Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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PROP, SMITH PROP. HEIGES PROP. HACKMAZSTN DR. DASSBT DR. SANDERS DR. WALTEINIYER HILOSOPHY AND BIBLE PHILOSOPHY: CHARLES F. SANDERS, D.D., Lafayette College ...... ..,... P rofeuor GARDNER C. BASSET, PH.D., Johns Hopkins University .... . Affariate Prafermr DONALD R. HEIGES, B.D., Gettysburg Theological Seminary .....l... Imtrucfor Philosophy was included in the original curriculum of Gettysburg College, under the name of Moral and Intellectual Science. Classes were first held in 1832 in the old Academy building, with Dr. S. S. Schmucken as the first professor. In 1888, Mr. William Bittinger established an endowment of the William Bittinger Professorship of Moral and Intellectual Science. The name of the department was later changed to the Department of Philoso hy. In 1924, upon the recommendation of Dr. Henry W. A. Hanson, an Orientation course was introduced at Gettysburg College under the Philosophy Depart- ment. Orientation courses were still new in the academic world and Gettysburg was a pioneer in this Held. Dr. Sanders, the present head of the department, has been connected with Gettysburg College since 1906. ENGLISH BIBLE: WILLIAM C. WALTEMYER, PH.D., American University . . . Profenor AUGUs'rUs HACKMANN, A.B.,Johns Hopkins University . . . Imtructar PAUL H. SMITH, A.B., Gettysburg College .................. Inrtrzzctar The department of English Bible was founded in 1932 by Mr. James Strong, who provided a fund for this purpose to be known as the Amanda Strong Professorship. Classes were irst held in the Academy building, with Eli Huber as the Erst professor. In founding the department, the Board of Trustees pro- vided that the required courses should be in no sense denominational, but the professor could teach Lutheranism in the other courses. Dr. W. C. Waltemyer, the present Amanda Strong professor of the Bible Department, has been connected with Gettysburg College since 1929. Page 26

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PROP. GUTMANN PROF. HAMMB PROF. VON SCHWERDTNER DR. BACHMAN DR. GRIMM PROP. HARTSHORNE LANGUAGE GROUP GERMAN: KARL GRIMM, PH.D., Johns Hopkins University . . . ..... Profeuor ERNST O. voN SCHWERDTNER, A.M., St. Johns College . . . . Assirtmzt Profenar GEORGE F. GUTMANN, A.M., Gettysburg College ....... ...... I mtrzzrrar Provision for a German professorship was made in the charter of Gettysburg College. This provision was made because the founders desired to interest and engage in the educational movement, the large class of Germanic peoples connected with the Lutheran Church in this section of the state. Accordingly, arrangement was made to teach German under the Latin Department. In 1838, because there was much criticism that the College was not living up to the charter by not providing a separate German Depart- ment, Rev. H. I. Smith was elected as professor. The professorship lapsed in 1843, and was not revived again until 1856, when an endowment was made for this purpose by the Pennsylvania Ministerium. The present incumbent of the German professorship, Dr. K. J. Grimm, was elected in 1906. FRENCH AND SPANISH: ALBERT BACHMAN, PH.D., University of Zurich and Columbia University .... Prafenor HERBERT G. HAMM13, A.M., Gettysburg College ........... A.r.ri.rtmzt Prafenor W1LL1AM: D. HARTSHORNE, A.M., Haverford College ......... Arristmzt Praferfar French was first an optional course at Gettysburg College. When the institution was organized at Gettysburg, E. L. H. Friederici, the principal of the Pre aratory Department, was the first professor and the classes were Erst taught in the old Academy building. French was made a regular part of the college curriculum in 1838, when Rev. H. I. Smith was elected professor of German and French. Spanish was added to the curriculum under the German Department in 1910. In 1916 a department of Romance Languages was organized, with Dr. W. R. Barney as the first professor. The Romance Language Depart- ment now includes both French and Spanish courses in its schedule. Dr. Albert Bachman has occupied the Chair of this department since 1931. Page 25

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PROP. CESSNA PROP. SALTZER PROP. LANING PROF. ZIIZGLER PROF. REEN DR. CLUTZ DR- ARMS ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATIC ENGINEERING: FRANK H. CLUTZ, P1-LD., johns Hopkins University . . ..... Prafermr C. GILBERT REEN, M.S.E., University of Michigan .... . Axraciate Proferror BERTRAM H. SALTZER, M.E., Pennsylvania State College . . . . Arrirtant Pmfe.r.ror XVILLARD A. LAN1NG, M.S. in E.E., University of Illinois . . ....... Imtruczar After 1837, for a few years instruction in Civil Engineering and Architecture was given by H. Haupt without recompense. Then there followed a period during which no consideration was given to the teaching of these courses, and no further action was taken until Dr. Granville aroused interest in the matter by devoting over one half of his inaugural address to the question. I-Ie pointed out the increasing demands for engineers, and under his direction Civil Engineering was introduced in the year 1910. In 1914, Mechanical Engineering was introduced. Dr. F. H. Clutz, the present Burton Blough professor of Engineering, has been at Gettysburg since 1918. MATHEMATICS: RICHARD A. ARMS, PH.D., University of Pennsylvania . ..,.. Profermr C. PAUL CESSNA, A.M., Gettysburg College ..... . Ar.ri.rnznt Prafeubr EARL E. ZIEGLER, M.S. ,Gettysburg College ................. Irzrtrurtar At the founding of Gettysburg College in 1832, Mathematics was taught by M. Jacobs, professor of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and Mathematics. The first classes were held in the old Academy building. In 1865, Chemistry and Physics were taken from the department, and Prof. Jacobs taught Mathematics and Astronomy. Astronomy was removed from the Mathematics Department in 1874, but was returned in 1881. It was later transferred to the Physics Department, under which it is taught today. For meritorious work in the Sophomore Class, the Baum Mathematics Prize is awarded annually. The present incumbent ofthe Mathematics Professorship, Dr. R. A. Arms, has been connected with the department since 1920. Page 27