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

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The Echo 1 History of Class '16. d looks upon its history with a proud Every country, every nation has a history, an ' . O air of patriotism. Every nation exalts its heroes, and reads with pride of all the glorious achievments which are recorded in the annals of its history. ' We, the members of class '16, figuratively speaking, comprise a small nation of our uch limited, nevertheless, we are proud own. Although our accomplishments are very m of our history, for, truly, class '16 has a history, a history, which stretches over four long years. Our class, our little nation, wasnot governed by a history-making personality like the German Kaiser,', yet it remains true, class '16 has a history, dear to each of its worthy members. ' As the history of the once so powerful Romans began with the founding of Rome, so ours begins with the formation of the class. As Rome was not built in one day, even so were not the members of class 'I6 graduates the very moment they formed the class. As Caesar climbed to the height of glory and power step by step, never faltering, never looking backward, so also was each member of class 'I6 compelled to climb, even though the path to the desired goal was o-often very steep and rugged. I 1 ' , - 2 ' u .f , W Q i . Q 1 . X Q S. Addison IX years com a ' - . our Hume nation? lirgfiilfhgr SEIJQSEEL1 gi:I1ntalinshsePa1'ated the founders of our class, of years of life at college are comparable to sixvlryli they hoped 'to reach. Xyhy these Six only three of the seventeen members who Ong lg mountains is illtistrutcd by me fad that U1 TCaCl1ing their goal, in scaling the mount -e represented Class '16 as freslnncn succeeded members joined class '16 on its jour ilgis high 'ind TUSCEIPC1. The remaining thirteen Hey to lplOlTl3VlllC, some cm-hcl. Som? lamb.

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LG S . THE ECHO STAFF. i E O 'C LE QD -: H ' Left to right: L. Schilke, A. Kaeppel, E. Langrehr, H. Reifschneicler, H. Jaeger, E. Hueschen

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kgs, 8 14a . tif? V' 1-'-w'.2 iz , ,.. . in l fr .fm .Q N p .N , lag,gf li 'Q A we ., R Kr- ttw if ,a .gd .J nl' 3 1 N ,W The Echo It was early in September of 1910 when an army of thirty-five young men journeyed to a small village named Addison, with hearts heavy on account of departure from mother and her pantry, yet full of hope and anticipation of what the dawning morn o-f their col- lege career was to reveal to them. Thus the portarls of our Alma Mater: then still located at Addison, flung themselves open to welcome the founders o-f class '16 on the sixth of September 1910. With a strange and mystic feeling we ascended the stairs leading to the main en- trance of the college buildings. Upon entering, a labyrinth opened before the gazing eyes of the invading freshmen. Who does not well remember those strange faces betraying doubt, fear, excitement, and confusion? Truly, not he who took pains to observe them closely: Wewere usheredto our 'rooms where we were welcomed by the seniors and juniors by such questions as, What is your n-ame? From where do you come? From Franken- muth? Can you speak German? P Can yo-u sing? Finally we heard the peals of a bell hanging in a weather-beaten cupola. i It was the call to our first dinner at college. Hav- ing entered the dining hall, we were immediately introduced to Mr. Hash and Miss Synodalschmier. However, the usual, 'Tm pleased to meet you, was omitted. When we left the dining hall we were, perhaps, not entirely satiated, for, during the course of the meal we were compelled to act as waiters. When we had barely seated ourselves, we were obliged to turn around, and walk right off ag-ain! With the appearance of night, our first day at college ended. Our trunks had not yet arrived, s-o we were -content to meet friend Morpheus on our bare and newly purchased mattress. The bed was hard, the slumber was sweet! We dreamt of mother and sister, of pie and of cookies, of home and of pleasures! Only too soon were these our pleasant dreams shattered! Soon a bell informed us that the day of our entrance examination at college had dawned. We are dressed in a hurry, have taken a wash, and have also satisfied our clamoring stomachs with cornllakes and oleomargarine. It is eight oiclock, the bell has rung, and all freshmen march to the class room to make their entrance examination. On the evening of the succeeding day Dir. Brohm annoimced the results of the examination, and it was found that seventeen had passed for the sixth class. Our names were read, and we were directed to assemble in one of the -class rooms the following morning. We responded, and assembled as we had been told. This was the birth of Ha nation, class '16. Strange faces, all strange faces! Timidly we seated ourselves at our desks. No one doubted at this hour the truth of Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home! Finally the professor entered the room, and bade us Good Morning. In a sub- dued tone we replied to the greeting., Thereupon silence of the grave reigned supreme as far as we were concerned. However, the professor soon broke the monotony, and in- troduced to ws a real lesson in German. At the conclusion of this lesson period, class 'I6 had learned how little it knew, and how much remained to be learned. Thus commenced the educational career of class '16 at Addison. Days passed very rapidly. We soon became acquainted with one another, and also accustomed ourselves to college life. We learned to know every nook and corner in our