Wartburg College - Fortress Yearbook (Waverly, IA)

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Ycung women in 1907 must have clubbed together, too, to talk about the latest styles (not quite so different today), their history or English assignments, or a certain nice ycung Knight. Perhaps you may recognize Miss Ella Engelbrechl, daughter of Director August Engslbrecht, and the late Mrs. E. G. Heist standing at extreme left and extreme right in the back row. The 1912 Knights at the bat with Ccach Voigt (extreme right) directing them, no dcubt, to many wins, had Mr. E. G. Heist, present piano instructor at V arlburg and third Ircm the left on the picture, as one of their chief aspirants.

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' JhjL Sand, filcupui On.! ' What better source on ihe history of Wartburg College could there be than the man who has been on its campus for nearly half a century — the man to whom this book is dedicated, Director August Engelbrecht! With a wealth of information about Wartburg and with the faculty for re- membering dates accurately, Director Engelbrecht was well equipped to tell the FORTRESS editors about first days at the college on the hill. Called here in 1890 as a teacher of pedagogy. Director Engelbrecht made his home in what is now the choir room in Old Main, a building which housed both Wartburg College and Seminary in those days. When, in 1894, Wart- burg moved to Clinton, the Director stayed in Waverly and opened a school with seven students. This staunch Wartburger weathered one more change to Waverly from Clinton in 1935, in which year and the following two years he served as treasurer of the college. From 1909 until 1933, Director Engelbrecht was president of the Wart- burg Normal, and today, although re- tired, he stands behind the Greater Wartburg. One can ' t help wonder if the group of seventeen young men below played On, Wartburg, down ihe Field and the Loyalty Song of today ' s Knights in 1907. (At least the bass drummer seems eager to start playing!)