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it will In such a change ought to be included that the creator of the Board should not
sit as a member of the Board on the principle that the members should not be
embarrassed or influenced by the power that gave them their position. .
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l' The Politics in the University affairs is running at q
ic th? P°mi°¤· high tide. There are a number of varieties, some
t Wm ` of a recognized origin and others of an origin `
unknown. Since the last issue of The Alumnus, two political acts of a major l
accérd nature have been staged—one in the nature of paying a party political debt in the  
xiii? `appointment of Senator Peak business agent of the University, and the other  
UN _ in the nature of serving a private interest in the handling of the printing press  
temstl and later in transferring it to Frankfort to pay another political debt. And i
za Of   there are minor ones galore, too. These come in in the nature of clique politics,
ials Oi department politics, friendship politics, obligation politics, in which one clique
31-ward enjoys the spoils over another, or one department is exploited at the expense of ]
_ another, or a salary raised, or a promotion made through personal friendship or |
?l‘*‘“l*'· favor through outside influence which may be personal or political. These state-  
lg that ments will be denied, but they cannot be successfully denied. Everybody knows  
mt the they are true. They are common talk and common knowledge. {
C evils The good old days of merit and the reward of duty well done have been  
it, but forgotten at the University and the days of the spoil system are upon us.  
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Teva it . THE GOLDEN ]UBILEE.  
`pleasc Considerable interest has been aroused among alumni and old students of I
Thew the University over plans announced for the Golden Iubilee to be celebrated {
lrdr the .October 14. There are nearly 15,000 former students of the University and  
Of the letters and personal requests will be sent to each one of these urging attendance 5
of the at the great celebration.  
Of the It appears that this will be the largest home coming of alumni and former l
students that has ever been held. It is a rare chance to meet large numbers of  
old friends. There will not be a dull moment.  
thirty- Dean F. Paul Anderson, chairman of the Committee on Arrangements has  
herwisc announced that the following are members of the committee and will have  
. attend complete charge of the program: President Henry S. Barker, Dean joseph H. `
,031-d is Kastle, ]. Frank Battaile, ]. Irvine Lyle, VVilliam L. Bronaugh, J. Madison l
y thin: Graves, J. D. Turner, R. M. Allen, L. B. Allen and Herbert Graham.  
interest There will be separate entertainments on the evening of October 13th, for
for its the men and women, the former probably assembling at the Phoenix Hotel and I
S; while the latter at Patterson Hall. The morning program on October 14th, will be i
I- things almost entirely in the nature of a tribute to President Emeritus james Kennedy {
ivgygent Patterson in appreciation of his years of patient and tireless effort for the child  
:ive and of his dreams. l
law be A leading feature of this meeting will be the presentation by the Alumni to l
er nine. the University, of a handsome portrait of Dr. Patterson.  
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