Wartburg College - Fortress Yearbook (Waverly, IA)

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DEDICATION t ALUMNI Not to one person but to over five thousand people, we, the staff of the 1962 Fortress, dedicate this book. Whether nnost students realize it or not, it is a fact that the alumni have played an innportant part in the past, are taking an active part at the present, and will take an ever- increasing part in the improvennent of Wartburg College. Upon leaving Wartburg, the alumnus travels his own way across the highways of America and over the byways of the world, taking along with him many fond memories, to be brought alive again by a letter from an old roommate, a chance meeting on a city street, an item in a newspaper, the pages of an old Fortress. As the years have gone by, the number has grown far beyond the expectations of those first alumni. For a group this large to do an effective job, it must be organized, and this organization of Wartburg alumni is accomplished through the Wartburg College Alumni Association. Through this organization, loyal alumni can better serve Wartburg College. For example, the Long-range Program, adopted by the Board of Directors of the Association on May II, 1961, calls for contributions to a fund designed to increase the salaries of the Wartburg faculty, in order thus to help maintain a superior staff for their alma mater. So now, to this dedicated group of former Wartburg students, who through their achievements have left a part of themselves here with us, we wish to offer our thanks for all that they have done for Wartburg in the past. We look proudly forward to the day that we can become part of the ALUMNI OF WARTBURG COLLEGE.

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FORTRESS 1962 WARTBURG COLLEGE WAVERLY, IOWA

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FOREWORD Miles upon miles upon nniles of them, burdened by millions of vehicles, the highways of America play a vital part in the everyday life of all people. Throughout the nation, many depend on roads for their livelihood and for their transportation. Highways are important to Wartburg students, too. Whether they live in Waverly or a thousand miles away, a record number of 1,050 students depend on highways to travel between Wartburg and home, to attend intercollegiate events, and just to get away from it all. As the years have passed, roadways have changed from pathways to wheel ruts, to gravel roads, to cement highways, to the present-day expressways, superhighways, and now to the interstate system, all designed better to serve the people. Likewise, Wartburg College has undergone changes. From its simple beginnings in 1852, Wartburg traveled around until in 1935 it finally settled in Waverly. Since then, the college has grown from a few buildings to a modern, well laid out campus, expanding, growing every year, better to serve the Wartburg constituency. We invite you to settle back now as we prepare to journey, not by highways, but through pictures, through another year in the history of Wartburg College.