The problem seems to me to be whether or not this present Board of Regents has the capacity, competence and independence to make a judgment free from prejudice of a political or personal nature. The question before the board of whether they have confidence in the president; the question before the educational world and the people of your State is whether they have confidence in the Board of Regents.
Closely connected with this question of the ability and independence of this particular board in this particular case is the question of the proper relation of such a board to the whole structure of the State government. I cannot help feeling that the arrangements in the State of Wisconsin are not particularly happy in this regard and not such as to reassure those who may have grave doubts about the board during a crisis such as the present.
(Excerpts from President Conant's letter to Governor La Follette in The N. Y. Times.)
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