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John L ' k(jlhart Xew.man, Ph.D.. D.D.
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1193 PMIPSICI-I l.. | |F ' J|ft iniUfaflP X Rev. John UrquKart Mewman T IS impossible to think of Klon without at the same lime thinkino- of that genial gentleman to whom the 1017 Phipsicli is affectionately dedi- cated. How fitting the honor this, bestowed on a man whose chief char- acteristic is modesty! The class of 1917 has chosen well and all the Alumni will rejoice in their decision. Dr. Newman was born January twenty-nine, eighteen hundred si.xtv. in the city of Portsmouth, ' irginia. His parents were John B. Newman and his second wife, Miss Hannah G. Urquhart. Three brothers and three sisters followed him into the home. Two brothers and two sisters by a former marriage had pre- ceded him. A sister, Mrs. Charles Joyner. Nansemond County, Va... his tw i half-brothers and his father have passed to their reward. His aged mother, now in her 82nd year, and the other chddren are still active in life ' s busy undertakings. One brother. Rev. N. C. Newman. D.D., is College Pastor at Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio, . nother brother. Rev. C. E. Newman, is pastor at Virgilina. Va. One sister, Mrs. W. C. Wicker, is the wife of a minister. All members of the family are active in Christian work. What a record this and what an inspiration ! Dr. Newman ' s connection with 1-Ilon began in her prenatal days. When he was twenty-eight years of age and teaching in The Graham Normal College, the conviction kept growing upon him that the Christian Church in the South must have a College of its own, not to teach sectarianism, but to exemplify in education the beautiful principles of liberty and love taught by that Church as embodiments of the program of the Master for His Kingdom among men. So zealous an advo- cate was he of this need that, when the Southern Christian Convention met in extraordinary session in Graham in September, eighteen eighty-eight, Dr. New- man was by special request made a member of the Board of Education, and this Board brought in the report that made Elon possible. Two years later when Elon opened its doors first for students. Dr. Newman was here as a member of the Faculty and here he has remained till this good day, nine years of the time serving as Chairman of the Faculty, or Dean, investing his life, his heart ' s devotion, his all in giving form and loveliness to the institution that has meant newness of life and ((uickening of aspiration to so many noble men and women. It has been a deliberate choice — for many times he has been I ELON COLLEGE I Page Six
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