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THE PRESS

A Premium on Mediocrity

Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris, of Michigan:

"I have nothing against Yale; I have nothing against Harvard, but I believe that if some millionaire had put Abraham Lincoln in Yale or Harvard, he would never have been placed in Who's Who. The reason for this," he continued, "is that they are over-organized, over-standardized and over-specialized. They suppress genius and put a premium on mediocrity." The New Student

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