| 词条 | Arthur J. Roberts |
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| name = Arthur J. Roberts | image = Arthur Jeremiah Roberts.jpg | caption = | order = 14th | title = President of Colby College | term_start = 1908 | term_end = 1927 | predecessor = Charles Lincoln White | successor = Franklin W. Johnson | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=y|1867|10|11}} | birth_place = Waterboro, Maine | death_date = 1929 | alma_mater = Colby College, Harvard University | spouse = Ada Louise Peabody }}Arthur Jeremiah Roberts (October 11, 1867 – 1929) was the 14th President of Colby College, Maine, United States from 1908–1927, notable for being the first non-preacher president of the school. He guided the college through its first centennial celebration and World War I.[1] Early lifeRoberts was born in Waterboro, Maine, to Albert and Evelyn Roberts. He was educated at Alfred High School in Alfred, Maine and Limerick Academy in Limerick, Maine, before attending Colby College in the fall of 1886 along with a class of 32 other students.[2] CareerUpon graduating in 1890, Colby College elected him the Assistant Professor of Rhetoric.[3] In 1894 he was promoted to Professor of English. In 1895, he married Ms. Ada Louise Peabody. In 1900, he studied one year at Harvard University and received a master's degree.[2] PresidencyIn 1908, he was promoted to President. During his presidency, two new dormitories were constructed, in 1912 and 1915. He led the Centennial Fund, which by 1920 had raised $450,000 in pledges and an additional $125,000 from the General Education Board, for which Roberts had specially applied. His term also saw the creation and dissolution of the Students Army Training Corps at Colby in conjunction with World War I. While at Colby, he was elected as a director of the Maine Central Railroad Company.[3] He was known alternatively as "Old Rob" and "Prexy Roberts". Published works
References1. ^Mayflower Hill: A History of Colby College. Earl Smith, University Press of New England, 2006. P 32 {{Colby College presidents}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Arthur J.}}2. ^1 {{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19200625&id=W2QgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZWYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2662,7676447 | title=Dr. Arthur Jeremiah Roberts, President of Colby College since 1908 | work=Lewiston Evening Journal | date=Jun 25, 1920 | accessdate=2013-06-25}} 3. ^1 Soule, Bertha Louise, "Colby's President Roberts" (1943).Colby e-Books.Book 2 9 : 1870 births|1956 deaths|Colby College alumni|Columbia University faculty|Colby College faculty|United States Army personnel|Presidents of Colby College|Harvard University alumni|People from Waterboro, Maine |
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