University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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In September, 1894, he was again called by Moores Hill College to become a member of the faculty. This time to the Chair of Philosophy and German, which position he has filled with marked success to the present time. Prof. Vayhinger has always been an active worker in the church. For years he has been a teacher in the Sunday-school. For the year '95-'96, he was Sec- retary of the Indiana State Iipworth League. He is now serving for the second year as President of the Moores Hill District Iipworth League. In March, 1889, he was united in marriage to Miss Culla Johnson. They have two children living. Prof. Vayhinger is a man who would be unwilling that a sketch of himself should contain any direct words of praise. But for one wl1o has been his pupil for years it is a clifiicult task to refrain from using words of the highest praise. His noble Christian life, both in the school-room and as a citizen of the village, is an' inspiration to all, and from his life is going out influences which will clo much in molding the characters of many. 20

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0 PROF. M. VAYHINGER. C HE success of any institution of learning is determined very largely by the P86-3 character of her professors. In considering the merits of a college, the Christian always asks the question, Will my child be under Christian professors? Moores Hill College has always endeavored to make her influence felt for the rzzgbl, and has chosen her faculties from the ranks of Christian edu- cators. Among the many noble men who have served in this capacity in our college, none have exerted a greater influence for good and have been held in higher esteem than Prof. M. Vayhinger. ' Born in a rural district in Ripley County, Indiana, of noble Christian par- ents, he early formed traits of character which have influenced his entire life. At sixteen years of age he began teaching in the public schools, and after some years of very successful work in this vocation, entered Moores Hill Col- lege, where he pursued a thorough course of study. During his junior and senior years in college, he served as a teacher in German. So thorough had been his work in college that innnediately upon gradu- ation he was elected to the Chair of Mathematics and German. In this capacity he served seven years. During the last two of these years as Vice-President of the institution. In 1890 he resigned his professorship and entered the North-western Uni- versity to pursue a post graduate course. Three years were spent here in earnest work in the university and Garret Biblical Institute. During the last two years he served as an instructor in the university. God has a purpose in the life of every man, and Vayhinger was destined to become a servant of his Master as a minister of the gospel and Christian pro- fessor. In 1885 he joined the South-east Indiana Conference of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. During the summer of 1891 he was pastor of the Methodist Epis- copal Chnrch in Vevay, Ind. The years of '93 and 'Sl-1 he served as pastor of the Mapleton Church. W'Ci'Ei I I W

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PROF. A. J. BIGNEY 21