Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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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

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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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Dr. Levering Tyson was inaugurated President of the College. Dr. Tyson had long been a recognized' autliority in the field of radio in education and was Director of the Carnegie Corporation of time National Advisory Committee on Radio in Education. Since his acceptance of tlme Presidency, Dr. Tyson's program has been,--a Greater Muhlenberg. In the spring of '42 one of tlie most popular events too place on the campus. The Muhlenberg Bicentennial was cele- brated in honor of tlle Mulilerilnerg family for which the college is named. The celebration tool: place tlmrougli the entire Weelc of May 24 to June 1, and a pageant written by Dr. John D. M. Brown, llead of the English Department, was presented every night, with most of the students participating. Two of the princi- pal speakers during the weelc were lVIrs. Franlclin D. Roosevelt, and time Honorable Sam Rayburn, then Speaker of tlme House of Representatives. Altliouglfx the leaving of students for the Armed Forces during the war severely lnit most colleges, tlie continued main- tenance of lligli scholastic standards by Mulilernlnerg aided it in pulling tllrougti, for it was chosen by the Navy as one of the colleges used in conjunction with their V-5 and V-12 training E?