David Arnold’s interest in photography was awakened at Wittenberg in the late 1950s, when he allowed a Christmas camera to lead him into the beauty and life of the campus and ultimately a career with pictures.

After 26 years as an illustrations editor with National Geographic Magazine, Arnold rediscovered in his earliest photographs images and memories of Wittenberg days unfaded by time and brightened by fresh appreciation. With this excerpt, he says ‘Thanks.’