William De Witt Hyde

William De Witt Hyde (September 23, 1858 – June 29, 1917)[1][2] was an American college president, born at Winchendon, Mass.

William De Witt Hyde
7th President of Bowdoin College
In office
1885–1917
Preceded byJoshua Chamberlain
Succeeded byKenneth C.M. Sills
Personal details
BornSeptember 23, 1858
Winchendon, Massachusetts
DiedJune 29, 1917(1917-06-29) (aged 58)
Brunswick, Maine
Alma materPhillips Exeter Academy
Harvard University

Biography

He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1874,[3] from Harvard University in 1879 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1882. Ordained to the Congregational ministry in 1883, he was a pastor at Newark, N. J., in 1883-85, and thereafter was president of Bowdoin College, also holding the chair of mental and moral philosophy. In 1906, he penned "The Offer of the College," which was given to each student until 1969. [4] It was subsequently edited to reflect the changing demographics of the student body.

Publications
  • Practical Ethics (1892)
  • Social Theology (1895)
  • Practical idealism (1897)
  • God's Education of Man (1899)
  • The Art of Optimism (1900)
  • The Cardinal Virtues (1901)
  • Jesus' Way (1902)
  • The New Ethics (1903)
  • From Epicurus to Christ (1904)
  • The College Man and the College Woman (1906)
  • Abba, Father (1908)
  • Self-Measurement (1908)
  • Sin and its Forgiveness (1909)
  • The Teacher's Philosophy in and out of School (1910)
  • The Five Great Philosophies of Life (1911)
  • The Quest of the Best (1913)

References
  2. Taussig, F. W. (1933). "William Dewitt Hyde (1858–1917)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 68 (13): 635–637. JSTOR 20022992.
  3. The Granite Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, History and State Progress. J.N. McClintock. 1895.
  4. https://www.bowdoin.edu/about/the-offer/index.html

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Preceded by
Joshua Chamberlain		 President of Bowdoin College
1885–1917		 Succeeded by
Kenneth C.M. Sills


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