Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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SAMUEL K. KISTLER 552 N. 10th St., Allentown, Pa. Born at Weisenberg, Pa., January 1 1896. Prepared at Allentown Prep. En tered Muhlenberg in the fall of 1913 Classical Course. Class Football (3). Lu theran. Republican. Ministry. engine choked and the Pord was stalled. Pulling on a piece ot rawhide a couple of times he restarted the engine without leaving his seat. It was a revelation and I asked him how he did it. “Oh, yes,” he replied, “that’s a pretty good invention, ain’t it? You see my pop doped that out and there’s good money in it, for it is the cheapest self-starter on the market. Clauss and I (and they are inseparable companions) are going to sell them this summer.” I congratulated him on the opportunity the invention offered him and suggested that he could write an excellent thesis on this subject. For Sam Kistler is a student, especially interested in oratory, English, a little Greek and the like. However, he lacks knowledge of the sciences and is limited to the narrow confines of classicism. I realize that he has what is termed a “cinch course,” and when I asked him what classes he had that afternoon he naturally replied, Ach nothing!” Continuing, he said, “I am going to look for pupils this afternoon, as I expect to tutor some high school boys in German. Just wait, I ' ll soon have them translating some of the most difficult work of Goethe and Schiller.” 1 had my doubts on the subject and thought him over-confident, but remained silent and imagined Sam Kistler teaching Wilhelm Tell.

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WELLINGTON R. KEPLER Royersford, Pa. Prepared at Keystone State Normal Entered Muhlenberg in the fall of 1914. Philosophical Course. K. S. N. S. Club Lutheran. Isn ' t he beautiful! sighed one bonny lass. “Yess-es!” murmured her fair Hamilton Street stroller and looked away with that “Come hither” look in her eyes. Real stuff. “Yes,” replied the other, “and he don ' t smoke, talks so-oo nice and is wonderfully self-possessed.” Behold, this is the boy in question. “Please, sir! may I take this book?” he asked the librarian. He strolled down the hall on tip toes and meandered into the office. With a flourish of fingers and wrists he pleaded for a cigar. “Why, you don’t smoke, do you, Kepler?” “Oh, yes — about two a year. Do you know, I really enjoy a smoke once in a while.” “You don’t say,” was the reply. He struck a match and lit his rope. Eyes watering, and with a somewhat brave smile, he paused in the door, and chirped, “Bye, bye.” Usual stuff.

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HENRY C. KRAFT 15 E. Green St., West Hazleton, Pa. Born at West Hazleton, December 31, 1887. Prepared at Allentown Prep. En- tered Muhlenberg in the fall of 1913. Classical Course. Sophronia Literary So- ciety; President (3). Deutscher Verein; President (3); Secretary (2). M. C. A. A. P. S. Club. K. K. Klub; Secretary- Treasurer (3). Class Secretary (2). Class Vice President (1). Editor of 1915 Calen- dar. Student Council. Honorable Men- tion in Sophomore German Contest. Lutheran. Republican. Ministry. Kraft was presiding officer of the Luther League convention of the Allentown District at Catasauqua, and the following is my report of the meeting: “The meeting will please come to order. Since President Fry could not be present on account of a severe bronchial attack, he asked me, the vice president, to take charge of the convention tonight. Before we begin, will everybody please remove their hats. We will open our business session with the reading of the minutes by the secretary. You have heard the reading of the minutes. Are there any corrections or alterations? “A member addressed the chair and said, ‘I would suggest that the secretary read the phrase, “to please everybody,” instead of, “to satisfy each one ' s desires.” ’ “The secretary will please make the correction. Are the re any other suggestions? If not, the minutes stand approved as read. The report of officers. Treasurer’s report. We come next to old business. Unfinished business. New business. The suggestion that we have a ' feed ' at each meeting is impracticable; we have other and more beneficial means of dispersing our surplus and we all know, ‘Man must not live by bread alone.’ As a member of the United Luther Leagues of Allentown, I wish to say that the membership contest has brought good results. The Leaguers have socials to which the famished college boys, who are religiously inclined, come for a square meal. At these socials most of our lady members succeed in capturing a young man, for the evening at least. The man seems to do the ladies a lot of good (loud applause). In conclusion I wish to say, may the contest be successful, may the socials continue, and may the ladies reap the benefit.”