Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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Exploring what we never dared to dream before and creating what we are, and were meant to be. By the time Christmas break arrives, you’re more than anxious to go home, hut sadly disappointed when you get there. Your high school friends are distant, and you find that your interests are no longer compatible with theirs. Mom casually mentions that the new- heard is rather hold, and Dad makes it clear that the phone bill is your responsibility. At the time of your second Christmas, you have discovered how to budget 14 Christ- mas gifts on a total of $50, and also found that Christmas really is the preparation of mind and spirit that you missed, because you had your mind and spirit in exam week instead. ) lU rLimp Paper Chase? No. Jay I jimIcII finds out what happens when you leave your door unlocked

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Right: Senior Kathv Soeters investigates graduate school materials. Bel low: Frcshm.in ll.unct Korhus takes a breather between loads. V Pu ltriK Senior Boh Ik is demonstrates how to use one's time l etween classes wisely.

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Struggling as we learn, the search continues, and exposed to life for what we make it — active or still — On the third Christmas vacation, you have come to the realization that your values are not your par- ents’, and that yours are right — and so arc theirs. After one very long week of vacation, you are sud- denly quite anxious to go back to school because you can’t handle being accountable to anyone other than yourself, and worse yet, you’re bored. The fourth Christmas comes much later than you wish it would, even though the semester went so quickly that you couldn’t get all of your work done. And although you’re broke, the old Christmas spirit has returned in full scale, since for the first time you haven't put it into exam week instead. The four-week vacation has turned into a job hunt- ing expedition in which you spend more time evalu- ating your qualifications than you do actual job hunt- ing. Or you may have discovered that putting your life’s values and world views in 5(X) words for gradu- ate school applications is a much harder task than you originally thought. After two weeks you’re ready to go back to school, but not ready to do the work. Your enthusiasm has lessened, just like your circle of friends. The twenty- five you were actively involved with sophomore year has now dwindled to four very close friends. The air is warmer and now you spend more time on preparing to enter the job market than vou do on your books. Graduation is nearing, and reflecting on the past four years Incomes a common thought. Perhaps the greatest four years in terms of inner development are those you spend in college. The struggle at times seems fruitless and the fight in vain, but tne renovation that each of us undergoes as we pass through these four years together, may well be the beginning mark of what each of us can be. 6