OFFICIALS EXPOSE FALSE RUMORS OF MURDOCK CHOICE

Flat denials of the story that K. B. Murdock '16, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, had been nominated by the Corporation for President of the University were made last night by numerous officials. T. N. Perkins '91, a member of the Corporation, said, "No action has yet been taken, nor can any decision be made until the next meeting of the Corporation, on Monday, April 10."

Reports of Dean Murdock's nomination for the presidency were published in the Boston Post yesterday morning, and were generally recognized as being merely unfounded rumors. W. I. Nichols '26, secretary for Information, said, "To the best of my knowledge no decision has been taken. I do not think any attempt will be made until Monday, April 10, when the Corporation and the Board of Overseers meet simultaneously." According to the Constitution of the University both of these bodies must approve the election before it can become official.

Possibilities Listed

Of the many others who have been suggested as possible presidents the more important are: J. B. Conant '13, professor of Chemistry; J. B. Munn 14, professor of English; Grenville Clark '03, Fellow of Harvard College; C. P. Curtis, Jr. '13; E. A. Whitney '17, master of Kirkland House and associate professor of History; S. E. Morison '08, professor of History; Francis Parkman '18, headmaster of St. Marks School; C. C. Little '10, former president of Maine University and the University of Michigan; R. B. Merriman '96, master of Eliot House and Gurney Professor of History; T. N. Perkins '91, Fellow of Harvard College; Lewis Perry, headmaster of Exeter; G. H. Edgell '09, dean of the Faculty of Architecture; H. L. Shattuck '01, treasurer of the University; C. N. Greenough '98, master of Dunster House and professor of English; Charles Francis Adams '88, former secretary of the Navy; Ogden L. Mills '04, former secretary of the Treasury; Herbert Hoover; Eliot Wadsworth '90, former assistant secretary of the Treasury; and Leverett Saltonstall '14, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.