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...congratulate Princeton on the recent inauguration of a president who is apparently as near the hearts of the undergraduates as he is desirous of making use of that lucky position. President Hibben said on Saturday that he intended to make Princeton an aristocracy in the literal sense; namely, a community which should be guided by the best of its members; where merit should be fairly determined, and then rewarded. Determining real merit would be a difficult task, unless the judge knew his candidates; and the combination in President Hibben of friendly personality and this firm intent to make the happiest...
...formal inauguration of Professor John Grier Hibben '82 as President of the University will be held on Saturday, May 11th. This decision was reached by the special committee of the Board of Trustees appointed to take charge of the inauguration after some discussion as to the advisability of having it on June 7th, but it was felt that this commencement date belonged primarily to the graduating class...
John Grier Hibben, D.D., A.M., Ph.D., LL.D., was elected president of Princeton University at a meeting of the board of trustees held yesterday morning. He succeeds to the position left vacant in the fall of 1910 by the resignation of Governor Woodrow Wilson...
...accepted a pastorate at Chambersburg, Pa., only to be recalled to Princeton in 1891 as instructor of logic and psychology. Finally, two years later, he was appointed to a professorship and at the same time received the degree of Ph.D. from his Alma Mater. As an author, Professor Hibben has published a number of books on philosophy, including such works of recognized merit as "The Problems of Philosophy," "Deductive Logic," and "The Philosophy of the Enlightenment...
Since Mr. Wilson's resignation over a year ago, Dr. Hibben has been the candidate most favored by Princeton alumni for the presidency and is very popular with the undergraduates. When at college he was president and valedictorian of his class in his senior year, and since his graduation has taken great interest in all undergraduate activities...