Gutting is more persuasive than Murry on the issue of whether going to college because he successfully applies logical reasons and credible statistics to support his argument that a college is a place for students to grow up to be a responsible, moral, and professional person. Logically, Gutting presents three aspects of college. A college is a place where students learn professional skills and knowledge. Gutting agrees that college prepares students for their future profession. More than that, he thinks that “The raison d'être of a college is to nourish a world of intellectual culture” (413). Also, he states that a college is a place where provides interesting lectures to attract students, but a place where students should come to figure out
