North Central College - Spectrum Yearbook (Naperville, IL)

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1920 Spectrum Seniors HERBERT L. SAUER, B.A ....... Hanover, Ontario President of Senior Class, Secretary of Y. M. C. A. '18-'19, Basket- ball Manager, '19-'20, Glee Club Manager '20, Zetasophean. IRVIN A. KOTEN, B.A .... Q . . . Two Rivers, Wiscoiisiii Vice-President of Senior Class, President of Kappa Pi Nu, Vice- President of Science Club g Track Manager '18, Kappa Pi Nu. ROSELLA M. PORTER, B.A ....... Lisle, Illinois Secretary of Senior Class, Member of Girl's Cflee Club, Secretary of Neotrophean, Fellowship Group Leader, Neotrophean. HARVEY F. SIEMSEN, B.A ....... Peotone, Illinois Treasurer of Senior Classy Chr. Mission Study Com. Y. M. C. A., Member of the Staff of HThe 1920 Spectrumug Vice-President of the Seager Association, Vice-President of Sigma Alpha Tau, Sigma Alpha Tau. Twenty-six

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1920 Spectrum Corner Stone Day---Fifty Years Ago PRoFEssoR H. H. RVASSVVEILER Prominent among the p1'imitive events in the history of North VVestern College was the laying of the corner stone on the 17th day of May, 1870. Nature's con- tribution to this auspicious occasion was a clear sky, a brilliant sun and tree and field dressed in the new green toggery of the Spring-time. As to the immediate environment of this ceremonial scene, it may be inter- esting to note that there were then but a very few Naperville houses east of Front Street. The College building site and campus was part of a new addition to the town lying between Front and Loomis streets, and the latter street was bounded on the east by a cornfield extending from what is now Chicago Avenue north to the railroad. All the members of the College Faculty which then consisted of President Smith and Professors Heidner, Smith and Rassweiler, accompanied by a majority of the students, came from Plainfield to participate in, or witness, the formal exercises. They were delightfully entertained by the people of Naperville and carried back with them a favorable impression of the community into which they were soon to be more permanently ushered. At the appointed hour the exercises began with music followed by prayer offered by Rev. Mr. Cunningham of Naperville. Eloquent addresses were made by Judge Hiram H. Cody, a prominent citizen of Naperville, and by Dr. Reed of Chicago, editor of the Northwestern Christian Advocate. The cornerstone was laid with appropriate and impressive ceremony by Rev. R. Dubs of Cleveland, Ohio, then editor of the Christliche Botschafter. Judge Dudley of Naperville introduced President Smith of the College, who delivered a brief address appro- priate to the occasion. The musical numbers which enlivened the exercises were well rendered, under the direction of Prof. H. C. Smith, by a group of student singers consisting of the Misses Dillman, Sims, and Schofield and Messrs. Haines, Beyrer, Yaggy, Hazelton, Schwab, Nauman, Houghton, and Knobel. As to the articles desposited in the receptacle of the corner stone, suffice it to say that a well selected collec- tion was committed to safe keeping by the solid masonry of the dedicated corner. The exodus of the college people from the original location of the institution, at Plainfield was a great disappointment to the people of that community. But the fact that Plainfield was then without any railway service whatever and pub- licly accessible only by a daily stage line from Joliet, made the transfer of the college location both reasonable and necessary. As to the significance of this event of this day to the people of Naperville it may be said that to many of the more optimistic and far-visioned it gave prom- ise of inestimable benefit to the community, while to others, then less opti- mistic and enthusiastic, the intellectual, moral, social, and financial benefits and influence of the institution have since been abundantly demonstrated. Of Faculty members families of that long bygone day, the only remaining survivors are Professor and Mrs. H. C. Smith and Professor and Mrs. H. H. Rassweiler. Of other participants or witnesses of the event, relatively as few are among the living today. EDITOR,S NOTE-Tl16 Editor wishes to express his personal appreciation to Prof. Rassweiler for the authentic account which he has given us of the laying of the corner stone. Twenty-Jive .

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1920 Spectr HARRY G. AGRAHAM, B.A. Olivia, Minn. Glee Club Manager '17-'18. Track Varsity '19, Baseball Captain '20. Member of College Quartette. Sigma Alpha Tau. ERNA B. AsMUs, B.A. . . Juda, Wis. Inter-society Orator. Sigma Alpha Tau. BERT J. BINGLE, B.A. . Risingsun, O. Manager of Track '20. Member of College Band. President of Volunteer Band '19-'20. Member of Class Football Team. Zetasophean. GLADYS M. BLOOM, B.A. North Baltimore,O. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet Member. Vice-President of Womens League. Vice-President of Sigma Delta Phi '18. Secretary of Sigma Delta Phi. Sigma Delta Phi. GOTTLIEB L. BRANDLE, B.A. Naperville, Ill. Class Football, '16-'17, Class Basketball, four years. Class Track '17. Neotrophean. Twen ty-sewn