Show Rumors Fly On Choice Of TP Head Board of Regents Defers Action ml On Election By HEBER HART Chronicle News Editor V Although selection of a sor to George Thomas as president of the university will i probably not be made for speculation is running rampant on the campus and in education rr circles throughout the state as to whom the Board of Regents will According to Leon D. secretary of the board of regents and university no official action has yet been- taken on the matter of selecting a new Thomas has announced his intention of refusing further reelection as president when the fiscal year is completed in who recently celebrated his seventy-fifth has been president of the university for the past 20 Though no official action has been taken the following men have figured prominently in rumors as to Thomas' Bennion Considered Prominent among men under hearsay consideration for the university presidency is Adam S. vice president of the Utah Power and Light company and graduate of the Bennion received his D. degree in education and has since been active in Utah educational capacities for many United States Senator Elbert D. Utah's senior member of the upper has also been named by some as a possibility for the university Senator Thomas was a member of the university faculty for several years his election to the national body and has always been interested in collegiate It has been suggested that the senator woud resign his unfinished term in Washington if he were elected university Dixon May Get Bid Henry A. president of Weber junior college in was brought before the public eye as a possible successor to President Thomas by a group of Weber colLege graduates who recently circulated petitions on the university campus for his consideration by the Dixon received his education from Brigham Young Chicago university and the University of Southern For the past four years he has been president of the Ogden state college and during this time its enrollment has Another college said by many to be in line for is Franklin S. Harris of Brigham Young Harris was in Iran as guest agricultural reorganization agent last year and has distinguished himself in college administrative activities for the past Beeley Mentioned Among university faculty members who receive much favorable comment anent their potentialities as president are Arthur L. Bee-ley of the School of Social and John T. director of the Stewart training Both men have had training as educators and administrators and are qualified for the- Also common among speculations f is the belief that the university regents may procure the services of an educator from outside the state to serve as |