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

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Administration

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He is one of the keenest thinkers with whom I have ever come in contact. In Dr. Ayres there is no difficulty in stating what is the outstanding characteristic that binds all his other virtues into completeness, namely, his deep sense of justice. He has always been to me the very soul of justice: when he has erred, it has been on the side of this great prophetic virtue. Then think again of his faithfulness to humble duty which many times was sheer drudgery, worked out with unremitting toil and small reward. He has been willing to work unrecognized and unrewarded. I feel he has never come into his own. He has given a life of unselfish labor — no man has for so long a time put such sacrifice, such toil, such heart- breaking service into the building up of Taylor University, as our beloved Dr. Ayres. I cannot tell what he has meant to me as a friend. I will say of him as was said of the Earl of Oxford, the late Mr. Asquith, ' He is the most generous of collegians, most unselfish of leaders. ' He carries with him today in the fullest measure, our esteem, our regard, our afl ' ection. All see in the character of Dr. Ayres the elements which mark him as one of God ' s noblemen, fitted for earth and ready for heaven. Character is not attained in a few short years, it is a steady growth, developing through the years : its price is above rubies. It thus becomes the inspiration to other lives for noble living and to its possessor the pass- port beyond the stars. — M. S.

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rhe qEM LEGAL HUNDRED The parent governing board of Taylor University is the Legal Hund- red. Taylor University also is incorporated, its Trustees being identical with the Directors of the Legal Hundred, its officers also being the same, excepting that the president of Taylor University is president of its Trus- tees. OFFICERS W. G. NIXON, President B. W. AYERS, Vice President BARTON REES POGUE, Sec ' y. EDGAR C. COX, Endowment Treasurer EDWARD O. RICE, Treasurer DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES E. 0. RICE, Upland, Indiana B. R. POGUE, Upland, Indiana W. C. GLASIER, Upland, Ind. W. G. NIXON, Detroit, Mich. EDGAR C. COX, Detroit, Mich. JOHN PAUL, Upland, Ind. B. W. AYRES, Upland, Ind. JOHN A. DURYEA, Upland, Ind. MRS. ELIZABETH STANLEY, Liberty, Indiana. Eighteen