Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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Rev. John A. Bauman, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy Bom in Easton, Pa., September 21, 1847. Prepared at Quakertown Seminary. A.B., (Valedictorian), Muhlenberg College, 1873. A.M., Muhlenberg College, 1876. Graduated from Mt. Airy Theological Seminary and ordained, 1876. Pastor in Westmoreland County, Pa., 1876-77. Vice-principal and Professor of Mathematics, Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa., 1877-81. Professor of Latin, German, and English at Gustavus Adolphus College, 1881-83. Asa Packer Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences at Muhlenberg College, 1885-97. Ph.D., Muhlenberg College, 1894. Pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Fountain Hill, Pa. Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Muhlenberg since 1897. The first alumnus to be elected to a Professorship at Muhlenberg College. MSI ■ Robert C. Horn, A.M. Mosser-Keck Professor of the Greets Language and Literature Bom in Charleston, S. C., September 12, 1881. Graduated with first honor from the Charleston High School, 1 896. Entered Charles- ton College, 1896. Entered Sophomore Class at Muhlenberg College, 1897. A.B., (Third Honor), Muhlenberg College, 1900. Graduate work at Johns Hopkins University. 1900-01. AM., Muhlenberg College, 1903. A.M.. Harvard University, 1904. Instructor Ancient and Modern Languages in the North Carolina Military Academy, Red Springs, N. C., 1901-03. Graduate Student of Classical Philology at Harvard University, 1903-04. Appointed Instructor of the Greek Language and Literature at Muhlenberg College, 1904. Elected, 1905, to the Mosser-Keck Chair. Leave of Absence for study at Harvard Univer- sity, 1907-08. Member of the American Philo- logical Association, Archaeological Institute of America, and Classical Association of the Middle Atlantic States. Contributor of articles to “The Lutheran,” “Classical Journal,” “Ameri- can Lutheran Survey,” and other papers. Ap- pointed Editor of the History of Muhlenberg College to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the college and the four-hundredth anniver- sary of the Reformation. 20

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Rev. William Wackernacel, D.D.. Chaplain Professor of Modern Languages and Literature Born at Basel-on-the-Rhine, Switzerland, September 25, 1838. Early education at Basel. Lay Missionary in the Holy Land. 1859-70. . Assistant Editor of “Der Pilger,” 1870-76. Ordained Lutheran minister, 1876. Pastor, St. John’s Church, Mauch Chunk, Pa., 1876-81 . Founded St. John’s Church. East Mauch Chunk, Pa., 1880. Professor at Muhlenberg College since 1880. A.M., Muhlenberg College, 1882. D.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1883. Pastor, St. Stephen’s Church, Allentown, Pa., 1897-1900. German Secretary of the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1882-87. Author: “Liedergeschichlen, ” ’’Dr. Martin Luther,” “Hans Egede.” Editor of “Jugend Freund.” George T. Ettinger, Ph.D., Dean Professor of Latin Language and Literature, and Pedagogy Bom in Allentown, Pa.. November 8, I860. Prepared in the Academic Department of Muhlenberg College. A.B., Muhlenberg College, 1880. Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. A.M., Muhlenberg College, 1883. Fh.D., New York University, 1891. Instructor in the Academic Department of Muhlenberg College, 1884-92. Professor of Pedagogy and Latin at Muhlenberg College since 1892. Dean since 1904. President of the Alumni Association of Muhlenberg College. President of the Lehigh County Historical Society. Ex-president of the Pennsylvania German Society. President of the Allentown Public Library. Director of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Mt. Airy. Member of The Pennsylvania Historical Society, The American Philological Society, The American Historical Society, The National Historical Society, The National Geographic Society, The Pennsylvania Society of New York, The National Institute of Social Sciences, and Fellow of the American Geogrphical Society. Joint Editor of “Geographical and Personal Memoirs of Lehigh Valley” with John H. Jordan, LL.D., and Edgar M. Green, A.M., M.D. Literary Editor of the Allentown “Morning Call.” 19

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William H. Reese, D. Sc. Asa Packer Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences Bom in Allentown, Pa., October 17, 1875. Prepared at Phillipsburg, N. J., High School, and Lerch’s Preparatory School, graduating in 1892. Ph.B., Lafayette College, 1896. M.S., Lafayette College, 1899. Teacher of Chemistry and Physics in Phillipsburg High School, 1896-1904. Graduate work at Lafayette College, 1897-1902; New York University, 1902-03. Elected Instructor of Natural and Applied Sciences at Muhlenberg College, 1904. Elected Asa Packer Professor, 1905. Graduate work, New York University, 1908-09. Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. Fellow of the American Society for the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge. Member of American Chemical Society. Illustrated Davison ' s “Mammalian Anatomy” and Davison’s “Series of Three Books on Physiology.” Instructor in General Chemistry in New York University Summer School, 1908. D.Sc., Muhlenberg College, 1914. Rev. Robert R. Fritsch, A.M. Assistant Professor of Modern Languages Bom in Allentown, Pa., September 10, 1879. Graduated with First Honor, Allentown High School, 1896. A.B., (Valedictorian), Muhlen- berg College, 1900. A.M., Muhlenberg College, 1903. Ph.B., Illinois Wesleyan University, 1904. A.M., Illinois Wesleyan University, 1907, Teacher in Department of Classics, Allentown High School, 1901-07. Instructor in Greek, Muhlenberg College, 1907-08. In structor in Modem Languages, 1908-15. Elected Assistant Professor in 1915. Graduate work at University of Pennsylvania, 1910-13. Licensed to preach by the General Synod of the Lutheran Church, 1914. Ordained, 1915. 21