Concordia University Chicago - Pillars Yearbook (River Forest, IL)

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The Echdo I Pwf. F. Rechlm l Prof. F. H. Schmitt Dxr. W. C. Kohn rof. G. C. A. A. Mueller mf. C. W.C. Exfng EAW ochler Prof E.H En clbrechx ' ro. O. F. Rumi, gg Pro: I Lhner 1 FW The Faculty 3. ,I I ii if it' ,E xfm JZ' 5 ii W' 1, if . ' if ,V 3. fn -9 ii-' 1: W W 5 ? M, ,vu Ig- 8, ei. xi Ma him M A 1 I, Mi Q 45. N 1-4

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The Echo Dedication. Xzwsww. To the members of its faculty, in remembrance of the days of pleasant diversions, earnest study, and valued friendship, class 'I6 dedicates The Echo .

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The Echo 9 The Faculty ir. W. C. Ifohll was born June Zncl, 1865, in Greifswald, Germany. the 'age of six years he was sent to the school of St. J Chicago, where one of his former teachers, Mr. F. Kringel, is still teaching. 'ln I879, wheri fourteen years old, he took up his studies at the Concordia College at Fort Wayne, and after five years' .work was graduated from that institution in I884. ln the fall of this year the continued his d . stu ies at the St. Louis Theological Seminary, and upon his graduation accepted a call as assistant pas- tor at St. Jacob's, Chicago. A ' ' acob's parish, corner Fremont and Garfield avenues After serving in this position for a year he received a call from a newly organized mission con- gregation, St. Andrews. As the call was an important one, the young ,pastor felt constrained to accept lt. For twenty-six years he was- pastor of this congregation, and ,saw it grow from an insignihcant mission, arish t f h l L p o one o t e argest utheran congregations of Chicago with a voting membership of over 400. During this time he served the synod in various capacities. For a number- of years he was visiting pastor f h o is district, president of the 'Mission Board ofthe District of lllinois, and prior to his callito the director- ship of our college, had been president of the District of Northern Illinois. ln 1913 the Board of Election selected him to be the successor of Dir. Brohm at our Con Kohn instructs in Religion and Pedagogy. - - . . . cordia Teachers College. Director I Prof. G. C. A. Kaeppel was born in Indianapolis, lnd.,'in l862. From 'l8.76 to'il 878 he stucliediat our seminary at Addisonfilll., and after his graduation served congregations in Wittenberg, Mo., and St. Louis Mo., asiteacher in-the parish schools., ln l'897 he was called to the Seminary at Addison to' succeed Prof. K.. Brauer. 2 His., principal work at present at the college is l-larmony, Qrgan and Piano. T 'A Prof. Alb. H. Miller was born in Terryville, Conn., Jan. 23d,.l 864, and was baptized five years later in the Holyoke Mass., German Reformed Church. He received 'his early education in the schools of Chicopee, Mass. After his confirmation in l880 in the Paterson, N. J., Lutheran Church, e worked ln the silk mills of the city until the fall of I884, when he went to Addison, and was grad- uatedtfrom that institution in l889. l-le received a call to Danbury, Conn., and after seventeen years' workin the Lutheran school of that city' was called to 'our Seminary at Addison, where he was installed Feb. 7th, l906. I English, History and Science are the branches in which he is instructing. 1 P1-of. F. H. Schmitt comes from Michigan, being born in Sebewaing, Feb. lst., l880. He attended the Sebewaing parish school for seven years. From l 899 to 1901 he studied at our Seminary at Addison, and upon graduation accepted a call to Sebewaing. After' 'working for two years in this school, he registered at the State Normal College' at Ypsilanti, Mich., and upon completing the courses prescribed by this college was employed for a year as instructor at Addison. ln September, l906, he was installed as professor at this institution. l-lis principal branch of instruction is German. Prof. Ed. A. YV. Koehlel' was born in Wolfenbuettel, Braunschweig, on the 3lst. of October, l 8 75. After attending the elementary schools of his nativecity until his eleventh year, his parents emigrated from Germany to St. Louis, Mo. ln l889 he was confirmed by Rev. C4 C. Schmidt, who urged him to prepare for the ministry. ln the fall of l889 he entered Concordia College, Fort Wayne, and was 'graduated in I895. l-le completed his studies at the Theological Seminary at St. Louis. ln 1899 he was ordained, Xand served a mission. parish in Billings, Mo., for three years. l-le was trans- ferred by the Mission Board to the position of missionary for East Tennessee, where he also served as