Hartwick College - Oyaron Yearbook (Oneonta, NY)

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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

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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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HIIJE carrying on iiis missionary work and con- tinuing to rule the newly founded coiony, Hart- wick found time and eltqort to expend in ttie interest of estatmiistiing more friendly relationships between the wliile men and Indians. Hartwick. iiimseif. was to act as arbitrator or, as tie stated it, Hfriend. teacher. and spirit- ual counselor . The tri-personality man was. as a rule, a self- denying person. There are, iwwever, eidences that even the pious Hartwick possessed a few human weaknesses. Old bins testify to the fact that tae knew his iiquor. His ottier shortcomings consisted of suiiting, moodiness, and utter disregard for sucil triviatities as Hwtiat time wen-dressed man should wearn. Such stim- utus words as Ucieanu and Hspotiessn evoked in Hart- wick tilougtrts of the spiritual life but failed to secure ttie proper responses with regard to his external Hraimentn. Neither was tiis manner gracious, nor were his sermons particularly fascinating. Nevertheless, a pure heart beat beneath his soiied blanket coat. His virtues gained him the friendship of time Livingstons and time Van Rens- satears, and tue Figures conspicuously in the annals of his denomination.