Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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Alumni Association. PRESIDENT, FRANCIS G. LEWIS, Allentown, Pa. VICE PRESIDENTS, REV. EDWIN F. KEEVER, Catasauqua, Pa. REV. J. J. SCHINDEL, Allentown, Pa. RECORDING SECRETARY, J. A. BAUMAN, Ph. D., Allentown, Pa. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY and TREASURER, G. T. ETT1NGER, Ph. D„ Allentown, Pa. BOARD OF MANAGERS: G. T. ETTINGER, Ph. D„ DR. HOWARD S, SEIP. REUBER J. BUTZ, ESQ. To Those Who Are, Who Ought To, and Who Will. I T requires no long ' and tedious investigation to show to a fainninded man that the advantages which a college offers to a young man are not and can not be paid for by the small sum charged for tuition. It must then neces- sarily ' ' follow that an alumnus of an institution of learning owes it something more than the money he has paid into its treasury. This is true of the smaller colleges as well as of the larger ones, for although the latter can offer more courses, a larger equipment, more imposing buildings, the former have their peculiar advantages which in the minds of many educators fully offset those of the larger institutions. This is particularly true of the undergraduate courses. It matters not how much may be offered in the way of mental pabulum and delectation to an undergraduate student, he will carry away with him no more than he is able to digest, and most small colleges offer more than most students can assimilate with profit unto-themselves in the allotted four years of study. What is over and beyond this is use- less and may be a source of harm. The alumnus of a small college, therefore, owes it also a life-long devotion.

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WILLARD D. KLINE, A. M„ M. D. Born at Allentown, Pa. July 4, 1877. Prepared at Muhlenberg Prep. En- tered Muhlenberg College 1893; Was graduated 1897; Entered Jefferson Medical College 1897; Was graduated 1901; Resident Physician at German Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., 1901-1903; Elected Examining Physician at Muhlenberg College 1908; Physician to Tuberculosis Despensary, Dep’t of Health, Commonwealth of Penna.; Member of the American Medical Asso- ciation and Lehigh County Medical Society. GEORGE O. BARCLAY, D. D. S. Born in Milton, Pa. Prepared at Bucknell Preparatory school; Entered Lafayette, 1894; played left-half-back on the foot ball team; was captain, season of 1896; captain of base ball team season of 1897. 1897 and 1898, played with the Rochester base-ball team of the Plastern League; Fall of 1897, he coached and played on the foot-ball team of the Greensburg Athletic Club; 1898 and 1899, coached the University of Rochester foot-ball team. He played three years with the St. Louis base-ball team of the National League and two years with the Boston Nationals. He entered Medico Chi, graduating in 1908 with the degree, U. D. S. In 1907, he coached the Muhlenberg College foot-ball team; 1908 was elected Professor of Physical Education at Muhlenberg College. At the present time he is practicing dentistry in Philadelphia.

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The claims of a church college on the devotion of its alumni are still stronger. Its graduates are quite largely members of the church which has established it and fosters it. On account of the feeling of so many rich men against positive religious teaching, it can not look to these for large gifts. It can not expect any aid from the State. It must get its support mainly from the members of the church to which it belongs and whose interests it serves and with whose prosperity it is so closely united that what aids the one helps the other. An alumnus of such a college has three strong reasons why he should loyally support it : first, because it is a strong aid in the upbuilding of his own church ; secondly, because it stands for Christianity over against materialism and atheism ; thirdly, because it is his alma mater. A very useful factor in the prosperity of an institution of learning is its Alumni Association. This is an organization composed of those who have experienced the benefits of a college education, who know the needs of the college quite intimately, and who are united by the bond of a common love for the college which has fostered them. Many alumni can do very little financially for their Alma Mater, but not one has any good reason for refus- ing to belong to the Alumni Association. This is emphatically true of the Alumni of Muhlenberg College. When the initiation fee is but fifty cents and the annual dues only a dollar, surely no one can say he can not afford to be- long to it. And yet one-third of the alumni have never in anyway been connected with the Association, and of the remaining two-thirds only about a fourth are present at its meetings or contribute regularly to its treasury. If every alumnus would make it his duty yearly to contribute his dollar, how easily the Association could sup- ply a stated sum for increasing the library. There are about 600 graduates. If only 500 would yearly send their dues to the Treasurer, Prof. G. T. Ettinger, Ph. D., we could have an annual library fund of $400. This with the funds now on hand would make it at least $500, which could be annually used to purchase new books for the library and put in better shape the material already on hand. Could the money be better invested, and at less trouble to the members? Think what it would mean to have such a steady growth of so important a factor in the development of the college, — the library. In this way, at the expense of the small sum of one dollar a year, or two cents a week, every alumnus could participate in the advancement of his Alma Mater, even though he were so situated as not to be present at the meetings of the Association. Those who could attend could be helpful in arousing and sustaining interest in the institution and in devising ways and means for its support and enlargement. Surely it is no grievous task once a year to meet together as a sort of committee on the state of the college, exchange views, and renew old friendships. Let every Senior then join the Alumni Association on his commencement day, and ever after remain an active, contributing member of the same. In this way it can be made a potent factor in the upbuilding of a Greater Muhlenberg. 26