William De Witt Hyde

William De Witt Hyde
7th President of Bowdoin College
In office 1885–1917
Preceded by	Joshua Chamberlain
Succeeded by	Kenneth C.M. Sills
Personal details
Born	September 23, 1858 Winchendon, Massachusetts
Died	June 29, 1917(1917-06-29) (aged 58) Brunswick, Maine
Alma mater	Phillips Exeter Academy Harvard University

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

Biography

He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1874, 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. 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

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Works by William De Witt Hyde at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about William De Witt Hyde at Internet Archive