The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-25
SANDERS CHOSEN
Boston Man Is New President Of
Washburn College.
VIII Arrive in Topeka Within
Three Weeks.
is HIGHLY CULTURED.
was Dean Of the Yale Theoloe-
zeal School.
Dr. Plass Formally Retires From
College Work.
is HIGHLY CULTURED.

Rev. Frank knight Sander.
y. boston Mass, general secretary Of
'ne CONGREGATIONAL Sunday School
Anu ruOnsning society. has been
eiecteo president of Washburn college
70 Jake the place OF DR.. Norman Plass
VINO mas resigned to take effect at the
eno OF the present year. The election
LOOK place yesterday afternoon at the
lneetlng OF the board of trustees OF the
Sondss l. IS almost certain that DR..
Se n..s Will accept the offer of this
posltion: He was in Topeka two weeks
aSo yesterday, having been invited nv
the board of trustees to come ana
LOOK I: over the situation, and at that
.,nle was favorably impressed with
Inc college, and he has since his re-
turn to Boston, signified In his cor.
respondence with the trustees that he
would accept the place should it be
offered him. :. 70
The selection Of the board of trus-
lees was communicated to DR.. San
ders last night and his acceptance is
looked for at any time.
AT the meeting OF the trustees Fri
DAY afternoon, the resignation of DR..
flass which was laid before the board
last ran was accepted. DIR. Plass will
sever MS connection with the college
at the conclusion of the Commence
ment exercises in June
Dr. Sanders, the new president will
arrive in Topeka in about three
weeks and will spend several DAYS
mere acquainting himself with his new
field of labor He NAV come again
to Topeka during the commencement
week, but this has not been definitely
decided upon. He will take up his
permanent residence in Topeka about
September /.
The new head of washburn college
| a
| has wife and three children, the
eldest being son of about Is years
| OF age. DR.. Sanders was born in
Battecotte, on the island of Ceylon,
In 1851 He is a graduate of Ripon
| college, where he secured his bache-
| 1or's degree in 1882. Three years af-
ter his graduation he returned to Cey-
| lon, where. he taught in the Jaffna
mission school. He spent the next
three years in taking postgraduate
work in the Semitic languages at
| Yale. Two years later he was given
a professorship in the theological de-
partment of Yale university In 1901
when DR.. William A. Harper, resign
ed from the head of the Yale divinity
school to take the presidency Of Chi
cago university, he named DIR. San
| ders as his successor. DR.. Sanders
| continued in this position for four
years and resigned to take the posi-
| ton he now holds as general secre-
/ tary Of the Congregational Sunday
| School and Publishing society.
/ The new head of Washburn Is q
| highly cultured man. He is a man
1 of broad ideas and is more Of a west
| ern man in his temperament. He is
| aggressive and it is his plan to adj
vance the interests Of his new school
among the sister colleges of the coun-
try. He expects to spend great deal
of his time in the east, where he will
| raise money to help with the many
plans which Washburn now has on
4 foot. The million dollar endowment
/ plan which was inaugurated about
1 four years ago will be carried out by
the new president. Washburn has as
| sumed prominent position during
| late years among the different denom-
| national institutions and in order to
| perform successfully the duties of the
head of the school, it is necessary to
| combine many high qualities. The
| trustees believe they have found just
| such a man in DR.. Sanders. The STAN
| dard set by the trustees for the fu-
ture head of the college were exacting
| and DIR. Sanders was one of the few
| under consideration who could fulfill
| the requirements.
DIR. Sanders will spend his summer
in the east in the interests Of the
school and next September will take
active charge of his duties.
| DR.. Norman Plass who retires will
1
acquisitions in the northwest which
promise to net big returns.
He has been connected with the To-
cal school for the past six years and
has been instrumental in bringing the
| college up to it's present high STAN
dard. The observatory building and
! the Carnegie library have been added
to the campus during DR.. Plass' adj
! ministration. He is also responsible
for the addition of the Kansas Medi-
cal college, the school of fine arts,
and the law school. The enrolment
during his administration has in
| creased from 225 to 500 students. 1t
is with regret that he leaves the col
lege, and it is hoped that his success
sor will be able to carry out the work
so ably inaugurated.
The standing of DR.. Sanders in the
east is shown by the following letter
which was received by DR.. Francis L.
Hayes, president of the First Con-
gregational church, this morning,
from A. E. Winship, editor OF the
New England School Journal, lead
ing eastern educational publication.
The letter fo1lows:
CDR Hayes: I know DR.. Frank K.
Sanders well, and I am as sure or his
success as president Of Washburn col
lege as I could be of any ones. He