The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16
NEW HEAD OF STATES
BIG SCHOOL YALE MAN
DR.. GEORGE EDGAR VINCENT is
HIGHLY SPOKEN OF.
His Name Had Been Under Consid-
Grafton BY the Regents for Two
Years; He Was Student Under
Professor Northrop at the East
ern Institution; Son Of Metho.
dist Divine.

DIR. George Edgar Vincent, the new
president of the state university, will
take up his work April /, at which
time DR.. Northrop will retire. DR..
Northrop was elected president
emeritus of the university. The sal
airy of his successor was fixed at
$4,000 a year.
DR.. Vincent is forty-siX years old,
and well known as an educator,
speaker and writer. He is a son of
Bishop John Heyl Vincent, founder
of the Chautauqua institution. He
is married, and has three children.
! Teacher, writer, theologian, club
man, orator and sociologist, DR.. Vim
cent is believed to be just the kind
of man for whom the regents have
been hunting for almost two years.
He is big, strong, possesses snappy
brown eyes, cordial handshake and
pleasant, unaffected manners. There
is about him that indescribable
| something" which is peculiar to the
west, although DR.. Vincent was born
no further west than Rockford, ILL.,,
and has spent much time in the
east 1t is this attractive manner
that has made him exceedingly pop
ular everywhere, and has won him
hundreds of warm friends, especially
in the university, Quadrangle, Cliff
Dwellers', Chicago, New York and
Yale clubs in Chicago. DR.. Vincent
belongs to them all.
Long Under Consideration.
The selection of DR.. Vincent comes
after two years of consideration of
eligible men by the regents, and post
ponement of acceptance of DIR.
Northrops resignation for a year,
when the regents found last year
they could not agree on or secure
the man for his successor. ~
One other name was mentioned
when the regents came to ballot.
A. e. Rice, regent, cast his vote
for DR.. Frederick S. Jones, dean at
Yale now and formerly one of the
deans in the University of Mime
sofa. One other regent did not vote.
George Edgar Vincent, Phi. d., is
an educator by birth, training and
experience. He was born March 81,
1864, at Rockford, H., the son of
Bishop John III. Vincent, whose in
terest in young people and popular
education found it's highest express
sion in his organizing of the Chall-
tauqua system.
Is Yale Man.
DR.. Vincent took his collegiate
course at Yale, receiving his bachel-
or's degree there in 1885. Following
his graduation he did editorial work
for year, this work being followed
by a year of travel in Europe and
the Orient. In 1892 he became iden-
titled with the University of Chi
cago as a fellow in sociology, work
ing his way up to be dean of deans
in that institution and second only
to President Judson.
Throughout his connection with
the University of Chicago, DR.. Vim
cent has maintained his connection
with the Chautauqua institution. One
of the last requests of his father
was that his son should assume after
him the general charge of the Chau-
tauqua work, which had grown to
accented to and since 1907 DR.. Vim
cent has been president of the Chau-
tauqua.
Son of a Methodist Bishop.
DR.. Vincent is the son of Metho.
!, dist bishop, but is liberal in his re-
, ligious attitude. In the seventeen
years he has been identified with the
!, University of Chicago, Baptist in
stitution, he has declined twenty-four
offers to become president of other
. educational institutions. Among 9TH
ers he refused the presidency OF
Northwestern university, the Metho
dist institution at Evanston, and OF
, the State University Of Illinois. He
comes to the University of Mime
sofa not because of financial con
, siderations, but because he believes
this position affords him large op
, portunities for educational useful
, ness.
There is, peculiar appropriateness
| about the appointment of DR.. Vim
| cent to succeed DR.. Northrop, for he
, was a pupil of DR.. Northrop at Yale
/ The friendship which began theI
has been maintained in growing in
|, timacy ever since and DR.. Northror
is delighted to have his mantle fall
! upon the shoulders of such a man
He can fill every place l have eve1
: tried to fill and do it better than
could" was DR.. Northrop's recen
comment to mutual friend.
This means that not only as al
> educator, but also as public
, speaker DR.. Vincent is most capable
| He is rated as one of the best lee
l turers in the country either in tn,
2 classroom or on the platform.
5 DR.. Northrop's Coming.
When DR.. Northrop came to Min
/ neapolis August 90, 1884, the uni
versity consisted of two buildings
the old main and the agriculture
buildings. Dr., and Mrs. Northrol
!. were met at the train by Governo
| J. S. Pillsbury and taken to tn
: Nicollet house, where they RENAME,
until taking the old Richard Chut
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