Concordia College - White and Blue Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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firS|:fr ;, ■AMP iFaritltij If we were to go back to the year 1881, which marks the founding of our college, and take a look into the single classroom, which was the beginning of this institution, we would behold in the Professor ' s chair none other than Professor Huth, D.D., who was at that time the sole instructor. He has faithfully served Concordia all these years and even today actively fills the chair as instructor in Greek. Other members of the Faculty served this institution well nigh two score years or more. Thus our Concordia has been singularly blessed with capable and experienced men, serving for long periods. However, as in the course of time the increase of enrollment made nec- essary also an increase in the Faculty, other faithful, conscientious, and diligent men were found until finally the Faculty has grown to its present size. These men have proven themselves by their extreme application and earnest- ness to be very capable and proficient in the instruction of their various branches of Study, and as a body have worked together in perfect harmony these many years for the benefit of this institution and the spreading of the Lord ' s Kingdom. We, the members of the class of ' 25, want to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the course of instruction and training received here. Although we at times, in rashness of thought, have been at variance with their methods, nevertheless, we have come more and more to a full realization and appreciation of their faithful efforts. The ' course of instruction consists of a thorough and excellent classical train- ing, foremost emphasis being laid on a sound Christian training. [22]

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Olhr (Elass of 25 OFFICERS Frank Kauth President Herbert Poellott I ' ice-Presideiit Gerhard Kaniess Treasurer iScapirr iFtnrm THALATTA, THALATTA The sea, the sea. Thus the weary Ten Thousand Greeks joyfulh cried out when the sight of the blue waters of the Euxine again greeted their eager eyes. Their elation is easily understood. Day after day they had pushed on through desert regions, encountering innumerable and heartrending toils and hardships, harried bv hostile forces, daily seeing their number diminish as their comrades fell prey to famine or the lance of the enemy, and now — the sea, whose billows would soon carry them back to sunny Greece and home. And in a certain sense the Class of ' 25 has had experiences similar to those of those Greeks of old. Six years ago some forty-one youngsters found their way to Concordia and formed the nucleus of the class. Since then six long and eventful years have passed. During the course of these years many incidents and happenings, joyful as well as sad, have marked the history of the Class of ' 25. One of its members, Arthur Thies, was called to his Eternal Home by his Maker in his second year at Concordia. Others have left our ranks, overcome perhaps by homesickness or dissuaded b ' the overwhelm- ing difficulties of Greek and Hebrew. et, like those Grecian warriors facing all hardships with courageous hearts fired with ambition to reach their goal, so also a goodly number of those who started out in the race, reenforced from year to year with new additions, have braved it out and are now about to graduate. Although this class, as a whole, can boast of few spectacular scholastic attain- ments, et it has the satisfaction of having worked hard and done its dut. ' . In all college activities, in sports as well as in the classroom, the Class of ' 25 has always been represented by a few of its members who have borne off high honors. With hopeful and glad hearts the members of the Class of ' 25 look for -ard to their enrollment at the Seminar) in St. Louis, to prepare for that noblest of all call- ings for which they are striving. [24]