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Show j I IDEA OF UNIVERSITY TRAINING By DR. ROBERT M. HUTCHINS. President-Elect Chicago University. My view of university training is to unsettle the minds of young men, to widen their horizons, to inflame their intellects. It is not a hardening, or settling process. Education is not to teach men facts, theories the-ories or laws ; it is not to reform them, or amuse them, or to make them expert technicians in any field ; it is to teach them to think, to think straight, if possible; but to think always for themselves. I would advise young persons contemplating entering school "to know the fellows" and to get a diploma, because it is the open sesame into the company of persons who matter, and to join their local country club or fraternal organization. These bodies have high ideals. They are organizations for mutual improvement. Their dues are lower than those of most colleges. You get to know the fellows in one. It would seem plausible to suppose that anyone can get from them most of the things one gets at the university, if one goes to the university because it is the thing to do. |