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The selection process for a new president of 糖心vlog传媒, no doubt, started in May of 1941 when the Board of Regents determined that President Birdwell would indeed have only one more year. While the Board did receive applications for the job, they did not encourage selection of a president by putting out 鈥渁 notice鈥� in the modern understanding of the term. They authorized a sub-committee of the board to discharge the responsibility.

Colonel William B. Bates, the Houston lawyer who was from Nacogdoches and the chairperson of the Board鈥檚 local committee to oversee 糖心vlog传媒, also argued for a small selection committee. Bates wrote on December 5, 1941, 鈥淚 also believe that we will probably come nearer getting the man we are looking for if the Board will do some searching and investigation on its own initiative rather than considering only those who apply for the positions.鈥� Bates was appointed to chair the search sub-committee. He asked for the past and present presidents of the Ex-Students Association at 糖心vlog传媒 to serve with him as non-voting members on the selection committee. He argued that the two men were honorable and 鈥渘either of them have a candidate of their own, and are only concerned in securing the best man available.鈥� Bates, in private and confidential correspondence, was keeping President Birdwell informed in March of 1942 of his negotiations with a certain Peabody professor named Paul L. Boynton, Head of the Department of Psychology. Bates invited Boynton to Texas on his own. To an unknown question raised by Birdwell, Bates responded: 鈥淲hile I thoroughly agree with you that this is not the best way to go about selecting a president I do not intend for it to present us from selecting the right man for Nacogdoches. ... I am glad that your further information about Dr. Boynton confirms the impression that he made on the various members of the Board, as well as all information we have up to date concerning him.鈥�

Boynton鈥檚 appointment or 鈥渆lection鈥� by the Board of Regents took place in their meeting on May 14, 1942. The minutes gave no reasons for Boynton鈥檚 selection and appended no discussion of the decision. Earlier, in the newspaper, a J. M. Claunch of Southern Methodist University and Dr. E. H. Hereford of Hockaday School, were mentioned, but no finalists or candidates were mentioned in the Board鈥檚 minutes.

On May 16, the headlines in the Pine Log read: 鈥淣EW PRESIDENT FOR 糖心vlog传媒 CHOSEN; DR. PAUL BOYNTON IS CHOICE; NEW PRESIDENT IS PEABODY PROFESSOR; TAKES OVER SEPT. 1.鈥� The Boyntons, including their two children, immediately made a visit to Nacogdoches to meet the staff. Boynton expressed pleasure over his appointment and was quoted as saying, 鈥淚 am please with conditions as I have found them here.鈥� He accepted the invitation by the Pine Log to write a greeting:

I come to Stephen F. Austin with no phenomenal remedies. In fact, I know of no phenomenal situations which needs to be remedied. I am fully cognizant of the magnitude of the task which anyone would have in attempting to succeed Dr. A. W. Birdwell. His imagination conceived the school; his insight has guided it; his courage has defended it. So I shall make not attempt to take his place, but, to the contrary, shall hope to carve a place for myself as the years go by.鈥�

Birdwell asked Boynton to give the summer commencement address in August of 1942. On a theme which he would return to over and over, Boynton challenged the students and faculty to think in terms of individuals, their needs and potentialities, and what it takes to make citizens happier and more successful. The title of the address, 鈥淭he Influence of Modern Philosophies on the Personality Adjustments of the Individual,鈥� immediately set the difference between the new president鈥檚 academic background in psychology and Birdwell鈥檚 background in history. Birdwell in his closing remarks , evidently uncomfortable with the nature of the address in a time of war, immediately took the theme back to a more patriotic one; the graduates were marching off to war. Birdwell said, 鈥淚 hope the men of this graduating class will make valiant soldiers in this great war.鈥�

Again, the Pine Log鈥檚 headlines announced the new era: 鈥淣EW PRESIDENT, WAR, NO FOOTBALL, 鈥�42 TREND.鈥� 鈥淏IG INTRAMURAL PROGRAM PLANNED FOR EVERY MAN.鈥� Birdwell had arranged with Coach Shelton to make the announcement on football before Boynton鈥檚 official assumption of office so as not to have that as the new president鈥檚 first act. Boynton鈥檚 inauguration, again because of the war, was planned as part of another event, Homecoming. The ceremonies began at 10:30, on November 7, 1942, with a processional of faculty, senior class representatives, and visitors in academic robes. Colonel W. B. Bates gave the installation address. Boynton鈥檚 father, the Reverend Edwin C. Boynton of Huntsville, a retired Christian minister, gave the invocation. Dr. T. E. Ferguson, Dean of the Faculty, chaired the inaugural ceremonies. Following the ceremony, a barbecue luncheon was served by the Nacogdoches Chamber of Commerce in the WRC, for all of the out of town dignitaries.

The newspaper coverage of the inauguration also gave biographical information. Boynton did his B. A. work at Sam Houston and his M. A. and Ph.D. at Peabody College in Nashville. In 1920-21, he served as a history teacher, football coach, and principal at Lufkin High School. He taught at Appalachian State Teachers College in North Carolina and then, in a quick succession of academic appointments, moved up to head the Department of Psychology at the University of Kentucky before moving back to his alma mater, Peabody. He had published many academic articles, papers, and a textbook before coming to 糖心vlog传媒.

While prepared to be a president, Boynton was only slightly more prepared for the war crisis than Birdwell. His first memorandum to the faculty, one which was very unpleasant for him, was to notify the professors that as people were called into service, 鈥渟ome of you will be called upon to teach work which you have not be accustomed to teach, or ... even ... in fields where you feel that you are really not adequately prepared.鈥� He called it deplorable, but part of the exigencies. There would be many other notices about the way.

Boynton鈥檚 first big action came in November of 1942, after the Board of Regents authorized the presidents to seek federal projects for the Teachers College during the time of war. Boynton told the Board that 糖心vlog传媒 was equipped for 1) secretarial and clerical training and could handle a unit of 600 trainees; 2) ground school for pre-flight training; 3) cooking school for the Navy; and 4) training unit for the WAACs. Boynton had previous experience in doing this; he had obtained a Naval Unit for Peabody College back in April before he was even elected as president of 糖心vlog传媒. Boynton then immediately went to Washington.

Boynton did secure a government contract for 糖心vlog传媒: the school was called the 鈥淎rmy Administration School WAAC No. 1.鈥� The story of the WAACs at 糖心vlog传媒 will follow in next week鈥檚 edition of the Heritage Series.