Washington University Saint Louis - Hatchet Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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FREDERICK ALDIN HALL. LL.D.. L.H.D. SIXTH CHANCELLOR OF WASH- INGTON UNIVERSITY. WAS BORN IN BRUNSWICK. ME.. NOVEMBER 20. 1854. AND DIED IN ST. LOUIS. MARCH 24. 1925. HE CAME TO WASH¬ INGTON UNIVERSITY AS COLLIER PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN 1901. A POSITION WHICH HE HELD UNTIL 1917. HE SERVED AS ACTING DEAN OF THE COLLEGE IN 1907-08 DEAN OF THE COLLEGE FROM 1912-13. ACTING CHANCELLOR FROM 1913-17 AND CHANCELLOR FROM 1917-23. HE WAS MADE CHANCELLOR EMERITUS IN 1923. WHEN HE RETIRED FROM ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE UNIVERSITY HE WAS A MAN OF BROAD CULTURE. AN INSPIRING TEACHER. AN ABLE ADMINISTRATOR. A SANE AND STIMULATING LEADER. UNDER HIS DIRECTION THE UNIVERSITY PROGRESSED IN STANDARDS. IN REPUTA¬ TION. AND IN MATERIAL GROWTH. HIS LOSS IS DEEPLY LAMENTED BY ALL STUDENTS. ALUMNI. AND FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY IN HIS HONOR THE HATCHET DEDICATES THIS PAGE