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Flat denials of the story that K. B. Murdock '16, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, had been nominated by the Corporation for President of the University were made last night by numerous officials. T. N. Perkins '91, a member of the Corporation, said, "No action has yet been taken, nor can any decision be made until the next meeting of the Corporation, on Monday, April...
Reports of Dean Murdock's nomination for the presidency were published in the Boston Post yesterday morning, and were generally recognized as being merely unfounded rumors. W. I. Nichols '26, secretary for Information, said, "To the best of my knowledge no decision has been taken. I do not think any attempt will be made until Monday, April 10, when the Corporation and the Board of Overseers meet simultaneously." According to the Constitution of the University both of these bodies must approve the election before it can become official...
...behind, but not hopeless, came R. B. Merriman '96, Gurney Professor of History, tying A. L. Lowell '77, President of the University, with six votes, close upon whose heels came K. B. Murdock '16 with four ballots. Two votes were stars in the crown of Alfred Worcester '78, Henry K. Oliver Professor of Hygiene. Those who had only one included Alfred E. Smith, politcian; R. G. Noyes, tutor, and Eugene DuBois...
...recent annual report to the President, K. B. Murdock '16, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, stressed the sound financial status of the Faculty, the decision which reduced course requirements for degrees, and the adoption of the tutorial system by the Department of Astronomy; excerpts from his report follow...
Polite conversation in Boston has buzzed for some time over who would be Harvard's next president and who would be the Athenaeum's next librarian. The first question is still open: for the presidency, which may not be filled until next autumn, Dean Kenneth Ballard Murdock is still in the lead, with Headmaster Francis Parkman of St. Mark's School increasingly mentioned. The second question was answered last week, and surprisingly: the "First Gentleman's Library in the World'' has a lady librarian for the first time in its 126 years...