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...Lawrence Kimpton, Chancellor of the University of Chicago ............D.Sc...
...Kimpton, giving an informal talk before a group of students, said that Chicago undergraduates are "over-loaded" with course work, and that they should have more time for extra-curricular activities. It was in this context which he mentioned Harvard...
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...