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

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.iW ' ilr-SI: gladly took up the work and for thirty-three years he lahored in that congregation. Seven years ago he left Immanuel, and since then he has assisted in many other con- gregations. Moreover, it has not been only in such direct work that Professor Hattstaedt has labored in the Lord ' s kingdom, nor has his activity been confined to the pulpit and the professor ' s chair. He has written A Manual of the History of the Literature of the German Nation, a very serviceable and practical work, that has become standard not only in our own colleges and seminaries, but also in institutions outside the pale of the Missouri Synod and the Lutheran Church. Another work, only lately com- pleted, that Professor Hattstaedt has written is a comprehensive grammar of the German language for secondary schools and colleges. Before we close we must call attention to another phase of Professor Hattstaedt ' s activity. Because of his long pedagogic experience, he has been appointed to the com- mittee for the examination of German text-books published by the S nod as well as to the committee for the revision of the hymnal, a work now completed. On both these committees Professor Hattsteadt has done excellent work. Thus he has grown gray in the Lord ' s service, thus for forty years he has labored self-sacrificingly that the cause of the kingdom of God be advanced, and its course speeded ; and now may the Giver of Life grant him many more years of fruitful effort, ere He call him to his Heavenly Home, there to receive the praise of the Master face to face, Well done, thou good and faithful servant! SALV ATION UNTO US HAS COME (Continued from Page 61) world, of the utter futility of all human works, of masses, of pilgrimages, of indulg- ences, and self-inflicted penances. Proceeding, he told of the salvation of that dying thief on the cross, of Paul ' s conversion, of St. Augustine ' s, of his own. And with his words the Holy Ghost entered those starved souls and filled them with the peace that passes all understanding, so when the doctor finished with Though all thy flesh should cry out. Nay, Receive the Word of God today, And thou needst fear no evil. the sufferer confessed reverently, I believe and with a smile on his face went to meet his Savior. The doctor turned to apprise the woman of her husband ' s death, as he did so relighting his candle, — a gust of wind had extinguished it long before, but in the enthusiasm of his discourse the doctor had failed to notice it — but the word was never spoken, for as he stepped near he saw that her soul also had left its house of clay, and with her husband ' s was winging its way to the bosom of the Savior, where there would be no more sorrow, or tears, or cold, or sickness, or fear, or death. Tenderly the doctor pressed the eyelids of both closed, and stepped outside the door. The moon had sunk into its bed in the west, and the darkness was so intense that it coidd almost be felt. His poor horse was almost frozen, but the doctor took no thought of these things. His thankful heart poured out psalms of praise, that God had made him the humble instrument of his good and gracious will. The gray dawn was reddening in the east, as he slowly made his way into Koenigsberg, and The new sun rose, bringing a new year. [631

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iFnrlij f Fara of ICngal prmrp Loyalty ! Service ! We hear much of them these days, but, sad to say, when we stop to analyze them we find only too often that the loyalty is nothing but the my- country-right-or-wrong type, purel ' blind stubbornness, excusable only on the plea of ignorance, and that the service is of that mercenary kind that demands an immediate dollars-and-cents recompense for ever ' little office performed. But it must be quite apparent to all that this is only a counterfeit of the real thing, and a very unsatisfac- tory counterfeit at that. For real loyal service there is necessary a high ideal, fully understood, and an unsparing, wholehearted, unselfish, and untiring devotion to that ideal. Of course, thus to practise this virtue is by no means an easy task, and real loyal service is consequently in our day and age a rare p henomenon. Nevertheless, our Concordia at Milwaukee has been signally blessed in having men on its faculty who have devoted themselves and their lives to the training of future ministers of the Word, and who have served in this capacity for twenty, thirty, yea, forty and more years. Again one of these men has with the past school year completed his fortieth year of service as professor at this College. That man is Professor Otto Hattstaedt. Professor Hattstaedt was born in the little Franconian settlement at Monroe, Michigan, on December 31st, 1862, the son of the Reverend Mr. William Hattstaedt, one of the pioneer Lutheran clergymen of the Wolverine state. The foundation of the future professor ' s education was laid in the schoolroom of the Christian day-school of his birth-place. Having finished this institution he matriculated at the Concordia College at Fort Wayne, Indiana, thereafter continuing his studies at the Concordia Theological Seminary at Saint Louis, Missouri, as a member of the class of ' 84. It so chanced that in 1884 the General Delegate Synod convened at Saint Louis, and one of the important matters under consideration was the filling of a fourth professorship at the Milwaukee Concordia, the creation of which had been made necessary by the rapid growth of the three-year old Badger college. Upon the advice of the faculty of the seminary the call was extended to Candidate Hattstaedt, who recognized therein the voice of the Savior and accepted. In September of the same year (1884) Professor Hattstaedt was solemnly in- ducted into his important office. The department assigned to the newly-installed professor was that of German Language and Literature. The thoroughness with which he has taught these subjects is attested by the fluent and correct use of the language by the thousand pastors who in their college days have sat at his feet. In addition he has taught History, especially Modern History, since 1884, and for the first nine years, till 1893, he gave instruction in Latin and Geography. From 1905 till 1924 he was instructor in singing, and under his careful tutelage the mixed and male choirs of the college achieved quite a name for themselves in local Lutheran musical circles. He was also elected Secretary of the Faculty in 1885, which office he filled for thirty- eight years till 1923, when he was relieved by Professor Paul Koehneke. This office required of Professor Hattstaedt not only that he draw up the minutes of all the meetings of the faculty, but also that he sign all the report, issued semi-annually to the students. Thus it has been calculated that in the years he has served in the capa- city of secretary he signed more than eleven thousand reports issued to more than sixteen hundred persons. Another office that Professor Hattsteadt fills is that of Librarian of the Faculty Library. When Professor Hattstaedt first came to Milwaukee, Immanuel congregation, one of the city ' s largest churches, requested him to serve them as assistant pastor. He [62]

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