The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
HONOR MEMORY
OF LUMBERMAN
ON ANNIVERSARY
Students and Faculty CT Augustana
College I'm Tribute to Bene-
factor.

iBtLH HIINH0dy duui*Gt SoAy 40 -
day, was paid him by teachers, stu
dents and DR.. G. A. Andreen, presi-
dent OF Augustana college, mot
only for the wonderful gift to the
college. but for a life Of high ideals
and of Tnasterful accomplishment"
In these words Dr.. Andreen AT
The commemorative service held IN
the Augustana chapel and the On p
hammock cemetery yesterday after
noon honored Mr.. Denkmann- In a
beautiful description of the life o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Denkmann in whose
memory the Denkmann library at
Augustana college was established
bv their children, DR.. Andreen re-
called that the lumbermen came to
America the same year tire foun-
der of Augustana college came to
Rock Island.
The chapel program to. which 3OV
students and teachers gathered De
gan at o'clock, was:
Organ prelude-A. Cyril Graham.
Song-Audience.
Scripture reading-Dr. G. A
Brandelle.
Saviour, I Follow on"-oriole
club.
Memorial address-Dr. G. A. An
dreen.
Awake My Sour'-Oriole club.
Tribute OF student bOdy-Roy
johnson.
Song-Audience.
Following the services in the
schapel, $50 students and teachers
sproceeded to the mausoleum in
sChippiannock cemetery where DR..
&c. Z. Lindberg gave a short address
and the Augustana male quartet
Sang.
DR.. Andreen in his talk at the
schapel said in part:
"A hundred years ago on April s,
1922, a son was born in home in
sSalzwedel, Germany, to whom was
given the name Frederick Carl
August. These very names his
torically point to the struggles for
Liberation and unification of this
central part of Europe whiah for
centuries had been going on both il
the political world and the religious
world. About this time took place
some of the titanic wars which
characterized the age of Napoleon,
(which wars brought disaster 10 the
saffairs of many a household
throughout Europe, and affected
salso that of Didrick Denkmann, the
father of Carl. Later on the storms
of 1S48 rocked the very founda-
stions of society. The reports Of
the opponents in the new world
had reached the ears and attracted
the attention of the young man
Denkmann. In 1S49 he crossed the
ocean to help build up that Amer
lea which was growing strong and
mighty, not least by the addition of
men of brain and Drawn from old
mother Europe.
"Thus Mr.. Denkmann arrived
here in America the same year that
Prof. L. p. Esbjorn, the founder
.of Augustana college and theologi-
|. cal seminary, came to labor in the
Il settlement at Rock Island and Mo-
" line and the country round about.
lone of the first and best things that
Mr.. Denkmann did here in Amer
lea was to found a home, and in
Miss Katherine Blaedel he met u
life companion, who brought love
land joy to the home of Mr.. Denk-
smann.
in 1851 We find Mr. and Mrs.
sDenkmann living in Moline and
later on moving to Rock Island,
where they spent the remainder of
"a long, active, useful life. In 1860
Mr.. Denkmann with his brother-i.t-
law, Fred Weyerhauser, laid the
foundation of the lumber business
sak 10 hi
feet of lumber in immense RATS to
Rock Island, and distributed them
as prepared material into tens of
thousands of homes here and all
Through the neighboring states.
Coincidence Continues.
by another inscrutable coinci-
dence this firm began its success
full career the same year that Au-
gustana college was founded, 1860,
which institution had been located
for awhile in other parts of the
state, namely Chicago and Paxton,
and was finally for various reasons
attracted to Rock Island, thus be-
coming a neighbor of Mr.. Denk-
mann, and little by little attracting
the interest of the family to its
work.
after more than so years of
residence in Rock Island. Mr..
sDenkmann passed away in 1905,
and in 1907 Mrs. Denkmann was
called to her reward.
"On this centennial day we think
of Mr.. Denhnann as one of the
leading figures in the history of
Rock Island, and of the develop
ment of this part of our common
wealth. He came here when the
country was young, in a great
measure still uninhabited, when
the forest was growing on the
northern hills ready to be nodded
into material for homes. Nor were
the spiritual interests neglected..
He and his wife laid deep in the
hearts of their children the foun-
dations of religion, of noble char
acter, of estimable performances,
and of splendid service to the coun-
try which is theirs and tosthe com
munity to which they belong. On
this centennial We honor the mem
Dry of F. C. A Denkmann, not only
for the wonderful gift which has
been erected to his memory, but
above all for a life of high ideals
and OF masterful accomplishment. 5"
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