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1 ' f if ' an 9.6555 X i a f Q THE YALE CORPORATION QThree members were missing when this photo was taken at the Corporation's monthly meeting at Yale in December, 1965: William P. Bundy, of Washington, D.C., Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, and the two ex- ofhcion members, the Governor and the Lt. Cov- ernor of the State of Connecticutj . Qfront row, seated, left to rightj : RICHARD- SON DILWORTH, President of Rockefeller Brothers, Inc.g Rev. CARDINER M. DAY, Rec- tor of Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, EDWIN F. BLAIR, New York lawyer, President BREWSTER: JUAN T. TRIPPE, Chairman of the Board, Pan American World Airways, JOHN HAY WHITNEY, Publisher, New York Herald Tribune, IRWIN MILLER, industrialist of Columbus, Indiana. Qsecond row, standing, left to rightjz Rt. Rev. PAUL MOORE, Suffragan Bishop QProt. Episcopalj of Mfashington, D.C.g Mayor-elect JOHN V. LINDSAY, of New York City, CARYI, P. HASKINS, President of Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C.: T. KEITH CLENNAN, President of Associated Universities: HAROLD HOYVE, II, newly-appointed U.S. Commissioner of Education: YVILLIAM McCHESNEY MAR- TIN, Chairman of Board of Federal Reserve Sys- tem, FRANK O. H. NVILLIANIS, Senior Vice President, retired, Conn. Ceneral Life Insurance Company, FREDERICK B. ADAMS, JR., Di- rector of Pierpont Morgan Library of New York City, and WILLIAM HOROYVITZ, of New Haven, banker, industrialist, and Chairman of Conn. State Board of Education.

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ADMI I TRATIG THE PRESIDE T Since his inauguration in 1964, Yale Uni- versity President Kingman Brewster, Jr., has had a profound affect on both Yale and American education in general. His administration has been responsible for some of the most sweeping changes in the Ilniversity's history, resulting in broader and more flexible programs within Yale and an increased consciousness of the problems of integrating a university with the society it serves. In a speech before the American Council on Education, delivered in XVashington, D.C., Oc- tober 8, 1965, President Brewster addressed the group about the pressing problem of student activism and the role of the university. The fol- lowing is a selection from his speech: The quest of the young for a more satis- factory purpose is fthe educator'sj quest too. Our world and our country as well as all of us individually are in quest of ourselves. For survival the world lHLlSt find a pattern of order which permits revolutionary change, and yet forbids resort to the weapons of total fright- fulness. For survival the nation must find a pattern for society which promises dignity and decency in urban work and life. For survival each of us individually must find a pattern for life which gives purpose to ef- fect and satisfaction deeper than animal exis- tence.

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Dean Georges Moy YALE'S NEW DEAN OF ADMISSICNS The admission office directly affects student life in the university community. Newly ap- pointed Dean of Admissions, R. Inslee Clark, Jr., directs the all-important policy concerned with the composition of each Yale class. Diversity of interests, geographical distribution, academic ability, and tradition are only a few of the many confiicting qualifications which must be judged and given proper weight in the creation of a successful admissions policy. Mr. Clark's background serves to give him a unique understanding of the problems facing a progressive Yale in the sixties. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he attended a public high school before matriculating to Yale as a member of the Class of l957. Following his graduation, Mr. Clark continued his education, receiving one M.A. degree in history from Syracuse University in 1959, and another from Columbia University in 1961. At the same time, Mr. Clark began a career as an educator and administrator, serving for QW years as a teacher of history and an ad- ministrator at the Lawrenceville School, and ly! years in the Administration of an Air Force Academy in Newburgh, New York. In 1961 Mr. Clark returned to Yale as Assistant Director of Admissions and Freshmen Asso. Deon Richard C. Carroll Asso. Dean Grunt Robley Scholarship. This position permitted Mr. Clark to travel extensively around the country, meeting with guidance counsellors, parents and students interested in Yale admissions. This period pro- vided Mr. Clark with the opportunity to evalu- ate the strengths and weaknesses of the Yale ad- missions policy as seen through the eyes of many diversly-oriented individuals. Mr. Clark has initiated an extensive talent search to strengthen the quality of the applicant pool. Seeking to broaden the base of applicants, Mr. Clark has set out to destroy systematically the image of Yale, still prevalent in many areas, as a rich man's school . This search for diversity depends to a great extent on the admission staff's ability to inform guidance counsellors, principals and students across the country of the significant changes that have occurred at Yale in recent years. To implement his ambitious talent search, Mr. Clark has doubled the size of the admissions staff, emphasizing the diversity of new staff mem- bers, and seeking to develop solid and intimate communication ties with many different com- munities. The country has been divided into six regional areas, each overseen by two members of the admissions staff. Meanwhile, the abolition of school ratings refiect Dean Clark's conviction that no school is deserving of preferential treatment, but instead the particular distinction, capacity, and motivation of individual applicants is of primary importance. The goal of Mr. Clark and the entire admis- sions staff is to make Yale a 20th century institu- tion, representative of American life and capable of facing the challenges of contemporary society. Mr. Clark does not shy away from controversy when he conceives it as an element of Yale's responsibility to the community. Mr. Clark even speculates that one way to broaden the applicant pool would be to educate both men and women at Yale, conceiving this as part of the responsi- bility and challenges of a major 20th century university.