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YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY 2°78 ALUMNI IDEALS, More Suggestions about the Presi- deney from Graduates, A YOUNG MAN’S VIEW. A recent Yale alumnus, a forceful leader in a strong class, now a driving man of business and a successful one, writes: “My ideal Yale President must have the following qualities: “tst. Scholarly attainments. “2d. Broad-mindedness. “3d. Progressiveness and _ business abtlity: “4th. Gentlemanly bearing. “sth. Good address. “6th. Absence of fame as a leader on any religious or political question. “7th. Appreciation of a young man’s feelings and of good college sentiment and good old traditions. “8th. A Yale diploma. “oth. Good health, enthusiasm, com- mon-sense and energy. “toth. Must be deeply religious, but not necessarily a theologian.” , A LAWYER OR MINISTER, AGE FIFTY. A Pittsburg lawyer puts it this way: “A Yale man of about fifty years, who has spent his life in the Law or Ministry —preferably the Law—but who has maintained an interest in and kept in touch with the world of letters, would come pretty near filling the bill. His being a Yale man would insure his knowing Yale, her traditions and cus- toms, and so-.enable him to appreciate and understand her needs better. He would be progressive with a true Yale progressiveness, which may differ from the way the word is understood in some of our far Western towns. “The age I put is one that insures full maturity of powers and yet many years of useful activity. It will mean that the new President will have plenty of time and opportunity for the careful,- gradual development of his policy. In an institution like Yale, frequent changes in the Presidency are unset- tling and undesirable. Training in the law would give knowledge of men and affairs, a grasp on such questions as he would be called on to decide and above all, a trained mind. “The man I speak of has not devoted himself exclusively to the Law, but has kept up his classics, has found time for some study of History and Art. In a word, he is a broad man and one on whose shoulders the mantle of the Presidency would sit easily. His career as a lawyer has fitted him to be the executive head of the University, grapple with questions of Finance, and at the same time has given him the requisite experience in public speaking to enable him to represent Yale on pub- lic occasions.” A LOUISVILLE VIEW. A Louisville graduate of about fifteen years standing describes his ideal as follows: “The President of Yale should be not only a man of deep scholarship, but of business abilities and of broad sympa- thies. Yale University has grown so large that it seems to me that the per- son occupying the Presidency of the in- stitution should possess great admin- istrative abilities as well as reputation as a scholar. The position he occupies is such a conspicuous one, that it must necessarily be filled by a man of de- cided scholarship, but it seems to me he should have that administrative talent that is required not only to conduct the affairs of a great institution, but to continue its growth. “In addition, he should be a well- rounded man free from provincialisms and narrowness of everv description. I don’t know what qualities are absolutely essential to one occupying that position, but it seems to me that those above enumerated should be possessed by the occupant of that position. I am im- pressed with the fact that administra- tive abilities and broad sympathies are as absolutely essential to the occupant of the position as is great scholarship.” THREE DIMENSIONS. ‘The following is from a New York lawyer, who was graduated about thirty years ago: “Our ideal President should b . bd . re stituted in three dimensions. is He must be a man of affairs with fine ae and executive ability of the highest order. This first dimension I regard as of first and last importance, even vital to the qualifications of any Yale President. | “The second dimension includes scholarship and those literary qualities which our traditions have handed down, together with knowledge of the new science of instruction developed in re- cent years. coy “The third dimension regards the capacity of our candidate to erepresent the University and secure its fair con- sideration in the world, upon whose favor rests its future support and main- tenance. - “So much for the office. As for the man himself, it goes without saying that he should lack none of the moral quali- ties which make up the ideal man, re- fined and sweetened by the virtues ex- tolled by St. Paul,—the greatest of which is Charity.’ A WESTERN PROFESSOR’S ANSWER. One of the professors of a Western College; a Yale graduate, answers the questions thus: 7 “A man, layman preferred, because in the case of a clergyman an absence of desirable qualifications may be .over- looked simply because the man is a clergyman,—who is not necessarily or primarily a money-getter—rather one who appreciates fully what a University may do for a country, and wishes to ad- minister it, that, in conjunction with other universities, it may accomplish that,—and not live for its own glory. He should be one, who, though not a conservative in the University, yet will make the University conservative (by conservatism I mean not holding on to the bad things oi the present—but of that which is good) in the country at large. One who will see to it that the University stands even more, in several of its departments, for the advancement of learning. “Primarily a keen intellect and re- markable abilities as executive and stu- dent of human nature, as well as grasp of the general condition of thought morally and politically; sufficient learn- ing to grasp the general scope of uni- versity work; avoidance of sham, straightforwardness,—no tendency to run college on up-to-date daily news- paper plan; no desire to make a fashionable college, but a place for hard, steady work, scholastic and literary. Social, athletic and other student activities will take care of themselves.” FROM WILKES BARRE. A report from Wilkes Barre alumni reads thus: “We looked into Yale in the future under a new President sufficiently for me to say that we want a man not be- yond middle age, a graduate of old Yale, if possible, whose training and ac- complishments give promise of the best business administration, in its broadest sense. “We realize that Yale University is not the Yale of our day and that the new President need not be called upon to give instruction on the human intel- lect, nor be reminiscent of early train- ing in Congregational pulpits of Con- necticut towns. We believe that the next President of Yale, whether he be clerical or lay, should be selected with the view of the best managing, binding together and pushing forward the many interests of the big corporation that the University has become, and that a busi- ness ability akin to Dr: Depew’s should be the first consideration.” A NEWSPAPER VIEW. , An editor puts it this way: “Aman who values scholarship, re- spects tradition and yet knows men and the motives of men; a man of adminis- trative parts. He should not be simply a good business man. Such a man is more likely to be developed by the [Continued on 274th page.] = - ROWN S For the TROCHEs Throat The Public Speaker’s Friend. John I. Brown & Son, Boston, a a OF HAMILTON PLACE BOSTON. EUROPE bressire: “"* “Bureau of University Travel.” Personally conducted by University Pro- fessors of wide continental culture and experience. European Address, Credit Lyonnais, Paris. American Agent, P. C. Claflin, Masonic Temple, Washington, D.C. 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