Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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QWLOIAQ1 mf Sem, ons, 5 to a close a life, ia- Seplenilmer 17, everend Theodore ffl Seip, Dr. Seip College building where his fatlrer C d9PH1'tlnent lie uhlenherg in Sep. rduation in 1885, tment of the Uni- td his professional l to Allentown to llege. Soon lie es- continuing active pars, until time day rership and ollices recognized as one sylvania. He died in his home, 721 :emher 22, 1959, more t0 Howard ,cept his clrurcil, tended regulaIlY- ,le-hearted devo- lrew to manhood rr UNE r. aware! jzimer ei A TRIBUTE By Dr. Iohn D. M. almost under the shadow of its walls. Here he made ahiding friendships, and established great loyalties that lasted through life. As his father had given willingly thirty-six years of self-sacrificing service, so he too gladly served his College in every way he could for more than half a century. Together, they gave ninety years of service to Muhlenherg. For thirty-five years, during three adminis- trations, he was a faithful memher of the Board of Trustees, serving most of that time in the im- portant executive committee. A zealous, untiring memher of the College Athletic Board, he helped to shape the athletic policies of the institution for thirty years hut with characteristic modesty he would not permit his name to he given to the ath- letic field of the new College. Ever since his stud- ent days he was active in the Alumni Association, giving aid and counsel during periods when the existence of this organization hecame precarious. Like his father, he won new friends for the College and encouraged old friends to continue their loy- alty. This is a record of service worth commemor- ating. Few Alumni have equaled itg few will surpass it. Bl'Ol.Ul'l This memoir would not he complete without acknowledgement of our deht to Dr. Seipls dis- tinguished father. As secretary of the first Faculty, Theodore L. Seip helped to estahlish our College in 18673 as financial agent during the economic depression of the Seventies, he saved the new Col- lege from hanlcruptcy hy securing, personally, sulfi- cient funds to insure its financial security: as third president, he planned a larger institution at the close of the century, and laid the cornerstone of the present Administration Building in 1905, six months hefore his death. From humhle heginnings to the threshold of the greater Muhlenberg he led the way forward, leaving to his son and to other Alumni and friends of the College this message for the fulfillment of his cherished dreams: Muhl- enherg College will never he huilt up hy the repu- tation of any one man, hut worlc, persistent, earn- est, and direct, hy its friends and well-wishers everywhere, whenever the opportunity offers, will he needed to make it all its founders designed it to he, and to utilize its advantages to the fullest extent for the henefit of the church and com- munityf, ' iff vi H5 c , ., ., , . - ...nn .-rl'-'K-1f3. .m 4-- g. -- I Y I , V ,H U, 'W ,,r.:. ..,.i,-W ,, ,eh Q . . gpg-..,,-.v .3-, A-.gif wfr?'mfs .-.fljvk v - , , 1, fr ,y,.-U-. - V , - . , I . 5 uf ,-...nf '- ., .1 7,1,,kc,,.Q5,,g-' ,.,rpK,,g,,vf1f. Q 7 .W-A::,V.j,g:j-..-,.k- ,gg ,,.-D -.M- irq QQ, :gg-i JG A . 1 . -Ap mx. 5 - my V ' ,' . 2.-. '-1 '-uffxzgsp-Jg .j2v5ar'gj L--.qg51,1. g,s..---l'r1t:.ff55,r.. 2- ayff - -wi,.1,-'-w,-x':f.r,- Qi- L, fs ,,, ,. .' - ' - ,- V- '. .1 1,.--g f.s. e1g. Je. T,-'1 V,-, f PQ:5 '-N far- -,2.::t -' .., X-'ff' 1- 1429 fi ' ' - Y 'Y'1'3?v -'J 4-dm?'.''-ff--?if'1w:'.J7.-f':r?1 9f '-L'--.wa 1 ifisfr--1-'4.-ga-.. A-'- ' ' Twenty-three

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ju Memoriam tlti tleath ol Howarcl Shimcr Seip. D.D.S., ol tht- class ol 1883, brings to a close a tile- tilne ol loyalty to lxltllll0lllJCI'Q'. liorn in Bath. Pennsylvania, Septemher IT, 1800, the 1-latest son ol the Reverend Theoclore l.orenzo ancl lfnnna tnee Shimerl Seip. Dr. Seip grew up within sight ol the olcl College iauilcling at Fourth anal Xvalnut Streets, where his father taught Creole. ln the ilCilClCllliC clepartment he prcparecl lor college, entering ixluhlenherg in Sep- temher ISSI. Following his graduation in 1885, he enrolled in the Dental Department of the Uni- versity ot- Pennsylvania, completed his professional eclucation in ISST ancl returnecl to Allentown to open a clental ollice near the College. Soon he es- tahlishect an excellent practice, continuing active in his profession lor titty-two years, until the clay of his cleath. Honorecl with membership ancl ollices in many clental societies, he was recognizecl as one ol the hest practitioners in Pennsylvania. He client suetclenly, al-ter a heart attack, in his home, 721 Vvalnut Street, Allentown, Decemher 22, 1939, at the age ol seventy-three. Nluhlenherg College meant more to Howarcl Seip than any other institution except his church, St. .lohn's Lutheran. which he attenclecl regularly. To his Alina htlater he gave whole-hearteel clcvo- tion. A fhiltl ol the College, he grew to manhood lllt. l.luu.i Ill XIXl.lII.X IIINIIIHIII own rnnTY UNE 115' Luo alIIl05t ul made Hbi loyalties t given Wil Service, S' every WH! Together, Muhienhf For 1 trations, l of Trustee portant el- memher or to shape t thirty yea woulci not letic liielci 1 ent Clays h giving aid existence 4 Lilce his tai anal encou ally. This ating. Fey surpass it.

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