Charles F. Wishart
Charles F. Wishart | |
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President of College of Wooster | |
In office 1919–1944 | |
Succeeded by | Howard F. Lowry |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles F. Wishart October 3, 1870 Ontario, Ohio |
Died | 1960 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
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Charles Frederick Wishart (1870–1960) was a
Biography
Charles F. Wishart was born in Ontario, Ohio on September 3, 1870, the youngest of twelve children. His mother was Sarah (Irvine) Wishart, and his father, the Rev. William Wishart (1821–1906), was a minister of the United Presbyterian Church of North America.[2] On July 6, 1904, he married Josephine Long. They had three children, Sara (MacMillan), James Hunt, and Josephine Bosworth (Hayford).[3]
Wishart received his early education in Ontario and Hayesville, Ohio.[3] He graduated from Monmouth College (Illinois) in 1894, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He then took a graduate degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.[3]
He was ordained as a minister of the United Presbyterian Church in 1897.[3] In 1897, he founded 11th United Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, serving as its pastor until 1910.[3] He served as president of the National Young Peoples Christian Union in 1897.[3] From 1910 to 1914, he was a professor of systematic theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.[3]
In 1914, Wishart became the pastor of
He left Chicago in 1919 to become president of the College of Wooster, where he served until his retirement in 1944. He served as Moderator of the
He died in 1960.[4]
Wishart Hall was built to honor him in 1966 with a gift from the citizens of Wayne County as a home for the Communications Department which also houses the Friedlander Speech and Hearing Clinic.[5]
Controversy over the teaching of evolution and contest with William Jennings Bryan
The college had taught the theory of evolution for several decades when Wishart became president, and the college library carved the name of learned men on a frieze in the main reading room that included Socrates, Moses, Plato, and Darwin. The instructor of the biology and zoology courses took pains to argue the compatibility of evolution and Christianity, but William Jennings Bryan denounced evolution when he came to visit Wooster in 1923, declaring that "it is better to know the Rock of Ages than the age of rocks."[6]
Wishart defended the teaching of evolution at the college, and the issue became heated.
Chief publications
- The God of the Unexpected Wooster, OH: Wooster College Press, 1923
- The New Freedom in the Natural Order. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931
- The Bible in Our Day: a Symposium. New York: American Bible Society, 1935
- The Book of Day: A Study in the Revelation of St. John. New York: Oxford University Press, 1935
Notes
- ^ "CHARLES F. WISHART, 89; Ex-Presbyterian Moderator Headed College of Wooster j". The New York Times. p. 33. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ "William Wishart (1821–1906)". Log College Press. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Biography of Rev. Charles F. Wishart in North Central Ohio Biographies
- ^ Charles Frederick Wishart, Jean Snyder Felt, Memoirs of Charles Frederick Wishart, 1870–1960 (S.l.: s.n., 1982)
- ^ College of Wooster Catalog 2011–2012 p. 330 Archived 2015-09-18 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Tait (1984), p. 310-311.
- ^ Tait (1984), p. 314.
References
- Charles Frederick Wishart, Jean Snyder Felt, Memoirs of Charles Frederick Wishart, 1870-1960 (S.l.: s.n., 1982).
- Lucy Lilian Notestein, Wooster of the Middle West (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1971).
- Tait, L. Gordon (1984). "Evolution: Wishart, Wooster, and William Jennings Bryan". Journal of Presbyterian History (1962-1985). 62 (4): 306–321. JSTOR 23328648.
- Dr. Charles F. Wishart Wooster Daily Record (Monday 11 April 1960) reprint, Ancestry.co.uk