Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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TO THE REVEREND CHARLES MICHAEL JACOBS, A. M. Instructor of History, 1 905 0 7 ; Professor of History, I907 09, THE CLASS OF 1911 respectfully dedicate this Ciarla, as a token of their eSteem and appreciation of his broad work and loyalty to Muhlenberg. 5

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Rev. Charles Michael Jacobs, A. M. HARLES MICHAEE JACOBS was born in Gettysburg, Pa., December 5, 1875. He is the son of Henry Eyster Jacobs, D. D. who at that time was Professor of Latin in Pennsylvania College. His grandfather, Michael Jacobs, D. D. had been Professor of Mathematics in the same institution from its foundation to the time of his death. In 1883, the family moved to Philadelphia, where Mr. Jacobs received his college preparation at the Rittenhouse Academy conducted for many years at Eighteenth and Chestnut Streets, but now gone out of existence. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with the degree of A. B. in 1895, and during the year 1895-96 was Master of Mathema- tics at the Chestnut Hill Academy. Entering the Lutheran Seminary at Mount Airy in 1896, he was graduated from that institution and ordained to the ministry of the Lutheran Church by the Miuisterium of Pennsylvania in 1899. From 1899 to 1902, Rev. Jacobs was pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, North Wales, Pa. In 1895-96, 1896-97, and 1901-1902, he was a post-graduate student in History and Philosophy at the University of Pennsyl- vania, from which institution he received the degree of A. M. Resigning his charge at North Wales, Pa. in 1902, he spent the two semesters of 1902-03’ at the University of Leipzig as a student in History and Philosophy, with Church History as his major subject. In 1904 he was elected the first pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, Allentown, Pa. and has served that con- gregation as its pastor ever since. Elected Instructor of History at Muhlenberg College in 1905, he became Pro- fessor of History in 1907, filling that chair until 1909, when he resigned from the faculty to devote all his time to work of his congregation. He was married in 1905 to Abigal Shearer of North Wales, Pa. and has one child, a daughter, born in 1906. Under his devoted pastorate at the Christ Lutheran Church, the present beautiful structure was reared, and the congregation has been assuming ever greater proportions. As students, we are best acquainted with Mr. Jacobs in the capacity of Professor of History at our institution. . He was always a close student, ever seeking to give his classes the latest and best interpretations that historical research afforded. It was our privilege when conversing with him to feel that we were being met on our own ground. He was a student among the students. His energies, while at Muhlenberg were not confined exclusively to the lecture room. As co-worker with Professor William Reese, he devoted no little time to fostering and de- veloping athletics, perceiving th erein not only the best physical training for the student, but a necessary step toward the realization of Greater Muhlenberg. We shall always remember him as a warm friend of our Alma Mater. 7