Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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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

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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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MAJOR ABRAMS LIEUT,-COL. LAMPERT SERGEANT MASHBURN MILITARY SCIENCE LIEUT.-COL. LESTER L. LANCPERT, Infantry, U. S. A. . ..... Profenor MAJOR GEORGE E. ABRAMS, Infantry, U. S. A. . . , . Anixfanr Profesror SERGEANT JAMES MASHBURN, Infantry, U. S. A. . ..., Instructor As early as 1880, an eH'ort was made at Gettysburg College to obtain a military instructor, but this attempt failed. Through the petition of the students to the administration, the College established a Department of Military Science and Tactics in 1916, under the governmental action of that year. The purpose of this department is to train young men in the basic principles of military science so that they are equipped to tal-:e part in the national defense program and to assume leadership of the vast armies upon which the safety of the country depends. The department now has modern equipment for both practical and theoretical instruction. The Gettysburg College Battalion has been given an A rating by the inspecting officers for the past several years. For meritorious work in this department, the Military Memorial Prize is offered to the student who has the highest standing in the Advanced Course. Page 28