Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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HOPE HAS A NOTED SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. The science departments of Hope College have long been outstanding, and ex-Hopeites are in re- sponsible positions in the field of research, surgery, in industrial chemistry work, or as teachers of science in the outstanding schools of the country, such as Chicago, Dartmouth, Carnegie Institute, Rush Medi- cal, Illinois, Michigan and Washington. Others serve in large industrial plants,-Goodyear, Sherwin- Williams, or Carnegie Steel. The department files list an endless number of such men. Gerrit Van Zyl, A.B. Hope, M.S. and Ph.D. Uni- versity of Michigan, heads the chemistry section of the college. He is also very active in scientific work outside of school, being a member of the American Chemical Society and other fraternal and honorary organizations. He participates in the local Profes- sional Club. He and his associate, Harvey Klein- heksel, A.B. Hope, M.S. and Ph.D. University of Illinois, are masters at turning out successful chem- ists. Dr. Kleinheksel is a faculty member of Blue Key, adviser to the interfraternity council. Together the two sponsor the Chemistry Club. Twenty-one of this year's grads and twenty-two of next year's are chem majors. Heading the physics division is Clarence Kleis, A.B. Hope, A.M. University of Michigan. He is chairman of the faculty committee on N. Y. A. Off campus he is a Bible Class teacher. Albert E. Lampen, A.B. Hope, A.M. University of Michigan, candidate for Ph.D. at Michigan, is chair- man of Hope's well-regarded math section. He is qualified as instructor of math and astronomy. He is active on and off campus. He is president of the Holland Exchange Club, director of the Community Chest, and a member of the Mathematics Association of America. I7

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HOPE PREPARES MANY MEN FOR BUSINESS. , -LTP' X- X XY- -,cf 'Yin The economics and business administration de- partment offers to Hope students courses fundamen- tal to law, business pursuits, or the teaching of economics or business administration. These include economics, industrial geography, business organi- zation and administration, history of economic devel- opment, history and theory of finance, government and economics, accounting, business law, labor prob- lems, taxation, and public finance and insurance. Heading the department is the dignified Edward D. Dimnent, A.B. and A.M. Hope, Litt.D. Rutgers University. He is Arend Visscher Memorial Profes- sor. Dr. Dimnent has been prominent on campus for a long time, having been president of the college from 1918 to 1951. To him goes the credit for de- signing the majestic Hope Memorial chapel, and for writing the Seventy-Hfth Anniversary pageant for the college's celebration in 19-41. He is the author I6 Xin. M- X T x of The Book of job: The Poem. Jolly Vernon Ten Cate, A.B. Hope, LL.B. Univer- sity of Michigan, is assistant instructor. I-Ie teaches freshman courses and is a practicing attorney in the city. He has many outside interests, for he is a mem- ber of many social, fraternal, and religious organi- are his to the Knickerbocker Society, and he and Mrs. Ten Cate zations, and politics, music, and gardening hobbies. On campus he is faculty adviser are a popular couple when it comes to chapping frat and sorority parties. Instructor in accounting is Bernard Arendshorst, the man who coaches the tennis team, took the boys on a southern trip last year. Bern's A.B. is from Hope, and he studied for two years at Harvard Business School. In town he holds the position as clerk of the local draft board.

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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ALSO OFFER CAREERS. If lj af I lv , 1 l I 3 PX The division of biology has made a record fully as outstanding as that of the other sections of the science department. Thirty per cent of the grads in the science division continue their study after gradu- ation, aspiring to high goals in the science Held. Chairman of the section is solemn Oscar E. Thompson. His S.B. is from Mount Union College, his A.M. from Cornell University, and he has spent four summers in study at Cornell. He teaches courses in anatomy, embryology, and the like, to future scien- tists, teachers, and doctors. His students know him and like him for his dry sort of humor. Out of school Thompson is an avid gardener, and very scientific about it, studying soils in detail. He and his associate, Dr. Vergeer, advise the recently organ- ized Scalpel Club. Teunis Vergeer, A.B. Calvin College, M.S. and I8 Ph.D. University of Michigan, is professor of biology and curator of the museum, is well-liked by all the student body. He is an outstanding scientist, being a member of the American Society of Parasitologists, of the American Microscopical Society, and of the Michigan Academy of Science, and author of many articles in scientific journals. On campus he serves with Dr. Thompson as co-adviser to the Scalpel Club and sponsors the First Aid class of the American Red Cross. Fifteen majors in the department this year are going on to other institutions or to take up science positions. The department has sent on the road to success a fine corps of physicians and surgeons, many nurses and dentists, biology profs, research biologists, and public health workers.