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

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The Echo f the 18th of September l9l0, all freshmen were old Alum Mater at Addison. Or. OU H ' H T 1 instructed to appear at once in room ll. the so-called ft0Ck'Y3fd5- fu Y, not 0116 ol us failed to rind the stock-yards! No, not one! This was proved by roll-call. Not being acquainted with parliamentary rlll6S, OUT Class government dufifll the ' t if to-day. A number initial vear at college was very much like the Mexican governmen o olutionn was the consequence. Finally ol us wished to be president of the class, and a rev someone emerged victoriously from the fray, and proclaimed himself the head of the class. Besides being president, he also claimed the authority of being vice-president and secre- 'H ' . Th' fi t ' tary of the class. lhe same person was also treasurer of class I6 IS our rs presl- dent shall remain anonymous, lest we might hurt his feelings. As the school-year advanced, we soon learned that we were to study diligently if we wished to be promoted at the close of the second semester. Onward we labored in outr Chapel PTCPHYMOIE' WOrlil Soon Christmas came and we discgvey r e had grown V f f th ' f k H h d seafb o exr xx or , and had deserted us. When the close of our first year at co .ege a come. sad to say, two members could not be promoted They had f -1 d . - ale ln the ' lg, th r - . , , , lr ss or ey had not succeeded in scaling the 1n1t1al mountain which separated class ' l 6 from its desired goal. Thus our gallant little at duals. d that two of our class-mates 'my had been reduced to thirteen indivi- During it ii r , s rs year at college class I6 developed no athletic talent. True, we had a baseball team and even an ' ' i ' lndoor nine. We e . but We WSIS defeated with almost the same reguleiifirtiged many Other teams in hot battles, IOUS Russians at the hands of our I-lindenburg y as were the retreating, still victor- After the h aPPY days of our first summer vacation had vanished class ,I 6 agqil ' ck' c 1

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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

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:N r .5 'N B ssl' H, huuyg if in to 'Q Q, . -H 'N T5 1 57-. 1. r , :Vi 4 ',i 4 '43 .u'i -nv' ,pf n: ,ai ff P The Echo returned to college with a refreshed body and mind. However, not all of the thirteen who had been promoted to the fifth dlass returned to their Alma Mater, but only nine. In- deed, only a small number! Fortunately, however, we received, reenforcements. When we assembled as members ofthe fifth class, we found that we were twenty-four in num- ber. Yet all of the twenty-four were not fortunate enough to scale the second mountain, and were not graduated from the fifth class. After a few months of labor, two class- mates deserted us to take up some different work. Class-officials during our second year at college were A. Fischer, president, and A. Ehlend-, secretary-treasurer. Both of these young men were not graduated with class '16, On the athletic fieild our class was again of little importance. Although we played a number of hotly c-ontested games of baseball and indoor against other classes, we failed to make a lasting impression on our rivals. Summer vacation again came and went. In September our Alma Mater again issued a call to class 'It6. We reported twenty-two strong. Happy faces, all happy faces, assembled for the first lesson in the fourth class.. Happy, indeed! We had now been graduated from our fox classesf, and were now no longer subject to the whims and caprices of the seniors and juniors. No longer did class 'I6 appear so timidly on the college campus, for, Addison was now a free country to all its members. As sons of a free country we appeared upon the campus with our new jerseys, which were, of course, not decorated with an iron cross, but merely with a four-leaf clover, bearing the letters A. N. s.'l6. 1 During this year a new lesson was added to our weekly schedule. It was book- keeping, 'a very interesting study, or rather, class '16 made it interesting by asking such questions from our instructor which held the attention of the entire class for almost any length of time. - As members of the fourth class we boasted of a fairly well-balanced indoor team. Our bitter rivalt was class '15. We challenged this class for many games. A nip and tuck contest was always sure to follow. Class 'I6 also had a punching-bag club .consisting of eight members. Our quarters were in one of the many basements at Addison. It was a place whichwas never blessed by the invigorating rays of the sun. Yet we punched the bag with such regularity and with such precision that but little epithelial tissue remained on our knuckles. During the fourth class our class officials were A. Fischer, president, and A. Ehlend, who was our secretary and treasurer.-1 Finally the end of our third year at college approached. Shortly before the end Dir. Brohm announced one evening after chapel services that we were to pack all our belongings and whatever treasures we possessed into air-tight boxes. So exact were the instructions we received from the director, that we were even told to place a tag on our mattrasses bearing our name. Why all this packing? Don't you know? Our feet have for the longest time been treading the sod of Addison. We shall now bid adieu to the village renowned for its one l.ong boulevard, for its Belle Ice-cream Parlor, and for its bowling alley. I Happy hour! Who shall ever forget the merry shouts, the joyful