Dinner Talks Held

The field ballooned when Lowell resigned. The most popular choice seems to have been Kenneth B. Murdock '16, now Francis Lee Higinson Professor of English Disfeature. It appears that Murdock was Lowell's favorite, but President Conant '14, was named, Presumably since the President's voice is limited in selection.

Dinner Talks Held

Who Conant's successor will be is not yet known. It is understood that the selection is being made as in the past, at a series of informal, but expensive dinners. Members of the Corporation sitaround a table, discussing candidates, eliminating some possibilities with cries of "MY GOD! He'll never do!"

Again, the selection of the corporation will reflect its view on the world situation as it pertains to the University. The early group which by-passed Mather's ultra-conservatism and ignored his boast to eliminate the devil seems to have been justified by Harvard's successful growth.

Regardless of the issue and the limits for candidates, supposedly narrow in many respects. It seems certain that achievements rather than electioneering will once more determine the final selection.