New-York tribune., 1908-11-05
ELIOT QUITS HARVARD
SEEKS NEEDED REST.
Resignation accepted Prof. Loiceu
Foremost as Presidents Successor.
a. - . = rrIsuns J

,,ouncen,ent MADE to-day nv the Harvard board OF
oversee-s The resignation has been accepted
President Eliot resigns because he feels the tlne
Nas for him TO cease work There was no
disagreement with she faculty or the corporation
% hasten his action For nearly forty years ne
ras administered The university and has fosuereo
-s growth with unceasing devotion. and now reel
Ing bis high aims have been accomplished ne
<ves the cfT7ce for 4 well earned rest eThe resig
nation came Unexpectedly. On october 10 II was
presented o Fellows of Harvard and was con-
sented 10 only after long debate The 1acui1E
was greatly surprised when the action Vas fnade
ruhlic Only the highest praise IS heard for the
work of the educator. College undergraduates feel
the Joss Of President Eliot as a personal blow"
Speaking for the senior class A. G-caoie It's
president voices the regret felt by the undergrad
when he says
Few OF Us have known him personally. but each
tine have him We have admired
rfu7 little more: each time we have hearo
him have gained better conception O.
his power or insight and each time we nave
seer. him honored by men Of ali caliings We
have proud of him and glad that he Is
ours 4 truly great president. We shall mss MI"
<orely.~ Professor A. Lawrence Lowell who occu-
pies the chair OF science Of government n tie
foremost candidate as President EIot's successor
There is also talk Of ex-Asssistant Dean r. n
Wells for the place. The selecting of Successor
in the hands Of the corporation Dean brlees
said this afternoon that no plans had been fornu-
lated and that-a successor would not be Hppoln'eo
for some time
We don't know what we are going 10 90 sai0
he dean.
General CONSERVATION reigns among me uhoe,
-g-adt,ates The feeling that President Eliot Wouio
,,-f-sa ~ once for years had q firm grip on the
students and they cannot reconcile themselves 10
the fac that leave Harvard
we could disagree WIKI him about a'hie0i'9
SAID 2 prorninent junior tonight, put when II
-. :. . -,ov,aoyrn We au wanted him to stay
The announcement Of the resignation was Haue
- special meeting cf the overseers to-daS.A IN
his letter Of resignation the Fellows Fresloeil'
Eliot said
cher members Of The corpora ton IN common ,Is
--is~ 20 the university Is one OF me IIt - tbie
scfs-for, Win afTeen friends who are dead sHd
seven vho are living ] $naA always ~
gr-JefuI
r-.,,5s-. clio, cane in from his home in Cam
1-5dr4 during the forenoon and reached the ous'-
ness ofHce the university. IN state street jus
r.e- 49,a -7aer7c of the overseers h+d dissolved
lie refused n comment his action and releIreu
al inquiries 70 the officers q the unlVeTslC-
T. has been known among those in close ToHoh
--,th ire 1rniterSirv that II had been FrtSl'tH'
Ffat-s desi--- for time 10 reii1eAiSH III -
res n his Office and retire 10 private NE i'F
-oezibsf-v n such action had hfer 50 oeTHl'e INA.
so--a of.-be more prominent alumni had diSciso
, etreesso- ON Ma Is President EIlol VIII com.
-7e-s fa-r- Years sre~r the service 81 f1ar'aT"
F-ofeeso- Charles T Parker, Of the 0eTfer't''f''
~ ancient languages. when lnfoTH7e2 '' 'e -
iF7etfan of President Eliot. said
-cc-a- President EIots resignation more fbah
-sn SAY I believe in ht. polo % aTo "a i've
-sa-s thar have bean q member OF t'e -a'.uttE
tiis work vi ae - s.l5r Tor - 14 has made great
UNIVERSITY out of college His lnfaenc+ @ +bef on -
cstio7 ~ the whole country has been t1aI - %, ,re
statesman re has had dee2eT nflssaf saes y ena
- sc-fFe = 9i7-t Is He'd political life
4 t4,7-iburr dean of Harvard college said
President Eliot IS rhe foremost educator Of The
-,,,r+rv and one of the greatest living Americans
ne fece c crfrieisrn which his policies have pro pro
--oteT 81 TIE past u best known nN those WIN
z-horn he has been intimately associated
r,-o4es-,- Hugo Nunsterberg the vel known
,svrhoosfst and member q the Harvard faculty
said
Americans a-e hardly aware What bat, PTssidentt nj
El5oL nsme 4 @E tr ~ansideTed President Eliot
Tor Years as the greatest ara nos 'd { 7esIis his
e9r real progress in tHe Intellectual life OF this
country
IN. retirement Of President Eliot comes after
ear1, forty ears Of service at the head OF the UNI
,s-e5rv during which time he has become one OF
= .,.,-os- educators thinkers and leaders Of
-l7o,,eh4 Of his day Furr7=rnore. he has made his
mark as man affairs an administrator aFd an
executive.
=. g--s5,.s-a7 il, the class OF %. Tutor i'm mathe-
,f-e lecturer on chemistry in the Medical School
and assistant professor III mathematics ana cheI'-
,sr- IN his alma mater head Of the chemistry de-
7-a-rr7ert Of the Lawrence Scientific School, pro-
eerzo- q analytical chemistry Massachusetts In
.-5---4. of Technology. ana overseer OF Harvard
7-f.erst, were the successive steps which led up
80 his selection for the presidency in ls6s
From that time on the sphere and scope Of his
influence have grown apace. not only in the UNI
,-e-ef-v but n public life and a0oeavor- As the
president 81 Harvard ne has been called on 10 ad-
minister IS = business and executive the al
fairs Of q corporation whose invested funds are
over Sc eseo0 and whose yearly income IS over
x aGg co. His greatest work II has been SAID mas
Faer IS an educational retormer. not Only IN the
,,.,,a-rttx and college systems hut also the see
- -l5,,l The foundations Of the elective sys-
YEN 5sd reer laid Harvard when ne assumed
The presidency. but the evolution represented ol
The system Of to-day Is largely the hafdi"oTk OF
charles X Eliot. II has been his genus Too" many
educators have said. that has placed me srau"a'e
--1 eeco-darv schools on th@ plane they no" oc-
80 his influence and reform ideas have made
rer7seles felt fn almost every field embracing the
acquiring of knowledge-
A. an executive and q business man his ability
- hen devoted to the small as well the large
Y,-o5eTns Personal inspection. personal touch hoI
eF1v with professors and curriculum but WITH uhe
,,ratngs of the university itself. have marked his
administration. and IT Is related Of hiT2 that he
saved the university a tidy SUM by potieing that
steam heat was being wasted I'm an untenanted
structure
In no department OF university life has President
Eliot taken 3 keener or more active interest than
IN athletics but he has always opposed subordi-
mating study TO strength He has been particularly
opposed To- football played in recent years, ana
in 1916 called the game an undesirable game TOT
gentlemen 80 play or for mutitudes Of spectators
90 watch He said further thar the gross ex-
sggeratlor ~ ali competitive sports is now work
ing incslcuable harm 10 schools. colleges and uni
,ersities.r and advocated limiting Of contests
between rival colleges to two contests IL each