German Professor Edits
Centuries-Old Chronicle
Who knows the Hutterites ? Not
many persons do, but Dr. A. J. F.
Zieglschmid, acting professor of
German, is an outstanding authori
ty on the Hutterite Brethren scat
tered through tire Unied States and
Canada in 57 colonies where the
life and thought of the sixteenth
century in central Europe is pre
served.
Dr. Ziegleschmid came to this
campus from Northwestern uni-,
versity this fall to replace Dr. G.
F. Lussky, former tfead of the Ger
man department, who is on leave
of absence to write an English re
view of Dr. Gieglschmid’s Hutterite
ij Chronicle for the Library of Con
gress. Dr. Lussky’s review will ap
pear in the American Historical
Journal this fall.
The Hutterites were followers of
Swingli, Swiss reformer, who be
came alienated over matters of
doctrine and persecuted as they fled
from one land to another seeking
religious freedom. From 1526 to
1802 the tragic story of th'eir wan
derings, the graphic accounts of
torture and death of their lead
ers, and the crystallization of their
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beliefs was recorded in a laborious
ly handwritten book.
In 1937 Dr. Ziegleschmid’s search
for material of linguistic and lite
rary merit took him to a flourish
ing Hutterite colony in South Da
kota. There, carefully guarded by
Americans who spoke 16th century
Germanic dialect and dressed in
the simple peasant colthes of their
forefathers, he found the original
Hutterite Chronicle. The manu
script was taken to Northwestern
and kept in a university vault for
two years while Zieglschmid tran
scribed its barely legible pages for
publication. The Carl Schurtz
Memorial foundation and the
American Council of Learned So
cieties financed the project.
Donald Goodchild, secretary of
the ACLS, said of the Chronicle:
“As a layman I find it one of the
most interesting pieces of work I
have had a chance to examine" in
connection with our grants in aid
of publication.”
Having visited Hutterite colo
nies in South Dakota and in Cana
da, Dr. Zieglschmid has become
very interested in tlleir history and
is now engaged in transcribing a
two-volume collection of their six
teenth century hymns for publica
tion. Dr. Oliver Beltz, formerly of
Northwestern, is working on th«
melodies.
Marine Auxiliary
Chooses Officers
Elected president and senior vice
president of a newly formed ladies
auxiliary to the Marine Corps
League’s local detachment were
Mrs. Helen D. Strong and Mrs.
Florence Garnett, both of the Uni
versity’s administrative staff. The
auxiliary was organized November
18, following the annual salmon
dinner of the Gerald Dwain Har
bert detachment, Eugene unit of
the Marine Corps league.
The auxiliary will next meet De
cember 16 in room 201, Eugene
armory.
Many campus women are eligible
to membership in the organization,
which is open to mothers, wives,
widows, daughters and sisters of
Marines.
Copy Desk Staff:
Hans Wold, editor
Dale Horton, assistant
Warren Miller
Vivian Richardson
Bill Hilmer
Mary Lou Casey
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teachers needed was far more than
it had ever been in the history of
the teacher placement bureau.
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