The New York herald., 1921-02-17
STOKES OWN PEN
| REFUTES CHAGRN
IN QUITTING YALE
Action Not Inspired by the
Fact He Is Not to Sue
ceed Hadley.
PLANNED YEAR AGO
Moved by Precedent and De-
sire to Give New Presi-
dent Free Rein.
ANGELL LIKELY CHOICE
Process Of Elimination Makes
Him Victor at Election
on Saturday.
ANGELL LIKELY CHOICE

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD
New HAVEN, Feb. 16.--The resigna-
ton of the Rev. DR.. Anson Phelps
Stokes as secretary of Yale University
on the eve of the selection of a sue
cessor to President Arthur Twining
ing rumors. To DR.. Stokes the most
disagreeable inference drawn from his
retirement after twenty years of no.
table service was that he is leaving
the knowledge that the corporation Of
Yale, at it's meeting next Saturday,
will not place him at the head Of Yale.
This particular rumor, which ran
colated to centres Of Yale alumni else
where, is emphatically destroyed by
the letter of resignation which DR..
Stokes sent to the President and Eel
made public this afternoon. In down.
right fashion DR.. Stokes informs the
university heads, and consequently the
whole world of Yale, that he thinks it
best to 60 out with President Had
ley for the reason that the new presi-
dent Of Yale would be free to select q
secretary for himself. and for the fur
ther reason that he desires to take Up
other work.
Particular inquiry reveals that DIR.
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His friends and numerous other persons
intimately acquainted with the inner af-
fairs OF the university are aware that
he made up his mind almost a year ago
to sever his connection with Yale. When
he was in China last June he wrote
letter to President Hadley in which he
notified the president of his intention
to resign at the close of the Hadley
administration. and this letter was read
to the corporation by President Hadley
at an executive session held last Sep
tember.
There is absolutely no reason TO be-
iieve Dr. Stokes is leaving Yale in
disappointed or disgruntled frame Of
mind Had DR.. IIadley elected to re-,
main longer in the presidency OF the
university it is conceivable ,hat Or.
Stokes would have remained with him,
for the friendship between tho two men
is extremely close. and DR.. Stokes's
loyalty to President Hadlcy has been
byword of admiration among Yale men.
But with Or. Hadley out after twenty
years, and out also at his own viii and
desire. DR.. Stokes feels that he. too.
should leave. making place for a new
university secretary who will be sure TO
be in tune and sympathy with the new
administration that Yale is to have. In
~
these facts entirely clear. Ills friends
know he considers his period of useful
ness at an end: that his affection for
the university impels him to believe
that change may be beneficial all
around.
One of the disquieting stories grow
ing out of the situation was that Pres-
dent Hadley is being forced" out.
Careful inquiry finds nothing to justify
any such surmise. In the first place
President Hadley is finishing twenty
years of service as the director of
Yale's policies. Two decades consti-
tute the usual period OF service for
president of Yale. Custom and expert
encc have shown that a change in
presidents after twenty years Is con-
ducive to good results in university
progress. The second. moro personal
and moro definite reason Is that DR..
Hadley leaves Yale TO take up his first
love In study, railroad economies. Be-
fore he came here he was an authority
on the subject. His prestige as an ex-
pert In railroad management and busi-.
ness has grown in twenty years. He
is member OF the executive board of
the Atchson. Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad. IL Is his ardent desire to
renew his study OF railroad economics
and possibly to attach himself in
closer business way to railroad sys-
tenn that opens the Yale door outward
for him.
The new president VIII be named next