New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-25
Ny. ELECTS DR.. brown |
.,.,. Chancellor May Not Be In
w" stalled Before Fall.
MS SALARY is TO BE $4,000
= 6 commissioner of Education
n BE Here on May 5 to
Speak at a Dinner.

,,-ar Ellsworth Brown. UNlted
pi commissioner Of Education-so
s" arst by President Roosevelt and
PAN nv President Taft-was the unani-
ESQ" .ho,ce of seventeen members of the
mou' vorl University Council for chan
,., ~ the university yesterday after
e ar The Tribune announced exclusively
s,.rdsv that Or. Brown would he select
The meeting was held in the directors
NJ the Fourth National Bank.
provn will assume the duties OF his
,,ace as soon as possible after his
n,rra,ion IS accepted by President
,.,. hpt II is not at all probable, accord
20 reports Yesterday. that he will be
le,sIled before autumn. His salary will
=. so 600. $4,000 more than that which
-, MaoCracken received when he was
chancellor.
The subcommittee Of seven on the cleo
,on AZ a chancellor. consisting OF William
e ondvke. chairman; Charles II. Kelsey.
william, +. Havemeyer. Eugene Stevenson.
n.iI,,s Fletcher Johnson. George \. Strong
and william NJ. Kingsley. met at $50
,clock in the afternoon and adopted re-
,ort which recommended unanimously TO
81. larger committee Of fifteen the selec-
zion Of Dr. Brown for the CHARACTERISTIC.
The report was Immediately adopted by
the committee Of fifteen. and then. after
hardly fifteen mintes. the council con-
,ened in a body and cast seventeen votes
FOR Commissioner Brown.
DR. John Henry MacCracken. who is a
councilman and has been prominently
mentioned as his fathers successor, was
rot present at the meeting yesterday.
The formal report Of the committee
ejves a detailed sketch of DR.. Browns ca
reer. 1t states his Church connections as
being Congregational The report does
rot spare any praise for ex-Chancellor
NacCracken and refers to his achieve
rents as head Of the university as the
tesnnng of the work Of growth and de-
yslopment"
The committee in speaking Of Or. Brown
as future chancellor says:
One who is competent to speak upon
me subject has described him as a man
both Of erudition and common sense, with
pleasing manners. dignity OF character
and uncommon ability as a speaker and
with special gifts OF unusual charm.
Upon the invitation OF the committee
Or Brown met its organization at dinner
In this city and spent the evening dis
csaing the work. facilities and needs Of
the university. The committee now. how
ever. feels assured that DR.. Brown meets
all requirements. and makes our recon-
mendation of his selection without reserve
o. Qualification"
The deanship OF the New York University
School Of Pedagogy was offered to DR..
Brown in 1905.
The announcement Of gift that was ex-
rscted 10 be made yesterday was not forth
coming. 1t was said. however. that the
university intended the erection of a new
future
The salary that will be paid DR.. Brown
Pl place New York University in that
respect on a par with Columbia, Princeton
and other larger universities.
Or Browns first appearance in this city
will he on MAY {. when he will speak at a
dinner and also Is expected to attend the
centenary exercises TO be held at New York
University in memory Of John William
Draper who was one time professor Of
chemistry al the university
Dean Joseph French Johnson. speaking
list night regarding DIR. Browns election
as chancellor, said:
He is a good. strong. clean man. The
university is to be congratulated upon
securing him"
Professor Lawrence McLouth, who knows
Dr. Brown personally, spoke in a similar
vein