Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Dh. L, h. nilBBS ' RESIDEXCE

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graded school was established in North Carolina, located in a handsome hrick building upon the same piece of ground where his father taught the children of his day. For four years he was a member of the State Board of Examiners and for several years of the Guilford County Board of Education. His has been the guid- ing hand in management of the Guilford Graded School, devoting both time and mean.s to the advancement of the young people of the community. A man of retiring nature, he has never sought any honors which have come to him, but as they came he has proved himself strong in the assumption of them and fitted to grace the position with dignity and honor. This characteristic is best sho-iMi in the following extract from his inaugural address as President of Guilfortl College in 1888: In accepting the position as first President of Guilford College, I recognize the grave responsibility which is placed upo n my shoulders, yet I am happy in the be- lief that I accept that charge with humility and in the fear of God, knowing full well that mth the added responsibility will come added strength for serving my fellow- men in the cause of education. While I have not sought the headship of this in- stitution, since it has fallen to my lot, I accept it as a divine commission, and pray to be found faithful in the discharge of my duties, in order to best promote the success of the institution in its grand mission of disseminating sound learning and moulding Christian characters. In 1881 Dr. Hobbs married Mary Mendenhall, eldest daughter of Dr. Xereus ] Iendenhall, a well-known educator of the past generation. This union has been a most hapi y one — each life compensating whatever weakness the other might have, and it can truly be said that these two have wrought together in genuine helpfulness both to themselves and to the great host of Guilford students both present and past who have spent the formative periotl of student life in the sun- shine and purity of their presence.

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