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[单项选择]Before the 1850’s the United States had a number of small colleges, most of them dating from colonial days. They were small, church-connected institutions whose primary concern was to shape the moral character of their students.
Throughout Europe, institutions of higher learning had developed, bearing the ancient name of university. In Germany a different kind of university had developed. The German university was concerned primarily with creating and spreading knowledge, not morals. Between mid-century and the end of the 1800’s, more than nine thousand young Americans, dissatisfied with their training at home, went to Germany for advanced study. Some of them returned to become presidents of venerable (受人尊敬的) colleges--Harvard, Yale, Columbia--and transform them into modern universities. The new presidents broke all ties with the churches and brought in a new kind of faculty. Professors were hired for their knowledge of a subject, not because they were of the proper faith and ha
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[填空题]Before the 1850’s, the United States had a number of small colleges, most of them dating from colonial days. They were small, church (36) institutions whose primary concern was to (37) the moral character of their students.
Throughout Europe, institutions of (38) learning had developed, bearing the ancient name of (39) . In Germany a different kind of university had developed. The German university was concerned (40) with creating and spreading knowledge, not (41) . Between mid-century and the end of the 1800s, more than nine thousand young Americans, (42) with their training at home, went to Germany for (43) study.
Some of them returned (44) The new presidents broke all ties with the churches and brought in a new kind of faculty. (45) The new principle was that a university was to create knowledge as well as pass it on, and this called for a faculty composed of teacher-scholars. Dri