Education: Part-Time President

Bucknell University (Lewisburg, Pa.), is a small, co-educational college, until recently distinguished chiefly for its football teams. Two years ago Bucknell, which, like every other college, craves a money raiser as its president, made a remarkable capture. As acting president it acquired slim, square-jawed Arnaud Cartwright Marts, a graduate of Oberlin College. Arnaud Marts had raised $1,000,000 for Bucknell in his spare time. All told he had pried from philanthropists no less than $200,000,000 for colleges, hospitals, religious institutions.

The devout son of a Congregationalist minister, Arnaud Marts does not smoke or drink....

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