Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE- 1914 U j of keeping a horse; yet in spite of all these hardships he received only about $300 for his first 3 ear ' s services. In March, 1897, he was granted Annual Conference License to preach and was ordained on March 2, 1892 at Dallastown, Pennsylvania, bv Bishop E. B. Kephart, D. D., L. L. D. After having served on Marion Circuit for two years he was sent to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, where he remained until March, 1902, when lie was transferred to Salem Church, Baltimore, Maryland. He was a member of the General Council Y. P. C. U. from 1904 to 1909 and has been a trustee of L. V. since 1908. During his pastorate at Baltimore his masterful executive ability, his sterling character, his eloquent presentation of Christian principles, and tiie remarkable demonstration in his own life of their power for righteous- ness cauifed him to become widely known as one of the most successful min- isters of the denomination, brought him the degree of D. D. from L. V. in 1910, and finall ' in the fall of 1912 when the trustees of L. V. sought a man to succeed the Reverend Lawrence Keister, D. D., S. T. B., who had recently resigned from the presidency of this institution, resulted in his selection to fill the vacancy. That their selection was a wise one has already been adequately de- monstrated. Upon his first appearance before the student body, at the opening exercises of the college year, Dr. Gossard endeared himself to all who heard him. In his address on that occasion he strongly emphasized that he does not believe in those schemes of education which tend to develop only one phase of a student ' s being, but that he will try to work out a sys- tem here which by providing for physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual needs, each in their proper place, will develop well balanced men and women, capable of fighting life ' s battles fairly and successfully. By help- ing to put our athletics on a firmer basis with financial aid and personal influence; by opening new opportunities to many of us thru improving some of our courses, no matter how strong they may already have been; by his fearless and successful efforts to secure justice for members of the fa- culty or of the student body when occasions demanded ; by the example of his character; by his manhood, he has kept the faith: and under his guiding hand L. V. will widen the scope of her influence, increase the mani- festation of her power for good, and will be a more substantial pillar in church and state, a more bounteous source of individual and civic righteous- ness, than ever before. -.-i r , ..m

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