The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-18
Public Approval OF
BeUis O. s. II. Head

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Hearty approval of the appoint
ment last week of DR.. Howard L.
Bevis, professor of law and govern
ment Mt Harvard university, as the
new president of Ohio State univers-
ity, is being voiced by the students
and faculty of the university as we'll
as the press of the city of Columbus.
DR.. Bevis' appointment came after
the twenty-fourth meeting of the
Board of Trustees since President
George w. Rightmire retired at 10
in July, 1888. The withdrawal of
the candidacy of DR.. Wilson M.
Compton paved the way for DR..
Bevis to become the compromise can
didate of the Trustees who have
split three, three and one over other
candidates. He is not expected to
take office until the end of the school
term at Harvard which extends thru
January.
General enthusiasm over the APP
pointment centers around his record
of distinguished service both as pub
lie administrator and as educator.
Educationally his experience has in
cluded a professorship of law at the
University of Cincinnati from 1921
to 1881 and the important Harvard
law professorship which he has held
since 1885.
Administratively DR.. Bevis will
bring to his new post a wealth of
experience gained when he served as
director of finance for the state of
Ohio in 1881, serving until 1893
when he was made judge of the
Ohio supreme court. He held that
office until 1885 when he became fl
! nance director once more. The same
year he gave up the state position
to accept the Harvard appointment
DR.. Bevis has been actively in
terested in public affairs for many
1 ..
the Charter Amendment Commission
of Cincinnati. In 1928 he was q
member of the Ohio Relief Commits.
sion. During the World war he was
in the Ordnance Department and Aii
Service of the U. S. Army.
He has been active in the Ohio
| State and Cincinnati Bar Associa.
tions, American Law Institute, AS
sociation of American Law Schools
American Academy of Arts anc
Sciences, Order of Golf, Phi Alpha
Delta, Boston Rotary Club and the
Masonic order.
DR.. Bevis is the author of severa
law books and has contributed nu
merous articles to legal publications
He is a member of the Methods
church and is a democrat in politica
affiliation.
Ohioans are pleased that tn,
Trustees selected a native of Ohio
DR.. Bevis was born in Bevis, Hamil
ton County, about 81 years ago. HI
was one of the original candidate
considered by the Trustees and hi
appointment maintains the tradition
that native Ohioans serve as presi
dent of Ohio State, the fifth larges
university in the United States.
DR.. and Mrs. Bevis arrived in Co
lumbus Sunday noon for their frs
conference with the university Boar,
of Trustees. The Trustees are ex
pected to offer DR.. Bevis an annua
salary of $4,000, the same sum Civ
en- DR.. George w. Rightmire, forme
president, in the early days of hi
administration. During the depres
ison DR.. Rightmire's salary was re
duced to 100000 According to tn
Trustees, DR.. Bevis has been earn
ing more than $4,000 at Harvard
In addition Ohio State universit
provides it's president with a hom
on the campus, servants and an auto
mobile.
DR.. and Mrs. Bevis stayed in Co
lumbus through Tuesday at the Nei
House. Before leaving Ohio to re
turn to Harvard he spoke before tn
Cleveland Advertising Club at moo
on Wednesday.