Will Establish Lindley Memorial Lectures

By Roy Roserts, chairman, committee in charge

OR TWENTY years Ernest H. Lind-
ley, the late Chancellor of the
University of Kansas, was a figure

revered and loved, not only by the
graduates of the University, but he be-
came almost an institution in Kansas
itself. For two decades he gave his
best and his all in building his Univer-
sity and his state.

When he retired he looked forward
to a continuing service in the years
ahead. Long he had planned to de-
vote his final years to a series of lectures
at the University, expounding his sane
philosophy on the “Values of Living.”
The late Chancellor felt perhaps he
could round out the service of his al-
ways fruitful life in these last years aid-
ing the hundreds of young men and
women of Kansas in reaching a proper
philosophy of life, a worthwhile set of
values.

He left the University with zest and
started on his trip around the world,
disrupted as it was by the war, and for
months he delved into the literature of
that most ancient of philosophies in
China. Always he was alert, gathering
material to use on his return in his
lectures to the young folks of Kansas.
It was a tragedy that he died thousands
of miles away from his beloved Uni-
versity. Even his body found its last
rest in a watery grave in the Pacific.

Carry ON His IDEA

What better memorial could those
of K.U. and Kansas who loved and
revered the late Chancellor make to
his memory than to carry on and make
come true his last hope and ambition,
a lectureship on “Values of Living”
which could be set up at the University
and would be a living memorial to this
kindly man?

Such a lectureship would make a

genuine contribution to the character
building side of the University. It
would leave its impress on thousands
of future citizens of our state. It would
be forever a living memorial to Chan-
cellor Lindley.

To the thousands of K.U. men and
women, and Kansans who came under
his timely influence, are you ready to
give your part to such a memorial
fund?

The Lindley Memorial Lectureship
Fund will be administered by the En-
dowment Association. Each year it is
proposed that the Chancellor should
invite to the University for a lecture,
or a series of lectures, some outstand-
ing national or world figure to speak
on “Values of Living’”—just as the late
Chancellor proposed to do in his
courses “Ihe Human Situation” and
“Plan for Living.”

Contributions may be sent to the
Lindley Memorial Lectureship Fund,
Roy A. Roberts, fs’08, chairman, room
303 B, Frank Strong Hall, Lawrence,
or to any member of the committee.

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE

The following persons have been
appointed to serve on the Lindley Me-
morial Lectureship Committee by
Chancellor Deane W. Malott:

Roy A. Roberts, fs’08, chairman, Kansas
City, Mo.; Henry J. Allen, Wichita; James S.
Barrow, l’00, Nappa, Calif.; Maurice L. Brei-
denthal, 10, Kansas City, Kan.; C. L. Burt,
e’og, Hutchinson; Charles Haines, e’29, New
York City; Fred Harris, l’98, Ottawa; Alfred
G. Hill, ’17, Jamestown, N.Y.; Irving Hill, ’96,
Lawrence; W. W. Holloway, 1’14, Kansas City,
Mo.; John H. Kane, ’99, loo, Bartlesville,
Okla.; Paul B. Lawson, g’17, Ph.D.’19, Law-
rence; C. B. Merriam, Washington, D.C.; J.
C. Nichols, ’02, Washington, D.C.; Dolph
Simons, ’25, Lawrence; Oscar Stauffer, fs’12,
Topeka; Dr. Richard Sutton, Kansas City, Mo.;
Harry H. Woodring, ‘Topeka, and C. M. Harger,
Abilene.

—Reprinted from February, 1941, Graduate Magazine.