Colleges and Universities
See also: V-12 Colleges and universities by stateDuring the advent of World War II, the U.S. Navy turned to liberal arts colleges to provide a basic education for their recruits.
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Famous quotes containing the words colleges and/or universities:
“But here comes Generosity; giving—not to a decayed artist—but to the arts and sciences themselves.—See,—he builds ... whole schools and colleges for those who come after. Lord! how they will magnify his name!
—One honest tear shed in private over the unfortunate, is worth them all.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
“... though mathematics may teach a man how to build a bridge, it is what the Scotch Universities call the humanities, that teach him to be civil and sweet-tempered.”
—Amelia E. Barr (1831–1919)