Word: clubbish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...education. He detested the chaos of the elective system, deplored the over-specialization of college teachers. "It is through them," said he at his inauguration, "that we attempt to give our boys a liberal education, which the teachers themselves [have] not achieved." Meiklejohn's goal: to give country-clubbish Amherst a stronger taste of intellectual excellence-and a greater sense of educational purpose...