The neglect of the humanities in present-day education is doubtless not a cause but a symptom of an age. - Vincent Massey

It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life.

It would be foolish and wrong to ignore the fact that all our universities today tread a very dangerous path. Increasingly, they are accepting government money because they are doing things that government wants done. How great a peril is this in a democracy?

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.