<p>idad that was great. My favorite part was the william james quote:</p>
<p>Chicago University has during the past six months given birth to the fruit of its ten years of gestation under John Dewey. The result is wonderful-a real school, and real Thought. Important thought, too! Did you ever hear of such a city or such a University? Here [at Harvard] we have thought but no school. At Yale a school but no thought. Chicago has both." (3)</p>
<p>Also, about this Zimmer character’s machinations, does anyone know if that’s going to impact admissions? If they are aiming to toe the Ivy league line, will pressure be put on the admissions office to accept less or stop accepting the kinds of applicants they have in the past (i.e. intelligent, accomplished and passionate learners and intellectuals, though not necessarily those with the best stats or whatever)?</p>