Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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Hundreds of Hope students were in attendance on September 2 for the an- nual Fall Convocation in Dimnent Chapel. The capacity crowd was drawn by Hope's favorite son Rev. Robert Schuller (’47). who delivered the con- vocation address. After Hope's president Gordon Van Wylen presented the administration's isionary plans for the college. Rev. Schuller was introduced. To the crowd at Dimnent Chapel as well as those who watched elsewhere on closed-circuit TV. Rev. Schuller, in his inimitable style, spoke on the Pursuit of I - ccllencc. Rev. Schuller, who is senior minister at Garden Grove Community Church in Garden Grove. California, host of the Hour of Power television ministry, and planner of the famous Crystal Cathedral, inspired faltering pre-med students and everyone else toward new levels of achievement and possibility thinking. fter the address. Rev I lion Bruins, professor of religion, presented Rev. Gordon Van Wyk with a Doctor of Humane l etters degree Re an W yk is currently a professor of history at I lope. 17 I

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 September 26. 1980: the day when wo teams of eighteen men each would l ace off against each other in one iwcsomc display of strength and power; he day when three weeks of “sickness Aould be put to the ultimate test. It was he day when the classes of '83 and '84 would meet the traditional challenge of he Pull. The 1980 Pull began at 4:10 PM as he sound of the starting horn echoed across the Black River. Heaves were thrown, muscles were strained, and within the first few minutes the class of '84 had gained several valuable inches. But the sophomores were ruthless, and bv 5:35 PM only inches remained until the class of '84 would be forces to pop their first pit. Ten minutes later the in- evitable occurred, and the class of '84 was dow n to 17 pits. With aching muscles, bleeding hands. and weary spirits, the battle went on. But at 6:20 PM the freshmen bitterly faced defeat as the class of 1983 pulled in their long-awaited trophy. The pull was over, the challenge had been met. and amidst the cries of triumph and defeat stood Bryon Prielipp. coach of the victorious '83 team, who was. for a brief moment, the happiest man on earth. — Mary Lynn McMally