The New York herald., 1921-01-16

5 IN CLOSE RACE FOR
PRESIDENCY OF YALE
DR.. Anson Phelps Stokes, Pres
ent Secretary. Looked On
as in Lead.
HOLDS MANY DEGREES
DR.. j. Il. Angel and DR.. +. t,
Murphy Well Fitted to
Succeed DR.. Hadley.
HOLDS MANY DEGREES

Special Despatch TO THE New York HERALD.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Jan. 15.-There
are three outstanding favorites among
the candidates for the presidency Of Yale
University TO succeed DR.. Arthur 7.
Hadley. They are DR.. James Rowland
Angel. DIR. Fred Townley Murphy and
Dr. Arson Phelps Stokes. Psrtisans of
DR. stokes, who is the secretary of the
university. maintain he already has been
selected as the choice OF the corporation,
which is merely withholding its an
nouncement pending n definition of his
policy. But this is by 10 means con-
ceded by friends OF the other candidates.
DR.. Murphy and DR.. Stokes are both
Yale men and have that advanta se--if
il be an advantage-over DR.. Angel.
who is not.
Prof. Argell is a noted psychologist.
He was born in Burlington. VT. May s..
1869. the son of DR.. James Burri Angel
and Sarah Swope Angel. He took his
A. B. degree at the University Of Michi-
gan in 1890 and his A. VI. the year fol-
lowing. Since then degrees have been
conferred upon him by Harvard and the
universities OF Vienna, Berlin and Halle.
DR.. Angel having travelled and studied
extensively abroad. His educauonai
career is a long and brilliant one. From
University OF Minnesota. where he rose
to the post of dean of the university
faculty In the latter year. He became
president of the University of Chicago
In 1918, and since that elevation has
devoted much time TO writing books on
Psychology. In that, his chosen sphere,
his works are regarded as standard.
Or. Murphy was captain of the Yale
football team during his senior year
He is a native of Detroit. Mich. and
was born in 1872, the son of Charles
Edmund Murphy and Helen Towsiey
Murphy After preliminary course in
Phillips Andover he took his Yale A. Il.
In 1897. His brilliant medical career
began with his graduation from the
Harvard Medical School in 1901. Since
then he has served as assistant in auat-
ormy in the Harvard Medical Shool, as
assistant surgeon in the Infants Hos
pital Boston, has held the Austin Teach
ing Fellowship in surgery In the Har-
ward Medical School and the position
Of surgeon TO outgoing patients in the
Massachusetts, General Hospital. In
1910 he was made assistant in surgery
at Harvard
DR.. Murphy was commanding officer
at Base Hospital 2i in France during
the war, and later became director of
the tIlculcdl anu 0tPai NiiANHNS "
the American Red Cross. For his work
at the front he received the Disting-
uished Service Medal
Prof Stokess work as Yale secretary
has won for him high praise from edu-
Gators. The son Of Arson Phelps Stokes
and Helen Louisa Stokes, he was born
at New Brighton, s. l., April 13, 1874.
After being graduated from Yale In 1896
he took a degree in the Protestant Epis-
copal Theological School. Cambridge,
Mass, and was ordained a deacon.
Since he came TO New Haven he has
held the post OF assistant minister in
st. Paul's Church. lie and his wife,
who was a daughter of Clarence Green
Mitchell OF New York. passed some
years in travel. visiting Japan, China,
Java. India and other countries in the
Orient.
Aside from his routine work as secre-
tary of the university, Prof. Stokes has
edited various university publications
and pamphlets has written several vol
umes treating Of theology and has con-
tributed articles from his versatile pen
to many prominent publications in this
country and Europe. In New Haven
Prof Stokes has devoted much time also
to the work of the New Haven Hospi-
tai, the Organized Charities. the Y. VI.
c. A. and Lowell House n social settle
ment project lie In a member OF the
University Club OF New York.