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Last night neither Bender, Gummere, nor Provost Buck would comment about the forthcoming changes. None of the three would deny the story.
Wilbur J. Bender '27, Dean of the College, will leave that post and as of September 1952 will become Director of Admissions. He will replace Richard M. Gummere, whose plans have not been revealed, but who has served long enough to earn retirement.
The switch will be officially announced about the time of the Princeton weekend, when the Alumni School Committees, which screen applicants for admissions, will meet in Cambridge. In no way does the change indicate disapproval with Gummere's or Bender's work nor does it mean a change in policy...
Gummere Came In 1935
As ever, the Committee on Admissions weights grades highest, but it also emphasizes geographical location by starting the selection process in the west and then working east. When it comes to appraising things like general seriousness of purpose or kinds of extra-curricular activity, the admissions process becomes a "highly...