Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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1 | i — 1 C X T MUHLENBERG 1=? CI.AR L.A liiiiiiTTil 1922 llHiimir Rev. John A. Bauman, Pli.D., D.D. Professor of Mathematics. When spring days come and the campus becomes green and the trees bloom Dr. Bauman in the guise of a road engineer appears with transit, tape and stakes, and that thing that looks like a barber pole — you know what we mean. He is accom- panied by knowledge seeking Sophomores, intent upon getting all that the course offers, including a look thru the telescope toward our sister institution on the opposite hill. Sometimes their view is blocked by a hat hung inadvertently on the end of the telescope. Dr. Bauman has been a teacher at Muhlenberg for thirty-four years and was the first alumnus to be elected a member of the faculty. Dr. Bauman has taught a greater variety of subjects than any other professor. He was head of the Science De- partment when the apparatus and labora- tory rooms were still in their primitive state. He also taught Greek and Ethics during his stay here. However, today he confines himself to Mathematics. Born at Easton, Pa., September 21, 1847. A.B. (Valedictorian) Muhlenberg College 1873. A.M., Muhlenberg College 1876. Ordained a minister of the Lutheran Church 1876. Professor of Latin, German and English at Gustavus Adolphus College 1881-85. Asa Packer Professor of Natural and Ap- plied Science at Muhlenberg College 1885-97. Ph.D., Muhlenberg College 1894. Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy since 1897. D.D., Muhlenberg College 1920. Robert C. Horn, A.M. Professor of the Greek Language and Literature. Anything else that may be connected with Prof. Horn or his department is ordinarily overlooked by the student be- cause of the fact that he is the potentate in charge of excuses. From the student point of view, he is a Keeper of Excuses. But to one who has a clear conscience, or no absences to worry about, Professor Horn is preeminently an efficient and up-to-date teacher of the most ancient language taught at Muhlenberg. “Bobby” is not over-interested about any single phase of Greek, but puts a proportionate emphasis on etymology, interpretation, literary con- tent, and the historical lore of the Greeks. Every now and then, references to personal observations made in a tour of Greece a few years ago give a tangible point of contact. Whenever a speaker is needed to tell the story of Ancient Greece or Modern Muhlen- berg, “Bobby” serves well, and he has given many audiences the benefit of his knowl- edge of both. Born at Charleston, S. C., September 12, 1881. Prepared at Charleston High School. A.B. (Third Honor) Muhlenberg College, 1900. Graduate work at John Hopkins University, 1900-01. A.M., Muhlen- berg College, 1903. A.M., Harvard University, 1904. Alpha Tau Omega. Elected Mosser-Keck Professor of the Greek Language and Literature 1905. 18

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1 1 — 1 — — 1 ( rm ,, rr ,, r ,.|v X ' ±— V xE? muhctscrg IfE? CLAP LA. Urs? 1922 Sri? Rev. William Wackernagel, D.D., LL.D. Chaplain and Professor of Modern Languages. One of the most impressive ceremonies of the college year is the annual presenta- tion by the Freshman class to Dr. Wack- ernagel of a Thanksgiving turkey. Pres- entation speeches are made in many tongues, by fluent linguistic Freshmen and Dr. Wackernagel sits in his accustomed chair on the platform in chapel and listens attentively. Few are the tongues that he does not understand. Dr. Wackernagel is the “grand old man’’ of Muhlenberg and for two score years he has watched the coming and going of men and boys who always look back with pleasure and gratitude to the hours spent under the influence of this fatherly philos- opher who teaches not only modern lan- guages but also a cheerful philosophy of life. “Wacky” seems to have discovered the proverbial Fountain of Youth for as he advances in years he seems to grow younger in spirit. Born at Basel-on-the-Rhine, Switzerland, September 25, 1838. Missionary in the Holy Land eleven years. Ordained a minister of the Lutheran Church 1880. D.D., University of Pennsylvania 1883. Acting Presi- dent of Muhlenberg College 1903-04. LL.D. Muhlen- berg College, 1918. George T. Ettinger, Pli. D., LL. D. Dean and Professor of Latin Lauguage and Literature. Possibly there is no better sportsman at Muhlenberg than Dr. Ettinger. Hardly a day passes that he does not witness a horse race. He has seen many jockeys fall from their mounts since he took up his work at Muhlenberg College in 1880. He has never neglected an opportunity to im- part sound advice to these erring jockeys. It is said that he grew his mustache and goatee for the express purpose of hiding the sly grin that comes to his face when a wily sophomore thinks that he is “putting something over” on the dean. As he sits behind his desk with right index finger crooked over his eye, he daily tries to break his own record in saying, “Yes, yes, yes,” whether he means it or not. The value of the “dee-un” is realized when it is necessary to announce deficien- cies in scholarship. On those occasions he takes a sort of fatherly sympathetic atti- tude toward the “weak brother” which something over” on the dean. As he sits without lessening in his mind the necessity of doing better next time. Born at Allentown, Pa., November 8, 1860. Pre- pared in Private School and the Academic Depart- ment of Muhlenberg College. A.B. (Valedictorian) Muhlenberg College, 1880. Phi Gamma Delta. Principal of Academic Department 1884-92. Presi- dent of the Alumni Association. A.M., Muhlenberg College 1883. Ph.D., New York University 1891. Professor of Latin and Pedagogy 1892-1917. Pro- fessor of Latin since 1917. LL.D. Muhlenberg 1920. 17

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r — — 1 : r i rr , “ ' Tuamf MUHLUhBERG TfrriTTT f ClAR LA Iminiuf 1922 Stephen G. Simpson, A.M. Assistant Professor in English. Prof. Simpson is a treat. His jokes are not garbled reproductions of a 1907 “Life”; instead, his lectures are full of actual spontaneous humor. He believes in appeal- ing to more than one of the senses, and accordingly accompanies his lectures with gesticulations, facial contortions, and vocal modulations which penetrate and make the words remain. As Librarian he is a “filter for all knowl- edge,” and on any subject from cattle breeding to schools of modern painting, or from Sunday School stories to Russian novels, he can put his hand on the appro- priate book. “Teedy” is looking forward eagerly to the advent of the new library building which is coming in the course of time, but he is philosophizing on the possibility that the new home of his books will be too chaste for stogies and “Union Leader.” Born at Easton, Pa., May 4, 1874. Prepared at South Easton High School. A.B. Lafayette College 1896. A.M. Lafayette College 1899. Phi Beta Kappa. Summer courses at Columbia University 1903-04-05. Instructor in English at Muhlenberg College 1911- 14. Elected Assistant Professor 1914. Rev. Jolin D. Brown, A.M. Assistant Professor of English and Modern Languages. Prof. Brown is a specialist, and a success- ful one, in at least three fields. He can deliver a sermon that holds your attention — a thing of beauty, abounding in graphic descriptions and apt quotations. He teaches Italian, French or Spanish and his classes learn the language not in an abstract sort of way, but practically, so that they can speak it. The men in his classes in modern literature become absorbed in the subject. Plays are synopsized in two minutes but with words so aptly chosen and so charac- teristic that you feel at home in them at once. He teaches oratory, turning out speakers that win first place in inter- collegiate contests. In the classroom he is always in earnest, not lacking in humor, but enthusiastically intent upon his work. Be it language or literature, English or aesthetics, he gives his classes not merely information but enthusiasm. Born at Lebanon, Pa., December 2, 1883. Prepared at Lebanon High School. A.B. Muhlenberg College 1906. A.M. Columbia University 1907. Ordained a minister of the Lutheran Church 1910. Elected In- structor in English at Muhlenberg College 1912. Elected Assistant Professor of English and Romance Languages 1915. 19