Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-29
PROF. MAIN NAD[ DEAN
Acting President OF Iowa College
to Remain With That In
stitution.
"
Trustees Elect Him Dean OF the
Faculty..Duties Not Yet
Defined.
Election OF DR.. Bradley Believed
to Be Good Thing for the
College.
special to Times Republican.

session of the board of trustees yes
terday upon the recommendation of DIR.
Bradley and the faculty a deanship of
the faculty was created and Dr. j. III.
T. Main, who has served so faithfully
and capably as acting president for
the past two years was made dean.
The exact duties of the office are to be
defined later. This action of the trus
as DR.. Main stands very close to the
student body.
Those present at the meeting of the
trustees were r. NJ. Haines, Grinnell;
Rev. A. L. Frisbie, Des Moines; Hon.
j. A. Smith. Usage; Dr. Gershom H.
Hill. Independence; Secretary H. II.
Robbins. Grinnell; +. l. Herriott, Des
Moines; l. X. Wilson, Des Moines;
Charles NJ. Duren, Eldora; Rev. H. w.
futile, Manchester, Rev. L. NJ. Wit
tum. Grinnell; S. A. Merrill, Des
Moines, and DR.. L. w. Clark Grinnell.
The committee who have done thu
work in searching for president are
Smith, Nollen, Merrill and Albert
Shaw. Both Mr.. Vittum and Mr.. Mer-
rill have made trips to Grand Rapids
to meet Mr.. Bradley and every possible
line that could be obtained that would
give information concerning the new
president has been sought out. In
a letter from DR.. Bradley written be-
fore he visited Grinnell DR.. Bradley
says in reply to Mr.. Nittum's question
whether he would allow his name to be
considered: Your suggestion that
consider a proposition to go to Grin
nell grows upon me. l am not more
convinced of my qualifications for the
work, but 1T seems to me increasingly
attractive and ! begin to feel as IL /
would like to undertake it, / appre-
ciate the honor and the dignity of so
important place and the opportunity
for Christian service therein. l hest
tate when / think Of the risks to be-
taken--in case for instance, that l
should not measure up to what col
lege president ought to be. II l should
come to Grinnell l could give 1t what
have and not what / have not"
DIR. Bradley is the third president in
the history of the college. Immediately
after the close of the war the trustees
of the college chose DR.. George r. Ma
goun who served from 1865 until 1885,
q period of twenty years and was
forced by the trustees to resign. DR..
Magoun was Bowdoin and Andover
man and had been closely in touch with
the college and Grinnell for some time
previous to his election.
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president under whose administration
the college had witnessed a period of
rapid growth and recovered from the
cyclone of 1882 the college was for two
years without president and during
that time number of men were seri-
ously considered among them Rev. ID.
O. Mears. then of Albany, and Rev.
Chas. r. Thwing, now president of
Western Reserve College at Cleveland.
There was at that time considerable
friction over the candidacy of DR..
Mears and an exciting night session
of the trustees was held. Dr. Mears
heard of this and refused to allow his
name considered DR.. Thwing visited
Grinnell and the people were all
pleased with him and he was willing
to come here but was not chosen when
1t came to vote Of the trustees. Final
" George A. Gates, at that time pastor
of church at Montclair. N. j., was
chosen Largely on the recommendation
OF Trustee Ashbor. Dr. Gates was
graduate of Dartmouth and Andover
and had established strong reputa-
ton In the east.
He served as president for thirteen
years his resignation taking place in
the fall of 1900 on account of his wife's
health, she being afflicted with hay
fever. DR.. Gates has recently been
calloa to the presidency of Pomone
College in California after refusing i
call to the presidency of Washburn
College at Topeka for the same reas-
on for which he resigned at Grinnell
DR.. Gates left in the fall of 1900 and
since that time DR.. j. II. 7. Main,
professor of Greek, has been acting
president. During this time he has
won the hearts of the student body and
many hoped that he would be chosen
president. The presidency had been
offered to DIR. Sanders, of Yale Uni
versity and declined by him and as
was stated yesterday DR.. n. c. King,
of Oberlin, was seriously considered as
q candidate but never elected
The new president is an Oberlin man
and partakes of the risk life and rough
and ready character of the west and
yet lacks none of the polish which
should go with it. He is now pastor
of the strongest church in Grand Raj.
ids, Michigan, with salary of $4,000.
With DR.. Bradley as president os
Iowa College and DR.. Main as dean the
future is particularly bright DR..
Mains scholarship is admired where
ever he is known and he stands high in
the esteem of educators of the middle
west. Dr. Main has done more than
any other man to create the present
high standing of the college in lines
of scholarship.
From Different stnndpoints.
Ethel-Oh. at last! 1t has been years.
Alphonse, since saw you.
Alphonse-Oh, my own Ethel. it has
been centuries!
Ethels Father (up in the library
Mary Jane, who was that you just let in?
Mary Jane-It was Mr.. Cumlots. sir.
Ethels Father-Great guns. This is
the ninth time he's been here this week
He might as we'll live here.--London Tit
Bits.
Not Gui.ty.
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