Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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fistory of tl)c ( lass of ’95. BY JOHN EEMER SANDT. N chronicling the rise, progress, and magnificent achieve- ments of the Class of ’95 in its slow but determinate advancement from Prepdom to the dignified and exalted position of a college Senior, the historian cogitates, contemplates, meditates, hesitates, tarries, pauses, — in a word, he is in a dilemma. He politely withholds the enorm- ous lapse of time that intervened from the first entrance of a few of our men into Prep until the time of their graduation ; from the time the seed, whose fruits the world is about to enjoy, first received fond nursing — for fear that he might be plunged into the subterranean caves of Pompeii or Hercu- laneum. He will not attempt, in liis yet meagre knowledge of anthropology, to nation- alize his worthy classmates ; he dare not reveal their chivalric nor their in animo matrimonial affiliations; he cannot accuse them of “crib- bing”; he must not overlaud the holy virtues of the sanctimonious or goody-goodies, lest, in centuries hence, these historic lines might fall into the hands of some well-meaning friends, and a son of Muhlenberg be canon- ized. No ! This is not our scope nor intent. Every member of this illustrious Class stands as an “historical nucleus,” irradiat- ing like stars the incandescent light of the honest and sound principles which Muhlenberg imparts to her students. We are not of age ; we are only twenty. But if we deem it worthy to follow in the footsteps of the Reverend of our Class, 25

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Frederick Charles Krapf, . . . Newark, Del. Sophronian Literary Society ; Augsburg Society ; Missionary Society ; Franklin Literary Association ; Press Association ; Business Manager of The Muhlenberg. Luther Dech Lazarus, .... Allentown, Pa. $ r A ; Sophronian Literary Society. Philip Andrew Lentz, .... Paxton, Pa. Euterpean Literary Society ; Augsburg Society ; Missionary Society. Harry Philip Miller, . . . Selin’s Grove, Pa. Euterpean Literary Society ; Augsburg Society ; Missionary Society ; Franklin Literary Association ; Press Association ; Chapel Choir. Newton T. Miller, ..... Limerick, Pa. 4 r A ; Sophronian Literary Society. John Elmer Sandt, .... Sandt’s Eddy, Pa. A T S2 ; Euterpean Literary Society ; Augsburg Society ; Mis- sionary Society ; Franklin Literary Association ; Press Associ- ation ; Editor-in-Chief of The Muhlenberg . Morris Edwin Schadt, . . . Schadt’s P. O. , Pa. Euterpean Literary Society. William James Schmidt, .... Freeland, Pa. Sophronian Literary Society ; Missionary Society. Elmer Ellwood Snyder, . . . Martin’s Creek, Pa. Euterpean Literary Society ; Augsburg Society ; Missionary Society ; Franklin Literary Association ; Press Association ; Chapel Chair ; Personal Editor of The Muhlenberg. Wellington Jacob Snyder, . . . Tower City, Pa. i I ' A ; Euterpean Literary Society. Joseph Herbert Stopp, .... Allentown, Pa. l r A ; Euterpean Literary Society ; Franklin Literary Association. 24

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we shall some day be twenty-won. The paths of all were not strewn with daisiesf, yet there was a little sunshinef in every soul, even if it struck only the sole of a Bauer ' s J shoe between Bethlehem and Allentown. The recipient of a chestnut highly appreciates the imitative originality of a few of the Class. IVir brauchen niclit bange zu sein in diesem Drange. Wir liaben einen Bauer , zivei Mueller , einen Becker , einen Schmidt, und zwei Schneider. Morgens, Mittags, rind Abends essen wir unsern Krapf mit der Gabel. So bald der Schnee vergangen ist kommt der Lenz. Es i t aber doch Schadt dasz der arme Lazarus bei uns ist. Hier heisst es, Stopp. Our motto, “ In virtute et sapientia Jidemus, in colors of maroon and white, whether on campus or in class-room, incited its loyal bearers with a never-despairing energy, so that to-day ’95 stands the only Class that can boast of never having met its superior, nor even its equal. The idea of attempting to write the history of so exemplary a Class in five hundred words is simply preposterous. But if any desire to acquaint themselves with the real history of this Class, we heartily recommend them to the Faculty, who have nothing but words of praise for us. Dear to our hearts shall be the memory of the past ; and in leaving this fair city and these hallowed walls of old Muhlenberg, we bid ye Faculty, students, and friends of Allentown, a sad farewell. “ Adieu ! Such is the word for us, ’Tis more than word, ’tis prayer ; They do not part who do part thus, For God is everywhere.” February 9, 1895. City papers, September 27, 1894. t For elucidation inquire at Room 52. t The Muhlenberg , Vol. XII, No. 4, December, 1894, personals. 26