Brown Alumni Monthly, Vol. 40

Moreover, the committee which was responsible for my appointment made it clear in the discussions which pref ceded the election that they desired me to concern myself primarily, not with public relations, but with the domestic administration of the University. This accounts for the fact that, though it seems to me I have been talking almost continuously, many of the Alumni are disappointed that I do not accept more invitations to speak abroad.

P there are various ways of devoting ones self to domestic administration and I shall describe brie?y the system which seemed to me wise. It was founded upon two facts: The first of those was the break in a very long tradition, indeed. The President of the University was not an Alum, nus of the University and could not, therefore, be as well, informed regarding its traditions, habits, and methods as someone who had been here a long time.

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