Our Christian Reformed Synod had to deal with an overture from Iron Springs, Alberta, asking to stop quota support for the Calvin Graduate Studies Program, and also with several overtures from both north and south of the border, asking for society control of Calvin College. As could be expected, these overtures did not gel to […]
I read carefully the letter you sent me by way of The Banner of December 4, 1970. In the same issue I read Dr. De Koster’s evaluation and his suggestions as to our proper reactions. J am in almost complete disagreement with Dr. De Koster. As Dr. De Koster has done, I will give my […]
A name held in high esteem by many of the older Calvin College graduates is that of Johannes Broene, for many years professor in the Department of Education and also one-time President of the College. We remember him as a Christian gentleman, a gifted teacher, a wise counselor. These enviable qualities were consistently reflected not […]
In its August 1970 issue TORCH AND TRUMPET reprinted an article from THE STANDARD BEARER on “Father Groppi at Calvin College.” Following is a letter of response by three members of Calvin College faculty together with a reply by the writer of the article, Rev. Gise Van Baren. Dear Rev. Van Baren: Your recent article […]
The above title is correct. On Tuesday evening, May 12, Father Groppi appeared on the platform of the Fine Arts Center at Calvin College. Twenty years ago such would have been an unheard of thing. There would have been principal objections against having such a man speak to the student-body of a Reformed college. It […]
Oscar Handlin, in a recent issue of the Atlantic Monthly, warns us that we are utterly unprepared to take care of the tidal wave of students now sweeping toward the schools and colleges of our nation, and he presents a gloomy set of statistics to prove his point. “The teacher shortage alone has become so acute,” says […]
June 5–8 were busy days on the Campus of Calvin College. Some 229 ministers registered for the annual Institute. The alertness of many consistories in encouraging their pastors to attend helped to pack the lecture hall. An ambitious program had been arranged by an enterprising committee under the spirited leadership of Rev. J. Hasper, pastor of […]