President May Be Selected As Overseers Meet Today

They start the two-day annual marathon today, as the University waits to hear the name of its new President.

Today and tomorrow, the Overseers will meet and possibly vote for a president. The long meeting will be spiced tonight with a dinner held for both the Corporation and the Overseers-the one time during the year when the two groups mingle.

Last year, as after dinner entertainment, they polled themselves on choices for the next president of the United States.

At 11, this morning, the Overseers will hold their scission at the Medical School and move back to the Faculty Room of University Hall tomorrow.

If they make no choice this week, chances are that no president will be chosen until the next regular meeting-at Commencement. But, with six days of notice, a meeting may be called at any time.

After three months of speculation, no one name has yet taken on the characteristics of an odds-on favorite. The Corporation has interviewed scores of men, and each interview has added another name to the long list.

The favorites now, on the basis of most persistent rumor are the following; Archibald Cox'34, professor of Law; Francis Keppel'38, Dean of the School of Education; John Coolidge'35, Director of Fogg Museum; and Phillip Rhinelander'29, Chairman of the Committee on General Education.

There are others also. John H. Finley'25, Eliot Professor of Greek Literature, has remained the favorite of the press, which claims inside information. Dean Erwin N. Griswold of the Law School and William G. Saltonstall'28, Headmaster of Exeter, both have their advocates.

The two-day meeting provides a perfect opportunity for the Corporation to get the job finished. According to formal procedure, the Corporation must first ask permission to select a new president; then, at the next meeting, the Overseers either reject or ratify.