VOL. LXXXI. of who An American author in his the “Stone Face" in his youth on beholding a man's face delineated on a rock on the mountain, regarded itasa typeof a great and good man should and bless the inhabitants of his village, so lived and walked before his fellow- men day by day that he became an old man, speaking of his ideal, his friends assem- bled at his house and told him that he was that man, that the very qualities story man profile of a portrays a who come when consciously developed within himself, A man who sets ideals blesses his fi fe lowmen. It is by theideal that we by the real that we exist. “ From Greenland's 10y monntuin From India's coral stra Where Africa's su.ny Roll down thelr Frim many an ancient From many a paliny plain, * My boys avd givls Their land from fountaitew golden sand five errors chain Thus on the theme ox D. M. Wolf, rand Old Man of — principal emeritus of the Spring Mills academy DR#D. M. WOLF Mills, neviewing a held 5 a ret 6th, ocd his work so well done lived, pict and the large a concourse and friends attested, most overcame | cluded his address by quoting a sta: of Heber's hymi phrase of his own, an applause of felt gratitude welled up from every of his “boys and girls" inion at Spring August addres and hile 3 nov rin + uring we career JOS sry 13 ito unlimited ¢ i 12a and substituting a heart- One assembled The address of welcome Prof. 8. Ward Gramley, principal of fhe Millheim schools, left no doubt as to the open- hearted hospitality extended by the old academy town to its former citizens in the making. This royal responded to by member of the faculty of the U Evangelical College at Meyerstown. Both these opening addresees given by the natives of the acadensy’s immediate by welcome was cheerfully Dr. A. E. Gobble, a nited that institution toward In one esteem of Wolf. ciations with Dr. Wolf and of the sent forth by Dr. Wolf, he felt that had a perfect right to add his word of testimony. No one individual sent as many students to Franklin and Marshall College as did Dr. Wolf, and the bond of union that bound him to his friends was similar to the family tie—a tie that | is silent but all powerful like the electric power over a trolley to move a mighty train, not and boastful like a thunder clash. Such a silent influence bond of fellowship, His When the at the not recant his the said, 1 3 ua IS & precious life has stood for principle. Wycliffe, he ashes were was burned would martyr, stake because f'a hi ti r iii hi into it sea does fl yw n all academy Own belie 3 and triumphantly was he Severn to the ¢. the sea to of the " was ofl cour : Ihe ini Hiuenct humanity, in ably elucidated of Bellefonte ddress of Dr. Germans of German New Eng- forced to it and Character building by J. C. Mever, Referring to the Esq. apt ns on the Pennsylvania Mever said his WHS pre While n of the ertheless if he Mr. German auces.y. sad his the lack the egotis is o assert himself often Thirty Penn Hall uth with all future, but view is : | credit to himself. Caine Ls the nu beardless Ye d ideals the 1g & retrospective ng one changes have that an artist a beautif must the prospective, a life work that of 1 teacher, the produet of his worth of his work- Wolf ins see what It is said in order to paint il scene ledge of as the real Dr pired his pupils, h He lived the prayer of Izaak Walton, “I pray only for that simple grace, that I may look my neighbor in the lay by day" en Pl f Macedon wished a teach- er for his SOT, who Alexand id the influence Was « xemplary. {ace it ip afterwards became Aristotle, person- subse. that may ier the Great, he chose of Arist in Alexander's quent career. In the years sliotted to | he hoped for nuch good to Dr. Wolf's life. To himself he had been an anchor To him he owed his silent persuasive qualities, his inner strength of the qualities otle’s lity was shown in come fron much te character, combining Aristotle, a face gone out that has often been unnoticed, and like the acorn falling to the ground but in later years when the mighty oak appears, we see its majestic power that only passing years can reveal what has been wrought In the sunset of his life the alumni should meet oftener than every six years. We are what we are by virtue of our experiences, and the impress of Dr. Wolf's life upon his stu- dents is a permanent because the man was in his work. What his stu. dents accomplished in life they to him and they should tell him so. lev. F Wetzel, of Rebersburg;, spoke otf “ The Place of the Academy in Our Educational System.” The speaker thought that our educational system was not far enough advanced to dispense of Socrates and has one, have owe environment, breathed the spirit of wel- come and appreciation. Dr. Gobble reviewed the life of the Penn Hall acad- emy, when in its infancy a great strug gle had to be put forth to maintain its work and came to its support. He gave | reminisences of his early life and the | source of his educational impetus re- | eived from Dr. Wm. C. Shaeflfer and | his successor, Prof. Wolf, to fit himself | for life’s duties. Dr. Gobble's address | was very forceful and practicable. An excellent address on “Our Penn- sylvania Germans’ by Rev. Dr. L, K. Evans, which is printed in its entirety elsewhere in this issue, then followed. While an ordained minister of the Reformed church, yet Dr. Wolf, made the academy nonsectarian. Students of * his training entered institutions of all classes. The presence of Dr. John 8. Btahr, ex-president of his alms mater, Franklin and Marshall College, and his ERECTED 1866, with the acadetny, though 1 we have good township high schools, yet the work i» too complicated to prepare pupils for all lines of college work. The academy fills a gap that cannot easily be supers seded and its influence cannot be meas. ured, From our small academies our colleges and universities receive their | best students. Also the academy lays | the foundation of a complete education. A working outline of educational possi bilities is given to a student so that he may the better continue, unaided if need be, for the higher avenues of intellectual accomplishments and aspirations. But the climax of the program was reached when the venerable Doctor Wolf was presented by the president of the Alumni Association, W. M. Grove, and slowly advanced to the front of the platform. He said in substance : * My boys and girls and my good friends, 1 hardly know where to begin or what to say after all the kind and good things Yenes sinoa 1 begun HALL, my public school work. PA es » them ? When I see so many of them Oh, how often sitting and been good homekeepers, I think of them. Often when alone in my room I see their faces pass before me |i and them, yirit to all doing the some think tried They do credit to me, good. They scattered eastern to the western shore even in lands beyond the se quently hear from them, and they that are view and 1 of the sj to impart they are from and as, are are minds but not only working with can say two and two are four put- ting their inner selves into their work as AU GU ST said that Dr. Wolf had the happy facul- ty of getting his pupils to work. Again, the preacher said that the reason such good results came from Dr. Wolf's work was due to the skill of the master himself —his acute A minister al- ways ties the knot well if he has good stuff to work on, but to the teacher {given a power to make a permanent im- tap his patsunality in- delibly upon his pupils’ characters Cheering grateful letters read from alumni from all over this land by Secretary T. M. Gramley. * God be with you till we meet again” | was sung by the entire audience at the | eonelusion of Dr. Wolf's address. i Instrumental music was furnished the Coburn band. { turning to the jovial side, sense of a pupil’s needs, is sion and & pres and were by jut a to well blessing Here the blessing | the wicked shall « ations but the good shal less generations. Happil a former speaker's 8A should not be good material t eulogy master for that reason He that the work « was too full fo was inadequat His life's work was Rev. Lewis Robi burg, an alumnus as of the academy, lineated the mirth of Centre os academic training, wa Dr. Robb said they ers—were all p who made the longer spoke the greater the tire. This infer- ence that his speech was going to be a long one brought forth applause. When a barefooted boy on the steep hills of Curtin township, while Prof. Wolf county superintendent visited his ther's home, it was throush him that he was inspired to attend the Penn Hall Academy. * The Kind of an Education the Academy Stands For ” wished to { fo D. nony. formei : BD ad in wil and winty's choloest i the meaning the bs HEE 18 iNnen $ 1 u 3 poy FO plas I's wheels and As fa was the | Ney for ind chient, bs NY, with of thought of Dr. Robb's address. He said further and in part that when he first saw the old aeademy building he had a sense of disappointment and cha- grin. It had no equipment, no maps and not even a globe. When the State Edueational Department wrote to Prof. Wolf for a list of his apparatus he was compelled to reply that he had none. Two years ago when visiting Washing. ton and Jefferson college, and seeing the old original buildings, which looked more like a stable than a school house, he plainly saw that what made Presby- terianism so strong in Western Penneyl- vania was the teaching foree of that old college and not the equipment. But the one important asset this Penn Hall Academy did have was a man, a per- inspirational life that moulded his pupils things. ** The mind is the standard of | the man,” implied Dr. Robb. Dr, Wolf's life shows that. “We hold this thing to be grandly true, That a noble deed is a step toward God Lifting the soul from the common sod, To a purer air and a broader view." This hes been the secret of our nae! tion's greatness, Wherever in this land a man has given himself to make others great ahd strong, the nation has gained a better citizenship. Tt is a law of life that a teacher can reproduce himself, In this is the hope and joy of a noble life. The embodiment of a personality whom none dare affront radiates and sheds light forever, The teaching of morals and religion as well as intellee- | the tual abilities make a symmetrical com bination. Garfield said that a log with a pupil at one end and Mark Hopkins at the other end constituted a college. A akon 4 pd THE PENNSYLY ANIA GERMANS. An Address by Dr. L. Kryder Evens Before The Alumni of the Penn Hall-Spring Mills Academy jer Evans, who is located German scttlement at Montgomery county, imbued his surroundings, of the Penn Hall- emy at the reunion of ‘The Pennsylvania Pennsylvania German hundred years has not laid claim to the history made by his fathers in ti the and the of the States. The German acted an important part during the formative stage of this great govern- i being foremost in the at that time. Of late, Pennsylvania German is the history of its early bringing forth such the address fol- Dr. L. Kry« : ¥ fr heart of b ¢ carly period of de colonies, velopement and AS Are Iv f f lowing. stors, ated in “The Pennsylvania German Monthly’’ is a periodical published in Philadelphia and is devoted $0 exploits of the Ger- man. Dr. address is a choice bit of history, which he has kindly per- mitted The Centre Reporter to reprint, of the large number of its readers who have Pennsylvania German blood coursing through their veins, Dr. Evans said : Evans’ because « Dolor We fa Pane of fe PEN BALL ACAD Bors in anid duvbany “THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN.’ I shall endeavor to serve you at this festive gathering by giving you a few facts gleaned from the early history of our German ancestors after their exodus from the fatherland to Pennsylvania, I shall not detract from the merits or standing of any nationality that has contributed its full share in making our country great as it is, but I shall hum- bly endeavor today, to bear testimony to the integrity and worth of the so- called '* Pennsylvania Germans There is scarcely a nook or corner in our Keystone State that is not hallowed by the memory of our German ancestors. But more especially in Eastern Pennsyl- | vania, where they first landed and set- tled. That whole region is full of sacred relics and precious memories of the | dangers and trials and sufferings of the first German settlers, and it is with juse tifiable pride that we can point to their | sterling integrity, their piety and loyal. ty to God and their newly adopted ‘country. They built their humble (as a foundation for the development of | & broad, conservative and substantial { character. We need not be ashamed that we come from Pennsylvania Ger- man stock ; we need not make any apology because German blood courses in pur veins. Only too iong have we suffered the noble deeds and valiant service of our fathers to “ Lie in dark oblivion and desert shade”, Tho stories of the landing of Columbus in" this New World and the landing of the pilgrims of * Mayflower "* at Plymouth rock we es fei Ply muti 1 These stories have been perpetuated in paint. a ows to Ea don OP 10448 1908. 13. Conrad Weiser, r, Br. ; the cruelties and indignities they endured at Livingston Manor and Bchoharie in New York state ; their subsequent sufferings and perils down through the wilds of Penn- syivania until they finally settled in Tulpehocken, Berks county. How little has yet been told of the brave Palati- nates who came into Eastern Pennsyl- vania and of their subsequent trials and sufferings, and yet who, in their day, contributed so liberally of their treasure and blood to redeem the wild and waste howling wilderness and helped forward the triumphs of a christian civil- ization and make this great Keystone State what it is today. All honor to Columbus, who first discovered this New World ; all praise to the Pilgrims that founded a New England. But no less honor to the pilgrims and exiles from the Palatinate. Columbus was backed by the power and treasure of Spain ; the “ Mayflower '' by the power, treasure and sympathy of Epgland. But German forefathers had backing whatever. Harassed by wars and op- pressed by tribute at home, they were thrust out —compelled to forsake their native land and the precious dust of their fathers and kindred, and venture, by faith and trust in God, across the broad Atlantic into the wilderness of a New World. It was not love of adven- ture brought them glides, the thousands that came naturally the poorer and weaker, but for all that the most important of all the different nationalities that came. They came so rapidly and in such num- bers that the English colonists seized with alarm. our no that hither, Be- were were Even such men as James Logan, the confidential secretary of William Penn, and Dr. Ben. Franklin, the scholar and statesman-—even men feared that Pennsylvania would cease to be a British Province. By order of the Assembly (1717) naturalization was refused all coming hither who could not speak the English language. This was the kind of welcome our German ancestors received on their arrival. Ten years later (1727) the Assembly, in- structed by the home government, (England) passed an act imposing a duty of forty shillings per head on all foreigners landing here. But our Ger- mon fathers rose in their majesty and entered a strong but patriotic protest. Then a committee was appointed by the Assembly to inquire into the affairs of these Germans. Here is the report of that mittee : * The Germans im- ported into the province have honestly paid for their lands, and have conducted themselves respectfully toward the gov- ervment, paid their taxes readily, and are a sober and honest people in their civil and religious duties.” (Bravo I) Rev, Thomas, ip a letter (1747), says “ 1 believe the Germans of Pennsylvania are three-fifths of the total population (200,000) ; that they have, by their in- dustry, been the principal instruments of raising the state to its present flour. ishing condition beyond any of his maj esty's colonies in North America.” Besides the unfounded prejudices our German ancestors had to contend with in securing their rights, they had still more cruel foes to meet in the merciless savages, The hardships they endured amid the most frightful massacres of fire and pillage have never yet been, or ever will be told. Yet amid every ad- versity they maintained their ground and gradually transformed the wilder- ness into fertile fields. Flouring mills and factories were built, which soon gave evidence of their enterprize and thrift. As early as 1760 the produce of Eastern Pennsylvania was so great that it required between eight and nine thou- sand wagons to baul it to market Right glad was Benjamin Franklin to avail himself of the services of the Pennsylvania German farmers to bau! the provision and ammunition for Braddock's expedition and which * old Virginia ” was unable to furnish. And there is a little scrap of history to show how honestly and loyally they filled their contract. In a letter to Gov. Mor- ris, Braddock himself smarting under his painful defeat, writes : * In short, in every instance, but in my contract for Penn’a German wagons, I have been deceived and met with nothing but lies and villainy.” Again, when we recall the dark days of the Revolution and gather up the muster rolls we will find many German names. Right loyally did they do their part in wresting this country from Eng- land, contributing their full share in these oom NO. 32. of these Germans in that body and, their praise and everlasting honor, be said, every man of them voted in favor of the Constitution, In the war of the Rebellion 80,000 Germans fought on the Union side. In every great movement in the history of our Commonwealth the Penn's Germans have born a conspi- cuous part. Only too long have they failed to assert themselves and suffered the records of their early history to buried. Truthfully indeed has the torian Bancroft said : “ Neither they nor their descendants have laid claim all the praise that was their due.’ But our German tors not only distinguished as farmers, mechanics and patriots, There were among teachers of languages, highe ier ma matics, music and painting There a German Reformed preacher, Michael Weiss, down Montgomery county, and write Latin and Franklin to it lie his- Fé] ances were them the. was George near Skippack, Id as Doctor could English advertised in the “ American Weekly Mercury ” ( Feb. 1729) that he was prepared to teach natural philos phy, metaphysics and other branches those Our Pennsylvania among the first press { 1738 ) and printed th man Bible ever ( 1743 ), nearly first English Bible was printed by Aiken, and fifty years before a Bil ed by the descendants flower "’ Puritan New Down to the time of the Res ary War, there were eight newspapers pub- lished in English and ten newspapers published in German. The Bible was printed in German in the American colonies three times before was printed in English. The Test ment was printed in German seven times before it was printed in Engl in who cou spr ake as well the logic, to who desired it ’ he nprintir to start hie printing e first Ger- America before the printed in { fx 1OTLy Years ne was pris it~ * May- of the Raglan d. + in Rution 3 cour Taw # Pennsylvania it New a- Besides other publications in German were to be found essays on music, bib. liography, pedagogy The history of that no nationality devotion to the cause the Penn's Germans. You may take the Governors of our Commonweslith from Wolf down to Stuart and you will find enthusiastic advocates both of frec schools and higher education. Two of the leading Normal Schools of our state — Millersville and Kutztown-—are th ing Penn's German commu Today eight Penn's German counties in our Commonwealth own school property worth over three million dollars, that is, one-fifth of all the school property out- side of Philadelphia. And more —we have placed over the 24000 of Pennsylvania a typical Penn'a German, a type of thorough scholarship, business tact and progressiveness, Dr. N. C. Schaeffer. Franklin college, now Frank- lin and Marshall, the oldest, except one, in the state, was founded by our Penn's ancestors, 121 yearsago. We have men in our pulpits and occupying professorial chairs in the leading theological and literary institutions of our country— men whose fame has reached beyond this Western Continent challenging the recognition and respect of the ablest scholars in Europe. In this my native county, the prolific mother of governors, statesmen, jurists, physicians, ministers and educators, there rises before me in memory a long line of worthies who have left their dm- press indelibly upon the community in which they lived and wrought and taught. And him whom we Delight to honor today-—is he not only a typical Penn’a German product at his best, but who has combined in his love for his work a thoroughness and mastery of his profes- sion, and became an inspiration and an uplift to a little army of noble men and women scattered all over our fair do- main, and who, with" many of us here today, will rise up and invoke upon him a fervent benediction. I AS. i —— THE ACADEMY REUNION, and astronomy. our country amply pro shown greater of education than Ves 3 nas rive in nities. schools A Grand Enccess Through the Efforts of the Committer— Nie! History of the Testitation, It is due the organization to say that the grand success of the Penn Hall-Spring Mills Academy Alumni Reunion was due tw the untiring efforts of the officers of the organiza. tion and the various commiticer. The officers wete W. M. Grove, president T, M. GrRAMLEY, secretary Hon. W. M. ALLISON, treasurer BRIEF HISTORICAL NOTE Prior to 1866 the Gregg township school directors were about to erect a school bullding, and as there was an educational spirit in the vicinity of Peun Hall the idea suggested itself that that commuaity should have an Academy. Those mostly interested formed a stock company, snd with $800 collec +d by subsoription, added a second sty on the township school biting Leing stesed at that time, this company neral George PB, chun wet Bi
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