Word: wagnerism
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...bitter row at Florida's little Rollins College had gotten to the point where emotion on both sides had hardened into righteous indignation, and the original facts were buried under pride & prejudice. To a vocal majority, deposed President Paul Wagner, the young whirlwind who came triumphantly on the scene two years ago, was now the self-seeking villain of the piece who had richly earned his comeuppance. To a dwindling minority who still supported Wagner, he was the scapegoat in a situation he had worsened but not made. On orders from an economy-minded board of trustees, Wagner...
...Last Try. Last month Paul Wagner's supporters made one last try to resolve the dispute in his favor. They persuaded a state legislator to push through a bill to limit the Rollins board of trustees to citizens of Florida, a measure which would automatically oust most of the anti-Wagner trustees. But before Governor Fuller Warren got around to signing the bill, the legislator was persuaded to withdraw it. Then 15 trustees met at the college at Winter Park, reaffirmed their decision to drop Wagner and to appoint Art Professor Hugh F. McKean acting president in his place...
...Lights, senior awards were passed out on Class Day, and 128 candidates for degrees marched in procession to Knowles Memorial Chapel. There the graduates listened to an address by S. Kendrick Guernsey, past president of Rotary International, and received their diplomas-all signed by Acting President McKean-while Dr. Wagner remained quietly at home with his family...
...this week Paul Wagner was still fighting back. He declared the Manhattan decision illegal, on the basis that the meeting took place outside the state. Furthermore, said he, the majority of the trustees had not told the whole story. "Before taking this action, they offered me $50,000 to resign. This was the third successive offer I have ignored. They must have finally realized that my principles are not for sale ... I am still president of Rollins College, and intend to remain so unless legally removed ... I will be in the president's office as usual...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra played a Bach concert, symphonics by Mozart and Piston, and an orchestral tour de force by Richard Wagner. And the audience was one of music lovers--people who came to Sanders Theatre for an evening of aesthetic enjoyment...