This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Illinois, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Illinois on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.IllinoisWikipedia:WikiProject IllinoisTemplate:WikiProject IllinoisWikiProject Illinois
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Chicago, which aims to improve all articles or pages related to Chicago or the Chicago metropolitan area.ChicagoWikipedia:WikiProject ChicagoTemplate:WikiProject ChicagoChicago
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Higher education, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of higher education, universities, and colleges on Wikipedia. Please visit the project page to join the discussion, and see the project's article guideline for useful advice.Higher educationWikipedia:WikiProject Higher educationTemplate:WikiProject Higher educationHigher education
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.
