Word: successor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...CRIMSON has been silent during these months following President Eliot's resignation on the subject of his successor. It has preferred to enjoy the efforts of the outside press in instructing its readers about the various candidates. From time to time declarations have been made that nothing short of providential interference could prevent the selection of this or that man. These announcements have been made practically out of whole cloth as the Corporation is not in the habit of communicating its deliberations to outsiders except through formal records after decisions have been reached. During this period of speculation by outsiders...
...Athletic Committee, which prohibits a man from taking part in more than two recognized sports, Withington can not be a candidate for the University crew, as he wishes, if he swims this winter, because of the fact that he played on the football team last fall. Aspinwall, his successor, was a member of last year's University swimming team and swam on the relay team in the meets against Yale and against Columbia...
...nineteenth of May, however, it is expected the Corporation will have chosen a successor, one of whose duties will be to sign the degrees. With a new man in office it would be impossible for President Eliot to sign them as such an act would be an infringement on the duties of his successor which the President would never consent to. It would be unwise to usurp such a function even though there was a unanimous petition in favor of it. The new president will be given every opportunity to take hold of his work and responsibilities under the most...
...upon the election of Captain Fish, for by his ability as a field captain he has already won the confidence of the University. He has an opportunity before him to continue the successes of this year, and there is every reason to expect that he will prove a worth successor to Captain Burr...
...about his resignation. The ever-present optimism was the keynote of his speech and we are all enlisted at his invitation in discovering the right man, a man in the very flush of the prime of life, to undertake the responsibilities which have been his for forty years. The successor will be found and it has seemed best that he be found...