Word: mathers
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...Mather is a devoted public educator who has many more important subjects of concern than his popularity among students. He regrets that he must spent 40 percent of his time attending state hearings and meetings in Boston, but regards this function as necessary for philosophical as well as economical reasons, since "the University administration thereby acts as a foil to keep the Legislature out of educational policy." Although a public educator by choice, he received his Ph.D. at privately-endowed Princeton and emphasizes that he has "no bone to pick with private education"; his aim is merely to provide...
President Mather's drive to expand his school's enrollment is a direct result of his feeling that it is the University's obligation to educate a maximum number of Mass. citizens. He will not, however, "settle for quantity in education," and asserts that "if we don't get the necessary new buildings and staff we'll keep our present enrollment. We'll stay this size until somebody fires...
Enrollment at UMass may very well soon equal that of midwestern state universities, but Mather contends that his college will never become as football conscious or intellectually weak as some of those institutions. His attitude toward intercollegiate football is, in fact, considerably less favorable than the Massachusetts student body and athletic staff would probably like...
...interviewed last year for the Presidency of the University of Nebraska," Mather relates, "and could have had the job if only I'd accepted their football philosophy." He refused to do that, however, preferring to stay in New England where, he claims, the "tradition of booklearning" and the comparatively excellent high schools create a university atmosphere more conducive to learning...
Stating his general attitude toward an expanded football program, Mather said: "When I see a library enlarged to three times its present size, a new science center and a liberal arts building, then I'll listen to the people who want a stronger football program...