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

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I0 The ECHO, . - - ll fr h G r -English Lutheran instructor in one of the local institutions. ln 1903 he accepted a ca om t C e man d Ch h K .H Tenn Here he remained for five years, when he was electe as successor to at noxvi e, . - ' . - - - - UIC ts h . Prof. Fr. Lindemann. He has charge of German classes and Drawing- He also mstmc In re glon P of G W G Eifrig also comes from Germany, his birthplace being Dobeln, KiI1gd0II1 I' Q e o 0 - ' . d d h G bli h ls until1883, of sammy. He was bom September 23.1, 1871. I-1. atten 5 dff etnin Tool? doifter his Conan - ' Cl All l-1 , Pa. Here he atten e t e paris sc i xvhggnhsifparfgifi irgiligjrjaite lgiom gjpizber, 1886, until June, 1892, he studied at Concordia College, liigrt Waynlci and continued his studies in St. Louis until graduation in 1895. He accepted a call to McKees ,Rocks Pa., where he remained until 1899, when he accepted a call to Cumberland,. Md. After working in Cumberland as pastor, teacher in the parochial school, and director of two small mission congregations for four years, he received a call from the Lutheran congregation at Gttawa, Canada and he served this congregation for six years, from 1903 to 1909. For a number of years he was ,president of the Canada District of the Missouri Synod.. The board of.E.lection called him to Addison in 1909. He succeeded Prof. Koenig. His principal work is history, Geography and Natural History. ' 1 Prof. Martin Lochllel' was born in Springfield, Ill., in 1883. He received his ele- mentary education in the Bethlehem Lutheran school of Milwaukee, Wise., and after his confirmation in 1896 entered the Concordia College at Milwaukee. Whilst studying at Milwaukee, he took up the study of music, his first teacher being Chr. Diez. Later he entered the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and was instructed by A. John and E. Schmaal. His work upon the organ was directed by W. Middelschulte of Chicago. ln 1902 he entered the St. Louis Seminary, and upon his gradu- ation in 1905 was called to a professorship at the Immanuel College at' Greensboro, N. C. His principal work there was English and Musicg he also had charge of several negro mission stations, After remaining in Greensboro for seven years, he accepted a call to Addison as successor to Prof. Homann, and was installed Nov. 2 1 st, 1912. His work at the present time is principally English, Organ and Piano. Prof. E. II. Ellgelbrecht is a native of Farmefs Retreat, Ind., Where he was bom Dec. 23d, 1870. He attended the Lutheran schools at Farmer's Retreat and Columbus, Indiana. After studying four years at Addison, he accepted a call to Kendallville, lnd., and took charge of the ungraded Lutheran school there of 103 children. Here he remained ten years, and during the next fourteen ears t ht ' N Y k ' ' ' ' y aug in ew or , ten years in Rev. Schoenfeldt s school and four years in St. Mat- thew s school. ln 1915 he was called to our River Forest College. Here he is principal of the traimng school, and is also instructor in mathematics. Prof. 0. Busch was born on the 25th of January, 1871, at Stettin, Germany. His father was a teacher. At the age of four he came to the United States with his parents and settled in Chicago, where he became a pupil of the St.-lVlatthew's School. He fi d 8 h' was on t , :':.i..Eti.ig..'t.i2.riE'g::1:i2. Q' 8851 iff: the f0'10Wtg the herfiendid 1353511 f n sion lg sc ool. He then took up stud' tAdd' f f ' years. He acted as supply in the school at Portage, Wis., for three months and ijj1sagradualFeid1inOi889l Ottawa, Canada, was his first place and it was i d d to teach at a mixed school f 120 hild i' n ee i not an easy one, for he Wag compelled O h b ' diligently and faithfully under these t Cimrcii' FCE three years he Worked - - . ' ca t t St h 'r S h 1 f iiiiQigiL.iiii.ffahQ iliidinceiiiieii Workiig for Iieaily 2 years' During allorhise tim? iif.i..y.i- Choi. - a ra u t ' . ' studied Piano and Cello. ln 1914 fie recaeifecii theetitlenbi-fnlgiin lgcfilciiiivfiigrilliii Ciglcaiioblyhelie he ' - 'ersi y o . ICHQO. At present Prof O F Rusch inst ' ' . . . ructs t - . . , afternoon. In ma hemaucs' and SUPCTVISCS the training school in the

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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

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N'-1 'N H xx. ,. Q Q. Q. Uv ' wi We 'ui Mx 'rr 'lil 1?- N! P 7? n- . -n ' 1-:L rw 'Ji' P- ac .rn dl- it Y!! is- it '1 73 nr r--4 A-3 is ri 'F -51. 1 1 The Echo ll Director Theodore Brohm. I In During its first three years at college, Class ' l 6 enjoyed the privilege of having you as their director. We, every member of the graduating class, will ever remember your fatherly kindness, and earnest endeavor to make our Alma Mater a second home to us. We will ever remember how considerate and kind you were to those young boys who, having left home, parents, brothers, sisters, and friends to come to Addison where, they seemed as strangers in a strange land. You took the place of our fathers. Later when we were deeply in the throes of that malady, homesickness, you consoled us. In every trouble you were our counsellor, our advisor, friend, and 'comforter. Thru all the days we spent in dear old Addison, you watched over us, guiding our footsteps. You taught us to love our Alma Mater, our work, our professors,---our director. We cannot thank you in words for all your manifold kindnesses, your many sacrifices, but we will all, in gratitude and love, retain your picture and the thought of your fatherly kindness and gener- osity in thankful memory. Class 'l6 wishes to thank you here from the fullness of their hearts for all you did for them during their three years at Addison. Professor J. L. Backhaus. To the great regret of the Board of Supervisors, the members of the faculty, and the student-body at our Teachers' College at River Forest, Professor L. Backhaus, for thirty-one years instructor and professor at this institution, resigned his position at the close of the last school-year. F or a number of years his health had been failing, and this, to- gether with his age fprofessor Backhaus is seventy-three years oldj, led him to give up the work to which he had been dearly attached. His position as principal of the training-school brought him into more than ordinarily intimate contact with the members of the senior classes, and undoubtedly' many teachers at present working in our Lutheran schools recall with pleasure the time when they spent their four weeks in the training-school under his able direction. He was not only actively engaged in his duties in the class- room: For twenty-nine years he was treasurer of the college, and his uniform courtesy and the accom- modating spirit with which he fulfilled the many and onerous duties devolving upon him in this capacity endeared him to students and teachers alike. Professor Backhaus was a pioneer in the Lutheran schools of our Synod. For fifty-one years he has been active as teacher and professor. After his graduation from our institution in IS64, Dr. Sihler encouraged the young man to accept a call to a congregation in the backwoods of Wisconsin, where he altemately taught three days a week in the two schools connected with the parish. Here, in his first position, he received the munificent salary of S75 a year, not a month, but a year. He once cheerfully remarked that a trip to Fort Wayne to visit his jiancee cost him almost the equivalent of a year's salary. However, as at that time the daily fare was not nearly so varied and elaborate as at the