“The purpose of college was the making of cultivated men and women who would understand the world to the extent that it has proved willing to be understood. This meant the liberal arts. \u201cLiberal\u201d didn\u2019t mean \u201clefty\u201d or \u201cnice.\u201d It implied a broad grounding in languages, literature, history, the sciences, mathematics, economics, philosophy, and art and music.”<\/p>\n
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