MKimpton resignComes as total surpriseas Kimpton decides thathe has fulfilled his role >V "vLawrence A. Kimpton announcedhis resignation as Chancellor ofthe University of Chicago yester¬day afternoon at a meeting of theCouncil of the University Senate.Kimpton’s resignation came as acomplete surprise to his own staffand to the University as a whole.In the expectation that a suc¬cessor can be chosen within a rea¬sonable period of time, ChancellorKimpton did not set an effectivedate for his resignation. In theselection of the successor, the tra¬ditional procedure of a faculty-trustee committee recommendationto the board will be followed, ac¬cording to Glen A. Lloyd, chair¬man of the board of trustees.The faculty will meet next Tues¬day to elect the committee whichwill confer with the Trustees.According to the by-laws of theUniversity, the selection of theChancellor is made exclusively bythe Trustees, but the tradition hasdeveloped of conferring with thefaculty,* Is Board memberKimpton, who is a member ofthe Board of Trustees, has ex¬empted himself from the processof selecting his successor. “I wantto avoid being a dead hand,” theChancellor explained.In addition to resigning his postas chief officer of the University,a position which he has held sincethe resignation of Robert M.Hutchins in December, 1950,Kimpton also tendered his resig¬nation as a member of the Boardof Trustees and will also give uphis faculty appointment as a fullprofessor in the department ofphilosophy.“I would no longer feel qualifiedto participate in a philosophy de¬partment faculty meeting,” Kimp¬ton explained. *Tve been awayfrom my department for nineyears or so. That is a long time tobe away from your field of scolar-ship.”States reasonsThe achievement of the goals heset when he was elected ChancellorApril 12, 1951, and a convictionthat the welfare of the Universityrequires periodic change in itsleadership were the reasons Kimp¬ton gave for his resignation.“Mr. Kimpton’s action has beenreceived with greatest reluctanceand regret,” Mr. Lloyd said in hisannouncement. “His administra¬tion has indeed been a notable one,commanding the confidence andsupport of the Trustees, the fa¬culty and the public.”“During his administration theeducational and research statureof the university has beenstrengthened, its financial posi¬tion has been greatly improved, and its facilities extended. Not theleast of Kimpton’s achievementshas been his outstanding leader¬ship in a number of programs toprotect the University from thethreat of a deteriorating neighbor¬hood.”Kimpton yesterday called meet¬ings of both the seven-man Com¬mittee of the Council and of theCouncil itself (which has fifty-one faculty members,) to informthem of his resignation and togive his reasons.“Every era of the Universityhas its special problems and whenI became Chancellor I found somewhich required priority of con¬sideration,” he told the facultygroups.Neighborhood is problem“In common with other urbanuniversities, the University ofChicago was confronted with theproblem of encroaching blight. Ifthe University was to exist, thatthreat had to be removed. It hasbeen removed, and we now haveassurance of a stable communityin which the University will havethe environment essential to itslife and activities.Undergraduate program best“Another goal I set myself wasto stabilize the financial affairsof the University. This involvedbringing its actual budgets intoclose balance even while increas¬ing faculty salaries and it also re¬quired substantial additions to ourcapital funds for endowment andexpansion of our physical plant.” One of Kimpton’s proudest ac¬complishments has been that dur¬ing his administration faculty sal¬aries have risen to one of thehighest levels in the nation.“Nine years ago our profes¬sional schools, with the brilliantexception of Medicine, demandedimprovement,” Kimpton continued.“The rise of the Law School andof the Graduate School of Busi¬ness has been spectacular.“There has been a solid strength¬ening of the School of Social Serv¬ice Administration and FederationTheological Faculty. We have ad¬ded the Graduate School of Edu¬cation so that the University canmeet its obligations to the primaryand secondary school systems ofthe country.”“Our college had the best-con¬ceived undergraduate education inthe country, but its lack of articu- Ij! IiiijChancellor Kimpton announces his resignation at a newsconference held yesterday. Photo by Bergerlation with the basic structure ofAmerican education has created anumber of difficulties. ~ It alsotended to be isolated from the restof the University. The College hasbeen reorganized in a series ofgradual steps, so that it is nowbetter related within and without the University, without sacrificeof its unique educational elements.“The four divisions of the Uni¬versity, in which our research andgraduate training are centered,were strong in 1951 and they arestrong today. The University has(Cont. on page 2)Vol. 69, No. 27 University of Chicago, March 30, 1960 31Trustees view resignationAlthough some UC trustees hadnot heard about Chancellor Kimp¬ton’s resignation previous to Tues¬day’s announcement, other mem¬bers of the board of trustees wereaware of the possibility of Kimp-ton’s resigning for as long as ayear.“It is my guess that the Chancel¬lor has thought about this for thebetter part of the year,” said GlenA. Lloyd, chairman of the board oftrustees. “I think Kimpton believesthat problems run in cycles, andthat sometimes it’s pretty hard forthe man who has worked on solvingone set of problems to turn to anew set of problems and be aseffective as a new man would be.”Lloyd, partner in the law firm ofBell, Boyd, Marshall, and Uoyd,and a trustee of the University foreight years, said that one of thenewer problems facing UC and allprivate Universities is “competi¬tion for faculty and students withWe wHI just put our feet up aad relax. It'* been a long,•» nine year*." Witfa Hies# word*, Mr*. Lawrence A.Kimpton told of tKo Chancellor's plan* for the future. large state universities.” (Chan¬cellor Kimpton dealt with thisproblem in his address to membersof the Association of Land GrantColleges, which is summarized else¬where in this issue.) “I regret verymuch that he felt this was a neces¬sary move at this time,” continuedLloyd. “I found him an extremelysatisfactory person to deal with inour day to day relationships.”News of Kimpton’s resignationcame as “a great shock” to trusteeHenry F. Tenney. “Lawrence Kimp¬ton is respected all over the coun¬try, and he will be sorely missedon our campus,” stated Tenney.Although Tenney had no idea whenthe trustee-faculty commissionmight meet to select a new chancel¬lor, he recalled that trustees andfaculty members met for a matterof months before choosing Kimptonas Chancellor to replace RobertMaynard Hutchins.Trustee John Nuveen's reactionto Kimpton’s decision was “one ofsurprise, but one of understanding.In view of the long and careful con¬sideration Kimpton has given tothis decision, I am willing to accepthis position, although his decisionmight not be the one that wouldmake myself,“Kimpton has given great serviceto the University through differentperiods,” continued Nuveen. “Theproblem that UC now faces aresomething that somebody else couldtake hold of with new vigor andenthusiasm.”Nuveen cited a theory whichholds that “nobody should be presi¬dent of a business concern for morethan ten years, as all of his goodideas will be put into effect bythen. Of course, this is by no meansa positive rule.” Nuveen stated that“Kimpton has given a lot to theUniversity,” and that his depar¬ture is cause for deep regret.Honorary trustee WilliamMcCormick Blair said he thinks“Kimpton himself feels that oneman shouldn’t be chancellor for § long time.” Continued Blair, “Otherchancellors and university presi¬dents that I know of feel that itis best for the school if one mandoes not remain at its head for toolong a time.” Blair stated that hehad gathered this impression ofKimpton’s thoughts over a longperiod of association with theChancellor.Trustee John J. McDonough feelsthat “Kimpton’s resignation is agreat loss to the University. I havea keen sense of personal regret,”stated McDonough. “UC has grownand matured under his chancellor¬ship, and as a result of his leader¬ship UC is better able on all countsto deal with its problems.”McDonough, vice-pi'esklent ofHarris Trust and Savings, and pre¬ sident of the board of governors ofInternational Horse, called Kimp¬ton’s contribution to U C “mag¬nificent.” Along with the othertrustees contacted, McDonough ex¬pressed a “great respect” for theChancellor, and stated that he“trusted implicitly” the judgmentof Chancellor Kimpton in choosingto resign.Fowler B. McConnel, who ishimself in the process of retiring,and hadn’t heaid about Kimpton’sresignation until this weekendstated: “I’m very sorry to see himgo.” Trustee Porter M. Jarvis,who said he had heard rumors ofthe Chancellor’s resignation,stated: “I hate to see him go.” Ithink he’s done an outstanding job.and will be greatly missed.”A better man than I'The Chancellor gave no hint asto who his successor might be inthe press conference yesterday;however, he did describe whatqualities the new man will haveto have. He said he hoped his suc¬cessor will help to strengthen UC’shumanities.LAK said, “I hope he’ll be a bet¬ter man than I am (laughingly).I hope he’ll be an academician, ro¬bust physically, and as warm andhuman as these faculty and stu¬dents are.”Kimpton further stated that hewill play no role whatsoever in theselection of UC’s new chief. * Heremarked that UC’s competition istougher today than it ha« been,and that this must be met by in¬creased vigor in the faculty.It is the Chancellor’s opinionthat humanities are being sadlyneglected in this age of science andthat they need a revamping on theentire American scene. “There islees interest today in the humani¬ties than at any other time in his¬tory. This is a tragedy.” He said that he hoped the next chancellorwill seek to improve this situation.LAK has no feeling as to whetherthe new man should come frominside or outside the Universitybut he stated that he hoped theUniversity would continue its tra¬dition of taking in a young man.The Chancellor lauded AlanSimpson’s work in the New Collegeand set that dean’s performanceas one of the most outstandingaccomplishments in the past dec¬ade.Kimpton said that ft would behard to state specifically the prob¬lems which will confront the newchancellor. “The problems of thenext chancellor will be of his ownmaking; he selects things he feelsneeds emphasis but I can definitelysay that money raising will beamong his chief concerns.”He concluded by again assertinga hope for a humanistic renais¬sance and gave as a commendationto his successor — “God be withhim.” * k iChancellor resigns(Cont. from page 1)continued to attract and encouragethe best scholars and scientists bypaying them well, providing themwith excellent facilities, and main¬taining the University’s unrivalledspirit of freedom.”In a news conference yesterdayafternoon, Kimpton was askedwhich of his accomplishments gavehim the greatest personal satis¬faction. His reply was unequi¬vocal: “Education is the importantwork of a university. Money rais¬ing, enrollment building, slumclearance — all these things areimportant, extremely important—but our real business is education.It is here that I like to think thegreatest strides have been made.“The highest points were thecreation of a great law school,business school, FTF faculty thereconstruction of the college andthe hightened criteria for the se¬lection of personnel.”Proud of record“I am proud of this record,”the forty-nine year-old educatorcontinued, “and I am deeply grate¬ful that I was given the oppor¬tunity nine years ago to under¬take the leadership of this Univer¬sity. No other Univeristy in thecountry has our combination of aboard of trustees that is so cour¬ageous, cooperative and academic¬ally concerned; a faculty whodeeply believe in the University’sdestiny; and a loyal and intelli¬gent alumni body. I owe a deepdebt also to the people of the com¬munity who stuck it out with usin good times and in bad.“Why, then, do I wrant. to re¬sign? My conviction is that thehead of such a university as thisone can do his best work for itwithin a reasonably short time.The University every so often re¬ quires a change in leaders who canapply fresh and sharply objectiveappraisals, and start anew, freeof the associations, friendships,and scars of a common struggle.”Kimpton, in the news conference,went on to quote his predecessor,Robert M. Hutchins, as claimingthat all the good work any Uni¬versity president could do wouldbe accomplished in his first fiveyears of office.Chancellor L. A. Kimpton“I believe that the history of ourUniversity bears me out in show¬ing the renewed vitality and in¬tensity which came with each ofmy predecessors and the new anddistinctive contributions they wereable to make through the directionthey gave the University.“This is the more understand¬able—and this is not a complaint—when I remind you that the jobis an enormously demanding andexhausting one.”When asked by a Daily Newsreporter if he were tired of beingChancellor, Kimpton replied that he was tired, but not of the office.“I can only say that were I notconfident the University could findsomeone who could do the job fromhere on better than I could do it,I would not resign. Chicago meansmore to me than I am able toexpress.”Kimpton told the trustees andthe faculty that he had no inten¬tion of becoming head of anotheruniversity. “I could not developthe enthusiasm and devotion toany other institution which I havefor the University of Chicago,” hesaid. “I may among other activi¬ties, engage in some educationaland governmental consulting.”Receives offersKimpton acknowledged that hehas already received offers fromseveral institutions — universities,foundations, etc. — but he has ac¬cepted none and is consideringnone.He did not rule out the possibil¬ity that he might do work for thegovernment. However he said, quiteexplicitly:“I have no interest in going intopolitics.”A little more than a year agotoday Kimpton was offered thechairmanship of a committee toformulate national goals by Presi¬dent Eisenhower. Kimpton was re¬luctant to accept the position atthat time due to his obligations tothe University. He asked the cotn-mittee of the council of the Uni¬versity senate for their opinion,and the faculty members assuredhim that they felt he would be ofmore value heading the universitythan he would be heading the com¬mittee.Kimpton declined Eisenhower’soffer and it was denied that hehad ever received it. In the mean¬time, the chair was filled by some¬ one else, but there was speculationyesterday that another such offermight be forthcoming.The chancellor was quite spe¬cific in denying that he had anyintention of heading a foundation.He is adready a trustee of theCarnegie foundation.When asked what he intends todo after his successor has replacedhim, Kimpton said that he hopedto travel a good deal and read alot.Last spring the chancellor tooka three month vacation as he andhis wife cruised down the Ten¬nessee river in his boat! It was atthis time that he began consider¬ing retiring from the University.“I’ve thought about it a gooddeal since then, although I’ve talk¬ed to no one about it, except mywife,” the chancellor explained.”Will live in ChicagoHe intends to stay in Chicago.At his press conference, Kimptonexpressed a great love for the cityand a desire to continue to serveit. At the moment, he expects tocontinue in his position as thehead of the South-East Chicagocommission.One member of the UC adminis¬tration argued that if the chan¬cellor remains in Chicago and doesn’t affiliate himself with «foundation, he must be intendingto accept some industrial positionThis was denied by the chancelloras he reiterated that he has noplans. His wife, Marcia Kimptonagreed with this:“We will just put up our feetand relax. It’s been a long, toughnine years.”Mrs. Marcia KimptonThe announcement itself scenicto come as a complete surprise tthe entire University.(Cont. on page 3)Council surprised“I’ve never seen a group of moreunhappy people in my life. Theywere overwhelmed; they could notsay a word.”These were the words of ArthurFriedman, spokesman for the Com¬mittee of the Council of the FacultySenate, in describing the reactionof the council to Chancellor Kimp-ton’s resignation speech. “IFaculty shocked by LAK's actionFaculty reaction to the announce¬ment of Chancellor Lawrence A.Kimpton’s resignation was one ofshock and disappointment.The reaction of Christine Mc¬Guire, associate professor of thesocial sciences, was representative.Miss McGuire said, “I’m speech¬less; it’s totally unexpected — atfirst I thought that you were kid¬ding, and now I am taken totallyby surprise. He has been muchinterested in building up the Uni¬versity and there’s no question thathe’s given great impetus to alluniversity and neighborhood devel¬opment. He has worked hard onphysical development and under¬graduate development.”Also typical of comments heardwas that of James Newman, assist¬ant director of student activities,who said that he wTas “completelysurprised. At first I thought it wasan April Fool’s gag.” A professorwho asked to remain anonymousadded, “I don’t know what to say,and I’ve never really seen Kimp¬ton. I never got higher than thethird floor, and he’s on the fifthfloor. Really, I never even thoughtof it; I’m thunderstruck.”Faculty praisesFaculty praise of Kimpton’s ad¬ministration was almost unanimous.Lowell Coggeshall, dean of the di¬vision of biological sciences, said,“He has performed a service forthe University that has gained theadmiration of all around him. Hehas consolidated the gains of theCollege community plan and forthis has gained the respect of theeducational world.“He has set a precedent for allother universities, so that no uni¬versity can now say that the de-dcrioration of a neighborhood inwhich it is located is inevitable,”Coggeshall continued. “He com¬pares most favorably with any ofhis predecessors, and I respect hisreasons for leaving. He has giventhe College a sense of momentumand direction so that it is in thebest position that it ever occupied.If he would stay around until allthe problems of the College aresolved, he would be around for anawfully long time.”Charles D. O’Connell, director of2 • CHICAGO MAROON • March 30. 1960admissions, was shocked by Kimp¬ton’s resignation. He commented,“I feel as if someone had left thebricks and taken away the mortar.It is a great blow. I think that hehas been a great chancellor andrespect his reasons for leaving.”Many members of the facultyfelt that one of the outstandingfeatures of Kimpton’s administra¬tion was the liaison which wasmaintained writh the instructors.Norman Maclean, professor of Eng¬lish, said, “He was an old friendof mine, so you know how I feel.But then, he w’as a friend of allof us. That’s how he ran the place,very personally. He ran the placewell and got all worn out doing it.”Eby shockedKermit Eby, professor of soci¬ology, agreed with Maclean. Ebycommented, “I was very shocked.I have had a warm spot in myheart for the chancellor ever sinceI was subpoenaed by the Jennercommittee. Since then, my rapportwith him has been wonderful. Ifeel that he wras just what a manin his position ought to be andnever wavered from this ideal.”Donald Meiklejohn, chairman ofthe College social science depart¬ment, praised Kimpton highly. SaidMeiklejohn, “The University owesLawrence Kimpton a tremendousdebt for his devotion, his courage,and his realistic facing of our manyurgent problems. I should like topay tribute especially to his patientarid eager tolerance of his critics.It is characteristic of him, as hetakes his leave, to urge us to finda new impulse, a fresh look at our¬selves. I hope that we can live upto his best hopes for us.”A representative of the groupon campus that has often opposedthe policies of the chancellor said,“I "have always felt that Mr.Kimpton was not the right man forthe job. The position needs a manwho is an educator, and he wasprimarily an administrator. I feelthat too often his attitudes wereeither compromise or stemmedfrom administrative considerationsrather than educational ones.“However,” the speaker contin¬ued, “he was a man of good will, and if he compromised he did pre¬vent things from getting worse.He is not a cause of bad things,but a symptom of things whichare bigger than he is. His resig¬nation leaves fundamental princi¬ples unresolved. There is a chancethat a man with new ideas maygo beyond Kimpton, but it is justa chance, and there is always thepossibility that things will getworse.”Members of the University ad¬ministration expressed great appre¬ciation for the work that thechancellor has done. Vice-Chancel¬lor John Kirkpatrick said, “It cameas a shocking surprise to me, andas a great disappointment. Hisleadership has been superb, and allhis officers have enjoyed workingfor him. It’s been a lot fun. Hegot a lot of teamwork out of hisofficers; he has been a wonderfulleader and an /excellent adminis¬trator. He has a superb mixture ofacademic and non-academic ability.This is an unusual mixture for thehead of a university to have. Tromour point of view, he was damngood.”Wendell Harrison, vice-presidentof the University, said, “I thinkEmery Filbey, vice president that I feel like everybody else. Thisman was a very great chancellor.I hate to see him go. He has donegood things both for the Univer¬sity and for the community.”However, by far the most com¬mon reaction heard by this reporterwas one of shock. Typical com¬ments included, “I don’t have anyquotable quotes. I’m just utterlyshocked. I just heard about it my¬self, and don’t have any commentof deathless prose.” Also heardwere, “It’s too bad, I don't knowof any reason,” “I’m flabbergast¬ed,” and “I’m very sorry to hear ofit. I had no knowledge of it. Ihadn’t heard about it. All I heardabout it ... no, I didn’t hear any¬thing about it at all.”emeritus of the University, said,“I am too shocked to say anythingabout it.” Filbey has served underevery chief officer of the Univer¬sity except William Rainey Harper.When questioned about possibil¬ities of who will succeed Kimpton,Edward Levi, dean of the Lawschool, said, “There are only sixor seven other universities in thecountry whose presidents would de¬cline the post of chancellor of thisUniversity. It will take a greatdeal of time to consider all themen who are qualified.” couldn’t be more unhappy aboutanything,” said Friedman.“A shocked silence followed theChancellor’s announcement,” saidcouncil member Leonard B. Meyer.“Most of those present at the spe¬cial meeting did not expect theannouncement,” continued Meyer.After Kimpton’s announcement,the council voted unanimously toselect a five-member faculty com¬mittee at next Tuesday’s meeting.This committee will confer withan equal number of trustees in theselection of a new chancellor ofthe University.Spokesman Friedman pointed outthat, although the board of trusteesitself has the power to appoint achancellor, the trustees “have al¬ways been wonderful about notgoing against faculty opinion. Theyhave all the power, but they donot exert it in this situation.”The statement Kimpton read tothe council was similar to a state¬ment that he had addressed to UCtrustees concerning his resigna¬tion, according to council memberDonald Meiklejohn. “In his state¬ment to the council, Kimpton saidthat he did not have any otheracademic job in prospect,” statedMeiklejohn.Kimpton, who once wrote that“today’s college students no longerARE problems; they only haveproblems,” did not appear to beupset by the problems of resigningthe chancellorship. As photogra¬phers were busily positioning theChancellor in front of a hugegothic arch, Kimpton quipped: ‘‘It’sharder to leave this Universitythan to get in.”EditorialMaroon regrets resignationWe sincerely regret his decisionto leave the University, we aretruly sorry that this decision isdefinite and that he w’ill not allowhimself to be drafted, yet we areappreciative of the reasons whichcompel him to resign. The Chan¬cellorship is a position exhaustingand taxing almost beyond imagina¬tion.Kimpton has been a great chan¬cellor. This is neither the time northe place to expand upon thispoint — the future history of theUniversity will probably prove thepoint for us, but it suffices to saythat despite the fact that Kimptonhas spent the last nine years liv¬ing under the shadow of an almost deified Robert M. Hutchins, he hasachieved a remarkable record.Despite an extremely busy issue,we have always found him willingto lend a hand or an idea in coun¬seling the Maroon, the radio sta¬tion, student government, and manyother student organizations. Thechief officers of this Universityhave not always shown such in¬terest in problems existing belowthe lofty administrative and finan¬cial plane where the chancellorusually resides.It is often told that Hutchinssaid he always made a point ofthrowing Maroon editors out of hisoffice. Kimpton has gone to thetrouble of having weekly appoint¬ ments with this year’s editors.Perhaps history has frightenedLAK. The suddeness of WilliamRainey Harper’s death caught theUniversity at a time when its af¬fairs were not in order; this re¬sulted in a great deal of confusion.Judson’s reign was so long that itcaused the Quadrangles to fall intoa sort of lethargy. ,We must join UC’s Board ofTrustees in their complete respe*and trust in Kimpton’s judgmenon this issue. We respect the vain -ity of his reasons. We need look forno ‘ulterior’ motive. And while wedo wish his reasons were not qm eso compelling, we wish him Go* -««« Lin ■fuj'iivfl crwlf'ftVOl'fi*Kimpton discusses public ysprivate education in speechesIn his nine year term as Chan¬cellor of the University, LawrenceKimpton has expressed himself onmany problems concerning the Uni¬versity, the nation, and the con¬cepts of education.Discussing the relationship be¬tween the college and the divisionsat a Trustee’s dinner in 1952, Kimp¬ton said, “Relations are constantlyimproving ... the problem is nota simple one. The College mustmaintain the autonomy of its pur¬pose and its program and still seekthe advantage of the teachingability and mature scholarship ofmen at the divisional level.“Our mistakes have always beenthose of commission. What we are, we are by commission and self-criticism. By self-criticism, we tes¬tify to' our faith in ourselves andour tradition, and seek out a fu¬ture even more lustrous than ourpast.”Speaking at a conference onhigher education in September of1958, Kimpton discussed the roleof the administrator.“It is my thesis that the admin¬istrator should have a most impor¬tant role in the determination ofuniversity policy . . . he shouldplay a very powerful role in theformation and execution of uni¬versity policy, and this role is de¬termined by the limitations ... ofthe faculty.Chancellor Lawrence A. Kimpton discusses his resigna¬tion at his Tuesday afternoon press conference.Photo by Berger"•. <• ' ' •LAK helped improveHyde Park housingIn 1954 Chancellor Kimptonsaid “One of our most real andimmediate problems is our com¬munity, and to conserve and re¬build it offers the University ofChicago a great opportunity to dosomething not only for our city,but for all of urban America.”Kimpton as president of theSouth East Chicago Commissionhas taken a leading part in thesuccessful effort to save the HydePark-Kenwood community.Approximately 48 acres to thenorth and east of the quadrangleswere razed under a slum clearanceprogram and are now being re¬built in housing areas and a shop¬ping center. A second phase of therenewal process which is primarilyconcerned with conservation isthe Urban Development projectcovering 1.1 square miles fromforty-seventh to fifty-ninth streets,Cottage Grove Avenue to the lake.After Kimpton leaves the Uni¬versity he expects to live on Chi¬cago’s South Side. He said “I amwilling to continue as president ofthe South East Chicago commis¬sion in the work of neighborhoodconservation if I am asked to doso, and provided, of course, myfuture activities make this pos¬sible.Since the first fiscal year ofKimpton’s administration throughb ebruary, 1960, the University hasreceived almost $100,000,000 inpaid-in contributions, a total whichis more than half of the contribu¬tions received in the first six de¬cades of the University. Also since*951, the University has completed$-4,500,000 of new facilities andhas under way an additional $17,500,000 in new construction, atotal of $42,000,000, adding fif¬teen major new buildings, provid¬ing extensive remodelling of others,and investing in graduate andfaculty housing. During his ad¬ministration, Kimpton has provid¬ed appreciable increases in facultysalaries. In the last five years,median faculty salaries wrere rais¬ed approximately thirty percentfor all full-time faculty members.While chancellor, kimpton head¬ed various influential educationalorganizations. He was chairman ofthe American Council on Educa¬tion 1957-58 and is currently pres¬ident of the Association of Ameri¬can Universities as well as beinga trustee of the Carnegie Founda¬tion for the Advancement ofTeaching. “It is the role of the adminis¬trator to defend his institution andits faculty against (all threats toacademic freedom). It is his dutyto equalize the pressures of fash¬ion and money and keep the insti¬tution in academic balance. Theadministrator must also managethe fiscal and physical sides of auniversity, and to prevent the ad¬vent of mediocrity in any depart¬ment.”One of the most important ofKimpton’s more recent speecheswas an address entitled “The Pub¬lic and Private University”, givenbefore the American Associationof Land-Grant Colleges, in Novem¬ber of last year, concerned the“growing chasm between publicand private higher education.”“The private universities havehad to raise their tuition untilthe cost difference between publicand private is no longer nominal;it is substantial .... it is Rhrd tomarket a product (education at aprivate university) at a fair pricewhen down the street someone(public universities) is giving itaway.“The private institutions have nochoice but to raise their tuitions.“Why should not we in privateeducation admit very frankly andwithout invidious comparison thatwe exist to train an intellectualelite who have already proved thatthey are worthy of a higher educa¬tion? I find nothing offensive inthe development of two cases forhigher education, one of an intel¬lectual elite, and the other of abroad democratic majority . . . theprinciple of private educationwould be careful selection and theprinciple of public education wouldbe broad inclusion.University a virtue“Diversity is a virtue and weneed to agree . . . upon what eachof us (public and private univer¬sities) contributes to this greatinstitution of higher education inAmerica.”At a recent Trustee-Faculty din¬ner in January of 1959, Kimptonsaid, “The head of any great en¬terprise such as (UC) is at themercy of destiny. Their lot is cast,their place in history is determined,not necessarily by what they wantto do but what has to be done.”Kimpton recounted some of theproblems that faced him when hebecame chancellor. “We were op¬erating on a budget that made thefiscal imbalance of the Federalgovernment look like solvency. Wewere living in a neighborhoodwhich was fast becoming a labora¬tory for our School of Social Serv¬ice Administration. We had a Col¬lege that, with all its genius, wasfrozen into a pattern alienating itfrom the rest of the Universityand indeed from the rest of theeducational world. We had a built-in arrogance that overstated thegood and blurred or ignored thebad.“During the last eight years wehave made some progress towardsolving or at least facing up to allthese problems. They are not allsolved by any means, but so muchprogress has been made that the progress itself begins to worry me.Have we, in trying to resolve ouroriginal difficulties unconsciouslycreated a whole new set which intheir way are just as complicatedas the ones with which we started?“We set out almost eight yearsago to correct the public image ofthe University .. . upon the wholewe have succeeded. In changingthe extreme public image that hadformed of us, do we run a risk ofreally losing our boldness? Wehave worked hard to change theimage of what was thought to bethe typical undergraduate at ourUniversity. We don’t want the so¬cially maladjusted, the psycholog¬ically disturbed, the intellectualphony, but in the process of chang¬ing one image generally possessedabout us we have found no positivesubstitute and run a risk of end¬ing up with no image at all.“Doesn’t the same situationthreaten us on our curriculuiA?There was a day when everyoneknew the curriculum of the Col¬lege. We may have been wrong,but at least we were magnificentlywrong . . . everyone knew exactlywho and where we were.Let us look“Let us take a look at ourneighborhood. Whom do we wantliving in these new buildings to beconstructed ? We had better dreamup some far more positive and ex¬citing idea for living in HydePark-Kenwood than an interracialcommunity, or we are going to beneither interracial nor a commun¬ity.”At the June convocation of 1957,Chancellor Kimpton delivered aspeech on “The Great University.”He said that a great university“possesses, attracts, and holds —sometimes for an unconscionablelong time—superior students whoare eager and able to learn. Itneeds great men, productive intheir research and stimulating intheir teaching; money, and lotsof it; and adequate physical facili¬ties to aid teaching and research.All these essentials must be pres¬ent they are the sine qua non ofthe great university.“A great university is a spirit,a mood, an atmosphere, that some¬how transcends men and moneyand materials. The first intangiblethat one always feels around agreat university is a sense offreedom. The freedom of a greatuniversity is as natural as the air.But it is also a disciplined free¬dom, except that the discipline isimposed by the facts and by thecharacter of the scholar. And free¬dom always carries with it theobligation to tolerate, indeed toprotect and nourish, those view¬points that are different.“I do not mean that we have tocherish the deviant and the odd-ballsimply because he is that way, butI come very close to recommendingthis. A university that has no odd¬ities is not a great university.”Speaking of the new AB pro¬gram in 1958, Kimpton remarkedthat “this new degree will consist of a general component containingwithin it all the rigor and disci¬pline that the highest standards ofour University can impose. It willcontain within it, too, a specializedpart which hopefully will not rep¬resent only those esoteric interestscontributed by advanced scholar¬ship and research, but will follownaturally and easily from thebroad base of the general educa¬tion program. There will be alsowithin it freedom for the studentto elect some courses that repre¬sent only his interest of the mo¬ment. And finally, and most im¬portant, the direction of the pro¬gram will be under a singlefaculty which is neither exclusive¬ly general nor exclusively depart¬mental but consists of those schol¬ars and teachers who share acommon interest in the training ofthe undergraduate.” In his State ofthe University addresses, Kimptonhas expressed himself strongly onthose issues which most vitally af¬fect the whole of higher education.His first State of the Univer¬sity speech, given in 1952, statedhis aim, as the new chancellor “toprotect and nourish the great tra-ditons of UC, and to attempt tosolve the problems of our dayw ithin that tradition.“The greatness of the Univer¬sity has come about by its adher¬ence to three principles . . . whichconstitute our tradition. The firstis our spirit of pioneering . . . thesecond part has been the unity andoneness of the University. Finally,our tradition is one of great men.UC a pioneer“We introduced the idea of auniversity to the Middle West andwe are today one of the greatestbasic research centers in the world.It is as a pioneer in the realm ofnew knowledge that we are bestknown. Our scientists and human¬ists have dedicated themselves tothe discovery of new truths; here¬in lies our peculiar function andour greatness.“The relationship between thoCollege and the Divisions has longbeen a troubled and touchy prob¬lem. It is clear that a college with¬in a university must not be unre¬lated to that university, and yet itis equally clear that a separatelystaffed unit with its own programand degree must reserve a realmeasure of autonomy.In his last State of the Univer¬sity message, delivered in Octoberof 1959, the Chancellor reaffirmedthe idea of this school as a greatand leading force in American ed¬ucation. “It may or may not betrue that every great universityhas a kind of character; I onlyknow that this one has,” he said.“Its essence is a passionate dedica¬tion to ]>ure research and scholar¬ship . . . this is the unifying pri?*.ciple of the institution.Resignation announced(Cont. from page 2)Few people in the administra¬tion building knew of the Chancel¬lor’s decision until the ChicagoAmerican broke the story earlyTuesday afternoon. The announce¬ment was made two days beforethis spring’s Lakeside conference.Kimpton was in something of ahurry to make the announcement,because he wanted to give thetrustees as much time as possibleto find a new chancellor.Kimpton cancelled the Maroon’sweekly standing appointment lastMonday because he did not wTantto inform either the newspaper orthe student body of his decisionbefore he informed the representa¬tives of the faculty. No one seems to know how theChicago American got the story.The considerations which promp¬ted the Chancellor’s resignationwere suggested last November,when, in an address to a confer¬ence of high school administratorsKimpton said:“There are times when theweary feeling comes over me thatthe great mistake of my life wasto get entangled in administration.You struggle with problems of in¬adequate resources for the job tobe done, of educational directionand achievement, and with the gen¬eral perversity of the human race,all of which inevitably producesmoments of frustration and des¬pair.”March 30, 1960 • CHICAGO MAROON • 3•‘Chaps; you know, is exciting sqciate chief administrator of the possible young man..'’ At one time “will give a student precisely these understood for what it is andwf? ■dramatic, and as long as it is not metallurgy project. Within the or another, he claims, he majored options.” \ ed for what it is.” ■•'■■-jflpjMffi'-.allowed to run wild, it helps con* year he succeeded Wilbur C. Mun- in everything. What are projects? One of Kimpton’s objectibm®<*fe'siderably' to make a fine educa- necke as chief administrator. Out • His first major interest, psycho- Now that the. “new College’'has the old College was its intendtion a superlative.” This was of this project came the atomic logy, collapsed under him one day been contracted, what are his next normality. Hie claimed that;LAK’s statement to the Maroon bomb. ' when he asked the famous psycho- major projects ? “One of the things everyone took the same ,coursrs]f~at the beginning of this year and This was the result of. Conant’s: logists, Louis Madison Terman, I want to do is communicate the read the same books, “a locltf8now, in retrospect, the story of arrangement with Kimpton when what ‘intelligence’ is. Terman re- idea of this school to the public, developed in the College: eadhis term as Chancellor has indeed he was at Deep Springs for mem- plied that intelligence is what the Our public relations have always dent saying just what ever^been marked by rapid change. bers of the faculty of California man who made ,the .intelligence been a problem. The public has an student said.” .7 mKimpton has said, “The college Institute of Technology to visit the, test tests; Kimpton turned to law, image of the University, yes in- Once again the: Chancellor^never has been frozen, crystal- Deep Springs school. They in turn d'saooo'nh'nfl deed, but it was an image of a down his dictum on the validlolized: it’s been chaotic since 1892; vsent a succession of their graduate vv wv< 1 1 . ■ . university which never existed; you controlled variety. He, doe^"®you must admit that the situation students to teach ; parts of the ■ Law, too, proved a" disappoint- know that as well as I. agree that there is any singlis exciting and stimulating. I don’t course • in which they were doing • ment. Kimpton had gone on for “Nevertheless,, that image hurt a person must be educated,*,think it would be nearly as inter-itheir advanced work. - . • ' ^s«me , time, happily probing the ua badly. It hurt us in terms of ing out that Plato and Aristoltthe U-nivei sity has had-years. He succeeded Robertin 69 The, production of the bomb re- Poetical law and that Kimpton ^ does keep the institution well educated man. “There'Ibert r M.; quired a great many administra- wa9 trying tobegin his legal career £0jM„. I. care very directly about-- men with liberal educations^Hutchins, having been a -vice-pies- tors and the Cal Tech .graduates’ where a Supreme. Court "justice students.ident of the . University. ' knowledge of LAK led to their ended his. The ( haneellor. then^i,. ,... ^, toi lv-nine years void., the .suggesting-him foi i such- an ap- turned to philosophy. • .dlors has held important adv^poiiunH-nt. vV- • v • ••■>•■" - v' Although he almost took hisPhilNowChance llominis!1944 Newspapers: wrongTr-Newspapers have caused much of■ v . ... , - .• J|.v ^ .<• this false image, Kimpton claimed;Had experience . Greek, philosophy. se^d^h " He referred to the Time article last.944>;cvcept>r a threejyea.^pe• impton had as" experience the most successful pu.suit,and.Corne!l yoar on the appointment of Alan.Simpson. a,s, dean of the College;‘Newspapers keep throwing us intor-componsation. .say we’re not all commui**. jv1?!®18’ then the newspapers loudlycom- proclaim that we’re all rosy-cheek-the : same 0(jf fresh-shaven, all-American,discuss the high school student leaders. We’re,i mpton, asked, not. if i say we have a fine athleticown program, then all at once we’re'V headed straight back for the Bigfree elective system Ten. Once' again, we’re not,-There■ <>"' hear and enjoy seem, .n be no balancr”v' - A ”jh re: ; h;u i.n gene- .gome* great lectures upon some Despite everything the mass-‘."'/'C d jmpoitant subjects, and he did lean, media have asserted, Kimpton i«■ •" >,* V Il^.^.arerithettwpjjhevvaluesv’pf.'umlirected intelU'c-^jooking for no cult of normality.‘One of the reasons I left Staffordtalceda£‘n 1950,” he laughs out, “was thatbecause - it was too damn, normal,learning ; “God knows I'want brains here;about this, magnificent that is what we’’e all about. Iif one’s >primary in- simply want the best possible stu-ofthe humanities it is dents attracted to the University , - ..ne thing also to take a sporting of Chicago. 1 don't care whether liberal arte colleges ’ ""•'’SC-'.... : \ lh' ..r/hcraie- they grow-beard. <n-m>t;«n ocea- Dua to hi, admmi'.ira.iv.wedid-hot'hace'aiitry »/ h,.her math,;n.at,« beard ,» a good thing for sibiliti Kimplon ha8 wHJSgf. a. -Most.well-reared V " f; V .;/*•»*«» rxp.lamcd.I «ant to see < imago able t„ tMcb /courSe since iSjS,-SmX'ih • t . >- wing chancellor. He readily. adma?}missing this - form' .of contact^l^P^Ilosophy is still my first ldveMm^t'ministration is definitely''1923; president from July 12; place- However;; one must .’cp^-May 26, 1925 (death); Max bridges.”*’president from October 1, “I fully realize,” he ad<!<-d.^,#^— - .--- — June 30,1928 (resignation); not all research men can-^era^.•’ 1 ■ ilk ati'un. '£• ..L versity),’ from July 1, 1891 to Jan- Robert > Maynard Hutchins, presi- know that every student -pij^thh■ K1,i!|>i■ • n liimseif ‘ had none t.»o* uarv It', 1906; Harry Pratt Judson, dent from July 1, 1929 to June 30, - some dull hours under men wm%Y-;;‘:..1 Chancellor Kimpton greets England's Queen Elixabethiring Kerurisit to campus last summer. common-t;■HI wH , PjjjjjPBWi. _ —- STyindpto be ^photographer ^covered the Chan- fit them into, their stories. -Peojpress-conference; - others^ in ;neiglibf»ringv f'ia offi'-cspreparing lists of hvTrusteesdwandering in with tales of-Uisjflris. accurate,”,1 before .they, would ;to telephone, and still others were pearing typewriters and VMv.k'.^’•say anything. v ; -^trying to reach the presidents of this looks exactly like the.-.t\^2The advisors on'the second floor neighboring . Chicago colleges to writer we’re missing downstaiof the bvMlding^were equally, sur--get<their : reactions. . : Student Union called saying?®pnsod and the Maroon staff found „ Some go to Cobb they were about to promouj;,thernselves doing-mo-C;of-the- tulk-^^ ; v 6 ? V. , ” . student election of the new,chining.. They sat down and explained' Maroons file on Kimpton ,, “Did we want the story J"what. has happened, whiles the ad-,vwas -.u,.10a> thed and a biography of tomor’row»g 8Dec;ai issue or s},,,‘ "ii■>i—v V-l.summacy of hi, Vr®.;--^f>re ^n(Cnu>rc:avton1shcdr' • ' ■« ^speeches qf 'ckiy prepared, . ,issue?“ The staff decided that th(J^ '7' searched 1 he b(aff ordered V'z™ 88 8 wanted it if a member of studjf^ -gesVfief gnif^1igf thaJ * union would type it up, and*sjg%hers; ‘ finding, that.; this.7ap{)roach>^^ey^Meie 1 ca^'y!^00 rushed to get’“was , accomplish mg'''noth ing, went*to ' dinner,’ people began begging'■over* to ^Cobbf hall, to' interviews typewriters from neighboring of-£faculty,t.nH*mbe,s.rt£ Inadvertently fices1-in , Ida Noyes,* and for the - t“8t> fte a^they.ibluWh-l^l«iniSh<Vc()llege his-;sf»'sit' t*f>e the; reporters began to - evening for copy pnkups a ; ^v'tory hStaff : liH'ctihg uhd^ were sen,n:;boheve that they would really haVe ^ P*We,> 8 ®r^,|i,assisted in hluiulcVing'aheir--:Wav 'an' 1SSU(>'' ,eady for appearance the: Print shop came ijaskmi, . i^ut.a(.aih;JThS!tpeo,>lwV:iili„V oo7ext' v. ' ' '* *he <"";y" the-fifth-floor1 of the-Ad building- Meanwhile the Chancellor had aw"iw m"'* some h ' - . ’•.had better, luck. The public rela-begun his press' conference; and ?roon , 1 Jn, , ,,--v"tions departineiit:i announced that Maroon reporters were vying with ? •• or 8 °.U ^jthe Chancellor had -called a press representative, of the press and "*8S^ryin. Z Sp tv,'- 1conference for 5 pm. Two staff television in asking pertinent ques- . v ., wr,uld'members were officially invited tions. The staff did as well as the .and look up- Y“- th* p,parand other planned to go in incon- professional pressmen, and both come ouL bu^ momen "spicuously. tripped over the Wires extending^ ont knew exactly hovfc 7mmThe printer celled to. aphoUjU•^1