State of higher education in Wisconsin around 1970; Fred Harvey Harrington's failure to handle student rebellion; Failure of CCHE; Governor Patrick Lucey's motives regarding Merger and his tax-sharing redistribution plan; Narrow passage of Merger bill; Impressions of Harrington, John Weaver and Lucey; Merger Implementation Study Committee; Problems realizing efficiency potential of Merger; Weakness of recent boards of Regents.