Wartburg College - Fortress Yearbook (Waverly, IA)

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PRESIDENT DEANS FACULTY ADMINISTRATION BOARD OF REGENTS Book One ADMINISTRATION Seven

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o To All Loyal Knights --- the Knights Who hlonor and Cherish the Spirit and Ideals of Our Alma Mater Whose Loyalty and Devotion Have Inspired the Growth of a Greater Wartburg--to These Loyal Knights We Reverently Dedicate This 1937 Fortress. O DEDICATION Six

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PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE EDWARD J. BRAULICK Overlooking the city of Eisenach, and casting its protective shadows over the hallowed Thuringian forest, the stately Wartburg castle, once the proud home of the Margraves of Thuringia, stands li}{e a guardian spirit. ' Within its halls the ardent Minnesingers tuned their lyres, and virtuous Elizabeth, wife of Landgrave Ludwig, developed into a saint. ' Within its rooms Luther gave to the German people his greatest gift — his masterful German translation of the T ew Testament. Here Doctor Merle d ' Auhigue of Geneva received the inspiration to write his eloquent history of the Reformation; here the church- governments of Germany have been wont to gather to deliberate on matters of Church policy, especially as it refers to Luther ' s Bible. What memories of mediaeval poetry and piety the ancient Wartburg calls forth! What an heritage of faith and scholarship it has passed on to us! Wartburg of Eisenach, we salute thee! J estled among lofty elms which, lil e the pipes of a mighty organ, give voice to Tslature and to Man in their various moods, the newer V artburg of ' Waverly hopes to carry on the wor}{, so nobly begun by Luther and his friends. May poetry and piety retune their lyres within her halls and again sing the praises of God! May her lecture rooms and her dormitories resound with the voice of the scholar and the prophet! Dedicated to the wor of Lutheran education in America, may she inspire young men and young women to go forth into life as leaders who will preserve to posterity the spiritual and cultural heritage of the Reformation. Wartburg of Waverly, we salute thee! Eight