Word: kimpton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...degree as quickly as he is able, the University of Chicago announced that it was setting up some pretty old-fashioned requirements for its new B.S.: four whole years, "as in other colleges.'' Did this mean that Chicago would backtrack on Hutchins completely? Hinted Chancellor Lawrence Kimpton: "We've tried our innovation for eleven years, hoping that many other colleges and universities would join us. They haven't. There comes a point when you decide that perhaps everybody else isn't out of step...
...Lawrence Kimpton, Chancellor of the University of Chicago ............D.Sc...
Right after his reference to Harvard, Kimpton said that "The University community should have some traditionalism, some symbolism. We've gone too far the other way and overdone the intellectual side...
...Kimpton castigated Chicago students for their over-emphasizing of the importance of grades. Terming this concern "fanatical," Kimpton pointed out that "A liberal education should elevate the mind beyond the point of worrying whether...
...Kimpton had no reply to this...