'Blackboard, Pulpit and Stereoscope: The Work of G.N. Falkenstein' March 31 at High Library

Illustrated lecture on past principal of Elizabethtown College

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George Ness Falkenstein

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (02/24/2010)(readMedia)-- George Ness Falkenstein (1859-1949) taught science in Illinois, served a Brethren congregation in Philadelphia, wrote history, sold used books … and helped to found Elizabethtown College.

In celebration of the High Library 20th anniversary, Jeff Bach, director of the College's Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, gives an illustrated lecture about the many facets of G.N. Falkenstein and his career. The event, free and the open to the public, takes place at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 31, in High Library's Winter Alcove, second floor.

Learn-through highlights from Falkenstein's journals and photos from his massive collection of stereoscopic slides-about the intriguing man who helped to make Elizabethtown College a reality. He taught Bible, psychology and pedagogy (education) at Elizabethtown College, and during his 1900 to 1901 term as acting principal, the New College building, now known as Alpha Hall, was built, and all college relations were moved from downtown Elizabethtown to the new building. The dedication of Alpha Hall took place in March 1901.

After his term in office, Falkenstein continued to teach subjects such as history, science, psychology and Bible. He was elected to a second term as principal in 1902, but resigned in September because of health problems.

The event is sponsored by the Friends of the High Library and the Office of Institutional Advancement. Contact: Louise Hyder-Darlington at 717-361-1454 or e-mail at hyderl@etown.edu.

Elizabethtown College, in southeastern Pennsylvania, is a private coed college with degrees in liberal arts, fine and performing arts, science and engineering, business, communications and education. The hallmarks of an Elizabethtown education are academic rigor, high expectations and intellectual curiosity. Our faculty members are teacher-scholars, pursuing their academic areas of expertise while sharing that expertise with students.

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