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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, November 6, 1968
Composite president gives choice
Many Americans complained that the 1968 presidential election did not afford a clear-cut choice for the voter. Maybe a "George Milhous Humphrey" would be the best choice.
Confused?
However, the editors of the Encyclopedia Americana have created a fellow who will never be—but always was—the people's choice for president.
Well, the gentleman in the photograph is the "compleat president" of the United States, 1789 to the present. The editors, a distinguished group of scholars and writers, were curious about the composite man who has led the nation as its president for nearly two centuries.
Photo experts, working with portraits of all of the U.S. presidents from Washington to LBJ, have created his visual image of the total president—providing at a glance a composite of the 35 men who have held the office.
There's also much that can be said of his physical characteristics, derived from facts and figures on the presidents. The description is based upon averages in most cases, and on majority tabulations in others.
It was discovered that the aggregate president at the time of his inauguration was named James. He was 54 years old, 5-foot-10 and "fairly trim." His eyes were blue, and he had light hair.
This President graduated from Harvard, and when he was 28, he married a girl four years younger than himself. When he was inaugurated, the President and First Lady had been married 26 years and had three children—two boys and a girl. He was elected while residing in New York State.
York State.
Although none of 1968's contenders matched the qualification, the new Chief Executive had not been Vice-President, but had been a lawyer and Congressman. "Mr. Compleat President" did not play a musical instrument, but he was a war veteran and had written at least one book during his public career.
There were also some interesting facts about individual former Presidents uncovered in the research. For example:
James Madison weighed only 100 pounds and stood less than 5-foot-6.
- John Tyler has the most children-15.
Abraham Lincoln was the tallest (6-foot-4) while Thomas Jefferson stood $ 6 foot2 \frac{1}{2}. $
Plastics seminar set
The sixth meeting of the Studio Seminar on Plastics will be held this evening at 7 p.m. at Bailey Annex.
A presentation will be given by Felix Arnald, president-elect of the Society of Plastic Engineers. He will demonstrate how industrial plastic techniques can be used in an artistic, studio situation.
Arnald's demonstration will be followed by a workshop in which seminar participants will have the opportunity to work with the methods they have been shown.
The seminar is sponsored by the KU department of design and University Extension.
The 'compleat president'
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