Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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hrh f YI)c 48f CfassI Robert R. Fritsch, A.M. Instructor in Modern Languages. The second member of the class of 1900 to come to the faculty of Muh- lenberg was Mr. Fritsch. He soon took nj) work in the Modern Language Dejiartment, in which he is today. Here his great desire is to fill the stu- dent with German, and to fulfill this desire he has taken great pains. He offers extra hours to those who have special difficulty in pronunciation, that they may get the German accent. To those who wish it he assigns further work in collateral German reading courses, including recognized novelettes and dramas, and covering a wide range of authors. Occasionally he conducts a German reading in his classroom, which is open to attend- ance by every one. By selecting his readings so as to interest students, he stimulates them to enjoy and appreciate spoken German. Mr. F ritsch also stands for helping the students in every way possible to im])rove morally. In this sphere his position is almost unique on the faculty. A few years ago he was the leader of one of the Muhlen- berg Bible study classes. Yhatever he can do to be of assistance athletically, intellectually, and morally, he is willing to do, and it is this that especially marks his instructorship here as a successful one. Born at . llent() vn. Pa., September 10, 1879. Graduatetl from the Allentown High School with First Honor, 1890. . .B. (Valedictorian), Muhlenberg College, 1900. A.M., Muhlenberg College, 1903. Ph.B., Illinois Wesleyan I niversity, 1901. . .M., Illinois Wesleyan University, 1907. Teacher in Department of Classics, . llentown High School, 1901-07. Instructor in Greek at Aluhlenberg College, 1907-08. Instructor in Modern Languages since 1908. Graduate work at the University of Penn.syl- vania. 1910-13. — 18 —

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I Mn feaf era Harry D. Bailey, A.M. Professor of Biology. Lafayette College has given Muh= lenberg three of the members of her faculty, and one of these is Prof. Bailey. He has taken an active inter- est in the activities of the College, and is always welcomed for his interesting and significant speeches at Muhlen- berg smokers. But this is only inci- dental — his chief work is in the Biolo- gy Department. He is almost entirely responsible for the very remarkable growth of the Biology work at Muh- lenberg. A wide and inclusive collec- tion of entomological specimens has been added to the laboratory. He has also assiduously devoted himself to making microscopic slides of various organisms for use in biologic work. Long hikes have been taken with his classes over the countryside in a fruitful search for organisms of plant life. Prof. Bailey’s method of instruction is not by forcing students to work, but by stimulating their interest; and all honor is due him that he can so successfully call forth in students the true spirit of scholarship, when research becomes a pleasure and mental work a passion. This is Prof. Bailey’s contribution to Muhlenberg’s mental life, and it is a spirit for which Muhlenberg is deeply indebted to Lafayette College. Born at Easton, Pa., January 14, 1881. Graduated from the South Easton High School, 1897. A.B., Lafayette College, 1904. A.M., Lafayette College, 1909. Although pursuing a Classical Course, he specialized in Biology. Attended the Biological Laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, during the summer of 1903. A.ssistant in Biology at Lafayette College, and teacher in Easton Academy, 1905-03. Assistant in the Division of Zoology, Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, 1908-09. Ap- pointed Instructor in Biology, Muhlenberg College, 1909, and elected Professor of Biology, 1910. — 17

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I Mn feni erg Stephen G. Simpson, A.M., LIBRARIAN Associate Professor of Enolish. Although this is but the third year tliat Prof. Simpson has been teacliing at Muhlenberg, yet so closely has he associated himself with the working of the institution that the students in College feel that he has been here a much longer time. His instruction is marked by live, personal, persistent drilling, in which he at- tempts to give material not for the notebook but for the mind. His lec- tures, tests, and assignments have such stimulating variety that they appeal to the individual interests of the students. There is also another role in which Prof. Simpson is rendering the College great ser- vice, namely, that of Librarian. He has carefully catalogued the most important sections of our library, according to the Dewey Decimal and Cutter systems of classification, and is steadily at work to bring the cataloguing to completion. Prof. Simpson is one of the facidty members that seek to help men by personal intercourse; and in his sanctum, the Library, he discusses every variety of matter with every variety of man. In this way he has made himself a vital fac- tor in student life, a helper indispensable to those who know him. Born at Easton, Pa., May 4, 1874. Graduated at South Easton High School, 1892. . .B., Lafa- yette College, 1896. Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Fraternity. A.M., Lafayette College, 1899. Teacher in South Easton High School, 1897-1902. Head of English Department, Easton High School, 1903-11. ( ' olumhia University, summer sessions, 1903, 1904, 1905; courses in English and French. Instructor in English at Muhlenberg College, 1911-14. Elected Associate Professor, 1914. 19 —