- Adequate representation by an appointed official.

- It is increasingly clear that the appointment of a college or university president or chancellor is not for a lifetime, but for the duration of his effective contributions. But how is that duration to be determined? An answer to this question has been provided by this university's college of liberal arts and sciences. At five year intervals, each department chairman and the dean is evaluated by representative faculty members, and this evaluation is forwarded to the responsible administrative offices. I have asked that the same procedure be applied to my performance as chancellor. At intervals not to exceed five years, appropriately-selected representatives of the numerous constituent groups, students, faculty and administration, will be asked to report directly to the Board of Regents. Since this procedure may be unique in higher education, it may also be subject to misinterpretation. Let me attempt to forestall some of the misinterpretation that may arise. This is neither a declaration of my intent to resign on or before 1974, nor is it a request for a periodic pat on the back. A great university must undergo continuous change if it is to carry out its purposes with maximum effect. Most individuals adapt to continuous change. But, not necessarily at a sufficiently rapid pace. It is essential, therefore, that the agents, that is, the administrators, adapt easily to changing procedures and goals of faculty members, students and staff. A procedure of periodic re-evaluation will help to ensure that effective adaptation and optimum representation continues to occur. The off-quoted presidential fatigue may well be the abrasion that occurs whenever a college or university changes more rapidly than its administrators can either comprehend, or respond to. Finally, I would like to address a few words to the entering students. For the rest of our lives, my wife Maryanne, and I, will have a unique and happy relationship with this year's entering students. We arrived on the hill together. We will attend our first classes together. Many of us will attend our first athletic events together, our first concerts, our first plays and our first distinguished lectures. And in just a few, unbelievably short years, I hope to officiate at your graduation. During those intervening years, we hope there will be numerous occasions for us to meet you, even if you haven't discovered the location of my office in Strong Hall. All of us are students, engaged in the process of mutual learning. We ask only that you be as patient with us, as you would have us be patient with you. We urge you, as we urge ourselves, to seek, perpetually, the human worth of all our endeavors, whether in or out of the classroom and library. Knowledge, for knowledge sake, is a selfish endeavor. Knowledge, for the sake of mankind, is a selfless endeavor that will give currency and relevance and renewed vigor to this university's century-long pursuit of greatness. Thank you.