Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-19
DEPARTURE OF DIR. HANcHER.

it's sincere regret over the removal Of
DIR. j. w. Hancher and his estimable
family from this city and now that he
has gone there is an especial feeling
that Hot Springs has lost a firm friend.
an able advocate of all that goes to ad-
vance its welfare and best interests
materially, intellectually aud religious
~. He is an enthusiast upon every
thing he undertakes, and an optimist
always-looking on the bright side of
life and inspiring those with whom he
comes in ontact with "a better and
happier idea of the world, it's people,
and of themselves. That Hot Springs
people will greatly miss the hard-work-
ing persistent man, SO long and we'll
known as president of III Black Hills
college,and that the college has lost it's
first inspiration, is now fully realized
though the college continues in the
hands of a man, in President L. Z. Ly-
mer, than whom there is none more
popular, none more capable, none
understanding, non more devoted
to all that is noble and thoroughly
good than he. The long and faithful
service of President Hancher makes
his leaving cause for heartfelt regret
throughout the Black Hills, anent
which we make the following few en-
carpts from the many that have APP
peared in our Black Hills exchanges:
"Wllen anyone possessing the spirit
of progress, who has for II consider
able time identified himself with
our interests, takes his departure from
our midst we feel the loss, but espec-
tally is this true of DIR. Hancher, who
has resigned his position as president
of Black Hills college to acceptthe pas
%torate of Grand Avenue NJ. r. church
of Kansas City. DIR. Hancher has been
it's people and their interests for nine
years. seven of which have been spent
in earnest. %prayerfQl and unceasing
toll i'll behalf of the education of our
youth on IL broad and liberal basis. as
shown not only in his Owl instruction,
but in the instruction of the entire fac
uity of Black Hills college. His in
tluence has eNerted itself upon, and is
enlanating from every student who has
gone there to honestly and earnestly
tit himself for the duties and response
bilities of life. We who have only
heard him lecture as he fas annually
made the tour of the Hills, or havecon-
versed with rim i'll Il business or social
way. can appreciate the inspiration he
would he to Il class of students as he
sat before them di%rcctingtheir thought
into deeper channels, encouraging to
%loftier aims and melting to nob!er,
purer living."-Whitewood Plaindcaler.
"Dr. Hanchcr has been the moving
spirit of the work since the college was
first spoken of, has labored untiringly
for its success. All will regret that he
has decided to leave the Hills. but
their best wishes will follow him to his
new work as pastor Of the NJ. Il.
church at Kansas City" -Deadwood In
dependent.
'lDr. IIancher has been rendered the
pulpit of a Methodist Episcopal church
at Kansas City and has accepted. He
has been at the head of the college
since its inception. laboring untiringly
for its upbuilding and for money with
which to discharge it's obligations and
to meet current expenses. and is to be
credited with having placed the school
on a plane with the best institutions of
it's nature in the land. Professor Ly-
mer. the incoming president. has also
been with the college for several years
as vice-president and has for the last
two years been acting president, while
DR.. Hancher has been making appeals
for money OH the outside" -Deadwood
Pioneer.
"a full house greeted DIR. j. w. Han.
cher last evening upon the occasion of
his last appearance, for some time at
least, before his Rapid City friends.
The weather was very cold. but to
judge by the number present it is prob
able had the evening been warmer the
church would scarcely have accom-
modated the people. The lecture had
the peculiar charm through being per-
sonally acquainted with the speaker
and made the personal experience with
which the lecture wa sprinkled full of
interest and meanings. No lecture of
DIR. Hancher's is dry and the recital of
the story of his sea voyage is certainly
far from dry. Word pictures of great
ing words of sympathy and fierce de-
nunciations of wrongful acts all fol-
10 we'd with swift sequence Rapid City
journal.
"The audiences at the Methodist
church last Saturday and Sunday even
ing were treated to two of DR.. Han
cher's best efforts. The lecture on Sat
urday evening carried his hearers with
him OF his tour through the old world,
and only seemed second to seeing with
ones own ayes the works of the old
masters is hearing DR.. Hancher de-
scribe them. a person could almost
feel the motion of the ship as his word
picture presented to the mind the
storm at sea, increasing steadily until
the waves we're mountains and the
troughs between were gorges. During
the sermon on Sunday the DIR. several
times used illustrations furnished by
what he had seen abroad. He stopped
once in the midst of a glowing descrip-
ton of Alpine scenery to say if some
points in the Black Hills could have
the glacier added, their beauty would
equal that of the Alps. The Hills is a
loser in no small degree when Il man