Last winter the students of Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.) placarded their campus: "We want Meiklejohn." They meant Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn, revolutionary deposed President of Amherst College. They wanted Dr. Meiklejohn for President of Knox to succeed Dr. James L. McConaughy who last January shifted to the chair of Wesleyan University (TIME, Dec. 29). They thought Dr. Meiklejohn and his liberalism were "indispensable." But Dr. Meiklejohn was planning an "independent" university of his own (TIME, Sept. 15) and the students' placards faded, wilted.
Not until last week did the Knox trustees find a man...
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