Lincoln University - Lion Yearbook (Lincoln University, PA)

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Staff Taylor M. Davis, Managing Editor. P. J. Augustus Coxk, Artist. Contributors --------- M. L. BETHEL,..............................D John H. Byers,.............................S P. J. Augustus Coxe,.......................W Robert Davis,..............................Q Taylor M. Davis,...........................X P. E. GOLDTIIWAITE,........................h Joseph G. James,...........................Z John A. Johnson,...........................M J. A. WlMBISII,............................G Class Officers ------------ President, P. A. BOULDKN. Vice President, M. L. BETHEL. Recording Secretary, W. H. Jackson. Corresponding Secretary, A. B. McCoy. Assist. Rec. Secretary, J. M. Harleston. Treasurer, James M. Morton. Sergeant-at-Arins, James A. WiMMSH. Chaplain, J. P. Washington.

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Lincoln University. lifHILE the founding and establishing of Lincoln University was in the providence of God, it was also a fitting manifestation of the magnani- mous heart of the Rev. John Miller Dickey, D. D., of Oxford, Pa. I11 1853, when the most alert minds of the inhabitants of the United States were watching intently the development of the national resources, both financial and political as traced upon the bright side, he looked upon the dark side; and while many were theorizing concerning the future ol the na- tion, he used direct means for removing the hindrances which confronted the young republic, and especially those which affected the negro race. This may be seen more clearly in the purpose of the establishing of this institu- tion. As stated in the charter which was first received April 29th, 1854, the institution was then known as Ashmun Institute. This charter was supple- mented in 1866, at which time the Ashmun Institute was dissolved into what has been known, styled and titled Lincoln University. The appearance of this star in the educational system of this country, yea even of the world, caused undue comment and consternation from those who were astounded at the audacity and questioned the propriety of such an establishment, for truly, its mission is not inferior to that of its contempora- ries. It is not hedged about by any one creed or doctrine, but it takes its origin in the very characters of Him who placed the idea in the heart of the founder ; and the ever increasing interest and material expansion are but the unfolding and developing of the vast underlying principles of that system of finite existence, and the manifestation of God’s essence, intelligible to men, and their enjoyment of God’s own felicity. Still its appearance was not greeted with a cordial welcome into the fields of labor, then overgrown with vice, superstition and ignorance, nor did the great philanthropic hearts turn from public opinion to bestow upon it their millions; but by the earnest en- deavors of the founder and friends through great adversities the University