[Letter] 1945 March 20, Germany [to] Prof

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[Letter] 1945 March 20, Germany [to] Prof

Description

Olwig has received the news that Stoughton is leaving Wagner. Writes of his best wishes for the future and his thoughts about the values and ideals Stoughton brought both to Wagner and to him personally.

Creator

Olwig, Robert Adolph

Source

Wagner College Archive, Horrmann Library

Date

3/20/1945

Contributor

Wagner College, Staten Island, NY

Is Part Of

A complete index to the letters in this collection can be found here: http://library.wagner.edu/wagnerarchive/StoughtonPDF/Correspondence index.pdf

Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

text

Identifier

Olwig3

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On the Banks of the Rhine,
Germany - 20 March 1945

Dear Prof,
The February "Bulletin" is at hand, and the news of your leaving Wagner, Prof, comes as a terrible jolt. I know you must be doing the right thing, but I hate to think of the college without you. I hope it won't mean a return to the inept presidents that preceded you.
As a son of Wagner, I am grateful for what you have done for the school. You preserved its old ideals of high scholarship and ethics, yet gave the college a new vitality that made it even a finer institution. I am also grateful to you,

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Prof, for all you have done for me personally. The counsel you have given me, and the encouragement, have been most helpful.
I hope that your new job will not prevent you from spending time on Staten Island. Both Fay and I would like to have the pleasure of your friendship after the war.
I hate to see you go - but the best of luck in your new work.
Cordially,
Bob Olwig

Original Format

http://library.wagner.edu/wagnerarchive/StoughtonPDF/Olwig3.pdf

Date Digital

2014

Citation

Olwig, Robert Adolph, “[Letter] 1945 March 20, Germany [to] Prof,” Wagner College Archives and Special Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wagnercollections.omeka.net/items/show/16348.