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Hamilton Holt (August 18, 1872 – April 26, 1951) was an American educator, editor, author and politician. He was President of Rollins College 1925 to 1949. He was President of Rollins College 1925 to 1949.
President Hamilton Holt decided to require all professors to make a "loyalty pledge" to keep their jobs. In March 1933, Holt fired John Andrew Rice, an atheist scholar and unorthodox teacher, whom Holt had hired, along with three other "golden personalities" (as Holt called them), in his push to put Rollins on the cutting edge of innovative education, for refusing to sign the loyalty pledge.
He remembered a magazine editor he had known and admired in New York, Hamilton Holt, and he wrote to Holt offering him the job saying, "It's a cinch for a man of your capacity." Holt took the job and changed Rollins College, with the help of Bacheller, from a tiny school with very little money, to a school with a multimillion-dollar endowment ...
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Primary editor of The Independent in the 20th Century, Hamilton Holt. Tilton was succeeded by Henry C. Bowen, who continued as both editor and publisher until his death in 1896, when William Hayes Ward became editor. Thereafter the magazine devoted less attention to religious affairs, and contained more political coverage and illustrations.
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Quotes about strength and love “The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt “It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true ...
Hamilton Holt steals the piece of paper with the lead, but Dan rips off the top and bottom, and he and Amy run away while everyone else is fighting over the rest of the lead. Amy and Dan realize that it leads to Shakespeare's grave site in Stratford-upon-Avon, and are among the last to arrive there. However, they are surprised to find that no ...