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Gettysburg College Faculty Books 2006 To Waken Fond Memory: Moments in the History of Gettysburg College Anna Jane Moyer Gettysburg College Follow this and additional works at: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/books Part of the Cultural History Commons, Educational Sociology Commons, History of Gender Commons, Intellectual History Commons, Political History Commons, Social History Commons, United States History Commons, Women's History Commons, and the Women's Studies Commons Share feedback about the accessibility of this item. Moyer, Anna Jane. To Waken Fond Memory: Moments in the History of Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA: Friends of Musselman Library, Gettysburg College, 2006). This is the publisher's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution. Cupola permanent link: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/books/76 This open access book is brought to you by The uC pola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. It has been accepted for inclusion by an authorized administrator of The uC pola. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To Waken Fond Memory: Moments in the History of Gettysburg College Description Between 1975 and 1989 Anna Jane Moyer produced a series of essays for the Gettysburg College alumni magazine capturing “moments” on campus and in the town of Gettysburg since 1832. Treating people, places, and notable events over the course of the College’s first 150 years, Moyer’s sketches reached an appreciative audience at the time. But with the Gettysburg College 175th anniversary approaching, it seemed appropriate to make her writing more readily available to alumni, friends of the College, students, and scholars. The sketches now republished in To Waken Fond Memory remind readers that the culture of a liberal arts college is never static, yet that certain elements remain important through the generations—among them a strong sense of community and growing readiness among students to influence the world beyond the Gettysburg campus. The longest of Moyer’s collected pieces, “Mandolins in the Moonlight,” was originally published under a different title, as part of a series of pamphlets marking the College’s sesquicentennial. Like the shorter vignettes featured in this book, “Mandolins in the Moonlight” evokes most charmingly the ways students have interacted with their professors and their peers and in small ways and larger ones, made their mark. Taken together, the essays in To Waken Fond Memory will evoke a Gettysburg past that still resonates and informs its present identity. Keywords Gettysburg College, college life, literary society, alumni, education for women, Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Woman's General League, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle Reunion, 75th Anniversary, Blue and Gray, Henry Eyster Jacobs, Samuel Simon Schmucker, John Hopkins, Confederate soldier, Herman Haupt, Martin Luther Stoever, William Tipton, Philip Bikle, Charles H. Huber, Cora Berkey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Brua Hall, Weidensall, Musselman Library, Schmucker Library, Hotel Gettysburg Disciplines Cultural History | Educational Sociology | History | History of Gender | Intellectual History | Political History | Social History | United States History | Women's History | Women's Studies Publisher Friends of Musselman Library, Gettysburg College Comments The introduction was written by Dr. Michael J. Birkner, Professor of History at Gettysburg College. This book is available at The uC pola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/books/76 TO WAKEN FOND MEMORY TO WAKEN MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF GETTYSBURG COLLEGE etween 1975 and 1989 Anna Jane Moyer produced a series of essays for the Gettysburg College alumni Bmagazine capturing “moments” on campus and in the town of Gettysburg since 1832. Treating people, places, and notable events over the course of the College’s first 150 years, Moyer’s sketches reached an appreciative audience at the time. But with the Gettysburg College 175th anniversary TO WAKEN approaching, it seemed appropriate to make her writing more readily available to alumni, friends of the College, students, and scholars. The sketches now republished in To Waken Fond FOND MEMORY Memory remind readers that the culture of a liberal arts college is never static, yet that certain elements remain important through the generations—among them a strong M OMENTS IN THE H ISTORY sense of community and growing readiness among students to influence the world beyond the Gettysburg campus. The OF G ETTYSBURG C OLLEGE longest of Moyer’s collected pieces, “Mandolins in the Moonlight,” was originally published under a different title, as part of a series of pamphlets marking the College’s sesquicen- tennial. Like the shorter vignettes featured in this book, “Mandolins in the Moonlight” evokes most charmingly the ways students have interacted with their professors and their peers and in small ways and larger ones, made their mark. Taken together, the essays in To Waken Fond Memory will evoke a Gettysburg past that still resonates and informs its present identity. ••• ANNA JANE MOYER served as a Readers’ Services Librarian at Gettysburg College from 1961 to 1999. During ANNA JANE MOYER her years of service in Schmucker and Musselman libraries, she became captivated by Gettysburg College history— most especially student life. A graduate of Susquehanna University, Moyer earned a master’s degree from the graduate school of library science at Drexel University. She continues to enjoy writing and presenting programs to college and community groups. The history of Gettysburg College remains one of her enduring interests. ANNA JANE MOYER To Waken Fond Memory: Moments in the History of Gettysburg College Anna Jane Moyer Whenever thy loyal ones gather, To waken fond memory, Our thoughts shall be turned Alma Mater, Old Gettysburg back to thee… From the Gettysburg College Alma Mater, Words by Paul S. Gilbert, Class of 1922 Music by Frederick Eppling Reinartz, Class of 1924 Friends of Musselman Library, Gettysburg College, 2006 i T O WAKEN F OND M EMORY On the cover: View of Pennsylvania College, ca. 1862, Tyson Brothers, and Gettysburg College interfraternity dance, 1907. Courtesy of Special Collections, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College. ii M OMENTS IN THE H ISTORY OF G ETTYSBURG C OLLEGE Dedication In loving memory of Ella Aurand Moyer, my mother, my friend, and my first teacher, with appreciation for her role in my Gettysburg experience. In fond recollection of the many Gettysburgians whom I met at the reference desk through their quests for information in Schmucker and Musselman libraries. iii T O WAKEN F OND M EMORY iv M OMENTS IN THE H ISTORY OF G ETTYSBURG C OLLEGE Table of Contents A TIME FOR LAUGHTER, A TIME TO DREAM: GETTYSBURG COLLEGE LIFE . 1 I Heard It at Buehler’s Drug Store . 3 Join the Debate! Phrena and Philo, Rival Literary Societies . 6 “I Swear By Apollo the Physician…”: The Medical Department of Pennsylvania College . 8 The Sophomore Exodus: An Episode of Misbehavior. 11 “Whenever Thy Loyal Ones Gather”: The Alumni Association Celebrates 150 Years . 13 A Place of Their Own: The Emergence of Women at Gettysburg College . 18 75 Years…and Forward! A Salute to the Woman’s General League . 25 From the Album of Our Yesterdays: The Last Reunion of the Blue and Gray . 31 MAY I INTRODUCE…: GETTYSBURG COLLEGE PERSONALITIES . 37 The Wondrous World of Michael Jacobs. 39 Academia and Artillery: Henry Eyster Jacobs Views the Battle of Gettysburg . 43 A Young Man’s Fancy: “I, Samuel Simon, Take Thee, Mary Catherine...” . 47 John Hopkins, Janitor or Vice President? . 51 James Crocker, Alumnus: A Confederate Soldier at Gettysburg . 54 A Crossing of Bridges: Herman Haupt, Professor and Engineer. 57 Professor Martin Luther Stoever, Compassionate Friend . 61 v T O WAKEN F OND M EMORY In Focus: W.H. Tipton, Photographer for Town and Gown . 63 Professor Philip M. Biklé, Gettysburg's First Dean. 66 “My Dearest Friend”: The Letters of Mary and Wilburn. 70 Master of the Academy: Dr. Charles H. Huber Presides. 77 Meet Cora Hartman Berkey, First Woman Graduate . 81 Eisenhower at Gettysburg . 85 OF BRICK, MORTAR, AND MEMORIES: GETTYSBURG COLLEGE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS . 91 Return to Center Stage: The Life and Times of Brua Hall . 93 Weidensall Revisited . 97 To Plant a Tree, To Plant a Dream: The Campus Landscape Transformed . 101 A Closing of Chapters: The College Library in Metamorphosis . 105 A Night’s Lodging: Hotel Gettysburg at the Crossroads . 109 MANDOLINS IN THE MOONLIGHT: THE HISTORY OF STUDENT LIFE AT GETTYSBURG COLLEGE, 1832-1982. 113 “Fifty Sets of College Boys,” 1832-1882 . 115 Great Good Times, 1883-1909. 127 A View From the Forum, 1910-1941 . 139 Chapters For a New Generation, 1942-1982. 153 vi M OMENTS IN THE H ISTORY OF G ETTYSBURG C OLLEGE Foreword t was a summer afternoon in 1975. Tucked away in the cool recesses of a formal reading room at the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on South I22nd Street, I was on the last lap of a fascinating quest for manuscripts relating to the life and work of Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence. As I was about to close my research, I encountered sources unfamiliar to me regarding the medical school established by Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College) in Philadelphia during the nineteenth century. I found the details of that brief educational endeavor so unusual that upon my return home I contacted Willard Books, the editor of the Gettysburg College alumni magazine, and offered to write an article about it for the publication. It so happened that “Woody,” as he was known, was eager to find someone who would regularly write a page, “Out of the Past.” He extended the invitation to me. Thus began my intense interest and involvement in researching and writing about the history of Gettysburg College and my crafting of the articles in this book for their first appearance in what is now published as Gettysburg, A Magazine for Gettysburg College Alumni, Parents, and Friends, formerly known among its readers as the alumni bulletin.

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