Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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the call of God, he consented to take the presidency and assumed the duties of the office in April, 1508. He found the need for money to meet past bills so pressing that he threw himself into raising these funds in addition to his duties as president. God wonderfully blessed his work and set His seal upon it in visible form in the material changes that came to the school in buildings and equipment. Cement walks were laid, with the help of the splendid student body, when no funds were available for doing the work. These same students gave of their strength and time in beautifying the old campus in many other ways, for there never were such students as Taylor students, and they co-operated in every possible way with their loved president. God gave him the hearts of the people who made it possible, and under his administration a new heating plant was built; Helena Memorial Hall and Swallow-Robin Dormitory for girls were built; the Administration building was worked over and all of the other buildings were improved ; the McGraw farm came to the school and was improved ; the standard of scholarship was raised, but more important than any of these things, hundreds of young men and women came into vital touch with Christ and consecrated themselves to service for Him in either the homeland or foreign field, and are today heralds of a full gospel because of their training in Taylor University. The szveetest lives are those to duty ived, Whose deeds both great and small, Are close-knit strands of an unbroken thread, I J ' here love ennobles all. The world may sound no trumpets, ring no bells, The Book of Life the shining record tells. d

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iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiii l MONROE VAYHINGER, D.D. One of our greatest educators has said, The richest heritage any child can have is to be born of pious parentage. Monroe Vayhinger received this in- heritance from his father, Gustav Vayhinger, and his mother, Margaretha Schwicklin Vayhinger, who were converted in a camp meeting at Sunmans, Ind., and transferred their membership from the Lutheran church to which they had belonged while in Wurtemberg, Germany, to the Methodist Episcopal church, of which they were active, consistent members through long and useful lives. The subject of this sketch is the youngest of nine children. He received his early education in the public schools of Ripley County, and began teaching when sixteen years of age. He worked his way through Moores Hill College, graduating in 1883 with the degree of A.B., and was elected to the chair of German and Mathematics the same year. In 1886 he took his Master ' s degree. He entered Garrett Biblical Institute in 1890 and, while taking his course there, taught Freshman mathematics in Northwestern University, and took post- graduate work in mathematics in the same institution. He took two summers in Chicago University and graduated from Garrett in the class of 1903. In 1908 the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by both his Alma Mater and Taylor University. With the exception of five years spent in the active pastorate, he has spent his life in college work, where he has been able to build into the lives and character of hundreds of young men and women the principles and christian faith of which he has been the exponent. His interest in the young people made him throw himself into the Epworth League, which he helped to establish throughout the Indiana Confer ence, and of which he served as District president for thirteen years. In 1908 Taylor University was in sore need of a president. He must be a man who was firmly grounded in the doctrines for which she stood ; who believed in her mission to serve the Master by leading young men and women into the highest possible Christian experience, and then preparing them intellectually to go out, not only to live, but to teach this experience ; a man who was willing to sacrifice position and ease and find his pleasure in seeing this school of God ' s own planting accomplish its mission. The friends of the school were looking for such a man and God directed them to Monroe Vayhinger. He had left the college work after graduating at Garrett and gone into the active pastorate, because of his burning passion for souls and expected to spend the remainder of his life in that loved field. He consented to visit the school, and after seeing the spirit of the students and being satisfied through hours of prayer that it was =3 nnnnnnnisJOB S y 1 IMWJWIIIffl

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