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s Messenger HC5 Vol. XXXIX, No. 12 GREENSBORO, N. C, SEPTEMBER, 1930 MARY MENDENHALL HOBBS MR Walter W. Haviland Mary Mendenhall Hobbs, during the last half cen- With the passing of Marylltendenhall Hobbs, tury an outstanding figure among the women of the feel that an integral part of the college has gone. We Society of Friends, died at her home at Guilford College, have a sense of loneliness and loss when one who has North Carolina, on Seventh Month 20th, in her seventy- contributed so much to the culture, the strength, and the th, ghth year. She was a nati daughter of Dr. Nereu time a teacher in Have 'e of North Carolin Mendenhall, who ' •ford and ife of the c" period of o -orked i College, and for a number of years was head of the New Garden Boarding School which later developed into Guilford College. Her formal education was received at New Garden Boarding School, and at the Howland School on Cayuga Lake, New York. Here she was a schoolmate of M. Carey Thomas, who later became President of Bryn Mawr College. After teaching for a few years, she was married to Lewis Lyndon Hobbs, a eeacher at New Garden, who later became President of Guilford College. She worked shoulder to shoulder with her husband and deserves the deepest gratitude for her service, especially in behalf of the education of girls without sufficient funds to finance their own education. The greatest concern of her life was probably the education of capable and ambitious girls who saw no way, through their own resources, to the education for which they longed. Largely because of her pioneer work in the interest of higher education for women in her state, the University of North Carolina conferred upon her, in 1921, the degree of Doctor of Literature. Until prevented by physical infirmities in her later years, she was in much demand as a speaker both at educational and religious meetings. Though she was never recognized as a minister, she was regarded not only in her own Yearly Meeting, but also in the Council of the Five-Years Meeting, as one upon whose broad shoulders dependence could always be placed. Though connected with the so-called "progressive"' element among Friends, her sympathies and preferences were with the traditional and conservative ways of the Society. (Continued on fage two) <3 longer with us. During the with the college we have nder the stimulating influence of Mary Mendenhall Hobbs. Although during recent years she was rarely able to attend any of our meetings or social occasions, the knowledge that she was observing our work and was taking a real interest in it gave .nfidence Probably the sense of MARY MENDENHALL HOBBS ost distinctive lary Mendenhall Hobbs has made to Guilford College is the idea of New Garden Hall. This building, with its co-operative housekeeping, its comradeship in the struggle for a finer and better foundation for a life of love and service and its fellowship in actual noble living, are only some very splendid and tangible results of a much greater vision that she had for the young women of North Carolina. Although she was always intensely interested in Guilford College,"" needs of her time and her grasp of the eternal issues of life swept her out beyond the confines of any one institution into the stream of the life of her beloved Society of Friends. Coming into active life at the close of that awful period of the Civil War, she was thrust into its poverty and surrounded by its entailed ignorance. She looked out upon a native state that offered almost no opportunities for the higher education of its young women. It was, indeed, a situation to try men and women of the finest fiber, and to put their faith to the severest test. Only a prophet could see a great future to a society, so badly wrecked and so terribly handicapped. But being in a real sense a prophet, and at the same time possessing such unusual qualities of mind and character, she threw her- - insight i
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Full text | s Messenger HC5 Vol. XXXIX, No. 12 GREENSBORO, N. C, SEPTEMBER, 1930 MARY MENDENHALL HOBBS MR Walter W. Haviland Mary Mendenhall Hobbs, during the last half cen- With the passing of Marylltendenhall Hobbs, tury an outstanding figure among the women of the feel that an integral part of the college has gone. We Society of Friends, died at her home at Guilford College, have a sense of loneliness and loss when one who has North Carolina, on Seventh Month 20th, in her seventy- contributed so much to the culture, the strength, and the th, ghth year. She was a nati daughter of Dr. Nereu time a teacher in Have 'e of North Carolin Mendenhall, who ' •ford and ife of the c" period of o -orked i College, and for a number of years was head of the New Garden Boarding School which later developed into Guilford College. Her formal education was received at New Garden Boarding School, and at the Howland School on Cayuga Lake, New York. Here she was a schoolmate of M. Carey Thomas, who later became President of Bryn Mawr College. After teaching for a few years, she was married to Lewis Lyndon Hobbs, a eeacher at New Garden, who later became President of Guilford College. She worked shoulder to shoulder with her husband and deserves the deepest gratitude for her service, especially in behalf of the education of girls without sufficient funds to finance their own education. The greatest concern of her life was probably the education of capable and ambitious girls who saw no way, through their own resources, to the education for which they longed. Largely because of her pioneer work in the interest of higher education for women in her state, the University of North Carolina conferred upon her, in 1921, the degree of Doctor of Literature. Until prevented by physical infirmities in her later years, she was in much demand as a speaker both at educational and religious meetings. Though she was never recognized as a minister, she was regarded not only in her own Yearly Meeting, but also in the Council of the Five-Years Meeting, as one upon whose broad shoulders dependence could always be placed. Though connected with the so-called "progressive"' element among Friends, her sympathies and preferences were with the traditional and conservative ways of the Society. (Continued on fage two) <3 longer with us. During the with the college we have nder the stimulating influence of Mary Mendenhall Hobbs. Although during recent years she was rarely able to attend any of our meetings or social occasions, the knowledge that she was observing our work and was taking a real interest in it gave .nfidence Probably the sense of MARY MENDENHALL HOBBS ost distinctive lary Mendenhall Hobbs has made to Guilford College is the idea of New Garden Hall. This building, with its co-operative housekeeping, its comradeship in the struggle for a finer and better foundation for a life of love and service and its fellowship in actual noble living, are only some very splendid and tangible results of a much greater vision that she had for the young women of North Carolina. Although she was always intensely interested in Guilford College,"" needs of her time and her grasp of the eternal issues of life swept her out beyond the confines of any one institution into the stream of the life of her beloved Society of Friends. Coming into active life at the close of that awful period of the Civil War, she was thrust into its poverty and surrounded by its entailed ignorance. She looked out upon a native state that offered almost no opportunities for the higher education of its young women. It was, indeed, a situation to try men and women of the finest fiber, and to put their faith to the severest test. Only a prophet could see a great future to a society, so badly wrecked and so terribly handicapped. But being in a real sense a prophet, and at the same time possessing such unusual qualities of mind and character, she threw her- - insight i |