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...race-baiting Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, Beaty's book was "the greatest ... of its kind ever to appear in print." But to S.M.U.'s President Umphrey Lee, an ordained Methodist clergyman, it was frankly disturbing. "I do not know how to put the matter any stronger," said he, at the Dallas Salesmanship Club, "than in the words of the supreme legislative body of my church: 'AntiSemitism is a deadly sin.'" Nevertheless, since Beaty kept insisting that he was not really antiSemitic, he remained at his post, partly because of the two-way laws of academic...
...Umphrey Lee is a big, good-natured man who manages to resemble neither preacher, scholar, historian nor college president. The fact that he is all of these things-and a man of tact and horse sense, too-goes a long way to explain the rise of Southern Methodist University. Last week, already the biggest private university in the Southwest and still sprouting, S.M.U. proudly dedicated its newest shining wonder: a $3,500,000 school of theology, consisting of seven pink brick, Georgian-style buildings spread on 16 acres of the S.M.U. campus...
Domes & Dormers. S.M.U. has trebled in enrollment (to 7,250) and assets (to $24 million) since Umphrey Lee took over in 1939. In those days the 133-acre S.M.U. campus, just north of Dallas, had twelve buildings. Now it sparkles with the gold domes, white dormers and tall steeples of 28. Umphrey Lee (who explains the Umphrey by saying, "Some of my ancestors just couldn't spell") thinks that he raised maybe $6,000 toward all this...
There is truth and good sense in Lee's attitude. Building schools is a passion with Texans,* and nearly every college in the state has construction either under way or blueprinted. As Umphrey puts it: "There is an atmosphere of achievement and a healthy attitude toward giving. People do not ask, 'Can it be done?' They know it can. All they want to know is whether it is desirable...
Thought & Belief. Nowadays, pretty close to being the recognized No. 1 citizen of Dallas, Umphrey Lee is a busy man. He belongs to such potent organizations as the Citizens' Council, the organization of businessmen without whom nothing can be done in Dallas, and the ultra-select Thirteen Club, a group of 13 who get together periodically to hash over world and local problems. Nonsmoking, nondrinking, Lee has no advice to thrust on those who do. He likes to tell of one friend who drinks deeply and then often calls Lee up to tell him what's wrong with...