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ur lives are being spent in an age of change. Within the last hnndred  
O years, the span of man`s activities has been released from the Heshly  *
f considerations of the horse to the threshold of intergalactic travel. The  
_ scale and pace of man has been forever changed.  
Change, itself, is a fascinating topic. \Ve know that several aspects of life  
do not change, as that of birth and death, but almost any facet between those  
events seems to be the subject of overwhelming change. ggftor
S \Ve know that since 1850 man has changed travel time around the globe  
from three years by sailing ship to one hour by rocket. \Ve know that he is  
’ now upon the brink of discovering the secret of life as he probes into the in-  
finitesimal secrets of living matter. \Ve see that the growth of our economy jtijnagi,
. depends upon a constant manufacturing of knowledge.  
Because of the very rate of growth and change, the colleges and universities   Bm
1 A of the United States have become the great inStitllfi011S of tlw \V01'l