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Died. Hamilton Holt, 78, from 1925 to 1949 president of Florida's Rollins College (see EDUCATION), onetime editor and owner of the weekly Independent, now defunct; of a heart attack; in Putnam, Conn. At Rollins, Brooklyn-born President Holt abolished lectures, substituted group discussions, credited originality as much as...
Few disputes on U.S. campuses ever make the front pages or catch the big headlines. But they can be waged with all the fury and bitterness of any congressional debate. One such case back in the news last week was the story of what happened to a school superintendent in...
At the center of the dispute was 33-year-old President Paul A. Wagner, who had swept into office only two years ago to the loud acclaim of trustees, faculty and students alike. What happened to Rollins, and to President Wagner, was a classic and tragic example of the dilemma...
A Heavenly Year. At first glance, Wagner and Rollins had seemed a perfect team -the union of a lively and energetic president with a lively and imaginative campus. Like any new broom, Wagner made a few mistakes. Some professors took a dim view of his enthusiasm for visual aids, which...
But, Wagner recalls, "my first year at Rollins was a heavenly one," and on the surface, the majority of Rollins was inclined to agree. The real source of the trouble ahead was buried in Rollins' past. From ex-President Hamilton Holt, Wagner had inherited a debt of $500,000...