Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 345, 18 October 1908 — Page 12
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THE RICH3IOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1908.
AGED MINISTER WILL BE HONORED
"Grand Old Man of Methodism" a Former Richmond Pastor.
NEW CASTLE CELEBRATES
THE REV. MILTON M AH IN HAS , SERVED SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS IN CHURCH AN ELABORATE PROARAM IS ARRANGED.
New Castle. Ind., Oct. 17. Sixtyeisht years of service in the Methodist church, is the record of the Rev. Milton Mahin, a venerable minister of this city of wftich he is justly proud. In recognition of this long eervice the congregation of the local Methodist church is preparing to do a fitting honor to the aged minister, Sunday. Although now retired from active work. Rev. Mahin continues to preach and hardly a Sunday passes but he is In some place, answering a call to preach the gospel. Few ministers in the country can lay claim to as long continued service as Rev. Mahin, and 3iis friends, legion in this city and the north Indiana conference, are proud of the "grand old man of Methodism." The local congregation believes that such long work in behalf of the church should be fittingly commemorated and to this end have planned an elaborate program for Sunday. Begins Preaching. Rev. Mahin began preaching at the age of 16 years and when he is now Hearing the 84th anniversary of his birth, his friends believe that, in the Interval, he has preached more than 4.000 sermons, besides participating in numerous prayer meetings and other events of church work. The venerable minister was born at Van Wert Ohio, on October 22, 1824, hence next Thursday will be 84 years old, and it is for this reason that the celebration at the local church has been planned In his honor. When a young child he came to Indiana with his parents and the family settled near Lafayette, at what is known as Battle Ground, Ind. The school facilities were nothing like those of the present day, hence Rev. Mahin was practically compelled to educate himself, getting his knowledge from such books as he could procure and mastering their contents. In preparation for the ministerial career he was to take up, he attends d no school or college at all but was a chose student of the Bible and, thus prepared himself. When he was sixteen years of age he preached his first sermon, his audience being relatives and members of hia immediate family. Later he began regularly preaching, his first charge being- in Dearborn county, and it was here he met the lady who became his wife and was such a great help to him even in his old
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age. Mrs. Mahin died a year ago last February and since that time Rev. Mahin ' has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Hattie M. Polk. Later and during his career as a Methodist minister, he was stationed at Bluffton, Tipton, New Castle, Rossville, Perry ville,' Crawfordsville, Knlghtstown, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Logansport, Huntington, Peru, Richmond, Versailles and Atkinson, Kan. Rev. Mahin was pastor of the church here when it was dedicated in 1864. The building used at that time is now owned by the city as a city building and the Methodists have since erected a commodious church at a cost of $40,000. He made the trip overland to Atkinson, Kan., in 1831) and returned in like manner in 18G1, being there when the war broke out. In 18W he was associated with Senator Pomeroy as an agent of the Kansas relief association and distributed supplies to the Kansas famine sufferers. He also served at one time as a trustee of Depauw university. Rev. Mahin retired from active work in the ministry thirteen years ago, but in spite of this fact and the fact that he is well along in years, he preaches at some point every Sunday and is ever ready and willing to answer a call to any point in the conference. He is one of the oldest, if not the oldest minister in the conference, and never misses attending the annual meeting unless his health forbids. Two of his children reside in this city Edwin MaTTtrr. the present city clerk, and Mrs. Hattie M. Polk, with whom he makes his home. The other children are Milton Mahin, Jr., of St. Joseph, Mo., and W. D. . Mahin, of Kokomo. In spite of his age Mr. Mahin's sermons are always full of interest and show that he has not allowed himself to drop back and be superseded by the younger ministers. His opinion on temperance is well known and in those causes he is always found in the front rank of the workers, as was the case during the fight against the saloons In this city a year ago. Committees are now arranging for Sunday honor to the aged minister and it promises to be largely participated in. A handsomely printed four page program of the day's celebration has been issued and on the front page is an excellent half tone picture of Rev. Mahin. The program takes in the entire day and every department of the church will will have a part in honoring the veteran minister. The program is to be inaugurated in the morning and will close at night.
TRIBUTE PAID TO PROFESSOR HODGIN
Wayne County School Teachers Draw Up Fitting ' Resolutions.
AUTHORITIES COMMENDED.
STATE OFFICIALS' ACTION IN RAISING INCREASING QUALIFICATIONS OF PEDAGOGUES HEARTILY ENDORSED.
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The Wayne County Teachers' association in a series of resolutions adopted at its meeting Saturday, paid a beautiful and fitting tribute to Cyrus W. Hodgin, the deceased Earlbam professor. His long service of half a century in the school world, beginning in the common schools of Randolph county, and continued in the Richmond high school, the State Nor-
1 mal at Terre Haute. The normal at Richmond, as superintendent at Rushville, and as professor of history in Earlham College, were fittingly reveiw- ; ed and pointed to as a monumental
life's work. The school men of the county regard him as the greatest educator that Wayne has ever had. He was a born instructor, open-minded but conservative. He never ran away after "fads" a trait dear to the Wayne county pedagogue but always stood for the best which had been tried and proven. The resolutions also included a tribute to the memory of Mrs. Margaret Schofleld, who worked for thirty years in the Richmond schools. She was eminently successful in .her chosen field and in her long period of instruction influenced the lives of hundreds of Richmond citizens. There was also included in the resolutions a "plank" commending the attitude of the state authorities in Increasing the qualifications demanded of teachers. The complete resolutions were as follows: "We wish to thank the school authorities of Richmond for the use of the high school building today. We also extend to Mr. Earhart and the orchestras of Garfield and the high school our hearty appreciation of the beautiful music rendered before the association. "The teachers wish to record their high appreciation of the two lectures given by President W. W. Parsons today, and to express to him their earnest desire that he will soon be with us again. "We note with approval that the qualifications demanded of teachers in the public schools are increasing annually, and particularly that In many localities special preparation is demanded of teachers. The idea that anyone with a fair education can teach school is gradually giving way to the correct notion that teachers must make special preparation for the vocation of teaching. The higher standards demanded of teachers must lead logically to higher salaries for teachers, and
constant efforts should be made by all persons interested in education to secure for teachers adequate compensation for their work. "We wish to record its approval of the Increasing appreciation among educators of the fact that the building of character is the .real aim of the schools and the ultimate reason for the expenditure of millions-for their maintenance. There are in the minds of the children and youth of today a tendency toward a disregard for constituted authority, a lack of respect far age and superior wisdom, a weak appreciation of the demands of duty, a disposition to follow pleasure and interest rather than obligation and order. This condition demands the earliest thought and action of our leaders of opinion and places important obligations upon echool boards, superintendents and teachers. "It is important that school buildings and school grounds should be planned and decorated so as to serve as effective agencies for educating, not only the children, but the people as a whole, in matters of taste. The school is becoming more and more a community center, and its larger opportunities impose new obligations. School buildings should be attractive as well as
healthful, and the adjoining grounds ' 1-. 1 J 1 i.. : j i i . hi.
auuum uu liiiu oui auu yiauueu wua appropriateness and beauty. Therefore, we recommend an appropriate observance of an arbor day by all schools in the county. "Whereas, Mrs. Margaret Schofield, a beloved member of the association, has pased from this life since our last meeting. Be it "Resolved, That we wish to record our appreciation of her great work as teacher in the Richmond schools during the last thirty years. Her life was ever earnest and faithful, and in her life work as teacher she was eminently successful in her chosen field. "Whereas, Cyrus W. Hodgin, our loved and honored fellow teacher has been called away from this life; and "Whereas, Most of his life work was done in this county. Be it Resolved, That we, the. teachers of Wayne county desire to record the following tribute to his life and work. "Fifty years ago, Curus W. Hodgin began his work as a teacher in the rural schools of Rudolph county. His entire life since , that time has been given to the work of teaching in Indiana, except the few years he spent. In college to farther prepare himself for his chosen work. During all those years he has been a great force not onlr among his students, but among the teachers of his state. He was one of those rare teachers born and not made. All that knew him felt the uplift of his character. "Few men have been privileged to be of so much service to the cause of
education in Indiana as Mr. Hodgin. His work In the common schools of Randolph county, in the high school at Richmond, in the State Normal at Terre Haute, in the normal at Richmond, as superintendent at Rushvllle, and lastly in our own college, Earlham, has all of it been marked with success and great influence. "He was a pioneer in many of the forward movements that have been made in our schools during the past forty years, and probably no one person has done more to lift up the profession in this state than he. "He was always active in institutes and teachers' associations, always In sympathy with educational reforms, and in good fellowship with all leading school men. "Mr. Hodgin at all times stood for sound and broad scolarship as a basis for any life work. "His own mind had been disciplined and cultivated by a well rounded education and a life of study. His training was phychologically complete. As a result he had a masterful understanding of methods and a rich understanding of values in all fields of knowledge. "His work was characterized by a remarkable open-minded ness and a desire for new truth. He never regarded new things as "fads," but saw beyond the mere fashion to the educational principles involved. "As a student and teacher he had the architect's love of strong foundations, and the builder's sense of responsibility for rearing a structure worthy, to endure. "The simplicity and gentleness of his nature endeared him to call. Under any light in which his life is viewed with simplicity and straightforwardness, were always manifest, and all his actions were inspired by sound principles of Justice and truth. "He was one of the most quiet men in the educational work in our state. His mind was cast in a large and liberal mold. There was nothing small, narrow, nor fanatical in his character, but a harmonious blending of those traits which constitute the chief glory of the teacher or the man. "Thus has passed away a noble, generous man who, although gone still lives, and will live, in the hearts and lives of thousands of teachers and students in Indiana, in the state he loved and served so well."
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