A Bold Statement

Frank A. Vanderlip, graduate of a western college, speaking before the alumni of a western university, gave it as his unbiased opinion that western college men were superior to eastern college men " both in character and in ability to work." And everyone was pleased. From the point of view of the young western college men who have sold Mr. Vanderlip bonds and filed his tax returns the statement is both interesting and sound. From the point of view of the alumni of Yale and Harvard who have filled similar positions the statement is interesting but quite unaccountably wrong. The rest of the world will admire the courage of a man who dares to generalize.