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Q ' he Historic of Our College In Taylor University ' s seal aj)]:)ears the date, 1846. The catalogue which shall chronicle the present year and announce the next will have on its title page, Seventv-Ninth Annual Announcement. The history of the college dates its beginning with the Fort Wayne Female College in 1S46. This, uniting with a Collegiate In.stitute of Fort Wayne in 18. 2, assumed the name of Fort AVayne Methodist Episcopal College. A ' hen Bishop Taylor, the a]:)ostle to the world , reached the high tide of his well deserved influence, in the year 1890, the authori- ties at Fort A ' ayne rededicated the school as Taylor University. Shortly after that it was moved from the city of Fort A ' ayne to its ])resent cam])us, and the Administration Building now in use, was erected. The corner stone was laid by Bishop Taylor and Dr. Thaddeus C. Reade, the saintly man who was then President of the institution, whose picture hangs over the college platform along with that of Bishop Taylor, and whose grave is on the campus of the college for which he gave his earthly possessions and his life. While Taylor has always been Methodist in its afiiliation, it has jjeen strong in its interdenominational service and has been a])proved by the interdenomina- tional movements for the promotion of holiness and evangelism as their patron- izing college. The attitude and spirit of the school may be surmised from the fact that about midway in its history it selected such a man as William Taylor for its patron saint. He symbolized several things which were characteristics of the institution. It was a school that deferred to the laity and the plain people. It believed in personal salvation and revivals and lived up to its belief. It stood for a safe and sane presentation of the fullness of the Gospel without frills or side tracks. It stood for a constructive contention for the faith without strife. In other words it defended the Gospel by preaching it. It stood for an evange- listic world movement, for an education that trained its students to feel that anywhere with Jesus will be home, sweet home. The Taylor of William Taylor ' s day and Thaddeus Keade ' s day is the Taylor of today, unmoved by the modernizing tendencies and the unbelief that has crept into the system of modern education. By this we do not mean to sa - that Taj ' lor has shut her doors against progress. She is a student of every new movement, method, or theory of any consequence in the life of the world, and she keeps step with the best that is in modern education. The institution has proved that this can be done without neglecting or calling in question the time honored fundamentals of society and the recognized essentials of the Gospel as set forth in the New Testament. Taylor now has more than three score classes that have graduated from college. They have entered all the worthy pursuits of our own land and have gone to all the continents of the world. Included in the number were men who have filled the highest offices in the nation, a number of nationally known edu- cators, preachers and business men. And so the character mill continues to grind. Page Seventeen
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