President Of The Normal

Yesterday evening the committee of he state board of education having in charge the looking up of a suitable man for the presidency of the normal school system of the state had a meeting at the Hawkins house with Dr. Albert Leonard, of Syracuse, N. Y., and several of the normal college faculty. The committee is composed of Prof. E. F. Johnson, of Ann Arbor, and Supt. of Public Instruction Hammond, of Lansing. It is understood that members of the faculty were present for the purpose of sizing up the doctor and letting the committee know their opinions of the man. Among the members of the faculty present were Prof. Sherzer, Grawn, Laird, McFarlan and Acting Principal Lyman. Nothing was done by the committee toward settling the question under consideration. Dr. Leonard is a man who, in the past few years, has became prominent as an educator. He is one of the original list of candidates mentioned by the Argus as being under consideration by the board. It seems that the board and others present were not entirely taken by the doctor, however, and he is not likely to be chosen. There is much greater probability of Dr. David Eugene Smith, former professor of mathematics here, and now president of the Brockport Normal school, New York, being called. It is reported that the idea has not yet been abandoned by the board of securing him, if not now, then next spring. It is likewise said that to some friends Dr. Smith has intimated that he might accept the place. Should be return to Michigan as president of the normal school system of the state, he would be warmly welcomed not only by his many friends in this city but by the educators of the state generally. He is undoubtedly one of the best normal school men in the country.