Education: My University

"This is my university," bellowed Senator Huey Pierce Long last month. 'I can fire a thousand of these students and get ten thousand in place of them any time I feel like it." Last week Senator Long had made a start toward carrying out his boast. Twenty-six students were summarily suspended.

That Louisiana State University really belongs to Huey Long no sensible Louisianan doubts for one moment. As Governor and as Senator, the "Kingfish" has made it his biggest, most expensive plaything. In small part his interest...

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