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HISTORY OF HOPE Freshman-Sophomore beach party of 1890. There are bigger schools with more students, pro- fessors, housemothers, pine trees, and buildings to be found; yet our pride is in this small symbol of learning. It is said by some to be misplaced; by others, justified. We must often bear in silence those sneers and barbed comments at our provincial- ism, for we know that they are true; true because wooden shoes and Calvinism do not tell us much about the world around us. However, Calvinism and those Dutchmen with their wooden shoes are a part of our heritage. It was the vision of such great Christian leaders as Rev. Albcrtus C. Van Raalte and Rev. Dr. Philip Phelps, Jr. that launched the ideal for which we are still striving— well-rounded persons within a Christian background. It was Van Raalte’s lodestar, it was the compass by which he steered, th,e anchor of Hope” of his vision- ary vessel. As he so aptly stated: How could we answer to God and to posterity, if we had cared for our material posterity and not, nay principally, for the intellectual and spiritual interests of our future?” He, like all the other people in the Dutch colony, was interested in the establishment of schools and the promotion of Christian education. In addition, the eastern faction of the Reformed Church was interested in their welfare and education. Representatives were sent to confer with Van Raalte about the need of a Christian school. An outgrowth of this visit resulted in the assistance of the Reformed Church in the build- ing of a Pioneer School. In the fall of 1850, the anchor of Hope” became a reality as the building, now Van Vleck Hall, became the material evidence of Van Raaltc’s vision. This initial effort of the Reformed Church for the estab- lishment of Christian education in the west was Football Squad of 1899: Men, manly men, vigorous men, Men of brain and brawn, Men who are able to meet the Demands of this most strenuous Life of ours. ,
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Happiness is . . . bein$ May Queen of 1917. 1900 Basketball Team—Hope's first. significant because it marked the beginning of an ever-expanding endeavor culminating in the foundation of Hope College. It was this step by the Reformed Church that prepared the way for the development of Hope College as a denominational institution. However, the school was still plagued by the influx of numerous secular ideas. Because of this, the Pioneer School was separated from the District School in 1853 and placed under the management of the Reformed Church Board of Education. In 1855, the Rev. John Van Vleck arrived in Holland and assumed the position of principal. It was he who raised the academic standards of the Academy, as well as fortifying the school’s relationship with the church. Conse- quently, the church proposed the expansion of the program of the Academy and sent the Rev. Dr. Philip Phelps, Jr. to become the new principal of the Academy. When Dr. Phelps had secured sufficient endowment, he made arrangements for the permanent establishment of the college. At his inaugural address on July 12, 1866, he, as the first president of Hope College, stated that The heritage of Van Zocrcn. Hoods dominated the Chemistry Department. 5
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