A challenge to the liberal arts college is offered in this plea for liberal arts' general education designed to fit men better for life in a changing world. Although the author criticizes present methods of university and college education for not keeping pace with conditions in the world, he has not made his attack without presenting a definite program for a new curriculum, which includes the first pragmatic and concrete reforms in the liberal arts college field that have appeared in many years. He relates the various mental and educational processes to the complexities of modern life and is firm in his belief that education should in some way be harnessed to a knowledge of modern affairs and present-day humanities. Wallace donham has presented a point of view and plan that will provoke serious thought and consideration.