Lynden Christian School - Excelsior Yearbook (Lynden, WA)

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. . SENIORS . . , AT lasT we are graduaTing. someThing To which we have loolced Torward Tor many years. MosT of us have had The privilege oT aTTending a ChrisTian School all Twelve years. We have received Training by TaculTy members in The way ThaT we should go. These eTTorTs and Those oT all who have cooperaTed in making This ChrisTian educaTion possible are greaTly appreciaTed by The class of '49. Four years ago The desire To esTablish a ChrisTian High School was realized. Ours was The beginning class. AlThough in These Tour years we have meT wiTh a Tew inconveniences which oTher classes will noT see. we hold wiTh pride The TacT ThaT we are The TirsT graduaTes of The Lynden ChrisTian High School. Now we have graduaTed and are unaware of whaT The TuTure holds in sTore Tor us. However, as we have compleTed This milesTone of our journey Through liTe, iT is our prayer ThaT we may noT TorgeT The Training which we have received in our youTh. E I Wen

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iice clerk oi our school. She has been iailhiul and willing 'ro assisl in every way in which she can be helpful fo The siudenis. facully, school board, and principal. To her belongs lhe credif for lhe bookkeeping oi +he school. May God bless her in her work, and may we appreciale her work fully in The lruiure. M1 . . OFFICE CLERK . . We are lhankful +o have Miss Garrefra De Boer as ihe oi- . . PRINCIPAL . . I+ is wiih greal pleasure ihal we pay +ribu+e To our princi- pal, Mr. Koops. Wifh graliiude and respect we admire his sacri- fices for The cause of our school. During his principalship our school has increased from an eighl-grade school info a complelc high school, for which we may be Thankful. Under his Chrislian guidance we have advanced in The underslanding and knowledge oi Gods Holy Word. We have fell lhal we can always go lo him wilh our problems for True Chrisfian advice. He has been undersfanding and considerafe in all of our problems. and we hope Thai he may conlinue To be a blessing in lhe iulure.

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,TM Eff' iQ?T?i',lz? 329555 A1 iz, waigffwf ily? L. Yirfifzi - T ' - 1 .S ss 2355 if 5 Ui T ' F ' ' ii T' IT . f' 5 If Lg i 'V i SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President -A Marvin Vanderpoi Secretary -A Margaret Schaart Vicefpresident - Frances Bylsma Treasurer - Alvin Bajema OUR PAST WiTh a spiriT oT ThankTulness To God, we collecT our pasT hisTorical highlighTs inTo one massive sum. Looking back on our pasT, we consider iT a brighT one, Thanking our parenTs Tor The eTTorTs puT TorTh in securing Tor us Twelve years oT ChrisTian educaTion. Our educaTion TirsT sTarTed in I937, when we were enrolled in The TirsT grade. l-lere principles were in- culcaTed inTo our minds which would be valuable To us in our school work as well as play. ln addifion To our regular sTudies we spenT a period oT Time each day devoTed To The sTudying oT Gods Word, We began as well as ended our school day by commun- ing wiTh God in prayer, In The year oT I945 eighT years oT our educa- Tion had been compleTed. On The evening oT May 28 we graduaTed Trom The eighTh grade. Indeed This is an evenT which will be remembered by all, Tor iT 'l'7c'vlw' was The sTepping sTone Trom childhood To young man and womanhood. , We spenT our ninTh grade in The original school building while our new ChrisTian High School was un- der consTrucTion. Indeed, The prayers oT our parenTs and Triends oT ChrisTian Training have been answered, Tor iT was made possible Tor us To conTinue our educa- Tion in a ChrisTian aTmosphere. By The beginning oT our sophomore year, our' new building had been com- pleTed. During ThaT year iT was dedicaTed To The cause OT Training children in The way OT The Lord. Yes. as a class when we scan The pasT, we cannoT Tully express our graTiTude To God Tor The blessings besTowed on us. Yes. Thanks be To God Tor parenTs who wiTh Solomon oT old can say. Train up a child in The way ThaT he should go, and when he is old he will noT deparT Trom iT.