A PLACE OF LIGHT

by Clarence R. & Mary Bell Decker ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 12, 1954

Another ex-university president caught in the crossruff between political hysteria and vested authority, in this case a Board of Trustees. Dr. Decker and his wife tell their story without rancor or bitterness, so that the record of nineteen years as a liberal administrator is impressive. Called by the government in 1952 as assistant director of The Mutual Security Agency assigned to the Near East, Dr. Decker was absent from his campus for a year, and on his return found his resignation in order. He had started in with the infant University of Kansas as chairman of the English Department; he was drafted into the Presidency when survival was an issue. Never a fund raiser of the hand-shaking kind, Dr. Decker nonetheless won the support of public minded citizens which made the University a going concern. As a man who democratically faced all the issues of higher education from intercollegiate football to the hotbed of student government, he views the present ""depression in high education"" with alarm, venturing the opinion that its ""roots are psychological and social as well as financial"". This is not an apologia, not even an indictment of his critics. Its sales potential might be greater if it were. It is a document that stands on his value as an educator and a man.

Pub Date: March 12, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Hermitage

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1954

Categories: NONFICTION