Wartburg College - Fortress Yearbook (Waverly, IA)

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Prexy ... a Who ' s Whoer . . . author . . . speaker . . . and scholar . . . exec- utive duties kept him from teaching this year . . . busy making plans . . . for a greater Wartburg . . . but from weekly convocation talks we have learned to know, honor, and respect him . . . unassuming . . . cheerful friendliness . . . benign and considerate . . . summer finds him fishing . . . In the land of 10,000 lakes . . . Dean Neumann . . . classmate of prexy . . . well-liked dean of the college . . . lover and teacher of literature . . . also a poet of note and author of fame . . . during 1941 many of his hymns were pub- lished . . . tall and stately . . . sympa- thetic yet firm . . . dignified with, a broad-minded attitude ... his family and writing are his interests . . . ' Registrar Cotterman . . . popular dur- ing the beginning of the semesters . . . teaches Latin and English . . . when not keeping the records . . . thorough, calm, reserved . . . efficient and orderly . . . fond of black cigars and the classics . . . veni, vidi, vInci . . . Treasurer Cornlls ...$$... 00 .. . . . coin . . . check . . . cash . . . collector . . . with Deutsch as a sideline . . . learned and thorough . . . leisurely but deliberate . . . always cheerful . . . kind and understanding ... his leisure time occupied by traveling and eating . . .

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Seated around the table: Graven, Hagemann. Graening, Wilke. Sodt, Schuh, Belk, Decker, Krcbs, Rausch, Langholz; Standing: Braulick. board of regents American Lutheran Church convenes . . . October . . . adopts resolution . . . Wartburg to be developed ... as mid- western senior college of the American Lutheran Church at Waverly, Iowa . . . ' go signal for expansion program . . . New board members elected . . . Rev. Louis L. Belk of Le Mars, James hi. Graven of Greene, and Carl hHagemann of Waver- ly .. . others re-elected . . . Rev. C. T. Langholz of Columbus, Ohio, and Rev. Louis G. Krebs of Davenport, Iowa . . . November finds board assembled . . . Rev. Langholz elected chairman . . . Rev. H. F. Schuh, Rev. A. H. Wilke, Rev. W. Sodt and Dr. C. H. Graening meet with group . . . discuss expansion . . . study salary situation . . . propose salary scale similar to that of other A. L. C. colleges . . . provide a year of Sabbatical leaves for profs . . . for travel, research, or study . . . requirements for affiliation wi th the North Central Association discussed . . . Special session in January ... so much business . . . discuss plans for observa- tion of the diamond anniversary of the school in 1943 . . . study improvement plans for dormitories . . . North Hall to be rejuvenated with an exterior coat of paint . . . the gym to be painted on the interior . . . Executive committee . . . composed of Rev. Krebs, Mr. Rausch, and Mr. hHage- mann . . . handle affairs between sessions of the board ... Seem to be a serious group . . . but when discussions wax warm they relax . . . perhaps a bit of Rev. Kreb ' s humor . . . perhaps black cigars . . . faculty room gets a bit hazy . . . when there ' s a board meeting ... we have good convo speak- ers . . . dining hall guests ... we like to have you at Wartburg ... we know you ' re doing a good job . . .

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