On this day in 1934, a deal to merge Northwestern and UChicago was rejected

Grace Wu, Assistant Video Editor

Imagine a world without the Northwestern-UChicago rivalry. A deal in the early 1930s proposed the two schools merge, but on this day 87 years ago, that proposal was rejected. Closed captions available. 

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