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Show Faculty Talks On President Requirements By DAVID BRISCOE The University branch of the American Association of University Professors met in the "courtroom" of the new law building Tuesday to discuss what is expected of a new University .president. Mr. Royden G. Derrick, chairman of the Board of Regents and Mrs. Blanche T. Miner, of the Regent's Faculty Committee, were present to consider the comments of the faculty fac-ulty and to express some of their own beliefs. ' Mr. Derrick, who is heading the Regent's Search Committee, said that whether the final choice is someone from an educatir business busi-ness or scientific field ,the new president will have to be a man who has not acquired dogmatism from any. of these areas, and that he will have to be a man who will make a good image for the University. Uni-versity. Mrs. Miner said that she felt that the president should be well educated and interested in education, educa-tion, that he should be a good administrator ad-ministrator and a' person who would cooperate with the faculty, 'and thaf.perhaps ' least,, important, x (Continued on Page 2) New President Qualifications (Continued from Page 1) that he should be a good business man. She cautioned, however, that a president should not be chosen for any one of these reasons alone, and especially not just for the reason rea-son that he might be able to pull the University out of current financial fin-ancial difficulty, when' he might not be able to effectively administer the other functions of the institution. Dr. Waldemer .Read posed the question of whether the University vas a "buyer's or a Seller's market." mark-et." Mr. Derrick responded, saying that the University has a much better bet-ter reputation than many would believe. be-lieve. He said that in fact, he had received several applications for the position, but that these are perhaps from the people who would be least desirable to the Regents. A lady faculty member presented the question of whether religion would be a consideration in the selection, whether the person should not be someone who could "get along in the local culture." Both Mrs. Miner and Mr. Derrick stated emphatically that religion would not enter into the selection, but that the man who would be selected select-ed would be able to get along with all factions, and that after all es-scntil es-scntil consideration has been made, "he who gravitates to the top, will he the best man." |