Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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Acting President .... Burt IP, Ai res Secretarij ..... Barton Rees Pogue Treasurer . . . . H. C. Miller Endoipment Treasurer . . John F. Ou;en Q ' he Legdl Hundred ' I ' he Legal Hundred was organized in September, 1923. At the following commencement, June, 1924, the Charter of Taylor University was so revised as to make over to the Legal Hundred the custodianship of all the pro])erty and business affairs of the institution. The old charter was not annulled but was so revised as to make the Board of Trustees of Taylor University identical in number with the Hoard of Directors of the Legal Hundred and to provide that election on the Board of Directors should constitute election on the Board of Trustees of the institution. It was further provided that the officers of the Board of Directors and of the Board of Trustees should be identical, with the one exception that the President of the Legal Hundred should l)e President of the Board of Trustees. At the time of the organization of the Legal Hundred, Tavlor L ' niversitv was held jointly Ijy a Board of Trustees and a corporation of the Alumni. The Legal Hundred has been commended by some of the best authorities as an unsurpassed organization in its efficiency to conduct a college and per- petuate its ideals. Not only does this organization begin right, with carefully selected men and women ; but these are safeguarded in the discharge of their duty by a charter that is clear, safe, strong, and moderate. The organization gains a point over the average college board in the fact that its members are elected for life and never superannuated on account of old age. Taylor is strong in deferring to the counsel of old men. Page Twenty-three

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Commencement Spedkers for June, 1926 As the annual goes to press the President announces the probabihty that Bishop William F. Oldham will be the baccalaureate preacher and that Judge Elbert H. Gary will l)e the commencement speaker in the coming season. An- ticipating the visit of these honored leaders in religion and industry we would add to the completeness of our Gem by giving an introductory sketch of each. I ' dSHOI ' WlLLfAM F. (JlDHAM Uishop Oldham, born in ISangalore, India, December 1. . IS. 4, has l een a bishop twice. He was elected Missionary Bishoj) for Southern Asia by the General Conference of 1894. He withdrew from that office in 1912 to serve as a Corresponding Secretary for the Board of Foreign Missions, but was eleected a regular iMshop or general superintendent at the General Conference of 1916. An important fact about Bishop Oldham in the estimation of Taylor Uni- versity is that he is a spiritual son of Bishop William Taylor, ha -ing been con- verted under the ministry of the illustrious namesake of our institution. The fond friendship of P)isho]) Ta} ' lor for this school seems to carr ' in tlie heart of Bishop Oldham. l ishop Oldham was educated in Allegheny College and the ' i ' heological School of Boston University. His degrees of D.D. and LL.D. were conferred by Allegheny College. He was the founder of the Anglo-Chinese School at Singapore, one of the great schools of the East now having an average enroll- ment of 1875. In the good old days that marked the closing of the Nineteenth Century. Dr. Oldham rendered some valuable service as professor of Missions and Comparative Religions in Ohio W ' esleyan University. His experience in church work has been varied. In his younger days he rendered some vears of pastoral service in the United States, but in the larger field he has been felt as a minister and a statesman in the affairs of the church on almost everv mission field. He is a world traveler, a lover of humanity, and a man of strong faith in God. His present mission field is the continent of South America over which he is the ])residing official for the Methodi.st Episcopal Church. ji ' DCE Elbkrt H. G. rv judge Elbert H. (jary is well known in the industrial world. The articles in Who ' s Who does the unic|ue thing of withholding the year in which Judge Gary was born, but we are told that he was born on his father ' s farm near Wheaton, Illinois. He is one of the many successful men who got their start in the country. Judge Gary is a man of clean life and high moral ideals, a lover of young men, and an exemplary American citizen. His high position as head of the United States Steel Corporation has l)rought him into many industrial discussions and made it necessary for him to grapple with vast economic problems which in his young manhood were not settled and which today are only partially settled. He has always been a fair and dispas- sionate student of the issues between capital and labor ; and, while some years ago he was condemned by lalior leaders because of his lack of sympathy with the eight hour day, we think this should not be construed as a lack of sympathy for plain and struggling humanity. There are two classes of men who have to work all the hours that they are not asleep. Those are farmers and adminis- trative officers in organizations and institutions. Judge Gary started out as a farmer and climaxed as an administrative officer. He has therefore known nothing but long hours of labor for himself. Judge Gary is a well educated man with splendid legal training. He was educated in the University of Chicago, McKendree College and Lafayette Col- lege. He holds degrees also from Lincoln Memorial University, Trinity College, Syracuse University, and the University of Pittsburgh. Page Twenty-two

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