Manchester College - Aurora Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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villi inn n » iiiyV nfr t-tt H 1 1 1 mi i i i v £ 2 ± M M I I I FT A I I . - 1.1 ■ U R O R. A -n v ' ; ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 n u A I k Manchester College, as it is today, is the product of the co- operative effort of scores of farseeing, public-spirited, self- denying men and women of the Church of the Brethren. The Dunkard thrift, frugality, and industry have made it possible. The College was purchased and put under the control of men of the Church of the Brethren in 1895. For seven years the Church assumed no financial responsibility for the school. Such leaders of the church as E. S. Young, L. T. Holsinger, G. B. Heeter, S. S. Young, David Hollinger, L. H. Eby, G. L. Shoe- maker, Simon Burkett, and others were trustees of the college, and some of these invested large sums for its support. Much of their financial sacrifice has never been returned to them in terms of dollars and cents. E. S. Young, who during the past year has gone to his reward, was the first President of the school. Much credit be- longs to him for his vision and idealism in bringing the school into existence, and for his success as a Bible teacher. In 1902 the school faced a financial crisis. It was then that Elder I. D. Parker did a heroic work for the school. He went out and travelled up and down the land, while he called at farm- house after farmhouse, until he had raised a sum of money that seemed enormous for those days. He thus made it possible for the Church to take over the school and assume more responsi- bility for it. From 1902-1910 the College was leased by the Church to a committee of Brethren who assumed responsibility for its finances and conducted it for the Church. Various Brethren shared this responsibility, but the burden of this work through long years of anxiety and of discouragement was car- ried by Professors E. M. Crouch who was President ; L. D. Iken- berry who was Treasurer, and I. B. Book who was Secretary of the College. These men did their best to keep the school going while they were getting scarcely enough compensation to support their families. Much credit is due them for their persistent ef- fort in days when educational sentiment in the Church was very, very low. In 1910 the Church assumed direct control of the school. Edward Bixler was elected President and Otho Winger, Vice- President. The next year Professor Winger was elected Presi- dent and he has acted in that capacity ever since. Two things account for the great growth of Manchester dur- ing this era. The first is the great growth of educational senti- ment. Everywhere within the Church and without, educational Page Nineteen

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All we have billed or hoped or dreamed of good shall exist; Xot its semblance, but itself: no beauty, nor good, nor power Whose voice has gone forth, but each survives for the melodist When eternity affirms the conception of an hour- The high that proved too high, tht heroic for earth too hard. The passion that left the ground to lose itself in the sky, Are music sent up to God by the lover and the bard; Enough that he heard it once: we shall hear it by and by. — Robert Browning

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Alii IMIIIII OW % uu. 7 T H E 1 : mn ww s 02 4 MINI I I. I I I I J l. t — U R 5 R. -,m i n 1 1 1 u ii ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 work has become popular and Manchester with other schools has felt the impulse of this sentiment. The second factor in its growth is the inspiring, energetic personality of its President. With Herculean effort, with tireless industry, often travelling at night, and working by day, he snatched success from what seemed certain failure. Frank, good-natured, unselfish, straight- forward, and honest, he has been the inspiration which has called other able men around him who are now helping to carry the load of work necessarily connected with the college. For the service of the Church, the College was founded, and this ideal has been woven into every phase of the life of the insti- tution. From the first chapel service in College Hall, down to today ' s ringing of the Chime, the very breath of the institution has been saturated with the spirit of devotion. Manchester Col- lege is the product of consecrated effort of devoted members of the Church of the Brethren. It exists by the combined support of members of the Church of the Brethren and shall continue to exist for the Church of the Brethren. Out of three hundred thirty college graduates of Manchester College, about one hundred fifty are in the Teaching Profession ; fifteen of these are Superintendents of Schools, and as many are College Professors. Twenty are acting as Pastors in addition to teaching. Nearly forty are engaged as full-time Pastors. Seventeen are in the Mission Field, ten more are ready for the Field when funds to send them are available. Twenty-six are continuing their preparation in post-graduate schools in the Uni- versity. Others are farming, or are engaged in business or secre- tarial work. Besides college graduates, Manchester has about one thou- sand graduates from other departments. These, too, are dis- tributed, not unlike our college graduates, among the various occupations, serving better, let us hope, because of their train- ing and inspiration at Manchester College. Only the recording angel can know of the far-reaching, up- lifting, refining influence of association and of study in an insti- tution surrounded by wholesome young men and women under the instruction of Christian teachers with high ideals and clean lives. Again and again the College has faced times in her history when she has had to depend on the generosity of her friends. They have never failed her, and we have faith to believe that in this forward step of her history, her friends will not fail her. V. F. Schwalm. Page Tw.nty