Show AFTER two years of unnecessary waiting on the part of the Regents the electon of Dr j James ames E. E Talmage to the Presidency has been finally an an- No matter what the conditions conditions conditions condi condi- are it i is bad not to o say wicked policy to keep a Presidential chair chair- vacant for any length of time and the Regents have laid themselves open to the charge of being irresolute and procrastinating procrastinating procrastinating pro pro- in action The result of the waiting however will be generally accepted as a happy solution of a delicate and difficult problem It is not an escape from the lash dash of positive purposes by a resort to a negative and feeble expedient Dr Talmage is neither an unknown nor an untried man For many years ears he has been prominent as an educator of great power and has long been recognized as one of the coming men of the West A graduate of John Hopkins Hopkins Hopkins Hop Hop- kins where a position was once offered him he has been endowed by nature with a rich and fertile minG mind It is easy to supply superlatives in eulogy of popular favorites but Dr Talmage in modest phrase deserves to be ranked among the best of men men honest honest industrious industrious industrious indus indus- generous true to every tie and to I every obligation of life Welcome to our new President |