Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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TO THE FIRST EDITOR OF THE CIARLA We dedicate this fiftieth edition of the Muhlenberg year- book to the man who created and named our College an- nual. We honor him on the Golden Anniversary of his CIARLA. HARRY A. YETTER, 93 ' eaica tion Mr. Y etter 1892

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THE STORY OF THE Forty-nine years of CIARLA work have preceded the present edition of the annual publication of Muhlenberg Col- lege. These forty-nine years have seen the gradual evolution of the CIARLA from the “Gay Nineties” influence to that of the modern day. The 1942, or Golden Anniversary, CIARLA is the climax of this period and answers as much as pos- sible the modern demand. The first CIARLA, created by the im- aginative minds of Harry Tetter and Wil- liam Rick, members of the class of 1893, was so named because, as stated in its Preface, the word was “suggestive of the matter which meets the reader throughout the entire volume.” Secondly, Mr. Yetter, the first CIARLA editor, preferred this title because its pronunciation “possessed certain euphonious qualities.” CIARLA comes from the Italian word meaning to talk idly or to chatter. Since the first edi- tion of Muhlenberg’s yearbook contains little of anything but written matter, the name as originally applied was a well- chosen one. However, with the demand of the modern yearbook-indulgent for pictures and more pictures, the name is hardly a true representation of what the book now contains. Tradition must tri- umph over the demon, fact, nevertheless, and for that reason CIARLA does it re- main. Appropriately enough, the color scheme of the 1893 CIARLA was a Cardinal-and- Gray combination with golden lettering. The book, (i i ' xl yg in size, was thereby the smallest yet produced. Prominent fea- tures in this initial issue were histories on such things as the College, the four classes — ' 92, ' 93, ' 94, and ' 95 — present in Col- lege at the time, and fraternities — Phi Gamma Delta and Alpha Tau Omega — with various literary societies. A detailed report on the Commencement Exercises held in June of 1891 was also included. Art work, some reproductions of which appear in other sections of the 1942 CIARLA, was undertaken by Mr. Tetter’s worthy friend, Mr. Rick, whose humorous sketches used as section dividers are num- erous throughout the ’93 book. Hie only