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This is the last bit of time I'm wasting on you.....

Here is your exact first post "Before World War II, college professors weren't visible (I guess you mean important)? Huh? Woodrow Wilson might disagree with that."

You made NO mention of him being Princeton President! In a later post you mention this, but conspicuously LEAVE OUT him being the freakin' governor of NJ prior to his becoming President. Typical left wing bad faith argument style.

Ken's original point about college professors is obviously true. As I said, there were far fewer of them and far fewer people they were teaching back then. Here's another news flash for you lib, the earth is round! And no, I'm not going to provide any further proof.

Face it lefty, you got busted, as all of you do ultimately here at FR!

Er, I thought your last post was the last time you were going to spend on me.

Thanks for recognizing that I mentioned Wilson as college president. But here's what I find strange. You mischaracterized my argument, then you have the audacity to say that I'm engaging in bad faith argument?! Come on. You're better than that. And as you're calling me out for bad faith, you ignore my suggestion that Wilson's move from president of Princeton to governor of New Jersey illustrates the (former) power of universities. Don't think you'd see that kind of move today.

(You might note that in the first post, I made no mention of Wilson being a college professor, Princeton president, NJ governor, OR EVEN president of the United States; I had assumed that folks would know his career trajectory from college prof to president of Princeton, through to President of the United States.)
Now, just because fewer people went to college doesn't mean that colleges were less important pre-WWII than they are today. The number of people going to college isn't the sole measure of the importance of college. It's entirely possible that in a period when fewer went, it was more important--because more a mark of distinction. And perhaps because college profs tried to be more relevant; they spoke to the community more and tried to be a part of it, instead of isolating themselves.

BTW, I'm no Wilson fan. TR was my sort of man.