DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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THE ACTING DIQESIDENT HILLFYIQY H. GOIBIN, D. D. il i il 3' HEN the Board of Trustees and visitors were startled last spring at the unexpected resignation of Dr. John as president of the University, the important question, Wlici can be found to assume charge of the administration at this delicate juncture? was answered in the selection of i Dean Gobin. The wisdom of this course has been clearly proven, and the public, as well as the student body, have abundantly ratified the action. Changes of administration are nearly always at- tended with some friction and loss, and no one was more aware of the fact than our beloved president, who, in his disposition to prefer the good of others to his own ease, accepted the arduous task with con- scientious purpose, courageous devotion and genuine aptitude. How well he has met expectations is proven by a year of gratifying suc- cess. College spirit has been developed, the expectations of patrons have been realized, and the hopes of our friends for a brighter future have taken a new start. A necessary policy of retrenchment in the expenseseof the University occasioned no small solicitude in regard to the effect on instructors, students and outsiders. Happily, these fears are being quelled, and it is now confidently believed that under the wise, judicious, delightful and able administration of Dr. Gobin the institution will move rapidly on the up-grade, and the improve- ments of the next ten years will exceed those of the last. Dr. Gobin's election was neither an experiment nor a makeshift. It was the fitting recognition of a worthy son of the University and the auspicious answer to an unprecedented demand. Here is his alumnal record:

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Minister and Professor, Greencastle, Indiana. A. B., A. M., D. D., Indiana Asbury University. Born, March 25, 1842, in Terre Haute, 1862-65, three years in Union army, 1869, entered the Northwest Indiana Con- ference. Appointments: 1869, Bainbridge, 1870, Remington and Goodland, 1873, First Church, South Bend, 1876, Trinity, Lafayette, 1879, First Church, South Bend, 1880-86, Robert Stockwell Professor of Greek language and literature, De Pauw University , 1881-86, secretary of faculty, De Pauw University, 1886-90, president Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, 1890, dean School of Theology, 189-1, vice-president De Panw University, Green- castle, Indiana. Married, November 8, 1871, to Miss Florence Orrill, who died December l6. lS0l. In July, 1895, he was married to Mrs. Clara Leaton Beals, the widow of Professor Harry L. Beals. The parents and family of Dr. Gob-in have been very useful and highly respected citizens of Terre Haute, and no native of that city was more popular in his boyhood days than Hillary. Brave fellow as he was, while a mere youth he entered the Union army and was placed in positions of special trust because of his marked integrity. It may also encourage some busy, toiling students to learn that our honored head once served as train boy on the H Big Four. By joining the army his college course was postponed, but he graduated with distinction, being faithful and as- siduous, as well as brilliant in recitations, and holding front rank in his associations. He served as pastor while in college, and after- wards filled some of the leading pulpits in the Northwest Indiana Conference, and was on his second term in South Bend when he was elected Professor of Greek in his Alma Mater. As an instructor he is painstaking, clear and methodical. Wliile students must labor hard to accomplish the work he requires, no one complains that he is severe or exacting. His election as dean ofthe School of Theology was made the hopeful occasion ful' friends to contribute for the erection of Florence Hall, and in his administration many a poor fellow has been prac- tically befriendcd and enabled to continue in study. By his generous inanageinent and personal friendship with distinguished people, the