Susquehanna University - Lanthorn Yearbook (Selinsgrove, PA)

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M. C. Barbehenx, A. M., Instructor of Greek and [Mathematics in the Preparatory Department. Born at Gettysburg, Feb. 16, [873. After graduating from the Gettysburg High School he finished his preparatory course in the Prep. Dept. of Penna. College, and graduated from the Collegiate Department with the degree of B. A., in ' 95. During the course he received honorable mention for the Freshman Prize in General Scholarship, captured the Junior Latin Medal for general work in Latin, and graduated with second honors, being one of the ten commencement speakers. He then took a Theological course at Gettysburg, graduating in ' 98, after which he engaged in private work for one year. During ' 99- ' oo he taught in the Nazareth Hall Military Academy, and in the fall of ' 00 became Instructor of Greek and Mathematics in the Preparatory Depart- ment of Susquehanna. Miss Rose May Gortner, B. S., Professor of English and History in the Preparatory Department. Born at Halls, Prince George Co., Md., Dec. 14, 1S76. She came with her parents to Selinsgrove in ' S7, and graduated from the Borough High School in ' 91. In the autumn of the same year she entered Missionary Institute, where she remained until her health failed in ' 94. After a rest of one year she again took up her studies, graduating with first honors in the class of ' 98. Miss Gortner has the honor of being editor-in-chief of the first college annual published at Susquehanna. In the spring of ' 99 Miss Gortner took up graduate work at S. U., and in the autumn of the same year entered Cornell, taking up special work in English and History. In the fall of ' 00 she became Prof, of English and History in the Preparatory Department of Susquehanna. Rev. A. X. Warner, A. M., Registrar. Born July 15, 184S. at Manchester, Md. He entered Preparatory Department of Pennsylvania College in ' 66, graduated from college in ' 72 and from seminary in ' 75. He accepted a call to the Goldsboro and New Market charge, which he served until compelled to resign on account of ill health in ' 78. In 1880 he was called to the Williamsport and Moutoursville charge, where he was successful in paying off a large church debt, and greatly enlarged the work of the church in that place. He was called to Pine Grove Mills in ' S5, and three years later accepted a call to the Northumberland pastorate. His work here was very successful, and in 1S98 the Board of Directors of Susquehanna University elected him Financial Secretary and Registrar of the College.

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William Xoetlixg, A. M., Professor of Pedagogy in the Normal Department. Received his early education at Mifflinburg Academy, and after taking preparatory work at New Berlin and Lewisburg, entered Union College of Schenectady, N. Y. , from which institution he graduated with high standing in 1S57. Prof. Noetling has served as vice principal of Missionary Institute, principal of the Grammar School at Belleville, Illinois, principal of the Waynesboro Select School, county Superintendant, and for the past 23 years has been Prof, of the Science and Art of Teaching at the Bloomsburg State Normal. Mr. Noetling is the anthor of two text books, and is very active in search of the latest and most approved methods of teaching. Prof. Noetling became Prof, of Pedagogy in Susquehanna in the spring of 1901. Foster C. Fisher, A. B., Principal of the Academic Department. Born at Smithgrove, Snyder Co., Pa., March 14, 1S72. He entered Missionary Institute, after completing the prescribed course in the public schools, and graduated in ' 94. He then entered the Junior class of Bucknell University and graduated with the degree of A. B., in 1S96. In the fall of ' 96 he became Principal of the Preparatory Department of Susquehanna, whi ch posi- tion he has filled with considerable ability and manifest success. MiSS Ethelynn Mae Van Wagner, Professor of Vocal and Instrumental Music. Born at Brookfield, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1S79. After passing the various grades of the public schools, she finally graduated from the High School at Shelburne, N. Y. Turning her attention to music, she became the pupil of Charles Cushman, Prof, of Music in the New York College of Music, and Miss Jessie Howard Matteson, teacher of voice, Brooklyn, N. Y. Her musical training was completed by a three years ' course in ( )berlin University, in which she won much distinction. Miss Van Wagner has taught in the Oberlin Conservatory, Elizabeth College, Charlotte, N. C, and in the autumn of 1900 became Prof, of Vocal and Instru- mental Music at Susquehanna University. Edward F. Dunlayy, Professor of Elocution and Orator}-. Born near Scio, Harrison, Co., Ohio. Entered Scio College in 1S94, where he studied oratory in connection with the classical course. Wishing to prepare more thoroughly in the art of elocution and oratory he entered, Dr. King ' s Summer School held at Ebensburg, Pa. In the fall of ' 99, he entered King ' s School of Oratory at Pittsburg, from which he graduated in 1900, winning the gold medal for delivering the best oration in the class. During the summer of 1900, he filled the position of Professor of Elo- cution in Scio College, from which institution he came to become Professor of Elocution and Oratory in Susquehanna Uuiversity. Professor Dunlavy is a very pleasing speaker, and has succeeded in winning several oratorical contests in different parts of Ohio and Pennsvlvania.

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History of Susquehanna University. T HE Rev. E. W. HuTTER, D. D., in a Eulogy on the Life and Character of Rev. Benj. Kurtz, D. D., states that the original suggestion of the Missionary Institute came from a school established by Dr. Bogue, at Gosport, England, in 1789. This school, with but few facilities, but with wise devotion, had been eminently successful in training men for home and foreign Gospel work. Dr. Kurtz had already been prominent and most useful in advancing the interests of the American Lutheran church. He was identified with the formation of the General Synod, with the founding of the Seminary at Gettysburg, for which he secured $12,000 in Europe, together with thousands of books, and was instrumental in establishing on a firm basis the Lutheran Observer. Now, as his life work is nearly done, his heart is moved by the great need of more ministers to take up and sustain the work of the Lutheran church — to meet this need was his purpose in urging the establishment of this school. During the years 1854, ' 55 and ' 56, Dr. Kurtz continually used the Editorial columns of the Lutheran Observer, of which he was Editor, to press on the Lutheran people the need and advantage of a Missionary Institute. He says, No Christian denomination in our land is suffering so much for the want of ministers of the Gospel as the Lutheran. We need plainly and moderately educated men as well as showy and profoundly learned men, and there are neighborhoods and churches to which the former are better adapted, and in which they can do more good than the latter. If the policy which we have again and again proposed, and have been advocating on every suitable occasion during the last quarter of a century, had been pursued — namely, that of searching for and sending out pious and sensible lay men as preachers, after a brief course of preparatory read- ing, our church would at this time be vastly larger, and present a much more encouraging aspect. Under date of May 18, 1855, he calls attention, with stirring comments, to an appeal sent out into the church to the pastors for more ministers. This plan to secure one young man from each respective pastorate,