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| Keywords: Herbert Hoover on the value of higher education, 1927 - NARA - 187098.tif Scope and content In 1927 Hoover -- who was then Secretary of Commerce -- was asked by a high school principal to comment on the value of higher education Hoover expressed indignation that a money value should be placed on higher education Its true value he believed was in the cultivation of mind understanding of human life the strengthening of character and the extension of knowledge and that the inpregnation of these ideals into professional training is the real contribution of higher education Good advice then and for America today in an age that is in danger of losing its soul in pursuit of profits and technology General notes 187098 Local identifier Hoover Herbert 1874-1964 Herbert Hoover Library NLHH 210 Parkside Drive P O Box 488 West Branch IA 52358-0488 1927-02-23 Record group Collection HH-HOOVH Herbert Hoover Papers 1913 - 1964 Record group ARC 1140 Herbert Hoover Papers Commerce Period--Official and Personal compiled 1921 - 1928 Series ARC 187097 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NLH-HOOVH-COMMERCEOFFICIA-28 yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Herbert Hoover Higher education Education in the United States Humanities Leadership 23 February 1927 in the United States | ||||