Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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Harry D. Bailey, A.M. Professor of Biology. Born at Easton, Pa., January 14, 1881. Prepared at South Easton High School. A. B. Lafayette Col- lege 1904. A. M. Lafayette College 1909. Phi Beta Kappa. Attended Biological Laboratory at Cold Springs Harbor, Long Island in the summer of 1903. Appointed Instructor in Biology, Muhlenberg College, 1909. Elected Professor of Biology 1910. Prof. Bailey has been in charge of our Biology Department for several years and he has made it second to none among the colleges of this state. Prof. Bailey is in his laboratory more of his waking hours than he is out of it. Both his work and his play are the different fields of the Natural Sciences. The courses he offers range from Bacteriology to Ornithology. When he wants to turn his mind from plants and animals, he plays either chess or tennis, and he enters into these with the same vim with which he cuts up a guinea pig. As chairman of the faculty committee on Student Activities, Prof. Bailey will give advice to anyone from the mightiest mem- ber of Student Council to the meekest Freshman who is persecuted by the terrible Sophomores. All of us know we can go to Prof. Bailey with our troubles and he will listen to us with sympathetic ears. j| I 9 Stephen G. Simpson, A.M. Professor of English. 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 1903-05. Instructor in English, Muhlenberg College, 1911-14. Elected Assistant Professor 1914. Elected Professor 1921. Here is the professor who shows the Frosh how insignificant they really are. Lucky is the new student who gets thru his first year at Muhlenberg without a good “bawling out” from “Teedy.” After a few visits to the library and some talks with him the Freshman learns that “his bark is worse than his bite” and that the gentle- man to the left is a good fellow and full of fun. Besides being Professor of English he is also Librarian, and, altho the present room is insufficient, it is dear to his heart. He is looking for a new library building where he will have space enough for all of his books. In class Prof. Simpson holds the attention of the students by various novel ways and as an interpreter of the new poetry of the age he is very entertaining. As we progress in our college life we ap- preciate more and more what a man of Prof. Simpson’s views does for school life. Page Seventeen

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Rev. Robert R. Fritsch, A.M. Chaplain; Professor of German and Religion Born in Allentown, Pa., September 10, 1879. Pre- pared at Allentown High School. A. B. Muhlen- berg College 1900. A. M. Muhlenberg College 1903. A. M. Illinois Wesleyan University 1907. Instructor in Greek at Muhlenberg College 1907-08. Instructor 1908-15. Elected Assistant Professor 1915. Ordained a Lutheran Minister 1915. Elected Professor of Re- ligion 1921. The professor with whom the Freshmen come into contact the most is Professor Fritsch for, besides teaching Freshman re- ligion, and Freshman German, he is the Chaplain of the college and as such presides at chapel services each day. Under the tutelage of Professor Fritsch the Fresh- men get an outlook on religion which is new to most of them, and in connection with the same course he offers the opportunity of ob- taining a diploma showing the student’s fit- ness to teach a Sunday School class. Under Professor Fritsch’s care the De- part of German has prospered so that its courses cover more phases than perhaps any other department in college. He is also an active minister with a charge in East Allentown which he has built from insig- nificancy to a parish supplying the needs of the Lutherans of that section of the city. Robert C. Horn, A.M. Professor of the Greek Language and Literature Born at Charleston S. C. t Sept. 12, 1881. Prepared at Charleston High School. A. B. Muhlenberg Col- lege 1900. Graduate Work at John Hopkins Univer- sity 1900-01. A. M. Muhlenberg College, 1903. A. M. Harvard University 1904. Alpha Tau Omega. Elected Mosser-Keck Professor of the Greek Language and Literature 1905. Professor Horn has taken many burdens of administration from Doctor Haas’ should- ers. Not only does he hand out excuses to any one who has overslept himself, but he is also the person who makes up the dread- ed casualty list. His hobby is Greece. Greek art, Greek language, Greek literature, Greek dress, in fact all things that have anything to do with the land of Homer, Plato, and Aristotle are dear to the heart of “Bobby.” To him Greek is not a dead language, but the effort that is necessary to inject it into the heads of most of us make it appear that we are dead, at least from the neck up. Those of us who do not learn how to de- cline a Greek noun at least learn how to ride a Greek horse. Page Sixteen

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Albert C. H. Fasig, M.S. Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences. Born at Reading, Pa., September 18, 1888. Pre- pared at Reading High School. B. S. Muhlenberg 1909. Alpha Tau Omega. M. S. Muhlenberg Col- lege 1910. Chemist in the Department of Meat and Milk Inspection, Reading. Elected Instructor in the Department of Natural and Applied Sciences 1913. Elected Assistant in the same Department 1917. Elected Professor 1920. Prof. Fasig is the faculty representative to the Athletic Association and as such has taken a very active interest in athletics here at Muhlenberg. He played on the first football team here at Muhlenberg and since then has seen the star of Muhlenberg rise in sports until Lehigh bows before us. During the football season “Tut” and his side kick “Guerny” are on the football field every afternoon until dark for there is nothing so pleasing to Prof. Fasig as a winning football team. As the head of the Department of Chem- istry Prof. Fasig has built up that depart- ment and now is looking for a new science building. In “Tut’s” classes we learn not only chemistry, but we get an idea of what Muhlenberg means not only in scholarship but also in athletics and school spirit and indeed unfortunate is the Freshman who does not come out of his class with the idea of giving his best for Muhlenberg. Rev. John D. M. Brown, A.M. Professor of English. Born at Lebanon, Pa., December 2, 1883. Pre- pared at Lebanon High School. A. B. Muhlenberg College 1906. A. M. Columbia University 1907. Ordained a Minister in the Lutheran Church 1910. Elected Instructor at Muhlenberg College 1912. As- sistant Professor 1915 ; Professor 1920. This year Professor Brown has been able to devote his time entirely to the English Department since a new member has been added to the faculty to teach the Romance languages. His favorite type of literature is the drama and he offers some very fine courses in the drama of different countries. During his lectures he often stops to read portions of the play he is discussing. He interpre ' .s them in such a way that his hearers can easily picture the scene on the stage. Another of Prof. Brown’s strong points is his oratory. He can draw word pictures that are seldom equalled in the pulpit. Un- der his tute ' age, oratory has become a leading study here at Muhlenberg and students trained by him have made remark- able showings in the IntercoPegiate Orator- ical contests. He has been dramatic direc- tor of the Glee Club for many years and has produced skits that are always a lead- ing part of the Club’s programme. Page Eighteen