Concordia College - Spire / Concordian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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-2 Y 18 3 9 'SEEEE T'-I- EEE T it T T T few?-if e e .- 3Q1iDIA WILLIAM C. BURHOP enterprises be established on this property. This left the campus as it is today. Judged by our standards, college life in the sixties and seventies would appear drab, but the alumni of that day assure us that such was not the A. H. SCHROEDER Business Manager Page 24 case. There was the Wabash-Erie canal which in- trigued every newcomer. Interest in it grew as the student became acclimated to college life. Near the present Kroger warehouses were the Fort Wayne locks of the canal. Every student knew Mutz, the caretaker of the locks, although no one seems to remember his first name. In the fall, the canal brought the winter's supply of wood. The three or four upper classes, being dismissed from lessons, spent two or three delightful days storing the wood in the basement and erecting a high wall around the building. When winter came, the canal was again a source of pleasure. The boys skated down town regularly to do their shopping, and on Satur- days they took their lunch and skated to New Haven and points east. An alumnus of the seven- ties gives the assurance that they frequently went as far as the second pair of locks several miles be- yond Defiance, Ohio. There were also many societies to interest the boys, such as the Cimbria, a dramatic club, the Urania Society, a cornet band, an orchestra, and singing organizations. The Buck- ingham Society, composed of members of the class of 1879, and other groups spent pleasant Saturdays in the caves which had been excavated along the

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COLLEGE I 1 Q 3 Q 'rffiliz-'T-Essay -..W L , . . ... . Qggzrizgz.-ME ' ::g'E2,.!4gE3m E ,222 i:-1-'T' : U :f ,...-X ii ...f gf CRULL HALL 1887. Later he entered the consular service of the United States in Germany and was stationed in Belgium during the World War. In the following year, 1873. Prof. August Crull was called to take charge of all instruction in German. Professor Crull had come to Fort Wayne with the first stu- dent body in 1861 and been graduated here in 1862. In 1865 he assisted at a congregation in Mil- waukee, but soon after resigned because of a throat ailment. After returning from Germany in 1868, he was the head of the Lutheran high school in Milwaukee for two years. From 1871 to 1873 he served in the ministry at Grand Rapids, Mich. He remained at Concordia for 42 years. resigning on May 23, 1915. He died in Milwaukee on February 17, 1923. His Lehrbuch and Gestenlehre are well- known to hundreds of alumni. The faculty was again increased, this time by two, in 1974. Prof. Herman Duemling, called from the Teachers' Sem- inary at Addison, began his work in the depart- ment of science at Easter. He continued on the faculty until 1899, and died on March 11, 1913. He is also known as the editor of the Abendschule and Germania. The second man to come in 1874 was Prof. F. W. Stellhorn, who had held a professor- ship at Northwestern College, Watertown, Wis. He resigned from his position as teacher of Greek and Hebrew at Concordia in 1881, accepting a position at Columbus, Ohio, where he was president and dean of the college and seminary for many years. He died on March 17, 1919. While in Fort Wayne. he built his own home, later purchased from him by Synod. The home is still in use, being the first house off Schick Street. The year 1872 is memorable for another reason. At this time the campus assumed the size and shape it has today. At that time Washington Street ran some distance north of its present location from Schick Street eastward, The street was now straightened. On July 24, 1872, Synod purchased parts of three lots south of Washington Street from James B. White and wife for 33,000.00 and on August 1, Mr. White purchased the strip north of the new Washington Street for 83,000.00 with the proviso that no saloons or disreputable business ......Li..-..--- sh 45:1-.ng .441 4 ci -:?f43w: gf -ig ' T 1 1: -,5gHsl'S1aif- A 1125 .-C2 -449355349 Page 23

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COLLEGE LO OJ LO ll! ll fy'iffffffi-- . .Q., ffn'ss?lwf fw ue,ig1,aH'i A , llllllil mlflillgl V, fiullglnlr ,f Y 9,2 OTTOMAR KRUEGER banks of the Maumee below the locks. Fish fries and pancake fries on Saturdays in these caves pre- sented an opportunity to satisfy at least in part the unplenishable college hunger. Through these so- cieties the students found release from many in- hibited emotions, as any alumnus of that day will testify. Then, too, there were the annual athletic festivals, Turnfeste, which were held in James B. White's beautiful grove along the river just north of the canal locks. There was also the college fire- engine house, located north of Hanser Hall, a pop- ular resort for the college boys. The student volun- teers engaged regularly in drills in rushing to man the pumper. Special enthusiasm was manifested when the alarm was sounded during class hours. Six large cisterns and a well supplied the water. And, finally. there was military drill. A Captain Tyler had charge in the seventies. Drill was held once a week. and the captain also taught penman- ship once a week. The cadets then had wooden guns. but no uniforms. Yet, as we are told, an annual inspection by a government official was held. The boys paid an annual military fee of 255.00 and a separate athletic fee of 32.00. The faculty minutes show that the boys were permitted to march on Decoration Day in 1876, with the under- standing that they would not be required to attend the religious ceremonies at the cemetery. It seems that the boys have marched off and on since that time. The first printed catalog of the school after 1860 appeared in 1872-3. From it we learn that the students were aroused at 5. 5: 30, or 6 o'clock in the morning. depending on the season of the year. Next came chapel exercises, breakfast, and a study period until 7:30, A half hour was devoted to cleaning the rooms, making the beds, and the like. Recitations followed from 8 to 12. Then came the noon meal and free time until 2 o'clock. Lessons were resumed from 2 until 5 C4 on Wednesdaysl. The hours of 5 to 7 were free, and 7 to 10 was free study period and leisure time f freie Studienzeit und Unterhaltungul. The younger students retired at 9, and the older boys at 10. Summer vacations continued from June 30 to September 1. but for a few years, in the late seventies and early eighties, that time was changed to the end of July and the ASTRID J. BREDEMEIER Librarian Page 25