FENWICK JUST STARED at him for a minute as if he couldn’t believe what he had heard, although it was the thing he had expected to hear since the moment he sat down.
He seemed deflated when he finally spoke. “I don’t think it was the intent of the Congressional Act that made these funds available,” he said, “that only the big, plush outfits should get all the gravy. There are plenty of smaller schools just like Clearwater who have first rate talent in their science departments. It isn’t fair to freeze us out completely—and I don’t think it’s completely legal, either.”
“Clearwater is not being frozen out. Size has nothing to do with the question of whether an institution receives a grant from NBSD or not.”
“When did you last give a grant to a college like Clearwater?”
“I am afraid we hav
