Milligan College - Buffalo Yearbook (Elizabethton, TN)

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BUFFALO Memoir- — George W. Hardin George W. Hardin was born at Cranberry, N. C, September 1, 1864. His ancestor, Edmond Williams, who married a sister of John Adams, had moved from Massachusetts in 1775 to the Great West and had settled on Buffalo Creek, Washington County, N. C, now Carter County, Tennessee, where stands Milligan College. His father, Jordan C. Hardin, settled at Johnson City in 1876, was a Charter member of the Johnson City Christian Church and one of the original contributors in 1867 to the first building fund of Buffalo Institute, now Milligan College. This was built on the original tract of land, where, in 177S, his ancestors settled, and where George W. Hardin attended for several years. He had the distinction of being the youngest member of its first graduating class in 1882. On the second of February, 1888, he was married to Miss Nola Frances Cameron, a daughter of Dr. James and Mary E. (Tipton) Cameron. Four children were given to them, Mary Julia Hardin McCowan, James Council, Anna, deceased, and George D. Mrs. Hardin always aided and shared in her husband ' s devotion to church activities, civic righteousness and Milligan College. Together they sacrificed, building, in these Christian institutions, memorials that shall ever stand to perpetuate their names as those who love their God and their fellovvmen. He was an elder and one of the trustees of the First Christian Church of Johnson City, and had always been actively engaged in the work of the Sunday School. For many years he was trustee and treasurer of Milligan College, which has enlarged and grown until today it is one of the best equipped institutions in this section and its success stands as a monument to his memory. His devotion to the college knew no limitations ; his money gifts, no bounds, except that of his bank deposits. Even then his credit, always good, was placed at the disposal of , the college. At his death his name safe-guarded $27,500 in notes which have since been paid by donors, and the notes burned. He attended every college function ; assumed a vital interest in each student ; cheered and aided the discouraged and was greatly beloved by all. During the dark and uncertain days and since, he kept the lines of communication open between Milligan College and God, often praying and planning far into the night. The value of his services to the college no man can estimate. George W. Hardin exemplified in his life the fact that man is not the possessor but the custodian only, of the money which he had earned by hard and unremitting toil. None was devoted to selfish pleasures, but was given with unsparing hand to relieve distress, to provide opportunities for struggling youth, to make sure the foundations of a triumphant church, and establish everywhere an abiding and an unyielding faith in the love of a living God. He was constantly sought out for Christian and civic uplift service because of his strong faith, his loyalty to conviction, his safe counsel and his love; for God and man. His Hfe interests were for others. He succeeded in all, but failed in safe-guarding himself. HS lived intensely, in self-abandonmnt, lavishing his vitality in strenuous pursuit of success and happiness for others. At the early age of fifty-eight, in the prime of life, because of complete exhaustion of physical power, he could no longer tarry in the flesh and was translated into the life more abundant. May 18, 1922. His life was ever the interpretation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His going home was triumphant. Page Five

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BUFFALO li Co tf)c one tofjose life of sertiice maDe Q ilHgan possitile; to tfte one tul)o0e spirit is out guiDing Stat; to out patton saint, (Seotge m, JDarDin; Uie, tbe Annual taff and tuDent l oDp of Qiilligan College, in louing memotp, DeDicate tije nineteen bunDteD anD ttuentp=tt)tee Buffalo Page Four

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The Buffalo Staff of 1923 Editor-in-Chief Kathleen Adams Associate Editor Carl Monin Art Editor D. Lester Keller Business Manager Carl L. Fields Assistant Manager . John L. Meadows Advertising Manager Edwin G. Crouch Circulation Manager Thelma Nolen Organization Manager John Hart Local Reporter Chrystine Sadler Religious Reporter Ruth Nowlin Society Reporter Jessie Perkins Music Reporter Jessie Bowers Athletic Reporter Joe Jared Sec ' y to Editor-in-chief Minnie Lee Eastman Sec ' y to Business Manager Amelia Sussner Sec ' y to Annual Staff Martha Goolsby Faculty Representative Prof. Clarence H. Poage We, the Annual Staff, wish to express our appreciation to all those who have helped to make this Annual possible, by their loyal support, efficient work and liberal g-ivinar. Page Six Jj