New Presidents

University of Pennsylvania, until 1923, called its chief executives Provosts. Until 1926 Josiah Harmar Penniman held the title of President & Provost. Last week the university again evoked the title of President, conferred it upon Thomas Sovereign Gates, class of 1893, chairman of the Board of Trustees, Morgan partner, Drexel partner, board chairman of Baldwin Locomotive Works, Standard Steel Works, Midvale Co. From now on Tycoon Gates will be in charge of Pennsylvania's worldly goods. Provost Penniman will continue to direct the institution's scholastic affairs.

Before accepting the position, Pennsylvania's 16th chief executive stipulated: 1) that he would serve without pay, 2) that he be allowed time to attend to his far-flung business interests, 3) that he must not be expected to become "involved in any routine work that would preclude my absence from the university for travel," 4) that he "would not feel justified in accepting any such executive position" unless he could count upon the assistance of Trustee Charles Day, Philadelphia engineer. All these provisos were accepted and Pennsylvanians felt they would get a sound business administration.

University of Idaho. Two years ago Frederick James Kelly, Dean of Adminis-tration of the University of Minnesota was imported by the University of Idaho (Moscow) to be its seventh president. With him President Kelly brought his good friend Irving Willard Jones, made him assistant president. Immediately thereafter friction began between President Kelly and the State Board of Education. President Kelly thought that Idaho should have a junior college, that the faculty should have more money. The Board thought that the junior college was a failure, that faculty salaries were secondary to the acquisition and upkeep of physical property, that the office of Assistant President was superfluous. When the Board refused to accept next year's budget as presented by President Kelly--with salary increases made at the expense of other university expenditures--he resigned. Last week Wilbur Divain Vincent, Commissioner of Education, was made acting president. Muscovites wondered whence their next president would come.

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