Muskingum University - Muscoljuan Yearbook (New Concord, OH)

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Board of Trustees T. Dales Kyle, Esq. Rev. VV. P. Aikin, D. D. Rev. C. W. Fulton Thomas Pyles, Esq. 1. M. Brown, Esq. E. B.'Castor, Esq. Rev. J. H. Spencer Rev. R. W. Nairn, D. D W. S. George, Esq. 4 Rev. Mertz A. Eakin john B. McMechan, Esq. Rev. O. H. Milligan Robert Kerr, Esq. R. L. Brownlee, Esq. C. Ellis Moore, Esq. Rev. Ira G. McCreary, D W. B. Baughman, Esq. S. H. Maharry, Esq. Rev. W. I. Grimes, D. D. Rev. D. A. McClenahan, D Rev. L. L. Gray Rev. S. E. Martin, D. D Rev. H. A. Kelsey, D. D Robert McGowan. Esq. Fred Sebring, Esq. S. E. Finclley, M. D. L. B. Peterson, M. D.

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-if John Knox Montgomery, D. D., President Dr. Montgomery is the man behind the guns here at Muskingum. lt is his personality, his spirit of never quitting, and his unbreakable faith in a bigger and nobler Muskingum that has made our College what she is today. This has been proven most conclusively during the past year, when he was able to announce a gift to the College amounting to 55250000 which was secured through his convincing the donors that Nluskingum had a future. When he started on this -job of mal:- ing a College, other men told him that it was an impossible task, and now, when they visit the school, they invariably say that the half has not been told. Dr. Montgomery has been one of the biggest factors at Muskingum in turning out students who have shown true Christian character. He is aypeirfect example of a Christian Gentleman, and the students cannot help but be influenced by his example-. He has the interest of the school at heart, being interested in every department of College life and activity, and he is as happy as any undergraduate when one of our athletic teams brings home a victory or when we win a debate. VVe have a great man at the head of our school, and we Juniors, as representatives of the school in publishing this book, wish to assure him of our love and loyalty to him and to Mus- kingum. and that he may count on us to do our best for our Alma Mater. CPage 155

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--al The Life of Muskingum Growth is a proof of life. Muskingum, once small indeed among the educational institutions of higher education in Ohio, now ranks thirteenth. Class rooms are crowded, classes are being divided, every nook and cranny is being used for recita- tion purposes. Build thee more stately mansions. Rapid growth is a proof of mature life. Muskingum, des- pite her eighty years, is a child with full womanhood ahead. From 1837 to 1900 she had about three hundred graduates, from 1900 to 1912 three hundred more, and at the present rate she will have a third three hundred by 1918. This is the adolescent period. New vis-ions of the world are coming, new ambitions appearing, new powers developing. Compare the catalogue of this year with that of twenty years ago. New professors have been secured, new departments added, new courses offered. The boy who finds that the dream did not bid him Preach Christ is taught the dignity of Plowing Corn. Yet the foolishness of preaching holds even more than its ancient eminence. Fifteen members of the class last graduat- ing are now, or will soon be. in the seminary: the Student Vol- unteer Band numbers thirty: Bible and Mission study are flourishing: and every boy in school is a paid-up member of the Y. Mi. C. A. A long period of infancy is a proof of a high type of life. The primeval forest still covered the hills, the pioneer fathers were living in log cabins, the National Pike was new, the side roads were scarcely more than by-paths through the woods, and the B. 81 O. had not yet crossed the Ohio, when the village forefathers secured from the State Legislature-our birth certi- ficate: and act incorporating at or near the town of New Con- cord a seminary of learning by the name and style of Muskin- gum College. Through the years the Muskingum Idea has been developing and the things that are seen on the campus and the wealth of endowment that must come will never eclipse the dominating conception that in every department opens to the student a Christian view of God and Hisworld. To see as He sees, this is to be educated. fPage 177