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...state universities in "an unstoppable wave" will result from GI Bill-stimulated demand for higher education if the guess of University of California President Robert Gordon Sproul turns out correctly...

Author: By Selig S. Harrison, | Title: Cal Head Hails GE, GI's, Gridders | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...Sproul predicted Saturday that successful agitation in a state such as New York would lead "without question to the mush-rooming of more institutions everywhere; and, I might add, all of them...

Author: By Selig S. Harrison, | Title: Cal Head Hails GE, GI's, Gridders | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...Sproul Harvard is "an extraordinary institution because in spite of its great age and prestige it still has young ideas. If Harvard were stuck in a rut it would be a terrible thing for American education. "He continually senses the" enormous stimulation which comes from having a liberal, progressive institution in a position of respect such as yours...

Author: By Selig S. Harrison, | Title: Cal Head Hails GE, GI's, Gridders | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

Today U.S. faculties "overwhelmingly agree that Harvard is the first institution of the land" in Sproul's estimation. "I might debate below," he comments with a glance at the popular Chicago Columbia California 2-3-4 listing, "but there can exist no doubt whatever as to the primacy of Harvard...

Author: By Selig S. Harrison, | Title: Cal Head Hails GE, GI's, Gridders | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

ROBERT GORDON SPROUL President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 27, 1947 | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

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