We at York must give special emphasis to the humanizing of man, freeing him from those pressures which mechanize the mind, which make for routine thinking, which divorce thinking and feeling, which permit custom to dominate intelligence, which freeze awareness of the human spirit and its possibilities. We must seek to develop in our students a sense of values, a capacity for judgment, a sensitivity to beauty, an awareness of the needs of others, and a willingness to accept responsibility for meeting those needs.
— Murray G. Ross, York’s inaugural president
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