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

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PROF. G. W. MUELLER Prof. G. W. Mueller, now the oldest member on the faculty, was born at Philadelphia three years be- fore the Civil War. During that terrible struggle his home was in Richmond, Va., the very storm center. Soon after the hostilities, while his parents were re- siding at Baltimore, he left for the West to enroll at the Hoosier Concordia, where he studied six years. He continued his course at the St. Louis Seminary, whence he entered 087$ upon a four years' past- orate at Salters, Wis. Then he was called to this institution to head the department of English. His masterly teaching and gentlemanly bearing have won for him both the atiection of all his pupils and a far-Iiung recognition. PROF. OTTO F. HATTSTAEDT Pref. Otto F. Hattstaedt was called to Concordia immediately upon his graduation at St. Louis. During the first years he had charge of three subjects, Ger- man, Latin, and Geography, but since an enlarged faculty has enabled specialization, he now teaches only German. Such is his mastery of this tongue that students often take for granted that he hails from the fatherland,-until they learn that he was born 0869 in Monroe, Mich. In the past years he has also served as teacher of history and of music, and as secretary and librarian of the faculty. He was on the committee for examining the German books pub- lished by Synod, and has himself compiled a text-book of German literature and an excellent grammar. PROF. M. J. F. ALBRECHT Emigrating from Pomerania to Chicago in 1863, the needy parents of Prof. Albrecht found it impossible to do without his help. But, undaunted by lack of opportunities, he managed to grip sufiicient education for entering Concordia College, Ft. Wayne. His later studies at the Seminary were interrupted by a vicar- age of several months at New Orleans. Upon gradu- ation, in 1883, he conducted charges at Lebanon, Wis., at Janesville, Wis., and at Ft. Wayne, Ind. Before he had been in his last charge quite two years, he was called upon to assume the presidency of our college, the duties of which office he fulfilled ably and assiduously until his resignation, in 1922, in favor of a professorship in the classics.

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ONWARD, like the arrow! The great apostle to the gentiles had chosen a motto symbolized by the arrow: Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. The host of Christians share St. Paul's aspiration and seek Hthose things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God, having set their atTection on things above, not on things on the earth. As Christians you too press onward and upward, through mist and clouds, to your glorious destiny appointed by the merci- ful God and made possible by the atoning sacrifice of God's Son. A Your class emblem takes on a new significance when viewed in connection . with the glorious goal of your scholastic endeavors, the Gospel Ministry. i 1 This goal has been before you many years, and your work at the Milwaukee 1 i Concordia, especially also your wrestling with Greek and Hebrew, has had in the purpose of advancing you toward this goaleOnward, like an arrow'! ; Keep your eyes riveted on this goal, until you have attained it! May God 1 bless your work at the Seminary to that end. G. CHR. BARTH I231

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PROF. PAUL F. KOEHNEKE About five years ago, when a sudden influx of students put the college in need of more instructors, the Electoral Board extended a call to Rev. Paul Koehneke to a professorship in German at his Alma Mater. He had graduated from the Seminary in 1910, and in his thirteen years in the ministry had served at Hand Hills, Alberta 0910-159, Dodge Center, Minn. 0915-189, and Rushford, Minn. 0918-239. Already in his stay here as student he had applied himself ardu- ously to the study of GermanY and a particular liking for the classics has enabled him to teach Latin in ad- dition. While a student, his home was in Chicago. where he was born Nov. 24, 1888. PROF. PAUL ZANOW In the person of Prof. Zanow our faculty has a representative of the Pacific Northwest. His fresh and vigorous methods of teaching savour of the breezy Blue Mountains near which he was reared. In 1912 he left his home in Walla Walla, Wash. entered the Portland Concordia, finished the four years' course there, traveled to Milwaukee to com- plete his preparatory work, and graduated here in 1917. For the next six years he attended the Sem- inary and did supply work alternately, his first posi- tion being that of assistant professor at our Gopher State Concordia. He served in the same capacity at Milwaukee at two different times before he was in- ducted into office as permanent Professor of Science and Mathematics. PROF. A. REHWALDT Prof. Rehwaldt has had a very checkered career. He began his pilgrimage through this world at Val- paraiso. Ind., where he was born on Sept. 7, 1896. From there he moved to Alcester, S. D., and then to Cologne, Minn. Finally he decided to enter Con- cordia College, St. Paul. That was in 1911. After completing the course in five years, he attended the Seminary, and during his stay there supplied at Mill- stadt, Ill. Then he was vicar for a year at Kaylor, S. D. After another year at the Seminary he taught public schools at Emblem and Lander, Wye. In the meantime he was graduated from the College of Liberal Arts at the U. of Wyoming. In 1925 a call brought him to Concordia as Professor of Science and Mathematics.