Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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their temporary assignments as special instructors were completed. During the war years five Faculty men and two members of the Administrative Staff served in the nation's armed forces and another distinguished himself with the National Defense Research Council's development of the V-T Fuze. During part of the war period the first woman ever to be elected to a full professorship at Muhlenberg, Dr. Bertha Paulssen, enriched the life of the College community through her work as professor of Sociology. It was also during these years that five men who completed long and dis- tinguished service on the campus were granted the retirement they had earned. Given honorary Faculty ranks were Dr. Robert R. Fritsch, professor of English Bible and a member of the Faculty for thirty-eight years prior to his retirement, Dr. Isaac Miles Wright, professor of Education, who was associated with the College for twenty-six years, Dr. Harry Hess Reichard, professor of German for twenty years, Walter L. Seaman, assistant professor of Romance Languages for nineteen years, and the Reverend Charles B. Bowman, who had been professor of Sociology for twenty years. It was through the consistent and thorough work of the Faculty and the self- sacrificing and loyal service of President Tyson and his Administrative Staff that Muhlenberg emerged from the years of war with a reputation of accomplishment second to no other College in America. As the College mustered all its resources to serve the nation and threw its full strength into the battles for peace, 2,076 of its sons left their accustomed places on the campus or in their home communities to wear the uniforms of their country and to join in the fight for freedom. Their heroic deeds and their distinguished service on every battlefront and in all phases of military activity reflected a glory that will forever brighten the pages of their Alma Mater's history. For them the Collegeuorganized a program that was without peer in American collegiate life. Bi-weekly letters from the Alumni Office, uncounted thousands of personal letters from members of the Faculty and Staff and from college friends and classmates, the Alumni Magazine, Christmas gifts, distinctive stationery, calendars, and birthday greetings poured into every corner of the world to keep them close to Muhlenberg. This, then, is the record-a record to which Muhlenberg men point with pride as they enjoy the prestige of their College's heightened stature. It is the record of the never-to-be-forgotten years of war that saw Muhlenberg gain confidence in the basic soundness of its educational creed, in its ability to accomplish what ofttimes seemed impossible tasks, in the strength of its foundations and heritages upon which an even greater College nowis building. Left: A view of the interior of the Gideon F. Egner Memorial Chapel. The set of Christian and national flags was presented during the war. U91