Lincoln University - Lion Yearbook (Lincoln University, PA)

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DEDICA It is difficult to put into words one's estimate of the worth and influence of Dr. Frank Harris Ridgley. He was so utterly self-effacing, unassuming and gentle and yet so positive a personality. How to appreciate the full worth of such a man in just proportions is almost an impossible task. As a member of our faculty he was preeminently fitted for his position as Dean of the Seminary and professor of Old Testament Literature, Hebrew and Greek, having studied at Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the United Free Church College, Glasgow, Scotland; the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania where he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Semitics; and at the University of Leipzig, Germany. As a teacher he was a sound and careful scholar who possessed the rare ability to make difficult subjects understandable and interesting. He was not domineering, but invited the sincere criticisms and honest questions of those whom he taught. Students who differed with him on questions of religion felt that they were not in conflict with him but only with something incidental to him. Always there was the impression that he possessed an inward spiritual adequacy and an abiding faith in the Old Book which was undisturbed by life's trial or critic's proof. He was a man of broad sympathies, not bitter or unpleasant in private relations, loyal in friendships, devoted to every good cause, and consecrated to the noblest ideals. The splendid tribute which Edwin Markham paid to another may aptly be applied to him: lUhe iltcfuftlt of virgin foxeiti braced hii mind, 'Jhe luuli of ifi adorn praixiei itilled lux lout, djii wouli were oahi in acorm; and hii tliouyhti ll'tre rooti that fixmlu qdbt tli£ ifxanite truth. rind when ll£ fill in whirlwind li£ went down -dfi when a lordlu cedar, ifreen with bouiflu, 6 oei down with a yreat ihout upon the liilti, rfnd Itavti a Loneiomc place aaainit the iltu. 6 Odel lf . b. aulor

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Greetings— Again, a Lincoln class bids us farewell, and men go out to sterner responsibilities. Others take their places, yet the places are never filled. We know you as individuals—not lost in the crowd You will return from time to time, we hope to renew the old friendships and check with us on what is wise in the preparation of men. We shall follow your careers with the hope that you under- stand life better for the days at Lincoln, that in the joy of working you will be part of a generation that will find its way out of the uncertainties of the present into the better times within our reach, yet so elusive as the passions of men prevent their progress. We hope for new buildings that will leave only the memory of a library crowded with books and men and the closely packed halls, where thrice daily, so many students are gath- ered at the call of the bell. Yet through all change will be the continuing Lincoln passing on its life and welcoming you to the old ways. May the winds blow fair and the tides run smooth, but may you never lack the heart to breast the current when the port lies up the stream. Sincerely, WALTER LIVINGSTON WRIGHT. President 8