Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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ff jf . Dr. Hawkinson once remarked that she had lived as she believed. Her record spoke for itself, and she had no apologies. ln paying tribute to her memory we can, then, try to set down what she believed, the record may be allowed to speak for itself, As a teacher, Dr. Hawkinson believed that the student should be curious about the why of things. She wished to provide him with the tools for seeing the historical process at work. Not a textbook teacher by nature, not a lecturer by choice, she asked questions. Probing the origin of the contempo- rary in the ancient, she suggested readings on conflicting ideas. She was less concerned with stocking the mind than with awakening thought. As Head of the Department of History and Political Science, Dr. Hawkinson believed that the members of the Department should evolve together in conference the whole cycle of history offerings. She was especially concerned with the evaluation of and planning for the freshman program. Fresh- men interested her most, for with them, she believed, the foundation for critical and creative thinking is laid. As a counselor, Dr. Hawkinson believed that the faculty member is ethically obligated to advise the student to take the highest and most self-respecting view of his own welfare he can conceive. That view was Christianity to her. To help the student adhere to his best picture of himself, she gave her time freely, not only in office hours at the College, but also during evenings and weekends at her home. As a citizen, Dr. Hawkinson believed in common sense and humor and honesty and steadfastness. These qualities made for mutual understanding and tolerance between individuals and between nations. That these qualities might survive and one day, perhaps, prevail, she took her students, American and foreign, to United Nations meetings, she conducted workshops in international relations with them, she promoted the student ambassadorship to a foreign country, she spoke widely as President of the Michigan UNESCO. As a scholar, Dr. Hawkinson believed in educational vision. She was never enmeshed by details, she saw a dream whole. Her international lectureship to Trondheim and Oslo was an attempt to share her vision with other teachers, as were the summer workshops she conducted at the University of Kansas, the Oregon College of Education, the University of Saskatchewan, the School for Cerebral Palsied Children in California, the University of Rochester, the Southern Oregon College of Education, and the University of Minnesota. Liberal, humanist, educator of magnificent vision, Dr. Hawkinson lived as she believed. She was simple and kind and strong. - Lotus Snow

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