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Caption: Book - Banks of the Boneyard (Charles Kiler)
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y TALE FOUR Some Thoughts on Pic\ing a College President OOTBALL COACHES who talk about "a punt, a pass, and a prayer" as well as their constant fear that they may not have selected the best man for left halfback, right end, or what not, know nothing of the anxiety that grips a committee whose job it is to pick a new president for dear old Alma Mater. There is no position in all of the high places to which men must be chosen, that calls for so much time, study, and careful investigation of the candidates as is given by every conscientious committee which has the responsibility of picking a new university president. Sometimes such a committee works hard for months; individual members of the committee travel from coast to coast interviewing men whose names command respect, and when the selection is made disappointment and dissatisfaction begin to register before the first year has passed. This results from the fact that a man may be a success in one institution in one part of this big country, and not meet with the same success in another institution in another section. Advancing the merits of good men for the high position of president of a university calls for a technique unlike that of any other position within the gift of men. When a man wants to be a candidate for President of the United States nr for th#> Q*nat» committeemen from nation. These can determine man. If he can get proper support, if he can be b and propaganda, they bring him out for whatever may be man who wants to be because the people supporting any institution learning want its president to be a free and independent soul ist be a strong man capable of making his own decisions 1
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