Moravian College - Benigna Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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0 W T .M .... ,., ,...... -..M S 'ao S 5 Ghz 152'-H Blvnizta Editorial Staff EDITOR-IN-C1I1ER .... .... ....... ....... C l 1 arles C. Albrecht l..l'I'ERARY E1in'l'oR ........... . .... . . . . lidward T. Mickey, Ir. Reuben H. Gross Vernon l. Graf ART EDITOR . . . ......................... Donald lil. Foust James L. MeAla1'ney William D. Gerdsen PHo'rocR.x1'Hs FEATURE EDITOR .......................... George C. Reinlce W'illiam D. Gerdsen Nathan Auerbach 1 Business Staff BUSINESS MANAQAER .............,....... Ruben D. Uollniann i ADVERTISING MANAGERS . . Ralph VanBilliard, Harry J. Troclahl Iohfn- K. Uhler Robert F. Thompson Frank Kerman Acknowledgment The REV ISTA Staff takes this opportunity to express its appreciation for all assistance rendered the publication by Dr. Charles K. Meschter Edward Helmich, '32 Samuel Reinke, '32 and Others 'N UI ,,,,ZRX C.. W . ., - .... ... .... .. ..., f A Z 10 R i 2 ll z K 1

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1, I l 6 Q M nl' 797' 'P'95i 'x' -ll -usurwyu nuvussl ill Readers of tins volume tevzll be fmtmrsfed tn the outslaztdmq urls ronrermng the orsgm and development of om Alma Mater The founding of MOFWVIHU College and Theologlcal Semm try w ts mfluenced by causes extendmg 1n therr area from Pennsylvanm New Jersey and New York to North Carolma From the year 1738, when the Moravian Church hrst began tts work m Amcnca all Mora vlan nnmsters and vsorkers had been educated tn Europe As tune went on however tt became desxrable that thls conchtton be changed and that Amerlcan mnnsters be tramed tn tlns country The Rev Jacob 'VanVleck prmcxpal of N'17areth Hall Narareth Pa and the Rev Chrlstxan Leams Benrxen of Salem N C earnestly tdtxocated thc establxshment of a theologlcal sennnary The matter was brought to the attentlon of a conference of Moravlan mmlsters convened at Bethlehem ln the vear 1802 and the project was favor ably recelved by the tlurty s1x men present Further plans were deterred untxl 1807 when a general scheme and currxculum were elaborated On October 2 1807 1n one of the bulld mgs of Nazareth Hall, work was begun by two men, Ernest Lewm Havelxus md John Chrxstxan Bechler the best tramed men 'tvzulable The brst class consxstcd of three stu dents A second class was formed m 1810 There be1ng no candidates for the mmxstry 1n the followlng years the mstltutlon was temporarlly closed Smce tts re optmng tn the 5ear 1820 however tts work has been umnte1rupted Pr1or to the year 1858 there was a classlcal department whxch had been begun rn 1823 and wlnch was preparatory to the Semmary ln 1858 by deternnnatlon of Provmczal of a full collegxate course and the lnstttutton was reorganlzed under the name 'md charac ter of MOFTV1111 College and Theologual Semmary Under thrs tltle lt was mcorporated on Aprxl 3 1863 and tts board of trustees duly mvested Wrth the legal nghts btlongrng to such bodies General scheme and currxculum of the earlv years show that the classlcal traclttxon was accepted as among the greatest forces the past can offer for the trammg of the present Enlargement of currlculum throughout the years has conslstently resulted m the enrlch ment of the course of study Grown out of tlns enlargement the Classlcal, Latin Scxentlne and General Sctence courses offered m the College and leadmg to the degree of B A or B S are des1gned to meet the needs of those who are preparmg themselves for pro fesslonal busmess or lndustrtal hfe Beyond study 1n those subjects wlnch are regarded as essent1al prehmmarles for all professxonal study the student may cxerclse electxve pr1v1 lege whxch enables htm to choose hrs work Wlfll reference to the 'nms he has ua vxew The course ln the Theologxcal Semxnary 15 much like those of other chvmxty schools Here the Blble IS the chmef textbook the doctrlne of the crucxhed and rtsen Lord the een tral doctrme, and the prmclple of the fathers In essenwtrals untty, m non essentmls hberty rn all thmgs charxty 15 the controlllng factor In 1ts mam purpose that of tralrnng men for the mmlstry of fthe MOFHXIJH Church the 1nst1tut1on has been of much servlce to the Church and has furmshecl 1 successlon of energetlc and exemplary mlnlsters who have wortlnly filled thetr places xn the ranks of the Morav1an M1n1stry Lrkewlse many of the men who have graduated from the College have pushed to the front 1n p1'OfCS51011S other than the mnnstry and have won CllSUT10ll0l'l as able and chhgent workers for God and :fellowman The prestdents of the mstrtutxon haxe been men of strength of character and unusuallw well fitted for the posxttons W111Cl1 they held Ernest Lewts Harelms the first head of the Semmary had been tralned from childhood tn the prmclples of the church VSh1Ch he was to serxe After he had served for some tnne as head of the Semmtry unfortun xte dlfferen Z 12 W I 1 Ruth!! 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