Mccosh

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

JAMES, a Scotch-American theologian; born in Carskeoch, Ayrshire, Scotland, April 1, 1811. In 1851, having joined the Free Church of Scotland, he became Professor of Logic in the college at Belfast, Ireland. In 1868, at the solicitation of the faculty and trustees of Princeton College, N. J., he came to the United States and became president of that institution. Under his guidance and the influence of his name Princeton advanced to a higher place than ever before among the universities of the United States. He wrote: "Method of the Divine Government" (1850); "Intuitions of the Mind" (1860); "The Supernatural in Relation to the Natural" (1862); "Examination of Mill's Philosophy, etc." "Christianity and Positivism" (1871); "The Development Theory" (1876); "Psychology" (1887); "Religious Aspects of Evolution" (1888); etc. He resigned the presidency of Princeton in 1888. He died in Princeton, N. J., Nov. 16, 1894. MacCRACKEN, HENRY MITCHELL, an American educator; born in Oxford, O., Sept. 28, 1840; was graduated at the Miami University in 1857; studied at the Princeton Theological Seminary and in Europe; was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Toledo, O., in 1868- 1880; chancellor of Western University, Pittsburgh, in 1880-1884; accepted the chair of philosophy and the vice-chancellorship of New York University in the latter year. He was chosen chancellor in 1891. Under his direction the university developed in numbers and influence, and became one of the largest educational institutions in the world. He resigned in 1910, becoming chancellor emeritus. He died Dec. 24, 1918. His publications include "Tercentenary of Presbyterianism"; "Kant and Lotze"; "A Metropolitan University"; "Leaders of the Church Universal" (3 vols.); "Lives of Church Leaders: or, Heroes of the Cross" (1900); "Urgent Eastern Questions" (1912); etc. MacCRACKEN, HENRY NOBLE, president of Vassar College; born in 1880, the son of the clergyman and educator Henry Mitchell MacCracken (q.v.). Graduated an A. B. from New York University in 1900 and Ph. D. from Harvard in 1907. Instructor in English at the Syrian Protestant College, Beirut, and later also at Harvard. In 1913-1914 he was professor of English at Smith College. In the latter year he was elected president of Vassar. He is the author of several textbooks in English and of "An Introduction to Shakespeare" (1910). MacCRACKEN, JOHN HENRY, President of Lafayette College; born in 1875 at Rochester, Vt., the son of Henry Mitchell MacCracken; graduated from New York University (A. M. 1897), Union Theological Seminary (1895), and Halle (Ph. D.) 1899. He became an instructor in New York University and later president of Westminster College, Missouri. In 1903 he returned to New York University as professor of politics, where he remained until 1914, when he was chosen president of Lafayette College. President MacCracken has been actively engaged in the educational activities of the Presbyterian Church.