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These four-Vanderbilt's Alexander Heard, Emory's Sanford S. Atwood, Tulane's Herbert Longenecker and Duke's Douglas Knight-are all nationally oriented administrators who refuse to keep old Southern traditions at the cost of academic quality. Of the quartet, only Heard is from the South, showing how trustees of their schools reached out to seek the best available men anywhere. Yet Savannah-born Alex Heard, 48, is even more outspokenly critical of Southern educational provincialism than the three Northerners. "We in the South cannot duck behind the thought that if we show...
Coke College. Wisconsin-born Sandy Atwood, 53, has similarly put new life into Emory, once known as the "Coca-Cola college" because of its endowment by soft-drink tycoons. Since his arrival in Atlanta from Cornell (TIME, July 19, 1963), he has recruited a more dynamic faculty, launched a $25 million fund drive, raised admission standards and tuition. "If you're giving good education, there's no reason you shouldn't charge for it," he says...
...Baker, Bob Stempson, and Joe Ryan followed the Crimson captain across the finish line before the first Indian runner, sophomore Steve Atwood, struggled home. You might say it was a typical Harvard-Dartmouth meet...
With Hewlett on the sidelines, Baker breezed into the lead, followed by Allen, Atwood, Stempson, and Ryan. Allen pushed past Baker around the three-mile mark, and Ryan and Stempson dropped the Indian runner to the rear of the quintet with a surge a half mile farther...
...Smith was the fifth Harvard scorer, finishing 0:14 behind Atwood...