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The original documents are located in Box D26, folder "Christian High Schools Fund Drive
Kickoff Meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, January 27, 1969" of the Ford
Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential
Library.
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Digitized from Box D26 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOLS FUND DRIVE KICKOFF
MEETING, 8:30 P.M. JAN. 27, 1969, AT
KNOLLCREST FIELD HOUSE, CALVIN COLLEGE,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Thank Asistor,
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THIS KICKOFF OF YOUR FUND-RAISING
DRIVE IS A GREAT OCCASION, TO BE GREETED
WITH THE UTMOST OPTIMISM AND ENTHUSIASM.
IT HAS BEEN EXACTLY ONE WEEK SINCE
THE UNITED STATES INAUGURATED A NEW
PRESIDENT AND EMBARKED ON A NEW ERA IN AMERICAN
HISTORY. FIVE CLERGYMEN TOOK PART IN THE
a
INAUGURAL CEREMONY. SOME PEOPLE JOKINGLY
REMARKED/THAT MR. NIXON WAS THE MOST
PRAYED-OVER NEW PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY
OF OUR NATION. WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS so,
THE THOUGHT STRUCK ME THAT THE HEAVY
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
EMPHASIS ON PRAYER DURING THE NIXON
INAUGURAL CEREMONY CONSTITUTED A SPLENDID
AND SIGNIFICANT LINK WITH AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS
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HERITAGE -- THE DESIRE OF OUR EARLY
SETTLERS TO LIVE GOD-CENTERED LIVES AND TO
WORSHIP GOD AS THEY SAW FIT.
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I BELIEVE WE NOW ARE ENTERING
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A NEW ERA IN AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS LIFE.
NEW ATTENTION IS BEING FOCUSED ON THE ROLE
OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOL IN EDUCATION BOTH
BY THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT ROLE SHOULD BE
STRENGTHENED / AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE IT SHOULD
BE
DIMINISHED. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THE TIDE
OF THE TIMES IS ROLLING IN FAVOR OF NEW
GROWTH AND VIGOR FOR OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS --
AND PROPERLY SO.
HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS THE PRIVATE
AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS HAVE MADE A TREMENDOUS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELL-BEING AND THE
BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY THEREFORE
DESERVE THE WIDEST POSSIBLE CITIZEN SUPPORT
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IN WASHINGTON A FEW YEARS AGO A
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FORMULA WAS DEVISED TO MAKE FEDERAL
AID the have
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AVAILABLE TO PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS, AS
WELL AS TO THOSE WHO ATTEND THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. THIS SYSTEM HAS WORKED WELL. THE
FORMULA IS SOUND AND COULD APPROPRIATELY
BE USED IN PROGRAMS OF STATE SCHOOL AID.
FIND MUCH PLEASURE IN BEING
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HERE TONIGHT, 1
I AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE + Buhan. Benter
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To see many good forends/
FOR TWO REASONS -- BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOUR
CAUSE AND BECAUSE I HAVE THE HIGHEST REGARD
FOR THE MAN WHO WILL BRING YOU THE PRINCIPAL
MESSAGE OF THE EVENING AND OF THIS CAMPAIGN
YOU NOW ARE LAUNCHING. CAMPAIGNS ARE NOT
NEW TO THIS MAN AND NEITHER ARE GOD-CENTERED
SCHOOLS.
SENATOR MARK HATFIELD IS A
BAPTIST -- BUT DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST HIM.
HE IS A GOOD BAPTIST -- AND, AFTER ALL, THE
CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOLS ARE OPEN TO STUDENTS
OF OTHER DENOMINATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW ANY JOKES ABOUT
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BAPTISTS AND SO I'LL JUST TELL A LITTLE
STORY ON MARK. MARK CAME TO THE SENATE
AS A HANDSOME /ARTICULATE,/RISING POLITICAL
STAR
PROMINENTLY MENTIONED FOR A SPOT
ON THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL TICKET.
WELL, WHEN MARK FIRST ARRIVED IN WASHINGTON
HE WENT DOWNTOWN SHOPPING
AND FOUND THAT
NOBODY RECOGNIZED HIM. AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE NEW SENATOR FROM OREGON WAS DELIGHTED.
FOR YEARS AS GOVERNOR OF OREGON HE HAD NOT
HAD A MOMENT TO HIMSELF. I'm SO HE WAS REAL
HAPPY TO just WALK AROUND WITHOUT INSTANTANEOUS
town
RECOGNITION.
t modesty is a five characteristic.
MARK IS A MODEST PERSON
a modest person in
PRIVATE AS WELL AS À PUBLIC PERSON. AND HE
KNOWS THE VALUE OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
SENATOR HATFIELD IS A STRONG
CHURCHMAN, VERY ACTIVE IN THE BAPTIST
CHURCH, AS ACTIVE AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL CAN possibly
BE. HE SPEAKS FREQUENTLY AT CHURCH
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very
CONFERENCES, AND HE IS ACTIVE IN THE
CONGRESSIONAL AND PRESIDENTIAL PRAYER
BREAKFAST GROUPS WE HAVE IN WASHINGTON.
YOU KNOW YOUR SPEAKER TONIGHT IS
A POLITICIAN. HE'S A POLITICIAN IN THE BEST
SENSE OF THE WORD. HE STARTED OUT AS A
STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN OREGON IN 1951 AND
SINCE HAS SERVED AS A STATE SENATOR, OREGON
SECRETARY OF STATE, AND GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE OF OREGON. HE WAS GOVERNOR FOR EIGHT
YEARS BEFORE BEING ELECTED TO THE UNITED
STATES SENATE IN NOVEMBER 1966.
APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH IN VIEW OF
HIS ASSIGNMENT TONIGHT, MARK HATFIELD IS
A TEACHER. HE ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS TO
BECOME AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL
SCIENCE AT WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY IN 1949
AND BECAME DEAN OF STUDENTS IN 1950. HE ALSO
MARRIED A TEACHER -- A FINE WOMAN WHO
ULTIMATELY BECAME COUNSELOR FOR WOMEN AT
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PORTLAND STATE COLLEGE BEFORE MARK
SPIRITED HER AWAY FROM THE GIRLS.
SENATOR HATFIELD IS A TRUSTEE OF
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, GEORGE FOX COLLEGE,
AND THE WESTERN CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
AMPLE TESTIMONY OF
HIS CONTINUING INTEREST IN EDUCATION --
PRIVATE EDUCATION -- GOD-CENTERED EDUCATION.
AND NOW AS WE STAND ON THE
THRESHOLD OF THIS GREAT EFFORT TO MAKE
OURSELVES ADEQUATE TO THE EDUCATIONAL AND
SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, I GIVE
YOU YOUR SPEAKER OF THE EVENING
A
CHRISTIAN AN ACTIVE CHURCHMAN
AN EDUCATOR
A SOCIAL SCIENTIST AND A TRULY OUTSTANDING
PUBLIC OFFICIAL, SENATOR MARK HATFIELD J Onegon.
-- END --
FORD LIBRARY if GERALD
Distribution 5th District 1/74/69
20 Copies Mr. Ford
M Office Copy
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY--
January 27, 1969
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Republican Leader, U.S. House of
Representatives, at Christian High schools fund drive kickoff meeting,
8:30 p.m. Jan. 27, 1969, at Knollcrest Field House, Calvin College, Grand
Rapids, Michigan.
This kickoff of your fund-raising drive is a great occasion, to be greeted
with the utmost optimism and enthusiasm.
It has been exactly one week since the United States inaugurated a new
President and embarked on a new era in American history. Five clergymen took
part in the inaugural ceremony. Some people jokingly remarked that Mr. Nixon
was the most prayed-over new President in the history of our Nation. Whether or
not that was so, the thought struck me that the heavy emphasis on prayer during
the Nixon inaugural ceremony constituted a splendid and significant link with
America's religious heritage -- the desire of our early settlers to live
God-centered lives and to worship God as they saw fit.
I believe we now are entering into a new era in America's religious life.
New attention is being focused on the role of the private school in education
both by those who believe that role should be strengthened and those who believe
it should be diminished. I personally believe the tide of the times is rolling
in favor of new growth and vigor for our private schools -- and properly so.
Here in Grand Rapids the private and parochial schools have made a
tremendous contribution to the well-being and the betterment of the community.
They therefore deserve the widest possible citizen support.
In Washington a few years ago a formula was devised to make federal aid
available to private school students, as well as to those who attend the public
schools. This system has worked well. The formula is sound and could
appropriately be used in programs of state school aid.
I find much pleasure in being here tonight. I am delighted to be here
for two reasons -- because I believe in your cause, and because I have the
highest regard for the man who will bring you the principal message of the
evening and of this campaign you now are launching. Campaigns are not new to
this man, and neither are God-centered schools.
Senator Mark Hatfield is a Baptist -- but don't hold that against him.
He
is a good Baptist -- and, after all, the Christian high schools are open to
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students of other denominations.
I don't know any jokes about Baptists and so I'll just tell a little
story on Mark. Mark came to the Senate as a handsome, articulate, rising
political star prominently mentioned for a spot on the Republican presidential
ticket. Well, when Mark first arrived in Washington he went downtown shopping
and found. that nobody recognized him. And you know what? The new senator from
Oregon was delighted. For years as governor of Oregon he had not had a moment
to himself. So he was real happy to walk around thout instantaneous recognition.
Mark is a modest person -- a private as well as a public person. And he
knows the value of private schools.
Senator Hatfield is a strong churchman, very active in the Baptist church,
as active as a public official can be. He speaks frequently at church conferences,
and he is active in the Congressional and Presidential Prayer Breakfast Groups
we have in Washington.
You know your speaker tonight is a politician. He's a politician in the
best sense of the word. He started out as a state representative in Oregon in
1951 and since has served as a state senator, Oregon secretary of state, and
governor of the state of Oregon. He was governor for eight years before being
elected to the United States Senate in November 1966.
Appropriately enough in view of his assignment tonight, Mark Hatfield is
a teacher. He rose through the ranks to become an associate professor of
political science at Willamette University in 1949 and became Dean of Students in
1950. He also married a teacher -- a fine woman who ultimately became Counselor
for Women at Portland State College before Mark spirited her away from the girls.
Senator Hatfield is a trustee of Willamette University, George Fox College,
and the Western Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary ample testimony of
his continuing interest in education -- private education -- God-centered
education.
And now as we stand on the threshold of this great effort to make ourselves
adequate to the educational and spiritual needs of our young people, I give you
your speaker of the evening a Christian, an active churchman, an educator, a
social scientist and a truly outstanding public official, Senator Mark Hatfield.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY--
January 27, 1969
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Republican Leader, U.S. House of
Representatives, at Christian High schools fund drive kickoff meeting,
8:30 p.m. Jan. 27, 1969, at Knollcrest Field House, Calvin College, Grand
Rapids, Michigan.
This kickoff of your fund-raising drive is a great occasion, to be greeted
with the utmost optimism and enthusiasm.
It has been exactly one week since the United States inaugurated a new
President and embarked on a new era in American history. Five clergymen took
part in the inaugural ceremony. Some people jokingly remarked that Mr. Nixon
was the most prayed-over new President in the history of our Nation. Whether or
not that was so, the thought struck me that the heavy emphasis on prayer during
the Nixon inaugural ceremony constituted a splendid and significant link with
America's religious heritage -- the desire of our early settlers to live
God-centered lives and to worship God as they saw fit.
I believe we now are entering into a new era in America's religious life.
New attention is being focused on the role of the private school in education
both by those who believe that role should be strengthened and those who believe
it should be diminished. I personally believe the tide of the times is rolling
in favor of new growth and vigor for our private schools -- and properly SO.
Here in Grand Rapids the private and parochial schools have made a
tremendous contribution to the well-being and the betterment of the community.
They therefore deserve the widest possible citizen support.
In Washington a few years ago a formula was devised to make federal aid
available to private school students, as well as to those who attend the public
schools. This system has worked well. The formula is sound and could
appropriately be used in programs of state school aid.
I find much pleasure in being here tonight. I am delighted to be here
for two reasons -- because I believe in your cause, and because I have the
highest regard for the man who will bring you the principal message of the
evening and of this campaign you now are launching. Campaigns are not new to
this man, and neither are God-centered schools.
Senator Mark Hatfield is a Baptist -- but don't hold that against him. He
is a good Baptist -- and, after all, the Christian high schools are open to
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students of other denominations.
I don't know any jokes about Baptists and so I'll just tell a little
story on Mark. Mark came to the Senate as a handsome, articulate, rising
political star prominently mentioned for a spot on the Republican presidential
ticket. Well, when Mark first arrived in Washington he went downtown shopping
and found that nobody recognized him. And you know what? The new senator from
Oregon was delighted. For years as governor of Oregon he had not had a moment
to himself. So he was real happy to walk around ithout instantaneous recognition.
Mark is a modest person -- a private as well as a public person. And he
knows the value of private schools.
Senator Hatfield is a strong churchman, very active in the Baptist church,
as active as a public official can be. He speaks frequently at church conferences,
and he is active in the Congressional and Presidential Prayer Breakfast Groups
we have in Washington.
You know your speaker tonight is a politician. He's a politician in the
best sense of the word. He started out as a state representative in Oregon in
1951 and since has served as a state senator, Oregon secretary of state, and
governor of the state of Oregon. He was governor for eight years before being
elected to the United States Senate in November 1966.
Appropriately enough in view of his assignment tonight, Mark Hatfield is
a teacher. He rose through the ranks to become an associate professor of
political science at Willamette University in 1949 and became Dean of Students in
1950. He also married a teacher -- a fine woman who ultimately became Counselor
for Women at Portland State College before Mark spirited her away from the girls.
Senator Hatfield is a trustee of Willamette University, George Fox College,
and the Western Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary ample testimony of
his continuing interest in education -- private education -- God-centered
education.
And now as we stand on the threshold of this great effort to make ourselves
adequate to the educational and spiritual needs of our young people, I give you
your speaker of the evening
a Christian, an active churchman, an educator,
a
social scientist and a truly outstanding public official, Senator Mark Hatfield.
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