Education: Valentine for Rochester

For 18 months the trustees of the University of Rochester have been dangling a rich prize before the eyes of U. S. educators. In a search for a successor to President Rush Rhees they examined the qualifications of no less than 101 candidates. Last week they voted to drape the presidential mantle over the husky shoulders of Alan Chester Valentine, 33-year-old Master of Yale's Pierson College.

The University of Rochester had the tremendous luck to be located in the city of Rochester, N. Y., home of George Eastman and Kodaks. The generous Kodak-maker showered...

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