The purpose of a university should be to make a son as unlike his father as possible. By the time a man has grown old enough to have a son in college he has specialized. The university should generalize the treatment of its undergraduates, should struggle to put them in touch with every force of life.


The University's Part in Political Life (13 March 1909) in PWW (The Papers of Woodrow Wilson) 19:99.

Woodrow Wilson Quotes

The purpose of a university should be to make a son as unlike his father as possible. By the time a man has grown old enough to have a son in college ...

The purpose of a university should be to make a son as unlike his father as possible. By the time a man has grown old enough to have a son in college ...

The purpose of a university should be to make a son as unlike his father as possible. By the time a man has grown old enough to have a son in college ...

The purpose of a university should be to make a son as unlike his father as possible. By the time a man has grown old enough to have a son in college ...