Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1912 — NEW PRESIDENT FOR DE PAUW [ARTICLE]

NEW PRESIDENT FOR DE PAUW

Dr. George W. Switzer Helped Select Dr. George W. Grose for Important Position. _ Dr. George W. Grose, pastor of the Grace M. E. church at Baltimore, Md., is to be the new president of DePau w -University, and Will take hold of the work entailed as soon as his withdrawal from his present pastorate has the endorsement of his immediate bishop. He will succeed Dr. F. J. McConnell, who was recently elected a bishop in the M. E. church. Dr. George W. Switzer, of Lafayette, well known to the Methodists of this district by. reason of his 16ng and able ministerial connections, was a member of the committee and also of the subcommittee that determined upon Dr. Grose for the place. In quest of a man the committee has made extensive investigation and traveled more than 6,000 miles. Dr. Switzer is now the vice-president of! a Lafayette bank and has not been in active ministry for two or three years. He is preaching about; all the time, however, and has recently been assigned to superintend the building of a new church near Lafayette, which was provided for in the will of a .wealthy resident. The church will have an endowment for its support.