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

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This same fall the surprising announcement was made that Prof. Bergmann had resigned his professorship and that a new instructor had been called, namely, Prof. A. Rehwaldt. The school year was swiftly winging to the close, when there was a grief to be borne by teacher and pupil alike, in the death of Dr. C. Huth who passed away on April 23, 1926, at the age of sixty-seven. The report of his death came like a bolt out of the blue for he had been ill for only a short while. He who was the tirst instruc- tor at Concordia was also the first to die while holding office. The forty-flve years of faithful service of one of our most illustrious professors will not easily be forgotten. Now that the faculty numbered one less, a greater need than ever was felt for a larger teaching staff, a need which resulted in the appointment of three more professors. The first, on whose shoulders the professorial mantle of Dr. Huth descended, was Prof. V. Battling. The other two, Profs. L. Rincker and E. HattstaedtY had served for some years as assistants. During this same year the college tables, usually lean, were loaded down with farm produce. This was mainly due to two methods of getting foodstuffs instituted by Dir. Barth. One means was to get money and support from the Concordia Ladies, Aid Society, formed a few years before; the other was to buy a truck, which the students now drive to outlying villages and country congregations to collect the apples, potatoes, and vege- tables gathered through the efforts of the rural ministers. The vacancy created in the faculty during the summer months by the departure of Prof. Graebner, who followed a call to the presidency of a sister institution at St. Paul, was tilled this term by Rev. Aug. Hardt. Shortly before the Christmas vacation 0927-28 the Electoral College extended a call to Rev. A. Dede to occupy the chair left vacant by the venerable Dr. C. Ross, who had thought it needful to stop instructing because of old age and nervous troubles. The services of Dr. Ross to Concordia filled a period of thirty-five years. On account of its enlarging faculty and ever-increasing student body, the well-wishers of Concordia certainly have much heart-felt thanksgiving to pour out soulfully to the Lord their God in heaven. Even more so, when they for a moment make a sweeping survey of the whole field of nations and everywhere see its preachers and teachers broad- casting God's Word. Concordia College of Milwaukee has grown, is growing, and let us pray that God will continue to wreathe its future eEorts with success imperishableY that He will glori- ously ensphere the dear old Alma Mater with the spirit of progress and advancement. Onward, Concordia!

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