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President Angell, however, has had no steadier right hand than Charles Seymour. In 1927 he became University Provost, chief link between Yale's faculty and administration. The first Yale bigwig to encourage the College plan, he helped supervise the building of the colleges, became master of one of them (Berkeley), was until this year chairman of the Council of Masters. His wife (Gladys Watkins of Scranton, Pa.), his 24-year-old son Charles Jr. (Yale 1935 ), now studying art in Paris, and his daughters Elizabeth and Sarah, helped him to entertain Berkeley's boys.
Until last week most of his spare time went into digging through the vast library of War documents bequeathed to Yale (through him) by Col. House. In lighter moments he adds to his famed collection of first editions of Romancer E. Phillips Oppenheim.
Said delighted Col. House last week of his friend's appointment: "During these days when second-rate men are being placed in great public positions, it is refreshing to have such an outstanding, national institution as Yale choose Dr. Seymour to administer its affairs."
*Sample placard: "What manner of men are these who try to throttle Ph.D.'s."