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2 College's history to be written Historians Jim Wahl, C.R. and Gerry Stortz will write the College's history. Century-old photograph donated to College One of the highlights of the College's upcoming 125th Anniversary celebrations will be the publication of an extensive history of St. Jerome's College. History Professors Jim Wahl, C.R., and Gerry Stortz have been commissioned to write the history of the College since its founding in 1865 by Father Louis Funcken, C.R. "We hope to write a history that details who and what was taught, and why," says Fr. Wahl who will write about the founding of the College up to 1915. "We'll highlight how St. Jerome's College was part of the community and what it contributed through its students." The majority of the early primary sources Fr. Wahl is examining were written in German. Interestingly, that changed during World War I, when strong anti-German sentiment prevailed, and most later documents are written in English. Fr. Wahl observes that St. Agatha was never intended to be the permanent site of the College. It was established there "provisionally as an embryo of the College," wrote Fr. Funcken in 1864, clearly with a vision of a larger institution in the future. The influence of Funcken's pedagogical style on the College is an aspect of the history Fr. Wahl hopes to address. "We hope to give readers a sense of what it was to be a St. Jerome's student throughout our history," adds Prof. Stortz who will write the history from 1915 to the present. To do that, the authors are examining archival documents such as Board of Governor's minutes; papers of past presidents; yearbooks and other College publications; the correspondence of people involved in the College including letters and diaries; public acts and records; newspapers such as the Berliner Journal, forerunner to today's Kitchener-Waterloo Record, will also be a source. Professor Stortz will cover such areas as the College's affiliation with the University of Ottawa and its move to the east end of Kitchener, as well the historic federation agreement with and move to the campus of the University of Waterloo. The history should be completed and ready for publication in early 1990. Follow-up In the spring issue of Update! we reported on the completion of the nine-year term of Sr. Dianne Brenner (BA '72) as Dean of Women at Notre Dame College. At that time she was appointed Vice-Principal at St. Brigid's Elementary School in Hamilton. Sr. Dianne was recently promoted to the position of Principal at St. Mary's Elementary School, also in Hamilton. If you'd like to contact Sr. Dianne, she can be reached at her home, 82 Murray St. E., Hamilton, Ontario L8L 3G2. A valuable century-old photograph of one of the College's early philosophy classes has been donated to the College by Mr. Paul Motz of Kitchener. "This is a significant addition to our pictorial history," observes historian Father Jim Wahl, C.R. "It is the only known copy we have, and it appears to be the last known photograph of Father Louis Funcken, C.R. before his death in January 1890." For Paul Motz, the photo holds personal significance. His grandfather, William J. Motz, was one of Father Funcken's students. William Motz' father, John, went on to establish the Berliner Journal, later to be known as the Kitchener- Waterloo Record. The younger William succeeded his father in that position. The Record is now owned by JEMCOM Inc., of which Paul Motz is President. "This photo allows us to put faces to the names of some of the people close to the College in its early days," adds Father Wahl. Among those in the photograph is Father Anthony Weiler, uncle to former College President Father Cornelius Siegfried. J.J. Gnam, also in the photo, became a diocesan priest in nearby Hesson, Ontario, and today a scholarship bearing his name is awarded to students at St. Jerome's. The St. Jerome's College Philosophy Class 1887-88 (Back Row, 1 to r) W.J. Motz, F. Doetsch, A. Furmann, J.A. Kessler, J.J. Gnam, W.V. Kloepfer, A. Waechter. (Front Row, 1 to r) W. McColl, Rev. A. Weiler, C.R., Very Rev. Louis Funcken, C.R., (President), A. Doser, A.J. Rezek. Photo courtesy of Paul J. Motz, Kitchener/Reproduction courtesy of Don Nurse, Ainsworth Press, Kitchener.