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

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in thejungles of Indo-China. In the first half of the twentieth cen- tury the college expanded its physical plant at Carthage considerably. Old . Main and a men's dormitory. North Hall. remained from earlier years. In 1905 the college built its first physical education center. remodeled to be- come Biology Hall in 1931 when a second much larger field house was added. The second decade of the cen- $1 tury saw the donation of a science 7: building by Andrew Carnegie. the ! .tin-I :55. :F E; E 541.42 Emily Pennock 1OCI. linguist and librarian. ScottishtAmerican entrepreneur, and the erection of Denhart Hall, a wom- ev enhs dormitory named for the college's great benefactor. After World War I the Memorial Gates. opening into the Evergreen Walk that led up to ' Old Mainti were dedicated to the memory K of Carthaginians who had died in the war. After World War II a new ments dormitory served to honor coliege members who had died in that war. Also in the l940's the generosity of 19-1. 20... '-' many brought about the building of the handsome Alumni Library. The last structure to be added to the Car- thage campus was a ehapeI-audito- riurnt built in the early 19503. With the coming to Carthage in 1909 of President Harvey Daniel Hoover the college entered something of a golden era. H. D. Hoover was a man of many gifts as leader. teacher! fund raiser. pastor, and friend, not least as a friend ofstudents. He served as President from I909 to 1926, and Alice Kibbet biology teacher and individualist. alumni of that era remember him with great respect and affection. H. D. Hoover was a builder of the faculty. When he came to Carthage he found a number of solid teachers. like Dr. W. K. Hill. Dean of the College and Professor of Chemistry. To these President Hoover added many more. From the John Hopkins University he brought William Cart Spielmant Pro- fessor of History for over thirty years, and Merle Chapin, Professor of Eng- lish for equally as long. From Cornell came Dr. Alice Kibbe. She is remem- bered. to be sure. as something of an eccentric. lmportantlyt however, she is honored as a biologist of national stat- ure who gave forty-four years of first rate teaching to Carthage College. Professor Elmer Hanke. trained at Augustana. brought the music school to high reputation. Other notable Hoover recruits in- cluded two deans. Archie Oscar Boat- man served in many capacities, one of Pearl Goeller. '20. veteran administrator. them that of Dean of Men. He was also a iong-time science and mathe- matics professor. Perhaps the pro- foundest scholar ever to distinguish the Carthage faculty was Dr. John Olaf Evjen. He was a theologian. his- torian, and linguist who earned his Ph.D. at Leipzig and wrote a number of scholariy works. A remarkable teacher, Evjen left an indelible impres- sion on many students. not least on a number who became leaders in the

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Lutheran church. From the ranks of Carthage alumni President Hoover called a number of faculty members who added lustre to the reputation of the institution Professor Emily Pen- noek taught Latin and Spanish and served many years as College Librari- an. Dr. Pearl Goeller, Registrar Emerita, has given over halfa century of loyai service; she is an inspiring example to this day of the dedicated servants of learning who came to the college during the Hoover era and Elmer Hanke '3 I , builder of the music school. stayed for the rest of their careers. Some others of that alumni group were Letta Simmons. esteemed Dean of Women: Dr. Juanita Jonest poetess and Professor of English; and William Krauss. veteran Business Manager. The stature ofa college is measured by the accomplishments of its alumni us well as by the distinction of its fac- ultyt and the Carthage period pro- duced a number of outstanding men and women. Always the college has given of its sons and daughters to the service ofthe church It has been faith- ful consistently to its earliest objective of providing for the education of fu- ture pastors. and hundreds of its young men of the Gospel vision have entered seminary and the ministry. In many years the college has sent forth graduates to labor in the mission fields, none reaping a richer harvest of souls than John Hyde. class of '87. uPraying Hyde came to be known as the apostle to India. a land to which he Dean Evjen. pro found scholar and teacher. gave the twenty years that preceded his early death in 1912. A phenome- non oFChristian mysticism the influ- ence of his prayer life permeated the entire Christian community in that sub-continent. Notable among alumni of recent decades who have dedicated their lives to the church is Dr. Jerald Brauer. church historian who as Dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School raised that seminary to great reputation. From the first, Carthage alumni have enjoyed success in public life. in the professions, and in business. Prominent in American life today are such alumni as Alden W. Clausen. President of the Bank of America. the woridts largest bank, and Colonel Howard Ellis Cox. Wall Street lawyer and business leader. There have been. of course. thousands of other graduw ates, from the iirst class at Hillsboro to the most recent at Kenosha, who perhaps have not attained to national C01. Howard Cox '33. leading Wall St. lawyer. prominence, but whose days have been blessed by the enlightening imprint of alma mater. As with many institutions of higher learning, Carthage faced great difii- culties during the Depression of the 19303. Eventually however it re- covered. In the long run. nevertheless, the future of the college at Carthage did not carry great potential. In fact. as early as I929 some leaders in the Lutheran church had begun to realize