Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-13
WHARTON SCHOOL DEAN
DENIES PLAN TO ASSIST
ANY SPECIAL INTEREST
p.sents Charges Made by Ex-
director Cooke and Says
There's mo Attempt to In
fluence Education"
mo uLTERIoR MoTIv E"

-. made in a speech In Cleveland
no former director Of Public
-, Morris L. Cooke, that the new dean
~. wharton School OF Finance ana
s..-r,.rce Of the University OF Pennsylva-
49,, "a been placed at the University as
~ :, an erfort being made TO "inhuence
P.. .,,.O a, its source in the interests OF
l.,..., utilities" have been denied by the
80 DR. william Mcclellan.
o'.+ MccleIIan said that his recent
- % members OF the Wharton school
....,,,v requesting specific Information about
..,s. services Of public and private
- IN which the professors were en-
-, .bad no Interior motive" The letter
gHse. out. he said as ''an important
was -, routine." His letter to the
sns,,,,v. he said. was misinterpreted.
DEFENSE STATEMENT
r.o- MeCieilans statement In part
follows: -
rrovost Smith had a large number
.,,st important problems TO solve
" connecticn with the future of the
,r,arsItv OF Pennsylvania. 1t is
srov,ne at a very rapid rate, and be-
sause OF this growth, as well as be-
cause OF the many demands made on II
co. service from within and from with
out he needed help.
Late last summer he asked me TO
,oin him in his work ana become ueah
=, the wharton School II came to me
,,,o a call 10 duty. To help the man
Tho had helped me so much as stu
ANT and as an instructor. and to serve
nv alma mater, which had made pos
.,hle whatever success 1 had had,
rroved irresistible and I consented.
To do 80 / had TO arrange all my
h,siness affairs so that they could be
Sronped as completely as necessary to
discharge the great responsibilities 1
yas undertaking. My name remains In
the business world, but the dean OF the
wharton School cannot o'many things
which were entirely creditable to
mere business man.
No man in such a position could
serye his university and his country
unless he vigorously cut of speaking
for or serving any trusts or special
interests Of any sort whatsoever. Any
thing less than this would be disloyal
and unfaithful.
The recent letter to the Wharton
School faculty was only an important
matter OF routine and had no Interior
object II was msinterpreted, but II is
not now. We had a faculty meeting
last Saturday morning and discussed 1t.
think am justified in saying that we
came to thorough and happy under
standing about our common aims and
bympathies.
The laboratory of the Wharton School
professional man is the world He
cannot do his research work in books
or within four walls. He ought not
10 be embarrassed in this research
work so long as it is properly related
10 the responsibilities which the faculty
and the administration have Jointly
Undertaken for the students.
Much discretion must be left to the
brofessors. All the administration de-
sres is that where the good of the
university can be In question. even to
the slightest degree, the administration
shall be consulted and informed In
ample time so that whatever is done
may be certainly just to the students,
to the professors and to the admins
tration.