Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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g teaf erq Coffegc Rev. JOHN A. W. HAAS, D.D., LL.D., President. Professor of Religion and Philosophy. Since Dr. Haas became President of Muhlenberg, many import- ant changes have been brought about for the improvement of the College. Needed buildings have been erected from time to time, giving the College campus an imposing appearance. The courses of study have been greatly increased in number and amplified in their scojie, with the result that they now compare favorably with those in any of the colleges of Pennsylvania. But while directing Muhlenberg in her upward career. Dr. Haas has not neglected any of the less prominent functions of his position, such as the personal relation of professor to student. He frequently mingles unofficially with the students, engaging with them in informal conversation, and exerting an individual influence that is felt and appreciated by the many men of all classes with whom he comes in tact. Moreover, with his eager sympathy for the gridiron rooters, his hearty co-operation with the literary society devotees, and his encouraging support of the student mission workers, he maintains a careful and welcomed oversight of all the student interests. The decade during which Dr. Haas has been at the head of Muhlenberg has been one of pronounced success in every depart- ment and it is the sincere hope of every one that he will long continue to be the maker and preserver of Greater Muhlenberg. ]Iorn at Philadelphia, Pa., August 31, 1862. Prepared at Parochial School of Zion’s Church and Protestant Episcopal Academy. A.B. (First Honor man and Latin Salutatorian), University of Penn- sylvania, 1884. Entered Mt. Airy Theological Seminary, 1884. Ordained a minister of the Lutheran Church, 1887. A.M. and B.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1887. Graduate work at the LTniversity 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, 1904. LL.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1914. Nominated on Civic Federation by Gov. Stuart. Secretary of the College Presidents’ Association of Pennsylvania for several years. Elected President of the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1913. Member of the Board of Education of the General Council. One of the directors of the Mt. Airy Theological Seminary. Co-editor with Prof. Henry Ey.ster Jacobs, D.D., of the Lutheran Cyclopedia, . uthor of “Annotations on St. Mark” (Lutheran Commentary), “Bible Literature,” “Biblical Criticism,” and many valuable articles on theology. Speaker on religious topics before student groups of various universities. — 11 —

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HEV. JOHN A. W. HAAS, D.D., LL.D.

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giarfa f Yfit 48fR ttfassi George T. Ettinger, Ph.D., Dean. Professor of Latin Language and I.iteratt’re, and Pedagogy. Dr. Ettinger has been conneeted with Mnhlenl)erg College — first in the Academic Department and later as a Professor in the College itself — for more than thirty years. In all this long period he has l)een teacliing Latin, seeking to give his pupils a deep, firm, appreciative grasp on the stimulating literature of the Roman people. In addition to this he serves the College as its Dean, and is also an active mem- ber of the editorial committee of the College Bidletin. Eor many years he had charge of the Muhlenberg Library, and in his work of collation and arrangement laid the foundation for future efforts, and was very instrumental in establishing the Allen- town Public Library and providing for its needs. Dr. Ettinger is welcomed everywhere as an entertaining speaker, who can always draw from his wide and varied activity to interest and benefit an audienee. We hoi)e he may long continue to be a representative of Aluhlenberg College. Born at Allentown, Pa., November 8, 1800. Prepared in private school and the Academic Depart- ment of Muhlenberg f ' ollege. Junior Oratorical Prize and A.B. (Valedictorian), Muhlenberg College, 1880. Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. A.M., Muhlenberg College, 1883. Ph.D., New York Univer- sity, 18!)1. Instructor in the Academic Department of Muhlenberg College, 1881-81. Principal of the Academic Department, 1881AL2. Alumni Editor of “The Muhlenberg,” 1880-1!)11. President of the Alumni Association of Muhlenberg College. President of the Lehigh County Historical Society. For fifteen years a Director of the Public Schools, and for several years President and later Secretary of the Board of Control. Secretary of the Lehigh Prison Board. Secretary of the Pennsylvania Ger- man Society. Member of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, the American Philological Society, the American Historical Society, the National Geographic Society, and the Pennsylvania Society of New A ' ork. .Joint Flditor of “Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Lehigh Valley’ with .John H. Jordan, LL.D., and Edgar AL Green, A.M., M.D. Literary Editor of the Allentown “Morning Call,”