Help Wanted

In his five years as president of the entity known as the State University of New York, Geologist William S. Carlson has done as well as any man could with what is probably the most frustrating job in U.S. education. His 42 assorted schools and divisions are scattered all over the state, and are mostly vocational institutions that are not supposed to intrude upon the work done by New York's private campuses. His trustees do not get along too well with the powerful state board of regents, and when Carlson released a report calling for a central campus to give the other campuses some sense of direction (TIME, Jan. 6), the trustees suddenly turned on him. It apparently made little difference that the chapter of the American Association of University Professors at Albany state teachers college and the university senate endorsed the report. The trustees not only reprimanded Carlson for releasing it; they seemed to hold him personally responsible for the news stories that appeared in his favor. By that time there was little doubt that Carlson's days were numbered.

Last week Carlson "voluntarily" submitted his resignation as president, and the trustees went through the motions of accepting it "with regret." What they might now well do, said the New York World-Telegram, would be to run the following advertisement:

HELP WANTED

DOCILE EDUCATOR to head State University of New York. Post in state government will be vacant Sept. 1. Salary $21,000 yearly, plus use of $97,000 state-owned mansion complete with indoor swimming pool. Also $100 weekly entertainment allowance, and use of Cadillac limousine. Successful applicant must be able to take orders. Apply State Education Building, Albany I, N.Y.

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