Bluffton University - Ista Yearbook (Bluffton, OH)

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I V lI'l1'll ' 1 Si v fifiiillliil 'i'i 'Wlfffr'if..'.'.'5fi'.'TlTSlT!WfHlllfllfllfllllllllllllllllll DEAN BYERS Noah E. Byers. A. M.. Prof. of Philosophy. B. S.. Northwestern. 1898: Principal of Elkhart Institute in 1808-1003: Austin Scholar at Harvard: A. M., at Har- vard 1003: Pres. of Goshen College, 1003-133 Dean of RiLl1l'IO11 College. 1913-. 4 MISS EDITH McPEAK Edith Mclleuk. A. B., Instructor in Latin and Greek. Graduate ol' Bluffton Academy, 1909: Student at Bluff- ton College. 1010: A. B. at Oberlin, 19125 Dean of Wo- men at Hlullton College, 1913-. REV. J. H. LANGENWALTER J. H. Langenwulter, S. T. M., D. D.,Prof. of Practical Theo- logy. A. Il. ut German Wallace College, l904g B. D. at Oberlin 'l'h1-ologrical Seminary, 19103 Acting President of Bethel Colle-gc, 1910-11: Dean of Theological Department at Bethel College, 1911-143 Graduate student of Harvard L'nirc-rsityg S. T. M. at Hartford Theological Seminary, 1015, D. D., Baldwin-Wallace College, 1917: Dean of Seminary at Bluffton College, 1914-. -22-

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llllllllllllllllllllllHV!lIHlltllgllllilllllllllllllHllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllglmlillllHHHllllllllllllllllllllll 1 MISS MCPEAK F we were doing a character sketch of her we should begin it by saying that great things come in small packages, better still, we might quote that a little woman is the sweetest thing on earth and since, in a way, we are writing a character sketch we may as well use them. Both are true of Miss Edith McPeak who has been dean of women at Bluffton since 1913, but who is now leaving us for a year in the west. Miss McPeak has been very popular in the college and there is not a student whose respect she cannot command. All that was funny she has laughed over heartily, when the fun bordered on the ridiculous she has kindly shown the gamesters the difference between the truly humorous and the silly. All that was courteous she has upheld g all that was illbred and unkind she has frowned upon. Those who were in trouble knew where they might find a sympathetic friend who regarded a confidence as sacred. Those who wilfully broke rules knew that if she reprimanded them, the criticism was just. She has supported college activities generously, and has been especially active in the work of the Y. W. C. A. Most of the girls wil think of Miss McPeak for some particular trait which has especially appealed to them, all of us will remember her for her indomitable grit and determination to see the thing thru, certain that right would be tri- umphant. We are genuinely sorry that she must leave us, but since she feels that it is necessary, she may rest assured that only good wishes with sincere gratitude for all that she has done for her girls, go with her into distant, sunny California. -.211

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HllillllllllllllllllllllllIIlIlHllffQfffllllHllllllllllllllllllHHHM Hlllllllll X DR. THIERSTEIN John R. Thierstein, Ph. D., Prof. of German Language and Literature. Business ,Manager of Bluffton College, 1918-19, A. B., University of Kansas, 18965 Prof. of Mathematics and Mental Sciences at Bethel, 1903-043 Pres. of Freeman College, 1904-O85 Graduate of University of Bern, Switzerland, 1908-10. ' Miss BRENNEMAN Naomi Brenneman, A. B., Instructor in English, head of the Department. Graduate student of University of Chicago, Autumn, 1916, Summer 1918, Instructor in English at Goshen College, Instructor in English and Greek at Olivet University, 1917-18, A. B., Oberlin, 1915. DEAN WHITMER Paul E. Whitmer, A. M., B. D., Prof. of Church History. A. B., Oberlin, 19075 B. D., Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1908, Graduate Student at Chicago University, 19115 University of Michigan, 1912, Prof. of English at Goshen College, 1912-16, Dean of Goshen College. 1913- 165 A. M. University of Chicago, 1917. .-23... l.llllllllllllllfSIT!lWllHHHllllllllllllllllllI