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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