As for affiliations, Dr. Harper in no way wanted to see the well-heeled new university stifle or overbear existing colleges in the Midwest but hoped rather to establish relations with them of equality and mutual benefit.
至於「大學聯盟計畫」，在哈伯的原意中，他並不希望芝大挾著雄厚財力，「壓倒」美國中部原有的大學。相反地，他希望和各校都建立平等互惠的關係。