Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Hope College is a Christian school and a number of courses in religious principles and ethics are offered. All students are required to take one course in Bible or Christian ethics each year as part of their religious training. The Bible chair is held by the college pastor, Rev. Henry Bast. Rev. Bast is a graduate of Hope, having taken an outstanding part in forensics while a student here. His courses, always lively with enter- tainment, arc looked forward to during the day. as hours that relieve the monotony of a day in classes. He acts as advisor to the Y. M. C. A. and Alpha Chi groups. Head of the department of Religious Education is Rev. Paul E. Hinkamp. Gas rationing prevented his archaeology class from visiting the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago this year. He was chairman of the Red Cross War Fund Drive for the southern half of Ottawa county. Rev. Walter Van Saun heads the philosophy department. His course on the philosophy of Christian living for seniors is thought stimulating and always very popu- J Iar. He is interested in art and his classroom walls arc tastefully decorated with excellent copies of famous paintings. ■ Henry Bast, B.D. Professor of Bible Paul F.. Hinkamp, A.M.. B.D. Professor of Religious Education 26

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DEPARTMENT OE SCIENCE Currit Van Zyl, A.B., M.S., Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Oscar Ii. Thompson, S.B., A.M. Professor of Biology Albert Ii. l.ampcn, A.B., A.M. Professor of Mathematics J. Harvey Klcinhekscl, A.B.. M.S., Ph D. Professor of Chemistry Tcunis Vcrgcer. A.B.. M.S.. Ph D. Professor of Biology Clarence Ii. Kleis, A.Ii., A.M. Professor of Physics With the appearance of a new building in which to carry on its work, the combined Mathematics and Science departments have come through one of the busiest years in their history. Science, mathematics and war are, seemingly, kindred spirits, and students have turned more and more toward the pursuit of such studies. Professors Vergeer and Thompson have had a busy session in turning out pre-medics and biologists, and Professor Kleis has spread out in the line of physics and has included Meteorology and other Service” items to the department's curriculum. The Chemis- try department has maintained its high standards under the direction of Professors Van Zyl and Klein- heksel. Wielding the mystic x” and dealing strictly in angles . . . sine and cosine. Professors Lampen, Vander Borgh, and Timmer have had their experi- ences in Wartime Mathematics. Not only toward the regular Hope students has the attention of these men been directed; they have taken several classes of Civilian Pilots under their wings and have seen to it that they knew their les- sons before taking Uncle Sam’s planes off the ground. In War and Peace Hope's Science departments ad- vance toward a greater knowledge for man. 28