{Waterloo Lutheran Seminary
Waterloo College
Waterloo College School
Waterloo, Ontario} Jan’y 16, 1927.
Dear Mother:
The time has arrived for me to write to you again, and although I haven’t much news of interest, I will endeavour to give you a few lines. I have been at home all day to-day, preaching being very scarce. But there is this consolation; the weather is so cold that one feels more comfortable in the warm house at home than any where else. We had a big snowstorm about the middle of last week adding about a foot to our body of snow. Thereafter it turned very cold and we have had zero or sub-zero weather ever since. At times the thermometer fell to 8 or 10 degrees below zero. I had a good pile of snow to shovel between here and the Rumball place a couple times last week. The cold snap added also considerably to my furnace work and the last few days have made the coal fly. It is still very cold and we kept Ruth and Catharine home from Sunday School to-day on account of the inclemency of the weather. This was really about the only cold spell of the winter, which up to this time was quite uniform and comparatively mild. For my part, however, I don’t mind the cold, but rather enjoy it. I am enclosing a couple snaps to fill up the vacuity of this letter. They are old ones, as we have no late ones in stock; but you may find them more or less interesting. Carolus mailed you the College Cord last week. It is principally occupies with Dr. Zinck and his impending departure and gives him a great send-off – greater perhaps than the facts warrant. There is no question as to his being a fine teacher, but his arbitrary tactics alienated the whole faculty,
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and not a single voice of regret was raised at any of the faculty meetings over his departure. The Board was determined to keep him as President even if they had to turn off the entire faculty of ten men. But they had only his side of the story and did not call in any of the faculty against whom he was lined up. However, we had a conference with him and straightened out personal matters, after which he accepted his call and resigned. But we didn’t air our troubles in the newspapers as Lenoir College did some years ago. I will probably lose $100 a year by my resignation of the Dean’s office; but I held it as long as I could after practically all its functions had been usurped by the President. Things will now run along smoothly for the remainder of the year though it will add to the work of the Seminary professors. We have already mapped out a schedule dividing Dr. Zinck’s work among us. This week we being our mid-year examinations which cover all subjects in the College and Seminary. These will last two weeks. We do not have any teaching to do, however, while they are on. I attended Pastor Fischer’s wife’s funeral in St. Matthew’s Church last Monday. She died in childbirth. You will see an account of it in the Cord. Tomorrow Dr. Veit’s funeral will take place from his late residence in Kitchener to Tavistock where he will be buried. I think I will have to attend this funeral also. He was in his 82nd year and has lived retired for several years. In his prime he was a power in the Luther an Church in Canada. Another sad death which occurred Saturday night was that of a Mr. Ziegler down the street a few blocks. He was only 40 years of age and leaves a widow and seven children, the oldest being 13. He was a member of St. John’s and died of locked bowels. Marion has had a cold lately, but I think she looks better than she did when she was down. She weighs 102 lbs. All the rest are well except Bonnie and Robert who have colds. But I must close. With love to you all, I am
Most Sincerely yours,
[signed] Carroll H. Little.
