Charles Krieble Meschter and Laura Eisenbrey [66-31]

[66-31] CHARLES KRIEBLE MESCHTER, b Sept. 19, 1871; s Rev. George K. and Mary Ann (Krieble) Meschter [66-14]; m Sept. 12, 1897, LAURA EISENBREY, b Sept. 26, 1876; dau Joseph Hunt Eisenbrey. Prof. Meschter is Assistant Professor of English at Lehigh University; res., 637 N. New St., Bethlehem, Pa.

Charles Krieble Meschter, M. A., Ph. D., was born at Worcester, Pa., and is a direct descendant through both parents of Melchior Meisther [E 66]. After completing the course of study in the local school in 1889, Mr. Meschter attended the State Normal School at West Chester, Pa., graduating from that institution in 1892. He then entered the Arts Course of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving the B.S. degree in 1896. The year of 1899-1900 was spent at Harvard College where he received the degree of B.A.

In 1896, Mr. Meschter started teaching English and German at Perkiomen Seminary, Pennsburg, Pa., and during this time continued his studies in the Graduate School of the University of Pa. He received the degrees of M.A. in 1907, and Ph. D., in 1913. >

Dr. Meschter held the following teaching positions: Head of the Dept. of English Language and Literature and of the Dept. of German at Perkiomen Seminary, 1896-1905; Instructor in English Language and Literature, Lehigh University, 1905-1909; Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature, Lehigh University, 1909 to date; Head of the Dept. of English Language and Literature, Moravian College for Women, 1910 to date.

In 1914, Dr. Meschter published an edition of “‘Love’s Victory,” a seventeenth century English drama by William Chamberlaine.

Dr. Meschter has also written considerable verse. He published a juvenile booklet entitled ‘Leisure Hour Poems” in 1894. The predominant subject of his poems is the Delaware Water Gap, Pa. There appeared a small book of poems written by him entitled “‘Delaware Water Gap Lyrics” in 1913. In addition to the above Dr. Meschter has written three narrative poems of considerable length on the Water Gap, ‘“Mount Minsi Fairies’ (appearing in book form in 1915), ‘‘Winona,’’ 1917, and ‘“Pohoqualin Tales,’’ 1920.