Moravian College - Benigna Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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0 2. I I Ii V W N If A Q lig, -lib R. . S f - ---- lan 2 Ae -A -MN-i. ,,.,x .. Q V S 4 ? 2 I t ees with some of his brethren led him to sever his connections with the Church and Semi- nary and he became an honored professor successively at Hartwick Seminary, New York, . Gettysburg Seminary, Pa.g and Lexington Seminary, North Carolina. His was truly a life of service throughout. 7 His successors were equally well-iitted for their positions a.nd furthered the interests of the school with utmost care. Conspicuons among them were the Rev. L. F. Kampmann, the tirst to be designated president , the Rt. Rev. Edmund deSchweinitz, S. T. D., a noted ' histori-an of the Church, the Rev. A. Schultze, D. D., L. H. D., an inspiring teacherg the Rt. Rev. J. Taylor Hamilton, D. D., for some years clothed with high executive authority Q in the Church. The present head of the institution is the Rev. W. N. Schwarze, Ph. D., D. D. The professors have been men of high purpose and scholarly attainment. In the board of trustees there have been many men of vigorous personality who have supervised , the pecuniary concerns of the institution with success. 5 ' Since 1807 more than one thousand and seventy-eight students have studied within the walls of the institution. The student body numbered pne hundred and twenty last year. Review of records of the men who have gone out from this school reveals the fact that, in the main, it has been fortunate in attracting young men of serious purpose. A Endowment of the institution was practically begun through the legacy of Godfrey , I-Iaga, at first a tailor of Philadelphia, later engaging in foreign trade. He was a member ' of the Moravian Church of that city. Having no direct heirs, he constitut-ed the Society for Propagatiug the Gospel, a Moravian organization, and the oldest denominaltional mis- sionary association in the country, his residuary legatee. He bequeathed to this organiza- Q 6 tion the sum of twenty thousand dollars for the education of candidates for the ministry. l The endowment fund of the institution now amounts to fS250,000.00, and the special endow- l ments, including real estate and buildings, total S560,000.00. Considerable interest attaches to the home of tl1e institution. Its first home was in Nazareth Hall. In 1838 it was transferred to Bethlehem, finding its home on the north l i side of Broad Street, a little to the west of New Street. In 1851 it was moved back to i Nazareth, its home there being the historic VVhiteheld House. For the brief interval of a little more than one year, 1855-1856, the theological class attended lectures in Philadelphia. In 1858, by order of Synod, the institution was tinally settled in Bethlehem and located in a remodelled building on the south side of Church Street, a little to the east of New Street, theretofore known as Nisky Hill Seminary. Later the erection of the stately group of buildings on College I-Iill was begun. In 1892 Comcnius Hall, a massive structure in Ro- manesque architecture, the Refec-tory. and Resident Professfor's house were occupied. A year later the Helen Stad-iger Borhek Memorial Chapel, the munilicent gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ashton C. Borhek of Bethlehem, was added. In 1908, the Harvey Memorial Library, gen- erous gift of an alumnus, the late Mr. Cennick Harvey, and his brother, Mr. Charles E. W. Harvey, was completed. The alumni association assists in the maintenance of this library which houses 20,000 volumes. In 1912, the united efforts of students and alumni brought to the institution a well-equipped gymnasium. As a memo-rial to the soldiers and sailors of the Moravian Church, who served during the European War, a Science Hall was A erected in 1920. As the increase in the number of students has made apparent the need of further ac- commodations, the hrst unit of a dormitory quadrangle is being erected, the munificen-t gift of tthe Honorable james M. Beck, 'M.r. Harrison Desh, Mr. Eugene A. Rau, Mr. Archi- I bald Johnston, Mr. S. Fahs Smith, Mr. C. Elmer Sm-ith, and Mr. A. C. Pierson. The new 5' structure is being reared on a three-acre plot of ground added to the campus by gift two years ago. Thus preparations are under way for a still greater and still more useful insti- tution of higher learning which will benefit mankind in years to come. ' 7 W W ,F .,.,,......, ..,... --.-ng... A ..-g........-.- .xw--H :x--- :sa a1-re-0 Z 13' S 6 - F If fi 3

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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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