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

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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

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The Echo laughter, the peculiar noise, and the manifold conversations which kept us awake after chapel meeting of yon Uhistoricaln night? Yet let us not depart from the place where the cradle of our college career stood without bidding it a final farewell! Therefore, hats off to our old Alma Mater at Addison! We leave you to greet River Forest! Summer vacation is over! It was of exceptionally long duration, because the new college at River Forest could not be completed by September lst. Finally our new Alma Mater at River Forest was ready to call its sons to the colors. The call was issued, and, class 'l 6 responded. On the eighth of October, 1913, we greeted River Forest, I8 in number. What a chaos! Instead of finding the new buildings neat and clean, we beheld the accumulated rubbish which remained behind from the time when the building was under construction. So we promptly put on our overalls, and assisted in cleaning our newly and magnificently erected college buildings. The architects of our new Alma Ma- ter were John Ahlschlaeger and Son, while the contractors were Menke and Thielenberg. As members of Die edle dritte Klasse we beheld the dawn of the eventful 12th of October, I9I 3. It was on this day that our new college was dedicated. Behold the multitude! Fully 40,000 Lutherans had come from far and near to witness the flinging open of the doors of our stately ,Alma Mater! What a waving sea of joyful faces! But, alas! It is only too true that joys are often short-lived. Barely had we found time to accustom ourselves to our magnificent Administration Building, when on February 28, 1914, we were aroused by the cry, F ire! Fire! A glance into the main corridor of the Administration Building only proved the correctness of the alarm given. The flames were swept by a high gale with amazing rapidity over the entire build- ing. In spite of the combined and daring efforts of four fire crews, the imposing structure was reduced to a heap- of reeking ashes within a few hours. The work of reconstruction was begun at once. Yet we were obliged to go home for what was to be an unlimited period. However, after a vacation of two weeks, a summons was issued to us to return to the field of college activities. Upon our return to college, We learned that we were to receive instructions in one of the dormitories. Since our class was the smallest at college we were assigned to a small dormitory. Oh! Shadows of the night! Spread, yes, spread your wings over the proceedings that occurred in yonder sleeping-apartment. D What is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days! Such perfect days were enjoyed in June, 1914, by class 'l6. It was then that we were compelled to pass an examination in everything that had been taught to us during our four years preparatory work. O, Jammer! Yet a few days of anxious wait- ing, and, to our boundless joy, the announcement is made that the Edle dritte Klasse has become history for all the members of class 'I6 with one sole exception. Enraptured with joy we bid farewell to all our class-mates, call each other Seminaristen as a final greeting, and, within a short while we are speeding homeward in a Dixie Flyern in a mood of complete contentment.