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and professional competence in their graduates. The somewhat mechanical solution by which general education was assigned two years of the undergraduate curriculum seems less ideal than it once did, and the conflict remains. The fellows found no ready solution. They concluded that presidents and deans of universities must exhibit more concern for the curriculum as a whole than they now do in many schools. Most of all, they were convinced that discussion between the faculties of liberal arts and sciences and those of professional schools must be constant and perceptive. It may be that only the profession can decide what is needed to enter the profession. It may be that only the generalist can determine what general content must be included in all curriculums. But each must be able to justify his position before the other as a colleague of rational mind. To do this requires, on a broad scale, the kind of reasonable dialogue which infused the Michigan seminar of February last

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