December 11, 1998

Temple U. Raises Standards to Woo Suburban Students

By BEN GOSE

Critics say the effort betrays the university's roots, hurts Philadelphia's poor, and is anti-black

Russell H. Conwell, who founded Temple University in 1884, liked to tell the story of a Persian farmer who roamed the world in a fruitless search for jewels. When the farmer died a pauper, "acres of diamonds" were found on his own land.

Mr. Conwell vowed that Temple would not make the same mistake: It would serve the working-class

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