Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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PAUL JULIUS GEBERT hi Schuylkill Ave., Tamaqua, Pa. Born at Tamaqua, Pa., May 22, 1896. Prepared at Tamaqua High School. En- tered Muhlenberg in the fall of 1913. Clas- sical Course. Alpha Tau Omega. Class President (2). Assistant Editor-in-Chief 1917 Ciarla. Class Football (3). Class Basketball (1, 2); Manager (1). Class Baseball. Lutheran. “What do you want?’’ harshly queried Paul Julius Gebert, standing behind the counter in Bernheim’s office, as I entered. “Oh, nothing,’’ 1 replied. But at that moment the aroma of a well-blended cigarette reached my nose and I continued, “But you can give me a cigarette.” Those were the fatal words and the next few minutes were engaged by Gebert in a lecture on smoking and “bumming ' ' cigarettes. This he concluded by handing me a pack of “Home-Run” cigarettes (20 for 5 cents). 1 had but started to enjoy the smoke when Gebert began to tell me all about our coming Biology quiz and said, “Ask me any question on this animal dope and I’ll answer it — sure as you know, Al.” Trying to trip him up I asked him to classify “Geranium maculatum” (a flower), and he placed it among the vertebrates in Zoology. I had called his bluff, for he has been working this “Yoh Eddy” stuff overtime, of late. He now began to work away on the typewriter, for he passes as an excuse for a stenographer. In this connection we might mention that he quite frequently pulls an “A” in the religion course. “Geb,” said I (we call him “Geb” for short, altho he insists his pet name is “Tiny”), “have you been down to see any of the fights lately?” “No, and if you want to see some clever boxing come up to Tamaqua,” he replied. I told him we did not have to go to Tamaqua to see fights and that if he wanted to see something clever he had better step up to me. Now, Gebert is a pretty hard guy, and some basketball star, and when he made a move to come after me, our conver- sation was quickly ended by a hurried exit.

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WALDEMAR L. GALEENKAMP 1640 Madison Ave., Scranton, Pa. Born in New York City, March 9, 1894. Prepared at Scranton High Schools. En- tered Muhlenberg in the fall of 1913. Classical Course. Deutseher Vercin; Presi- dent (2). K. K. Klub. Round Table. Delta Theta. Press Club (2). Class Cheer Leader (1). Assistant College Cheer Leader (3). Photographer 1917 Ciarla. Class Baseball (1). Class Football (2, 3). Charles D. Boschen German Prize. Lu- theran. Republican. Ministry. To get fully acquainted with the subject of this sketch turn on and look for He they . “Bumps” came from Scranton which showed his good judgment, but he still insists that Scranton is a “real place” and not half as bad as painted. This gentleman is a swimming fiend and has a string of medals a yard long. lie spoiled five or six prospective jobs for Scranton undertakers, yet he never told us a word about it. It is rumored the American Undertakers’ Association is educating him for the ministry, so that he will not become a professional life-saver. As an entertainer “Bumps” is a live wire and many a party has gathered around the fireplace in “Galley’s” room to sing, tell stories and swap lies. The one draw- back to these gatherings is Heffley, who insists on going to bed at 10.30 and thus dampens (?) the ardor of the crowd. “Bumps” is a remarkable student. He has been known to recite in class while fast asleep. He can speak English and German fluently, can tell a good story and knows how to read. Who has not thrilled to hear him read the dramatic speeches of Anthony and Brutus, the philosophy of Hamlet, the ribaldry of Falstaff, the tenderness of Heine and the Abscheid lied from the “Trompeter of Sakkigcn ”? Waldemar is to be a minister. All we can say is “Happy will be the church that gets him.”

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Yr EDWIN RAYMOND HAAG 655 Tulpehocken St., Reading, Pa. Born near Bernvillc, Pa., April 22, 1894. Prepared at Reading High School. En- tered Muhlenberg in the fall of 1913. Clas- sical Course. Sophronia Literary Society. College Band (3). Berks County Club; Secretary-Treasurer (2,3). Deutscher Verein; Treasurer (2). Delta Theta. Edi- tor-in-Chief of 1917 Ciarla. Associate Editor of Weekly (3). Class Secretary (1, 3). .Student Council; Secretary (3). Class Football (2, 3). Freshmen Honor Group. Lutheran. Non-Partisan. For- estry. “Say, Haag, you have a thorough knowledge of the etymological foundations of our language. What do you mean by ‘a supercilious ostentation of an erudite -vacuity’ ?” “A what? Were you speaking Hebrew?” “No, I was speaking everyday English. What does this expression — ‘super- cilious ostentation of an erudite vacuity’ mean?” “Don’t you know what that means? Every college student who has studied any languages at all, should be acquainted with that hackneyed term.” “Tell me then what it does mean.” “All right, I’ll tell you. There are two distinct terms in the statement — first, a supercilious ostentation is an ethnological implication of a hypothetic eccentricity, so displayed that it assumes the proportion of a mere exhibition for fanciful and ostentatious lovers of open pomposity. In short, ostentation is the perfect antonym of unobtrusiveness. Do you now apprehend the perfect composite significance of that grandiloquence? The component ingredients of the second element of that bombastic utterance involve a technical peremptory expostulation. An erudite vacuity is a heterogeneous conglomeration of a homogeneous situation, evolving from a definite conception of the vacuist as opposed to that of the plenist. Don’t you perceive that the vacuous existence, which does exist about and in the indenta- tions of all molecules is non-replete, and that the eruditious scholar of that vacuity needs the essential osteological elements of hydrodynamics in order to have a precise mental discernment and a fuller understanding of the term? Do you think you understand it now?” “Yes, that was a very clear explanation.” 55