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Michigan's Calvinist Schools |
| Section: CULTURE / HERITAGE |
| Author: Kathleen Raterink |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1987 |
| Size: 4,242 Words, 25,825 Characters |
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Dotted throughout the countryside of western Michigan are towns with names reminiscent of old-world charm--Zeeland, Vriesland, Drenthe, Overisel, Holland. In mid-May, the people of Holland scrub their streets clean, dress in copies of traditional Dutch provincial costumes, and stage the Klompen (Wooden Shoe) Dance as part of a weeklong festival. Colorful tulips are everywhere and the authentic Dutch windmill is set in motion. These people are serious about their display of Dutch heritage, because western Michigan is the center of a cultural and educational system with deep roots in the Netherlands.
A wave of Dutch emigrants came to the New World after crop devastation due to blight in 1845 and 1846 brought severe economic stagnation to the Netherlands. Unemployment was rampant, t...
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...here are many fine (some award-winning) programs in these schools. He said that the greatest challenge will be to meet the financial burden of continuing the fine education they expect to provide.
The legacy of the courageous Dutch settlers is perpetuated today in the exemplary model of education that can be found in Calvinist schools throughout the midwestern United States and Canada.
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