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

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HTHLETIIJ I HSSUUIHTIUH The Girls Athletic Associa- tion, otherwise known as the G. A. A. is an Academy Organization, whose main object is fostering good sportsmanship in the club and also in the student body. It sponsors the election of cheer- leaders and also acts as hostes- ses to the visiting teams. Any Academy girl may become a member by earning sixty points. These points may be earned by various methods such as skating, swimming, bowling, hiking, riding, etc. lv. , ,- je-. , , ,, . , M M 1 1 1 'Il'- M: X LEFT TO RIGHT: HENRIETTA GUERINK, SECRETARY'TREAS- 544, f URERQ DARLENE DE BEER, PRESIDENT, BURLEA KoRvER, 9' . Edfznt . L VICE-PRESIDENT: HARRIET HonvER. TOP ROW, LEFT T0 RIGHT: FRANCES HARTOG, LENORA NOTEBOOM, AUDREY MUILENBURG, JEANETTE FEDDERS, LENA SHIEBOUT, Loss GESINK, MINERVA DE BEER, HARRIET KORVER, Loss HUBERS, DARLENE DE BEER. MIDDLE ROW: GLADYS FEDDERS, JEANNE ABERSON, GERTRUDE DYKSTRA, ELAINE HESSELINK, AUDREE HEEMSTRA. BOTTOM ROW: RETHA VANDER BRAKE, BURLEA KORVER, HENRIETTA GUERINK, SHIRLEY SPYKER, NELVA KEUNEN. i I Magi 0+ E E, .., -uv r

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IIII 1949 IIIIIIIIIII swnu B Norm Ba Stemeyer center Dave Van C1tters B H t ernle C1 brmk left end r1ght end George Dykstra mght tackle Bombo Dykstra left tackle Jay Hoogeveen rlght guard Harms Van Oort left guard PLAGUED BY CONSTANT INJURIES AND STRUGGLING AGAINST THE STRONG ODDS CREATED BY INExPERIENCE, THE l9N9 EDITION OF NORTHWESTERN'S FOOTBALL TEAM WENT DOWN TO 5 STRAIGHT DEFEATS, ONE OF WHICH WAS A PRACTICE LOSS TO THE POWERFUL MORNINGSIDE FRESHMEN. THE IST GAME OF THE SEASON FOUND THE RED RAIDERS JOURNEYING TO SIOUX CITY FOR A SCRIMMAGE GAME WITH THE POWERFUL MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE FRESHMEN. THE INEXPERIENCED NORTHWESTERN SQUAD MADE COUNTLESS BLUNDERS THAT COUPLED WITH THE BRUISING ATTACK OF THE POWERFUL MORNINGSIDE FROSH RESULTED IN A THUMPING NT-O VICTORY FOR MORNINGSIDE. AN IMPOTENT OFFENSE FORCED NORTHWESTERN ON THE DEFENSE MOST OF THE AFTERNOON WITH JAKE DE JONG AT TACKLE AND DWAYNE BUTTENOB, A DEFENSIVE BACK STARRING FOR THE RED RAIDERS. NORTHWESTERN JOURNEYED TO EAGLE GROVE FOR THEIR NEXT GAME AND MET DEFEAT 3l-Y. FRANCIS RINEY, NORTHWES- TERN'S HAWAIIAN STAR INTERCEPTED A PASS AND GALLOPED TO YARDS TO PAY DIRT FOR THE RAIDERS ONLY TOUCHDOWN VAN CITTERS CONVERTED. THE DEFENSIVE PLAY OF TED SAGAMI, HAWAIIAN RIGHT HALFBACK, STOOD OUT FOR NORTHWES- TERN. EMMET WALKER, NORTHWESTERN'S INDIAN FULLBACK, AND DWAYNE BUTTENOB, DEFENSIVE HALFBACK RECEIVED BRAIN CONCUSSIONS IN THIS GAME THAT WERE A START ON THE LONG LIST OF FOOTBALL INJURIES THAT PLAGUED NORTHWESTERN ALL YEAR. THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE RED RAIDERS JOURNEYEO TO STORM LAKE FOR AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STRONG BEUNA VISTA COLLEGE HBH SQUAD. AFTER A LISTLESS FIRST HALF, NORTHWESTERN PLAYED AN INSPIRED BRAND OF FOOTBALL DURING THE SECOND HALF T0 OUTSCORE BEUNA VISTA 2 TOUCHDOWNS TO I DURING THAT PERIOD. A PASS FROM RINEY TO VAN CITTERS WAS GOOD FOR ONE TOUCHOOWN AND TED SAGAMI PLUNGED OVER FOR THE OTHER MARKER. NORTHWESTERN CLIMAXED AN OTHERWISE FINE HOMECOMING CELEBRATION THE FOLLOWING WEEK WITH A HEARTBREAKING LOSS TO BRITT JR. COLLEGE I2-Y. THE RED RAIDERS WERE WITHIN SCORING DISTANCE MANY TIMES BUT WERE ABLE TC PUNCH OUT A SCORE ONLY WHEN WILLY WOLFSVINKEL SCOOPED UP A BRITT FUNBLE BEFORE IT TOUCHED THE GROUND AND RACED 50 YARDS TO SCORE. BRITT CAPITOLIZED ON THEIR 2 SCORING CHANCES T0 SCORE AND DEAL NORTHWESTERN ITL FIRST HOMECOMING LOSS IN HISTORY. NORTHWESTERN THEN JOURNEYED TO EMMETSBURG WHERE THEY MET DEFEAT BEFORE THE EMMETSBURG TEAM 32-O. NUMER- OUS NORTHWESTERN SCORING THRUSTS WERE STOPPED BY EMMETSBURG BEFORE THE RED RAIDERS COULD SCORE. 50