POSSIBLE HARVARD HEADS

There has been considerable speculation during the past two months as to who would prove acceptable to both the Corporation and the Board of Overseers and be elected to the office of President of the University. The Corporation is practically unlimited in its selection and it may decide upon someone entirely unsuspected by the public or by other members of the University. Nevertheless it seems to be the prevailing opinion of graduates and the public press that the choice will fall upon some one of the men mentioned below.

For the convenience of its readers the CRIMSON has also published the names of the members of the Corporation and the Board of Overseers, whose duty it is to elect the new President. The election originates with the Corporation which communicates its decision to the Overseers for their approval or rejection. In case the nomination is rejected the Corporation is obliged to make another choice. The same man may be re-nominated, which happened in the case of President Eliot's election, or the Corporation may propose a new name. In either case the process is the same and the Overseers have the final decision.

Following is a list of members of the two organizations:

The President and Fellows of Harvard College, commonly known as the Corporation, consist of Charles William Eliot '53, president; Henry Pickering Walcott '58, Henry Lee Higginson '55, Francis Cabot Lowell '76, Arthur Tracy Cabot '72, Thomas Nelson Perkins '91, fellows; and Charles Francis Adams, 2nd., '88, treasurer. The Board of Overseers consists of the President and Treasurer of the University, ex officiis, and the following persons by election: Francis Lee Higginson '63, James Jackson Storrow '85, George Angier Gordon '81, Francis Randall Appleton '75, William Watson Goodwin '51, Moorfield Storey '66, Henry Shippen Huidekoper '62, John Noble '50, Winslow Warren '58, Paul Revere Frothingham '86, Stephen Minot Weld '60, William Caleb Loring '72, Frederic Adrian Delano '85, Louis Adams Frothingham '93, George Brune Shattuck '63, James Tynedale Mitchell '55, Frederick Perry Fish '75, Simon Newcomb '58, Amory Appleton Lawrence '70, William Lawrence '71, William Endicott, Jr., '87, George Dickson Markham '81, Robert Swain Peabody '66, William Alexander Gaston '80, John Davis Long '57, Robert Grant '73, William Rand, Jr., '88, Moses Williams '68, John Collins Warren '63.

The following men have been most widely mentioned as possible successors to President Eliot:

LeBaron Russell Briggs.

Dean LeBaron Russell Briggs '75 has been identified with Harvard principally through his eleven years of service as Dean of the College, from 1891 to 1902. Through that position he probably came into contact with more Harvard men than any other man, with the possible exception of Dean Shaler. At present his acquaintance with Harvard men, young and old, is probably unrivalled. Previously to his appointment as Dean he was for six years an assistant professor of English. In 1904 he was appointed to the chair of Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory. Since 1903 he has also been president of Radcliffe. Dean Briggs has found many ways beside his work as Dean to come into close relations with the undergraduates. Especially has this been the case during the last two years through his position as chairman of the Athletic Committee. In recent years he has made many speeches before Harvard clubs in this vicinity and the west. He was born in Salem, December 11, 1855.

Nicholas Murray Butler.

President Nicholas Murray Butler has been president of Columbia University since 1902. He has an enviable reputation as an educator and a scholar, as his long list of honorary degrees from universities at home and abroad testifies. In addition to serving on a number of commissions of education and on boards of trustees he has achieved distinction in the study of philosophy. His activities have not been confined to this country as he has studied and lectured in Germany, France, and England. Only last summer he lectured in Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Christiania. While at Columbia President Butler has firmly opposed intercollegiate football, which was abolished there in 1906. President Butler was born in Elizabeth, N. J., April 2, 1862.

Edwin Francis Gay.

Professor Edwin Francis Gay is a graduate of the University of Michigan in the class of 1890. Since 1902 he has been a member of the Economics department of the University, becoming professor in 1906. Last spring he was appointed Dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration and was given charge of this new department. Professor Gay has studied abroad, and in 1902 received the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Berlin. He was born in Detroit, Mich., October 27, 1867.

Jerome Davis Greene.

Mr. Jerome Davis Greene '96 has been President Eliot's secretary as well as secretary to the Corporation for the last eight years. In this capacity he has been brought in very close touch with the administration of the University and with President Eliot's policies and aims. Before entering upon his secretaryship Mr. Greene was engaged in the publication business in the office of the University Press. At present he is making a tour of the Harvard Clubs in the Middle West from which he will return early in February. Mr. Greene was born October 12, 1874.

Charles Homer Haskins.

Professor Charles Homer Haskins has been professor of history in the University since 1902, coming from the University of Wisconsin where he had held a similar chair since 1892. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins of the class of 1887 and also received the degree of Ph.D. there in 1890. He studied at Berlin and Paris and became an instructor at Johns Hopkins whence he went to Wisconsin. Professor Haskins is now chairman of the department of History and Political Science. He was born in Meadville, Pa., December 21, 1870.

David Franklin Houston.

Professor David Franklin Houston, A. M. '92, has been prominent in educational affairs in the south for a number of years. He was graduated from South Carolina College in 1887 and in 1892 received the degree of A.M. from Harvard. Soon afterwards he became a professor of political science at the University of Texas. In 1905 he became president of the University of Texas and held that office until last spring, when he resigned to become chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Houston was born in Monroe, N. C., February 17, 1866.

Abbott Lawrence Lowell.

Professor Abbott Lawrence Lowell '77 has been a leader in the Faculty since his appointment in 1900 to a professorship of the science of government. He has taken unusual interest in undergraduate affairs and has made several investigations into undergraduate conditions and compiled interesting statistics from the results. Professor Lowell has recently added to his international reputation as a scholar by the publication of two volumes on the Government of England. Before becoming a professor he practiced law in Boston for nearly twenty years. He is a graduate of the Harvard Law School as well as of the College. Professor Lowell was born in Boston, December 13, 1856.

Herbert Putnam.

Mr. Herbert Putnam '83, at present librarian of Congress, has been both a lawyer and a librarian. After graduating from Harvard in 1883 he engaged in library work at Minneapolis. In the meanwhile he studied law and began to practice in Boston in 1891. In 1895 he returned to library work, becoming librarian of the Boston Public Library. From this position he was called in 1899 to become Librarian of Congress. Mr. Putnam has received the degree of Litt.D. from Bowdoin in 1898, from Yale in 1907, and from several other colleges. He was born in New York City, September 20, 1861.

Wallace Clement Sabine.

Dean Wallace Clement Sabine, A.M. '88, succeeded Dean Shaler in 1906 as the head of the Lawrence Scientific School. When the scientific department of the University was organized on a new basis, Dean Sabine was placed at the head of the Graduate School of Applied Science, the position that he now holds. For a year, in 1907-08, he served admirably as one of the three Faculty members of the Athletic Committee and his resignation was widely regretted. Dean Sabine was graduated from Ohio State University in 1886, and after receiving his A.M. degree, became an instructor in physics in Harvard. In 1895 he became an assistant professor, and in 1905 a full professor. He has a wide reputation as an authority on acoustics. He was born in Richwood, Ohio, in 1868.

James Jackson Storrow.

Mr. James Jackson Storrow '85 has for the last three years been chairman of the Boston School Board. For three years previously he was a member of the Board. Mr. Storrow is also a member of the banking firm of Lee, Higginson & Co. Beefore engaging in the banking business in 1900 he was for ten years a practicing lawyer in Boston. He is at present an Overseer of the University. In addition to the A.B. degree, Mr. Storrow received the degree of LL.B. from the Law School in 1888. While an undergraduate he was a member of the University crew, and was captain of the winning crew of 1885. For a number of years since then he has been actively engaged in coaching the eights. Mr. Storrow was born in Boston in 1864.

Edgar Huidekoper Wells.

Mr. Edgar Huidekoper Wells '97 is now widely known especially among Harvard graduates through his position as secretary of the Alumni Asociation. Since the spring of 1907 Mr. Wells has been engaged in collecting statistics of alumni and in promoting the organization of Harvard clubs throughout the country. He is also one of the editors of the Harvard Bulletin and Secretary of Appointments, an office organized for the purpose of procuring business and teaching positions for Harvard graduates and undergraduates. Before taking up this work, Mr. Wells had two years' experience as Assistant Dean of the College. He held this office from 1905 to 1907. From 1901 to 1905 he was an assistant and an instructor in English. Mr. Wells has just returned from a tour of the western Harvard clubs. He was born in 1875