Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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251 - ' xx xx xr U U IX JU if Yr rr YI nr YY rx rr 11 XJLJQ v 9 S 1 fx? 0 THE .SIDECTRUM Q- X , Hx' '7 i'2i'?i1?Egs ' xl IX 552 Xi' A Sketch of the Life of I REV. ABDEL ROSS WENTZ, B.D., Ph.D. Professor of Biblical Literature and History g-'rg , N BDEL ROSS NVENTZ was born at Black Rock, Pennsylvania, on M M October 8, 1883, of Pennsylvania German ancestry. In early in- . fancy before he was old enough to object or offer resistance, his G parents moved with him across the Mason and Dixon line to Line- ' 'gp' boro, Maryland. Here he attended the public school from the age of T X ,nn six to the age of thirteen, and then went for three years to the Franklin High School at Reisterstown, Maryland. ln the autumn of 19oo he entered Pennsylvania College with the purpose of preparing himself for the Lutheran Min- istry. During his College course he received all the prizes and class honors to which he was eligible, and graduated with First Honor and Salutatory in IQO4, at the age of twenty. The following three years were devoted to Theological Studies at the Gettysburg Theological Seminary. After graduating fIQOi7D with the special dis- tinction of the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, fortunate circumstances enabled him to continue his theological and historical studies in Germany: he spent one year at the University of Leipzig, studying under the direction of such leaders as lhmels and Hauckg one year at Berlin, under Seeberg and Holi: and one semester at Tuebingen under Schlatter and Mueller. XVhile at Tuebingen the call reached him to return to his Alma Mater in order to assume the duties of the Amanda Rupert Strong Profes- sorship of Biblical Literature and the Professorship of History, made vacant by the resignation of Professor john Evjen. He accepted, and entered upon his work with enthusiasm, devotion, and ability, soon proving that the Boards confidence in him was not misplaced. He became a true college teacher, and as such he is constantly striving to advance his students in learning and character, and to raise the standard of his Department. His students love and respect him. NVhatever time was left free from his arduous duties Professor Wfentz devoted to the continuance of his studies. In the summer of 1911 he returned to Tuebingen and followed the historical courses of such distinguished historians as lVahl and Mueller. The following two summers he spent in research work upon the subject of his dissertation, The Beginnings of the German Element in York County, Pennsyl- vaniaf, This was completed in TQI4, when he took his examination under the Faculty of the George Washington University, XfVashington, D. C., and received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on -lune 1 1. His dissertation, a most careful and illuminating study, will appear as the next volume of the Proceedings of the Penn- sylvania German Societyf' of which body Dr. Wfentz is proud to be a member. The work of Dr. NVentz as a historian has met with deserved recognition. His series of historical lectures at the Lutheran Summer Assembly in 1912, and again in 1913, as well as his lectures on the Pennsylvania Germans, delivered on various occa- sions, were highly appreciated. Since 191 1 he has been Curator of the Lutheran His- torical Society. He is an active member of the Lutheran Historical Academy. At its 16