Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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DR. C. DE GRAAF Chairman of Educational Policies Committee DR B RAYMOND College Business Manager DR C V 1MMER Vice-Chairman of Administrative Committee C KLIES Chairman of Athletic Committee R CAVANAUGH Chairman of Music Committee 19 DR I. HOLLENBACH Chairman of Library Committee

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DR IRWIN I. LUBBERS COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION College administration is presided over by President Irwin J. Lubbers, assisted by six administrative committees. These committees, which deal with every phase of student-faculty life, are concerned with administration, educational policies, student direction, the library, athletics and music. The ADMINISTRATIVE committee, under the chairmanship of Dr. Lubbers, deals primarily with the individual problems of students and faculty and details of administration not covered by definite regu- lations. Dr. Clarence De Graaf is chairman of the EDUCATIONAL POLICIES committee. This group is re- sponsible for the regulation of the college academic program. The STUDENT DIRECTION committee, headed by Miss Laura A. Boyd, concerns itself with the extra- curricular, student, and social life of the campus. Under the leadership of Dr. John W. Hollenbach, the LIBRARY committee endeavors to make the library a more efficient instrument of education. At present, plans for the expansion of library facili- ties are being considered. The committee on ATHLETICS is responsible for the administrative details surrounding the college sports program. Mr. Clarence Kleis is its chairman.' Mr. Robert W. Cavanaugh heads the MUSIC committee. This group handles the administrative prob- lems that arise in the Department of Music. 18

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES . . . . . . Promotes Christian Education DR JOHN A DYKSTRA President of the Board HOPE COLLEGE MILESTONE March 15, 1947 The Board of Trustees, as its name indicates, holds the property and manages the affairs of the college. It is responsible for the aims, practices, and character of the institution. At present there are thirty-eight members on the Board, nine elected by the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, one representative from each of the Eastern Synods of New Bruns wich, Albany, and New York, one each from the eight classes in the Particular Synod of Iowa, and eighteen from the classes of the Particular Synod of Chicago. The Board of Trustees elects the president of the college and those associated with him to execute the administration of the college within the framework of the Christian objectives of the college. Through its executive committee the Board arranges for the execution of orders and resolutions not otherwise specifically com- mitted or provided for, and guides the affairs of the institution on behalf o: the Board until the time of its next meeting. Through its committee on instruction, the Beard approves the selection of the members of the faculty. Through its committee on finance and investments it has charge of all the funds of the college—endow- ment, contingent, building, and current. It preserves and uses these according to the rules and regulations laid down for these funds. Through its committee on buildings and grounds, the Board exercises care and control over the buildings, grounds, and equipment of the college. The Board strives to give a good account of its stewardship both to The Reformed Church in America and to our great God. JOHN A. DYKSTRA. President of the Board of Trustees of Hope College. 20