Kuyper College - Echo Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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FACULTY ' rf!- Bible Department Calvin College Calvin Seminary REV. D. H. YVALTERS, President DR. VVILLIAM MASSELINK Doctrine Department Christian Reformed Seminar Y, Grundy Center. Iowa Princeton Theological Seminary Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Free University of Amsterdam ' ' - 3 ,,... ,.,, i 4 .... f Page Fourteen ilf if REV. J. H. SCHAAL, , Faculty Secretary and Registrm History Department Calvin College 2 Calvin Seminary Kalamazoo College University of Chic School ago Divinity

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FACULTY MISS K.X'l'lE CUNNINK Librarian and Secretary of Corregpondence School Pedagogy Department Clzllvin Clollcgc Rclmmecl Bible lnslitutc NIR. IAKIK VAN LAAR Musif Dcpnrlnl Qnl , CAIIYIII Lollcgc Ullivclsity ol' Michigan MR. M. H. DE VROOME Red Cross First Aid Calvin Collcge University of Michigrm Page Fifteen