Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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Fourth Row: Or. A. Dc Young. Rev. J. A. Stcgcm.m. Mr. J. N. Dykema. Rev. J. A. Vis. Rev. ( . Doctor, Hon. F. B. Sanford. Third Row; Mr. M. A. Chapman. Rev. W. Denekas, Mr. R. Verseput. Rev. B. R. Van Zyl. Rev. R A. Dc Jong. Mr. H. G. Schalc- kamp. Rev. I. Van Westenburg. Second Row: Mr. M. Den Herder, Rev. J. J. Vander Schaaf. Rev. R. Mccngs. Rev. F. Snutt- icr. Mr. J. Kolyn. Mr. P. H. Fricscma. Front Row: Dr. C. H. Spaan. Dr. W. Wich- ers, Mrs. I. W. Bcardclce. Mr. H. M. Licsveld, Dr. J. A. Dykstra. Rev. H W. Pyle. Mr. H. Winter, Mr. H. Kloecc. BOARD OF TRUSTEES A busy year for the administrators of Hope College . . . aiding alumni associa- tion drives . . . conducting special rallies . . . unifying programs and campaigns in the various Reformed Church areas . . . provid- ing for the visit of delegates to the campus . . . the aim: Hope's New Science Building in 1943. The science courses have become in- creasingly popular at Hope through the years, so that now they rank with the re- ligion and education departments in impor- tance. Over 165 of Hope's alumni are in medicine; more than fifty are professors of some branch of the sciences in colleges and universities; and another fifty are engaged in industrial research. But if Hope is to continue to be attractive to young would-be scientists and if she is to maintain her high standards in this field, she must have facilities to keep abreast of twentieth-century advances. Hope's profes- sors are well qualified; she has a well- established reputation for the caliber of the training of her graduates; but her facilities have become inadequate and outmoded. At the present time Hope has 525 stu- dents, a 500 percent increase in enrollment over 1903. But this growth has only been accompanied by the addition of three recita- tion rooms in the Memorial Chapel, an in- crease in classroom space of only seven percent. Hence a new building is necessary to relieve the congestion in other depart- ments as well as in the laboratory courses. The General Synod of the Reformed Church has set aside this and the next year for Hope College. Thus a large scale cam- paign for funds throughout the Church has been launched, the first in which the col- lege has come directly to the membership of the Church for help in an expansion pro- gram. The campaign plans differ in the various sectors of the denomination. Hol- land's quota of $50,000, of which the alumni gave $10,000, has been nearly reached. In the East, where two-thirds of the Reformed families are located, a committee of one hundred men will be engaged in a program of promotion and publicity until September of 1940, after which the drive for contribu- tions will be conducted. In the Mid-west the project is handled by each classis in its own way. The Classes of Wisconsin, East Sioux, West Sioux, and Dakota are conduct- ing an every-family canvass during the summer and early fall. With this machinery effectively in action, it is hoped that Hope's New Science Build- ing will be a reality by 1943. (26 1

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Summer Finds Profs Teaching and Taught PARTY GIVEN PROFS Faculty Evaluates College Program With Educators

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Third Row: A. Kroncmcycr. I). Dykstra. E. I.uidcns, R. Mock. Second Row M. Henney, A. Sliiphorst. A. Wceldrcycr. J. I.uidcns. M. Van Dyke. Front Row: A. Boven. F. Bielefeld. P. Loew. E. Smith. STUDENT COUNCIL Loungy chairs . . . ping pong . . . the latest LIFE . . . relaxation in the Commons Room Boy meets Girl ... the wearing of the green . . . the All-College Mixer . . . hair- pulling and rope-pulling, Frosh vs. Sophs . . . floats and decorations . . . reunions and a game . . . the grads are back! . . . girl treats boy, an old Dutch custom . . . President Edwin Luidens with his cabinet of Dean Dykstra, vice-president; Alma Weel- dreyer, secretary; and Treasurer John Lui- dens led one of the most successful years in the annals of Student Council history. The answer to the students' prayer, the long-awaited Commons Room, was one of their outstanding contributions to the campus. The Council set itself to the task of introducing to the campus a number of worth-while and authoritative speakers, and it initiated the series with the well known lecturer and world traveler, Dr. Sherwood Eddy, who spoke several times and con- ducted an open forum in the course of his stay here. As usual the Student Council sponsored Dutch Treat Week which this year featured a skating party. The All-College Mixer, the presenting of the green, and the sponsoring of the Nykerk Cup Contest for freshmen and sophomore girls were all successfully super vised by the Council again this year. They also sponsored the annual pull in which the sophomore boys received the ducking. Rose Teninga and Charles Friede had charge of the Homecoming banquet which climaxed a week-end featuring parades, floats, house decorations, reunion break- fasts, and then the big game. (27]