Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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THE PRIMARY OBJECT OF THE l930 CIARLA IS TO PERMANENTLY RECORD THE HAPPENINGS OF THE PAST YEARQ THE SECONDARY, TO SHOW PAST PROGRESS AND, POSSIBLY, SUGGEST A HGREATER MUHLENBERGH ALONG EXTREMELY FUTURISTIC LINES. -A T

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A GREATER MUHLENBERG has always been the aim and hope of Rev. John A. W. I-laas, D. D., Ll... D. ln view of this, it is with extreme pleasure that the class of 1930 dedicates this CIARLA to him. Then, too, it is very fitting and proper, for this year, l929, he celebrates his twenty-fifth anni- versary as president of the college. Much credit for the progress and high standing of Muhlenberg must be given to Doctor Haas, whose untiring efforts, whose importance in the ministerial world, whose status as a public speaker, and whose eager sympathy and willingness to lend his aid and support have been influencing factors. A Doctor l-laas was born at Philadelphia on August 3l, l862. l-lis prepara- tions for college were made at Parochial School, Zion's Church, and the Protestant Episcopal Academy. At the University of Pennsylvania in 1884 he received his A. B. degree, and three years later he was graduated from Mt. Airy Theological Seminary. That same year, 1887, Doctor l-laas received his A. M. and B. D. at the University of Pennsylvania. At Thiel College in 1902 he received his D. D., to be followed by his LL. D. at the University of Pennsylvania, 1914, at Augustana College, I9I7, and at Gettysburg, l922. Doctor l-laas came to Muhlenberg, June, l904, as the fourth president, after sixteen years of church work in New York. l-le was president of the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, l9l3-l6, being its last unpaid and voluntary president. Doctor Haas has edited many books, including the following: Commen- tary on the Gospel of Marlin, Trends of Thought and Christian Truth , Freedom of Christian Conduct , The Unity of Faith and Knowledge , The Truth of Faithng and now in press, What Ought I Believe. l-le was also co-editor of the Lutheran Encyclopedia. The board of trustees has voted Doctor l-laas a year's leave of absence, which time he will spend in travel and we wish him God's speed. It is our sincere hope Doctor l-laas will return and continue to be the maker and preserver of Greater Muhlenberg.