Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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George T. Ettinger, Ph.D., Dean. Professor of the Latin Language and Literature, and Pedagogy. Born at Allentown, Pa., Nov. 8, 1860. Prepared in private school and the academic department of Muhlenberg. A.B. (Valedictorian), Muhlenberg Col- lege, 1880. A.M., Muhlenberg College, 1883. Ph.D. New York University, 1891. Instructor in the Academic Department, 1881-84. Principal of the Academic Department 1884-92. Professor of Latin at Muhlenberg since 1892. A member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. Alumni Editor of “The Muhlenberg” 1886-1911. For fifteen years a Direc- tor of the Public Schools, and for a number of years President and later Secretary of the Board of Con- trol. Secretary of the Pennsylvania German Society. Member of Pennsylvania Historical Society, the American Philological Society, and the Pennsylvania Society of New York. President of the Lehigh County Historical Society. Secretary and Treasurer of the Alumni Association of Muhlenberg College. Secretary of the Lehigh Prison Board. Literary Editor of the “Allentown Morning Call.” Rev. William Wackernagle, D.D., Chaplain. Professor of Modern Languages and Literature. Born at Basel, on the Rhine, Switzerland, Sept. 25, 1838. Prepared at Basel. Missionary in the Holy Land, 1859-70. Assistant Editor of “Der Pilger”, Reading, Pa., 1870-76. Ordained a minister of the Lutheran Church in 1876. Pastor of St. John’s Church, Mauch Chunk, 1876-81. Founded St. John’s Church, East Mauch Chunk, 1880. Professor at Muhlenberg since 1881. A.M., Muhlenberg College, 1882. D.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1883. Pas- tor of St. Thomas’ Church, Altoona, Pa. 1884-87. German Secretary of the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1882-87. Acting President of Muhlen- berg College from December, 1903, to June, 1904. Author of “Liedergerschicten,” “Dr. Martin Luther and “Hans Egede”. Editor of the “Jugend Freund”. A frequent contributor to various Church periodi- cals. Page T wenty

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Rev. John A. W. Haas, D.D., President. Professor of Religion and Philosophy. Born at Philadelphia, August 31, 1862. Prepared at Parochial School of Zion’s Church and Protestant Episcopal Academy. A.B. University of Penna. Latin Salu- tatorian. Entered Mt. Airy Theological Seminary, 1884. Ordained a minister of the Lutheran Church, 1887. A.M. and B.D. University of Penna. 1887. Graduate work at the University of Leipsic, 1887-88. Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, New York City, 1889-96. Pastor of St. Paul ' s church, 1896-1904. D.D. Thiel College, 1902. Elected fourth President of Muhlenberg College in 1904. Secretary of College President’s As- sociation of Pennsylvania. Co-editor with Prof. Henry Eyster Jacobs, D.D. of the Lutheran cyclopedia. Author of Annotation on the Gospel of St. Mark (Lutheran Commentary). Author of Bible Literature and Biblical Criticisin’’ and many valu- able articles on theology. Page Nineteen

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Rev. John A. Bauman, Ph.D., Librarian. Pro- fessor of Mathematics and Astronomy. Born at South Easton, Pa., September 21, 1847. Prepared at Quakertown Seminary, 1873. A.B. (Valedictorian), Muhlenberg College. 1876, A.M., Muhlenberg College. 1876, was graduated from Mt. Airy Seminary and ordained a minister of the Lu- theran Church. Pastor in Westmoreland County, Pa., 1876-77. Vice-Principal of Mathematics, Kutz- town, Pa., 1877-81. Professor of Latin, German and English at Gustavus Adolphus College, 1881-85. Asa Packer Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences at Muhlenberg College, 1885-97, and since then Pro- fessor of Mathematics and Astronomy. The first alumnus to be elected to a professorship at Muhlen- berg. Robert C. Horn, A.M. Mosser-Kecfj; Professor of the Creelf Language and Literature. Born in Charleston, S. C., in 1881. Graduated with first honor from the Charleston High School, 1896. Entered Charleston College 1896. Entered Sophomore Class of Muhlenberg College, 1897. A.B. (Third Honor), Muhlenberg, 1900. A.M. Muhlen- berg College, 1903. A.M., Harvard University, 1904. Graduate work at Johns Hopkins University, 1900-01. Instructor in Ancient and Modern Languages at the North Carolina Military Academy, Red Springs, N. C., 1901-03. A graduate student of Classical Philo- logy at Harvard University, 1903-04. Appointed in- structor of the Greek Language and Literature at Muhlenberg in 1904. Later elected to the Mosser- Keck chair. Spent summers of 1906 and 1910 in Greece and Italy. Leave of absence for study at Harvard University, 1907-08. Page T tvenly-one