Education: Poor Julius

When plump, ruddy Julius Peter Heil, self-made industrialist, became Governor of Wisconsin last January, his backers had their fingers crossed. Each time unschooled Julius Heil opened his mouth, they held their breaths. Having no such misgivings himself, Governor Heil opened his mouth almost at once to denounce one of Wisconsin's prides, its State University.

He cut more than $1,000,000 from University of Wisconsin's budget, told University President Clarence A. Dykstra at a budget hearing: "Something is smoldering somewhere and I want to clean it up. I want to get rid of this cancerous...

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