleinheksel, Hendrik Jan Boers, John G Gebha ' rd and Steven Jan Harmeling. With one exception, the class of 1878 was a brilliant one. At graduation John Henry delivered the valedictory. He said: It I should choose a symbol or emblem for the class it would be the pansy, emblem of modesty John G. had the salutory in good Latin. Henry John ' s oration was a master effort and Stephen John reheased the awful tragedies of the Commune de Pans in acceptable German. It is not generally known that this class was the great factor In placing Hope Col- lege on a sound financial and progressive basis. When Dr. Scott had to resign the presidency of Hope on account of ill health and the election of a new president was the business of the council of which august body I was a member at this time, there were several candidates, and Prof. G. J. (Garret Jan) Kollen was one of thenri. Our class fought the hard battle and won out. There was strong opposition both at home and in the east Prof Kollen had decided to withdraw his name. Then our class together with Samuel Streng and others from the east waited on Kollen at his home and told him not to forsake his friends but to stand pat. We all know now that Kollen was just the right man to build up Hope. It is a fact that our class put him there where he belonged. We might carry the equation farther and say that the brilliant sons of Overisel put Hope where she belonged among the instimtions of our country when we look at the roster. They were really great men, president, leading profs and a musician who was a whole band and an orator at the same time. Boers Kleinheksel and Gebhard seldom if ever participated in the awful college pranks. It ' was not so with this chap (sorry to say it). But 1 was called on the carpet « 282  p. DeBruyn J. De Spelder H.K.Boer W.DeBey C.A.Jones J. F. .wemer by the faculty only twice and got off with an easy reprimand. No one in all the past years ever knew who put those cats in Prof. Doesburg ' s stove that scared him stiff when he opened the door to start the fire, except Matt Kolyn, van Oost and I. When we were out on the campus Prof. D. turned to me and said: Harmeling, I know who put the cats in the stove. Those undergraduates. You help to find them out. Sure, Prof., I will do my best. We never found out. We three could keep a secret inviolate. I have cause to be thankful. Harmen Jan Beekenboer so my grandpa said, attended a meeting of praise and thanksgiving for God ' s good providences and protection. Harmen Jan got up and said that if any one had cause to b; thankful it was Harmen Jan for he had been a smuggler for twenty-five years and God had so protected and guided him that he was never caught by the patrol officers. O, cruel time, what havoc you make among dear friends! Within a few months I will have reached the eightieth milestone. They say that I am old; that my heart is ripe for the reaper death; and that my days are well-nigh told. Hope and faith in the immortality of the soul and in the vicarious atonement of the blessed Savior are to me like the beauty of the gold and crimson of our wonderful western sunset at the evening of a perfect day. Stephen J. Harmeling. Prof. Henry Boers Rev. John G. Gebhard, D.D, 114 South 6th Avenue Mt. Vernon, New York Minister ( Retired ) Rev. Stephen J. Harmeling Vashon, Washington Proprietor of Nursery and Fruit Farm Prof. John H. KleinhekseP- ' 283 Class of 1879 Rev. Dirk J. De Bey== Elias De Spelder,== M.D. Rev. Kumaje Kimura ' Rev. George Niemeyer - Rev. Motoitero Oghimi c-o American Mission Tokyo, Japan Minister Rev. Ame Vennema - ' D.D. Class of 18 80 WE HAD TEN members. At that period in the history of Hope College ten was considered an unusually good number. Most of us had been engaged in some one or other useful occupation before entering college. We had a printer and a carpenter, four young farmers, and one miller. With a clergyman ' s son and another the son of a public school teacher, and lastly a merchant ' s helper we might have claimed variety as a particular phase of our class. Perhaps seriousness was our main characteristic. There was no time for playing. Our athletics were confined to splitting wood in winter and taking long walks in summer. We had confidence in our teachers. We did not know about our standings — they were not reported. We were advanced, as a matter of course, at the close of each year; and graduated in the same manner. At graduation all but one hoped at some time to enter the ministry. The exception was destined to be a dentist, which office he still fills. Four of the ten survive. The ministers have retired, but gladly serve where supplies are needed. The graduation exercises of the class of 1880 were held in the pillar church on 9th Street. The subjects show the serious bent of our minds: Salutatory — (in Latin). Abel Henry Huizinga. Oration — Chance, Abraham Stegeman. Oration — Superiority of Mind over Matter, Jacob J. Van Zanten. Oration — The Heroic Period of American History, Frederick J. Zwemer. Oration — Ancient and Modern Philosophy Contrasted, Peter M. Elsenius. Oration — The Dignity of Labor, Albert H. Strabbing. Oration— The Task of Life (in Dutch). William G. Baas. Oration — True Greatness, Bernard J. De Vries. Oration — Our Republic the Type of True Government, Ebenezer Van den Berg. Valedictory — Jacob P. De Jong. The class with approval of the Faculty chose its Valedictorian. Six selections of Music put spice into the rather solemn program of June 23, 1880. With fond memories, especially of departed classmates — Jacob P. De Jong. Rev. William G. Baas=-- Rev. J. P. De Jong 75 West lOtli Street Holland, Michigan Retired Bernard J. De Vries, D.D.S. 112 E. 12th Street Holland, Michigan Dentist Peter M. Elsenius ' ' ' Rev. Abel H. Huizenga, ' Ph.D. Rev. Abraham Stegeman ' - ' Rev. Albert H. Strabbing 50 E. 20th Street Holland, Michigan Miui ter ( Relirecl ) Rev. E. E. Vanden Berge Newton, Iowa Minister ( Retired Rev. Jacob J. Van Zanten= ' Rev. Frederick J. Zwemer ' « 284 ■ Class of 1871 P. D. Schipperus S. Kuyper J. Hoffman S. Streng J. Ten Eyck W. Veenschoten N. Neerkin Class of 18 81 T IEKEMA, Dutton, Fagg, Joldersma, Kommers, Riemersma, Smits, Van Hees. How familiar the sound of those old-time names — we can still hear Van Hees (the Roll-Caller) rattle them off each morning in chapel at the beginning of our services there. The classes were not so large then as now, and every one in College and Prepara- tory Department must answer — present or — a black mark o ' er shadowed his name. Now, as the years have rolled away, the light brisk present response has become fainter and fainter. Only Dutton I hear answer from far-off California, and Smits from near-by Con- stantine, Michigan. Each of the others has finished his life-work, waved farewell to college and to all. « 285  Dutton, Fagg, Joldersma, Riemersma, Kommers and Smits chose the clergy pro- fession. These six served the Lord through pulpit and press for many years. Charles Dutton, obliged to retire years ago, is now living in sunny California, but still shouldering the burdens of life and serving the Lord in many ways. Smits, always the perfectly groomed gentleman has ably served large Congrega- tional churches in Jackson and Constantine. Of the six who have left us — Rev. Fagg, after ministering to several churches in the Home-Land, responded to China ' s call, and became a much loved missionary in the Amoy Mission Field. Obliged to return on account of ill health in the family circle, he rose to prominence among the pastors of our Collegiate Reformed Church in New York City. Joldersma, Kommers and Riemersma were faithful pastors in cur churches both east and west ' — each having an honored place in the Lord ' s vineyard — their years were measured not by time, but by success in winning souls for Christ. George Van Hees was the only business man of the class, and also the class musician. During college time he was dubbed the Bell Ringer, as well as Roll Caller. In those days, no electric clocks, startling professors and pupils by unearthly vibrations, but a huge bell in Van Vleck Hall rang out sonorous tones just on the hour at the strong hands of Mr. Van Hees. These college jobs led up to one in the Holland Telegraph Co. and, later, in to the office of the Holland Interurban Railroad Concern. The last one to be recorded here, is the first name in the college catalogue of the class of 81 — the honorable G. J. Diekema, the class lawyer. His own lips often told the story of humble origin on a farm, but his genius asserted itself even in the very early days of the Preparatory Department. None that heard can ever forget those boyish declamations, and, especially, when he impersonated so dramatically the old Indian Warrior when he bade, Farewell to his Tribe. No later burst of eloquence, ever surpassed in pathos and fervor those words of old Black Hawk, and from that time on during all these many years, that same eloquent voice has responded to countless calls and has ever been up lifted in the cause of truth and justice and right. Among Hope ' s Alumni, few have been so signally honored as he. Holding various positions of distinction in his state and nation, the crowning honor came when he was appointed as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Hague, Netherlands, and there, fluently using also the Dutch language — words for peace and union flowed with the same vigorous eloquence. Deep were the impressions he made on that side of the Atlantic as on this. But the time over there was very short. He died in the harness and was brought back at his own request to be laid to rest on American soil and amid college associations and dear friends of the past. As ambassadors of church and state, each member of the Class of ' 81, has honored its Alma Mater — Old Hope. Gerrit J. Diekema ' LL.D. Rev. Charles S. Dutton R.R. 1— Box 665 Berkeley, California AMn ' ntcr (Retired) Rev. John G. Fagg, ' D.D. Rev. Rensa H. Joldersma ' Rev. Tinis J. Kommers Rev. John Riemersma, ' D.D. Rev. Bastian Smits ' John G. Van Hees 286 A. Visscher Class of 18 82 GAIN I am called upon to broadcast the Class of ' 82. Please stand by while I answer these questions put to me. What were the distinguishing features; the outstanding, interesting facts of your class? We were nine in number, quality not quantity, our motto. The facts concerning the class as a whole are: 1- — This class included the first two women to receive bachelor of arts degrees from the college. 2. — The first to send out from its circle two foreign missionaries — one to China, one to Japan. 3. — The first and only class to send to the Board of Education the centurion sum requested — one hundred dollars (we really exceeded that amount), thus helping along the $50,000 which the Board afterwards bequeathed to Hope College. 4. — The only class who can proclaim that one of its number was born amid the classic shades of old Van Vleck Hall. 5. — The first class to include in its very small number, two, who very shortly after graduation, earned their Ph.D. degrees. 6. — In our days the Salutatory, delivered in Latin was awarded as the highest class honor for Commencement night, but — not content with Latin and English orations, we also delivered to the audience, a French oration. Well — so much for the W e ' s. Now for the Is. Mrs. Gertrude Alcott Whitenack charmed us all by her unusual musical ability. She married a former Professor at Hope College; at present is living in River Falls Wisconsin, where her husband is teaching. Rev. Peter Ihrman was our lively spirited leader of Chapel singing, while Trude (above) manipulated the old-time organ with wonderful skill. He was a faithful con- secrated minister. He died a comparatively young man. Rev. G. De Jonge, D. D. was a personality endowed with many talents and for some years he was a controlling factor on the Board of Trustees of the College and a good part of that time its President. On Commencement night he was the Valedictorian of the class. He left us only a year ago. Charles Steffens — son of the renowned scholar, Dr. N. Steffens — was born in Constantinople where his parents were missionaries. How we delighted to dub him « 287  The little Turk — which he, at times, forcibly resented. The only business man of the class, he is still successful in his career at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Our M.D. J. W. Bosman, has been an esteemed physician in Kalamazoo, Michigan, during these many years. He has enriched his Alma Mater, several times, and, lately, with many valuable works for the Library. Drs. Matzke and Poppen were scholars par excellence each earning a Ph.D. shortly after graduation. Dr. Matzke became Professsor of the Romance languages in Leland Stanford University. Rev. Jacob Poppen shed the brilliancy of his scholarship, over several churches of our denomination, and also for a while, upon the natives of Japan whither he went as a missionary. Both died comparatively young. Brother Philip Tertius Phelps, distinguished above all the Alumni as the only one born in Van Vleck Hall — Let his own words tell the story. 1. — rememher, I remember The house where I was born, The ivindoiv on the South that looked Right out on College laivn. 2. — ' Twas made of brick, three stories high I that it very tall Trees ' round it reaching to the sky The house named VAN vleck hall. 3. — ' Tivas there I got my first degree My M.A. spelling Ma. ' Tivas there I met the President For he was my own Pa. He gave the Latin Salutatory on our Commencement night. He became a faithful pastor in several of our charges in the East, where he still is living and working for the Master. As for the writer of this historic sketch — Tradition saith she came to Van Vleck Hall, then the only home for the President ' s family, when six months old. Thus grew up to the Manor born. No Voorhees Hall in those days, but Fratres et Sorores mingling freely together, delightful associations (reaching far down and to the present time) culminating in her marriage to a college chum — Dr. J. A. Otte, the first medical missionary in the Reformed Church denomination. Together we went to the Amoy Mission in China. At present I am again living in Holland, Mich. I am sure I win the prize for giving the most conceited of all the Class sketches, but I was asked to relate facts, and if any one can dispute the above statements, I bow in apologetic contrition. Frances F. C. Phelps Otte. Sarah Gertrude Alcott 4 e. l4th Street (Mrs. E. A. Whitenack) Holland, Michigan River Falls, Wisconsin ■ Missionary (Retiree ) At Howe Rev. Philip Tertius Phelps John W. Bosman, M.D. Jay Street 423 So. Burdick Street Albany, New York Kalamazoo, Michigan Mii iiter Physici.in .iiiJ Siii Keoii Rev. Jacob Poppen, ' ' Ph.D. Rev. Gerhard De Jonge,= D.D. j Rev. Peter Ihrman - ' 3335 4th Street suMisin Johannes E. Matzke= ' Milwaukee, WisL Trances F. C Phelps Genercl Office M.nuger jor 11 jlt xtm Piano Company (Mrs. ). A. Otte) 288  Class of 1 8 8 3 THE Class of 1883, which consisted of eight members on graduation, has been re- duced by death to three, Albert Oltmans, D.D., Japan; Henry Hulst, M.D., Grand Rapids, Michigan; and E. J. Blekkink, D.D., Holland, Michigan. It proved to be a ministerial class, if majorities count — five became ministers, two physicians, and one a real estate man. Thus the material, the physical and the spiritual needs and interests of mankind received recognition. The three that remain are carrying on ; and hold in loving rememberance those that have gone on before — Jacob Dyke, Tametsne Matsda, John Otte, Dirk Scholten, and William Stapelkamp. When the class entered the institution they were as afraid of the professors as they were of death. They wholesomely got over this before many moons passed. Long before they graduated they learned to recite in three different ways: Generally by the old way of preparation, occasionally by inspiration, and on rare occasions by perspiration — especially when boating was in order on Black Lake on account of a favorable wind in the afternoon. Whether boating on the lake, attending prayer-services in the evening, writing letters to sweethearts and meeting professors in the morning, it all went as woof into the warp of experience that made the men that graduated forty-seven years ago. E. J. Blekkink. Rev. Evert John Blekkink, D.D. Tametsne Matsda- 303 College Avenue , . Holland, Michigan « ev. Albert Oltmans, D.D. Professor of Systemalic Theology at 2 Meiji Gakuin On Furlough Western Theological Seminary Shila-ku 803 N. College Avenue Rev Jacob Dyke ' - Tokyo, Japan Charlotte, North Carolina Henry Hulst, M.D. , , Missionary R.R. 4, The Island, Little Crooked Lake J Grand Rapids, Michigan Re v. Dirk Scholten ' - ' Doctor Rev. William E. Staplekamp - Class of 18 84 THE class of 1884 contained only two members. They came from the ends of the Reformed earth — at that time: one from the effete East, from New York; and one from the woolly West, from Iowa. And both came in somewhat accidentally, or there would have been no class. Now, if I am to write up the class, good breeding will require me to except myself. Then there is but one left at whom I am to level my shafts of wit and merriment. And will you expect me to become funny at the expense of the other member. ' Could there be anything? If we had tried something on each other in our college days, there was no distribution of consequences in which one can afford the risk and get away with it. No. sir. So we simply made it a mutual admiration society. There may not have been much admiration outside of this closed circle — let me be mathematically exact and say, this closed two-sided figure; so each of us added a life-partner (I forgot, there too, lots of mutual admiration crept in), and we made it square. Being so few, all proper respect was paid us by the college authorities, and we now see why our examinations were so easy. Hope College may not have had all facilities in those days (in chemistry we were hardly successful with anything except with making sulphuretted hydrogen) ; but you know advanced education today does not require the alphabet to be learned, nor spelling. But we feel that we have obtained just as large a vision of things and got what tools we had, to be sharpened as well as they could be, and I trust we have hewed to the line as well as charitably can be expected. Gerrit H. Hospers, Sr. Rev. Simon M. Hoogenboom Rev. Gerrit H. Hospers Sodus, New York Ontario, New York Minister (Retired) ' Pastor of Ontario Reformed Church « 289  H. E. Nies E. Bedell J. Hoekje J, Meulendyke H.VanderWart Class of 188 5 WE were only six, but we achieved one distinction, and that was that we made the Rev. T. Romeyn Beck, D.D., Professor of Greek, very happy in that we read more Greelc than any class that preceded us. Those who knew the worthy Doctor will realize the shock that came to him when the class asked for more Greek, and doubled its weekly stint. The reason why remains a secret. The youngest member of the class, Miss Lizzie Phelps, younger daughter of the first President of Hope College, was a bright and ambitious s tudent, a loyal, devoted Christian, for whom her classmates and friends predicted a brilliant future in academic life. She was called early into higher service, losing her life a few years after graduation in the great Johnstown Flood in Pennsylvania. At the time of her death she was a governess in the family of Mr. and Mrs. George Youngman. All were drowned except Mr. Youngman and two of his sons. Peter Wayenberg was the oldest member of the class, quiet, earnest and con- scientious by nature, one who was highly respected by all who knew him. He served two churches in our denomination, one at Pultneyville, N. Y., and the other in Maurice, Iowa. He was called home in the prime of life. Mary Elizabeth Alcott, later Mrs. Gerrit J. Diekema, was a gracious woman, gifted with a beautiful voice and a charming personality. She spent nearly all her life in Holland, but died in Washington, D.C., her husband serving as a congressman at that time. Her memory is held in esteem by her many friends. Albert Vanden Berg was a clean-cut, devoted Christian, a prince among men. For many years he was a member and President of the Council of Hope College and served in the ministry of the Reformed Church for thirty-five years. His big-hearted honesty and integrity was coupled with high idealism. Professor John B. Nykerk is Dean of Men and head of the Department of English and Public Speaking at Hope College, having served his Alma Mater in various capaci- ties for more than forty years. These long years of service in the most important branch of College work, have left their mark upon alumni and undergraduates, until he is the most loved and appreciated of all now connected with our Alma Mater. Hard lessons — Yes; sharp criticism — Yes; but now, in later years, deep gratitude. May his bow abide in strength! Gerrit J. Hekhuis was favored by a kindly Providence in that his home was within « 290  C. Kriekaard H. Vander Ploeg H. Baron J. G. Millspaugh C. Wabeke a mile of the college, which made an education possible for him. He rejoices in his privileges as a minister of the Gospel, and still gladly carries on. The Reformed Church has been honored with his ministerial service for over forty years, years replete with conscientious labor for the Master in various fields. Dr. Hekhuis is a keen and ardent Bible student, a pulpiteer who knows how to send the shafts of Truth as well as the healing balm of the Gospel into the hearts of the hearers. Advanced in years, his heart is ever young, his hope is strong and unwavering. Marv E Alcott=:- ' ' ' Nykerk, Litt.D. 7 T , Voorhees Hall (Mrs. G. J. Diekema) Holland, Michigan Rev. Gerrit J. Hekhuis, D.D. Vrojessor of English and Public Speaking at Hope College Pastor of Grandville Reformed Church Grandville, Michigan Lizzie Phelps ' ' Rev. Albert Vanden Berg Rev. Peter Wayenberg ' - Class of 1886 •THERE are but two members of our class left. Jeremias Kruidenier, a missionary in Egypt, became the D.D. of the class. P. W. Holleman is still engaged in his success- ful practice of medicine in Chicago. J. W. Visscher, during an epidemic of typhoid fever, in faithfully caring for his patients, contracted the disease, and was the first one of our number to be called home. R. Bloemendal, W. J. Duiker, and myself entered the ministry of the Reformed Church. In our day interclass association was common and pranks were played. I cannot meet Dr. G. J. Hekhuis of the class of ' 85 but he reminds me of the chore he gave me. [t happened in this wise: His classmate, A. Vandenberg, suggested to R. Bloemendal and myself to take a walk one beautiful moonlight evening at the beginning of the school year. When near Visscher ' s place he thought we ought to have some of our classmate ' s grapes, and we fell into the tempter ' s snare. For before a bunch of grapes was secured, sticks and apples whizzed past our ears from the hand of Hekhuis who chased us back to the city, and how we did run. It was several weeks before we were informed it was a plot of Van and Hek. Another incident occurred in Van Vleck Hall in Prof. Doesburg ' s room where the meetings of the Ulfiles Club were held. The first hour we met in the Prof ' s room and before he appeared one of the class lit the kerosene lamps and when he discovered the lights still burning he inquired who had acted as janitor the previous night, for in our day we had to take our turn in caring for the room. He early dismissed the class and hunted up H. Harmeling, who became the culprit, and reprimanded him as being a thoughtless boy and careless, who might have caused the buildmg, with the boys above, to have been burned up. Mr. Harmeling could not convince the Prof, that he had been faithful in the dis- charge of his duty. When Harmeling was fully informed, he said: If I had only known this at the time. B. W. Lammers. Rev. Ralph BloemendaP ' ' Rev. William J. Duiker- Peter Holleman, M.D. 125 E. 111th Street Chicago, Illinois Doctor Rev. Jeremias Kruidenier ' ' ' Rev. Barend W. Lammers Roseland, Minnesota Pastor ot Roseland Reformed Church John W. E. Visscher - Class of 18 87 ttjpOSTERI dies testes sunt sapientissimi. — Now that forty-three years have elapsed since our graduation from Hope Col- lege we look back to the year 1887 and to the challenging motto that was chosen by the five men and two women members of the class. We remember the days of our college life and consider what the later days have brought to us. When we entered college. Dr. Charles Scott was the president, and it was considered a great privilege to listen to teachers such as Dr. Scott, Professor J. G. Sutphen and others who seemed like oracles to the student body. The women members of the class belonged to the Zetalethian Literary Society, the first girls ' organization on the campus. The men, in class discussion, showed interest in lines of thought that have since brought them recognition. Among the graduates of that year, we have our philosopher. Dr. Albertus Pieters, professor of Bible and Missions in Western Theological Seminary. For thirty-two years he and his wife, Emma Kollen Pieters, also a classmate, were missionaries in Japan. Rev. S. M. ' Zwemer, D.D., F.R.G.S., a great leader today, is also one of the Class of 1887. He was one of the pioneer missionaries to Arabia and is the author of several books bearing on Islam and the Moslem world. At present he is Professor of Missions in Princeton Seminary. Paul R. Coster, who has lived in Holland and vicinity for many years, was interested in commercial photography for some time and is now in the automobile business. An- other classmate, Charles N. Thew, who died in Los Angeles in 1928, following an oper- ation, had served as Judge of Probate and Prosecuting Attorney in Allegan County. Rev. H. V. S. Peeke, D.D., after forty years in the service of missions in Japan, returned to this country on his fourth furlough hastened because of illness. Last May he was operated on in Detroit and told that he had six more months to live. With Mrs. Peeke and their daughter, Olive, he moved to Holland, and, in the face of departing days. Dr. Peeke gave lectures on Japan, and his talks on the higher life were an inspiration full of hope and cheer. He died on December 27th, 1929. Of the children of the members of the Class of ' 87, ten have graduated from Hope (College Cornelia Cappon Brusse. Cornelia Cappon (Mrs. William Brusse) 244 College Avenue Holland, Michigan At Home Paul R. Coster R.F.D. 8 Holland, Michigan In Garage Biisitiess Emma Kollen ( Mrs. Alhertus Pieters) 44 E. 15th Street Holland, Michigan At Home « 292  Rev. Harmon V. S. Peeke- Rev. Samuel M. Zwemer, Rev. Albertus Pieters, D.D. T-k r t: t - c 44 E. 15th Street f.- ' r Holland, Michigan t . Street Professor of English Bible and Missions Princeton, New Jersey at Western Theological Seminary Professor in Princeton Theological Charles N. Thew=:- Seminary Class of 18 88 ' I ' HE Class of 1888 numbered seven men. Four have passed on to their reward after J- devoting their hves to the spread of the gospel. Of the remaining three, one is still in the active ministry, another has suffered a nervous breakdown and is incapaci- tated for further service, although his heart is still in the work, while the third has devoted the greater part of his life to the banking business. Rev. Peter J. Zwemer sailed for Busrah, Arabia, after his graduation from the New Brunswick Seminary. He was an enthusiastic missionary. He had a passion for those who never heard of the gospel message. He threw his whole soul into the work. His zeal knew no bounds. His ministry was of short duration, however. Fever and rheuma- tism compelled him to decide to return home and after a short illness he entered into rest. Rev. John Lamar was loved by his classmates and in fact the entire student body. He had an amiable disposition. He loved the true, the noble, and the beautiful. His sermons were always carefully prepared. His addresses were noted for their edifying character. The congregations where he rhinistered held him in high regard. They ad- mired his sterling quahties of character. He served churches in Grand Rapids, Rochester and Chicago. Rev. Martin Ossewaarde was always full of life and enthusiasm. He was born in the Netherlands. While attending Hope College he mastered the English language sufficiently well to be able to preach in that language. He served some of the smaller congregations of our denomination and until his death was very active. Rev. F. Klooster was also born in the Netherlands. After his graduation from Hope College and the Western Theological Seminary he accepted a call to the church in Galesburg, Iowa. His ministry was of short duration, however. He labored with some difficulty but was very faithful in his work. Rev. John Van Westerburg is at present a retired minister. Of a nervous tempera- ment, he was noted for his great enthusiasm. He was an untiring worker and after several years of persistent endeavor he was compelled to resign. His eyes gave him considerable trouble. Rev. Henry Harmeling is splendidly furnished by nature, grace and culture for the exacting demands of his high and holy office. He has a splendid personality and is still active in the ministry. He was held in high esteem by all those to whom he ministered in his long and useful career and his messages are helpful and inspiring. Henry Geerlings is the only one of the seven who did not continue in the ministry. After his graduation from the McCormick Theological Seminary he served a church in the Presbyterian denomination for one year. He realized that he was not cut out for a mmister and so he resigned his charge and entered the banking business. Besides being active m the bank he is also editor of the Leader, a Christian weekly, published in the interest of Hope College and the Reformed denomination. Henry Geerlings. fw Rev. John Lamar- 90 W. l4th Street Holland, Michigan Rev. Martin OsseMraarde ' Banker Rev. Henry Harmeling J Westenburg 6131 Archer Avenue Norben Street, N.W. Chicago, Illinois Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor of Archer Avenue Reformed Church Minister (Retired) Rev. Foppe Klooster==- Rev. Peter J. Zwemer= ' - 293 18 7 5 L. Dykstr J. Visscher W. V. Steele R. B. D. Simonson E. Smits Class of 18 89 TO the imagination but a few years have passed since that memorable day when we donned our caps and gowns and were told to go forth into a world that was waiting for us; but when we stop to reminisce we realize that our youth with its golden and vigorous dreams is now no longer before us, but has faded into the past. We were but few in numbers, that Class of 89. Nine of us were given our diplomas and very soon we had left the walls of our old Alma Mater, but its fond memories remained long after we had acclimated ourselves to our new and various occupations. Thoughts of yesterdays stir my emotions as I sit here and attempt to pen these few words which are desired of me ; some are too sacred to impart and other I dare not for the sake of those dear old friendships which I cherish more as each year is ushered out by a new one. A pang of regret passes over me as I think of that old classmate of ours who has dropped from our active ranks and is one of us only in past deeds and present memories. Our remaining members have come and gone. The East and West, the North and South, have all claimed our humble efforts and nobly each member has responded to what he felt to be his duty. Three different professions now claim our attention. The ministry has her half portion while the remaining portion is again divided equally between law and medicine. Each year passes, finding us just a little more devoted to our chosen professions, a little more certain that life for us is slowly drawing toward its close, but always happy for the fond friendships and lasting experiences which our Alma Mater gave to us. Clinton L. Dayton Traverse City, Michigan Attorney Rev. Henry Hospers, D.D. 26 E. 12th Street HoUand, Michigan Professor oj Hebrew at Western Theological Seminary Herbert G. Keppel,- Ph.D. Albert Knooihuizen, M.D. 161 W. 12th Street Holland, Michigan Doctor Gelmer Kuiper 1 123 Peoples Gas Building Chicago, Illinois Claims Attorney jor Chicago Great Western Railroad Company Rev. Teunis W. Muilenburg South Holland, Illinois Pastor oj South Holland Reformed Church Rev. William Stegeman R.R. 1, Prairie View, Kansas Pastor oj Luctor Reformed Church Rev. Anthony M. Van Duine 141 Hamilton Avenue Passaic, New Jersey Pallor of F r ' t Holland Reformed Church Dirk J. Werkman, M.D. 1936 Washington Avenue Cedar Rapids, Iowa Doctor (Retired) InUruclor in Chemistry. Coe College « 294  H. E. Dosker A. A. Pfanstiehl F. A. Force C. Van Oostenbrugge D. B. Yntema Class of 1890 IF our memory serves us right we were seven. And as seven is the perfect number, what more natural, than that with all the grace of noblesse oblige we lived up to our distinction. Modesty and space deny us the pleasure of amplifying on the merits of the seven. As we look back through the haze of the yesterdays the mental outlines of our subjects are somewhat blurred; but here and there a line is etched more clearly. The first to step into the foreground of memory is Juistem a. He was undoubtedly the Beau Brummel of our class. Natty and neat, impeccable and correct in dress, we remember him. In him learning was wedded to esthetics, for ' Juist ever had an eye for pulchritude and beauty. And for that matter, so did his compeers of Class ' 90. Brother Juist was prone to burn the candle at both ends. Nor in that was he sin- gular above the rest of his fellows. One instance made it more conspicuous. ' Twas when sleepy-eyed, one morning in class-room, Juist was treading a devious, uncertain way through Caesar. Presently Prof. Sutphen looked up and with never a smile committed this one: Gentlemen, it is evident that Juistema sees her (Caesar) too much. Woe the luckless wight, who ' d been out for the night. Next in view comes Ossewaarde, our Jimmy. We might style him our Gentleman Jim. How, like the Mill-boy of the slashes Jimmy ' could sway to the oratorical breeze, and in sonorous tones roll off sesqui-pedalian stuff. Shades of Spartacus and Horatius! How they squirmed in their graves when Jimmy threw himself into action. And we voted Jimmy a bright boy. Peace to his memory. Quite on a par with Jimmy was Harry of the Kremer clan. There were no parasites on Harry. He could soar on Demosthenian wings, volplane down and make a perfect landing. He could ride the classics without a pony, and prove to dear old Caseje that Ulphilas ante-dated Noah, and that Dutch was the vernacular in which Eve berated Adam. A convincing lad, Harry promised much and lived up to the promise. We think of classmate William Bruins, soberly calm and calmly sober. William could have worn the Roman toga, for the aura of the forum encircled his brow. A good scholar withal. But once William ' s placidity was rudely broken, when Juistema, in a light, frivolous moment, popped a nitrogen gun at his head. The class meekly received Dr. Scott ' s prompt dismissal, but joyously voted it — the end of a perfect day. And then there were Van Kampen and Flipse, the two inseparables. Damon and « 295  Pythias, politely speaking, had nothing on them. Scholastically they upheld the tradition of the class, but did not confine their study to academic lore. They agreed with Pope that the proper study of mankind is man — more particularly the better half of man. However, more or less, the entire class was not averse to this phase of sociological study. And last but not least, we must pen the name of dear good Brother Bekken. A faithful, conscientious minister who died comparatively young, but in the Master ' s service. Isaac; Van Kampen. Rev. Dirk L. Betten ' ■ Herman S. Juistema 943 Chestnut Street Rev. William H. Bruins Riverside, California Forrestville, New York ' ' ' A ; . .; n, Mel hod nt Church (Presbyterian Church) Rev. Harry Kremers, D.D. Miniiter in Preibyterian Church Coe College Cedar Rapids, Iowa Rev. Martin Flipse Dean of Men 420 W. 56th Street Rev. James Ossewaarde ' Los Angeles, California Rev. Isaac Van Kampen, Ph.D. Classical Missionary and Pastor of Monsey, New York Hope Reformed Church Pastor of Saddle River Reformed Church Class of 1891 ASKED to furnish three hundred words of humor anent the ludicious side of our college life in the gay nineties and yet importuned not to inconvenience myself, I shall report just a few memories which, without elTort, float back to me. To others it may appear a vain quest for The Fossil Hunters. There were six of us. Fanny Steffens, with her quick, bird-like movements; Dick Gleysteen, whose dark complexion and bushy eyebrows enabled him to achieve, on occasion, the saturnine expression of a chief villain in a play; Gerrit Albers, florid of face, eyes with a smile, somewhat worldly wise; the always serious John Sietsema; and our class orator, John Vander Meulen; also my humble self. I was trying to recall, Vander Meulen, whether I ever saw you run. I still see you, in the Doesburg room, slouched down in a chair that was tipped back, your hand usually holding fast to my chair to give partial support. Your brown checked, hairy overcoat usually gave evidence of your having driven in from Ebenezer. And Sietsema, you were the strong man of the class. I still get a kick out of the faces you used to make when under stress, especially the day you climbed a tall ladder and having our big class motto on your shoulder. The buldging neck cords, fiery red face and awful grimaces up there at the top of the ladder! Remember that time you hit that liner out to where I was guarding first base? We had few gloves in those days. I had none, and simply held up my hands for the catch. That cannon ball hit my hands so hard that I never felt it and did not know that they had convulsively closed on the ball until I heard onlookers clap their hands. Wow! Our hands were black and blue all season. Talking of accidental virtues, there was the morning, Vander Meulen, when you told me of the hit I had made in writing my Anchor editorial on Pearls. In my inno- cence I had written of turning irritants and disappointments into pearls of character. Don ' t be just an oyster: make a pearl. You insisted I knew all the time that our Editor-in-Chief had been turned down by his girl and had sought consolation with a fair maiden whose name was Pearl. Stray memories all, not meaning much, and doubtless of little interest, but the in- fliction is at your request, editors of the MILESTONE. Ji ' RRV P. Winti:r, Gerrit H. Albers D. Gleysteen, M.D. Box .344, San Antonio, Texas Lamberton, Minnesota Life Insurance Doctor « 296 ' Rev. John Sietsema Little Falls, New Jersey Pastor of Second Reformed Church of Little Falls Fannie A. Steffens (Mrs. D. Gleysteen) Lamberton, Minnesota At Home Rev. John M. Vander Meulen, D.D. 1421 Castlewood Avenue Louisville, Kentucky Professor in Louisville Presbyterian Seminary Rev. Jerry P. Winter Clymer, New York Pastor of Clymer Hill Reformed Church Class of 1892 FIFTEEN members of the Columbian Class responded to the roll call at the opening of the college year in the fall of 1888. The name Columbian had been adopted because its graduation year marked the four hundredth anniversary of Columbus ' great discovery. The Fraternal Society at this period seemed to be limping on its last legs, and the Columbian Class at once essayed to organized a new literary society, but to their disappointment the faculty disapproved and the matter was dropped. Sentiment for the time-honored Fraternal Society undoubtedly played an important part. However, the following year saw the successful organization of the Cosmopolitan Society by the Class of ' 93. When we see the Freshmen of today wearing the green toggery decreed by upper classmen, we smile to think that the Class of ' 92, acting upon their own initiative, appeared in chapel one morning wearing headgear that would have done honor to the Sultan of Turkey. Another great event in the lives of little men was the junior public entertainment given by the class in 1891. Outside of the commencement exercises public entertainments sponsored by the college were rare. The Columbian Class in its Junior year decided to give what was then termed a Junior exhibition. It was a grand success, with bogus pro- grams thrown in free of charge for full measure. Later, however, a day of reckoning came for those who had dared to call us the Big-head Class. Prof. Kollen, on the evening of the exercises, kindly and wittily poured oil upon the troubled waters by stating that the class evidently deserved the name long-headed rather than big-headed. Today as we write these lines memory reverts to those college days and once more we see the faces of professors and classmates and we long to converse with them as in days gone by. All the professors, with a single exception, have gone to their reward. Of the eleven members who graduated in ' 92, Homer Van Landegend, Gerrit H. Dub- bink, George E. Kollen, Andrew Reeverts, and John Luxen are no longer with us. Al- bert Oosterhof, Cornelius Steffens, Philip Soulen, Herman Van Der Ploeg, Henry J. Veldman, and your scribe still remain each in his own sphere endeavoring to uphold the honor of our Alma Mater. Peter Huyser. Rev. Gerrit H. Dubbink,- D.D. Peter Huyser 626 Lincoln Avenue Holland, Michigan Teacher ( Retired ) George E. Kollen ' Rev. John Luxen •■ Rev. Albert Oosterhof Hamilton, Michigan, R. 1 Pastor of Reformed Church of East Overeisel Rev. Andrew J. Reeverts ' Philip J. Soulen Moscow, Idaho State High School Inspector Rev. Cornelius M. Steffens, D.D. 6305 Kenmore Avenue Chicago, Illinois President Emeritus of University of Dubuque. Dubuque. Iowa Rev. Herman Vander Ploeg 550 S. Uth Street San Jose, California Minister ( Retired ) Homer Van Landegend ' Rev. Henry J. Veldman, D.D. 1121 Jefferson Street Muskegon, Michigan Pastor of Central Reformed Church « 297  J. W. Visscher M. Kolyn L. Hekhuis Class of 189 3 T ' M WRITING in behalf of the Milestone Staif, which solicits ■ ' write-ups containing 1 ' humorous reminiscences of the College life of the members of the Class of 93. And they sent this request to Jim, the prosiest one of them all, an old Greek-root digger at Knox College. Happily, the Professor had sense enough to refer it to the only one of all the class who could, or would, dare write anything frivolous of all the reverends and legal lights, and Profs that make up the galaxy. How lucky that I cannot be haled before a Classis, or the Bar, or the Faculty, for breach of etiquette if anything here should be scurrilous. I have no label, not even that of lawyer or politician or ambassador or consul. And I am always brief. Now then — who were they, what were they, why were they? The last mentioned question would perhaps be hardest to answer, except for one general and stupendous achievement viz.: In the first year of their college life they brought forth, with rnuch travail (ask Prof. Nykerk or Art Van Duren), the Cosmpolitan Society. This explains WHY they were, en masse, and let it suffice. As to the two members who have passed away — Rev. John L. De Jong and Rev. Albert Kuiper — I desire to lay a wreath of loving tribute upon their graves. They were esteemed and loved by their classmates. Peace to their ashes. They have received their glorious rewards. Henry Huizenga, Ph.D., is farthes t away now; for many years he was in a Baptist Mission in India, but is now the head of a large College in Shanghai China ; so I can start in on him fearlessly. We were pals. In mathematics he outfigured Euclid. He was tall and lanky but pshaw, there was no humor in him and the only humorous thing he did was in the manner he asked his wife to marry him. But that is too personal. So I quit. Nor was Wirtje Jansen much of a wit. Really we had to hide our pranks from him. But he was the Father Confessor of the class. O, the secret failings and longings of our young hearts that he knows!! And they want humorous episodes from such material.. That disposes of two of them, thank goodness; and lots of laughs you freshies of today get out of them. We had no pajama parties or weenie roasts r ' swell feeds The best we could do was to ride on John De Boer ' s mule, eat a piece ot bread and butter at Pessinks ( sandwich was then unknown). The woodshed was the com- mon recreation field. So we had to take all our fun out on the poor Professors, of whom there is now only Prof. Nykerk left to testify to the hard lot of the faculty of those « 298  H. Boers J. G. Gebhard J. H. Kleinheksel S. J. Harmeling days. If, however, you expect me to tell many of the pranks — I revere their memory too greatly to snitch. Oh, here is Miedema, the dandy of the class. Immaculate and prim he always was, and is, I presume. He carried this idea of primness into his oratory and Dr. N. had a hard time keeping him from being too finished a product. But I never heard him crack a joke. Wiley Mills — the socialist, the prohibitionist, the political seer. How we rode him away back in 1890 when he even then predicted complete prohibition, woman suffrage, popular election of senators, the primary. He made good and is an eminent member of the bar in Chicago and well known in its political life. He still dreams. Prof. Albert J. Rooks of Calvin College. Yes, we raised him, and it was our class that nurtured him. And only our class could have done it. We tempered the wind to the shorn lamb and turned out a tolerably fine professor. Hope ' s faculty had nothing to do with it. Young Calvin has great reason to be thankful to the class of ' 93 for him. John Schaefer — the woods, the flowers, the birds, the stars were his themes for essays, debates, orations, mathematical demonstrations, calculations, and Latin. W e hated him. He rang the old cowbell on the steps of Van Vleck for recitations, and would never swerve one minute from his time. He was more punctual than an electric alarm of these days. Good old John. Stern Jim — silent Jim — smart Jim — Sterenberg. He is still all of that, they tell me at Knox College. Jim knew his Aeschylus by heart, his Greek by the root, his mathe- matics by the X — but he did not learn to sing Annie Roonie. I must not forget Will Te Winkel. It seems to me that when he and I last met, we each stood at an extreme end of the platform of the old little frame chapel, under the gallery. Schiet maar vader, ik ben niet bang I sang out in my childish treble and on sped the arrow from his bow — for he was William Tell in a Dutch play and I his boy. How that audience roared its approval when I picked up from the platform beneath me apple and arrow, the one piercing the other. It was wonderful markmanship. My head still aches. Dr. William Douwes Zoethout, Ph.D., if you please. And the Ph.D. was earned, too. Never keen on honor or humor. Now, class, now, class — Zoethout is all wrong — Darwin is all wrong. I want you and then for a lovely hour of haranguing on evolution instead of a math, recitation with Prof. Kleinheksel. How often we thanked Zoetie from the bottom of our hearts for mentioning Darwin. Perhaps Dr. Nykerk can « 299  recall a little episode about state secrets when he dismissed Huizenga, Zoethout and their pal from music rather summarily. I do not dare say anything funny about Bill Van Eyck. He might come to Chicago and clean up on me. You see, he wants to be taken seriously and people generally take his extreme Bryanesqueness as rather enjoyable, what shall I say- boncomb. Excuse me, Bill. That is the way you struck me lots of times. If you were dead when I write this I would not say it ; but now you have a chance to get even with me. Really, though, even the professors were scared stiff, when Bill started; for he had always the facts at the tip of his tongue and his logic was keen and his sarcasm was cutting. He did yeoman ' s service for the Democratic donkey. But we all loved Bill for there was and is intrinsic value in him. And this is written by the least of them all, in size, mentality and influence. Me they made the scapegoat. O tempora, O mores. At first, I had concocted a lot of funny things about the boys. But, really, they were such a sober lot, that when Prof. Nykerk (then a young man) got of? one of his periodic Boston jokes, they would groan instead of laugh. No, those boys were im- possible! Not a humorous thing escaped their lips, they swallowed it all. Throughout all those four years they were perfectly impossible as prankers. The best they could do was almost to roast poor old Prof. Doesburg alive between the red-hot stove and the ever narrowing circle of interested French scholars. The best, and the most humorous thing those incorrigible immovable jacks did while at Hope was putting over the Cosmopolitan Society. Really it was a joke the way that organization was born. The Frats were dead as a doornail when we entered college. They could not get two fellows together to elect us to membership, so we organized a new society, or rather, decided to do so. And then came the fun! There were the old graduates who had been Frats — and there were the shades of the Frats ' ancestors from goodness knows how far in the hoary past. And they all got up and boo-oo-ed at us, and howled at us, and shook fists at us and threatened us with expulsion and burning at the stake (or steak?) if we dared call to life any other society. We really loved those professors — ask Dr. Nykerk. But when our recitation hours came, we were for weeks in succession regaled on Frat reminiscences instead of economics and rhetoric and mathematics and music — all because Profes- sors Kollen, Kleinheksel, Boers and Nykerk — the sacred Overisel Quartet — were old Frats. O, but we enjoyed it. And we put it over too. And now, I know some of them call the Cosmopolitan a huge joke at present. Let us advise you to study the record of the achievements of its former members and chart them as to oratory, science, divinity, economics, wife-beating, politics, anything. Their curve is always upward. As the Indian says: I have spoken. Henry Vander Ploeg. Rev. John L. De Jong== .j . j Rev. Henry J. Huizenga 19 S. La Salle Street Baptist College Chicago, Illinois Shanghai, China Attorney Teaching English Literature Rev. Wirtje T. Jansen 737 Beniamin Avenue,, S.E. Kings, Illinois Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor o Eliin Reioniiecl Church Profeswr in Calr n College Dean oj Men Rev. Albert Kuiper= ' - , Rev. John Schaeier Rev. William Miedema Paikersbuig, Iowa, Box 243 450 6th Street Min ter — u ' rring various congregations Oxnard, C Lilifornia Pa l r oj Oxnanl PreshyUrian Chinch « 300 Prof. James Sterenberg 545 N. Prairie Street Galesburg, Illinois Profeisor oj Greek. Knox College Rev. William V. Te Winkel- ' Henry Vander Ploeg 421 W. 102nd Place Chicago, Illinois Office Manager of the Dufjey Estates William O. Van Eyck 87 E. 14th Street Holland, Michigan Author Prof. William Zoethout 7115 W. 31st Street Berwyn, Illinois Professor in Chicago College of Dental Surgery of Loyola University Class of 1894 I HAVE been asked to write a history of the Class of 1894 in three hundred words. This is a greater task than that of ex-President Coohdge when he undertook to write a history of the United States in five hundred words. Of this class it can still be said, We were five and we are still alive. The baby of the class, Arthur Van Duren, graduated from the law department of U. of M. and opened a law office in Holland, where he became city attorney and Justice of the Peace and U. S. Commissioner for the Western District of Michigan. The next in age was or is Dr. Wm. J. Van Kersen, who graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary, served churches in Illinois and Iowa and then was chosen Western Secretary for the Board of Foreign Missions. At present he is away on a tour around the world to inspect the different missions of the Reformed Church. He received his doctor ' s degree from Hope College. Gerrit Tysse, the scribe, also graduated from Princeton Seminary, and served churches in Iowa, New York, and Michigan. He served as member of the Board of Superintendents of the Western Seminary and as its Stated Clerk after the death of Dr. P. Moerdyke. At present he is engaged as Home Missionary in Michigan and the Stated Clerk of the Classis of Holland. He is especially known as the father of his children. Next comes Peter Swart, a graduate of Western Seminary, who served churches in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Besides being a successful pastor he is an artist and inventor of unusual ability. And last, the daddy of the class is Klaas J. Dykema, a graduate of New Brunswick Seminary. His ministry has been almost exclusively in the far West. At present he is pastor of the church at Platte, South Dakota, and State Clerk of the Dakota Classis. Gerrit Tysse. Rev. Klaas W. Dykema Arthur Van Duren PI atte. South Dakota 24 E. I4th Street Pastor of Charles Mix Reformed Church Holland, Michigan Rev. Peter Swart , Attorney De Motte, Indiana Pastor of American Reformed Church Rev. William J. Van Kersen, D.D. Rev. Gerrit Tysse 178 W. I5th Street 88 E. 13th Street Holland, Michigan Holland, Michigan ' ' Western District Secretary of Board Classical Missionary. Classis of Holland Foreign Missions. R.C.A. Class of 189 5 IT HAD many distinguishing features. As to numbers it was average. The Anniver- sary Catalog (1926) gives the enrollment as ten but it should really count another for a marked member was John Vande Erve, genial immigrant, pioneer, word hurler, preacher, professor and whatnot. At various times we enrolled others but a scant dozen started and remained through the course. Our origins varied widely. We hailed from the parsonage and the plain; from Wisconsin, Iowa and New York; from the Netherlands and India; and of course from « 301  J ' 1 7 9 « • 1 M A. Vennema K. Kimura D. J. De Bey M. Oghimi E. De Spelder G. Niemeyer Michigan. We also boasted a lady member. The memories are still delightful of the joys of attending her about the campus and around town. (For she was distinguished in bearing both the name and the spirit of Van Raalte.) To the shame and disgrace of the he men of the class be it said that none of them had the aspiration, or possibly the courage, to annex her name. The four years of college history cannot be told in terms of struggle. Athletics, then, were practically nil. Intercollegiate debates and oratorical contests were yet to be. So our surplus energy, after the daily struggles with Greek, Latin, mathematics and science, were spent on college pranks, evening parties (no petting permitted), rowing, skating and excursions to nearby orchards. Occasionally the lady member opened her home to a class function and there we rubbed off a litt le of the clinging verdancy of farm, field and forest. Anyhow we had a good time. So we sallied forth in 1895 to do our work in the world. One entered the business world, a half dozen went into the ministry ; some with more or less of honor and schol- astic degrees after postgraduate work, but all with diligent toil. The lady member after teaching in Public Schools took to herself a husband and taught a limited class in the nursery. The men also responded to the cosmic urge, married, and begat children. Looking back over 35 years we see that each one proceeded faithfully to chase his favorite phantom. Noteworthy is the fact that three of the eleven have answered the call of the grim reaper, one a minister, and our two doctors; on another mental darkness fell; others have had their struggles and triumphs; but they preach and practice and creditably play their part in the general effort to attain a better world. The memories of Hope are fragrant and its training has not been in vain. Hi ' NRv M. Bruins. « 302  Rev. Henry Martin Bruins ' - ' Rev. George C. Dangremond Montrose, New York Pastor o] Cortlandtown Reformed Church Rev. H, Dykhuizen ' - ' Rev. John F. Heemstra Hudsonville, Michigan Pastor oj Hudsonville Reiormed Church John J. Heeren ' - ' Rev. Benjamin Hoffman 4618 Wallingford Avenue Seattle, Washington Minister (Retired) John J. Mersen, M.D. Frederick Van Roy Crystal River, Florida Real Estate Broker and Insurance Agent John Vande Erve, M.D. Riverview Terrace Charleston, South Carolina Teaching in Medical School Rev. John Vander Meulen c-o 287 Central Avenue Holland, Michigan Minister ( Retired ) Julia C. Van Raalte (Mrs. O. S. Reimold) 124 Bruce Avenue Yonkers, New York At Home ■ . Class of 1896 MY REGISTRATION at Hope College in 1892 was ciue in part to the fact that I was the son of a seceder pastor living in Holland. With such a background I found myself as a maverick or stray among the Hope College students of that day. Due also to the two facts that I was living at home and that I was out of college a total of more than a year due to a recurrent illness, I did not enter into the student activity in a way which I might otherwise have done. Also, because of my peculiar doctrinal situation, 303 I may have suffered from what the modern psychologists call a case of inferiority complex. The most vivid recollections that I have of student life are connected with the literary societies which were then in vogue and quite powerful in college life. The three outstanding of these were the Cosmopolitan Society and the Fraternal Society in the col- lege and the Ulfilas Club in the preparatory school. I became a Frater. The meetings were held in the evening in an old wooden structure at the northeast end of the campus. There we met regularly, listening to very serious programs of orations, essays and papers on current events carried out in a most solemn fashion. Each evening a critic was appointed. No member of the present day intelligentsia could tear these emanations of youthful brains apart with more glee than was the case with the critics of our society. I remember with fear and trembling the occasion when I was called upon to play my part. The only social event that I remember was an evening supper given at my own home in honor of the members of our small class. Social life in those days was not a very complicated affair. Christian Endeavor Society and the thrill of walking home with one of the co-eds at the conclusion of the same furnished thrills which still remain with me. I also recall that during those years a member of each class for the first time was appointed to keep track of the number of his fellow students in attendance at chapel. This job was passed around. Some monitors took their jobs more seriously than others. If any monitor, however, was too conscientious and regularly reported the names of all absentees, the rest of us were mighty certain to report him without fail whenever he was absent, even though we reported no one else. I still remember many an instance where we had a meeting after chapel and selected some absentee who had a good excuse and reported him alone, thus prote cting the others who did not have valid excuses. You will thus note how the idea of developing a thorough working system was inculcated in the minds of the youths of that day. John N. Van Der Vries. Edward D. Dimnent, Litt.D, 92 E. 10th Street Holland, Michigan President of Hope College Rev. B. D. Dykstra Orange City, Iowa Editor of Volksvriend Rev. Edward Kelder, Ph.D. Coytesville, New Jersey Pastor of Coytesville Reformed Church Rev. Frederick J. Lubbers, D.D. Dot)n, Iowa Pastor of Dooi! Reformed Church Rev. D. Cornelius Ruigh 419 4th Avenue 18th Floor New York City Minister Rev. Sheldon Vanden Berg Port Jervis, New York Clas steal Missionary John N. Vander Vries, Ph.D. 38 So. Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois Manager of North Central Division, Chamber of Commerce of the U. S. Rev. Harry Wiersum ' ' ' Class of 1897 THE Class of 97 was the largest in the history of our college up to that time. There were no women in our group. Co-education had as yet made little progress in the College Department but since then there have come from our school a great com- pany of men not only, but a noble band of women also to go out upon the journey of life, helpmates to good men, fine matches being made on the College Campus. God bless them. We parted that memorable evening in June, 1S97. Some of us have never met again. We scattered far and wide with various occupations and professions each servmg « 304 ■ his God and fellowman in his own way. You in your way and I in mine. Out on the western prairies as far as the Pacific coast, east in New York and New Jersey, north in the Dominion of Canada; and across the seas Moerdyk is driving the plowshare of the Gospel and Christian Education into the stony hearts of the Arab. Warnshuis, sometime in China, is now serving as International Secretary of Missions. Two of our number have gone to their reward — Gerrit J. Huizenga who served some time as a missionary in India and Jacob Brummel. We are trying to serve our Master the best we know how, in the pulpit, the professor ' s chair, in medicine, business and on the farm. All are doing good work, a fine group of Christian men, not a lazy one among them. Of course, we are gradually reaching the age limit — not the dead-line for that line does not exist. If, per chance, we should be confronted by that danger a good God sees to it that we become grandfathers that our grandchildren may keep awake within us the spirit of youth. God bless the boys of 97 and Speia in Deo for the school of the fathers. Nicholas Boer. Rev. Nicholas Boer 1009 Hermitage Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor of Third Rejormed Clour do Egbert Boone R.R. 10 Holland, Michigan Farmer Rev. Jacob Brummel ' ' Rev. John De Jongh Rock Rapids, Iowa Pastor o Rock Rapids Reformed Church Rev. Floris Ferwerda, B.P. Daretown, New Jersey Pastor of Pittsgrore Presbyterian Church Rev. Gerrit J. Huizenga ' ' Rev. G. Kooiker Terry, Montana Minister in Presbyterian Church Rev. James E. Moerdyk Amarah, Iraq Missionary Rev. John J. Ossewaarde S. Centennial Street Zeeland, Michigan Resting Rev. Anthony Rozendal Volga, South Dakota Pastor o Volga Reformed Church Henry Saggers R. R. 3 Holland, Michigan Secretary-Treasurer of Holland Cooperative Association Prof. J. G. Vanden Bosch 857 Bates Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Professor in Caliin College Rev. Louis Vanden Burg, D.D. . 496 E. 29th Street Paterson, New Jersey Pastor of First Presbyterian Church Rev. Jacob Vander Meulen, D.D, 29 E. 16th Street Holland, Michigan Professor of New Testament Greek and Exegesis at W est em T heological Seminary John F. Van Slooten 687 S. Kingsley Drive Los Angeles, California Manager of Insurance Co. Rev. A. Livingston Warnshuis, D.D. c-o Mission ' s Building Yuen Ming Yuen Road Shanghi, China Secretary, International Missionary Council Rev. G. W. Watermulder White Tail, Nebraska Pastor of White Tail Canyon Reformed Church Henry L. Yonker, M.D. 397 Burrows Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Physician and Surgeon Class of 1898 THE Class of 98 had the distinction of being one of the most unique in the college at that time. There were sixteen of us at the beginning of the Freshman year. Dur- ing the course of four years some of our members graduated before it was time. But a number of new members joined us later and when the class graduated there were still sixteen of us. In some respects the class was a peace-loving one, in other respects they were an aggressive group, and enjoyed an occasional scrap. The class was restless, perhaps due to an over abundance of Push and Punch. This was evident in the class room, and in 305  R H Joldersma B. Smits G. J. Diekema T. J. Kommers J. Riemersma J. G. Van Hess J. G. Fagg C. S. Button Other rooms and also in the open field. But they ever proved themselves a class of men, faithful, persevering, and hard working. It was evident that each had an aim in view. Some were preparing for the ministry, some for teaching, and others for scientific fields. Dr. John Banninga is our representative on the foreign field. Rev. John Meengs, Rev. John Steketee, Rev. Jacob Van Ess, Rev. C. Kuyper, and Rev. A. Klerk are serving the church at home. Prof. J. W. Beardslee, D.D., is teaching at New Brunswick Seminary. The other members of the class are widely scattered, and all contact seems to have been broken. Another unique characteristic of the class, is its want of cohesion. It may be due to the great distance that has separated them. A class reunion has never been possible. Classmates, is not such a reunion possible? Shall we make the attempt? I nominate Rev. John Steketee as chairman of a committee to bring it about. I want to remind the class of one or two incidents. One of these occured in the class of Prof. Whitenack. It was a morning the class arrived in the recitation room long before the professor. At once there was something doing. The chairs and the tables were used to form a barricade. The members immediately took their position, each armed with a broom, or what have you, and as the prof, came into the room, a regular warwhoope greeted him. Of course a most severe rebuke was administered, and we were ordered to put everything in its place. When the class was ready for the duty of the hour, the noble prof, apologized for iiaving spoken so harshly to the class. Tlic otlier interesting incident occured in the Latin room. Here Prof. Sutphen wielded the Roman Scepter, and all who have enjoyed his teaching will remember how well he could wield his sceptor, ' I ' he prof, was never too well pleased with students « 306  - 1 1 111 iiiiifigit Mtii m F. C. Phelps (Otte) S. G. Alcott J. E. Matzke G. De Jonge (Whitenack) P. Ihrman J. W. Bosnian P. T. Phelps J. Poppen C. T. Steffens who were bound to be happy and cheerful. Our class at this time had the distinction of having one or two members of the fairer sex. One of them often proved to be more than an equal to the prof, sarcasm. One morning as the class entered the recitation room, this particular young lady seemed to be enjoying herself to the full. Suddenly the prof, leaped from his throne and shouted, Say, Miss , are you for sale. ' ' The young lady looked at him, and quietly replied, No, prof., did you wish to buy one.- The prof., being a single man at the time, seemed much embarrassed. For once the prof, lost his austerity, and actually smiled to the young lady, much to the relief of the class. Rev. John J. Banninga, D.D. Pasumalai, South India Missionary in Congregational Church Rev. John Walter Beardslee, Jr., D.D., Ph.D. Seminary Place New Brunswick, New Jersey Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Hellenistic Greek in New Brunsivick The- ological Seminary Robert P. De Bruyn Roggen, Colorado Teacher Rev. Martin Hyink Castlewood, South Dakota Pastor of First Presyhterian Church Rev. Abraham Klerk 1102 N. Westnedge Avenue Kalamazoo, Michigan Pastor of Third Reformed Church Robert E. Kremers 1370 E. 32nd Street Portland, Oregon Engineer for General Contractor Rev. Cornelius Kuyper Cedar Grove, Wisconsin Pastor of Cedar Grove Reformed Church Rev. John G. Meengs 5 Morris Avenue Schenectady, New York Pastor of Second Reformed Church « 307  Rev. Ties Mulder Colony, Oklahoma Preshyter ' um Minhter William Prakken 128 Gltndale Avenue Highland Park, Michigan Principal of High School John G. Rutgers - Rev. John B. Steketee 198 Washington Avenue Kingston, New York Classical Missionary in Classis oj Ulster Rev. Jacob Van Ess Catskill, New York Paslor oj Cahkill Reioriiied Church Henry F. Van Slooten Bancroft, Idaho Hanker Rev. Jerry E. Winter- Class of 1899 WE FELT our responsibilities and obligations at once, we of ' 99, for was it not our duty to end the 19th century well? — Or was it to begin the 20th century? I have forgotten now which was decided, but I remember what serious disputes there were, and what eloquence, on the question whether 1899 was the end of the century, or whether 1900 was the end. And we serenely entered the college never suspecting that we should face that and many other serious problems. The faculty felt our presence at once, and I am sure appreciated us; for they always kept a watchful eye on us, very much as one keeps an eye on dynamite he is handling. No wonder, either. For what men there were among us — giants in those days — Skip, and Sly, and C. Mulder always so sober and straight-forward when he was not other- wise, and Folkert liable at any time to do something, and our never-failing Pop, and Feedie able to relieve any situation with his plea for goed speerit. And then there was Van Ess doing all heavy mental work as if it was a joke, and never able to do serious things even as though they were ponderous and serious. These were some of the major lights around which the rest of us satellited friskily. But we were always well behaved — we had to be, because Dr. Kollen began his successful regime with us. We were inclined to feel that he needed all the help we could give him — and we did, in various ways that he did not appreciate altogether; but we laid that to his lack of experience with collegiate institutions. Of course, if necessity compelled, we could recite of Halloweens, when stoves in Van Vleck walked out of the rooms and down the hill side. And what nights and excitements of Pila-ha-ha on old Van Vleck, when no one, not even a college president, could mount to us. How we live over the days when Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me. John E. Kuizenga. Rev. E. Aeilts Sibley, Iowa Minister ( Retired) Hal G. Birchby-- William N. Birchby 1500 Sinaloa Street Pasadena, California Professor of Mathematics in California Technology School Rev. Peter Braak- ' Rev. A. C. V. Dangremond 192 Washington Avenue Clifton, New Jersey Pastor oj First Reformed Church Rev. John James De Pree 326 First Avenue, S.H. Le Mars, Iowa Pastor of First Presbyterian Church Seine B. De Pree, M.D. Sioux Center, Iowa Doctor Andrew Gansevoort, M.D. 10859 S. Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois Physician Rev. John E. Kuizenga, D.D. 31 Alexander Avenue Princeton, New Jersey Professor oj Apologetics in Princeton T heological Seminary Rev. Folkert B. Mansen Orange City, Iowa Pastor of Free Grace Reformed Church « ,308  E.J. Blekkink D. Scholten J. A. Otte T. Matsda Rev. Peter J. Marsilje ' ' Cornelius D. Mulder, M.D. Spring Lake, Michigan Physician and Surgeon Rev. Fred Reeverts Lennox, South Dakota Pastor o Lennox Reformed Church Rev. Henry Schipper 309 Washington Street Grand Haven, Michigan Pastor of First Reformed Church Rev. Henry Sluyter 176 Haledon Avenue Paterson, New Jersey Pastor of Second Reformed Church Rev. Cornelius H. Spaan 882 Caulfield Avenue, S.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor of Grace Reformed Church y:fJ. E. Staplekamp H. Hulst J. Dyke A. Oltmans Rev. Gerrit Te Kolste ' - ' John H. Ter Avest Coopersville, Michigan Postmaster Rev. John Van Ess, D.D. Basrah, Iraq, Mesopotamia Missionary Rev. Bernard Van Heuvelen 544 Utah Avenue, S.E. Huron, South Dakota Home Missionary John Ver Wey - ' Rev. Fedde Wiersma R.R, 1 Ringle, Wisconsin Pastor of Forrestville Reformed Church Class of 1900 THE class of 1900 was known by two suggestive names, the naughty naught class and the 16 to 1 class. The former was a play upon the year of graduation, the latter had reference to the fact that the class,at the time of graduation, numbered 17, 16 men and one lady, the lady being Miss Henrietta Zwemer, now Mrs. W. A. Worthington. It ought to be said in this connection that while 17 members did officially graduate, there were only 16 to enjoy the happy occasion, one of the class, Mr. H. J. Brink, having been « 309  killed by lit htning a short time before commencement. As might be expected, where the men were in such majority the lady received a good deal of attention from the lady-men of the class. And though she was a civilizing influence in the class, her pres- ence did not always curb the spirits of the wilder members. As a sample of this wildness, we recall an incident that happened the very first morning the class met for a recitation in the Dutch language. The Prof, in charge was called out of the room for a moment, the result was a song, Mary Had a Little Lamb, which was carried on so vociferously that one of the class was soon after expelled from the school and never returned. There were still other members, during at least part of the course, but all dropped out in the course of the years, leaving only the 17 to graduate. The class all entered professional work. The ministers were by far in the majority, ten of the class ultimately entering that profession and the lady of the class marrying a minister. All of them are still in service, both in this and in foreign lands. Three entered the profession of teaching, while one who entered the medical profession ultimately also landed in the professorial chair, in his alma mater. One entered the legal profession and is still engaged in that profession. S. C. Nettinga. Rev. Harry P. Boot c-o American Mission Amoy, China Fukien Province Missionary Rev. Albertus T. Broek, D.D. Calvary Church Center Avenue and Olaf Street Reading, Pennsylvania Minister in Reformed Chinch in United States Rev. Abraham De Young 321 W. Cedar Street Kahimazoo, Michigan Pastor o First Reformed Church Gerhard J. Dinkeloo 579 W. Park Avenue Highland Park, Illinois Teaching Music in Deer field Shields High School Prof. Almon T. Godfrey,- M.D. Rev. Garret H. Hondelink 417 Alexander Street Rochester, New York PaUor of Firs! Reformed Church Rev. Henry Hueneman Forreston, Illinois Pastor of Forreston Reformed Church Rev. Leonard L. Legters 637 May Street De Land, Florida Field Secretary of Pioneer Mission Agency Rev. Siebe C. Nettinga, D.D. 133 W. 11th Street Holland, Michigan President of Western Theological Seminary Rev. Siert F. Riepma 2631 Q Street Lincoln, Nebraska Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church Prof. William Rinck=:- Rev. John H. Straks Maurice, Iowa Pastor of First Reformed Church John D. Tanis 3221I 2 Broadway Hotel Fargo, North Dakota Hotel Manager Cornelius Vander Meulen 198 W. Uth Street Holland, Michigan Attorney. Assistant Cashier of First State Bank Rev. Anthony B. Van Zante 9340 Waters Avenue Seattle, Washington Pastor of Rainier Beach Pres- byterian Church Henrietta Zwemer (Mrs. Wm. A. Worthington) Annville, Jackson Co., Kentucky Minister ' s Wife I Class of 1901 N RECALLING the college experiences of the class of 1901, after twenty-nine years of active life one realizes first how rapidly time Hies and again how rapidly some of the cherished ' activities of college days fade and lose their brilliancy. There are memo- ries mostly pleasant, which are outstanding always when a college career is recalled to mind These are memories of men who gave us of themselves. Time only makes these ries the more cherished. There are other minor college experiences which may be rncmot « 310  ft ji t 1 8 G. H. Hospers S. Hoogenboom partially recalled but in the reproduction one is more apt to add more fiction than fact. The beginning of a new century was kind enough to give the class a name — naughty ones — ■ appropriate or otherwise is left to your imagination. We started with about 30 ardent and verdant Freshmen, gathered from the wilds of the then unknown. Present Freshman classes have no monopoly on that cherished color. We were green in looks, green in conduct, greener in social attainments, greenest in learning, so green in fact that the late President Kollen thought we were the summer ' s hay crop late in appearing, and was recalling that in his younger days such a crop was gathered into barns. Figuratively speaking, this was exactly what the faculty proceeded to do. Co-eds were an unknown factor to this class which was fortunate for them both. We all pur- sued a Classical course, no other courses were known nor considered worth while. Those were the days of Greek, Latin, Mathematics, History, English, and a few artistic trim- mings by way of French, German, and Education, deemed essential to a liberal training. With these courses, our memories are more of men, eleven in number, than of subject- matter. Today, only Dr. E. D. Dimnent and Dr. J. B. Nykerk remain of that forceful and respected faculty; forceful because they have left the stamp of their personalities upon us which makes their memories the more revered as we realize what they did for us; respected, because of their zealous efforts in our behalf, always willingly and cheerfully giving of themselves and their time when help was needed. All of us can trace the ideals of life and the inspiration for service to the memories of these men who laid broad and deep the foundations for the present enviable reputation of Hope College. These naughty ones believed all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and hence proceeded to make some amusement for themselves and misery for others. Living true to their name they celebrated St. Patrick ' s day, 1898, a warm and beautiful spring day, by lounging in true Irish style on the sunny side of the old gymnasium. We were warned in a stern and fatherly way that such practices could not be tolerated and must not be repeated. They were not repeated. To make up in a repentant way for past mis- demeanors, the class decided to appear in all Irish dignity in 1899. Dressed in green caps and gowns of professional style, they followed the faculty to their seats. All classes were attended without the faintest smile. The Juniors, our common enemies always, beheved we were exercising too much dignity. They proceeded to dispose us of our canes. Most of them found a peaceful retreat on the roof of Van Vleck Hall with the trap door locked from below. Some of them may be there still for we never have heard that they existed after that. No further disturbance marred our peaceful celebration of « 311  the day. In the fourth hour class, Prof. J. H. Kleinheksel, in his kindly and character- istic manner, told us how very becoming our green apparel was, in true harmony and blend with our inner verdant youthfulness. The joke was on us. In those days an old white cow, belonging to the late Mr. De Witt, then janitor, roamed the eastern end of the campus. A few of the modernistic and scientifically inclined minds of the class were of the opinion that the cow ' s milk should be carefully tested. With proper ceremony, the cow was milked, the milk was tested at lunch time by several members of the class, also a chemical analysis was made to determine the amount of butter fat and other chemical elements, and was finally pronounced fit for food — all under the most dignified and impressive ceremonies. The next day Mr. De Witt would not allow any of the boys to come near his cow, having hunted everywhere the night before for her and finally tracing her to the old woodshed, where the cow had been left after milking and forgotten. The old gentleman said his Koew was betoevered (His cow was bewitched) because she had refused to give any milk the previous evening. Even the cow must have had happy visions of verdant pastures as she beheld these all v ise Sophomores. After four years of work and study — we like to impress upon the younger gener- ation and make ourselves believe the fact that we studied in those days, the naughty, ones were gradually weeded out. Fourteen of our number graduated. Truth will not permit us to say that it was the survival of the fittest. We shall leave our readers to determine the fitness of the class name by foUowmg their careers since graduation, all are true representatives of Hope. William J. Damson ' Rev. Wolbert Denekas 326 State Street Pekin, Illinois Pastor o Second Reformed Church Albert Hoeksema 472 Central Avenue Holland, Michigan Teacher in Holland Business College John H. Hospers, D.D.S. 25 E. Washington Street Suite 1717, Marshall Field Annex Chicago, Illinois Dentist Rev. George E. H. Korteling 1708 B. Avenue Cedar Rapids, Iowa Pastor oj Central Park Presbyterian Church Rev. John Steunenberg 1135 Jennette Avenue, N.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan Pa tor of Seventh Rejormed Church Rev. Henry E. Tellman 26 Canandaigna Street Palmyra, New York Pastor oj Palmyra Reformed Church Rev. James Vander Heide R.R. 2 Egbert Winter. Edgerton, Minnesota Pa I or oj Bethel Re j or tried Church Oswald W. Visscher 828 Colfax Street Evanston, Illinois Office Aianager jor Snoivploir Co. Rev. James Wayer 25 E. 12th Street Holland, Michigan Pastor oj First Rejormed Church Rev. J. J. Weersing 1224 So. 60th Court Cicero, Illinois Pastor oj First Christian Rejormed Church oj Cicero Rev. John Wesselink, D.D. 806 Peace Street Pella, Iowa President oj Central College Prof. Egbert Winter 272 W. 14th Street Holland, Michigan Head oj Education Department at Hope College Prof. J. G. Winter, Ph.D. 901 Forest Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan Instructor at University oj Michigan: Head oj Latin Department. Class o£ 1902 COULD we but turn back the pages of Hope College history, twenty-eight years from last June, we would see fifteen young people gazing hopefully into the future on their commencement ni ht. The class was not a large one but it was distinguished by « 312 having four young lady graduates. This had not been the case for years but the class of 1902 started a new order of things and from this time on the influx of young women into the college department steadily increased. These four young women even took an active interest in science and oratory. One of their number was the first girl from Hope to enter the oratorical contest. Another, Miss Anne Riemens, now Mrs. John Winter, won the highest honor of the class, that of valedictorian. Many were the happy times enjoyed by the class and on commencement night there was real regret mingled with the joy of launching out into life ' s conflicts. For a few the journey was soon ended. Rev. B. Bruins was the first to finish his work after only a few years of labor in the Master ' s vineyard. Some years later Dr. Hessel Yntema and Miss Minnie De Feyter followed. Miss De Feyter ' s faithful work as teacher in Cedar Grove Academy and later in Central College will long be remembered by those who knew her. In the Amoy mission the Class of 1902 is represented by Rev. Henry De Free, once president of the Hope Y.M.C.A., and now a faithful missionary in China. Rev. J. Van Der Beek and Rev. J. ' Van Peursem are both ably filling pastorates in Sixth Reformed Church, Holland and First Reformed Church, Zeeland, respectively. Dr. Wm. De Kleine has made a name for himself and is now in the employ of the government. John E. Winter holds a professorship. Jacob G. Bloemers has for years done very acceptable work in the teaching profession in the vicinity of Holland, Mich. A minister ' s life is not an easy one, so Miss Keppel kindly consented to join forces with one of them and became Mrs. M. Duven. Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Minnie Vander Ploeg Marsilje has for ten years been engaged in library work in the Holland Public Library. J. A. Van Zoeren is the fourth member of the class to leave us — he died several years ago. Bernard Kleinhesselink has been a surveyor for many years. At present he is in the surveyor ' s office of Big Horn County with headquarters at Hardin, Montana. Rev. Charles J. Bready joined us during our Senior year, and, unfortunately, was not able to be present when our class picture was taken. Since leaving Hope he has become one of the most distinguished ministers in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is greatly beloved and very popular in all Methodist circles. Fearlessly he has travelled through Russia, Germany and Ireland during their most troubled times; always with a view to Christian helpfulness and justice. He has received several degrees, some hard-earned — some honorary, besides the one of B.A. from Hope. At present he ministers to one of the very largest churches in the M. E. denomination, at Omaha, Nebraska. Jacob G. Bloemers R.R. No.4 Holland, Michigan Teacher in West Crisp School Rev. Charles J. Bready 104 No. 31st Street Omaha, Nebraska Minister o M. E. Church Rev. B. Bruins ' ' Wilhelmina De Feyter ' - William De Kleine, M.D. 201 Tilden Gardens Apartment 3000 Tilden Square, N.W. Washington, D. C. Director of Health Service — American Red Cross Rev. Henry P. De Pree c-o American Mission Kulangsu, Amoy, China Minnie Vander Ploeg Marsilje. Missionary (on furlough) 174 W. 1 5th Street, Holland, Mich. Magdalena M. Keppel (Mrs. M. Duven) Adams, Nebraska At Home Bernard J. Kleinhesselink Hardin, Montana County Surveyor of Big Horn County Anna J. Riemens (Mrs. J. G. Winter) 901 Forest Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan At Home Rev. John Vander Beek 281 Lincoln Avenue ■ . Holland, Michigan Pastor of Sixth Refor fied Church « 313  G. J. Hekhuis P. Wayenberg M. E. Alcott A. Vanden Berg (Diekema) Minnie Vander Ploeg (Mrs. Peter J. Marsilje) 147 W. I4th Street Holland, Michigan L brarhii! dt City Library Rev. John Van Peursem 231 E. Central Avenue Zeeland, Michigan Pastor of First Re fanned Church J. B. Nykerk L. Phelps John A. Van Zoeren ' - ' Prof. John E. Winter, Ph.D. 324 Grandview Avenue Morgantown, West Virginia Professor of Pyschology at University of West Virginia Hessel E. Yntema,==- M.D. Class of Naughty Three LEAPING back in memory one-half the years of my hfe, vividly a scene paints itself. Sixteen of us, including two co-eds, stand before the august majesty of the then PRex to receive the name engrossed vellum. Till then a strange scene; smce then com- mon For Naughty three first appeared in mortar board and flowmg robe. Want ot funds to buy or rent did not cool desire to innovate. Hands of co-eds, deft with thread and needle and of others sewing machine experience, obtained in making clothes in earlier days for kid brothers; plus a few yards of cloth supplied all that was necessary to manufacture cap and gown. Van Vleck trembled and shook during the hours ot operation. Surprise it was to all; naughty three rejoiced. Short of duration was the unity of the group. For where are the members now.-- Two have passed on to the great beyond. The two co-eds each grace a manse. Biismess claims one. The healing art is practiced by two: one in the homeland, the other abroad. Having been taught, four endeavor to teach the rising generations. And hvc lift the voice of authority in spiritual affairs every Sabbatli. The nature of profession and distances afford but seldom a meeting of more than « 314  p. HoUeman J. W. E. Visscher B. W. Lammers R. Bloemendal W. J, Duiker J. Kruidenier two or three. With one abroad and the others scattered over seven states the leaven of the spirit of Hope is leavening a good sized piece of humanity. No longer as a group but as individuals is the power and spirit of Hope to be diffused. Love and loyalty to Hope find tangible expression in the offspring of naughty three on the campus of Hope today. Three have already passed through its halls; five today are numbered among her studentry; and more are to follow. Not faultless, but, we trust, wholesome has naughty three been to state and to church. Thos. E. Welmers. Cornelius K, Baarman Rev. Lucas Boeve, D.D. 52 Main Street Kingston, New York Pastor of First Reformed Church Prof. W. H. Cooper 306 E. State Street Athens, Ohio T eacher Rev. Peter Grooters Monroe, Iowa Pastor of United Presbyterian Church Ned E. Hessenius Stout, Iowa In Business Grace W. Hoekje (Mrs. G. H. Hondelink) 417 Alexander Street Rochester, New York At Home Rev. Anthony Karreman Lansing, Illinois Pastor of Lansing Reformed Church Alice J. Kollen (Mrs. G. H. Korteling) 1708 B. Avenue Cedar Rapids, Iowa At Home Henry G. Pelgrim ' - ' Edward J. Strick, M.D., Sc.D. Kulangsu Amoy, China Physician and Surgeon G. J. Stuart, M.D. 523 Union Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Nerve Specialist « 315  Rev. Cornelius Vander Mel R.R. 1, Troy Road Schenectady, New York Pd lor ol Niikjy iihi Rtjoi z tt Church Rev. Henry Vander Naald 1323 S. Austin Blvd. Cicero, Illinois PdUor oj Weil Siile Chinch of Chicago Edward Van Landegend Hotel Ednell St. Louis, Missouri Teiicher of Mathematics in Central High School Rev. Thomas E. Welmers 46 Graves Place Holland, Michigan Registrar and Professor oj Greek at Hope College Rev. Sidney Zandstra 813 E. 22nd Street Paterson, New Jersey Auditor jar Auto Insurance Co, Class of 1904 TT WAS a sad day for dear old Hope when the Class of Naughty-Four enlisted under 1 the orange and blue. Naughty-Fourteen would have been still less of a misnomer, — annually a few straggling kindred spirits were added to the twelve. The even baker ' s dozen of regulars who managed to stick together durmg all the viscissitudes of Prep and College years were the hope of some, and the despair of others of the faculty. The climax of the years was reached when a ■ ' Tempest-in-a-tea-pot dif- ference arose between the class and the faculty during our mid-college career, and the class chose to call itself infallible. The nerve of the ignorant! But the saving influence of those faithful souls, many now of sainted memory, who had the patience to labor with us and on us, has not been in vain: — witness the fact that of the twelve, ten became either missionaries, pastors, or pastor ' s wives. Though separated far, we ' ll wager that oftentimes the members, like veterans dreaming of the battle scenes of the distant past, live over again the days of the long ago And if you who read this happen to be one of that Magic Circle of ' 04, though you live in Michigan or Mozambique, do you remember that afternoon feast on the platform of the old Macatawa auditorium, and the milling crowds around the old college oym on the night of the shooting stars? Do you remember the chanting songs, the flow- ing robes and the refractory sandals of that first Greek play? The Frosh-soph rush and banner smashing on oratorical contest night in our Freshman year? and the — Sergeant, call the roll of ' 04. Somers, Kruizie, Jack, Matt, Kelly, Miss V., Miss Minnie Walvoord, Steflfens, Wub, Jim, Hoekje. To your feet! To the Class of ' 04 and to the faithful faculty who moulded it — to the living and to the memory of the departed — a fervant toast! Rev. Jacob G. Brouwer 1839 Gunderson Avenue Berwyn, Illinois Pastor oj First Rejornitd Church of Chicago James C. De Pree East Central Avenue Zeeland, Michigan In Harduare Business Rev. Matthias J. Duven R.R. 2 Adams, Nebraska PaUor Rcjor Ufd Church oj PclLi, Nehr. Rev. Willis G. Hoekje 16 Hiiashi Yamate, Nagasaki, Japan Al ' i sionary Jacob W. Kelder 313 So. Michigan Avenue Big Rapids, Michigan Superintendent oj Schools Rev. Evert R. Kruizenga 24 Prospect Street Fort Plain, New York Pastor oj First Refor ned Church Minnie Riksen (Mrs. C. Vander Schoor) R.R. 1 Yakima, Washington At Home Rev. Jacob J. Steffens 2021 Lincoln Street Evanston, Illinois Pastor oj St. Matthew ' s Episcopal Church Rev. John G. Van Zomeren Orange City, Iowa Pastor oj Trinity Reformed Church « 316  Mae M. Veneklasen (Mrs. J. M. Vander Meulen) 1421 Castlewood Louisville, Kentucky At Home Rev. Anthony Walvoord ' - ' Rev. Albert A. Wubbena Box 89 Forreston, Illinois Minister. At present convalescing from illness Class of 190 5 WE ALL started in life bald-headed, from which point we made considerable progress but, unfortunately, one or two have reverted to original type, having forgotten that a hair on the head is worth two in the brush. We boast of a lawyer, a missionary, a social worker, three teachers and eight min- isters. Our class has set at least one good example, that has been followed in the suc- ceeding years, by many others — the first College Annual at Hope was published by the Class of 1905. There is something of the Jew about this class. We have an Abraham and a Jacob, but missed out on Isaac. However, our Jacob is doubtless tricky enough to more than make up for this lack. Then too, the Jewish character of the class is further evidenced by the fact that we are so scattered over the earth that only four of the fourteen mem- bers found it possible to respond to our inquiry of information. The startling worth of the class is further attested to by the fact that we have a Cornelius and a Martin — named after Martin Luther — several centuries after. Yet in spite of the religious tone these names give, truth compels us to admit, there is only one Christian in the entire class. Margie Keppel. Rev. Gerrit Bosch Colton, South Dakota Pastor of Cohort Reformed Church Christian Broek Michigan Theatre Building Muskegon, Michigan Attorney Margie Keppel 113 Central Avenue Zeeland, Michigan At Home Rev. Elmer F. Mc Carty 222 S. Clemens Avenue Lansing, Michigan Foreign Missions Secretary and Treasurer Wesleyan Methodist Church Abram J. Muste Brookwood Labor College Katonah, New York Chairman of the Faculty Rev. D. Muyskens Lyden, Washington Pastor of Christian Reformed Church Rev. J. C. Pelgrim, D.D. 911 Anastasia Avenue Coral Gables, Florida Pastor in a Presbyterian Church Rev. Gerrit J. Pennings Bahrein Persian Gulf, Arabia Missionary Rev. Zwier Roetman R.R. 1 Hospers, Iowa Pastor of Newkirk Reformed Church Rev. William Rottschaefer Fremont, Michigan Pastor of Fremont Reformed Church Rev. Martin C. Ruisaard R.R. 4 Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin Pastor of Gibhsville Reformed Church Don C. Taylor 219 W. 73rd Street Seattle, Washington Teaching in High School Willard Vander Laan 23 Strong Street Muskegon, Michigan Teaching Mathematics in Muskegon High School Rev. Cornelius Vander Schoor R.R. 1 Yakima, Washington Pastor of Yakima Reformed Church « 317  E. Kollen (Pieters) C. Cappon (Brusse) P. R. Coster A. Pieters S. M. Zwemer Class of 1906 THE NAUGHTY DECADE C. N. Thew H. V. S. Peeke Will you tell of the ' naughty ' years? Zoo sprak eene lustige paar, Of the joys of your college days, Voor vijf en twintig jaar? Ik riep mijne voorvaders aan, Pioneers in the Dutch colony — Ik was maar zoo ' n vrouwelijk student, Then considered an anomaly. For the number of females in Hope Kon ik op mijne vingers tellen; Polished gems, also diamonds rough, Zij waren toch vriendelijke gezellen. Wij hadden geen Voorhees Hall — But on the first floor of Van Vleck, ■Vond men een meisjes Voorzaal, Like a cabin on quarter-deck. Each night of Lecture Course numbers, Namcn wij wel blijde gemak. By dressing in frills, and by going Met onzen jongen in Zondaagschen pak. In Kapel hadden w ' onzen Voorzinger, But ' t sticks not so narrow, I say, Hoe Nykerk de psalmen begon, We all like dumb sheep went astray. Did we burn the famed midnight oil? Van zelfs, wij waren studenten; We heard, too, in class-rooms next day, ' Kwill niets van uw ' complimenten! Vielen wij op het ijs in de winter, Prexy Kollen looked in our faces, En zeicie, Ik lees m den Bijbel, Wicked stand in the sHppery places. ' So our pranks I ' ll tell only in secret — Zend mij eene postkaart of brief -- We weren ' t much different from you folks. En wij hcbbcn HOPE COLLEGE nog lief. Hanna G. HonKjE. 318  F. Klooster P. J. Zwemer J. Van Westenbur.i:; J. Lamar M. Ossewaarde H. Harmeling H. Geerlings Rev. Benjamin Jay Bush, D,D. 9851 Hamilton Avenue Detroit, Michigan Pastor of Westminster Pres- byterian Church Nettie R. De Jong Changteh Hunan Province, China via Hankow c-o American Presbyterian Mission Missionary Prof. Richard De Zeeuw, Ph.D. 533 Evergreen Avenue East Lansing, Michigan Professor of Botany at Michigan State College Rev. John W. Douma-- ' Rev. Anno C. Dykema R.R. 1, Oak Tree Road Plainfield, Nevif Jersey Pastor of Marconnier Reformed Church at Oak Tree. N. f.. and of the Grace Union Chapel at Bonhamtoivti. N. J. Rev. Dirk Dykstra Basrah, Iraq Mesopotamia Missionary Allen M. Freeland 1756 S. Division Street Grand Rapids, Michigan Kent County School Comtnissioner and Member of State Board of Education Hannah G. Hoekje 144 W. 10th Street Holland, Michigan Teacher of Bible and journalism at Holland High School Prof. John C. Hoekje 607 W. Walnut Street Kalamazoo, Michigan Registrar Western State Teachers ' Colleg Andrew Judson Kolyn Orange City, Iowa Attorney Rev. Bernard Rottschaefer Katpadi, India Missionary — Industrial School Rev. Andrew Stegenga ' - ' Raymond Visscher « 319  Class of 1907 TWENTY-THREE years ago a small group of eager Seniors received their diplomas. But it was not considered a small group then. How things have changed! For was not the good Class of 1907 the largest class in the history of Hope College up to that time, with one exception? Nineteen in number, only two of them young ladies, — about the usual proportion of women to men in those days. Here again we note how different things were then. Fourteen of the seventeen men became ordained ministers of the gos- pel, perhaps a little better than the usual proportion at that period, but another fact indi- cative of how attitudes then and now differ. Of the faculty as it was then only two members remain. Teachers may be better equipped for their tasks today, but we doubt whether the students love them as much, or respect them as much now as then. But perhaps the years increase appreciation and mellow opinions. That is surely the hope of those members of the class who are now or have been m the teaching profession. The four years of our stay upon the campus as students marked a definite turning point in the history of Hope College. The day of small things was then definitely left behind, and hopeful forward steps were taken toward a greater future. For as Freshmen we were the first new class to use Van Raalte Hall. Opening week that year was marked by the dedication of this building, then considered a marvel of excellence in every appointment. Only two floors were used at first, and there was ample room for all. Then came Carnegie Hall, and how joyfully the students entered into a new athletic era. The Class of 1907 was the second class to hold its Commencement exercises in this building. And then, to fill the cup of progress to ovetflowing, came Voorhees Hall, finished just before our class was graduated. Thus we entered a new building, and saw two other noble structures rise on the campus. It was a day of building for larger and better things. And today? God has been good to our class. All but one are still serving here below, one on the foreign field, thirteen in the ministry at home, three on college facul- ties, the others in different kinds of service. But all look back to college days with joy and gladness, and with deep gratitude to Old Hope, our Alma Mater. Paul E. Hinkamp. Mae L. Brusse 13 E. 13th Street Holland, Michigan At Home C. Martha De Jong (Mrs. Paul E. Hinkamp) 64 W. 14th Street Holland, Michigan Al Home Rev. Benjamin De Young 212 East Avenue Newark, New York Pastor oj Arcadia Rejormed Chinch Prof. George Hankamp 510 W. 1st Street Pella, Iowa Professor of Philouiphy in Central College Rev. Prof. Paul E. Hinkamp 64 W. 14th Street Holland, Michigan Professor o I Bible and Biblical Literature at Hope College Rev. Philip Jonker 250 E. 18th Street Paterson, New Jersey Pastor oj Riverside Rejor?ned Church Paul E. Kleinheksel 5828 Kenmore Avenue Chicago, Illinois hiveUment Broker Rev. Henry Mollema Fulton, Illinois Pastor oj Trinity Reformed Church Arnold Mulder, Litt.D. 802 W. Kalamazoo Avenue Kalamazoo, Michigan Professor of English at Kalamazoo College Rev. Cornelius Muller 400 Hoover Street, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Executive Secretary of Pine Lodge Assembly Rev. John A. Roggen Hamilton, Michigan Pa tor ol Eir t Reformed Church « 320  Rev. Arthur C. Roosenraad 30 Church Street Nutley, New Jersey Pastor of Franklin Rejormed Church Rev. Joseph Sizoo, D.D. Washington, D. C. Pastor Neiv York Avenue Presby- terian Church John M. Slagh 419 S. Lombard Street Oak Park, Illinois Principal of High School Rev. Mannes A. Stegeman Hospers, Iowa Pastor of Hospers Reformed Church Rev. John A. Van Dyk Marion, New York . Pastor of First Reformed Church Rev. Gerrit D. Van Peursem Muscat, via Persian Gulf Arabia Missionary Rev. John W. Van Zanten ' Rev. James T. Veneklasen 419 Randolph Street Oak Park, Illinois Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church Class of 1908 THE Class of 1908 is broadcasting to you from the highlands of memory rather than from the mountain peaks of achievement. For it is now generally agreed among academicists and collegiosophers that school days when reviewed from the former emi- nence although subject to the vagaries of sentimental aberration are nevertheless more reliably reminiscualized than when observed from the above mentioned peaks where meteorological sporadicity invariably abounds. The foregoing period is offered to the present student body as a demonstration of what the fine arts have not done to us across the years. With these addenda ' 08 takes her place in this alumnium parade. While softly humming Old Heidelberg ' we orchestrate our appreciation of the Hope faculty of those days. Among others we can never forget Doctor Kollen for his genial personal interest in us all and for his utter devotion; Prof. Kleinheksel, whose friendliness helped thaw for us the cold computations and sharp angles of his beloved mathematics; Prof. Sutphen with whom we Romed the campus; Doctor Dimnent whose rugged mental discipline smarted like military training then — for which we thank him now; Doctor Nykerk, who held the Muses in leash; nor Drs. Vander Meulen, Kuizenga, and Beardslee, Jr., who showed us the superiority of the categorical imperative over the syllogism. Those were the days when we shivered of wintry morns through cold chapel periods. The more the thermometer declined the more we conjugated. Mornings we solved problems, afternoons we dissolved chemicals, evenings we resolved in debate. ' 08 sacri- fices personalia for the ultra violet effect of an ensemble composite. Good old horse and buggy days — and nights. What personal equations! What broken-test tubes! Socially we were sans taxi, sans tuxedo, sine die. But our statu quo was the habitat of the flower of chivalry. Let others idyllize our coups d ' etat, our hors de combat, our esprit de corps. Athletically ' 08 was unheterodyned and unsung. We got our exercise Ivanhoeically by living over again the tournamental tilt. Brasstactually we got it chopping up tough old wood piles with brandished axes. Manly sport that compared to the weak swishing of these fairy golf wands. And so the present links to the past. While ' 08 is still bubbling over she hears Holmes ask gravely, Shall we ever be men? — and waves Au Revoir singing a bit of Lest We Forget. George Ford Huizenga. Rev. James J. De Kraker 123 Linden Street E- L. Grotemat Big Rapids, Michigan (Mrs. J. D. Dykstra) Pastor of Michigan Westminster Presby- Orange City, Iowa terian Church At Home Rev. William Duven Rev. Anthony Haverkamp Corsica, South Dakota Sioux Center, Iowa Pastor of Grace Reformed Chutch Pastor of Central Reformed Church « 321  n mm 18 8 9 H.Hospers H. G. Keppel C.L.Dayton A. Knooihuizen G. Kuiper T. W. Muilenburg D. J. Werkman A. M. Van Duine W. Stegeman George Ford Huizenga 50 £. Central Avenue Zealand, Michigan Retired Biiiiness Man. Estelle M. Kollen (Mrs. J. C. Pelgrim) 911 Anastasia Avenue Coral Gables, Florida At Hotrie Arthur J. Misner 6602 Atlantic Boulevard Bell, California Teacher in John C. Fremont High School in Los Angeles John Plasman 6 Ashland Avenue Manchester-by-t he-Sea Boston, Massachusetts In Business Abel J. Renkes 6l4 S. Genesee Avenue Morrison, Illinois Teaching Mathematics and English in Morrison High School Prof. Herman Renskers Changchow Fukien, China Missionary. Vice Principal of Talmage College Adolph D. Schaefer Waltham, Minnesota President of W ' altha n State Bank Rev. John Vander Schaaf Springfield, South Dakota Pastor of Emmanuel Reformed Church Rev. William C. Walvoord R.R. 2 Williamson, New Yt)rk Pastor of Pultneyville Reformed Church Class of 1909 To THINK in retrospect a score and more years in an effort to recall important mci- dents of one ' s college days is no easy task, especially if one in those by-gone days had not formed the diary-keeping habit. Hope Preparatory Class of 1905 had been given credit for a considerable degree « 322 J. Ossewaarde H. Kremers M. Flipse W. H. Bruins H. S. Juistema D. L. Betten I. Van Kampen ol school spirit, and at least something of this spirit went with us into college days, even though the personnel of the class had naturally changed to some extent. We managed to wade through our respective courses with some degree of success. One recalls that some few almost succumbed beneath the intricasies of Latin; that all of us floundered more or less miserably through the required courses in psychology and philosophy; that, taking it all in all, however, the years passed without undue hardship. It was in our Freshman year that Carnegie Gymnasium became a grand reality. One who never saw the old gymnasium with its primitive equipment can scarcely realize what a gala day the dedication of the new gym was for Hope. How lustily we sang: Carnegie, Carnegie! He ' s the man who built our gym, We will sing this song for him, Carnegie, Carnegie! As Sophomores and Juniors we did our stunts in oratory. These were the days when a local oratorical contest could, and did, arouse the enthusiasm of the student body to the extent of packing the gymnasium. Class rivalry was a never-to-be-forgotten feature of these contests. In the Sophomore year a most leniarkable class banner in maroon and white was manufactured — a banner which was the envy of all other classes and the innocent cause of several inter-class scraps. In our Junior year we had the honor of being represented in the Inter-Collegiate Contest held at Hope. As a real achievement, the Class of 1909 prides itself in being the class to introduce « 323  the Senior Class Play, thus setting a precedent for succeeding classes. In the spring of 1909, when the air was tense with local option propaganda, we put on a temperance play entitled, Under the Spell. We had been diligently coached and directed by Dr. J. M. Vander Meulen, whom we regarded as a sort of class patron to the end of our college days. One remembers that those were the days when dramatics on the campus had not yet been fully sanctioned by the college authorities; one recalls also that good Doctor KoUen rather guardedly voiced his approval by saying, It was a fine Temperance lecture. From the proceeds of this play we left as our Class Memorial the stone steps leading from the gymnasium to the sunken gardens at the northeast corner of the campus. During the years since graduation our ranks have been depleted by the death of three of our number — all loyal Hope-ites. The rest of us, scattered hither and yon, carry on, each in his respective place, trying ever to be true to the spirit of Old Hope. Hilda C. Stegeman. Rev. Victor John Blekkink ? i: Mohawk Street Cohoes, New York Pastor of First Reformed Church Rev. Herman De Witt Rev. John A. Dykstra, D.D. 231 Lyon St., N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor of Central Reformed Church Rev. Teunis E. Gouwens 931 Cherokee Street Louisville, Kentucky Pastor in Presbyterian Church Grace Hazenburg (Mrs. William Cadman) 1 Rue de la Citadelle c-o American Mission Hanio Tonkin French-Indo-China Missionary Henry J. Heusinkveld, M.D. Clinton, Iowa Doctor Rev. Milton J. Hoffman, D.D. 7 Seminary Place New Brunswick, New Jersey Professor of Sacred Ecclesiastical History in Neic Brunswick Theological Seminary. Rev. Arend T. Laman Oostburg, Wisconsin Pastor of Oostburg Reformed Church Rev. H. J. Meinders Auburn, Kansas Pastor of Auburn Presbyterian Church Rev. Peter H. Pleune, D.D. 1640 Edenside Avenue Louisville, Kentucky Pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church Henry George Roest Dorr, Michigan Teacher Henry Rottschaefer 603 5th St., S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota Professor of Law University of Minnesota Rev. Henry Schut Hilda C. Stegeman 87 E. l4th Street Holland, Michigan Teaching Latin and English in Holland High School Rev. A. J. Van Houten 69 Orange Avenue Irvington, New Jersey Pastor of First Reformed Church Rev. David Van Strien 975 Pa ' isade Avenue North Be rgen, New Jersey. Pa.itor of U oodclijf Community Church. Cora G. Van Valkenburg ' - ' Rev. Isaac Van Westenberg 7811 S. Lincoln Street Chicago, Illinois Pastor oj Hope Reformed Church Emma Louise Warnshuis (Mrs. M. V. Oggel) 207 S. Grant Avenue Crawfordsville, Indiana At Home Wynand Wichers 89 W. 12th Street Holland, Michigan Cashier of the First Stale Bank Preudent-elect of Hope College Rev. John Wolterink R.R. 4 Hudsonville, Michigan Pastor of First Reformed Church ol JameUoicii. Wicltigan « 324 F. A. Steffens G. H. Albers D. Gleysteen (Gleysteen) J. P. Winter J. M. Vander Meulen J. Sietsema Class of 1910 1910-1930 Once we sang, — Y he)2 we meet again as classmates, Vigintennial to pass, Wives and children all included. Won ' t tee be an upYoarioits class! AND this is our Vigintennial! The quaint prophecy over which we all smiled has become a reality for many of us, — over which perhaps a few of the rest of us now smile! Two decades removed from college life permits us to reminisce with somewhat of an anniversary spirit ; with the passing years our memories have become glorified with an aureole of enchantment. The highlights and the contrasting shadows, the definite outlines and the bright hues have toned down to the subdued tints of a fine old Rem- brandt. It stirs us to hear students of today sing lustily the College song, In that dear old town of Holland, Michigan, composed by Henry Pasma, who has since won no small recognition as an author. We have reason to believe that the Class of 1910 has endeared itself to succeeding generations of students, in the gift of the famous spoon-holder ; although it was intended as a retreat for study, meditation, introspection, and possibly fellowship with kindred spirits in matters philosophic, psychologic, scientific, class marks and report cards. ' 325  1910 produced an unusually high percentage of ministers. Out of twenty members thirteen entered the ministry and our two co-eds became JufTrouws. Of the remaining five there are those who teach our children, raise our wheat and chickens, and pull our teeth. Always at the head of the list come the Gold Dust Twins. We trust that Harry Anker has some originals in his Sunday School in the Belgian Congo. Washington Bust Orator, Heemstra; Crack Debaters, Vis and Heemstra; Sweet Singers, Miss Pikaart and Dykema; Players upon stringed instruments, Miss Scheulke and Hospers; and organ, De Jong; Championship Athletes, Vruwink and Veenker; students all! We ate justly proud of them. Our ranks are broken by the passing of Rev. John Wichers (our valedictorian) and Rev. A. Verhulst. Our high appreciation of their ability and fine Christian spirit is en- shrined in our memory. Edward Huibregste. Rev. Harry P. Anker Congo Beige Lusambo, Africa Minister — Missionary Rev. Nelson Dalenburg 202 S. Elmwood Street Peoria, Illinois Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church Prof. G. De Jong, Ph.D. Muskingum College New Concord, Ohio Professor of History Rev. James Dykema 30 West Side Avenue Red Bank, New Jersey Pastor of Red Bank Reformed Church Cornelius Evers 125 W. First Street Pella, Iowa Professor of Physics and Biology at Central College Rev. Jacob Heemstra Orange City, Iowa President Northwestern junior College and Academy Frank J. Hospers 6401 S. Halstead Street Chicago, Illinois Dentist Rev. Edward Huibregtse Byron Center, Michigan Pastor of Byron Center Reformed Church Rev. Henry K. Pasma Box 216 Rockville, Maryland Pastor in a Presbyterian Church Jennie E. Pikaart (Mrs. H. J. Vruwink) 732 Morris Street Albany, New York At Home Ann S. Scheulke (Mrs. J. T. Veneklasen) 419 Randolph Street Oak Park, Illinois At Home Walter B. Ten Pas Cedar Grove, Wisconsin Fartning Rev. Arie J. Te Paske 318 W. Patterson Street Kalamazoo, Michigan Pastor of North Park Reformed Church August R. Veenker 708 12th Street Santa Monica, California Vice-principal Santa Monica High School Rev. James A. Ver Burg 1652 Neil Avenue Columbus, Ohio Educational Minister in Presbyterian Church Rev. A. Ver Hulst Rev. Jean A. Vis Sheldon, Iowa Pastor of Sheldon Reformed Church Rev. Henry A. Vruwink 732 Morris Street Albany, New York Pastor of Madison Avenue Reformed Church Rev. John Henry W arnshuis Castleton Apartments Staten Island, New Yi)rk Pastor of Brighton Heights Reformed Church Rev. John W. Wichers - « 326  A. Oosterhot H. Vander Ploeg G. H. Dubbink P. J. Soulen H. Van Landegend C. M. Steffens J. Luxen A. J. Reeverts P. Huyser G. E. KoUen H.J. Veldman Class of 1 9 1 1 nPHE Class of 1911 numbered 15 graduates, 10 men and 5 women. This proportion -L no longer holds in our or most other colleges today, as the ladies generally out- number the men, but the men of the Class of ' 11 gladly admit the unusually high stand- ard set by the ladies of the class. Among its graduates it numbers four physicians, Drs. Eerko Sam Aeilts, Joe DePree, Bill Hoebeke, and Bill Westrate, who are all well established at Morri- son, 111., Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Holland, Mich., respectively. Sam Aeilts had already earned the honored sobriquet of Doc even before graduation, while the others now more than merit the title due to preparation and record in the profession. To balance the number of physicians, the Class has also four ministers of the Gospel, « 327  Revs. Raymond Meengs, George Scholten, E. O. Schwitters, and Eldred VanderLaan. These are actively engaged in the ministry or in teaching doing their part in the moral and spiritual uplift of mankind. To keep up this fine mathematical balance so far, four of the five ladies in the Class married ministers, namely Mrs. Agnes Staplekamp Blekkink, Mrs. Flossie Dejonge Te Paske, Mrs. Bata Bemis Weersing, and Mrs. Irene Brusse VerHulst. Mrs. VerHulst is now teaching in the public schools of Holland, Mich., and Mrs. Weersing is at our Amoy Mission in China in missionary work with her husband. Mrs. Te Paske had the honor of representing her class as valedictorian. Miss Floy Adele Raven is the only member of the class not living now. She died a few years ago after teaching for some years at East Lansing. We desire to pay tribute to her fine womanly character and her record as a teacher. In the ever present miscellaneous group, breaking the balance so far preserved, Albert E. Lampen is at the college keeping tab on the caliber of the later and present graduates of our beloved Alma Mater while James Weurding as the only business repre- sentative of the class is making the money at Lawton, Mich., so necessary to keep all the others a-going. As a class, all are trying to represent the college creditably and doing their share in carrying out her principles. Albert E. Lampen. Erko S. Aeilts, A.M., M.D. Box 24 Little Rock, Iowa Physician and Surgeon Bata M. Bemis (Mrs. F. J. Weersing) 1564 South Hobart Boulevard Los Angeles, California Houseu ' ife — Student at U. of S. Calij. Irene C. Brusse (Mrs. A. Ver Hulst) 51 W. 15th Street Holland, Michigan Teacher in Junior High School Flossie J. De Jonge (Mrs. Arie Te Paske) 318 W. Patterson Street Kalamazoo, Michigan At Home Joe De Free, M.D. 423 Charles Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Doctor William G. Hoebeke, M.D. 1310 Merrill Street Kalamazoo, Michigan Physician and Surgeon Prof. Albert E. Lampen 86 E. l4th Street Holland, Michigan Professor oj Mathematics in Hope College Rev. Raymond D. Meengs 8163 Kenny Avenue Detroit, Michigan Pastor of Hope Reformed Church Floy Adele Raven Rev. George B. Scholten Neshanic, New Jersey Pastor of Neshanic Reformed Church Rev. Emill O. Schwitters 10 Johnson Avenue Bloomfield, New Jersey Pastor of Vf ' atchung Presbyterian Church Agnes G. Stapelkamp (Mrs. V. J. Blekkink) Cohoes, New York At Home Rev. Eldred C. Vanderlaan 2528 Piedmont Avenue Berkely, California Pastor of First Unitarian Church. Assistant Professor of Church History in Pacific Unitarian School for Ministry William Westrate, M.D. 617 State Street Holland, Michigan Doctor James Weurding Lawton, Michigan Pickle Business Class of 1912 WE HAVE often been told that true individuality cannot be copied — nor can the class of 1912. In those old days before mothers knew that children must be fed spinach at least once a day and should be trained and not disciplined by the demo- cratic method of procedure, sometimes by mere chance a child did grow up with enough « 328  J. Sterenberg H. J. Huizenga H. Vander Ploeg W. T. Jansen A.J.Rooks W.W.Mills W.Zoethout J. L. De Jong W. O. Van Eyck A. Kuiper J. Schaefer W. Miedema W. V. Te Winkel brain, brawn and braggadocio to make a stir in the world and the class of 1912 was made up of such individuals. Nor did they lack in vision and high ideals. Philosophers, teachers, poets, musicians, preachers, leaders, orators, dreamers, doctors, missionaries and a Rhodes scholar completed the list. This class initiated a new college president and a host of new professors during its brief sojourn; sent Hope ' s first woman orator to the state contest, and even dared to initiate the big Arbor day fight when as Freshmen they challenged no less worthy oppo- nents than the haughty Seniors and stripped them of some of their dignity and made them sore in more ways than one. Those were the days when flappers were just begin- ning to flap, when the world knew nothing about trends, inhibitions and complexes and when speed had not yet obsessed our flaming youth, so they took leisure once in a while to enjoy an honest to goodness good time. The class of 1912 was certainly known for its good fun! « 29  Macatawa was only a few hours away for those were the days of the thrills of driving at ten and twenty miles per when moons could be seen and appreciated. In fact to give the long and short of it those were the days of long hair, long dresses, long hours, long looks, the professors were more long-winded than long suffering and in the long run the only short ordered were chapel exercises, vacations, time before exams, and summer evenings especially when one lived at the Dorm. This class always aspired to high things, for example, their senior play — that stern and difficult Zangwill Melting Pot. Much discussion ensued as to a fitting memorial for such a class to leave the college. Hope ' s side-walks were deemed long enough and the thought of cozy cement seats had not yet entered their innocent minds, so one of the members who had found a new word suggested that the class give Pilasters with lights to guide the way-ward feet to chapel exercises. The bulbs soon disappeared for they proved too round and shining for the passing urchin but the pillars still stand, square, solid, unadorned, fitting symbols of this class which still goes out, quietly, humbly, steadfastly in our lands and other lands bearing testimony to the living Spirit of old Hope. Irene Staplekamp Dykstra. Prof. William H. Atwood 5820 Island Avenue Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin Head of Biology Department at Milwau- kee Slate Teachers ' College Rev. John E. Bennink 440 Apple Avenue Muskegon, Michigan Pastor of Bethel Gospel Tabernacle Caroline Bogaards (Mrs. E. Mc Neil) 103 Palmer Avenue Jackson, Michigan _ Teacher Rev. John W. Brink Portage, Michigan Pastor of Portage Reformed Church Donald L. Brush 217 Prospect Street Herkimer, New York Attorney Ida O. Danhof (Mrs. H. E. Yntema) Lowson Estates Lowson, Maryland At Home Mae Elizabeth De Free (Mrs. A. Luidens) 219 Arbordale Avenue Rochester, New York At Home Rev. Oliver G. Droppers 1920 W. 65th Street Cleveland, Ohio Pastor of Calvary Reformed Church Stanley T. Fortuin, M.D. Cambridge, New York Doctor Arthur H. Heusinkveld 125 Grand Avenue Court Iowa City, Iowa Associate Professor of English at State University of lotva Gertrude J. Hoekje (Mrs. H. V. E. Stegeman) Meiji Gakuin Tokyo, Japan Missionary Bernice H. Hoffman Rev. Anthony Luidens 219 Arbordale Avenue Rochester, New York Pastor of Brighton Reformed Church Rev. James B. Mulder 22 Franklin Terrace Irvington, New Jersey Pastor of Second Reformed Church Irene J. Stapelkamp (Mrs. J. A. Dykstra) 231 Lyon Street, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan At Ho?ue Rev. Henry V. E. Stegeman, D.D. Meiji Gakuin Tokyo, Japan Missionary W. J. Stronks 214 W. Oak Street Kewanee, Illinois Head of Conunercial Department in Keiranee High School Rev. F. J. Van Dyke R.R. 1 Holland, Michigan Pastor oj Central Park Reformed Church Gerrit J. Van Zoeren 78 W. 15th Street Holland, Michigan Chemist at De Pree Chemical Co. « 330  K. Dykema A. Van Duren W. J. Van Kersen P. Swart G. Tysse Rev. Bert R. Van Zyl Hessel E. Yntema, Ph.D. Holland, Nebraska Lowson Estates Pastor of Holland Reformed Church Lowson, Maryland Willliam Wallace Visscher Professor of Latv, Institute of Law at 15372 Kentucky Avenue Jo - Hopkins University Detroit, Michigan Rev. Fred Zandstra Laivyer ' 3509 W. 1 11th Street William W. Walvoord, M.D. Chicago, Illinois Dunlap, Iowa Pastor of Mount Greenwood Reformed Doctor Church Class of 1913 -j-p. -p — HMM! Not so long ago as some. Hardly long enough to reminisce about - ' - J and really too long to recall in any detail. We have reached that certain stage where if we could we ' d like to live over those days. The first five years after you graduate you think that if you did go back you ' d work harder. The next five you ' re convinced you would — but from then on until you ' re thoroughly mellowed, you know you ' d have much more fun. After you ' re mellowed — ' but we haven ' t gotten that far. As I look back, the thing that stands out impressively about that class of 1913, is that it was so different. There ' s something about you and all that sort of thing. To put it ministerially — Firstly: though we were originated in pep, nurtured in enthusiasm and perpetuated with acclaim we have never shown that obnoxious egotism that so many preceding and following classes have shown. In the second place, we have always liked each other. No, this is in no way a con- tradiction of my first statement. It just means that we have always had the best of times together. From the first big freshman party after we ' d won the pull, to that final picnic at Alpena Beach — my arm is still stiff from the many balls I pitched that day — and including all the busines s meetings and classroom hours. If you don ' t believe me, ask our profs. And now finally — in which I swerve from the ministerial route — we have proved to be such an all-around class. Our number today comprises several professions: religious, literary and medical, and in some phases, legal. Check me up if I ' m wrong. We have among us business men and women; housewives and husbands; athletes past and future; chemists, engineers. Yes — even one or two who have not as yet decided what they wish to be. And that ' s something — now isn ' t it? Evelyn De Free. « 331  Minnie Beld 425 Bellevue Court Western State Teachers ' College Kalamazoo, Michigan Rev. George W. Bonte R.R. 3 Oregon, Illinois Pu tor oj Ehenezer Reformed Church Gerarda A. Broek (Mrs. L. Mc Clurg) 1361 E. 64th Street Chicago, Illinois At Home Rev. Henry Colenbrander Orange City, Iowa Pastor aj First Reformed Church Rev. Clarence P. Dame 739 Catherine Street at Holt Muskegon, Michigan Pastor oj Unity Reformed Church Helena de Maagd (Mrs. A. Van Bronkhorst) Box 261 Conrad, Montana At Home Rev. Gerrit De Motts Lynden, Washington Pastor of Lynden Reformed Church Rev. Marinus J. Den Herder Middlebush, New Jersey Pastor of Middlebush Reformed Church Evelyn Mae De Pree 360 E. Central Avenue Zeeland, Michigan Secretary De Pree Hardware Co. Rev. Cornelius De Young Livingston, New York Pastor of Linlithgo Reformed Church Rev. Lambertus Hekhuis, Ph.D. Wichita University Wichita, Kansas Dean Rev. George G. Heneveld Wyckoff, New Jersey Pastor ol Wyckoff Reformed Church Hendrine E. Hospers Children ' s Home Springfield, Illinois Superintendent of Children ' s Home Jennie Immink (Mrs. L. Hekhuis) Wichita University Wichita, Kansas At Home Frank De Moen Kleinheksel 612 CtLipo Street Flint, Michigan Branch Manager oj Holland Furnace Cc Harry C. Kremers 923 Faiilkrod Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chiel Inorganic Chcmi l jor Chai. Lenin g Co. Mae La Huis (Mrs. H. S. Coith) 77 Central Terrace Wyoming, Ohio At Home William J. Leenhouts 604 Caddo Street Cleveland, Oklahoma Superintendent of Johnson Oil Refining Co. William J. Moerdyk, M.D. 46 Tigris Front Amarah, Iraq Medical Missionary Delia Ossewaarde 1211 2 Madison Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan T eaching English in South High School Henry J. Pyle, M.D. 1368 5th Street Muskegon, Michigan Doctor Verna Charlotte Schultz (Mrs. Grover Newland) Michigan State Sanitarium Howell, Michigan Studying for Secretarial Work Susanna Soerens 1112 Pearl Street Denver, Colorado Teacher Prof. Gebhard Stegeman 3620 Terrace Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Professor of Chemistry at University of Pittsburgh Rev. Alexander Van Bronkhorst Box 261 Conrad, Montana Pastor of First Reformed Church of Montana Rev. Richard J. Vanden Berg 305 E. Central Avenue Zeeland, Michigan Pastor of Second Reformed Church Rev. Bernard T. Vander Woude Oak Harbor, Washington PaUor ol 0,:k Harbor Reformed Church Martin Verburg 291 Marion Avenue Marion, Ohio Manager of Investment House Agnes S. Visscher (Mrs. Donald Brush) 217 Prospect Street Herkimer, New York At Home Edward Wichers, Ph.D. 113 W. Woodbine Street Chevy Chase, Maryland Chemist, U. S. Bureau oj Standards. Washington, D. C. « 332 Class of 1914 IT IS a sad commentary on the present day education — or perhaps I should say, on that part of it absorbed by myself — that I find prominent in my remembrances of the class of 1914, these facts: We won both the Freshman-Sophomore pulls in which we participated. Our men usually ran off with honors in the interclass athletic meets. We contributed our share of basketball, baseball and football stars — and some of these men are still starring in that line. Perhaps this was due, in part, to the fact that the class was so pre-eminently mascu- line. I am not sure of the proportion, but I do know that the male of the species far outnumbered the female. That may also have accounted for the professorially known wild element in the class. You know — the gang that carried out all the stunts the rest of us wished we had the nerve to do. Most, if not all of them, preachers today, and of course favorite sons of Old Hope — now! Then, too, there were even in those college days, those o f more scholarly minds whose efforts in the purely mental pursuits won them recognition among us. Oratory, debating, research and experimentation — all lines were represented, and well. And do not, please, imagine that because they were fewer in number, the young ladies of this class lacked in accomplishments. Music, literature and oratory were upheld in their ranks; athletics were royally boosted not only by their own prowess but by their enthusiastic support of the athletic board and the teams. And today we are proud of many of our number who are having a wonderful share in the work of the world, in a greater or a humbler sphere. In our class of forty members scarcely ten, (one quarter) , became foreign missionaries — some in each of our Mission Stations: Arabia, China, India and Japan. All are still living and working in their respective fields but Henry Bilkerk, who was accidentally killed about a year ago. All honor therefore, to the class of 1914. Long may she hold her glorious place among the Sons of Hope. Charlotte De Free. Rev. Jacob J. Althuis 848 W. 62nd Street Chicago, Illinois Pastor of First Rejormed Church of Englewood, Chicago Rev. Henry A. Bilkert= ' ' Cornelia D. Bouma (Mrs. J. J. Van Strien) lU W. 5th Street Bayonne, New Jersey At Home Hazel May Clements (Mrs. P. A. Isherwood) 311 Fairview Avenue West Chicago, Illinois At Home Charlotte E. De Pree 360 E. Central Avenue Zeeland, Michigan At Home Cyrus J. Droppers 7510A Forsythe Blvd. St. Louis, Missouri Distributor, Tools and Equipment Rev. William John Flight 629 Walnut Lane Haverford, Pennsylvania Assistant Professor of Biblical Literature in Haverford College William J, Greenfield, M.D. 50 Anderson Street Hackensack, New Jersey Physician Adrianna G. Hammekool 11822 La Salle Street Chicago, Illinois Teacher in Chicago Public Schools Rev. Harry HofFs 10540 So. State Street Chicago, Illinois Pastor of Emmanuel Reformed Church Clarence Holleman, M.D. R. C. A. Mission Kulangsu, Amoy, China Medical Missionary Rev. Henry C. Jacobs 810 Broadway Pella, Iowa PaUor of Second Reformed Church Conrad Jongewaard Anaheim, California Y.M.C.A. Secretary « 333  Rev. Edwin W. Koeppe Tong-an Amoy, China Missiondi y Rev. Robert Kroodsma Roslyn, Washington Aiinister m Presbyterian Church Nina C. Lindeman (Mrs. A. Gissibl) c-o C. G. Lindeman 820 Prince Street Grand Rapids, Michigan Clarence A. Lokker 191 W. 11th Street HoUand, Michigan Attorney Rev. Raymond J. Lubbers Sheboygan Fails, Wisconsin Pastor o Sheboygan Falls Reformed Church Leon L. Mulder 747 Fifth Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan Sales Promoter Rev. Cornelius B. Muste 29 ' i Washington Avenue Brooklyn, New ' (l k Minister of Rejoniied Church in the Heights; Educational Secretary for Hope College Rev. John D. Muyskens Madanapalle, India Missionary (On furlough) New Brunswick, New Jersey Cornelia Janet Oltmans 37 Bluff Yokohama, Japan Missionary (On furlough) 803 No. College Avenue Charlotte, North Carolina Charles H. Peet, Ph.D. 252 W. Circle Bristol, Pennsylvania Organic Chemical Research Kathryn Pelgrim (Mrs. E. Fibers) 330 Maple Avenue Holland, Michigan At Home Rev. Henry Poppen Kulangsu Amoy, China ionar) ' Rev. Luppo Potter ' - 334  E. D. Dimnent S. Vanden Berg F.J. Lubbers D. C. Ruigh John J. Riemersma 328 River Avenue Holland, Michigan Principal Holland High School Helen H. M. Roelofs 582 Prospect Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Micliigan Assistant Professor of French at Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin Rev. Nicholas S. Sichterman 1023 8th Street Port Huron, Michigan Pastor of First Presbyterian Church Rev. Henry D. Ter Keurst 495 Central Avenue Holland, Michigan Pastor of Trinity Reformed Church Elmer J. Ter Maat South Eighth Street Sheboygan, Wisconsin In Business Prof. John Tillema 1354 Montague Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. Instructor in School of Government at George Washington University Dorothy C. Trompen (Mrs. Henry Poppen) Kulangsu, Amoy, China Missionary B. D. Dykstra J. N. Vander Vries H. Wiersum E. Kelder Ruth E. Vanden Berg Efj i (Mrs. C. Holleinan) ; Kulangsu, Amoy, China Missionary N. Jeanette Vander Velde 1147 Worden Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teacher in Ottawa Hills High School Henry Van Houte Boyden, Iowa Manager of Cooperative Creamery Rev. John J. Van Strien 111 W. 5th Street Bayonne, New Jersey Pastor of Fifth Street Reformed Church Rev. Herbert E. Van Vranken Ranipettai, India Missionary Rev. J. C. Van Wyk 1721 Coit Avenue, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor of Bethel Reformed Church Rev. H. M. Veenschoten Changchow, China Missionary Arthur J. Visser 1571 Queen Avenue, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Salesman « 335  Class of 1915 FIFTEEN years since we bid our Alma Mater farewell and still it seems only a short time ago. As we sit here and think about the four years we spent at Hope many incidents come to our mind. We were much like any other group of Freshmen who come to college except that perhaps we were not quite so Freshman looking. We can all remember the impressions we received of some of our classmates as we sat in the administration room waiting for Dr. Dimnent, who was then the registrar, to arrange our courses for us. We were not a large class and were the more conspicuous because we were preceded and followed by larger classes. We eagerly looked forward to the Tug-of-war only to be twice disappointed and literally dragged through the river. When we became weary of studying we often sought solace at Macatawa Park via the interurban. (Dr.) Jack Poppen had sort of a mania for breaking interurban windows. We were not upset by so many Cases as some other classes and only one or two proved to be serious. We were quite a sensible and studious lot. The girls of our class were especially fond of Freshman chemistry and the boys liked elocution at 5 P. M. Our Sophomore year was saddened by the death of one of our classmates, Louis De Maagd, an accident in the gymnasium speedily took him from us. Less than three months after our graduation, death claimed another one of our members — Miss Ruth Pieters. The girls took gymnasium work and they tried to play basketball but this was not stressed at that time. Three of our boys, Slim (Dick Smallegan), Stogie (Rev. M. Stegenga) and Ot (Dr. O. Vander Velde) played on Hope ' s basketball team for several years. Editor ' s Note: Just how long did it take these boys to complete their work at Hope? — Years! The four years rolled by quickly and we did much as all Hope students had done and are still doing. We felt that same elation at being seniors as others before us and since us have felt. We enjoyed the envious stare of the Freshmen when they saw us in our caps and gowns. We graduated — nine girls and seventeen boys, I believe, — but in our midst we have a missionary, several ministers, professors, doctors, teachers, and housekeepers. The class of ' 15 will ever be grateful to her Alma Mater for the training received there and our wish is that the college may prosper and that the Spirit of Hope may continue to be an influence from east to west and north to south. Marguerite Vanden Brink Meyer. Martin Z. Albers New Providence, Iowa Superintendent of Schools Pearl L. Bingham (Mrs. R. J. Cross) 423 E. Ash Street Mason, Michigan Teacher Leon C. Bosch, M.D. 732 Madison Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Ohuetric an and St riiean Rev. John H. Bruggers Coopersviile, Michigan Pastor oj Coopersviile Rejormed Church Rev. John J. De Boer Madias Presidency Veiiore, India Missionary Margaret Den Herder (Mrs. O. Vander Velde) 597 Lawndale Court Holland, Michigan Henry Duiker, M.D. 1220 Logan Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Surgeon Rev. Marion G. Gosselink 4430 Mitchell Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pastor of Talmage Memorial Church Mary C. Lokker (Mrs. W. Tappan) 99 W. 11th Street Holland, Michigan Ai Udiiii Cornelius Mulder Hospers, Iowa Superintendent of Schools « 336 ' Wilma Oxner (Mrs. J. E. Whitwam) 646 Hazelwood Ave., Apt. 403 Detroit, Michigan Teachei — At Home Dorothy H. Pieters 1442 E. 59th Street Chicago, Illinois Secretary in Law Ofjice Ruth W. Pieters Sarah K. Poppen (Mrs. J. De Koster) Hull, Iowa At Home Henry E. Schoon German Valley, Illinois Principal, Pleasant Prairie Academy Wilhelmina E. Schuelke (Mrs. N. C. Johnson) 602 Parkside Drive Peoria, Illinois At Home Dick Smallegan R.R. 4 Hudsonville, Michigan Grocery Business Rev. Miner Stegenga Church Lane North Bergen, New Jersey Pastor of Grove Reformed Church Rev. Charles A. Stoppels 264 W. 18th Street Holland, Michigan Pastor of Bethel Reformed Church Margaret G. Vanden Brink (Mrs. Fred Meyer) 140 W. 19th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Otto Vander Velde, M.D. 597 Lawndale Court Holland, Michigan Doctor John A. Vanderwerf 1404 Sigsbee Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Life Insurance Business John F. Veltman, M.D. Winterset, Iowa Doctor Leonard F. Yntema 39 Marshall Place Webster Grove, Missouri Director Department of Chemistry at St. Louis University Class of 1916 THE class of 1916 was headed for success when their first venture netted the- Sopho- more scalp in the over the fields and through the river contest. Under the guidance of George Steinenger the verdure of the campus blossomed luxuriantly. George Pelgrim ruled capably during the sophomore trials. Social, athletic and scholastic genius devel- oped remarkably. The misses Haberman, Neerken, Smallegan, Winter, Pelgrim and Bosch formed the class basketball team which won college championship. Roller-skating and Macatawa parties tied for popularity and the Sixteeners swung into the Junior year with Hallow ' een festivities in the spacious Van Raalte barn. Milton Hoffman and his good Frau were chaperones. Ted Elferdink was legal adviser, president, toastmaster et cetera during the Junior regime. Then Tony Van Westenburg marshalled the cohorts in the triumphant Senior year — and such achievements! The class contributions to Hope ' s fame in oratory have been unexcelled. George Steininger and Ann Kolyn won coveted honors in the M. O. L. Ted Zwemer in the State Prohibition and Fred De Jong in the State Peace contests brought honors to old Hope. Debating, too, played an important role — with Ovie Hospers and Olie Johnson ready to argue and John Gebhard and Gene Flipse eager to fight! The class histrionic ability was portrayed in the two night ' s presentation of Tarkington ' s Man from Home. Harris Meyer and Frances Bosch played the leads with an exceptionally strong cast. The crowning glory to the fame of Sixteen was the Pageant of Hope — that marvellous production depicting in verse and symbol the history of Holland and Hope College. With Arthur Cloetingh as the master of ceremonies, the class poured great joy into the heart of Hope in her semi-centennial year. The class boasted of excellent musicians — Clare Yntema, Sara Winter, Bill Roze- boom and Harris Meyer as pianists, and the song birds, Henrietta Van Zee, Ethel Dykstra and Jeannette Mulder were ably supported by Flipse, Steininger, Raap, Douma and Van Westenburg. Scholastic honors were captured by Christine Van Raalte though many followed close in the race. The lucky digit seven, rightful property of 16 brought « 337  CLASS OF 1897 Back Row: J. F. Van Slooten, J. J. Ossewaarde, J. Vander Meulen, G. Kooiker, H. Saggers, F. Ferwerda. Middle Row: G. Watermulder, J. G. Vanden Bosch, N. Boer, A. L. Warnshuis, E. Boone, L. Vanden Burg, G. J. Huizenga. Bottom Row: J. E. Moerdyk, A. Rozendal, J. Brummel, J. De Jongh, H. L. Yonker. SUCCESS earned by hard work and its faithful cohorts LOYALTY and HARMONY. To perpetuate the memory of 1916 the class presented the beautiful Rose Window to the Memorial Chapel. Come Ye all, back in ' 31 and admire it together. For now Bye- B-By. Frances Bosch Yeomans. Rev. Albert Baker R.R. 4— Box No. 37 Saint Anne, Illinois Pastor of First Reformed Church of W ' ichert. Illinois Clayton W. Bazuin 40 Auburn, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teacher in Union Hi h School Rev. Henry Beltman 603 Washington Street Grand Haven, Michigan Pa tor of Second Reformed Church Frances M. Bosch (Mrs. E. J. Yeomans) 208 W. 10th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Prof. Arthur C. Cloetingh 717 W. Foster Avenue State College, Pennsylvania Professor of Dramatics Rev. Fred H. De Jong Mc Kee, Kentucky Minister and Superintendent of Mission Station Gallic De Motts (Mrs. M. E. Flipse) 3950 Main Street Douglaston, Long Lsland At Home Rev. Frank De Roos= ' Frank W. Douma High School Ottumwa, Iowa Principal of the Ottiimwa High School « 338  CLASS OF 1898 Back Row: M. Hyink, J. G. Meengs, J. Van Ess, J. G. Rutgers, J. J. Banninga. Middle Row: H. F. Van Slooten, J. E. Winter, T. Mulder, C. Kuyper, A. Klerk, R. P. De Bruyn, R. E. Kremers, Bottom Row: W. Prakken, J. B. Steketee, J. W. Beardslee. Ethel J. Dykstra (Mrs. H. Kleinheksel) R.R. 4 Holland, Michigan At Home Theodore H. Elferdink 112 Mayfield Avenue, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Attorney Rev. M. Eugene Flipse 3950 Main Street Douglaston, New York Pastor of Douglaston Community Church Helena Fonken (Mrs. J. S. Cowen) 1 2 Carolina Street Gary, Indiana At Home Rev. John G. Gebhard, Jr. Harrington Park, New Jersey Pastor o Harrington Park Reformed Church Lambert L. Geerlings, M.D. Fremont, Michigan Doctor Marie C. Habermann 1650 Grandview Avenue Glendale, California Head of Girls Physical Education Department of Herbert Hoover High School Catherine G. Hekhuis (Mrs. J. E. Hoffman) 317 Washington Place Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey At Home Edward B. Hoeven, M.D. 706 W. 2nd Street Ottumwa, Iowa Physician and Surgeon Rev. Henry O. Hospers 1540 Oneida Street Utica, New York Pastor of Christ (Reformed) Church « 339  Hermina M. Ihrman 1S2 W, 15th Street iiolland, Michigan Priinip.il oj Will ILhille School Lawrence W. Johnson 6H25 W. 3()th Plate Berwyn, Illinois Instructor in Physics at Morton High School. Summer: Manager oj Olivet Camp, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Adriana S. Kolyn (Ml-s. T. H. Elferdink) 112 Mayfield Avenue, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan At Home Rev. John Kuite 11623 Perry Avenue Chicago, Illinois Pastor oj First Rejormed Church oj Gano Rev. Herman Maassen R.R. 2 Holland, Michigan Pastor oj North Holland Reformed Church Harris M. Meyer 1327 Maple Street Kalamazoo, Michigan Proprietor oj Music Store Bruno H. Miller 109 W. 16th Street Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Attorney-at-Lau Jeanette Mulder 91 E. I4th Street Holland, Michigan Teaching English in Holland High School Henrietta Neerken (Mrs. W. J. Potts) Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany Home Address 7 Elizabeth Court Oak Park, Illinois Reta E. Pas R.R. 9 Holland, Michigan Graduate Work in English at Univeriity of Michigan George A. Pelgrim 86 W. 11th Street Holland, Michigan President Bay View Furniture Co. Nella M. Pelgrim (Mrs. M. C. Lindeman) 282 W. 12th Street Holland, Michigan At Flome Gerard Raap, M.D. 305 Huntington Building Miami, Florida Doctor Will A. Rozeboom 515 E. 4th Street Ottumwa, Iowa Teacher in Ottumira High School Nellie Smallegan (Mrs. H. E. Van Vranken) Ranipettai, India Miiiionary Rev. George Steininger 42 5 56th Street Brooklyn, New York Pastor oj South Rejormed Church Sara Helene Trompen (Mrs. H. Beltman) 603 Washington Street Grand Haven, Michigan At Home Rev. Arie C. Van Arendonk Gardiner, New York Pastor oj New Hurley Rejormed Church Christine C. Van Raalte (Mrs. Anthony Van Westenburg) 220 Ballston Avenue Scotia, New York At Home William Van Roekel Orange City, Iowa County Auditor oj Sioux County Rev. Anthony Van Westenburg 220 Ballston Avenue Scotia, New Yc)rk Pastor of Scotia Rejormed Church Henrietta M. Van Zee (Mrs. R. V. Barnett) 1115 N. Perkins Street Rushville, Indiana At Home George F. Veenker Ferry Field University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Varsity Basketball Coach Sarah A. Winter (Mrs. T. F. Zwemer) 76 W. 17th Street Holland, Michigan and Clymer, New York c-o Rev. J. P. Winter Missionary to South India (on furlough) Henry Witteveen 1229 N. Hamline Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota Chemist Miinie ota Department oj Agricull ure Clara E. Yntema 121 1 2 Madison Avenue Grand Rapids, Michigan Teacher 0] Latin in South High School Rev. Theodore F. Zwemer ' - « 340 Class of 1917 SEPTEMBER 21, 1913. An assortment of sixty-six individuals of various types, classes, localities, positions, and breeding assemble for first class election in the old chapel. Jack elected president. Dr. J. F. gets a vote. (How ' s Florida.?) Memories of the first class party. Emma chairman. Refreshments disappear. First roller-skating party in the old Seventh St. rink. Dr. Eddie learns to skate. Little Marguerite badly bruised. Call Cleveland! Elocution class. Jim ' s famous oratorical flights! Glory day parade. Weinie roasts at Macatawa. Half the class disappears. Field Day. How Tiede can jump. Buttes comes in first on his bicycle. Where did our bicycles all go? Wish we had them now for our children. June commencement and just a summer farewell. Sept. 21, 1914. A few new faces, a few new cases. Long skirts, small waists and high shoes. What a lot of clothes we co-eds wore! Irwin begins his prohibition lectures. New York trembles. M. and M. two Jews, organize Text Book Agency. Sis and R.E.O. take sudden interest in books. From West Olive to Indianapolis, what a jump! Herr Prof. Ludwig Herman. . . . Cut down on your cutlink upp Putty. Then he jumps out the window. Not the professor. Gertrude gets the first co-ed fur coat. Society night in the old Hall. Fraulein makes her nightly rounds. Betty ' s diamond the envy of semi- nary co-eds. Eva entertains at the big brick house. Paul and Muriel study nature. Spring again. Botany. Dr. Patterson all but Ruth. June, a house party and another farewell. Sept. 21, 1915. A few less assemble, university takes its toll. Art comes back with a New York vest (where art thou now.?) Broekie has one too. Dr. McCreary lectures on The Effect of Materialism on Science. All sleep well. John R. M. survives (he is now A.B.A.M.Ph.D.) Change tables at the dorm. Wish we could choose our own Dlaces! Z. Z. and J. D. appear in full military uniform in German class. Indefinitely excused for alveys and gut! Dorm rules change. Coo ' s door locked but J. B. N. never tells. Amelia inspects seminary. Looks O. K. to her. Who forgot the Pageant? No exams. Oh how it rained. Wisconsin Bill must ride a horse (now he is a Ph. D.) Again commencement, a little wiser, but not much. Sept. 21, 1916. Seniors at last. Our ranks sadly depleted, down to thirty-six. We link up couples and names, (how many came true?) Casey still at the bat (he used it in India). Dolly plays good tennis and wears white pants. (Where are you now?) Talk of drafts and war. Dormitory meals, no butter, no meat, no sugar. (Would I had my 1917 figure). Boys leave for farms and training camps. No party, no banquet. We miss our men! Caps and gowns. An attempt at frivolity. Commencement night and roses. Proud parents, speeches, packing and farewells. Was this really the end, or just the beginning? Rhea Oltman Brower. Ruth E. Blekkink 203 North Washington Street Ypsilanti, Michigan Teacher in Ypsilaiit} High School G. Marvin Brower 88 W. 13th Street Holland, Michigan Proprietor of Ottatva-Allegan Monu- ment Company Edward P. Cathcart, M.D. Mayo CHnic Rochester, Minnesota Associate Professor of Urology in University of Minnesota Graduate School at the Mayo Clinic Lawrence H. Dalman 155 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, New York Professor of Chemistry in Ad el phi College Jay Flipse, M.D. 305 Huntington Building Miami, Florida Doctor Muriel L. Fortuine (Mrs. P. Stegeman) Midland, Michigan At Home Walter W. Gumser Lowell, Michigan Superintendent of Schools « 341  CLASS OF 1899 Tup Row: B. Van Heuvelen, H. Schipper, G. Te Kolste, A. Ganzevoort. Second Row: J. H. Ter Avest, W. N. Birchby, P. J. Marsilje, F. Wiersma, C. D. Mulder, S. B. De Free. Third Row: J. J. De Free, F. Braak, H. Sluyter, J. Van Ess, J. E. Kuizenga, J. Ver Wey. Bottom Row: F. B. Mansen, F. Reeverts, C. H. Spaan, H. G. Birchby. Rev. Tiede Hibma 402 Lincoln Avenue Holland, Michigan Graduate Work at Hope College Emma C. Hoekje 144 W. 10th Street Holland, Michigan Teacher of French and German in Holland High School Rev. James E. Hoffman 317 Washington Place Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey Pastor of Hasbrouck Heights Refor ned Church Alice B. Hopkins Romeo, Michigan Teachei — Conducting Almaris Private School Bertha Hospers East Williamson, New York At Home Gertrude C. Keppel (Mrs. |. Vandcr Brock) 40 E. i2th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Eva W. Leenhouts (Mrs. G. A. Pelgrim) 86 W. 11th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Irwin Lubbers Carroll College Waukesha, Wisconsin Professor oj Psychology and Eduation Zenas Z. Luidens 1155 Cass Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Editorial Staff. Grand Rapids Press Amelia S. Menning (Mrs. J. C. Van Wyck) 1721 Coit Avenue, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan At Home Marguerite A. Meyer (Mrs. P. Prins) 82 W. 12th Street Holland, Michigan At Home « 342 CLASS OF 1900 Back Row; G. J. Dinkeloo, J. H. Straks, H. Hueneman, A. B. Van Zante, H. P. Boot, S. C. Nettinga, S. F. Riepma, W. Rinck. Front Row; G. H. Hondelink, A. T. Godfrey, H. Zwemer ( Worthington), A. T. Broek, L. L. Legters, A. De Young, J. D. Tanis, C. Vander Meulen. Rev. John S. Moore 270 Lafayette Avenue Hawthorne, New Jersey Pastor of First Rejormed Church Frederick J. Mulder 4863 Spokane Avenue Detroit, Michigan Teacher Rev. John R. Mulder 408 College Avenue Holland, Michigan Professor of Practical Theology in Western Theological Seminary Rhea E. Oltman (Mrs. G. M. Brower) 505 Fountain Street, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan At Home Elizabeth Pieters Pottenger Sanatarium Monrovia, California Joseph Potter 103 N. Harlem Avenue Freeport, Illinois Holland Furnace Co. Branch Manager Max J. Reese 5417 Hibben Indianapolis, Indiana Branch Manager of the Fuller Brush Co. Estelle H. Schipper 402 W. Williams Street Owosso, Michigan Teaching French in Owosso High School Paul Stegeman Midland, Michigan Chemist at Midland W ater Works William H. Ten Haken 200 Portland Avenue Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Associate Professor of Real Estate Practice at Marquette University, Milwaukee, W is. Elizabeth Van Burk (Mrs. C. A. Lokker) 191 W. Uth Street Holland, Michigan At Home William Vanden Berg 3751 2 So. Main Street Akron, Ohio Cbetitist « 43  John Vander Broek ■H) E, 12th Street Holland, Michigan liiujkkt t ' pci- jl T. Keppel 6 Sons Millard Vander Meer= ' Rev. Henry Van Dyke 240 W. 15 th Street Holland, Michigan PcH or oi Fourth Rejoy ned Church M. William Van Putten High School Aiucira, Minnesota Principal J un ' ior-Stnior High School Ruth M. Veldhuis (Mrs. F. De Roos) R.R. 9 HoUand, Michigan Teacher John Paul Visscher, M.D. 1203 Costleton Road Cleveland Heights, Ohio Acting Head of Biology Department in Western Reserve University, Cleveland. Ohio Rev. Cornelius R. Wierenga Arcot Mission, India Newly Elected Professor of Theology in Arcot Seminary (On furlough) 1422 So. Austin Boulevard Cicero, Illinois Arthur W. Winter Box 154 Mahwah, New Jersey Passenger Transportation Manager for New York Corporation Grace J. Yeomans (Mrs. J. P. Visscher) 1203 Costleton Road Cleveland Heights, Ohio At Home Class of 1918 THE song is ended, but the melody lingers on — The class of 1918 likens its four glorious years at Hope College to a song full of rhythm and harmony with scarcely a discord to mar its perfect career. The United States entered into the Great World War in the year 1918, our Senior year on the campus, and many of our number answered their country ' s call and enlisted. They left our ranks, ' tis true, and we missed them greatly, but their patriotism only made our harmony sweeter and our rhythm more perfect. We began our career by generously soaking the Sophomores in Black River and the following year confidently accepted the invitation of the class of ' 19 to wade across that same river, but only after a space of an hour and twenty minutes of strenuous resistance. The class of 1918 won many laurels during its four years ' sojourn on the cam- pus. We produced varsity debaters, and our orators did remarkably well — carrying off first honors in the Raven contest. We met all comers in football, basketball and track and maintained several cham- pionships. Our house-parties were the most festive on the campus and our roller-skating parties surpassed all in gayety. We especially recall the marvelous skill one of our number por- trayed — Lewis Kleinheksel by name — when he skated one very warm evening in his raincoat — a necessary garment we must admit, but hardly conducive to making one cool. The reason we have never quite fully discovered. ' Our song truly is ended, but the melody of those four glorious years still lingers and thrills the hearts of those who have long since embarked upon life ' s sea. And when we consider the education of our own sons and daughters we give Hope first place. Della Hospers Den Herder. Martha Ella Atwood (Mrs. J. A. Stc-geman) 804 Sandford Street Muskegon Heights, Michigan At Home Louise M. Brusse (Mrs. C. H. Fciiton) 15 36 Danbille Street Houston, Texas At Home Clara M. Coburn Madanapalle, India Teaching in Arcot Mission « 344  Lillian V. Congleton 615 Ferry Street Lafayette, Indiana Teaching French and English in Jeffer- son High School Edward Diepenhorst 546 34th Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin Assistant Paint Superintendent. Vittihurgh Plate Glass Co. Rev. Arba J. Dunnewold ' - ' Harold R. Gilman 639 Peck Street Muskegon Heights, Michigan District Manager of Holland Furnace Co. Henry Hoeven Ida Grove, Iowa Principal of Ida Grove High School Delia Cornelia Hospers (Mrs. H. Den Herder) E. Central Avenue Zeeland, Michigan At Home Otto E. Huntley 4251 Irving Park Boulevard Chicago, Illinois Chemistry Instructor at Carl Schurz High School Rev. John A. Klaaren 24 W. 107th Street Chicago, Illinois Pastor of First Reformed Church of Rose- land Florence Louise Kortering 818 Baldwin Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teaching English in Ottawa Hills High School Georgiana Kortering (Mrs. D. V. Wright) Byron, Illinois At Home Rev. Eldred C. Kuizenga Rockaway, New Jersey Pastor o First Presbyterian Church Rev. Gerrit A. Lyzenga R.R. 2 Edgertown, Minnesota Pastor of Leota Christian Reformed Church Rev. Edwin Paul Mc Lean 131 E. 26th Street Holland, Michigan Processor of Religious Education at Hope College Marie Lenna Meyer (Mrs. Edward H. Koster) 220 W. Main Street Dundee, Illinois At Home John P. Muyskens, ' ' M.D. John E. Nienhuis, M.D. Holly, Colorado Doctor Lillian Winifred Peet 529 Elliott Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teacher in Central High School Joan Adeline Potts (Mrs. H. Kallemeyn) Castlewood, South Dakota Teacher in Grade School Harvey J, Ramaker 1108 Cramer Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin Athletic Director of Milwaukee Country Day School Rev. Walter Augustus Scholten 21 Bellvale Road Mountain Lakes, New Jersey Gertrude Schurman (Mrs. G. J. De Witt) Pompton Lakes, New Jersey At Home Rev. James A. Stegeman 804 Sanford Street Muskegon Heights, Michigan Pastor of Covenant Reformed Chun Marion Esther Struik (Mrs. V. A. Blandford) 3500 Coit, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan At Home M. Amelia Sywassink (Mrs. J. Ter Borg) Kagoshima, Japan Missionary Rev. Gerrit Timmer Clymer, New York Pastor of Ahbe Reformed Church Robert F. Vander Aarde 190 York Street New Haven, Connecticut In Bu sines ' : Lucy Vander Ploeg (Mrs. R. Lubbers) Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin At Home Marion E. Van Drezer (Mrs. C. A. De Young) 734 Noyes Street Apartment M-2 Evanston, Illinois At Home Arie Van Dyke R.R. 3 . Zeeland, Michigan Banker « 345  CLASS OF 1901 , T T w. Back Row W. J. Damson, J. Wesselink, J. J. Weersing, J. Steunenberg, B. Lugers, J. Wayer. Middle Row: J. Vander Heide, J. H. Hospers, O. W. Visscher, E. Winter, J. G. Winter, W. Denekas. Bottom Row: G. E. Korteling, A. Hoeksema, H. Tellman. Elda Tona Van Putten (Mrs, B. D. Hakken) Bahrein, Persian Gulf Aihsionary Prof. Gerrit Van Zyl, Ph.D. 610 State Street Holland, Michigan Piofeuor oj Chemistry at Hope College Ethelyn Vaupell (Mrs. O. B. Reese) Hartford, Wisconsin c-o Badger Pharmacy At Home Rev. Arthur H. Voerman, B.D. 170 N. Allen Street Albany, New York Pastor of Sixth Reformed Church Florence Cynthia Walvoord Baiko Jo Gakuin Shimonoseki, Japan Missionary Marie Welling (Mrs. C. R. Heemstra) Croswell, Michigan At Home Class of 1919 REMINISCENCES OF OUR FAMILY TREE NOTHING but a dark brown seed was I when in 1915 Hope College opened its doors to a fresh blast of Freshmen. Murmurs came to me every now and then from where they were on the campus to where I was in the deep dark earth. Echoes of the victorious Pull, which lasted an hour and twelve minutes— the hilarious snake dance « 346 CLASS OF 1902 Back Row: J. Vander Beek, W. De Kleine, H. E. Yntema, J. E. Winter, J. A. Van Zoeren. Center Row: B. Bruins, J. G. Bloemers, A. J. Riemens (Winter), H. P. De Free, W. De Fey- ter, B. Kleinhesselink, J. Van Peursem. Bottom Row: M. Vander Ploeg (Marsilje), M. M. Keppel (Duven). down 8th St. — the uproarous party thereafter, were some of the first to resound through the forest and create in me the urge to push up and find out what was going on. Then a great explosion that shook the town, broke the windows in the gym sent me to the top simply bursting with curiosity (as were many others). Just a sprout among the trees was I when the class of 1919 returned to Hope as Sophomores, confident of repeating the victorious Tug-of-War. Such boasts as these came drifting my way Attention! Hope 1920 Take Heed! Let the foolish, foppish, freaks of flopping, floating, FRESMEN take heed, lest they come forth from the slimy, stinking, sloppy waters of Black River and be made to bow down before their mighty superiors, the daring dauntless class of 19- Take Heed ye near-fish, TAKE YE HEED, lest blisters adorn your hands and chagrin your sweet simple faces. Take Heed. Your hour is at hand. Your Superiors, Hope 1919 « 347  XH3 The Freshmen stood at the river banks, The water was dark and cold, On the other side stood the SOPHOMORE ranks Daring, dauntless and bold. A shot rang out, the pull was on, It was sad as sad could be. The Freshmen looked pale, thin and wan, The SOPHOMORES happy and free. The Freshmen pulled as Freshmen should. But it could soon be seen. They stood no chance against the strength Of Glorious 19. There was a splash, the Freshman class: ' Tis far too sad to state. Had gone into the river At a very rapid rate. There, little Freshmen, don ' t you cry. You will be a SOPHMORE by and by. The River may some of your spirits redeem But you ' ll never be as good as Old 19. All this time there had been a distant rumble of drums. The noise from the campus lessened; the boys ' voices seemed to diminish in the distance — some in the direction of Iowa farms others in the direction of France. Tis true, one might hear an occasional pot shot in the still of night — nothing more than an avenging adventurer out to shoot Prexy ' s cat — but for the most part it sounded very lady-like down there. I had to strain myself to hear any sound of men and when I did the step was always quick and I could hear the click of spurs. Once I heard a church bell toll and then Taps. I knew the class of 1919 was sad. Quite a stripling was I when agam familiar, girlish voices accompanied by strange male voices, returned as Seniors. 1 could catch some well known male voices a little lower down ' in the academic scale. Altho they were Juniors they called themselves social Seniors. You can depend upon it they were present when the Senior eirls pave a beach party as one of the features of the Senior girls ' house-party. A strenuous army game called skin the devil played in the deep sand finally provoked one dishevelled guest to originate the phrase, Dat nummen zij nu ' picnic ' Then came Arbor Day and much to my delight the gardener of the Class of 19 came— transplanted me with great ceremony on the Dormitory corner. All dressed in black they stood around me, sang a solemn song, buried my roots deep; gave me long drink; took my picture and then left me to die. No matter it was a worthy cause. Irene Van Zanten ' Van Zoeren. Ann June Amelee (Mrs. H. O. Huspers) 1540 Oneida Street Utica, New York A Ho)iif Harriet Z. Baker (Mr.s. T. W. Prins) 320 Henry Street Herkimer, New York At Home Martha Magdalene De Jong ■502 College Avenue North Manchester, Indiana Teacher o Puini M Mjiichestey College Rev. George J. De Witt Pompton Lakes, New Jersey Pj Ioi ) PoiiipUiii Rcjoi i eJ Church Clarence R. Heemstra Croswell, Michigan Superh leiu eii oj Croswell Puhl c Schools 348 CLASS OF 1903 Back Row: C. Vander Mel, P. Grooters, H. G. Pelgrim, C. K. Baarman, H. Vander Naald. Second Row: E. J. Strick, E. Van Landegend, N. E. Hessenius, A. J. Kollen (Korteling), G. J. Stuart. Third Row: W. H. Cooper, A. Karreman, G. W. Hoekje (Hondelink). Bottom Row: S. Zandstra, L. Boeve, M. J. Duven, T. E. Welmers. John Heneveld, M.D. 82 W. Dale Street Muskegon, Michigan Doctor Rudolf Duiker Hospers 108 N. Second Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Attorney-at-Law Andrew P. Karsten Hudsonville, Michigan Professor of Chemistry at State School oj Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota Prof. Clarence Kleis 96 E. 15th Street Holland, Michigan Professor of Physics at Hope College Mayme Kloote (Mrs. J. Muilenburg) South Hadley Mt. Holyoke College Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts Rev. Ralph G. Korteling Madanapalle, India Missionary Rev. Bernie Mulder 503 Broadway Pella, Iowa Pastor of First Refortned Church Esther Rozelia Mulder (Mrs. Ronald Mountain) 63 Waldo Street Pontiac, Michigan At Home Cynthia Hermina Pennings (Mrs. W. A. Rozeboom) 515 E. 4th Street Ottumwa, Iowa At Hotne Catherine M. Poppen (Mrs. J. Poppen) 1765 Fort Park Boulevard Lincoln Park Detroit, Michigan At Home Alice Edith Raap (Mrs. J. Flipse) 305 Huntington Building Miami, Florida At Home « 349  Clara Elizabeth Reeverts 66 E. 13th Street Holland, Michigan Teacher oj M,il hematics in Holland High School Dora Mae Van Loo (Mrs. N. Boonstra) 441 Ridgeway St. Joseph, Michigan At Home John Ten Have, M.D. 3515 Bnggs Boulevard, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Doctor Irene D. Van Zanten (Mrs. J. Van Zoeren) 85 W. 9th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Rev. John Ter Borg 45 Shimotutsus Cho Kagoshima, Japan Missionary Jeannette Florence Vyn (Mrs. M. J. Reese) 5417 Hibben Street Indianapolis, Indiana At Home Margaret Thomasma (Mrs. C. H. Landwehr) Warm Friend Tavern Holland, Michigan At Home Anna Ruth Winter, M.D. (Mrs. R. G. Korteling) Madanapalle, India Missionary Class of 1920 THE Class of 1920 is entering the teen age this year, 1930. It had a record no class ever had before or since. (That sentence is as essential for a class writeup as the announcer is unessential to radio audiences) . In our class were: Princes, a Bell that never told, ' a Pearl, Adam (no Eve), a Baker, and others bearing such distinguished names as VanDyke and Marcus. The class donated to the athletic association the bleachers in the gym. The gift was not annonymous, but the lack of publicity (a characteristic of modest twenty ) kept the world uninformed as to the number of the class donating this fine gift of board and room to the gym. Henceforth and backward, if you are privileged to sit on the adamantine bleachers, remember the hard efforts of the class of ' 20 to raise a fund for your fun. Whenever you use our bleachers, you will immediately feel bored, but when you are up in the air about an exciting basketball game, please remember the class of ' 20 put you there. The class play was Turn to the Right and the bleachers represented what is left for play from the class play. The class of ' 20 was never pulled through the river; the first students ever to receive Summa Cum Laudes were in this class, et cetera and ad infinitum. The class was noted for its system. Whenever there was a class meeting and a party was announced, the men remained for a special session, when the girls were auctioned off to the loudest bidder. The tenth anniversary reunion of the 1920 group of alumni has been called this year, and will be held commencement day. Ye ' 20 ' s who are now thirty or less, be there! Chris A. De Jonge. Rev. Peter Baker Marie Christine Bolks (Mrs. Prof. S. S. Visscher) Bloomington, Indiana At Home Helen Martha Bell 1411 Washington Avenue Grand Haven, Michigan Teacher o Hi tory in Grand Haien Hii h School Caixa 350 Bahia, Brazil Missionary in Presbyterian Church Rev. Peter Cooper Talladega, Alabama Department of Philosophy, Talladega College Josephine Belt (Mrs. Arthur Smith) 2515 Harding Street Lansing, Michigan At Home John Russell Dalenburg lOSD ! Normal Avenue (Chicago, Illinois Retail llarJu are Binine i « 350  J. Van Zomeren W. G. Hoekje E. R. Kruizenga J. G. Brouwer M. M. Veneklasen (Vander Meulen) J. C. De Free J. J. Steffens M. Riksen (Vander Schoor) J. W. Kelder M. J. Duven A. Walvoord A. A. Wubbena Marie Walkley Danhof (Mrs. Jay L. Evarts) 1400 Bemis Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michi gan Supervisor of Music Chris Anthony De Young 734 Noyes Street Apartnnent M-2 Evanston, Illinois Assistant in Education at Northwestern University Oliver John De Jong Shelby, Michigan Superintendent of Schools Ada Joanna De Pree ■ 2 Ruth Street — Apartment 21 Hammond, Indiana School Nurse Rev. Charles De Vries Community Church Pepperell, Massachusetts Pastor of Community Church Henrietta Dulmes (Mrs. Elmer Lubbers) Muscoda, Wisconsin At Home « 351  Mary Emma Geegh Chittt)r, South India Madras Presidency Missionary (On furlough) Sioux Falls, South Dakota Rev. Harry J. Hager 30 W. 11 1th Street Chicago, Illinois Pastor of Bethany Reformed Church Rev. Bernard D. Hakken Bahrein, Persian Gulf Mis sionary Theodora Hoekstra (Mrs. C. Perry) Apartment 8 40 Leslie Street Highland Park, Michigan At Home Henry Holkeboer, M.D. c-o 34 E. 15th Street Holland, Michigan Practicing Medicine in Grand Rapids Tena Holkeboer Kulangsu, Amoy, China Missionary — Teacher in Atnoy Girls ' School Peter J. Koppenaal 217 12th Avenue Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Supervisor of Apprentices at Milwaukee Vocational School William P. Koppenaal 2063 S. 11th Avenue Maywood, Illinois Real Estate — In vestments Rev. John Henry Meengs 3258 Riverview, North Park Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church James Muilenburg South Hadley Mt. Holyoke College Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts Associate Professor of History and Literature of Religion Laureen Bernice Muilenburg (Mrs. Fred Olson) 9627 N. Martindale Street Detroit, Michigan At Home Marcus C. Muilenburg Hudson, South Dakota Superintendent of Schools Gerrit D. Muyskens 620 Fancher Avenue Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Science Critic at Central State Teachers ' College Gerard Gordon Osterhof , Ph.D. 1027 I Ith Street Rapid City, South Dakota Professor of Chemistry, South Dakota School of Mines Jane Henrietta Potts 12 Woodward Ecorse, Michigan Teaching English and Mathematics Peter Nicholas Prins 82 W. 12th Street Holland, Michigan Selling and Installing A. B.C. Oil Burners Rev. Teunis W. Prins 320 Henry Street Herkimer, New York Pastor of Reformed Church Emma Marie Reeverts Berea College Berea, Kentucky Instructor of English at Berea College Arthur G. Roggen 1001 E. 7th Street Sheldon, Iowa Athletic Director at Sheldon Junior College and High School Rev. Carl J. Shroeder R.R. 2 Zeeland, Michigan Pastor of Beaverdam Reformed Church John Richard Steketee 24 W. 18th Street Holland, Michigan Salesman for Richards Mfg. Co. Bertha C. Stoppels (Mrs. J. M. Bird) Saugatuck, Michigan At Home Ralph Ten Have, M.D. 433 Slayton Street Grand Haven, Michigan County Health Officer Judokus Van Den Noort 21 Clifton Street Lynn, Massachusetts Head of History Department at Lynn Classical High School Garrett Vander Borgh 38 E. 22nd Street Holland, Michigan Instructor in Hope High School George H. Vander Borgh West Sayville, Long Island, New York Chetnist for Vander Borgh Sons Oyster Company William Vander Meer Changchow, China Missionary Jeannette Vanderwerp (Mrs. H. |. Hager) 50 W. 11 1th Street Chicago, Illinois At Home « 352 William A. Vanderwerp 1573 Terrace Street Muskegon, Michigan Secretary and Treasurer of Vanderwerp Sc brier Co.. Real Estate and Insurance Harold Milton Van Dyk, M.D. 219 E. 10th Street Long Beach, California Child Specialist WiUard Van Hazel, M.D. 7300 South Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois Surgeon Pearl Van Westenburg (Mrs. Everett Gaikema) 1011 Chester Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teacher in East Grand Rapids High School Alice Van Zanten 516 W. Wayne Street Fort Wayne, Indiana Teacher — Librarian in Fort Wayne. Ind. Harmon Voskuil Northwestern Military and Naval Acad- emy Lake Geneva, Wisconsin Head of Department of Social Sciences Hattie Ver Meer (Mrs. H. L. Mol) Grundy Center, Iowa At Home Fred Voss 363 Ball Park Boulevard, N.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teacher in Union High Rev. Adam J. Westmaas Spring Lake, Michigan Pastor of First Presbyterian Church Anne Marie Whelan National Hotel Nevada City, California Teaching Languages at Nevada City High School Edward John Wolters R.R. 1 Holland, Michigan Teaching Latin in Hope High School Teaching German in Hope College Evelyn Zwemer 418 Park Lane East Lansing, Michigan Student at Michigan State College, Home Economics Course Class of 1921 AND why were the averages of the class of ' 21 so low. Possibly the truthful records revealing this fact have puzzled some of the present Hopeites. The condition is especially incomprehensible in view of the bolstering effects of the grades made by such mental satellites as Ted Yntema, Jud Osterhof, and Maurice Van Loo. But the tale is soon told. The spring of 1918 found the Freshman and Sophomore classes of Hope College not entirely freed from the mania of the World War; it also found them still endowed with the pugnacious instinct. Consequently, there ensued a battle. The first shots were fired in chapel, but the real fighting was done at Centennial Park. Here the fish were disturbed and baths were enjoyed by several heroic victims. The smoke cleared away. And the cherished felt banner of the class of ' 21 was still held high at the head of its column. The evil results, which follows every war, pursued the victims of the 1918 tragedy. We had been warned against this fighting epidemic; no threats were severe enough to produce our apologies. Therefore — fearfully, but with heads unbowed, we presented our June grade reports to our fond and aspiring parents. On each card was written in bold, red letters, ten percent off for misconduct. Vera Keppel Kennedy. Harry A. Boersema 1348 Book Building Detroit, Michigan Developer of Real Estate Olive E. Boland (Mrs. Paul Nagel) Cresco, Iowa At Home William G. Brink 2219 Ridge Avenue Evanston, Illinois Assistant Professor of Education at Northwestern University Rev. James J. BurggraafF 523 S. Park Street Kalamazoo, Michigan Pastor of Second Reformed Church « 353  G. Bosch Z. Roetman C. Broek W. Vander Laan A. J. Muste G. J. Pennings C. Vander Schoor D. C. Taylor M. C. Ruisaard D. Muyskens W. Rottschaefer E. F. McCarty M. Keppel J. C. Pelgrim Fred Henry Decker 855 1st Street, S.W. Rochester, Minnesota Fellow of the Mayo Clinic Nellie De Graaf West Sayville, Long Island, New York Teacher in Patchogi e School Rev. Martin De Wolf Madras Presidency Chitoor, South India Mis uonar y Edith Mae Diekema (Mrs. 1. W. Hoebeck) R.R. 1 Holland, Michigan At Home Frances Bertha Du Mez (Mrs. Adrian Vanden Bosch) 46 West Central Avenue Zeeland, Michigan Al Home Grace A. Durrin 1 30 Troupe Avenue Bowling Green, Ohio A siuant Projessor of £«i; i ; he Boii ' l nt Green State College « 354 B. J. Bush A. M. Freeland N. R. De Jong J. W. Douma A. J. Kolyn B. Rottschaefer J. C. Hoek)e A. C. Dykema H. G. Hoekje R. De Zeeuw A. Stegenga D. Dykstra R. Visscher Renzy Evart Flikkema 1800 Montpelier Avenue South Hills Station Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania District Sales Manager for Taylor Instrument Company Elizabeth C. Hartgerink 401 Harris Street Cadillac, Michigan Teacher of English in Cadillac High School Lucille Elizabeth Heemstra (Mrs. R. J. Hager) 1900 Linden Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Al Home « 355  Jessie C. Hemmes (Mrs. A. F. W. De Haenssler) San Juan, Box 45 Porto Rico At Home Rev. Bernard D. Hietbrink Strasburg, North Dakota Pastor of Strashurg Reformed Church Rev. Francis J. Ihrman 9634 Martindale Avenue, N. Detroit, Michigan Pastor of Nardin Park Reformed Church Rev. John R. Kempers Ganzalez Artega 39 Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico Missionary Vera Jane Keppel (Mrs. T. L. Kennedy) 1312 Galena Boulevard Aurora, Illinois A Home Rev. George W. Laug Sa a, Japan AXniioudry Lewis W. Lawrence c-o Y.M.C.A. Benton Harbor, Michigan Bond Saleunan jar Siruuss Brothers Francis James Leroy 712 Ann Arbor Trust Building Ann Arbor, Michigan Vice President and Manager of Mortgage Department of Ann Arbor Trust Co. Myra M. Manting (Mrs. Duncan Weaver) Fennville, Michigan At Home Eleanor L. Mc Kelvie Interlaken, New York Teaching Commercial Subjects at Williamson High School Henry L. Mol, M.D. Grundy Center, Iowa Doctor Mabelle M. Mulder (Mrs. F. Huff) Main Street Marlboro, New Jersey At Home Peter John Mulder University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Professor of Physics Jedidah Ossewaarde (Mrs. G. De Ruiter) Sioux Center, Iowa At Home Harold J. Osterhof , Ph.D. Suite 7, The Belvidere 914 Copley Road Akron, Ohio Department Head of Research Chemists of the Goodyear Rubber Company Grace Elizabeth Peet 529 Elliot Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teacher in Lee High School Margaret J. Peet (Mrs. L. C. Rove) Route 6, Station C. Box 659V2 Milwaukee, Wisconsin At Home Janet Gertrude Pieters (Mrs. M. B. Visscher) 4932 11th Avenue Los Angeles, California At Home Rev. Henry William Pyle R.R. 9 H{)lland, Michigan PdUor of Ofere el Reformed Church Katherine L Schmid (Mrs. T. E. Weier) 119 Eddy Street Ithaca, New York At Home Alfred C. Scholten Pearl River, New York Ledtrele Ldl)orulorie i Dirk E. Stegeman, M.D. 1100 Mission Road Los Angeles, California Resident Surgeon at Los Angeles County Hospital Gertrude H. Stephan (Mrs. S. J. Meeusen) 271 W. 12th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Tonnetta Tenninga 525 W. 107th Street Chicago, Illinois Student at Biblical Seminary in New York Frances M. Thoms (Mrs. W. A. Scholten) 43 Bedford Road Tarrytown, New York At Home Albertus Van Ark, D.D.S. Stitzer Building Toledo, Ohio Dentist Rev. William H. Vander Borgh Three Bridges, New Jersey Pastor of Three Bridges Reformed Church Jeanette E. Vander Ploeg 22 So. Uth Street San Jose Teachers ' College San Jose, California Teacher Maurice Van Loo Suite 16 14814 Clifton Boulevard Lakewood. Ohio Research Chemist for Shertcin- W ' illiams Company Helene W. Van Raalte (Mrs. T- R- Dalenberg) 10805 Normal Avenue Chicago, Illinois At Home Harold E. Veldman, M.D. Tong-an, China Mi ' isionary (On furlough) 1641 Lake Drive., S.E. Grand Rapids. Michigan Rev. Maurice Verduin Marion, New ' o k Minister CLASS OF 1907 Back Row: H. Mollema, G. Hankamp, G. D. Van Peursem. Second Row: P. E. Hinkamp, A. Roosenraad, P. Jonker, J. A. Roggen, J. A. Van Dyk, J. M. Slagh. Third Row; B. De Young, P. E. Kleinheksel, C. Muller, M. A. Stegeman, A. Mulder, J. W. Van Zanten, J. Sizoo. Bottom Row: J. T. Veneklasen, C. M. De Jong (Hinkamp), M. L. Brusse. Anthony C. Walvoord C. T. A. Station, Box 35 Denton, Texas Teacher Glenna Wasson (Mrs. F. P. Ihrman) 9634 Martindale Avenue, No. Detroit, Michigan At Home Deane Weersing (Mrs. J. A. Klaaren) 24 W. 107th Street Chicago, IlHnois At Home John Wierda 123 Munro Boulevard Valley Stream, (L.I.) New York Teacher of Chemistry in Far Rock- away High Scho ol Theodore O. Yntema 5746 Maryland Avenue Chicago, Illinois Professor of Statistics in School of Commerce and Administration at Chicago University Nellie E. Zwemer (Mrs. C. L. Pickins) Ichang, China Missionary in American Episcopal Church (On furlough) c-o Samuel Zwemer Princeton, New Jersey Class of 1922 H OPHITES— All hail! We, of the Class of 1922, greet you. We would send special greetings to the members of the classes of 1918-19-20-21-23-24-25. We greet you especially because we know you so intimately. We attended the different college functions with you. Some of your members we knew as society sisters or brothers, some we knev as fellow Y.W. or « 357  Y.M.C.A. workers, some we knew as members of the same athletic team while others we knew as being members of the same recitation class. Wouldn ' t it be fun if we could meet together for a week — just as we used to meet. It sometimes seems as though we had the very best times of our lives at Hope College. We have good times now too, for all of us enjoy our work and most of us enjoy the company of our associates — but those days at college can hardly be excelled. At that time we were young men and women looking forward to the leadership of the world, but not having it— we cared less. We, like the generations of students that preceded us, were carefree. We have not yet become the leaders, that we dreamed of being when we were at school, but we are still young. Why— we graduated only a few years ago. It is only now that we are gaining momentum toward that leadership. When we once gain that coveted power may we use it as is becoming to graduates of Hope. John B. Vander Ploeg. Herman Beuker, M.D. 618 E. Manison Marshall, Michigan Doctor Rev. Richard J. Blocker Owasco, New York Pditor o Oirasco Reformed Church Stanley Bolks 210 N. Thayer Street Ann Arbor, Michigan Instructor in Mathematics at University of Michigan Rev. Winfield Burggraaff, Th.D. 1015 Brown Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin Pastor of First Reformed Church Professor Elect of Systematic Theology in Western Theological Seminary Lina Dalenberg 134 E. 111th Street Edbrook Chicago, Illinois At Home Anna Pearl De Cook (Mrs. Anna Wahl) Hebron, Indiana At Home Prof. John Martin De Haan Michigan State College East Lansing, Michigan Instructor in Psychology and Philosophy Rev. Garret E. De Jong Kuweit, Iraq via Bombay Missionary Peter H. De Vries Michigan State Coll ' = ' ge East Lansing, Michigan Instructor in English Ward A. De Young, M.D. 111)06 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois Physician and Surgeon Anthony Engelsman High School Ypsilanti, Michigan Teacher of English in Ypsilanti High School John M. Flikkema 411 Oliver Building Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Salesman for Taylor Instrument Co. Everett W. Gaikema, M.D. 1011 Chester Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Assistant House Doctor at Sun- shine Sanatorium Frieda H. Gunneman (Mrs. J. D. Van Putten) Kodaika, India Missionary Dena Habink (Mrs. J. M. Hogenboom) Fairview, Illinois At Home Richard John Hager 1900 Linden Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Dentist Lawrence Hamberg 709 Wilson Street South Haven, Michigan Branch Manager of Holland Furnace Co. Marinus Hamelink, M.D. 34 E. 13th Street Holland, Michigan Doctor Susanna Hamelink (Mrs. B. Brower) 27 Montrose, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan At Home Rev. Henry J. Harsevoort Box 17 Prairie View, Kansas Pastor of Prairie View Reformed Church Freda Heitland (Mrs. Anthony Meengs) 348 E. King Street Franklin, Indiana At Home « 358 A. Haverkamp J. J. Vander Schaaf A. D. Schaefer W. Walvoord G. F. Huizenga W. D uven E. M. Kollen J. Plasman A. Renkes (Pelgrim) A. J. Misner E. L. Grotemat H. Renskers J. J. De Kraker (Dykstra) Rev. Justin H. Hoffman 311 E. Park Street Morrison, Illinois Pastor oj Ehenezer Reformed Church Jacob R. Kamps Rehoboth, New Mexico Evangelistic Missionary in Christian Reformed Mission Albert Kingma 1042 Seventh Street Rochelle, Illinois Teacher James Harvey Kleinheksel, Ph.D. R.R. 4 Holland, Michigan Instructor in Chemistry at Hope College Leona Kloote (Mrs. L. Te Paske) 1108 Calvin Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan At Home Rev. Benjamin Laman 1839 So. Burdick Street Kalamazoo, Michigan Pastor of Bethany Reformed Church Florence A. Mc Kelvie Interlaken, New York At Home « 9  Rev. Anthony Z. Meengs 348 H. King Street Franklin, Indiana Pel lor o Firs Preshyter ' nin Church Grace Mersen (Mrs. Wm. Van Hazel) 7300 So. Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois At Hume Edna E. Oosting Bethesda Sanitarium Denver, Colorado Rev. Bert H. Pennings Ghent, New York Pas or of Second Reformed Church Marjorie J. Rank Y.W.C.A., Jefferson Avenue Toledo, Ohio Girl Reserve Director Rev. Abram Rynbrandt 535 Church Place, S.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor of Fifth Reformed Church Jacob Schepel ' Rev. Stanley D. Schipper New Era, Michigan Pastor of Netc ' Era Reformed Church Wilhelmina Schnooberger 534 Superior Street South Haven, Michigan Teaching Chemistry and English in South Haven High School Mamie H. Scholten (Mrs. G. Muyskens) 815 Second Avenue Oskaloosa, Iowa At Home Meinte Schuurmans Ithaca, Michigan Teacher Helen E. Smith (Mrs. E. Dunn) 948 Maxwell, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan At Home Morris Steggerda, Ph.D. Chichen Itzaa Dzitas Yucatan, Mexico Eugenics Record Office Field Worker for Carnegie Institute Rev. Edward H. Tanis 813 Thomas Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor of Immanuel Reformed Church Rev. Paul E. Trompen R.R. 4 — Knapp Street, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor of Knapp Street Reformed Churi John B. Vander Ploeg 275 E. 16th Street Holland. Michigan Florist Business Agnes Vande Wall (Mrs. Taylor) Oostburg, Wisconsin At Home Margaret Van Donselaar (Mrs. I. J. Lubbers) Carroll College Waukesha, Wisconsin At Home Lillian C. Van Dyke R.R. 4 — Beechwood Road Holland, Michigan Teacher of English in Holland High School Matthew William Van Oostenburg 126 Hersey Street Cadillac, Michigan Teacher of Public Speaking in Cadillac High School. Henrietta Van Putten (Mrs. F. D. Cappon) 616 Oswego Ann Arbor, Michigan At Home Rev. James Dyke Van Putten Kodaikanal, South India Misuonar y Rev. Cornelius Van Tol Stone Ridge, New York Pastor of Marbletoivn Reformed Church Margaret A. Van Zee (Mrs. R. Vanden Heuvel) 24 Viola Avenue Clifton, New Jersey Maurice B. Visscher, Ph.D. 4932 11th Avenue Los Angeles, California Head of Physiology Department. Univer- sity of Southern California Medical School Gerrit H. Wassenaar 1822 Pans, Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Science Teacher in Grand Rapids Voca tional High School Fern White (Mrs. R. Stillwell) 217 Woodward Big Rapids, Michigan At Home Jake L. Wierda 4216 Osage Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tea ching Anatomy in University of Peninylvaiiia Kah Kah Wong ( Kuig Hin Fong) Cheung Hing Road Canton, China Bus nc 1 « 360  CLASS OF 1909 Back Row: H. J. Heusinkveld, T. E. Gouwens, P. H. Pleune, H. De Witt, A. J. Van Houten, H. Rottschaefer. Second Row: H. Schut, D. Van Strien, I. Van Westenberg, J. A. Dykstra, W. Wkhers. Third Row: J. Wolterink, H. G. Roest, H. C. Stegeman, G. Hazenburg (Cadman), H. J. Meinders, A. T. Laman. Bottom Row: C. G. Van Valkenburg, E. L. Warnshuis (Oggle), V. W. Blekkink, M. J. Hoffman. Class of 1923 THE Class of ' 23 — what a class — twice through the river — weak on brawn, but strong on brain. ' Nuff said about those two duckings. We were a clean class at any rate. Did this class have two banners also ? Six valiant Freshmen tied to the pines brought the class out of chapel to the rescue. Soon a general melee of fighting Freshmen, Sophomores, and Faculty — mer- chants fill the sudden demand for crutches, witch hazel, and clothes brushes. Dimmie is v alloped in the stomach by a violent Freshie who refused to apologize. Exit Fresh- man! Glory Day. The Seniors blossom out in derbies. Ten minutes later, likewise the Freshmen. (Note: Page 157, 1920 Milestone.) So great were the hordes of Freshmen that descended upon Hope in ' 19 that the four existing literary societies could not take care of the society-minded, so there sprung full-fledged like Athena from the head of Zeus, the Sibylline and Emersonian Literary Societies. The Senior year found this class still full of pep ' and fun but infinitely wiser and infinitely more dignified. From its dear Alma Mater, this class has gone forth into many fields of endeavor, finding happiness and contentment in doing its share of the World ' s Work. « 61  Marvin Acterhof 131 Huntington Place Sandusky, Ohio Commercial Cheinht Gertrude F. Althuis 323 River Avenue Holland, Michigan Teacher in Frohel School Henrietta W, Althuis Oak Grove Club Flint, Michigan An Teacher in Wittier Junior High School Rev. Marinus Arnoys 1017 Leonard, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Minister Teunis Baker 80 Harding Avenue Clifton, New Jersey Head oj Biology Department. Chfton High School Rev. Cornelius N. Bakker Lima, Ohio Pastor of Market Street Presbyterian Church Irwin Borgman 1337 Cameron Street Kalamazoo, Michigan Shoe Business Janet W. Bouma (Mrs. T. Baker) 80 Harding Avenue Clifton, New Jersey At Home Ruth Broekema Amoy, China Missionary (On furlough) Student at Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois Alice M. Brower (Mrs. Marinus Hoflfs) Lake Odessa, Michigan At Home Rev. Bert Brow er 27 Montrose, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor oj Home Acres Reformed Church Nita P. Caldwell (Mrs. J. W. Rook) Grandville, Michigan At Home Dr. Herman Lloyd Coburn 31 Andre Street, S.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan Dentist Henry W. Decker- Helen B. De Jonge 12 ' i Lowell Avenue, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teacher at East Grand Rapids High School Lynn J. De Pree 214 East Dartmouth Flint, Michigan Science Teacher in Flint Northern High School Jerry De Vries, M.D. Marseilles, Illinois Physician and Surgeon Myrtle E. De Vries 542 Vernonia Avenue East St. Louis, Illinois Teaching Science in East St. Louis High School Thomas De Vries Purdue University Lafayette, Indiana Assistant Professor of Chemistry Magdalene De Young (Mrs. Wm. Zoerner) Kasin, Punjan, India American Presbyterian Mission Missionary Swantina De Young (Mrs. W. Jones) Keith-Falconer Mission Sheik Othman Arden, South Arabia Missionary John W. Elbers L ' Anse, Michigan Teacher in L ' Anse High School Ruth J. Gardei (Mrs. Russel Graff) Fremont, Michigan At Home Rev. Ira J. Hesselink 2422 Alpine Avenue, N.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor of Fair view Reformed Church Jeanette Hoffman (Mrs. J. W. Neckers) 402 So. Forest Avenue Carbondale, Illinois At Home Dick Japinga 20 W. 16th Street Holland, Michigan Real Estate and Insurance William Joldersma 1408 E. 66th Place Apartment 2-W Chicago, Illinois Oifice Manager Peacock Shoe Store Louis John Kleinheksel, M.D. 711 Oiphciim Building Wichita, Kansas Doctor « 362  J. Heemstra A. Veenker C. Evers H. P. Anker A. Te Paske G. P. D. De Jon J. H. Warnshuis E. Huibregtse H. A. Vruwink H. K. Pasma A. S. Scheulke ( Veneklasen) J. W. Wichers J. Dykema J. E. Pikaait (Vruwink) J. A. Vis W. Ten Pas N. Dalenburg J. A. Ver Burg F. J. Hospers A. Ver Hulst « 363  Rev. George T. Kots Grayhawk, Kentucky Pastor and Supt. in Grayhawk Mission Gerrit Kramer R.R. 3 Conklin, Michigan (Chester Ti)wnship) Teacher Everdine Kuyper (Mis. G. De Jong) Kuwait, Iraq Arabia Mi :sionary Rev. Clarence L. Laman 27 Park Place Auburn, New York Pastor of W estminster Presbyterian Church Ethel Leenhouts (Mrs. W. Bloemindal) Franklin Street Grand Haven, Michigan At Home Henry Louwsma, Ph.D. 409 Harrison Avenue West Lafayette, Indiana Instructor in Chemistry at Purdue University Rev. Raymond C. Lubbers 735 E. Virginia Avenue Peoria, Illinois Pastor of First Reformed Church Benjamin W. Mentink 115 S. Central Avenue Chicago, Illinois American Can Company Herbert G. Mentink Cedar Grove, Wisconsin Principal o Wisconsin Memorial Academy Marion E. Mersen (Mrs. C. N. Bakker) Market Street Presbyterian Church Lima, Ohio At Home Frances H. Mills (Mrs. E. Vanden Bosch) Hartsville, Pennsylvania At Home Helen J. Moser 1 1 30 So. Oak Park Avenue Oak Park, Illinois Secretary to Vice Pres.. Continental Illinois Co . Chicago Arthur G. Mulder, Ph.D. H75 Monroe Memphis, Tennessee Instructor in University of Tennessee Medial School James W. Neckers, M.D. 402 So. Forest Avenue Carbondal , Illinois Head of Chemistry Department in South- ern Illinois Teachers ' College Ruth Pellegrom 421 Columbus Street Grand Haven, Michigan Teacher of Music in Grand Haven High School Willis J. Potts Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany Studying Surgery at Frankfurt Clinic Home Address 7 Elizabeth Court Oak Park, Illinois John Robbert, M.D. Climax, Michigan Doctor Rev. Arthur C. Roos 76 W. 18th Street Holland, Michigan Minister William O. Rottschaefer 1206 Alexander Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Realtor and Builder John Ruisaard De Motte, Indiana In Business Rev. Isaac Scherpenisse Waterloo, New York Pastor of Tyre Reformed Church Marguerite Schmalfeld (Mrs. E. D-n Herder) 33 Central Avenue Zeeland, Michigan At Home Grace Spies (Mrs. Alfred Scholten) Pearl River, New York At Home Mildred Temple (Mrs. D. A. Vloedman) 12152 Ann Street B ' ue Island, Illinois At Home Leo Te Paske 1108 Calvin Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Paving Contractor Albert H. Timmer 44 E. 22nd Street Holland, Michigan Pro e or o Latin .it Hope College Edyth L. Tyner 334 River Avenue Holland, Michigan Clerk at Rose Clo.ik Store Jeanette Van Arendonk Putnam Hall Poughkecpsie, New ' olk Teaching EngliJs it Putnam Halt — Pre parclory School jor ] ' .n .ir ( ' . dlegt 364 J. DePree G. B. Scholten W. G. Hoebeke A. G. Staplekamp (Blekkink) J. Weurding E. O. Schwitters Rev. Ernest Vanden Bosch Hartsville, Pennsylvania 212 Webster Avenue Lyndhurst, New Jersey Pastor of Neshaming Warivick Presbyterian Church John Vander Spek Madura, South India Missionary — Congregational Board (On furlougln) 212 Webster Avenue Lyndhurst, New Jersey Lucille W. Vander Werf (Mrs. Oliver Veneklastn) 2530 N. Sacramento Boulevard Apartment No. 307 Chicago, Illinois At Home A. E. Lampen B. M. Bemis (F. J. Weersing) I. C. Brusse (Ver Hulst) R. D. Meengs F. A. Raven E. C. Vanderlaan E. S. Aeilts W. Westrate F. J. De Jonge (Te Paske) Charles Van Zanten Orange City, Iowa Teaching History at Northwestern junior College Harry J. Vruwink Muscoda, Wisconsin Po St master Kathryn I. Wassenaar 231 W. Jackson Flint, Michigan Teacher of English at Northern High School Bert Wierenga 272 E. 13th Street Holland, Michigan Baker « 365  William A. Zoerner Kasir Punjau, India American Presbyterian Mission Al t ionary Margaret Zuidema (Mrs. R. Elhart) 93 W. 17th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Raymond L. Zwemer, Ph.D. 851 W. 177th Street New York City, New York Instructor in Anatomy at Columbia University Class of 1924 AESAR had one incompar able legion— the tenth; Cromwell had his famous troop Ironsides. Napoleon relied for a shattering victory on the charge of his Imperial Guards Hope College has had its famous class— the class of 1924. The history of the class began auspiciously. On its first appearance the class ot 1924 not only pulled an unresisting sophomore class through the fetid waters ot Black River, but showed its mettle by stealing that class ' s banner. The writer cannot resist the temptation of pointing out the fact that, as far as he knows that was the hrst .nd only time such a world shaking exploit was accomplished. For sheer daring, pluck and tenactiy, that feat must always rank with the Byrd Expedition, the flight ot Lindbergh to Paris, and Dr. Nykerk ' s ability to sing through his nose. One year of school sufficed to show the members of this class that under existing conditions, nothing could be gained by further study, so that the last three years were spent in the time-honored pursuits of pleasure. (Solemly signed) The Scribe. John H. Beltman 1009 Jackson Street Sioux City, Iowa Assistant Manager oj S. S. Kresge Company Store Mary E. Boer (Mrs. Harold Wierk) 1709 E. Newton Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin At Home J. Lillian Bonner (Mrs. L. Wadage) 1656 Collingwood Detroit, Michigan At Home Gerrit J. Boone 3565 Van Antwerp Place Cincinnati, Ohio Medical School, University of Cincinnati Frances G. Brower Westminister, Colorado Housekeeper Lester W. Brusse 1009 Isabella Street Houston, Texas Proprietor of Blue Bonnet Tile Co. Khun Goan Chiu Ta Image College Chanchow, Fukien Province China Teaching Martin Cupery Amherst, Massachusetts Teaching Chemistry in M. A. C. Chemistry Department Harold J. Damstra, M.D, Wayland, Michigan Physician Lawrence P. De Boer 208 Pearl Street Ypsilanti, Michigan Teacher — Social Psychology Mable J. De Jonge Hubbard Street c-o Mrs. Stroh Allegan, Michigan Principal of Junior High School Rev. John C. De Maagd Beppu, Japan Missionary Leonard De Moor (Permanent Address) 1711 S. Wtstnedge Avenue Kalamazoo, Michigan Bonn University Bonn, Germany Studying Theology and Philosophy Nella Den Herder (Mrs. D. F. O ' Brien) 1251 Lakewood Avenue Detroit, Michigan At Home Harvey De Weerd Dennison University Granville, Ohio Instructor in European History at Dennison University 366 Raymond W. Doeksen 206 First Street Jackson, Michigan Athletic Director at Junior College Harry Dykstra, M.D. 2112 Biddle Street Wilmington, Delaware Research Chemist for E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Ronald H. Fell, D.D.S. 375 East Grove - Galesburg, Illinois Dentist Simon Heemstra 236 James Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan General Motors Acceptance Corporation Marinus A. Hoffs, M.D. Lake Odessa, Michigan Doctor Raymond J. Hopkins Welldona, Colorado Teacher of History in Welldona High School Katherine H, Kamps 130 Hartford Street Muskegon, Michigan Teacher in Muskegon Christian Schools Bert Kempers, M.D. Indian Reservation Pine Ridge, South Dakota Medical Missionary Marion J. Klaasen (Mrs. T. Tritenbach) 1014 Ostrander Place Schenectady, New York At Home Nelle Kole (Mrs. Harvey De Weerd) At Home Box 624 Granville, Ohio Rev. Henry G. Korver Hopkins, Michigan Pastor of Hopkins Reformed Church Marie Kruyf 6625 Aberdeen Avenue Chicago, Illinois Laboratory Work at Dearborn Chemical Company Ruth L. Laug 812 North 4th Street Steubenville, Ohio Teacher Clarence R. Lubbers 28 North State Street Sparta, Michigan Teaching Science and Athletic Director of Sparta High School Ruth G. Miller (Mrs. Jacob Peelen) Mc Bain, Michigan At Home Rev. John Minnema Baldwin, Wisconsin Pastor of Baldivin Reformed Church Harry Mouw 1401 57th Avenue Cicero, Illinois Teacher of Science in Chicago Christian High School Rev. Clyde K. Newhouse Rock Valley, Iowa Pastor of Rock Valley Reformed Church Cornelia T. Ossewaarde (Mrs. Henry Oosting) 815 Essex Street Minneapolis, Minnesota At Home Arthur L. Osterhof Kenvil, New Jersey Research Chemist with The Hercules Powder Company Pearl E. Paalman (Mrs. H. E. Veldman) Tong-an, China Missionary (On furlough) 1641 Lake Drive, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Rev. Jacob Peelen Mc Bain, Michigan Pastor of Mis won Church of Mc Bain Rev. Jacob Prins 1519 Fulton Street, E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor of Cali ' ary Reformed Church Isla Gladys Pruim (Mrs. G. Van Eenenaam) 339 Houston Street Muskegon, Michigan At Home Jeanette D. Roos (Mrs. J. A. Schaap) Austinville, Iowa At Home Christian H. Roosenraad 2016 Teel Avenue Lansing, Michigan Teacher of U. S. History in Walter H. French Junior High School Minnie J. Rozeboom 814 N. 6th Street Quincy, Illinois Field Secretary for Y. W. C. A. 561  CLASS OF 1912 Bottom Row: I. J. Staplekamp (Dykstra), O. G. Droppers, G. J. Van Zoeren, B. Van Zyl, F. Zandstra, J. Bennink. Second Row: S. T. Fortuin, A. H. Heusinkveld, J. W. Brink, J. B. Mulder, W. W. Walvoord, W. H. Atwood, A. Luidens. Third Row: H. E. Yntema, W. W. Visscher, W. J. Stronks, D. L. Brush, G. J. Hoekje (Stegeman), C. Bogaards (McNeil), B. H. Hoffman. Bottom Row: F. J. Van Dyke, I. O. Danhof (Yntema), M. E. De Free (Luidens), H. V. E. Stegeman. Jeannette Top 27901 Ray Avenue St. Claire, Michigan Teaching History at Lake Shore High School Margaret E. Trompen (Mrs. H. Beuker) 618 E. Mansion Marshall, Michigan At Home Mable R. Van Dyke (Mrs. John Kempers) Gonzalez, Ortega Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico Missionary Russel H. Van Dyke 135 Corna Road Rochester, New York Research Chemist at Eastman Kodak Company Rev. Richard J. Van Farowe Williamson, New York Vaslor oj y illijiiiujii Reloniied Church Rev. William Van ' t Hof 27 Lockman Avenue Mariner ' s Harbor Staten Lslantl, New York Minister Oliver E. Veneklasen, M.D. Apartment No. iOl 2530 N. Sacramento Boulevard Chicago, Illinois Physician and Surgeon John W. Ver Meulen 417 Briarwood Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Bond Salesman Raymond Whelan 201 W. 14th Street Holland, Michigan In Business Harold Wierks 1709 E. Newton Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin Teacher in Science Department in Shoreivnod High School Anne Wyngarden 235 E. Main Street Zeeland, Michigan Just completed graduate work at University of Michigan At Home Winifred Maud Zwemer Li)ng Lane Farm Middletown, Connecticut Teaching in Connecticut School lor Delint unl Cirh 368  CLASS OF 1913 Left Group— Standing: G. W. Bonte, H. de Maagd (Van Bronkhorst), B. T. Vander Woude. Seated: C. De Young, D. Ossewaarde, A. Van Bronkhorst. Right Group— Standing: E. M. DePree, V. C. Schultz (Newland), G. De Motts. Seated: J. Immink (Hekhuis), M. La Huis (Coith), H. J. Pyle. Back Row: W. J. Leenhouts, G. C. Heneveld, G. A. Broek (McClurg), G. Stegeman, R. Vanden Berg, E. Wichers. Second Row: H. Hospers, M. J. Den Herder, Mrs. W. H. Durfee, F. Kleinheksel, M. Beid, Miss Martin. Third Row: C. P. Dame, L. Hekhuis, A. S. Visscher (Brush), S. Soerens. Bottom Row: H. Colenbrander, W. J. Moerdyk, H. C. Kremers, M. Verburg. Class of 192 5 CLASS of ' 25! The largest class ever graduated from our Alma Mater! How proud we were, and how we did want the number to reach the hundred mark! But judging from the 1930 census we have at last exceeded the coveted hundred by a dozen or more. How far away those college days seem now — the years between that first class party in a garage on a rainy night, and that last boat-ride on graduation night in June. However far apart the years have scattered us, still those four years are a precious memory, that ever links us in a bond of friendship and loyalty. For old times ' sake, let ' s all plan to attend our next reunion in 1931. Au revoir! Marian Van Vessem Steggerda. Janet D. Albers (Mrs. F. F. Yonkman) 18 Warwick Road Watertown, Massachusetts At Home Martha Barkema (Mrs. Kenneth Mook) 48 Morterv Park Way Brighton Station Rochester, New York At Home « 369  Rev. Jacob Blaauw 301 George Street Decatur, Michigan Pa or oj First Refornied Church Esther L. Boer (Mrs. N. Van Oostenburg) 1483 Harding Street Detroit, Michigan At Home Amy L. Boone (Mrs. S. E. Heron) Box 501 Cass City, Michigan Adelaide J. Borgman (Mrs. J. A. Veldman) 1710 Richmond Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan Alta Brinks 857 Second Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teachiuf English and Art in Christian ]unior High School Ruth A. Brockmeier 1578 Robinson Road, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Director oj Religious Education — Membership Secretary. Y. IF. C. A. Agnes Buikema (Mrs. Wm. Angus) Sio Khe, Amoy, China Missionary (On furlough) Princeton, New Jersey Perry J. Buikema 101 S. Madison Street Morrison, lUinois Teaching General Science at the Morrison High School Justin D. Bussies, M.D. 1542 Warwick Avenue Whiting, Indiana Organic Research Chemist for Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Alice E. Caldwell Grandville, Michigan Teaching Modern European History in Ottawa Hills High School M. Priscilla Collins MarHnton, West Virginia Teaching English in the Edray District High School Adrian De Boom 326 State Street Owosso, Michigan Head of Social Science Department in Owosso High School Harvey De Bruine 624 Packard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan Instructor in Zoology at University of Michigan Peter De Graff South Holland, Illinois Teaching Civics in Crane Technical High School at Chicago, Illinois Aleen E. De Jong 1305 Sigsbee Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teaching English in Ottawa Hills High School Married April 4th to John Dethmers Elizabeth M. De Jonge 124 Lowell Avenue, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teacher of English in Union High School Grace E. De Wolf University of Rochester Rochester, New York Institutional Position at the University of Rochester School of Nursing Jeanette De Young Chatham Hall Chatham, Virginia Teaching English and in Charge of Religious Education Department in Chatham Hall Abraham H. Dulmes, M.D. Grundy Center, Iowa Physician Cornelius Dykhuizen 18 E. 16th Street Holland, Michigan Student at Western Theological Seminary Rev. Rensa Dykstra Falmouth, Michigan Pastor of Falmouth Reformed Church Anne M. Elenbaas Winnebago Indian Mission School Winnebago, Nebraska T eaching Isabel E. Everse (Mrs. Jacob Kamps) Rehoboth Mission Rehoboth, New Mexico Missionary John R. Forsten Box 671 Tawas City, Michigan Principal o High School Martha A. Gabbard (Mrs. Willard Bicknell) 105 Wheaton Avenue Clare, Michigan At Home Grace D. Gardei 207 E. Elm Street Fremont, Michigan Teacher of Latin Ruth C. Hardie (Mrs. H. Burggraaff) Glen, New York At Home Shirley lone Hartman (Mrs. R. Eubanks) R. F. D. Orleans, Indiana At Home Gerrit Heemstra 22 Chalmers Street Edinburgh, Scotland -Student of Edinburgh University Assistant Pastor of St. Thomas Church William J. Hilmert Sioux Center, Iowa Superintendent of Schools Jacob O. Hinken Box 2092 Memphis, Tennessee Medical Student at University of Tennessee Martin Hoeksema 2 High Street New Brunswick, New Jersey Student at New Brunswick Seminary Ruth M. Hoekstra 1002 Myron Place Ann Arbor, Michigan Nurse — Teaching in University Hospital Rev. Joshua M. Hogenboom Fairview, Illinois Pastor of Fairview Reformed Church Myrtle M. Hundley ' ' (Mrs. Geo. Bowdoin) Grace Jonker 15 North Union Avenue Grand Rapids, Michigan Teacher of English in Lee Street High School Henrietta Keizer 151 S. Longcommon Road Riverside, Illinois Supervisor of Music in Public Schools Rev. Percy Kinkema Feura Bush, New York Pastor of Jerusalem Reformed Church Florence M. Klow 1850 W. Jackson Boulevard Chicago, Illinois Special Nursing at Presbyterian Hospital John J. Kobes 2326 Auburn Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio Medical Student at University of Cincinnati Raymond J. Kuiper 130 E. 25th Street Holland, Michigan In Business — Dutch Boy Co. Jean Kuyper 33 East 38th Street New York City, New York Research Assistant at J. David Houser and Associates, Incorporated, Statistical Busi- ness Analysts Roelof Lanting, M.D. Government Hospital Tuba City, Arizona Physician in Government Hospital on Indian Reservation Clarence W. Lubbers 160 S. Ottawa Street Grandville, Michigan Principal of Grandville High School Ethel C. Luidens Apartment G 222 Dennison Street Highland Park, New Brunswick New Jersey Teacher of English and History in Junior High School Cynthia Melpolder (Mrs. Ken. Van Lente) Carbondale, Illinois At Home Ethel M. Newland (Mrs. Wm. P. Herder) 1018 Clarence Street Kalamazoo, Michigan At Home Mabel R. Nienhuis 1134 So. Humphrey Avenue Oak Park, Illinois Teaching Hilda G. Nyland 2169 Northland Avenue Cleveland, Ohio Teaching History in Cleveland Public Schools Henry Costing 815 Essex Street, S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota Botany Department at University of Minnesota James Collins Ottipoby United States Indian School Rapid City, South Dakota Athletic Director and Boys ' Advisor Rev. Charles F. Parsons Andover, New York Pastor of Andover Presbyterian Church Deane W. Pelgrim (Mrs. Elmer J. Van Lare) 240 E. Washington Street Martinsville, Indiana Mary Irene Pieters (Mrs. R. E. Keohane) 6230 Dorchester Avenue Chicago, Illinois At Home « 371  CLASS OF 1914 Back Row J J. Van Strien, R. J. Lubbers, R. E. Vanden Berg (Holleman), J. TiUema, H. Poppen N. C. Lindeman (Gissibl), N. S. Sichterman, H. D. Ter Keurst, C. J. Droppers, L L Mulder C. E. De Free, H. M. Clements (Isherwood). Second Row C Peet, C. Holleman, L. Potter, D. C. Trompen (Poppen), J. J. Riemersma, N. J. Vander Velde, J. J. Althuis, A. G. Hammekool, R. Kroodsma, E. J. Ter Maat, J. D. Muyskens. Third Row W. J. Greenfield, H. E. Van Vranken, C. J. Oltmans, C. B. Muste, K. Pelgrim (Elbers), E. W. Koeppe, W. J. Flight, H. Van Houte, H. H. Roelofs, C. A. Lokker, H. Jacobs, C. Jongewaard. Bottom Row: A. J. Visser, H. M. Veenschoten, H. A. Bilkert, C. D. Bouma (Van Stnen), H. Hoffs. Russel E. Pleune, M.D. 2249 Washington Boulevard Chicago, Illinois Interne at W aihington Boulevard Ho ,pital Angeline Poppen (Mrs. Paul Gebhard) 532 Euclid Avenue Oak Park, Illinois At Home Harry R. Raterink 824 S. St. Bernard Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Research Chemist jor The Rohn and Haas Company Kari Natalie Reed 254 6th Street Manistee, Michigan Teach ' nin American Literature and Dram- atics in Manistee High School Edna Reeverts (Mrs. Lynn Adams) 144 Clark Street Big Rapids, Michigan Ben Riemersma Gobies, Michigan Principal oj Gohlei High School Rev. Walter E. Roughgarden BushkiU, P nnsylvan ' a Pastor o Lower Reformed Church of Walp.ick Jeanne E. Ruigh 204 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Ann Arbor, Michigan Assistant Secretary Ann Arbor Branch of Michigan Children ' s Aid Society Rev. Anton A. Schermer Hollandale. Minnesota Pastor ol Hollandale Rclormed Church « 372  CLASS OF 1915 Left Group — Standing: D. Smallegan, W. E. Schuelke (Johnson) Seated: M. G. Gosselink, M. G. Vanden Brink (Meyer) Right Group — Standing: M. Stegenga, M. Den Herder (Vander Velde) Seated: S. K. Poppen (De Koster), O. Vander Velde Center Group — Top Row: M. Albers, J. J. De Boer, J- F. Veltman Second Row: M. C. Lokker (Tappan), L. Bosch, R. W. Pieters, C. Mulder Third Row: W. Oxner (Whitmaw), H. Duiker, L. F. Yntema, Mrs. W. H. Durfee ■ Bottom Row: H. E. Schoon, P. L. Bingham (Cross), D. H. Pieters, J. J. Bruggers Rica Schneider (Mrs. Theo. Giebink) 122 E. 16th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Alice E. Scholten (Mrs. Raymond Van Zoer n) Hagaman, New York At Home Mary L. Siegers (Mrs. Henry Korver) Hopkins, Michigan At Home Frederick R. Steggerda, Ph.D. 1904 Linden Avenue Memphis, Tennessee leaching Physiology in Medical School Gerrit Sterenberg R.R. 2 Fulton, Illinois In Bu sines ' Frances L. Tate (Mrs. Paul Nash 149 Irving Street Watertown, Massachusetts At Home Anna Telgenhof 35 S. Church Street Zeeland, Michigan Teacher of Bible and English in Holland Christian High Rev. Alvin S. Ten Pas 55 Columbia Street Mohawk, New Jersey Minister James Harvey Teusink, M.D. Cedar Springs, Michigan Doctor Beatrice I. Tyner 22328 Erben Drive St. Clair Shores, Michigan Teacher of French and English « 373  Harriet Vanden Bos Sparta, Michigan Teacher of Languages in Sparta High School Delia Van Der Kolk Whittier Hall 1230 Amsterdam Avenue New York City, New York Gradiiale Work at Columbia University Floyd R. Van Der Meer 39 East Avenue, S. Battle Creek, Michigan Teacher in Battle Creek High School Theodore L. Van Der Ploeg 1307 Allerton, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Chemistry Instructor in Ottawa Hills High School Bertha Van Eldik 75 Court Street Lapeer, Michigan Teaching English in Lapeer High School Helene M. Van Kersen . 178 W. 15th Street Holland, Michigan Stenographer at Reiormed Church House Rev. Elmer J. Van Lare 240 E. Washington Street Martinsville, Indiana Pastor of First Presbyterian Church Kenneth Van Lente, Ph.D. Carbondale, Illinois Teach ng Chemistry at Southern Illinois State University Marian J. Van Vessem (Mrs. F. Steggerda) 1904 Linden Avenue Memphis, Tennessee Rev. Raymond C. Van Zoeren Hagaman, New York Pastor of Calvary Reformed Church Rev. Jerry A. Veldman 1710 Richmond Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan Pastor of Richmond Reformed Church Josephine Ver Hage (Mrs. R. K. Bailey) 18918 Wormer Avenue Detroit, Michigan At Home Gerene Ver Schure (Mrs. Myron M. Broekema) Box 3 5 3 Miami Shores, Florida At Home Anne A. Voskuil 522 John R Street Wayne, Michigan Teaching in Wayne High School Rev. Henry D. Voss 1546 Churchman Street Indianapolis, Indiana Pastor of Covenant Reformed Church of Indianapolis Jeanette Welling (Mrs. Floyd Vander Meer) 39 E. Avenue, S. Battle Creek, Michigan Substitute Teacher Gerrit W. Wesselink 1407 Dierks Building Kansas City, Missouri Attorney Gerrit M. Wissink 405 N. Goodwin Urbana, Illinois Instructor in Physics at University of Illinois and Graduate Work Frederick F. Yonkman, Ph.D. 18 Warwick Road Watertown, Massachusetts Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at Boston University School of Medicine Amanda R. Zwemer 145 S. Church Street • Zealand, Michigan Teaching English in High School Class of 1926 WHAT a remarkable class! As far as we know there has been none to equal it. The year itself was memorable: the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the eightieth year since the first settlement in Holland, Michigan, and the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of our College. It was a quiet class, not given to instigating disturbing and nonsensical pranks that worried the faculty and students. During those serious years I recall only two levities. One was the time yards of rubber bands tied to the strings of both pianos made it impossible to sing the opening Chapel sentence. The other was the unpleasant and penetrating odor arising from the furnace regions. It was a certainty the guilty parties didn ' t belong to us because our class was pursuing loftier plains as is pr.wen by present activities. A couple are soon sailing for Europe. Several have gained entrance to the finest universities because of exceptional ability. « 374 Perhaps ten or fifteen have entered the theological field as Ministers here or abroad. We are proud that a large percentage are teachers of the splendid youth of this rising generation. What could be nobler than molding the future leaders whether they be baseball pitchers or diplomats. Fortunately, we have doctors and nurses. And as usual, a certain number felt it necessary to give up promising careers to help keep the home the greatest institution. In addition to preparing for these useful occupations, and others, we had time for an extraordinary achievement — The Pageant of 1926 — It was written by one of us, directed by one, while the rest did everything possible toward its success. So, because of its overwhelming success we have been able to be very generous. The class of 1926 was remarkable! Margaret Anderson De Pree. John Henry Albers Harper Hospital Detroit, Michigan Interne Stanley Albers 1353 Elliott Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teacher of Debating and Public Speaking in Union High School Margaret Anderson (Mrs. K. De Pree) 79 E. 9th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Edith Banninga (Mrs. J. E. Medendorp) 1026 Hollywood Street, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan At Home Anne Barkema (Mrs. H. B. Weller) 50 W. 21st Street Holland, Michigan At Home Marthena Bayles (Mrs. R. C. Bosch) 196 W. 10th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Gerrit Bevelander West SayviUe, (L.I.) New York John Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland Instructor and Graduate Student Henry L. Bos Danforth, Illinois Superintendent of Schools Wilhelmina Bos 200 S. Humphrey Avenue Oak Park, Illinois In Business Randall Bosch 196 W. 10th Street Holland, Michigan Vice President of W- estern Machine Tool Works Lois Brockmeier Box 204 1230 Amsterdam New York City, New York ' Educational Work at Columbia University Russell Buitendorp 688 E. Isabella Avenue Muskegon, Michigan Building and Contracting Business Sipfung Cheung Canton, China In Business Nelson Clark Highland Park General Hospital Detroit, Michigan Interne Carl Cook 1224 Washtenaw Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan Medical Student at University of Michigan Rev. Timothy A. Cramer Winnebago, Nebraska Missionary to Indians George H. Damson 187 W. 9th Street Holland, Michigan Teller at People ' s State Bank Peter John De Bell, M.D. 239 Burgess Place Passaic, New Jersey Interne at St. Lukes Hospital Edwin Alden De Jong 139 So. 6th Street Burlington, Iowa Head Chemist for McKesson- Churchhill Drug Co. James Fenger De Pree Washington Boulevard Hospital Chicago, Illinois Interne Harry De Vries 504 E. Katherine Street Ann Arbor, Michigan History Student at the University of Michigan 375  CLASS OF 1916 q i Top Row T F. Zwemer, H. Fonken (Cowen), S. Winter (Zwemer), F. M. Bosch (Yeo- mans) N. Smallegan (Van Vranken), F. W. Douma, G. Raap. Second Row: A. Baker, A. Cloetingh, S. Trompen (Beltman). M. C. Habermann, G F Veen- ker G H Pelgrim W. A. Rozeboom, G. Steininger, C. De Motts (Flipse), Mrs. W. H. Dur- fee ' C. E. Yntema, C. C. Van Raalte (Van Westenburg), J. Mulder, N. M. Pelgnm (Linde- man), H. Maassen, L. L. Geerlings. Third Row V7 Van Roekel, H. M. Meyer, H. M. Van Zee (Barnett), C. W. Bazuin, E. J. Dykstra (Kleinheksel ), H. M. Ihrman, B. H. Miller, J. G. Gebhard, M. E. Flipse, R. E. Pas, H Neerken (Potts), L. W. Johnson, A. S. Kolyn (Elferdink), E. B. Hoeven. Bottom Row T. H. Elferdink, A. Van Westenburg, H. O. Hospers, H, Beltman, F. De Jong. Rev. Everett De Witt Jamestown, Michigan Pastor of Second Rejoniied Church George M. De Young, M.D. .1036 Jackson Boulevard Apartment No. 202 Chicago, Illinois Teaching Anatomy at Rush Medical College Malcolm F. Dull Department of Chemistry Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois A ui slant ln tyiictor in Chemistry Mabelle R. Du Mez Y. W. C. A. Burlington, Iowa Girl Reu-rre Secretary Adelaide Dykhuizen 92 E. lOth Street Holland, Michigan Teacher oj History and French at Hope High School Geraldine Dykhuizen 109 S. Whittemore Street St. Johns, Michigan Teaching of English in Rodney B. Wilson High School Theodore Essebaggers 235 E. 49th Street New York City, New York Student Biblical Seminary Edward Fieldhouse Oak Glen, Illinois Commercial Chemist Raymond J. Fieldhouse 232 W. 109th Place Chicago, Illinois Chemist for [ ' ictor Chemical Works Sarah A. Fredricks 1388 5th Street Muskegon, Michigan Teacher of English and History in Grand Haren High School « 376  CLASS OF 1917 Back Row: W. Vanden Berg, J. Flipse, R. E. Blekkink, T. Hibma, C. Wierenga. Second Row: J. S. Moore, M. A. Meyer (Prins), Z. Z. Luidens, E. P. Cathcart, Mrs. W. H. Durfee, G. M. Brower, M. J. Reese, B. Hospers, E. C. Hoekje, W. W. Gumser, A. B. Hopkins. Third Row: J. R. Mulder, G. J. Yeomans (Visscher), M. L. Fortuin (Stegeman), E. Pieters, E. H. Scinipper. Bottom Row: A. W. Winter, E. W. Leenhouts (Pelgrim), W. M. Van Putten, G. C. Keppel (Vander Broek), I, J. Lubbers, E. Van Burk (Lokker), J. Vander Broek, R. E. Oltman (Brower), ]. P. Visscher. James J. Galman, D.D.S. LakeviUe, Minnesota Den ist Paul Gebhard 532 Euchd Avenue Oak Park, IHinois Trust Department o Continent aI Illinois Bank and Trust Company — Chicago Jacob Geerlings, Ph.D. Llniversity of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Professor of Ancient Languages and Literature George Glazat 816 Crittenden Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. Agricultural Student at George Washington University Richard Harkema Coopersville, Michigan Principal of High Schoo l Rev. Clarence Hesselink Vesper, Wisconsin Pastor of Vesper Reformed Church Rev. Franklin J. Hinkamp Minaville, New York Pastor of Florida Reformed Church Cornelius Hospers, M.D. 5605 Maryland Avenue Chicago, Illinois Doctor — Teaching Pathology at Rush Medical School Derwin J. Huenink Campbellsport, Wisconsin Supervising Principal of High School Gerrit John Kemme Harper Hospital Detroit, Michigan Interne Kathryn Esther Keppel (Mrs. W. E. Votruba) Traverse City, Michigan At Home Rev. Delbert Lee Kinney Berne, New York Pastor of Beaverdam and Berne Reformed Churches « 377 Gladys J. Kleinheksel 119 Park Terrace Ann Arbor, Michigan S indent at University oj Michigan Medical School Edythe G. Klerk 1102 N. Westnedge Street Kalamazoo, Michigan Teaching English in Washington junior High School Marion K. Laepple 75 W. 12th Street Holland, Michigan At Home — Substitute Teacher in Holland Rev. Barnard M. Luben Beppu, Japan Missionary Rev. Richard P. Mallery 310 Monastery Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pastor oj Fourth Reformed Church Anna M. Meengs 1724 John Street Muskegon, Michigan Teaching English in Muskegon High Rev. Alvin J. Neevel Westerlo, New York Pastor of Westerlo-Clarksville Reformed Churches Dena Nettinga Hokusei Jo Gakho Supporo Hakkaido, Japan Teaching in Presbyterian Mission School Ruth M. Nibbelink Milan, Michigan Teacher Henry Nyboer 2444A Iowa Avenue Granite City, Illinois Teaching Bookkeeping in High School Russell R. Nykamp 6037 Kimbark Avenue Chicago, Illinois Student at Rush Medical College Rosalind M. O ' Leary (Mrs. Howard Paxton) 2546 Grantwood Drive Toledo, Ohio At Home Rev. Frederick H. Olert 2518 Jefferson Street Paducah, Kentucky Pastor of Fir t Prefbyter ian Church Rev. Marion Pennings Schodack Landing, New York Pastor oj Schodack Reformed Church Rev. Gerard C. Pool Lincoln Park, New Jersey Pastor oj Lincoln Park Reformed Chwch James L. Poppen St. Luke ' s Hospital Chicago, Illinois Interne Mildred E. Ramaker Cedar Grove, Wisconsin Teacher Hermina E. Reinhart Armour, South Dakota At Home Metta J. Ross 91 E. I4th Street Holland, Michigan Instructor in History in Hope College Albert Schaafsma 279 W. 19th Street Holland, Michigan Cost Accountant for Grand Rapids Store Equipment Corporation Lillian Estes Scott 625 Knapp Street, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Dental Assistant Bernard H. Shoemaker 1805 Daves Avenue Whiting, Indiana Chemist for Standard Oil Company Leona Sithes (Mrs. M. Farnsworth) Moline, Michigan At Home Anthony V. Smith Christ Hospital Cincinnati, Ohio Interne at Christ Hospital Betty F. Stegenga (Mrs. Geo. Steketee) St. Clair Shores, Michigan At Home George Steketee St. Clair Shores, Michigan Teaching Mathematics and Coaching in St. Clair Shores High School Katheryne Tyner (Mrs. E. E. Baker) 579 Lawndale Court Holland, Michigan At Home Anna Mae Tysse (Mrs. W. Roth) 230 Jefferson Street Lowell, Michigan Al Home Rev. Aaron J. Ungersma Waterville, Washington Pastor of Community Presbyterian Church Theodore Van Den Brink East Main Street Zeeland, Michigan Teaching Geometry and Bookkeeping in Zeeland High School « 378 Harriet J. Vanderbush (Mrs. John S. Northcott) 614 So. Michigan Avenue Saginaw, Michigan Al Home Rev. Norman E. Vander Hart Knox, New York Pastor of Second Reformed Church of Berne Dorothy E. Vander Kolk 1724 John Street Muskegon, Michigan . Teacher of Matematics in Muskegon High School James H. Vander Ven 127 W. 20th Street Holland, Michigan Principal of North Holland School Henry J. Van Duine Ford Hospital Detroit, Michigan Interne Russell L. Van Dyke 6144 Kenwood Avenue Chicago, Illinois Correspondent for Hart. Schaffner and Marx Co?npany Evelyn M. Van Eenenam Box 226 Madison, South Dakota Teaching English in Madison City High School Carol Van Hartesveldt 115 E. 9th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Arnold Van Wyk 705 6th Street Bismarck, North Dakota Coaching Athletics and Teaching Chemistry in Bismarck High School Charles D. Veldhuis Coopersville, Michigan Superintendent of Schools Jeannette Veldman Kulangsu, Ainoy, China Nurse John J. Ver Beek Box No. 197 Byron Center, Michigan Superintendent of Schools James M. Ver Meulen 912 E. Franklin Street Grand Rapids, Michigan Supervisor, American Seating Company Nel l Wassenaar 56 Queensbury Boston, Massachusetts City Nurse Edith H. Weaver 617 Washington Street Traverse City, Michigan Teaching English and French in junior High School Thomas Elliot Weier 119 Eddy Street Cornell University Ithaca, New York Botany Felloivship Peter Wesselink Portsmouth, Ohio Assistant Manager of IF. T. Grant Co. Alonzo Wierenga 555 School Street South Haven, Michigan Teacher of Mathematics in High School Chester L. Yntema 4224 Osage Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Instructor in Anatomy at University of Pennsylvania Dwight B. Yntema 432 Norton Street New Haven, Connecticut Sterling Fellow in Economics at Yale University Adrian F. Zwemer 414 Jefferson Street Lowell, Michigan Teacher of Science in Lowell High School Class of 1927 THE friend of the class, Bill Shakespeare, stated some decades ago that the world was a stage. He knew, we are sure, that our parts would find us at Hope College for four happy years. Commencement night was a tense affair. Therefore we deal with tenses: past, present and future. PAST. It ' s all over now but let ' s look back. Spike De Weerd, lengthy in stature and speech, assisted by Dr. Dimnent, ushered us into college life. It was interesting. The sophomores found us so interesting that they came through the water to meet us. (To prove that we remained interesting we have but to say that the frosh did the same the following autumn.) The city fire department was called out on one occasion to dampen our enthusiasm. But it was never dampened. Many studied. Many studied and 379 CLASS Ol ' 1918 Back Row; L. W. Peet, G. Timmer, M. L. Meyer (Koster), L. V. Congleton, J. P. Muyskens, F. C. Walvoord, J. A. Potts (Kallemeyn), F. L. Kortering, D. C. Hospers (Den Herder), W. A. Scholten, M. E. Struik (Blanford). Second Row: G. Kortering (Wright), M. E. Van Drezer (De Young), A. J. Dunnewold, M. E. Atwood (Stegeman), Mrs. W. H. Durfee, J. A. Stegeman, J. Ter Borg. Bottom Row: M. Welling (Heemstra), J. A. Klaaren, E. Vaupell (Reese), R. F. Vander Aarde, C. M. Coburn, L. Vander Ploeg (Lubbers), M. A. Sywassink (Ter Borg), G. Schurman (De Witt), L. M. Brusse (Fenton), E. C. Kuizenga, E. T. Van Putten (Hakken). played. Many played. Father Hope, stroking his beard, can say: They were as good as the rest; they stood with the best. PRESENT. We are as scattered as our thoughts were in the days when we had to listen to Dr. Dimnent condemn the tardy virgins. Busy is busy, and so we are. Distance spells separation and it doesn ' t. FUTURE. From one of the Milestones we find this written of our group: As we sail out into the vast unknown, Hope ' s ideals and aims will guide us onward and upward. May this ever be true! May the Hope College of today maintain ideals and aims worthy of our following them! William G. Maat. Harold William Beernink Sioux Center, Iowa Manufacture and Installation of Gas Machines for Ho; es Henrietta Josephine Beyers (Mrs. Peter Van Es ) ' Colony, Oklahoma Missionary in Indian Mission William Bonnema 1235 S. Harvey Avenue Berwyn, Illinois Buyer of Spor infi Goodi for Sears Rochink and Company Rev. Lawrence James Borst R.R. 5 Hudsonville, Michigan Faslor South Blendon Reformed Church Carl Bovenkerk Ashley, Indiana Teaching History in Ashley Hi h School Rev. Henry George Bovenkerk 2 Meiji Gakuin Shiba-ku, Tiikyo, Japan Under appointment as Missionary to japan « 380  CLASS of 1919 Back Row: J. Ten Have, J. Heneveld, M. M. De Jong, D. M. Van Loo (Boonstra), R. D. Hospers, Mrs. W. H. Durfee, C. E. Reeverts, C. R. Heemstra, A. P. Karsten, R. G. Korteling. Center Row: B. Mulder, M. Kloote (Muilenburg) , E. R. Mulder (Mountain), J. F. Vyn (Reese), A. E. Raap (Flipse), C. M. Poppen (Poppen), M. Thomasma (Landwehr), C. Hj Pennings (Rozeboom), I. D, Van Zanten (Van Zoeren). Bottom Row: A. R. Winter (Korteling), H. Z. Baker (Prins), A. J. Amelee (Hospers). Eunice Eleanor Brockmeier 1578 Robinson Road, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Off ce Work in Michigan Life Ins. Co. Rev. Bruno Bruns Meiji Gakuin Tokyo, Japan Missionary Rev. William Ralph Buitendorp Middleburgh, New York Pastor of AMddlehiirgh Reformed Church Rev. Henry Burggraaff Glen, New York Pastor of Glen Reformed Church Adrian Gerard Buys c-o Kinsey and Buys 857 Otillia, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Salesman Mabel Aoma Coburn (Mrs. Henry Kuit) W. Central Avenue Zeeland, Michigan At Home Viola Cook R.R. 1 Holland, Michigan Teacher in W est Olive School Mary Isabel Crouch (Mrs. Adrian Zwemer) Lowell, Michigan At Home Russell David Damstra 235 E. 49th Street New York City, New York Student — White ' s Bible Institute Marie Lauraine De Cook (Mrs. W. Saunders) 571 Michigan Avenue Holland, Michigan Lee De Pree Dow Chemical Company Midland, Michigan Chemist « 381  Harold George De Vries 1511 Washtenaw Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan Sliident at University oj Michigan Medical Colleg,e Margaret Helen De Weerd Vassar, Michigan Teacher oj English. Civics and History in Vassar High School Jacob P. De Witt 3175 Main Street, Apt. B Fort Scott, Kansas Teaching Science in Junior College Rev. Albert Nelson Doak Coxsackie, New York Pastor of Second Reformed Church Susanne Dragt (Mrs. Garrett Vander Borgh) 38 E. 22nci Street Holland, Michigan At Home Lester Gerrit Droppers Spring Lake, Michigan Principal oj Spring Lake High School Florence Dulmes (Mrs. Wm. Ten Haken) 200 Portland Street Wauwautosa, Wisconsin At Home Simon Dykshorn 427 N. Dubuque Street Iowa City, Iowa Graduate Work at Iowa University Gerald Elenbaas Carson City, Michigan Teacher and Coach in Carson City High School Egbert Howard Fell 6037 Kimbark Avenue Chicago, Illinois Student at Rush Medical College Clyde Henry Geerlings 24 Waters Terrace Lowville, New York Teacher in Lowville High School Raymond Gouwens South Holland, Illinois Garage Business Mae Elizabeth Hadden 340 Cherry Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Home Address: 128 W. 11th Street Holland, Michigan Studying Library Science at Ryerson Library Harriet Lucille Heneveld (Mrs. Bert Kempers) Pine Ridge Indian Reservation South Dakota Home Mi uoriary Rutherford Gerald Huizinga 132 Lafayette Street Schenectady, New York Training and Clerical Work at the International Office of the General Electric Company Joseph Wm. Hyink Buchanan, Michigan Teacher of Science in Buchanan High School Ruth Alyce Hyma (Mrs. Le Roy Hill) 2808 Wilcox Street Chicago, Illinois At Home Alice Cornelia Ihrman 1724 John Street Muskegon, Michigan Teacher of English in Bunker junior High School Rev. Richard Albert Jager 10157 Lafayette Avenue Chicago, Illinois Minister Frank Jansma 298 E. Bean Street Washington, Pennsylvania Chemist for Oil Company Nicholas Keizer Seminary Hall Holland, Michigan Student at Western Theological Semi Rev. Jacob Marcellus Kik Bass River, Kent County New Brunswick, Canada Pastor of Presbyterian Church Raymond KoUen Klaasen 54 E. I6th Street Holland, Michigan Attending Laiv School at University of Michigan Rev. Peter Geo. Koopman R.R. No. 2 Central Lake, Michigan Pastor of Atwood Reformed Church Mathilda Korver Hospers, Iowa Principal of Hospers High School Pearl Esther Leenhouts Williamson, New York Teaching Science in Scottsville, New York, High School Hazel Frances Lokker Cedar Springs, Michigan Teacher of Latin and History Melvin Benj. Lubbers 1827 left ' erson Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teacher in t ' airrieir High School Rev. Theodore W. Luidens 99 Campbell Avenue East Williston Park Long Island, New York Pastor of the Williston Park Rejormed Church Rev. Wm. G. Maat Nassau, New York Pastor of Nassau Reformed Church Ruth Lily Marcotte Coopersville, Michigan Teacher in Coopersville High School Cathalene Dorthea Mersen 2 E. 10th Street Holland, Michigan Manager of Book Shop Gladys Moeke 133 E. Central Avenue Zeeland, Michigan Teacher in Zeeland High School Rev. Marinus Gerardus Moget R.R. No. 1 Fenton, Illinois Pastor of Zion Reformed Church of Newton, Illinois Sedie Elizabeth Moir (Mrs. A. Ter Louw) 1060 Anderson Avenue New York City, New York Laboratory Assistant in New York City High Schools Cornelius Wm. Muilenburg San Fernando La Union Teacher of English in American Govern- ment School Ralph Louis Muller 120 So. Church Street Zeeland, Michigan Teaching Science in Zeeland High School Roy Nattress Hertzog Theological Hall New Brunswick, New Jersey Student Cornelia Angelina Nettinga Berea College Berea, Kentucky Teacher of Vocal Music Helen Olgers (Mrs. W. Ooms) 228 Buckingham Place West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania At Home Hester Angeline Ossewaarde (Mrs. H. Bovenkerk) 2 Meiji Gakuin Shiba-ku, Tokyo, Japan At Home William Peelen 725 S. Lincoln Chicago, Illinois Student at Rush Medical College Matthew Peelen 725 S. Lincoln Chicago, Illinois Student at Rush Medical College Elsie Peets (Mrs. Carl Cook) 1224 Washtenaw Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan Teaching Alice Plasman 329 N. Clemens Avenue Lansing, Michigan Teacher of Mathematics and English in Pattingill Junior High School Abraham Pott 407 N. Engall Street Ann Arbor, Michigan Medical Student at University of Michigan Elsa Lillian Schmid (Mrs. Jerry C. Pool) Lincoln Park, New Jersey At Home Iman Schurman 76 Woodruff Avenue Columbus, Ohio Graduate Work in Chemistry at Ohio State University Sandrene Ann Schutt 603 Franklin Street Grand Haven, Michigan Teaching in Grand Haven High School D. Harris Smith 38 So. Kensington Avenue La Grange, Illinois Routeman — Best Way Laundry Service Rev. John Soeter, Jr. 501 Maple Avenue Teaneck, New Jersey PaUor of Smith Community Church Wilhelmina Theresa Sprick Box No. 402 Leslie, Michigan Teacher A. Fred Steketee 114 W. 11th Street Holland, Michigan Travelling Salesman Vernon Daniel Ten Cate 162 W. 14th Street Holland, Michigan Attorney Rev. Thomas Ten Hoeve Rocky Hill, New Jersey Pastor of Rocky Hill Reformed Church William Tuttle 5532 Kenwood Avenue Apartment No. 400 Chicago, Illinois Student at Rush Medical College « 383  Under the Arch: J. H. Meengs, R. Ten Have, W. Van Hazel, J. R. Steketee, G. G. Osterhof, J Muilenburg, C. J. Schroeder, H. Holkeboer, C. A. De Young. Second Row W. P. Koppenaal, F. Voss, G. H. Vander Borgh, Mrs. W. H. Durfee, L. B. Muilenburg (Olson), W. Vander Meer, J. Vanderwerp (Hager), J. R. Dalenburg, P. J. Koppe- naal, G. Vander Borgh, A. J. Westmaas. Third Row A. Roggen, T. Hoekstra (Perry), J. H. Potts, H. Ver Meer (Mol), A. J. De Pree, A Van Zanten, E. Zwemer, B. C. Stoppels (Bird), H. Dulmes (Lubbers). Fourth Row G. D. Muyskens, A. M. Whelan, H. M. Van Dyke, P. Van Westenburg (Gai- kema) M W. Danhof (Evarts), T- Belt (Smith), M. E. Geegh, H. M. Bell, E. M. Reeverts, T. Holkeboer, M. C. Bolks (Visscher). Bottom Row P. Cooper, W. A. Vanderwerp, B. D. Hakken, P. Baker, P. N. Pnns, H. J. Hager, C. De Vries. Donald Jay Van Alsburg 5415 Joy Road Detroit, Michigan Lawyer for Friedman. Jordan and Thotnpwn Ardeen Van Arendonk (Mrs. Clyde Geerlings) 24 Waters Terrace LowviUe , New York At Home Gerrit John Vanden Berg Rock Valley, Iowa Teachini in Rock Willey H ' :i h School F.rvin Raymond Vander Jagt 427 N. Dubuque Street Iowa City, Iowa Grddiuile Si lid cn I jI hnr.i Unir.r.rily Katherine Anne Van Der Veere Box No. 196 Lawton, Michigan Teacher of English, French and Mathematics Rev. Peter Van Es Colony, Oklahoma Missionary in Indian Mission Helen Van Ess 490 Madison Avenue Albany, New York Secretary to the President of New York State National Bank Ruth Van Kersen 178 W. 15th Street Holland, Michigan Teacher oj French and Literal ii re in ZccLnid Hiy,h School « . 84 CLASS OF 1921 Back Row: M. De Wolf, J. Wierda, P. J. Mulder, R. E. Flikkema, H. E. Veldman. First Row: M. J. Peet (Rove), G. A. Durrin, H. W. Van Raalte (Dalenberg), N. De Graaf, M. Mulder (Huff), G. E. Peet, Mrs. W. H. Durfee, G. H. Stephan (Meeusen), O. E. Boland (Nagel), T. Tenninga, D. Weersing (Klaaren), F. J. Leroy. Second Row: F. J. Ihrman, E. C. Hartgerink, N. E. Zwemer (Pickins), E. M. Diekema (Hoebeck). Third Row: M. M. Manting (Weaver), E. L. McKelvie, J. Ossewaarde (De Ruiter), V. J. Keppel (Kennedy). Fourth Row: J. R. Kempers, F. H. Decker, T. O. Yntema, G. W. Laug, L. E. Heemstra (Hager), G. Wasson (Ihrman), K. I. Schmid (Weier), F. B. Du Mez (Vanden Bosch) J G Pieters (Visscher), J. C. Hemmes (De Haenssler), T. E. Vander Ploeg, A. Van Ark, H. L. Mol Bottom Row: D. E. Stegeman, B. D. Hietbrink, M. J. Verduin, W. H. Vander Borgh A C Walvoord, A. C. Scholten, H. W. Pyle. Neil Gordon Van Oostenburg 1483 Harding Street Detroit, Michigan Oifice Work for Michigan Bell T elephone Company Silas Clarence Wiersma 1438 Washington Heights Ann Arbor, Michigan Student in Medical School, University of Michigan Edward Howard Wagenaar 1832 W. Adams Street Chicago, Illinois Student at Rush Medical College Gerrit Veenboer Lane Hall Ann Arbor, Michigan Studying Biology at University of Michigan Garrett Egbert Winter 210 N. Ingalls Street Ann Arbor, Michigan Student in Medical School, University of Michigan Cecilia Alyda Ver Hage 640 Washmgton Street Constantine, Michigan Teacher of English and History in Con- stantine Junior and S ' n or High Schnoh Hartger Egbert Winter 417 Monroe Street Allegan, Michigan Science Teacher in Allegan High Scl:ool « 385  1 William Wolfinger 226 W. 15th Street Holland, Michigan Clerk at Meyer ' s Music Store Frank Workman 915 Augusta Street Oak Park, Illinois Heating Engineer jor Holland Furnace Company Class of 1928 Richman, poorman, beggarman — no thief — We all came to college to be doctor, lawyer, chief. And that was all six years ago, As we won ' t soon forget — We were pulled through the river, And I tell you we were wet. But if spanked children. Make better types of men, That ducking would, undoubtedly, Account for us then. Under Jim ' s and Garry ' s leadership. We had a good year — And when the next rolled around, We hadn ' t much to fear. Believing in the adage That some painful things are good. This time we pulled the freshmen Directly through the flood. Our duty to the freshmen done, We settled down together To embroider for the class ' s cap Another good feather. A goodly number more of them Acquired in course of time. Cannot be all remembered here, — The words won ' t fit my ryhme! We more than filled our quota Of brains, and brawn, and pep. Societies, forensics, dramatics, journalism. As well as routine classroom work Where we stuffed on kernel — isms — Was grist wherewith we filled our mill But in the course of our career, — Not soon will we forget — And ground out something fine — As all the audience remarked Of our diploma line. So richman, poorman, beggarman — no thief. We all came to college To be doctor, lawyer, chief. There are preachers, too, and teachers, And a merchant more or less So you see the range of knowledge Our composite group possess. AciNi ' S Tysse. 386 Hazel Albers 254 College Avenue Holland, Michigan Teacher of Latin and English in Holland High School Priscilla Marie Bekman 67 E. 89th Street New York City Chuch Assistant at 89th Street Reformed Church Marie Beld 429 Oakland Drive Kalamazoo, Michigan Student at W estern State Normal Clarence Berkompas Rudyard, Michigan Farming Theodore Boot 38 E. 17th Street Holland, Michigan Teaching Rural School at Burcolo Margaret Boter 2150 Jefferson Drive, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Teaching History in South High School Elsie Boucher 1075 Park Avenue Schenectady, New York Teaching at West Albany Jay Bouma 310 Burgess Place Clifton, New Jersey Chemist for Standard Oil Development Company Gelmer Boven 378 Central Avenue Holland, Michigan Salesman — Lokker-Rutger ' s Store J. Russell Brink 1804 W. Congress — Room 808 Chicago, Illinois Student at Rush Medical School Harry Brower Seminary Hall Holland, Michigan Student at Western Theological Seminary Regina Buss (Mrs. B. Bruns) Meiji Gakuin Tokyo, Japan George Cliquennoi Brooks Field San Antonio, Texas _ Flying Cadet U. S. A. C. Clinton Cole 1616 Cambridge Street Cambridge, Massachusetts Student at Harvard Law School Edna Cook 42 E. I4th Street Holland, Michigan Teacher of Latin and English in Junior High School George Cook Leslie, Michigan Teaching Science in Leslie High School Carl Damson 187 W. 9th Street Holland, Michigan Principal of Noordeloos School Eugene Damstra 1318 So. Astor Street Chicago, Illinois Student at Northwestern University Medical School Gehart Decker 1482 So. Emerson Street Denver, Colorado Teaching History Albert De Groot c-o Phi Sigma Phi 57 E. Division Street Chicago, Illinois O if ice Acme Steel Company William De Haan Lawyers ' Club Ann Arbor, Michigan Law Student at University of Michigan Marvin De Jonge 202 North Street West Lafayette, Indiana Teaching Mathematics at Purdue University Dorothy Dekker (Mrs. Bernard Shoemaker) 1805 Daves Avenue Whiting, Indiana At Home Gerrit De Koning 211 Seward Place Schenectady, New York Clerical Work — General Electric Co. Peter De Ruiter Gladstone Hotel 11th and Pine Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Student at W estminster Theological Se?ninary Esther De Weerd Chittor District Madras Presidency Chittor, South India Missionary Sidney De Weerd 25 W. 22nd Street Holland, Michigan Traveling Salesman Fred Dunnewold 133 E. 9th Street Holland, Michigan Stock Manager Bush Lane Piano Co. Ruth Dykstra Box 71 Felch, Michigan Teaching English in Felch High School 387 Lester Flight ' 1303 W. 103i-d Street ' Cleveland, Oliu) ' ' Chemist joy Suiiidard Oil Co. Lewis Geerlings 1804 W. Congress Street Chicago, Illinois R i b Medicdl School Margaret Gordon (Mrs. Frank Moser) 1118 Woodlawn Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan At Home Helen G. Guhl 519 Fifth Street Traverse City, Michigan Head oj Department Shorthand and Typewriting at Traverse City High School Arlyne Haan HudsonviUe, Michigan Principal oj Junior High Delia Helder 441 College Avenue Holland, Michigan Teacher oj Arithmetic and English in ] iniior High Harold Hesselink Seminary Hall Holland, Michigan Student at Western Theological Seminary William Heydorn Hertzog Hall New Brunswick, New Jersey Student at New Brunswick Theological Seminary Evelyn Hilarides Ravenna, Michigan Teaching Lat n and English in Ravenn r High School Oscar Holkeboer 34 E. 15th Street Holland, Michigan Student W estminster Seminary Phi I ad el phia. Penns ylvania Gladrtone F ' ote ' 98-C Margaret E. Hondelink Marlette, Michigan Teacher in High School Latin and French Minnie Hundley R. R. 2 Coopersville, Michigan Teacher in Centennial School Paul R. Hunter 815 Summit Avenue River Edge, New Jersey Student at New Briinsirick Theological Seminary Ray Japinga Wayland, Michigan Teacher in Wayland High School Hi tory and English Eugene Kammeraad 429 College Avenue Holland, Michigan Business Joyce Klaasen New York State Training School Hudson, New York Assistant Matron and Garden Officer At present taking rest 148 Jefferson Avenue Miami Beach. Florida Leon Kleis 107 S. Wittemore Street St. Johns, Michigan Teacher oj Mathe?natics and Athletic Coach in St. Johns High School William J. Klerk 222 Gary Place Angelus Hotel Student Northwestern Medical School Chicago. Illinois Harvey Kollen Blissfield, Michigan Teaching Science High School Henrietta Kots Winnebago, Nebraska Mission Teacher among Indians Lester Kuyper Seminary Hall Holland, Michigan Student at Western Theological Seminary Grace Mc Carroll 453 La Grange Street South Haven, Michigan Teaching English Literature and Public Speaking in South Haven High School James C. Mc Carroll 436 Putnam Avenue Nu Sigma House Detroit, Michigan Student at Dttro ' t College oj Medicine .md Surgery Catherine J. Mentink Cedar Grove, Wisconsin Teaching in Oosthurg High School Mathematics and Languages John J. Moedt Seminary Hall Holland, Michigan Student at Western Theological Seminar) Mable Moeke 5 1 1 Stevens Street Flint, Michigan Teaching Music Theresa Mooi 364 Pine Avenue Holland, Michigan Teacher in junior High School Mathematics and F.nglish Kenneth C. Mook 48 Mortery Park Way Brighton Station Rochester, New York Supervisor of Vocal Music in East High School Frank Moser 1118 Woodhiwn Avenue . Ann Arbor, Michigan Graduate Work in Chemistry Dorothy Mulder Spring Lake, Michigan At Home John Mulder 1663 Cambridge Street Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard Law School Evelyn G. Nienhuis Carson City, Michigan Teacher of Foreign Languages Carson City High School Garry Nyweide Fredonia State Normal School Fredonia, New York Coach William Ooms 228 Buckingham Place West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Student in Westminster Seminary Willis M. Oosterhof AnnviUe, Kentucky Principal of Annville Institute Christine Pater 800 N. Mill Street Clio, Michigan Teacher in Clio Grade Schools Margaret Pohlman R. R. 4 Jefferson, Wisconsin Teaching in Rural School Clarissa Poppen Onaway, Michigan Teacher in Onaway High School English and Public Speaking Robert Ritchie Hertzog Hall New Brunswick, New Jersey Student in New Brunswick Seminary Marjorie Rogers 235 E. 49th Street New York City Student White ' s Bihical Intitule Garrett Rozeboom Seminary Hall Holland, Michigan Student W est em Theological Seminary Julius F. Schipper Martin, Michigan Superintendent of Schools Howard Sluyter 1831 Jefferson Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Area Manager for Bell Telephone Co. Raymond L. Smith 1663 Cambridge Street Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard Law School James Ten Brink Ravenna, Michigan Superintendent of Schools Benjamin W. Tewinkle Gerry, New York Principal of Junior High School Agnes Tysse 88 E. 13th Street Holland, Michigan Librarian in Hope Library Jeanette Vander Naald Coopersville, Michigan Teacher of History and Music in Coopersville High School Anne Vander Werf 18 Cherry Street Holland, Michigan Manager of Order Department, Hart and Cooley Manufacturing Company Alida Vander Werf (Mrs. A. N, Doak) Coxsackie, New York At Home Alice Van Hattem 11326 Forest Avenue Chicago, Illinois Librarian Mary R. Van Loo Chicago Heights, Illinois Office Work, Illinois Shade Cloth Corp. Bert Van Malsen Seminary Hall Holland, Michigan Student Western Theological Seminary Nelson Van Raalte Seminary Hall Holland, Michigan Student W estern Theological Seminary Priscilla Vermeer Sioux Center, Iowa Teacher in Rural School Lucille Vredevoogd Grandville, Michigan Teaching in Grade School Geraldine Walvoord 43 W. 17th Street Holland, Michigan Office Work Bessie Wyma 68 W. 7th Street Holland, Michigan Clerk at Montgomery Ward Co, Retail Store Helen Zander Meiji Gakuin Tokyo, Japan Language School 389 Class of 1929 THE members of the class of 1929 have now experienced one year of Hfe as College Graduates. Needless to say the experiences of the dif?erent members have been many and varied. The eighty-nine who last June were graduated from their Alma Mater have almost literally been scattered to the four corners of the United States. Foreign countries claim two of them — one in Arabia and one in China. At matriculation time in 1925 the Freshman Class of that year was found to be the largest which ever entered Hope College. Unfortunately all of these could not continue and at graduation time the number had been reduced to eighty-nine. In spite of the loss of many members, however, ' The tiny seed planted when f rst we became Hopites became a sturdy plant whose bounteous fruits became the Spirit of Hope and love of our Alma Mater. The one year away from college has taught us to appreciate more than ever before the worth of the four years we spent at Hope College. Indeed we can all say with emphasis, It was good for us to have been there. JoHAN Mulder. Everett Bekken Box 54 Byron Center, Michigan Teacher in Byron Center H gh School Alfred Bentall 301 Hertzog Hall New Brunswick, New Jersey Student at New Brunswick Theological Seminary William Beswick 6039 Kimbark Avenue Chicago, Illinois Student at Rush Medical College Dorothy Blekkink Cedar Grove, Wisconsin Student . Ada C. Boone Croswell, Michigan Teacher oj Latin and English in Croswell High Harriet Boone R. R. 10 Holland, Michigan At Home Gertrude Bos 50 E. I6th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Leon A. Bosch 1585 Ridge Avenue Evanston, Illinois Studying at Northwestern University Roy Bremer (Home Address) R. R. No. 1 Holland, Michigan Muskegon County Sanitarium Re ting Clarence Bremer 76 W. Woodruff Avenue Columbus, Ohio Graduate Work at Ohio State University Esther Brink 6{)3 Franklin Street Grand Haven, Michigan Teacher oj English in Grand Haven High School Frank A. Brokaw North Rose, New York Teacher oj History at North Rose High School Harry J. Clark- Ina De Cracker (Mrs. M. Pennings) Schodack Landing, New York At Home Mariett De Groot Cedar Grove, Wisconsin Teaching in Wisconsin Memorial Academy Elida Den Herder Sioux Center, Iowa Teacher in Rural School Bernard De Pree 236 Columbia Avenue Holland, Michigan Teller in People ' s State Bank Leon De Pree 6037 Kimbark Avenue Chicago, Illinois Student at Rush Medical College George De Roos 14810 Morgan Street Harvey, Illinois Heating Engineer for Holland Furnace Co. Walter De Velder Fuchien P rovince Chang Chow, China Talmadge Memorial College Miuionary Joe De Vries Bercsford, South Dakota Teaching in Beresjord High School Science and Mathematics « 390 : Raymond De Young ' - Clarence Diephouse 346 E. Walton Avenue Muskegon, Michigan Teaching Civics and History Muskegon Christian School Marjorie Du Mez Box 1024 Mattawan, Michigan Teacher of Latin and English in Mattawan High School Marvin J. Fokkert Whitehall, Michigan Principal of Whitehall High School Evangeline Grooters Coopersville, Michigan Teaching Latin and English in Coopersville High School Jacob C. Gulick 16 Elm Street Newburgh, New York Furniture Business Herman Harms Apartment No. 400 5532 Kenwood Avenue Chicago, Illinois Student at Rush Medical College Lily Mae Hawkins 1817 Kansas Avenue ■ Flint, Michigan At Home William B. Hughes 34 Temple Place Passaic, New Jersey Purchase and Sales Department — Clerk, Goodbody and Co. Kenneth Hyink Cedar Grove, Wisconsin Teaching History and English at Wisconsin Memorial Academy Walter Hyink Webberville, Michigan Teaching Mathematics at Webherrille High School Russel Japinga 20 W. 16th Street Holland, Michigan Stock Clerk — Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Benton Harbor Ruth Kennel 2230 Witherell Street Detroit, Michigan Employed in Doctor ' s Office Clarence Klaasen 54 E. I6th Street Holland, Michigan Salesman — Lokker Rutgers John Klay Box No. 54 Orange City, Iowa Bank Clerk Clothing Store Floyd Klein j an Bruce, South Dakota Teacher Stanley Kleinheksel 4011 2 W. California Street Urbana, Illinois Graduate Work in Chemistry at University of Illinois Sarah Klooster (Mrs. Fred Olert) 2518 Jefferson Street Paducah, Kentucky At Home Herman Knol 1332 S. 58th Avenue Cicero, Illinois Student in McCormick Seminary of Chicago Grace Koeppe Cedar Grove, Wisconsin Teacher of Mathematics in Wisconsin Memorial Academy Harold Kraai 176 W. 14th Street Holland, Michigan Employed at Colonial Theatre Adrian Kuyper Chemistry Building State University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Graduate Assistant in Biochemistry Alice Lammers Cass City, Michigan Teacher of French and History in Cass City High School Herman Laug Allendale, Michigan Principal Josephine Lippenga 908 W. 77th Street Chicago, Illinois Teacher in Englewood Christian High School J. Dean Martin Metuchen, New Jersey c-o Rev. Fred Zimmerman Student at New Brunswick T heological Seininary Edith Mc Gilvra 310 E. Bridge Plainwell, Michigan Teacher in Plainwell High School Dora Mc Cowan Berea College, Box C Berea, Kentucky Teacher in Berea College Junior High School « 391  Dick Mouw Hudsonville, Michigan Pi ficipal oj Hudsonville High School Johan Mulder Seminary Hall Holland, Michigan Student in Western Theological Stminjty Hazel Neerkin 31 W. 28th Street Holland, Michigan At Home Margaret W. Otte spring Lake, Michigan Teacher of Latin and History in Spring Lake High School Jule Ossewarde Ravenna, Michigan Teacher in Ravenna High School Jack Pelon 235 E. 49th Street New York City Student While ' s Bibical Seminary Loraine Raak 301 E. Mason Street Cadillac, Michigan Teacher in Cadillac High School Latin Gerrit Rezelman R.R. No. 3 Holland, Michigan Student at Western Theological Seminary Charles Rozema 214 Trowbridge Grand Rapids, Michigan Commercial Chemist George Russcher Shelby, Michigan Teacher oj History and Public Speaking in Shelby High School Laverne R. Sandy 2026 Boggs Avenue Wilkinsburg, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Student at Western Theological Seminary of the Rejormed Church in the United States Kathryn Schaafsma 279 W. 19th Street Holland, Michigan Clerk and Bookkeeper at Tavern Drug Store Peter Scholten Capac, Michigan Teacher oj Science and Mathematics in Capac High School Dorothy N. Stroop East lordan, Michigan Teacher oj Latin and English Edward Swartout 305 Hertzog Hall New Brunswick, New Jersey Student at Neiv Brunuvick Theological Seminary Nellis Tanis Manistique, Michigan Teacher in Manistique High School Harm Timmer Seminary Hall Holland, Michigan Student in Western Theological Seminary Ida Townsend (Mrs. Dean Martin) c-o Rev. Fred Zimmerman Metuchen, New Jersey At Home Eva Tysse 62 Green Hall University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Medical Course John Tysse Hertzog Hall New Brunswick, New Jersey Student at New Brunswick Seminary Martha Van Buren Mellenville, New York At Home Lester Vande Poel 17 E. I6th Street Holland, Michigan Bookkeeper at Ter Haar Auto Co. Alvin Vanderbush Grandville, Michigan Teacher of Geography and Physiology — Coach Laverne Vander Hill Hertzog Hall New Brunswick, New Jersey Student in New Brum wick Seminary Ruth Vander Linden (Mrs. W. G. Maat) Nassau, New York At Home Norris Van Duren 92 E. 18th Street Holland, Michigan Employed by Holland Theatre Co. Bernard Van Oss ' Raymond Van Raalte CoopersviUe, Michigan Teacher and Coach in CoopersviUe High School Eva Van Schaak R.R. No. 4 c-o Miss L. A. Boyd Holland, Michigan Assistant Biology Instructor in Hope College Chester Van Tamelen 116 N. Ingalls Ann Arbor, Michigan Studying Chemistry at Lhiiversit) oj Michigan « 392  Eleanor L. Verwey 490 Madison Avenue Albany, New York Auditing Department of New York State National Bank Andrew Vinstra 103 Michigan Street, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Salesman jor Consumers Power Co. Lawrence Vredevoogd GrandviUe, Michigan Teacher in GrandviUe High School Henry P. Wackerbarth Hertzog Hall New Brunswick, New Jersey Student at New Brunsivick Theological Seminary E. Marie Wagenaar Clare, Michigan Teaching English in Clare High School Mary Waldron 27 Radford Street Yonkers, New York Teacher in Hawthorne Junior High School vSeena Welling 522 Columbus Street Benton Harbor, Michigan Teaching History and English in Benton Harbor High School Evelyn Welmers 605 Liberty Avenue Grand Rapids, Michigan At Home Otto Yntema Jamestown, Michigan Principal of Jamestoten High School S the last page of this alumni section comes off the press an inspection already reveals a fetv changes in address and occupation. So as time passes we realize constant alterations tvill occur. Young ladies have a habit of marrying, thereby changing their name as tvell as their address and occupation, while the men travel all over the face of the earth. We are thankful for the few who have settled down permanently and will keep their part of the record correct for many years hence. We regret that in two instances it tvas impossible to secure the individuals portraits to use in their class mountings. Of course ive are sorry too that a few people were absent when the class photograph tvas made and if we could have only lived through all these years preparing this Alumni edition it tvould have been our responsibility to have insisted that everyone attend Mrs. Durfee ' s breakfasts. May we take this last opportunity to express our tvarmest thanks to dozens of people throughout the United States who took the trouble to secure the old time pictures of friends and relatives reproduced in this volume. We are grateful also to those who have contributed rvrite-ups, and to those tvho have offered information which helped locate their friends and classmates. With- out the assistance of our friends everywhere this tremendous task would have been impossible. « 393  T I « ' HLMCC ' ' When the netvcomer to the colony stepped from the flat boat at Black Lake or Black River, or from the ox wagon if he came by land, the first question for many years was, ' Where is the city of Holland} ' The rosiest possible descriptions had been sent back home, so that newcomers expected y to see a large and flourishing city, and to many it was a shock to come to a dense for - est with only here and there a log cabin or hemlock hut. The humor of this situation is apparent, for Van Raalte ' s sense of sales- manship had led him to unconsciously exag- gerate the truth. And tvith all about them in so primitive a state as is described above, g gn the courting lovers must needs ivhis- per their secrets in the open air of the out- of-doors. ' ' To Our Advertisers The Staf¥ is most grateful for your excellent support and extends its sincerest thanks. For many months busi- ness conditions rendered the immediate publication of this yearbook impossible, but finally many of you gave us your support in the face of curtailed advertising budgets. You have contributed materially toward making the 1930 Milestone a long awaited reality. Your advertisements have provided for many of the book ' s best features. We owe you a debt of gratitude for the interest you have shown in making a good book possible, and its success makes every advertiser deserving of the undivided patron- age of the student body. We Acknowledge With Thanks Their interest in this Alumni Edition led these individuals to generously contribute to its success. The Staff is deeply indebted for their splendid assistance. JOHN S. DYKSTRA GILBERT VANDER WATER A Friend of the Milestone DR. JOHN MASSELINK REV T W. DAVIDSON, D.D. MR. MRS. KENNETH V. DE FREE MRS. GEORGE E. KOLLEN A FRIEND WICHERS LUMBER COMPANY and to Those Friends Who Have Willingly Subscribed for their copy of the 1930 Milestone at a price much higher than that adver- tised, in order to aid the Staff financially. THE HOPE CALENDAR and a few of the things that leaked out Wednesday. September iS - Today was a big day for Holland, as Hope again opened Its large swmgmg gates after the long summer recess. An inspirational Ilk Iniors t ' ooT I, rf T ' ' P - The awed Freshman and serious Seniors took it all in. The Juniors and Sophs were also there in body Thursday September 79 - The annual Hope ■ ' holdup was staged in the regis- trars office today. No compensation, rebates, or half fare were offered. Proceed at ir nr.n? .71. ° ' ' ' ' ' f ' ' ' looking, like Diogenes with his lantern, for some unusually good freshmen. At last De Wind was found, and someone blew out the light Goodnite ' y ' J ' P ' ' ' -20-Wov l wot a day this was. All the men ' s and women ' s societies had open meetings so that we could see the Freshmen strut their stuff. I can ' t looT ' f ulV h eel while strutting and has been sout nlst ' ce as. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' her than her Whef thfson ; ' ' fF ' Tl ' ' ' - ' y ' ' y Freshmen history. When the Sophs and Frosh had finished battling, we were sure of only one thing and that was that Christmas was surely coming. The way some of the Frosh felt they probably were glad of that fact. They surely acted dumb and I guess it wasn t all act mg either Anyway it was a nice friendly scrap fellows and showed good cla ss pS Tuesday, September 24 - The Freshmen had a big day today af the Y M nd Y W. reception, and showed all kinds of spirit except the Hope spirit You know what I mean, they had a real good time. F F ' - i ou Know Wednesday, September 25 Oh wot a sight for sore eyes! The Frosh have donned their green pots and ties and what a sight. They hardly ' know how to pot ye but they 11 soon learn or it will be too bad hJ ' ' !i ' fTu ' ' Whoopie! The Sophs proved that the Frosh were all wet when they pulled them through Black River today in the annual pull. The Frosh at Gos ' horn rll T ' ' 1 celebrated (. ) at the Castle. The Sophs held their party at Goshorn, the Juniors at the Masonic temple, the Seniors at the Country Club and a good time was had by all, including yours truly a bi wr ?.- ' ' ' ' u P l entertained her Delphi sisters today in a bg way. Dinner could be served at Voorhees, however, and all who weren ' t too busy studying, partook. Ye diarist upon seeing hash took part - and left the rest ' Monday, September 30- Tomght that august body known as the H. K K held home ' ck F ' rt ' ' 1 P ' S it sorry for several homesick Frosh they invited them over and gave them a warm reception. In spite of Po n. f 1 r ° . ' ' f ' ' application some of the boys including F osh Itto iS ' Tadr ' I hmk a new plan should be adapted Some motto like Faddle your own can noe. .r-lTlt ' ' ' T T ' ' ' ' ° fhe fellows as well as girls decided their lessons would have to suffer for the good of the Y. Noble. Yea ven M Thos. Welmers is busy these days tryn.g to collect installments on tuition ' ' tnday. October 4 - Today was an especially big day for the coeds. There were several society teas and beach parties. Of course they all broke up in mixed partir f you know what I mean. The girls were afraid in the dark Saturday, October J - Just between you and me that Hillsdale bunch raised havoc MeX wors7for ' ' today. Scudder, Brunson, Fox, Beaver and Leenhouts looLd httle the worse for wear. Otherwise it was a good game else — of course we ' ll not mention the score. Our yearlings beat up Hillsdale ' s Frosh in fine manner I9 6 and If they keep it up I predict a championship. ' 397 Bef ore . . . you pass another Mile- stone of your life, be sure to open a Savings Account with us. Your future depends on what you save today. Peoples State Bank HOLLAND, MICHIGAN « 398  RED LION SANDWICH SHOP A Popular Place to Eat at Popular Prices SOMETHING DIFFERENT — TRY IT River Ave., North of 8th Harry Cotas, Prop. HOLLAND, MICHIGAN Wednesday, October 9 — The Aletheans had a big time at the beach today Hot dogs and weeners made up the first course. Frankfurts were the desert. Instead of nuts hverwurst was handed out. Most important today is the fact that some one was reported absent from chapel, and never told a soul. Thursday, October iO — Fritz Kreisler was m Grand Rapids today and some hun- dred of us were fonunate enough to attend. Ye diabolical diarist had the pleasure of sitting next to Lynn Sabo and consequently didn ' t listen to Fritz. Friday October 72 — Had a big mass meeting tonite before our first home game to be played with Detroit. Saturday. October 12 — Columbus Day today. You remember that guy that crossed the Delaware and named it India, that ' s the guy. The other big thing that happened today was the beating 6-0 Hope received from Detroit City. The boys fough[ hard Ihey deserve credit. Sunday, October 23 — The Knickerbockers observed this day by serving tea to I Co-ed Dresses I YOUTH LOOK — COATS AND SUITS | Here are exquisite Frocks, Smart Coats, Suits for street I and afternoon parties, too. Each shows a charming apti- I tude for its particular occasion, and the pricings are I varied enough to meet every plan of expenditure. I ROSE CLOAK STORE The Shop of Exclusive Service Holland, Mich. I « 399  BERT VANDER PLOEG, President JOHN B. VANDER PLOEG, Treas.-Mgr. THE SHADY LAWN FLORISTS Landscape Architects and Floral Decorators Office, Greenhouses and Nurseries — 281 E. l6th St., Phone 2652 HOLLAND, MICHIGAN MEMBERS: FUirists ' Telegraph Delivery Association Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists American Association of Nurserymen Congratulations to the Staff on this outstanding edition. friends of the happy family. Other societies also ate — but in boarding houses. Tuesday, October 15 — The Pre-medic Club organized today. It ' s a good thing! We have a few cases on this campus developing rapidly. W ' ednesday. October 16 — Mrs. Durfee ' s afternoon tea for the Junior girls was the event today. Cigarettes were not served after the tea. Thursday, October 17 — Today the Pre-medic club diagnosed the case of Roger and Janet. They reported high fever and cold feet. Everything else is still running smoothly, except that the cook at Voorhees thought it was Saturday and served the weekly review of reviews. Friday. October 18 — Hope lost their football tilt again today, 19-0. Due to several injured men no substitutions could be made. Consequently the goose egg for Hope. Saturday. October 19 — The day of recuperation for the varsity and dating for the non-combatants. Colonial was crowded. Phone 2054 PARIS DRY CLEANERS Cleaning :: Pressing :: Repairing French Method Strictly Used Mrs. C. H. Fuckinger EAST SIXTH STREET HOLLAND, MICHIGAN 400 Third Reformed Church CORNER TWELFTH AND PINE Rev, James M. Martin, Pastor Services Morning Worship - - 10:00 A.M. Evening Service - Bible School 11:30 A.M. Christian End eavor 7:30 P.M 6:30 P.M HOPE STUDENTS CORDIALLY WELCOMED AT ALL THE CHURCH SERVICES I COLLEGE SUPPLIES | I Loose Leaf Note Books, Papers and other supplies. | I TYPEWRITERS: Royal, Corona, and Underwood Portables. | I Easy terms! | I Read the latest books — you will find them in our Circulating | I Library. We will gladly order any book direct from the publishers | I for you. I I FORMER HOPE STUDENTS! | I Send your orders for books, fiction or non-fiction — to us. | I We will give you speedy service. | I FRIS BOOK STORE | I 30 West Eighth Street HOLLAND, MICHIGAN | Thursday, October 24 — Quite a skip I know but for some reason the Profs have been terribly ugly and I didn ' t dare express my daily sentiments. Honestly some of these Profs just can ' t control their tempers. Friday, October 23 — Yesterday and today the Senior Ed. students were in Grand Rapids attending a conference. Some of them say the movies for this week are good and they should know they saw them all. Saturday, October 26 — It ' s too bad but true, Hope lost another hard fought tilt with Olivet, 8 - 7. The boys are determined to beat Kalamazoo or bust. Wednesday. October JO — Tonight was the day of judgment for the Frosh. Some of the Freshies who disregarded the rules received severe sentences. It ' ll be fun seeing Millie Klow running around dressed as a baby and Weidner as a nurse. Ha! I guess ye editor will get up for Chapel tomorrow morning. Thursday, October 31 — Yes, those kids were a sight. Banty kindly asked Millie if she would go back to the dorm and dress. Millie very graciously consented. Nice SPECIAL PRICES TO STUDENTS HENRY BAUMGARTEL PHOTOGRAPHER I Phone 2967 ' 233 Lincoln Ave. | I 0 e Block East of Campus j 402 H. R. DOESBURG Druggist 32 East Eighth St. HOLLAND MICHIGAN Compliments of TER HAAR AUTO CO. BUICK STRAIGHT EIGHTS Dependable Used Cars « 403  Compliments of the DONNELLY KELLY GLASS CO. ♦ DUFFY MFG. CO. eh? Honorable G. J. Diekema was given a very elaborate farewell today as he left as ambassador to the Netherlands. G. J. is a man of whom Holland and Hope may justly be proud. He can talk Deutsch like nobody ' s business hardly yet. Friday, November 1 — Our Freshmen football team again showed their calibre by beating up Alma 13-6. Otherwise everything was quiet along the western front, that is until the Praters started serenading the girls about one o ' clock in the A. M. Ye diagramatical diarist could hear the female hearts palpitate a mile way, more-or-less. Friday, November 8 — Ho hum! this diapeptical diarist has been lazy for a week but nothing much has happened except more lessons to be studied. Oh! I must tell you what I overheard. The Emersonians had their initiation tonite. It was a big time. Saturday, November 9 — Ah! it was history that was made today, because our boys came home with the bacon defeating Kazoo 19-13. Nine Rah ' s! Monday, November 11 — Another week has started and just as blue as the rest. The Praters held their Armistice party at Spring Lake country club. After the fight I HOLLAND, MICHIGAN | 1 DATE — (All the Time) I TO THE STUDENTS AND I I FACULTY OF HOPE — | I We thank you for your past patronage and look forward to | I another pleasant year of serving you. | 1 Sincerely, | I EAST END DRUG STORE, | I Russ. Haight, manager. I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiu ' r « 404  One of the Dormitories Western Theological Seminary I oj the REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA I HOLLAND, MICHIGAN 1 Strong Faculty I Special Course of Lectures I Admitting only College Graduates i Th.B. degree to regular graduates I Th.M. degree for fourth year I Variety of Methods 1 Fine Working Library Much Attention to Preaching I English Bible and Foreign Missions Pleasant Group Spirit NEW YEAR BEGINS SEPTEMBER 17th I For Catalog I Rev. Jacob Vander Meulen, D.D. I Rev. S. C. Nettinga, D.D. ' iin ' MiHii Miiiiiiiiiiii iiir Miiniiii I mil mi iimmm nmmimmmmmmimj mmmmmii mi mim i j c i mmi t i mu i mf Mmimmmii i mm 405 „ , , 1 1„, 1 ■ '  ' ' ' ' ' ' j FIRST STATE BANK | E. D. DIMNENT, President WYNAND WICHERS, Cashier j Resources over $4,000,000 | Trust is almost the highest thing in life. It is the essence of civilization. Trust is the very foundation of banking. The idea that hundreds of people trust some bank- er with their surplus funds, and he puts those funds at the service of the com- munity as a whole through loaning them to persons who redeposit them, to be re- loaned and redeposited again, so that the bank, a bundle of individual trusts of rich and poor, becomes one of the fulcrums upon which civilization turns. We want every student to use the facilities of this Bank, | which is the largest and strongest in Ottawa County | m , immmm «,„, , ,., «i m, , f- « 406  Maurie Marcus had with his girl over whether or not his mustache tickled, the Praters have decided they should call their party something else. Tuesday, November 12 — Today found about a dozen Frosh trying to erase the green ' 33 ' s that were painted on pillar, post and sidewalk. Someone said they were doing it upon Dimmie ' s request; but I can ' t believe such a thing of Dimmie. Friday, November 15 — What could have been more perfect than today ' s Home- coming. It was a wow! The parade tonight consisted of nineteen beautiful floats. Cosmos society won the prize for having the best float, while the Sorosis society rated first in Alumni Registration. This afternoon the Frosh won from Kazoo 37 - 0. There was a large mass meeting and bon fire tonite and all in all everything was splendiferous. Big time in the old town. Saturday. November 16 — Today climaxed Homecoming. Boy! You never saw so much pep and spirit as was shown at today ' s football game with Albion. The score was in Albion ' s favor but when the spirit is as keen as it was today it ' s easy for the KEEPER ' S RESTAURANT For Ladies and Gentlemen Holland — Grand Haven 407 HOLLAND - COLONIAL THEATRES HOLLAND, MICHIGAN — equipped with R. C. A. Photophone — The Emblem of Perfect Sound team to fight their utmost. Tonight was a moonhght night and from all appearances there ' ll be some new cases for the Pre-medic club tomorrow. Monday. November 18 — The Junior class collected en masse today and decided it might be well to procure some Hope pins. Some ordered clasps and some screw- backs. By the way the latter isn ' t a disease; it ' s merely the nature of the brute. W- ' ednesday, November 20 — Tonight the Cosmopolitan society entertained their fair lady friends at their new frat house. Games, radios and whatnots were played but the most fun occurred when somebody spilled his ginger ale. Yeh, ginger ale was the strongest used. Thursday. November 21 — (This space reserved for dance advertisement.) Friday. November 22 — Another Lyceum course number is past and all who saw Nellie Verne ' Walker the famous sculptress will agree that — given an even break she ' d make a bust of anybody. Saturday, November 25 — Today there were more girls kissed and hugged than Compliments of Holland Crystal Creannery Home Owned Butter, Sweet Cream, Buttermilk, Cheese and Ic Fresh Daily Cottage Cheese and Ice Cream « 408  Warm Friend Tavern GEO. DAUCHY, Manager TO ALL OF HOPE COLLEGE We wish to thank you for your past favors and to assure you that we will be pleased, at all times, to assist you in arranging breakfasts, par- ties or banquets at The Tavern and to keep the price equitable with your purse. See us about special monthly rates on rooms from September until June. iiiiiiiiiMiMinini)iiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiHiiiiHiiii(iiiiiMiMiniHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii[iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiMi : 409 : e Blue Flame of Convenience Cubic feet of gas — the discount period — round figures of price — a few rules and regulations ; that ' s what you see, in a hurried way, in your monthly gas bill. But cold facts like these don ' t tell half the story! Gas service is human service, guarding the health, happiness and welfare of your family, insuring perfectly cooked meals, instant hot water flowing at the faucets, warm, comfortable rooms, a wash day with clothes washed, dried and ironed, and kitchen refuse disposed of in a sanitary way. But still to be included are the human hands, engineering brains, the costly maintenance of huge structures of steel and iron, ex- tensive net works of mains, valves and pipes, coal, coke and oil reserves, an office staff and other essential links in a great organ- ization chain built for your benefit. If you would know the real story told by your monthly gas bill ; if you would fully appreciate the blue flame of convenience that comes into your home, you must think of all these factors. MICHIGAN GAS ELECTRIC CO. HOLLAND, MICHIGAN DON ' T WORRY WHILE DRIVING For Good Automobile Insurance SEE VISSCHER - BROOKS 29 East Eighth Street there has been since Solomon was in his glory. Yep! the Sororities welcomed in their new Freshman girls, and a happier bunch you never did see. They got free breakfasts, teas ' n ' everthin ' . The only thing this dialectical diarist doesn ' t understand is why we fellows can ' t welcome the new girls. It would be good practice for a later date. Sunday Nofetfiber 24 — Mr. Snow our swell organist offered his first Vesper organ recital this P. M. It was uplifting I ' ll say. Hope he gives some more. Monday, November 23 — The date was a bit premature — more so than the chicken — but a delicious Thanksgiving dinner was served this evening at the Dorm. Ye diarist felt rather stiff in his tuxedo, but he felt so sorry for the chicken he forgot himself. Another big event today was the burying of the Frosh-Soph hatchet. Now everyone is singing Can ' t We Be Friends? W ' ednesday, November 27 — Ah! at last we get a short Thanksgiving rest. School is closed now until next Monday so that some can catch up on sleep, some can hie themselves hither to see their far away Princesses and most important so that Thossy Phone 2465 THE IDEAL DRY CLEANERS The House of Service ' ' Cleaning and Steam Pressing Call — AUTO SERVICE — Delivery College Ave. and Sixth St. HOLLAND, MICHIGAN 411  Holland City State Bank HOLLAND, MICHIGAN W. H. 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December — The Delphians held their informal initiation today; the Addisons had their sixth annual stag; the varsity basket ball team lost a warm-up game to Hub Clothiers; Betty Smith had a date with Clarence — otherwise nothing much happened. Must be a lull in the stock market. Friday, December 6 — The Dorians had their formal initiation today, while the The Model Drug Company Dealers ht DRUG STORE MERCHANDISE 33-35 WEST EIGHTH STREET Phonh 4707 Our Principal Business Is I ' ll ni Your Doc or ' s Prescri [nions « 412  YOUTH SETS THE PACE I — and tve keep in step I Youth sets the styles it has I I always done so. The young man I I knows his wants, and we make it j I our business to anticipate them. i I Here are style-treats galore for the I I student trade, because this is a | I young man ' s store. | I CLOTHING — SHOES I GENT ' S FURNISHINGS I The I Lokker-Ru + gers ( Company 1 Compliments of Meyer I Music House — Est. 1872 — HOLLAND MICHIGAN ' ' iiiiiijiuiiiiiKiininK fiiiriitiiiiiiiiiiuiiriiiiijiij tiiriiriiriiiiiiiuiitiiiiii iiiiiMtin 413  Compliments of GEORGE MOOl ROOFING CO ' ' We Keep Holland Dry Praters enjoyed a skating party at Virginia park. In spite of a few sore spots everyone pronounced it a big time. Marcus was considered the most graceful spill-taker of the bunch. Hooray for Maurie. I ' ll bet he thought the party was a flop, in fact several flops. Monday. December 9 — Today was the begmning of Prayer week. Prof. Hinkamp, our college pastor, delivered a very inspirational talk, which ought to get us all in the proper Prayer week spirit. Tuesday. December 10 — Dr. Poling is wonderful, no kidding. He thrilled every- one who heard him this morning. He has arranged for individual conferences and ye diarist believes he ' ll have his personal case diagnosed. Wednesday. December 1 1 — Tonight we held prayer group meetings in various homes and places. These meetings are great. The eds and co-eds can get together and talk o ver personal or religious difficulties. Scott-Lugers Lumber Co. QUALITY AT REASONABLE PRICES PHONE 3496 Office: Corner Sixth St. and River Ave. « 414  IllllllllUlillllllllllllllllllllllllll I lllllllllllllKlltllllllllllllllinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllIllllllllllllllllllfllllllllllllllllllM Brinks Bookstore ' T HERE are more typewriters used to- day than ever before, and the needs have been growing continually to meet up-to-date require- ments. We render complete typewriter service on all makes, and guarantee all machines for one year from date of purchase. The fountain pen that rea Iy satisfies is the pen to buy. The Shealfer Lifetime Pen is backed by this guarantee. A free trial will convince you of its merits.  ' ' ' ' ' limnilliJ 1. I , JININ r UN UN jiNiNrur INrNJ il in « iinnini r I INNNINIINNI 5 « 415  HOPE COLLEGE 65 years — I 866- I 93 I Purposeful Christian Education The Product of Seventy-five Years Consistent Growth PIONEER SCHOOL 1851 HOLLAND ACADEMY 1857 HOPE COLLEGE 1 866 HOPE HIGH SCHOOL 1928 Write for Details — The President « 416 • We know all you students are boosters for HOPE COLLEGE in all its activities. So in the same manner do we need you to boost and patronize the home merchants of Holland, especially those assisting with the publication of your Milestone. Particularly to you who live in Holland we desire to ask that when purchasing bread for home use see that you get Dutch Boy bread. FEDERAL BAKING CO. Thursday. Decemher 12 — Dr. Poling delivered his farewell to the studentry this evening. He has made a lasting impression during his visit and we ' re sorry he must leave. The Cosmos and Praters elected their new officers tonight and as usual the honored men had to treat their brothers. Friday, Deceinher 13 — The Delphi freshmen gave the boys a break, by escorting them to the basket ball game. That was one cheap date for the fellows. They bought us frost-bites ' n ever ' thin ' . Monday, December 16 — The Emersonians surprised the folks today by making their debut with their new emblematic sweaters. They ' re good looking. The Addisons held elections tonight. Tuesday. December 17 — The Bonnie Brier Brush was the third Lyceum course number. It was a musical comedy and very much worthwhile. Everyone was there, even Dr. Nykerk, and ye diaphragmatical diarist. Board of Publication, R. C. A. Headquarters for RELIGIOUS BOOKS REFORMED CHURCH HOUSE HOLLAND, MICHIGAN 417 ' COLLEGIATE JEWELRY I CLASS and SOCIETY PINS | I We believe in cooperation | i In exchange for your patronage we give: j I GUARANTEED WORKMANSHIP UNEQUALED VALUES j I COURTEOUS SERVICE REASONABLE TERMS I I Your satisfaction is our best advertisement j I SEE I I LEN HOGENBOOM, Our College Representative j HARDIE JEWELRY COMPANY I HOLLAND, MICHIGAN | Wednesday. December 78 — The Messiah was given at the chapel this evening; the Emersonians and Knicks had a joint meeting. Oh, boy! two more days till vacation; ain ' t that a glorious feeling? Thursday, December 19 — Tonight we all joined in the Christmas spirit and sang carols at the chapel. Everyone went home and started looking for an extra large stocking. Hey! Friesema, give me a sock! Bang!! Wow, he believed me. Friday. Decejnber 20 — Whoopee! school ' s over until January 6. Bye-bye, Hope! Hello, Mother and Dad! Monday. January 6 — Oh! Heck! what a life. School again and just when we were getting well acquainted with the new neighbor ' s kids. Mrs. Durfee advised the Freshmen girls that they should refrain from dates a bit until mid-term tests are over. The advice is very pertinent. Wednesday. January 8 — It ' s early for spring fever but if you were to see all the dust on text books you ' d realize the Christmas spirit is still running rampant. HENRY KRAKER COMPANY Plumbing, Heating and Ventilation PHONE 4306 213 RIVER AVENUE « 418  I ' lllllllllllllllll lllJINIIIMIIIIIIirimillllllllllllllNMIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIlllIlllll lllllllllllllllllirillllllllllllKlllllllllllJlllllllllllllllllNIIIIIIIIIII MlllllllllllllillllllillMininiMNIIIIIIIIIUIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIllllllNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJIIIMIIIIIIIIMIIIIIMIIIIillJIIirilllll I Trinity Reformed Church I Central Avenue and Twentieth Street I HOLLAND, MICHIGAN Rev. H. D. Terkeurst, Minister 495 Central Avenue — Phone 4439 Missionaries Miss Mary E. 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January 9 — Today was a big day for the societies. The Sorosis and Dorian societies had their informal initiation while the Knicks and Emersonians held elections. The other societies refrained from studies also. Friday. January 10 — The Sybylline initiates were sworn in tonight and the Del- phians elected new officers. Banty and his gang met at Voorhees at 10 P. M. after the pep meeting held in the Carnegie Gym. Saturday, January 11 — Boohoo! Hope lost to Olivet 33-29. What a game! Monday, January 13 — The first inter-society basket ball game was played tonight between the Praters and Addisons. The latter won 28-20. These games are going to help society spirit, what I mean. W- ' ednesday, January 15 — You ' ve probably noticed a day skipped now and then. It ' s because of one of two reasons. Either hash was served at the Dorm or somebody ' s pet cat was buried. Anyway, Hope won from St. Mary ' s today 30-20 and everybody ' s happy. Thursday, January 16 — Cameron McLean was the feature on the fourth Lyceum WHITE BROS. ELECTRIC COMPANY Dependable Electric Service Electrical Contracting Auto Electric Sales and Service 178 RIVER AVE. • PHONE 2284 « 421  Capitalizing Education . . . In the gradual change of the times, a tendency has developed for many young folks to spend money freely. Greater facilities for learning have given our youths keen minds; and with the proper advice and encouragement, this tendency of spending can be changed to one of great good. This Bank ' s Officials are always glad to plan with the young folks and they should always feel free in coming to us with their problems. State Commercial Savings Bank ZEELAND, MICHIGAN course number tonight. Good? You bet! , ,r a i • u Friday, jaiiuary 7 7 — The Anchor staff was elected today. Gordon Van Ark is the new Editor, Jerry Huenink the Business Manager. , , ■ r The Knicks held their winter stag at the Tavern and the Sybs had their formal initiation. TT-rt j i u All would have been well today but for the fact that Hope lost to Hillsdale by one ' Wednesday. January 22 — The green edition of the Anchor was let loose today. It was rather clever, too, strange as it may seem. ■ . u n j The Varsity football letter men were entertained royally at the Tavern by the Holland Exchange Club Every fellow had a grand time and a full stomach. Yea, Exchange! Thn-fday. January 23 — Dashing through the snow in a two-horse open bob, ta ta ta — teddle-dee It didn ' t sound that bad but everyone that went on the Van Vleck sleigh ride party may have got cold hands but they got plenty of hot dogs. It surely Best Ice Cream Parlor Fancy Candy in Bulk in Holland and Boxes A. PATSY F ABIANO 26 WEST EIGHTH ST. PHONE 9605 422  Diekema, Cross Ten Ca+e ATTORNEYS AT LAW HOLLAND MICHIGAN Consult Us About Your Eyesight and for PERFECT FITTING GLASSES Call on W. R. Stevenson optometrist 24 East Eighth St., HOLLAND ' ,riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii[iiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiriiiiiritMitiilliiiiiiililliliiitilliiJiiiiiiiriiiiiiiJiiiriiiiiiiitiijiiiiijiiiiiiiijiijniJiiiii « 423  JOHN J. RUTGERS CO. Young Men ' s and Men ' s Clothing and Furnishings 19 W. EIGHTH STREET was fun; if you don ' t think so, ask the horses; they ' ve got a good drag. Friday. January 24 — Mrs. Durfee entertained the Sophomore girls today. Someone said they got pretty well teaed up. The Sibyllines and Aletheans elected officers for the coming term. Monday, January 27 — After a strenuous week-end of study and cramming we have at last launched into our final tests. There ' s liable to be several disappointments before the week is over; but here ' s hoping for the best. May we not be found wanting. W ednesday, January 29 — The Soph Anchor was published today and worse edi- tions have been seen but we forget just where. Some latent talent and originality was shown in the quality of paper used. Thursday, January 30 — Hugh Edwards, a member of the British Parliament, spoke to us Lyceum goers tonight. His wit and interesting delivery held the attention of the audience creditably well. Dr. Nykerk furnished the preliminary bout. Friday, January 31 — Hooray! Hope defeated Albion 24-21; and oh! what a game COTA ' S DRUG STORE 54 East Eighth St. Phone 3215 zanadu and garden court toiletries penslar remedies gunther and whitman candies 424  New Brunswick Theological Seminary Founded 1784 YEAR 1931-32 BEGINS SEPTEMBER 23 FACULTY John H. Raven, D.D Old Testameiil John W. Beardslee, Jr., Ph.D., D.D New Teslamenl Edward S. Worcester, D.D Systematic Theology Theodore Floyd Bayles, D.D Practical Theology Milton J. Hoffman, D.D Church H istory William A. Weber, D.D Religious Education Louis H. Holden, Ph.D., D.D English Bible W. H. S. Demarest, D.D., LL.D Constitution, R. C. A. Milton T. Stauffer, F.R.G.S Missions Justin Williams Elocution LIBRARY — 62,000 VOLUMES John C. 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J. « 425  i, , iiiiii, till Illilll Ulllll I Ml IIIIIIIIIII1IIIM1 Illlllllllll IIIMIMI Illllll Illlllllll I MINI I I I J ) IIIIIJ IllllllltllllJ IIIIN I IIJI Jllll 1 1 I The Lacey Studio I We are proud to announce that our portraits of | I Miss Ruth Koster | I Miss Lucille Walvoord | i Miss Marian Anderson | I Miss Mildred Klow I I w ere selected for the beauty section by Mr. John Held, Jr. | i Remember — We make pictures all sizes and kinds | I in or out of the studio. | I OLD PICTURES COPIED AND ENLARGED | I As usual most of the pictures in the Milestone | I were made at our studio. | I 19 East Eis hth Street (upstairs) HOLLAND, MICHIGAN | mii 1 mi I I nil r Miiiii i i iiiini i iimmmii www iiiiiii i i iimmmiiiiimiimiiiiii iimiiiiiiiiiiinii iimimmiii imiimin i immmiimmiirr « 426  The LEADER A Christian Weekly Published in the Interest of the Reformed Church HENRY GEERLINGS, Editor HOLLAND, MICHIGAN it was! Ye diaphlegmatic diarist almost had heart failure. The only thing that saved his heart was the date afterward and even so he almost lost it. Saturday, February 1 — The Boys ' and Girls ' Glee Clubs left today. The boys went east, the girls went west, but luckily sometime the twain shall meet and oh! what a meet- ing that will be. Monday, February 3 — Today the second semester began and you ' d think it was New Year ' s the way everyone was making resolutions for bigger and better studying this semester. If the resolutions materialize Hope will have solved a real problem; and the Profs will stop getting gray hairs. W ediiesday. February 3 — The new Anchor staff published its first edition today and it was commendable to say the least. I didn ' t see the usual cigarette ads did vou ' Puff! Puff! Friday. February 7 — The Hope Affirmative Debating team defeated Alma tonight, while our basketeers trounced Hillsdale 37-24. Hope can cut a couple more notches in Compliments Bay View Furniture Company Makers of Good Furniture for Modern Homes HOLLAND, MICHIGAN « 427  Through courtesy of 1. G. A. STORES Thousands and Thousands of Independent Grocers Banded Together her belt, begorry! , Tuesday, February 11 — Hope lost to Albion today by one point, 22-21. That s hard to take but watch ' em come back and beat up the rest. Wednesday, February 12 — The girls ' inter-society basket ball season opened to- night and the Dorians beat the Sybs. Thursday, February 1 3 — Tonight the Sorosis beat the Aletheans and afterward a pep meeting was staged in the gym. There ' s more spirit and pep this year than you can imagine. Friday. February 14 — Mrs. Oiive entertained the Senior girls at tea this afternoon. Tonight the varsity appeared in new togs but were beaten by Kazoo, 22-19. The boys probably didn ' t feel at home in their new suits. Better luck next time, fellows. Tuesday, February 18 — Tonight Hope beat up Calvin, her ancient rival, 31-21. After the game Mr. Becker entertained the team and girl friends at a dinner. I ' ll bet he wanted to keep his eye on Clarence, ' s good idea. Con plinients of J. B. O ' LEARY PRODUCE CO. PHONn 3994 HOLLAND « 428  FRANK DYKE CO Qeneral Contractors HOLLAND, MICHIGAN Builders of THE NEW CHAPEL SKILL INTEGRITY RESPONSIBILITY 429 Arctic Dairy Products Company Phone 3886 136 Fairbanks Ave. HOLLAND, MICHIGAN ' Michigan Favors Arctic Flavors ' ' For Your Parties CALL ARCTIC « 430  Hope Reformed Church WEST ELEVENTH STREET, HOLLAND, MICHIGAN Organized in 1861 REV, T. W. DAVIDSON, D.D., Minister MR. W. CURTIS SNOW, Organist and Director SUNDAY SERVICES: Morning Worship 10:30 A.M. Evening Worship 7:30 P.M. Sunday School at 12:00 Noon Midweek Prayer Service Thursday at 7:30 P. M. The consistory of the Church extends a most cordial invitation to everyone, and especially to the Students of Hope College and Hope High School. COME AND MAKE THIS YOUR CHURCH HOME Wednesday, February 19 — Our negative debating team lost to Kazoo today. But the tossers beat up Olivet, 26-24, and, believe me, it was a game worth seeing, that is, unless one was subject to a weak heart. Thursday, February 20 — Well, well, I heard a good one today. It seems our Ken- tucky brother, Lloyd Wathen, has had a little heart trouble. Just as I happened by the spoon holder today I heard him ask HER if she would go back to Kentucky with him. Oh! Lloyd, dear, I just can ' t, she replied, you know I ' ve had indigestion lately and I hear the Kentucky feuds are just terrible. A case for the premedics. Friday, February 21 — Just another week wasted away ; but everyone looks very much relieved when Friday comes. They can look forward to a couple days of loafing. The profs don ' t expect much Monday nohow. Tuesday, February 25 — Alma played Hope tonight and beat us, 44-27. They went down fighting though, which reminds me of the saying: A pedestrian always has the John Dykema Joseph Borgman PHONE 3625 MODEL LAUNDRY The Soft Water Laundry ' ' WET WASH, ROUGH DRY, FINISHED WORK HOLLAND MICHIGAN « 431  ENLARGING COPYING Kodak Finishing as you like it D. J. DU SAAR Holland Photo Shop 10 East Eighth Street Kodaks and Eastman Supplies FRAMING PHOTO SUPPLIES right-of-way — after he ' s in an ambulance. Wednesday, February 26 — Welcome home, Glee Clubbers. The boys got back home tonight at 6:30 just as we were reading scripture at the Dorm. Ebbers had an awful time holding his audience, especially a certain few of the co-eds. It reminded ye diatomical diarist very much of the story of the Prodigal Son. More heart throbs! Vander Werf sang Millie his new song, You Have That Charm, That Certain Charm. Thursday, February 27 — Our negative debating team defeated Calvin today in a very one-sided contest. The Dorian Society cut down opposition by defeating the Sorosites tonight. Friday, February 28 — Our debating teams are kept rather busy these days. The affirmative team trounced Calvin today, while back home here the Junior girls were again indulging in tea at Mrs. Dregman ' s. Hope played Kazoo tonight and went down to a 23-21 tally. Tough luck and more of it. ! Complhuents of i LANGELAND MFG. CO. I LUMBER AND MILLWORK | I Since 1885 , j I The Woodtvork in the Chapel ivas Furnished by Us | I MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN | « 432  Clothing Footwear Furnishings p. S. BOTER CO. Two Leading Stores CLOTHING — 16 W. Eighth St. SHOES — 14 W. 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Gray ' s Drama Class was completely demoralized this morning. Prof asked Hicks what Juliet said to Romeo when she saw him in the balcony. Hicks nonchalantly piped up with the answer, Why the heck didn ' t you get seats in the orchestra? . Saturday, March 8 — The annual C. E. Convention began its session here today. You ' re doing great work, C. E. ; keep ' goin ' . Monday, March iO — The Spring banquet dates were selected by the various soci- LANGELAND FUNERAL HOME MORTICIANS Holland and Zealand, Michigan « 434  uild Safely A good education is one of the cornerstones of success in life. An authority on the subject has said that the college trained man earns, on the average, one hundred and five thou- sand dollars more in his working lifetime than the untrained man. The first life insurance policy taken by the average man is often the first foundation stone of his financial success in life. 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E. J. Mac Dermand ZEELAND MICHIGAN i , ■ ■ ' 436  the KNITTING MILL STORE Same Location at 51-53 East Eighth Street — Holland Men ' s, Women ' s, Children ' s Women ' s Fine Quahty HOSIERY LINGERIE SWEATERS MILLINERY UNDERWEAR READY-TO-WEAR Style, Quality and Value at Worth-While Savings eties today and committees have been appointed by each to make this year ' s banquet the best ever. Formal or informal, that ' s the burnmg question. Wednesday, March 12 — Prayer day for crops was observed today. And tonight the Girls ' Glee Club entertained us all with a concert. Ano ther good cheap date, eh boys.? Thursday, March 13 — The Knicks held their informal initiation tonight. A good time was had by all — but the Freshie initiates. Friday, March 14 — Tonight the M.O.L. contest was staged at Grand Rapids. We won ' t have a Glory Day but our representatives did very well. Give ' em a cheer. They probably didn ' t want Banty to resign. But aren ' t we all.? Saturday, March 15 — A good thought for today and tomorrow and hereafter before that date is: All that I wear and all that I hope to wear I owe to my roommate. Monday, March 17 — You would think these Junior girls were Chinese the way they crave tea. Today they were teaed at Mrs. S. R. and C. M. McLean ' s. The Seniors put on a skating party tonight and dusted the floor at Virginia Park. T. KEPPEL ' S SONS Fuel and Masons ' Supplies 6-i East Eighth St. Telephone 2838 Established 1867 « 437  F. BOONSTRA MERCANTILE CO, Home of HART SCHAFFNER MARX Everything in Men s and Boys ' Clothing Zeeland, Michigan Tuesday, March 18 — The Woman ' s Literary Club entertained the Hope co-eds with a program and tea. I suppose the Junior girls were right there with buckets. And they talk about prohibition. , „ , , r c • Thursday, March 20 — The Juniors met today and talked over plans for a Spring Some of the students were reprimanded by Prexy for having so many submarine grades. (Under C ' s) . , n i ■ • Friday March 21 —The Sophomores had one of those grand flop (skating) parties tonight, and Kamil Toonian, it is said, brought home the bacon — but it was badly ' fhursday, March 27 — Say, I ' m not exaggerating when I say that the all-college banquet tonight was a whale of a success. A delicious assortment of viands fruit, et cettera, was first served and afterward letters, sweaters and blankets were awarded the athletes. CcjmpJiments of The Bos Tobacco Candy Company Wholesale 203 EAST Eighth Street Telephone 2463 HOLLAND, MICHIGAN « 4. 8  PHOTOGRAPHY ART WORK LAYOUT ENGRAVING ♦ HOLLAND, MICHIGAN « 439  Holland aporaire MEETS THE MODERN DEMAND FOR AIR CONDITIONING IN THE HOME The trend toward air conditioning in the home has turned to a nation wide demand for Holland Vaporaire. This electrically controlled heating, cooling, and air condition- ing system — desired for year around service — auto- matically regulates temperature, humidity, and circulation. Every room is flooded with springlike warmth in winter, controlled by a gentle, refreshing breeze in summer, and properly ventilated all the time. The Holland revolution- izes conventional heating methods and establishes a new standard of comfort in the home. Over three hundred thousand users of the Holland recom- mend it for your home. The guarantee makes the World ' s Largest Installers of Furnaces directly responsible to you for your entire heat- ing and cooling system — completely installed by factory trained engineers. Your Home Deserves One Holland Furnace Company Ce ierjl Off ices HOLLAND, MICHIGAN Did you ever stop to THINK that .... the copy for your advertising message may carry a real punch — be very interesting — but, to be read and gain its purpose, it must first win the eye of your prospective reader. We will be very glad to show you how this can be done. CENTRAL TRADE PLANT TYPOGRAPHIC SERVICE 15 Lyon St., N. E. Grand Rapids, Mich. Friday. March 28 — Spring vacation here at last. That was a strenuous stretch and even the Profs are happy about vacation. Dr. Van Zyl was so happy he absent-mindedly turned on his wife and kissed the ignition. Monday, March 31 — The Alumni banquet was a big success tonight and was attended by a large number. Some were big shots, too, but how could it be different; they are Hope alumni. Tuesday, April 1 — Lots of folks acted foolish today and no doubt in some cases it wasn ' t all acting. Monday, April 8 — Back again after a swell vacation and a much needed rest. When we got back we found the town painted red with modernism. Everyone is talking about the increeping modernism at Hope. Ye diaconatical diarist sort of giggled out loud. Friday, April 12 — Hope played its first baseball game of the season today at Kazoo and were beaten. Poppink and Van Lente pitched well but the support was — well, let ' s not mention it. - - JlRST- FURJVISH YOURHOME IT TELLS WHAT YOU ARE But Be Sure to Have It Furnished by the Jas. A. Brouwer Compan The Old Reliable Furniture Store at 212-216 RIVER AVE. 38 years at the same location « 441  Congratulations . . . To you who are about to graduate this June, we extend our whole-hearted congratulations. We wish you, each and every one, happiness and suc- cess in your next step whether it be toward additional schooling or toward your life work. Zeeland State Bank ZEELAND, MICHIGAN Resources of over Three Millions of Dollars Monday. April 13 — Jimmy Moran got a 71 in Greek today but he says he ' s con- tented since that is par for the course. Ye diarist beheves that the moon promises to make things rather hvely at the cemetery these nights. W ' ednesday, April 17 — The campus beauties were selected today by the societies. Over fifty were chosen and these will be sent to John Held, Jr., who will pick Hope ' s seven representative girls. Congr.atulations to the winners. Sunday, A pril 20 — Today was Easter Sunday and new dresses, suits, and hats flocked into church by the hundreds. They say you can tell a person ' s character by his or her clothes ; but ye diacoustical diarist is sure these co-eds have more character than that. Thursday, April 24 — Today and tomorrow the Hope board will hold its meeting. It has been decided the modernism has been well checked. Friday, April 23 — The Praters and Sorosis societies had a joint meeting tonight. Designers Binders HOLLAND PRINTING COMPANY FINE PRINTERS Telephone 3992 46 West Eighth Street HOLLAND, MICH. 442 DU MEZ BROS. I DEPARTMENT STORE | I Dry Goods | I . 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At least you would think so if you were following the budding romances closely. Friday, May 2 — The societies met tonight and despite interesting programs every- one wanted to respond to moonlight madness. W ednesday, Thursday a)2d Friday. May 7, 8, 9 — These three days have been given wholly to the Senior Play. It was a howling success and if you don ' t think so, ask the cast, they ' re not prejudiced. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Yo y Business Appreciated ALBERT E. LAMPEN, Agent AAA The Fraternal House FRATERNAL GREETS her Alumni All Over The World FRIENDSHIP . . . LOVE . . . TRUTH I 8 3 4— 19 3 1 445 L J ir V Si if % ' Y Yl Yl .V] L, V ■Y KNOWING WHAT TO DO AND DOING IT No matter what your engrav- ing requirennents may be, you ' re pretty sure to find that this organization has had definite experience in meet- ing similar demands. Perhaps the time element enters into it, or keeping within a certain appropria- tion, or an original handling of a subiect . . . . here at Central Engraving Company we have the experienced craftsmen and the physical equipment to meet any schedule. A complete organization? Yes, indeed. Complete enough to serve you in ideas . . . layout . . . art . . . photography and photo- engraving. r V m a L V 1 Y J CENTRAL ENGRAVING 15-19 Lyon Street, Northeast GRAND RAPIDS COMPANY MICHIGAN We have enjoyed working with the Staff in the preparation of this Annual and are proud of the part we have taken in making it a success. P V 1 rvi jrY] If V 1 fYl !fYl Y Y FY ' lY: • f ' Y- ' Y ' ■Y ry. ■Y ' ry. ' Y ' FY J r Y 1 rYl Yl f ■ Yl « 446  DAMSTR A BROS. Grandview Poultry Farms, Inc. ZEELAND, MICHIGAN Plumbing and Heating Contractors Breeders of the Famous Egg Basket Strain of Single Comb White Leghorns. Largest Hatching and Breeding Establishment in the State. 2,000 trapnested breeders, Capacity of 800,000 chicks annually. Visitors welcome. 206 College Avenue HOLLAND MICHIGAN Grandview Poultry Farms, Inc. Q, De Vries, Pres. Friday, May 9 — Today was Arbor Day and after a fine speech by Prof. Ritter, the tree-planting ceremony was performed. Afterwards all disappeared and the Juniors went to Castle Park and had a real swell party. Monday, May 26 — The society spring banquets began tonight with the Addison fete. The day after tomorrow the Aletheans will entertain their boy friends at their banquet. Friday, May 30 — Decoration day and everyone seems to be going somewhere or doing somebody. The Milestone staff house party began today and so far we ' re having just a peach of a time — swell eats, too! Not much sleep for the boys — what with sere- nading the cooks! Wednesday, ]une 4 — Ye diarist attended the Sibylline society banquet tonight at the country club, and he ' s tellin ' the world everyone just enjoyed the affair superlatively. The girls cleverly worked out a Pirate theme. Thursday, June 3 — The Cosmopolitan buccaneers entertained their ladies fair at Compliments of De Vries - DORNBOS Co. The Home of Good Furniture HOLLAND MICHIGAN Colonial Sweet Shop Candies FANCY SUNDAES Toasted Sandwiches Gilberts Chocolates popular meeting place for ' EKope Students « 447  J. Arendshorst, Inc. INSURANCE REAL ESTATE H EKMAN ' S TheToasr Supreme Corner 8th and College Phone 2120 Holland, Mich. Try Hot Buttered 01 ' Plain4)«tchTea RuskwithYour Favorite Meal- time Drink ' -; Notliin likelt Sent for f RE f Recipe Book DUTCHTEilRU KC Castle Park this evening. If the good time | ye diarist had is a fair example, then cer- j tainly everyone is happy. | Friday, ]une 6 — The Dorians banqueted [ tonight at Spring Lake. They used a base- | ball theme and from what I heard the | evening was a home run hit. Saturday, June 7 — Tonight the Knickerbockers held their banquet at the Country Club. It was Saturday and everyone was happy and had a huge evening. Wednesday, ]une 11 — The Emersonians celebrated tonight at Spring Lake. Their favors were a wow! Ask the lucky ladies. Yep! H. K. was there with Impromptu. Thursday, June 12 — Those dreadful exams started today. Everyone is running around in a pensive mood trying to remember what they forgot to remember, and pray- ing the Profs will be lenient. The Sorosis Society entertained their weaknesses on board the S.S. South America. Luckily no one had to swim home. Friday. June 13 — The Delphia Society went to Charley Young ' s at Grand Rapids to have their banquet. The atmosphere was oriental, the moon was full and so was everyone else. What a night! Sunday, June 15 — The Baccelaureate service was held in the chapel tonight and in spite of the torrid temperature the place was full to overflowing. Ye diacritical diarist was turned away, because they said he filled two seats too many. Boo-hoo! nobody loves a fat man. Monday, June 16 — The Fraters held their annual frolic at Spring Lake. The only thorn in the afi air was the fact that the girls in their high-heeled slippers couldn ' t walk on the golf course. They were mad enough to knock somebody for a hole-in-onc. Any- « 448 way, it was some party! Tuesday, ]nne 17 — It ' s almost over now. Already some are saying their au revoirs, adieus, and smack-smacks. Tonight every nook and corner was occupied by some farewell party. Well — er — sniff, sniff — it is a sad world — this good-bye. Wednesday, ]iine 18 — Well, folks, it ' s all over. The Seniors were kicked out into the cruel world tonight with nothing but a sheep-skin for protection. I hope everyone has enjoyed this year as much as ye diarist has. It ' s a great life — if you don ' t sag. Adieu — see you in September. Finis 449 il IIIIIMIHIIMIIIIIIIIINMniirilllllllllllllllllllllllllllinillinillllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIJIinilMMIMIUIHI Spectator Sport Shoes for Smart College V omen Shoes Fashioned of White Leather Combined with Black and Brown Moderately Priced at $6.50 a pair PAUL STEKETEE SONS The Home Store GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Grandview Gardens, Inc. I ZEELAND, MICHIGAN | ' ' I Landscape Gardeners. Trees, Ever- | greens, Shrubs, Perennials and | Plants of every variety. 1 Estimates on Landscape Work given | free. i Pay a visit to our nurseries and | select your own stock. | Grandview Gardens, Inc. Q. Dr, VuiES, M.i;;-. ' | Expert Repairing GOODYEAR TIRES Holland Vulcanizing Company I 180 River Ave. Phone 3926 iiiiiii 1 till tiiiuiiii mil I iiiiiiiiii iihiiii I r? f.mw iiiuhiitii iiiiii i mtiiiiii tii i wwh « 450  EillllirilMllllMIMIUIIIIIIiaillNlllMJUlllllllllJIIJUIlllUlllllMliniinilllllllllllMIHIMIUIIIIlllllUllllllllllllllliHIIIIII KLOMPARENS ' COAL IS Good Coal Phone 3845 129 EAST EIGHTH ST. I ' ' Say It With Flowers ' ' i Graduation Day Crowns June ' s I calendar of many events. Naturally I flowers add so much to the Con- I gratulations. I And how they will be remem- I bered along with your wishes in I recollection of the day! EBELINK ' S Flower Shop Phone 9496 238 RIVER AVENUE « 451  BUSINESS DIRECTORY COLUM BIA HAT — SUIT CLEANERS Shoe Shine Parlor Holland Dry Cleaners Our Delivery Car Is At Your Service 9 E. 8th St. Phone 2620 Holland ' s U p-To-Date Food Shop Kuite ' s Economy Grocery and Market Thomas H. Marsilje FIRE INSURANCE Phone 3532 First State Bank Bldg. Nibbelink and Notier FUNERAL DIRECTORS Phone 9068 18 W. 9th St. J. C. PENNEY CO. The Home of Values Everything to Wear for the Entire Family Phone 9692 64-66 E. 8th St. Robinson Parsons ATTORNEYS AT LAW Holland Michigan Steketee Tire Shop Leonard Steketee, Prop. FIRESTONE TIRES ALEMITING DIXIE GAS AND OILS VULCANIZING 77 E. Eighth Street DR. A. LEENHOUTS Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat 20 W. Hth St. Phone 34 16 Spaulding Brownbilt Shoe Store Featuring B ster Brown Health Shoes I 18 W. Sth St. HOLLAND « 452  453 IIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Illlllllllllllllllll UlUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIMIlllMIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIINMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIinil Ace the e inter This 456-page ivlilestore is again the prod ' ' - f c r esses. V con- graiUi.. the ' ' ' ' ' = - ' np F upon pro- ucinj a ice and containing s ' v bating n. rial. Zeeland (print S op ZEELAND MICHIGAN « 454  AN ADPr ECIATICN Among those to whoin we are grateful: MRS. FRANCES PHELPS OTTE MISZ xMARJORIE NDERVELD V ' lLLIAM C. VAi DEN BERG , JOHN HELD, JR. ' , HAROLD FORGOS lEIN DR. JOHN NYKERK PROF. EGBEi.T WINTER A. A. VAN HOVEN Xeelaud P int Shoj- BERNARD TA j . Ze Pr Shop BRL 1. co r N Canton Engraving El, ■ stype Co. i L. M. BULLIS ' anton Engraving -lectroty e Co. .. WALTER P. RTCKARD Canton El f rai ' ing Electrotype Co. si , E. R. ni R.o .- Cai IngravL.f, o lectroty ' ' .i C A . i ? ■ ' IN ut ' .1 Tr lant 4. Fa .K M ' LWSrvT Emerson- 1,1k, i. ' c. £? FRSO .OUWENS li m. -f ; Inc. GFORGE TURNBULL Mic ' -gan Book Bif hig C JACOB D. D BORG Ce itral Engra g Co. GUSTAV A. RICHTFR Central Engrai in g Co, • GARLAND C. HUGHES Central Engraving Co. . WM. HAYS BEDFORD Central Engraving Co. DUANE SALISBURY Service Engraving Co. • G. A. LACEY Lacey Studio The Staff of he 1930 Milestone. « 455  NAME NICKNAME ADDRESS YOU CAN RE. MEMBER ME BY AND AT LAST Our work is done. The 1930 Milestone is complete. Our aim has been to give you a book which will be truly representative of the splendid student body at Hope. We have done our best to please you and hope that you are pleased with our efforts. We thank each one who has aided us in any way and we thank Heaven that it is all over. To the Milestone editors of the future we extend our sympathy and best wishes. Some people are able to make good grades and have idle hours, others edit a yearbook. WiLLARD C. WiCHKRS. 456