ISBN: 9781458906700

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X PRESIDENT BALDWIN''S ADMINISTRATION From the time of the organization of the College, the right man for president was diligently sought by the Board of Trustees. They had a high ideal of the one fitted to take up this work, for they had high ideals for Pomona. For three years every member of the Board had the matter in mind, but no one could be found who was adequate to the position and willing to take it. At length the attention of the secretary was called, by letters from the East, to Professor Baldwin as a candidate for the position. He had just come to Los Angeles to help in raising money for a new Young Men''s Christian Association building. It was represented that he belonged to a family of college presidents. Five of his uncles, one brother and two cousins had held that office. In his student years he was much in the home of his uncle, President Fairchild of Oberlin College. His father, Cyrus H. Baldwin, was an early graduate of Oberlin, and his mother, who died when he was very young, was a remarkable Christian woman. Doctor Baldwin was born at Napoli, New York, October 10, 1852, and was graduated at Oberlin in 1873. While studying at Andover Theological Seminary, in the class of 1876, he was in close sympathy with Professor E. A. Park, worked with him on the Bibliotheca Sacra, and sometimes read his lectures before the class. Called to Ripon College, he was made professor of Latin, and continued for nine years in that institution. In 1881 he was ordained to the Christian ministry in the Congregational Church. Resigning his position at Ripon, he became secretary of the Iowa Young Men''s Christian Association. After four years in this work he resigned in order to raise money for the Young Men''s Christian Association of Des Moines, from w... Charles Burt Sumner, Books, History, The Story of Pomona College Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 1458906701

EAN: 9781458906700, ISBN: 1458906701 [SW:History - General History ; History / General], [VÖ:20090800], Buch (ling.)

ISBN: 9781458906700

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2009, ISBN: 9781458906700

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