Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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1 T V PROF. 0cHsENFoRD. . 7 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. - VU . T THE foundation of the College in 1867, Rev. Samuel Philips, A. M., a minister of the Reformed Church, Was appointed Provisional Professor of English. Rev. Philips served only a part of the first scholastic year, when Rev. Matthias H. Richards, D. D., was appointed permanent Professor of English, Rhetoric, and Political Economy. In 1874, Dr. Richards accepted a call to a congregation in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Rev. Revere Franklin Weidner, D. D., was elected Professor of English and History. In 1877, Dr. Weidner resigned, and Dr. Richards Was prevailed upon to assume his former duties as Professor of English, History, and Rhetoric, ,he con- 15

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4 -'X 1 V --1. ,hi .....,.. ROBERT 'CHISHOLM HORN, A. ML, 1M0sser-Keck Professor of the Greek Language and Literature, was born in Charleston, S. C. Graduated from Charleston High School, '1 896, with first honorf Entered College of Charleston, autumn of 1896. Moved to Reading, Pa., and in 1897, entered Sophomore class at Muhlenberg College, graduated, 1900, with third honor. 1900-1901, a graduate student at-Iohns' H0pkins.University. IQOI-IQO3, Instructor of Ancient and Modern Languages, North Carolina Military Academy, Red Springs, N. C. 1903-1904, a graduate student of Classical Philology in the Classical ,Department of Harvard University. june, 1904, appointed Instructor of the Greek Language and Literature , later elected to M0sseriKeck Chair. ' Spent summer of 1906 in Greece. 1908- 1909, leave of absence for study at Harvard University. ' . - G A L l 14

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tinued with the College in this capacity until his death in 1899, when Prof. john Yetter, of the class of '96, took temporary charge of the Department. Soon thereafter, Dr. Solomon E. Ochsenford was elected Professor of the English Language and Literature and Social Science, which position Dr. Ochsenford still very ably fills. In 1908, Prof. George N. Haasz, of the University of Pennsylvania, was appointed Instructor in English, History, and Social Science. ' ' REV. SOLOMON E. OCHSENFORD, D. D., was born in Montgomery County, near F alkner Swamp, Pa., November 8, 1855. Prepared for college at Mt. Pleasant Seminary, Boyertown, Pa., entered Muhlenberg in 1873, and Was. graduated in 1876, graduated from Mt. Airy Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1879, and ordained a minister. Pas-- tor at Selinsgrove, Pa., 1879-1899. ,Since then, Professor of English Language and Literature and Social' Science at Muhlenberg College. Secretary of the Fifth Conference for tvvouyears and later President for ten years, English Secretary of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1895-IQOI, English 'Secretary of General Council, IQOI-05, Trustee of Muhlenberg, 1889-99, Editor of Church Almanac, 1883-1905, contributor to Appleton's Cyclopedia of Biography and Appleton's Annual Encyclopedia, I883-1904, author of Passion Story, Muhlenberg College, Quarter Cen- tennial Memorial V0lume, and many other publications of value, frequent contributor to various church period- icals. Degree of D. D., from his Alma Mater in 1896. ' ' 16