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Higher education in America for a very long time was supposed to be for “finishing” a man. Yes, you had to take classes and were expected to work at that, but not toooo hard. Universities were supposed to prepare men to lead in business and society. Academia was only part of the work. The socializing was the other part. That’s how we eventually get secret societies and social fraternities. They were reflections of what the boys’ fathers did in their business and social clubs.