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...Wriston envisioned the solution and today the "Quadrangle" stands as a monument to the new Brown cohesion. This eight-acre series of muddled dorms and fraternities houses 60 per cent of the undergraduates. A pale-red brick wall and grass moat surround the labyrinth of closely-packed buildings. No one suffers from clostrophobia and everyone finds they have a new centralized social life...
...Wriston now feels he has some definite points in his favor in the battle for top students. The quadrangle has not only helped raise the college's academic average but it has proved a tangible attraction to parents who want to see their sons situated in pleasant surroundings...
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...Brown's failure in its quest for Ivy League leadership has been its lack of funds. A small endowment and heavy dependence on yearly gifts will continue to be the largest single stumbling block in the university's future quest for a nationally respected faculty. Without these funds Wriston faces the almost impossible task of offering instruction equal to the best...
Without the money to pay for outstanding professors, Brown has already defaulted in perhaps the major requirement for an international educational reputation. The university still manages to attract a sound faculty, especially in History. Wriston pushes it hard to produce...