Caption: Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950)
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mat If a l i \ r at all, it ai I ncy among the hi N U ** ° .« J t i a lapt ft »1 i |,n ' ^'itswoi done. I t lshould be ran I its policies tonew ' ' chan n ' lu al neVCf tion, \\ 1. « e *eir priority^' i to carry I a n . s ; st , n D *** ' • ] - ' • W;r, nrw dut Cha::g * 01 j rni n old in n«-•. . ulties arc familiar with t! cham: but 1 alk tl 1 t ulties ann. rhere will always be some wh : ew path with i' lu« tant feet, uncertain where it win h old and new staff to create idea of lead t h r m . It takes time also for I sex ial groups mmon into i It is t b ' I that, durin a rind of rapid expansion some mist I In the tion oi p a a n d would he made. They tend to IK: self-O t ti\ hut. o ion, they call for adminis- t: live decisions in which U-l ni\ It) paramount. I ni7 tion chai nil and l ulati . statements of the duties a n d powers of ofli rs, and other 1 mal arrangements do not eoi d t u t e . hi nistrati\ lea< ffship nor do they automatically o p e n cl tinels of CO lunical Q. It the < ion give-and-take .: >ng lik -J inded people thai IS important. In a university, an adi nistrative offi< er is frequently siirp. cl as a scholar by many membe-- of h fa ulty. His tsignmenl is different Each should le rn to appi iate the full w rth of the other, and both should respect the devot 1 work of nonacademie employees. All \m'r rsity problems i n be solved by persons ol good faith working together toward a c mmon end. T h e human resources of the facult) arc tremendous. T h e y generate a power thai can be brou ht to bear upon the hard problems that lie ah 1. Perhaps the last 1 ur years have been like the Wintry that Alice sound when Jibe went through the looking-glass, and the Q u e e n said, "Now, In re, you see, it ta all the running you can do, to keep in tin mir plaee. ii you want to et mewhere else, you must run at least twiee as fast as t h a t ! " Now is the time to plan the f'ulme of the Ihiivefsity ol lllinoi T h e gtnrr I lines an laid down, as, indeed, th have been fat many y ars. Learning and Labot arc on our shield and that devu < •Jj' iid not fail (.1
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