The five futuristic representations above open a CRIMSON series on Radcliffe's next president. Whitney Darrow, Jr., known for his New Yorker cartoons, outdid himself (and the other cartoonists who will follow) by producing five separate visions of the future standard-bearer of Harvard's skirt set.

After Mr. Darrow's versions, the CRIMSON will present, in successive issues, the responses of other well-known comic artists to the question, "What will (might) (should) (could) Radcliffe's next president look like?"

Six years ago Harvard lost a president, and the CRIMSON invited the nation's cartoonists to speculate on his successor. The results ran in the CRIMSON in the spring of 1953, and were reprinted in LIFE.

Mr. Darrow is a repeater. Several others also contributed to both affairs. This year's artists were asked to consider the possible relationship of the future president to the problem of coeducation at Harvard. Various cliches on the order of "the war of the sexes" were mentioned.

Among coming selections are cartoons by Otto Soglow, Rube Goldberg, Virgil Partch, and Charles M. Schultz, creator of "Peanuts." Three guesses who Mr. Schultz proposed to head Radcliffe. (Hint: "Peanuts" has three main characters.) David Royce will follow.