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

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liii to iiilP II iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiii i On a visit he made to Upland at about this same time, Dr. Reade was shown some territory in this vicinity and negotiated an agreement with the Land Company to donate ten acres of land and $10,000 toward a building fund. In this way, Taylor was officially moved from Fort Wayne to Upland. Dr. Reade had hoped to help finance the move with the proceeds of the sale of the Fort Wayne proper- ty; but when it was torn down and sold, there was nothing left to the institution but a boxcar of old furniture. Even a setback like this could not deter Dr. Reade, however. He began immediately to draw up plans for an Administration Building and to materialize those plans on the new property at once. This was the building destroyed in the 1960 fire. It had been constructed of bricks made from clay dug right on the campus. Before the building project was finished, the panic of 1893 necessitated the stoppage of work. Short winter classes were held in surrounding churches or in available rooms, and the students stayed with the people of Upland. To further compound a seemingly impos- sible set of problems, the National Association of Local Preachers, the owners of Taylor, gave the re- sponsibility of meeting the operating expenses to Dr. Reade. The school now was completely on her own financially, faced with widespread economic ruin, buildings not completed, and no financial reserves upon which to draw. Again Dr. Reade achieved the impossible with the help of God and the memory of Sammy Morris. He wrote books, among them the famous Angel in Ebony; he trav- eled nationwide, preaching and telling, too, of Taylor ' s missionary emphasis and Sammy Morris. Money came in. A Sammy Morris Dormitory was built, and the building now housing the Grill and Bookstore was constructed as a boarding hall and girls ' dormitory. And Taylor ' s future — through the incredible efforts of one man and the inspiring memory and example of another — was assured. By shortly after the turn of the century, President Monroe Vayhinger felt it was time once again to make plans for the beautification of the campus. In the spring of 1909, the first concrete walk was laid from the door of the Administration Building to the north entrance of the campus and then to Sickler Hall. After the gravel and cement had been carted in, the students turned out with shovels and hoes, mixed the concrete and laid the walk. Other walks soon followed, section by section. An air view of Taylor University in 1919

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