Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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Rev. Robert R. Fritsch, A.M. Chaplain; Professor of German and Religion Born in Allentown, Pa., September 10, 1879. Pre- pared at Allentown High School. A. B. Muhlen- berg College 1900. A. M. Muhlenberg College 1903. A. M. Illinois Wesleyan University 1907. Instructor in Greek at Muhlenberg College 1907-08. Instructor 1908-15. Elected Assistant Professor 1915. Ordained a Lutheran Minister 1915. Elected Professor of Re- ligion 1921. The professor with whom the Freshmen come into contact the most is Professor Fritsch for, besides teaching Freshman re- ligion, and Freshman German, he is the Chaplain of the college and as such presides at chapel services each day. Under the tutelage of Professor Fritsch the Fresh- men get an outlook on religion which is new to most of them, and in connection with the same course he offers the opportunity of ob- taining a diploma showing the student’s fit- ness to teach a Sunday School class. Under Professor Fritsch’s care the De- part of German has prospered so that its courses cover more phases than perhaps any other department in college. He is also an active minister with a charge in East Allentown which he has built from insig- nificancy to a parish supplying the needs of the Lutherans of that section of the city. Robert C. Horn, A.M. Professor of the Greek Language and Literature Born at Charleston S. C. t Sept. 12, 1881. Prepared at Charleston High School. A. B. Muhlenberg Col- lege 1900. Graduate Work at John Hopkins Univer- sity 1900-01. A. M. Muhlenberg College, 1903. A. M. Harvard University 1904. Alpha Tau Omega. Elected Mosser-Keck Professor of the Greek Language and Literature 1905. Professor Horn has taken many burdens of administration from Doctor Haas’ should- ers. Not only does he hand out excuses to any one who has overslept himself, but he is also the person who makes up the dread- ed casualty list. His hobby is Greece. Greek art, Greek language, Greek literature, Greek dress, in fact all things that have anything to do with the land of Homer, Plato, and Aristotle are dear to the heart of “Bobby.” To him Greek is not a dead language, but the effort that is necessary to inject it into the heads of most of us make it appear that we are dead, at least from the neck up. Those of us who do not learn how to de- cline a Greek noun at least learn how to ride a Greek horse. Page Sixteen

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George T. Ettinger, Ph.D., LL.D. Dean; Professor of the Latin Language and Literature Born at Allentown, Pa., Nov. 8, 1860. Prepared at Private School and the Academic Department of Muhlenberg College. A. B. (Valedictorian! Muhlen- berg College 1860. Phi Gamma Delta. A. M. Muhlen- berg College 1883. Principal of the Academic De- partment 1884-92. Ph.D. New York University 1891. President of the Muhlenberg Alumni Association. Professor of Latin and Pedagogy 1892-1917. Pro- fessor of Latin since 1917. LL. D. Muhlenberg College 1920. This is our dean. Altho he is a small man in stature he is large in the work he has done for Muhlenberg. Being connected with the institution, first as a student, then as principal of the academic department and now for many years professor and dean of the faculty he has seen the enroll- ment grow from less than a hundred to almost three hundred, and expand from its cramped quarters at Fourth and Walnut Sts. to its large and beautiful campus on the present site. Doctor Ettinger is the custodian of the big book, by the signing of which we be- came bona fide students of Muhlenberg. In “The Dean” are personified those traditions which mean so much to Muhlenberg and the development of college spirit. He is a good friend to every Muhlenberg man and will do anything for us except allow us to escape taking his “Lat-teen.” Rev. John A. Bauman, Ph.D., D.D. Professor of Mathematics Born at Easton Pa., September 21, 1847. A. B. (Valedictorian) Muhlenberg 1873. A. M. Muhlenberg 1876. Ordained a Minister of the Lutheran Church 1876. Professor of Latin, German and English Gustavus Adolphus College, 1881-85. Asa Packer Professor of Natural and Applied Science Muhlenberg 1885-97. Ph. D. Muhlenberg 1894. Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy since 1897. D. D. Muhl- enberg 1920. Dr. Bauman is now the oldest man on the Muhlenberg faculty both in point of years and service. Sitting at his chair and hand- ing us our marks on folded pieces of paper, Doctor Bauman personifies the accurate- ness which he tries to instill in the usually wandering minds of the college student. Doctor Bauman has had a varied exper- ience in the teaching profession. He has taught a great number of subjects since he was elected to the Muhlenberg faculty. His courses have ranged from the classics to the sciences but in later years he was con- fined himself to mathematics. We can imagine no finer enjoyment for Dr. Bauman than will come to him as the plans for a Greater Muhlenberg become realized. A bigger, finer school is only pos- sible for us because the seeds of greatness have been sown by men of devotion and un- selfishness. We count Dr. Bauman as one of the little band of illustrious pioneers which has made a greater Alma Mater pos- sible. Page Fifteen

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Harry D. Bailey, A.M. Professor of Biology. Born at Easton, Pa., January 14, 1881. Prepared at South Easton High School. A. B. Lafayette Col- lege 1904. A. M. Lafayette College 1909. Phi Beta Kappa. Attended Biological Laboratory at Cold Springs Harbor, Long Island in the summer of 1903. Appointed Instructor in Biology, Muhlenberg College, 1909. Elected Professor of Biology 1910. Prof. Bailey has been in charge of our Biology Department for several years and he has made it second to none among the colleges of this state. Prof. Bailey is in his laboratory more of his waking hours than he is out of it. Both his work and his play are the different fields of the Natural Sciences. The courses he offers range from Bacteriology to Ornithology. When he wants to turn his mind from plants and animals, he plays either chess or tennis, and he enters into these with the same vim with which he cuts up a guinea pig. As chairman of the faculty committee on Student Activities, Prof. Bailey will give advice to anyone from the mightiest mem- ber of Student Council to the meekest Freshman who is persecuted by the terrible Sophomores. All of us know we can go to Prof. Bailey with our troubles and he will listen to us with sympathetic ears. j| I 9 Stephen G. Simpson, A.M. Professor of English. Born at Easton, Pa., May 4, 1874. Prepared at South Easton High School. A. B. Lafayette College 1896. A. M. Lafayette College 1899. Phi Beta Kappa. Summer courses at Columbia University 1903-05. Instructor in English, Muhlenberg College, 1911-14. Elected Assistant Professor 1914. Elected Professor 1921. Here is the professor who shows the Frosh how insignificant they really are. Lucky is the new student who gets thru his first year at Muhlenberg without a good “bawling out” from “Teedy.” After a few visits to the library and some talks with him the Freshman learns that “his bark is worse than his bite” and that the gentle- man to the left is a good fellow and full of fun. Besides being Professor of English he is also Librarian, and, altho the present room is insufficient, it is dear to his heart. He is looking for a new library building where he will have space enough for all of his books. In class Prof. Simpson holds the attention of the students by various novel ways and as an interpreter of the new poetry of the age he is very entertaining. As we progress in our college life we ap- preciate more and more what a man of Prof. Simpson’s views does for school life. Page Seventeen