Carthage College - Driftwood / Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Kenosha, WI)

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UUU aUHUU nUU DURING FIFTY YEARS Carthage CUIh-gc grew out of n nocessity in the Lutheran Church for an institution of hight'r lemming in thr Mississippi Valley. The matter of founding such an institution was first prupnwd :m June .9, 13119. at :1 mt-vting 0f Synod at Hillsboro. Illinois. Acting upon the direction of tili' Synod of Ventral Illinois. ite-s President, Rev. C. Kuhl. corms- lmndod with the Hyundai of Illinois and Iowa and :1 convention mut ml August 31, :It Dixon. Illinois. Ii'uiinwing this ronvcntinn thrtrt- commiwiomrrs from mmh 0f the four Sytmds representcd mvt :1t Cnl'thngc on December- 29. This meeting of thr: LRm'nmissimi- rm was nlmnst :1 surpriso tn the citizens of Carthageh they having: heard of it only five days before. The proposition of founding a college at C'nrthngv Int't with enthusiastic np- prm'al by the. citizens -the.- community oH'eriug to furnish the- gruuud and building if the Luthc-rrm Churt-h would furnish the necessary endowment and operate the collage. RC- Hllitillg from this :lgrm'mcnt till? t-tlrnentnne 0f i'Old Malin', was laid on May 10. 1871. in the presence of :1 lnrgv crowd. Ere this time. on September 5. 1870. Prof. L. M. F. Eastorday had opened a preparatory school in the second story of Burback Black on the snuth side of the squarm and sixteen students wore enrolled. By tht- end of the year this Ililmhrr had increased to fifty-t'ight. The next year eighty-four students enrolled. In the spring of 1872 the school was moved to the hasrr'nt-nt rooms of the college building. Such was the birth of an institution which. founded in faith and prayer, was to pass through dark seasons which only the light of faith could pvnetrate. On February 262 1373. Rev. D. 1.. Tressicr. who had come from LCIItL Illinois, to assist Prof. Eastcrday. was elected President of the College. Prof. Ezlsterday was re- tained :15 Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. and two new profrssors were elected. College opened the third year with an enrollment of one hundred and sixty students. Gal- ileo Literary Society was organized in 18713 and Cicero Literary Society about one year later. The first Cummcncement occurred in 1875 when :1 class of four was graduated. The following year there were fourteen graduates. The publication of the Carthnginian. :1 rm'mthhIr magazine, was ngIm in SCpthber, 18?7. Later this was replaced by The Cnr- thage Collegian, which still exists but was changed to a semi-monthly publication Novem- ber. 29, 1917. There were few changes in the membership of the faculty before the death of Presi- dent Tressler which occurred February 20. 1380. Aftvr his death. Prof. Easterday acted as President until Rein J. A. Kunkleman became President in 1881. Financial troubles arose. which l'csultcd in 1883 in the resignation of th? entire faculty. This was the begirh ning of the dark period in the history of Carthugw College. A new faculty was elected with Rev. J. S. Dctwcilur at its head. But tht troubles continued and the following year President Dctwcilcr and other nwmlwrs of the- fat'ulty resigned. Rev. E. F. Bartholomew was elected President in 183+, and :1 new faculty was chosen. It was at this time that Dean W. K. Hill first became associated with Carthage College. Rev. Holmes Dysingcr 3110099de President Bartholomew in ISSS, and under his guidance the attendance was greatly increased and improvements were made in tht- college building. DUE UU.UU 00 Fifi n: H