Susquehanna University - Lanthorn Yearbook (Selinsgrove, PA)

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Executive Committee. J. R. Dimm, D. D. H. E. Miller. M. L. Wagenseller. G. C. Wagenseller. J. L. Cooper. H. Alleman. Financial Committee. J. R. Dimm, D. D. DkWitt Bodine. John Haas. Students ' House Committee. G. C. Wagenseller. J. L. Cooper. Committee on Vacancies in Board. J H. Weber, D. D. D. K. Ramey. M. L. Wagenseller. Degree Committee. J. H. Weber. D. D. DeWitt Bodine. Rev. M. L. Shindel. £, Library Committee. Rev. E. A. Sharretts. H. C. Holloway, D. D. Rev. R. G. Bannen. 13

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The Board of Directors, OFFICERS. President, D. K. Ramey Altoona, Pa. Vice-President J. H. Weber, D. D . . . . Sunbury, Pa. Recording Secretary, . . . M. L,. WAGENSELLER, . Selinsgrove, Pa. Corresponding Secretary, . . Rev. I. P. Zimmerman, . Sharpsburg, Pa. Treasurer, Ira C. Sciioch Selinsorove, Pa. 9 MEMBERS. Rev. E. A. Sharretts, A. M. Rev. F. P. Manhart, A. M. Rev. R. G. Bannen. H. A. Hartranft, Esq. G. B. Reimensnyder, Esq. Mr. John Staver. Rev. J. H. Adams. Rev. J. H. McGann. Rev. J. M. Anspach, D. D. Mr. M. L,. Wagenseller. J. W. Sheets, D. D. Mr. J. L. Cooper. Rev. G. W. Exders, D. D. Rev. M. L. Shindel, A. M. Rev. I. P. Zimmerman. Mr. Ira C. Schoch. Mr. DeWitt Bodine. Rev. J. H. Weber, D. D. Rev. J. R. Dimm, D. D. Rev. H. C. Holloway, D. D. Mr. H. P. App. Mr. H. E. Miller. Rev. A. N. Warmer. Rev. D. E. McLain. Rev. M. L. Cressman, D. I). Mr. D. K. Ramey. Mr. John Haas. Horace Alleman, Esq. Mr. G. C. Wagenseller. Mr. William Hare. 12

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Historical Sketch of the Collegiate Department. IE Collegiate Department of Susquehanna University was organ- ized in the fall of 1S58 and went into immediate operation in the basement of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Selins Grove, Pa. , and its existence is largely due to the strong exertions of the people of that place. It has now been conducted in the interest of higher education, under the direction of the Lutheran Church, for thirty - eight scholastic years. Up to the year 1894 the institution had a curricu- lum that prepared for the Junior class of the various colleges of the state. In June, 1894, however, the Board of Directors, after careful deliberation, saw their way clear to extend the courses of this department to those of a full college. Hence they elected two additional professors and college work in all its branches was entered upon August 23, 1894. The writer has not now at his command a full historical record of this department with reference to its principals, professors and students ; nor does the purpose of this sketch call for all these particulars. It will be sufficient to remark that the names of the men in charge of the interests of this department, in the different periods of its history, warrant the belief that the work of educating was conscientiously done. A survey of the results, too, emphasizes this belief. There have been graduated from this department about two hundred young men and women. Many of these have reached positions of marked prominence in church and state. Be- sides these there have been partially educated some thousands of others who have gone into the various vocations of life. The number in connec- tion with the institution during the last twelve years is upward of one thousand. Of the number who have graduated from this deparment, about seven-sixteenths were studying for the ministry. This we believe to be a larger percentage for the sacred office than can be found in any other clas- sical institution of the Lutheran Church. From the above fact it would appear that the tone of the institution has always been decidedly moral and religious. This has been due to sev- eral reasons, prominent among them the work of the Y. M. C. A. and the 14