The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-12
GRAND OLD MAN
OF RICHMOND IS
PAID HIGH TRIBUTE
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rily that at the cease of his fourth year
in that school he was advanced to the
position of general superintendent of
college, in which capacity he served
two years.
His Career in Indiana.
On the expiration of that period Mr..
Nicholson resigned, and in 1861 remov-
ed to this city, where he Joined his
brother, John Nicholson, in the book
and stationery business, connection
which was continued until 1873, when
he purchased his brothers interest,
and is now associated with his sons.
Aside from his business interests, Mr..
Nicholson has given a great deal of at
tentiOn to all that pertains to the bet
terment of the community at large.
AS a leading member of the Friends
church he IS well known throughout
all the branches of that denomination,
having been active in church confer
ences for half century or more. He
has been chairman Of the committee
on arrangements for the four general
conferences held by the American Or
thodox Friends. He has been very &C
tive in the state and Sunday school
work, was president Of the Indiana
Sunday school union for one year, and
for three years a member of the exec
utive committee of the International
Sunday school association.
For twenty years or more he was su-
perintendent of a local Sunday school
for many years has been an elder in
the church, for twenty-five years was
clerk Of the yearly meeting of minis
tiers and elders, for twelve years, was
clerk of Whitewater Monthly Meeting,
and is now. despite his eighty years,
serving Indiana Yearly Meeting as
clerk.
Trustee of Earham Forty Years.
For forty years Mr.. Nicholson has
been a trustee of Earlham college. in
which he takes a very deep and active
interest, and much of the labor of the
board has fallen to his lot, so that a
great deal of the progress that the
school has made is traced directly to
him.
During the years 1896 he was a
member of the board of trustees of the
Richmond city schools, and from 1868
! to 1873 he was a trustee of the Indiana
State Normal school at Terre Haute
In 1877 he was again appointed a men,
| Der of the board, by request of the
trustees, although his politics was at
variance with the politics of Governor
| Williams and all other members of
the board. From 1872 until 1877 he
was trustee for the Home for the
! Friendless at Richmond. and from
early life he has been an earnest tenn
perance worker. For nearly thirty
three years, as member of the com
mittee Of the Friends society on pris-
on reform, he has tahen a very active
! interest in that work.
The progress that Indiana has made
along the lines OF prison reforms in
the last few years is due more to the
efforts of Mr.. Nicholson, perhaps. than
| to any other one man in the state. al
though he does not claim credit for it.
For thirty years he and his associates
have been carrying on a campaign OF
education. Soon after the law creating
a Board Of State Charities was passed.
in 1887. Mr.. Nicholson was appointed
to membership. and served until the
first day of this month. In this Capac-
ity he became known among prison re-
formers in the United States, and he is
an active member OF the National Pris-
on Congress and the National Confer
ence of Charities and Correction.
Ar. Nicholson has always been q re