Bremer County Independent And Waverly Republican from Waverly, Iowa • Page 145

BREMER COUNTY INDEPENDENT AND WAVERIY REPUBLICAN Section J-l VOLUME 100 Official City WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7. WAVERLY, IOWA Official County Paper NUMBER 51 College Family Nearly One-fifth of Population 'COlifGf ON WHUIS" Wartburg Shares Centennial Deep Roots Set In Waverly 10 Moves Slow College Until 1946 Undaunted by hardships which would have derailed the program and aims of a less sturdy institution, Wartburg College, which is Waverly's only institution of higher education survived ten movings in its first 83 years of existence to become one of the Midwest's fastest growing colleges. All except the very youngest of Waverly residents are familiar with the expression which only 20 years ago was an apt description of the school. "College on Behind that description is the story of almost incredible hatu- ships which professors and students suffered and lived through as the school was bounced back and forth across the midwest.

It was not until 1935 that the yearsi of wandering ceased and Wartburg became a permanent part of the! Waverly community. A war and a half intervened sinee then but the growth of i first, has skyrocketed it to a- size nearly five times that of 1945. En- rollment statistics show that it was the only school in Iowa to show increases for each of the past ten consecutive years. From 175 students in 1945 the number; of students has jumped to 758- A truly phenomenal record in view of the fact that every other college in Iowa, and nearly every i one in the nation, suffered creases in enrollment in the post Founder Loehe Waverly's $100,000 Brings College To Dairy Spot of Iowa Although there may have been a few visionaries among the Waverly citizens that promoted the Si00.000 campaign for campus improvement and expansion in 1946. thc bulk of citizens were unprepared for the startling rate of growth of Wartburg College their midst, during the pait ten years.

That rate of growth cannot be attributed to Waverly's gift alone. I b'ut no one will deny that it was a spark that helped set off the chain-reaction of growth. Wa-' veiiy has been paid back i times its original cstment. year for the past several years the amount of money spent iii verly by the College has been at 1 or above the mark, i The facts gathered in another slorv on this page will testify to the I.T.- pact which the college makes. i Officials Wariburg Colleas constantly point to the support ol i the community as being of prime 11 importance to the future develop- I ment of both Waverly and the Highlights Of History 1852 Founded in Saginaw, Michigan 1853 Moved to Dubuque.

Iowa 1857 Moved to St. Sebald, Iowa 1868 Moved to Galena. Illinois 1875 Moved to Mendota, Illinois 1879 Moved to Waverly, Iowa 1880 1894 1896 Old Main built College moved to Clinton, Iowa Normal College stays in Waverlv $710,000 General Budget, Construction, Student Spending, Total Over Million Spent Each Year With Waverly Firms Figures released from the office of Assistant to the Pres- days annuallv bring from 700 ident and Business Manager, H. C. Engelbrecht indicate that to 80 prospective students Wartburg College, its students, faculty and staff will spend one of the biggest attractions is an amount in the neighborhood of one million dollars during the Artist Series which attracts this year in the citv of Waverlv.

The surprising statement up to 10 000 ea year 026 of in the heels of an analysis study made bv Engelbrech of the College's budget and of student and faculty salaries tioa and spending habits. prove College. Civic pride and a gen- veteran years after World War IL est in the development of missiuns uine interest 'ip. things cultural; in America prompted him to start and educational has kept Wavcr- what was to become Wartburg Col- Incrcases Mean Building Enrollment increases of such lc ge. dimension mean substantial ill- Prof.

George Grossmann. grand- creases in campus facilities. Since father of Waverly's Art Grossmann 1946 when the city of Waverly was sem to this country along ith promised and raise'd $100.000 to five students to found" a "Lehi-er assist in the expansion of the teacher's college, in Coeducation Introduced in the AcaJtn.v 1909 Director Engelbrecht heads school 1911 Music department added 1911 Enrollment passes 100 mark 1913 Wartburg Hall completed 1914 Fiist Woman Teacher Hired 1919 Tuition $55 per year 1922 Football authorized 1925 Luther Hall is built 1933 Wartburg Normal closed and Clinton 1935 Wartburg College opened in Waverly 1945 President C. H. Becker inaugurated 1946 Church Votes Waverly Permanent Home 1948 North Central Accreditation 1949 Knights 'gymnasium built 1952 Centennial observed 1955 Enrollment passes 750 mark Conventions and I i bring mam visitors as do special includes campus events such as commencement, parents da, alumni day school basketball Further studi a revealed' ncssmen The amount that the combined total of stu-jmg in private homes en i cart dents, student wives and families A-h total approx 8 mately 1.000 persons Approximately S300.000 of the and ners or nearly one-fifth of Waverlv's' Dud ct in the form of payroll State high total population The total in-1 to at and 23 single mem- tournaments bring in countless eludes only those directly con-! of the SIaff Tnc 1955-56 numbers who otherwise would go nccted with the school and does' Dud 8 et sets that figure at to other communities where gym- not include any businesses which 884 nasium facilities were available, have their prime support from the 1 Still another angle in line with A1) Jn al! lnc campus of Wart- college.

civ ic promotion is that 36 Waver burg College is a big attraction The jump to such a position of 'v students (not children of staff to tourists as well to those prominence in Waverlv is more members) are attending Wartburg wno nav a special purpose for clearly outlined by statistics College These 36 would spend no MSllln ered from a 1945" report. At that less than $36.000 per year out- tune the total College expendit- side of thc cit of Waverly if ures for the ear totaled S123.902. Jhey The current year's budget esti- to Wartburg College is proud to be a part of Waverly and proud to attend another col- to be able to contribute to the life and livelihood of the community. Wartburg's existence is justified by its goal to serve God and unnecessary to point out mac. So long as it follows that that there has been considerable a Wartburg will be serving mates that $710.000 will be spent; Consf Wartburg College for its en -j Cmstructlon e-al operating expenses alone.

unn ir nrn ii mnn tnat there as een consiaeraoie ariourg win oe serving Enrollment shows an equally, construction Wartburg Waverly a surrounding spectacular jump from 175 to 758. campus in the last 8 vears. A area and will be of thf r-n TI; of Sl.887.000 has "been spent fine support that has been so evi- 23 compared to today 50. The, by Wartburg College in phvsical dent the past administrative and maintenance expansion the past ten veare staff also has increased. This total includes the Adding up thc increases in stu-1 Student Union, but does not in-: WABTBtlRfl fOTTfSfit dents, faculty and administration clud the $250.000 which is cur-' ffift iFi shows that Wartbure contrihiifprf rently being spent on the Finp: ly in the foreground and has kept" Wartburg College foremost in I'm of community leaders.

Board and room were quite mea-' NOVEMBER 28. 1946--Pres. C. Jt cll The question is oiten asked, ger in early daxs. In 1885 the" H.

Becker received keys for the la tne college College those shows that Wartburg contributed' rently being spent on the Fine about 750 people to the estimated Building. 1.100 person increase in Waver- Of tn 's huge amount much has ly population from 1945 to 1956. been spent right here in Waverlv The difference is especially no- i through local suppliers, laborers ticeable after 1950 census and construction or utilities corn- when for the first time college panies students were counted as a part Beyond the amounts spent by the "Would another 8100,000 bring I about even greater things to The answer is as obvious board consisted of an ounce butter, or a slice of cheese served to-each student in the evening, of new "suburban coach" to be" used town and not of their hom towns, amounts spent by the students. T.II Story portating stations and depots. The 7 Although the school was found; $710.00.

1 ed by Loehc, who retained ad- I Omy an extremely ambitious ministrative responsibilities for fund raising program could haveithe school, it setved the local succeeded in catching the fancy Lutheran congregations. When of the people to the extent that. differences of opinion between tJie it is possiole for eight buildings administration and some of the or additions to have oeen planned. i oca parishioners and pastors and completed since 1948. occurred it became advisable for In 1948 ground was broken for the professor and students to the Knights gymnasium, in 1949 a mO ve.

Thus began the wanderings third floor was added to Gross-. the college. The group whicn mann Hail, a men's dormitory, in) remained loval to the school trav- i 1951 and '52 a new President i c( to Chicago and from there by home was built as was the Soutn Wa2on to Dubuque onrlitinn In I.nthiii- Hall A Dubuque was to be the home of the college for several years, and ia the evening. that the 39 student families ing in trailer homes and apartments in the citv spend no less than SI .500 per year per family or a total of about S60.000. At the present time 131 students are living in private and paying about $20.000 i vw tc ff -witfr5agar--Hasic irom is stilt' about 85T.

will be in Wa heard daily on the campus. verly or through Waverly busi- year for room rent. Still Old Main First College Building Wing addition to Luther Hall. A new maintenance building and garage was completed at the same lime. A year later Centennial Hall was later the was under wav.

eventually it was to become thc year ater cemeniiiai homc lh institlitlon I begun and another Memorial Student Umon In construction si Xot a school to tread water, plans were completed the spiiny of this vear lor construction 01 p. classes oegan in Aovemoer of 1853 i me a iOQn as i cou id be ac- i quired or built. According to I Hall whicn will more than douoie its capacity for housing women students. A school that has grow so much I an old letter irom Grossmann all i of the students enrolled at thai time were enrolled as tcaclic-rs. of operation showed ihi ly low sum of S626.19.

Thc Iowa Synod. later a part of the American Lutheran Chuith. in so little time mignt easily ton- was founded in ISM, shorth sider itself having reached "a cii- ward gamed coniiol of Ine max. but not so the planners for struggling col ege. It was at this Thc construction pro- time that theological students UJM.

gram is onlv bcginmng. Wiinm attended and that the college Iirst tnc next ten or liftecn veais, a took on a duai natwc. One I new library-- chapel-auditorium. was a seminary, ar.n the otncr science building, mens dorm.loi- was a Latin schi-ol under Sigmjnd ics. athletic stadium, additional who had come from Ger field house facilities and another round of dormitories is in the making.

Funds Mean Becker man to open such a school For the next few liif school was in circumstances financially. Thjs characterise was not to rcma.n unfamiiiai to Such an ambitious building pro- either students or faculty, and was giam, completion and inen in large part thc cause 01 the another nev program means tnat moving about of this "college on lunds of ail sorts and denomir.d- wheels." tion had to be raised and raised 1857 it had become necc-s- quickly because all of the buiia- 5a ry to think along other hfles for ings that have been built on the means of support, and. when campus arc paid for. In 1945 as opportunib presented itself to the school on the threshhold of a new era in its history. President C.

H. Becker came on the scene. boundlers and determination and his intimate knowledge ot what was the tage of Wartburg College began move the school to a moie area where a larm could be operated in conjunction with thc school the decision was made, and the scnooi moved to St Sebalci. near Sliawocrrj Point It was here that the name Wart- cham reaction of progress thai burg was first used and a post 01 has not reached its climax. by that Due credit must be grven to the Thorgh the school encountered American Lutheran Church whicn considerable diiiiculties owns and operates the college and the Civil War thc- pc: lod v.hich ha- poured well over u.ie immediately afterwaid tJ million dollars into Wartburj such a la-ge numocr of and current operaiions (38) that it became neecs- saiv to think of When it became poxs-bie io purchase an old nunnerj, at Galena ue of tne newspaper Hjmoi; tor a reasonaclc amount (S2.500) thc school was there in November of 1863.

It ua'- this nojnl that thc new Wast- in the ten years College Founded 1852 As comes off thc presses it is nearly 104 years smcc one man and live students arrived at Saginaw, Michigan, from Germany to found an bur-'experienced'onT oTiV h.oh^ ra sgjs OUc bers in his oi College from which i t.is maie.ia! for th.s institution of higher learning for thc American The founder of Wartburc College, the Wilhelm Loehc. of NcuanaetteKau. Geimany. never came to this country to see what sort of an institution he was Beset i i o.i- ficulties the consifiere-': tli collesfi- the soring from parish in Bavaisa. church fathers real.zed that sht Loehe that in ordei to be strong a Church mu-t have educated" pastors 'from educational institutions to train its own fo J873 in another esti- mate is that the 671 unmarried students about $135,000 teach year in Waverly stores and businesses This amount includes what is spent by students 1 maintaining cars.

250 Cars On Campus Testimony to our age of mo- i bility is the fact that about 250 student cars are registered with the Office of the Dean Chamber of Commerce sources point out 1 that it takes about 50 cars to pav the way of one service station At that rate five of Waverly's many L. stations are supported in grea't part student driving. Campus Visitors Untold thousands of people come to Waverly each be- cau.se of the College and because of the events sponsored or made possible its facilities the events which attract mary isitors who in turn spend mone in our city are homc basketball football a other athletic Homecoming in two senior ASM02 I9C i i A A tctroni teachers and ministers who, turn, would train the children of the Church I oohc's strong inii-r lege v.as moved to Mendota, 111. the strength and durability cf Wartburg attachments It on Eiijht) BUILT IN 1880-T his romantic looking building appropriately caiieu C-O MAIN, lege. To old timers of Waverly, and to all its alumni this fifj college Building in mains an ever present witness to the fact that size alone does not school, nor day rt did 76 years ago, although ways in which it served have chanoed "fhis'Vear a new change the way serves Wartburg will pJso when the music department vacates busines.

tdminjwrition and othe' classes take over..