Talk:William Rainey Harper

Bradley Polytechnic Institute
The reference in this article to Bradley University leads to an archived link that does not in fact say that Harper was president of Bradley. A reference from an early work on Bradley shows that Harper was "president of the faculty" and a trustee of the new institute, but this is clearly not equivalent to presidency of the university, especially since Harper was simultaneously president of the U of C. In fact, Edward O. Sisson was first "Director" of the institute. See: http://archive.org/stream/bradleypolytechn00brad#page/130/ and http://archive.org/stream/bradleypolytechn00brad#page/129/. The institute was affiliated to the University of Chicago, and Harper was influential in assisting its foundation, but the fact that this article gives equal billing to Harper's role as a trustee and honorary president of a minor Illinois university and his role in the formation of one of the country's major universities is absurd.

whitti (talk) 21:50, 22 September 2012 (UTC)