Frankly, Something’s Missing

By The Gettysburg Forum

According to recently obtained information, and after speaking with the Department of Public Safety, Frank Klein, the much beloved Musselman Library security guard, friend to the many students who spend their nights in the library, has been fired. This comes as a shock to the many grateful students who have experienced Frank’s gruff care and dry humor throughout the years.

Information suggests that Klein has had, in the past, a handful of disagreements with the library staff, although no definitive cause has yet been attributed to his sudden termination.

Former co-Editor-in-Chief of the Forum, Sebastian DiNatale, recently spoke with Frank about his unexpected departure. He conveyed to the Forum several of Frank’s personal sentiments, all of which are summarized below.

Frank is currently searching for employment and was, as he suggested, adamant about departing on his own terms. Additionally, he is preparing to apply for orthopedic surgery, a procedure that will remedy an otherwise extraordinarily painful problem, and has two children who will shortly be getting married.

During his tenure at Gettysburg College, specifically his three years working in the library, nothing was either stolen or broken. Frank maintains that everyone supported him at DPS, and that his fondest moments spanned the hours between 11 and 4, when he could always be found with the students, chatting or laughing or simply listening. Frank’s wife is also an employee at Gettysburg College, working nightly in Pennsylvania Hall, and he hopes, eventually to join her once again.

Whether or not this fragmented image of Frank, a man many students saw nightly, does him justice, is wholly immaterial. Gettysburg College, as every first-year knows, is threaded with notions of community and loyal interaction. Frank has served valiantly and venerably as a member of our community, saturated our late-night hours with humor and warmth, and proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, how easy it is to find acceptance at Gettysburg College.

We at the Forum invite you to share, via email or Facebook or the comment system we utilize below, your memories with Frank. Tell us how much his presence has been appreciated, and will be missed.