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

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fPK in M emoriam

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A Tribute from Our President On March the 10th of this year Taylor Univer- sity lost one of her staunchest friends. For nearly ten years Dr. P. J. Fisher served the school as college physician, and as a member of the Board of Trustees. At the time of his death he was Vice- President of the Board. His untimely death from one of our most dreaded diseases must fall into that category of the inscrutable providences of a good God. Why such a successful physician and surgeon, a devout man, active in the affairs of his church and Taylor University, which he came to love dearly, should be stricken in the prime of life is not to be explained by mortal man. It may he trite but nevertheless it is true that God buries His workers but carries on His work. Dr. Fisher, as a professional man, maintained a careful check on the academic standards of the college. As chairman of the Faculty Committee of Trustees, Dr. Fisher exercised a most wholesome influence in safeguarding the spirit ual and aca- demic interests of the college. He loved Taylor ' s students. Across the years of his connection with the college scores of students received gratuitous service beyond what their medical fees provided for them. He had a most unique way of letting people know of his abiding faith in his Lord. It was commonly known by all who knew him that he was indefatigable in his work. Many have observed that he did as much in liis 56 years as most men in their full three score and ten. An operation revealed that he had but a few months in which to live. He continued his practice nevertheless, with the same sort of enthusiasm as before — only with an intensified witnessing pro- gram. No one who talked with him following his operation was omitted from the list of people who heard about a wonderful Christ who saves to the uttermo st. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his, was an observa- tion made in the home going of a saint centuries ago. From the great Taylor family another saint has gone to his eternal reward. Again it was the death of the righteous. — Clyde W. Meredith

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Dr. Ayres turns first shovel in ground-breaking ceremony . . . foundation laid in June, 1949 . . ■ construction of brick and stee! progresses throughout summer . . . crews haul in tons of material . . . roof begun as school starts . . . building completed except for landscaping by February, 1930.