University of Iowa - Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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Pieslclenf Vi gil lvl l-lancher congrafu ales recipienis oi lhe John F Murray Memorial Scholarship, 0 presiclen+ hancher ll was 20 minules alier ihe hour, and above him rolled The Qld Capilol bell. From ihe easl window ol his olllice, he walched lhe siudenls pouring our oi Schaeffer Hall, clusiering in righl lcnols which merged info one large group, Then drilling apari and becoming Iosl in lhe flow of sludenis pausing ouiside ihe building belore lheir nexl classes. l-le lurned back lo his desk and loolred over ihe morning's mail . . . a lelier from a congressman inquiring aboul a sludenl who wanled To enroll in denial school . . . nolilicalion oi a new boolc by a laculiy member , . . a reguesi from lhe Naiional Associaiion ol Slaie Universilies lo presenl ai lheir annual meeling a reporl on ihe ioinl commillee surveying governmenl conlrols ol higher educaiion. There were some leilers he would have io answer righi away. l-le siaried diclaling . . . a gralelul accepiance lo lhe Granl Foundaiion for Their 530,- OOO granl . . . replies lo invilalions lo give speeches. l-le would aslc lvlillilcen Universiiy io wrile again in ihe fall. Fairfield high school connmencemeni, June 5 . . . he iolied ii on his calendar as he phrased an accepiance. A regrel because oi a conllicl in lhe dale given by The Carroll Rolary

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Club . . . an accepTance To The BurlingTon Cham- ber oT Commerce on lvlay 28 . . . he mused over his probable Topic . . . problems oT higher edu- caTion. Adding The lasT daTe To his schedule, he ThoughT oT The Tive speeches he would be giving in The nexT weelf . . . how eTlorTlessly he had accepTed Them one aT a Time lasT Tall . . . how Tormidable an un- derTal4ing iT seemed now ThaT They were upon him. all in one week. l-le seT aside The oTher mail . . . a noTiTicaTion oT The nexT meeTing OT Big Ten presidenTs wiTh a reguesT Tor agenda iTems . . . an inquiry Trom an- oTher presidenT regarding a Tormer TaculTy member . . . leTTers oT congraTulaTion on The Freedom Foundahon award . . . commiTTee reporTs . . . various arTicles on problems OT educaTion. The mornings TirsT appoinTmenT was waiTing To see him . . . a Tormer classmaTe aT The universiTy in The early I92O's who was now wiTh The personnel deparTmenT oT WesTern ElecTric. There was Time Tor only a brieT chaT abouT The 'lgood old daysm beTore Turning To business . . . would The univer- siTy be inTeresTed in having some addiTional schol- arships in engineering? The halT hour wenT rapidly and ended wiTh speculaTion on The chances oT The lowa baslceTball Team and an inviTaTion To visiT The company's planT in Chicago. l-le iniTialed a wire To The superinTendenT oT The Air Force Academy regarding The daTe OT The semi-annual inspecTion Tour by The Board oT Visi- Tors, and sTood up To welcome his nexT appoinT- menT, a visiTing member oT The TaculTy Trom The UniversiTy oT Paris. l-le was able To spend only IO minuTes wiTh The visiTor beTore The universiTy commiTTee on The pro- posed locaTion oT The CosmoTron laboraTory arrived To presenT inTormaTion To be senT To The siTe selec- Tion commiTTee. lT was noon when The commiTTee leTT, and he glanced over The aTTernoon's schedule . . . revise ouTline Tor discussion wiTh UniversiTy FaculTy Coun- cil ThaT aTTernoon . . . examine The aTTorney gen- eralls opinion on The limiTaTions oT a ffSI30,000 spe- cial appropriaTion passed by The lasT session oT The legislaTure. Leaving The oTTice Tor lunch, he ThoughT how righT Tormer PresidenT Jessup had been when he Told him during his TirsT year in oTTice ThaT The main problem would be Tinding Time To devoTe To The really big issues.