A New Director Is Chosen......And Students Complain They Weren't Asked

Most of the students at the institute of Politics say they know little about Jonathan Moore, the Institute's chosen replacement for Ernest R. May. But some of them have definite opinions on the way in which Moore was chosen.

For example, Harold J. Fitzpatrick, a third-year law student who chairs the institute's Student Advisory Committee, called the appointment a reflection of a long-term decision on the Institute's future, in which he said students deserved to have a voice.

Fitzpatrick said May had "happened to mention" in January that a new director was being chosen, assuring him that only an informal search was going on. But only two weeks later, May said a search committee had made a final, although secret, decision.

May declined to comment on Fitzpatrick's account. "Clearly students have a great deal to do with shaping the institute's programs," he said, "but personnel appointments are another matter."