Hartwick College - Oyaron Yearbook (Oneonta, NY)

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FDREWQRD Q... -1.1-1 l, x . i I '4 -gvcfl A j2Z5'l 'du' ' Mba a' - :- is QD K it . t Qi Ax6Pa4N 42 th X, Siva my Q06 PM W- ' : X9 F? cf- Hti I9-I2 UYARON represents tile at Hartwick against a hactigrounct of wortct turmoit' anct war-time eco- nomics. In these ctays of uncertainty, when we are see- ing our cotteagues go to war, there stitt remains among the stuctents a note of optimism towarct the tuturewa ctetermination to Htatqe up the torch . . . to hotct it sy high . This yearhootc traces the development of our cottege from The Rev. John Christopher Hartwictes arrivat in America to 1928, when the cornerstone of theucottege was taict on otct Qyaron, the hitt of ctreams. The Rev. Hartwick, horn in Saxe-Gothe. Germany anct ectucatect at Hatte. promptect hy the tove of actven- ture and interest in mission Awortc, set sait for the new country. The Hmigrating hachetorn anct the tnctians soon mutuatty hetrienctect one another. Hartwick tater pur- chased from the Ntohawtcs, a tract of tanct in the Otsego Qatxe Region near Cooperstown. There he hopect to found a cotony anct some ctay, a seminary. His City of Goct, or as it was tater namect, New iterusatem, was to oe a haven for Christians, chietty Lutherans. Land was to he hact cheaply hut the poputation wave ctict not flow in that ctirection, mainly hecause the settters were retuctant to suhject themsetves to the strict rutes set forth hy Hartwick, which requirect, among other things, that ai shoutct Hattenct regutarty, ctecentty, attentivety, anct ctevoutty, divine service as given hy John Chris- tophe Hartwign.

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OY R0 S-JB Q ' ,eff , - 5' ' -3 xl ff 'Q '44 ,F 0 CAN wif ' I-,fb wr EdiJred by The Junior Class Harfwick College,Qneor1+a, New York

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DEDlcATlo To Dr. Norcnoerg, atfaiaie friend and understanding teacher, whose Hne sense of humor and appreciation of the higher tidings have macte him the true Hartwick- ian icteat, we gratefuiiy cieciicate this tweiftti edition of QYARON. Dr. Gustave S. Nordloerg. Professor of Psychology and Philosophy