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...Pres. Patton, of Princeton, according to the Yale men, is a British subject who has never sought naturalization in this country...
...resignation of President McCosh was accepted last Thursday at the monthly meeting of Princeton College and Professor Francis L. Patton, D. D., LL. D., Stuart Professor of Ethics, was unanimously elected to fill the vacancy. Dr. Patton has for many years been connected with the Divinity School, and the trustees could not have made a better choice...
...election to fill the chair left vacant by Dr. McCosh's resignation draws near the interest among the students naturally increases, and there is much discussion as to who the future president is. It is rumored, and the rumor seems to be founded on facts, that Dr. Patton, of the Seminary, will be elected president, and Professor William Sloane, Professor of History in the college, will have a special office of vice-president created for him-a combination which gives the greatest satisfaction among the undergraduates...
...majority of the committee appointed at Princeton to take action on President McCosh's resignation, are in favor of Professor Patton, D. D., for president, and Professor Sloane for vice-president. No definite action, however, will be taken until February...
...Francis L. Patton, a Presbyterian minister of Mont Clair, N. J., and professor of geology in Princeton College, has been chosen president of that college to succed Dr. McCosh...