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Before the 1850’s, the United States had a number of small colleges, most of them __16__(date) from colonial(殖民时代的) days. They were small，church connected institutions __17__ primary concern was to shape the moral character of their students.
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 __18__ advanced study .__19__ of them return to become presidents of venerable colleges—Harvard, Yale, Columbia — and transform them into modern universities. The __20__ presidents broke all ties with the churches and __21__(bring) in a new kind of faculty. Professors were hired for their knowledge of a subject, not because they were of the proper faith and had a strong arm for disciplining students. The new principle was __22__ a university was to create knowledge as well as pass it __23__.
At the same time, the new university greatly expanded in __24__ and course offerings, breaking completely out of the old，constricted curriculum of mathematics, classics, rhetoric，and music. Students were also trained as __25__(economic)，architects, agriculturalists, social welfare workers, and teachers.
