Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
DR.. J. w. Tucker of
Dartmouth Dies at Home
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fuckers term was due to the generous
gifts of Edward IucK. now residing in
Paris, who was his college chun.
William Jewett Tucker was born in
Griswold, Conn, July 13, 1889, the son
Of Henry and Sarah (Lester) Tucker.
He prepared for college at Meriden and
entered Dartmouth with the class Of
1861. Following his graduation, he
taught school at Laconia, N H., and
Columbus, Ohio, and in 1868 entered
Andover theological seminary to study
for the ministry. In 1867, after his
graduation from Andover and his or
dination in the Congregational minis
try, Dr. Tucker entered ministerial
work as pastor of the Franklin street
church of Manchester, N. H., where he
established a reputation as a young
preacher of exceptional brilliance In
1876 he was called to the Madison
Square Presbyterian church of New
York City, where he remained until
$780, when he accepted the chair Of
homiletics in Andover seminary. AT
Andover he became known as a re-
markable teacher, and to him was due
in great measure the liberality Of re-
a vital force in the world of theology.
DIR. Tucker was founder and editor
of the Andover Reviews and the An
dover house movement in Boston was
largely due to his personal efforts.
Before assuming the presidency of
Dartmouth in 1898, DR. Tucker had
served for IA years as member of the
Dartmouth board of trustees and had
twice previously been elected to the
presidency, each time declining the
election because his conception of duty
led him to value more highly the work
which he was doing in the ministry.
In 1876, at the death of President Asa
Dodge Smith, Dr. Tucker was asked to
assume the leadership of the college,
and again in 1892, directly after the
retirement of President Bartlett, he
was sought by the trustees. His du-
ties at Andover seminary, which was
then in a legal crisis, caused him to
again decline. "A year later the inability
of the college to secure a president and
the long delay in filling the office so
appealed to the loyalty Of Dr. Tucker
that he yielded to the urgent solicita-
tions of the alumni and the trustees
and consented to accept the election.
Recognition in the form of honorary
degrees and appointments to notable
lectureships was accorded to DR.. Tucker
on numerous occasions. He was given
the honorary degree of D. D. in 1875
by Dartmouth, and in 1904 by the Uni
versity of Vermont, and received the
degree of LII. d. from Williams in
1898, from Yale in 1895, from Wesleyan
in 1903, and from Columbia in 1905. In
1894 DR.. Tucker delivered the lectures
of the Lowell institute. in Boston, and
from 1899 to 1901 was a university
preacher of Harvard He was also q
lecturer of Union Theological seminary
in 1897 and Lyman Beecher lecturer of
the Yale divinity school in 1897 and
1898
DR. Tucker was member of the Phi
Beta Kappa society, a fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sci
ences, and a member of the New Hamp-
shire Historical society, and the Colo
NAL society of Massachusetts He was
the author of many books: Liberty to
Unity in 1892; The Making and Un-
making of the Preacher in 1899; pub
lie Mindedness' and personal Power,
in 191O;i THE Function of the Church
in Modern Society" in 1911; "The New
Reservation of Time" in 1916; and My