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...presidents of two small colleges rarely attract so much notice as have President Meiklejohn of Amherst and President Atwood of Clark During the last weeks. The former has stood, in the popular mind, for progress in education, liberal views, innovations that promise well for the scholastic welfare of Amherst. Under his regime Amherst's prestige, among colleges of reputable scholarship, has risen materially. In other respects, too, the general opinion of Amherst has raised it to the first rank among institutions of its size. The "morale" of the undergraduate body is said to be unusually fine; President Meiklejohn...
Newspaper rumors, scattered accusations, and student prejudices are not altogether trustworthy. It is entirely possible that the threatened removal of President Meiklejohn is a false alarm, and the Senior delegation to New York a wild-goose chase. It is likewise possible that President Atwood has been misjudged and wrongly maligned. But the cases suggest a parallel. The undergraduates at both colleges are supported by the younger graduates and the most respected members of the faculty. The alumni who have been longer away from college, along with the majority of trustees, seem to be joined in opposition. The issue in each...
...like President Meiklejohn of Amherst, who have long advocated similar changes as elements in a necessary reform will welcome this a precursor of still better things. The tremendous budget and still vaster income of the modern college athletic association is so vast as the be at once a great danger and potentially great blessing. Any course which unites more closely the academic and athletic interests of such a community is decidedly for the good, and strictly in accordance with the cleaning up policy generally in vogue at present. Yale News
...Swayze '25 will represent the Liberal Club at the Spring Symposium on "The Student Renaissance", which will be held under the auspices of the Student National Forum in Yonkers, N. Y., tomorrow and Sunday. President Alexander Meiklejohn of Amherst College, Professor J. H. Robinson '87, of the School for Social Research, New York City, and numerous other speakers will present subjects for discussion...
...conference will start at luncheon tomorrow noon when President Meiklejohn will discuss "The Role of the College Student in Administrative and Curricular Reform". At dinner the same day Professor Robinson will talk upon "Of What Importance that the Student have a Social and Political Mission?" A breakfast discussion on Sunday morning will be devoted to problems of defining, formulating, and especially executing liberal policies in the field of student activities. The delegates will give brief descriptive and expositional reports on college forums, curricular, liberal journals, and constructive aspects of student government. The situations abroad will be discussed...