Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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Seventeen I9ANIEl. A. LeHM,xs-horn at Scotland, Pa., of Mennonite parents where he receixed his early education . . .spent several years in private study . . . taught in public schools . . . studied at Millersville Normal, receiving B. E. and B. S. degrees . . . spent two years at VVesleyan Uni- versity lConn.J graduating with general honors in scholarship and special honors in mathematics and the Ph. B. degree. . . graduate study at Universities of Chicago, Michigan, VVisconsin and Colorado . . . M. A. .VVestern Reserve . . . worked in field of astronomy at Lick Observ- atory . . . has taught mathematics and astronomy at Go- shen College and Academy since 1906 . . . two of his hobbies have been tennis and the stars. JOHN Uxiare-born of Amish Mennonite parents, Union Co. Pa., 1881 . . . moved to Kansas 1885, to Ohio 1391 . . . married Alice Landis, Goshen, 19116 . . . study-travel, Europe 1910 , . . graduated Kings Creek, O., H. S. 1899, Elkhart Institute, 19013 Goshen tjr.j College, 19053 B. A. Northwestern U., 19063 M. A. Northwestern U., 1928 . . , Instructor Elkhart Institute Summer School, 19013 country school, O., 1902-031 village school, O., 1903-04, Go- shen College, 190+-U53 Northwestern U. Summer 1906, head of German Dept., athletic coach, Mt. Vernon, Ind. H. S., 1906-093 So. H. S., Akron O., 1909-13, head of English Dept., Goshen College since 1925 . . , hiking en- thusiast . . . interested in debating, horticulture . . . does research work in history of Mennonite communities . . . Historian, Ohio Mennonite S. S. Conference. Nome KREIDER-born at Goshen, Ind. ,... left high school at age of fifteen to take work under private teachers while in his teens he studied abroad for two years with Clarence Forsyth, both in Paris and Berlin . . . has traveled much in foreign countries . . . is deeply interested in Oriental culture, music, philosophy and literatureg and in all foreign peoples-particularly in their culture . . . takes a greater interest in the beauty of music rather than the technical and mechanical side , . . is himself a composer of note. PAUL NlINlNlCIiR--btH'l1 at Mennonite Old Peoples' Home, Marshalville, Ohio, jan. 24, 1908, where his father was superintendent . . . has lived at La junta, Co-lo., Blue Springs, Mo., and Kansas City, Kans.. .married Marv Ellen Erb 1933 ...graduated lrlesston Academy 19252 Hesston junior College 19283 tWO-year college Bible course 19303 Th. B., Kansas City Baptist Seminary 1933, B. D. 193+ . . . A. B. Goshen College 1934 . . . taught school at Versailles, Mo. and Hutchinson, Kans. . . vyas superinten- dent of Vlleek-day Bible School in Kansas City . . . deeplv interested in Sunday school work, especially the training of Sunday' School teachers, 'Christian education and young peopleis problems. Part-time instructor in Bible at Goshen College, 1933-34. Y V I-

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Sixteen NEl.soN L1'rwiLLER-born at St. Agatha, Ontario, Canada 1898 of Amish-Mennonite parents . . . has lived also at Stratford, Ontario, Chicago, Ill., Goshen, Ind., and Argen- tina, S. America . . . married to Ada Ramseyer 1919 . . . graduated Kitchener, tOntarioj Collegiate Institute QH. S., 19175 Stratford COnt.l Normal School 1918 ...Super- intendent 26th St. Mennonite Gospel Mission, Chicago, 1920 . . . B. D, Bethany Bible School 1925 . . . B. A. Goshen College 1925 . . . taught Petersburg, Ontario Grade School 1918-1919, principal of Argentina Mennonite Bible School at Pehuajo . . . Goshen College Bible School 1933 . . . or- dained Mennonite minister, 1925 . . . has given his life to evangelistic woilc in South America ...since 1925 has been a Mennonite missionary in Argentina . . . again sail- ing for Argentina in September, 1934-. ARUTHER L. SPRUNGER-l70l'I'l at Berne, Ind., 1897 . . . of Swiss descent.,..graduated Berne H. S. 19153 music depart- ment Goshen College 1921 . . . B. A. Goshen College 1922 . . . attended Art Institute of Chicago, Ill., and John Herron Art Institute of Indianapolis, Ind .... married Cordelia Riesen 1928 . . . Art instructor Goshen College since 1928 . . . supervisor of Art in Goshen public schools since 1922 ...exhibits regularly with Hoosier Salon Chicago and Indiana Artists and Craftsmen and other exhibiting organ- izations . . . interested in boy scouts activities . . . carpen- ter by trade . . . loves to lish, study birds, hunt mushrooms and engage in winter sports. IVIARY ROYER-horn 1907 at Goshen, Indiana, oldest daughter of Isaiah VV. Royer QG. C. 19005, Mennonite minister, and Christina Neuhauser Royer, formerly a teacher in the schools of the south . . . B. A. Goshen College 1930 . . M. A. George Peabody College for Teachers 1931...taught two years in Orrville elementary schools and assisted in the Christian education program of the Orrville Mennonite church . . . served on the faculty of the Goshen College Summer Session 1932 and 1933 . , . came to Goshen College as Instructor in Elementary Education and Dean of VVomer1 1933 . . . director of the College Kindergarten . . . member of the Association for Childhood Education . . . interested in the cause of Christian education in the home and the foreign held. Lrma FRANCES SHENK'bU1'I'1 Elida, Allen County, Ohio, 1899 . . . her parents moved to the Shenandoah Valley, Rocking- ham County, Va., 1920 . . . attended Goshen College Ac- ademy 1920 . . . attended Goshen College 1920-22 and Bridgewater College, Bridgewater Va., 1923-24 . . . B. A. Goshen College . . . B. S. University of Va., 1925 . . . student University of Penna. 1929-30g University of Mich. summer, 1933 and first semester 1933-3+ receiving M. A. degree there 1934- . . .taught junior H. S. Pleasant Hill Va., 1922-23, Manassas H. S. Va., 1925-29-sponsor of senior class, adviser of school paper, instructor in French and English . . . instructor in French Goshen College since 1930 . . . Sponsor of French Club . . . loves poetry, reads much, writes some.

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Eighteen C. L. GRABEK-born at Wayland, Iowa, 1895, where he lived until coming to Goshen in 1924 . . . returned to Way- land 1932 as cashier of the Wayland State Bank and again to Goshen in 1933 . . . married Mina Roth of Way- land, in 1920 . . . graduated Washington, Iowa, H. S., 1916 . . . taught rural school near Wayla-nd, 1916-17 . . . student Hesston College, 1917-18 . . . served in relief work in Near East, 1919-20 . . .second Vice-President of VVayland State Bank. . . Librarian of Mennonite His- torical Society . . , Pastor of Goshen College Mennonite Church since 1930 . . . Business Manager of Goshen Col- lege, 1924--1927, and since 1933 . . . Director of the en- dowment campaign of the Mennonite Board of Education, 1927-1931. VVALTER E. Yonex-born 1889 in La Grange County, Ind. . . . spent early life at To-peka, Ind .... graduated To- peka H. S. 1908 . . graduated Goshen College School of Music, 1913 . . . attended Bradley College of Music, Peoria, Ill., 1930, summer of 1931 . . . B. S. Goshen College 1933 . . . taught country school 1909-11g 1920-22 at VVashington, Illg summer term in Iowa, 1911.. . music instructor and director of Choruses at Goshen College since 1930 . . . married Matilda Schertz of Metamora, Ill., 1917 . . . father of four children . . . somewhat of a farmer, having lived on a farm for a number of years before com- ing to Goshen . . . fishing is his sport. Samurai, Yonex-born Goshen, Ind., 19.06 the son of Sil- vanus and Susie Troyer Yoder . . . has lived on a farm most of his life.. . married Ethel Oyer 1932 . . . graduated lN1iddlehury High School 1923 . . . B. A. Goshen College 1928 . . . NI. A. Harvard University 1929 . . . graduate student Vniversity of Michigan for three semes- ters, 1932-1933 . . . taught country school at Bristol, Ind. . . . instructor of English, Goshen College 1930-31 and first semester 1931-32, and since 1933. OLIVE XVYSE1bOl'I'I 1906, near VVayland, Iowa, the elder of two children . . . graduated VVayland H. S. in 1922 . . . received a scholarship from Iowa VVesleyan College, which she attended 1922-2+ . . . B. A. Goshen College 1926 . . . M. S. in Nutrition and Home Economics, State Uni- versity of Iowa 1933 . . . member of National Honorary Home Economics Society . . . taught in Goshen College Academy 1926-32 . . . since 1933 instructor in Home Eco- nomics and Physical Education in the college.