Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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Page 8 BETHANIAN OF 193 3 Section One MEMORIAL SERVICE for Cloyd Goodnight President of Bethany College 19194932 In Commencement Hall on December second, Nineteen thirty-two i At nine o ' clock

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Section One THE BETHANIAN OF 193 5 Page 7 » We love thy spacious campus Thy grass and blooming floucrs, Thy uinding walks and gateways, Thy luicly leafy bowers. A tower on a hillside that prays to the sky. Visions of life anew Friendships strong and frne. Oh place most beautiful, most fair Of thee 1 dream, to thee repair jij j „cy u, ' hen my heart is faint To lift my soul above complaint.

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Section One BETHANIAN OF 193 3 Page 9 CLOYD GOODNIGHT President of the College 1919-1932 Born on December 2, 1881 near Micliigjntown, Indiana, Dr. Cloyd Goodniglic represented in his own personality many of the rugged and yet sensitive traits of a native Hoosier. His early years were spent close to his home and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Goodnight. Even his college experience was in his native state and not far from his home place. On November 20, 1907 he was married to Miss Anna Hussey of Carmel, Indiana, and to this union were born two children, John and Frances. John was born in Shelbyville, Indiana and Frances in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Goodnight graduated from Butler College in 1906 with the baccalaureate degree and in 1907 he graduated with the degree of Master of Arts. Later he studied in the graduate school at the Universit)- of Chicago. His intellectual attainments were recognized by the University of Pittsburgh where he was honored with the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1921 and by his own alma mater where he was honored by the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1929. Dr. Goodnight was ordained to the Christian Ministry in 1907 and he held several successful pastorates in the churches of the Disciples of Christ. He was named president of Bethany College while serving as the minister of the Central Christian Church in Uniontown, Pa. He came to this task on July 17, 1919. His unexpected death on October 15, 1932 from a heart attack brought to a close a life that had been spent freely in service t o the church and the cause of Christian education.