Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-14
HOWARD COLvIN
PROBABLY WILL
Be MADE VARSITY
PRESIDENT TO-DAY
Ell Paso Educator is PRACTICAL
Iy Certain of Election When
Board of Regents Meets to
Fill Vacant Post,
WAGNER AND ROBERTS
ARE NOT CANDIDATES
CoIvin Has Ample Scholastic
Preparation for Head of In
Stitutioni Possesses a Wide
knowledge of Spanish,

When the board of regents of NeW
Mexico university meet today, 1t is
practically assured that Howard Mil
ton Colvin of El Paso, Tex, will be
elected to the presidency to succeed
DR.. David Ross Boyd, resigned.
The regents have sifted out more
than twenty applications, coming from
various parts of the United States. 1t
would seem that the position of uni
versity president is popular with a
great many people. In New Mexico it
carries a salary of only $4,000 Il year,
but in most states the pay is about
twice that sum.
While State Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction Jonathan II. Wagner
and DR.. Frank H. II. Roberts. presi-
dent of the Normal university at Las
Vegas, have been spoken of in con-
nection with the presidency of the uni
versity, neither of them was an ap-
plicant Neither, in fact. had even
| indicated that he would accept if the
| position were ten Tered to him. When
| Dr. Roberts was sounded on the sub
| ject it is understood that he expressed
entire satisfaction with his position
at the normal, which he has built up
until his student body during the year
runs far toward 1900. Superintendent
| Wagner has a year and half to serve
in his present position. and he re-
| fused to accept the presidency of the
State Normal college at Silver City.
| Dr. Colvin, who is a young man,
comes highly recommended and with
/ ample scholastic preparation. A ma
| tive of Indiana. lie is a graduate of
/ the University of Washington, where
! he took his Il. A. degree, and from
/ Yale university, where he took the
| degree of Bachelor of Laws. He did
graduate work at the University of
| Indiana and research work in oxford
university, England.
| DR.. ColVin travelled extensively for
| the purpose of studying educational
/ institutions in Japan, China, Egypt
| Palestine, Italy, Switzerland, England
and France and was government su-
! perVisor Of schools in the Philippine
! islands.
Among his ccOmplishments is a
| splendid knowledge of the Spanish
! language, which he studied carefully at
the University of Manila; taught Span
| ish and had charge of the Pan-Amer-
| lean course in the University of Wash
! ingtOn; was professor of international
| law and trade relations at Henry Ken
| DAN college at Tulsa, okla, and was
! director of the department of social
| science and trade relations and pro-
! fessor Of international law in the Uni
| versity of Arizona.
His latest work educationally was
as chancellor of the College of the
City of Ell Paso, which, on the declar-
| alton of war with Germany, was
merged into the University of Texas
Dr. Colvin going into active Red Cross
work, where he was assigned to the
/ military brancr which has kept him
at Fort Bliss and adjacent camps until
| the present time.
DR.. Colvin arrived in the city last
night, on request from Governor Lar
razolo and members of the board of
regents. and will appear before the
board at its meeting today on it's in
! vitation.
Nathan Jaffa, president of the
board of regents, has the right by vr-
tue of his position, to nominate the
! candidate for the presidency of the
university. 1t is understood that DIR.
! Colvin is the choice of the entire
membership of the board present. Mr.
/ McFie is understood to be out of the
United States, not to return, and his
! position is, therefore, probably regard
/ ed as vacant, and it is believed that
the governor will name successor at
an early date.