The Archive · 1928

Educationalists at Loggerheads

Reply to Criticism of London University New York, May 25.

Dr. Abraham Plexner, the Dirvefor of Studies of the General Education Board founded by Mr. John D. Rockefeller, which is empowered to distribute a sum of over £10,000, 000, contributed by Br. Rockefsller, has resigned, Dr. Flexner, who is at present lecturing at Oxford University: under the Rhodes Trust, recently, ized the London University, 1 reply to which Dr. Graham Little, ALP. (Independent), who is a member of the Senate of the University of London, criticized "Dr. Flexner's half-baked' doctrines."—Reuter.

London, May 25.

Dr. Abraham Flexner, inter fed at Oxford, stated that he was resigning from the Directorship Studies of the General Education Board founded by Mr, John D. Rockefeller, which is empowered to distribute @ sum of over £10,000,000 contributed by the oil magnate, be cause he wished to be free to devote Jhimself to writing on the general subject of American and European University education.

According tw a New York telegram, Dr. Plexner''s brother states that there has been no ment between Abraham Rockefeller Trustees, His resigna-Yon was accepted reluctantly. Reuter.

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