Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-19
FORMER oTTUMWA PREACHER
ACCEPTS PRESIDENCY OF
! UNIVERSITY.
TO LEAVE PARSONS
COLLEGE IN JULY
Has Been President of Institution At
Fairfield for Four Years and Has
Made Record Of Which He may
Well Be Proud

Fairfield. April 1s. (speciar =
Dr.. F. w. Hinitt. president of the Par
sons college in this city and formerly
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church in Ottumwa. today announced
that he las accepted the presidency of
the Central university of Kentucky,lo-
Gated at Danville and Louisville. The
college building and offices Of the in
stitution are at the former city and
President Hinitt will make his home
there.
Will Leave in July.
Dr. Hinitt has been the recipient Of
numerous flattering offers from col
leges in different parts of the country
during the past few months but has
refused to leave Parsons, where he
has done a great work during the past
four years. The offer to go to the
Central university, however. is such a
great promotion that in Justice to him
self he could not overlook it. Fair
field as a whole and the college espe-
cially, is sorry to lose him. Since he
took the presidency Of the institution
here 1T has improved with such rapid
strides that it will indeed be hard to
No Successor Chosen.
Although the officials of the college
have known that DR.. Hinitt has been
considering the offer from the Central
university. nothing has been done as
yet toward securing man to succeed
Ishim at the head of Parsons college.
He will remain here. until after the
close OF The present school year aud by
that time the trustees will have been
| who may be induced to take the presi-
dency. This position itself is one to
which many may aspire.
| Dr. F. w. Hinitt was, until four
years ago pastor of the First Presbyte-
rian church in Ottumwa. He left this
city to accept an urgent call to Fair
field to become president of Parsons
college. Although the work was new
to him he has made splendid record
and one which has brought him before
the eyes of the most prominent edu.
Gators in the country. He has, during
the past few months, received several
offers of other positions but not until
the presidency of the Central universi-
ty was rendered did he make up his
mind to leave Fairfield.
DR.. Hinitt has been heart and soul
in the work of Parsons college and the
result is that he has built it up to a
high standard in spite of the most dis
couraging circumstances. Only re-
Gently a disastrous fire destroyed
much of the property of the college
but DR.. Hinitt went to work with a
will and now the buildings and the col
lege as a whole are in better condition
than ever before in the history of the
school.
/ New Field of Activity.
The Central university of Kentucky
the presidency of which has just been
accepted by DR.. Hinitt is one of the
most prominent sectarian schools in
the country, 1t is under the supervi
sion Of the North and South Presbyter.
ians, the two branches of the church
having merged their educational insti
tutions two years ago in one large uni
versity The collegiate and law depart
ments of the university are located at
Danville and the medical and dental
colleges at Louisville. Center college
the seat of the collegiate department
was formerly Central college and was
established in 1919. It's history is
prominent in the history and develop
ment of the great west in which it was
a pioneer and the president of Prince
ton said recently in an address that il
has turned out more distinguished
alumni than any other institution in
the United States.
The fact that both the northern and
southern branches Of the Presbyterian
church. which are both strong in Ken
lucky. have joined hands to father the