Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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of men and women enrolled in extension courses. The inHuence of time College in cultural and educational wort: was thus vastly increasedl The Athletic Association in 1912 built the dining trail, or Com- mons, which has since been handed over to the College. Tire Power House and dormitories were enlarged and the fraternities Built or bought their own tiouses. A general campaign conducted in 1920 for tile benefit of Lutheran Church institutions permitted many of the school debts to be paid, and salaries were raised slightly. Four years later a successful drive for one million dollars was completed. The work was carried on by Mr. Drestrman and Mr. G. F. Aftiertzactm, who was ttlen the field secretary of tire College. ln 1927 the Science Building was completed and occupied, and time library was approaching completion. its stacks had grown from 12,000 ioootcs in 1904, to 40,000 in 1927, when Dr. Haas donated his valuable collection of books, several thousand in number. 4 The College intended, and succeeded for a white, in limiting its enrollment to 500 students, exclusive of the extension sctlorot, in order to maintain its iiigti standards. A number of standardizing eff ,-'-2-' 7'5f.l5f agencies have set their approval on Muhlenberg and the .pf ff Ib xi-,fb-f WSU

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S220,000, the money having heen raised through the efforts of the Lutheran Ministedum. With Dr. Haas had come Professor Reese who renovated the chemistry department, and Dr. Rohert C. Horn, who was called to the chair of Greek, and shortly thereafter hecame the assistant to the President, and chairman of the Committee on Admissions. At this time there was added to the courses in Arts and Sciences, a Philosophical course leading to the degree of Ph.B. This was provided mainly for those students who entered college with preparation in a modern, rather than ancient. language, and did not desire a scientific course. Extension work was organized under the directorship of Professor Reese in 1915. The beginnings were small and discour- aging, and the professors performed this extra work for almost nothing hut their love for the institution. In 1917, Dr. Isaac M. Wight, professor of education, hecame director of the extension school, comprising hoth the summer session and the extension Work proper. Under his ahle direction the school grew in im- portance and size until the enrollment was over 1200, and centers were established in several surrounding towns as well as Allen- town. By 1927 the College ranked third in the state in the numher I . iw

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proudly holds membership in the following agencies: Association of American Universities, Association of American Colleges, and the Association of Middle Atlantic States. ' Also during 1927 provision for salatmatical leaves of pro- fessors were made for the first time. A plan was evolved to en- courage attendance at meetings of learned societies and partici- pation in the programs, by paying part of the expenses of the professors. Thus by the adoption through the years of each of tiiese progressive plans, Nluiileniaerg -has been continually raising its already Iiigti standards. 9 The dream of Dr. Haas began to materialize on October 12, 1929, when the Reverend Ernest Pfatteiciier, President of the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, laid the comerstone for the Gideon F. Egner Ntemorial Chapel. This beautiful build- ing, which graces our campus, was dedicated at the commence- ment of 1951, and has since been time House of Worship for thousands of Nlulilenioerg men. We shall ever be indebted to Mrs. Annie Egner Hartzellg tiirougti tier generosity time Chapel as it stands today became possible. Dr. Haas retired in June, 1957, and Dean Robert C. Horn was appointed acting President until October 2, 1957, when