Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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BASIC TO ANY CAREER IS ENGLISH STUDY. XVell-qualined instructors in the English depart- ment teach courses in composition, poetry, drama and novel, Greek and Roman literature, Shakespeare, Tennyson, Browning and Milton, and English survey and methods, to about sixty English majors and minors. The chairmanship of the department is held by Clarence De Graaf, A.B. Calvin College, A.M. Uni- versity of Michigan. He is a big man on campus, being faculty adviser to the MILESTONE and busi- ness adviser to the ANCHOR. james H. XX'arner, A.B. University of Indiana, A.M. Northwestern University, Ph.D. Duke Univer- sity, is chairman of the language and literature sec- tion of the Michigan Academy. On campus he advises the English Majors. New at Hope, Elizabeth Oggel, B.A. Morningside I2 College, M.A. University of Iowa, participates in the local chapter of the A. A. U. W. and is a member of the VUoman's Literary Club. Margaret L. Gibbs, A.B. Ripon College, A.B.L.S. University of Illinois, is librarian and teaches library science. Elizabeth Faye Connor, A.B. Huntington College, A.M., A.B.L.S. University of Michigan, is assistant librarian. Miss Gibbs is faculty adviser to the Y. W. and a member of the Woman's Literary Club and the A. A. U. W. Miss Conner is an A. A. U. W. member and writes junior Sunday School quarterlies. The head of speech work is William Schrier, A.B. and A.M. University of Michigan, graduate work at Colorado, Southern California and Northwestern. The department made an enviable record in oratory, extemp, and debate this year.

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HOPE COLLEGE IS ADMINISTRATED BY: First Row: Dr. C. H. Spaan, Dr. W. Wichers, Mrs. I. W. Beardslee. Mr. H. M. Liesveld, Dr. -I. A. Dykstra, Rev. H. W. Pyle, Mr. H. Winter. Mr. H. Kloes. Second Row: Mr. M. Den Herder, Rev. j. J. Vander Schaaf, Rev. R. Meengs, Rev. F. Snuttjer, Mr. -I. Kolyn, Mr. P. H. Friesma. Third Row: Mr. M. A. Chapman, Rev. W. Denekas, Mr. R. Verseput, Rev. B. R. Van Zyl, Rev. R. A. De -long, Mr. H. G. Schalekamp, Rev. I. Van Westenburg. Fourth Row: Dr. A. De Young, Rev. j. A. Stegeman, Mr. J. N. Dykema, Rev. 1. A. Vis, Rev. G. Doctor, Hon. F. B. Sanford. BOARD OF TRUSTEES According to the by-laws of Hope College, the Board of Trustees shall meet twice each year-on the last Wednesday in April, and again on the Tues- day preceding commencement in june. This year the accelerated program put commencement two weeks ahead of its usual date. That fact, coupled with transportation difficulties, influenced the board to waive the April meeting. Because the board did not meet until June, THE MILESTONE was unable to have a picture taken in time for publication. The picture used here was taken last year. Since then there have been some changes in per- sonnel. The terms of the following have expired: Mr. H. Winter, Mr. T. Hager, Rev. N. Cloo, Rev. G. Hankamp, Rev. Vander Schaaf, Mr. Kolyn, Mr. M. Den Herder, Rev. J. Prins, Mr. H. Friesema, and Rev. A. De Young. Mr. Hager, Mr. Kolyn, Mr. Den Herder, Rev. Prins, Mr. Friesema, and Rev. De Young have been reelected. Newly elected are Miss J. M. Hopeman, Rev. P. Koopman, and Rev. A. Van Bronkhorst. This group has two principle aims: to provide students with the best possible instruction, and to effect a Christian influence upon them which they will carry throughout life, and which will carry them through life. The board, though in no way adherent to the be- liefs of Mary Baker Eddy, has long been proud of the Christian scientists Hope College produces. This September the science department will move out of Van Raalte Hall-badly lacking in adequate labora- tory space-and into the new Science Building, tak- ing along the fumes which have long assailed the aesthetic nostrils of the English department. The new building will be fit quarters for the science de- partment which is well known over the country. This building is the culmination of a great deal of effort on the part of the trustees who may be justly proud of their success. The board works with the student in mind. It does its best to make available to him first-rate instruction in all fields, and through its efforts the curriculum shows steady improvement from year to year. Evi- dence of the board's success along this line is seen in the academic standing of the school--fully accredited by the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges, by the University of Michigan, and by the Association of American universities. ll

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FUTURE TEACHERS GET PRACTICE WORK. To prepare college students for teaching in the elementary and secondary schools is the function of the education department. So courses in educational psychology, principles, and methods are offered to Hope students, by which they may fulfill require- ments for certification by the Michigan Board. The required amount of practice teaching is done in the fine school system of Holland under an efficient staff of critic teachers. Director of the department, Professor Egbert Winter, A.B. Hope, A.M. University of Michigan, is interested in psychology, fascinated by the study of twins, having reared two pairs himself. He is assisted by the director of practice teaching, Garrett Vander Borgh, A.B. Hope, A.M. Columbia University, under whose instruction students learn the problems and methods of high school teaching. Mr. Vander Borgh serves the ANCHOR as faculty business adviser, profs in the math Held too. The instructor in elementary education is Caroline Hawes, A.B. Northern State Normal College. She is the superintendent of the city elementary system and the principal of Washington School, making her schedule rather full, but she handles it well and efficiently. Prospective elementary teachers enjoy the observations in the local schools. The department of education fits students with the background material and experience which will serve them well when they become educators, wheth- er it be as kindergarten teachers or university profs. The department is a prominent one here, because of each graduating class, almost fifty per cent of the seniors have prepared themselves at Hope for the teaching profession. 13