Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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MRS 3 KRONEMEYER Housemother. Voorhocs Hall MRS G STEININGER Housemother, Columbia Hall MRS N. ALDRICH Housemother, Beach Cottage MRS G BOLTON Housemother, Fairbanks Cottage MRS E DEN HERDER Housemother, Van Vleck Hall MRS C PARSONS Housemother. West Hall DR A LEENHOUTS Campus Physician 24 V SPOELSTRA Campus Nurse

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M GIBBS Librarian M. MASTENBROOK Assistant Librarian MRS. I. WIERSUM Assistant Librarian

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THE FACULTY of Hope College A liberal education is based on the idea that one of the purposes of a college training is to develop a philosophy of life. To encourage a student to find himself, his individual capacities, and to discover his own powers and enthusiasms, our faculty has provided an effective program in a clear and com- prehensive way. By devising a flexible educational program each student is given a chance to decide in which of the many fields of endeavor he is par- ticularly interested and most likely to succeed. In this rich curriculum created by the faculty is a wide range of subjects, developed to furnish each student with the general basis of knowledge to cope with the varied problems of the world. To help every student to live intelligently and happily and to un- derstand society in general in our complex civiliza- tion is the aim of every faculty member. It would be impossible for most students to imagine a day when they were not under the direct or indirect influence of the faculty members. Their position is not pretentious, but in making Hope College a home away from home , they lay the foundations for our future. Individually and col- lectively their talents and experiences represent a wide and varied field of learning. From early morning until late afternoon we have looked at blackboards and perused our books, we have listened, and studied, and supposedly learned. Certainly we owe a great debt to the group of faculty who have not only worked at instructing us. but have made it interesting from time to time and spent so much extra time coaching us. They are as important a part of Hope memories as the as- sociations of our fellow students. The work of the college faculty has been out- standing during this transitory year of 1946 and 1947. Even though the student body has increased tre- mendously, every student in given the opportunity to personally contact the faculty for careful guid- ance, friendly suggestions, and aid in the solving of their academic problems. The faculty has been called upon to sacrifice study, research and leisure hours to meet the de- mands of this increased student body. They have taken on academic teaching loads far beyond the capacity ever asked of them by the college ad- ministration. Their job has not been an easy job, and after working with them and for them we have acquired a respect and admiration for them that demonstrates the excellence of their work. In the years to come we will have a greater appreciation for the priceless guidance and direction which the academic staff have directly or indirectly exerted upon us. Because of their response with magnificent cordi- ality to the unusual requests made of them, this next section of the Milestone will give us an insight into this important phase of our life at Hope. 25