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Addison, Illinois 13 In 1893 the rapid growth of the Seminary called for two new professors, and con- sequently the Rev. F. Lindemann of Ft. Wayne and Prof. F. Rechlin, of Cleveland, Ohio, were called. In the year 1894, a preparatory course was instituted at Seward, Nebr. The same was done in St. Paul, Minn. Later Seward established a full normal course, and the College at St. Paul eliminated the preparatory teachers ' course, so that Addison from this time received no increase from these two sources. In 1897 Prof. K. Brauer was forced to resign on account of ill health, after having served as professor for 30 years. Prof. A. Kaeppel was called from St. Louis, Mo., to fill his position. In the autumn of the year 1905, the Seminary suffered another loss, Director E. Krauss, accepting a call as professor to Concordia Seminary at St. Louis, and Prof. Th. Brohm was elected to fill his position. The following year Prof. A. H. Miller, of Danbury, Conn., was called to fill the vacancy thus created. Assistant Professor F. Schmitt was also added to the faculty in this year. (Since this article is of a purely historical nature, it may be very tedious, and the writer will therefore close here. The remaining facts may be found under Class History. ) However, the following statistics of the growth of the Addison Seminary may be interesting: In 1865, the number of enrolled pupils was 55 In 1870, the number of enrolled pupils was 195 In 1880, the number of enrolled pupils was 186 In 1890, the number of enrolled pupils was 247 Since then there has been a decrease. In 1910-1 I, the number of students enrolled was 175. In 191 1-12, the number of students enrolled was 171. F. P. A. D.
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12 Addison Normal School was called to the professorship. In the fall of that year, 1861, the Theological Semi- nary was transferred to St. Louis, and in its place in Ft. Wayne, Concordia College was founded. This change brought about the removal of the Teachers ' Seminary to a house located in the vicinity of the business district. In the following year however, it was again removed, and quartered in an old tavern on the Piqua Road, about two miles from the city. Although conditions were very unfavorable, and many obstacles were met with, the institution thrived, and the work was carried on faithfully, so that at the end of the schoolyear 1862, seventeen candidates were granted leave to enter their profession. The next year, in 1863, it was thought expedient to accept an invitation from the German Ev. Luth. Congregation at Addison, 111., to permanently locate the Seminary in their midst. In the meantime Prof. Fleischmann accepted a call to the ministry, and Rev. J. C. W. Lindemann was called to assume the office of Director. Immediately after it was decided to establish the seminary in Addison, preparations were begun for the removal. The local congregation granted a large tract of land, and liberally contributed to the fund that was required to erect the necessary buildings, and on June 15, 1864, the corner-stone was laid. The main building was not nearly com- pleted in time, however, so the next school year begun on September 1 st in an old unoccu- pied tavern in the village. Of the several dwellings with which our Alma Mater had to content herself, this was probably the most undesirable one. Owing to the poor facilities for heating, the regular course of study was often interrupted and sometimes discontinued in cold weather. Better times soon came, however, with the dedication of the new home on December 28, 1864. The main building consisted of a basement, two stories and a spacious dormitory. North and south from the building two wings were built to shelter the families of two professors. At the close of this schoolyear, fifty-five students were on the roll, but year by year the attendance increased, and the growing demand necessitated from time to time the erection of more buildings as well as additions to the faculty. In December, 1866, K. Brauer was called to serve as an instructor in music. An- other member was added to the faculty in the person of Dr. H. Duemling in 1870, but after four years, he accepted a call to Concordia College in Ft. Wayne; Rev. C. E. Haentz- schel became his successor. The growth of the seminary made a fifth professor necessary and consequently Rev. T. J. Grosse, of Chicago, was called. January 15, 1879, the Seminary received a sad blow in the death of Director Linde- mann. A few days before, the Rev. A. G. Francke, president of the Seminary Board of Supervisors, had also followed the call of his Master to eternal rest, and Prof. Grosse was chosen his successor as pastor of Zion ' s Congregation. To fill this new vacancy in the faculty, Prof. Theo. Brohm, a member of the faculty at Northwestern College in Water- town, Wis., was called. After the death of Director Lindemann, it was difficult for a long time to fill the vacancy. But in the spring of the year 1880, the Rev. E. A. W. Krauss, of Baden, Ger- many, was chosen director. For twenty-five years he faithfully served his Lord in this capacity. In the year following, Prof. E. C. Homann of Chicago, was called to serve the Seminary principally as teacher of music. Three years later Prof. J. L. Backhaus was called as sixth professor. After a lingering sickness, Prof. Haentzschel died, and the Rev. F. Koenig of Seward, Nebraska, was chosen his successor.
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