Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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in fTiEmoRiflm Tlie memory of some great men is like a tall, straight tree — hut the memory of Dr. T. H. McIMichael is like a hill, a sno y-cro vned, heayen- seeking hill. Pot thirty-three years of ser ice. he was a greater Monmouth tradition than the college seal or the campus maples. Dr. McMichael assumed the presidency of the college in 1903, just six years after his own father, Dr. J. B. McMichael had resinged from the same position. With a foundation of two huildings and a struggling repu- tation, he deyeloped a college of high standing throughout the midwest, a college with three millions of capital assets. Born in Monmouth, Dr. McMichael received his higher education at Monmouth College. A pcjpular student, pleasant and winsome, he gained fame both as an orator and athlete. He once pit ched to ictor}- both hall games of a double header with the Uni -ersity of Illinois. A graduate fr :im ! lonmouth College in 1886, Dr. McMichael became a student of the United Presbyterian Theological Seminar}- at Xenia, Ohio. After graduation from the seminary, he seryed in pastorates in both Spring Hill, Indiana, and Cleveland, Ohio; th.en accepting the presidency if his alma mater. Five colleges presented Dr. McMichael with honorary degrees during his lifetime and several offered lucrative positions which were always rcfusctl. He would not desert Monmouth College. The students who remember Dr. McMichael as a wise councillor, guide anil friend are man ' . He himself remembered with personal interest and attention e ery student with whom he had associated. A man of distinguished appearance. Dr. McMichael ' s snow}- hair and kindly face were familiar emblems of the college for the thiirty-three -ears of his active presidency and the one ' ear after he had resigned to Ije suc- ceeded by Dr. James H. Grier. Not only the college, but the United Pres- byterian Church suft ' eres the loss of this man whose ready friendliness and keen intellect were accessible for eyer ' worthwhile work. Dr. Grier, in speaking of Dr. McMichael, said, A great man has passed away, one whose name and work will live in the memory of this community and of the United Presbyterian Church for years to come. Someone else has said that Dr. McMichael ' s ability, character and personality were so wide in scope that he would have attained a conspicuous success in various other fields of activity. ' ith tenderness we think of Dr. MclNIichael antl regret his passing only because we can no longer benefit from his searching character and deeply inlaid Christian principles. Some great men live in our memories like tall, straight trees — but Dr. McMichael was like a strengtli-gi ing hill, a snow-topped, hea ' en-reaching hill.

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