Northwestern College - De Klompen Yearbook (Orange City, IA)

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Bernard Reinders after being kidded by Kooiker for being afraid of dogs, said, I bet you would be afraid of dogs, too, if you were as low down as I am. In Biology class. Frances De Vries asked Miss Hattan: What kind of a cow gives den- tal cream? Art Grull went dating with a basket of apples on his arm. He said to his mother, I am calling on a doctor's daughter tonight. Miss Hattan asked Gordon Bolks to give an example of the adaptation of the human body to changed conditions. Gordon replied, My uncle gained one hundred pounds. in one year and his skin never cracked. Ken Poppen says that the one thing they raise more of than anything else in China is Chinese. Chris Jacobs in English class was discuss- ing the crop control program of the A. A. A. Chris said, It's all right to raise some cane but don't raise too much. 1You ought to know Chris.J Eva De Kok likes to dream about her -dream man. Sometimes she dreams that she is a minister's wife. Alyna Roetman says she wants to be a model wife. One that isn't a Working model. Daisy Van Klompenburg said to the butcher, I'd like to have about two poun-ds of that track meat I've heard so much about lately. ' Esther Plooster's definition of a man of few words and plenty of action is one who has the St. Vitus Dance and stutters. Gerald Den Herder said in history class that those natives who still use fish for mon- ey must have an awful time to get gum from the slot machines. Mr. Heemstra said to Everett Franken, You should have been here at eight fifteen. Why?, asked Franken, What happened? Clarence Wiersma in the lockerroom af- ter basketball practice asked, Who will get my watch from up stairs? Then he said, Aw never mind it will run down itself pretty soon. Tim Roetman and Verlyn Van Wechel while tixing a box came to a nail with its head pointing towards the box. Tim said, We can't use this nail it has the head on the wrong end. Then Verlyn said, That nail is all right we'll use it on the other si-de of the box. Elwin Muilenburg got up earlier than usual one morning. After a while the alarm clock rang. Elwin commented, Huh! I guess that alarm clock thinks Pm in bed yet. John Kooiker's mother asked him how he liked the pie. John replied, Oh not very well, I didn't eat all of my third piece. John Marion Fonkert says, he doesn't like stuffed dates, especially if he has to pay for stuffing them. Vera Van Wechel's definition of a bolt is: A stick of hard metal such as iron with a square bunch on one end and a lot of scratch- ing wound around the other end. Gertrude De Zeeuw's definition of a nut is: A nut is similar to a bolt only just the opposite, being a hole in a little chunk of iron, with wrinkles around the inside of the hole. Dale Kraai says-: Dieting is the triumph of mind over platter. Dick Bordewick in a letter to his folks, wrote, The fellow that's always at the bot- tom of the class has the flu, so I'm taking his place, ienclosed Hnd my report cardlf'

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CLASS WILL 8 I, Myrtle Bloemendaal, bequeath Kenny Newendorp to Geneva Roetman. I, Harold Colenbwnder, bequeath my Clerical manner to Myron Heusinkveld. I, Esther de Boer, bequeath my oomp'h to Margaret Tiemersma. I, Julia De Boer, bequeath bashfulness to Josie Vander Weide. I, Ethel De Graaf, bequeath my music to Thelma Ellenbaas. I, Jerome De Jong, bequeath my cave-man technique to Stewart De Groot. I, Ellsworth Dykstra, bequeath my position as presi-dent of the Senate to Ed-:iie Hoimeyer. I, Dwight Grotenhuis, bequeath my debating ability to Elaine Kanis to assist in her editorship. I, Howard Kuyper, bequeath my Bob Feller arm to Homer De Boer. I, June Lubbers, bequeath my editorship of Hawkeye Views to Ruth Lubbers. I, Luverne Luymes., bequeath my basketball prowess to Ev- erette Franken. I, Geraldine Mak, bequeath my popularity to Jeanette De Boer. I, Tunis Miersma, bequeath my love of Chem. Lab. to Pearl Scholten. I, Arloa Muilenburg, bequeath my quietness to Clarraine Van- der Schaaf. I, Evelyn Mulder, bequeath my cats to Vera Van Wechel. I, Genevieve Mulder, bequeath Geneva Hubers to Pete Meerdink. I, Martha Mulder, bequeath my femininity to Alyna Roetman. I, Timeon Roetman, bequeath my cheerful disposition as librar- ian to Roberta Keyes. . I, Jeannette Rylaarsdam, bequeath my Stand-in with Prof. Fehl to Henry Rikkers. I, Grace Te Grotenhuis, bequeath my laziness to Gordon Bolks. I, Gerald Vanden Berg, bequeath my vocal organs to John Kooiker. I, Gerald Vande Garde, bequeath my weeds to Wiert Eekhoif. I, LaVonne Vander Stoep, bequeath my concentration on one member of the opposite sex to Yetty Ramaker. I, Verlyn Van Wechel, bequeath my paint to Marjorie Hospers. I, Mildred Wissink, bequeath my friendship with Leona Hibma to George Vogel. I, Harry Trygg, bequeath my estate of single blessedness to Gerald Den Herder and Luke Luyrnes. We, the Chorus of 1939, bequeath Ne-w York Trip Hopes to the next chorus. We, the Sophomores, bequeath what's left of the school to the Freshmen.

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WHO'S WHO MYRTLE BLOEMENDAAL Mixed Chorus I, IIQ Teachers of Tomor- row II. HAROLD COLENBRANDER Mixed Chorus I, IIQ Varsity Basketball I, Il: Y. M. Pres. Ilg Class president Ig Extempore Speaking Ig Beacon II, Col- lege Play I. ESTHER DE BOER Mgr. Girls' Athletic Association II: An- nual Staff IIg Teachers of Tomorrow II. JULIA DE BOER Teachers of Tomorrow II. ETH EL DE GRAAF Pianist Mixed Chorus Hg Beacon S'aff IIg Teachers of Tomorrow II. JEROME DE JONG Mixed Chorus I, IIQ Debate I, IIQ Beacon Stalf II. ELLSWORTH DYKSTRA Mixed Chorus I, IIg Class Pres, II: Offi- cer Y. M. IIQ Pres. Student Slnate II. DWIGHT GROTENHUIS Mixed Chorus I, IIQ Debate I, II: Banl I, Hg Extempore Speaking II: College Play Ig Student Senate. HOWARD KUYPER Transfer from Pella JUNE LUBBERS Mixed Chorus IIg Beacon Ig Hawkeye View Editor IIQ Teachers of Tomorrow IIg Y. W. officer Ig Student Senate II. WILLARD LUBBERS Mgr. Basketball II. LUVERNE LUYMES Mixed Chorus I, II: Varsity Basketball I, II. GERALDINE MAK Mixed Chorus I, IIQ Teachers of Tomor- row II. TUNIS MIERSMA Officer Y. M. II. ARLOA MUILENBURG Mixed Chorus I, IIQ Teachers of Tomor- row II. EVELYN MULDER Mixed Chorus IIg Teachers of Tomor- row II. GENEVIEVE MULDER Mixed Chorus I, IIg Teachers of Tomor- row II. MARTHA MULDER Mixed Chorus I, IIg Teachers of Tomor- row II. TIMEON ROETMAN Mixed Chorus I, IIg Beacon 11. JEANNETTE RYLAARSDAM Debate I, IIg Interpretative Reading II: Editor Beacon I, IIg Oratory I, IIg Y. W. Pres. IIQ College Play Ig Student Senate II: Teachers of Tomorrow II. GRACE TE GROTENHUIS Mixed Chorus I, IIg Teachers of Tomor- row II. GERALD VANDEN BERG Mixed Chorus I, II: Varsity Basketball I 3 Teachers of Tomorrow II. LA VONNE VANDER STOEP Mixed Chorus I, IIQ Interpretative Read- ing II 5 Teachers of Tomorrow II. VERLYN VAN WECHEL Mixed Chorus II.