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146 JAMES R. ROBERTSON. characteristics. Upon the resignation of President Mc- Clelland in 1900 to accept the presidency of Knox College, Illinois, the trustees selected Professor William N. Ferrin as acting president, and in 1903 he was elected president. President Ferrin has been connected with the college sufficiently long to be acquainted with the history and the ideals of the institution, and he has been closely enough associated with President McClelland in the administra- tion of the college to be regarded as a logical successor. JAMES ROOD ROBERTSON.
