Wittenberg University - Witt Yearbook (Springfield, OH)

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 Stern and seemingly unrelenting, as if a driving force impels them, to give to the slow and uncertain, unmeasured quantities of woe and suffering, that make the college a place of learning, that keep the frivolous hound by rules, that hope that from the student bodij, men might arise that will he true and mighty; that watch with ever growing interest the idiosyncrasies of the people that gather under the leafy foliage and talk and talk, yet not of lessons. FACULTY

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F acultij SIDELIGHTS oil the Wittenberg College faculty indeed prove the individuals themselves to be of unusual interest and importance as shown by the fact that one-tenth of the faculty of the col- lege arc found in Who’s Who in America.” I)r. Rees Edgar Tulloss, Wittenberg’s “Prexy, one of the first men listed in the annual volume, since his sojourn at Wittenberg, has started an ex- tensive building campaign and has successfully come through a $365,000 endow- ment drive. Dr. Tulloss has been at Wittenberg since 1920. when he re- turned to his Alma Mater from which he graduated in 1906, to become her guiding hand. Dr. Thomas Bruce Birch, professor of philosophy, has been at Wittenberg for 19 years. He gives lec- tures on psychology and is a contributor to the Psy- chological Clinic and Bib- lical World. Dr. John Oluf Evjen, professor of church his- tory at Mamma Divinity School, is an active mem- ber of the Amcrican-Scan- dinavian foundation, and was for four years presi- dent of the North Dakota State Normal School. He is the author of many the- ological works and books on church history. The latest addition to Who’s Who among the Wittenberg faculty, is Dr. Martin L. Rcymcrt, head of the department of psychology. Dr. Rcymcrt, in only two years' work, has developed a large, mod- ern ly-e |nipped psychological laboratory here. He lectures to many of Springfield’s organizations, and is co-editor of the “Scandinavian Scientific Review.” Dr. Reymert came here in 1925 from the University of Oslo. Norway. Minister, professor, journalist. All three is Dr. Leander S. Kcyser, professor of systematic theology in Mamma Divinity School. His hobby is birds, and he has written several books about our feathered friends and their habits. Dr. Loyal II. Larimer is dean of Mamma Divinity School. Me spends a part of his time in the inter- est of the Young Men’s Literary club, an active Springfield organization, and is widely known as a preacher and platform speaker. Dr. J. L. Neve was born in Germany, but the At- lantic ocean didn’t stop him from coming to Wit- tenberg where he has been professor of symbolics and historical doctrine since 1909. Dr. B. I1'. Prince will soon have completed a his- tory of Wittenberg, also his alma mater. Dr. Prince, professor of his- tory. is by far the oldest member of the college faculty. Although he was 86 in December, he still meets his American His- tory class now as he did years ago. Me is president of the Clark County His- torical Society, and vice- president of a local bank in addition to his office as vice-president of the col- lege. During the last year other Wittenberg profes- sors have been recognized in such a way as to place them in the “Sidelight index. The wilds of Northern Canada were the setting for an expedition of Wit- ten bergers last vacation. Prof, and Mrs. Hugh Raup. Ehrhardt Kunde, Orville Myers, and Harold Stall- smith were the members of the party. They re- turned with specimens of plant and animal life and photographed animals in their native haunts. Prof. Raup is using this material at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is work- ing on his doctor of philosophy degree. Summer vacation was pleasant for Paul Kcyser, junior in Mamma Divinity School. He spent it working with prospective Wittcnbergcrs in his newly appointed position, that of being field sec- recary of Wittenberg College. Dean Ross Miller was granted a leave of ab- sence of two years to do graduate work at Clark University. Rev. B. M. Pershing, acting president of Thiel College, assumed the responsibility of be- ing Wittenberg’s dean of men. Dramatics have come to a more prominent place in Wittenberg this year than ever before. Prof. Paul R. Brccs is spending more time on dramatics. Pit. ItKICS EDGAR TfU.OSS The President of Witten- berg College, to whom the major part of the credit must go for Wittenberg’s steady expansion program anil all the success at- tached to it. He refused t-. leave Wittenberg this year to accept a position of national prominence on the executive board of the V. M. C. A., feeling that there was duty attendant to his work at Wittenberg. Played football, debated, belonged to numerous clubs, and was an all A student at Wittenberg College. Now. as Presi- dent of the institution, he has gained a name as one of the leading college ex- ecutives in the United States. As a pastime this year he was generalissimo of the forces of the Spring- field Community 1' u n d. putting across a drive for practically three hundred thousand dollars in short, quick, accurate, concise fashion. I)It. CHARLES G. SH.VTZKR The Dean of Wittenberg College, known affection- ately by almost every member oi the student body as a good, steady friend. Believes wisely that students shouldn't be given advice, but rather encouraged to walk the straight and narrow path in both the scholastic world as well as in real liic. Mas rather a hard job checking students in their classes, in addition to the multifarious meetings he invariably attends. Served the United I. u t h e r a n Church for two years in an executive capacity as one of the national field secretaries. Refused the presidency of one of Amer- ica's growing colleges this year. Same obi Witten- berg spirit. He. too. is a graduate of the Lutheran institution. f 1927 WITTENBERCER 1 I Page Nineteen J