Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-23
u. P. men URGED
TO BACK HOOVER
John M. Clark Calls on Students
to Form Clubs to Aid the
Ex-Food Administrator
SCHELLING APPROVES MOVE

With Hoover for President" as their
war cry; two strong groups at the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania plan to form
clubs to actively support the former
food administrator for the highest Of.
flee in the country.
John NJ. Clark, graduate of the arts
department in 1917. an assistant to the
dean, issued a call IN the Pennsylvania
today urging the student body to follow
The lead of the faculty and organize to
wage and active campaign in behalf Of
the prominent progressive.
Mr.. Clark deplores the lack of po-
litical tervor at the institution on the
eve Of a presidential election, and points
TO the political activity of the students
IN the campaign Of 1916 as precedent
for the plupging Of the student body and
faculty into the campaign.
Faculty Organized
DR.. w. w. Keen, a prominent ply
sician. has organized q committee OF
prominent members % The faculty to
perfect an organization to boost the
prestige Of Mr.. Hoover.
The committee recently held meet
ing in the Houston Club and decided
to organize a Hoover Club composed of
faculty members. The membership
will be drawn from the teachers in the
various departments, and will resem-
bic closely similar club organized at
Princeton.
DR.. Felix T.. schelling. head of the
English department. and DR.. Clyde
l.. King. professor Of political science
in the Wharton School. enthusiastically
predict the organization of the faculty
club within week.
Many Of the most influential members
of the faculty, they say. have announced
their intention of supporting Hoover,
and will become members of that organi =
Zation.
Here Is Clarke Letter
Mr.. Clarke's letter in the Pennsylva-
nian today follows:
Editor Of the Penusylvanian--I read
with considerable satisfaction your edi-
torial under the caption National Pol
itics in yesterdays edition Of the Penn
sylvanian. As one who recalls wildly
the intense political enthusiasm which
prevailed on the campus during tha
presidential campaign of 1916, agree
with your sentiment deploring the pres.
ent apathy of the student body to the
political issues and leaders of the COM
ing campaign. AS an initial step in
creating interest on the campus ! would
club be organized Immediately and that
its membership be recruited from the
faculty and student body through the
columns Of your paper.
Very truly yours,
JOHN NJ. CLARKE, Arts. 1917,
Assistant to the Dean"
The project Of students club al
ready is under way and plans are being
discussed for its formation.
Under the leadership Of Earl Il. Van
Nliet. editor in chief of the Pennsyl-
vanian and one of the most active un-
dergraduates on the campus; general
committee will be appointed and stu
dent interest generally aroused. 1t is
intended to convoke. some time next
week. a mass meeting of all students
interested in Hoover.
Following the example of the Univer-
sity of Kansas and other western in
stitutions, the committee. in CO. opera
tioh with the Pennsylvania, will con
duct straw vote of the student body
to discover the most popular candidate.
Doctor Schelling said, Popular feel
ing for Hoover will become so great as
to make it virtually impossible to keep
him off the ticket of one or the other of
the big parties"
Doctor King said: "This Hoover
campaign is essentially to be conducted
by the young blood of the country.
Hoover stands for business efficiency,
and as such Wharton School students
especially should be interested in his
nomination. 1t is undoubtedly true