The New President of Illinois

FROM the presidency of the oldest state university in Amer- ica to one of the largest state universities is the progression which has come to Dr. Harry W. Chase, Dartmouth 1904. Head of the University of North Carolina since 1920, the first northerner chosen to that post since 1816, his election to a corresponding responsibility at the University of Illinois was announced February 20. As student, professor, writer and executive he had distinguished himself before his election to the Southern University, and since that time has become one of the greatest forces in American education.

During his administration at North Carolina, the University has increased from 1,000 to 3,000 students. The annual appropriations for the University have increased by more than 400 per cent. A University Press established under his direction has become rather notable for the quality of its publications. The Institute for Research in Social Science has become known nationally. Five departments have been added to the University, and two graduate schools, engineering and law, have been modernized and strengthened. The faculty has increased greatly in this time and the work of the graduate school has broadened immeasurably. Five law degrees have been conferred upon him in this time, one of them from Dartmouth.

He was born at Groveland, Mass., in 1883. His A.B. at Dartmouth in 1904 was followed by an A.M. here and a Ph.D. at Clark University, Worcester. He was director of the Clark Clinic for sub-normal children in 1909-1910. In 1911 he went to North Carolina as professor of the philosophy of education. In 1914 he became professor of psychology, and in 1918 dean of the College of Liberal Arts. In 1919 he became chairman of the faculty, and in June of that same year received his appointment as president of the university. His administration at the university has been a notable triumph in many ways and he has been called upon again and again to assume responsibilities in various national organizations devoted to research or learning. At the University of Illinois he succeeds Dr. David Kinley who retires at the end of the present academic year.

The Illinois Alumni News has this to say of his election: "The election of Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase as president of the University comes about as near to being the unanimous expression of every division of the institution's personnel and constituency as it would be possible to get. The faculty, the students, the alumni, the citizens in general, appear to be confident that the committees in charge have done a good job and look forward to an era of greatness under President Chase."

The ALUMNI MAGAZINE extends its congratulations to Dr. Chase and the University of Illinois, confident that the expectations of the Illinois Alumni News will be realized. Dartmouth has given presidents to many colleges, and has become closely knit with their progress.

DR. HARRY W. CHASE