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The following newspaper article appeared on Saturday, September 10, 1904 in the
Town and Country Newspaper, published weekly in Pennsburg, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania. The Professor H. W. Kriebel of the article is Howard,
the son of Henry KRIEBEL and Mary Ann WIEGNER, born in July 1859.
A DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR AND HISTORIAN OF PERKIOMEN
VALLEY
One of the leading educators of the Perkiomen Valley
has his home in East Greenville and that town can feel
honored in having so distinguished a citizen.
Prof. H.W. KRIEBEL was born about forty-five years
ago near Hereford, Berks county, being the son
of the late well known Henry KRIEBEL, farmer, stock
breeder and manufacturer of linseed oil. His early
boyhood days were spent on the farm and in the
district school and while quite young he applied
himself diligently to his books and showed
phenominal progress. He later entered the Normal
School at Kutztown and graduated with honor from that
institution at the age of 17. While pursuing his
course he developed a liking for mathematics and after
graduation took up the scientific course but abandoned
it before graduation and engaged in teaching. After
teaching for some time Prof. KRIEBEL took a course in
Theology at one of the Seminaries of Ohio and on
graduation engaged in the ministry for several years,
preaching for the Schwenkfelders of which
denomination he is a faithful and devout member. His
mathematical instincts and his early Normal training
made him feel as if his duties were with the young
rather than with people more advanced in years and he
again entered the school room. Having served his
native valley conscientiously and with marked success
in the roll of school masters for a number of years,
he twelve years ago associated himself with Rev. O.
S. KRIEBEL to found the present well known
flourishing Perkiomen Seminary.
Four years ago he severed his connections with the
institution as instructor after having served for
eight years as vice-principal, Prof. of Mathematics
and Sciences, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, and
Steward of the institution. Since his retirement as
an instructor he has been one of its most active
trustees and is still continued as Secretary of the
Board of Trustees. Much of his time is devoted to the
school, he being at present engaged in superintending
the erection of the new gymnasium. Prof. KRIEBEL is a
careful and painstaking writer and is renowned for his
knowledge of local and church history. He is familiar
with every detail of the history of the Perkiomen
Valley and many a valuable paper from his pen,
portraying the trials of the early settlers of the
valley, has been perused by the ever eager public. His
knowlege of church history is no less profound and his
denomination, the Schwenkfelders, appreciating the
fact, two years ago, sent him to Germany to perfect
arrangements and collect data for the compilation of a
complete history of the denomination. The Upper
Perkiomen Valley may well feel grateful to Prof.
KRIEBEL of his work. From early youth on he had worked
assidiously to develop the budning mind of this
section and today many young men and women who would
be mere atoms of the human race, had not Prof.
KRIEBEL exerted his influence and pointed the way,
are filling positions of responsibility and trying to
stem ignorance.
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