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The first Frisbee of the season lands on Calvin Campus. This and other Frisbees will participate in a tournament sponsored by an avant garde group of sportsmen, the United Frisbee Operators.

Nod to the Past
The School Life of our Girls
It was Longfellow who sang for us in his “Psalm of Life,” “life is real, life is earnest, and things are what they seem.” And we all have often sang these words without perhaps feeling their true import. To us life is still an ever-changing scene of work and pleasure from which not even dark, impending cloud of examinations now looming up ominously on our horizon, can dispel the happy, pleasant dreamings. There is a reason for our lightheartedness. Our gaiety is the natural springtime joy of happy girlhood days at school.
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Nod to the Past
Christian writers convene on campus this weekend
This weekend students, professors, writers, and others interested in Christian literature will be attending the Contemporary Christian Writers in Community conference held on Calvin’s campus Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The conference will include lectures, short presentations, workshops, and informal discussions focusing on understanding and appreciating Christian literature. There will also be discussions focusing on understanding and appreciating Christian literature. There will also be discussion on problems Christian writers face—not only on practical problems like publishing but also on the mixed reception some writers receive from the Christian community.
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