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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]For its first 200 years, Harvard was the place where East Coast wealth sent its young men.[/b] They weren't there to learn anything practical. That would be for people in the trades. The US was a much more stratified society back then. And Harvard functioned as a kind of finishing school for the male offspring of the elite. And over time, its impact on society compounded with more and more generations of Harvard men becoming presidents, senators, heirs to fortunes, etc. And that has a momentum all on its own. A Harvard degree for a man was essentially their calling card for entry into the elite. Obviously times are different. But the fascination with Harvard is an echo of that time. It's antiquated, but it persists. [/quote] That isn't true. Students tended to not travel very far because travel was to difficult.[/quote]
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