Florida Southern College - Interlachen Yearbook (Lakeland, FL)

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Golden Anniversary — 1HH5 - IW.t. ' i Mention was made of the fact that $450 was the maximum salary that had been paid to professors, and Chairman Pike urged that salaries be increased as soon as additional funds were available. Again the trustees turned to pastors for an offering in their churches. Clerical members of the board of trustees in January, 1891, were T. W. Moore, R. H. Barnett, H. E. Partridge, W. F. Norton, J. Anderson, R. L. Honiker, W. M. Poage, J. B. ' Anderson, W. H. Steinmeyer, T. J. Nixon and J. F. Marshall. Lay members were G. M. Lee, T. J. Lovelace, L. B. Lee, J. F. White, C. W. White, C. T. Arnold, W. Himes, J. Wofford Tucker, J. J. Combs, J. C. Cooper, W. B. Henderson and R. McConathy. Poor health forced Professor Chandler to give up his Latin and Greek classes in March, 1891, and, in recognition of his faithful service, the trustees elected him emeritus professor. Professor Chand- ler ' s work was taken over by a member of the board of trustees, Rev. H. E. Partridge, then pastor at Leesburg, who was to be the next president of the college. PRESIDENT PARTRIDGE TAKES CHARGE Professor Partridge became President Partridge by action of the trustees May 23, 1891. He took active charge of the college the following month. The choice was not a surprise to those who had watched his progress through his years as a student and later as a member of the Florida Conference. A studious, affable man of impressive dignity, he was known as one of the most capable pastors in the conference. He was forty-one years old when he was elected to the presidency of the college, and his endowments were such as to make him a dis- tinguished leader both intellectually and spirit- ually. President Partridge was born near Lake Mico- suki, in Jefferson County, Florida, April 5, 1850, a son of Rev. John L. and Eliza L. Partridge. Circumstances which made it possible for him to enroll as a student at Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, have been mentioned earlier in this history. He was graduated in June, 1871, with the degree of bachelor of arts, and returned a few years later for the degree of master of arts. He was granted a license to preach October 6, 1870, by the Spartanburg Quarterly Conference. He was recommended for admission on trial in the Florida Conference by the Monticello Quarterly Conference, and admitted on trial at Madison on January 3, 1872. His first appointment after that event was the Quincy station. He was ordained a deacon by Bishop E. M. Marvin, at Fernandina, January 12, 1873, and Bishop G. F. Pierce ordained him an elder at Jacksonville in January, 1874. His ordination as a deacon came at the end of the first year and the ordination as an elder after the second year, upon passing approved examinations on the four-year course of study then specified bv the Methodist Discipline. President Partridge ' s conference appointments follow: Quincy Station, 1872; St. Johns River Mission, 1873; Quincy Circuit, 1874; Lake City Station, 1875-76; Sparks Chapel, Key West, 1877, Micanopy Circuit, 1878, Ocala Circuit, 1879, Ocala Station, 1880-81; Gainesville District, 1882- 83-84, St. Paul ' s, Jacksonville, 1885; Tampa Dis- trict, 1886; Tallahassee Station, 1887-90; Leesburg Station, 1891 (six months); President of Florida Conference College, 1891-92; Supply, Natchez Station, three months; transferred to Mississippi Conference, 1892; Seashore District, 1893-94; Mor- ton Circuit, 1895; Waynesboro Station and Circuit 1896-97; transferred to Florida Conference, 1898 Bartow Station, 1898-1900; Jasper Circuit, 1901 Orlando Station, 1902; Monticello Station, 1903-05 Fernandina Station, 1906; Bradenton Station, 1907-08; Brooksville Station, 1909; South Jackson- ville, 1910; Hastings Circuit, 1911-12; Kingston and Port Orange, 1913-14; Citra, 1915-16-17 Elfers Circuit, 1918-19; Coleman Station, 1920-21 Bunnell Station, 1922-23-24; Sutherland, 1925-26 superannuated, June, 1926; two and one-half years of supply work. Miss Sarah A. Neilson, of Barnwell, South Caro- lina, was married to President Partridge on October 29, 1873- She died on September 8, 1925. Their children are Mrs. Ethel B. Hudson, Frances H. Partridge, Henry Edward Partridge, Jr., Mrs. Grace Richmond Hartridge, Mrs. Mortimer John- son, Mrs. Mary Louise Starbuck, Paul W. Partridge and John N. Partridge. FACULTY CHOSEN After electing President Partridge on the morning of May 23, 1891, members of the board of trustees held an afternoon session, at which they voted to pay him a salary of $1,200 a year, in addition to traveling expenses. They chose a faculty which included Rev. F. A. Taylor, Rev. T. Griffith, Miss Fannie E. Harrington, Miss Mary Ivey and Miss Lizzie Caruthers. In appreciation of the good work done by Dr. Moore, retiring president, the trustees adopted a resolution which said that This board parts with deep regret with Dr. T. W. Moore, who has served us with such signal fidelity, devotion and sacrifice, and we desire to put upon record our sincere re- gards and gratitude. Taking official notice of the recent death of Rev. C. E. Pelot, they resolved as follows: Whereas, God in His Providence has removed from our midst Rev. C. E. Pelot, late president of the board of trustees; therefore, be it resolved by this board that in the death of Brother Pelot, we have lost a very valuable member of the board of trustees of The Florida Conference College. The honorary degree of doctor of divinity was voted to Rev. C. E. Dowman, of the South Georgia Conference, who had been invited to deliver the commencement sermon. J. C. Sale delivered the graduating address. Page Fiftc

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