Capital University - Capitalian Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Korn, as a true Bible student and Lutheran, could not accept. His sincerity, love for truth and loyalty to true Lutheranism constrained him to wage war on so pernicious a doc- trine. Gladly did he receive a little later an invitation to become professor at the Ohio Synod’s Seminary at Columbus, for the position of this body on the question was ex- actly his. So since 1881 he has been connected with Capital University, for which the school and the Ohio Synod can never be sufficiently grateful. During the early years of his service at Capital, Professor Stcllhorn taught German and Theology. After the resignation of President Schuette, he served as executive of the institution from 1894 to 1900. In 1903 he was elected Dean of the Theological Seminary to succeed the now sainted Dr. Matthias Loy. On October 2, 191 1, a large celebration was held at Christ’s Church and in the Loy Auditorium in honor of the Doc- tor’s seventieth birthday and the thirtieth year of his service at Capital. During this long term of years, Dr. Stellhorn has been a faithful laborer at our school, carefully training one class after the other, not only in the fundamentals, but also in the niceties of theology. His zeal, faith, love and Christian bearing have won for him a warm spot in the hearts of the students and professors. Since Dr. Stellhorn’s arrival in Columbus, his service has been of untold value to the school and the church. When the clouds of the predestination controversy hung low he bravely championed the doctrine of the Scriptures. Throughout all these years he has withstood the attacks of the Missourians and even now is occasionally called upon to defend the truth once more. Dr. Stellhorn has always distinguished himself as a scholar and writer, and, from his able pen the church has received many contributions of lasting merit. Among his greater works are a Kurzgefasstes Woerterbuch zum griechischen Neuen Testament’’ (2nd edit. 1905), which is widely used in American and European Seminaries; A Brief Commentary on the Four Gospels for Study and Devotion,” 1891; “Annota- tions on the Acts of the Apostles,” 1896; The Error of Modern Missouri,” 1897; Die Pastoralbriefe Pauli uebersetzt und erklacrt” (2 vols.), 1899; “The Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans Briefly Explained, 1899; and Schriftbeweiss des luther- ischen Katechismus. In 1896 as a recognition of his theological scholarship Muhlen- berg College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. From 1881 to 1898, with a brief intermission, he was editor of the Lutherischc Kirchenzeiiung. Since 1882 the Theologische Zeilblacttcr, the Ohio Synod’s theolog- ical organ, has received the best of his editorial attention. His theological contributions, book reviews and notes on ecclesiastical problems and tendencies reveal a thoroughly trained mind and keenly observant eye. In 1866, Professor Stellhorn married Christina Buenger, who was a model of faithfulness to him in all his trials till her death in 1899. In this union eight children were born, four sons and four daughters. Two of the sons are pastors at Sandusky and St. Mary’s, Ohio, and a third Executive of the Home Mission Board. In 1901 Dr. Stellhorn entered upon a second union with Louise Lang Darst, of Fremont, Ohio. With advancing old age, the Doctor has grown weaker, as is only natural, and has been relieved of some of his branches by newer professors. Yet he daily meets his stu- dents in third year Dogmatics, Ethics and Exegesis. In the department of Exegesis he displays a singularly accurate judgment and a broad and critical knowledge of Scripture languages. His desire is to be found under the harness of the Lord” until his life’s work is ended. 8

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Frederick William Stellhorn, O. D. T S OT generally known to the general public even in Columbus, yet in his particular I'iV! sphere one of its most distinguished citizens, Frederick William Stellhorn, D.D., I V now seventy-three, faithfully delivers daily lectures on Exegesis, Dogmatics and Ethics in the Theological Seminary and attends to the many other duties which he is called upon to perform as Dean of the Seminary and one of America’s leading Lutheran theologians. His wide learning, profound and exact thinking and plain, trans- parent speech have given him an eminence thruout our land and other lands, and the influence of his labors on the development of the Ohio Synod and other synods is every where acknowledged. Dr. Stellhorn was born in Hanover, Germany, October 2, 1841. His parents were poor in this world’s goods, but rich in faith, and carefully attended not only to the secular training of their promising son, but especially to the development of his spiritual life. In parochial school he learned the beautiful sentences of Luther’s Catechism, the heart-touching narratives of Bible History and the grand old Lutheran hymns. These things became the treasures of his life. In his thirteenth year, his parents emigrated to America and located in Fort Wayne, Ind. A week later the family lost their father, he having fallen victim to the ravages of cholera. But an older brother was able to care for the widow and children so that Frederick could secure an education. He entered the parochial school of Dr. Sihler’s congregation and was confirmed the following spring, in his fifteenth year. Though the means of the family were limited, yet is was desired that the growing youth should continue his studies, so in the fall of 1857 arrangements were made for him to enter the practical Missouri Synod Seminary in Fort Wayne. Two years later he went to St. Louis to complete his classical education and was graduated from Con- cordia College in I 862. Three years later he was graduated from the Concordia Semi- nary in the same city. Dr. Stellhorn’s pastoral career was not to be long, for the Lord had even greater tasks in store for him. He at first assisted Rev. J. F. Buenger in the latter’s large con- gregation in St. Louis, but in a short time was prostrated by a sun-stroke from which he slowly recovered. Though he was eager to continue his ministerial work, the effects of the stroke compelled him to resign against the wishes of the people. In 1 867 he re-entered the ministry and became pastor of a small congregation in Indiana where the work was less trying and there was some leisure for study. His stay there, however, was brief, for in 1869 he was called to a professorship in North Western College at Watertown, Wis. In this congenial position he spent five years teaching ancient languages. In 1874 his Alma Mater in Fort Wayne called him to a similar position on her faculty, which he accepted, expecting to enter a large field of service to the Church. At the end of six years, however, troubles began for the young professor. Though he was a teacher of languages, theology never ceased to interest him to a great degree. As a member of the church, too, he was deeply interested in her doctrinal life. It hap- pened now that about 1880 the Missouri Synod under the leaderdvn o( D . W ' h r taught a doctrine of election practically Calvinistic in its tenor and this Professor Stell- 7

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Foreword HIS, the initial issue of the CAPITALIAN, marks the inception of a new spirit and the fulfillment of a long thwarted desire. Serious obstacles, seemingly insur- mountable, have deterred our predecessors from embarking upon a similar enter- prise. The first noteworthy attempt was that of the Publishing Association in the spring of 1913; but, because of difficulty in financing the publication, the project was abandoned. Such preliminary work, however, as was completed at that time, has since proved of material aid to the present management. To Mr. John Sheetz, ’13, special recognition is due for what at that time may have seemed to him to have been an unproductive effort. This fall a striking crystallization of sentiment in favor of such a publication com- pelled the attention of our Publishing Association. To avoid repetition of former mistakes, a committee was chosen to investigate thoroughly the possibility of success and upon a favor- able report the project was launched shortly before the Christmas vacation. Our publication is unique in that it is the work of the school as a whole, rather than that of any individual class. This innovation was necessitated by the paucity of members in the upper classes, and the fact that the members of graduating classes were already overburdened with numerous school duties. As this is the initial number, our treatment of the subject matter is, in many cases, quite unusual. The history of Capital University is of special interest and is a work of distinctive merit. It being our conviction that local humor too often is nothing more than personal insinuation and that at the best it is too transient for a publication of this nature will account for the lack of any distinctly humorous department. To the efforts of a part, rather than to the work of the entire staff, should the suc- cess of this annual be attributed. To Miss Lois Lenski we are much indebted for the excellent and tastefully executed captions. To the co-operation of the faculty and espe- cially of President O. Mees do we owe the impetus and confidence so necessary to the successful completion of our task. To our critics and for the student body itself we hope to have proved that if we take the proper initiative our accomplishments will far exceed the common estimate of our ability. And that this new spirit, thus instilled in our student body, will produce results in the future is our earnest hope. To you, our kind friends and readers, we give a glimpse of our student life, and hope that the merits of this, our first attempt, will, in your judgment, far outweigh the faults which you may find. 9