New-York tribune., 1909-01-14
HARVARD'S NEW HEAD
PROFESSOR 4. L. LOUELL.
4uth0r, La10yer and Scholar to Sue
ceed DR.. Eliot.

| lawyer and Harvard professor. is TO be the sue
| cessor of Charles ". Eliot head of Har-
| ward University. The suspense felt by the alumni
| and friends OF Harvard since the resignation Of
| President Eliot in November last and the specu.
| lation to his successor ended to-day, when
after the corporation and overseers Of the insti-
tuition had held separate meetings in This city, it
| was announced that the members OF the corpora
ton had elected Professor Lowell president. This
| choice, which Immediately submitted to the
board of overseers must be ratified by the latter
body at meeting to be held on January 90 but as
President Elo: said their action is not doubtful
| The corporation Of Harvard is made up of PresI-
dent Charles w. Eliot DR.. Henry P. Walcott Hen
| ~ Lee Hgginson. Francis c. Lowell, Dr. Arthur T.
| Cabot, Thomas Nelson Perkins, and Charles Fran
| els Adams, %. treasurer
| A member Of a famous Boston family a graduate
| OF Harvard and OF the Harvard Law School, and
occupant of the chair Of the science OF government
at the university since 1900, Professor Lowell is
! thoroughly imbued with Harvard traditions He is
! regarded able administrative officer. strict
discplinarian. and one who recognizes the joys OF
athletic competition. but Geplores in inter
| collegiate sport
| His attitude intercollegiate athletics
plainly set forth last October in an address the
freshman class, in which he said that while he
was aware that athletic prowess not neces-
sary adjunct to academic prestige and power, he
recognized the joys and profits of bodily competi-
ton.
An intimate friend of Professor Lowell said to-
| day:
"One of the pronounced characteristics OF Mr
| Lowell is his winning personality. To an unusual
degree those who know him think very highly not
only of his character, but OF his large capacity for
work, of his cultivation. ripe scholarship and
ability TO get along with all and conditions OF
| people without friction Mr.. Lowell, president
! Of Harvard. may be expected to work for the
solidthcaton and coordination OF the various de
| partments"
TIE high opinion held of Professor I.oweIs quail
| hcations for the Office of president Of Americas
Oldest university by the heads Of other great New
England educational institutions is indicated by the
comment made to-day his selection by President
Arthur T. Hadley OF Yale and President w H P.
| Faunce of Brown. President Hadey said:
| Professor Lowell is well fitted for the place, by
/ character. training and distinction
| President Faunce said:
! Professor Lowell president of Harvard Uni
| ve1sfty Will command the support of all who know
| his work and his quality. AS a student he repre-
eents the new hunanities-he studies that deal not
| with nature. but with human nature. His work
| has made him familiar with all modern forms OF
! administration Great changes in Harvard's poll
| cies doubtless are pending, and Professor Lowell
| Will prove a wise and inspiring leader
1t Is believed that President Lowell will have the
| hearty and united support of the Harvard alumni.
| Professor Lowell is man Of broad practical
! experience tried administrative ability and ripe
| scholarship. He has wide reputation as
| a lawyer and educator. and IS an acknowledged au'
thority the science of government In TINS heIo
/ he has an international reputation as n writer As
manager of the fund OF Lowell Institute, in Boston
founded by his father. he has shown considerable
| financial foresight Add this Professor Lowell
| great popularity among the students and one has
summarized the qualities Of an alert man OF AFFAIR."
! combined with those OF a university leader
Professor IowelTs financial ability IS inherited
| trait. His maternal grandfathc-, Abbott Law
renee. well known in the early textile Industry
Of Massachusetts,. His father. Augustus Lower
| made a large fortune In the cotton industry. The
| Lowell family of oldest Of Boston ant
| Ncwburyport. Some member of the family has
| been on the Massachusetts bench since the begin
| ming of the nineteenth century Professor Perciva
Lowell. the astronomer. who has observatory Al
| Flagstaff. Ariz "a Of fh- Harvard
| head. Professor I.owelIs grandfather. Johr
| A Lowell. who. = a member of the Harvard Cor
| poration from 1897 20 1871. was one of President
| ElIots strongest advocates.
| The early education OF Professor Lowell re-
| ceived in Boston. where he was born lie was
| graduated from Harvard before he twenty-one
and bachelor Of laws at twenty-three. Al
| though close student. he found time To take
part In athletics during his college days broke
| several records one and two mile runner. and
never lost a racc he entered ON graduation he
| received highest houors IN mathematics. his favor
| ite study. and was elected Phi Beta Kappa lie
was taken into the Institute OF no in his sophie
more year. and also became a member of the iasty
| Pudding Club His close application study
! However prevented MS being widely known.
| His class In college included such men Pro
! general legal adviser the King of Siam; Lind
say Swift Of the Boston Public Library; Edward
! : Martin, Professor George +. Woodberry. of Co
| umbla. Ex-Governor Russell Professor IL b
| Whitney OF the Denver Medical University; JUS
| t!ce Whiting OF the Hawaiian Supreme Court Ben.
jamin Wells. professor of modern languages Of the
University of the South. W. II. Tiilinghas assist
ant librarian OF the Harvard Library Professor +
! G AHinson. of Brown: Professor G. r. Brown. OF
Newton Theological Institution. and Superintendent
! W G. Bates of the public schools in Fall River.
Professor Lowell went into the practice Of Law
| in Boston and continued It for seventeen years
! with several trips abroad. which he began L
strengthen his knowledge of the science Of gov
| ernnent. 1891 he appoint ed lecturer on thi
! and allied subjects at Harvard, and in 1900 becam
| a professor He has written Essays on Govern
ment" Government and Parties in ContineEta
! Europe" Colonial Civil Service" Transfer o
Stock in Corporations" The Influence Of Part
| Upon Legislation in England and Europe ant
The Government of England" recently published
! These works have added much TO his iiterar
| fame and brought him the honor of election ii
president of the American Political Science Asso
ciation. TO succeed James Bryce.
Professor Lowell has travelled extensively. an
| has a wide acquaintance. He includes among hi
! intimate friends President Roosevelt. James Bryc
and many other prominent legislators here an
! abroad.
He is a member Of the executive committee o
the Massachusetts Institute OF Technology. a vice
president OF the Tavern Club, president OF tn
! American Political Science Association membe
Of the executive committee of the National NUM-
cipal League a member OF the St Botolph Ciut
the Massachusetts Historical Society and III
American Society of Arts and Sciences
In 1879 he married his cousin. Anna Parke
Lowell.
PRESIDENT PLEASED AS PUNCH. !"